Dit is ons nieuw hondje Kira, een kruising van een waterhond en een Podenko. Ze is sinds 7 februari 2024 bij ons en druk bezig ons hart te veroveren. Het is een lief, aanhankelijk hondje, dat zich op een week snel aan ons heeft aangepast. Ze is heel vinnig en nieuwsgierig, een heel ander hondje dan Noleke.
This is our new dog Kira, a cross between a water dog and a Podenko. She has been with us since February 7, 2024 and is busy winning our hearts. She is a sweet, affectionate dog who quickly adapted to us within a week. She is very quick and curious, a very different dog than Noleke.
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The purpose of this blog is the creation of an open, international, independent and free forum, where every UFO-researcher can publish the results of his/her research. The languagues, used for this blog, are Dutch, English and French.You can find the articles of a collegue by selecting his category. Each author stays resposable for the continue of his articles. As blogmaster I have the right to refuse an addition or an article, when it attacks other collegues or UFO-groupes.
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Deze blog is opgedragen aan mijn overleden echtgenote Lucienne.
In 2012 verloor ze haar moedige strijd tegen kanker!
In 2011 startte ik deze blog, omdat ik niet mocht stoppen met mijn UFO-onderzoek.
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UFO'S of UAP'S, ASTRONOMIE, RUIMTEVAART, ARCHEOLOGIE, OUDHEIDKUNDE, SF-SNUFJES EN ANDERE ESOTERISCHE WETENSCHAPPEN - DE ALLERLAATSTE NIEUWTJES
UFO's of UAP'S in België en de rest van de wereld In België had je vooral BUFON of het Belgisch UFO-Netwerk, dat zich met UFO's bezighoudt. BEZOEK DUS ZEKER VOOR ALLE OBJECTIEVE INFORMATIE , enkel nog beschikbaar via Facebook en deze blog.
Verder heb je ook het Belgisch-Ufo-meldpunt en Caelestia, die prachtig, doch ZEER kritisch werk leveren, ja soms zelfs héél sceptisch...
Voor Nederland kan je de mooie site www.ufowijzer.nl bezoeken van Paul Harmans. Een mooie site met veel informatie en artikels.
MUFON of het Mutual UFO Network Inc is een Amerikaanse UFO-vereniging met afdelingen in alle USA-staten en diverse landen.
MUFON's mission is the analytical and scientific investigation of the UFO- Phenomenon for the benefit of humanity...
Je kan ook hun site bekijken onder www.mufon.com.
Ze geven een maandelijks tijdschrift uit, namelijk The MUFON UFO-Journal.
Since 02/01/2020 is Pieter ex-president (=voorzitter) of BUFON, but also ex-National Director MUFON / Flanders and the Netherlands. We work together with the French MUFON Reseau MUFON/EUROP.
ER IS EEN NIEUWE GROEPERING DIE ZICH BUFON NOEMT, MAAR DIE HEBBEN NIETS MET ONZE GROEP TE MAKEN. DEZE COLLEGA'S GEBRUIKEN DE NAAM BUFON VOOR HUN SITE... Ik wens hen veel succes met de verdere uitbouw van hun groep. Zij kunnen de naam BUFON wel geregistreerd hebben, maar het rijke verleden van BUFON kunnen ze niet wegnemen...
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Wildest Alien Planet Discoveries of 2016
Wildest Alien Planet Discoveries of 2016
By Samantha Mathewson, Space.com Contributor
An artist's illustration of various exoplanets and suns.
Credit: NASA/Tim Pyle
The hunt for alien worlds has been the source of many exciting discoveries, as the number of confirmed planets outside Earth's solar sytem has more than doubled this past year.
Here's a look at the top 10 planetary finds of 2016, including the discovery of the closest Earth-like neighbor, Proxima b; alien worlds that have more than one sun; and even one distant planet potentially located in Earth's solar system:
Proxima b has a minimum mass of about 1.3 times the Earth's, and it's located roughly 4.22 light-years away. What's more, it orbits within the habitable zone of Proxima Centauri, which means this planet could have a surface temperature that would allow for the presence of liquid water. This means that this rocky world has the potential to support life.
2. Planet Nine
A giant, icy world called Planet Nine is thought to exist in the Kuiper Belt at the outer edge of Earth's solar system, and astronomers could be on the cusp of actually finding the distant world.
This undiscovered planet is believed to be about 10 times more massive than Earth and have an average temperature of minus 374.8 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 226 degrees Celsius). Astronomers announced the potential for the discovery of Planet Nine in January 2016, and in October, they predicted the planet would be found within 16 months or so.
Astronomers are using mathematical modeling and computer simulations to pin down the location of this alien world. Observations of the orbits of six other, smaller objects in the Kuiper Belt suggest that a much more massive body (which would, theoretically, be Planet Nine) has a strong gravitational influence in this region.
3. 1,284 new exoplanets
In May, astronomers announced the discovery of 1,284 new exoplanets, the single largest haul of alien worlds made to date.
Among the exoplanets discovered were nine rocky worlds that could possibly support life as we know it. This discovery was made using NASA's Kepler space telescope, which finds planets that dim their stars as they orbit past. The number of confirmed exoplanets now stands at a staggering grand total of 3,439.
"This gave scientists hope that somewhere out there, around a star much like ours, we can eventually discover another Earth," NASA officials said in a statement.
In fact, two of the exoplanets, Kepler-1638b and Kepler-1229b, are among the most Earth-like planets ever found, as they orbit within their host stars' habitable zones.
4. Rogue planet
A giant alien planet called 2MASS J2126 was found orbiting 600 billion miles (1 trillion kilometers) from its host star, making this planet's star system the largest one known.
In fact, the exoplanet has such a wide orbit that astronomers previously thought it was a "rogue" planet flying freely through space. For comparison, 2MASS J2126 orbits 7,000 times farther from its star than Earth does from the sun. At that distance, the gas-giant exoplanet completes one orbit every 900,000 years or so.
As an ultracool dwarf star, TRAPPIST-1 is 2,000 times less bright and less than half as warm as the sun. What's more, this alien world is only about one-twelfth the sun's mass and less than one-eighth the sun's width, making it only slightly larger in diameter than Jupiter.
This strange star was discovered using the TRAPPIST (TRAnsiting Planets and PlanetesImals Small Telescope) telescope in Chile. The three exoplanets found orbiting TRAPPIST-1 are each only about 10 percent larger in diameter than Earth. The discovery of this alien solar system marked the first time that an exoplanet had been found orbiting an ultracool dwarf star, astronomers said.
6. Jewel clouds
Also this year, astronomers detected exotic weather on a large exoplanet known as HAT-P-7b. The upper atmosphere of this alien world boasts powerful winds and clouds composed at least partially of corundum, the mineral that forms sapphires and rubies. This was the first discovery of weather on a gas giant planet outside the solar system.
HAT-P-7b is about 40 percent larger than Jupiter and is located 1,040 light-years from Earth. The planet orbits its host star every 2.2 days, and it is tidally locked, with the same side always facing its parent star — just like the moon always presents the same face to Earth.
7. Characterization of super-Earth atmosphere
Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers characterized the atmosphere of a "super-Earth" exoplanet for the first time, revealing hydrogen and helium, but no water vapor, in the air of an alien world called 55 Cancri e.
Located 40 light-years from Earth's solar system, 55 Cancri e is an exoplanet that is about two times wider and eight times more massive than Earth. What's more, this alien world lies incredibly close to its host star, completing one orbit every 18 hours, indicating that the planet is far too hot to host life as we know it. In fact, scientists estimate that surface temperatures on 55 Cancri e can reach up to 3,630 degrees F (2,000 degrees C).
8. Star trio
Another exoplanet discovered this year was also spotted orbiting multiple stars. The strange new world, HD 131399Ab, circles three stars at once in a highly exotic celestial arrangement.
HD 131399Ab is located 340 light-years from Earth, in the constellation Centaurus. For about half of the planet's orbit through the system, which lasts 550 Earth-years, all three stars are visible in the sky.
The system exhibits a strange configuration: Exoplanet HD 131399Ab orbits a large, bright star — call it Star A — and then the exoplanet and Star A are orbited by a pair of stars referred to as Star B and Star C. This multistar system was the first found with such an exotic configuration.
9. New K-2 finds
NASA's Kepler space telescope suffered two gyroscope failures in 2013 that rendered it unable to hold its former focus on one precise patch of the sky. But that didn't stop Kepler: Scientists developed a new mission for the scope, aptly named K-2. Using its two remaining gyroscopes, its thrusters and the pressure of sunlight, the telescope now observes different portions of the sky, each for up to 83 days, and then rotates to prevent sunlight from coming into its field of view.
K-2 has unveiled 58 candidate planets, 127 of which have already been confirmed. This includes two rocky exoplanets called K2-72c and 72e, which orbit within the habitable zone of their host star (located about 181 light-years from Earth).
K2-72c circles slightly closer to the host star with a 15-day orbit, while sibling K2-72e has a 24-day orbit. Additionally, K2-72c is about 10 percent warmer than Earth, while K2-72e is about 6 percent colder than Earth.
Similar to exoplanet HD 131399Ab and its star trio, KELT-4Ab has a strange celestial configuration. KELT-4Ab orbits the star KELT-A once every three days. In turn, a nearby pair of stars then orbits KELT-A.
What's more, the twin stars, KELT-B and KELT-C, orbit one another once every 30 years, and together they travel around KELT-A and its planet every 4,000 years or so. Astronomers estimate that, to viewers on the planet, KELT-A would appear to be about 40 times as large as the sun appears in the sky on Earth, while the pair of stars would appear about as bright as the full moon in the sky. This strange system is only one of the few known to contain three stars.
Tesla’s Time Travel Experiment: I could see the past, present and future all at the same time’
Tesla’s Time Travel Experiment: I could see the past, present and future all at the same time’
Apparently, Tesla too was obsessed with time travel. He worked on a time machine and reportedly succeeded, saying: ‘I could see the past, present and future all at the same time.’
The idea that humans are able to travel in time has captured the imagination of millions around the globe. If we look back at history, we will find numerous texts that can be interpreted as evidence of time travel.
When Albert Einstein published his theory of relativity in 1905, it created a buzz in the scientific community, opening the page for many questions such as: “time travel, a possibility?”
There is even evidence of time travel in the Bible according to Erick von Daniken:
“In the Bible, the prophet Jeremiah was sitting together with a few of his friends, and there was a young boy. His name wasAbimelech,and Jeremiah said toAbimelech, “Go out of Jerusalem, there is a hill and collect some figs for us.” The boy went out and collected the fresh figs. All of a sudden,Abimelech hears some noise and wind in the air, and he becomes unconscious, he had a blackout. After a time, he wakes up again, and he saw it was nearly the evening. So when he runs back to the society and the city was full of strange soldiers. And he says, “What’s going on here? Where are Jeremiah and all the others?” And an old man said, “That was 62 years ago.” It’s a time travel story written in the Bible.
– Von Däniken.
If we look at the Mahabharata, written in the eighth century BC, King Raivata is described as traveling to the heavens to meet with the creator god Brahma, only to return to Earth hundreds of years in the future.
In Japan, the legend of Urashima Taro describes the tale of a fisherman’s visit to the protector god of the sea- Ryūjin in an underwater palace for what seemed like only three days. When he returns to his fishing village, he finds that it’s been 300 years that he’s been gone.
Maybe all of these ‘myths’ inspired great thinkers to try and figure out a way to achieving time travel.
Not long ago, a team of scientists from the University of Queensland, Australia, have simulated how time-travelling photons might behave, indicating that at least on a QUANTUM LEVE, the grandfather paradox –which demonstrates how time travel is not possible— can be resolved. Using photons –single particles of light— researchers simulated quantum particles traveling to the past. After studying their behaviors, researchers revealed possible anomalous aspects of modern-day physics.
However, it seems that Nikola Tesla may have worked on time travel before modern science even thought it was possible.
According to reports, in 1895 Tesla made a shocking discovery suggesting that time and space could be influenced by magnetic fields. Allegedly, this idea –that one could alter time and space by magnetic fields— led to a number of experiments that allegedly gave birth to the infamous Philadelphia project –considered mostly a hoax.
It is believed that Tesla worked on the idea of time travel, discovering amazing results along the way. Using magnetic fields, Tesla found that the space-time barrier could be ‘altered’ and accessed by creating a ‘trojan horse’ which eventually led to a different time.
However, it is still unclear whether or not Tesla actually achieved this as there are no documents whatsoever that prove –or for that case—disproove something like this occurred.
The only thing we do know is that reports state that in 1895, a witness found Tesla at a small coffee shop looking shaken and disturbed. His assistant claimed that Tesla was almost electrocuted by a machine as Tesla was trying to solve the time travel riddle.
After nearly dying, Tesla claimed he had found himself in an entirely different time and space window, where he could see the past, present, and future at the same time while staying within the artificially created ‘magnetic field.’
Regrettably, there are no documents –which we were able to find– to back up these claims. However, if Tesla tried to achieve time travel, he surely wasn’t the only scientist to try.
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Alien Abduction of The 4th Kind (Best Evidence Ever)
Alien Abduction of The 4th Kind (Best Evidence Ever)
Published on May 10, 2012
Abductions that cannot be dismissed.I dont have the answers what I do know is there is a lot of evidence that suggest that some of these cases are real.Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction...
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The Most Disturbing Case of Alien Abduction Ever
The Most Disturbing Case of Alien Abduction Ever
Warning:this article contains graphic images of a human mutilation
This 1994 abduction case involves the most disturbing death of a single human being ever seen.
The human was subject to a brutal mutilation. Yet the reality is that what happened to him is far more disturbing than brutality. This was systematic mutilation.
Whoever they were. Had a level of stunning precision. They were specific about what body parts and internal organs they wanted. They removed the left eye, the left ear, the lips, the tongue, and the jaw bone.
In the upper torso, two "drainage holes" were perfectly cut into the chest.
And the entire rectum track had been cored out leaving a large gaping hole, similar to how an apple core remover will slice out the center leaving the outside fully intact.
Further perplexing is the fact that there was no blood. It is clear that this systematic mutilation was executed with speed, precision, and powered by an advanced intelligence.
And that is what makes this case so disturbing.
If we are to assume that this abduction was carried out by an alien intelligence, then it is time to also revise our data regarding the conceivable specific intentions, moral perspectives and general agenda that some of our extraterrestrial visitors may have.
What we know
In 1998, four years after the body was found, Brazilian researcher Zapata Carcia and Dr. Rubens Goes revealed to the public the first time the information about the case.
The body was found on a in the Guarapiranga reservoir, located in the southern area of the city ofSão Paulo, Brazil.
Above: the Guarapiranga reservoir, the region the body was found.
Zapata & Dr. Rubens also had a series of photographs leaked to them from an insider within the Brazilian police. Upon inquiring with the police about the case, surprisingly the head of primary investigation offered his files on the case.
Police are responsible for investigating crimes… yet this murder would prove to go beyond even the most sickest criminal minds could ever possibly conceive. The report was rather simple in that, there were no signs of struggle. No typical violence occurred here. No ropes or weapons were involved.
The autopsy report would reveal more about what happened than what the police could produce. The autopsy report states: "We observed the removal of the right and left orbital areas, emptying of the mouth cavity, pharynx, oropharynx, neck, right and left armpit area, abdomen, pelvic cavity, right and left groin area."
With Zapata's & Dr. Rubens determined research the report, in addition to the photographs, were made public. You can download a copy of the actual autopsy report here. A few items have been blacked out to protect the identification of the victim.
The photographs, if you have the stomach, are available for viewing below.
From the Autopsy Report: "The axillary regions on both sides showed soft spots where organs had been removed. Incisions were made on the face, internal thorax, abdomen, legs, arms, and chest. Shoulders and arms have perforations of 1 to 1.5 inches in diameter where tissue and muscles were extracted. The edges of the perforations were uniform and so was their size. The chest had shrunk due to the removal of internal organs."
The autopsy report continues, "We observed the removal of the right and left orbital areas, emptying of the mouth cavity, pharynx, oropharynx, neck, right and left armpit area, abdomen, pelvic cavity, right and left groin area".
Precise "cookie cutter" holes are discovered in strategical positions throughout the body used for extracting internal organs. This level of precision suggests that the operation was executed with speed, the application of heat or lasers, all occurring as the subject was still alive.
In this image you can clearly see the body has been hollowed out of it's organs. A cavity in the center of the abdomen reveals an extraction point.
"INTERNAL EXAMINATION: ...after opening the cranial cavity using Griessinger technique we found: 17) unimpaired skullcap; 18) cerebral edema".
In a case like this, the presence of cerebral edema without direct traumatic origin is a strong characteristic of an agonizing death. In confirmation, the autopsy CONCLUSION explicitly states as causa mortis (cause of the death):
"...acute haemorhage in multiple traumatisms. There is a component of causa mortis by vagus stimulation" (implying cardio-respiratory arrest caused by extreme pain). "The victim shows injuries with vital reaction characteristics, i.e., there is the component "torture". The suggested modus operandi is: incisions in soft parts and natural orifices using sucking devices".
In addition to the shocking photographs, the fact that the official autopsy report blatantly states that the victim was subject to incisions & use of "sucking devices" elevates the case to the levels beyond most disturbing monstrosity to ever occur to a human being.
And disturbing in more ways than one. A) the extraction of body parts & use of sucking devices B) the beings responsible are likely not from this planet.
The Perpetrators of this Crime
Given the brutal, completely immoral nature of this suspected extraterrestrial mutilation and the autopsy conclusion that implies heart-attack due to extreme pain means that, unfortunately, this victim was almost certainly was alive while the systematic mutilation took place.
And consider the psychological profile at work here. It is clear that the beings who did this have no regard for morals or human life. They were precise. This was systematic. This was efficient. Why then, would they kill their subject before extracting bodily material? The intelligence behind this did not care about the pain this victim would suffer. This was an agonizing death to be sure.
Could Humans Do this?
If you are skeptical about the assumption that this mutilation was the work of extraterrestrials, then we have to ask - who (or what) else could have done this?
Firstly, would agencies within the government abduct us? Given what we know about the intelligence apparatus over the US Government : yes. The better question is, do these agencies have the technology to do so, and do they have the technology to extract body matter in such a systematic & effective way.
Does the military industrial complex, with their multi trillion dollar black budget, have the capability to carry out a technological mutilation?
And if so, why? What the hell do they need living internal organs for? Another confusing question is why wouldn't they properly dispose the evidence. What possible reason would they have for engaging into a complex mutilation extraction process and then put the savaged carcus back in public view?
And then there is another possibility. That this was not caused by any living beings at all. That the responsible ones behind this alien abduction are powered by a computational intelligence. Alien robots. As far fetched as that might be, it is conceivable that there could be organized races of robotic intelligences who have interstellar capability. It's at least a consideration, given the fact that whoever committed this systematic extraction has not even a remote extent of human feeling.
Parallels to Cattle Mutilations
You may have heard the term "cattle mutilation". Cattle mutilation cases are much more common than that of the human variety. Yet this Guarapiranga case and the hundreds of cattle mutilation cases reported in the United States bear a striking similarity.
The above scene is from the scene of a reported cattle mutilation. I guess you could say that it's a little less scary given the fact that this is a cow. Yet the similarities in the precision to the cut and hollowed out organs yield an erie resemblance to what happened to the man in Guarapiranga. Unfortunately, this isn't the only sickening cattle mutilation ever reported. There are literally hundreds of cases just like this - all with a consistent methodology to removing internal organs & body material using advanced technological processes that seem to defy the capabilities of even the most modern medical procedures.
The Alien Agenda
This case is tentative evidence that at least some alien visitors are not friendly. Given the amount of UFO & extraterrestrial activity evidenced in the thousands of videos & photographs in public archives, including UFOs on NASA's own footage, it is likely that there multiple extraterrestrial races existing in our solar system.
One former geologist & engineer, Phil Schneider,who died in the 1990's due to a suspicious death, former geologist & engineer, claimed that the US Military & the international Militaries of the world have been in quote, "constant conflict with the outer space alien" both underground and above the surface. These aliens he said, included the Small Greys, the Large Greys, and the .
Could there be a genuine extraterrestrial threat? And if so, is it rogue groups who are violating interstellar agreements by infiltrating our planet with occasional abductions - or is it an entire race of aliens that could potentially exterminate the entire human population?
While I admit this conclusion is digressing into the realm of conspiracy, it seems certain anyway that this case is yet another example of an incident that is by all logic: performed by extraterrestrials. The publicly available data surrounding this case combined with an understanding of the mountains of evidence to suggest that there are indeed extraterrestrial visitors already engaging the planet (which includes several hundred corporate, government, and military witnesses who have offered to testify to congress as part of the Disclosure Project) then it is not a stretch to make this conclusion.
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Tech That Will Change Your Life in 2017
Tech That Will Change Your Life in 2017
Our Personal Tech columnists look at what’s next for big tech advances, from AI and augmented reality to videogame consoles and the war on fake news.
We talked to industry insiders and tracked the trends to identify the tech that will make the biggest impact in 2017.ILLUSTRATION: JASON SCHNEIDER
By GEOFFREY A. FOWLER and JOANNA STERN
If you’ve seen it in a movie, you might see it in reality in 2017.
Just like in sci-fi flicks, this year’s flagship phones will be (almost) all screen. Some of us will start wearing computers on our faces. And chances are good an artificial intelligence will make decisions on your behalf.
Ok, teleportation is still a ways off. But we’re still in awe of what’s in store for the next 12 months. The list below has become an annual tradition, where we talk to industry insiders, track the trends and otherwise gaze into our crystal ball to identify the tech that’s going to make an impact in the near term—for better and worse.
One thing that struck us this year is the growing importance of software. You won’t necessarily need to buy a new phone, TV, watch or speaker to bring the advances of AI into your home. They’ll come in updates and apps, as well as in shiny new gadgets. This also has its downside: If you haven’t been hacked yet, the chances are even greater in 2017. And a handful of big companies will continue to consolidate their power over what you read and watch.
Celebrate the holidays with a better future. With the right gadget gift, you can bring home some long-promised tech leaps, from virtual reality to Wi-Fi that actually works. Here’s what we’d actually buy for our loved ones—or ourselves.
Instagram introduced live video streaming and private photos and videos that disappear after being viewed, matching a feature that is the hallmark of Snapchat.
What tech do you think will change your life in 2017? Hit us up on email or on Facebook and Twitter @geoffreyfowler and @joannastern.
Mobile Video Goes Mainstream
Like it or not, you’ll watch more video on your smartphone this year. Facebook Live. Twitter Live. Instagram Live (and Stories). With new streaming video features, all the major social networks are clamoring to become the television network in your pocket. They’re also clamoring to out-Snapchat Snapchat, the soon-to-go-public picture-chat service, where upward of 10 billion videos are watched each day. Considering video is a data hoover, cellular carriers will offer heftier plans and incentives to increase our data buckets. ( T-Mobile and Sprint have already shifted back to unlimited plans.) Some carriers including Verizon will begin testing 5G networks for an even faster wireless future.
Face Computers Strike Back
Ate van der Meer, director of Dutch company Snakeware, presented Microsoft's HoloLens gear in Amsterdam in June 2016. Snakeware will develop software for HoloLens, which is expected to ship in 2017.
PHOTO: FREEK VAN DEN BERGH/EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY
Four years after the flop of Google Glass, wearing a computer in your glasses is no longer so far-fetched. This fall, people lined up for hours to buy a pair of Snap Spectacles with a built-in camera. And the success of Pokémon Go taught millions about the potential of mixed or augmented reality (AR) technology, digital info layered over the real world. One big advantage over virtual reality is that AR is much less isolating.
The year ahead will bring glasses that project pictures into your view—likely a new version of Microsoft’s promising HoloLens headgear and potentially even something from Apple and the much-hyped Magic Leap.
Talking Speakers Worth Listening To
Voice control arrived in a big way in 2016 as the Echo and Echo Dot brought the convenience of talking with Amazon’s Alexa assistant to millions of kitchens and home offices.
A demonstration of Google’s Home speaker at the product’s launch in October 2016.
PHOTO: MICHAEL SHORT/BLOOMBERG NEWS
Expect an even bigger home invasion in 2017. Sonos will integrate with Alexa so you can reap the benefits of the voice assistant without sacrificing great audio quality, and GE and other appliance makers will add Amazon’s bot to washers, dishwashers, you name it. Meanwhile, Microsoft’s Cortana virtual assistant will smarten up a speaker from Harman Kardon, and Google plans to improve its Home speaker with third-party services.
Facebook Takes News Seriously
Facebook has long played coy about its responsibilities as a media company. But the 2016 election cycle brought criticism from the left and the right about how the social network handled news—both real and fake. Heading into 2017, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg is at least giving lip service to new efforts to label certain stories as false, build tools to classify misinformation and work with fact-checking groups. Facebook’s war on “fake news” could change the information consumed by hundreds of millions, and reduce the ignorance amplification that Facebook’s design facilitates.
Robots Hit the Road
This is the year the robots start doing more of the driving. It’s hard to find a car maker—be it Honda, Hyundai or BMW—that doesn’t offer 2017 models with driver assist options like automatic braking to avoid collisions, and automatic steering to avoid lane drifting. Those features—along with Wi-Fi, navigation systems and so many sensors—are paving the road for our connected, driverless future.
A pilot model of an Uber self-driving car in Pittsburgh in September 2016. Uber launched a groundbreaking driverless car service, stealing ahead of Detroit auto giants and Silicon Valley rivals with technology that could revolutionize transportation.PHOTO: ANGELO MERENDINO/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES
It isn’t as far off as you think: This year you may even ride in a self-driving car. Uber has begun a pilot in Pittsburgh where robotic Fords pick up passengers. (Arizona is next.) Don’t worry, human “drivers” ensure the vehicles are operating properly.
The Nintendo Switch hybrid gaming device is expected to be released in 2017.
PHOTO: NINTENDO/REUTERS
Gaming systems used to last six to eight years, but entertainment tech is advancing at a faster clip with more aggressive games and new display capabilities such as 4K resolution and high dynamic range (HDR) color. VR gaming is more demanding on computing power, too. Unless console makers want to try to sell new hardware every year, they’re in need of a paradigm shift where their systems can adopt new capabilities more quickly.
Screens Take Over
The iPhone 7 provided a lot of the same (minus a headphone jack). And Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 was unforgettable, but for the wrong reasons. If 2016 was the year the smartphone became boring, 2017 will be the year of its reinvention. Leaps in screen technology and software will pave the biggest rethinking in years. Apple is expected to go all out for its 10th-anniversary iPhone. There is talk of buttonless models (Bye-bye, home button!) with curved OLED screens. Samsung, which has pushed the curved, no-bezel look for a few generations, is likely to continue the trend with the Galaxy S8 while giving its flagship phone new AI functionality.
Net Neutrality’s About-Face?
AT&T allows its mobile subscribers to stream its DirecTV Now pay-TV service without using up any megabytes of their data plans.
PHOTO:AT&T
Winter is coming for net neutrality. Last year, the Federal Communications Commission prevented internet service providers like Verizon from charging services like Netflix fees to reach homes at faster speeds. But members of President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team appear more sympathetic to ISPs, and Trump himself tweeted in 2014 that the FCC’s policies were “a power grab” by President Obama.
For consumers, an about-face could mean more power (and, ultimately, more money) in the hands of pipeline providers who want to lock us in. Case in point: AT&T is testing the rules by allowing its mobile subscribers to stream its DirecTV Now pay-TV service without using up any megabytes of their data plans.
AI Brings the Magic
We’re not talking lifelike “Westworld” robots quite yet, but in 2017 computers will demonstrate the ability to learn and make decisions using brains of their own. Supported by loads of data and investments from major tech companies, a leap in the AI systems that power voice assistants, apps and social networks is likely.
An updated Google Translate app, seen in a 2015 photo, enables smartphones to translate signs, menus and more into English. Google hopes it will be useful for teachers, medical personnel, police and others in multilingual communities.PHOTO: GLENN CHAPMAN/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES
Live, Alejandro wtih UFO news, and guest Butch Witkowski, FFSc Director, Founder, UFO Research Center of Pennsylvania discusses his own sighting, his involvement in investigating over the years, strange cryptoids, UFOs, and abductions. In the member’s part of the show Butch get into cattle as well as human mutilations. Some details may be graphic.
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MYSTERIOUS 'ALIEN' HAND FOUND IN PERU - DNA TESTS PLANNED FOR EARLY 2017 IN THE US
MYSTERIOUS 'ALIEN' HAND FOUND IN PERU - DNA TESTS PLANNED FOR EARLY 2017 IN THE US
A local person living in Cusco, a region of Peru happened upon an incredible find when they were exploring the tunnels of the southern desert near their home. The find has generated a great deal of excitement in the local community. It appears to be an elongated humanoid skull and a bizarre hand with incredibly long and thin fingers.
The individual who found the bizarre artifacts has submitted them to local physicians for examination. The doctors have found that both of the unusual body parts are comprised of both skin and bone. After x-rays of the skull, they concluded that could not have come from a human being although they were certain that it was a life form of some kind. They came to the same conclusion about the unusual hand. The x-rays clearly show that the fingers inside the hand are comprised of six bones which mean that it cannot have come from a human being as humans only have three bones in each finger. As of yet, the local doctors and scientists are completely stumped about which kind of creature the artifacts came from, but they are almost certain that it was some variety of mammal.
Skeptics immediately dismissed the find as a hoax but after the scientific tests have proven that the artifacts are certainly organic rather than synthetic it is hoped that these doubts will soon be put to bed. Now that most people have been assured that the artifacts are genuine there has been a great deal of speculation about where they could have come from. Some people have suggested that the skull and the hand could have been left on Earth by an alien visitor to the planet. Others have suggested that the artifact might come from a form of ancient humanoid. This theory has a certain amount of credibility as the remains of extinct forms of ancient humanoids have been discovered in Peru before.
It is hoped that the mystery will be solved in the early part of 2017 when the two body parts will be sent to a specialist laboratory in the United States for radiocarbon and DNA testing.
Above is a video of the hand, and below a video of the skull in question.
MYSTERIOUS CARDS SPREAD NEAR CHICAGO: 'SOMETHING TERRIBLE IS GOING TO HAPPEN ON DECEMBER 31, 2016'
MYSTERIOUS CARDS SPREAD NEAR CHICAGO: 'SOMETHING TERRIBLE IS GOING TO HAPPEN ON DECEMBER 31, 2016'
All the cards were found near the Fox Valley Mall and two churches near Highway 90 and 290. The cards were left on cars and suburbans. No suspect has been apprehended thus far.
IS SOMETHING GOING TO HAPPEN ON 12/31/2016?
The repercussion can be enormous. People could start panicking about a future “end of the world.” A lot of agencies and security group are on alert and are currently investigating what could happen on that date.
The police keep searching for a possible cause because they said that any threat no regards on how big or small it is, should be taken seriously.
Statement by the Aurora police department:
“While we’re not certain as to what the meaning behind the messages are, we do not want the community to panic. The incidents do serve as an excellent illustration of everyone’s role in keeping our community safe in that any suspicious behavior, no matter how insignificant it may seem, should be called into 911 immediately. If possible, taking a photograph or video of the suspicious behavior is also recommended as long as doing so would not put someone in immediate danger.”
The police are currently asking the public to report any strange and suspect behavior that could help them identify the author of the threat.
We are left to wonder what - if anything - will happen in Aurora on 12/31/2016
Wij zien hem misschien deze dagen niet zoveel, maar dat wil absoluut niet zeggen dat er niets gebeurt in de buurt van onze zon.
Een bekende Amerikaanse televisie-weerman is ervan overtuigd dat het rondom de zon wemelt van buitenaardse schepen.
We hebben de afgelopen jaren regelmatig berichten gepubliceerd over UFO’s die verschenen in de buurt van de zon. Soms enorme schepen en soms leek het alsof ze als het ware energie tankten bij of uit de zon.
"Ik heb een jaar of zes tot zeven geleden nieuwsberichten gelezen waarin twee Russische wetenschappers hadden ontdekt dat er op ieder moment van de dag, 24 uur per dag, iedere dag, UFO’s aanwezig zijn bij de zon. Dat niet alleen, maar ze zeiden dat ze zo groot als onze maan zijn en soms nog groter".
Ze zeiden dat deze UFO’s hun snelheid kunnen opvoeren en weer afremmen zonder aanwijsbare reden en dat ze volkomen onverwacht een 90 graden draai konden maken zonder af te remmen.
Hij zegt dat er al jarenlang UFO’s zijn waar te nemen op de SOHO beelden zoals die door NASA worden gemaakt en vrijgegeven en dat ze halsstarrig weigeren om ook maar op één van al die UFO’s commentaar te geven. Als ze het dan toevallig een keer wel doen, dan is de oorzaak altijd “een technisch mankement”.
Stevens zegt dat hij alle foto’s die zich in het SOHO archief bevinden heeft bestudeerd. Daarop heeft hij op verschillende data en tijden volkomen identieke objecten gevonden. Daarom is het volgens de onderzoeker niet mogelijk dat we hier te maken met kleine afwijkingen tijdens het zenden van de afbeeldingen naar de aarde.
Hij zegt verder, “Ik ben ervan overtuigd dat er UFO’s vliegen in de buurt van de zon. Dan heb ik het over een vloot UFO’s. Ik geloof dat NASA en de Amerikaanse overheid weten van hun bestaan en van een bepaalde beschaving wiens ruimteschepen in staat zijn extreem hoge temperaturen te kunnen verdragen. De machthebbers zijn gewoon te bang om dat toe te geven. Ze hebben nog niet besloten welke tactiek ze zullen volgen.
Enkele dagen geleden schreven wij een artikel over een sigaarvormige UFO en de suggestie dat deze misschien wel in verband zou kunnen worden gebracht met de sigaarvormige Andromeda Gerät zoals tijdens de oorlog door de Duitsers is ontwikkeld.
Een groot langwerpig schip met daarbinnen ruimte voor een aantal kleinere UFO’s die eruit zien als de klassieke retro UFO, vliegende schotel.
De Duitse wetenschapper Dr. Hermann Oberth zei over het Andromeda project: Wij kunnen niet alleen de eer opstrijken voor onze record vooruitgang binnen een specifiek wetenschappelijk gebied, wij hebben hulp ontvangen". Toen hem werd gevraagd door wie die hulp dan was gegeven, zei hij, “Door mensen van andere werelden”. Oberth was één van de belangrijkste pioniers op het gebied van raket ontwerpen ten tijde van het Derde Rijk en werkte later voor de Amerikanen aan de vergevorderde technologie van bemande ruimtecapsules.
Een bekende collega van Oberth en ook een oudgediende van het Derde Rijk was Wernher von Braun. Ook hij zei dezelfde soort dingen over buitenaardsen toen hij in 1959 verklaarde, “Wij hebben te maken met machten die veel sterker zijn dan wij tot nu aannamen en waarvan wij op dit moment niet weten waar hun basis zich bevindt. Meer kan ik op dit moment niet zeggen. Wij zijn nu bezig om in nauwer contact te komen met die machten en misschien zal het binnen zes tot negen maanden mogelijk zijn om gedetailleerder op deze zaak in te gaan”.
Iets dat nooit is gebeurd, omdat hem door de Amerikanen ongetwijfeld zwijgplicht zal zijn opgelegd.
Vervolgens zien we zoveel jaar later met de regelmaat van de klok enorme schepen verschijnen op de beelden van NASA.
UFO Shoots Over Active Costa Rica Volcano To Drop Off And Pick Up Alien Passengers On Live Cam, Dec 30, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Shoots Over Active Costa Rica Volcano To Drop Off And Pick Up Alien Passengers On Live Cam,Dec 30, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Did you notice the burst of energy above and below the UFO as it reached the volcanos summit? Its beaming up and down passengers.
Date of sighting: Dec 30, 2016 Location of sighting: Turrialba Volcano, Costa Rica This UFO looks to be about 75 to 100 meters. Did you notice the burst of energy above and below the UFO as it reached the volcanos summit? Its beaming up and down passengers. The summit of the mountains has three volcano craters. This UFO displayed quite a show in Costa Rica yesterday when a video camera trained on Turrialba volcano captured an eruption as a meteor fireball flew overhead. The UFO made sure to come low in a hormonal position so that it could beam up supplies and people and drop them off. It only takes a split second for alien tech to accomplish so it should be no surprise to see it happen on video. I have told you that the older bases on Earth were placed in strategic locations tens of thousands of years ago. Strategic in that they were deliberately made below locations where few humans would dare venture like volcanos, north pole, under water, and such. Some of these bases still exist, for instance 5-6km below Turrialba Volcano. These ancient alien bases have many species of aliens in them, not just one. For example, the base below the castle at Rocca Pia, Italy has about 56 different species in it...some even mingled with humans for over 3 decades! (Friendship Case click here). Also the two other bases near Mexico City at Colima volcano and Popocatepetl, where ancient Aztecs and Mayans reported seeing gods entering and exiting the mouths. The evidence in this video below is undeniable truth that only reinforces the fact that aliens have bases on Earth and have been here thousands of years. Scott C. Waring
UFO Disguised As Plane Over St. Helens, England On Dec 30, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting
UFO Disguised As Plane Over St. Helens, England On Dec 30, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting.
Date of sighting: Dec 30, 2016 Location of sighting: St. Helens, Merseyside, England This is an odd sighting of a UFO over a small town in England yesterday. A UFO that is disguised as a plane using plane lights is a common technique for UFOs to escape detection at night. Nice catch by Kelly Latham of Youtube. Eyewitness states:
Weird UFO seen in St. Helens that ain't no plane!!
UFO Fleet Over Buck County, Pennsylvania On Dec 29, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Fleet Over Buck County, Pennsylvania On Dec 29, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Dec 29, 2016
Location of sighting: Buck County, Pennsylvania, USA
This capture of a UFO fleet over Pennsylvania is amazing. The UFOs move in unison with each other and they have their own glow. They are moving very fast and flashing to each other which is a method of communication. Wow, what I would give to get a close up of one of these UFOs.
Scott C. Waring
Eyewitness states:
This happened to me last night. 12-29-16. I was driving home north bound when I spotted multiple lights in the nights sky moving in an eerie pattern. I pulled off he road to watch and tape. I kept no zoom and a steady camera so people could analyze the video and try to debunk it. I could not tell if it was a solid single craft of multiple. Any questions leave in the comments below. This is not a hoax video.
The claims of a security police officer, who says he witnessed a famous UFO sighting while in the U.S. Air Force (USAF) in 1980, are being called into question by Charles Halt, the deputy base commander at the time. Halt wrote an official memo that made it into the public outlining the events of two UFO sightings in late December, 1980. The second sighting Halt witnessed himself. However, he says he has spoken to the supervisor of the USAF police officer, and this new witness was not in the places he claims to have been on the nights of the UFO events.
Charles Halt in 1981.
The sightings took place in the Rendlesham Forest, which is outside of the gates of two Royal Air Force (RAF) bases in the UK that were on lease to the USAF. In his memo, dated January 13, 1981, Halt writes that in the early morning of December 27, 1980, “two USAF security police patrolmen saw unusual lights outside of the gate at RAF Woodbridge.” The on-duty flight chief allowed three men to investigate the lights, and they reported seeing a triangular metallic object that eventually disappeared.
Halts claims, the next day, December 29, 1980, three depressions were observed in the ground in the area the object had been seen. He also reported that radiation levels were higher in the three depressions and on a nearby tree than they were in the rest of the area.
Halt goes on to describe that later that night a “red sun-like light was seen through the trees.” He said the object broke into five white objects and then disappeared. Soon after, “three star-like objects” were seen in the night sky. They changed color and moved erratically. They also beamed a light down periodically. These objects were seen by Halt and others, and were in the area for two or three hours.
Memo written by Col. Halt, related to the Rendlesham Forest incident, that was leaked to the press.
Halt had a tape recorder taken out into the field that night, so the event was also caught on audio tape.
Since the incident took place in the forest outside of the base, it was in the UK’s jurisdiction, so Halt was asked to write the memo outlining the events and send it to the RAF. Halt says, “The decision to call it a British event/problem was made by the Third AF Commander Major General Bazley after hearing my tape at the Weekly Senior Commander briefing the following Wednesday (Williams played my tape for the staff).”
Several witnesses have come forward claiming to have been there, and/or have seen the lights, since. The first was a man named Larry Warren, who has been a controversial figure. His claims have differed from other witnesses.
Steve Longero
Earlier this month, we posted an interview of a man named Steve Longero, who says he was also a USAF security police officer and he had also been there during the UFO sightings. His claims made news recently, and we posted an interview with Longero by UFO researcher and author, and frequent OpenMinds.tv contributor, Philip Mantle.
Mantle says he spoke with other witnesses to verify Longero was stationed at the base at the time. Mantle then sent his interview to a several news outlets, but he says he, nor Longero, expected it to get as much attention as it did.
In the interview, Longero admits he cannot remember everything, but he says he was stationed at nearby RAF Bentwaters, the base on the other side of the forest. He said his job was to patrol the perimeter of the weapons storage area. He claims that on the night of the sighting alarms went off and he could see bright lights over the treetops. He says he then went into the forest and remembers seeing the flight chief, Warren, and a couple of the other witnesses, Jim Penniston and Edward Cabansag, in a field in the forest. Longero says he was in the forest for an hour or two, but only saw the lights for about 15 minutes. He also remembers Halt showing up later.
Welcome sign at RAF Bentwaters.
(Credit: Philip Mantle)
Longero claims that a couple of days later he was ordered not to talk about the sighting and that agents of the Office of Special investigations (OSI) were also present then.
Halt feels Longero has gotten all the facts wrong, and has communicated with me the details to set the record straight. To begin with, Halt has spoken with the flight chief, and as stated in his memo, only three men were allowed to leave the base to investigate the lights on the first night. He confirmed that Longero was on duty the first night, but he would have gotten in trouble had he left his post.
The three men who did enter the forest were Penniston, Cabansag, and a man named John Burroughs. These three men have come forward, and their accounts are well documented. We have several interviews with Penniston and Burroughs here on OpenMinds.tv, and they have both presented at the International UFO Congress.
Halt also took issue with several other of Longero’s statements.
“Steve claims all the alarms in the WSA [weapons storage area] went off. That’s nonsense. If that had happened, there would have been a response to behold, it would have even been up channeled,” Halt explained. “No one else mentions alarms and I read the Law Enforcement and Security Blotters every morning and no mention was made of even a single alarm. Steve has commingled the first and third night.”
Halt has recalled many times, and it is in his memo, he was not there the first night. In fact, in several interviews, Halt has said he was skeptical of the UFO claims made the first night and did not expect to see anything out of the ordinary when he went out on the night of the second UFO sighting. So, Longero could not have seen Halt the first night.
From left: Nick Pope (Former UFO researcher for the British Ministry of Defence), James Penniston, and Charles Halt.
(Credit: James Fox)
Halt says Warren was not there that night either, and has said so himself. According to Halt, others have confirmed that Warren was in the dorm that night.
Halt also points out, “Longero was posted miles way at RAF Bentwaters and could only know what he heard on the police radio.”
As for the night Halt was in the forest, he says Longero was not on duty that night and was not there.
1980 was a long time ago, and it could be that Longero is not remembering the events correctly. He may have seen the light overhead on the second night while on base.
Halt speculates that Longero could be trying to help Warren. Warren was the first person to talk to the press about the events in the Rendlesham Forest. However, Halt has disagreed with many of the claims made by Warren, and in Mantle’s interview, Longero does claim to know and like Warren.
Halt says he never wanted to get involved with this UFO case in the first place, but once the memo and the audio recording were leaked to the press, he felt the need to set the record straight.
When details of the events of those nights comes out that is not accurate, Halt often feels compelled to speak up. He says, “As someone that didn’t want to get involved, was thrust into it and only reluctantly spoke out to get the truth out, it’s frustrating.”
Halt has a new book out titled The Halt Perspective. It is available on Amazon. He says people can read the book to get accurate details on the events of those nights. Halt will also be presenting this February at the International UFO Congress.
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Parallel Universes and the Déjà Vu phenomenon: A mysterious mindboggling connection
Parallel Universes and the Déjà Vu phenomenon: A mysterious mindboggling connection
It is possible that Parallel Universes and the Déjà Vu phenomenon are mysteriously connected
Most of us have had, at least once in our lifetime a ‘déjà vu’ experience, that mysterious feeling where time seems to pass by in slow-motion, where you perceive information in such a way as if you had already experienced the current situation sometime in the distant past.
Ranging from paranormal disturbances and neurological disorders, researchers have been trying to explain the mysterious phenomenon for decades, yet no one has been able to understand fully how we can live the ‘déjà vu’ phenomenon so inanely.
‘Déjà Vu,’ which originates from the French languages and means ‘already seen’ is a rather common occurrence that we know very little of. When you come to experience a ‘déjà vu’ moment you feel mysteriously overtaken by a mysterious force which unconsciously tells you ‘this already happened before.’
The ‘déjà vu’ phenomenon is reported occurring on an occasional basis in 60-80% of people around the world. It is an experience almost always transient and occurs randomly.
Many researchers propose that the phenomenon is an experience based on memory and assume that the memory centers in the brain are responsible for the ‘déjà vu’ phenomenon. However, there are those who associate the ‘déjà vu’ phenomenon with prophecies, past life experiences or memories, clairvoyance, or a mystic signpost which could indicate a sense of fulfillment of a ‘predetermined’ condition in life.
A Déjà vu experience occurs quickly, without warning and has no physical manifestation apart from the announcement: “I just had a déjà vu”.
But if all of the above cannot explain this mysterious feeling that nearly everyone experience once in a lifetime, then what can?
There are some who have connected the ‘déjà vu’ phenomenon with the existence of parallel universes.
Parallel universes? But… do they exist?
Well actually, Scientists might have spotted another universe sitting next to our own. According to astronomers, light spotted in outer space might have ‘spilled through’ from another universe very close to our own. The bright patches could be in fact leftovers from another universe that began in the vicinity of our own according to scientific study. Scientists believe that they can actually get a peek at one if the said universe started out close enough to our universe, so the two were able to ‘touch’ which would then leave a viewable signature in our universe. In order to find these signatures, scientists have compared a map of the cosmic microwave background (which are leftovers from the early universe) with a picture of the entire sky taken by the European Space Agency’s Planck telescope. What they found after left researchers mesmerized. After they had subtracted one from the other, they saw an eerie patch of light in the sky, a patch of light that could be explained as being the remains of collisions with other universes.
But can a Parallel Universe explain a ‘déjà vu’ experience?
According to Dr. Michio Kaku, an American futurist, theoretical physicist and popularizer of science, Parallel universes can explain the mysterious phenomenon and states that quantum physics actually provide the necessary details which suggest déjà vu might be caused by your ability to “flip between different universes.”
The idea that other universes (multiverse theory) exist has been supported by several scientists, among them Professor Steve Weinberg, a theoretical physicist and Nobel Prize winner. According to Professor Weinberg, it is possible that in the same room an infinite number of parallel realities coexist with us.
“Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg likens this multiple universe theory to radio. All around you, there are hundreds of different radio waves being broadcast from distant stations. At any given instant, your office or car or living room is full of these radio waves. However, if you turn on a radio, you can listen to only one frequency at a time; these other frequencies have decohered and are no longer in phase with each other. Each station has a different energy, a different frequency. As a result, your radio can only be turned to one broadcast at a time. Likewise, in our universe, we are “tuned” into the frequency that corresponds to physical reality. But there are an infinite number of parallel realities coexisting with us in the same room, although we cannot “tune into” them. Although these worlds are very much alike, each has a different energy. And because each world consists of trillions upon trillions of atoms, this means that the energy difference can be quite significant. Since the frequency of these waves is proportional to their energy (by Planck’s law), this means that the waves of each world vibrate at different frequencies and cannot interact anymore. For all intents and purposes, the waves of these various worlds do not interact or influence each other.”― Michio Kaku, Parallel Worlds: A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos (source)
All of this means that it is quite possible that, at the exact moment you experienced a ‘déjà vu,’ you are in fact ‘vibrating in unison’ with another parallel universe in the cosmos.
Neighbours baffled as UFO with trail of fire ‘hovers for hours’ above Devon coast
Neighbours baffled as UFO with trail of fire ‘hovers for hours’ above Devon coast
A BLOKE who took snaps of a UFO "with windows" hovering above the Brit south coast believes he has sensationally captured an alien spaceship on camera.
INCREDIBLE: The UFO appears to have a trail of fire behind it and it suddenly disappeared
Tyron said: "It looked like a star close to the horizon, and by the time I set up my tripod I could see it was an object. Even the trail behind it did not seem normal. "If you look closely you can see what appears to be windows.
"I have never seen anything like this. As for believing in aliens, I've always thought we are not alone in the universe and hoped to see something that would make me believe they would visit us.
"I didn't expect it to actually happen."
The object appeared to be travelling east, leaving Tyron to speculate it had crossed the Atlantic from the US.
Tyron added: "These pictures can, and do, tell a million stories."
Today a top scientist said discovering alien life was "around the corner" and could come in 2017.
“It was lit up like a white light at first then changed colour to a dark shade before it vanished”
Mark Emmins
Sharing Tyron's pictures on Facebook, Mark said: "Today for the second time in my life I can honestly say that myself and my neighbour watched a UFO.
"It was stood still in the sky for some hours and then decided to move and then vanish.
"It was lit up like a white light at first then changed colour to a dark shade before it vanished. But it was stationary for a few hours before it moved."
The notion of humans visiting other worlds beyond Earth has quite rapidly shifted from distant dream into near-future possibility. At the rate agencies like NASA and companies like SpaceX are moving, we might seriously see human boots touch the surface of Mars sometime in the next decade. Moreover, the plan isn’t simply to stop by the Red Planet for a short visit. When we finally get to Mars, we’re planning to stick around — permanently.
And that begs the question: How much are we looking to make Mars feel like home? The only habitat humans have ever known is Earth, and billions of years of evolution have fine-tuned our physiologies to its size, environment, atmosphere, and chemical and geological composition, among many other things. If humans really plan to make Mars into a second home, it would behoove the species to really think about how to transform the Red Planet into a second Blue Planet. That means terraforming Mars and turning it from a cold wasteland into a green, water-filled world.
Is this really the right way to go? In a new essay on Nautilus, Robert Sparrow, a philosophy professor at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, argues that we should leave Mars alone and drop any and all ideas about terraforming the red landscape. He’s not tackling this issue from a technical or scientific point of view. His reasons are ethical and aesthetic.
Sparrow leans heavily on the teachings of Aristotle, and his views on virtue ethics. “According to virtue ethics,” Sparrow writes, “what makes someone a good person is that they possess various virtues, such as kindness, courage, and wisdom. What makes someone a bad person is that they possess various vices, such as cruelty, cowardliness, and naivety.”
It’s perhaps a bit strange to see what this has to do with terraforming, but Sparrow gets to it soon enough, saying that terraforming Mars would not be a virtuous act, but rather a vicious one. The two major reasons are that terraforming would constitute an destruction of the natural beauty of Mars.
“A failure to respond appropriately to beauty is a vice because it makes living a characteristically human life impossible. One thing that distinguishes us from mere brutes is our appreciation of beauty. A person who can wander through the Grand Canyon without being appropriately moved by its beauty is missing something in their make up as well as in the world. Such a person will also struggle to realize characteristically human goods like the development of skills, such as artistic and musical skills, and relationships, such as love, that are premised on the recognition of aesthetic qualities. Only someone insensitive to beauty would not recognize the destruction of the Martian landscape as a tragedy.”
The other point Sparrow makes is that terraforming is a basically a manifestation of hubris, driven by by pride and arrogance that leads humans to believe we could — and should — transform planets as we see fit.
“If we think of our home as a place which nurtures us and in which we grow to maturity, then a case could be made that until we learn to treat our own planet better, any attempt to reshape another planet and call it our ‘home’ would be hubristic.”
Sparrow’s arguments are worth entertaining. Leaving Earth is bound to change the human species and affect human nature as whole. Yet, Sparrow’s arguments about ethics and aesthetics fail to take into account exactly why it is we are searching for another home for human beings. The fragility of our planet means we need a backup plan. Climate change is one existential threat, but there are a myriad of others as well. People like SpaceX CEO Elon Musk are banking on making Mars the second Earth that could allow the human species to live on.
Terraforming Mars, therefore, is a moral imperative. To ensure the survival of the human race, we’ll need to do everything we can to make sure the backup home for the species is in the best shape for colonists to thrive.
Moreover, it’s something of a moot point to expect that we can visit and live on Mars and leave it in a pristine state.
“By the decision to go to Mars and having human settlements on Mars, people have already made the decision that they’re going to, just by default, change things. There’s no other way around that,” former astronaut Mae Jemison told Inverse earlier this year. “As soon as you say we’re going to have settlements, whether you want to admit it or not, one has already said ‘I’m willing to change things.’ It’s not a happy answer, but I’m a realist.”
What Jemison means is that when we settle Mars, we’re going to be bringing plants, animals, and microbes that are essential for making day-to-day life work. Not to mention there will almost certainly be stowaway organisms that manage to hitch a ride to the Red Planet as well. All of these things will irrevocably alter Mars and make it more like Earth in a “terraform-lite” process. Actively thinking about terraforming Mars would at least allow humans to consider how to control the process and minimize the negative effects to the ecology and landscape, and allow Mars to retain spaces that preserve the natural beauty.
Sparrow is right about one thing: we need to make sure we’re not recklessly trudging off into an alien world and tearing things up without considering the consequences. That’s exactly how we’ve ended up with an Earth that feels increasingly like its teetering on the brink of cataclysm. But rejecting the terraformation of other worlds doesn’t save our ethics from crumbling. It just makes it more likely the human species won’t into the next millennium.
Archaeologists in the Jebel Qurma region of Jordan’s Black Desert have discovered thousands of inscriptions and petroglyphs which are expected to be around 2,000 years old. They have uncovered more than 5,000 pieces of ancient rock art over the last five years.
Inscriptions found are written in the ancient Safaitic (a script used by the nomads of the basalt desert of southern Syria and northern Jordan).
The majority of the inscriptions are of animals, like gazelles and lions. However, a majority of the inscriptions with text include just people’s names.
Image courtesy Peter Akkermans
Project leader Peter Akkermans, from Leiden University in the Netherlands, said, “The precise reason for producing rock art – inscriptions and/or representations – is still unclear and open to discussion. What was the message which the producers of the rock art tried to convey?”
The findings give us an idea of an ancient civilization and also suggest that the region was once home to a diverse culture. Although at present this region is a highly inhospitable area, very arid and harsh, findings suggest the region was once full of trees, animals, and a human population.
Akkermans said, “Our excavation at one site revealed masses of charcoal from the 3rd century AD, which appeared to represent several taxa [groups] of trees, which needed water year-round. Hence, the conditions in at least the third century AD may have been quite different from today. This is certainly something I wish to explore in the next field seasons, by coring for pollen.”
With several probes around different planets and a rover on Mars, experts are hopeful that 2017 could finally be the year that humans discover life on other worlds.
Scientists were excited earlier this year when strange signals were detected from deep space.
While many experts state that it is likely to be another false alarm, there is hope that significant news will arise from it either way.
Doctor Simon Foster, a physicist from Imperial College London, told Express.co.uk: “In the past, when we thought we had discovered aliens previously, it was a new form of star called the pulsar.
"We don’t know hardly anything and when we come up against something we don’t know or doesn’t fit into out current understanding, it is quite nice to say that it could be aliens, whereas a lot of it is just a phenomena that we haven’t discovered.
“Either way there is a breakthrough just around the corner.”
However, with probes currently orbiting Jupiter and Saturn, there is optimism that next year could finally be the year that life on another planet or moon will be discovered.
Cassini, the probe currently studying Saturn and its moons, is the most likely to yield results, says Dr Foster.
The physicist explained that with the Cassini mission set to end next September, it could lead to a startling discovery.
He stated: “What’s interesting is that one of [Saturn’s] moons, Enceladus, is an icy moon and that leaves the tantalising prospect of looking for life.
“The concentration has been on Mars, and I think moons like Enceladus and Europa, there is a good prospect of finding life – microbial that is.”
Back on Earth however, things are set to heat up – literally.
Doctor Chris Smith, of Cambridge University who is presenter of the podcast The Naked Scientists, told Express.co.uk that next year should be the year we focus on climate change.
He said: “What we saw in 2016 was the biggest, brightest, hottest, wettest, all of the superlatives attached to climate-type words that we’ve seen. I think 2016 broke more records than we have seen in any other year.
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We will have to focus on climate change next year, say experts
“It wasn’t necessarily the most extreme, but the average was higher than it has ever been for a lot of things and I suspect this trend is not going to reverse anytime soon so we will probably see more of this in 2017.
“I think people will put a lot more emphasis on this because they will start to look at this emerging picture and go ‘gosh, we really need to think about this’.”
Dr Foster agreed: “I think in the near future, we are going to see a rapid escalations of the problems.”
But, he says, a lot of the responsibility lies on the shoulders of no other than the next President of the United States.
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Donald Trump could be the man to help prevent climate change
And Dr Foster says that he may actually be the man to take it forward, despite being critical of global warming in the past.
Dr Foster says: “I think when he gets in he will be different. Because from a business point of view, he is going to look at things like hurricanes and how they’ll affect America, so you are going to get more intense and frequent and people are losing their homes and businesses are being ruined by this, he is a businessman and that will cost you tax.
“I think he will take a more pragmatic view on this.”
Another thing that should come under intense scrutiny next year is the population boom.
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Experts say we need to focus on the population
With more than seven billion people on this planet and this number rising dramatically, scientists say we need to tackle this sooner rather than later.
Dr Smith said: “We were talking about a population of nine billion by 2050, and in the last 18 months, the estimates have been hiked up to worst case scenario 12 billion by 2050. But that is almost double what we have now within our lifetimes.
“If you think about how busy the roads are, how crowded the planet is, how quickly we are recking the environment with half that amount of people, what is it going to be like with 12 billion people? I just don’t think the planet can take it to be honest.
“I am a medical doctor so I’m in the business of helping people have a healthier life, but we also have to think about the health of the planet and not going ‘business as usual’, and burying our head in the sand.
“If all we do is keep building houses and keep pushing farming to the intensive limit, is literally looking the other way while there is a juggernaut surging towards you.”
However, it is not easy anticipating what might come next year.
As Dr Smith stated: “It’s like Niels Bohr said: ‘Predictions are really hard, especially when it is about the future’. No one knows what is coming which why it is exciting.”
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Satelliet spot ‘enorm object onder ijsvlakte Antarctica’
Satelliet spot ‘enorm object onder ijsvlakte Antarctica’
Onderzoekers menen dat een enorm object onder het ijs van Antarctica verscholen ligt. Dat schrijft nieuwssite News.com.au.
De enorme ‘anomalie’ zou verborgen liggen onder Wilkesland, een gebied in Zuidoost-Antarctica dat werd vernoemd naar admiraal Charles Wilkes.
Het strekt zich uit over een gebied van ruim 240 kilometer en is maximaal 848 meter diep. Sommige onderzoekers denken dat het bestaat uit de resten van een enorme asteroïde.
Zwaartekrachtveranderingen
Die zou verantwoordelijk kunnen zijn geweest voor de Perm-Trias-massa-extinctie 251 miljoen jaar geleden, waarbij 96 procent van al het leven in zee en 70 procent van de gewervelde landdieren uitstierf.
Er zijn echter ook andere theorieën. Sommige complottheoretici claimen dat er een enorme UFO-basis of poort naar een mysterieuze wereld is te vinden, aldus de nieuwssite.
De ‘anomalie’ werd in 2006 voor het eerst ontdekt, toen NASA-satellieten in het midden van een 480 kilometer brede inslagkrater zwaartekrachtveranderingen oppikten, wat zou wijzen op de aanwezigheid van een reusachtig object.
Vliegende schotels
Op internet wordt nu druk gediscussieerd over de waarnemingen nadat de UFO-jagers van Secure Team 10 er een filmpje over maakten.
Ze stelden onder meer dat de nazi’s tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog geheime bases bouwden op Antarctica, die ontworpen waren om te worden gebruikt door vliegende schotels.
Secure Team suggereerde ook dat de Amerikaanse marine een expeditie organiseerde naar het mysterieuze continent.
Geheime wereld
Deze expeditie, Operation Highjump, was volgens complottheoretici een poging om de ingang naar een geheime wereld te vinden.
Ralph von Frese, de wetenschapper die de anomalie ontdekte, meent echter dat het niets meer is dan een enorme inslagkrater.
Former RAF Lieutenant Recalls Bizarre UFO Captured on Radar Over Air Base
Former RAF Lieutenant Recalls Bizarre UFO Captured on Radar Over Air Base
A former flight lieutenant at Royal Air Force (RAF) claimed to have noticed a strange UFO blasted across radar screen while working at an air base.
Malcolm Williams did not expect to witness a UFO activity while working in air traffic control at RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire. In an interview, Williams told UFO investigator Philip Mantle that the incident took place during his night shift before Christmas in either 1994 or 1995.
At the time, Williams claimed that he had almost two decades of experience and knowledgeable enough to identify causes of radar oddities, atmospheric variation, and bird.
Williams observed a massive blob on the radar screen while guiding two C130 Hercules aircraft that were around three miles from touchdown. Unable to identify the thing, he contacted the pilots of the two C130s and fed them around the target.
Williams decided to pass control of the inbound aircraft to a colleague and go to the visual control room upstairs.
Philip Mantle interviewed Williams about the incident.
According to Mantle, Williams recalled that the room where he had been based had no windows, so he tried getting a visual sighting of this radar target. Williams failed to see anything, but another radar known as the Distance from Touchdown indicator in the visual control room had the same blob, which was stationary on the screen.
The visual controller could not also explain the target. When Williams returned to the radar room, the blob was still present on the radar screen. He used the suppressors to try eliminating the strange thing, but it was still there on the screen.
Williams then thought of a technical problem, but after checking, he realized that all systems were functioning perfectly fine.
Then everything changed when the blob on the radar was apparently bursting and shooting off at an incredible speed in all directions. Williams said that it was the first time he saw such thing moving that fast.
The visual controller also witnessed the same strange activity on the DFTI.
An agitated airman, who was on guard duty at the base, then telephoned Williams saying that he just observed something very strange. The airman told Williams that he saw a bright light in the east bursting and shooting off in all directions at speeds that he could not believe.
Moments later, another airman on guard duty also telephoned Williams and reported the same thing.
Williams called the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and reported the incident. He also sent a written report of the incident to the MoD in London, but they did not get back to him.
UFO in the UK? Mysterious white light spotted flying over Sheffield city centre
UFO in the UK? Mysterious white light spotted flying over Sheffield city centre
Some viewers questioned whether the alien spacecraft had come from Mars after footage of the alleged UFO was posted on YouTube
A UFO has been caught on camera flying over Sheffield city centre, alien enthusiasts believe.
A mysterious bright light was filmed hovering over the midlands a just few days after Christmas, rising into the night sky.
Footage of the supposed alien spacecraft, titled 'UFO in Sheffield', has racked up more than 10,000 views since it was posted on YouTube.
The footage, which was filmed early in the morning of December 27, was shot by a CCTV camera at the University of Sheffield.
A mysterious bright light was spotted flying over Sheffield(Photo: YouTube)
It was captured on a specialist bird watching camera set up by the University of Sheffield(Photo: YouTube)
The fixed camera was set up to monitor peregrines in their nestbox atop the University's St George's Church lecture theatre, including one bird that features in the UFO footage.
But at 7.18am, the camera caught something else flying in the sky.
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ROSWELL UFO: New sighting fuels belief remote town is MECCA for aliens
ROSWELL UFO: New sighting fuels belief remote town is MECCA for aliens
EXCLUSIVE: DETAILS have emerged of a bizarre UFO sighting in Roswell, the US town at the centre of the world's most notorious unsolved flying saucer case.
A report has just been sent by a family to the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) concerning the alleged sighting on Halloween 2004.
Roswell, in New Mexico, has been at the heart of the UFO scene since, in July 1947, the military sensationally announced in a press release it had found the remains of a crashed flying saucer in the desert nearby.
But the following day it retracted the statement, saying it was in fact a damaged US Air Force air balloon.
Witnesses later came forward to say there had been alien bodies within the "crashed craft", which along with the wreckage were then taken to the mysterious top-secret Area 51 military base in Nevada.
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A mock-up of a 'boomerang UFO' like the one the family claimed to see.
The new report, by an unnamed family member, described a boomerang UFO moving quietly just 150 yards above.
It said: "Myself, and two family members were at the backyard of the house about 11.07 pm.
"There were no clouds, just a clear sky. We had a fire pit that we all stood around, then I looked up and noticed a grey object shaped as a boomerang with dim lights underneath the belly of the craft.
"When I first noticed the flying object I thought it was strange as there was no noise like jet engines or propellers powering this object.
"When I first saw it I didn't know what to think, but my first thought was its shape.
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Roswell has been a UFO mecca since an alleged flying saucer crash in 1947.
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Mystery boom expert, seen on UFO Planet TV, explains local bang
Mystery boom expert, seen on UFO Planet TV, explains local bang
Peter Reyland, of Iowa, considers himself an expert on the Mystery Boom Phenomenon as he states he is one of only a handful of people who have taken the time to document the phenomenon on Youtube.
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AN EXPERT on mysterious booms, who has featured on UFO Planet TV, has contacted the Echo after reading an article on an unexplained bang heard in Loughborough.
Peter Reyland, of Iowa, considers himself an expert on the Mystery Boom Phenomenon as he states he is one of only a handful of people who have taken the time to document the phenomenon on YouTube.
Mr Reyland, who does not get paid for the work, contacted the Echo after Loughborough residents reported hearing a loud unexplained explosion sound between 11am and noon on Monday, December 12.
Loughborough residents have suggested to the Echo that the noise could have been a sonic boom - a loud explosive noise caused by the shock wave from an aircraft or other object travelling faster than the speed of sound.
However, the Ministry of Defence would not confirm to the Echo if there was an aircraft flying in the area that could have created the noise.
Mr Reyland suggests the noise may be linked to the phenomenon he specialises in.
He explained: “A Mystery Boom is any unexplained report of a phenomenon that sounds like a cannon or a sonic boom that shakes the ground coming from the sky.
“They have been heard in several locations around the world mainly in the US and UK since 2011 but have also been reported as far back as the 1970s during the Bell Island Incident in Nova Scotia.”
Mr Reyland has his own YouTube channel EnigmaSeeker which explores USNs (unidentified strange noises) and their possible connections with meteors and fireballs. Mr Reyland also believes UFOs may cause the sounds.
He said: “It was my personal experience in seeing a UFO or a red ball of light over my house causing loud bangs that made me really question if some of the booms were being caused by UFOs or something “supernatural” in nature.
“My hobby is to be a MUFON (Mutual UFO Network) investigator. UFOs is just a hypothesis, what they are is another matter.
“I believe your location has experienced a Mystery Boom if it caused the ground to shake for miles, if it’s happened at night mainly, if it has happened before, and it should happen again by next year, and if there were any UFO reports in the location within a week of the boom.”
The Echo told Mr Reyland it was unaware of the ground vibrating and the noise occurred during the day and asked him if there was still a chance it was connected to the phenomenon.
He said: “Yes, but it’s harder to support.
“I tend to just focus on the larger Mystery Booms and not the smaller ones but if people said it vibrated but they did not see any fireworks or hear the passing of a jet fighter within two minutes of the boom then it still could be the Mystery Booms.
“Daytime ones are hard to solve because bolide meteors [a large meteor which explodes in the atmosphere] can go undetected when they explode.
“If it is these orbs of light or fairy orbs as some might call it in England, then they will know about your report. For the whole intent may have just been to get it on the Internet to affect us psychologically to build up a mystery.”
The number of alleged sightings continues to grow and interest remains high in some of the most mysterious unresolved cases including Roswell, Rendlesham, and Warminster.
Nigel Watson, author of The UFO Investigations Manual, said: "2016 was a bumper year for UFO sightings, attempts at alien contact and new pieces of evidence to support the view that ‘they’ are visiting us.
"The theories, reports and sightings are intriguing and often startling and virtually unbelievable, yet it is hard to dismiss them all as fabrications or the product of over active imaginations.
"If there are aliens visiting us they are having a good laugh at our bemusement."
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The Roswell UFO mystery still captivates people nearly 70 years on.
In his view, these were the 10 most significant developments of the past 12 months:
1. Roswell
The controversy surrounding the alleged crash of a flying saucer at Roswell in 1947 was given a new twist, when an anonymous engineer reported to US-based the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) that he had interviewed a witness to the incident, as revealed by Express.co.uk.
The interviewee was said to be a welder who described seeing at Roswell an intact round craft that had no rivets, seams or any visible openings.
He was ordered to weld open an entrance, and as he finished his job he glimpsed inside where he saw two small dead beings, dressed in purple flight suits.
High ranking officers told him to never tell this story otherwise he would spend time in prison or worse, according to the testimony to MUFON, which is the world's biggest organisation dedicated to UFO research.
In a separate twist, UFO hunter Chuck Zukowski made the claim that he found a lump of metal at Roswell, and thinks it could be a piece of the flying saucer wreckage.
If there are aliens visiting us they are having a good laugh at our bemusement.
Nigel Watson
2. Rendlesham
US Air Force officers claimed they saw UFOs and a craft at close range in Rendlesham Forest in December 1980.
Retired Colonel Charles Halt, 76, who was base deputy commander at the time, claimed the officers who first saw the lights, and then a UFO "on the floor", could not account for a 40 minute period while searching in the woods when their communication systems went "off air".
The three officers - John Burroughs, Bud Steffens, and James Penniston, later told of feeling "static" as they observed the object's flashing lights and hieroglyphic-like markings.
It was also revealed this year that two former military technicians claimed that in this time period a UFO WAS caught on radar and seen from the control tower of RAF Bentwaters and RAF Woodbridge as well as in Rendlesham Forest, near Woodbridge, in Suffolk.
In the light of this new evidence UFO investigator Gary Heseltine also called in 2016 for the Ministry of Defence to re-investigate the case to find out what really happened.
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UFO investigator Gary Heseltine with Rendlesham witness Coln Charles Halt (right).
The Spanish Ministry of Defence was the latest government to release its UFO files to the public in 2016.
Eighty digital files containing a total of 1,900 pages cover UFO sightings dating from 1962 to 1995.
These contain several observations by military personnel, including one in December 1989 of a slow moving lenticular object that projected changing lights of bright colours that was tracked on radar by air traffic control at Santiago de Compostela.
4. UFO whistleblower
A former US Naval Officer this year promised to reveal thousands of top secret UFO files, that he saw in his position as a third-class petty officer at the Naval Telecommunications Center within NAS Moffett Field from February 1986 to October 1989, as revealed by Express.co.uk.
The man, who has not been publicly named, claimed the US National Security Agency (NSA) and the UK Government had an ongoing project looking at UFO sightings, including Rendlesham in the 1980s.
The alleged files have, however, yet to materialise.
The International Space Station (ISS) seems to be a magnet for UFO activity, if alien chaser are to be believed.
In 2016, several supposed UFOs were seen during the broadcast of live online feeds by NASA from the ISS, and in at least one other instance the feed was allegedly quickly switched off. This fuels the belief of conspiracy theorists that NASA is covering up these visitations to keep them from public view - something the agency denies.
One video, entitled "ISS Space Station Attacked or Attacks Missile or UFO Interesting Capture”, recorded by the ISS's own live-stream camera was posted online in May 2016.
In the video, which was broadcast as a series of still images rather than moving footage, a dark cylindrical-shaped object appears to have passed closely above the Earth to a portion of the ISS that can be seen to the left of the frame.
Speculation ranged from it being a missile, an escape pod or an alien ship to the more sceptical view that it was some random space junk.
From the 1960s, the Wiltshire town was plagued by a series of mystery UFO sightings, that often resulted in people's cars temporally breaking down.
But, more than 50 years on, this year new light was cast on these cases.
Express.co.uk highlighted that a Ministry of Defence report buried in the National Archives, was found that concluded meteors not fully burning up in Earth's atmosphere could trigger all the events people experienced in Warminster, including seeing strange lights, cars failing and psychological effects.
The report said the plasma objects, when in loose formation, could generate a physical field "from which the reflection of light does not occur" meaning they appear as "black craft, often triangular and up to hundreds of feet in length".
The mysterious top secret US Air Force base in the Nevada desert, is another magnet for UFO chasers, due to a conspiracy theory that crashed flying saucers have been stored and experimented on there.
Paul Hellyer, a former Canadian Minister of Defence, speaking at a UFO conference this summer, claimed that he spoke to a man who was flown to Area 51 and shown inside the flying saucer craft that are stored there.
He signed an oath of secrecy but felt compelled to reveal his story to Hellyer as he was dying of Lou Gehrig’s disease, it was claimed.
The buildings at the side lacks windows which is to prevent employees viewing anything that is not related yo their tasks at work
Black projects are highly classified military or defence projects that are unacknowledged by the US government and the military
Nearly every week in 2016 artificial objects from spoons to statues were seen in images sent back from Mars by the unmanned NASA Curiosity Rover vehicle.
Three supposed towers like huge skyscrapers have been spotted along with structures reminiscent of ancient pyramids on Earth.
Scott C Waring a relentless searcher for such evidence, was impressed by the discovery of two crumbling pyramids in archived images from Curiosity.
He said: "The pyramids are imperfect, because of age, but its still amazing that such structures exist on Mars and have never been addressed by NASA.
"Why is that rover driving around looking for tiny microbes of life, when huge five-floor pyramids are just a mile away?"
But NASA says no such evidence has been found and the anomalies are the result of pareidolia when the brain tricks the eyes into seeing familiar objects in textures like the surface of a rock.
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Is this an alien on Mars or just an optical illusion?
A former soldier claimed he was repeatedly abducted by aliens and even subjected to "mind control experiments" that involved the British Army.
At the age of 44, Bill Brooks, now 66, discovered his history of alleged abductions.
He also claims that he has been hounded by Freemasons, and aliens even showed him the resting place of some of serial killer couple Fred and Rose West's victims.
The musician also claimed to have removed two implants from his body after an abduction.
Mr Brooks reveals in the book “44” ghost written by alien abduction expert Joanna Summerscales, and published this year, that he first began being taken onto space craft as a child.
One account is that in 1960, lying in a crop of corn, a 10-year-old Mr Brooks saw two eight feet long spheres spinning around one another above him.
In another case, known as the Abingdon abduction incident, Mr Brooks claims to have seen a cow taken up into a UFO, before he was removed from his car through his windscreen by three aliens.
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The book 44 tells the story of 'alien abductee' Bill Brooks.
Paranormal investigator and conspiracy theorist Max Spiers believed in UFOs, government breeding programs, mind control and aliens in our midst.
While in Warsaw, Poland, to attend a conference in June 2016 he was found dead in suspicious circumstances.
Days before, 39-year-old Max, texted his Mother, Vanessa Bates: "Your boy's in trouble. If anything happens to me, investigate."
Vanessa said “I think Max had been digging in some dark places and I fear that somebody wanted him dead."
An inquest opened in the UK this month has not found a cause of death and said he vomited litres of black liquid before death.
The case led to conspiracy theory claims that secret government agencies are prepared to murder such investigators to prevent them getting to the truth.
There is, however, no known evidence to back up this theory.
Mr Watson said: "Government agencies could be at work but it seems very extreme to murder people, especially over decades, when there are easier ways to discredit UFO researchers.
"Another theory is that mysterious Men in Black and the aliens themselves are behind these murders to eliminate anyone who gets to close to the truth about their operations."
Mr Watson added: "So, 2016 was a significant year for unexpected electoral results - Trump becoming US President, the UK public voting to leave Europe - and there is a great hope that the public pressure for full disclosure of the UFO mystery will eventually force the new US President to reveal everything in their government files and admit that they have been in contact with extraterrestrials since the Roswell incident in 1947, and have their flying saucers stored away at Area 51.
"So far there has been no such disclosure, which just adds to the mystery and fuels ever more bizarre theories about aliens visiting and abducting us for their own unfathomable reasons.
"Even though no flying saucer has landed on the White House lawn, people throughout the world keep seeing UFOs in the sky and post videos and photographs of them on the Internet, they combined with the constant flow of UFOs apparently shadowing the International Space Station and the many artifacts and buildings seen in pictures of the Moon and Mars indicate that something weird is going on."
A musician has claimed to have seen a flaming UFO flying through the sky.
Mark Emmins was stunned when he saw the fiery object soaring above Exmouth in Devon.
Mr Emmins said he first noticed the oval-shaped luminous craft at around 1pm on Wednesday - but it was still floating above around three hours later.
Mark Emmins was stunned when he saw the fiery object soaring above Exmouth in Devon
His quick-thinking friend Tyron Osborne, grabbed his camera and snapped the bizarre sight as the pair stared open-mouthed at what they believe was an alien spaceship.
Sharing pictures, Mr Emmins wrote: 'Today for the second time in my life I can honestly say that myself and my neighbour watched a UFO.
'It was stood still in the sky for some hours and then decided to move and then vanish. We got photos too.'
Mr Emmins said he originally thought the object looked like a 'bent cloud', but he then noticed the skies were clear.
He explained: 'It was lit up like a white light at first, then changed colour to a dark shade before it vanished. But it was stationary for a few hours before it moved.'
Photos of the alleged UFO sighting have caused mass debate on Mr Emmins' Facebook page, with some suggesting that the incident could have been caused by a launch from Her Majesty's Naval Base Devonport, in Plymouth.
Mickie Owen wrote: 'Probably some new type of sick military weaponry originating from the nearby Plymouth Naval base.'
However, others have their own theories.
Mr Emmins said he originally thought the object looked like a 'bent cloud', but he then noticed the skies were clear
People on Facebook have been divided over the origins of the object, with one man suggesting that it could have been a launch from a military base
Wendy Seaman posted: 'Looks like the Enterprise. Are you sure it wasn't a satellite, one goes over about 4ish daily. When its a clear day you can see it clearly.'
Paul Oxenham said: 'It could have been someone's drone.'
Warren Johnson wasn't impressed by the pictures and wrote: 'It's definitely a fake anyway but all good fun posting it.'
But Steph Pommier seemed positive that the sighting could be evidence that we are not alone in the universe.
She wrote: 'UFOs have been spotted since the beginning of Man. Just accept it. We cannot know nor control everything. '
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We are the Anunnaki’s son’s
We are the Anunnaki’s son’s
We are the Anunnaki’s sons, and have been given a push in our development by those minor gods. We are not alone in the Universe, and there exists Entities that are more advanced than us. Those Entities have been watching us and visiting periodically our Planet. All our Religions, that in a certain way teach basically the same, need to be reformulated, as in some cases we have been calling god some of those higher Entities
All that, and much more, is engraved in thousands of tablets that have survived for more than 5.000 years, preserved in the best possible way, as burnt clay! Those clay tablets were cooked by the fire of the library of Nineveh, and by that abnormal fact, were then given an extra resistance to endure time!
The big question is then, who is the Anunnaki’s God? The real Universal God?
The Real Universal God is a much more abstract one and is the togetherness of all Universal Consciousness. The Holly Spirit, the togetherness of all consciousness, is the Universal God, but by being such an abstract idea people have tended to forget, and revert to more humanized types of gods.
Quantum Theory tells us than man go on creating his own world, and in it resides the source of man free will.
We can by our conscience influence the way the wave will collapse. Everything being waves means we are all part of a Universal net, where anyone influences everyone! Evil is a man’s creation. The USA Military and economic cartels have kept some very important discoveries, particularly in the field of Energy generation, hidden from us, for more than 40 years.
To have no doubts about this so delicate and important subject, read the book that Steven M. Greer just published, called “Disclosure”. Steven is a M.D. Doctor, working in the emergency room of an American Hospital, who since 1993 has dedicated most of his time trying to force the American and other Governments to disclose all the facts they have hidden about Human contacts with Alien entities.
After reading his last book, you will be terrible scared, but deeply convinced that something very big and important has been kept hidden for too long, and so well hidden that even some American Presidents knew very little about it!
The late President Eisenhower in his last speech to the Country, in January 1961, alerted about the dangers of the “huge industrial and military machinery of defense”. This machinery does not respect anyone, not even the USA President, who they feel is a transitory person, while they are permanent ones. They have created a real perfect secret environment, where no one has the vision of the global, and neither the capacity to unblock the system.
This covert program is so well protected that today, there is not in the USA anyone capable to give an order to disclose it!
Unbelievable as it may be, one of the reasons why the secret has been so well kept, is that today it is hard to find who can reveal it, or who has the key to open the vaults of the secret! Its control has run out of the governments and no democratic institution has the power, or knowledge, to control it. The biggest reaction to the disclosure of such a secret comes in the first place from the political power, which is dead scared of the consequences such world socio-economical changes will generate
Maybe we can keep this secret till this generation dies, but no doubt we will transmit a moribund planet to our sons and all futures generations. The consequences of avoiding the problem are too high to risk.
The Earth is becoming polluted beyond repair, with 6 billion people wishing to have access to all modern amenities; our fossil energies will be depleted in no more than 20 years. So, by now we know who we are, who re-made us, or gave us a push in the evolution scale, and who those so funny and fierce gods, we were for so long mistook with the real God.
We also have now an idea how the Churches should be reformulated in order as to be able to keep having a place in this new society. We know that certain knowledge, given to us by Entities from another planet, should be soon disclosed, as with it we still can avoid the Earth destruction by pollution and fossil energy exhaustion. We have in our hands the ways to leave to our sons and grandsons a better and cleaner world, and just because of such an egoistic scare, we have no right to cowardly, like Nero enjoying the sight of Rome in flames, keep just for ourselves the last days of our Planet Earth.
We know that to arrive safely to the end, we have to be very cautious and follow a very narrow way The Universe has plenty of time for itself, and if we fail, others will win and pass the bridge safely. The end result is in our hands.
GENEVA — A defecting Russian scientist has surfaced with a mind-bending account of what REALLY occurred when he and his colleagues went missing for five days in a mysterious lake 12,366 feet beneath the Antarctic ice.
Dr. Anton Padalka told authorities in Switzerland that the researchers discovered a bizarre and deadly life form dubbed Organism 46-B – a highly intelligent octopus-like creature that claimed the lives of three of the team members.
But the government of Russian president Vladimir Putin claimed that “nothing of scientific interest” was found – because the former KGB strongman hopes to weaponize the organism.
“The discovery of such unusual life in Lake Vostok was the most important scientific breakthrough in decades, but we were ordered not to divulge it because of Mr. Putin’s sinister scheme,” the whistleblowing geologist told the Swiss.
It was in early February 2012 that members of the Russian Antarctic Expedition succeeded in the drilling through more than two miles of thick ice to Lake Vostok – a project that took more than 30 years. Because the freshwater lake has been sealed off from the rest of the world for between 15 and 34 million years, scientists had predicted they would find new species that had evolved far differently than any seen before.
“According to our research, the quantity of oxygen there exceeds that on other parts of our planet by 10 to 20 times. Any life forms that we find are likely to be unique on Earth,” Sergey Bulat, the project’s Chief Scientist said on Russian TV as the geologists were drilling down.
Previously, extremely weird creatures had been found in deep-sea vents off the coast of Antarctica including hairy-chested yeti crabs that feed on gardens of bacteria they cultivate on their bodies and carnivorous, seven-armed sea stars that can catch and kill those crabs.
Just as the eight man team neared the lake all communication with the outside world mysteriously ceased. As days crept by and the researchers failed to respond to increasing frantic efforts to reach them by radio, fellow scientists worldwide feared the worst.
“No word from the ice for 5 days,” Dr. John Priscu, a professor of ecology at Montana State University and head of a similar Antarctic exploration program grimly told Fox News at the time. “I can only imagine what it’s like.”
Or maybe he couldn’t. Dr Padalka claims that during this time, he and his colleagues were fighting for their lives in the lost world deep beneath the earth’s surface.
“We encountered Organism 46-B on day one as we were conducting a preliminary dive in our low-temperature wetsuits,” he recounts. “It disabled our radio, which we later learned to our alarm, was intentional.”
Although the creature has 14 arms instead of the usual eight, it kills in a similar manner to an ordinary octopus — seizing its prey, injecting it with paralyzing saliva then dismembering it into small pieces with its beak. But Organism 46-B has another trick up its sleeve.
“It is able to paralyze prey at a distance of up to 150 feet by releasing its venom into the water from an organ similar to its ink sac,” explained Dr. Padlaka. “Tragically, my colleague and life-long friend Dr. Vindogradov was killed this way. He tread water wearing a blissful smile as the organism approached him. We watched helplessly as it used its arms to tear off his head, then popped his remains its mouth. It was as if it had hypnotized him telepathically.”
The 33-foot-long man-eater also boasts extraordinary camouflage that helped it stalk the researchers.
“Many species of octopus can alter their appearance, usually to avoid larger predators,” Dr. Padalka explained. “Sacs of colorful pigments called chromatophores allow them to change colors, and by contracting their muscles they can blend in with the smooth ocean floor or a craggy coral reef. The well-known mimic octopus can contort its boneless body to take on the shape of a sea snake or stingray.”
But the shape-shifting abilities of Organism 46-B sound almost diabolical.
“It shaped itself into the form of a human diver. We thought it was one my colleagues swimming toward us in scuba gear. By the time the closest scientist realized what it was, it had grabbed him and torn him to bits.”
If an arm of an ordinary octopus is cut off, the severed limb will crawl away – sometimes even seize prey and place it in the mouth of the octopus. Experts say that’s because each arm contains a cluster of neurons – essentially its own brain. The arms of Organism 46-B demonstrated a chilling knack for operating autonomously.
“After our sole female researcher chopped off one of the arms with an ax, the severed limb yanked the weapon out of her hands,” recalled the scientist. “That night the arm slithered onto the icy bank where we were sleeping and strangled her.”
The experts believe that not only does the octopus regenerate its limbs, the brainy severed tentacle may be able to form a new octopus.
Octopuses are extraordinarily intelligent, able to negotiate mazes, use tools and even build structures with Legos. The newly discovered entity is in a class by itself.
“From the way it adapted each time we changed our tactics, we became convinced it is at least as intelligent as an average human,” Dr. Padalka revealed. “If we were not all Ph.Ds, I fear it would have in the end outwitted us.”
Miraculously, the eggheads were able to capture the creature in a tank. After the five surviving scientists made their way to the surface, the program’s director ordered that the bore hole be immediately plugged. The geologists expected to be honored internationally for their amazing find. To their great disappointment, however, the Russian government claimed that the team had found no life in Lake Vostok – and denied that divers had even entered the water.
“There’s nothing much down there, I can assure you,” according to a statement by the chief of the Vostok Research Station, A. M. Yelagin. The director of the Russian Antarctic Expedition, Valery Lukin, admitted that the plug had been put in place but called the precaution “routine.”
U.S. and British experts were puzzled by the announcement.
“It’s a little bit of an anti-climax,” geologist Dr. David L. Meckenroy of the U.K. said on TV at the time. “It’s hard to believe we were so wrong about there being unusual life down there.”
Dr. Padalka claims he fled his native country in July after learning to his horror that the government is planning to put the discovery to military use.
“Some species of octopus lay 200,000 eggs,” he pointed out. “Imagine if they were deposited in reservoirs and lakes across North America?”
The Russian government calls the whistleblower’s claims preposterous.
“It is laughable. Ho, ho, ho,” declared Mikhail Belochkin of the Bureau of Truthful Information. “It sounds like something you might see on one of your science fiction TV channels. The Cold War is over, my friends. If our scientists made a discovery of such magnitude, do you seriously doubt that we would share it with the world?”
Have you ever heard that people go crazy during a full Moon? What’s going on to cause all this lunacy? Or maybe, just maybe, it’s all a myth and nothing special ever happens during full moons.
If I went crazy, like real actual cluster-cuss crazy, you might call me a lunatic. Or you might say I suffered from lunacy. What does that even mean? This word comes from lunaticus, meaning “of the moon” or moonstruck. It was more popular during the late 1800’s, yet it still hangs around.
Surely it must still be an important and useful diagnostic medical term. As when the Moon is full, everyone goes crazy. It’s called the lunar effect. Everyone knows that. Right?
People have theorized for thousands of years that the Moon has all kinds of impacts on us. It affects fertility, crime rates, dog attacks, and increases blood loss during surgery. It must be a full Moon, they say. Full moon tomorrow night! All the crazies will be out! They say.
So what causes allthis moon madness? What makes us sprout metaphorical canines and race around in a fugue state hungry for manflesh when the moon is full? Are we experiencing tidal forces from the Moon on our internal organ juices? Is it a result of us evolving lockstep with the lunar cycle? Perhaps the light coming from the Moon affects our visual cortex in a way to stimulate the animalistic parts of the brain? It has been with us for so long as a belief, there must be something to it. Right?
Nope, it’s all a myth. All of it. Tidal effects on behavior aren’t happening. We experience two high and two low tides every day, and it has nothing to do with the phase of the Moon. In fact, your body experiences more gravity from your chair than it does from the Moon. If the motion of blood was somehow that reactive, should you step into a full elevator everyone would pass out with all the blood rushing to their extremities pulled by your gravity.
No way! You say! It’s true! Because the Moon is closer when it’s full, and its tug on our “materia” and “humors” is stronger. Unfortunately for this theory, our Moon travels an elliptical orbit, and the time when the Moon is closest has nothing to do with when it’s full.
The Moon can be full and close – supermoon. Or it can be full but farther away – minimoon.
Full Moon Rising Over Northwest Georgia on June 22nd, 2013. Credit and copyright: Stephen Rahn.
In 1985, a team of scientists did a Meta study, looking at 37 separate research papers that attempted to study the Moon’s impact on all aspects of humanity. They found papers that demonstrated a correlation, and then promptly found the mistakes in the research. They found absolutely no evidence. We don’t get into more car accidents. Hospital rooms aren’t more crowded. Werewolves aren’t apparently a thing.
We do notice the coincidences, when something strange occurs and there happens to be a full Moon. But we don’t notice all the times when there wasn’t a full Moon. To learn more about this, I’d suggest heading over to the wonderful blog “You are not so smart” by David McRaney, and reading up on “Confirmation Bias”.
So, where did this idea come from? Historians suspect it’s possible that the brightness of a full moon disturbed people’s sleep schedules.
I’m partial to the idea that in history, the full Moon was a high time for people to be active at night, favouring work or travel by the light of the full moon. So, perhaps there were more accidents.
But not anymore. People are superstitious about mundane things like black cats, ladders and broken mirrors, it’s not surprising they’re superstitious about our beautiful and bright companion prettying up the sky almost every night.
Well people, if UFOs are not spaceships from other planets that means to me Star Travel has never been achieved – Period!
Everyone would agree that looking up on a clear night seeing the billions of stars does something inside. It inspires us and challenges our thinking. The more intelligent you are the more the sky confounds you.Yet according the large majority of scientist UFOs are not alien and there is not a shred of evidence otherwise.
Fermi’s Paradox says :“if there is other intelligent life where are they?”
What could the answer be?; They are not as technological? They are very far away? We are alone in the universe? There is no way to get to other stars?
The universe is ten billion years older than our star. Some of the stars around us are billions of years older than our sun. Now they have discovered hundreds of planets around these stars. So where are they?
The answer, in my book is: everywhere you look!
It seems they have been here for some time. They don’t seem to want us to get to know them. The scary part is they seem to interact with us in private most of the time. What would keep a intelligent species here and not communicate.
One of the answers may be the history of the human species. We rarely keep our contracts or promises. We have almost wipe out hundreds of species off the planet. We go to war at a drop of a hat. Our scientist have egos compared to rock stars. And people are afraid. The next time you go to You Tube or read a blog with comments. Notice the vicious attacks on anything UFO. It is relentless and violent name calling at best and or sexist and raciest at it’s worst. The only time that humans attack like this verbally and with no regard for discourse is fear. The fear that this be true. But that is changing. The fear of the past becomes the investigations of the future. After all these years they are taking notice.
Finally it’s up to us in the UFO Community to take the higher ground. We will never reach the fear but we can reach those who can see mature behavior. As you just heard the “Times they are a changing” and the next few years should be astonishing.
According to Sitchin’s interpretation of Mesopotamian iconography and symbolism, outlined in his 1976 book The 12th Planet and its sequels, there is an undiscovered planet beyond Neptune that follows a long, elliptical orbit, reaching the inner solar system roughly every 3,600 years. This planet is called Nibiru (although Jupiter was the planet associated with the god Marduk in Babylonian cosmology).According to Sitchin, Nibiru (whose name was replaced with MARDUK in original legends by the Babylonian ruler of the same name in an attempt to co-opt the creation for himself, leading to some confusion among readers) collided catastrophically with Tiamat (a goddess in the Babylonian creation myth the Enûma Eliš), which he considers to be another planet once located between Mars and Jupiter. This collision supposedly formed the planet Earth, the asteroid belt, and the comets. Sitchin states that when struck by one of planet Nibiru’s moons, Tiamat split in two, and then on a second pass Nibiru itself struck the broken fragments and one half of Tiamat became the asteroid belt. The second half, struck again by one of Nibiru’s moons, was pushed into a new orbit and became today’s planet Earth.
According to Sitchin, Nibiru (called “the twelfth planet” because, Sitchin claimed, the Sumerians’ gods-given conception of the Solar System counted all eight planets, plus Pluto, the Sun and the Moon) was the home of a technologically advanced human-like extraterrestrial race called the Anunnaki in Sumerian myth, who Sitchin states are called the Nephilim in Genesis. He wrote that they evolved after Nibiru entered the solar system and first arrived on Earth probably 450,000 years ago, looking for minerals, especially gold, which they found and mined in Africa. Sitchin states that these “gods” were the rank-and-file workers of the colonial expedition to Earth from planet Nibiru.
There is a lot of confusion about the origin of the word Nephilim and what it means. In Hebrew it literally means to fall. As in fallen angel. The Bible, the Talmud and the Koran (where they are referred to as Djinn) all speak of fallen angels.
In the Book of Genesis in the Bible it relates how the Nephilim produced children with humans. One was even depicted as killing Japheth, Noah’s son, and taking his place whereupon he fathered many children with Japheth’s unsuspecting wife which eventually populated much of Northern Europe.
In the following video, journey into the world of Fallen Angels, Satan, Shadow People, Aliens, Demons, Anunnaki, Archons, Ancient Giants, “Ancient Aliens” & Genetic Hybrids. Almost all of what we know about the Nephilim comes from the Holy Bible in Genesis Chapter 6. If you’ve studies or looked into the Nephilim at all, or even if you haven’t, I’m sure you’ll find the video below refreshingly different than many other videos on the topic. I certainly did, and I’ve seen a ton.
“Kopie van sterrenbeeld gevonden op grond bij Stonehenge”
“Kopie van sterrenbeeld gevonden op grond bij Stonehenge”
Net zoals de piramiden in Egypte, die gezamenlijk de kopie van het sterrenbeeld Orion vormen, blijken ook de prehistorische plaatsen in Europa uit kopieën van sterrenbeelden op de grond te bestaan. Zo ook bij Stonehenge.
Auteur-onderzoeker Eelco de Boer deed onderzoek naar oude Helwegen van de Germanen.
De Germanen geloofden dat hun zielen na de dood over deze Helwegen door zwanen naar het Paradijs of naar de Hel vervoerd werden.
De Helwegen zijn al langer bekend. Dokter de Vroege uit Rotterdam beschreef hun loop van Externsteine, een prehistorische plek in Duitsland, tot aan de kust in Nederland.
De onderste Helweg liep naar de kust van Zeeland, het paradijs, en de bovenste naar de Waddeneilanden, zogenaamd de Hel.
De oude naam voor het paradijs is Walhalla en het Zeeuwse eiland Walcheren heeft deze naam nog in zich.
De naam van de Hel luidde Tarsus en ook deze naam vinden we terug in de Waddeneilanden, een beetje meer verscholen maar daardoor uniek.
T: Texel A: Ameland R: Rottummerplaat S: Schiermonnikoog U: Vlieland (u en v zijn voor taalkundigen uitwisselbaar) S: (ter) Schelling, ter is een voorzetsel
De naam Helwegen is in Nederland nog bekend, denk aan Marijke Helwegen, een bekende tv-persoonlijkheid.
Het viel Eelco de Boer op dat veel namen langs de onderste Helweg met zwanen te maken hadden. Zwanen kwamen ook in veel mythen voor.
Als kenner van de oude mythen wist de auteur dat ook bij de verhalen over Stonehenge zwanen genoemd werden.
Na het doortrekken van de oude lijnen van dr. De Vroege, ontdekte Eelco dat de onderste Helweg exact doorliep tot aan Stonehenge.
De bovenste Helweg liep exact door tot aan Lindisfarne, een zeer heilige plek in Engeland. De vraag was natuurlijk welk volk exacte lijnen over zeeën heen kon trekken.
De auteur had al eerder sterrenbeelden op de grond in Nederland ontdekt en paste zijn methoden nu rond Stonehenge toe.
Tot zijn verbijstering ontdekte hij dat onbekenden met ongelooflijke precisie het sterrenbeeld Zwaan in het Britse landschap hadden gevormd.
Op de gekopieerde sterrenpunten staan nu nog steeds kerken op oude heilige plaatsen, waaromheen later plaatsjes zijn ontstaan.
De auteur publiceert in principe gegevens die door zijn lezers te verifiëren zijn. Plak op Google Earth plaatsmarkeringen op genoemde plaatsen en zie hoe ongelooflijk nauwkeurig het sterrenbeeld zich vormt.
In zijn boeken is te lezen hoe ook op andere plaatsen langs de Helweg in Nederland en Duitsland hetzelfde sterrenbeeld is te vinden.
De schrijver benadrukt dat de cultuur van de makers van Stonehenge, en andere megalithische bouwwerken in Europa, al verdwenen was toen de Egyptische piramides nog gebouwd moesten worden.
In zijn boeken gaat Eelco de Boer gedetailleerd in op zijn bevindingen. Het lezen maakt nieuwsgierig en daagt uit om zelf op onderzoek te gaan naar nog meer bewijzen!
ONDERZOEKER-AUTEUR EELCO DE BOER
De ontdekkingen en theorie van onderzoeker-auteur Eelco de Boer uit Bergambacht, beschreven in zijn boeken Verdwenen beschaving en Verborgen geschiedenis, hebben er onder andere toe geleid dat er in Friesland bewijzen werden gevonden van sterrenbeelden op de grond.
Nieuwe geheimen onthult hij binnenkort in zijn derde boek, dat in het voorjaar van 2017 zal verschijnen met de titel:
‘Abraham was een Fries en Homerus een Zeeuw.’ (En, Nederland was het beloofde land.)
Het geheim der Eersten: Auteur Henriëtte Hemmink verwerkte Eelco’s opzienbarende theorie en ontdekkingen op spannende manier in een fact-thriller.
DNA-pionier en Nobelprijswinnaar: “Leven naar aarde gebracht door intelligente buitenaardsen”
DNA-pionier en Nobelprijswinnaar: “Leven naar aarde gebracht door intelligente buitenaardsen”
Meer dan 60 jaar geleden ontdekten Francis Crick, Maurice Wilkins en James Watson dat DNA een dubbele helix is. Ze kregen er de Nobelprijs voor de Geneeskunde voor.
Crick en Watson kwamen met het model van de dubbele helix, waarbij de strengen om elkaar heen draaien en de nucleotiden van beide met elkaar verbonden zijn als de sporten van een ladder.
In zijn boek Life Itself uit 1982 schreef Crick (1916-2004) dat het onmogelijk is dat het DNA-molecuul zich op aarde heeft gevormd en dat het van elders moet zijn gekomen.
Hogere beschaving
Francis Crick (AFP)
Crick domineerde lange tijd het vakgebied van de moleculaire biologie, en was een bezield inspirator voor vele onderzoekers.
Samen met zijn collega Leslie Orgel ontwikkelde hij de theorie van de ‘directed panspermia’ (gestuurde panspermie).
Volgens deze theorie is het leven op onze planeet niet alleen van buitenaardse oorsprong, maar ook doelbewust op onze planeet gebracht door een hogere beschaving.
Onwaarschijnlijk
Om het lokale leven niet te verstoren, kiezen dergelijke beschavingen mogelijk jonge planetaire systemen uit, zo is de gedachte.
“Het lijkt nu onwaarschijnlijk dat buitenaardse organismen de aarde hebben bereikt als sporen die worden gedreven door de stralingsdruk van een ster of als levende organismen in een meteoriet,” schreven Orgel en Crick.
Intelligente wezens
“Het alternatief is gestuurde panspermie, de theorie dat organismen bewust naar de aarde zijn gebracht door intelligente wezens van een andere planeet,” zeiden ze.
“Wij concluderen dat het mogelijk is dat leven de aarde op deze manier heeft bereikt, maar dat er op dit moment te weinig wetenschappelijk bewijs is om iets te kunnen zeggen over de waarschijnlijkheid,” klonk het.
Pennsylvania UFO reporting moving out of funnel cloud
Pennsylvania UFO reporting moving out of funnel cloud
A Pennsylvania witness at Elverson reported watching a “metallic craft” moving out of a cloud formation that quickly split into two where each object then moved away in opposite directions, according to testimony in Case 81049 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
Witness image 1.
(Credit: MUFON)
The witness had just let his dog outside at 7 a.m. on December 19, 2016, from a front porch facing north.
“I was sitting on porch and I heard this ‘jet sound,’ just like the gas burner of a hot air balloon,” the witness stated.“ And I looked left, to the west and I saw this silver-gray, circular object come down from this group of clouds. There were no other clouds around, nothing but blue sky, except for this cluster.”
The witness immediately stopped and turned to look at the event.
Witness image 2.
(Credit: MUFON)
“It stopped and the aircraft split; and one headed due west and the other went due east towards me. I saw the metallic reflection of the craft that came towards me, because the sun was coming up. After 1-2 seconds, both craft disappeared into thin air, only leaving its exhaust or ‘trail.’”
The witness then ran into his house to get a phone to take pictures of what was left.
“At that point, the cloud cluster and trails were directly north of me and moving east. As I studied enlargement on my computer screen, I can see a circular, semi-white cloud ‘burst’ amidst the gray cluster above, almost like the burst pushed the clouds out into a circle and the object came down out of the clouds before it separated intotwo.”
Witness image 3.
(Credit: MUFON)
The sighting frightened the witness.
“Scariest thing I’ve ever seen. I just couldn’t believe my eyes. I see all kinds of weird things out here where I live, but can never get photos in time. But this morning, I got it; well, the latter part of it, anyway.”
Elverson is a borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, population 1,225. Pennsylvania MUFON State Section Director Julia Weiss investigated this case and closed it as an Unknown.
Witness image 4.
(Credit: MUFON)
“The sighting is unknown because it came out of a funnel cloud and then split into two objects, leaving vapor trails,” Weiss stated in her report.“The round object and sounds is not consistent with military jets and-or anything I can think of. The actual funnel cloud disappearing right after the objects split in both directions is also quite puzzling. The cloud, if itself a vapor trail, would remain. I am deeming this sighting unknown.”
Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.
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Electrostatic Plasma Ball like Entity Over Redland, Florida On Dec 29, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Electrostatic Plasma Ball like Entity Over Redland, Florida On Dec 29, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Dec 29, 2016
Location of sighting: Redland, Florida, USA
This magnificent UFO footage was recorded both in infrared and normal video. Infrared cameras are awesome. They let us see a spectrum of light that our eyes are not capable of seeing. All UFO can be seen with an infrared camera, regardless if they are cloaked or not. The IR sees right through the shield, just like IR can see through black ink spilled on a book and still allow us to read every letter below the black ink. IR is famous for cutting through the clouds, for cutting through even dark water and seeing whats below. It is the ultimate tool of UFO researchers, from which, there is no escape for the UFO. Click here to view the newest IR cameras for sale.
Scott C. Waring
Eyewitness states:
In the same way that stars are masked by the sky scattering of visible light in daylight many small objects in the atmosphere are also masked. This masking effect is lower in the infrared portion of the spectrum and even lower in the short radio wave portion, so scanning the sky in the infrared or in the short radio wave(radar) portion of the spectrum is a lot more effective than scanning the sky in visible light. From video footage the "best" that we can show is the anomalous character of a given manifestation, to get clear ideas of the nature or origen of Anomalies further comprehensive research is needed that video alone can't provide. But Anomalies manifestations are a "local" phenomena and local phenomena usually have local explanations or causes. Some anomalies respond with bright flashes to direct light signals in daylight or at night showing with that clearly their anomalous nature. Key steps for systematically observing anomalies:
1- Infrared spotting. Using an optical magnification in the 20x range. 2- The use of very high optical magnification able to resolve distant object details, in the 150x optical magnification range. 3- Direct signaling to the anomalies spotted. Anomalies will change behaviour and body geometry in response to "smart" signals.
UFO Follows Space Station On Live Cam! Dec 29, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Follows Space Station On Live Cam! Dec 29, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Dec 29, 2016 Location of sighting: At space station (ISS) This video was taken by the space station live cam and shows a UFO below the space station. The UFO has perfectly matched speed with the station and as the UFO shoots through the clouds below, sometimes it drags some of the clouds behind it in a trail. This is a UFO. Amazing capture by Joshua Blake of Youtube. Scott C. Waring
UFO Seen By Kid At Park Moves At High Speed, Dec 29, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Seen By Kid At Park Moves At High Speed, Dec 29, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Dec 29, 2016 Location of sighting: Unknown This video was recorded by ACTA of youtube. Watch as these kids both record an unidentified flying object in the clouds above. The excitement in their voices clearly show their intrigue at the unusual craft that they were trying to watch. At one point the boy with the earphones says, "did you see that? It grew smaller really fast!" That happened because the UFO flew away from the boys at a high rate of speed then stopped at a certain point. Cool video of young UFO researchers on the hunt in their neighbourhood. Its very possible this was an alien craft, but it is impossible to determine for sure without a more focused and close up video of the object. So, until we know more, the object in the sky is truly and unidentified flying object...a UFO. Scott C. Waring
A cloud of gas and dust began to collapse 4.6 billion years ago, triggering the formation of Earth's sun and solar system. Pictured here: a much larger collection of gas and dust, spotted in the constellation Cygnus, which is about 4,500 light-years away.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Harvard-Smithsonian CfA
The explosive death of a star — that may have been up to a dozen times the sun's mass — might have triggered the formation of the solar system, a new study finds.
The sun as well as the rest of the solar system was born from a cloud of gas and dust about 4.6 billion years ago. According to previous research, some event disturbed this cloud, prompting a gravitational collapse that formed the sun and a surrounding disk of matter, where the planets were born.
By searching for telltale patterns that have been left in matter from the dawn of the solar system, Yong-Zhong Qian, co-author of the new study and an astrophysicist at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, and his colleagues now suggest that the explosive death of a small star could have kicked off that collapse. [Our Solar System: A Photo Tour of the Planets]
Prior work has suggested that a supernova's shock wave might have packed enough energy to compress the preexisting cloud of dust. And researchers have searched for evidence of that blast: Supernovas generate telltale patterns of unstable, short-lived radioactive isotopes. The discovery of the signatures of such anomalies in ancient rocks would help confirm the idea that a supernova triggered the solar system's formation. (The isotopes of an element have different numbers of neutrons. A different number at the end of the isotope's name identifies each variety: for example, beryllium-9 or beryllium-10.) Until now, researchers have failed to find the fingerprints of these isotopic anomalies in ancient meteorites that were left over from the birth of the solar system. However, researchers had been examining supernovas from relatively high-mass stars — those that are 15 or more times the sun's mass, Qian told Space.com. Qian's group chose to model lower-mass supernovas instead, from stars that are 12 times the sun's mass or less, and they investigated what isotopes would be formed from those explosions. They focused on the production of beryllium-10, an isotope that is commonly found in meteorites. Its prevalence in meteorites was already a mystery for researchers, Qian said. One theory held that high-energy cosmic rays could have stripped away protons or neutrons from atomic nuclei to create the beryllium-10 — a process called spallation.
Using new supernova models, Qian and his colleagues found that a low-mass supernova could generate vast amounts of ghostly particles known as neutrinos, whose influence on atomic nuclei could have created beryllium-10 — which would explain the high levels of that isotope in the meteorite record.
Moreover, the researchers said that the influence of a low-mass supernova might also explain the presence of other short-lived isotopes that are also found in meteorites, such as calcium-41 and palladium-107. "A low-mass supernova can explain the wide range of data that we have," Qian told Space.com.
Qian noted that the study group's findings do not explain the presence of all short-lived isotopes that are found in meteorites. "We think that some of these other short-lived nuclei might have been contributed by other mechanisms," Qian said. "I don't think that should be taken as a weakness of our model — it's just that our model cannot explain everything. Our work is a major piece of the puzzle about the solar system's formation, but there are other pieces of the puzzle that should be looked at as well."
Future research can also investigate what effects a shock wave from a low-mass supernova might have had on the cloud that became the solar system, Qian said. The scientists detailed their findings online Nov. 22 in the journal Nature Communications.
China's Lofty Space Ambitions Include 2018 Landing on Moon's Far Side
China's Lofty Space Ambitions Include 2018 Landing on Moon's Far Side
By Leonard David, Space.com's Space Insider Columnist
Credit: gov.cn
China's Information Office of the State Council on Tuesday (Dec. 27) released an expansive white paper on that country's space activities in 2016. The document also projected a look at China's space agenda over the coming years, a plan that includes a lunar sample-return mission and the first soft-landing on the far side of the moon in 2018.
In an associated press conference marking the release of the white paper, vice administrator of the China National Space Administration, Wu Yanhua, stated that China plans to develop a new generation of heavy-lift carrier rocket, the "Changzheng-9" or "Long March-9." That booster is intended for future manned lunar landing and deep space exploration missions, according to a report by the website Crienglish.com.
"There is an old saying in aerospace industry, 'If you want to develop space industry, you need to work on space rockets first; and if you want to develop space rockets, you need to work on its engines first,;" Wu said in the press conference. "So now we need to make progress in the heavy-lift carrier rocket's engine first, to create conditions for the whole project. It is planned that the heavy-lift carrier rocket's maiden flight will be held around 2030." [China in Space: A Video Look Back]
Vice administrator of China National Space Administration, Wu Yanhua, speaks at Dec. 27 briefing unveiling a white paper on Chinese space development 2016.
Credit: gov.cn
China's 5-year space plan
The wide-ranging white paper lays out the purpose of China's space program as well as its vision and principles of development. It also includes a summary of China's major developments in space since 2011, and the major tasks ahead for the next five years.
The document also includes policies and measures for development and the role of international exchanges and cooperation.
In terms of deep-space exploration, the white paper explains that China will continue its lunar exploration project, and strive to attain the automated extraterrestrial sampling and returning technology by space explorers.
Three strategic steps
"We plan to fulfill the three strategic steps of 'orbiting, landing and returning' for the lunar exploration project by launching the Chang'e-5 lunar probe by the end of 2017 and realizing regional soft landing, sampling and return. We will launch the Chang'e-4 lunar probe around 2018 to achieve humanity's first soft-landing on the far side of the moon, and conduct an in-situ and rover detection and relay communications misison from the Earth-moon L2 point."
Also noted is that through China's lunar exploration project, topographic and geological surveys will be implemented and laboratory research conducted on lunar samples; geological survey and research as well as low-frequency radio astronomy observation and research will be carried out targeting the landing area on the far side of the moon for a better understanding of the formation and evolution of the moon.
Next lunar probe
At the press conference hosted by the State Council Information Office, Wu also detailed work underway on Chang'e-5, targeted for liftoff at the end of 2017.
"We will take samples from the surface of the moon as well as different depths of the moon rocks after drilling, and the samples will be used by scientists for scientific research," Wu said.
Wu added that work related to Chang'e-5 is going smoothly.
Mars and beyond
Explained in the white paper is that China intends to execute its first Mars exploration operation, and grasp key technologies for orbiting, landing and roving exploration.
China plans to launch this Mars probe by 2020 to carry out orbiting and roving exploration.
"It will conduct further studies and key technological research on the bringing back of samples from Mars, asteroid exploration, exploration of the Jupiter system and planet fly-by exploration. When conditions allow, related projects will be implemented to conduct research into major scientific questions such as the origin and evolution of the solar system, and search for extraterrestrial life," the paper explains.
Raising human spaceflight capacity
In the category of human spaceflight, the white paper notes that China plans to launch the Tianzhou-1 cargo spacecraft to dock with the now Earth-orbiting Tiangong-2 space laboratory, "and research and master key technologies for cargo transport and replenishment to accumulate experience in building and operating a space station."
"We strive to acquire key technologies and conduct experiments on such technologies," the paper continues, "to raise our manned spaceflight capacity, laying a foundation for exploring and developing cislunar space." [China's Tiangong-2 Space Lab in Pictures]
China’s 60-ton medium-size space station is depicted in this artwork.
Credit: CNSA
In June 2016, China's new Wenchang launch center on Hainan Island celebrated its first launch. Renovations have also been accomplished in the Jiuquan, Taiyuan and Xichang launch sites, "forming a launch site network covering both coastal and inland areas, high and low altitudes, and various trajectories to satisfy the launch needs of manned spaceships, space laboratory core modules, deep space probes and all kinds of satellites," the document explains. "The integrated capacities and functions of space launch sites will be enhanced and exploited to meet various needs."
Historical starting line
The white paper concludes by noting that the country is "standing at a new historical starting line," with China "determined to quicken the pace of developing its space industry, and actively carry out international space exchanges and cooperation."
Since 2011 China has signed 43 space cooperation agreements or memoranda of understanding with 29 countries, space agencies and international organizations.
Leonard David is author of "Mars: Our Future on the Red Planet," published in October by National Geographic this October. The book is a companion to the National Geographic Channel six-part series, Mars. A longtime writer for Space.com, David has been reporting on the space industry for more than five decades. Follow us @Spacedotcom, Facebook or Google+. Originally published on Space.com.
Proxima Centauri's Origins Could Mean Its Exoplanet Really Is Habitable
Proxima Centauri's Origins Could Mean Its Exoplanet Really Is Habitable
By Ian O'Neill, Seeker
Credit: ESO
After decades of uncertainty, it seems that astronomers may have found the strongest evidence yet that Proxima Centauri is indeed "gravitationally bound" to Alpha Centauri. This is interesting for many reasons, primarily because now we're pretty sure the Alpha Centauri system is a triple-star system, with two stars (Alpha Centauri A and B) orbiting closely and one oddball sibling (Proxima Centauri) with an extremely wide orbit.
But with the recent discovery of a small rocky exoplanet in orbit around Proxima, this new finding will boost hopes that this little world may be habitable for life as we know it.
Proxima Centauri is located around 4.25 light-years away making it the nearest star to Earth beyond our sun. The star's planet, called Proxima b, is approximately the same mass as Earth and orbits within the star's "habitable zone" — the region surrounding a star that's neither too hot or too cold for liquid water to exist on a planetary surface. Finding any planet within a star's habitable zone — regardless of the star's size or luminosity — will always be exciting as, if there is liquid water there, life could be possible. And discovering a (potentially) habitable world on our galactic doorstep is an incredible stroke of luck.
Though we know that Proxima b is there, we can only guess at its composition and have no clue whether or not it possesses any water. But new evidence suggesting Proxima Centauri is indeed a distant sibling of the Alpha Centauri could help us find out.
Proxima Centauri was only discovered a century ago and, since then, astronomers have been trying to understand its motion in the sky, a task that becomes very complicated when considering how dim it is. Red dwarfs are many times smaller and produce only a fraction of the light of our sun. But using the High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS) instrument at the ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile, astronomers have, for the first time, gained precision measurements of the dim star's radial velocity, a key metric if we are to understand if it is in any way related to Alpha Centauri.
The HARPS instrument is extremely sensitive to the wobble of stars as small exoplanets orbit around them, gravitationally tugging at them. Indeed, it was the HARPS instrument that discovered the tiny wobble of Proxima Centauri, revealing the presence of Proxima b. But this time, HARPS was able to deduce the velocity at which the tiny star is moving away from us and compared it with the radial velocity of Alpha Centauri. Both radial velocities closely match, which means that, in all likelihood, Proxima Centauri has a wide orbit around Alpha Centauri. They are therefore, probably, gravitationally bound.
Though this is a significant find — indeed, the question of whether or not all three stars are in orbit around one another has been vexing astronomers since Proxima Centauri was first spotted — it could reveal an interesting tidbit about the nature of Proxima b itself.
If Proxima Centauri and Alpha Centauri are gravitationally bound, this gives us a clue that the group formed from the same star-forming nebula billions of years ago. They are all therefore the same age. Over time, the trio's orbits evolved and Proxima Centauri for some reason was thrown away from the Alpha Centauri binary. In research to be published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics, the researchers speculate that before Proxima Centauri was ejected and sent on the lonely orbit it's in today, a planet formed far from the star and then migrated to a lower orbit. As it occupied such a distant (and cold) orbit, it would have likely been an icy world and that ice could have been water. And now Proxima b is orbiting in a very habitable location for liquid water to exist on its surface, then perhaps — just perhaps — it possesses water to this day.
Though it's a bit of a reach to be making any assumptions about the water content of a planet we cannot directly see, it's interesting to think that Proxima b may have formed with an abundance of water ice and it's hard not to get excited for the artistic renderings of alien oceans under a red sun.
NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured these two images using its Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) and Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS). The upper ISS image shows relatively cloud-free skies, while the VIMS image captures widespread cloud cover.
Mysterious, thin, wispy clouds hide under the hazy upper atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon, Titan.
NASA's Cassini spacecraft flew over Titan on June 7 and July 25 and captured strikingly different photos of the moon's high northern latitude using the probe's Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) and Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS). Only the VIMS (the bottom, color image) was able to peer through the moon's hazy atmosphere to capture an infrared view of the elusive clouds. The VIMS image shows widespread cloud cover during both flybys.
The different views captured by Cassini's two onboard imaging cameras raise the question of why clouds would be visible in some images but not others, according to a NASA image description. That's especially puzzling because the two images were taken fairly close together in time. [Gigantic Ice Cloud Spotted on Saturn Moon Titan (Photos)]
ISS consists of a wide-angle and a narrow-angle digital camera, which are sensitive to visible wavelengths of light and to some infrared and ultraviolet wavelengths. The monochrome image at the top was captured by ISS from a distance of about 398,000 miles (640,000 kilometers) and is almost cloud-free. However, the bottom image was captured from about 28,000 miles (45,000 km) by the VIMS at the longer, infrared wavelength, and bright clouds are visible in Titan's northern skies.
"Even though these views were taken at different wavelengths, researchers would expect at least a hint of the clouds to show up in the upper image," NASA officials said in a statement. "Thus, they have been trying to understand what's behind the difference."
Based on atmospheric models, scientists have predicted that clouds will become more common at high northern latitudes during summer on Titan. Since 2004, Cassini has documented alterations in weather patterns as seasons change on Titan. Images collected by Cassini will help track the onset of clouds in the north, where Titan's lakes and seas are located, NASA officials said.
"The answer to what could be causing the discrepancy [between the ISS and VIMS images] appears to lie with Titan's hazy atmosphere, which is much easier to see through at the longer infrared wavelengths that VIMS is sensitive to (up to 5 microns) than at the shorter, near-infrared wavelength used by ISS to image Titan's surface and lower atmosphere (0.94 microns)," NASA officials said in the statement.
Differences in illumination geometry or changes in the clouds themselves were ruled out, as the images taken by ISS and CIMS were made over the same 24-hour period.
"High, thin cirrus clouds that are optically thicker than the atmospheric haze at longer wavelengths, but optically thinner than the haze at the shorter wavelength of the ISS observations, could be detected by VIMS and simultaneously lost in the haze to ISS — similar to trying to see a thin cloud layer on a hazy day on Earth," NASA officials said. "This phenomenon has not been seen again since July 2016, but Cassini has several more opportunities to observe Titan over the last months of the mission in 2017, and scientists will be watching to see if and how the weather changes."
UFO disclosure advocates began 2016 in the same position as most years, fighting an uphill battle to get the government to disclose what it knows about UFO phenomena. By May, hopes were rising that complete UFO disclosure by 2017 could be a real possibility, as a candidate from a major political party, Hillary Clinton, was profiled about disclosure with the New York Times. At the end of the year, many are dismayed with the loss of what appeared to be a golden opportunity.
As noted here in the Inquisitr, the election of Donald Trump may well ensure UFO disclosure in the near future, whether or not that is his intent. And there are no guarantees Mrs. Clinton would have been able to disclose anything, as she added the proviso that she would only disclose anything not related to national security. But the brief return to the headlines is fading, so what hope is there for complete UFO disclosure soon?
Could Donald Trump’s space plans ensure disclosure? [Image by Mark Wilson/Getty Images]
Well, to classify the first option as hopeful wouldn’t work. That is because not many people hope for war, but war might be a certain way for UFO disclosure to occur. In spite of the certainty of mutually assured destruction, humans have not lost the stomach for violence. Would a world war spark contact with the UFOs and aliens?
In this scenario of complete UFO disclosure, an alien ship could arrive in a way that ensured that it was witnessed by masses. Whether they came as messengers of peace, or more likely as the exterminators to clean up the hornet’s nest, with human advances in communication the world would achieve disclosure, official or not. As frightening as this possibility may be, it may be on the agenda for 2017.
The second option for complete UFO disclosure is more whimsical, but certainly less dire than the first. 2017 is the 70th anniversary of both the Kenneth Arnold “flying saucer” sighting and the Roswell misunderstanding for which the evidence seems to get softer with each passing year. That will translate into plenty of media coverage, and a raised awareness about UFOs. What makes that a potential treasure for UFO researchers is that more people will be paying attention.
Perhaps that one “smoking gun” piece of evidence is sitting in someone’s attic. Maybe that person remembers how grandpa never will forget that time that he went to recover an acorn-shaped metal box UFO in Western Pennsylvania. Maybe that person goes rummaging through grandpa’s old stuff that was left up there after he passed and finds “the” picture of a UFO. Maybe a government spokesperson slips up answering questions about an old case and spills the details on something new and different. Crazier things have happened, and when the UFO anniversary events coverage begins, who knows what might happen?
The point is that any time UFO coverage goes to a national level, the UFO disclosure movement has the opportunity to educate the wider public. This is an opportunity to embrace the challenge to state the case for disclosure. Some may view it more as a commercial feeding frenzy, but what does that mean? So is the Super Bowl in American football, which also draws a billion or so viewers each year. How nice would it be to have an audience that big for just 30 minutes to explain why complete UFO disclosure matters?
Could NASA’s new Webb Space Telescope spot a UFO or signs of alien life? [Image by Alex Wong/Getty Images]
Finally, one should never rule out the ever-present possibility of contact from sentient beings through programs like the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). One unmistakable radio telescope captured signal could completely set the UFO research world into a frenzy of excitement. Really, any type of contact along the frontiers of human scientific exploration would do the trick.
While any, or none of these scenarios could occur in 2017, the idea is that UFO disclosure advocates have no reason to be pessimistic. It would be closer to the truth to suggest that those people who really would like to see UFO disclosure happen should utilize the big anniversaries in the coming year to discuss how far UFO research has come, and what lies ahead to a wider audience. One never knows when a difference maker will be listening.
Either stars are strange, or there are 234 aliens trying to contact us
Either stars are strange, or there are 234 aliens trying to contact us
by Evan Gough, Universe Today
A portion of the 234 stars that are sources of the pulsed ETI-like signal. Note that all the stars are in the narrow spectral range F2 to K1, very similar to our own sun. Credit: Ermanno F. Borra and Eric Trottier This graph shows the …more
We all want there to be aliens. Green ones, pink ones, brown ones, Greys. Or maybe Vulcans, Klingons, even a being of pure energy. Any type will do.
That's why whenever a mysterious signal or energetic fluctuation arrives from somewhere in the cosmos and hits one of our many telescopes, headlines erupt across the media: "Have We Finally Detected An Alien Signal?" or "Have Astronomers Discovered An Alien Megastructure?" But science-minded people know that we're probably getting ahead of ourselves.
Skepticism still rules the day when it comes to these headlines, and the events that spawn them. That's the way it should be, because we've always found a more prosaic reason for whatever signal from space we're talking about. But, being skeptical is a balancing act; it doesn't mean being dismissive.
What we're talking about here is a new study from E.F. Borra and E. Trottier, two astronomers at Laval University in Canada. Their study, titled "Discovery of peculiar periodic spectral modulations in a small fraction of solar type stars" was just published at arXiv.org. ArXiv.org is a pre-print website, so the paper itself hasn't been peer reviewed yet. But it is generating interest.
The two astronomers used data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, and analyzed the spectra of 2.5 million stars. Of all those stars, they found 234 stars that are producing a puzzling signal. That's only a tiny percentage. And, they say, these signals "have exactly the shape of an ETI signal" that was predicted in a previous study by Borra.
This graph shows the number of detected signals by Spectral Type of star. Credit: Ermanno F. Borra and Eric Trottier
Prediction is a key part of the scientific method. If you develop a theory, your theory looks better and better the more you can use it to correctly predict some future events based on it. Look how many times Einstein's predictions based on Relativity have been proven correct.
The 234 stars in Borra and Trottier's study aren't random. They're "overwhelmingly in the F2 to K1 spectral range" according to the abstract. That's significant because this is a small range centred around the spectrum of our own Sun. And our own Sun is the only one we know of that has an intelligent species living near it. If ours does, maybe others do too?
The authors acknowledge five potential causes of their findings: instrumental and data reduction effects, rotational transitions in molecules, the Fourier transform of spectral lines, rapid pulsations, and finally the ETI signal predicted by Borra (2012). They dismiss molecules or pulsations as causes, and they deem it highly unlikely that the signals are caused by the Fourier analysis itself. This leaves two possible sources for the detected signals. Either they're a result of the Sloan instrument itself and the data reduction, or they are in fact a signal from extra-terrestrial intelligences.
The detected signals are pulses of light separated by a constant time interval. These types of signals were predicted by Borra in his 2012 paper, and they are what he and Trottier set out to find in the Sloan data. It may be a bit of a red flag when scientist's find the very thing they predicted they would find. But Trottier and Borra are circumspect about their own results.
As the authors say in their paper, "Although unlikely, there is also a possibility that the signals are due to highly peculiar chemical compositions in a small fraction of galactic halo stars." It may be unlikely, but lots of discoveries seem unlikely at first. Maybe there is a tiny subset of stars with chemical peculiarities that make them act in thisway.
A portion of the 234 stars that are sources of the pulsed ETI-like signal. Note that all the stars are in the narrow spectral range F2 to K1, very similar to our own sun. Credit: Image: Ermanno F. Borra and Eric Trottier
To sum it all up, the two astronomers have found a tiny number of stars, very similar to our own Sun, that seem to be the source of pulsed signals. These signals are the same as predicted if a technological society was using powerful lasers to communicate with distant stars.
We all want there to be aliens, and maybe the first sign of them will be pulsed light signals from stars like our own sun. But it's all still very preliminary, and as the authors acknowledge, "…at this stage, this hypothesis needs to be confirmed with further work."
That further work is already being planned by the Breakthrough Listen Initiative, a project that searches for intelligent life in the cosmos. They plan to use the Automated Planet Finder telescope at the Lick Observatory to further observe some of Borra's 234 stars.
The Breakthrough team don't seem that excited about Borra's findings. They've already poured cold water on it, trotting out the old axiom that "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence" in a statement on Borra's paper. They also give Borra's findings a score of 0 to 1 on the Rio Scale. The Rio Scale is something used by the international SETI community to rank detections of phenomena that could indicate advanced life beyond Earth. A rating of 0 to 1 means its insignificant.
An artist's concept of Europa's surface. On the moon's still-unknown terrain, a mobile lander could have trouble moving away from a contaminated site, scientists say.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Searching for signs of life, or life's precursors, on the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa could spoil the hunt before it begins — which is why many scientists advocate going underground.
An ocean containing twice as much water as all of Earth's seas is thought to slosh beneath Europa's 10-to-15-mile-thick (15 to 25 kilometers) ice shell. For this reason, astrobiologists regard the 1,900-mile-wide (3,100 km) Jovian moon as one of the solar system's best bets to host extraterrestrial life.
Furthermore, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has spotted evidence of water-vapor plumes emanating from Europa's south polar region, suggesting that material from the ocean may fall back onto the moon's icy surface. [Europa May Harbor Simple Life-Forms (Video)]
That's an exciting prospect for NASA, which aims to put a lander on Europa in the 2020s to look for chemical evidence that the moon could support life. (NASA's Europa mission began as a flyby-only affair, but the U.S. Congress ordered the inclusion of a lander late last year.)
However, the very landing could complicate this search greatly. Firing thrusters to slow the spacecraft's descent "will be like hosing down the ground with ammonia, and this is a very inconvenient thing to do," said Ralph Lorenz, a planetary scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland.
It's inconvenient because ammonia contains nitrogen, he said. "Everything in our body has nitrogen," Lorenz told Space.com. −−"If you are interested in nitrogen as a prerequisite for life, then finding even traces of it at Europa is important, and so even a little thruster contamination matters a lot."
If such contamination were to occur, scientists would struggle to figure out if nitrogen detected at Europa was native or imported from Earth, he said.
In a study published in the journal Planetary and Space Science this past August, Lorenz found that putting a 440-lb. (200 kilograms) spacecraft down on Europa would disturb the surface out to 30 feet (9 meters) around the lander. He concluded this after studying images of past surface disturbances caused by spacecraft landings on Earth's moon and Mars.
Scientists cannot assume that the Europa lander will be able to move away from such a contaminated site. NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has wheels, so it drove away from its Red Planet landing site back in 2012. But scientists know little about the hazards on Europa's surface, Lorenz said.
"The distribution of rocks could cause a lander to tip over, or it could fall into a crevasse," Lorenz said. "In space exploration, it's not good enough to speculate that this will work. Why throw 1 [billion] or 2 billion [dollars] into it?"
The issue of nitrogen contamination on Europa is more problematic than it is on Mars or Earth's moon because the Jovian satellite is much colder than these other worlds, Lorenz said. At its warmest, temperatures on Europa don't rise above minus 260 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 160 degrees Celsius). Under such frigid conditions, ammonia is more likely to stick to Europa's surface, allowing it to interact with other molecules and perhaps make a mess of observations, Lorenz said.
Other researchers think that sampling Europa's surface is important, but that the best samples lie deeper. "We have to go down, beneath the surface," said Britney Schmidt, a planetary scientist at the Georgia Institute of Technology who has worked on NASA's Europa lander mission concept.
This means drilling into Europa's ice. Schmidt thinks a mission needs to drill at least 4 inches (10 centimeters) down, to a place where the thrusters haven't contaminated the ice and space radiation hasn't destroyed biogenic molecules — the stuff− necessary for life's processes to take place.
"If we get 10 centimeters, or a meter [about 3 feet], down, this area hasn't been blasted with the thrusters," Schmidt told Space.com. "Maybe a portion, but the confidence for getting a pristine sample goes up the further you go down."
The Europa lander won't just be looking for ammonia or nitrogen, stressed Peter Willis, a chemist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
Still, he said, the Europa lander mission will take precautions; the lander will likely bore into the ice, Willis said. NASA also plans to employ the sky-crane landing method, which put Curiosity down on Mars, with the Europa craft, he added. −−After descending toward Europa, a hovering spacecraft will fire thrusters into the air to stay aloft while it uses a cord to lower the lander down to the surface. Then, it will let go. [How Curiosity's Sky Crane Landing Worked (Infographic)]
In such a case, "the spacecraft actually falls, but we hope not too far," Willis said.
Limiting the amount of Earthly organics being sprayed on Europa's surface will help NASA's quest to find extraterrestrial life —− even if what researchers are looking for doesn't walk or swim, Schmidt said.
"People want us to drill into Europa and find a fish," she said. "But right now, this is not realistic;− the hope is to land there and detect biogenic molecules, the molecules essential for life."
Have you heard about the candle maker who was swallowed up by the Earth in Hanley? The pub landlord who kept explosives in a bedroom? Or the dwarf who challenged a pit bull to a fist fight?
The Sentinel archives are chock full of fascinating facts that open a window to the past here in the Potteries. Here are 12 of the more surprising titbits of information, contained within.
In 1864 a loud blast shattered the still night of Longton and destroyed the Roebuck, one of the town's best frequented pubs. According to the Weekly Sentinel, the explosion was caused by landlord Henry Johnson's lax attitude to health and safety. In his day job he worked as a miner and kept a large stock of explosives in his bedroom, used for blasting coal. Mr Johnson's two children were asleep when the dynamite exploded, but luckily, were not seriously hurt.
In December, 1903, candle maker Thomas Holland was walking to his shop along St John Street, Hanley, when without any warning, a gaping hole appeared in the ground and swallowed him up. An old pit shaft had suddenly opened and poor Tommy was never seen again.
Thomas Holland
London journalist James Greenwood claimed to have witnessed a fight between a “dwarf", a four-and-a-half feet tall battler called Brummy and a pit bull called Physic, at Hanley in 1874. In lurid detail, Greenwood described the fight between man and dog, which lasted 11 rounds before the dwarf was declared the victor. Although the truth of the battle was never proven, three years later The Sentinel reported how a drunken miner from Burslem was jailed after starting a fight with a Newfoundland dog – possibly influenced by the notoriety of the "dwarf versus dog" fight.
In October, 1966, The Sentinel reported on a woman who was so scared of going to the dentist that she literally dropped dead of fright. Cause of death was a cerebral haemorrhage, but an inquest found the 46-year-old Sneyd Green woman died of, “fright from the thought of a dental extraction".
Royals have been visiting North Staffordshire for centuries – but perhaps the most bizarre stop-off came in June, 1987, when Prince Edward, Prince Andrew, Princess Anne and the Duchess of Kent, Sarah Ferguson, all captained teams in It's A Royal Knockout, held at Alton Towers. At the end of the spectacle, where royals and celebrities competed in whacky games wearing oversized comedy outfits, Prince Edward asked an embarrassed press conference, “well, what did you think of it"? The awkward silence prompted him to storm out in anger.
Prince Edward (left) at Alton Towers during It's A Royal Knockout
In November, 1966, The Sentinel was raving about Port Vale's 16-year-old goalkeeper Michael Lawton, who pulled off a string of remarkable saves in 'near Siberian' conditions at Wigan. He was destined to find fame – but not in football. Lawton reinvented himself as comedian Mick Miller, instantly recognisable with his trademark bald head and long hair at the sides.
Garden gnomes were stolen from a garden in Uttoxeter, in November, 2002. Soon after a note, written with words cut from a newspaper, was pushed through their door. It said: “Mum, we have been taken by the gnome police. This is not a ransom letter but because you were nasty to us and left us in the cold, wet and rain, they want you to say you are sorry. We will be in touch."
In 1908, Joe Deakin – a grocer's son from Shelton – became the city's first Olympic hero, winning gold in the three-mile team event at the London Games. To celebrate, the British team were treated to a lavish lunch of steak and Champagne. Immediately after eating, Joe was due to compete in the five mile race. He failed to finish.
Joe Deakin at the 1908 London Olympics
In March 1965, children's TV show Blue Peter appealed for a mystery boy from Stoke-on-Trent to come forward after he rescued his hamster from a washing machine. The boy was washing his jeans in a self-service laundry when he remembered his pet was in his pocket. He plunged his hands into the hot water, rescued the hamster and managed to revive him using massage – a feat worthy of a Blue Peter medal.
Cowboys and Indians came to Stoke-on-Trent in August, 1891, when the famed frontiersman Buffalo Bill brought his Wild West Show to North Staffordshire. Passers by witnessed the bizarre spectacle of cattle being driven along Station Road in Stoke, while the show itself spectacularly recreated events like Custer's Last Stand.
Buffalo Bill meets some admirers at his Wild West Show
Jack Wilson, son of Pottery owner David Wilson, of David Wilson & Sons (formerly Neale & Co, based at the Church Works in Hanley), was one of the city's most notorious gang leaders. He was infamous notorious for playing mean tricks on citizens – such as convincing a grieving family a relation had returned from the grave – for using his pet monkey to terrorise passersby and leading the Rough Fleet Gang, Hanley's version of Peaky Blinders. His reign predated the Sentinel (Wilson died in the early 19th century) but his exploits were recounted in a series of character studies published in the 1870s.
Have aliens ever visited the Potteries? Among the more credible X-files in The Sentinel's archives are of a "bowl shaped object, square lights around it, red in colour", reported to the police above Stone in December, 1981; and a report filed by Staffordshire Police in February, 1985, of a large "mushroom shaped" object, with a "glowing orange colour", which was observed hovering over Bucknall for about an hour, before it headed off at speed towards Stoke. In 1967, paranormal investigators Anthony Pace and Roger Stanway investigated 80 UFO sightings in Stoke-on-Trent, which they collected in a book, UFOs Unidentified Undeniable.
Do you know of any strange and bizarre stories from Potteries past? Please send letters and pictures to Colette Warbrook, including your full name, address and telephone number, at The Way We Were, Sentinel House, Bethesda Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 3GN, or email waywewere@thesentinel.co.uk
Terrified musician says mysterious fiery UFO floated in the Devon sky for three hours before ‘flying directly at him’ after he snapped it
MEN FROM OUTER SPACE?
Terrified musician says mysterious fiery UFO floated in the Devon sky for three hours before ‘flying directly at him’ after he snapped it
Bizarre object flew towards stunned onlookers before vanishing without a trace during daylight hours
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BY PAUL HARPER
THIS spectacular UFO left onlookers baffled when it soared through the skies with a fiery tail and vanished without a trace in a Devon town.
A witness told how they thought the bizarre object was a comet until it began flying at lightning speed towards them before disappearing in Exmouth yesterday.
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The weird object left a fiery tail when it was spotted flying through the skies in Exmouth towards baffled onlookers
FACEBOOK/MARK EMMINS
This UFO was photographed in Devon after it appeared like a comet at first before flying and disappearing
Mark Emmins said he first noticed a white object in the sky at 1pm which was still present when the “blood-red sunset set in”.
He was stunned when three hours later, and watching with neighbour Tyron Osborne, the object began moving as they tried to take a picture.
“My neighbour had asked ‘have you seen the comet?’,” said Mark, a local musician.
“All of sudden it began moving towards us coming from Dawlish towards Exmouth, which took about two minutes.
“It was leaving behind a trail and at the front of the object was a big bright light which went a dark colour as it neared.
“Then it just disappeared, vanished without a trace. There was absolutely nothing left behind.”
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The most bizarre aspect, according to Mark, was that the “huge” UFO moved at the same time as six nearby white dots.
Mark, aged 53, said the sighting has left him “dumbfounded”, adding: “It definitely was not a plane because there was no trail afterwards.
“I have no idea what it was, we have been baffled.
“It wasn’t scary, but after seeing it move across the sky we were left thinking what on earth have we just seen? This was a ‘wow’.”
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Mark said he was “baffled and dumbfounded” after seeing the UFO in Exmouth yesterday, which he first believed to be a comet
Nigel Watson, author of the UFO Investigations Manual, said: “The basic problem is that if a UFO photograph is taken in daylight and looks close, clear and sharp, you suspect it is a fake, and if it is out-of-focus, distant and hard to define, then it can be a picture of anything in the sky – from a bird to a balloon.
“In this case the pictures seem consistent with the witness descriptions, and the length of the sighting suggests it wasn’t an aircraft or drone.”
Brazilian fisherman recently got the shock of their lives while on a twilight trawl of the ocean when they spotted the silhouette of a UFO on the horizon in footage seen below.
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VIDEO: UFO spotted in skies over Sheffield city centre
VIDEO: UFO spotted in skies over Sheffield city centre
The UFO spotted above Sheffield on December 27. (Photo: YouTube).
Is this the moment a UFO was spotted in the skies over Sheffield city centre?
The clip, uploaded to video sharing website YouTube, shows a mysterious ball of white light rising slowly through the skies above the city just a couple days after Christmas.
The footage, which was filmed early in the morning of December 27, was shot by the University of Sheffield and shows the flickering, white globe slowly getting bigger as it rises through the atmosphere.
The video, entitled "UFO in Sheffield" begins with a caption which reads: "Real time recording of strange light in Sheffield sky."
The footage was shot at 7.18am from a fixed webcam which is used to monitor peregrines in their nestbox on top of the University's St George's Church lecture theatre in St George's Terrace.
In the film, one of the peregrines can be seen on its perch, oblivious to the light rising above the twinkling streetlights of the sleeping city.
What do you think? What are your explanations for the UFO?
Kerry visited the frozen continent last month, officially to highlight the effects of climate change, but conspiracy theorists bizarrely claim it was to examine “Nazi UFO bases.”
The madcap claim stems back to earlier conspiracy theories, one being that Adolf Hitler did not commit suicide in his Berlin bunker in May 1945, but escaped in a submarine to a secret base in Antarctica.
The other is astonishingly that the Nazis shared secret Antarctic UFO bases with reptilian alien species in the run up to WWII, where they experimented with flying saucer technology.
Now, after the Kerry visit, which conspiracy theorists suggest was to view these bases, it is being claimed that a Nazi UFO base is visible in images of the Antarctic taken by NASA.
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Did Hitler really have a secret base for UFOs in Antarctica?
Conspiracists believe a number of the images – which have resurfaced online after being taken in 2006 – prove the German fascist party built massive bases for alien ships during World War II.
YouTube channel SecureTeam10 has claimed the 2006 images from the US space agency show a weird anomaly in the ice.
This area stretches around 150 miles, with scientists previously saying it is a crater from asteroid impact.
Tyler Glockner, who narrates the outlandish SecureTeam10 videos said in the new one: “To this day, scientists have no idea or way to discover exactly what is buried deep under this thick ice shelf.
"This continent has been shrouded in a mystery of its own for years now."
Nigel Watson, author of the UFOs: The Nazi Connection by Unexplained Rapid Reads, said: "The idea of alien or flying saucer bases in Antarctica is nothing new. In 1962, Albert Bender who ran the International Flying Saucer Bureau (IFSB) in Bridgeport, Connecticut, claimed that alien beings took him to their underground HQ in Antarctica.
"At the base, he saw beautiful female aliens and aliens in the form of men.
"The purpose of the base was to extract chemicals from seawater to send back to their home planet. They told him that if we attacked them they could detonate all of our atomic weapons.
"Such stories are used to support the idea that flying saucers are of Nazi origin and that they established an underground base at Antarctica after World War II.
"Sceptics think such stories are the product of malicious disinformation or fantasies, yet that doesn’t stop people continuing to believing in their existence."
The three glowing UFOs and some of the helicopters both snapped by the couple.
A couple told how they saw three unusual UFOs in the sky for 15 to 20 minutes while travelling to Albuquerque, in New Mexico, in the US.
They claimed the following morning that 15 unmarked black helicopters were seen flying towards the location of the earlier UFO sighting.
Alien conspiracy theorists claim unmarked black helicopters are often seen in the vicinity of UFO sightings.
The theory being that the choppers belong to the so-called “Men in Balck” - an alleged secretive government department whose staff try to hush up evidence of aliens visiting earth to avoid the public finding out.
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The three bizarre objects that the husband thought were military flares.
The next day outside Boulder City, Nevada at about 6am we videoed 15 black Helicopters flying in the direction of where we saw the objects the night before.
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Her report said: “I spotted three glowing objects to the west over the hills. My husband pulled over and we observed the objects just hover above the hills.
“They stayed in one spot for about 15 to 20 minutes.
“My husband thought they were military flairs. I say that they are UFOs.
“We took pictures and watched them just hover there the whole time.
She added: “The next day outside Boulder City, Nevada at about 6am we videoed 15 black Helicopters flying in the direction of where we saw the objects the night before.”
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Mystery UFO hovers over Brazilian rainforest as stunned fishermen scramble to capture stunning footage
Mystery UFO hovers over Brazilian rainforest as stunned fishermen scramble to capture stunning footage
The men, fishing from a boat in a river, captured the haunting images on a mobile phone just as the sun was coming up
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A group of fishermen stare in amazement as a ' UFO ' hovers in midair above the rain forest before suddenly disappearing into the dense canopy of trees.
The men, fishing from a boat in a river, captured the haunting images on a mobile phone just as the sun was coming up.
"It lingers just above the vast vegetation for several seconds before dipping below the horizon.
In the footage, posted on YouTube, the shocked fellas discuss the jaw-dropping sight in Portuguese.
The 'UFO' lingers just above the rain forest for several seconds before dipping below the horizon(Photo: YouTube / jmhz71)
It comes after another bizarre object was spotted deep in the Amazon basin earlier this year.
The unidentified shape, believed by some to be an alien spaceship, also appeared to be using the trees as cover as it was only visible using satellite imagery.
The haunting images were captured just as the sun was coming up over the Amazon basin(Photo: YouTube / jmhz71)
This latest sighting echoes 1987 action horror film Predator, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger , in which an extraterrestrial craft crash lands in the jungle, sparking a fight to the death with a group of special forces soldiers.
Express.co.uk revealed this month there have been an increasing amount of extraordinarily similar Triangle UFO sightings, mostly across the US.
The Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) has been bombarded with reports of the bizarre craft that are often said to hover at low altitudes, silently with a slow speed.
The latest happened on Boxing Day in Park Ridge, Illinois, at midnight.
The report to US-based MUFON sent yesterday said: "My husband and I were driving on Toughy Rd in Park Ridge after just exiting 294, heading east.
"I looked out of my window and on the right side I saw a triangular craft hovering over the Forest Preserve.
"It was completely still, each side had approximately five steady lights.
"I told my husband and he caught a glimpse as well.
"He proceeded to make a u-turn. As soon as we turned around, the object had disappeared with no trace."
The MUFON global database of UFO sightings receives hundreds of similar reports each year, with numbers seemingly on the rise.
The Triangle UFO reports are often eerily similar, leading to speculation the bizarre UFOs could be REAL.
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A triangle UFO allegedly snapped during the Belgian UFO wave.
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Sketches drawn by the witness of the triangle UFO at Gainesville, Florida.
Many reports tell of a silent triangle shape, defined by a series of lights, that are said to be in some cases as big as a football field, moving slowly across the sky.
The latest sighting followed a Christmas Eve report from Clearwater, Florida.
A man and his daughter saw three of the slow, silent objects, before they disappeared behind trees.
Roger Marsh, communications director for MUFON, said triangle UFOs "frequently pass closest to witnesses".
Another reported "huge triangle UFO" sighting came on December 11, just 500 metres above homes in Gainesville, Florida, at midnight.
The witness was returning home from a family dinner when the object was seen hovering.
The witness report said: "It had large white, solid lights on each of the three corners of the craft and a pulsating red light on what appeared to be the rear.
“We could actually see framework or something on the side facing us, which indicted it wasn’t a smooth surface, but rather a metallic structure.”
The witness drove north watching the object.
The report added: “It made a turn toward the northeast and, after a few seconds without making a sound, it ascended to a tiny point in the sky in an instant.
"At the moment it took off into the sky, the sky seemed to bend around the lights of the craft.
"Before, during and after the sighting we could see normal aircraft in the sky, as there is a close-by small, commercial airport.
"I cannot imagine no one else, particularly pilots, didn’t see this craft. It was enormous.”
Florida MUFON Field Investigator Carl Paulson investigated the sighting, but closed the case as an unknown event.
The most infamous mass triangle UFO sighting was the Phoenix Lights incident of March 13 1997 over Arizona.
Five lights were seen in a formation by thousands of people over three hours from 7.30pm to 10.30pm.
The sightings took place a cross a 300-mile area from Phoenix to Tucson.
It was blamed by officials as military flares at the time.
Another mysterious case was the Belgian UFO wave from November 1989.
Thirty different groups of witnesses, and three groups of police officers, reported seeing on November 29 a large object flying at low altitude.
The craft was described as "flat, of triangular shape, with lights underneath", and being silent as it slowly moved across Belgium towards the Netherlands and Germany.
I looked out of my window and on the right side I saw a triangular craft hovering over the Forest Preserve. It was completely still, each side had approximately five steady lights.
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Just a day before the Gainesville sighting, a band about to go on stage in Torrance, California, reported seeing another triangle UFO at midnight.
A brief report to MUFON said: "Four of us were outside waiting to go onstage and one of us noticed this object in the sky above Palos Verdes and it looked like the Star Trek logo with lights making a boomerang shape, with the lights dimming, and brightening.
"It drifted away and hovered with no noise at all and after 10 minutes or so, it slowly turned position, and drifted out of view."
MUFON is getting an unprecedented amount of reports of the mysterious UFOs, usually from within the US.
Some alien hunters believe they are the motherships of extraterrestrials visiting Earth.
However, many conspiracy theorists believe they are actually secret aircrafts developed by the US Air Force (USAF) which are being tested.
The allegations are that these crafts are created at top-secret military bases like Area 51 in Nevada, by reverse engineering alien technology.
Another low-flying triangle sighting took place on December 2 at 6.50pm in Reno, Nevada.
A witness and two children saw the object from their driveway.
The dad said in his report to MUFON: “My son was looking up at the sky and said,‘Hey guys, look up. Do you see that?’
“He pointed it out as it was directly above us.
"My son said he thought it was an airplane or he was just hallucinating, but after we all saw it we knew it was something else because it made no noise whatsoever and was shaped nothing like an airplane.”
The size of the silent craft was estimated to be between 100 and 300 feet.
He continued: “It was moving in a pretty straight line towards the northwest and the Sierra mountains.
"The thing itself made no noise at all and appeared to be going moderately fast.
"The object itself was shaped almost exactly like the ‘Phoenix Lights’ in Arizona.
"It was very triangular; two edges came together and had lights going up the edges.
Nevada MUFON Assistant State Director Sandra Countiss investigated the case and also closed it as "unknown".
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A CGI sketcj done by the witness to the triangle sighting in New MIlford, Connecticut.
Another triangle which reportedly flew at about 500 feet was reported to MUFON in November.
The silent, triangle-shaped UFO that made a 90-degree turn was seen in New Milford, Connecticut at 8.45 pm on November 17.
The witness report said: "Approached a stop sign in rural area and noted a brightly lit craft flying very slowly directly towards me at low altitude.
“The white spotlights were very bright and spaced widely apart, making a helicopter unlikely, so I stopped at the intersection to observe what seemed like a strange phenomenon.
"It was so slow, low and silent.
“Moments before it would have been overhead, it made a perfect 90-degree turn.
"At that point I could see its underbelly clearly.
"It was a perfect black triangle, slightly wider at the back than the sides with white and red line of lights along the back flashing in a sequence back and forth."
Connecticut MUFON Field Investigator Warren Fentress is investigating.
Mr Marsh said: "Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made."
Scott Brando runs website ufoofinterest.org which exposes hoax UFO sightings.
He is sceptical any unexplainable sightings have been made.
He says the Phoenix Lights Incident was explained as aircraft and military flares.
He told Express.co.uk: “The Phoenix lights were explained with two different events. The first was the flight of five planes in V-shape formation.
"This is what the witness saw in that day.
"The second event was the launch of military flares over Estrella mountains."
He said of the Belgian UFO Wave: "The Belgian UFO wave began as a normal sighting (some lights in the sky) and then spread virally, but it took more time because at that time the
media coverage had no internet like now."
Referring to triangle UFOs generally, he added: “About other similar sightings I'd like to see some reports by MUFON, however many formation of sky lanterns or the launch of skydivers
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Massive object hidden under Antarctic ice could be a secret Nazi UFO base, conspiracy theorists claim
Massive object hidden under Antarctic ice could be a secret Nazi UFO base, conspiracy theorists claim
A bizarre theory claims a mysterious mass under the Antarctic ice cap could be a secret alien lair
A mysterious object lurking beneath the frozen wastes of Antarctica could be a secret Nazi UFO base, conspiracy theorists claim.
The object was first detected in 2006, when a team of scientists from Ohio State University used NASA's GRACE satellites to uncover a "gravitation anomaly" in an area of Antarctica known as Wilkes Land.
The anomaly indicated the presence of a huge "mass concentration" in the middle of a 300 mile wide impact crater, hidden beneath the ice cap.
(Photo: YouTubes/Secureteam10)
Some researchers believe the mass concentration (or mascap) is the remains of a giant meteorite, which was nearly three times the size of the Chicxulub asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs.
If this theory is correct, it could explain the Permian–Triassic extinction, which occurred 250 million years ago and wiped out 96% of all of the Earth’s sea creatures and 70% of land-based vertebrates.
However, a group of UFO hunters known as Secure Team 10 has come up with a much more outlandish theory for what the object could be.
(Photo: YouTubes/Secureteam10)
In a video posted on YouTube, Secure Team 10 suggests that the it could be a secret Nazi UFO base, left over from the Second World War.
"Some evidence of this [has come] to light in recent years, purporting to show various entrances built into the side of mountains that hold a saucer shape, and are not to mention at a very high altitude," Secure Team 10 states in its video.
"[This] begs the question, how exactly would you enter these entrances without something that could fly and that was the same shape as the entrance itself?"
(Photo: YouTubes/Secureteam10)
Secure Team 10 also discusses the theory that the mysterious anomaly could be a portal to a another world.
They claim the US Navy's numerous missions to Antarctica during the 1940s, as part of its "Operation Highjump," were actually an attempt to locate this portal.
"Even though the public reason for the operation was to 'establish the Antarctic research base, Little America', many believe its true purpose was to investigate an entrance found toward the centre of continent that may have led to an inner Earth," the said.
Watch: Alien spacecraft in Antarctica? Theory claims Nazi UFO site buried under Antarctic ice. [Representational image]Creative Commons
It is a well-known fact that Adolf Hitler and his Nazi party were heavily into researching supernatural as well as extraterrestrial phenomena, objects and locations. And now, if a new theory is to be believed, they may have even had a secret UFO site buried deep under the Antarctic ice — whose evidence has been possibly detected by two satellites that were measuring gravity in different parts of Earth.
According to a video posted on YouTube by conspiracy theorist channel "secureteam10," a mass of land hidden beneath the Antarctic ice could well be the site of a secret base the Nazis built during World War II, and something that the Americans encountered during "Operation Highjump."
Although the operation's stated purpose was to establish the Antarctic colony Little America, many believe it was to investigate Nazi UFO bases in Antarctica. Now, it has been reported that secret Nazi bases have been discovered in the Arctic. This video, however, explores the possibility of a Nazi UFO site under Antarctica, in a region hundreds of kilometres across, known as Wilkes Land.
The video says the gravity in this part of the Antarctic ice shelf is much higher than in any other part, and rules out any volcanic eruption. It then goes on to add that this could be a secret Nazi UFO base: "There is some evidence of this coming to light in recent years, with images purporting to show various entrances built into the side of mountains, with a saucer shape and at a very high altitude. This begs the question: How would you enter these entrances without something that could fly and was the same shape as the hole itself?"
What's more, it quotes the leader of the aforementioned Operation Highjump has saying that his fleet was attacked by what seemed like UFOs. He is also quoted as saying that this threat was much more dire than that posed by Russia, and that these opponents could attack North and South America any time, and at will.
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AMAZING! IDENTITY CARD OF A NAZI OFFICER FROM THE SECRET ANTARCTICA 'STATION 211'
AMAZING! IDENTITY CARD OF A NAZI OFFICER FROM THE SECRET ANTARCTICA 'STATION 211'
Numerous covert operations took place during the Nazi era, and one of the most memorable is that of Neuschwabenland or New Swabia and the enigmatic station 211 located within Antarctica, between 20°E and 10°W in Queen Maud Land.
Now for the first time an identity card of a Nazi Officer from the secret Antarctica "Station 211" was found.
For half a century, rumours about secret Nazi expedition and a secret base called ‘Station 211’ has existed among writers and researchers. But were the Nazis equipped to carry out such fascinating missions? And is the above-mentioned quote from Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz true?
After Highjump was complete, there were three then-secret nuclear explosions in the atmosphere in the southern hemisphere. They didn’t occur near Queen Maud Land, though, nor even over Antarctica, and they had no military target. Instead, they were detonated at high altitudes over the ocean to study the effects of nuclear explosions high up and outside the atmosphere.
This majestic capture of the sun fading into the thick clouds shows us that even though the light is strong, it eventually gives way to the dark. The two balance each other in this world and show that there can be a happy medium between the two, given the right circumstances.
It reminds us that we must be grateful for the precious moments in life and that even though we face adversity, the light will be there to cut through the clouds to greet us with warmth. The biker had to pull over to film this controversial footage.
China steekt een tandje bij in zijn plannen om de ruimte in te trekken. Het wil er in 2018 als eerste land in slagen om een sonde te laten landen op de achterkant van de maan. En in 2020 is Mars aan de beurt. Dat heeft het land deze week bekendgemaakt.
In het communiqué worden de plannen voor de komende vijf jaar uit de doeken gedaan. En die zijn ambitieus. "De uitgestrekte kosmos verkennen, een ruimtevaartindustrie ontwikkelen en van China een ruimtevaartmacht maken zijn de doelstellingen", staat er te lezen.
Het is een publiek geheim dat een eerste Chinees op de maan daar ook bij is, iets waar niets wordt over gezegd in de mededeling. In 2003 lanceerde het land zijn eerste bemande ruimtevlucht. De crew deed daarbij ook een eerste ruimtewandeling. In 2013 landde een eerste Chinees ruimtetuig op de maan, het eerste sinds de Amerikanen op de maan actief waren in de jaren zeventig. En vorige maand nog werden twee astronauten voor een maand naar een experimenteel Chinees ruimtestation gestuurd. Dat was de zesde en langste ruimtevaartmissie tot nu toe.
Maan Doel is om over zes jaar een volledig operationele en bemande ruimte basis te hebben rond de aarde. En naar de achterkant van de maan te reizen, als eerste land ter wereld. Daar zal onder meer onderzoek worden gedaan naar het ontstaan en de evolutie van de maan.
Mars En er is meer. De Chinezen willen ook naar Mars. En een eerste ruimtetuig daar naartoe zou in 2020 moeten vertrekken. Het moet stalen van de bodem verzamelen en onderzoek doen naar de evolutie van ons zonnestelsel en eventueel buitenaards leven.
Here is an encounters with a UFO along a highway in Mexico this month. I really liked the detailed reports and something that really stands out is that the UFO so easily matched speed with the vehicle. This is something we see a lot in UFO reports, especially UFOs caught on live cam at the space station. No matter how fast or how slow, these craft are highly maneuverable and can easily match speed in seconds. Scott C. Waring
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With two new UFO sighting reports along the Mérida-Tixkokob Highway, this stretch of road is becoming known due to sightings of this sort. Localities such as Ticul and the Muna and Homún roads are also UFO hotspots. Reports came from employees working on the construction of a highway exit toward Tixkokob: "We were heading home in late December was it was getting dark. My co-work grabbed his motorcycle and we took off toward Tipéxhual. We had progressed a few kilometers past the Villas de Oriente checkpoint when a sort of UFO or spaceship with a powerful blue light crossed right in front of us, at an altitude of some 20 meters. It was so close that there was no way we could be mistaken. My companion even pulled over to look at it more closely. In fact, it made no noise whatsoever," explained one worker. It is worth noting that although no further information was forthcoming in this regard, a worker had seen a similar object only a few days ago, just one kilometer before reaching this community. "We're certain that it was a UFO. The time was around nine o'clock at night. The light was very bright, like a sort of sphere, making erratic moves. It suddenly took off, vanishing at high speed. I think it went upward," he concluded. A few years ago, Carlos Benitez Novelo, a vendor who customarily covers the Tixkokob route and encircling municipalities, informed Enigmas of the following case: "I let my house in Merida very early to start my collections in Tixho. I normally travel along the road that leads straight to that town, but on one instance I became distracted and went straight to Tipéxhual. Since it's the same distance, I didn't see a problem with it, and kept going. Within a few minutes after leaving Tipéxhual, going over the train tracks, I witnessed an object flying at low altitude, perhaps five meters. It was a black circular object, shaped like a spacecraft and metallic-looking, since the sunlight caused to have a slight glow. I slowed down but didn't stop, and then suddenly realize that it was matching my speed. I was very startled, it occurred in a matter of seconds, and then out the corner of my eye, I saw it take off and vanish into the sky. That's when I pulled over to calm down and see where it had gone off to, but I didn't see it again. Such stories have become commonplace in recent years. All agree on the UFO's characteristics: it flies at high speed and a short distance from the road. However, the reason behind these sightings is unknown.
One of the most recent UFO news from a Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) news story highlights a Christmas Eve sighting in Clearwater, Florida. The latest UFO sighting involves an unknown triangle object that raises speculations about the cloaking abilities of these kinds of UFOs.
The sighting can be likened to the UFO sighting in Los Angeles that took place at the beginning of December. The UFO that spotted in Missouri also made the rounds online because of its strange translucent appearance, which strengthens theories on alien cloaking technology.
The Clearwater UFO involved two objects that disappeared when they passed behind a tree line, but the third one vanished completely before the witnesses’ eyes.
In Missouri UFO sighting, the conspiracy theory focused on a possible skin of ceramic material that could make people difficult to notice an aircraft in flight.
Triangle UFOs often reported to be flying low, and many enthusiasts suggest that flying at low altitude could be part of their missions. It brings to the theory that these UFOs find using cloaking technology a necessity.
News of alien planets, strange sounds from the seafloor and a bizarre new state of matter turned 2016 into a strange year, scientifically speaking.
The weirdest discoveries of 2016 ran the gamut from relatively academic (unexpected discoveries in quantum physics) to very relevant to daily life on Earth (the Arctic's unusual, melty behavior).
Here's a rundown of the oddest and most surprising scientific discoveries of the past year.
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1. Light's new momentum
The speed of light (186,000 miles per second, or 299,792 kilometers per second) hasn't changed, but a report in May revealed that another of light's basic properties might not be as basic as scientists once believed.
While doing some calculations based on a 200-year-old discovery, physicists at Trinity College Dublin found that light particles — photons — weren't behaving as they should. When shone through particular crystals in order to force the light beams into a hollow tube of light, the photons spun at an angular momentum of one-half of Planck's constant. Planck's constant is one of those basic numbers in physics. It determines the relationship between a wavelength of light and its energy.
What surprised physicists is that photons shouldn't be able to spin at a speed that's one-half Planck's constant. All photons are supposed to spin at speeds that are whole-number values of Planck's constant (twice Planck's constant, or three times Planck's constant, but not half of Planck's constant). Another class of particles, fermions, can spin at fractions of Planck's constant.
"Our result shows that we can make beams of photons, which behave like fermions — a completely different form of matter," Trinity College physicist Kyle Ballantine told Live Science at the time.
The finding doesn't mean that quantum physics is wrong, the researchers said, but it does mean that something about light works differently than they'd thought.
Credit: Jorge Chau.
2. Echoes in the atmosphere
In 1962, researchers at the Jicamarca Radio Observatory in Peru noticed something weird: Some of the radio waves they were beaming into space were bouncing back. It was as if there were some sort of reflector in the upper atmosphere, about 80 to 100 miles (130 to 160 kilometers) up. But the reason for the echoes remained a mystery until 2016. It took supercomputers to solve it. Researchers simulated the upper atmosphere and found that the echoes owe their existence to the sun. When sunlight hits the ionosphere, where the echoes originate, they strip electrons from the molecules in that atmospheric layer. The resulting, highly energetic charged particles zip through the masses of cooler particles around them, causing those cooler particles to vibrate like strings on a cello. The vibrations aren't particularly organized, the researchers said, but they create a low-level "froth" that's strong enough to bounce back the Jicamarca radio waves.
Credit: Painting by Victor Leshyk
3. Ancient reptile with an anteater claw
Two hundred million years ago, a chameleon-like reptile named Drepanosaurus roamed the land. Paleontologists first found the fossils of the 1.6-foot-long (0.5 meters) reptile in Italy in the 1970s, but it wasn't until this year that they realized just how strange this animal really was.
The weirdness is all in the arms. New fossils found in New Mexico revealed Drepanosaurus' front limbs in three-dimensional detail for the first time. Unlike all other four-limbed creatures (known as tetrapods), Drepanosaurus had a crescent-shaped ulna — one of the bones of the forearm.
Tetrapods generally follow the same body pattern: Each of their front limbs has an upper-arm bone (the humerus) and two lower-arm bones (the ulna and radius). Drepanosaurus' version of these bones was unlike anything scientists had seen before. The lizard also had abnormally long wrist bones.
Credit: Genevieve Martin, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
4. Dancing electrons in a new form of matter
It's not every year physicists discover a new form of matter, but 2016 was one of those years.
To be specific, the researchers actually created the new form of matter by bombarding sheets of alpha ruthenium chloride with neutrons. This created something called a Kitaev quantum spin liquid, which looks solid — you could hold a chunk of it in your hand — but contains electrons that dance about as if they were in a liquid.
Physicists had theorized about quantum spin liquids for decades. One of those theorists, Alexei Kitaev of the California Institute of Technology, predicted a form of matter in which the electrons would interact as if they were Majorana fermions, a type of particle that acts as its own antiparticle (a particle of the same mass but an opposite charge). Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee decided to test this theory and found that their neutron-bombarded alpha ruthenium chloride did in fact behave in this way.
In the new form of matter, the orientation (or spin) of the electrons affects the orientation of other electrons, but these electrons still remain chaotic no matter how cold the material becomes, the researchers reported. The electrons don't actually fragment into particles and antiparticles as in Majorana fermions, but their spin interactions make it look as if they do, so researchers call them "quasiparticles." The material might be useful for increasing the reliability of quantum computing.
Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser
5. A brand-new neighbor
Earth may have had a next-door neighbor all along. This August, scientists announced that they'd detected a tiny disturbance in the light coming from Proxima Centauri, the closest star to Earth besides the sun.
The disturbance indicates the presence of a planet in the red dwarf star's habitable zone, meaning life could theoretically exist there. Models based on the planet's distance from its star and its mass (1.3 times that of Earth's) suggest that it might have an atmosphere and be entirely covered by a deep ocean, which would be potentially amenable to life. But there are multiple theories about the planet's atmosphere and environment and little hard data, so aliens are far from a foregone conclusion.
As of Dec. 1, astronomers have confirmed the existence of 3,431 exoplanets, or planets outside Earth's solar system, according to the NASA Exoplanet Archive. Two hundred and ninety-seven confirmed or suspected planets in the habitable zones of their stars have been discovered so far, according to the Archive.
Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute
6. Strange red spot
Closer to home, a big red spot festoons the north pole of Charon, Pluto's largest moon. In September, researchers announced that they'd figured out where this colorful blemish comes from: Pluto's atmosphere.
Pluto is a tiny planet, and since it doesn't have a strong gravitational pull, its atmosphere radiates out into space. When the New Horizons spacecraft flew by Pluto and its moons in 2015, the red spot on Charon was immediately apparent. Scientists thought that it might be a result of the moon gravitationally capturing some of Pluto's lost atmospheric gases.
By modeling the temperatures Pluto and Charon over time, the researchers confirmed their hunch. Charon's winters last more than 100 Earth years, and they are frigid — temperatures hover around absolute zero (minus 459.67 degrees Fahrenheit, or minus 273.15 degrees Celsius). Methane from Pluto's atmosphere gets frozen at Charon's frigid poles. There, cosmic radiation strips away the hydrogen from the methane, leaving only carbon behind. These carbon atoms link up to create incredibly complex organic compounds called tholins, which make up Charon's red spot.
7. One odd head
Throughout history, some cultures have gone to extreme lengths for beauty, including practices that involved flattening or reshaping the skull. The skull of a woman from Korea's ancient Silla culture appeared to have come by its odd shape naturally, though.
Anthropologists reported their strange find in June after excavating the skeleton of a woman from a traditional burial site near Gyeongju, the capital of the Silla Kingdom (57 B.C. to A.D. 935) on the Korean peninsula. The woman, who died in her late 30s, had an elongated head, with its length being more than 75 percent of its width, the researchers reported. The term for this head shape is dolichocephalic.
It's plausible that the people who inhabited Silla performed cranial shaping, the researchers told Live Science, but the woman's bones showed no signs of flattening or of compensatory growth on the side of the skull — which is usually seen when boards or bricks are used to alter the skull of a baby or growing child. It's likely, they concluded, that the woman's head was just part of a normal variation. [See Images of the Long-Headed Woman's Facial Reconstruction]
Credit: Stefan Hendricks, Alfred Wegener Institute.
8. Unprecedented heat in the Arctic
It's been a strange year at the North Pole. Temperatures have hit all-time highs (the North Pole was 36 degrees F, or 20 degrees C, above normal in November 2016). And ice hasn't expanded in the winter season as it usually does when the temperature dips. This December, data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center showed that the Arctic was missing a chunk of sea ice the size of Mexico — and that sea ice had actually retreated in November. The ice declined by 19,300 square miles (50,000 square kilometers), vastly outpacing the only other November ice retreat ever seen, which is a loss of 5,400 square miles (14,000 square km) in 2013. Ultimately, the November sea-ice extent ended at 753,000 square miles (1.95 million square km) below the 1981-to-2010 long-term average for the month, the NSIDC reported.
In some ways, the warm temperatures and lack of ice aren't surprising. Scientists have long known that the Arctic is particularly vulnerable to climate change, and the region is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world, on average. At current rates of warming, scientists expect that the Arctic will be ice-free in midsummer by the middle of the century.
Credit: Copyright Victoria Dorrer
9. Sticky traps made of … pee?
The larvae of a cave fungus gnat (Arachnocampa) are well-known weirdos. They glow, for one thing — thus, their common name, glowworms — and they also live in tubes that are made of mucus.
Glowworms are also responsible for great beauty: They form long, sticky "fishing lines" of silk and mucus that they cast from cave ceilings to capture insects, millipedes, snails and other prey. Recently, scientists found out that glowworms' strangeness goes even deeper. These silken fishing lines get their shimmer from urea, the major ingredient in pee.
A team led by University of Vienna researchers ventured into two caves on New Zealand's North Island and painstakingly collected more than 4,000 sticky, unwieldy glowworm threads. They found that the threads contain crystals that are made partly of urea, which seems to be produced in the glowworm gut (they spin the threads through their mouths). The urea attracts moisture from the air, causing droplets to condense on the threads. Lit by the blue-green bioluminescence of the glowworms, these droplets create a fairyland atmosphere in cave tunnels, and apparently prove irresistible to creeping cave critters.
Credit: NASA/NOAA
10. A noisy deep-sea mystery
Let's end the year on a mysterious note: Ping.
That’s the noise coming from the seafloor in the far-north Nunavut region of Canada … and no one knows why. In November, Canadian officials admitted that they had no idea what was causing the ping, which had been heard in the Fury and Hecla strait. Military patrols sent to the area found no anomalies, but hunters say that the noise is driving wildlife away. Some people blame the pinging on the mining activities of local companies or Greenpeace, but those companies as well as the activist group said that they weren't operating in the region. The government said it had no plans for further investigations.
Thousands of miles away, though, a second sea-sound mystery may have been solved. Researchers who were taking recordings in the Mariana Trench near Guam detected an otherworldly noise — a cross between moaning and twanging — during robotic vehicle dives in 2014 and 2015. This December, they reported that the bizarre noises may be the cries of a minke whale, an elusive type of baleen whale that's rarely seen at the surface. Researchers said in a statement that they don't know much about minke whale activity around the Mariana, or what the call might mean. [Listen to the New Whale Call from the Mariana Trench]
"If it's a mating call, why are we getting it year-round? That's a mystery," Sharon Nieukirk, senior faculty research assistant in marine bioacoustics at Oregon State University, said in a statement. "We need to determine how often the call occurs in summer versus winter, and how widely this call is really distributed."
For as long as humans have had consciousness — two or two hundred millennia depending on who you ask — human scholars have made great efforts to understand and define what that means. The most facile and purely conceptual description of consciousness might be that it is an awareness of the self within the context of the world. But without an understanding of the underlying mechanism, consciousness keeps chasing its tail. This is, in part, why neuroscientists have successfully interjected themselves in the ongoing conversation about consciousness by pointing to physical phenomena within the brain. But linking the metaphysical to the physical still results in the sort of quasi-scientific, quasi-philosophical overreach that gets academics laughed out of faculty lounges and labeled eccentric.
No wonder we’re struggling to understand whether the artificial intelligences we build are conscious. No wonder the Turing Test increasingly falls short of providing the sort of answers we require.
Because we cannot prove artificial consciousness, many engineers and experts are reflexively dismissive of the idea. But Jürgen Schmidhuber is not many engineers or experts and he’s fine playing the eccentric. He’s 53 years old and has been working on A.I. since the 1980s, which is why traces of his pioneering work in the field are surface in Google, Apple, Microsoft, and IBM products. A professor of A.I. at Switzerland’s University of Lugano, scientific director of the Swiss A.I. Lab IDSIA, and president of NNAISENSE (pronounced “nascence”), a startup that aims to build the first practical general purpose A.I., Schmidhuber believes that some current A.I. systems are already conscious. He believes he helped engineer it, which is both why he can come across as self-aggrandizing and why he’s one of the most interesting figures in a growing field.
The irony of Schmidhuber’s positions is that if he turns out to be right, his belief will likely be retroactively validated by some future hyperconscious A.I.. Schmidhuber may be one of the few people on the planet ready to actively empathize with A.I. so Inverse asked him what he sees in the programming that other people miss and what — if anything — that has to do with human consciousness.
Jürgen Schmidhuber at the International Health Forum, 2015.
What, in your mind, is the role of artificial intelligence in our future?
All of intelligence — human or artificial — is about problem solving. For a long time, we have been trying to build general problem solvers that not only can solve one little problem here and another over there, but many different problems. [Problem solvers that can] learn new skills on top of previously learned skills, always adding new skills to the repertoire in an unlimited way, becoming more and more general problem solvers. Of course, to the extent that we succeed, this is going to change everything, because every computational problem, every profession, is going to be affected by this.
You claim that some A.I.s are already conscious. Could you explain why?
I would like to claim we had little, rudimentary, conscious learning systems for at least 25 years. Back then, already, I proposed rather general learning systems consisting of two modules.
One of them, a recurrent network controller, learns to translate incoming data — such as video and pain signals from the pain sensors, and hunger information from the hunger sensors — into actions. For example, whenever the battery’s low, there’s negative numbers coming from the hunger sensors. The network learns to translate all these incoming inputs into action sequences that lead to success. For example, reach the charging station in time whenever the battery is low, but without bumping into obstacles such as chairs or tables, such that you don’t wake up these pain sensors.
The agent’s goal is to maximize pleasure and minimize pain until the end of its lifetime. This goal is very simple to specify, but it’s hard to achieve because you have to learn a lot. Consider a little baby, which has to learn for many years how the world works, and how to interact with it to achieve goals.
Since 1990, our agents have tried to do the same thing, using an additional recurrent network — an unsupervised module, which essentially tries to predict what is going to happen. It looks at all the actions ever executed, and all the observations coming in, and uses that experience to learn to predict the next thing given the history so far. Because it’s a recurrent network, it can learn to predict the future — to a certain extent — in the form of regularities, with something called predictive coding.
For example, if you have a video of 100 falling apples, and all of these apples always fall down in the same way, you can learn to predict how they fall down, and what you can predict, you don’t have to store separately, which means that you can compress the entire video to a much smaller number of bits.
A photo from 1963 of Jürgen with his father, Johann Schmidhuber, playing chess.
As the data’s coming in through the interaction with the environment, this unsupervised model network — this world model, as I have called it since 1990 — learns to discover new regularities, or symmetries, or repetitions, over time. It can learn to encode the data with fewer computational resources — fewer storage cells, or less time to compute the whole thing. What used to be conscious during learning becomes automated and subconscious over time.
As the network makes progress, and learns a new regularity, it can measure the depth of its new insight by looking at how many computational resources the unsupervised world model needs to encode the data before it learns that and afterwards. The difference between before and after: That is the “fun” that the network has. The depth of its insight, which is a number, goes straight to the first net, the controller, which has the task to maximize all the reward signals — including reward signals coming from such internal joy moments, from insights the network didn’t have before. A joy moment, like that of a scientist who discovers a new, previously unknown physical law.
Can you help me understand all that processing within the context of my own consciousness and experience
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As you are walking through the world, you are encountering lots of faces of humans, which means that it’s really efficient for you to compactify, to compress your observation history by constructing, in your brain, some sort of recurrent sub-network. A “face encoder,” which corresponds to something like a prototype face. When a new face comes along, all you have to do is encode the deviations from the prototype.
I’m still not sure why we can say that it’s conscious, though.
One important thing about consciousness is that the agent, as it is interacting with the world, will notice that there is one thing that is always present as it is interacting with the world — which is the agent itself.
For data compression reasons, it’s really efficient for the recurrent world-model network to set a couple of neurons aside to encode this agent itself. It will be able to better compress the entire history of actions and perceptions by creating a symbol of itself, and additional symbols for things that belong to the agent: Maybe the hands, and the feet, and whatever. During the search for a solution to a new problem, whenever you wake up these neurons that are responsible for that self-symbol, then the guy, the agent, is basically thinking of itself.
So we have had that since 1991. Sure, it’s just a rudimentary form of consciousness — not as impressive as your own, because your brain is much bigger than the brains of our little artificial agents. You have maybe 100,000 billion connections in your cortex, while today’s largest LSTM networks — long short-term memory networks — have maybe only a billion connections. So your cortex is still 100,000 times larger, and the consciousness that can be carried by it is more impressive than what we can fit into our little artificial brains. However, we just take notice that every five years, computing gets 10 times cheaper. So maybe we’ll need only another 25 years until — for the first time — we will have rather cheap LSTM networks which have as many connections as your entire cortex.
And these cortex connections are much slower than the electronic connections of our artificial brains.
Schmidhuber with an android.
In the technical jargon, the real challenge is known as the “hard problem of consciousness.” It’s the what it’s like of experience, which philosophers tend to call “qualia.” When you have an experience — when you watch a sunset, listen to your favorite band play your favorite song, smell a cappuccino, and so on — there’s something it’s like for you to have that experience. It’s just not clear why. Philosopher David Chalmers, who identified this as the “hard problem,” put it this way: “Why should physical processing give rise to a rich inner life at all?” Are you confident that this model also reproduces the qualia — the what it’s like — for these A.I.s?
I do think so, yes. Behaviorally, our A.I.s are quite similar. When we confront them with other A.I.s who can hurt them — in predator-prey scenarios, for example — they don’t like to get hurt. Whenever one A.I. hits another A.I., whose pain sensors go up — this is something that the second A.I. can learn to predict and avoid, say, by hiding behind the curtain, or the equivalent in the simulation. So, of course, from the behavior of the agent, you see that it doesn’t like that.
That’s what we have seen for a long time. Our A.I.s try to avoid pain, and they try to maximize pleasure — including fun, or internal joy, from insights into patterns — because they have a built-in utility function or reward function that they want to maximize. Humans also have such a reward function, already built-in as babies. And the behavior of these artificial beings is at least qualitatively similar to what we see in higher level animals, or in humans, and so on. So there is no reason whatsoever to believe that this is not replicable.
It’s almost like you’ve invented a new language for discussing our own minds. When you introspect, do you think as if you were a computer? Are you thinking, “My higher level brain is dealing with this problem, while my lower level brain is running through these automatic processes?” Do you introspect in that way?
Yeah. I often think about whether these insights, derived from first principles, whether I can rediscover them in my own thinking, and I believe I can, although I am aware that many people have been fooled by introspection. But it seems pretty obvious to me: That’s more or less what I’m doing. To me, it’s not obvious that there is a need for something else to explain consciousness. I’m pretty convinced that all the basic ingredients to understand consciousness are there, and have been there for a quarter-century. It’s just that people in neuroscience who maybe don’t know so much about what is going on in artificial neural network research, they are not yet so aware of these simple basic principles. But I’m sure they will learn more about that. At least that’s what I’m hoping is going to happen.
Recently in New York, I spoke about this at a conference about ethics and A.I. I replied to a provocative question from the audience by repeating more or less what I have told smaller audiences since the 1980s: “I have to make a confession: My company is making androids. I am a prototype. I may not have consciousness, but I am good at faking it.”
This interview has been edited for brevity and clarity.
A bizarre new theory suggests that a mysterious anomaly discovered in the Antarctic may hide a Nazi UFO base.
The theory comes from a team of UFO Hunters, who claim that the Nazis built secret bases in Antarctica during World War 2 that were designed to be used by UFOs.
The huge, mysterious Antarctic anomaly stretches for a distance of around 150 miles (240 km) across and reaches a maximum depth of around 850 metres (2,790 feet).
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A bizarre new theory suggests that a strange anomaly discovered in the Antarctic (pictured) may hide a Nazi UFO base. A team of UFO Hunters claim in a YouTube video posted this week that Nazis built secret UFO bases in Antarctica during World War 2
LINKS BETWEEN CONSPIRACY, NARCISSISM AND SELF-ESTEEM
Over the course of three online-based studies, researchers at the University of Kent showed strong links between the belief in conspiracy theories and these psychological traits.
The results showed that those people who rated highly on the narcissism scale and who had low self-esteem were more likely to be conspiracy believers.
However, while low self-esteem, narcissism and belief in conspiracies are strongly linked, it is not clear that one - or a combination - causes the other.
But it hints at an interesting new angle to the world of conspiracy and those who reinforce belief.
It is found in an area of frozen wasteland in Antarctica known as Wilkes Land.
The UFO Hunters making the bold claims, dubbed 'SecureTeam10', regularly post videos on alien conspiracies.
Speaking of the Antarctic anomaly, they say: 'To this day, scientists have no idea or way to discover exactly what is buried deep under this thick ice shelf.
'This continent has been shrouded in a mystery of its own for years now.'
And on the strange Nazi UFO base theory, they claim in their video: 'There is some evidence of this coming to light in recent years, with images purporting to show various entrances built into the side of mountains, with a saucer shape and at a very high altitude.
'This begs the question: how would you enter these entrances without something that could fly and was the same shape as the hole itself?'
The conspiracy theorists also discuss the possibility that the US Navy led a mission to investigate the mysterious anomaly.
They claim that the mission was dubbed 'Operation High Jump', which some conspiracy theorists think was an attempt to find the entrance to a hidden world beneath Earth.
The strange shape beneath Antarctica was first found by Nasa satellite imagery in 2006.
The huge, mysterious anomaly stretches for a distance of around 150 miles (240 km) across and reaches a maximum depth of around 850 metres (2,790 feet). It is found in an area of frozen wasteland in Antarctica known as Wilkes Land (circled in red)
Some researchers believe the anomaly is the result of an asteroid impact twice the size of the one that wiped out the dinosaurs.
'This Wilkes Land impact is much bigger than the impact that killed the dinosaurs, and probably would have caused catastrophic damage at the time,' said Ralph von Frese, who was a professor of geological sciences at Ohio State University when he discovered the crater in 2006.
'All the environmental changes that would have resulted from the impact would have created a highly caustic environment that was really hard to endure.
'So it makes sense that a lot of life went extinct at that time.'
This representation of satellite data reveals the bizarre Antarctic anomaly (circled)
This is not the first time that a strange UFO conspiracy has arisen from Antarctica's icy depths.
Earlier this year, a strange theory claiming that there is a mysterious pyramid in the Antarctic emerged.
Conspiracy theorists posted a video on YouTube, in which they claimed that US Secretary of State, John Kerry, visited Antarctica last month to visit an 'alien base' within the pyramid.
This is not the first time that a strange UFO conspiracy has arisen from Antarctica's icy depths. Earlier this year, a strange theory claiming that there is a mysterious pyramid in the Antarctic emerged
The video suggested that the images had been taken from Google Earth, but it is unclear whether they had been edited.
The video was posted by Third Phase of the Moon, another YouTube channel that regularly posts conspiracy theories on aliens.
It showed a pyramid-like structure in the snow, with a Google Earth-type label and pin.
The label read 'Antartica Pyramid' – a misspelling of Antarctica, which suggests that the image was likely doctored.
It showed a pyramid-like structure in the snow, with a Google Maps-type label and pin. The label reads 'Antartica Pyramid' – a misspelling of Antarctica, which suggests that image might have been doctored
It is unclear what the structure could be, but it looks similar to a nunatak – a natural mountain peak that juts up above glaciers.
Nigel Watson, author of the UFO Investigations Manual, told MailOnline: 'Pictures of the pyramid structures are either photoshopped, cropped pictures to make the mountains look more like pyramids or simply pictures of natural formations called nunataks.
'They are mountainous formations created by shifting glaciers and erosion, not by laser zapping aliens'.
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Hoaxers, Where Are You Going With This?
Hoaxers, Where Are You Going With This?
Published on Dec 22, 2016
If you're creating UFO hoaxes, think about your future. There are options. There is hope.
Analysis of Secureteam 10's "ALIEN TESTING Stunned Residents See UFO Near Military Base!" and critique of Thirdphaseofmoon's "Hangar 52: We Are Not Alone."
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Scientists plan on contacting the closest Earth-like exoplanet to our Solar System
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Scientists plan on contacting the closest Earth-like exoplanet to our Solar System
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Scientists are making preparations to send a transmission toProxima b - the closest Earth-like exoplanet to our Solar System.
The team is putting together a plan to build or buy a powerful deep-space transmitter, and is now figuring out what our message should be - after all, we don't want to make a bad first impression.
"If we want to start an exchange over the course of many generations, we want to learn and share information," president of the San Francisco-based Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence (METI) organisation, Douglas Vakoch, told The Mercury News.
METI's plan is similar to that of the former NASA mission, Project Cyclops, which was backed by the space agency but shelved in the 1970s due to a lack of funding.
Project Cyclops proposed patching together a network of radio telescopes on Earth to reach out as far as 1,000 light-years into space, and METI has similar ambitions.
The non-profit organisation is planning a series of workshops and a crowdfunding drive to make the scheme a reality - and it's estimated they'll need to raise around US$1 million a year to run the transmitter.
By 2018, the team wants to have laser or radio signals beamed out to Proxima b, which orbits Proxima Centauri - the closest star to our Solar System, at around 4.25 light-years away.
Part of METI's work will be to figure out what we should say, and to consider the possibility that other lifeforms will have developed the same mathematical laws and scientific hypotheses that we have.
The researchers at METI also want to reassess the Drake equation, written in 1961 by astrophysicist Frank Drake to calculate how many other civilisationsthere could be in the Universe, based on factors like star formation rates and the ratio of planets to stars.
But not everyone agrees that broadcasting our existence into the unknown is a such a good idea: in a recent paper in Nature Physics, physicist Mark Buchanan argued that we might be "searching for trouble" if we start flinging messages out into space.
Stephen Hawking agrees, recently arguing that it's too risky to try and chat to civilisations that are probably far more advanced than we are - lifeforms that could have the same opinion of us that we have of bacteria.
Despite the opposition, the experts at METI are convinced that the benefits of reaching out into space and learning more about our place in the Universe outweigh the risks.
"Perhaps for some civilisations... we need to take the initiative to make first contact," Vakoch writes in Nature Physics.
"The role of scientists is to test hypotheses. Through METI we can empirically test the hypothesis that transmitting an intentional signal will elicit a reply."
It won't be the first time we've sent messages out into the void, but METI is planning communications that are more regular and will reach further than ever before.
Perhaps the best argument for METI's scheme is that someone needs to make the first move, as astronomer Andrew Fraknoi from Foothill College in California, told The Mercury Times.
"If everyone who can send a message decides only to receive messages, it will be a very quiet galaxy," he says.
In 1799, the noted geographer, naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt was looking at the stars with the naked eye, as he often did, and noticed that some of them were moving. He called the movement of the stars "Sternschwanken" ("swinging stars" in German). It wasn't until 58 years later that another German, a psychologist, figured out that it wasn't the stars that were moving, it was the eye of the beholder perceiving movement when there was none.
The autokinetic effect is just one of the many optical illusions that ultimately help us understand how the human eye and brain work together in perception. In the case of autokinesis, a small, stationary point of light (or an object) in an otherwise dark and featureless environment seems to jump around when its focused on (as in a star in the night sky). This light source could be a distant star, a far-off spotlight, a bright-enough fire — or even a lightly colored shape in front of a dark background. Plenty of stars or other bright lights have been reported as UFOs due to the autokinetic effect.
But why do we see these objects as moving when they're not?
Some have suggested that very small, involuntary movements of the eye are to blame, while more recent research has pointed out that the perception mistake might be in the brain, not the eye. (Autokinesis has been reported by scientists in people whose eyes are completely still.) The human eye uses surrounding objects as reference when focusing on a distant object, when there is a lack them, the point is undefined. Since the brain can't define the position of the object relative to others properly, it moves around, trying to figure out the error.
MNN's own Russell McLendon experienced the effect, describing it this way: "My wife and I think we saw it during a trip to the Grand Canyon. It was a cloudy night, so barely any stars were visible, and we were on the South Rim looking across this huge, dark expanse. We first noticed a campfire dancing around on the canyon floor, but then we noticed similar movements in the only star we could see overhead. That was when we realized it was some kind of illusion, so we started Googling until we figured out it was probably this auto-kinetic effect."
Now that you know about the effect, you can have a little fun with it. Scientists have also found that people's perception of the movement is open to suggestion. You can let a friend who is staring up at the stars with you know that a specific one is moving in a certain way (a circle, or jumping around), and it's pretty likely that their own autokinetic effect will manifest that way. It can work with the naked eye, but for best results, look through a tube (like a toilet paper or paper towel tube) at one particular star.
UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) sightings aren’t new, but the recently cited huge and triangular UFO in Columbus, Ohio is grabbing special attention from curious minds.
The Witness description of the UFO
The alleged UFO was spotted on November 29, 2016, by the witness while driving on Highway 2-75. Mutual UFO Network reported that the UFO was described as a cylindrical-like ship with white, green, and red lights by the witness. As the UFO came close to the witness, its triangular shape started to take form.
According to the eyewitness, the UFO was gigantic in size with a triangular shape. Other details revealed blackish-grey color with red lights. The user also spotted white lights on the corners of the triangular-shaped UFO. Initially, he thought it was an airplane that was crashing, but as the object came closer, he knew it wasn’t a plane and something else.
image source: mirror (representation only)
The reason this UFO sighting is gathering so much attention is the close vicinity with the other UFO sightings in the past. There were reports of UFO sighting in Reno, Nevada earlier, which is pretty close to Columbus, Ohio, specifically the Patterson Air Force Base. Since the locations are close to military base, it’s quite natural to suspect that the said spotting could be an UFO.
Hanger 18 and other similar incidents
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is alleged to be the home of “Hanger 18” and is allegedly housing UFO wreckage and a possible operable spacecraft. So queries about the Air Force Base being something more than what it seems have started to appear.
A similar UFO citing was reported in Los Angeles, California. All these citings have quite a similar description of the UFO with triangular shape and lights, as reported by Inquisitr.
Do let us know what you make of these UFO citings in the comments section below. Are they real or the Air Base is up to something?
For years around campfires and over holiday meals, I’ve heard tales of UFOs in New York’s Finger Lakes.
I’ve heard stories of bright objects descending from the skies and entering the waters of one lake or another. I’ve also heard accounts of bright objects exiting the waters of a lake and flying off into the wild blue yonder. I’ve even read a few tales attributed to Native American lore of bright objects leaving our lovely Finger Lakes for the heavens.
Unfortunately too many of the accounts are secondhand or so are old they qualify as legend. This makes investigation and research very difficult. Using statistics from my U.S. UFO magnitude study, I’ve compiled a chart of the counties that surround the core of New York’s Finger Lakes region. The idea was to see how the Finger Lakes region compared to the well-known Erie Lake region in terms of UFO sighting reports.
The Finger Lakes counties total 14 and are as follows: Cayuga, Cortland, Monroe, Ontario, Tioga, Wayne, Chemung, Livingston, Onondaga, Steuben, Schuyler, and Yates.
Using data from my study, I compiled the chart above. The UFO sightings were reported in a period from 2001 through 2015. During the sample window, New York state logged 5,141 UFO sighting reports. The 14 counties that make up the Finger Lakes region logged 684 UFO sighting reports. As shown on the chart, the sightings tend to follow a seasonal reporting pattern.
Erie and Niagara counties, which log the lion’s share of the Erie Lake effect sighting cluster, only logged 447 UFO sighting reports for the same sample period.
At first glance, most of the Finger Lakes region counties have relatively low sighting reports. The exception is Monroe County, which reports 236 sighting reports for the sample period.
As a UFO researcher, I was rather surprised by the magnitude of the Finger Lakes numbers. Taken as a whole, New York’s Finger Lakes region hosts 13 percent of the states total UFO sightings. That is the largest concentration in the state, second only to Long Island.
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VIDEO: Is op deze foto het bewijs van leven op Mars te zien?
VIDEO:Is op deze foto het bewijs van leven op Mars te zien?
De nieuwste ontdekking van een groep UFO-jagers die onderzoek doen naar foto’s van Mars houdt de gemoederen nogal bezig.
Op de beelden, die afkomstig zijn van de Amerikaanse ruimtevaartorganisatie NASA, is iets te zien wat doet denken aan een lepel, zo schrijft de Britse Daily Mail.
Tweede keer
De UFO-jagers zien er bewijs voor intelligent leven in. De structuur kan onmogelijk in de natuur zijn ontstaan, zo beweren ze.
Het is al de tweede keer dat er een ‘lepel’ op de rode planeet is gevonden.
Optische illusie
Volgens sommigen blijkt hieruit dat er leven is op Mars, hoewel anderen sceptischer zijn en denken dat het gaat om een optische illusie.
“Sommige mensen zien een lepel op Mars, anderen zien het gezicht van Jezus in hun theekopje,” reageerde iemand.
UFO'S VERSCHIJNEN IN BEELD OP ARGENTIJNSE TELEVISIE ( VIDEO )
UFO'S VERSCHIJNEN IN BEELD OP ARGENTIJNSE TELEVISIE ( VIDEO )
Nog steeds schijnt de “normale reactie” op waarnemingen van vreemde objecten in de lucht te zijn dat er lacherig gedaan hoort te worden.
Als je niet schaapachtig begint te lachen en flauwe grapjes maakt bij een UFO verhaal, dan denken je vrienden straks nog dat je in aliens gelooft.
Eén van de grootste problemen met serieus onderzoek naar het UFO fenomeen en buitenaards leven is Youtube.
Youtube is een complete industrietak geworden voor mensen die maar één doel hebben en dat is zoveel mogelijk hits c.q. reclame inkomsten scoren met hun video’s en of hetgeen ze vertonen nu wel of niet echt is, zal ze een biet zijn.
Waarschijnlijk zijn dan ook 98 procent van alle video’s die daar verschijnen direct in de prullenbak te gooien en ook bij de resterende 2 procent zitten nog genoeg nepvideo’s, maar die zijn dan wat moeilijker te ontdekken.
Daarom is het altijd interessant als er beelden verschijnen waarvan aangenomen kan worden dat het wat moeilijker is om daarmee te knoeien, zoals een opname gemaakt van een televisiescherm waar je in de achtergrond duidelijk UFO’s ziet vliegen.
Op 12 december 2016 werd een programma uitgezonden op televisie in de Argentijnse stad Buenos Aires waar vreemde dingen te zien waren. Hieronder zie je de video met de opname van het televisiescherm, met de stem van de commentator en de UFO’s die in de achtergrond verschijnen.
Wat niet duidelijk is, is of deze UFO’s zijn opgemerkt in de studio en er wat over wordt gezegd, of dat het een opname is die gemaakt is door een oplettende kijker.
De beelden uit Argentinië komen erg overeen met die die een dag later, 13 december 2016, zijn gemaakt in Oekraïne.
Volgens de berichten zouden er meerdere mensen zijn die dit hebben vastgelegd.
Zo te zien is de opname gemaakt door een man die op de weg reed, zijn auto stilzette, zijn knipperlichten aan deed en begon met filmen.
Ook deze video heeft alle kenmerken van een echte opname en wie weet hebben we hier te maken met hetzelfde fenomeen als te zien was op de Argentijnse televisie.
Misschien wordt 2017 wel het jaar waarbij de gemeenschap een beetje volwassener omgaat met al die (tot nu toe onverklaarbare) waarnemingen die worden gedaan door mensen.
Waarbij zij dan niet worden afgeschilderd als aluhoedjes die ze zien vliegen, maar dat de wereld eindelijk beseft dat er ondanks alle nepopnames er talloze echte zijn waarvoor simpelweg geen verklaringen zijn.
Tenminste, geen verklaringen die passen in het mainstream verhaal.
Why You Should Believe In UFOs! Best UFO Video’s Of 2016!! Evidence They Don’t Want You To See!
Why You Should Believe In UFOs! Best UFO Video’s Of 2016!! Evidence They Don’t Want You To See!
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UFO hunters secureteam10 posted a video of the events to their YouTube channel – which was seen more than 45,000 times in less than 24 hours.
The channel said: “We had a fleet of these unknown lights that were appearing in multiple cities across the country of Turkey, causing mass panic for many people.”
3. HOVERING LIGHTS IN CANADA
A shocking video shows four lights hovering in formation in the sky before one suddenly disappears from view.
A terrified man claims in the footage that he was followed by the UFOs for 12 miles down the highway in Brandon, Canada.
The city recorded 30 sightings last year.
In the video the man can be heard saying: “I am shaking right now.”
4. MYSTERIOUS OBJECT TRAVELLING 10,000MPH
A US Air Force veteran, 59, sent this video to Mutual UFO Network for investigation and they were shocked what it contains.
The network, who sent it on to NASA for further study, claims the mysterious object was filmed flying around 50 feet off the ground at huge speeds.
The American said: “This footage took me aback. I was flying my aerial camera from Ayden District Park. The skies were clear with unlimited visibility.
“During these 10 frames of viewing, this object travels three-quarter to one mile in one-third of a second – about 10,000 mph.”
5. ALIENS WATCH THE FOOTIE
Several witnesses recorded photo and video evidence of a mysterious disc-shaped object flying over the La Praille region of Geneva.
The object has three distinct lights and hovered over the Geneva stadium – where Servette FC play their home games – for over 20 seconds.
Some of the footage appears to show the UFO emitting an ear-piercing “shrill noise”.
Among the amazed witnesses was Uruguayan footballer Matias Vitkieviez, who posted photographic evidence to Facebook with the question: “Everyone sees the same thing as me?”
6. UFO BASE AT ERUPTING VOLCANO
This bizarre clip seemingly shows a “alien spacecraft” flying out of the side of the mountain.
As lava spews out of the mouth of the volcano, a bright light is seen moving off into the night sky.
It occurred at the Colima Volcano in Mexico which is known for its frequent UFO activity.
One commented on YouTube: “Wonder how fast it was going.”
7. FLYING CIGAR ABOVE MANCHESTER
A small, pipe-shaped object can be seen floating around the clear blue sky in Denton, Manchester.
Perhaps this isn’t that surprising – Manchester was named the UFO capital of Britain earlier this year.
Adorned with lights that flash from white, to blue, to purple, the mysterious object is long and narrow like a cigar, rather than the disc-shape commonly associated with UFOs.
Posting the clip on social media, the man who took the video wrote: “Knowing how high it appeared in the sky, I’m guessing its size was massive.
8. FISHERMAN FREAKED BY FLYING CRAFT
These Brazilian fishermen probably hadn’t expected to run into a UFO during a twilight trawl out on the open water.
But that’s exactly what happened, according to this bizarre clip.
As the sun sets on a clear evening, the shape of a black orb silhouetted against the dusky skies can be clearly seen hovering on the horizon.
The video zooms in closer to the object, highlighting the unmistakable shape of a flying saucer slowly descending beyond the hills on the far side of the lake.
9. NEW YORK UFO
This video – uploaded to YouTube by UFO investigators Secure Team 10 – shows a huge, black object floating in the sky.
Passing motorists filmed the phenomenon and the sheer size of the object meant that it could also be seen from nearby New Jersey.
Tyler – from Secure Team – said the person who filmed the video had felt “vibrations” before the aircraft appeared.
He added: "He soon realised that this object was far too large to have been a banner of any kind and he also says that there was 'no plane in sight.’”
It may be three billion light-years away from Earth, but this distant constellation could be trying to contact us.
Six bursts of radio waves have been detected from the constellation Auriga, each lasting just a few milliseconds.
While the source of the waves remains unknown, some suggest they mysterious bursts of energy could be a sign of alien life trying to contact us.
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Six bursts of radio waves have been detected from the constellation Auriga, each lasting just a few milliseconds (stock image)
WHAT ARE FAST RADIO BURSTS?
Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, are radio emissions that appear temporarily and randomly, making them not only hard to find, but also hard to study.
The mystery stems from the fact it is not known what could produce such a short and sharp burst.
This has led some to speculate they could be anything from stars colliding to artificially created messages.
The first FRB was spotted, or rather 'heard' by radio telescopes, back in 2007.
But it was so temporary and seemingly random that it took years for astronomers to agree it wasn't a glitch in one of the telescope's instruments.
The waves were detected by researchers from McGill University in Montreal, using the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia, and at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.
In their paper, published in The Astrophysical Journal, the researchers, led by Paul Scholz, wrote: 'We have detected six additional radio bursts from this source: five with the Green Bank Telescope at 2 GHz, and one at 1.4 GHz with the Arecibo Observatory, for a total of 17 bursts from this source.'
The detection follows 11 previously recorded outbursts from the same location, called FRB 121102.
This is the only known repeater of fast radio bursts (FRBs) - radio emissions that appear temporarily and randomly.
Despite there being a number of FRBs from the site, the origin of the bursts is an ongoing puzzle to researchers.
But the researchers say that the repeated outbursts imply that whatever is causing the radio bursts is not a one-time event, such as an explosion or collision.
Instead, they say that flares from a young neutron star – the dense core left behind where a star explodes – are a promising candidate.
The researchers added: 'Whether FRB 121102 is a unique object in the currently known sample of FRBs, or all FRBs are capable of repeating, its characterisation is extremely important to understanding fast extragalactic radio transients.'
The waves were detected by researchers from McGill University in Montreal, using the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia (pictured), and at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico
Previously when waves have been detected, astronomers have also asked Seti (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) to take a closer look at whether they could be a message from ET.
But it is unclear if the McGill researchers will ask Seti to help this time.
If there are any intelligent alien life forms out there, Stephen Hawking thinks we're playing a dangerous game by trying to contact them.
The physicist believes if aliens discovered Earth, they are likely to want to conquer and colonise our planet.
'If aliens visit us, the outcome could be much like when Columbus landed in America, which didn't turn out well for the Native Americans,' he said in an interview.
In the 2016 film, Arrival, a linguist is hired by the military to assist in translating alien communications. But if there are any intelligent alien life forms out there, Stephen Hawking thinks we're playing a dangerous game by trying to contact them
But co-founder and former director of the Seti Institute, Jill Tarter, doesn't think this will be the case.
She argues any aliens who have managed to travel across the universe will be sophisticated enough to be friendly and peaceful.
'The idea of a civilisation which has managed to survive far longer than we have...and the fact that that technology remains an aggressive one, to me, doesn't make sense,' she said.
IS IT A GOOD IDEA TO GET IN CONTACT WITH ALIENS?
If there are any intelligent alien life forms out there, Stephen Hawking thinks we're playing a dangerous game by trying to contact them.
The physicist believes if aliens discovered Earth, they are likely to want to conquer and colonise our planet.
'If aliens visit us, the outcome could be much like when Columbus landed in America, which didn't turn out well for the Native Americans,' he said in an interview.
But co-founder and former director of the Seti Institute, Jill Tarter, doesn't think this will be the case.
She argues any aliens who have managed to travel across the universe will be sophisticated enough to be friendly and peaceful.
'The idea of a civilisation which has managed to survive far longer than we have...and the fact that that technology remains an aggressive one, to me, doesn't make sense,' she said.
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THE ART OF DECEPTION IN THE UFO COMMUNITY.
THE ART OF DECEPTION IN THE UFO COMMUNITY.
After almost three years in the UFO community iv notice one thing that keep coming back. That is how the community is filled with people who are only there to debunk the phenomena. To me that was as clear as a glass of water.. And why is that clear to me?
Well that’s pretty easy to be honest, because i look at the way people communicate with each other. It’s so easy to recognize a fallacy, non arguments or nonsense. And that seems to be the norm in the UFO community.
And not every comment of course, because many comments leads to new friendships. That’s how networks are made, based on the mutual respect and by talking to each other in a mature way. And if opinions are different, then those people always have the option to agree to disagree.
Unfortunately that is not common in the UFO community. Ridicule and non arguments brought in a negative way ,is more or less common behavior. And on top of that the witness get attacked by strangers.
In the beginning, that was a surprise to me, but then i started to see a pattern in comments ,what showed me there is a plan behind it. A master-plan what many people overlook. Iv notice the tactics ,when i saw specialists in some field brought non arguments, to prove a point, about some video or about an opinion. At first i thought, maybe that guy has a personal grudge on someone.
But real soon i noticed a pattern in different groups ,everywhere in the UFO community. I saw how some groups are organized or are infiltrated by people who don’t want the truth to come out. And the tactics they are using are this:
Ridicule. Verbal abuse. Organized attacks. Making hoax videos.
Infiltrating groups by staying silent or by using a non argument once a while, these guys are the ones who say…….. Wow icant believe he do something like that… ooo why do people do that… ooi hate people do that. They say those things, after someone is accusing anyone. They act like they have a wolf-pack and focus on a target and then they attack.
Il compare this situation by going into the ring for a box fight, against ten fighters all at once. That will always lead to a knockout or a complete destruction of the person. And unfortanly that is the way it’s going on, in the UFO community, and those groups are almost everywhere.
So, to me that was as clear as a glass of water, but i could not prove it with evidence. But now Ed Snowden released information about the way the NSA or secret service is working on the internet.
And not to my surprise, i found the document what shows that the NSA or secret service organised tactics to train there students, to infiltrate the internet, to spread disinformation and to debunk stories. That’s what is going on in the UFO community, and that is the reason we lack of data or information. Take a look for yourself here.
Because the wolf pack is out there between the sheep, and they dont look like a sheep, and lookmore like this.
So, if we want more answers about this phenomena, then we should focus on people who are really after the truth and then come together and create solid networks of individuals who are after the truth. And anyone who is using non arguments or talks in a negative way, should be ignore and removed from groups. Anyone with anonymous accounts with no friends, should not belong in groups or to be friends with.
Because the goal of those wolf packs are not to silent people, its more to mislead the people, that there is nothing out there. And that the people who claimed to see something, are simply sick or insane and maybe that worked in the past. But now in this age with internet and huge data and information around, we don’t need to accept that. If we really want the truth, then we should work more efficient and focus on communication between each other and we should put the dirt outside of the door.
Would this tactic bring more answers? I don’t know, i only know when people don’t get attacked and approach in a mature way, and when we talk about this subject in an intelligent way that we create a solid foundation to talk openly about this subject. And maybe then we can find more answers. But not in this situation and this situation will stay, unless we the creators of this community will change.
I start doing that, i don’t accept friendships from any stranger. And i do not share everything openly in public, i only tell details about my encounters to researchers or groups who do take it seriously. And on the same time i see all this as my personal journey in this life to discover the truth about our reality. That is the main reason i am doing this, and i think that is our birth right to do. We can either stay ignorant about our reality and accept what we know, or we go after the truth of this reality. And after iv seen what i had seen in the past, i can’t stay ignorant. Now i need to know the truth, but i also realize that i can’t find it on my own. I am convinced that we need everyone and every information to find the truth.
And that is the motive of those wolf packs, to destroy the research into the truth and we can’t let that happened.
Steetcap1 has done it again. He has found a remarkable disk in the Apollo moon archives. This disk does have smaller orbs attached to 3 sides of it, but one side has no orbs so I assume this is the cockpit viewing area or control bridge. Therefore the aliens were in perfect position to observe the actions of the Apollo17 astronauts. Scott C. Waring
Eyewitness states:
There is no proof that this is the same craft on these Apollo 17 archive pictures, but my guess is that it is, as it's similar in size and color etc... Streetcap1.
A UFO fell from the sky and smacked this guys van right in its end. The object, which is unidentified even though its in the hands of the police department, does look like it may be spent fuel tanks for a missile or rocket that may have broken up in the atmosphere. Also part of me wonders if this is a cloud orb thats been struck by lightening and fell to earth. Cloud orbs are alien drones that change color and are basically AI controlled alien drones the relay info back to the alien base or world. It doesn't seem to make sense for scientists to make a fuel tank from this black stringy substance. The video does not allow embedding, so you will have to click the original source above to view the TV news video of the event. Scott C. Waring
News states:
MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- Unidentified Falling Object -- it's a UFO that has one local man scratching his head. His van damaged by a large object, but so far, no one can say exactly what that object is. The damage is extensive, the owner of the van thinks the object fell from the sky. It's a mystery that plays out like an episode of "TheX-Files."
"I was like, what is that?! What happened?! I kept looking around and I couldn't see where it came from. It had to have come from the sky," said Michael Robinson. You could classify this case as an "X-Mas File" just days before the holiday and Marshall Robinson is getting a special delivery. Maybe it fell from Santa's sleigh, or maybe it came from space. "It's like a cone shape, but on the top it's heavy and inside it's hollow," said Robinson. Robinson says Tuesday he got a call from his neighbor. "She heard a loud 'thump,' she was looking out the window," said Robinson.
He saw his van with a huge gash. "There was no footprints around or nothing," Robinson said. The rear window shattered and an odd object was found next to it. "It looked like a barbecue grill in the snow," Robinson said. Robinson has been racking his brain all week trying to figure out what caused so much damage. "It's a round-something, looks like it might be the cover to an engine or something," said Robinson. Robinson called Milwaukee police. "They was baffled," Robinson said. "They couldn't figure out where it came from." Robinson says police noted it smelled like diesel fuel, and took the heavy object as evidence. No one could have thrown this, based on the damage, Robinson is convinced the object dropped from above. "That's a lot of force to put a dent in the top of the van like this," said Robinson. For now, the chunk of metal is unidentified, unexplained and now most certainly unforgettable.
Bigger than Roswell: Top Secret CIA docs unearth hidden UFO encounters
Bigger than Roswell: Top Secret CIA docs unearth hidden UFO encounters
Highly classified documents regarding UFOs and Alien life have emerged from the 1050’s exposing shocking truth about alien UFO’s visiting our planet.
The shocking truth about alien life and alien spacecraft are detailed in a catalogue of ‘unexpected’ highly classified documents from the CIA, detailing encounters with flying saucers and Aliens.
The reports, which go back decades, describe witnesses who were left stunned by the complexity and capabilities of fast-moving spacecraft through the skies. Among the details of alien spacecraft are descriptions of enigmatic encounters with beings not from Earth, and mysterious noises which have been recorded from space.
The mysterious accounts are considered as unprecedented by many and are considered to be far more important than what occurred in Roswell.
A declassified file from 1952 provides the sworn testimony of former mayor of Gleimershausen in Germany, Oskar Linke who describes how he spotted two beings in metallic clothing standing next to a huge spaceship. (source)
“The object rose to a horizontal position,” he said, “turned toward a neighboring town, and then disappeared from the heights and forests.”
He added: “I would have thought that both my daughter and I were dreaming if it were not for the following element involved.
“When the object had disappeared, I went to the place where it had been.
“I found a circular opening in the ground and it was quite evident that it was freshly dug, it was exactly the same shape as the conical tower,” testified Linke.
The declassified documents note that many other people from the area reported and sam the same comet-like object in the sky.
Another file which has been made available to the public describes yet another incredible UFO encounter that took place over a uranium mine in what was then, the Belgian Congo. The two fiery disks glided in what is described as ‘elegant curves’, before abruptly stopping in mid-air, and taking off in a zig-zag fashion.
Former Commander Pierre, the pilot who flew after the two ‘alien’ objects from an airfield located near Elisabethville, modern-day Lubumbashi even sketched the objects trying to depict what he witnessed.
According to Commander Pierre – who is described as being a “dependable officer” – both objects moved an incredible speed of around 900mph.
However, the reports are numerous. Another interesting account took place in Barcelona when a strange object soaring over Spain was seen while emitting mysterious flashes of light. According to Valentin Garcia, a journalist who witnessed the mysterious encounter: “The newspaper office was soon flooded with telephone calls from people who had seen the object.”
In following weeks, more sightings of a similar object were seen over Algeria and Tunisia and Meknes, Taourirt and Casablanca in Morocco.
However, not only has the CIA admitted recording UFO sightings and unexplained phenomena that could not have been caused by any known force on planet Earth. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has also admitted we have been ‘visited’ in the distant past.
According to a document made available from the FBI archives found here we have been visited by beings from ‘other’ dimensions. According to reports and “Declassified” documents, we have been visited by numbs extraterrestrial species, some of these, are not only from other planets but from other dimensions. Some of these beings originate from an ethereal plane coexistent with our physical universe. These “entities”, that could “materialize” on our planet appeared as giant translucent figures.
“The bodies of the visitors, and the craft, automatically materialize on entering the vibratory rate of our dense matter…” source
You can access the declassified CIA documents by clicking here.
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UFO And Alien Egyptian Artifacts Discovered In Jerusalem Kept Secret By Rockefeller Museum
UFO And Alien Egyptian Artifacts Discovered In Jerusalem Kept Secret By Rockefeller Museum
Alien and UFO circles are abuzz with claims of remarkable ancient Egyptian artifacts discovered in the former Jerusalem home of the famous Egyptologist Sir William Petrie, items that “could rewrite ancient Egyptian history” and indeed the history of the world.
A YouTube video released by the website Paranormal Crucible purports to show ancient Egyptian sculpture artifacts originally found in the “Giza complex,” but reportedly taken away from Petrie’s Jerusalem home by representatives of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum shortly after they were found.
According to the Shepard Ambellas, editor-in-chief of the “alternative news” website Intellihub News, the alien Egyptian artifacts were discovered hidden in a secret room behind the Egyptologist’s bookcase. Petrie had apparently found proof of extraterrestrial life on Earth before he died in 1942, but chose to hide them away in his Jerusalem home. Now that the Rockefeller Museum has taken possession of the artifacts, alien and UFO pundits fear they may never be accessible to the public.
However, Ambellas claims that some of the relics may be seen at the Petri Museum of Egyptian Archaeology in Malet Place, Camden, near Gower Street, London.
The Inquisitr was able to confirm that the prestigious Petri Museum of Egyptian Archaeology has in its possession a vast collection of ancient Egyptian and Sudanese artifacts, including ancient Egyptian “firsts,” such as the “oldest linen” and “oldest dress” from ancient Egypt (5,000 B.C.). The museum also displays lion sculptures from the temple of Min in Koptos and the earliest known products of metallurgy from the ancient civilization. However, The Inquisitr was unable to confirm that the museum has on display “alien Egyptian artifacts” recovered from a secret room in Petrie’s former home in Jerusalem.
But believers will assume that the more sensitive relics of alien origins are being kept from the public.
Ambella claims that the alien Egyptian artifacts allegedly found in Petrie’s former Jerusalem home, which link the ancient Egyptian civilization to an advanced ET civilization, include two mummified bodies less than four feet in height. Although dwarfs and pygmies captured in the interior of Africa were held in high esteem as “celestial beings” in the Old Kingdom era of ancient Egypt and served in high positions, Ambella speculates that these four-foot creatures are “possibly alien in nature,” and thus literally of “celestial” origins.
Dwarfish Figures In Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyph Stone
Details of the physical features of the mummified bodies appear to support the suggestion that they were “possibly alien in nature.” According to Ambellas, the skeletons have stereotypical alien “elongated heads, large eye sockets, and long spinally arms.”
The Aliens Have “Elongated Heads, Large Eye Sockets, And Long Spinally Arms.”
Equally interesting were the “highly advanced” mechanical devices, including a disc of gold with a transparent top found with the alien bodies. According to Ambella, the high-tech devices have “an intricate mechanism which is surrounded by gold spiral tubing that has several small gold orbs and crosses attached to it.” The devices had non-ancient Egyptian symbols on them, as can be seen in the image below.
Alien Technological Gadget Could Be Navigational Device
Are these alien interstellar navigational devices? Well, they might be, judging from the fact that the relics also included stone tablets that “appear to show alien spacecraft,” according to Ambella.
This is not the first time that archaeologists have found ancient Egyptian stone tablets bearing inscriptions suggestive of alien spacecraft and other sophisticated and advanced machinery. The image below shows the famous “Helicopter Hieroglyphs” recovered from a temple in Abydos, Egypt, showing what appears to be modern aircraft.
Helicopter Hieroglyphs: The Inscriptions Appear To Represent Modern Aircraft.
Although scientists have attributed the “aircraft” interpretation of these inscriptions to the psychological phenomenon called pareidolia, the belief is widespread in alien and UFO enthusiast circles that these hieroglyph inscriptions are proof of alien pilots and astronauts who contacted ancient human civilizations and influenced the cultural and technological development of early human societies.
And indeed, the precocity of the ancient Egyptian civilization appears to make the alien contact theory credible to ET and UFO enthusiasts, who believe that aliens built such architectural marvels as the Pyramid of Giza long before the ancient Egyptian civilization emerged.
Several UFO and alien news websites reported in November of 2010 that Dr. Alaaeldin Shaheen, Dean of the Faculty of Archaeology, Cairo University, admitted, in response to a question about the ET links of the pyramids, that the ancient Egyptian pyramids are “not of this world.”
“I can not confirm or deny this, but there is something inside the pyramid that is ‘not of this entire world.’”
“I did not give such stupid statement[s] about aliens and Pyramids. As [I am] Egyptologist I could [not] say such stupid words and ideas.”
Needless to say, such denials don’t impress UFO and ET believers, who see evidence of “cover up” conspiracies when officials and academics deny revealing statements earlier ascribed to them.
UFO and ET pundits continue to debate why Sir William Petrie and his colleagues kept these remarkable alien Egyptian artifacts secret and did not release them to the “general public.”
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Project SIGMA, or How They Began Selling Your Genome to the Greys
Project SIGMA, or How They Began Selling Your Genome to the Greys
After shooting down several extraterrestrial flying vehicles and acquiring the advanced technology they carried on-board, the government deemed it very profitable to establish communication channels with the foreign entities. After all, amassing alien hi tech would grant the US technological superiority both in military and intelligence circles.
One of the first projects to deal with this situation was Project SIGMA, a joint operation established in 1952 by the NSA/CIA consortium. Ufologists refer to this venture using many monikers, including the TAU IX Treaty for the Preservation of Mankind (as Dr. Dan Burisch calls it), the Greada Treaty or the Edwards Agreement, named after the air force base where the monumental meeting reportedly took place. Its main objective was to pave the way for meaningful and productive communications between humans and aliens.
Using technology we would now call rudimentary, Project Sigma scientists managed to pinpoint the relative location of a suspicious group of asteroids moving in an orderly fashion. Using the telecommunications equipment developed using the technology aboard the downed UFOs, a transmission was sent in their general direction. The reply did not take long and a meeting was scheduled.
However, the message was also intercepted by another extraterrestrial presence that kept a close eye on our planet. A Nordic species known as The Blues contacted the humans and advised them not to enter any arrangements with the force that had moved from the outskirts of the solar system into an equatorial orbit around Earth. They warned us about the other alien species and the fact that they only serve themselves.
The Blues refused to offer us any of their technology. Instead, the Blues offered to support us in our spiritual development but asked something in return: that mankind collectively dismantled their nuclear arsenal. As a young species, they said, we were not qualified to wield such power of our own making and even less capable to act responsibly if given alien military technology. We would only use it to bring destruction upon ourselves. They warned humanity about its path of self destruction and condemned the fact that we were killing each other, polluting the planet and wasting Earth’s natural resources.
The committee met their demands with extreme suspicion and prejudice, believing that nuclear disarming was not in the best interest of the United States and that it would leave the world helpless in the face of an alien threat. Naturally, some power-hungry high-ranking official dismissed their offer and attention was focused on getting that sweet, sweet alien tech.
The diplomatic relations endeavor came to fruition on April 25, 1954, when key figures within the US Government and emissaries of the species we would later call the Tall Greys broke bread for the first time at Edwards AFB in southern California. Other sources claim the meeting actually took place two months earlier at Holloman Air Force Base, six miles SW of Alamogordo, New Mexico. But we’re not here to argue logistics and locations. What really matters is the outcome of the deal struck with the grey aliens.
The information exchange was done telepathically between representatives of both worlds. It is unclear what the aliens’ true motivation was but the reason they invoked was genetic in nature.
The Greys revealed to their human counterparts that their DNA was of suffering extreme degradation. As a species, they were dying and were in desperate need of a solution to overcome the situation. They required complete and unrestricted access to the human genome in order to develop a stable method for human-grey hybridization and thus ensure their continued existence.
The Tall Greys claimed they wanted permission to abduct humans and perform genetic research without harming their ‘test subjects’. The humans, they promised, would be returned unscathed and with absolutely no memory of their ordeal. An agreement was reached following the discussions, one that would prove very lucrative for those involved. Unfortunately, the consequences would be disastrous for the rest of the world.
These are some of the conditions they imposed:
The United States would not reveal to the rest of the world any information about the Greys’ presence on Earth
Extraterrestrial operations would not be hindered and interference would not be tolerated
The US would oversee the construction of several underground bases. The bases would be operated by both human and Grey personnel. Initially, old Atomic Energy Commission underground bases were converted into working stations. When the operation began to grow in size, newer and larger facilities were built. It is unclear how many of them were constructed, but reports suggest 26 became operational in the Southwest alone.
The United States would allow the aliens to abduct a limited number of humans that were to be returned unharmed and with their memory wiped.
The aliens would decide who gets abducted but the list would need approval from the National Security Council.
The aliens would provide the US with advanced weaponry and assorted technology, gravitational and electromagnetic propulsion systems and mind control/alien implant technology.
Conspiracy theorists claim the deal was witnessed and signed by President Dwight Eisenhower. Their claims are supported by the fact that, while vacationing near Palm Springs CA, the president inexplicably went missing on the night of February 21-22 1954. It is speculated he was secretly taken to nearby Edwards Air Force base for an encounter with the Grey aliens. His official statement was that he had to undergo an emergency dental treatment and had visited a local dentist.
Over the years, many have claimed to have been present during negotiations and multiple confessions have surfaced since then. Among them is that of Gerald Light, at that time the leader of a famous metaphysical community. After allegedly attending the event, Light wrote:
“My dear friends: I have just returned from Muroc [Edwards Air Force Base]. The report is true — devastatingly true! During my two days’ visit I saw five separate and distinct types of aircraft being studied and handled by our Air Force officials — with the assistance and permission of the Etherians! I have no words to express my reactions. It has finally happened. It is now a matter of history.”
Unfortunately for us, it wouldn’t be long until the deal’s favorable conditions became history and the Greys would start infringing the treaty. The number of abductions quickly exceeded the agreed quota and more often than not, the experiments they performed ended badly for the unwilling human participants.
In the early 1960s, the US Government realized they had been duped and wanted to back out of the deal and kick the Greys off our planet, if possible. What they didn’t know was that the Tall Grey aliens had been around for quite some time and weren’t too keen on going anywhere.
Today, the UFO phenomenon is higher than ever, with more and more people coming forward with their admissions. Collective hallucinations inspired by the media or the harsh consequences of a bad deal struck with some shady aliens? Let us know in the comments!
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European Probe Snaps Color Photos of Martian Moon Phobos
European Probe Snaps Color Photos of Martian Moon Phobos
By Christine Lunsford, Space.com Contributor
On November 26, 2016, ExoMars used its Color and Stereo Surface Imaging System to take this color composite of Mars' moon Phobos. The image consists of two images from each of the camera's four color filters — panchromatic, blue–green, red and infrared — resulting in the high-resolution composite.
Credit: ESA/Roscosmos/CaSSIS
The European Space Agency's Trace Gas Orbiter orbiting Mars has snapped its first views of Phobos, the largest of two moons circling the Red Planet.
The Trace Gas Orbiter, or TGO, is part of the European ExoMars exploration program and arrived in orbit around Mars on Oct. 19. The orbiter snapped the new views of Phobos during its second orbit Mars. It was the second half of a series of test science measurements, with the first half focused on Mars itselfduring its first orbit.
TGO captured the images used to make the composite view seen here while the probe was about 4,784 miles (7,700 kilometers) from Phobos. The camera collected two images with each of its four color filters which are optimized to show distinctions in the mineral makeup of the Martian satellite. These differences show up as the "bluer" or "redder" colors in the image. [Phobos and Deimos: Pictures of Mars' Moons]
By using images the blue-green and red filters, a 3D image was produced as well.
ExoMars orbiter's Color and Stereo Surface Imaging System composed this 3D image of Mars' moon Phobos from from the stereo pair of images collected with two of its four color filters.
Credit: ESA/Roscosmos/CaSSIS
"Although higher-resolution images of Phobos have been returned by other missions, such as ESA's Mars Express and NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, this provided a good test of what can be done with our data in a very short time," Nick Thomas, principal investigator of TGO's CaSSIS camera team at the University of Bern, said in a statement. "The images have given us a lot of useful information about the color calibration of the camera and its internal timing."
With testing of the ExoMars instruments underway, team members focus on getting the craft into it's near-circular science orbit by the end of 2017 through aerobraking.
The leading scientific goal for TGO's mission is to gather detailed records of rare gases in Mars' atmosphere — methane, water vapor, nitrogen dioxide and acetylene, which compose less than 1 percent of the atmosphere's volume.
Methane is of particular interest because Earth's methane is primarily produced thanks to biological activity, with some contributed by hydrothermal reactions. ExoMars also hopes to uncover whether water or ice exists just below the surface. Color and stereo images of the surface will aid in these findings.
TGO will serve as a data relay for current and future crafts on the surface of Mars, including the 2020 ExoMars mission featuring a rover and surface science platform.
A false color image of the impact crater Occator shows the intriguing bright spots now known to be highly reflective salts.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Ceres, the largest body in the main asteroid belt, is pocketed with cold, dark craters, several of which are layered in ice, raising the prospects that this frigid dwarf planet once had perhaps an ocean's worth of liquid water early in its history when the solar system was still forming.
Scientists from NASA's Dawn mission to Ceres and Vesta presented these findings last week at the American Geophysical Union's annual fall meeting in San Francisco.
Dawn began its extended mission phase at Ceres in July, following a visit to the neighboring protoplanet Vesta, and has been sending back copious amounts of data that have allowed mission scientists to create a more intricate picture of the surface and subsurface environments. As the closest dwarf planet to the sun and about a third the size of our moon, Ceres is considered a bridge between the inner and outer solar system and offers a window into the role of water in the evolution of the planets. [Amazing Photos of Dwarf Planet Ceres]
"The Dawn mission is trying to look back in time to the very earliest stage of the solar system. We're interested in what happened right up to when Ceres accreted water and it separated from the granular material," said Carol Raymond, the deputy principal investigator of the Dawn mission at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
"We can't investigate the habitable environment of Ceres other than to look for chemical fingerprints on the surface or shallow subsurface," Raymond added. "We have ample evidence to say the presence of an ocean on the surface was likely."
Raymond said newly published research is supporting the theory that ice separated from rock early on in Ceres' past and formed a rocky core covered by an ice-rich crystal layer that has persisted throughout its history. Water, of course, is an essential ingredient for life as we know it, and finding evidence of water-rich bodies from the distant past can offer clues to where life might have existed in the early solar system.
As a comparison, Vesta, dry and rocky, is more akin to the stony, terrestrial planets that comprise the inner solar system, while Ceres is more akin to icy moons like Europa in the outer solar system, Raymond said.
Using Dawn's gamma ray and neutron detector instrument (GraND), scientists were able to determine that Ceres' poles are abundant in hydrogen, likely in the form of frozen water mixed into the pores of rocky materials, rather than a solid icy layer. The uniformity of the hydrogen layer suggests that the processes that produced it once acted globally across the dwarf planet, researchers said.
Ceres has an accumulation of hydrogen at its poles, an indication of ice mixed in with rocky materials. Blue shows where hydrogen levels are highest.
Credit: Planetary Science Institute
In the far northern hemisphere of Ceres, scientists also closely examined several cold, dark craters called "cold traps" and found that bright spots residing there are comprised of ice. Persistent shadowing casts these spots in near universal darkness, making them so chilly at minus 250 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 157 degrees Celsius) that very little of the ice would have turned into vapor over the course of a billion years, mission team members said.
Norbert Schorghofer, an astronomer at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, who studied the cold traps, said he's uncertain whether the ice came from Ceres' own ice-rich crust or whether it was delivered from space by impacting bodies, as is believed to have occurred in small ice traps on Earth's moon and on Mercury.
Artist’s concept of NASA's Dawn spacecraft traveling from the giant protoplanet Vesta (in a Dawn photo at lower right) to dwarf planet Ceres (upper left).
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
"In any case, Ceres shows us that ice does get caught in these cold traps," he said.
Perhaps the best-known area on Ceres is the 57-mile-wide (92 kilometers) crater Occator, where scientists have discovered the source of the bright spots as highly reflective salts. "The question is, where is the material in this impact coming from?" said Ralph Jaumann, a planetary scientist at the German Aerospace Center. He speculates that the impact that created the crater could have triggered an upwelling of a briny liquid from inside Ceres, which flowed out, froze and then vaporized, leaving behind the salts.
Dawn entered orbit around Ceres in March 2015, reaching its lowest altitude that December at 240 miles (400 km), where it was able to photograph 90 percent of the surface. Dawn is currently on its sixth science orbit at more than 4,500 miles (7,240 km) above the surface, a vantage point that's allowing the measurement of cosmic rays. The main purpose is to eliminate the "noise" radiation from space to allow for more accurate GRaND detector measurements, mission team members said.
Out of This World! The Most Amazing Space Discoveries of 2016
Out of This World! The Most Amazing Space Discoveries of 2016
By Calla Cofield, Space.com Staff Writer
The JunoCam aboard NASA's Juno probe instrument snapped this photo of Jupiter during a close flyby of the gas giant. The first science results from the mission are expected to appear in 2017.
Credit: NASA / SwRI / MSSS / Public Domain
2016 has been a bountiful year for space science. Before the calendar runs out, here's our list of the biggest space stories and events of the past 12 months.
There were monumental new discoveries, including the first-ever direct detection of gravitational waves, which gives scientists access to a whole new realm of information about cosmic events. This year, scientists also discovered a potentially habitable planet orbiting the star nearest to Earth's sun.
As always, there were also hurdles and setbacks. The ExoMars mission sent both an orbiter and a lander to the Red Planet, but the lander crashed into the planet's surface before it could begin its science mission. And multiple studies searching for signs of a particle that could explain mysterious dark matter turned up empty.
As the year winds down, 2016 also leaves us with some tantalizing possibilities for 2017, like the potential observation of a ninth planet beyond Pluto orbiting our sun. But before we look ahead, let's look back. Here are the biggest and best space science stories of 2016.
First-ever direct detection of gravitational waves
In February, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) collaboration made physics history when it announced the first direct detection of gravitational waves — ripples that stretch and compress space itself. Albert Einstein showed that space and time are fundamentally linked, so gravitational waves actually pass through the cosmic fabric known as space-time.
The direct detection of gravitational waves opens up an entirely new realm for astronomy because these waves carry information about the objects and events that create them, and this information is not conveyed by any other means. Right now, scientists can study the universe by collecting light from distant objects (and, in some cases, other kinds of particles), but gravitational waves are not created by the same mechanisms that create light. LIGO made two gravitational-wave detections this year (the second was announced in June), and in both instances, the waves came from two black holes swirling around each other and colliding. Those mergers would have been invisible to astronomers were it not for gravitational waves. As LIGO continues to study the sky, scientists are eager to see what other cosmic treasures it uncovers.
This artist's impression shows what it might look like on the surface of Proxima b, a planet that orbits the star nearest to Earth's sun.
Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser
A planet around the nearest star to Earth's sun
The star Proxima Centauri lies just 4.2 light-years from Earth's sun — a stone's throw, cosmologically speaking. In August, scientists discovered a planet orbiting in Proxima Centauri's habitable zone, or the region where liquid water might exist on the planet's surface (and thus boosting the odds that life might have evolved there). This newly discovered planet, dubbed Proxima b, has a minimum mass of about 1.27 times Earth's mass, further increasing the possibility that this planet could be habitable.
Shortly after the discovery was announced, a group called Project Blue started fundraising to build a space telescope with the targeted mission of studying Proxima b and looking for signs of life there.
In April, the Breakthrough Foundation — whose board members include physicist Stephen Hawking, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and entrepreneur Yuri Milner — announced an initiative called Breakthrough Starshot, which will aim to send a microchip-size spacecraft to another star. With the discovery of Proxima b, the Starshot project organizers announced that they would target this newfound planet, and potentially search for signs of life. The spacecraft would be accelerated with a massive (and expensive) laser system, and would still take about 20 to 25 years to reach Proxima b.
A massive ice deposit spanning a region the size of New Mexico was discovered in Mars' mid-northern latitudes. The deposit lies between 3 and 33 feet (1 to 10 meters) below the Red Planet's surface, it's between 50 and 85 percent water (the rest is dirt), and its total volume is about the same as that of Lake Superior, which holds about 2,900 cubic miles (12,100 cubic kilometers) of water.
The ice deposit could be useful if humans eventually settle on Mars. The region where the deposit was found, called Utopia Planitia, could be easily accessible by spacecraft because it is relatively flat and low-lying. The ice deposit was discovered using the Shallow Radar (SHARAD) instrument aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope of Jupiter's moon Europa contain what appear to be water plumes erupting from the moon's surface. The images were taken in 2014, but the results of the analysis were not released until 2016.
Credit: NASA, ESA, W. Sparks (STScI)
Hubble spies potential water plumes on Europa
The Hubble Space Telescope has spied what appear to be plumes of water erupting from the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa. This icy satellite may harbor a liquid water ocean deep below its surface, and scientists think that ocean could have the right ingredients for life. NASA is currently planning to send an orbiting probe to study Europa in the 2020s.
If Europa is indeed spewing water from its ocean into space, that opens up the door for an orbiting mission to sample the water (without having to drill into the ice or even land) and look for hints of biology there. The Hubble telescope had spotted a plume erupting from Europa in 2012, but that detection seemed like it might have been a rare outlier, because no plume activity was observed in the intervening years.
Four studies released this year came up empty in a search for a particle that could possibly compose the mysterious substance known as dark matter. Although dark matter does not radiate, reflect or block light (and is thus invisible in the traditional sense), dark matter's gravity can bend light, giving scientists the opportunity to detect it. There are various other bits of evidence that indicate dark matter not only exists but is five times more common in the universe than "regular" matter (the stuff that makes up stars, planets and people).
The first study came from the incredibly sensitive Large Underground Xenon dark matter experiment, which failed to detect signs of a hypothetical particle called a weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP). The negative results don't rule out WIMPs, but they do put new restraints on the potential characteristics of a WIMP dark matter particle. Two additional searches for WIMPs were conducted using data from the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, which collects high-energy particles from the universe. Those searches also came up empty. A final study looked for signs of another hypothetical particle, called an axion, using Fermi data from one particular galaxy, but it turned up no such evidence.
In 2011 and 2013, a distant star known as KIC 8462852 (also known as Tabby's Star) appeared to dip in brightness as seen from Earth. This kind of brightness change can occur when an object such as a planet passes in front of a star, but planets orbit their parent stars on a regular time loop, and the changes in brightness coming from Tabby's Star were highly irregular. In 2015, a hypothesis emerged that captured the public imagination: Maybe an alien civilization had built some kind of megastructure around Tabby's Star, periodically blocking the star's light as seen from Earth. Alternative explanations (all of which seem far more likely) were produced, but there's not enough evidence to fully explain the mystery.
In 2016, the saga of Tabby's Star continued. New evidence suggested that the star's sporadic dimming might have been going on for a century. That makes it unlikely that the source of the dimming is a swarm of comets, but it could also make it unlikely that an alien megastructure is to blame. Further observations revealed that the star not only demonstrated periods of rapid brightening but was apparently decreasing in brightness overall.
That hasn't discouraged people from investigating the star further. The Breakthrough Listen initiative, which will spend $100 million over the next 10 years to hunt for signals possibly produced by alien civilizations, plans to study Tabby's Star with the 330-foot-wide (100 m) Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia. Astronomer Tabetha "Tabby" Boyajian of Yale University (for whom the star is nicknamed) was part of the team that originally identified the star's irregular behavior. Boyajian and her colleagues collected more than $100,000 through a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign, and they plan to use those funds to pay for telescope time to study Tabby's Star further.
The dwarf planet Makemake that orbits the sun beyond Pluto was discovered to have a tiny companion satellite.
Credit: NASA, ESA, and A. Parker and M. Buie (SwRI)
Dwarf planet Makemake has its own moon!
The dwarf planet known as Makemake lies even farther out in the cold reaches of the Kuiper Belt than Pluto, at about 45 times the distance between the Earth and the sun. But it's not alone out there: Earlier this year, scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope discovered a small moon orbiting Makemake (pronounced MAH-kay-MAH-kay). This miniature companion is thought to be about 100 miles (160 km) wide. (Makemake itself is about 870 miles, or 1,400 km, wide — or a little more than half the diameter of Earth's moon.) Scientists will watch the orbital dynamics of Makemake and its moon to learn more about the dwarf planet, including its density.
In addition to the above science results, 2016 gave ys some tantalizing hints about new science we can expect to hear about in 2017 and the years ahead.
Juno arrives at Jupiter
NASA's Juno spacecraft arrived at Jupiter on July 4, and settled into its unique orbit with the giant planet. The plan was to have Juno make a close approach of Jupiter every two weeks, but a thruster problem forced the probe to stay in a longer orbit and instead make a close approach of Jupiter every 53 days.
Even though no major science results have been produced by the Juno science team yet, the JunoCam instrument has been sending back stunning images of the Jovian giant, providing an unprecedented look at this gaseous monster. Juno principal investigator Scott Bolton said the images are already providing tantalizing hints about the science that Juno will produce.
The ExoMars mission, a collaboration between the European Space Agency and Russia's Roscosmos, was designed with two parts: an orbiting satellite and a surface lander. But the lander met an early end when the landing technology malfunctioned, causing the probe to crash into the Martian surface.
But the orbiter remains operational, and it's gathering information that will help inform the next phase of the ExoMars project: sending a rover to the Martian surface. The rover will include a drill that will dig to depths of up to 6.5 feet (2 m) into Mars' dirt and soil.
This artist's concept shows a SpaceX uncrewed Dragon capsule on the surface of Mars. This year, the private spaceflight company announced plans to send capsules to Mars as early as 2018.
Credit: SpaceX
SpaceX plans to visit Mars by 2018
In September, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk delivered a long-awaited speech outlining the company's plans to eventually build human colonies on Mars. But before SpaceX starts sending humans to the Red Planet, it could help serve various science objectives, such as returning dirt samples collected by NASA's Mars 2020 rover (scheduled to launch in 2020).
In April, Musk announced on Twitter that the company plans to send uncrewed landers to the surface of Mars as early as 2018. Although NASA will offer technical support for SpaceX's first missions to the Red Planet, the agency announced this month that it will not send science equipment on the very first SpaceX missions. Instead, the agency will wait until SpaceX has proved out the technology.
Early this year, a group of scientists announced that they had found significant evidence to suggest that there is a planet the size of Neptune beyond Pluto, orbiting our sun. The so-called Planet Nine hasn't been observed directly yet, but the movement of other bodies in that outer part of the solar system indicates the presence of a massive body, the researchers said.
The group, led by Mike Brown of the California Institute of Technology, produced more evidence later in the year, as they looked at more data tracking the precise motion of small bodies in the Kuiper Belt (the region of the solar system beyond Neptune that is filled with small, rocky, icy bodies). Theories have also emerged about where the planet came from and how it arrived at its distant — and likely very tilted — orbit around the sun. The authors of the paper also have proposed ways that the planet could be spotted by modern telescopes, as well as the general region where they say the planet should be orbiting. Perhaps 2017 will be the year Planet Nine is found.
Where to Land on Mars: NASA Makes Progress in Quest for 2020 Rover Site
Where to Land on Mars: NASA Makes Progress in Quest for 2020 Rover Site
By Elizabeth Howell, Space.com Contributor
A small basin (center foreground) lies below the southern rim of Melas Chasma, part of Valles Marineris on the surface of Mars. This is one of eight potential landing sites where NASA may send its Mars 2020 rover.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Arizona State University, R. Luk
While it's always difficult to choose just one best landing site on Mars, NASA officials say they have made progress on picking a location for the Mars 2020 rover.
In August 2015, NASA reduced the next Red Planet rover's landing zone from an initial list of 54 locations to eight high-priority sites, said Michael Meyer, lead scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program, in a statement from the agency. Another workshop will take place in February, and as with other Mars landing site workshops.
Many missions have landed on Mars, and each one has required a precise landing zone that is selected beforehand; typically, those landing zones are chosen because they support each mission's specific objectives. In the case of Mars 2020, scientists are looking for a spot that could have supported life in the ancient past, according to the statement. Specifically, they are looking for a spot that hosted water, such as along an ancient shoreline.
Once the potential mission landing sites for Mars 2020 are narrowed further, NASA will use high-resolution imagery from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to do some scouting of the potential landing sites. This is being done today for potential human missions to Mars, even though that will be decades away.
In the statement, Meyer also paid tribute to the "spectacular" involvement of the broader science community, which helps decide which sites are best for Mars landings. Last week, he gave an update on the site selection process at the American Geophysical Union's annual meeting in San Francisco, along with Alex Longo (a high school student who has proposed landing sites) and Bethany Ehlmann (a scientist from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory who works on both the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and the Curiosity rover).
A workshop in 2015 focused on landing sites for a human Mars mission brought up 47 potential landing sites where NASA would set up a semipermanent base. Crews would then perform exploration in a 60-mile (100-kilometer) radius from that zone. The location will be narrowed with future workshops and reconnaissance, according to the statement.
Is er leven op Mars? Het is een vraag die de mensheid al lang bezighoudt. Als het van enkele opmerkzame UFO-spotters afhangt, is het antwoord ‘ja’. Meer nog, met hun jongste ontdekking zouden de bewoners er zelfs soep of cornflakes kunnen eten.
Op de beelden, afkomstig van NASA, is iets te zien dat veel weg heeft van een lepel en dat door fervente UFO-zoekers nu als bewijs wordt aangehaald voor intelligent leven. De rotsformatie in de vorm van een lepel “kan onmogelijk gewoon in de natuur zijn ontstaan”, beweren ze.
De pas ontdekte ‘lepel’.FOTO: NASA
Het is de tweede ‘lepel’ die de laatste jaren op Mars werd gevonden. Sommigen zien daarin het bewijs van ontwikkeld leven op de rode planeet. Anderen zijn iets sceptischer en houden het op “Sommige mensen zien een lepel op Mars, anderen zien het gezicht van Jezus in hun theekopje.”
Eerder werd al een soortgelijke ‘lepel’ ontdekt op Mars.FOTO: NASA
(VIDEO) US COLONEL SPEAKS ABOUT ROSWELL UFO CRASH: 'CIRCUIT CHIPS, FIBER OPTICS, AND LASERS ARE ALIEN TECHNOLOGY'
(VIDEO) US COLONEL SPEAKS ABOUT ROSWELL UFO CRASH: 'CIRCUIT CHIPS, FIBER OPTICS, AND LASERS ARE ALIEN TECHNOLOGY'
No matter how many years go by the conspiracy of what happened in Roswell, New Mexico seems not to die down. Now it would seem that an army intelligence officer who served under President Eisenhower and witnessed the event first hand has come clean in a new book along with an interview he gave regarding the book. Colonel Phillip Corso, Sr who sat on the President's security council at that time went into grave detail into what he saw.
FORMER EISENHOWER INTELLIGENCE OFFICER EXPOSES ROSWELL
Corso gave detail account to the fact that he saw dead bodies within the wreckage in the crash scene at Roswell. He went into how the bodies had to be those of Extraterrestrials due to the overall appearance of the carnage. He told how the bodies seem to have no faces such as defined mouths or noses. This was just one of the definite differences in overall appearance to that of an actual person.
So, in writing this book entitled "The Day After Roswell" is Corso trying to profit off of this conspiracy. Well, during the interview Corso stated that he never intended to write the book but he felt that the generations that came after the Roswell incident had a right to the know the truth that he witnessed.
As for the book itself Corso gives a detailed account of how he was involved in the cover-up to try to keep the truth from leaking out to the public. He also goes into how he was witness to technology used by the alien visitors that was so out of our reach at that time being seen for the first time. He also tells how much of this such as integrated circuit chips, lasers and other technological advancements were leaked into the world market over time.
So, is there any truth to what Colonel Corso claims here? No one knows this for sure, it is certainly an account that could give pause no doubt about that. Another thing to bear in mind is no matter how much time seems to go by the incident at Roswell remains one many continue to question. Perhaps it's one that will never truly be exposed as fact or fiction but it it is certainly something that has drawn the interest of many for decades now.
ALIEN CONTACT? SCIENTISTS HAVE DETECTED NEW ALIEN SIGNALS FROM SPACE!
ALIEN CONTACT? SCIENTISTS HAVE DETECTED NEW ALIEN SIGNALS FROM SPACE!
Outer Space is a vast black place that is filled with countless waves of mysterious energy journeying to infinity.
As we advance through the ages, incredible new technology is created so we better study and look beyond our little blue sphere into the unkown cosmic background that fills our skies.
Technology that has sent humans to space to explore, reaching further and further into new worlds as time goes and with the desire to establish contact with another otherworldly civilization.
But we can imagine that maybe other intelligent extraterrestrial lifeforms are aiming at the same goals as us humans. Aliens could at this precise moment be trying to communicate with other planets in the search for intelligent life outside their own world.
And maybe they have succeded, because recently we have been getting several strange signals coming from a specific point in space.
MOGELIJK NAZI UFO WAARGENOMEN BOVEN CYPRUS ( VIDEO )
MOGELIJK NAZI UFO WAARGENOMEN BOVEN CYPRUS ( VIDEO )
Alhoewel Nazi Duitsland in 1945 formeel de oorlog heeft verloren, zijn er steeds meer mensen van overtuigd dat ze verder zijn gegaan op of onder Antarctica.
En wanneer de Duitsers op die plaats verder gegaan zijn met de formidabele techniek die ze al voor 1945 bezaten, dan is het goed mogelijk dat ze nu her en der in het luchtruim verschijnen.
UFO’s zijn er in alle soorten en maten, van de klassieke zogenaamde retro UFO tot de ronde witte of oranje bollen.
UFO’s die niet zo dikwijls worden waargenomen, zijn de zogenaamde sigaarvormige, die de vorm hebben van een cilinder.
Afgelopen week is er een zaak ingediend bij Mufon onder nummer 81145 over een foto die al is genomen in 2009 op het eiland Cyprus.
De fotograaf wilde mooie opnames maken van een berg in combinatie met de maan die ook zichtbaar was, maar op het beeld verscheen ook wat anders.
En dan zie je rechts van de berghelling duidelijk een groot sigaarvormig object:
En wanneer je goed kijkt, zie je boven de sigaarvormige UFO nog een kleinere:
Natuurlijk is het mogelijk dat het hier een buitenaards schip betreft, maar veel waarschijnlijker is dat we hier te maken hebben met een zogenaamd Andromeda Gerät, compleet met een aantal kleinere UFO’s.
Misschien hebben ze besloten dat ze zich lang genoeg verborgen hebben gehouden en zullen we hun schepen misschien wat vaker zien.
Voor de volledigheid een deel uit een eerder artikel over de Duitse sigaarvormige UFO.
Gemakshalve gaat men er vaak van uit dat de vreemde objecten die worden waargenomen aan de hemel van buitenaardse oorsprong zijn.
Bij velen is niet bekend dat de Nazi's tegen het einde van de Tweede Wereldoorlog al beschikten over moederschepen met daarin kleinere vliegende schotels.
Het is eigenlijk nog niet zo gek lang dat we steeds meer worden geconfronteerd met vreemd uitziende wolken die fungeren als basis voor in- en uitvliegende UFO's.
Er is zo langzamerhand genoeg bewijs in de vorm van getuigenverklaringen en beeldmateriaal, dat aantoont dat die vreemde wolken absoluut niet normaal zijn, maar een moederschip verbergen of dienen als dimensieportaal.
Wanneer we dan teruggaan in de geschiedenis, is het duidelijk dat de Nazi's beschikten over vergevorderde technologieën op het gebied van “vliegende schotels”.
De eerste stappen op dit gebied in Duitsland werden gezet door een aantal mystieke genootschappen zoals het Vril en Thule genootschap. Voor meer achtergrond informatie hierover verwijzen wij naar eerdere artikelen op deze website, zoals deze.
Later kwam de ontwikkeling van dit soort ruimteschepen onder supervisie van een speciale afdeling van de SS en zeker is dat de Nazi's tegen het einde van de oorlog vergevorderd waren hierin. Hoever weet eigenlijk niemand precies.
Met aan zekerheid grenzende waarschijnlijkheid zijn de Nazi's erin geslaagd om een geheime basis/onderkomen te creëren in het gebied wat nu Antarctica heet. Ook hier is door ons al uitvoerig over geschreven in eerdere artikelen zoals hier.
Feit is dat in 1946 de Amerikaanse “wetenschappelijke” expeditie die bestond uit een complete vloot oorlogsschepen onder leiding van Admiraal Richard Byrd, genaamd Operation Highjump, finaal in de pan werd gehakt toen ze in de buurt van deze basis kwamen.
Een aanval op deze vloot die door getuigen zoals piloten later werd omschreven als: "vreemde vliegende schotels die plotsklaps opstegen uit de zee en geluidloos dood en verderf zaaiden onder de schepen en de vliegtuigen die probeerden op te stijgen".
Dit en meer is te zien in de onderstaande Russische video, waarin wordt duidelijk gemaakt dat de Nazi's wel degelijk een geheim onderkomen voor zichzelf hadden gecreëerd op Antarctica. Wat ook een logische verklaring is voor de meer dan honderd verdwenen Duitse U-boten.
De video geeft ook een mooi samenhangend beeld ook over de occulte invloed op deze expedities en op Hitler van allerlei geheime genootschappen.
Wanneer je al het bovenstaande in ogenschouw neemt, is het misschien niet zo vreemd om te veronderstellen dat de wolken/moederschepen die tegenwoordig veelvuldig worden waargenomen, een voortvloeisel zijn van wat de Nazi's hadden bereikt aan het einde van de oorlog. Het lijkt dat de Duitsers samenwerkten met buitenaardsen en met behulp van hun technologie deze UFO's bouwden. Of we tegenwoordig Duitse UFO's of buitenaardse zien, is niet duidelijk. Mogelijk zelfs een mix. Werkten de Duitsers destijds al samen met dezelfde buitenaardsen als Rusland nu en verklaart dat ook de aantrekkingskracht tussen Rusland en Duitsland heden ten dage?
De Duiters hadden een project in de jaren '43-'45 van de vorige eeuw onder de naam Andromedagerät. De Andromeda was een groot sigaarvormig ruimteschip, met binnenin ruimtes waar zich kleinere vliegende schotels bevonden.
Of dit ruimteschip ooit daadwerkelijk heeft gevlogen is niet zeker, alhoewel er wel enkele foto's zijn waarop dit schip vliegend is afgebeeld, zoals de volgende.
We zijn inmiddels ongeveer 65 jaar verder sinds het Andromeda ruimteschip is ontworpen. Als de Nazi's ten tijde van de mislukte expeditie van admiraal Byrd al de beschikking hadden over vliegende schotels die geluidloos uit de zee opstegen, en ook toen al beschikten over in ieder geval het ontwerp van de Andromeda dan is het niet onlogisch om aan te nemen dat nu, zoveel jaren later, zij in staat zouden zijn om kunstmatige wolken te creëren met daarin verborgen een moderne versie van de Andromeda.
The UFO over Caernarfon Castle was filmed for more than 40 seconds flying over the landmark
By definition a UFO is just that, something in the sky that has not been identified and can very often turn out to be something natural or man made which is hard to make out at a distance.
A similar UFO in 2010 had witnesses claiming to have seen a large triangular craft hovering near Bangor.
It was allegedly up to 200ft wide, had numerous lights and made a noise like a lawn mower before vanishing out of sight, baffling on-lookers.
Unfortunately, there was no photographic evidence or recording but it follows a pattern of weird objects being spotted in the sky.
The Ministry of Defence has now shut down its dedicated 'UFO hotline' claiming it is an “inappropriate use of defence resources”
Many of these have down-to-earth explanations which include balloons, flares, Chinese lanterns, weather phenomena, meteorites, earthly lights reflecting in the skies, or simply hoaxes.
However there are some that continue to baffle.
After years of having a dedicated UFO hotline answer-phone service and e-mail address to record UFO sightings, the Ministry of Defence has now shut these down and no longer investigates sightings which would be an “inappropriate use of defence resources”.
From strange objects seen in the sky, claims of a crashed UFO, big cats on the prowl and monsters in the deep, North Wales has had its fair share of brushes with the extra-normal over the decades
Among the many weird stories the Daily Post has looked at this year, here is our top 10 North Wales X Files:
1. North Wales Big Cats
It was a toss up with the Berwyn Mountains Mystery for the top spot.
But what edges it for big cats is the number of sightings that still continue today, with people still claiming to see large feline creatures stalking the North Wales countryside.
Black panther(Photo: Getty Images)
There are also plausible theories to account for the sightings, including big cats being turned loose following the Dangerous Wild Animals Act of 1976, which made it illegal to keep untamed pets, being released by zoos or escaping from captivity.
2. Berwyn Mountains Mystery
Known as the North Wales Roswell incident, this incident in 1974 has generated TV documentaries, numerous articles and books and still remains one of the region’s biggest mysteries.
Brilliant lights seen in the sky and on the mountainside, a loud bang and earthquake, police and emergency services at the scene. What really happened that night on January 23?
Berwyn Mountains(Photo: UGC TNW)
Theories have ranged from crashed UFOs to a meteor shower and earth tremor and misidentified poachers on the hillside.
3. North Wales Lake Monster
Our very own answer to the Loch Ness monster, Teggie has allegedly been spotted rising from the depths of Bala Lake, otherwise known as Llyn Tegid.
What gives more weight to this story is the reported sighting of the monster by former lake manager Dowie Bowen in the 1970s. He thought he saw something that was “8ft long, similar to a crocodile”.
Dewi Bowen, a former lake warden at Llyn Tegid, Bala who claims to have seen the fabled monster "Teggy" in the late 1970's and the submarine as it is winched into the water ready for the new search(Photo: UGC TNW)
Whether there really is anything residing in the depths is up for debate, but lakes and the open sea continue to generate fantastic stories.
The shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in France is one of the most famous Christian pilgrimage destinations in the world, with claims it has the power to heal the sick.
North Wales also has its own holy sanctuary - St Winefride’s Well in Holywell - where poorly people have allegedly been cured by its healing waters.
St Winefride's Well, Holywell(Photo: TRINITY MIRROR COPYRIGHT)
Surviving records of people being "cured" after bathing at the well began in the 12th century and continue to the present day.
In the early decades of the 20th century, newspaper reports covered amazing tales of supposed miracles where the lame could walk and the sick were healed.
Here is a recent case, reported on by the Daily Post in 2015.
The 'UFO' over Caernarfon Castle
This time there is video footage to scrutinise leaving viewers to make up their own minds what they think it was.
The footage was captured on camera in broad daylight by Owain Powell and uploaded to the “UFO Alien Sightings” channel on Youtube.
6. Strange Object Over Valle Crucis Abbey
What elevates this strange object in the sky story is the power of the account given by the witness.
A woman claims to have seen a UFO over Valle Crucis Abbey Llangollen
“All I could see about 60ft above my head where four huge spotlights and red lights in the middle shaped like a cross. The object hovering over my head was of a diamond shape, the size of a jumbo jet,” said a Colwyn Bay camper who had stayed at the ruined abbey for a dare in 1993.
According to the witness others who saw it were also left shocked.
7. Witchcraft In Conwy
Tales of witchcraft can very often by bracketed into the folklore section of weird phenomena.
However there was tangible evidence something more sinister was going in Conwy during the 80s and 90s which caused concern among police and religious figures in the community.
An image of a witch
Churches were being targeted, occult and devil worshipping symbols were being scrawled, with the carcasses of dead animals being discovered that were being linked to the dark arts.
8. John White's Strange Light Over Llannefydd
Weird pulsing lights baffled John White as he watched them over many nights from his home in the rural Denbighshire village of Llannefydd.
In this case he took video footage of the objects which appeared to float through the sky but weren’t stars, planets or meteors.
Unexplained lights in the sky captured by John White over Llannefydd(Photo: John White)
Stills of the objects were taken from the videos, shot in 2005, which still remain puzzling images now.
9. UFO Over Llandundo School
There have been many reports of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) in the sky over North Wales.
But what makes this sighting of a small “orange and silver flying saucer” over Ysgol Maelgwn, in Llandudno Junction, during 1977 interesting, is not only was it spotted by eight children, it was also seen by their teacher Maureen Williams.
A UFO was spotted over Ysgol Maelgwn in Llandudno Junction
She had no idea what it was and to this day there has been no explanation.
10. Egryn Lights Mystery
Reports of mysteries lights in the sky over this area of Gwynedd date back centuries.
But they crystallised around Mary Jones, a 35 year-old preacher at the centre of a religious Revival movement in the early 1900s at a chapel in Egryn, between Barmouth and Harlech.
Such was the impressive displays of weird lights that seemed to appear around this enigmatic woman it attracted Fleet Street reporters attesting to the bizarre lights, leading an added credence to the mystery.
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This day in UFO history: The 1980 UFO Landings In Rendlesham Forest
This day in UFO history: The 1980 UFO Landings In Rendlesham Forest
England holds one of the most compelling UFO landing accounts. In late December 1980, invasion of unidentified flying objects over a period of several nights took place in the joint air bases of Bentwaters and Woodbridge, situated within the vast Rendlesham Forest in late December.
Description of alien beings added to the controversial stories of the twin air bases. The hype took into another level with anomalous radar readings, electromagnetic effects, and surrealistic atmospheric conditions. Professionals, deemed to be credible, have been coming forward revealing their knowledge of the real alien event on the Bentwaters and Woodbridge Air Force Bases.
Uncorrelated object showed on the radar screens at RAF in Norfolk shortly after midnight on December 27, 1980. The thing then suddenly vanished in the area of the Rendlesham Forest in Suffolk. Bentwaters RAF radar also picked up the object.
The bases were allegedly housed a large stockpile of nuclear weapons, and the Woodbridge was the base of the 67th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron.
The radar operator that night, Mal Scurrah, said that they did not have any idea of what they captured on their radar. They checked the air traffic agencies and found out that there should have been nothing in the vicinity at the time. They sent a jet aircraft to investigate, and the pilot reported seeing a dazzling light in the sky in front of them after getting within about a quarter of a mile.
They saw on radar the object was stationary and it moved off in seconds. In just five minutes the UFO reached 90,000 feet and higher, and they had lost it in the radar scope.
The Woodbridge/Bentwaters started their extraordinary events with the sighting of a massive glowing object by three security guards of the twin bases. They followed the lights into the forest with initial thought that it was a commercial or military aircraft that crash landed.
The patrol was stunned to see a saucer-like craft with small beings with large heads suspended by a type of beam from the bottom of the craft. The beings reportedly performing a repair to their craft unaware of the three men watching their activities.
The guards radioed the base headquarters and requested emergency help. Assistance reportedly arrived headed by senior officers of the base. Later, there would be off record reports that they encountered strange anomalies, such as reality-bending, time displacement, and surreal atmospheric conditions.
Some of the senior officers allegedly communicated with the alien beings.
Called out on the second night of the sightings was then the now famous Colonel Halt. The group of Colonel Halt was reportedly one of the groups to chase the glowing UFO in the forest. He made an audio recording of the details of his trek into the woods.
Patrolmen Jim Penniston, John Burroughs, and Larry Warren later co-wrote a book about the incident, titled Left at East Gate.
Other men who were present during the encounter later revealed that there was an underground theater where soldiers were interrogated, sworn to secrecy and threatened. They also revealed that they were shown several films featuring UFO recoveries around the world. It was also reported that an alien being was there in oneof the meetings.
Should you always do what other people tell you to do? Clearly not. Everyone knows that. So should future robots always obey our commands? At first glance, you might think they should, simply because they are machines and that’s what they are designed to do. But then think of all the times you would not mindlessly carry out others’ instructions – and put robots into those situations.
Just consider:
An elder-care robot tasked by a forgetful owner to wash the “dirty clothes,” even though the clothes had just come out of the washer
A preschooler who orders the daycare robot to throw a ball out the window
A student commanding her robot tutor to do all the homework instead doing it herself
A household robot instructed by its busy and distracted owner to run the garbage disposal even though spoons and knives are stuck in it.
There are plenty of benign cases where robots receive commands that ideally should not be carried out because they lead to unwanted outcomes. But not all cases will be that innocuous, even if their commands initially appear to be.
Consider a robot car instructed to back up while the dog is sleeping in the driveway behind it, or a kitchen aid robot instructed to lift a knife and walk forward when positioned behind a human chef. The commands are simple, but the outcomes are significantly worse.
How can we humans avoid such harmful results of robot obedience? If driving around the dog were not possible, the car would have to refuse to drive at all. And similarly, if avoiding stabbing the chef were not possible, the robot would have to either stop walking forward or not pick up the knife in the first place.
In either case, it is essential for both autonomous machines to detect the potential harm their actions could cause and to react to it by either attempting to avoid it, or if harm cannot be avoided, by refusing to carry out the human instruction. How do we teach robots when it’s OK to say no?
How can robots know what will happen next?
In our lab, we have started to develop robotic controls that make simple inferences based on human commands. These will determine whether the robot should carry them out as instructed or reject them because they violate an ethical principle the robot is programmed to obey.
Telling robots how and when – and why – to disobey is far easier said than done. Figuring out what harm or problems might result from an action is not simply a matter of looking at direct outcomes. A ball thrown out a window could end up in the yard, with no harm done. But the ball could end up on a busy street, never to be seen again, or even causing a driver to swerve and crash. Context makes all the difference.
It is difficult for today’s robots to determine when it is okay to throw a ball – such as to a child playing catch – and when it’s not – such as out the window or in the garbage. Even harder is if the child is trying to trick the robot, pretending to play a ball game but then ducking, letting the ball disappear through the open window.
Explaining morality and law to robots
Understanding those dangers involves a significant amount of background knowledge (including the prospect that playing ball in front of an open window could send the ball through the window). It requires the robot not only to consider action outcomes by themselves, but also to contemplate the intentions of the humans giving the instructions.
To handle these complications of human instructions – benevolent or not – robots need to be able to explicitly reason through consequences of actions and compare outcomes to established social and moral principles that prescribe what is and is not desirable or legal. As seen above, our robot has a general rule that says, “If you are instructed to perform an action and it is possible that performing the action could cause harm, then you are allowed to not perform it.” Making the relationship between obligations and permissions explicit allows the robot to reason through the possible consequences of an instruction and whether they are acceptable.
In general, robots should never perform illegal actions, nor should they perform legal actions that are not desirable. Hence, they will need representations of laws, moral norms and even etiquette in order to be able to determine whether the outcomes of an instructed action, or even the action itself, might be in violation of those principles.
While our programs are still a long way from what we will need to allow robots to handle the examples above, our current system already proves an essential point: robots must be able to disobey in order to obey.
The original Alien was a near-perfect horror movie. The sequel, Aliens, was a near-perfect action flick. Prometheus was, uh, let’s say cerebral, but the first trailer for the next installment, Alien: Covenant suggests the series is going back to its roots — straight-up sci-fi terror.
The trailer — which dropped at midnight on Christmas day like some sort of horrifying chest-bursting Santa — opens with a woman running down a dark spaceship hallway. She’s forced to essentially condemn a fellow crewmember to death because she’s trapped inside with an infected man. The chestburster inside the doomed man appears to be flipping the script and busting out through his back, which is deeply unsettling.
From there, the trailer shows off lots of dim, moody, and suspenseful scenes that show off the cast, including Katherine Waterston, Danny McBride, James Franco, Jussie Smollett, Billy Crudup, and Michael Fassbender, who once again is playing David the android. There’s also a shot of an iconic crashed Space Jockey ship. Those guys are nothing but trouble, huh?
Watch the entire trailer — including a shower sex scene that turns bloody — below.
Mars is one of our closest planetary neighbors, making it a popular celestial object for scientists and amateur astronomers alike. For centuries, humanity has been interested in the red planet and its potential inhabitants. Thanks to a fleet of robotic explorers, scientists are able to search for clues to determine whether or not Mars could have hosted life. Here’s a look back at some of the top Martian discoveries of 2016.
1. Mars is Hiding a Secret Stash of Water
Last month, a research team from the University of Texas announced that Mars is hiding a secret supply of water just below its surface. They reported that Utopia Planitia, a region on Mars, is harboring as much water as Lake Superior here on Earth — only difference is the Martian reserves are frozen solid. The ice reservoir is, reportedly the size of New Mexico, is excellent news for future human missions.
2. Meteorites on Mars
In November, Curiosity surprised scientists when it stumbled upon on interesting find: a small metallic meteorite subsequently dubbed “Egg Rock”. While meteorites on Mars are common, this ones smooth surface is not. The data collected will provide details about how meteorites are affected when exposed to the Martian environment for long periods of time, which fits with Curiosity’s newest science goal: to investigate how ancient environmental conditionschanged over time.
Curiosity's view of egg rock.
3. Mars Once Had an Oxygen-Rich Atmosphere
Mars used to have a lot more oxygen than scientists thought. Curiosity’s ChemCam instrument detected high levels of manganese oxide in rocks that lined the Kimberly region of Gale Crater. This evidence supports the idea that free oxygen once flowed across the Martian surface, during a period when the planet was warmer and its surface was teeming with vast lakes and oceans.
4. Boron and Interesting Chemistry
The Curiosity rover is currently studying an intriguing mountain on Mars that is geologically-speaking very interesting. The data shows that this particular mountain is full of groundwater, which means the rocks could be chemically active, making it a prime location for microbial life. Curiosity also detected its first traces of boron on Mars.
5. Marsquakes Could Have Helped Spawn Life
Earthquakes — which are usually terrifying natural disasters — could have helped foster life on the red planet. A recent study published in the journal Astrobiologyrevealed that earthquakes produce rocks with an abundance of trapped hydrogen. When applied to extraterrestrial worlds, the research indicates that “marsquakes”could encourage the type of hydrogen-rich geology (known as serpentinization) necessary to support life.
6. Sniffing out signs of life
The red planet is going to be a busy place in the coming years as multiple space agencies have their sites set on Mars. This year, the European Space Agency teamed up with Roscosmos to launch the first of two planned Mars missions, dubbed ExoMars. The mission was mostly successful as its Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) successfully achieved Mars orbit, while its lander, Schiaparelli, crashed on the Martian surface.
Unfortunately Schiaparelli failed to land on Mars, but ESA will try again in 2020.
The next iteration will hopefully have better luck, as it roams the red planet in search of any signs of life — be it extinct or extant. The TGO will analyze the Martian atmosphere, searching for evidences of trace gases, such as methane, which could be indicators of life.
The mission will be roaming around the red planet at the same time as NASA’s next Mars rovers — Mars 2020. The future robot will be a souped up version of the Curiosity rover designed to search for signs of life. It will also have the ability to box up interesting samples to be retrieved at a later time.
NASA's Mars 2020 rover will be a souped up version of Curiosity.
7. SpaceX and Human Missions
We know that NASA is planning its journey to Mars, but the space agency may not be the first to the red planet. In September, SpaceX ignited fans all around the world, when the company revealed its plans for sending humans to Mars via its massive, Interplanetary Transportation System.
SpaceX also has plans of sending its robotic Dragon capsule to the Martian surface to test out technologies needed on future missions. The cargo capsule will also deliver supplies and could ferry cached samples back to Earth.
The ITS will one day transport humans to the red planet.
Rocket launches are awesome. But they are more than just a spectacular show of pyrotechnics, they represent the best of all of us. Tucked inside the each vehicle’s fairing is a payload, designed to carryout a specialized task that will ultimately improve life on Earth. As this year winds to a close, here’s a look at some of the most memorable launches of 2016.
This year we witnessed robotic explorers arrive at two different planets — Mars and Jupiter (although Juno launched in 2011) — marveled as SpaceX and Blue Origin continued to shake up the industry by launching and landing their rockets, and learned how NASA will high-five an asteroid to uncover the secrets of the universe as part of the sent OSIRIS-REx mission.
Across the globe, more than eighty rockets launched this year, enabling a variety of critical missions to get off the ground. While nearly all were successful, there were a few setbacks, including the loss of an x-ray satellite, a Progress supply ship, and a communications satellite — not to mention the destruction of a Cape Canaveral launch pad in the process. But overall, it’s been an incredible year for spaceflight.
1. Jason-3
SpaceX kicked off the year for the United States by launching the company’s final Falcon 9 v1.1, and carrying an Earth-observing satellite for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) into orbit. From its orbital perch, the Jason-3 satellite will monitor global sea levels. SpaceX attempted to recover the rocket’s first stage on a floating barge, but one of the landing legs failed to lock into place and the Falcon tipped over, resulting in a massive explosion.
Launch of Final SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 Rocket with Jason 3
2. ExoMars
The first phase in a joint mission between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos) saw the picture-perfect launch of the ExoMars spacecraft. Six months later, when the spacecraft arrived at Mars, its Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) successfully achieved orbital insertion around the red planet, but its Schiaparelli lander encountered a computer glitch and crash landed on the Martian surface. But that’s ok, because the agencies will try again in 2020, with the launch of a life-seeking robot.
Satellite footage from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter showing the Schiaparelli lander crash site.
3. CRS 8
The CRS-8 mission is definitely memorable as SpaceX not only resumed cargo deliveries to the International Space Station (ISS), but also proved it had finally mastered landing on a floating platform.
Floating platform? No problem, watch me land.
4. OSIRIS-REx
On September 8, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft rocketed into space while tucked inside the payload fairing of an Atlas V rocket. It’s tasked with vacuuming up a sample of a carbon-rich asteroid, named Bennu, which is believed to hold clues about the origins of our solar system. Researchers hope to use the samples learn more about how life began.
OSIRIS-REx will collect a sample of the asteroid Bennu using a the TAGSAM.
5. Shenzou-11
Two Chinese astronauts blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi desert, on an unprecedented mission. The duo of Chen Dong and Jing Haipeng embarked on a month-long stay aboard China’s newest space laboratory — the Tiangong-2 — to test systems that will be used on the country’s future space station, which is set to launch in 2022.
6. Blue Origin’s Daring In-flight Abort Test
Blue Origin is one of several companies that dreams of ferrying passengers to and from space. In October they took a major leap towards that goal by proving their New Shepard vehicle can keep passengers safe during an emergency. As an added bonus, the rocket — which had previously launched and landed multiple times — surprised everyone by surviving the ordeal unscathed. Both rocket and capsule will be retired as museum pieces.
Launch, land, repeat
7. Antares Returns to Flight
Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket returned to flight on October 17, following a two-year hiatus. The vehicle was grounded in 2014 after a spectacular explosion rocked the coastal Virginia region, destroying the vehicle and payload and severely damaging the launch site. Bound for the International Space Station, the rocket carried a Cygnus cargo spacecraft to orbit, with over 5,000 pounds of research and supplies inside.
Antares returned to flight on October 17.
8. Long March 5
On November 6, China just launched its most powerful rocket yet: the Long March 5. This new heavy-lift vehicle carries with it the future of the Chinese space program, as it will be used to hoist a new space station into orbit as well as propel astronauts to destinations beyond low-Earth orbit.
The Long March 5 lifts off on its maiden voyage.
9. Expedition 50 Crew Launch
NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson adds a few more notches to her already impressive resume as she and her crewmates — Russia’s Oleg Novitskiy, and French astronaut Thomas Pesquet — blasted off towards the International Space Station on November 17. She is now the oldest woman to fly in space, at the age of 56, and will surpass Jeff Williams’ record for most days in space (Williams has logged 534 days on orbit). She will also be the first woman to command the orbital outpost twice. Their Expedition 50 mission is also a major milestone for the space station as it marks the 50th mission during the station’s lifetime.
NASA photographer Bill Ingalls captured this epic view of the Soyuz blasting off.
10. GOES-R
NASA and NOAA teamed up to launch a souped up weather satellite, called GOES-R. NOAA boasts that the satellite will be a real game-changer, and will scan the globe five time faster than current satellites can. By providing four times the spatial resolution, the spacecraft will be able to beam back real-time images of storms as they develop.
The GOES-R weather satellite will help researchers study hurricanes.
The actor chosen to play Chewbacca in the original Star Wars series was selected for one reason alone: He was 7 feet, 3 inches tall. Over time, the name Chewie has become synonymous with hairy folk with towering builds. The latest to earn the nickname is an ancient human whose 3.7-million-year-old footprints, just discovered in Tanzania, suggest that he was a Wookiee-like giant among his peers.
The footprints, discovered in Laetoli, suggest that the individual who made them was 5 feet and 4 inches tall. This height may not seem especially tall to us massive Sapiens, but for Australopithecus afarensis, the species that Chewie is thought to belong to, it is unprecedented as far as scientists know. The researchers behind the discovery, publishing their findings in the journal eLife, explain that they named the Australopithecus giant after the Wookiee when they realized what his huge feet said about his build.
One set of the footprints found in Laetoli were attributed to an individual nicknamed 'Chewie'.
At 27 centimeters long, Chewie’s footprints are about equivalent to a size 9 men’s shoe bought in the U.S, and the scientists estimate that he weighed about 105 pounds. His footsteps were found in tandem with those of one other Australopithecus individual, whose dimensions were more conventional for his species. These two are thought to be of the same species as Lucy, the notoriously old pre-human skeleton found in Ethiopia in 1974. Lucy, notably, was tiny; at 3 feet 5 inches tall, there’s no doubt she would have looked up at Chewie like some sort of massive alien.
Interpreting the differences in the sizes of Chewie and his counterpart has been controversial. Some scientists believe that they represent evidence that Australopithecus individuals of different sexes varied greatly in size — evolutionary biologists call this “sexual dimorphism” — and that in turn has fed into the theory that males of this species, like Chewie, tended to have harems of multiple smaller, female mates. The theory that early humans subscribed to polygynous, gorilla-style sexual behavior has been contested by other scientists who aren’t convinced that the smaller footprints next to Chewie’s necessarily belonged to a small mate. Arguing that the prints could very well have just belonged to a juvenile male, they assert that more evidence is needed before we can make any definitive judgments about their sex lives.
What we know for sure, however, is that Chewie was a giant among his peers — even among those whose footprints were discovered at the same site 40 years ago. However, whether or not he stayed faithful to a single person, like his namesake, remains to be determined.
Worden oorlogen in de toekomst beslecht door robots, die autonoom kiezen over leven en dood? Dat is een vraag voor president-elect Donald Trump die weldra moet beslissen of dergelijke technologie ontwikkeld mag worden.
"We staan op de drempel van hoe een gewapend conflict er in de 21ste eeuw zal uitzien", meent veiligheidsadviseur August Cole. Een artikel op nieuwssite Politico schetst een somber beeld van de toekomst. Zwermen gewapende drones, volautomatische antiraketschilden en killerrobots, ontworpen om vermoedelijke terroristen te identificeren en onmiddellijk uit te schakelen.
Zulke taferelen zouden wel eens realiteit kunnen worden, nu er in onderzoek naar dergelijke technologie grote stappen vooruit gezet worden. De toekomstige president zal daar ongetwijfeld ook een grote rol in spelen, aangezien Trump mag gaan beslissen of er in de toekomst nog geld gaat naar het ontwikkelen van nieuwe oorlogstechnologie.
Ondertussen gaan er steeds meer stemmen op om de ontwikkeling van dergelijke technologie te verbieden.
Dodelijke robots "zouden niet zomaar een nieuw wapen in het arsenaal betekenen, het zou ook een nieuwe manier van oorlogsvoeren introduceren", zo schreven negen Democraten uit het Huis van Afgevaardigden aan John Kerry, Amerikaans minister van Buitenlandse Zaken, en defensieminister Ash Carter. Daarom dringen ze aan op een preventief verbod om dergelijke technologie verder te ontwikkelen.
Die vraag wordt gesteund door de overheden van 19 landen, waaronder Mexico, Pakistan, Zimbabwe en Cuba. Ook mensenrechtenorganisaties maken zich zorgen en lanceerden een 'Stop Killer Robots'-campagne. Eerder deze maand werd de zaak besproken op een wapenconferentie van de Verenigde Naties in Genève, maar een verbod blijft voorlopig uit.
Voortouw nemen
Volgens Groves is de ontwikkeling van autonome wapens "de enige manier waarop het Amerikaanse leger tactisch en strategisch voordeel kan behouden ten opzichte van zijn vijanden in toekomstige conflicten"
De vraag van één miljoen: hoe denkt president-elect Trump over dergelijke oorlogsvoering? Eén lid van zijn overgangsteam is alvast duidelijk: De Verenigde Staten moeten zich niet enkel verzetten tegen een verbod op de verdere ontwikkeling van killerrobots, ze moet het voortouw nemen.
"Waarom zouden de Verenigde Staten dergelijk protocol aannemen, wanneer hun tegenstanders dezelfde soort wapens ontwikkelen?", vraagt Steven Groves, die in het overgangsteam van Trump zit, zich luidop af. Hij benadrukt wel aan Politico dat hij niet namens dat transitieteam spreekt. Niemand wilde officieel commentaar geven over de materie. Volgens Groves is de ontwikkeling van autonome wapens "de enige manier waarop het Amerikaanse leger tactisch en strategisch voordeel kan behouden ten opzichte van zijn vijanden in toekomstige conflicten".
Beperkt gebruik
De regering-Obama is momenteel nog geen duidelijke weg ingeslagen en onderzoekt de ethische en legale kant van de zaak. Ondertussen staat het bestaande beleid van het Pentagon onderzoekers toe om de technologie te ontwikkelen, met een beperkt gebruik op het slagveld.
Maar aangezien de ambtstermijn van Obama op z'n einde loopt, zal het Trump zijn die de volgende grote beslissingen mag nemen.
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UFO Caught Over Island Nation Of Cyprus, Great Photo, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Caught Over Island Nation Of Cyprus, Great Photo, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: April 19, 2009, but reported today Location of sighting: Cyprus, Europe Source: MUFON #81145 This UFO was seen over the island nation of Cyprus back in 2009, but was reported today. The island has a total population of about 1.3 million people and is totally surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea. UFOs are often seen over the ocean and its been long believed that if aliens wanted to hide a base on Earth, under the ocean was the logical decision. At the moment, the only alien base I know of in the Mediterranean is below Rocca Pia, Italy...and belongs to the W56. So it sounds like there are several bases in the Mediterranean. Scott C. Waring Eyewitness states:
Picture was taken for the purpose of mountain and moon combination scenery. The object could only be realised right after shooted in LCD display. Several shootings made before this photo but no other objects were found in previous shootings.
UFO Shoots Past Passenger Jet Over Seattle, Washington Dec 2016, Photos, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Shoots Past Passenger Jet Over Seattle, Washington Dec 2016, Photos, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Dec 2016 Location of sighting: Seattle, Washington, USA Source: MUFON #81157 UFOs love anything that flies, and passenger jets are easy targets for alien drones. This UFO was spotted by some passengers, but they barely got a photo before it was gone. If you want to see a UFO and you are near an airport, record video of 50 passenger jets passing overhead and I guarantee you, at least one will have a UFO shoot past it within a few meters, but you must watch your videos of the planes in slow motion often to catch them. Scott C. Waring Eyewitness states:
We were flying to Seattle when my bud saw his black thing appear in the sky. I was able to snap the picture right before it disappeared about 10 seconds later.
Giant UFO Seen Over Texas During Sunset, Looks Like Second Sun, Dec 26, 2016 UFO Sighting News.
Giant UFO Seen Over Texas During Sunset, Looks Like Second Sun, Dec 26, 2016 UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Dec 26, 2016 Location of sighting: Grapevine, Texas, USA Source: MUFON #81155 This is a cloaked UFO that was caught during sunset. You can clearly see that its round like the sun, glowing like the sun and is even the same size as the sun, however its a far distance away, and we know its not a second sun. Some would call this Niburu, but its a UFO hiding above a cloud. The cloud below it is cover for it to hide, but it didn't account for the setting suns angle and the UFOs cloak fails when light bend around the cloak more than 180 degrees. Scott C. Waring Eyewitness states:
Was having a drink with a coworker at the top of the Gaylord Texan parking lot when we suddenly Observed something reflecting the Suns light, no idea what it could be. Lasted about 10 minutes then it started to fade away south west.
UFOs Near Earths Sun On Dec 26, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
UFOs Near Earths Sun On Dec 26, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Dec 26, 2016 Location of sighting: Earths Sun These UFOs were uncovered by UFOnearSun of Youtube. He makes daily UFO updates about the newest SOHO images with UFOs in them. The SOHO images are taken by satellites near the sun with about 50+ different filters on it. Different color is a different filter. The ships look huge, but thats not the strangest thing about them. The weird thing is that SOHO video shows these UFOs moving at almost light speed, in small jumps, so if a jump stops between the SOHO satellite and the sun, it gets captured on video and photos. However its usually caught on a single frame, but sometimes on several frames of video. Scott C. Waring
Celebrity Marnie Simpson Expresses Her Willingness To Pay Aliens To Abduct Her
Celebrity Marnie Simpson Expresses Her Willingness To Pay Aliens To Abduct Her
Marnie Simpson is best known for her Geordie Shore’s wild party antics but apparently also harbors a fondness for supernatural as she claims to have been spotted a UFO.
The 24-year-old television personality took to Twitter to announce her another UFO sighting on the way to the airport.
A mocked-up picture of flying saucers was also posted on Marnie’s Instagram with a caption saying
“I would pay you to abduct me.”
One fan commented that it could be an airplane while another joked it must be Marnie’s dodgy contact lenses. A third thought it could have been an oddly shaped plane as she was on her way to an airport.
Marnie is not the first celebrity to share their extraterrestrial related experiences. Zayn Malik and Danny Dyer revealed they believe in the creatures outside planet Earth.
The 1D star Zayn claimed he left the boy band after a visitation from a being from outer space in his dream.
EastEnders actor Danny was part of the 2010 documentary titled “I Believe In UFOs,” which featured his visits around the world, particularly on the locations where aliens sightings were often reported. He told during interviews that he had seen UFOs, which certainly not an airplane, balloon or a Chinese lantern.
Also, pop singer Demi Lovato recently shared her UFO encounter and her belief in life beyond Earth. She said the encounter took place while she was walking outside and seeing a worm-like shape in the sky. She noticed that it changed form and moved all over the place.
Het jaar 2016 sluiten we traditiegetrouw af met een lijst van de mooiste ruimtefoto’s van het jaar. Net als vorig jaar mochten bezoekers van Scientias.nl dit jaar stemmen. Duizenden bezoekers kozen de volgende tien foto’s.
We tellen in dit artikel terug van de nummer 10 naar de nummer 1. De foto bovenaan dit artikel is – helaas – net buiten de top 10 gevallen en toont duintjes op het oppervlak van Mars. Het lijkt een beetje op morsecode, vind je niet?
Wil je één van de tien foto’s instellen als achtergrondafbeelding op je computer, tablet of telefoon? Bij de meeste foto’s vind je een link naar een versie in hoge resolutie.
10. Mercurius voor de zon
Het is om stil van te worden: de beelden van het Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). We zien hoe Mercurius – de binnenste en tevens kleinste planeet van ons zonnestelsel – voor de machtige zon langs beweegt. De foto’s zijn in mei 2016 gemaakt tijdens de Mercuriusovergang. De foto is een frame uit een mooie video. Bekijk devideo hier.
9. Krabnevel door de ogen van Hubble
De schitterende Krabnevel is op de negende plaats geëindigd. Bijna duizend jaar geleden ontplofte er een ster aan de nachthemel. De explosie was zo helder, dat het restant van de ster 23 dagen lang midden op de dag nog met het blote oog zichtbaar was. De jaren, decennia en eeuwen daarna doofde de nevel langzaam uit. Tegenwoordig is de Krabnevel enkel nog met een goede verrekijker of een kleine amateur-telescoop te observeren. Hubble maakt de bovenstaande foto, die je hier in hoge resolutie kunt downloaden.
8. Zonnestelsel in wording
Dit is de scherpste foto ooit van een zonnestelsel in wording. De foto is gemaakt door ALMA, een astronomische interferometer van 66 radioschotels. De ster TW Hydrae steelt hierboven de show. Deze ster is slechts tien miljoen jaar oud. In vergelijking: onze zon is 4,5 miljard jaar oud. Je ziet heel goed hoe babyplaneten hun banen om de jonge ster hebben schoongeveegd.
7. Stormachtige noordpool van Saturnus
Wist je dat op de noordpool van Saturnus een zeshoek te zien is? De foto hierboven (hoge resolutie) is gemaakt door de Cassini-ruimtesonde. In het hart van de zeshoek bevindt zich een grote zwarte ‘stip’ die de noordpool van Saturnus lijkt te markeren. Het is waarschijnlijk het oog van een orkaan-achtige storm die op de noordpool woedt. Het oog is zo’n 2000 kilometer breed, ongeveer twintig keer groter dan het oog van een gemiddelde orkaan op aarde. Cassini zal volgend jaar hopelijk nog een keer in de top tien ruimtefoto’s staan, want in 2017 eindigt de ruimtemissie.
27 maart vloog de Rosetta-ruimtesonde op 329 kilometer afstand van komeet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Het ruimtevaartuig maakte een foto toen het object voor de zon poseerde. Dit ziet er natuurlijk schitterend uit. Een krans wit licht omringt het badeendje. Bekijk de foto in hoge resolutie.
4. Stofhoos op Mars
Marsrover Opportunity stond op een hellinkje toen door de vallei onder hem een stofhoos joeg. En natuurlijk vereeuwigde de rover deze stofhoos (grote versie). Een stofhoos op Mars wordt ook wel een ‘dust devil’ genoemd: een draaiende zuil lucht die ontstaat doordat de lucht aan het oppervlak warmer is dan de lucht daarboven. Marsrover Opportunity is inmiddels alweer twaalf jaar actief op de rode planeet. In januari 2017 gaat het dertiende jaar in.
3. Flinke ruimtesoes
En we zijn aangekomen bij de top drie! Met op nummer drie deze kosmische ruimtesoes. Gelukkig ziet dit object – NGC 7635 – er veel mooier uit dan een soes of een bitterbal. Ook is het object veel groter. De Zeepbelnevel bevindt zich op 8.000 lichtjaar van de aarde en is zo’n tien lichtjaar breed. Dat komt overeen met 100 biljoen kilometer, oftewel 100.000.000.000.000 kilometer. Deze foto downloaden om te gebruiken als achtergrondfoto op jouw computer of telefoon? Klik hier!
2. Selfie Curiosity
Bijna de helft (45%) van alle stemmers vond deze selfie van Curiosity de mooiste Marsfoto van 2016. Helaas kreeg de foto net te weinig voorkeursstemmen om het tot ruimtefoto van het jaar te schoppen. De rover maakte de selfie met behulp van de Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) aan het uiteinde van zijn robotarm. Dat we die arm niet zien, is goed te verklaren. De selfie is welbeschouwd een mozaïek bestaande uit 57 foto’s. Gekozen is om (delen van) foto’s te gebruiken waar de robotarm niet op staat. Download een grote versie van deze foto.
1. De prachtige Orionnevel
De allermooiste ruimtefoto van het jaar is deze schitterende foto van de beroemde Orionnevel. Niet alleen sterren, maar ook bruine dwergen en eenzame planeetachtige objecten zijn op deze foto te zien. De beroemde Orionnevel ligt ruim 1.300 lichtjaar van de aarde en is met het blote oog zichtbaar. Daarmee is het één van de helderste nevels. Omdat de Orionnevel niet ver van de aarde verwijderd is, is de kraamkamer een perfect proefobject om meer te weten te komen over de vorming van nieuwe sterren. De foto is gemaakt door het HAWK-I infraroodinstrument van ESO’s Very Large Telescope. Deze foto in XXL-formaat vind je hier.
Greg Bishop has carefully studied the life and ufological claims of the infamous UFOContactee George Adamski. Greg tells the story of what happened on a certain, controversy-filled day in 1952: “…Adamski left his Palomar mountain retreat at 1:00 a.m. on Thursday November 20, 1952 along with his lifetime secretary Lucy McGinnis and Alice Wells – the owner of the property where Adamski gave lectures on Universal Law and the café where he flipped burgers to pay the rent. At about 8:00 a.m. they met with Al Bailey and his wife Betty, andGeorge Hunt Williamson [a fellow-Contactee] and his wife, Betty, in Blythe, [California] just west of the Arizona / California border.”
The group then suddenly turned back, on what was described as a “hunch.” They retraced their steps, taking a small highway eleven miles northeast towards the town of Parker, Arizona, where they stopped. After breakfast, the group scanned the skies for saucers. Passing motorists slowed down, wondering what was going on. When, around noon, an aircraft flew over the group, it provoked brief excitement. The main event was still to come, however. In fact, it was only moments away: a huge, silver-colored, cigar-shaped UFO suddenly loomed into view.
Greg continues: “Williamson asked: ‘Is that a space ship?’, as Betty Bailey tried to set up a movie camera, but couldn’t because ‘she was so excited.’ According to Adamski, they were anxious not to attract attention to the object, so they didn’t point at it and alert other passing cars to this event.”
“Someone take me down the road, quick! That ship has come looking for me and I don’t want to keep them waiting!” Adamski yelled, as he jumped into the car with McGinnis and Mr. Bailey. About a half-mile down the road, with the craft shadowing them, Adamski told McGinnis to turn off the road. He then instructed the two to “go back to the others as quickly as possible…and watch for anything that might take place” – from the safe viewing distance of half a mile or more away. After this first craft was chased away by interceptor jets, another “beautiful small craft” arrived and landed behind the crest of a mountain about half a mile away.
George Adamski
Adamski soon saw a figure waving to him and walked towards it. Adamski said of this experience: “I fully realized I was in the presence of a man from space – a human being from another world!” The entity identified himself as Orthon. After some warnings about atomic weapons and wars, and a refusal to be photographed, Orthon returned to his ship and sailed away. A controversy of massive proportions had just begun – one which still exists today (check out Greg’s book Wake Up Down There! for the complete, detailed article I have quoted from above). Also, see Greg’s latest book, It Defies Language! for more on his thoughts on the Contactee issue.
One of the more insightful people on the matter of Adamski – and his life and claims – is Colin Bennett, the author of the book, Looking for Orthon. I interviewed Bennett some years ago on the matter of Adamski. Bennett told me: “Adamski was not an educated man, and he used the better-educated Williamson as he used Desmond Leslie. That is, as an extra cerebral lung. As such George Hunt Williamson was the top of Adamski’s multi-media head. As they used to say in those days, the both tripped one another out. The Mojave was certainly rich in ancient Indian legends concerning flying vehicles. This was one of the reasons why George Hunt Williamson and the Baileys accompanied Adamski to the desert.”
Bennett expanded: “It is more than possible that the group wanted to conjure up something like the kind of presence that they thought they had contacted from their automatic writing, and at least Adamski got more than he bargained for. A combination of high intrigue, burgeoning technology combined with the ancient desert and its prehistoric features was not to be trifled with, and a genie came right out of the alchemical bottle. All the best books on occultism contain the warning that the attempted raising of images is not to be taken lightly.”
Orthon
There is the following from Bennett, too: “Adamski’s ‘core story’ began to run out of steam very quickly. His followers demanded to know more about Orthon ‘the spaceman,’ and they asked if Adamski had been on yet more journeys in Orthon’s flying saucer. Adamski, the all-American showman, anxious not to disappoint, then turned back to literature, as it were, in order to create new episodes for life. This got him into a terrible wrap-round tangle, and subsequently he pasted-up any and every kind of covered-wagon to try and keep the Orthon story going. This lost him almost all of his latter-day following, and he was finished. But history refused to erase him. The core story was archetypal; it had a kind of irresistible intellectual eroticism about it.”
Bennett also had this to say to me: “George Adamski played a significant part in establishing New Age thinking. It might be well to remember that the entire body of our moral philosophy and spiritual life is formed by visions and inspirations. It does not come from science or technology. Those who thoughtlessly dismiss mystical experience cut themselves off from all art, literature, and no small part of all thought and philosophy.
“As mystics and prophets know, when desert light strikes the retina, anything that can be imagined can happen. The greatest tribute that can be paid to Adamski is that through both foul means and fair, he helped to create one of the very few routes to the unconscious we have.”
Multiplemedia outletsacross South Africa reported the sighting of a green UFO on the night of December 12th by commercial pilots near Jeffreys Bay in the Eastern Cape province on the Indian Ocean coast. This sighting occurred just a day after a similar sighting of a green UFO off the coast of Spain and about a year after a green UFO was seen by many witnesses in Cape Town. What are they and are they related?
A Boeing 737 cargo aircraft Captain and Co-Pilot, flying from Cape Town International Airport to Port Elizabeth International Airport, reported seeing what appeared to be a green object increasing in altitude past the cockpit of their aeroplane reaching to about a thousand feet into clouds above them and then returning towards earth at high speed past the cockpit of the aeroplane.
That report came from Craig Lambinon, a spokesperson for the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI). a voluntary maritime rescue organization in South Africa. He says the unnamed flight crew first reported the green UFO to the air traffic control center in Port Elizabeth which determined that the plane was at an altitude of 3,000 feet and flying over the ocean 10 nautical miles from Jeffreys Bay when the incident occurred. That’s about 90 km (55 miles) west of the Port Elizabeth International Airport, the plane’s destination.
The NSRI station at Jeffreys Bay which investigated the UFO
When air traffic controllers could not determine a cause (they dismissed the possibility of a military flare because they don’t reach that altitude), they contacted the NSRI station at Jeffrey’s Bay to search for what might be an undocumented aircraft in trouble. Lambinon reported to the media:
NSRI Jeffreys Bay were alerted and although the matter was monitored throughout the night the green object has not been seen since and there are no reports of anyone, or craft or aircraft overdue or missing. No further reports of sightings have been received and the incident remains a mystery.
Well, no further sightings in Jeffreys Bay. However, the night before the pilots saw their UFO, a bright green UFO was seen by witnesses in La Hita (Toledo), Sevilla, Calar Alto (Almería), Sierra Nevada and La Sagra (Granada) who also reported an explosion and tremors. While no photographs of the Jeffreys Bay UFO were taken, numerous witnesses got photos of the Spanish object. That UFO was determined by University of Huelva astrophysicist Jose María Madiedo to be an asteroid traveling at 72,000 km/h (44,000 mph).
Was the Jeffreys Bay UFO a similar meteorite – perhaps one from the same shower? The pilots say it rose as it passed them before crashing into the water. That doesn’t sound like a meteor.
UFO seen over Cape Town and Durban in November 2015
Was is something else? A little over a year ago on November 28, 2015, numerous witnesses in Cape Town, on the west side of South Africa, and Durban, on the east coast, reported a glowing green disc that some described as a “wormhole” because of its shape and the way light emanated downward from it. No explanation appears to have been given for it.
It sounds like South Africans need to keep their cell phones handy and their eyes on the sky.
The field of ufology as we know it is constantly changing and evolving. This, of course, isn’t anything peculiar or specific to the study of UFOs however, since virtually all branches of science can be found to exist in a similar state of flux. As we learn, some old ideas are thrown out, like the old Newtonian notion that light would behave like a wave of energy… only to be readopted with the unsteady accumulation of insights that point to both particle and wavelike behavior of that most mysterious of energetic illuminations dispersed throughout our galaxy.
Much the same, close friends and associates of mine know one of my favorite gripes about the existing state of research into the unexplained: there is so much emphasis on gathering case studies that, while interesting from an anecdotal or storytelling sense to curious readers, primarily only seek to accumulate random bits of data that have been gathered in the field. Despite the patterns and associations that might be drawn between such reports, it is difficult to establish causal relationships between similar phenomenon. This may be due to on of two reasons: the caution exerted by the most scientific researchers out there… or the simple fact that few too many are attempting to read between the lines in the first place.
In preparation for an upcoming interview I’ll be conducting with author Colin Bennett, I’ve been reading his new book Flying Saucers Over the Whitehouse, which takes an autobiographical look at the UFO research of Edward J. Ruppelt. Though it is an enlightening (and remarkably savvy) glimpse at the life of this early Ufologist, there are other things about the text that have struck me as being rather insightful. I must point out first that various bloggers have already compared my own work, along with that of Greg Bishop and Nick Redfern, to Bennett’s under the construct of a so-called emerging “New Ufology.” Thus, I was delighted to see why those sorts of parallels were being made, upon seeing the following sentiments expressed by the author:
There is a need to construct a New Ufology which gets away from the passive listing of countless case histories from the past. Ufological studies should be integrated with the latest developments in psychology and mathematics, along with up-to-date Postmodern views on Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing.
I’ve long held the notion that revised mathematical and scientific approaches to the study of UFOs should be a necessity if we are to progress with any degree of clarity in this field of research, along with something kin to a classical philosophical approach that might help us define clearly, in human terms, what we may be dealing with based on logical assumptions. Alas, the days of Jacques Vallee and perhaps a handful of others getting out there and calculating the energetic potential of a craft based on the cancellation of car headlights by the UFO’s own hyper-illumination seem to have drifted slowly behind the horizon (not to say that Vallee, a titan in the field, isn’t still writing and researching, of course). Still, I’ve noticed many new books on UFOs drifting back to those sorts of case studies of yesteryear, reporting witness testimonies, time and dates, descriptions of odd illuminations and etc ad nauseum… how I’ve wished there were more like Vallee who were (to put it admirably) dorky enough to apply mathematics and physics to those case studies. In my opinion, it’s the only way we’ll really ever discern anything noteworthy about ufology as a whole.
Seeing Mr. Bennett’s feelings articulated thusly gives me a little hope and inspiration… and for a guy like myself, whose reading list over the last 24 hours has included Physics for Dummies, The Roots of Coincidence: An Excursion into Parapsychology by Arthur Koestler, and The Varieties of Scientific Experience by Carl Sagan, maybe it’s proof there are kindred spirits out there after all!
While I am still on a bit of a Contactee kick, I thought it would be a good time to share with you the story of one of the lesser-known so-called Contactees. It is a story which is no less interesting than those of the likes of George Van Tassel, Daniel Fry, Dana Howard, Orfeo Angelucci, and George Adamski. The woman in question was Margit Mustapa. She was born and raised in Finland and, in her youth, performed with the Helsinki National Opera. Margit reportedly viewed an immense, cigar-shaped UFO in the skies of Seattle, Washington, while visiting the city in 1950. As a result, she finally settled in what we might call definitive Contactee territory: California, specifically in Santa Barbara.
Mustapa was the author of two books (written in 1960 and 1963 respectively). They were Spaceship to the Unknown and Book of Brothers. With chapter titles like “Toward the Universal Brotherhood,” “Tall Venusian Brother Appears,” “Brother of Electricity Explains,” and “Cooperation with Brotherhood,” these are classic books that easily rival the written output of the aforementioned Contactees listed above.
And, take a look at the publisher’s blurb about Margit’s claimed experiences. It appears on the jacket of Spaceship to the Unknown, a book which echoed some of the claims of Contactee Truman Bethurum, namely that back in the 1950s the Space-Brothers and Space-Sisters were operating clandestinely in our cities: “Mrs. Mustapa’s men and women from other planets are not the queer, bug-eyed creatures usually pictured. Her first ‘contacts’ with space people were a gentle-appearing woman in an ordinary car, and a bronzed, black-haired motorist in sports garb (including a colorful Hawaiian shirt) – both encountered on a road near Los Angeles. No words were exchanged. None were necessary. Telepathic vibrations carried their message.”
The messages and data said to have been given to Margit Mustapa were certainly significant, if the Contactee issue is your thing, of course. In Book of Brothers, she notes: “The brothers of the book are Venusians. They have influenced thousands of minds to understand how to grow inwardly, spiritually, and mentally toward extraplanetary dimensions in thinking…In the universal concept, each individual, through meditation and study, must find his place. But first he must free himself from traditional thinking and open his mind to the implications of the Space Age which the whirling satellites of today symbolize. To this goal the Brothers offered the spiritual key…We can become as gods, living in a new era of harmony; we can penetrate to outer space and the promise of the future…a future of love, understanding and peace.”
And, at The Anomalist, there is this: “Margit Mustapa did some dictation for a Venusian Brother around 1958 that revealed the Earth was ‘destined to become a sacred planet.’ The process would take some decades and would involve elimination of the self-pride of mankind. Thought reading would have to become common as well. One prediction now testable was that the children of her time would become representatives of a ‘new race’ that would bring in a culture founded on fourth-dimensional thinking. To the extent this was connected with the inner man and his growth, it was arguably a correct prediction. To the extent these new age individuals should have felt increased spiritual speed and velocity in a vortex of radioactive love calling from the planet Venus, it appears certainly wrong. A later prediction that Mustapa relayed from Saint Germane also seems wrong: ‘An immediate release from the evil powers will be introduced during the Xmas time of 1959.'”
Whatever you may (or may not!) think about the Contactees of the 1950s and 1960s, Margit Mustapa’s books should be recognized as important aspects of Contactee history.
Since 1947, UFOs have been reported in the skies above America, and throughout various vicinities elsewhere around the world. With all further discussion of famous cases placed aside for the moment, one trend that seems all-too apparent to many UFOlogists today is that the phenomenon seems to have changed, if not dwindled somewhat.
Case reports and detailed encounters are seldom reported to any degree similar to what the last few decades have afforded us. These UFOs have, in essence, become the proverbial old, gray mare that just “ain’t what she used to be.”
There are still reports of incidents today that are noteworthy, however, at least for the fact that they seem to warrant further questions due to their appearance as some kind of tangible, unexplained phenomenon.
Recently here at Mysterious Universe, Paul Seaburn reported on a UFO incident that occurred near Cape Town, South Africa, within the last few days. The incident in question involved the captain and co-pilot of a Boeing 737 Cargo Aircraft, who described seeing, “a green object increasing in altitude past the cockpit of their aeroplane, reaching to about a thousand feet into clouds above them, and then returning towards earth at high speed past the cockpit of the aeroplane.”
This report bears an almost peculiar similarity to an incident that took place more than two decades ago over Long Island Sound, involving the crews of two separate aircraft that described seeing an unusual, green-colored and brightly lit object passing close to their planes.
The principal witnesses were the crew aboard Lufthansa Flight 405, and the nearby British Airways Flight 226, who each observed the object on the night of November 17, 1995. The distance between the aircraft had been approximately 35 miles at the time of the observation, and the object was first seen at 10:20 PM EST by crew aboard the Lufthansa flight.
Described as “a greenish projectile flying 3000 feet above and to the left” of their aircraft, the object in question did not appear to be a meteor, and was said to have travelled along on a horizontal trajectory until it was no longer in sight. The possibility that the object had been some kind of military aircraft had been considered at the time of the observation, since the location of the sighting was just north of an airspace used for military operations, according to FAA records.
Peter Davenport, director of the National UFO Reporting Center, investigated the incident, and described it in a subsequent report as having resembled, “an object with a bright light on the front and a green trail.” The amount of time the object had been observed in the sky, seen by both crews aboard the two commercial planes involved, seemed to also rule out a meteor. Strangely, the object also managed to evade detection by radar at the Air Route Traffic Control Center at nearby Nashua, New Hampshire.
Below is a portion of the transcript of that communication from November 17, 1995, obtained by Davenport, where the object is described during communication between the two flights leaving JFK International Airport and Boston ATC:
LUFT: Uh, Boston, Lufthansa 405/Heavy.
FAA: Lufthansa 405, go ahead.
LUFT: Uh, we just passed traffic on the left wing, uh, about 2,000 to 3,000 feet above us. What traffic was it?
FAA: Is this Lufthansa 405?
LUFT: Affirmative, Lufthansa 405. We had opposite traffic on the left wing. Can you confirm this?
FAA: Lufthansa 405, negative. I show no traffic in your area within, uh, 20 or 30 miles.
LUFT: It should be now on our tail, about 10 miles… We passed it just one minute ago, and it was looking strange.
BRIT: Speed Bird 226 confirms that. It was just above us on our left-hand side about 3 minutes ago.
FAA: What altitude does it appear to be at, Lufthansa 405?
LUFT: It was only 2 or 3 thousand feet above us. We are now passing (Flight) Level 260. That’s confirmed, or not? Lufthansa.
FAA: Lufthansa 405, roger.
BRIT: Speed Bird 226, we confirm that. We had something go past us about two, well… about one to two thousand feet above on the left hand side. Uh, looked like a green trail on it, and a very bright light on the front of it. We assumed it was an opposite traffic.
FAA: Speed Bird 226, roger that.
LUFT: (Garbled)..Lufthansa 405/Heavy. We are right now about 26 miles east of “Hotel Tango Oscar (Hampton??).” And the Speed Bird is now ahead, or behind us (or where)?
FAA: Lufthansa 405, the Speed Bird is in your 12:00 o’clock, and about 30 miles, 40 miles.
LUFT: That was not our traffic. Lufthansa 405 Heavy.
FAA: Lufthansa 405, roger. And the heading of the traffic, was it the same direction, or opposite direction?
LUFT: Exactly opposite. Lufthansa 405/Heavy.
FAA: Roger. Did it pass off your right side?
LUFT: Uh, left side.
FAA: Roger.
BRIT: Yea, Speed Bird 226 confirms that. We saw the same thing. It certainly looked like an aircraft initially, but it may not have been one.
LUFT: (We can’t tell then??) It was looking very strange, with a long, uh, light, in the tail.
BRIT: Yea, a big bright white light on the front, and a greenish tail coming out the back.
LUFT: Can you confirm this, Lufthansa 405/Heavy.
FAA: OK, Lufthansa 405, Speed Bird 226. Thanks, we’ll look into it.
??? (Garbled transmissions)
FAA: Speed Bird 226, did it go over…did it go overhead. The traffic go overhead you, or was it below you?
BRIT: It was overhead and off to the left, much the same as ((garbled)). It actually looked about…opposite traffic, 2000 feet above. That’s what it initially looked like. But then it did have a very strong trail to it…a vapor trail, which looked more like smoke. And the light on the front was very, very bright, and as it went past us, it seemed to (just?) disappear and (went) 5 miles behind us.
FAA: Speed Bird, 226, roger. Were you level at 29 at that time?
BRIT: Yea, affirmative.
FAA: Roger. Lufthansa 405, how far off to your side did that pass, the traffic pass?
LUFT: It was pretty close, and like Speed Bird said, it looked like (four??) or three thousand feet above on the left wing, just one mile and, uh, on opposite track… It doesn’t have, …it didn’t have any uh, lights…(normal) lights, beacon lights, or red or green lights. Only a white light in the front, and with a long green light. It looked like a U-F-O.
FAA: Lufthansa 405, roger that. Like I said, we had nothing flying in the area. You are just north of a military operating area, but the traffic shouldn’t have varied out that far out,…out of the area.
LUFT: Must have been a military. Lufthansa 405/Heavy.
FAA: Roger. Giant Killer, (garbled) 59.
GK: Giant Killer.
FAA: Hey, you got anything flying out in the area?
GK: Negative, (105 is??) turned over. 0300.
FAA: Well, I just received a couple of UFO reports.
GK: Oh, is that right?
FAA? Yea, I had a couple of guys that reported lights, just moved all over their heads. I have no traffic whatsoever in the area. They said it passed within a mile of them, like at 2-3 thousand feet above them, opposite direction. (Garbled) green trail out the back.
GK: It could have been a meteor, or something.
FAA: (Garbled–Yea, it could have been that… it passed within a mile of them.)
GK: Who reported that?
FAA: Well, I got Speed Bird and Lufthansa.
GK: No, we don’t have any aircraft out there.
FAA: OK. 13
It is worth further noting that the mystery object appeared in the close proximity to the eventual location of the TWA Flight 800 crash, which occurred on July 17 of the following year. A number of additional reports of objects, described as flares, projectiles, and missiles were logged over Long Island Sound in the months that followed, further complicating the ensuing investigation into the cause of the Flight 800 crash. The ultimate cause, however, was determined to be an electrical spark that ignited the center wing fuel tank.
What was the object the Lufthansa and British Airlines crews observed that night, and is its similarity to the object seen over Cape Town, South Africa within the last few days of any further significance?
Since 1947, UFOs have been reported in the skies above America, and throughout various vicinities elsewhere around the world. With all further discussion of famous cases placed aside for the moment, one trend that seems all-too apparent to many UFOlogists today is that the phenomenon seems to have changed, if not dwindled somewhat.
Case reports and detailed encounters are seldom reported to any degree similar to what the last few decades have afforded us. These UFOs have, in essence, become the proverbial old, gray mare that just “ain’t what she used to be.”
There are still reports of incidents today that are noteworthy, however, at least for the fact that they seem to warrant further questions due to their appearance as some kind of tangible, unexplained phenomenon.
Recently here at Mysterious Universe, Paul Seaburn reported on a UFO incident that occurred near Cape Town, South Africa, within the last few days. The incident in question involved the captain and co-pilot of a Boeing 737 Cargo Aircraft, who described seeing, “a green object increasing in altitude past the cockpit of their aeroplane, reaching to about a thousand feet into clouds above them, and then returning towards earth at high speed past the cockpit of the aeroplane.”
This report bears an almost peculiar similarity to an incident that took place more than two decades ago over Long Island Sound, involving the crews of two separate aircraft that described seeing an unusual, green-colored and brightly lit object passing close to their planes.
The principal witnesses were the crew aboard Lufthansa Flight 405, and the nearby British Airways Flight 226, who each observed the object on the night of November 17, 1995. The distance between the aircraft had been approximately 35 miles at the time of the observation, and the object was first seen at 10:20 PM EST by crew aboard the Lufthansa flight.
Described as “a greenish projectile flying 3000 feet above and to the left” of their aircraft, the object in question did not appear to be a meteor, and was said to have travelled along on a horizontal trajectory until it was no longer in sight. The possibility that the object had been some kind of military aircraft had been considered at the time of the observation, since the location of the sighting was just north of an airspace used for military operations, according to FAA records.
Peter Davenport, director of the National UFO Reporting Center, investigated the incident, and described it in a subsequent report as having resembled, “an object with a bright light on the front and a green trail.” The amount of time the object had been observed in the sky, seen by both crews aboard the two commercial planes involved, seemed to also rule out a meteor. Strangely, the object also managed to evade detection by radar at the Air Route Traffic Control Center at nearby Nashua, New Hampshire.
Below is a portion of the transcript of that communication from November 17, 1995, obtained by Davenport, where the object is described during communication between the two flights leaving JFK International Airport and Boston ATC:
LUFT: Uh, Boston, Lufthansa 405/Heavy.
FAA: Lufthansa 405, go ahead.
LUFT: Uh, we just passed traffic on the left wing, uh, about 2,000 to 3,000 feet above us. What traffic was it?
FAA: Is this Lufthansa 405?
LUFT: Affirmative, Lufthansa 405. We had opposite traffic on the left wing. Can you confirm this?
FAA: Lufthansa 405, negative. I show no traffic in your area within, uh, 20 or 30 miles.
LUFT: It should be now on our tail, about 10 miles… We passed it just one minute ago, and it was looking strange.
BRIT: Speed Bird 226 confirms that. It was just above us on our left-hand side about 3 minutes ago.
FAA: What altitude does it appear to be at, Lufthansa 405?
LUFT: It was only 2 or 3 thousand feet above us. We are now passing (Flight) Level 260. That’s confirmed, or not? Lufthansa.
FAA: Lufthansa 405, roger.
BRIT: Speed Bird 226, we confirm that. We had something go past us about two, well… about one to two thousand feet above on the left hand side. Uh, looked like a green trail on it, and a very bright light on the front of it. We assumed it was an opposite traffic.
FAA: Speed Bird 226, roger that.
LUFT: (Garbled)..Lufthansa 405/Heavy. We are right now about 26 miles east of “Hotel Tango Oscar (Hampton??).” And the Speed Bird is now ahead, or behind us (or where)?
FAA: Lufthansa 405, the Speed Bird is in your 12:00 o’clock, and about 30 miles, 40 miles.
LUFT: That was not our traffic. Lufthansa 405 Heavy.
FAA: Lufthansa 405, roger. And the heading of the traffic, was it the same direction, or opposite direction?
LUFT: Exactly opposite. Lufthansa 405/Heavy.
FAA: Roger. Did it pass off your right side?
LUFT: Uh, left side.
FAA: Roger.
BRIT: Yea, Speed Bird 226 confirms that. We saw the same thing. It certainly looked like an aircraft initially, but it may not have been one.
LUFT: (We can’t tell then??) It was looking very strange, with a long, uh, light, in the tail.
BRIT: Yea, a big bright white light on the front, and a greenish tail coming out the back.
LUFT: Can you confirm this, Lufthansa 405/Heavy.
FAA: OK, Lufthansa 405, Speed Bird 226. Thanks, we’ll look into it.
??? (Garbled transmissions)
FAA: Speed Bird 226, did it go over…did it go overhead. The traffic go overhead you, or was it below you?
BRIT: It was overhead and off to the left, much the same as ((garbled)). It actually looked about…opposite traffic, 2000 feet above. That’s what it initially looked like. But then it did have a very strong trail to it…a vapor trail, which looked more like smoke. And the light on the front was very, very bright, and as it went past us, it seemed to (just?) disappear and (went) 5 miles behind us.
FAA: Speed Bird, 226, roger. Were you level at 29 at that time?
BRIT: Yea, affirmative.
FAA: Roger. Lufthansa 405, how far off to your side did that pass, the traffic pass?
LUFT: It was pretty close, and like Speed Bird said, it looked like (four??) or three thousand feet above on the left wing, just one mile and, uh, on opposite track… It doesn’t have, …it didn’t have any uh, lights…(normal) lights, beacon lights, or red or green lights. Only a white light in the front, and with a long green light. It looked like a U-F-O.
FAA: Lufthansa 405, roger that. Like I said, we had nothing flying in the area. You are just north of a military operating area, but the traffic shouldn’t have varied out that far out,…out of the area.
LUFT: Must have been a military. Lufthansa 405/Heavy.
FAA: Roger. Giant Killer, (garbled) 59.
GK: Giant Killer.
FAA: Hey, you got anything flying out in the area?
GK: Negative, (105 is??) turned over. 0300.
FAA: Well, I just received a couple of UFO reports.
GK: Oh, is that right?
FAA? Yea, I had a couple of guys that reported lights, just moved all over their heads. I have no traffic whatsoever in the area. They said it passed within a mile of them, like at 2-3 thousand feet above them, opposite direction. (Garbled) green trail out the back.
GK: It could have been a meteor, or something.
FAA: (Garbled–Yea, it could have been that… it passed within a mile of them.)
GK: Who reported that?
FAA: Well, I got Speed Bird and Lufthansa.
GK: No, we don’t have any aircraft out there.
FAA: OK. 13
It is worth further noting that the mystery object appeared in the close proximity to the eventual location of the TWA Flight 800 crash, which occurred on July 17 of the following year. A number of additional reports of objects, described as flares, projectiles, and missiles were logged over Long Island Sound in the months that followed, further complicating the ensuing investigation into the cause of the Flight 800 crash. The ultimate cause, however, was determined to be an electrical spark that ignited the center wing fuel tank.
What was the object the Lufthansa and British Airlines crews observed that night, and is its similarity to the object seen over Cape Town, South Africa within the last few days of any further significance?
Geez, is it me or is space travel becoming more and more of a bummer every day? Scientists have recently discovered that time in space poses many mysterious health risks to human beings. The constant bombardment of cosmic radiation astronauts face in the vacuum of space has been found to increase the risk of developing unexplained cardiovascular diseases. More worryingly, researchers recently discovered that astronauts’ genes can be permanently altered as a result of spending time in space. Now, would-be astronauts have another disappointing space discovery to harsh their collective buzz: scientists have found that it is likely impossible to get stoned in space.
“Dude…I finally get why they call it ‘space.’ Woah…”
What a bummer. Even though toking up, putting on Dark Side of the Moon, and staring down at the Earth for hours sounds like a perfect way to spend one’s first time in outer space, a new study published in the journal Brain Structure and Function has found that background radiation levels in space can affect the hippocampal regions of the brain responsible for, among other things, cannabinoid reception:
These results demonstrate that energetic charged particles at space-relevant low doses elicit surprisingly selective long-term plasticity of synaptic microcircuits in the hippocampus. The magnitude and persistent nature of these alterations in synaptic function are consistent with the observed perturbations in cognitive performance after irradiation.
Researchers bombarded poor, innocent laboratory mice with radiation similar to that found throughout the solar system. After irradiation, the activity of cannabinoids (CB1) and cannabinoid receptor basket cells (CB1BCs) in the mouse brains was found to be significantly decreased due to the fact that the radiation triggered the release and uptake of another neurotransmitter, GABA:
In irradiated mice, GABA release from CB1BCs onto PCs [(hippocampal neurons)] was dramatically increased. This effect was abolished by CB1 blockade, indicating that irradiation decreased CB1-dependent tonic inhibition of GABA release.
Ok, you’re probably wondering why scientists would study this particular aspect of radiation-induced cognitive impairment. Given the facts that recreational and/or medical marijuana is now legal in 28 states and a trip to Mars could last over 300 days, it’s not a stretch to assume that many marijuana users might not want to go without their preferred therapy of choice on a long flight to their new home on the red planet or an off-world asteroid mining colony.
“It’s for my space glaucoma.”
If these discoveries don’t discourage you from taking a commercial spaceflight in the near future, there’s always a chance you could, you know, blow up on the launch pad or be incinerated upon reentry into the atmosphere. Still totally worth it, though.
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Recanting Roswell?
Recanting Roswell?
Recalling the previous posting aboutthe dueling 70th Anniversary Roswell UFO conferencescoming up in 2017, this would seem to indicate that the Roswell crash story's stock is rising. (Veteran Roswell researcher Kevin Randle reminded me that there were also two competing UFO conferences going on in Roswell for the 50th anniversary celebrations back in 1997. At that time there were two UFO museums operating in Roswell.)
However, the following would seem to indicate that Roswell stock is falling, or perhaps has even itself crashed. In the British publication Fortean Times (issue 346 published October 2016), there is a review of Kevin Randle's latest book, Roswell in the 21st Century, written by Jerome Clark. (I've completely lost track of how many books Randle has written, fiction and nonfiction. He once told me that for a while he had his own Book of the Month club - that is, he wrote twelve books in twelve months!)
Kevin Randle (left) with the author in 1977. Weren't we young and handsome back them?!! "Quest UFO" was a short-lived publication edited by Randle, intended to take an objective look at the UFO phenomenon..
Clark's review is titled "Recanting Roswell Certainty," a provocative title to say the least, especially as it concerns Randle, one of the most dedicated long-term promoters of the Roswell incident as an ET saucer crash. Clark says that
Roswell in the 21st Century, which never insults one's intelligence, is noteworthy for being the first recantation by a major figure in the controversy, now nearing its fourth decade.
"Recantation?" That's a pretty strong word.
In my Bad UFOs book, I quoted Karl Pflock's 2001 book Roswell – Inconvenient Facts and the Will to Believe. Pflock demonstrated inconsistencies such that of the just four people publicly identified as witnesses to alien bodies, “not one of the purported firsthand witnesses to alien bodies and a lone survivor is credible. Not one.” (Pflock, p. 118-120).
In this review, Clark continues:
Randle was initially taken with what seemed to be credible evidence. Eventually (as I did), he grew doubtful of that evidence, especially as it concerned the supposed recovery of dead aliens. Of the eight claimants (he spoke directly with all) who said they had observed such bodies, Randle writes, "not one [..] turned out to be telling the truth."
So Randle has raised the number of those who lied about seeing alien bodies at Roswell from four to eight, and there never were more than eight. This completely undercuts the need for bizarre ET or non-ET explanations for alleged alien body sightings at Roswell. Stalin and Mengele sent in deformed children in a Commie Nazi saucer: Annie Jacobs. The U.S. Army flew in dwarfish captured Japanese pilots in a bizarre craft: Nick Redfern. The Air Force dropped crash test dummies in the desert: U.S. Air Force. All of these highly implausible explanations are unnecessary, because there are no truthful accounts of alien bodies at Roswell to explain.
Randle doggedly pursued the Holy Grail of alien evidence at Roswell for more than thirty years. When he realized it wasn't there, he was brave enough to admit it.
But we should appreciate that Clark also shared Randle's gradually increasing wisdom:
Randle and I evolved, if separately, in the same direction: initial sympathy, growing doubt, at last a virtual certainty that whatever took place in New Mexico nearly seven decades ago, a crashed spacecraft did not precipitate it. Nor, for that matter, did a weather balloon.
He mentions his growing skepticism twice to make sure we get the message. Because to Jerome Clark, it's always about him. Let me remind the reader what Clark was writing during the heyday of Roswell belief. In the March 1991 issue of Fate magazine, Clark predicted that after the publication of two forthcoming books on Roswell by Randle/Schmitt and Friedman/Berliner,
Major media - not just the usual tabloid papers and television shows - will pick up the story and recount their own investigations, which will confirm the ufologists' findings.
How did that prediction work out, Jerry? 😃
By a curious coincidence, if indeed it is a coincidence, soon after I read the Fortean Times review, Randle contacted me to ask if I'd like to be a guest on his new radio show. I happily accepted. He said we could talk about my new book, and I said I'd like to talk about his, as well. Here is the soundtrack of that show, recorded December 14, 2016 and first broadcast on December 17:
We discussed many things about UFOlogy. I won't take the time to summarize them, you can listen to the show above. Randle is pretty skeptical about alien abduction claims. I asked Randle if Clark is correct that Randle had interviewed all eight persons who claimed to have seen alien bodies, and found none of them were "telling the truth." He confirmed it.
I asked Randle, if he no longer thinks that the Roswell incident was extraterrestrial, what does he think it was? He said he really doesn't know. It wasn't E.T., but it wasn't a Mogul balloon, either. Randle then launched into a critique of skeptics being unskeptical because they insist that the debris found was from the once-secret Mogul spy balloon project, when the evidence supposedly proves that it was not. Thus skeptics are, he says, as illogical as the ET believers.
I recalled that there had been some claims that the specific Mogul flight cited as the source of the Roswell debris could not have landed where that debris was found, because of wind directions and such. But that was not what Randle was talking about. He insisted that Mogul's Flight 4 was never launched, because there is no official record of its launch, and a researcher's diary entry suggests that it was not launched. Now I had not been following the details of that argument and could not argue against it. I said that I did not insist that the debris must be from Mogul, if it could be conclusively shown otherwise. Randle himself had stated that balloons carrying radar reflectors were being launched all over the country, on a regular basis. I suggested that the Roswell debris could be from one of these. He insisted that it would have been immediately recognized if it were. Perhaps so, but perhaps normal objectivity might be lost in a time of Flying Saucer excitement.
After that show, the debate over Mogul Flight #4 generated considerable discussion among skeptics on Facebook. The point was that Randle's argument is based on a particular interpretation of conflicting notes and data concerning Project Mogul, and is by no means an ironclad proof that Mogul Flight #4 was never launched. Much hinges on the interpretation of whether a "cluster of balloons," that everyone agrees was launched at that time, describes a complete balloon array as was apparently found. For those interested in the details, Tim Printy gives the full, convoluted story about the disputed Mogul flight, "Crashology's Last Stand." (scroll down to page 5). Randle has since written more about this. Be sure to read the comments for more debate on the Mogul controversy. In any case, it is far more likely that ambiguous record keeping has been misinterpreted and that Mogul Flight 4 was actually launched, than that some unknown craft of whatever origin crashed near Roswell.
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Otherworldly Technology? The temple of Seti I and the flying machines of ancient Egypt
Otherworldly Technology? The temple of Seti I and the flying machines of ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt contains countless mysteries, in fact, I love to call it the land of Pharaoh’s and mysteries. Simply put, many of the enigmas present in Egypt do not seem to have a clear explanation. At least mainstream scholars are unable to clarify some of the curiosities that surround the ancient Egyptian civilization.
One clear example is the construction of the Pyramids or the Sphinx of Giza.
However, equally puzzling is the written language of the ancient Egyptians.
In fact, Egyptian hieroglyphs only began to be deciphered after the discovery of the Rosetta stone, but they continue to be a constant source of astonishment for archaeologists.
In order to find astonishing ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs we only have to travel to the temple of Seti I in Abydos, where we can find strange carvings of what appear to be a helicopter (among other things) present on a slab inside the temple.
The mysterious hieroglyphs can be observed in the hypostyle hall of the temple of Seti I in Abydos. Carved onto the slab, the strange hieroglyphs are said to clearly represent the figure of a helicopter, an airplane, a submarine and a kind of flying saucer or zeppelin.
But is it possible that the ancient Egyptians knew about such vehicles thousands of years ago? Maybe some of them visited ancient Egypt in the distant past. Mainstream scholars say NO, and point towards palimpsest.
Experts explain the curious symbols in the following way:
The original glyphs which date back from the Reign of Seti I were “erased” and replaced by a new set of hieroglyphics carved during the reign of Ramses II which turned out to be these strange looking figures which according to researchers, accidentally resemble modern day machines.
Take notices that this theory has not been accepted by all archaeologists equally.
In time, the slab where the hieroglyphs were carved became eroded resulting in the curious symbols we see today which resemble helicopters, an airplane, a submarine and a kind of flying saucer thanks to Pareidolia.
With the resulting images of palimpsest our mind sees objects that it can recognize, but incongruent with the time. Experts also add that the images displayed by media are often retouched to accurately display a similarity with modern vehicles.
In this image, you can see what scholars believe happened with the hieroglyphs.
And while Egyptologists may be right when it comes to palimplest –not saying that they are or are not—it is curious that all the objects we ‘see’ are in fact flying vehicles.
Some believe that the curious hieroglyphs at the temple of Abydos are one of the best pieces of evidence that ancient civilizations –in this case the ancient Egyptian civilization— witnessed extremely advanced technology thousands of years ago, which may have originated somewhere else.
What do you think? Do you support the story offered by Egyptologists and archaeologists or do you think that these curious hieroglyphs tell a story which modern society is still not prepared to hear?
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The Weapons of the Gods: The Mahabharata and atomic blasts, 12,000 years ago
The Weapons of the Gods: The Mahabharata and atomic blasts, 12,000 years ago
“…a single projectile…Charged with all the power of the Universe…” Does this verse from the ancient Mahabharata sound anything like a description of a weapon?
Even Manhattan Project chief scientist Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer –who was apparently familiar with ancient Sanskrit writings knew that atomic blasts had occurred in the distant past on Earth.
In an interview conducted after he watched the first atomic test, he quoted from the Bhagavad Gita:
“‘Now I am become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds.’ I suppose we all felt that way.”
Furthermore, when a student asked Dr. Oppenheimer if the first nuclear device that went off was the one at Alamogordo. during the Manhattan Project, he responded… Well … yes. In modern times, yes, of course.
Written in the Ramayana –an ancient Indian epic poem which narrates the struggle of the divine Prince Rama to rescue his wife Sita from the demon king Ravana—we find more interesting details which apparently also describe powerful ancient weapons:
“(It was a weapon) so powerful that it could destroy the earth in an instant– A great soaring sound in smoke and flames– And on it sits death…”.
According to many authors and researchers, not only does the Mahabharata describe powerful ancient weaponry used by the ‘Gods,’ but is shows clear evidence of atomic blast that occurred tens of thousands of years ago.
Looking at the translated version of the Mahabharata, many agree that it evidently describes how ‘Gods’ used advanced weapons on Earth tens of thousands of years ago. The catastrophic events that rocked the continents are described in the following way:
Gurkha, flying a swift and powerful Vimana, hurled a single projectile charged with all the power of the Universe. An incandescent column of smoke and flame, as bright as ten thousand suns, rose in all its splendor.
It was an unknown weapon and iron thunderbolt, a gigantic messenger of death, which reduced to ashes the entire race of the Vrishnis and Andhakas.
The corpses were so burned as to be unrecognizable.
Their hair and nails fell out. Pottery broke without any apparent cause, and the birds turned white.
…After a few hours, all foodstuffs were infected… …to escape from this fire; the soldiers threw themselves in streams to wash themselves and all their equipment.
This epic, ancient battle, is described in great detail in the Drona Parva –the seventh of eighteen books of the Indian epic Mahabharata. According to historian and translator Kisari Mohan Ganguli, the secret ancient Hindu writings are full of such descriptions.
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This painting from the 15th century is the ultimate evidence of UFO’s
This painting from the 15th century is the ultimate evidence of UFO’s
There are numerous paintings created hundreds of years ago with enigmatic and unexplained objects incorporated by artists, but this painting from the 15th century is considered as one of the most incredible paintings from the past which clearly depicts a UFO.
It seems that in the distant past, people witnessed incredible aerial phenomenon which they could not explain, but considered them important enough to portray them in some of the most important paintings created in the last 500 years.
A painting called “The Madonna with Saint Giovannino”, created in the 15th century is without a doubt, one of the most enigmatic ancient paintings ever created by man. It is an ancient painting that according to many, depicts a mysterious Disc-shaped UFO hovering in the sky, and is considered by many people as the ultimate vehicle that during millennia, mankind was visited by highly advanced alien civilizations.
The enigmatic painting was created Domenico Ghirlandaio (1449-1494) and is currently located on display at the Loeser collection in the Palazzo Vecchio. In the mysterious painting we can clearly see that above Mary’s right shoulder the artists painted an enigmatic UFO, and below this incredible scene, we can observe a man clearly looking at the mysterious object in the sky.
Located on the right side of the painting, we see a man holding his right arm above his eyes with which the artist made sure to send a message that this object was very bright. To the left of the image in the upper corner, we can see an object that looks like the sun.
This means that the artist painted this disk shaped object, giving it a shiny detail and he made sure to illustrate it to the right of the sun so we know this bright object cannot be confused for the sun, this disk shaped object does not look like your ordinary cloud, so if it is not the sun nor a cloud what could it possibly be? Ufologists argue that this painting clearly indicates that hundreds of years ago, ancient mankind witnessed the mysterious phenomenon in the sky which they could not explain. This is why similar UFO’s can be seen in other paintings ranging from 1400’s to the late nineteenth century.
But just like “The Madonna with Saint Giovannino , there are other extremely strange paintings all around the world. Another incredible example is without a doubt located at the Visoki Dečani monastery in Kosovo: The Crucifixion of Christ.
Another painting that we find extremely interesting is “The Annunciation” painted by Carlo Crivelli. In his painting “The Annunciation” there are several objects that stand out from the rest of this extremely detailed piece of art. One object, in particular, can be seen in the sky out of which a mysterious beam of light is emerging from.
Is it possible that paintings as the Madonna with Saint Giovannino, The Crucifixion of Christ and The Annunciation are in fact evidence of otherworldly visitations? Is it possible that in the distant past, artists observed these mysterious objects in the skies, and decided the include them in paintings that today are considered of extreme value? Interestingly, thousands of years before these paintings were created, ancient mankind depicted in caves all around the world, similar objects with humanoid figures that remain unexplained by mainstream scholars.
Are these paintings the ultimate evidence of otherworldly visitations? And if so, how much can they influence religion? Let us know what you think and post your comments below.
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Filer’s Files #52 – 2016 Merry Christmas and UFOs - PART I
Flying object over Tucson, Arizona at about 11:30 am on December 18, 2016
Filer’s Files #52 – 2016 Merry Christmas and UFOs - PART I
In special reports, this week’s files cover: The Bible and Unidentified Flying Objects at Christmas, Touching Heaven, Naval Interest in UFOs, Ceres Y, and November Sightings.
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee.
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over, Brazil, Canada, Columbia, Japan, Lithuania, Mexico, Panama, and England in the United Kingdom.
The Filer Research Institute feels the scientific study of UFOs is for the benefit of humankind and is an important endeavor. The US Air Force investigated UFOs publicly for more than twenty years under Project Blue Book; and I continue this advanced research. I believe the God of the universe has spread life throughout the cosmos and UFO’s are visiting us in ever-increasing numbers.
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The Bible and Unidentified Flying Objects at Christmas
At Christmas time it would be interesting to review some of the teachings of the Bible because I feel it is one of the most important books on Earth that describe UFOs, their occupants and give us information on why they are here. The Bible states,”In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And God made man in his image, in the image of God.” If he made us in the image of God it is likely he made other aliens in his image. According to the Bible you have a mortal body and soul and spirit that is immortal. The term soul is used 754 times in the Bible and we’re told the soul is the invisible spiritual part of man, a living organism. The Bible claims you have a soul, a life force that continues after death as outlined by Barry Downing in The Bible and Flying Saucers.
At the time we take our last breath the soul or spirit leaves the body and some people who have technically died, like my brother say they hovered above their own body for 20 minutes only to return to live again. Many medical personnel claim to have seen the spirit leave the body at the time the physical body dies.
My wife who was helping her brother walk at the time of his death, felt his body become lighter as his spirit left, followed by his full weight. This time of year we celebrate the birth of Christ who was announced by angels, and his star was seen in the east.
One of the key parts of the Bible explains the transfiguration of Jesus that illustrates why we celebrate Christmas. “And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain. And Jesus was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his garments became white as light. And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah. And Peter said to Jesus, “Lord it is well that we are here; if you wish, I will make three shelters here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” He was still speaking, when lo, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased: listen to him.” When the disciples heard this, they fell on their faces, and were filled with awe.” (Matthew 17). The scene represents that Jesus glory shone out through His human form according to Unger’s Bible Dictionary and represents one of the most important events of His life on Earth.
To analyze the scripture from an Ufologist standpoint, we learn that Jesus takes three witnesses up a mountain where they meet two of the patriarchs of the Bible. Both Moses and Elijah who had been dead for hundreds of years meet with Jesus and are wearing clothes and are able to talk, but are seen in a glorified state representative of those who have come into the Kingdom of God. Their souls or spirits are able to return to Earth alive. Of interest to us is that they are passengers aboard a bright cloud similar to ones often reported in these files. The word cloud or clouds are used 156 times in the Bible and describe anything that flies in the sky except birds or insects. The unidentified flying bright cloud we are told also carries God, who blesses Jesus, and gives his approval and blessing.
The Bible and Torah are filled with references to clouds, pillars of clouds or pillars of fire. The allusions to clouds in Scripture, as well as their use in symbolical language, can only be understood when we remember the climate, where there is hardly a trace of cloud from May to the end of September. Clouds are referred to as showing the power and wisdom of God in their formation. (Psalms 135.6). I suggest that this story is true, that key figures in the Bible ride on a bright cloud or UFO. Perhaps messengers from Heaven continue to ride in UFOs looking for spirits or souls at the time of death of our bodies from Earth and take us to Heaven? We also learn that God tells us to listen to Jesus’ message. Apparently millions have believed and each year we celebrate the birth of Christ at Christmas that occurred some 2016 years ago. If we believe His message we are promised ever-lasting life. Of course, if the promise is untrue, we will all die. However, if it is true that our soul lives on, I’ll meet you in Heaven! Merry Christmas!
Why we Celebrate Christmas
It seems appropriate that during the holidays we discuss the birth of Jesus Christ, the angels and Christmas Day that is celebrated as a major festival and public holiday in many countries around the world.
Jesus stated, “In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.” Many scriptures describe Heaven as a planet in the Northern sky with God, angels, armies, land, structures, trees and animals.
Angels are described as superhuman beings who are messengers of God who travel to our world. Some have spiritual bodies but most appear as real beings with personal bodies that have feelings, passion, emotions and desires. We are told angels come from a planet called Heaven and are given credit for many healings and the protection of many people throughout history. The Bible records 104 appearances of angels to men on Earth and that one third of the angels rebelled against God and came to deceive man.
In the first chapter of the New Testament, we are told the Holy Spirit visited the Virgin Mary. The angel went to her and said, “Greetings you are highly favored! The Lord is with you.” Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. But, the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his Father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, his kingdom will never end”. Mary asked the angel, “How can this be, since I am a virgin?” The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will over shadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God!”Luke 1-verses 26 to 35
Note: We can speculate Time Travel or advanced technology allows angels to travel from Heaven to Earth and carry out various missions. I have met people who have seen and talked to angels and have been healed by them. Many claim their lives were saved by angels. The allegations are often similar to stories about seeing extraterrestrials.
People often feel as if it would take a miracle for something to happen which would defy all odds — a meaningful coincidence — to quell our troubles. I have found these miracles can occur when people pray.
There are apparently angels who Guard us while others tempt us. The Bible claims that the angels are sent by the Father in Heaven who promises the greatest gift of all, ‘eternal life.’ I have studied the Bible, the Torah, the Koran and many ancient writings. The angels, the messengers of God, brought the Holy Scriptures to humans. Think of these ancient writings as not only religious but also as technical and historical documents .
Billy Graham the friend of most of our recent Presidents and has preached the Gospel to more people in live audiences than anyone else in history—nearly 215 million people in more than 185 countries. He wrote in his book “Angels, God’s Secret Agents”
“Some Christian writers have speculated that UFOs could very well be a part of God’s angelic host who preside over the physical affairs of universal creation.”
The Bible states, “That night shepherds were in the fields guarding their flocks of sheep and suddenly an angel appeared among them, and the landscape shone bright with the glory of the Lord. They were badly frightened, but the angel reassured them. “Don’t be afraid! I bring you the most joyful news ever announced, and it is for everyone! The Savior-yes the Messiah, the Lord-has been born tonight in Bethlehem! How will you recognize him? You will find a baby wrapped in a blanket, lying in a manager! Suddenly the angel was joined by a vast host of others—armies of heaven-praising God: Glory to God in the highest heaven, they sang, “and peace on earth for all those pleasing him.” (Luke 2) The armies of heaven may actually describe UFOs that are often seen in large numbers.
Dr. Billy Graham says, “Angels have a much more important place in the Bible than the devil and his demons.” In Angels God’s Secret Agents” Dr. Graham combines the fascinating experiences of those who are certain they have been attended by angels with what the Bible says about angels from on high. Here is ringing assurance to all Christians that through angels God is present for His People. We can take comfort in the fact that, with the host of angels at God’s call, we are not alone. Dr. Graham looks also at how angels are to help people minister the message of the gospel of Christ. In the middle of the book he talks about Hebrews 11 where he believes angels helped and protected some people who accomplished amazing things for God.
Ancient Sumerian texts as well as the Bible reveal the existence of angels or Anunnaki, ‘Those who from Heaven to Earth Came.’ Only in recent years has modern science caught up with ancient scientific knowledge. Angels has depicted by many who have seen them often appear similar to the reports of Nordic aliens. While Draco’s or Reptilians are often identified with the Devil.
Scientist Dr. Carl Sagan in his book, “Intelligent Life in the Universe” with I. S. Shklovskiĭ indicated Earth had likely been visited by extraterrestrials. He states: “Sumer was an early–perhaps the first -civilization the contemporary sense on the planet Earth. It was founded in the forth millennium B.C. or earlier. We don’t know where the Sumerians came from. I feel that if the Sumerian civilization is depicted by the descendents of the Sumerians themselves to be of non-human origin, the relevant legends should be examined carefully.” (Page 456)
He goes on to ask, “What might an advanced extraterrestrial civilization want from us?”He answered his own question by stating, “One of the primary motivations for the exploration of the New World was to convert the inhabitants to Christianity — peacefully if possible — forcefully if necessary. Can we exclude the possibility of an extraterrestrial evangelism?” (Page 463) The most knowledgeable people in the UFO field frequently mention Religion is of prime importance in understanding our visitors. https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF8#q=intelligent%20life%20in%20the%20universe%20carl%20sagan.
Touching Heaven
For several years I have subscribed to Dr. Chauncey Crandall’s Heart Health Report that I found very informative. Now he has written an amazing book how a doctor’s glimpses of eternity. One quarter of all deaths is heart related. He sees first hand those dying on earth, and what happens after death.
Dr. Crandall a Cardiologist knows his patients well. When they are dying, he sits at the bedside with them and holds their hands. He prays with them. Sometimes he can feel what they feel and see what they see. At other times his patients have near-death experiences and “come back” with astonishing descriptions of the afterlife. In “Touching Heaven,” Dr. Crandall reveals how what he has seen and heard that has convinced him that God is real, and that we are created for a divine purpose, that death is not the end, that we will see our departed loved ones again, and that we are closer to the next world than we think.
Are you seeing these messages, these signs, and these gifts with spiritual eyes — or missing them with your physical ones? In “Touching Heaven”, you will see how to connect with God by seeing His marvels and by acknowledging His gifts. You will discover the power of spiritual touch — physically laying hands on someone’s forehead or shoulders.
You will read what it means to be “slain in the spirit” — when people often fall down in a gentle, graceful swoon or undergo other physical reactions after being touched by God’s Holy Spirit. You also will see what the demonic forces of Satan can do to people — and how to use the Word against these dark powers of evil. Fortunately, darkness cannot remain where the light of heaven falls. You will see why, as a believer, you carry the power of heaven with you into every situation. Dr. Crandall says, “Use my experiences as a steppingstone on your own path to operating in the light of heaven. Believe me, you will be forever changed. God Puts Us Where He Wants Us for a Specific Purpose. While thirsting for my own “tribe” to minister to, I decided I would even quit medicine and go into full-time ministry — if that was what God wanted.”
But as I listened, I heard the voice of God tell me my work was with my medical patients. My life’s role is to help heal them — and save them. I also felt the Lord prompting me to pray with them personally, if they would allow it. Only one patient has ever turned me down. And with just this single addition to my spiritual life, I’ve seen miracles happen. One patient, Earl, was in heart failure and waiting for a donor heart. He had been on intensive life support for months and couldn’t even lift his head off the pillow. After praying for him, the next day Earl was sitting up. His heart eventually became so healed that he never needed that heart transplant. I want to be clear: It was not me; it was the power of God, activated by prayer.”
I don’t question the presence of heaven anymore, and I hope after hearing of my experiences, you won’t either. You see, after everything I’ve witnessed, heaven is more real and tangible to me than ever. In Jeremiah, we are told: “You will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.” And while I fight for the lives of my patients, I am no longer content to focus merely on their mechanical hearts and their physical well-being. Book: Touching Heaven – By Dr. Chauncey CrandallAdw3.hearthealthreport.com/Special: Yours for Only $4.95
“The more I study science, the more I believe in God.” – Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein’s name has become synonymous with the word “genius.” He was a theoretical physicist who is most commonly known for developing the theory of relativity and the most famous equation (E = mc2) for mass/energy equivalence. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921 and published more than 300 scientific papers.
The implications of these scientific finds would reinforce claims by other scientists and observers of having contact with ‘off-world’ human looking extraterrestrials.
The ‘off-world’ human looking extraterrestrials have been claimed to have provided some of the genetic material for human evolution, and claim they are in fact our ancestors. Genesis 6 states, “The Nephilim were on the earth in those days–and also afterward–when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.”
Most of humanity would consider this group of extraterrestrials to be ‘benevolent’ as described by ‘contactees’ such as George Adamski, George Van Tassell, Howard Menger, and Alex Collier who each explain the nature of their voluntary interactions with these human looking extraterrestrials. These “contactees” often provide physical evidence in the form of photographs, film and/or witnesses of their contacts with extraterrestrial races.
Naval Interest in UFOs
While the U.S.Air Force has always been associated with the study of the UFO phenomenon the Air Intelligence Division Study No. 203 with the help of the Office of Naval Intelligence presents the first important clue that the Pentagon was well aware of the phenomenon’s marine nature. This document is one of the rarest documents in the national archives linking the Office of Naval Intelligence to any association with the investigation of the phenomenon. This secret document of December 1948 records the observation that “Sightings have been most intense throughout the states bordering The Atlantic and Pacific coast lines”
It implies that year’s ago the Navy created a special secret group to investigate the strange aerial and marine manifestations? Study 203 represents the tip of an iceberg, of naval involvement with the phenomenon that has gone unrecognized for over a hundred years. UFOs didn’t invade America’s airspace from Canada or Mexico they appeared from the sea. A considerable collection of data indicates Naval experience with the phenomenon dated back to at least 1900. The first journal to routinely publish reports about the phenomenon as early as the 1900’s was the U.S. Naval Hydrographic Office’s “Notice to Mariners’ and the first name given to the enigmatic phenomenon by that same office was “Celestial Phenomenon” seen at sea. Almost fifty years later the air force would call these same enigmatic objects “Unidentified Flying Objects”.
One account published in “Notice to Mariners” provides insight into an early serious naval interest in UFOs. Curious sightings of strange flying objects seen at sea are common in marine history.
The UFO sighting of Lt. Frank Schofield while aboard the USS Supply, off the coast of California on the 28th of February 1904 and reported in “Notices to Mariners”. Schofield’s account was: “The meteors appeared near the horizon and below the clouds, traveling in a group from Northwest to North directly toward the ship”. At first their angular motion was rapid and color a rather bright red. As they approached the ship they appeared to soar, passing above the clouds at an elevation of about 45 degrees. After rising above the clouds their angular motion became less, when they appeared to be moving directly away from the Earth at an elevation of about 75 degrees West. It was noted that the color became less pronounced as the meteors gained in elevation. When sighted, the largest meteor was in the lead, followed by the second in size and third in size flying in formation. The largest meteor had an apparent area of about six suns. It was egg shaped the sharper end forward. The after end was regular and in full outline”. “The second and third meteors were round and showed no imperfections in shape. The second meteor was estimated to be twice the size of the sun in appearance, and the third meteor about the size of the sun”.
“The near approach of these meteors to the surface and the subsequent flight away from the surface appeared to be most remarkable. The meteors were in sight over two minutes and were carefully observed by three people, whose accounts agree as to details. “
This account is a typical marine UFO sighting in a massive collection of sightings except, the witness later would become Admiral Schofield, Commander In Chief, of the Pacific Fleet in the 1930s. The accountability and detail of the Schofield sighting could only confirm suspicions, collected from numerous historical marine reports that unidentified aerial objects were operating over the Earth’s oceans and seas.
When military personal who have had UFO experiences rise to the highest levels of the military hierarchy it would be prudent to expect that they would give the UFO reality exacting consideration throughout their careers.
It is likely a secret Naval project was formed later in the century to analyze the plenteous collection of worldwide UFO sightings is certainly magnified when Lieutenant Schofield’s UFO sighting, and his ascent in the naval hierarchy are considered. The rise of Schofield to CIC of the Pacific Fleet with a perception for unusual marine phenomenon certainly should have influenced the development and direction of naval UFO investigations. Frank H. Schofield was in a position to have had a pivotal influence on the Office of Naval Intelligence concerning UFO investigations.
The name assigned to the frequently occurring phenomenon by the Air Technological Intelligence Center, Unidentified flying object, is woefully incorrect as a name to define the reported phenomenon. Fifty-percent of all UFO reports describe a phenomenon that is flying to the sea, flying from the sea, flying over the sea, diving into the water, coming out of the water, or operating with submarine like characteristics under the sea. An amphibious designation also falls short of accurately portraying the unique marine capability displayed by the phenomenon.
A more comprehensive and definitive name for the phenomenon would have to recognize the multiphibious characteristics inherent to the phenomenon from a numerous collection of land, and marine sightings. The term unconventional multiphibious vehicle (UMV) certainly describes succinctly the reported phenomenon. The implications of the phenomenon’s historical association with the sea are compounded by the fact that half of all UFO sightings are reported by an exceedingly small number of observers. This fact, this statistical anomaly is explosive in its indications.
A casual survey of UFO literature is replete with cases of UFOs causing interference and disruptions with the electromagnetic spectrum. Ships compasses wander and deviations in the Earth’s magnetic field are reported when UFOs are seen. Cosmic ray indicators fluctuate. Radio and TV disturbances are common. Automobile, truck, and aircraft electrical systems fail in the presence of UFOs. Plants, animals, and human beings are burnt by radiation emitted by UFOs when in close proximity. Acoustic signatures and sonar contacts have been reported when UFOs are seen entering or emerging from the sea. Intense light emissions of every spectrum are reported in UFO sightings. If UFOs appeared in close proximity to naval vessels and affected radio communications, the naval communications intelligence section of naval operations would have been vigilant of any electromagnetic affect experienced. Thanks to Hank Worbetz
In November 2016 a total of 534 UFO sightings reported to MUFON from around the world
United States 415, United Kingdom 36, Canada 31, Australia 7, Poland 3, and Portugal 3.
National UFO Reporting Center has 477 sightings for November 2016
The persistent government myth of no UFOs is wearing thin. There has been secret government collusion with ETs for a long time, developing extremely advanced technologies for teleportation, holistic healing, and collective collaboration.
“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.” ~ John F Kennedy Thanks
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Filer’s Files #52 – 2016 Merry Christmas and UFOs - PART II
Filer’s Files #52 – 2016 Merry Christmas and UFOs - PART II
UFO Sightings in the United States
Arizona Light
Tucson– There is nothing I can really say since I would have never seen it if my mother hadn’t pointed it out on December 6, 2016. I was waiting for my friend to pick me up after school, and I saw these weird shaped clouds. After taking the picture of said clouds, I sent the pictures to my mother. After a few minutes, she responded saying “Did you see what you caught?” and told me to look at the bottom right of the picture. I did see that there was a dark orb, with what looks like a darker type of windshield on top of the object. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Tucson — I was out doing yard work at about 11:30 am on December 18, 2016. A reflection from the west at about 7,500 feet caught my attention. When I focused on it, I could see that there was something that was metallic and rotating clockwise in a slow, stable, and consistent manner. There was no noise at all. I had my phone and tried to take a picture, but the object was too high up for me to get a good shot. I ran inside and got my SLR camera, quickly changed lenses to my telephoto lens, and ran back outside, thinking that the object might be gone by this point. It was still there, so I started taking pictures. The object appeared and then disappeared from my view based upon how it was reflecting the sunlight. Since it seemed to be several miles away, I had a hard time focusing my camera on it, but I was able to get a good shot. After around 15 minutes, I was no longer able to find it as it exited my view flying northwest. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Arkansas Light
Hartman — First saw very bright light in west moving in a southeast direction. The light got brighter going away. It was much bigger than the two commercial aircraft also in area that I could hear.
There was no sound from object. Used scope to look at the object and saw stars blacked out around the light I got 9 pictures, zooming in I see a very strange saucer shape. Sighting was around 6 pm on December 20, 2016. A friend also saw it. Thanks to MUFON CMS
California Object
Elk Grove — I was working in my garage cutting some foam to cover some accent windows on December 18, 2016. I had just installed some of the foam into a window and took a picture of the reflection on our lake. I looked up and saw a triangular shape moving at a high rate of speed. It was highlighted by thin dim lines of the triangle with lights on the corners of the triangle with halos around them.
The triangle went in a straight line and I lost sight of it behind my plum tree, I tried to follow it but it disappeared. I wasn’t scared, and stayed out there for another ten minutes to see if I could see anything else. I didn’t see anything else. When I went back inside I started freaking out, because of what I saw and how close it was to my house and family. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Florida Object
Bradenton — My roommate was sitting in the back patio and ran in screaming for me to come out front. A UFO was sighted from 9:10 to 9:15 pm on December 15, 2016, while heading north. It stopped, dropped something flaming, and then headed east and eventually faded away. It was bright red, and looked like it was on fire; we thought a plane was going to crash.
We observed it for 5 minutes but do not know the distance. I ran in to get my phone, but was too far away.
This was the one picture we could get and it’s blurry. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Georgia Object
Coolidge — I was out walking around my yard filming with my camcorder on November 24, 2016. I did not see anything at the time.
Later when I went over the footage I discovered these UFOs in the video.
I noticed a small dark object fly across the screen and these possible bright UFOs.
Thanks to MUFON CMS
Illinois Light
Oswego — I was standing outside taking a picture of the moon with the streaks of lights that could be seen with a picture taken on December 14, 2016. I noticed a green object moving around the area shooting from side to side in a rapid speed. I took a video of the object for 28 seconds.
You can see by zooming in on the object it changes positions and almost looks like it changes shapes as well as it turns all directions. It’s very amazing what it does and I have looked at the video at least 30 times and each time it gets more amazing. I hope you enjoy and see the green dot object I am describing in the pictures. You can see the object move with great speed and how it rotates almost changing shape. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Indiana Lights
Michigan City – For most a decade I’ve been under surveillance by the Indiana State Police and four federal agencies.
I have seen objects like the one in the video thousands of times and I can’t get anybody to believe me individuals have told me that the other videos were stars, or other objects like a space station, mars or etc, I strongly disagree and I feel it is a government drone or a Indiana state police drone.
I’ve seen other objects after a period of time there will be an aircraft beacon that will come on. I have tried everything in my power to get records to prove my accusations and at every turn I’m stonewalled. I currently have over five pending federal lawsuits on this subject matter. If a lawyer sees this get a hold of me at kylestone on Facebook. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Nevada Blue Disc
Las Vegas — I was driving my mother’s car with her in the passenger seat and held the camera directly next to the windshield, using the rear view mirror to steady it on November 29, 2016. My intent was to take pictures of two large 15 stories tall condominiums. The camera was an iPhone 6 and I took three shots, the first two of which included the UFOs. One is a highly visible blue round shape similar to a satellite dish. Other is a large dark ship above the blue one, with faint lights around the perimeter and two somewhat brighter lights on the left facing side (front?). Note the change of position of the objects from one picture to the next. There was definitely nothing in the vehicle that would cause reflection or glare. My vision was focused on the road ahead and not on the sky. We were traveling southeast on Alta Drive (Summerlin/Las Vegas) at the speed limit (35mph) approaching One Queensridge Place Condo Towers. As I was focused on the road, I did not notice the UFOs until later that night when looking at the pictures on my phone. Thanks to MUFON CMS
New Mexico Lights
LORDSBURG— Ramon Ortiz writes, “We have a great deal of UFO activity going day and night I’m capturing on video.
Ramon has been sending video since August of 2008 that shows a bright object hovering in the sky, and periodically changing shape.
Many manoeuvring objects were recently captured near Pyramid Mountain.
There seems to be some kind of a portal nearby.” Thanks to Benjie Medina and Ramon Ortiz
New York Light
Tonawanda — I walked outside to smoke on December 20, 2016, looking to my left I saw a strange bright light in the sky. There were only two other stars visible in the sky and they were much smaller and much dimmer than this light. I went into the house to get my phone and told my wife to come look at it. We both went outside and I then took two pictures of it.
I went back into the house to grab my digital camera and went back outside to take pictures with that. I had issues with the auto focus being on and the low light. I return back into the house and took about 5 minutes to figure out how to get the autofocus turned off. I then went back outside and took a few pictures of the light. After that I went back into the house to eat dinner. I went back outside at 6:30 PM and the light was no longer there or clouds had blown in and obscured it. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Pennsylvania Object
Elverson– On December 19, 2016, I let my dog out just after daybreak and was sitting on porch and I heard this jet sound. It was just like the gas burner of a hot air balloon. I looked west and I saw this silver/gray circular object coming down from the clouds. As I turned and looked it stopped and two other aircrafts split and one headed due west and the other east towards me. I saw the metallic reflection of the craft that came towards me. After two seconds, both craft disappeared into thin air, only leaving its exhaust or “trail”.
I ran into the house to get my phone and took a few pictures. As I studied enlargement on my computer screen, I can see a circular, semi white cloud “burst” amidst the gray cluster above. The burst pushed the clouds out into a circle and the object came down out of the clouds before it separated into two. Scariest thing I’ve ever seen. I can never get photos in time of the weird, but this morning I got it, the latter part of it, anyway. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Tennessee Triangle
Chebba — We were standing in the street on December 20, 2016. My dad and my neighbor and I were talking when it appeared in the sky. It was flying pretty fast in a straight line, only my neighbor and I saw it, I felt crazy as I was the only one, who felt like I was dragged to it. It looked like in the pictures I am going to send. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Worldwide UFO Sightings
Brazil Object
Londrina — I’m from the city of Londrina, this video was recorded around 1:00 pm on Sunday August 28, 2016. I was in my car, and I saw an intense light above the buildings. I stopped the car and started to record and realized that the object was moving. At the time of the sighting I was alone, I made this recording through my cell phone, due to being late for lunch I finished the recording. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Canada Light
Ontario — I was looking outside at Venus and I noticed a bright light brighter than Venus on December 20, 2016.
I kept looking at it and I saw it move, stop, and move again. I went to go get a pencil to sketch the object for 20 seconds and when I came back it was gone.
I was the only one there but I know another person who lives on the same street as me and he sawit. He described it the same way as I saw it but this was two days earlier. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Columbia Object
Bogata— I don’t speak English. I have a camera Nikon Coolpix p520 and I kept the maxim zoom for ten minutes. It was 8 pm. I wanted to watch a star appear and disappear. a hope help you. Thanks and good luck. I attach video original of camera. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Japan Ball
Fujisawa –This mysterious perfectly spherical cloud was seen hovering over the city on December 6, 2016.
The incredible looking globe cloud was taken in the sky over Fujisaw in Kanagawa Prefecture near Tokyo’s southern border. A picture of a similar round cloud was taken over the city of Koriyama in the prefecture of Fukushima in November 2015. The fluffy ball cloud is so weird looking, that many people are questioning the authenticity of the photograph. “When I looked out of the car window I saw a round ball-shaped cloud. I gazed at the cloud for a while then I rushed to take the photo. When I saw the cloud it was an even more spherical shape, so I regret not taking the photo more quickly.”
Some climate experts commented that this cloud probably falls under a “roll cloud” category. It “forms under wind created from a ‘mountain wave’ (or airstreams going over mountains) on a windy day”. According to Wikipedia “roll clouds are formed by outflows of cold air from sea breezes or cold fronts.”
Riga — the night sky was lightly cloudy, like a weak fog, you could see the moon easily that night.
A very strong beam of light from somewhere hit through the fogy clouds. It was there for two hours in the sky.
It was similar to this.The one with reddish color. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Mexico Volcano
Volcano Colima –
Metallic, oval changed direction on December 19, 2016.Thanks to MUFON CMS
Panama Object
Villa Zaita — I was preparing the house for my son’s birthday. I go out to the back of the house and see the object in the sky. I start filming and taking pictures with my cell phone (Samsung Galaxy S5).
The object was irregular in shape, rotated and oscillated. It did not emit light or sound and moved against the wind. It was at a distance of 250 meters from me and at an altitude of approximately 300 meters.
He followed it for several minutes then the object split in two. Then increase the altitude very high until reaching the clouds and before entering the clouds separated into 6 or 7 smaller objects. Unfortunately the photos I have of the objects are very blurred by the altitude that I had.
Thanks to MUFON CMS
UK/England Objects
Newcastle Upon Tyne — I was taking a photo of a stunning sunrise on December 16, 2016, which is what we were focusing on.
Once I looked at the photos taken on my S6 phone, I noticed a small image over the river in front of the pier and zoomed in to reveal something very interesting that should be seen by all. This photo was taken outside a vehicle in perfect conditions. Thanks to MUFON CMS
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U.S. lobbyist Steve Bassett has revealed that the White House is going to announce the existence of aliens soon. (Photo : Saul Loeb-Pool/Getty Images)
U.S. lobbyist Steve Bassett has revealed that the White House is going to announce the existence of aliens soon.
Bassett told Express in an exclusive interview that Obama will make the announcement before he leaves the Oval Office.
"We are going to get disclosure this year. I am not sure who will win the election, but I think Obama will be the disclosure president. He will be looking at a Nobel Prize for making an announcement like that. I am 85 per cent sure Obama will make the announcement before he leaves office and within days your Prime Minister David Cameron will follow," he said.
A former CIA agent who refused to be identified also confirmed the existence of aliens on Earth. According to Space News, the agent underwent signal training course, as part of the CIA operative. During which, he said he has worked with aliens in devising innovative technology and devices.
He also revealed that he, together with higher officials have personally visited Area 51 a couple of times.
Area 51 is a United States Air Force facility located about 90 miles north of Las Vegas, Nevada. TIME notes that conspiracy theorists dub it as a "secret" military base where remains of crashed UFO spacecrafts are stored at the secretive area, including the infamous alien spacecraft that crashed in Roswell, N.M.
President Barack Obama's refusal to out right deny the existence of aliens in interviews have fueled the speculations that Area 51 controversy is real.
Express quoted one expert who believes disclosure of aliens is near. The conspiracists said: "Whenever a US president or senior official is put on the spot they get this smile and say something like 'I couldn't tell you even if I knew'...or something like that. You will never get a total denial, but it is a double bluff.
Furthermore, Hilary Clinton who ran for presidency last election vowed in January that she will send a task force to Area 51 to verify the rumors.
Science fiction movies frequently make it seem as though hostile extraterrestrials might be able to sneak through Earth’s atmosphere, emerge from the clouds without warning, and start wrecking shit. But is it really possible that spaceships could suddenly appear out of the vast blackness of space unnoticed by the myriad instruments on the ground? Depending on the aliens’ level of technological sophistication, one can argue that almost anything is possible. Humans have pointed a lot of sensors skyward, but it’s not clear they would really give us a proper heads up before our extraterrestrial guests arrive.
It sort of depends on exactly what we’re looking for. The search for extraterrestrial intelligence, better known as SETI, has been fruitless so far, but we keep investing and more and more money towards projects aimed at answering whether or not we’re alone in the universe. That investigation basically revolves around detecting various signals that point to the existence of technologically advanced extraterrestrials. And that also means the instruments we can use to observe space let us see farther into the universe than ever before. How far exactly? Douglas Vakoch tells Inverse that the answer has more to do with defining “see” than with arriving at a specific number.
A SETI researcher and the president of METI International, Vakoch divides the tools used to do SETI research into two groups: optical, and radio. Optical instruments, which look for lasers or other light patterns that suggest the presence of intelligent aliens, can make decent observations up to about 1,000 light-years away. “Beyond 1,000 light-years, however, it can get more difficult,” Vakoch says. Those instruments include the Boquete Optical SETI Observatory in Panama, and the Owl Observatory in Michigan.
Radio instruments, on the other hand, make a lot more sense for investigating signs of extraterrestrial life. For one, we can listen in on radio waves moving through space from about 10,000 light-years and beyond. Radio waves are also a pretty specific sign of a technologically advanced civilization while a star system may be expressing a strange laser-based signal in the distance, that might also just be an unexplained natural phenomenon (as we’re sort of learning when it comes to Tabbys Star.
Of course, as Vakoch emphasizes, our abilities to listen in on the universe dwindles as the distance increases. Aliens broadcasting themselves 10,000 light-years away will likely avoid detection.
But then again, SETI is a two-way street. When asked whether we currently have a maximum limit from which we can detect alien life, Seth Shostak, the director of the Center for SETI Research at the SETI Institute, says, “It depends on how much money the aliens have to invest in their own technology.” He’s referring to the fact that intelligent lifeforms might possess technologies that allow them to broadcast their existence to us from farther away and offset the limits of our own instruments.
“In theory, there’s no limit,” he adds.
It’s important to remember that SETI investigations don’t just watch the universe in all direction in hopes we’ll stumble on something. Scientists focus our instruments on certain regions of space that are most promising — i.e. the exoplanets or star systems that possess the best chances for developing habitable environments.
“We start close to home,” says Vakoch, “and look at sun-like stars. As we move the investigation farther out, we start to hone in on stars or star regions that might be useful. For example, a current trend in the SETI community is the study of red dwarf stars, which were historically ignored. The beauty of red dwarfs is that they last a long time,” says Vakoch, sustaining planetary systems that have a much longer chance of developing habitable traits. Red dwarfs make up about 80 to 90 percent of the stars in our own neighborhood within the Milky Way galaxy.”
There’s another big factor to consider. SETI research focuses on finding aliens that want to be found — or at the very least, are not actively trying to hide from human detection. If a hostile fleet of extraterrestrial warships were stationed somewhere in the galaxy or was en route to the solar system, they could very well possess a number of highly advanced technologies that could shroud their presence. Space itself is incredibly big anyways — humans don’t have eyes and ears scanning all parts of the universe around us.
Aliens might be able to slip into orbit, but if they were traveling in anything truly large it might be quite difficult for them to do so without severely disrupting our orbital equipment or even taking out a geosynchronous satellite. Still, that’s not an impossible feat.
“If they’re sufficiently intelligent,” says Vakoch, “there’s no reason to think they couldn’t be anywhere.”
In the world of science fiction, when aliens attack the Earth, they often go after another rocky sphere. That would be the moon, our planet’s only natural satellite. Although there are exactly zero humans currently residing on the moon, zero pieces of essential equipment or instruments (although let’s be real, those lunar go-karts are pretty dope) situated on its surface or its orbit, and no concrete sense of whether it possesses any valuable resources, the moon is essential to our species’ survival on this planet. If hostile aliens were to blow it to bits or cause some serious damage to it, human would be in serious trouble — even if we managed to successfully repel an extraterrestrial threat.
The moon has played a key role in shaping the way natural processes of Earth, and it continues to do so today. The moon is thought to have been formed just a mere 30 million years after the Earth (which itself is 4.53 billion years old). Since then, the moon’s single greatest (and most obvious) effect on the Earth has been the mediation of the ebb and flow of tides on the planet’s bodies of water.
Scientist believe that in the infancy of this relationship, the moon’s distance from Earth was half of what it is today — and this resulted in much more extreme tides. These tides drove heat from the equator to the poles, leading to ice ages. These glacial shifts spurred more rapid migratory patterns in various species, resulting in a more diverse array of life around the globe. In fact, because of how important water is to molecular processes in primitive life and organic materials, tide shifts may have acted as a kind of natural way for those chemical reactions to get rid of or acquire water in the formation of basic structures like nucleic acids. In other words, tides may have jumpstarted or encouraged the evolution of life on Earth.
Because it's gone forever.
Okay, that’s a pretty cool history lesson, but what about today? What exactly would be the biggest impact on our lives today if the moon disappeared or had a chunk ripped out from itself?”
“We’d lose the normal rhythm of tides,” says Noah Petro, a research scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center who works with the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. He tells Inverse we’d probably lose the large tides we’re used to on a day-to-day basis, and instead experience “smaller tides, caused by the Earth’s rotation with the sun.”
The most noticeable effect this would have is that we’d see oceans around the world level off, to a certain extent. While initially that might save coastal communities from having to deal with potential floods during high-tide, it would also mean they would lose the benefits of low tide. That would wreak havoc on clams, which would have a cascading effect on underwater ecosystems as well as the beachside food shacks worldwide.
Furthermore, the moon plays a significant role in distorting water around the equator. Without a natural satellite, that water would probably redistribute itself around the poles. This might seem like a good thing for coastal cities by the ocean that are constantly threatened by rising floods. But this is awful for bodies of water inland that are fed by oceans. We might see estuaries — responsible for desalinating water naturally — dry up or become significantly reduced. Rivers and lakes further inland would also shrink by quite a bit.
Unless we manage to make artificial desalination technology viable, we’d see the whole world inundated by water shortages — and that’s already a problem much of the world is currently contending with.
Petro also cites two other significant effects the moon’s vanishing act would have on Earth. “The moon stabilizes Earth’s orbit,” he says, “so we’d see changes to the climate we’re currently used to.” He points to Mars as an indicator of what we might see. Mars doesn’t have large moons like Earth’s to affect its axial tilt as much, so the red planet is stuck with very long ice ages.
On Earth, there would be a significant amount of long winters, and “a general cooling off,” of the world at first, he says, perhaps followed by a warming. We’d see “wild extremes” that are more drawn out and last much longer than the planet has previously exhibited. Petro emphasizes that these climatic effects would certainly not be felt immediately — they would occur on a scale of 1,000 to 10,000 years. But there is one other effect that humans would have to find solutions to very quickly if the moon were blown up or hit with some sort of explosive force: debris.
A lot of material, he says, would be expelled into Earth’s orbit, and some of it might even push through the atmosphere and strike the surface. If that debris were big enough, we’d basically deal with a catastrophic scenario of falling moon rocks that not even Brian May would be able to fix.
Let’s also not forget the fact that orbital debris is also an increasing threat to the world’s satellite currently zipping around the globe. Some of those instruments are extremely important to communications systems used by governments and militaries. If aliens fired a bunch of missiles at the moon, we can basically kiss those satellites goodbye. Hopefully we have a few landlines still lying around as a backup.
“Fortunately, we don’t expect the destruction of the moon to happen,” Petro added, laughing.
Move over Tatooine — having two suns is old news. New research shows that the closest exoplanet to Earth — Proxima b — may have just one-upped the fictional Star Wars desert world by possessing not two, but three stars as a part of its orbit.
Most of the stars in the universe come in pairs, orbiting around the same point in space. This is known as a binary star system — planets that reside in such a system end up orbiting both stars. In order for that to happen, both stars must be gravitationally bound, orbiting the same central point in space. However, astronomers have had a difficult time proving this is the case with the Alpha Centauri system — the nearest star system to Earth (at 4.3 light-years away), and another place hyped with the prospect of habitable worlds and alien life. Close to Alpha Centauri’s two stars is Proxima Centauri — a faint red dwarf around which Proxima b orbits. And for a while, scientists weren’t completely sure if Proxima Centauri shared an orbital relationship with Alpha Centauri.
Because Proxima Centauri is so faint, astronomers have had a difficult time accurately measuring its radial velocity — aka the speed at which it moves towards and away from Earth.
Recently, a trio of astronomers concluded that the three stars are indeed orbiting the same point, by using a specialized instrument at the European Southern Observatory (called HARPS). Their research will be published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics, and a pre-print is currently available online.
Orbital plot of Proxima Centauri showing its position with respect to Alpha Centauri over the coming millenia.
The new data doesn’t simply reveal that this a bound triple star system. The observations also place the age of the stars in the system at approximately six billion years old and indicate that Proxima b may have formed farther away from Proxima Centauri. As the planet orbited, Alpha Centauri A and/or B could have tugged on it a bit and altered its orbit, pulling it closer in. Or, perhaps Proxima b could have formed around one of the other stars and was captured by Proxima Centauri as it passed by.
The new findings bolster the possibility that we could one day find life on this alien world. If either of these hypotheses is correct, then it’s entirely possible that Proxima b was once an icy world that now has liquid water on its surface thanks to some cosmic reshuffling. Water’s the single most important property for allowing a world to sustain life. The potential for Proxima b to one day be home to future humans — or perhaps currently be home to extraterrestrial life — is now dramatically more exiting.
If that wasn’t cool enough, it also means that any potential life on the planet would get to experience an epic three star sunset every day.
Want to Live on Mars? We have the ice house for you. NASA is crowd-sourcing ideas for future Martian habitats and the leading design is essentially a modified igloo. That’s right, the first humans to inhabit Mars, may reside inhomes made of ice.
Last month, a research team from the University of Texas announced that Mars is hiding a secret supply of water just below its surface. They reported that a region on Mars known as Utopia Planitia is harboring as much water as Lake Superior here on Earth — only difference is the Martian reserves are frozen solid.
The ice reservoir is located a mid-northern latitudes — which means it’s about halfway between the equator and the poles — and is reportedly the size of New Mexico. Even though the supply may be buried under a layer of regolith ranging from 3 to 33 feet deep, this finding is still excellent news for a group at NASA’s Langley Engineering Design Studio in Hampton, Virginia.
Mars has reserves of water-ice that rival Lake Superior.
In 2015 NASA put out a call in the form of a centennial challenge, asking for teams to submit potential habitat designs as part of a national competition. Team Space Exploration Architecture and Clouds Architecture Office won first place for their idea of building a Mars Ice House.
The design team won a $25,000 prize and has been working with NASA Langley to further develop their habitat. The modified igloo is a deployable habitat that makes good use of resources currently on the red planet — namely water-ice. This means that less materials will need to be launched from Earth, keeping the construction costs down.
Artist conception of the Mars Ice House.
One of the biggest concerns with future human missions to mars is how will we shield our astronauts from harmful radiation? While previous habitat designs have focused on building shelter underground or developing some sort of shielding, the Mars Ice House could protect its residents without any additional features. Water-ice is a great barrier against galactic cosmic rays (GCRs), which are one of the main threats to human health on long-duration Mars missions.
Pure water-ice, which is readily available on the red planet, will serve as the main material for the Ice Home’s shielding and structure. Carbon dioxide gas would be extracted from the Martian atmosphere and used as insulation between blocks of water and blocks of ice that make up the habitat. As such, the structure would be transparent, which could make future inhabitants feel more like they are living in a home, rather than a dark cave.
A view of the interior.
The current design features a cozy habitat built for four with room for sleeping quarters, a kitchen, work areas and recreation areas. The design team says that the materials used to build the house would allow for the temperature to remain a cool, comfy 72 degrees Fahrenheit inside, no matter what the weather was like on Mars.
Hynek Classification: RV (Radar / Visual) Observation supplemented with radar.
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No. of Object(s): Multiple
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Number of Witnesses: Multiple
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“Unidentified phenomena in the vicinity of Kodiak, Alaska,” FBI Memo, 10 February 1950; Fawcett & Greenwood, Clear Intent, p. 165-166; Randles, The UFO Conspiracy, p. 30-32.
Ruppelt, Report on Unidentified Flying Objects, p. 19, 99-100
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On the night of January 22/23, 1950, near the Bering Sea at Kodiak, Alaska, Navy patrol pilot Lt. Smith made a routine security flight. At 2:40 a.m., he obtained a radar reading of an object 20 miles north, which quickly vanished. Eight minutes later, he picked up either the same or a different object. He radioed Kodiak to learn that no known aircraft were in the area. The Kodiak radar officer then reported that he was receiving interference, the likes of which he had never experienced.
At about 3 a.m., the USS Tillamock was south of Kodiak when one of the men on deck saw “a very fast moving red glow light, which appeared to be of exhaust nature.” The object came from the southeast, moved clockwise in a large circle around Kodiak, and returned to the southeast. Another officer came out to look, saw it in view for 30 seconds, and described it as like “a large ball of orange fire.” No sound came from the source of the light.
At 4:40 a.m. Lt. Smith, still on airborne patrol and experiencing no radar problems, now picked up another blip on his radar – so fast that it left a trail on his screen. Smith called his crew, who immediately saw the object close a five mile gap in ten seconds, an apparent speed of 1,800 mph. He tried to pursue the object, but it was too maneuverable. Witnesses described two orange lights that rotated around a common center. At some point the object made a sharp turn and headed directly toward Smith’s plane. He “considered this to be a highly threatening gesture” and turned off his lights. The UFO flew by and disappeared.
At least 36 copies of the Navy’s detailed report were sent to various security agencies, including the CIA, FBI, Air Force Intelligence, and the Department of State. None of these copies were ever released or published, although a truncated FBI copy surfaced in the 1970s as the result of a Freedom of Information Act request. The document’s explanation: “the objects must be regarded as phenomena . . . the exact nature of which could not be determined.”1
And yet publicly, the Air Force had stopped investigating UFOs. Air Force Captain Edward Ruppelt, who later headed Project Blue Book – the Air Force’s official UFO investigative body – claimed that UFO investigations at this time rated “minimum effort.” The old Project Grudge files, he said, had been “chucked into an old storage case,” and many reports were missing when he sifted through them a few years later. What, then, of the Kodiak case? We do not know the military’s response to this, but Ruppelt noted that early in 1950, the Director of Air Force Intelligence (one of the recipients of the Kodiak report) sent a letter to Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) indicating that he had never issued any order to end Project Grudge. ATIC replied weakly that it had not actually disbanded Grudge, but merely transferred its project functions and no longer considered it a special project. It is possible that the Kodiak incident sparked this exchange.
A couple of scientists have considered how the search for extraterrestrial intelligence is conducted and, working off the idea that sufficiently advanced alien beings would at least attempt to build defensive structures around their world to defend against potentially catastrophic extraplanetary threats, suggest that one way such beings might be found would be through their defense systems. In fact, the scientists contend, the aliens would not necessarily have to be much more advanced than humans.
Inverse reported recently that Milan Cirkovic and Branislav Vukotic of the Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade have suggested in a study that searching for defensive structures that guard against something as devastating as a nearby (exploding) dying star could potentially lead to the discovery of intelligent alien beings. The duo posits that intelligent beings not much more advanced than humanity could erect artificial barriers or perhaps some type of megastructure to thwart an incoming threat like a gamma-ray blast or the expended electromagnetic energy of an exploding supernova.
Cirkovic and Vukotic write in the paper (per Business Insider), “For the present purposes, we note that no part of any spiral galaxy [like our Milky Way] can be considered safe from cosmic explosions in the long run. And as the timeframe considered by an intelligent species grows longer, more relevant becomes the issue of mitigation.”
Such mitigation would include planetary defense systems, something that our own planet has yet to develop but, Cirkovic and Vukotic believe, is well within humanity’s technological reach within the next century. An alien civilization just a few decades or more technologically advanced might have thought of and created such forms of mitigation already.
Such defense systems could be found much the same way as exoplanets are detected, by studying and recording the dimming of stars, a method known as transiting. The scientists suggest that there are observables to look for that could distinguish what they refer to as “shielding swarms” (like asteroids) from exoplanets: The mass of the shield construct would be the size of a planet with a great deal less mass than it should have; the structure will not obey the natural laws of motion; unusual optical properties (like infra-red absorption); and anomalous planetary reactions within a system affected by a supernova (derived from historical data).
As Inverse pointed out, the discovery of the mysterious dimming star, KIC 8462852, had scientists speculating that the effect could be caused by mitigating phenomena like planets, swarms of comets, and even a Dyson sphere (a theoretical artificial construct that would surround a star and harness its energy). And the Inquisitr reported in September that the latest theory behind the dimming was that the star was being occluded by an interstellar band of space rock and debris.
An alien civilization not far removed from constructing a Dyson sphere would be capable of building massive defense systems to protect the home world, making them detectable to interstellar observers. [Image by vrx/Shutterstock]
The Cirkovic and Vukotic paper appears to be an extension of the alien megastructure idea, that where one might find something resembling an artificial formation — whether it be a manufactured sphere or a shield of unnaturally aligned asteroids — that could be used as a defense, one might just find a nearby intelligent alien civilization.
From artificial worlds to behemoth city megastructures, it is truly unknown what constructs alien civilizations might build, and that is if intelligent aliens exist at all. [Image by diversepixel/Shutterstock]
If nothing else, the paper, which was published in Acta Astronautica, provides yet another method, along with the current searches for extraterrestrial transmissions and tell-tale atmospheric biosignatures, for detecting extraterrestrial intelligence.
Of course, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence has been going on for centuries, but the formalized and collective push to find intelligence came about when Dr. Frank Drake, the scientist that formulated the now famous Drake Equation for calculating the number of extant alien civilizations capable to extraplanetary communication within the Milky Way, pointed a radio telescope from the Greenbank Observatory in West Virginia at the distant stars stars Tau Ceti and Epsilon Eridani. His efforts, along with contributions from thousands of others, morphed into what would become SETI and the SETI Institute, the mission of which is to continue the search for alien extra-solar intelligence.
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A NASA scientist has warned that comets arcing through our Solar System could pose more of a threat (or at least as much of one) than asteroids that are constantly in the headlines as being a potential danger to life on Earth as we know it. And there are several reasons why a comet headed on a collision course with our planet could be far more devastating, perhaps even producing an extinction level event not seen in tens of millions of years.
Live Science reported recently that the warning has gone out that not only is Earth totally unprepared for defending itself against an imminent asteroid strike but that comets on a collision trajectory would also likely pose greater risks to the planet. Such a collision might even result in the extinction of a majority, if not all, of the major living organisms on Earth.
NASA scientist Dr. Joseph Nuth of the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, during a news conference at the annual fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) held in San Francisco where he made a presentation on the asteroid deflection capabilities and possibilities currently available, suggested that scientists and policymakers should broaden the scope of the potential dangers to Earth hurtling through the Solar System. He said that comets, though often dismissed, are an ever-present threat and it was time that they, too, be considered when taking measures to protect against extra-planetary-generated impacts.
“Comets have largely been ignored by people that are interested in defending the planet.”
The primary reason comets aren’t given their due, Nuth said, was the perception that little can be done to stop comets. This is in part due to the difficulty astronomers have in spotting and tracking them.
“A comet comes out of nowhere, pretty much,” Nuth said during his presentation a few hours prior to the press conference.
In fact, the last near-miss comet, Siding Spring, buzzed Mars, coming to within 87,000 miles (140,000 kilometers) of our neighboring planet. And earlier this year, an asteroid or comet slammed into Jupiter, an event caught on camera by an amateur astronomer, according to CBS News.
NASA scientist Joseph Nuth warns that comets should be incorporated in talk of space object deflection. [Image by Vadim Sadovski/Shutterstock]
But Earth has to worry about comets the size of Shoemaker-Levy 9, the comet that disintegrated in the atmosphere of Jupiter in 1994 after it was caught by the gas giant’s gravitational field. Scientists estimated, according to a Shoemaker-Levy 9 question and answer webpage set up by Stephen F. Austin State University in Texas, the size of the original comet from the fragments that fell to Jupiter as being approximately 3 miles (5 kilometers) to 6 miles (10 kilometers) across. (In his presentation, when Nuth spoke of giant asteroids that Earth needed to defend against, he referenced, as was reported by the Inquisitr, the “dinosaur killer” asteroid — or comet — that impacted some 65 million years ago, a space rock estimated to have been at least 6 miles (10 kilometers) wide.)
And scientists and agencies need to worry not only about them being spotted late in their orbits and limiting the response time to mount a defense, but also about size and trajectory and velocity. As Nuth explained, comets generally are larger than the average asteroid. The orbital paths of comets have also been found to be elliptical (as opposed to asteroids, where the orbits of most are roughly like Earth’s), with the comet making its journey from the outer reaches of the Solar System, moving in for direct hits (whereas asteroids usually strike the Earth at various angles). Whereas the asteroids travel at an average speed of 44,700 miles per hour (71,940 kilometers per hour), the long elliptical trips of comets see them pick up speed as they approach the sun. For instance, comet Siding Spring was traveling at 125,000 mph (200,000 kilometers per hour) as it passed Mars.
Greater mass. Greater velocity. Greater potential for a direct collision. According to Nuth, these factors provide for “potentially cataclysmic” consequences. He also pointed out that given that extinction-event-level asteroids and meteors collide with the Earth about every 50-60 million years on average and the last impactor, the “dinosaur killer,” hit roughly 65 million years ago, the planet was due for a catastrophic asteroid or comet strike.
The problem with comets: Dr. Joseph Nuth of NASA says they’re bigger, faster, impact more directly, and could appear virtually out of nowhere. [Image by solarseven/Shutterstock]
The problem, as Nuth pointed out at the presentation, was that there was nothing at present the Earth could do about a hazardous object headed for the Earth unless there was at least five years to prepare or launch some type of interception or deflection mission. This was why along with suggesting that measures be taken to defend the planet more effectively, he also had suggested a possible solution at the presentation.
Nuth suggested a two-part defensive strategy which would employ an “observer” and an “interceptor” spacecraft. The former would study potentially hazardous objects to deem the seriousness of the threat. The latter, which could be outfitted with a nuclear weapon, would be used for destroying or deflecting the object.
“It’s really imperative that we reduce that reaction time,” he said at the news conference.
Other methods of deflection presented at the AGU included the suggestion of the use of lasers to target an incoming object, possibly producing gaseous jet eruptions from said object and knocking it from its collision-course trajectory, and the use of a “kinetic impactor,” described as “basically a giant cannonball,” that would act to batter an asteroid — or comet — off its trajectory.
Scientists using numerous computer simulation models of giant asteroid impacts on the ocean have found that the farther out into the deepest areas of the ocean, the more distance the object is when it strikes the water’s surface, has a profound impact on the potential for damage. In fact, given all the Hollywood-driven scenarios of massive tsunamis, virtual mountains of water crashing into coastal cities after an asteroid impact, it should be noted that such an event will likely never occur.
As Seeker reported this week, scientists at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico have found that tsunamis rolling in and over coastal cities due to the impact of a massive asteroid are likely never to occur, because 70 percent of the Earth’s surface is covered by water. The researchers studied different sized asteroids making impacts at different distances — and different incoming trajectories and different water depths — from the shoreline. They also studied the effects of asteroids that exploded as airbursts. As one might expect, asteroids that hit close to shore were devastating to coastal areas. However, as the distance from shore — and the water’s depth — grew, the less likely the monstrous waves created by the impact would reach the shore as a danger.
“Movies like ‘Deep Impact’ and ‘Armageddon’ suggested that an ocean impact would produce a devastating tsunami that would affect everything along the shorelines surrounding an ocean basin… but I was skeptical,” Galen Gisler, the scientist who led the project at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, told Seeker.
Researchers found that Gisler was correct with his original hypothesis. The three-dimensional modeling showed that the tsunamis portrayed in the movies were fiction.
According to 3-dimensional simulations, scientists found that asteroid impacts on water, unless they occur close to the shoreline, likely will produce no tsunamis. [Image by shirophoto/Thinkstock/Getty Images]
“An asteroid impact is a point source and it only affects the immediate region around the impact point and moreover, to create a tsunami, you need something that disturbs the entire water column,” Gisler explained.
A point source-generated wave loses its ability to propagate fairly quickly, the scientists found. As the Daily Mail noted, using the factors of a basalt asteroid, static air, and static water, “kinetic energy would be transferred to the water, and in the largest scenario, the visualization shows how a 250-meter-wide asteroid could create a transient crater, giving rise to a massive plume of water and water vapor.”
As ScienceAlert reported, such a jet of water from the initial asteroid impact could reach from hundred of meters in height to a few kilometers. Still, even with so much water falling back into the ocean, the resulting colliding shockwaves in both the atmosphere and the water, plus wind resistance at the water’s surface would work against the creation of a propagating wave.
Regardless, as Gizmodo pointed out, giant asteroids colliding with the ocean (or even exploding over it) are still incredibly dangerous, especially at point of impact — just not in the area of creating a tsunami.
“The most significant effect of an impact into the ocean is the injection of water vapor into the stratosphere, with possible climate effects,” Gisler said.
The release of water vapor into the upper atmosphere would only add to the greenhouse effect and contribute to the already runaway global warming problem facing the planet.
Scientists found that the most dangerous asteroid was one that detonated in an airburst near the coastline, an event that could produce a devastating shockwave and a tsunami as well. [Image by solarseven/Thinkstock/Getty Images]
But the worst possible scenario, other than a direct asteroid impact on land? An airburst just off the coast. As Gisler noted, such a detonation near a “populated shore will be very dangerous” and could very well produce a tsunami like those seen in the movies.
The asteroid simulation study comes as a NASA scientist, Joseph Nuth, made remarks at a presentation in San Francisco on Monday that the Earth was unprepared to defend itself against a “dinosaur killer” asteroid strike. As the Inquisitr reported, Nuth warned that the Earth was somewhat due an extinction event-sized asteroid (considering the average time between such events is roughly 50-60 million years, and the last event occurred approximately 65 million years ago, contributing to the extinction of the dinosaurs) and “there’s not a hell of a lot we can do about it at the moment.”
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Footage showing a mysterious glowing orb hovering in the sky over Fairbanks, Alaska, and releasing multiple smaller orbs mid-air before disappearing has sparked excitement among members of the online UFO community. UFO enthusiasts are touting the latest footage as the best example of a series of nearly identical clips released recently showing orb UFOs dropping smaller “pods” at several locations across the country.
The recent slew of clips allegedly showing orb UFOs dropping “landing pods” across the country sparked rumorsamong members of the UFO community that a secret alien invasion of Earth by possibly hostile alien races could be underway, the Inquisitr reported in February.
The latest footage was uploaded online on May 13, 2016, by YouTube user Jared A, a security officer in Fairbanks, Alaska. Jared began filming after he noticed a bright light in the sky at about 3 a.m. during a routine patrol in Fairbanks.
For about five minutes, he filmed the mysterious glowing orb floating in the air and releasing smaller orbs.
The clip shows the extraordinary moment that the UFO appears to release multiple orbs over Fairbanks. The first orb was released at the 1:30 mark in the footage and two other orbs were released at 2:30.
Jared exclaims in awe as the UFO releases two smaller orbs in succession.
The glowing orb appears to split into three. The three orbs assume a triangle formation. One of the orbs drops earthward rapidly, but all three fade gradually and disappear.
The awestruck witness appears to suggest that the orb looks like a craft dropping smaller surveillance crafts or drones.
“Wow! They are putting out drones man. Scouting the area I guess.”
“The phone does not do it justice, but it was brighter and just simply amazing to see,” he commented on Reddit.
The footage is going viral online having received nearly 10,000 views on the witnesses’ channel alone. A few UFO interest channels, including UFO News, have also uploaded copies.
The footage has sparked speculation among UFO enthusiasts, with many touting it as the best in recent times showing an alien UFO hovering in the sky and dropping “pods” to the ground.
This is a good example of how to record a UFO Sighting.
“Wow just wow! I wish I could see alien already it’s my biggest dream.”
Skeptics have been unable to explain away the latest footage as a hoax.
“This one is truly confusing,” one said.
But some skeptics suggested it actually shows space debris entering the Earth’s atmosphere and breaking up.
However, UFO hunters pointed out the remarkable similarity between the footage and several other clips uploaded online recently showing glowing orbs dropping what appear to be “landing pods” over multiple locations across the U.S.
The Inquisitrreported in February that multiple identical footage showing UFOs dropping or jettisoning smaller orbs over several locations in the U.S. caused researchers to raise alarm that a stealth invasion of Earth could be underway.
The Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) has received several remarkably similar clips recently showing glowing or flashing orbs hovering in the sky and breaking into smaller pieces that drop or fall to the ground in a manner that suggests a large UFO releasing a landing pod.
The Inquisitr reported that UFO hunters suggested that the slew of sightings documented on video by unrelated witnesses from different parts of the country suggest alien invaders are secretly establishing sleeper cells in different parts of the county.
For instance, the footage below, uploaded to YouTube by MUFON on February 12, 2016 (Case 52934), was captured over Boise, Idaho, by a witness driving home with his wife on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2013.
The clip, which appears to show a stealth orb UFO dropping a “landing pod,” was corroborated independently by two other witnesses who observed the same incident from separate locations.
The first witness (Case 52934) described the orb as glowing in the sky with a red light. He called his wife’s attention to it. She suggested that they pull over and watch. After observing for several minutes, the witness rushed home to fetch his video camera and managed to capture the final moments when the orb dropped a smaller flashing orb to the ground.
The witness filmed as the “landing pod” dropped slowly from the larger glowing orb, after which the light of the larger orb faded gradually and disappeared.
A second resident of Boise also reported seeing the glowing UFO hovering in the sky. In his testimony, filed as Case 52930, the orb hovered for more than three minutes before it dropped a smaller orb to the ground.
“This really freaked me out. I watch the sky all of the time and have never seen anything like this before.”
A third witness (Case 52942) also reported seeing a UFO releasing an orb that fell to the ground.
The Inquisitrreported earlier on February 12, 2016, a nearly identical case (Case 53762) involving a witness from Spokane Valley in Washington, who saw a UFO with an orange-red glow at about 7 p.m. on January 26, 2016. He watched as the UFO dropped a smaller orb to the ground.
According to the witness, the larger orb flew eastward and disappeared after it had dropped the smaller orb.
“The object stopped, flashed very brightly several times and then discarded something,” the witness said. “There was glowing discharge from the bottom of the object. The object lost brightness intensity and then slowly went away.”
UFO hunters analyzing the footage at the time suggested that the mysterious orb may have been an alien craft releasing a “landing pod” or an escape capsule.
A nearly identical sighting was also reported over California in January 2015. A witness sighted and filmed a mysterious glowing orb dropping another orb as it streaked across the sky.
Members of the UFO community claim that aliens live secretly among us. They cite testimonies by former high-ranking government military officials and scientists (see below) to back claims that aliens disguised as humans live on Earth.
According to Paul Hellyer, a former Canadian defense minister, the world’s leaders know that extraterrestrial beings, such as the Greys, Pleiadians, and evil Reptilian aliens, live among us and influence global politics.
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Operation Highjump: UFO’s, ondergrondse nazi-bases en admiraal Richard. E Byrd
Operation Highjump: UFO’s, ondergrondse nazi-bases en admiraal Richard. E Byrd
Op 9 mei 1926 vlogen de Amerikanen Richard Byrd en Floyd Bennett als eerste met een vliegtuig over de Noordpool.
Na de 15 uur durende reis over de Noordpool werden de twee mariniers als helden ontvangen in Amerika. Ze kregen beide een eremedaille van de marine.
Richard Evelyn Byrd werd op 25 oktober 1888 geboren in Winchester. Hij groeide op in een rijk en machtig gezin.
Rockefeller
In 1928 kondigde hij aan dat hij ook over de Zuidpool wilde vliegen. Rijke Amerikanen als Edsel Ford en John D. Rockefeller junior sponsorden hem.
Op Antarctica bouwden ze een vliegbasis, genaamd Little America. Van daaruit konden ze reizen maken over de Zuidpool. Er werd een berggebied ontdekt en vernoemd naar Rockefeller.
In 1939 maakte admiraal Byrd op verzoek van president Franklin D. Roosevelt nog een reis naar het gebied.
Operation Highjump
Na de Tweede Wereldoorlog organiseerde Byrd een mega-expeditie naar de Zuidpool. Het reisgezelschap bestond uit ruim 4000 mensen, 13 schepen en 25 vliegtuigen.
Deze reis, die bekend staat als Operation Highjump, zou acht maanden duren, maar werd al na acht weken afgebroken.
In onderstaande video neemt onderzoeker Jim Nichols verhalen over ondergrondse nazi-bases, UFO’s, een occult ras en Atlantis onder de loep. Zijn conclusies zullen je ongetwijfeld verbazen.
White UFO Over Australia Is Living Entity Living Off Static Electricity. Dec 23, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
White UFO Over Australia Is Living Entity Living Off Static Electricity. Dec 23, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Dec 23, 2016
Location of sighting: Sydney, Australia
Captured by UFO Sydney of Youtube, these white UFOs are turbo fast, if you have never caught one, then its only because you have never filmed the sky for an hour and then watched it on your computer in .25X speed (slow motion). These UFOs do exist, and they exhibit intelligence. They are also seem to feed off of the static electricity in the air.
Long ago, ago when my site got on CNN for a story about a lightening storm over Norte Dame stadium during a game (video has since been deleted for unknown reasons), these tiny white UFOs shot everywhere. There were thousands of them and even the score board was hit by lightening...evacuating the stadium. But these little white UFOs seemed so excited, so super charged. The did loops in groups right on live TV. It was amazing, no one noticed but me until I reported it, and it got on CNN. These little white UFOs...are alive. If you want to catch more of them, record on a tripod during a lighting storm. Or during the day with you have blue cloud background...since they are white, it makes it easier.
Scott C. Waring
Eyewitness states:
UPER FAST UFO LOOK ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN/ captured with NIKON coolpix p900 camera.
UFO Disk Seen Over Melbourne, Australia On Dec 25, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Disk Seen Over Melbourne, Australia On Dec 25, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: December 25, 2016 Location of sighting: Melbourne, Australia This UFO was caught by Australian UFO researcher Peter Maxwell Slattery of Youtube. The UFO has a disk shape and is reflecting light from its surface, probably reflected from the moon or city lights. The UFO does have a metallic tint to it. Many UFOs have been seen over Australia since a large portion of the country is mostly uninhabited desert. Many aliens are said to like this hot and dry climate, which also explains the mass sightings at Mexico, Nevada, Arizona and such. Scott C. Waring
UFO Over New York City On Live Cam, Dec 23, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Over New York City On Live Cam, Dec 23, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Dec 23, 2016 Location of sighting: New York City, New York, USA This UFO was caught on live cam flying over New York City! The video starts out with a glowing UFO coming down from the sky and then it hovers in place over a building. Now this must have shown up on Radar since the airport is really close to this location, but as we all know, many UFOs don't show up on radar. This is an excellent catch by Orlando Bosca of Youtube. Live cams are the modern day tool of UFO researchers worldwide. If you have an iPad, download some free cam apps. Then jump from cam to cam till you come to something. If you are confident its a UFO...take a screenshot (hold the power button and screen button at same time). The screenshot will go into your photos folder. Then post it to Facebook, your blog, or other social media sites. Its as easy as that. Oh...and post a link on our site so we can have a look please. Scott C. Waring-Taiwan
UFO Caught Over Island Nation Of Cyprus, Great Photo, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Caught Over Island Nation Of Cyprus, Great Photo, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: April 19, 2009, but reported today Location of sighting: Cyprus, Europe Source: MUFON #81145 This UFO was seen over the island nation of Cyprus back in 2009, but was reported today. The island has a total population of about 1.3 million people and is totally surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea. UFOs are often seen over the ocean and its been long believed that if aliens wanted to hide a base on Earth, under the ocean was the logical decision. At the moment, the only alien base I know of in the Mediterranean is below Rocca Pia, Italy...and belongs to the W56. So it sounds like there are several bases in the Mediterranean. Scott C. Waring Eyewitness states:
Picture was taken for the purpose of mountain and moon combination scenery. The object could only be realised right after shooted in LCD display. Several shootings made before this photo but no other objects were found in previous shootings.
The sounds last only milliseconds but generate as much energy as the Sun in an entire day.
However no one knows what is causing them.
Since March scientists have now heard 16 powerful radio signals – known as fast radio bursts (FRBs) – from space, Sciencealert reports.
Experts only discovered FRBs for the first time in 2007.
But despite discovering nine years ago very little is known about them – even though an estimated 2,000 FRBs fly across the Universe everyday.
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MYSTERY: An estimated 2,000 FRBs fly across the Universe everyday
NASA
EXOTIC: It is now believed the outer-galactic FRBs are coming from 'an exotic object'
It is now believed the outer-galactic FRBs are coming from “an exotic object” such as a neutron star that rotates with such power it emits extremely bright pulses.
Last year UFO expert Nigel Watson said the FRBs could indicate “a vast alien communication network”.
He said: “This extraordinary finding either indicates an as yet unknown or unusual astronomical phenomenon, or it could indicate that this is a vast alien communication network, and the universe is teeming with intelligent life forms.
"Every unusual signal from outer space encourages us to wonder if it is from an alien civilisation.
"Since this signal seems so elusive and hard to interpret then this should be a candidate for further analysis.
"It would be fantastic if this was an alien signal as the knowledge that we are not alone in this vast universe would have a dramatic impact on our perception of our place in the scheme of things."
UFO Disclosure May Take Place Before Trump Takes Office
UFO Disclosure May Take Place Before Trump Takes Office
The election of Donald Trump was a wake-up call from many people and movements. One of those movements was the call to open the secret government files on UFO visits and alien encounters. The champion of this disclosure was John Podesta, who was Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager – the man who famously said he regretted not doing more to disclose the files when he was chief of staff for President Bill Clinton. Has the movement and disclosure gone down in defeat with Clinton and Podesta? Maybe not.
Stephen Basset, the executive director of the Paradigm Research Group (PRG) and the so-called “only registered UFO and alien disclosure lobbyist” in Washington, claims that President Obama may open the files as one of his last acts before leaving office.
Persons who are directly involved in the management of the extraterrestrial issues want disclosure to take place under President Obama and are ready to work with the SecDef (Secretary of Defence) if approached.
Those “persons” include an anonymous whistle-blower “within the military/intelligence community” who allegedly contacted PRG by email two days after the election to reveal the new openness to declassification of the files by the Obama administration.
Basset says disclosure must be driven by Hillary Clinton and her husband to convince President Obama
Basset says in a press release that this declassification must be driven by both of the Clintons to occur before President-elect Trump’s inauguration – preferably by January 6th.
The Clintons now have a choice to make of historic proportions. Should they immediately take interviews with top journalists and discuss in greater detail what they know about the ET issue and what transpired during the Rockefeller Initiative from 1993-1996, the resulting media storm will force the Pentagon and the White House to reach the necessary understanding allowing Barack Obama to be the Disclosure president. Or should they remain silent and allow the truth embargo to continue on into the next administration.
By opening the files two weeks before Trump’s inauguration, PRG asserts that the nation will have time to absorb the predicted shocking revelations before the transition to a new president – a plan that would allow him to speak about it in his Inaugural Address.
Speak about what? Basset won’t say, but he echoes the style of the incoming president by hinting that it will be huge.
This [UFO Disclosure] will be a reality this year and across the front pages of newspapers across the world. The most significant news story that has ever been broken.
Would this news be big enough to affect the transition of power? Psychic Baba Vanya – who allegedly predicted the election of Barack Obama – also predicted that Obama would be the last president. Would the disclosure cause such chaos that the only solution would be to keep him in office to maintain order? Will it allow Hillary Clinton to deny Donald Trump the presidency in a way not involving an election or the Electoral College?
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Aliens Encounters - Real bodys are found around the world (Most Rare Collection)
Aliens Encounters - Real bodys are found around the world (Most Rare Collection)
Published on Dec 17, 2016
PARANORMAL investigators are calling for DNA tests to be carried out on a bizarre corpse that some believe could be the world's first alien dead body on Earth.With its tiny winged frame and reptilian face, the "dead alien" has all the hallmarks of an elaborate hoax, but some alien investigators believe it could be the real deal.
Author Brian Foerster claims to have found the unusual winged small humanoid corpse in a specimin jar in an office in Mexico earlier this year.
Claims are now being made in a video clip online that X-rays carried out on the "dead body" have shown a skeletal structure inside, leading to calls for further analysis, including DNA tests.
But there have been claims the clip entitled "What is this weird creature with wings in this jar
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What Quetzalcoatl taught 2,000 years ago the people of Earth?
What Quetzalcoatl taught 2,000 years ago the people of Earth?
We already know that the person who has created a pictogram in the corn field in Crabwoode in 2002 was none other than himself Winged Serpent Quetzalcoatl, apparently extraterrestrial visitors to Earth. It comes from the obscure star in the constellation Hercules, which is about 160 light years from Earth. Long distance in time or space for him seem to be a problem. Before we return to a more detailed analysis Crabwoodu, it might be useful to look to what is known about Quetzalcoatl in Mayan archeology and legends
“The people of Central America believed that Quetzalcoatl once lived on earth as an ordinary man, learners religion, ethics, art and science. He taught that beauty can be applied through art everywhere and on everything. He helped build a new city. He taught astronomy and Olmec and Mayom given calendar. He taught them how to work with metals. He taught them to write. Engravings on the stone on which it was mentioned, date back 300 years before Christ. Legends of it date back 2000 years back. “
It became so popular that in his name was established in Chichen Itza pyramid huge. “Ixtlilxochitl, Aztec historian later said that Quetzalcoatl possesses deep humility to the” crisis “, which later became a symbol of Christianity. We can therefore wonder that when in the 16th century (precisely in 1519) entered the Aztec conqueror Cortez, were not at all surprised? This year was the year of the potential return of Quetzalcoatl, as once promised. Cortés was about as tall, bearded and pale skin. With it came the Spanish priests carrying thecross. “
Quetzalcoatl lived and taught in Central and South America at the same time as Jesus, who then taught in Israel. Moreover taught very similar principles of early Christianity. It is possible that Quetzalcoatl and Jesus were members of the same group? Jesus used the plural when speaking about his mission: John 3, 11:
Amen, amen I say to you: “What we know, and what we saw, testifying, but do not accept our testimony.”
Later in Revelation 22, 16, says:
“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright morning star.
Verse of Revelation carries the reference to the planet Venus, which was also a symbol of Quetzalcoatl in Central America in the middle of the world. Quetzalcoatl never claimed to be more than a teacher and prophet, while Jesus was the Messiah. But it is possible that belonged to the same group?
SOTT 'Earth Changes' video summary for November 2016: extreme weather events, environmental indicators of 'planetary upheaval' (seismic, volcanic, etc) and Near-Earth Objects in the form of meteor fireballs.
With liberal elites going into meltdown last month over 'Trumpocalypse', the stewards of empire are rapidly losing whatever grip they once had on reality. At the same time, with extreme weather event after extreme weather event impacting every region on Earth, it's as if this descent into madness is being marked every step of the way by Mother Nature. Disastrous climatic events in November 2016 included: Snow, hail and flooding in the deserts of Saudi Arabia (again) New Zealand's second strongest tremor in the modern era Johannesburg's worst flash-flood in living memory Another powerful quake (and another tsunami) off Fukushima, Japan Outbreak of 'thunder asthma' in Melbourne, Australia, which killed 8 people and sent another 8,500 to hospital The latest Atlantic Hurricane in the modern era (and the most southerly, and the first to ever make landfall in Costa Rica) Unprecedented 'superfires' torching swathes of the US Southeast
Those are just some of the more 'unusual' events in our latest Earth Changes Summary video, which also includes the other more 'normal' stuff: monster sinkholes swallowing multiple cars, people and homes - deluges washing away more homes, cars and people - massive meteor fireballs panicking people into thinking aliens have invaded - destructive tornadoes touching down in the capitals of Rome and South Africa - record November snowfalls in parts of northern US, northern China, and northern Europe...
We are, of course, being facetious. There's nothing normal about any of this. We've entered a new global climate. Forecasting models are largely redundant at this point. The costs from all this destruction pile up ever higher with each passing month. Until now, elites have either ignored the climate/planetary upheaval, or blamed ordinary people for causing one or another symptom, then carried on milking taxpayers and spreading wars. No doubt, given recent patterns, they're soon going to start blaming it all on Putin.
These were (some of) 'the signs' in November 2016...
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BODIES OF STRANGE CREATURES WERE FOUND IN THE BASEMENT OF AN OLD HOUSE IN LONDON
BODIES OF STRANGE CREATURES WERE FOUND IN THE BASEMENT OF AN OLD HOUSE IN LONDON
In 1960 in London at the time of clearing the site for construction of a new residential neighborhood, the old long-abandoned mansion belonged to Thomas Theodore Merlin was sent for demolition. `
In the basement of the home builders have discovered several thousand small wooden boxes tightly sealed.
In 2006, a trust was set up to analyze and collate a huge number of wooden crates found sealed in the basement of a London townhouse that was due for demolition. Seemingly untouched since the 1940′s, the crates contained over 5000 specimens of flora and fauna, collected, dissected, and preserved by many forgotten scientists, professors and explorers of obscure cultures and species.
Thomas Theodore Merrylin was born in 1782 in Hellingshire, Northern England. He was the son of a rich aristocrat and biologist, Edward Merrylin, and would eventually follow in his fathers footsteps of fringe naturalism. Thomas spend the majority of his life in seclusion, traveling extensively to collect bizarre specimens of species that were yet to be cataloged by reputable zoologists and naturalists .
Vandaag herdenken christenen wereldwijd de geboorte van Jezus. Maar heeft Jezus echt bestaan?
Wereldwijd komen christenen vandaag bij elkaar om de geboorte van Jezus te herdenken. De Bijbel vertelt dat Jezus – de Zoon van God – in een stal in Betlehem ter wereld kwam om de flink gehavende relatie tussen God en de mensen te herstellen. Een prachtig verhaal dat een interessante vraag oproept: heeft Jezus echt bestaan?
Consensus De relevantie van deze vraag overschrijdt de kerkmuren. De afgelopen eeuwen hebben historici wereldwijd zich over dit vraagstuk gebogen en er bibliotheken over vol geschreven. Het leidde gaandeweg tot een zekere consensus omtrent de historische Jezus, zo vertelt professor Robert Van Voorst, auteur van het in 2000 verschenen boek ‘Jesus Outside the New Testament: An Introduction to the Ancient Evidence‘, aan Scientias.nl. “De meeste moderne wetenschappers zijn zo overtuigd van de historiciteit van Jezus dat ze het bespreken ervan onnodig of zelfs een verspilling van tijd vinden.”
De herders buigen zich, samen met Maria, over het pasgeboren kindje Jezus. Een schilderij uit de zeventiende eeuw van Gerard van Honthorst.
De bronnen Die consensus is gebaseerd op jarenlang onderzoek. Maar hoe doe je eigenlijk onderzoek naar het leven van een persoon die – naar verluidt – rond het begin van de jaartelling leefde? “Op dezelfde manier als een historicus onderzoek doet naar elke andere historische persoon,” vertelt professor Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte, hoogleraar Nieuwe Testament aan de Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, aan Scientias.nl. “Je gaat op zoek naar sporen die iemand heeft achtergelaten.” In het geval van Jezus gaat het dan om sporen in de literatuur. Het bekendst zijn natuurlijk de vier evangeliën – Mattheüs, Marcus, Lucas en Johannes – die in de eerste eeuw zijn geschreven en verslag doen van het leven van Jezus. Daarnaast zijn er echter ook verschillende niet-christelijke teksten uit de Oudheid die naar Jezus verwijzen. “Belangrijke Romeinse historici die aan het eind van de eerste eeuw werkten, zoals Tacitus en Suetonius, beschrijven Jezus als de oprichter van het christendom,” vertelt Van Voorst. “Ze stellen dat hij een beweging begon, gekruisigd werd en dat die beweging enigszins een bedreiging bleef vormen voor de Romeinse overheid.” Daarnaast zijn er verschillende Joodse bronnen die Jezus noemen.
“HET IS HOOGST ONWAARSCHIJNLIJK DAT AL HET MATERIAAL DAT JEZUS NOEMT TOT STAND IS GEKOMEN OP BASIS VAN EEN VERZINSEL”
Kritisch Er zijn al met al dus heel wat oude bronnen die melding maken van Jezus. Maar hoe betrouwbaar zijn ze? “Die teksten moeten we inderdaad heel kritisch bekijken,” vindt Lietaert Peerbolte. Als voorbeeld haalt hij het Testimonium Flavianum van de Joodse geschiedschrijver Josephus aan. In deze passage wordt Jezus meerdere malen genoemd. Maar er zijn sterke aanwijzingen dat er met de tekst geknoeid is: christelijke overschrijvers zouden het werk van Josephus hier en daar wat hebben aangepast. “Zo beschrijft Josephus Jezus als ‘een wijs mens, als we hem tenminste mens mogen noemen’. Dat laatste is er ongetwijfeld door christenen aan toegevoegd.” Net zo kritisch moeten we kijken naar Romeinse teksten en de evangeliën. “Je moet je continu afvragen: wat is historisch betrouwbaar?” En als we al die historisch betrouwbare materialen dan inventariseren, lijkt er geen twijfel mogelijk te zijn. “Het is hoogst onwaarschijnlijk dat al het materiaal dat Jezus noemt tot stand is gekomen op basis van een verzinsel,” concludeert Lietaert Peerbolte.
Origenes
Ontkennen Er zijn dus tal van teksten uit de eerste eeuwen die Jezus noemen. Maar zijn er uit diezelfde periode ook teksten die het bestaan van Jezus in twijfel trekken? Het antwoord is verrassend. “Nee, er zijn geen documenten uit de Oudheid bekend die het bestaan van Jezus ontkennen.” Dat is frappant. Zeker als je bedenkt dat er in de Oudheid wél mensen zijn die fel tegen Jezus tekeergaan. De Griekse filosoof Celsus (hij leefde in de tweede eeuw) is er één van, zo weten we uit teksten van zijn collega-filosoof Origenes. In zijn Contra Celsum vat Origenes de anti-christelijke standpunten van Celsus samen om die vervolgens te weerleggen. Zo lezen we dat Celsus de maagdelijke ontvangenis onzin vond en de goddelijke krachten van Jezus degradeerde tot magie. Maar zelfs Celsus trekt het bestaan van Jezus geen moment in twijfel. Het suggereert dat het idee dat Jezus niet echt had bestaan op dat moment ook helemaal niet in omloop was, aldus Lietaert Peerbolte. Anders had Celsus het ongetwijfeld in de strijd gegooid.
Net als van Jezus zijn van Alexander de Grote geen rechtstreekse portretten bekend. Pas veel later zijn mensen over Alexander de Grote gaan schrijven. Sterker nog: de periode tussen het leven van Alexander en het moment waarop er voor het eerst over hem geschreven wordt is veel langer dan de periode tussen het leven van Jezus en het moment waarop er (buiten de Bijbel om) voor het eerst over Jezus wordt geschreven. “En toch is het voor niemand een vraag of Alexander de Grote heeft bestaan, maar ondertussen is het bestaan van Jezus wel een vraag. Dat is frappant,” vindt Lietaert Peerbolte.
De discussie Hoewel de meeste moderne wetenschappers er op basis van al die bronnen dus van overtuigd zijn dat Jezus echt heeft bestaan, zijn er nog altijd onderzoekers die de Jezusmythe aanhangen. En zo af en toe vlamt de discussie over de historiciteit van Jezus dan ook weer op. Dat gebeurde bijvoorbeeld vorig jaar nog toen predikant Edward van der Kaaij zijn boek ‘De ongemakkelijke waarheid van het christendom‘ presenteerde. Hij stelt in het boek dat de historische Jezus nooit heeft bestaan en het leven van Jezus zoals dat in de Bijbel beschreven wordt, gebaseerd is op elementen uit de Oud-Egyptische religie. Lietaert Peerbolte ziet het als een opleving van een discussie die in de negentiende eeuw ontstond. Die discussie begint met het in twijfel trekken van de wonderverhalen: de passages in het evangelie die melding maken van een wonder dat Jezus verricht. Men stelde dat die wonderverhalen niet echt gebeurd zijn, maar symbolisch bedoeld zijn. In dat scenario vallen de wonderen weg, maar blijven de ethische lessen van Jezus overeind. Tot Allard Pierson in 1878 zijn boek ‘De bergrede‘ publiceert. Hierin stelt hij dat de bergrede – een ethische onderwijzing – van Jezus een compositie is van de evangelist en dus niet door Jezus zelf is uitgesproken. Na de wonderen wordt nu dus ook de historische betrouwbaarheid van de prediking van Jezus onderuit geschoffeld. “Voortgaand op deze lijn komt hij (Pierson, red.) tot het inzicht dat niet alleen alle bewijsmateriaal over de historische Jezus twijfelachtig van aard is, maar dat het uiteindelijk het beste geïnterpreteerd kan worden vanuit het perspectief dat Jezus geen historische figuur was, maar een gehistoriseerde verdichting,” zo schrijft Lietaert Peerbolte hierover in het Nederlands Theologisch Tijdschrift. “Pierson stelt dus eigenlijk: we hebben geen betrouwbare informatie over Jezus en dus heeft hij niet geleefd,” legt Lietaert Peerbolte aan Scientias.nl uit. “Als we diezelfde methode loslaten op Alexander de Grote (zie kader), moeten we ook concluderen dat hij niet geleefd heeft. Het is een hyperkritische benadering van complotdenkers die totaal niet wetenschappelijk verantwoord is. Ik spreek hierbij over complotdenkers omdat veel mensen met een hyperkritische houding het idee hebben dat een groepje losgeslagen Joden een mythe bedacht heeft over een godmens en die mythe vervolgens gepersonaliseerd heeft in Jezus. In dat scenario gaat de mythe dus vooraf aan het verhaal en het verhaal gaat weer vooraf aan de persoon. Dat is zo vergezocht. Dat kan ik onmogelijk serieus nemen.”
De Bijbel vertelt dat Jezus gekruisigd werd. Romeinse geschiedschrijvers bevestigen dat. “De kruisiging is een argument om te zeggen dat het bestaan van Jezus onmogelijk een verzinsel kan zijn. Het is namelijk zo’n ongelofelijk ongelukkig verhaal,” vindt Lietaert Peerbolte. “Het is de afgezant van God die aan het kruis hangt. Dat staat in schril contrast met de koninklijke gestalte die de Joden verwachtten en de machtige gestalte die volgens de Grieken de vloer aan zou vegen met zijn tegenstanders. De kruisiging kunnen de eerste christenen niet verzonnen hebben, want daar hadden ze geen baat bij en hebben ze eigenlijk alleen maar last van gehad.”
Relevant Dat de discussie over het bestaan van Jezus van tijd tot tijd oplaait, is geen wonder, vindt Van Voorst. “Het christendom is de grootste en meest wijdverspreide religie, dus de status van de belangrijkste figuur in deze religie – Jezus Christus – is belangrijk. Daarnaast is het christendom een op de geschiedenis gebaseerde religie waarin men – net als in het Jodendom – aanneemt dat God zich tijdens belangrijke historische gebeurtenissen liet zien. Dus of bepaalde mensen echt bestaan hebben en of bepaalde gebeurtenissen zich daadwerkelijk hebben afgespeeld, is belangrijk. Dit staat in schril contrast met andere religies zoals het boeddhisme of het taoïsme die gebaseerd zijn op onderwijzingen die hun oorsprong vinden in ongebruikelijke menselijke inzichten en niet gebaseerd zijn op personen of de geschiedenis. Als zou blijken dat Gautama Boeddha niet echt heeft bestaan, zou er in het Boeddhisme weinig veranderen. Als zou blijken dat Jezus niet echt heeft bestaan, zou het christendom zoals wij dat kennen ernstig beschadigd raken en misschien zelfs tot een einde komen.” Maar ook buiten de kerkmuren om is de vraag of Jezus echt bestaan heeft, relevant, vindt Lietaert Peerbolte. “Het maakt niet uit of je nu gelovig bent of niet: Jezus heeft een enorme invloed gehad op de wereld, zowel religieus als cultuur-historisch.”
Zullen we dan ooit nog met zekerheid vast kunnen stellen of Jezus echt heeft bestaan? “Dat is lastig,” denkt Lietaert Peerbolte. “Wat zou je daarvoor moeten vinden? Het graf van Jezus? Of zijn botten? Maar hoe kom je er dan achter dat het echt om resten van Jezus gaat? Je hebt geen DNA dat je kunt vergelijken. Misschien dat het ontdekken van een tekst van Jezus zou helpen? Maar weer geldt: hoe weet je dat die tekst echt van Jezus is?” Het is een probleem dat inherent is aan elk historisch onderzoek. “We kunnen niet verifiëren, alleen maar reconstrueren.” Van Voorst onderschrijft dat. “Zullen we ooit 100 procent zeker kunnen zijn van iets of iemand in het verre verleden? Ik betwijfel het. Maar we hebben meer zekerheid over het bestaan van Jezus dan over het bestaan van mensen zoals Laozi (de vermeende oprichter van het taoïsme), Zarathoestra of zelfs Gautama Boeddha of Mozes. En we hebben minstens net zoveel bewijs voor het bestaan van Jezus als voor het bestaan van andere oude figuren zoals Alexander de Grote of Julius Caesar.”
Bronmateriaal:
Interview met Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte Interview met Robert Van Voorst Interview met Lawrence Mykytiuk
Des apparitions d’ovnis triangulaires rendent actuellement perplexes de nombreux témoins et enquêteurs américains. Depuis le mardi 20 décembre on note un nombre croissant d’observations d'ovnis triangulaires, dont 21 signalés sur la période de Décembre.
Mercredi, il été rapporté comment deux personnes avaient observé quatre ovnis triangulaires volant à basse altitude au-dessus de maisons situées à Bucks County en Pennsylvanie. Les rapports reçus par le MUFON mettent en évidence des objets se déplaçant lentement et à des altitudes relativement basses, de grande taille et avec des lumières situées aux extrémités. Le rapport le plus récent date du mercredi 21 décembre à Chebba dans le Tennessee. Le témoin anonyme a déclaré dans un rapport au MUFON : « Nous étions debout dans la rue moi, mon père et mon voisin lorsque l’objet est apparu dans le ciel. »
« Il volait assez rapidement en ligne droite et mon cousin et moi étions les seuls à l’avoir observé. » Un autre témoin affirme avoir aussi vu un triangle volant à basse altitude à Elk Grove, en Californie.
As a special treat this holiday season, the very first trailer for Alien: Covenantwas released at midnight. So sit back and be filled with best feelings of the season: fear.
Also, sex in the shower looks terrifying.
Here’s the official synopsis from Fox:
Ridley Scott returns to the universe he created, with ALIEN: COVENANT, a new chapter in his groundbreaking ALIEN franchise. The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world. When they uncover a threat beyond their imagination, they must attempt a harrowing escape.
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Scientific study claims: Human DNA carries a message from Extraterrestrials
Scientific study claims: Human DNA carries a message from Extraterrestrials
According to scientists from Kazakhstan, the human DNA was encoded with an extraterrestrial signal by an advanced ancient alien civilization in the distant past.
In a study called “The “Wow! signal” of the terrestrial genetic code“, researchers Vladimir I. shCherbak and Maxim A. Makukovfrom the a Department of Mathematics, al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan and the Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute, Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan respectively believe in the existence of a “Biological SETI” as they are calling it, which is a mathematical code located within the human DNA, something that cannot be explained by the process of evolution as traditional theories claim.
And all of a sudden the Ancient Astronaut theory and the idea that humans are in fact an engineered species doesn’t sound as provocative as it did in the past. Ancient Texts mention how humans were created in the image of the “Gods”, now science is a step closer to proving it.
According to writing in the Journal Icarus, the duo states: “Once fixed, the code might stay unchanged over cosmological timescales; in fact, it is the most durable construct known. Therefore it represents an exceptionally reliable storage for an intelligent signature. Once the genome is appropriately rewritten the new code with a signature will stay frozen in the cell and its progeny, which might then be delivered through space and time.” The theory presented by the two scientists suggests the human DNA is structured so precisely that it reveals an “ensemble of arithmetical and ideographical patterns of symbolic language”.
The above mentioned study has led other researchers to suggest that humans were in fact engineered or designed outside of our solar system by our creators several billion years ago, a suggestions that goes hand to hand with numerous ancient texts that speak about the creation of mankind and the creator ‘gods’.7
However, this also supports the hypothesis that life on Earth is in fact the result of interstellar life being distributed across the cosmos by asteroids and comets, which act as transporting devices which seed life onto certain planets.
shCherbak and Makukov argue that their detailed analysis of the human genome shows a previously ignored precision-type orderliness in the mapping between the DNA’s nucleotides and amino acids.
In the study, shCherbak and Makukov state that: “Simple arrangements of the code reveal an ensemble of arithmetical and ideographical patterns of symbolic language.” They say this includes the use of decimal notation, logical transformations, and the use of the abstract symbol of zero. “Accurate and systematic, these underlying patterns appear as a product of precision logic and nontrivial computing,”
Two versions of the code
In the study shCherbak and Makukov state there are versions of the code: “The nearly symmetric code version with arithmetical patterns acts as the universal standard code. With this code at hand it is intuitively easy to infer the symmetric version with its ideography. Vice versa, if the symmetric version were the universal one, it would be hardly possible to infer the nearly symmetric code with all its arithmetical patterns. Therefore, with the standard version alone it is possible to “receive” both arithmetical and ideographical components of the signal, even if the symmetric version was not found in nature. There are two possible reasons why it is actually found in euplotid ciliates: either originally when Earth was seeded there were both versions of the code with one of them remaining currently in euplotid ciliates, or originally there was only the standard version, and later casual modification in euplotid lineage coincided with the symmetric version. What concerns other known rare versions of the code, they seem neither to have profound pattern ensembles, nor to be easily inferable from the standard code. As commonly accepted, they represent later casual deviations of the standard code caused by ambiguous intermediates or codon captures (Moura et al., 2010).” (source)
What theory sounds more plausible in this case? A Religious view, suggesting that a higher entity called God Created the universe and life as we know it on Earth, or that perhaps somewhere out there, in the distant corners of the universe, intelligent beings inhabit the cosmos, these beings manipulated our DNA and created mankind, perhaps in ‘their image’ as some ancient texts suggest?
While panspermia could have occurred naturally in the universe, seeding life on planets and moons, it is plausible to think about life on Earth and how it might have bee created by far more intelligent species with the ability to ‘create life’.
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Alien worlds: most stars have planets in the habitable zone
Alien worlds: most stars have planets in the habitable zone
When Captain Cook sailed into Botany Bay in 1770, we did not know how many planets were in our solar system. We only knew about Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.
Based on the orbits of these planets, 18th century European astronomers invented what is now called the Titius-Bode relation. It’s a simple empirical relation that describes the relative distances between the planets and the sun. It predicted the orbit of another planet beyond Saturn and another planet in the gap between Mars and Jupiter.
In 1781, William Herschel found Uranus – without relying on the Titius-Bode relation – but he found it in the orbit beyond Saturn where the Titius-Bode relation said it would be.
After this success, astronomers started looking for a planet between Mars and Jupiter in the orbit predicted by the Titus-Bode relation.
In 1801, Giuseppi Piazzi found a planet in the predicted position and called it Ceres. The Titius-Bode relation was on a roll.
But when Neptune was found in 1846 it wasn’t exactly where the Titus-Bode relation predicted it would be. And over the years so many small bodies have been found in orbits between Mars and Jupiter that Ceres was plutoed – demoted to an “asteroid”.
And so the Titus-Bode relation lost its shine. And like an old horse, it was put out to pasture. It was only taken seriously by numerologists and cranks.
The search for extrasolar planets
But then along came NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope. Over the past few years Kepler has been able to detect thousands of exoplanets and hundreds of multi-exoplanet systems.
Along with my PhD student Tim Bovaird and Master’s student Steffen Jacobsen, we reasoned that if the TB relation had been such a useful (if somewhat imperfect) guide for predicting planets in our solar system, maybe it would be useful in predicting planets in the new exoplanetary systems detected by Kepler.
We checked the hundred or so systems where Kepler had found at least a few planets and we found that the majority of these exoplanetary systems adhered to the Titus-Bode relation even somewhat better than our solar system did.
Thus, we became convinced that the horse still had some miles left in her – that the semi-taboo Titus-Bode relation could provide useful hints about the periods of as-yet-undetected planets around other stars.
Resurrection
Last year we used a generalised Titus-Bode relation to analyse 68 multi-planet systems with four or more detected exoplanets. We made predictions for the existence of more planets in these systems, based on the Titus-Bode relation.
So far, 5% of our predictions have been confirmed. This may sound like a small percentage, but given the inability of the Kepler telescope to see Earth-sized planets or smaller, a 5% detection rate is what you would expect to see if all the predictions were true.
The Goldilocks zone or habitable zone around a star is where the temperature is just right to have liquid water. Our new result suggests that there are, on average, two planets in the habitable zone.Aditya Chopra, ANU, adapted from NASA/JPL
Almost all of the exoplanets detected by Kepler are larger than Earth and very close to their host stars. This is almost certainly aselection bias.
It is very difficult for the Kepler telescope to spot planets that are far enough away from their host stars to be in the habitable zone (where the temperatures are in the range where H2O will be liquid water).
Using the Titus-Bode relation is a controversial indirect technique, but I think it’s the best one we have if we are interested in answering the question: How many planets (on average) are in the habitable zones of stars?
How many potentially habitable planets?
Our answer to this question is 2 ± 1 and was published this weekin the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. The figures (above and below) illustrate our result.
The names on the left are the names of 31 Kepler exoplanetary systems. The blue dots are exoplanets detected by Kepler. Red and gray squares are our Titus-Bode-based predictions. The green horizontal band is the habitable zone. For comparison, the first system (at the top) is our solar system. The Earth is in the middle of the habitable zone.Author provided
With about 300 billion stars in our galaxy, our result means there are 600 ± 300 billion planets in circumstellar habitable zones in our galaxy.
In the observable universe there are about 100 billion galaxies. Thus there are approximately 1022 stars in the observable universe and twice that many planets in circumstellar habitable zones in the universe.
That’s a lot of real estate for alien development. Not all of these habitable zone planets will be wet and rocky like the Earth, but a fair fraction (about 30%) should be. Now we need some zippy interstellar spaceships to colonise and over-populate all these worlds before the aliens do.
Scientists think they can finally explain the weirdness that is the ‘alien megastructure’ star
Scientists think they can finally explain the weirdness that is the ‘alien megastructure’ star
We all knew it was coming, and it might finally be here – scientists say they have a solution to the ‘alien megastructure’ star that doesn’t involve aliens, and unlike previous explanations, this one is extremely consistent with previous observations of the star’s activity.
The solution doesn’t involve dubious comet swarms or interstellar junk, but instead suggests that the star is undergoing an internal phase transition, which is causing powerful outbursts on the surface that are occasionally blocking the light emissions that our telescopes detect.
In other words, instead of something else getting in the way of the star and blocking its light from us, this new study suggests that internal conditions in the star itself are causing the dips in its brightness.
In case you have no idea what all this ‘alien megastructure’ business is, back in October 2015, scientists discovered a strange pattern of light surrounding a distant star called KIC 8462852, and it was like nothing we’d ever seen before.
When a planet orbits a star, the star’s brightness will periodically dip by around 1 percent, but KIC 8462852 has been experiencing erratic dips of up to 22 percent. This immediately got scientists speculating that something very, very big had been zooming past it.
A massive swarm of comets was thrown out there as an explanation, but that’s been more or less debunked. More recently, researchers have suggested that the bizarre dimming is the result of some kind of clutter in interstellar space.
The there was the now-notorious suggestion from Jason Wright, an astronomer from Penn State University, that the solution could be something from the realm of science fiction – a gigantic Dyson Sphere made of solar panels that completely encircles a star.
“Aliens should always be the very last hypothesis you consider, but this looked like something you would expect an alien civilisation to build,” he told The Atlantic last year.
But no explanation – aliens or otherwise – has fit the data well enough to convince the scientific community to run with it, so the ‘alien megastructure’ star remained shrouded in mystery.
Until now, perhaps, because a team from the University of Illinois says we’ve been looking at the problem all wrong, and a different perspective could give us a pretty solid answer to KIC 8462852’s weirdness.
The researchers have been studying how the star’s large and small dips in brightness relate to each other, and when they applied a number of mathematical models to the data, they came up with patterns that also appear in what’s known as avalanche statistics.
Avalanche statistics have turned up in all kinds of natural phenomena, including solar flares, gamma-ray bursts, and neural activity in the brain, and while the maths is pretty complicated, in basic terms, it reveals patterns where small dips in the data occurring between the larger dips ultimately equate to even larger dips.
Avalanche statistics appear to be associated with things going through certain phase transitions – most commonly between solid, liquid, and gaseous states of matter, and in rare cases, plasma.
“Examples of such transitions are magnetic systems that are slowly driven with a magnetic field, or the slow deformation of somewhat brittle materials where there is often first little crackling that gets louder and louder until there is a big snap when the material breaks,” says one of the team, Karin Dahmen.
“The small events in our star analysis would be like the little crackles while the large events would be the analogue of the big snap.”
Phase transitions are thought to be associated with solar activity such as solar flares and solar storms, so it could be that KIC 8462852’s internal materials are transitioning, and the result is erratic outbursts that block its light.
“In other words, this could just be a star that’s intensely active in some poorly understood way, giving off periodic massive outbursts that cause a dimming of the light. And the fact that stars like this are rare is what’s been fooling us all along.”
Only time will tell if this is the right answer, but it’s fitting the existing data pretty nicely so far.
And even if KIC 8462852 doesn’t ultimately live up to its “Aliens!” hype, we still have a phenomenon on our hands that’s like nothing we’ve ever seen before, and that’s awesome.
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How Realistic Is the Interstellar Ship from 'Passengers'?
How Realistic Is the Interstellar Ship from 'Passengers'?
By Elizabeth Howell, Space.com Contributor
The Starship Avalon, from the movie "Passengers" seems to have been inspired by some real-world science.
Credit: Sony Pictures
The movie "Passengers," whichopened yesterday(Dec. 21), explores the fascinations and perils of interstellar travel, but could the kind of starship portrayed in the movie ever exist in real life?
The film begins on board the Starship Avalon, which is carrying more than 5,000 passengers to a distant, habitable planet known as Homestead II.
Travelling at half the speed of light, the crew and passengers are expected to hibernate for 120 years before arriving. That is, until somebody accidentally wakes up 90 years early. ['Passengers': An Interstellar Space Film in Pictures]
Is there anything remotely realistic about this spaceship? Space.com posed that question to several space travel experts, as well as Guy Hendrix Dyas, the film's production designer. Dyas looked at the history of movie spaceships (including the vehicles from the "Star Trek" and "Star Wars" universes) in his quest to come up with something unique for the new film.
The Avalon has three long, thin modules that wrap around a common center and spin (sort of like stripes on a barbershop pole). Dyas said he based that design on sycamore seeds. It appears that the spin also provides the ship with artificial gravity, similar to fictional ships in the movies "Interstellar" and "2001: A Space Odyssey." The ship is powered by eight nuclear fusion reactors, Dyas said, and can run autonomously, healing most systems even with the crew asleep (as seen in the film).
The ship's immense structure is about 1 kilometer (0.62 miles) in length, and Dyas said he imagines that it was assembled in space over decades. The film takes place at an indeterminate point in the future, Dyas said, but he assumed that by the time the ship was being built, humans would have the ability to mine some of the materials from nearby asteroids or the moon to save on transportation costs.
"My approach to the [ship] design was that I tried to go about it as though I was a cruise liner ship designer," Dyas told Space.com. "I wanted to put myself in the shoes of somebody who had been designing a craft that had a portion of it dedicated to entertainment, and of course that led to the array of colors and textual changes in the ship."
This approach led Dyas to design the more functional areas (such as the mess hall) in stainless steel, while a classy passenger pub was decorated in rich oranges, golds and reds, for example.
Banks of hibernation pods occupy huge halls in the ship. The crew slumbers in separate quarters, inaccessible to the passengers. The pods are clustered into small groups, perhaps (Dyas suggests) so that if one group's cluster fails, at least the other 5,000 passengers are theoretically unaffected.
The hibernation procedure is not really described in the film, but what's clear to moviegoers is what happens afterward: passengers are soothed by a holographic figure explaining where they are. They are escorted to an elevator, then guided to their individual cabin, where they can relax for the last four months of the journey.
The hibernation pods on the Starship Avalon in the movie "Passengers."
Credit: Sony Pictures
Hibernation
While "Passengers" shows people placed in a hibernation state for decades at a time, that kind of technology does not exist today. There are situations, however, where patients can be put into induced comas with cooled saline solutions for a few days to allow traumatic injuries to heal.
In 2015, a company called SpaceWorks received a NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts grant to investigate the possibility of extending the timeframe of an induced stasis in humans even further than what is currently possible. Aerospace engineer John Bradford, the company's COO, told Space.com that induced stasis should be possible given that some mammals can hibernate for months. (NIAC grants are for early-stage work in far-off technologies.)
"We're not trying to extend the human lifetime," Bradford said, so the technology that SpaceWorks is pursuing is different from what is shown in "Passengers." But in other respects, the movie shows essentially the same thing his company strives for.
"We're trying to put people in a small container to minimize the mass and power requirements, and the consumables [during spaceflight]," he added, saying that during a long Mars journey of perhaps six months, putting astronauts into stasis would cut down on the amount of food required for the mission, not to mention the possibility of crew boredom.
And what about exercise? Bradford said it would be possible to keep up an astronaut's muscle mass using neuromuscular electric stimulation; there have been some positive results in comatose patients using that technique, he said.
Bradford said he had been lucky enough to see "Passengers" before its release, and that he was really pleased to see an emphasis on hibernation, and what happens in the moments after waking up, when the passengers are disoriented and extremely tired (since hibernation or stasis is not the same as sleep).
"That part of the storyline is usually jumped over," he said.
Interstellar propulsion
Nuclear fusion is a possible source of propulsion for interstellar ships, but the problem is the size of the reactors that would need to be assembled in space, or launched there, according to some scientists we talked to. So other methods are being considered to get spacecraft going at interstellar speeds.
One idea under consideration by Philip Lubin, a physics professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, uses lasers. Under another NIAC grant, he is developing a concept known as Directed Energy Propulsion for Interstellar Exploration, which would generate propulsion from laser photons reflected in a mirror. The long-term goal is to create a spacecraft that can, like in "Passengers," move at a significant fraction of the speed of light.
Antimatter engines are another possibility for fueling interstellar ships, said Andreas Tziolas, the co-founder and president of Icarus Interstellar. Antimatter particles are naturally occurring particles that are "opposites" to regular matter particles — so the positron is the antimatter equivalent to the electron; the particles have the same mass but are different in other ways, including electric charge (the electron is negative, the positron is positive). When matter and antimatter collide, they annihilate, and release energy.
"The energy [an antimatter engine] generates is very pure in that it generates a lot of photons when matter reacts with antimatter," he told Space.com. "All of the matter is annihilated and it turns into pure photonic energy. However, the photons themselves are hard to capture."
Though it's not stated directly it the film, it's possible the "Passengers" ship is being fueled by the interstellar medium — the tenuous collection of hydrogen particles that populate much of the universe. This concept was proposed in a 1960 thought experiment by American physicist Robert Bussard, who argued it would allow a ship to travel without having to haul fuel along for the ride.
But there's a problem with that idea, according to Geoffrey Landis, a science fiction author and NASA physicist. Since 1960, scientists have discovered that the medium is too sparse to allow fusion to happen, Landis said.
"The idea was, if you don't carry your fuel with you, you might be able to avoid having a simply enormous fuel tank," he said. But with that theory debunked, the problem remains about how to get to such an incredible speed while still hauling fuel with you. [Does Humanity's Destiny Lie in Interstellar Space Travel? (Op-Ed)]
From a practical standpoint, Landis also agreed that a ship that size would likely have to be built largely in space, and that will probably require asteroid mining.
While asteroid mining is still in the future, there are a couple of companies that are getting started on prospecting. Both Deep Space Industries and Planetary Resources have plans to scout out nearby asteroids to learn about their composition, and the possibilities for getting spacecraft out there. Asteroid-mining technology is in an early stage, but both companies are generating other products (such as Earth observation) that have received some support from customers.
Building a business case would take some time, but Landis said it would be very possible to create a spacecraft from extraterrestrial resources.
"In the long term, if we're going to build these enormous habitats, we are going to have to build them from material in space," he said. "That's a very feasible idea. There's literally millions of asteroids out there from which we could harvest materials without having to drag it out of the gravity well of the Earth."
Ship design
Landis also seemed to think that the Avalon creates gravity by rotating.
"I'm getting a little tired of artificial gravity in 'Star Trek' and 'Star Wars,'" he said, referring to the ability of the ships in these long-standing franchises to generate gravity by more theoretical means.
Experts interviewed for the story agreed that, in general, the ship also appears to take into account human factors, which means designing an environment so that it can best accommodate how humans operate.
An example is how the environment is decorated. Even on the International Space Station, the sterile gray interior is populated with pictures, signs and other mementoes from past crews. Individual astronauts can decorate their quarters to their liking, so that they have family pictures to look at during their six-month missions. So the décor choices that Dyas made are important in real-world spaceflight as well.
Looking at previews for the movie, Tziolas said he thinks the Starship Avalon is similar to the concept that Icarus Interstellar has proposed for an spaceship. Called Project Hyperion, this craft also has cruise ship-like amenities, room for 5,000 passengers and a spinning design for artificial gravity.
Tziolas added that he is so pleased that Hollywood is getting more realistic with its ship designs in general.
So could the ship from Passengers really exist? Our experts seemed to agree that there are some aspects that reflect real-world science, but some key questions remain about how such a massive vessel would make an interstellar trek.
Here’s one interesting footage of an unidentified flying object flying in the orbit of Earth. This was filmed from an International Space Station and was taken on 18th December 2016.
China's military is working on its first-ever strategic stealth bomber, which is expected to feature a similar subsonic low-observable "flying wing" design as the U.S.'s B-2 Spirit.
Though it may take 10 years to develop, the H-20 would be a significant step forward on China's path to modernizing its military.
H-20 concept
As the latest move in the country’s ambitious military modernization program, China is in the process of developing its first-ever strategic stealth bomber. The aircraft, called the Xian H-20, is expected to be able to deploy long-range weapons — something their current Xian H-6 models aren’t capable of doing.
The Director of the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s (PLAN) Expert Consultation Committee, Rear Admiral Yin Zhuo, said that the H-20 will be on the same level as the U.S.’s Nothtrop Grumman B-2 Spirit, which was made operational in 1997. Expected similarities with the B-2 Spirit include a subsonic low-observable flying wing design.
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Adm. Zhuo believes that all the pieces are in place for this project, as China has gained a working knowledge of stealth technology and heavy transport design, both of which will be useful in creating the H-20. He also revealed that all the weapons that will arm the new aircraft, like nuclear bombs and cruise missiles, are ready.
The Xian H-20 will be produced by Xi’an Aircraft Industrial Corporation, the same company that produces the H-6 models currently in use. Adm. Zhuo noted that the creation process could take a long time, so the bomber might not be in service until 2025.
China's military is working on its first-ever strategic stealth bomber, which is expected to feature a similar subsonic low-observable "flying wing" design as the U.S.'s B-2 Spirit.
Though it may take 10 years to develop, the H-20 would be a significant step forward on China's path to modernizing its military.
As the latest move in the country’s ambitious military modernization program, China is in the process of developing its first-ever strategic stealth bomber. The aircraft, called the Xian H-20, is expected to be able to deploy long-range weapons — something their current Xian H-6 models aren’t capable of doing.
The Director of the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s (PLAN) Expert Consultation Committee, Rear Admiral Yin Zhuo, said that the H-20 will be on the same level as the U.S.’s Nothtrop Grumman B-2 Spirit, which was made operational in 1997. Expected similarities with the B-2 Spirit include a subsonic low-observable flying wing design.
Youtube/arronlee33
Adm. Zhuo believes that all the pieces are in place for this project, as China has gained a working knowledge of stealth technology and heavy transport design, both of which will be useful in creating the H-20. He also revealed that all the weapons that will arm the new aircraft, like nuclear bombs and cruise missiles, are ready.
The Xian H-20 will be produced by Xi’an Aircraft Industrial Corporation, the same company that produces the H-6 models currently in use. Adm. Zhuo noted that the creation process could take a long time, so the bomber might not be in service until 2025.
UFO Sightings 2016 Increase Worldwide, Year-end Witness To Many Of Them; Are Aliens For Real? [Video]
UFO Sightings 2016 Increase Worldwide, Year-end Witness To Many Of Them; Are Aliens For Real? [Video]
29th December 1953: An Unidentified Flying Object in the sky over Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (Photo : Photo by Barney Wayne/Keystone/Getty Images)
With 2016 is coming to a close, reports on UFO sightings abound. There are rumors that the increase in UFO sigthings is a sign that aliens are preparing for a possible invasion. Check out the latest UFO sightings.
Triangle UFO Over Ohio
Spotted at Springfield, Ohio, the eyewitness described the apparent UFO as "gigantic and enormous" that looks like cylinder at first but at a close look it looks like a triangular-shaped airplane with colors green white and red. The UFO sighting happened in November 29, 2016 at around 10:00 p.m. along highway 2-75. The report was filed at Ohio MUFON in Dec. 4 and is now being investigated by Chief Investigator Ron McGlone, Openminds reported.
Cropped and enlarged version of witness image.
(Credit: MUFON)
Burning Fireball Caught On Camera
The strange blue fireball was reportedly spotted in South America including Colombia and Venezuela on Dec. 16 around 11:25 p.m. Many people believed that they have spotted another UFO though experts suggest that it is just a large meteor.
Residents captured the meteor on camera(Photo: unotv.com)
UFO Crash
An apparent UFO crashed creating a hole in the ground in Fugu County, North Eastern China, Peoples Daily Online reported.
UFOs Spotted in Turkey
Mysterious lights were spotted in Turkey and are believed to have come from an UFO.
Bolt of Lightning Spotted in Arizona
The light seems to be just like lightning or meteorite but it's going up and so theories came out that it may be an alien ship leaving the earth. According to Scott Waring, a UFO enthusiast from UFO Sightings Daily website, Arizona is a famous hotspot for Alien bases and UFOs and the recent incident is an evidence of their existence in the area. Although there were suggestions that the spotted bolt of lightning is a hoax, Waring said that it is an alien ship leaving the earth, Mirror reported.
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Don't Be Fooled by This Giant 'Mech' Robot
Don't Be Fooled by This Giant 'Mech' Robot
By Stephanie Pappas, Live Science Contributor
Photos on Facebook and Instagram purport to show a humanoid robot 13 feet (4 meters) tall, weighing 1.5 tons, being developed in South Korea.
Credit: Courtesy Vitaly Bulgarov
New video clips purporting to show a 13-foot-tall (4 meters) humanoid robot piloted by a person in its torso look like something straight out of "Avatar" or "Transformers," but a Live Science investigation has revealed reasons to believe some skepticism might be in order.
The robot clips have been picked up by a variety of online news and technology outlets, including Kotaku and Wired UK. But the South Korean company that is supposedly developing the robot has virtually no online presence and was unfamiliar to robotics researchers contacted by Live Science.
Furthermore, the only source for the videos or any information about them is the Facebook and Instagram pages of a designer whose website mentions a conceptual art project about a "fictional robotics corporation that develops its products in a not-so-distant future."
The designer, Vitaly Bulgarov, told Live Science that the robot is real. However, he declined to share the names of scientists or engineers working on the project, and messages to the purported CEO of the company went unreturned. [Gallery: See Images of the Giant Humanoid Robot]
Mystery business
According to Bulgarov's Facebook page, the videos were taken in South Korea at a company called Korea Future Technology. Almost all references to this company online appear to be associated with Bulgarov's posts and the subsequent news pieces on the robot. Bulgarov said the company has been operating for several years.
The domain name of the supposed company, found on Bulgarov's file names, hankookmirae.com, meaning "South Korea Future," was registered in February to is Lim Hyun Kuk, the name of the person Bulgarov said was CEO of the company. There is no active website associated with the domain; Bulgarov said one is slated to go online next week.
"If you look at this from a Western point of view, then yeah, that might seem strange, but in that part of the world, the culture is a little different. The company wants to make something first before they advertise themselves," Bulgarov said of the inactive website. [Gallery: Disaster-Response Robots Face Off]
The person who answered the phone number associated with the domain registration said Lim worked at that address but was not available to talk. Lim did not return a message left at that number or emails sent to three addresses possibly associated with him.
Bulgarov told Live Science in an email that the release of the videos was intended for his circle of followers only, and that the company would do a "proper press release" when the robot is completed in 2017. He said a "Professor Park" was associated with the work but would not provide a given name or affiliation for that researcher. ("Park" is the third-most-common surname in Korea.) He also declined to answer questions about funding for the project.
"Frankly, right now, we don't even really care if people think this is legit because we didn't try to promote it," Bulgarov said.
Technical difficulties
The robot itself looks like one of the military robots in the movie "Avatar." A pilot inside the torso moves his arms to control the robot's upper limbs. (This kind of design is known as a "mech.") The robot is tethered by a power cable above, but walks several steps in the video clips. [The 6 Strangest Robots Ever Created]
The technology shown in the video is plausible, said Ronald Fearing, a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of California, Berkeley, who has developed a jumping robot.
The robot looks a bit top-heavy, Fearing said, but its external power source could mean it would be light enough to function. The idea of developing robots steered by a person inside goes back to at least the 1960s, Fearing said. Several research teams are developing robotic exoskeletons to help people lift heavier loads or to allow paralyzed people to walk again.
Bipedal robots much more graceful than the one shown in the new video are already a reality. Robotics company Boston Dynamics has Atlas, an approximately human-sized bipedal automaton that can even navigate rough ground. And Georgia Tech's DURUS robot walks with a heel-to-toe gait, just like a human.
Fearing said the technology in the video would be a "nice piece of work." He estimated that something like it might cost $20 million and take a couple of years to make.
But there are also questions about the video. Though Bulgarov wrote on his Instagram page that the ground shakes as the giant robot walks, the camera and nearby objects appear steady. The lab itself is also remarkably sleek and futuristic compared to academic labs in the United States and even industry labs like those of Boston Dynamics.
Georgia Tech's DURUS robot walks with a heel-to-toe motion to make the bipedal machine more efficient.
Credit: Christian Hubicki / Georgia Tech
"Robots are messy business," said Christian Hubicki, a postdoctoral robotics researcher at Georgia Tech who worked on the DURUS robot. "They get torn apart and put back together over and over, and transmission grease gets all over the place. Even the nice white floor is beautifully unscuffed [in these videos]. Never once during likely hundreds of hours of debugging the giant robot did it kick in a way that scratched it up?"
The people around the robot also appear to be too close for safety and are not following the standard practice of wearing safety goggles, Hubicki said.
Bulgarov said the company's CEO required that the lab be clean, and that the videos had been brightened in postproduction. Fearing said robotics labs in Asia can be relatively neat.
However, there's another problem: Hubicki told Live Science that the robot's leg joints look unusually smooth given the force that the step of a 1.5-ton robot would exert on the motors. [5 Reasons to Fear Robots]
"When I look at the bulk of the leg — say, above the ankle — it still stops its downward motion extremely quickly (I think within a frame of the video)," Hubicki wrote in an email. "[N]ot impossible, but if it is real, I'd be really curious about how the effects of that impact are being handled."
Bulgarov said dampers in the robot's feet make its motion smooth. He also said the robot wasn't built for use as is but as a platform to show off various technical feats, like the human-machine interface for moving the arms or the bipedal locomotion. Right now, he said the robot couldn't walk on an uneven surface but might be useful for industrial purposes, though there are no plans to use the robot in its current state. The cockpit and arms could be attached to a wheeled vehicle for rough terrain, Bulgarov said. The company is considering applications such as cleanup at the Fukushima power plant, which was damaged during the 2011 tsunami in Japan, Bulgarov said.
Some companies do make demonstration robots without many practical applications, Fearing and Hubicki said. However, building a 1.5-ton robot for this purpose would be a quite extreme, Hubicki added.
"To me, building a giant, walking mech to showcase your arm technology is a bit like building a rocket ship to demonstrate your cockpit technology," he said.
When asked directly if the robot was real, Bulgarov said, "It is real, and more footage is coming."
Fearing wondered if perhaps the company was intentionally obscuring its origins and goals to create more interest. There have also been situations where companies have exaggerated reality, he said.
"I don't know of this group, but unfortunately, I know other groups have mixed CAD [computer-aided design] images and reality to raise money and [have] not disclosed the mixture," Fearing said.
Hubicki urged skepticism. "As intriguing as the video is," he said, "at some point, you have to ask yourself, 'Did a secret company with no obvious ties to existing humanoid robotics groups actually develop a giant humanoid robot with likely unparalleled power and torque, and instead of sending out a press release, they unveil the robot by dribbling out low-resolution videos on Instagram via an affiliate who just so happens to be a visual effects artist?'"
Automation through robots and other artificial intelligence could affect nearly half of all US jobs, a report from the Obama administration has found. Education and job-training programs could prevent the sea change from destroying the American economy.
Scientists and economic advisers within the executive branch studied the potential effects of artificial intelligence on the US workforce and economy over the next 20 years, as well as ways to prevent the technological advances from automation from potentially destroying job opportunities for Americans ‒ which they said it could, for up to 47 percent of jobs. Rather, the authors sought to guide the government’s automation policy to create better economic opportunities for the country as a whole.
“These transformations will open up new opportunities for individuals, the economy, and society, but they have the potential to disrupt the current livelihoods of millions of Americans,” the 55-page report said. “Whether AI leads to unemployment and increases in inequality over the long-run depends not only on the technology itself but also on the institutions and policies that are in place.”
The authors compared use of AI to how the Industrial Revolution introduced mass production to the economy, which negatively affected the livelihoods of skilled craftsman, as well as to the rise of computers in the workplace, which benefited white-collar workers.
“Output per hour rose [in the 19th Century] while inequality declined, driving up average living standards, but the labor of some high-skill workers was no longer as valuable in the market,” they wrote. “The advent of computers and the Internet raised the relative productivity of higher-skilled workers.”
“Shifting demand towards more skilled labor raised the relative pay of this group, contributing to rising inequality,” they continued. “At the same time, a slowdown in the rate of improvement in education, and institutional changes such as the reduction in unionization and decline in the minimum wage, also contributed to inequality—underscoring that technological changes do not uniquely determine outcomes.”
Although the report cautioned that it’s difficult to predict exactly how robots and other AI might change the economy in the future because it’s “not a single technology, but rather a collection of technologies that are applied to specific tasks,” the authors noted that the trend has been similar to what happened with computerization that occurred at the end of the 20th and start of the 21st centuries. AI could affect as little as 9 percent of jobs over the next decade or two ‒ or it could threaten nearly half of all jobs.
A September report released by Forrester Research found that 6 percent of jobs could be taken by “early-stage intelligent agents,” as soon as 2021. In November, a brief from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) claimed that up to two-thirds of all jobs in the developing world could be replaced by automation. More than 1.3 million Brits could lost their jobs to computers by 2030, according to research by Oxford University and consultancy firm Deloitte.
Although “AI-driven automation has yet to have a quantitatively major impact on productivity growth,” the administration’s report said, industries such as transportation and fast food are already seeing the results of automation, thanks to self-driving cars and the use of kiosks and other automated ordering systems.
The authors offered three policy strategies to guide the technological changes in the economy to be “compatible with productivity, high levels of employment, and more broadly shared prosperity.” They then noted: “Most of these strategies would be important regardless of AI-driven automation, but all take on even greater importance to the degree that AI is making major changes to the economy.”
The US must invest in and develop AI in a way that responsibly maximizes its development, especially in the areas of cyber defense and the detection of fraudulent transactions and messages, the report said. In order to fill all the positions to “support and advance the field,” the government should prioritize diversity and inclusion in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. Another important way to affect how AI develops is to foster competition from new and existing firms with “sound pro-competition policies.”
It will be important not just to educate and prepare young Americans for careers in AI, but to help current workers with transitioning into the field, including by expanding the availability of job-driven training and improved guidance on how to navigate job and field transitions. The authors recommended “providing all children with access to high-quality early education so that all families can prepare their students for continued education.”
To train the current workforce in AI, the authors called on policymakers to ensure rising wages by modernizing the social safety net and expanding healthcare access, and by introducing new programs such as wage insurance and emergency aid for families in crisis. Other ideas they proffered included strengthening worker bargaining power, modernizing tax policy, and pursuing strategies that prevent AI jobs from clustering in certain areas of the country, the way the automobile industry did in Michigan.
The report was produced by a team assembled by the Obama administration, including staff from the Council of Economic Advisers, Domestic Policy Council, National Economic Council, Office of Management and Budget, and Office of Science and Technology Policy.
From all the recent hand-wringing about “fake news,” you would think that the hand-wringers had never stood in a supermarket checkout line, surrounded by 72-point headlines about alien abductions and miracle cures. Fake news has been around as long as real news, as any historian of early modern Europe can tell you (Renaissance readers gobbled up stories about women giving birth to rabbits, and men from Africa with faces in their chests). Social media has certainly transformed how fake news circulates, speeding up its circulation and extending its reach and impact. The temptation to blame many of our current ills on it—and by extension, on Mark Zuckerberg—is understandable. But the hand-wringing has in fact distracted attention from a much more important problem involving the American media. That problem is not fake news but the continuing delegitimization of real news by American conservatives. This delegitimization has been taking place for a long time (as The Nation’s Eric Alterman has meticulously reported, and as even some conservative media figures have admitted), but during the past year it has taken a frightening new turn. If the mainstream American news media are to have any hope of avoiding potentially catastrophic results—both for themselves and for American democracy—they need to change how they report on American politics, and on the ideological apparatchiks they continue to describe, misleadingly, as “journalists.”
Anyone masochistic enough to tune into Rush Limbaugh regularly will soon recognize a strange pattern in his rants. Limbaugh has an extremely long list of enemies, all of whom he paints as mortal threats to the American republic. But there is one absolutely constant enemy, whom he mentions in every single broadcast, without fail. It is not Hillary Clinton, or Barack Obama. It is not the “Democrat party.” It is not even the federal government. It is the mainstream news media, whom he accuses of extreme liberal bias and hatred of America. In every single show, contempt oozing out of his voice, he flagellates mainstream media such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, or the major broadcast networks. He collectively labels them “drive-bys,” comparing them to drive-by shooters. And his strategy has been followed by virtually the whole of the conservative media machine, from fellow radio hosts like Mark Levin and Michael Savage, to television personalities like Sean Hannity and Bill O’Reilly, to pundits like Ann Coulter and Laura Ingraham. If some hapless liberal caller to a conservative radio show, or some hapless liberal guest on a Fox News program, dares to support an argument by invoking a story from The New York Times, he or she is likely to be met with contemptuous laughter. In this milieu, the Times has no more credibility than The National Enquirer at a scientific conference on extraterrestrial life. A conservative radio talk-show host, Charlie Sykes, who opposed Trump in the election, puts it this way: “We have spent 20 years demonizing the liberal mainstream media…. At a certain point you wake up and you realize you have destroyed the credibility of any credible outlet out there.”
It is important to recognize that if the conservative media machine has delegitimized real news for their audiences, it is not in the service, at least not primarily, of peddling so-called “fake news.” There is a real dividing line between figures like Limbaugh and Hannity on the one hand, and conspiracy theorists like Alex Jones, who describes the Sandy Hook massacre as a hoax, and claims that Barack Obama is literally a demon (yes, literally). Generally, the Limbaughs and Hannitys will not even come out and state forthrightly that Obama is a Muslim, although they hint at it, and their audiences almost certainly take this idea for granted. They do not accuse Hillary Clinton of abducting children to serve as sex slaves. Again, what is now being labeled “fake news” is not the real story.
What the conservative media machine does, in tandem with its delegitimization of real news, is much more dangerous. Its leaders take any story that, however glancingly or speculatively, throws doubt upon the patriotism, honesty, or competence of public figures they dislike, and immediately cast it as the greatest outrage in American history. They return to it as often as possible, greeting every new revelation, however tiny or questionable, as a smoking gun. Just for the Obama administration alone, the list of such scandals is almost endless: “Operation Fast and Furious”; the IRS auditing scandal; the supposed “ransom” paid to Iran as part of the nuclear deal; the loans made to the Solyndra solar panel company; alleged misdeed involving the Secret Service, the General Services Administration, and the EPA; Benghazi (Benghazi!); and of course Hillary Clinton’s e-mail. Anyone relying on The New York Times for news over the past eight years would have seen little of genuine importance in most of these stories, and little to challenge the conclusion that Barack Obama has presided, by historical standards, over a virtually entirely scandal-free administration. Anyone relying on Rush Limbaugh or Fox News would have seen in them a pattern of corruption and malevolence unmatched in American history, and one which the untrustworthy mainstream media deliberately covered up. This is not “fake news.” It is a blatantly ideological distortion of real news. But, as Charlie Sykes has noted, because of the delegitimization of real news sources, the machine’s audiences simply do not, for the most part, believe it when any mainstream media outlet seeks to correct the distortions.
The machine has been operating in this way for many years, as Alterman and others have detailed. But since the election, the delegitimization of real news has taken a new, dangerous twist. It has now become clear that faithful followers of Limbaugh, or Fox News, will not only immediately discount any mainstream-media story that reflects badly on politicians or policies they like, no matter how well sourced and substantiate; they will consider the story itself yet another reason to support those politicians and policies, and will quite possibly believe the opposite, simply as a matter of principle. Polling data suggests that even during the election, the revelations about Trump’s failure to pay federal income taxes, and then the Access Hollywood tape, failed to significantly affect his support within the Republican base. The stories were unquestionably true, but that was less important than the fact that they were reported in the mainstream media (broken, in fact, by The New York Times and The Washington Post, respectively). By definition the stories demonstrated the power and extent of the dark liberal conspiracy against America, making Trump’s victory even more important for the Republican base.
Even more striking are the reactions to the new revelations about Russian interference in the election. Limbaugh, with his usual keen instinct for turning his opponents’ tactics against them, has played off the recent mainstream media obsession and labeled the story “fake news.” Of course, from Limbaugh’s perspective, any story broken by The New York Timesshould be considered fake news until proven otherwise. Most other conservative media stars have reacted in the same way, and as a result, a distressingly large number, not just of Republican voters but of the Republican office-holders in thrall to them, have been entirely incapable of taking seriously even the possibility that a foreign power deliberately interfered—perhaps decisively—with an American election. Indeed, one poll has shown that since the election, Vladimir Putin has actually gained popularity among Republicans. The liberal hand-wringing about “fake news” has helped the conservative media machine, in this regard, because it has provided yet another useful, and widely used catch phrase with which to discredit the mainstream media.
The implications of this shift for the incoming Trump administration are frightening. Even entirely blatant corruption, and blatant violations of the Constitution are likely to be dismissed as “fake news” by the conservative media machine. Reports in the mainstream media will be denounced as part of a nefarious plot by liberals to destroy the administration (and, by extension, America), and could well intensify Trump’s support. Criticism by Democrats, and attempts to hold Trump accountable, will be treated as grievous attacks on American democracy, justifying extraordinary—and perhaps extra-constitutional—responses.
Unfortunately, up to now the mainstream media has shown absolutely atrocious instincts in responding to this phenomenon. Above all, they have simply failed to acknowledge and report adequately on the role that the conservative media machine now plays in American politics, and the way it has delegitimized real news. Consider the fact that in the month before the election, The New York Times mentioned Rush Limbaugh in eleven stories. Eight of these were opinion columns of one sort or another, and one was a magazine story on Hillary Clinton. Just two were news stories, neither of which focused on Limbaugh himself. But Limbaugh has about 13 million listeners. While his influence has waned somewhat over the past few years, conservative politicians still quail in fear of his disapproval. He has more influence on American politics than nearly all American elected officials. He played a non-negligible role in the presidential election—in large part because of his ability to convince his listeners to distrust any revelations about Donald Trump that appeared in The New York Times. Did he not deserve more coverage than the Times gave him?
Unfortunately, the mainstream media still tends to treat figures like Limbaugh, Hannity, and Coulter as “conservative commentators,” as if they were nothing more than slightly rabid versions of William Safire, or right-wing counterparts to Nicholas Kristof and Maureen Dowd. The term suggests a tidy equivalence between left and right, in which each side has its own flock of columnists, radio hosts, and television personalities. But Limbaugh and company are not “commentators,” who might have an ideological slant, but who can also be expected to think through each issue they tackle on its own terms, with due attention to verifiable facts. They are ideologues, who concoct their broadcasts and columns with the sole goal of advancing the fortunes of their own ideological camp in what they openly describe as an apocalyptic conflict to save America. They make no pretense of thoughtfully weighing the pros and cons of the issues they discuss, and never—ever—acknowledge that the other side could have a point.
It is long past time that the mainstream media acknowledge that whatever equivalency once existed in American political life between liberals and conservatives has long since disappeared. The point is not so much that the conservative movement has turned extreme, although of course it has. The point is that the conservative media machine, and a majority of Republican officeholders, up to and including the president-elect, now form part of a coherent, united ideological apparatus that has fought with enormous success to capture the principal levers of power in this country, and that attempts systematically to discredit and demonize anyone who opposes it. It has become an illiberal (in every sense of the word) political party of a sort the United States has never before known, one that bears striking similarities to fascist and communist parties that operated within democratic societies in the 20th century. And the members of it who work in broadcast studios and so-called newsrooms are not journalists. They are the party’s media arm, full stop. They should be treated as such.
The mainstream media today is unfortunately in a very weak position vis-à-vis this party. Nothing that appears in the Times or on CNN can now make much of an impact on the people who live within the party’s steel-walled ideological bubble—including a very large proportion of Trump voters. As noted, new revelations, however damning and sensational, are more likely to intensify their support for Trump than to weaken it. But reporting on this party as a party, as an ideological apparatus, can still have an effect. Figures like Limbaugh and Hannity benefit enormously from the perception among their listeners that they are just commentators. In a grotesque, and enormously effective, act of projection, they denounce liberals for being what they themselves actually are: a ruthless ideological movement that cares nothing for verifiable facts. This self-representation is not challenged nearly enough by the mainstream media, which continue to portray these figures as journalists and commentators, rather than as ideological apparatchiks—indeed, as members of a conservative Nomenklatura. At the very least, the mainstream media should be identifying them as such, and fighting back far more vigorously against the conservative media machine’s delegitimization of real news. It should be reporting on Limbaugh and Hannity, Savage and Levin, Ingraham and Coulter, as often as it reports on the Republican “Freedom Caucus,” and it should respond systematically to their delegitimization of real news. When so-called conservative “commentators” attack The New York Times, the gray lady should not act as if responding to them is beneath her dignity. This tactic has not worked, to say the least. The Times should be covering the charges as part of the ideological battle now being waged in America, and it should be responding to them. So should The Washington Post, and CNN, and the rest of the mainstream media. If they don’t, then in the end, they could be signing their own death warrants.
There has even been two more reported in the last two days, according to The Mutual UFO Network.
On Wednesday in Chebba, Tennessee, a witness said they saw a UFO in the sky.
This comes as bizarre footage of a spaceship appearing through a wormhole emerged online.
MUFON
MYSTERY: The UFOs all appear in a triangle shape with lights
They said in a report to the network: "We were standing in the street me, my dad and my neighbour when it appeared in the sky.
"It was flying pretty fast in a straight line.
"Only me and my neighbour saw it.
"It felt crazy, I was the only one who felt like I was dragged into it.
"It looked like in the pictures I am going to send."
The network said there have been around a hundred reports about triangle UFOs this year.
They are all said to be huge, with bright lights and travelling at low altitude.
In another report posted yesterday to The Mutual UFO Network, a witness described seeing a low-flying triangle at Elk Grove, California, last week.
“I started freaking out, because of what I saw and how close it was to my house and family”
Witness
The report said: "I looked up and saw a triangular shape moving at a high rate of speed.
"It was highlighted by thin dim lines of the triangle with lights on the corners of the triangle with halos around them.
"The triangle went in a straight line and I lost sight of it behind my plum tree, I tried to follow it but it disappeared. I wasn't scared, I stayed out there for another ten minutes or so so I could see if I could see anything else. I didn't see anything else.
“When I went back inside I started freaking out, because of what I saw and how close it was to my house and family."
A CGI fake UFO from a YouTube video supplied to MUFON to show what a sighting Chebba looked like.
The Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) received two more reports in the last 48 hours, its database has revealed.
Since Tuesday Express.co.uk has reported on the growing number of alleged triangle UFO sightings, with at least 21 now reported to US-based MUFON this December.
On Wednesday, we revealed how two people claimed to see four triangle UFOs tailed by a series of other objects flying low over homes in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
MUFON keeps a global at a base of UFO and alien sightings and has received hundreds of reports about so-called triangle UFOs.
The reports are often the same that they are seen at relatively low altitudes, of large size, with lights marking out the sides and slow silent travel.
However, there are variations such as in the latest sightings reported to MUFON yesterday which were said to travel at speed.
MUFON
A CGI image of a triangle UFO reported to MUFON after being seen in Elk Grove, California.
"The triangle went in a straight line and I lost sight of it behind my plum tree, I tried to follow it but it disappeared. I wasn't scared, I stayed out there for another ten minutes or so so I could see if I could see anything else. I didn't see anything else. When I went back inside I started freaking out, because of what I saw and how close it was to my house and family."
He also provided a CGI mock up of what was seen, which is similar to many others received by MUFON.
But, Scott Brando, a forensic UFO investigator of website ufoofinterest.org, believes there are no such thing as triangle UFOs.
He feels that every sighting has been a misidentified plane, military flares or Chinese lanterns.
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Alien Russia. KGB.VIDEO.
Alien Russia. KGB.VIDEO.
According to information from Russia knows about extraterrestrial civilizations over several decades, so for many it is not surprising that such rumors are circulating for many years. Russia’s first contact with the gray aliens allegedly occurred in 1942. At that time, were planned series of diplomatic visits to discuss issues of mutual interest – by alleged Russian documents and agreements that have been created
According to the document, 072 / E at meeting the 1961 incident occurred that involved three entities for breach of contract officers army base, when they discovered that their arrival was filmed hidden devices without their consent. Based on the agreement were 23/04 confidential meetings and filming or taking pictures was not allowed.
According to the Truth KGB allegedly special unit designed to collect and monitor all kinds of information regarding the mysterious and unexplained phenomena that report back inside, and inside the Soviet Union.
It may be three billion light-years away from Earth, but this distant constellation could be trying to contact us.
Six bursts of radio waves have been detected from the constellation Auriga, each lasting just a few milliseconds.
While the source of the waves remains unknown, some suggest they mysterious bursts of energy could be a sign of alien life trying to contact us.
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Six bursts of radio waves have been detected from the constellation Auriga, each lasting just a few milliseconds
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WHAT ARE FAST RADIO BURSTS?
Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, are radio emissions that appear temporarily and randomly, making them not only hard to find, but also hard to study.
The mystery stems from the fact it is not known what could produce such a short and sharp burst.
This has led some to speculate they could be anything from stars colliding to artificially created messages.
The first FRB was spotted, or rather 'heard' by radio telescopes, back in 2007.
But it was so temporary and seemingly random that it took years for astronomers to agree it wasn't a glitch in one of the telescope's instruments.
The waves were detected by researchers from McGill University in Montreal, using the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia, and at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.
In their paper, published in The Astrophysical Journal, the researchers, led by Paul Scholz, wrote: 'We have detected six additional radio bursts from this source: five with the Green Bank Telescope at 2 GHz, and one at 1.4 GHz with the Arecibo Observatory, for a total of 17 bursts from this source.'
The detection follows 11 previously recorded outbursts from the same location, called FRB 121102.
This is the only known repeater of fast radio bursts (FRBs) - radio emissions that appear temporarily and randomly.
Despite there being a number of FRBs from the site, the origin of the bursts is an ongoing puzzle to researchers.
But the researchers say that the repeated outbursts imply that whatever is causing the radio bursts is not a one-time event, such as an explosion or collision.
Instead, they say that flares from a young neutron star – the dense core left behind where a star explodes – are a promising candidate.
The researchers added: 'Whether FRB 121102 is a unique object in the currently known sample of FRBs, or all FRBs are capable of repeating, its characterisation is extremely important to understanding fast extragalactic radio transients.'
The waves were detected by researchers from McGill University in Montreal, using the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia (pictured), and at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico
Previously when waves have been detected, astronomers have also asked Seti (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) to take a closer look at whether they could be a message from ET.
But it is unclear if the McGill researchers will ask Seti to help this time.
If there are any intelligent alien life forms out there, Stephen Hawking thinks we're playing a dangerous game by trying to contact them.
The physicist believes if aliens discovered Earth, they are likely to want to conquer and colonise our planet.
'If aliens visit us, the outcome could be much like when Columbus landed in America, which didn't turn out well for the Native Americans,' he said in an interview.
In the 2016 film, Arrival, a linguist is hired by the military to assist in translating alien communications. But if there are any intelligent alien life forms out there, Stephen Hawking thinks we're playing a dangerous game by trying to contact them
But co-founder and former director of the Seti Institute, Jill Tarter, doesn't think this will be the case.
She argues any aliens who have managed to travel across the universe will be sophisticated enough to be friendly and peaceful.
'The idea of a civilisation which has managed to survive far longer than we have...and the fact that that technology remains an aggressive one, to me, doesn't make sense,' she said.
IS IT A GOOD IDEA TO GET IN CONTACT WITH ALIENS?
If there are any intelligent alien life forms out there, Stephen Hawking thinks we're playing a dangerous game by trying to contact them.
The physicist believes if aliens discovered Earth, they are likely to want to conquer and colonise our planet.
'If aliens visit us, the outcome could be much like when Columbus landed in America, which didn't turn out well for the Native Americans,' he said in an interview.
But co-founder and former director of the Seti Institute, Jill Tarter, doesn't think this will be the case.
She argues any aliens who have managed to travel across the universe will be sophisticated enough to be friendly and peaceful.
'The idea of a civilisation which has managed to survive far longer than we have...and the fact that that technology remains an aggressive one, to me, doesn't make sense,' she said.
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Zijn we alleen? Zes mysterieuze radiosignalen opgepikt uit de ruimte
Zijn we alleen? Zes mysterieuze radiosignalen opgepikt uit de ruimte
In maart detecteerden wetenschappers 10 krachtige radiosignalen die allemaal uit hetzelfde gebied in de ruimte kwamen.
Onderzoekers hebben nu nog eens zes radiosignalen opgepikt die uit dezelfde regio lijken te komen, ver buiten onze Melkweg.
Deze zogeheten snelle radioflitsen behoren tot de meest raadselachtige signalen die ooit zijn waargenomen.
Lastig
Ze duren slechts enkele milliseconden, maar in die korte periode produceren ze net zoveel energie als de zon gedurende een hele dag.
Wetenschappers hebben nog altijd geen idee hoe ze ontstaan.
Tot maart dit jaar werd gedacht dat de flitsen afkomstig waren van willekeurige locaties. Er werd geen duidelijk patroon waargenomen.
Onderzoekers schatten dat iedere dag 2000 van deze snelle radioflitsen door het heelal schieten, maar omdat ze zo kort duren is het lastig om ze waar te nemen.
Herhalend patroon
In mei en juni 2015 werden 10 radioflitsen uit dezelfde regio opgevangen. Ze vormden bovendien een onbekend, zich herhalend patroon.
Toen het team door de gegevens spitte, werd een snelle radioflits uit 2012 ontdekt die uit dezelfde regio leek te komen.
Een onderzoeksteam van de McGill-universiteit in Canada heeft nu nog zes mysterieuze signalen gevonden, allemaal afkomstig van dezelfde plek.
Buiten de Melkweg
“We hebben nog eens zes radioflitsen gedetecteerd die afkomstig zijn van de bron FRB 121102,” schrijft het team in The Astrophysical Journal.
“Vijf met de Green Bank Telescope en één met de Arecibo-sterrenwacht. Daarmee komt het totale aantal van deze bron op 17,” klinkt het.
Het team kan niet precies bepalen waar FRB 121102 ligt, maar de bron bevindt zich in ieder geval ver buiten de Melkweg.
Aliens
Astronomen denken dat snelle radioflitsen worden veroorzaakt door een botsing tussen neutronensterren, waardoor een zwart gat ontstaat.
Dat lijkt nu onmogelijk, gezien het feit dat de signalen een patroon vormen en dezelfde oorsprong hebben.
Sommigen suggereren dat de mysterieuze signalen zijn verstuurd door aliens die proberen contact te leggen.
Meer
De onderzoekers kunnen in ieder geval niet met zekerheid zeggen wat er precies aan de hand is.
Er moeten meer van deze radiosignalen worden gedetecteerd om voor eens en voor altijd te bepalen waar ze vandaan komen.
In 1976, the United States sent a pair of space probes, known as Viking 1 and Viking 2, to Mars. Viking 1 was launched on August 20th, 1975, and Viking 2 was launched in September of the same year. Both probes photographed the surface of Mars from orbit, and one studied the planet from the surface. The first one touched down on the surface of Mars on July 20th, 1976 and the second a couple of months later. The main objectives of the mission were to obtain high-resolution images of Mars, to look for any evidence of life, and to learn more about the structure and composition of the atmosphere.
As Viking 1 spacecraft was circling the planet, it spotted the shadowy likeness of a human face. An enormous head nearly two miles from end to end seemed to be staring back at the cameras from a region of the Red Planet called Cydonia. A pyramid structure was also seen. This will be the main topic of this article.
As a quick side note here, for years we’ve been made to believe that Mars is a dry and arid planet, completely devoid of life, but that’s just not the case. Mars actually used to be an Earth-like planet, with giant oceans and extensive greenery. The soil is moist and wet, and there is a very high likelihood that some type of life exists within the interior of Mars today. You can watch that full press conference HERE.
The question to ask here is, did NASA know this information from the Viking data in 1976? According to multiple insiders who have worked for the agency, NASA is not always honest, and we are only being told this now because they believe we are ready to process and accept these facts. For example, Bob Dean, a retired United States Army Command Sergeant Major who also served at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) of NATO as an intelligence analyst, gave a lecture on footage and photos that had been erased and kept hidden for decades:
Ladies and gentlemen, my government, NASA, which many of us in the United States say stands for Never A Straight Answer, proceeded to erase 40 rolls of film of the Apollo Program — the flight to the Moon, the flight around the Moon, the landings on the Moon, the walking guys here and there. They erased, for Christ’s sake, 40 rolls of film of those events. Now we’re talking about several thousand individual frames that were taken that the so-called authorities determined that you did not have a right to see. Oh, they were ‘disruptive,’ ‘socially unacceptable,’ ‘politically unacceptable.’ I’ve become furious. I’m a retired Command Sergeant Major. I was never famous for having a lot of patience.
He is one of multiple people accusing NASA of doing this. The Russian government did the same last year. You can read more about that here.
The Giant Face and Pyramid on Mars
Above, you’ll see the original picture taken by Viking which, as you can imagine, created quite the buzz when the world got to see it. To the left, you can see a closeup of the face, as well as a pyramid in close proximity, taken by Viking. To the right, you will see the original picture taken by NASA, straight from their website in 1976. Above the picture to your left and right you will see three different images which, according to NASA, are clearer versions of the pictures taken with improved instruments. In their original caption of the picture, NASA described it as a “huge rock formation . . . which resembles a human head . . . formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose and mouth.” The authors reasoned it would be a good way to “engage the public and attract attention to Mars.”
Well, according to multiple insiders with extensive backgrounds, this is not the case, and NASA lied about the images and data they collected, as well as fudged data and images. Based on these testimonies, among others, the photos released in 1998 and 2001 were meant to debunk rumours and put the issue to rest.
The Scientists
1. Dr.John BrandenburgThe picture above, which includes the pyramid, was taken from a lecture given by Dr. John Brandenburg (at the 26:46 mark). Any scientist who publicly shares information that challenges commonly held belief systems, as well as what’s been put out by mainstream media, will always come under public scrutiny and ridicule. But when you have worked on space plasma technologies, nuclear fusion, and advanced space propulsion, and invented the Microwave Electro-Thermal plasma thruster using water propellant for space propulsion, you deserve to be taken seriously.
This is the case with Dr. John Brandenburg. He has also worked for the government with top-secret security clearances on various projects. He worked on the Rocket Plume Regolith Interactions on the Moon and Mars, Vortex theory of Rocket engine design, and the combined Sakharov-Kaluza-Klein theory of Field Unification for purposes of space propulsion and Mars science.
Brandenburg was also the Deputy Manager of the Clementine Mission to the Moon, which was part of a joint space project between the Ballistic Missile Defence Organization (BMDO) and NASA. The mission discovered water at the Moon’s poles in 1994. (Source: page 16 of 18)(source)(source)
He currently works as a consultant to Morningstar Applied Physics. Here is one of his latest research endeavours. Brandenburg also works as a part time instructor of astronomy, physics, and mathematics at Madison College, and other learning institutions in Madison, Wisconsin.
Here’s what he had to say:
“Someone complained to me, John, why do you have to bring Cydonia into this? And I said, because I can read a map. . . . Here’s what’s at Cydonia Mensa. There’s the face on Mars, there’s the D & M pyramid. . . . Here it is in a second shot, this was taken July 25th, this was taken 30 days later, the government was apparently doing a follow-up investigation. These two pictures (pictures above to your left) tell you everything you need to know about what’s at Cydonia Mensa (region of Mars). If you see on a planet that used to be Earth-like, a carved human face and a pyramid within 5 km of each other . . . it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out what this all means, you can connect the dots. . . . I mean sometimes, and I can tell you as a scientist and I’ve seen other scientists do this, if you’re cornered, you’re just brazing it out, you hold up a picture of a buffalo and insist that it’s a dog.
You can watch his entire lecture, or read THIS article we recently published on it to get his main points.
2. Dr. Brain O’Leary
Dr. Brian O’Leary was a NASA astronaut, and a member of the sixth group of astronauts selected by NASA in 1967. After this, he was recruited by Carl Sagan to teach at Cornell University in the late 1960s, where he researched and lectured in the Department of Astronomy and Physics. After Cornell, he taught physics, astronomy, and science policy assessment at various academic institutions, including the University of California Berkeley, Hampshire College, and finishing off at Princeton University from 1976 to 1981. After that, he went on to Washington, where he would become an advisor to various political leaders, presidential candidates, and the United States Congress. O’Leary was also a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, as well as secretary of the American Geophysical Union’s Planetology Section. Furthermore, he was the team leader of the Asteroidal Resources Group for NASA’s Ames Summer Study on Space Settlements. He was a founding board member of the International Association for New Science as well as founding president of the New Energy Movement.
O’Leary was always skeptical about Mars, and there are several others within these circles who were as well. I will be focusing on three.
He had some interesting things to say during a live interview with Kerry Cassidy of Project Camelot (view full live interview here, read transcript of video here). O’Leary and Carl Sagan were close for a number of years, but had a falling out when O’Leary decided to leave Cornell.
In the interview, he remarked:
“It was… One very cold snowy day in May, I landed in Syracuse, and there was a horizontal blizzard — in May — and I said: That’s it for upstate New York. And Carl thought that was very frivolous. Because, of course, he was kind of an empire-builder kind of guy; and he also had a huge ego.”
After he left, O’Leary started to examine some of Carl’s work. He said that the famous “Face” in Cydonia on Mars — photographed by Viking in 1975, this enormous formation (about a mile across) resembled a human face and created a major buzz at the time — was tampered with by Sagan before being released to the public:
“It was very, very disappointing to me, because not only was Carl wrong, he also fudged data. He published a picture of the ‘Face’ in Parade Magazine, a popular article, saying that the ‘Face’ was just a natural formation, but he doctored the picture to make it not look like a face.”
At this time, Sagan and O’Leary were arguably the world’s two leading experts on Mars, and they entered into many disagreements over that face. This rift was made clear in O’Leary’s publication in 1998, “Carl Sagan & I: On Opposite Sides of Mars.” It can be found in The Case for the Face: Scientists Examine the Evidence for Alien Artifacts on Mars, eds. Stanley V. McDaniel and Monica Rix Paxson. Kempton, IL: Adventures Unlimited Press.
I began to realize, just directly from the scientific point of view, not only hearsay, that this man was colluding with NASA, that there might be more to this than before. . . . Carl was on a committee with a number of notable people. There was a report issued by the Brookings Institution in 1961 — and that’s about when I knew Carl, during those years; the ’60s mostly was when I worked closely with him — that he and this other group said: Well, if any ETs ever showed up on the Earth, it has to be covered up. That’s the only way we’re going to be able to manage this, because if we can’t, then it would be too much of a culture shock.
Quite a shocking statement from someone of Brian’s stature, isn’t it? In the interview, he goes on to say that Carl and his colleagues recommended that the governments cover up the UFO phenomenon, and that he believes this provided justification for the ongoing coverup.
When it comes to Mars, as mentioned earlier in the article, Sagan was a big debunker of the face, publishing multiple works stating that it was not a face, there were no pyramids, and that these are all the stuff of conspiracy theories.
What’s interesting here is that not only does O’Leary mention Sagan and his relationship with him, but so does Dr. John Brandenburg. In the lecture he gave, cited earlier in the article, Brandenburg also mentions that he was in contact with Sagan, that he sent Sagan the images of Mars with an analysis of the Face and Pyramids, and that it was clear that that’s what they were. The response from Sagan to Brandenburg? “I never received them.”
3. Dr. Norman Burgrun
A mechanical engineer, Dr. Bergrun has worked for Ames Research Laboratory, NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics), and Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, now known as Lockheed Martin. He then went on to found Bergrun Engineering and Research. Obviously, he is another qualified individual with an impressive background. You can view some of his publications for NASA, where he worked for more than a decade, here.
In THIS interview, Bergrun accuses that agency of “garbling” photos and fudging data, as well as the face that was found in Mars in 1976.
What Does This Tell Us and Why Is It Important?
We live in an age where more and more people are waking up to the secrecy that plagues our planet. Ten years ago, if you were to mention that we are being ‘watched’ through various high tech means, it would have been unbelievable, but thanks to people like Edward Snowden, we know this to be true.
It’s unfortunate to realize that so many facts about our world are kept hidden from us, supposedly for the sake of ‘national security,’ but it’s quite evident that there are also special interests at stake, and secrecy is used to preserve and uphold these interests, whatever they may be.
Today we have many whistleblowers with verified credentials from various agencies and branches of government who are spilling the beans on several different topics, as well as other evidence to corroborate and back up what the say. Our website is full of examples; the ones presented in this article represent just a select few.
While witness testimony is not always deemed credible, when you have up to, arguably, more than one thousand qualified people coming forward, it becomes difficult to ignore.
Today, in 2016, it’s important to keep an open mind, because information will keep emerging that threatens the belief systems of many. Too often we completely shut down any chance of even entertaining this type of information, and that’s done out of fear. When we’ve been shielded from the truth for so long it can indeed be scary, and sometimes downright unbelievable, to wake up to the truth.
Secrecy is a great way for the establishment to keep us in line and prevent the human race from growing, expanding, and exploring, but our consciousness is shifting. We are becoming more aware, more curious, and more passionate about creating a better human experience for the entire race. We are constantly distracted with our own lives, trying to put food on the table and make it through another work week, having our minds, thoughts, and wants programmed into our brains through mass marketing, but many people are no longer resonating with this type of human experience.
It’s time to start asking the bigger questions. It’s time for the human race to leave its infancy and grow into adulthood, and transparency is the first step. Proper progress cannot be made if a civilization tries to move forward blindly, unconscious of the true nature of reality.
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3 ex-wetenschappers van de NASA die hebben geclaimd dat het enorme gezicht op Mars echt is
3 ex-wetenschappers van de NASA die hebben geclaimd dat het enorme gezicht op Mars echt is
Toen ruimtesonde Viking 1 in 1976 foto’s van de rode planeet maakte om een geschikte landingsplek te vinden voor de Viking 2, werd het beroemde gezicht op Mars vastgelegd.
Sommigen geloofden dat het was achtergelaten door een intelligente beschaving. In de Verenigde Staten ontstond een mediahype rond het gezicht, dat de naam Cydonia Mensa draagt.
Volgens de standaardtheorie werd het oppervlak van Mars in het verleden opgewarmd door vulkanen en ontstond er een landschap van geïsoleerde bergen, waarvan Cydonia Mensa er één is.
Dr. John Brandenburg
Dr. John E. Brandenburg heeft onlangs tijdens een conferentie gezegd dat rond deze plek mogelijk archeologische artefacten kunnen worden gevonden.
Nieuwe foto’s van het gezicht tonen volgens de fysicus namelijk ogen, een neus, mond en een helm.
Hij vertelde tijdens het congres ook dat er twee nucleaire ontploffingen zijn geweest in de Marsatmosfeer.
Dat zouden doelbewuste pogingen zijn geweest om al het leven op de rode planeet uit te roeien.
Dr. Brandenburg, die in 1994 meewerkte aan NASA’s Clementine-missie, suggereerde dat het gezicht is achtergelaten door een buitenaards ras.
Dr. Brian O’Leary
NASA-astronaut Brian O’Leary (1940-2011) zei in een interview dat de beroemde astronoom Carl Sagan de foto van het gezicht op Mars had bewerkt voordat de afbeelding beschikbaar werd gemaakt voor het publiek.
“Ik was heel erg teleurgesteld,” zei dr. O’Leary. “Niet alleen zat Carl ernaast, hij had ook gegevens gemanipuleerd.”
“Hij publiceerde een foto van het gezicht in Parade Magazine en zei dat het gewoon een natuurlijke formatie was,” voegde hij toe. “Maar hij had de foto bewerkt zodat het gezicht minder duidelijk te zien was.”
In mei 1990 publiceerde de astronaut een paper over de mogelijk intelligente herkomst van het gezicht op Mars, dat werd gepubliceerd in het Journal of the British Interplanetary Society.
Sagan en zijn collega’s drongen er bij de overheid op aan om het UFO-fenomeen in de doofpot te stoppen, aldus O’Leary.
Dr. Norman Bergrun
Dr. Norman Bergrun, die onder meer voor het Ames Research Laboratory heeft gewerkt, stelt dat de Amerikaanse ruimtevaartorganisatie NASA knoeit met foto’s om bepaalde dingen te verbergen, waaronder het gezicht op Mars.
Hij zei in een interview dat ‘een zeer betrouwbare bron’ hem verteld had dat het ruimteagentschap onder meer foto’s van de maan bewust donkerder maakt.
Bergrun ontdekte naar eigen zeggen dingen op foto’s die de NASA dacht te hebben weggepoetst.
KONDIGT UITBLIJVEN WONDER UITBARSTING SUPERVULKAAN AAN ? ( VIDEO )
KONDIGT UITBLIJVEN WONDER UITBARSTING SUPERVULKAAN AAN ? ( VIDEO )
Net nadat de Italiaanse stad Napels in zak en as zit omdat een wonder dat bijna altijd gebeurt, nu uitblijft en wat rampspoed en tegenslag betekent, gebeurt er nog iets.
De Campi Flegrei, één van de gevaarlijkste supervulkanen ter wereld onder de stad Napels, toont tekenen van ontwaken en de druk zou volgens wetenschappers een kritiek punt naderen.
Het is misschien niet zo slim om een stad te bouwen bovenop een vulkaan, maar dat heeft de Italianen er niet van weerhouden om ooit de stad Napels te bouwen, alhoewel het eigenlijk de Grieken waren die hier in 800 voor Christus de eerste nederzetting bouwden. De stad heette toen ook nog Neapolis en 400 jaar later werd de stad overgenomen door de Romeinen en heet vanaf die tijd Napels.
Deze stad is dus gebouwd op een supervulkaan, maar wat is dat eigenlijk?
De term supervulkaan wordt gebruikt voor vulkanen die in staat worden geacht supererupties voort te brengen, waarbij meer dan 1000 km³ tefra wordt uitgeworpen (VEI=8). Het zijn de zeldzaamste en tegelijk meest verwoestende vulkanische uitbarstingen. De gevolgen zijn mondiaal en catastrofaal: door het stof in de hogere luchtlagen kan de temperatuur op aarde met meerdere graden dalen. Volgens sommige geleerden kan een dergelijke uitbarsting zelfs een nieuwe ijstijd uitlokken.
Door de gassen te onderzoeken die ontsnappen uit de Campi Flegrei maken de vulkanologen op dat de vulkaan 'op scherp' staat. Daarover schrijven de onderzoekers in het blad Nature.
500.000 mensen in gevaar
De stad Napels is deels over de vulkaankrater gebouwd. In de Italiaanse stad wonen 4,4 miljoen mensen. Bij een uitbarsting lopen zeker een half miljoen mensen gevaar, zij wonen in een gebied dat in de vulkaankrater ligt.
De Campi Flegrei (wat 'brandende velden' betekent) is een zogenoemde supervulkaan. Deze is 39.000 jaar geleden ontstaan tijdens een enorme explosie, de zwaarste vulkaanuitbarsting in Europa van de laatste 200.000 jaar. In 1538 is de vulkaan ook uitgebarsten, maar toen ging het om een relatief kleine uitbarsting die rustig verliep.
Vulkaan zwelt al jaren op
De vulkaan vertoont al decennia tekenen dat hij weer tot leven komt, schrijven de onderzoekers. Zo steeg de bodem halverwege de jaren tachtig zo'n 1,8 meter. Het is normaal dat een vulkaan groeit en krimpt, maar sinds 2005 zwelt de vulkaan op met zo'n 4 centimeter per jaar. Dat komt omdat er steeds meer gesmolten steen in de vulkaan komt vanuit de diepte.
Net voordat wetenschappers het volgende bekendmaken, gebeurde er al een soort ramp in Napels, waarover wij het volgende schreven:
De inwoners van Napels zijn net zoals veel mensen bezig met de voorbereidingen van de feestdagen, maar echt van harte gaat het niet dit jaar.
Op drie dagen worden deze relikwieën van de heilige echter uit zijn crypte gehaald; op 19 september om zijn martelaarschap te herdenken, op 16 december omdat op deze dag in 1631 San Gennaro de stad beschermde tegen een uitbarsting van de Vesuvius en de zaterdag vóór de eerste zondag in mei, om de hereniging van San Gennaro’s relieken te herdenken. Op deze drie dagen per jaar vindt er een wonder plaats; het bloedwonder van San Gennaro.
San Gennaro (of de heilige Januarius zoals wij hem kennen) was bisschop van Benevento en werd in het jaar 305 onthoofd tijdens de vervolging van de christenen door Diocletianus. Volgens de legende ving een vrouw wat van het bloed van San Gennaro op en bewaarde dit in een kleine ampul. Het geraamte en het bloed van de heilige werden een tiental jaren na zijn dood overgebracht naar Napels en werden bewaard in de catacomben van de stad. Sinds de 17e eeuw liggen de overblijfselen van Gennaro in een crypte onder het hoofdaltaar van de kathedraal van Napels.
Wanneer het wonder weer heeft plaatsgevonden heerst er grote vreugde in de stad, want velen geloven dat het wonder van het bloed de stad beschermt tegen onheil en het uitblijven van het wonder doet de bijgelovige inwoners rampen verwachten. De adem wordt dus ingehouden en heel Napels wacht met spanning op het schouwspel, dat soms wel uren of dagen op zich laat wachten. Er zijn zelfs feestdagen waarop het bloed gestold blijft, een gebeurtenis die alleen maar slechts nieuws kan brengen…. Zo behield het bloed zijn vaste vorm in 1527, toen een epidemie van de pest uitbrak, toen een zware aardbeving de stad trof in 1980 en bij verschillende uitbarstingen van de Vesuvius. En het wonder bleef uit bij de inval van Napoleon in Napels.
Echter, enkele dagen geleden, op 19 december 2016, is één van die zeldzame keren gebleken dat het wonder is uitgebleven.
Volgens de abt van de Kapel, Vincenzo De Gregorio, “Wij moeten niet denken aan rampspoed en tegenslag. Wij zijn gelovigen en wij moeten bidden”.
De gebeurtenis of beter gezegd de gebeurtenis die niet plaatsvond, heeft wel degelijk voor de nodige onrust gezorgd, ondanks de mooie woorden van de priester, want volgens de folklore betekent het gewoon komende rampspoed en tegenslag.
Wanneer de vulkaan uitbarst is niet te voorspellen, maar in het artikel staat dat een uitbarsting binnen een paar jaar mogelijk is. Hoe heftig die uitbarsting zal zijn, is niet te voorspellen. De kans bestaat dat de magma afkoelt en er geen uitbarsting komt.
Toch waarschuwen de vulkanologen de autoriteiten voor een mogelijke uitbarsting. Wat er nu gebeurt met de Campo Flegrei hebben onderzoekers eerder gezien voorafgaand aan uitbarstingen van de Rabaul in Papoea Nieuw Guinea en de Sierra Negra op de Galapagos eilanden.
Van de drie data in het jaar dat het bloed van San Gennarro normaal gesproken vloeibaar wordt, heeft 16 december de volgende betekenis:
“op 16 december omdat op deze dag in 1631 San Gennaro de stad beschermde tegen een uitbarsting van de Vesuvius.”
De enige dag in een lange tijd dat het bloed niet vloeibaar wordt is 16 december, de dag die in verband word gebracht met vulkanische uitbarstingen. Dit alles gebeurt net op het moment dat de wetenschap bekendmaakt dat de supervulkaan onder de stad Napels tot leven is gekomen en dat deze mogelijk zal gaan uitbarsten.
Laten we hopen dat de Campi Flegrei voorlopig nog even rustig blijft, want San Gennarro krijgt een kans om het wonder alsnog te laten geschieden op de zaterdag vóór de eerste zondag in mei. Dat zal dan dit komend jaar op 6 mei zijn.
Onrustige tijden, niet alleen voor de inwoners van Napels, maar voor de hele wereld, want een uitbarsting van een supervulkaan heeft mondiale gevolgen.
Ligt de Campi Flegrei grotendeels onder en aan de westkant van Napels, aan de oostkant heeft de stad ook een indrukwekkende buurman: de Vesuvius.
Die hoeft geen nadere introductie, want deze was in 79 na christus verantwoordelijk voor de verwoesting van Pompeii, de stad aan de andere kant van de vulkaan.
Wat er nu eigenlijk gebeurde en hoe gevaarlijk een vulkaanuitbarsting wordt duidelijk in de volgende animatie over die vreselijke dag: 24 augustus in het jaar 79
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Pennsylvania UFO reporting moving out of funnel cloud
Pennsylvania UFO reporting moving out of funnel cloud
A Pennsylvania witness at Elverson reported watching a “metallic craft” moving out of a cloud formation that quickly split into two where each object then moved away in opposite directions, according to testimony in Case 81049 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
Witness image 1.
(Credit: MUFON)
The witness had just let his dog outside at 7 a.m. on December 19, 2016, from a front porch facing north.
“I was sitting on porch and I heard this ‘jet sound,’ just like the gas burner of a hot air balloon,” the witness stated.“ And I looked left, to the west and I saw this silver-gray, circular object come down from this group of clouds. There were no other clouds around, nothing but blue sky, except for this cluster.”
The witness immediately stopped and turned to look at the event.
Witness image 2.
(Credit: MUFON)
“It stopped and the aircraft split; and one headed due west and the other went due east towards me. I saw the metallic reflection of the craft that came towards me, because the sun was coming up. After 1-2 seconds, both craft disappeared into thin air, only leaving its exhaust or ‘trail.’”
The witness then ran into his house to get a phone to take pictures of what was left.
“At that point, the cloud cluster and trails were directly north of me and moving east. As I studied enlargement on my computer screen, I can see a circular, semi-white cloud ‘burst’ amidst the gray cluster above, almost like the burst pushed the clouds out into a circle and the object came down out of the clouds before it separated into two.”
Witness image 3.
(Credit: MUFON)
The sighting frightened the witness.
“Scariest thing I’ve ever seen. I just couldn’t believe my eyes. I see all kinds of weird things out here where I live, but can never get photos in time. But this morning, I got it; well, the latter part of it, anyway.”
Elverson is a borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, population 1,225. Pennsylvania MUFON State Section Director Julia Weiss investigated this case and closed it as an Unknown.
Witness image 4.
(Credit: MUFON)
“The sighting is unknown because it came out of a funnel cloud and then split into two objects, leaving vapor trails,” Weiss stated in her report.“The round object and sounds is not consistent with military jets and-or anything I can think of. The actual funnel cloud disappearing right after the objects split in both directions is also quite puzzling. The cloud, if itself a vapor trail, would remain. I am deeming this sighting unknown.”
Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.
Two UFO Over Mexico City Seen Close Up, Dec 18, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Two UFO Over Mexico City Seen Close Up, Dec 18, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Dec 18, 2016 Location of sighting: Mexico City, Mexico These two UFOs are keeping perfect distances from one another. There are no strings or ropes, not advertising, so we know they are not balloons. The are metallic or at the least...reflective. The shapes are not that of balloons, but seem to be slowly changing. It was probably one UFO, but had slit up to explore apart. Notice how the UFOs have a very white, cloud like appearance? Perfect camouflage to hide in the sky. How long before the US military has craft that hover and make clouds to hide in? Mexico has always been a UFO hotspot, so much so that even the ancient Aztecs and Mayans said the gods often moved through the sky and exited and entered through the volcanos. In other words, they saw the UFOs and mistook them for gods. Something advanced technology could easily do when near a civilisation no technologic advancements yet. Nice video reported by UFOVNI of Youtube. Scott C. Waring
UFO Seen Rising Out Of Ocean At China Beach, Dec 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Seen Rising Out Of Ocean At China Beach, Dec 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: December 10, 2016 Location of sighting: China I watched this video, but in small screen and couldn't make out the detail. At first it looked like a whale, but when I made it large screen I could see that this was a solid object long and cigar-like. The object is emitting its own cloud, and is seen above the water, not touching it, but making a cloud to hide within so it can rise into the sky unseen. Very cool an very rare appearance, but similar sightings have been seen by the US Navy. Scott C. Waring
UFO Fleet Over Poltava Region, Ukraine On Dec 13, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Fleet Over Poltava Region, Ukraine On Dec 13, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Dec 13, 2016 Location of sighting: Poltava, Ukraine Here is a fleet of UFOs that are gathering in this area and putting on show for the locals. UFOs like this often gather in groups when they are traveling a long distance with an important person on board. Excellent catch of an alien convoy heading to deep space. Scott C. Waring Video states: On Tuesday, December 13th in the sky near the village Rozsoshentsy, in the Poltava region, unknown objects emitting light were seen. Locals had to shoot them on the camera. The viewer can see how the first one appears in the sky, followed by another and another bright point. They randomly change their positions, with the bright light in the sky, almost out of sight.
MILWAUKEE -- Unidentified Falling Object -- it's a UFO that has one local man scratching his head. His van damaged by a large object, but so far, no one can say exactly what that object is.
The damage is extensive, the owner of the van thinks the object fell from the sky. It's a mystery that plays out like an episode of "The X-Files."
"I was like, what is that?! What happened?! I kept looking around and I couldn't see where it came from. It had to have come from the sky," said Michael Robinson.
Michael Robinson
You could classify this case as an "X-Mas File" just days before the holiday and Marshall Robinson is getting a special delivery. Maybe it fell from Santa's sleigh, or maybe it came from space.
"It's like a cone shape, but on the top it's heavy and inside it's hollow," said Robinson.
Robinson says Tuesday he got a call from his neighbor.
"She heard a loud 'thump,' she was looking out the window," said Robinson.
He saw his van with a huge gash.
"There was no footprints around or nothing," Robinson said.
The rear window shattered and an odd object was found next to it.
"It looked like a barbecue grill in the snow," Robinson said.
Robinson has been racking his brain all week trying to figure out what caused so much damage.
"It's a round-something, looks like it might be the cover to an engine or something," said Robinson.
Robinson called Milwaukee police.
"They was baffled," Robinson said. "They couldn't figure out where it came from."
Robinson says police noted it smelled like diesel fuel, and took the heavy object as evidence. No one could have thrown this, based on the damage, Robinson is convinced the object dropped from above.
"That's a lot of force to put a dent in the top of the van like this," said Robinson.
For now, the chunk of metal is unidentified, unexplained and now most certainly unforgettable.
"I thank God I wasn't standing there when it happened," said Robinson.
FOX6 News reached out to the FAA for comment in the event the object is some sort of airplane debris. A spokesman says they haven't been contacted by investigators.
Milwaukee police say, like a true episode of "The X-Files," their investigation is ongoing. They haven't been able to determine what the object is either.
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New book 'Void' explores the mysterious physics of empty space
New book 'Void' explores the mysterious physics of empty space
by Julia Paskin
James Weatherall, Author of "The Void: The Strange Physics of Nothing"STEVE ZYLIUS/UC IRVINE COMMUNICATIONS
Nothingness. It sounds pretty bleak. For scientists, the physics of nothing is actually pretty exciting. In fact, some say that it's critical to understanding the very nature of the universe.
The new book, "Void: The Strange Physics of Nothing" explores history, theories, and the possible scientific importance of unlocking the mystery of empty space.
Take Two's A Martinez spoke with the book's author, James Weatherall. He's a professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science at the University of California, Irvine.
HIGHLIGHTS
The idea behind "Void":
One of the things I'm very interested in is how science can provide insight in to the big philosophical questions. And I think how we understand what the world would be like if there were nothing in it— what it would mean for there to be nothing in the world... and understanding what physics does say is important to the old philosophical project.
Defining "nothing" in physics:
I think about it in terms of what space and time are like. What our modern physical theories tell us about the structure of empty space over time.
I think one of the striking things especially about 20th century physical theories like Einstein's General Theory of Relativity and Quantum Field Theory— which is the theory underlying particle physics— is that in both of these theories, what we would ordinarily mean by nothing or emptiness or something like that, isn't really possible in the theory. Or at least isn't the only possibility in the theory. Perhaps more interestingly though, is that in these two theories, what nothingness or empty space is like are really radically different from one another. We don't have a single conception of empty space that I think makes sense across all of our modern physical theories.
The practical applications:
The sorts of things that I talk about in the book are not going to lead to building a better mouse trap. These are fundamental issues in modern physics. But the fact is, the kind of physical theories that these ideas come out of like General Relativity and like Quantum Field Theory, turn out to be essential for ordinary technological applications. For instance, GPS systems wouldn't work if we didn't understand General Relativity. It turns out, General Relativity is essential for getting GPS to work. And built into General Relativity is this conception of what the world would be like if there were no matter. So, it's maybe a step or two away but fundamental physical theory is essential, I would say to ordinary technical applications.
In October 2015, scientists have discovered a bizarre pattern around a star called KIC8462852. When a planet orbits around a star, its brightness decreases by about 1%, but in this case was observed a decrease of up to 22%.
Scientists have speculated that an extremely large object is orbiting around the star.
Also, another hypothesis was a comets’ storm passing nearby and another one questioning the existence of interstellar space objects blocking the light.
Another suggestion came from Jason Wright, an astronomer at Penn State University, who said that what blocks the light are some solar panels built by aliens: ‘The aliens should always be the last option that comes to your mind, but this looked like something you’d expect to be constructed by aliens’.
However, no explanation has satisfied the scientific community because of the mismatch with the data collected. Thus ‘mega alien’ has remained a mystery… until now.
A researchers’ team from the University of Illinois stated that the question was addressed incorrectly and changing the question will give us a satisfactory answer to the riddle.
The researchers studied the relationship between the small decreases in the intensity of light and the large ones.
They applied a series of mathematical models that revealed some patterns. Following the data obtained, the team hypothesized that it was all about the internal cycles of the star, called ‘phase transitions’. They are believed to be associated with solar flares and storms on the surface of the star.
FRBs are mystery radio bursts from deep space that last for just a few millisecondsiStock
Six additional repeating fast radio bursts have been discovered coming the same unknown source in space. The FRBs came from the same region beyond the Milky Way where 10 bursts had previously been detected – and their discovery should give a greater insight into what caused them.
FRBs are radio signals from deep space that last just a few milliseconds. The first FRB was detected in 2001 and since then over a dozen have been found in telescope data. However, these all appeared to be one-off events, with no two bursts coming from the same location. This means follow-up observations were not possible, keeping their source a mystery.
Current theories as to their cause involve a cataclysmic event like a neutron star collapsing into a black hole or a supernova. Another option is they are coming from a young, highly magnetised, extragalactic neutron star.
In March, scientists announced the discovery of the first repeating FRBs. Ten bursts were recorded coming from the same direction as FRB 121102 – a spot in space far beyond the Milky Way.
Their findings, published in the journal Nature, showed the bursts had the same dispersion measurements as the original FRB, indicating the source must have survived whatever event produced the FRB in the first place. As a result, the bursts cannot be being produced by a one-off event.
Bursts were discovered with the Green Bank telescopeJarek Tuszynski / Wikimedia Commons
Now a team led by Paul Scholz of McGill University has found six more FRBs coming from the same region of space as FRB 121102. The study, published in The Astrophysical Journal, said: "We report on radio and X-ray observations of the only known repeating Fast Radio Burst (FRB) source, FRB 121102. We have detected six additional radio bursts from this source: five with the Green Bank Telescope at 2 GHz, and one at 1.4 GHz with the Arecibo Observatory, for a total of 17 bursts from this source."
FRBs observed with the Arecibo were found to be significantly longer than the intrinsic widths of those found with the Parkes telescope.
The team said their discovery shows that – at least for this source – FRBs cannot be coming from a cataclysmic event. What is causing them, however, remains unknown.
"Whether FRB 121102 is a unique object in the currently known sample of FRBs, or all FRBs are capable of repeating, its characterisation is extremely important to understanding fast extragalactic radio transients," they said.
Two UFO Over Mexico City Seen Close Up, Dec 18, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Two UFO Over Mexico City Seen Close Up, Dec 18, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Dec 18, 2016 Location of sighting: Mexico City, Mexico These two UFOs are keeping perfect distances from one another. There are no strings or ropes, not advertising, so we know they are not balloons. The are metallic or at the least...reflective. The shapes are not that of balloons, but seem to be slowly changing. It was probably one UFO, but had slit up to explore apart. Notice how the UFOs have a very white, cloud like appearance? Perfect camouflage to hide in the sky. How long before the US military has craft that hover and make clouds to hide in? Mexico has always been a UFO hotspot, so much so that even the ancient Aztecs and Mayans said the gods often moved through the sky and exited and entered through the volcanos. In other words, they saw the UFOs and mistook them for gods. Something advanced technology could easily do when near a civilisation no technologic advancements yet. Nice video reported by UFOVNI of Youtube. Scott C. Waring
Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) has received images from an unnamed photographer showing a glowing yellow with two bright dots. The unusual flying thing was spotted over the sea at West Palm Beach, Florida.
According to the report, the witness did not see the object when he snapped the pictures but was stunned after noticing it later.
The man said that he spotted two objects in one of the pictures and only one object in another photo. According to the witness’ statement, the photos were taken one morning and could not believe when he realized he captured UFOs in his pictures.
According to some UFO conspiracy theorists, aliens sometimes hide using clouds or invisibility cloak. They said that the mysterious object in the picture was cloaked vessel lowering itself into the ocean. However, they pointed out that the strange object made a mistake by entering the sea during sunset.
They explained that UFO’s cloak becomes visible between 30 seconds and 15 minutes during sunset because the light of the sun bends around the cloaked UFO.
The photograph was snapped in May, but only recently reported to MUFON.
Between 20 and 30 Star-Like Objects Follow Four Triangle UFOs
Between 20 and 30 Star-Like Objects Follow Four Triangle UFOs
Four triangle UFOs appeared in Pennsylvania and followed by several star-like objects on November 4. The witness from Fairless Hills, Bucks County said the mysterious objects traveled without a sound over 20 feet from neighboring homes. Interestingly, the triangle-shaped unidentified flying objects were followed by 20 to 30 star-like objects.
The witness was with his child walking up a slightly inclined street. His youngest child stopped to catch a Pokemon and had lagged behind. The witness turned around after noticing that his child was no longer with him. To his surprise, he saw two large black, triangular UFOs behind his child.
He described the two craft as bigger than the houses as they flew slowly 20 feet above the one-story houses across the street and around 20 feet away. He said the second craft was behind the first craft flying at the same height.
The two black craft had a solid red light in the center with three bright white lights at the three corners. They headed east and silently shifted direction toward southeast before they disappeared behind trees.
Moments later, the witness saw two more triangular craft flying in the same direction from the same location as the first two craft. He described the second sighting as like a déjà vu as if they spotted the event again, but in a slightly different angle because they were farther from the two UFOs the second time around.
When the reporting witness and his child turned east, they spotted a patch of sky with between twenty and thirty balls of light that looked like stars but moving. The lights had red to bluish-white to orange to bright white colors. They then went high up to the east of the witness’ direction.
NORAD Alternate Command Center prior to the Cheyenne Mountain Realignment.
by Roger Marsh MUFON Director of Communications
North America's Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) tracks an average of 1,800 UFOs annually and intercepts about 75 times each year, according to Canadian Access to Information Act (AIA) documents recently released to UFO Disclosure Advocate Victor Viggiani.
No one at NORAD is saying these were UFOs - but instead, they refer to unidentified objects as Tracks of Interest (TOI) or Unknown Tracks.
Viggiani spoke Saturday night, June 25, 2016, at the Alien Cosmic Expo in Ontario, Canada, and copied panel members on the 11 documents he is in possession of.
NORAD is the North American Aerospace Defense Command - a combined U.S. and Canada organization - that provides aerospace warning, air sovereignty, and defense of North America. NORAD is located at Peterson Air Force Base near Colorado Springs, CO.
In response to Viggiani's request for documents pertaining to NORAD tracking or intercepting UFOs, a letter from NORAD Operations details how requests for information on Unknown Tracks cannot be released due to their sensitive nature due to national security. But the letter does provide a summation from the NORAD Commander.
UFO Disclosure Advocate Victor Viggiani
"However, the NORAD Commander has approved the release of the following information regarding Tracks of Interest (TOI) and Unknown Tracks. The yearly average in the past five years has been 1,800 TOIs and 75 intercepts."
In addition to this letter, Viggiani also received a six-page document as an example of a TOI.
Reached at his home in Toronto today, Viggiani said this particular document is very revealing, but also leaves a number of unanswered questions.
The document is a NORAD status report, which uses a line-item approach as details are available to be reported. Some of the lines are redacted or blocked out so that they cannot be seen. In one area they outline how an intercept was ordered on three objects.
"The missing information," Viggiani said, "is obviously what did they see when they intercepted?"
Viggiani is the News Director of international news service ZlandCommunications. From his biography:
"His study of anomalous aerial phenomenon, research and analysis of Extraterrestrial issues spans over 30 years. His experience involves UFO sightings report investigation, academic and radio journalism with a primary focus on UFO/ET government Disclosure. Victor has addressed the media and audiences in Sydney and Brisbane Australia, Washington D.C., at the Washington D.C. National Press Club, CBC and CTV Toronto television news programs and at Convocation Hall University of Toronto. Victor is a co-host on the Richard Syrett Show on AM 740 Radio in Toronto."
A video of Viggiani's statement at the Expo is below. The 11 documents - including 15 pages - can be seen here for review.
Eén van de gevaarlijkste supervulkanen ter wereld toont tekenen van ontwaken. De druk in de Campi Flegrei, onder de Italiaanse stad Napels, zou volgens wetenschappers een kritiek punt naderen. Het zou de eerste keer in 500 jaar zijn dat de supervulkaan uitbarst. In het risicogebied wonen drie miljoen mensen.
Volgens onderzoekers nadert de supervulkaan een drempel die, wanneer hij overschreden wordt, ervoor zou zorgen dat opstijgend magma gassen en vloeistoffen laat vrijkomen. Die ongewone opstoot zou er dan voor zorgen dat omliggend gesteente met extreem hete stoom wordt geïnjecteerd, zo verklaart Giovanni Chiodini, hoofdauteur van de studie.
Drie miljoen mensen in gevaar "Dat gesteente kan door verhitting zijn mechanische weerstand verliezen, wat tot kritieke omstandigheden kan leiden", stelt hij tegenover AFP. Dit kan voor een "extreem gevaarlijke" uitbarsting zorgen voor de drie miljoen mensen die in en rond Napels wonen.
Sinds 2005 ondergaat Campi Flegrei zogenaamde 'verheffing', de ophoping van magma onder het oppervlak van de supervulkaan. Om die reden verhoogden de Italiaanse autoriteiten in 2012 het dreigingsniveau van groen naar geel, wat betekent dat de vulkaan continu in de gaten wordt gehouden. Vier jaar geleden waarschuwden wetenschappers dat elke uitbarsting voor miljoenen doden op en rond de vulkaan kan zorgen.
"Die uitbarstingen kunnen wereldwijd catastrofale gevolgen hebben, te vergelijken met de inslag van een grote meteoriet", stelt Giuseppe De Natale, die het onderzoeksproject leidt.
De caldera of komvormige krater van de Campi Flegrei werd 39.000 jaar geleden gevormd, na de grootste vulkaanuitbarsting die Europa in 200.000 jaar heeft gekend.
De nabijgelegen Vesuvius, die onder meer Pompei in 79 na Christus onder lave heeft bedolven, wordt ook als een actieve vulkaan beschouwd.
Een supervulkaan is een vulkaan die in staat is bij een uitbarsting meer dan 1.000 kubieke kilometer materiaal uit te stoten. Dat is duizenden keren meer dan bij normale vulkaanuitbarstingen. De nieuwe studie werd gepubliceerd in het wetenschappelijke vakblad Nature Communication.
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RAUÐSKINNA - THE MYSTERIOUS ICELANDIC BOOK OF BLACK MAGIC
RAUÐSKINNA - THE MYSTERIOUS ICELANDIC BOOK OF BLACK MAGIC
Rauðskinna, (also known as the ‘Red Skin’ for its binding, or else wise as the Book of Power), is considered to be one of the most powerful black documents to have been produced. The book, which was written by an Icelandic bishop named Gottskalk Nikulausson, contains various dark rule and spells that claim to allow the practitioner to gain control of the devil himself.
The book’s author Gottskalk Nikulausson lived in Iceland during the high medieval period. Contemporary records suggest that he was born into a devout family and eventually rose to become the Bishop of Holar. But while projecting an image of virtuous piety in public, his private persona was very different. Nikulausson was known to have two families, despite never having married, and was described as manipulative, spiteful and highly ambitious.
Nikulausson was driven by a desire for power and social status. It was this that led him to dabble in the dark arts which would eventually come to consume every facet of his life. He worked tirelessly on his dark and dangerous tome, but it is not known whether he ever managed to put his work into practice. When he died in the winter of 1520, he was buried along with his precious red-skinned book.
But the story does not end there. Two centuries later, another Icelandic man named Loftur arrived at the cathedral school in Holar. He had already mastered several black magic spells and was said to have used them against the local people. However, he hungered for more, and when he heard the legend of Nikulausson he decided to exhume his tomb to uncover his secrets. He asked another student for assistance in doing so, and when the other student refused, he was murdered.
According to legend, Loftur eventually fell victim to the magic and power he so desired. He was walking around the church and chanting spells to summon Gottskalk and get his book, the Rauðskinna. According to the folklore story retold by Shaun D. L. Brassfield-Thorpe:
''Despite all this, Gottskalk still did not come from his grave - so Loftur started chanting as never before. He turned the words of the Psalms into praises for the Devil and made a sorry confession of all his good deeds. The three crowned dead bishops kept as far away as possible from Loftur and faced him with their hands raised - the other dead bishops looked at them and kept their gaze away from Loftur. At last a heavy sound was heard, and a dead man arose bearing a staff in his left hand and a red book under his right arm. He did not wear a crucifix on his chest, and he looked unkindly at the other dead bishops. He gazed at Loftur, who chanted all the more during this. Gottskalk moved a little closer to Loftur and said scornfully: "You chant well, my son, and better than I would have expected. But you will not get my Rauðskinna." Loftur then seemed to turn himself inside out and chanted in a way he had never done before. He changed The Blessing and The Lord's Prayer into praises for the Devil, and the church shook like a straw in the wind. The student, watching in the belfry, thought he saw Gottskalk move again closer to Loftur and he seemed to thrust a corner of the book towards the magician. He had been frightened all this time but now he shook with his terror. He thought he saw the bishop lift the book and Loftur stretch out his hand. So, he pulled the bell rope as hard as he could and everything that had appeared vanished into the floor with a whispering sound.''
Loftur became obsessed with discovering the dark secrets of The Book of Power. He marched around the church, chanting spells in an attempt to summon the dead bishop and get his hands on the book. When this didn’t work, he began to praise Satan and begged forgiveness for all of the good deeds he had done in his life. According to the folklorist Shaun D. L. Brassfield-Thorpe, a dead man then appeared before him bearing a staff in his left hand and carrying a red book under his right arm. He said; "You chant well, my son, and better than I would have expected. But you will not get my Rauðskinna."
At these words, Loftur continued chanting Satanic verses but became more frantic. The church began to shake ‘like a straw in the wind.' A student hiding in the belfry, who claimed that he witnessed the scene, said that he saw Nikulausson moved closer to Loftur and seemed to thrust a book towards him. At this point, the student panicked and pulled the rope in the Belfry as hard as he could. At that point, everything that had appeared vanished into the floor with an eerie whispering sound.
Details about what happened to Loftur are unknown, as is the fate of the terrifying red-skinned book.
ANOTHER TED TALK BANNED: NOW THE PHYSICIST SHARES EVERYTHING HE KNOWS ABOUT ESP
ANOTHER TED TALK BANNED: NOW THE PHYSICIST SHARES EVERYTHING HE KNOWS ABOUT ESP
A Psychiatrist who was contracted by the CIA for its intelligence purposes reveals some of its most in-depth secrets. The person in question is called Russell Targ and he is a physicist and author who pioneered and aided in the development of the contemporary laser applications that we use today.
BANNED TED TALK EXPUNGES SOME SERIOUS NEWS!
Russell also is a cofounder of the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) which is fast becoming a well-known research and development think tank based in Menlo Park, California (United States of America). What is further interesting is that SRI is essentially based in the respected Silicon Valley which adds so much value into the work that he does.
Russell’s work in the psychic area has been published in Nature, The Proceedings of the Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE), The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is known as the premiere place to find these scientific minds. Most of these electronic engineers seek to advance the fields of computer engineering, telecommunications, and electronic engineering. They have corporate offices in New York City and its operations center in Piscataway, New Jersey and chapters around the world.
Although the Ted talk was canceled Russell Targ is a very accomplished individual who is legally blind and an avid motorcyclist and who has surprisingly has published a memoir on his experiences with a lack of vision. Truly inspiring.
Targ also has a bachelor’s degree in physics from Queens College from the University of New York and did his graduate work in physics at Columbia University.
When the talks are surrounding the topics such as ESP which is in the field of parapsychology, they often evoke emotion and therefore are fiercely opposed to the belief systems of many people. All of this despite the fact that publications in peer-reviewed scientific literature have examined this topic for more than a century with results that are quite shocking!
IS THE MOON REAL? NEW ANALYSIS SHOWS IT MIGHT BE A HOLOGRAM
IS THE MOON REAL? NEW ANALYSIS SHOWS IT MIGHT BE A HOLOGRAM
Recent studies have shown that the moon, well, it may not be as real as it looks. It could actually be a hologram formed by lunar waves. All a person needs is a powerful, high definition, telescope. Maybe it works like the televisions today.
THE MOON: FACT OR FICTION?
This phenomenon wave was found by Mr. Crow and 11 other people. The waves are normally incorporated with projected images, hence a hologram. Could it have been a camera mistake? The study is saying no, that evidence shows it is organic. Could it be that this hologram is coming from friendly extraterrestrial entities in space? Maybe.
Mr. Crow states lots of people believe this theory. He also states he is working with three other people to further the research. With this, people are exclaiming their outrage and defamation toward Mr. Crow. What is Mr. Crow's unpopular official opinion? He believes that the moon is real and not a hologram when it is a new or quarter moon. The moon is a hologram when it is three-fourths or a full moon so that the entities behind the hologram can work on projects without Earth knowing what it is doing on it. After Mr. Crow's stated opinion, this was backed up in a research paper by Russian scientists.
Well, people, here we have it. The moon, as we know it, may be a hoax! Let's call conspiracy 911 and see what they think. So who could these entities be? Let's have Vanna White shows us what is behind the tiles: It could be ETs trying to build a mass-destruction weapon to destroy humans so that they can propagate their agenda and take over Earth. Perhaps then slavery of humans would be used to create the world that they want. Or could it be a super power is undergoing, top-secret, never before done research to use this against us? Perhaps they are creating a mass destruction weapon to use against us to show their power to all of Earth. That would have all countries bowing at it's knee. Another one I have is that the United States it looking into minerals and natural resources that we could harness on Earth to use for our good. But, be careful, that could easily lead to World War III with a fight for found natural resources. Regardless, we think Mulder and Scully need to be called in and start an X-Files investigation. Are we brave enough as a society to figure out who is behind the hologram and for what spooky reasons? I believe we are, but we must put our differences aside and come together to get to the bottom of this to help society.
Thunder Energies Corporation, an optics, nuclear physics and energy company and run by Harvard-educated Italian-American nuclear physicist Dr Ruggero Santilli, claims to have detected "invisible entities" living in Earth's atmosphere.
Dr Ruggero Santilli published an article in which he reveals the existence of these unknown invisible entities of the dark and bright type which are completely invisible to our eyes. Moreover these beings could be spying on us, according to Dr. Santilli.
He said: "The question of what those entities are must be answered by our government because these entities appear to be conducting unauthorised surveillance of rather sensitive civil, industrial and military installations."
Dr George Gaines, president of the corporation, said: "What we have learned is reality is much bigger than we originally supposed. "Things we can see and things we can't see with our eyes or standard telescopes.
In post-observations, Dr. Santilli identified two different types of Invisible Terrestrial Entities or ITEs, acknowledging that further types of entities may be identified in the near future.
De Colima vulkaan, waar de webcam wel iets heel bijzonders vast wist te leggen.
Het zag er zo uit:
De volgende serie foto’s geeft ongeveer een beeld van wat er achtereenvolgens was te zien.
Wat het ook is, het is enorm, want de krater zelf schijnt een doorsnee te hebben van zo’n 600 meter.
Is dit een enorm ruimteschip dat zich middels een soort plasma-achtige structuur probeert te verbergen? En wat doet dit enorme schip dan bij de vulkaan?
Heeft het iets te maken met het tanken van energie, zoals soms grote UFO’s dat lijken te doen in de buurt van de zon?
Nu, iets vergelijkbaars boven een heuvel/berg in Slovakije. Het is dit keer geen vulkaan, maar wel een licht/UFO dat veel lijkt op die in Mexico.
Het ziet er als volgt uit:
Het ziet er zeker niet uit als een solide object, maar meer als een soort plasma-achtig iets. Maar, het is ook iets dat je de laatste tijd steeds vaker tegenkomt.
De opnames lijken wel echt te zijn, net zoals die met de webcam in Mexico. Iemand die hier een zinnige verklaring voor kan bedenken mag het zeggen.
Bovenstaande opnames zijn gemaakt op 19 december 2016 in Slovakije, door dezelfde persoon die ook de UFO wist vast te leggen die enkele dagen daarvoor door en rond een grote chemtrail vloog:
Enkele dagen geleden op 16 december 2016 wordt er boven Slovakije een grote chemtrail waargenomen.
Hebben de vreemde lichten/UFO’s in Mexico en Slovakije iets met elkaar te maken? Is er reden dat ze veelal voorkomen bij bergen en vulkanen? Wie of wat zitten erachter en besturen/controleren deze lichten/UFO’s?
Allemaal vragen waarop we op dit moment het antwoord schuldig moeten blijven, maar wie weet komt er iemand met een oplossing voor dit raadsel.
Cassini presenteert: één van de beste foto's van Pandora
Cassini presenteert: één van de beste foto's van Pandora
Caroline Kraaijvanger
Eerder deze week kwam Cassini dichter bij de maan van Saturnus in de buurt dan ooit. Het resulteert in een prachtige close-upfoto.
De foto is bijzonder. Slechts zelden hebben we het maantje in zo’n hoge resolutie kunnen bewonderen.
Ruimtesonde Cassini maakte de foto van Pandora op 18 december. Toen scheerde de sonde voor de derde keer langs de buitenste randen van de hoofdringen van Saturnus. Daarbij passeerde de sonde ook Pandora. Op het moment dat Cassini dit fraaie kiekje maakte, was deze zo’n 40.500 kilometer van Pandora verwijderd. Nog niet eerder kwam de sonde zo dicht bij het maantje in de buurt.
Pandora doet qua vorm nog het meeste denken aan een aardappel. Met een gemiddelde straal van zo’n 40 kilometer is het een klein maantje. Pandora is te vinden nabij de F-ring en doet er zo’n 15,1 uur over om een rondje rond Saturnus te voltooien. Het maantje is een slordige 142.000 kilometer van de gasreus verwijderd.
Hubble spot kerstverlichting in satellietstelsel van de Melkweg
Hubble spot kerstverlichting in satellietstelsel van de Melkweg
Tim Kraaijvanger
Bij jou thuis brandt de kerstverlichting een paar weken per jaar, maar in en rondom de Melkweg zijn nevels het hele jaar verlicht. Zo ook NGC 248 in de Kleine Magelhaense Wolk, een dwergstelsel net buiten de Melkweg.
Hubble heeft een schitterende foto gemaakt van de emissienevel NGC 248. Het object is in 1834 ontdekt door de Britse astronoom John Herschel. Helaas is de Kleine Magelhaense Wolk (inclusief NGC 248) alleen vanaf het zuidelijk halfrond zichtbaar, dus je moet op vakantie naar Australië of Zuid-Afrika om het dwergstelsel een keer met eigen ogen te zien.
NGC 248 door de ogen van Hubble.
Eigenlijk bestaat NGC 248 uit twee nevels. De objecten zijn samen zestig lichtjaar hoog en twintig lichtjaar breed. Ze zijn in september 2015 gefotografeerd door Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys. Het is ongelofelijk hoe scherp NGC 248 is gefotografeerd, aangezien de afstand tot de Kleine Magelhaense Wolk 200.000 lichtjaar is.
Het is belangrijk dat we satellietstelsels, zoals de Kleine Magelhaense Wolk, observeren. Veel sterrenstelsels zijn als dwergstelsels begonnen en zijn later – o.a. door samensmeltingen – gegroeid en veranderd in spiraalstelsels. “Daarbij is het belangrijk om te kijken naar de verdeling van stof, want uit stof ontstaan sterren”, vertelt Dr. Karin Sandstrom van de universiteit van Californië. De grote stof- en gaswolken van NGC 248 gloeien in rood licht en zijn daardoor gemakkelijk te zien.
Heb jij een spinnenfobie? Dan kun je beter niet naar Mars gaan. Op deze planeet zijn gigantische spinnen van honderden meters groot te zien. Tenminste, dat lijkt zo.
De zogenoemde Mars-spinnen ‘kruipen’ al lange tijd over het Marsoppervlak, want ze duiken ook op oudere foto’s op. Het gaat om donkere vlekken met daaromheen dunne lijntjes. Deze lijntjes lijken de poten van een spin te zijn.
Gelukkig zijn het geen echte spinnen, maar ontstaan deze spinnen in de lente als het koolstofdioxide-ijs verdampt. Het oppervlak van de rode planeet bestaat namelijk uit droog ijs. In de lente verdampt de koolstofdioxide aan de onderzijde van een ijslaag, waardoor de druk oploopt en er een barst ontstaat in de laag daarboven. Het CO2-gas ontsnapt en neemt stof mee naar boven. Hierdoor ontstaat er een donker lijnenpatroon, dat vanuit de ruimte te zien is.
Van baby-spin naar volwassen spin NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter heeft het ontstaan van een spin op de gevoelige plaat vastgelegd. “We zien nu voor het eerst hoe de baby-spinnen groeien en uiteindelijk transformeren in grote spinnen”, zegt onderzoeker Ganna Portyankina van de universiteit van Colorado. “De spinnen zijn vooral in duingebieden te zien, dus we weten niet of ze groter worden of dat ze verdwijnen onder verplaatsend zand.”
Vijf verschillende landschapskenmerken op Mars: van een baby-spin (a) tot tot een reuzenspin (c) tot een compleet veld met spinnen (e). Allemaal het gevolg van het verdampen van CO2-ijs.
Klik hier om een GIF-animatie te zien van de groeiende spinnen. Let op, deze afbeelding is vrij zwaar.
Droog ijs: alleen op Mars “Het grootste deel van Mars lijkt op de Amerikaanse staat Utah, alleen dan zonder vegetatie”, vervolgt Candice Hansen van het Planetary Science Institute in Tucson (Arizona). “De Mars-spinnen zijn echter uniek.” Dit komt omdat droog ijs van nature niet voorkomt op aarde.
Tien jaar Gelukkig draait de Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in een baan om Mars om alle seizoensveranderingen te spotten. Het ruimtevaartuig observeert de rode planeet nu al zo’n tien jaar. “Hierdoor kunnen we veranderingen makkelijk volgen”, aldus projectwetenschapper Leslie Tamppari van NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. “We zijn nog steeds verrast over het feit hoe dynamisch Mars is.”
De bekende ster Betelgeuze heeft in het verleden mogelijk een zonachtige ster verorberd. Betelgeuze is één van de bekendste sterren aan de nachthemel en is te zien in het sterrenbeeld Orion.
Betelgeuze fascineert wereldwijd miljoenen (amateur-)astronomen. Dit komt mede doordat de ster op het punt staat om te exploderen. De opgezwollen rode reus kan ieder moment imploderen en dus transformeren in een supernova. Het woordje ‘ieder moment’ moet je overigens met een korrel zout nemen, want de supernova-explosie kan morgen plaatsvinden, maar ook over 10.000 jaar.
Betelgeuze in infraroodlicht. De gasschillen zijn duidelijk te zien.
Astronomen van de universiteit van Texas beweren nu dat de ster een bijzondere geschiedenis heeft gehad. Zo zou Betelgeuze een zonachtige begeleider hebben opgeslokt. Dit verklaart waarom de ster nog redelijk snel om zijn as draait, namelijk 53.900 kilometer per uur. “Dat is 150 keer sneller dan andere sterren die geen begeleider hebben”, zegt astronoom J. Craig Wheeler.
Uit computermodellen blijkt dat Betelgeuze ruwweg 100.000 jaar geleden zeer waarschijnlijk een zonachtige ster heeft opgegeten. Dit betekent dat de beroemde rode ster in Orion oorspronkelijk een dubbelster was. De begeleidende ster heeft de rotatiesnelheid van Betelgeuze flink verhoogd om daarna samen te smelten met de reusachtige gasbol.
Gaswolken Volgens Wheeler slingerde Betelgeuze tijdens het opslokken van de zonachtige ster veel gas in de ruimte met een snelheid van 36.000 kilometer per uur. Deze gaswolken zijn op infraroodfoto’s nog steeds zien, zoals op de foto hierboven. Het verklaart waarom Betelgeuze omringd is door uitdijende gasschillen. Weer een mysterie opgelost, zo lijkt het.
Geen problemen voor ons Gelukkig hoef jij je geen zorgen te maken dat Betelgeuze de aarde gaat opslokken of dat wij sterven als de ster explodeert. Er is namelijk sprake van een buffer van ruim 600 lichtjaar. Stel dat de rode reuzenster op korte termijn explodeert, dan verschijnt er tijdelijk een tweede zon aan de hemel, maar verder heeft het geen gevolgen voor aardbewoners.
The military has claimed they have no interest in UFOs and say they do not investigate UFO cases. However, through the Freedom of Information Act, investigators have uncovered several documents that would indicate UFOs have been of interest, and that the most important files were most likely never made public.
Regardless of whether one believes the UFO phenomenon is real or not, what is clear from the Air Force’s own records is that they have taken at least a hand full of UFO reports seriously since 1969, despite claims to the contrary, and they do not seem to feel obligated to share this information with the public. We at Open Minds feel differently, and will continue to bring you our findings and share with you the findings of others digging for the UFO information the Air Force seems reticent to share.
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Baby 'Spiders' on Mars Expand Across Sand Dunes (Photos)
Baby 'Spiders' on Mars Expand Across Sand Dunes (Photos)
By Samantha Mathewson, Space.com Contributor
This image by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a network of cracks that may be growing into a larger feature dubbed a “spider.”
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
A NASA Mars probe may have snapped rare baby photos of the Red Planet's bizarre "spiders."
The images, captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), show small, erosion-carved cracks in Red Planet sand dunes. The features may be infant versions of the similar-looking but larger Martian channel-networks that have been dubbed spiders, a recent study suggested.
"We have seen for the first time these smaller features that survive and extend from year to year, and this is how the larger spiders get started," study lead author Ganna Portyankina, of the University of Colorado Boulder said in a statement. "These are in sand-dune areas, so we don't know whether they will keep getting bigger or will disappear under moving sand." [Latest Photos from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter]
A network of small, erosion-carved channels on Mars has grown and expanded over the span of three Martian years, as these photos by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
The spiders have been spotted only near the Martian south pole. During Mars' southern winter, carbon dioxide ice caps cover this area. When the ice thaws in the spring, deep troughs are carved into the terrain. The crevices vary in size, and multiple channels generally converge at a central point, creating surface features that resemble giant arachnids.
The new images, which MRO took with its High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera, allow scientists to chart the year-to-year growth of the potential baby spiders for the first time ever, NASA officials said.
HiRISE images captured over the span of three Martian years (which is equal to about 5.7 Earth years) show a growing network of branching channels on sand dunes. While these channels appear to be relatively small, they may help scientists learn more about how the larger spider features form, NASA officials said.
In fact, based on the rate at which the smaller channels have grown over the last three Martian years, researchers estimate it would take more than 1,000 Martian years to sculpt a typical spider feature, said the study, which was published Sept. 22 in the journal Icarus.
These five images from the HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show different Martian features of progressively greater size and complexity, all thought to result from thawing of seasonal carbon dioxide ice that covers large areas near Mars' south pole during winter.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona
Similar grooves have previously been spotted on sand dunes near Mars' north pole; however, those features lasted no longer than a year, as surrounding sand filled them in. The newly reported channels, on the other hand, have grown year to year and formed a branching pattern that closely resembles full-scale spider terrain, NASA officials said.
"There are dunes where we see these dendritic [or branching] troughs in the south, but in this area, there is less sand than around the north pole," Portyankina said in the statement. "I think the sand is what jump-starts the process of carving a channel in the ground."
Sandy terrain is soft enough to be carved by the thawing carbon dioxide, but in order for the channels to persist and expand from year to year, the underlying ground must be relatively hard. Otherwise, loose sand refills the carved terrain and the channels cannot grow into the full-scale spiders observed near Mars' south pole, NASA officials said.
"The combination of very high-resolution imaging and the mission's longevity is enabling us to investigate active processes on Mars that produce detectable changes on time spans of seasons or years," MRO deputy project scientist Leslie Tamppari, of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, said in the NASA statement. "We keep getting surprises about how dynamic Mars is."
Mystery of 'Alien Megastructure' Star Testing Astronomers' Creativity
Mystery of 'Alien Megastructure' Star Testing Astronomers' Creativity
By Mike Wall, Space.com Senior Writer
This artist's illustration shows comet fragments crossing the face of a star, one possible explanation for the strange dimming exhibited by "Boyajian's star."
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
SAN FRANCISCO — Astronomers may have to think a little harder to solve the mystery of Boyajian's star.
In September 2015, Yale University's Tabetha Boyajian and her colleagues reported that the star KIC 8462852 has dimmed dramatically multiple times over the past seven years, once by an astounding 22 percent.
NASA's planet-hunting Kepler space telescope spotted these dimming events. But the brightness dips of "Boyajian's star," as it has come to be known, were far too significant to be caused by an orbiting planet, so astronomers began thinking of alternative explanations. [13 Ways to Hunt Intelligent Alien Life]
Researchers have come up with many possible causes for the dimming, including a swarm of broken-apart comet fragments, variability in the activity of the star itself, a cloud of some sort in the interstellar medium between Kepler and Boyajian's star, and, most famously, an orbiting "megastructure" built by an alien civilization to collect stellar energy.
Researchers are testing these hypotheses to the extent possible. For example, the $100 million Breakthrough Listen initiative is using the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia to hunt for signals coming from Boyajian's star, which lies about 1,500 light-years from Earth.
The Green Bank observing run will wrap up next month, said team member Jason Wright, an astronomer at Pennsylvania State University. (Other research groups have used different instruments to search for signs of intelligent aliens around Boyajian's star, coming up empty to date.)
Wright has spent a fair bit of time over the past 15 months pondering what's happening with Boyajian's star; indeed, he's lead author of a recent study outlining the various possiblities.
The mystery has only deepened since Boyajian and colleagues' September 2015 paper. Early last year, for example, astronomer Bradley Schaefer of Louisiana State University determined that, in addition to the periodic brightness dips, the star dimmed overall by about 20 percent between 1890 and 1989. This result was bolstered by another 2016 study, which found that Boyajian's star dimmed by about 3 percent between 2009 and 2013.
Wright has said that the interstellar-cloud explanation seems the most likely of the proffered hypotheses. But he's not betting on it. "That would have to be some crazy interstellar cloud," he told Space.com here last week at the annual fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union.
Researchers may have to dig deeper to figure out exactly what's causing the strange dimming of Boyajian's star, Wright said.
"I think it's very likely that we haven't heard the right answer yet — that I haven't heard the right answer yet, anyway," he said.
An ecosystem of tiny, cold-resistant phytoplankton living beneath the surface of icy waters near the north pole plays an integral role in the planet’s carbon cycle. And NASA is shooting giant freakin’ laser beams at it.
The tiny plants exist in a fluctuating “boom and bust” life cycle. The laser experiment recently found that even small environmental changes could heavily influence the cycles, which is a huge deal, because the tiny phytoplankton represent the base-level of the entire coastal and oceanic ecosystem’s fragile food web. Oh, and they also suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere through photosynthesis. Essentially, if they die, we could all die.
“It’s really important for us to understand what controls these boom-and-bust cycles, and how they might change in the future so we can better evaluate the implications on all other parts of the food web,” Michael Behrenfeld, a marine plankton expert at Oregon State University in Corvallis said.
Typically, NASA and other oceanographic or conservation organizations study phytoplankton levels by measuring light that reflects off of the ocean plants with various satellite sensors. But those sensors don’t work for crap in polar regions, where dark skies and constant cloud cover limit the light that the satellites can pick up. So NASA decided to bring its own light in 2006 — the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization, or CALIOP, that is, yep, essentially a giant laser beam coming out of a satellite (called CALIPSO), which looks like this:
Like the Death Star, except not like the Death Star because it doesn't kill anything.
If CALIOP sounds familiar, it’s because the technology it uses, LIDAR, is one of the most common systems used to help self-driving cars navigate.
“CALIOP was a game-changer in our thinking about ocean remote sensing from space,” Chris Hostetler, a research scientist at Langley said. “We were able to study the workings of the high-latitude ocean ecosystem during times of year when we were previously completely blind.”
CALIPSO, the satellite that carries CALIOP, launched in 2006, so the current results come off of nearly a decade of data. The takeaway is that as global warming tears through the polar ice caps, the ecosystem of phytoplankton is going to change as well. The plankton’s boom and bust cycle, as researchers described it, has an effect on every species in their ecosystem.
Phytoplankton is the base of several aquatic food webs. In a balanced ecosystem, they provide food for a wide range of sea creatures including whales, shrimp, snails, and jellyfish.
The new results found that boom cycles only last as long as the plankton’s growth rate is accelerating — meaning as soon as their growth rate becomes stagnant, the whole web of predators behind them in the food chain quickly catch up, ending the boom, and causing a “bust.” Once the plankton are gone, the larger chain starts to die off again too, to regulate. But in polar regions around Antarctica, the boom and bust cycles were tied to the ice cap coverage, not to year-to-year growth rates — which means as the ice dies, so too does the ocean ecosystem.
“The take-home message is that if we want to understand the biological food web and production of the polar systems as a whole, we have to focus both on changes in ice cover and changes in the ecosystems that regulate this delicate balance between predators and prey,” Behrenfeld said.
Boeing Is Developing Laser Pods for U.S. Fighter Jets
Boeing Is Developing Laser Pods for U.S. Fighter Jets
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IN BRIEF
Boeing has won a $90-million contract to research, develop, and deliver a laser pod for the U.S. Air Force over the course of the next five years.
High-energy lasers are ideal for defense as they can destroy missiles before they are close enough to cause any damage to people or structures.
LASER WEAPONS IN PROGRESS
The U.S. Air Force has granted aerospace company Boeinga $90-million contract to research, develop, and deliver a laser pod by December 15, 2021. That pod is likely the Self-Protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator (SHiELD), which would be integrated into the U.S. Air Force’s fourth-generation fighter fleet.
Development of high-energy lasers as weapons kicked off in 1996 when U.S. and Israeli contractors led by global security company Northrop Grumman teamed up to develop Tactical High Energy Lasers (THELs), and the technology has been progressing since.
Boeing makes sense as a partner for the military in the SHiELD project as it is one of the organizations leading that innovation. Its Directed Energy Systems arm is dedicated to high-energy laser research and development, and in 2014, they designed the High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator (HEL-MD), a defense aid that uses a high-energy laser to track, target, and destroy objects even when they’re traveling at high speeds.
LONG-RANGE DEFENSE AGAINST MISSILES…AND ASTEROIDS?
Unfortunately, self-destruction is one of the biggest threats to the human species. As overall technology progresses, warfare technologies advance with it. Using high-energy lasers to destroy oncoming threats offers a highly advantageous benefit: distance. The military can obliterate a missile, for example, before it gets close enough to inflict any damage to people or vehicles. The solution is also a low-cost, low-risk alternative to using fighter planes to combat threats.
Based on the demonstrations of these laser pods, it’s not hard to imagine that similar technology may be the answer if we’re ever faced with an impending comet collision doomsday. It’s been a common theme in video games, and in fact, a paper authored by a team led by Jonathan Campbell of NASA’s Advanced Space Flights Projects in 2002 suggested exactly that: a laser-based defense.
A Hubble image showing a pair of nebulae — the NGC 248 — located 200,000 light-years away in the Small Magellanic Cloud. The data used in this image were taken with Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys. Photo: NASA, ESA, STScI, K. Sandstrom (University of California, San Diego), and the SMIDGE team
As part of a study called the Small Magellanic Cloud Investigation of Dust and Gas Evolution, astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have captured an image of two glowing hydrogen nebulae in the Milky Way’s dwarf satellite galaxy. The image, captured using Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), show the two “festive” looking nebulae, located so close to each other that they are referred to by one collective name — NGC 248.
The glowing red appearance of NGC 248 is most likely the result of intense radiation of its central stars heating up hydrogen in their surroundings. Scientists believe that the Small Magellanic Cloud, located roughly 200,000 light-years from Earth, contains many such glowing hydrogen nebulae, and that studying these can help better understand the birth and evolution of stars in galaxies.
“Astronomers are using Hubble to probe the Milky Way satellite to understand how dust is different in galaxies that have a far lower supply of heavy elements needed to create dust,” NASA said in a statement accompanying the image. “The Small Magellanic Cloud has between a fifth and a tenth of the amount of heavy elements that the Milky Way does. Because it is so close, astronomers can study its dust in great detail, and learn about what dust was like earlier in the history of the universe.”
The Hubble Space Telescope was launched aboard NASA’s space shuttle Discovery on April 24, 1990. Since then, it has not only captured photos of an unimaginable number of truly spectacular nebulae and galaxies, it has also peered back over 13 billion years to look at our cosmos in its infancy, giving us, as NASA aptly put in an earlier statement, “a front row seat to the awe inspiring universe we live in.”
Most recently, Hubble snapped an image of the IC 5201 — a barred spiral galaxy over 40 million light-years from Earth in the direction of the constellation Grus. The image, which reveals a bar of stars slicing through the center of IC 5201 — a feature visible in two-thirds of all spiral galaxies in the observable universe — was also captured using the ACS.
Bizarre Antimatter Emits Same Light As Regular Matter
Bizarre Antimatter Emits Same Light As Regular Matter
By Charles Q. Choi, Live Science Contributor
One of the big questions lingering about our universe is why there is so much more matter than antimatter.
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For the first time, physicists have shown that atoms of antimatter appear to give off the same kind of light that atoms of regular matter do when illuminated with lasers, a new study finds.
More precise measurements of this emitted light could unearth clues that might finally help solve the mystery of why there is so much less antimatter than normal matter in the universe, researchers say.
For every particle of normal matter, there is an antimatter counterpart with the same mass but the opposite electrical charge. The antiparticles of the electron and proton, for instance, are the positron and antiproton, respectively.
When a particle meets its antiparticle, they annihilate each other, giving off a burst of energy. A gram of antimatter annihilating a gram of matter would release about twice the energy as the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. (You don't have to worry about antimatter bombs popping up anytime soon; researchers are very far from creating anywhere near a gram of antimatter.)
Scientists would like to learn more about antimatter to see if it behaves differently from matter in a way that could help solve the puzzle of why the universe has so little antimatter.
One key set of experiments would involve shining lasers on antimatter atoms, which can absorb and emit light much like atoms of regular matter. If antihydrogen atoms emitted a different spectrum of light than hydrogen atoms, such spectral differences could yield insights on other ways matter and antimatter differ, the researchers said.
Now, for the first time, scientists have used lasers to carry out a spectral analysis of antihydrogen atoms.
"I like to call this the Holy Grail of antimatter physics,"said study co-author Jeffrey Hangst, a physicist at Aarhus University in Denmark. "I've been working for more than 20 years to make this possible, and this project has finally come together after many difficult steps."
The researchers experimented with antihydrogen, which is the simplest atom of antimatter, just as hydrogen is the simplest atom of regular matter. Antihydrogen atoms each consist of one antiproton and one positron.
Creating enough antimatter for researchers to examine has proven highly challenging. To create antihydrogen atoms, the researchers mixed clouds of about 90,000 antiprotons with clouds of about 1.6 million positrons (or antielectrons), yielding about 25,000 antihydrogen atoms per attempt using the ALPHA-2 apparatus, which is an antimatter generation and trapping system, at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Switzerland.
Chris Ørum and Steven Armstrong Jones work on the laser ALPHA experiment to find out the properties of light emitted by antihydrogen.
Credit: CERN
After the researchers create the antihydrogen atoms, "you have to hold on to them, and that's very difficult," Hangst told Live Science. Antihydrogen is electrically neutral, which means that it cannot be held in place using electric fields, "and you have to keep it away from matter, so it has to be kept in high vacuum," he said. In addition, antimatter is best kept at temperatures close to absolute zero (minus 459.67 degrees Fahrenheit, or minus 273.15 degrees Celsius), so it is slow-moving and easier to hold on to than antihydrogen atoms.
Then, they shone a laser on the antihydrogen, which caused the atoms to give off light. The scientists then measured the spectrum of light that antihydrogen gave off with a precision of about a few parts in 10^10 — that is, a 1 with 10 zeroes behind it. In comparison, researchers can currently measure these properties of hydrogen to a precision of a few parts in 10^15. "We want to measure antihydrogen with the same precision as hydrogen, and we see no reason why we can't do that in the future," Hangst said.
Currently the spectrums of light from hydrogen and antihydrogen look alike.
However, measuring antihydrogen with greater precision might ultimately reveal differences between matter and antimatter that could solve the mystery of the missing antimatter and lead to revolutionary changes in the Standard Model. "This is really game-changing work," Hangst said.
The scientists detailed their findings online Dec. 19 in the journal Nature.
UFO reported hovering over Florida residential neighborhood
UFO reported hovering over Florida residential neighborhood
A Florida witness at Gainesville reported “a very large, black triangle” UFO hovering over a residential area, according to testimony in Case 80933 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
Witness illustration.
(Credit: MUFON)
The witness was returning home from a family dinner on December 11, 2016, when the object was seen hovering about 500 feet over nearby homes.
“It had large white, solid lights on each of the three corners of the craft and a pulsating red light on what appeared to be the rear,” the witness stated. “We could actually see framework or something on the side facing us, which indicted it wasn’t a smooth surface, but rather a metallic structure.”
Witness illustration.
(Credit: MUFON)
The witness then drove north into the subdivision while watching the object.
“It made a turn toward the northeast and, after a few seconds without making a sound, it ascended to a tiny point in the sky in an instant. At the moment it took off into the sky, the sky seemed to bend around the lights of the craft. Before, during and after the sighting we could see normal aircraft in the sky, as there is a close-by small, commercial airport. I cannot imagine no one else, particularly pilots, didn’t see this craft. It was enormous.”
The low flying UFO quickly moved away until it was a tiny point in the sky. Pictured: Gainesville, FL.
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Gainesville is the county seat and largest city in Alachua County, Florida, population 127,488. Florida MUFON Field Investigator Carl Paulson investigated and closed this case as an Unknown.
Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.
Hillary Clinton’s seemingly assured rise to the height of American power veered off track for a number of regrettable reasons, though the FBI’s late and ultimately unfounded revival of her esoteric email scandal was arguably the coup de grâce. It’s ironic, then, that an investigation intended to expose state secrets may have denied the American people their chance at one of the greatest acts of government transparency in history.
Viewers of Jimmy Kimmel Live! got a glimpse of what might have been last March, when Clinton was unexpectedly candid during an otherwise tightly scripted presidential campaign. “I would like us to go into those files and hopefully make as much of that public as possible,” she said. “If there’s nothing there, let’s tell people there’s nothing there. If there is something there, unless it’s a threat to national security, I think we ought to share it with the public.”
Clinton was talking about how, as leader of the free world, she would try to gain access to and publicize top-secret government information about UFOs—a family obsession that stretches back to her husband’s time in office, when The X-Files was part of Fox’s Friday-night lineup, wacky tabloids flanked supermarket checkout lanes and didn’t dare endorse presidential candidates, and Art Bell’s late-night radio show, Coast to Coast AM, spooked listeners with supposedly true stories about little green men.
Back in 1995, the Clinton administration received an invitation to meet with billionaire Laurance S. Rockefeller at his Wyoming ranch. An environmental activist and founder of the American Conservation Association, Rockefeller was also a pioneer of venture capitalism—the first to front seed money to Apple. But, that day, his business with the president had to do with one of his more idiosyncratic passions: aliens. He reportedly provided President Clinton with documents containing evidence of a wide-ranging government conspiracy to keep information regarding unexplained aerial phenomenon hidden from the public. What was actually said during that private retreat remains a mystery, though it produced an official photo that has left conspiracy theorists salivating for decades.
At first glance, the image is innocuous: Rockefeller and Hillary Clinton are bedecked in amusingly ranch-appropriate gear—he in a charming straw hat, she in hiking boots and a sweatshirt. Along with her jacket, Clinton carries a book, which is angled against her body, obstructing the title. When conspiracy theorists figured out it was Are We Alone?: Philosophical Implications of the Discovery of Extraterrestrial Life by physicist Paul Davies, they turned the photo into an icon worthy of preservation in the Clinton Presidential Library and Museum. Davies’ tome is an acclaimed bestseller that’s essentially a guide explaining how the discovery of alien life would reshape everything from religion to science to, yes, politics. And unlike the infamous 1992 cover of the Weekly World News, which famously depicted Bill shaking hands with a cone-handed companion, Davies’ work is entirely grounded in reality.
While this topic might appear to be quarantined to the tin foil-hat-wearing fringe, there may be no bigger advocate for UFO file disclosure than John Podesta, one of Washington, D.C.’s preeminent power players. The founder of the Center for American Progress, Podesta served as the chairman of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, after stints as counselor to President Barack Obama and chief of staff to President Bill Clinton. Still an influential voice in politics and policy, Podesta also happens to be openly obsessed with Area 51, the 1947 Roswell, New Mexico, crash site of either a spaceship or weather balloon, depending on who you ask.
Podesta’s die-hard enthusiasm led to an appearance on a SyFy channel special proposing that aliens are not only real, but that they visit Earth regularly. He’s also a huge fan of The X-Files, who hosted weekly watch parties in the first Clinton White House and celebrating his 50th birthday with an X-Files theme. His stance on unsealing those files is deadly serious: In 2002, he took part in a press conference organized by the Coalition for Freedom of Information at which he declared, “It is time for the government to declassify records that are more than 25 years old and to provide scientists with data that will assist in determining the real nature of this phenomenon." The day he left Obama’s White House in February 2015, his first public statement was a tweet with a crucial hashtag: “Finally, my biggest failure of 2014: once again not securing the #disclosure of the UFO files. #thetruthisstilloutthere cc: @NYTimesDowd.”
Podesta’s comments clarify why the declassification of decades-old documents matters right now. “It would immediately create the biggest political legacy in history,” says Stephen Bassett, who rose to both fame and skepticism in the 1990s as Washington, D.C.’s first (and only) registered lobbyist focused exclusively on pressuring the government to disclose classified UFO documents.
Such a move would be one of those great presidential moments, akin to the space race that transformed President Kennedy into a historically significant leader.
Such a move would be one of those great presidential moments, according to Bassett, akin to the space race with the Soviet Union that transformed President Kennedy into a historically significant leader. The American public’s frustration with unbreakable walls of government secrecy is real and urgent, inspiring everything from the movie JFK to the birther movement. Despite their reputations for cloak-and-dagger methods, both Bill and Hillary have been eager to shine a light on potentially “dark secrets,” which Bill discussed in a 2005 speech in Hong Kong:
“I did attempt to find out if there were any secret government documents that reveal things [about UFOs], and if there were, they were concealed from me, too. I wouldn’t be the first president that underlings have lied to or that career bureaucrats have waited out ... But, if so, they successfully eluded me, and I’m almost embarrassed to tell you I did try to find out.”
In October, the whole world discovered that Podesta was involved in official preparations for galactic war when WikiLeaks exposed his emails with former astronaut Dr. Edgar Mitchell about the U.S. Treaty on the Prevention of the Placement of Weapons in Outer Space. And earlier this year, the National Security Agency revealed that Russia was involved in hacks on the Democratic National Committee. Hillary Clinton called the first WikiLeaks data dump “an attack on the international community” in 2010. But it isn’t an attack if the government dumps its own data first.
In an interview earlier this year, Podesta rekindled hopes that such an effort would be high on Clinton’s agenda, telling political reporter Steve Sebelius that he had convinced Clinton to disclose much of the classified information on UFO phenomenon. “It’s time to find out what the truth really is that’s out there,” he said. “We ought to do it because it’s right. We ought to do it because the American people, quite frankly, can handle the truth. And we ought to do it because it’s the law.”
Now, with Trump in office, instead of setting a precedent for a government that has moved beyond covert Cold War tactics into an unprecedented era of openness, we are transitioning to an administration with an unsettling fondness for a Russian president who spent decades as a KGB operative. Radio show Coast to Coast AM, still on the air, though now hosted by Art Bell’s maligned rival George Noory, described Donald Trump’s “stunning victory” in a post-election blog post as “a devastating blow to the UFO disclosure movement.” It’s a sentiment echoed by Bassett, who says that he has no plans to lobby a Trump administration to declassify the UFO files. Instead, he’s looking to redirect his efforts elsewhere.
“I’m packing up my shop and moving to Europe,” he said. “The British and Vladimir Putin are sitting on the same classified intelligence. I’d prefer it to be an American who makes history, but getting the truth out there is the most important thing.”
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UFO Sighting In Sebastian Excites Local Enthusiasts
UFO Sighting In Sebastian Excites Local Enthusiasts
A green object was seen in the sky over Sebastian. (Photo: Duffie Almeida Fattey)
SEBASTIAN, Florida – A UFO was captured by a Sebastian resident when she was taking pictures of the clouds on Wednesday near the Indian River.
At first glance, the object appears to be a lens flare. But upon further investigation, the Unidentified Flying Object shows up in other images without the flare (see picture below).
“I was just taking pictures of the clouds and sun and noticed it,” Duffie Almeida Fattey said in a statement. “Then, 15 minutes later I went out and took more pictures.”
The object appears to be bright green, and the size is unknown. There are a lot of theories on what it might be. It can’t be the moon since it was on the opposite side of the planet at the time these photos were taken.
Fourth UFO reported in Sebastian, Florida. (Photo: Duffie Almeida Fattey)
The object in the photo can’t be a meteor because they usually leave a tail and carry streaks, and meteors only last a few seconds. This UFO was in the sky for several minutes.
There have been other sightings in Sebastian reported to the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), which is an American-based non-profit organization that investigates cases of alleged UFO sightings.
The first report of a UFO in the area was on January 4, 2015, when two red glowing objects suddenly changed direction, according to MUFON.
The second incident was reported on May 6, 2015, after several residents spotted a “metallic long inverted cross like shape” that made no noise.
MUFON received the third report of a UFO sighting in Sebastian on February 3, 2016, after witnesses saw a well-formed contrail that made a tight zig-zag flight pattern, into a loop. The UFO then appeared to go straight up with two black forms on each side.
There must be an explanation for this sighting. In the meantime, we’ll just accept it as a Christmas greeting.
Investigative filmmaker Jeremy Corbell talks about his documentary, 'Moonwalker', which profiles NASA astronaut Dr. Edgar Mitchell and his fascination with the paranormal.
Jeremy Kenyon Lockyer Corbell makes his livingseeking out the ExtraOrdinary; that seemingly gratuitous capitalization perfectly encapsulating his mission to–as he puts it–“force us to reconsider the fabric of our own beliefs” and consider an atypical alternative. His approach is to undermine attempts to discredit unorthodox opinions by way of discrediting the opinion holders themselves.
This investigative journalist and documentarian believes that the key to opening minds to a radical viewpoint is to filter the message through credible sources; highly regarded, successful, smart individuals whose very presence compels an audience to, at the least, hear them out.
Corbell demonstrates this method in his documentary, Moonwalker, which profiles the late Dr. Edgar Mitchell. In this iteration, the credibility lies in Mitchell’s credentials: NASA astronaut, aeronautical engineer, Lunar Module pilot of Apollo 14, and the sixth person to walk on the moon. Less credible were the theories he developed over the course of his career; Mitchell was outspoken in his conviction that aliens exist, that they have visited earth and that governments cover this fact up. He also believed in parapsychology and remote healing, which he claimed cured him of cancer.
Corbell was one of the last people to interview this enigmatic figure before he died at age 84 in February 2016. His documentary focuses on Mitchell’s involvement in Ufology and ExtraTerrestrial intelligence.
Image courtesy of Jeremy Corbell
OMNI: What first triggered your deep fascination with the UFO phenomenon?
Jeremy Corbell: It was 1989, and I was 13 years old. I remember sneaking a radio into bed so I could stay up late and surf the airwaves. I hid under my sheets and kept the volume low, as to not get caught staying up late on a school-night. I found a station broadcasting, to me at the time, a random interview. The questions were being asked by a Nevada-based reporter, George Knapp. He was interviewing and investigating the claims of a former government physicist named Bob Lazar. At that time, no one had heard of Lazar outside of scientific circles. Today, Lazar is famous–the only reason anyone knows of Area 51 is because of Bob. His story eventually became global news. OMNI actually did an extensive article on Lazar about five years after he came forward with his story (OMNI MAGAZINE, APRIL 1994).
What drew me into Lazar’s story was his description of how flying saucers actually worked. The story goes, Lazar was stationed at a top-secret sub-base of Area 51 in Nevada called S4 and was tasked by a branch of the United States government with reverse-engineering a Non-Terrestrial propulsion system. He later discussed a power-source he examined (an isotopically stabilized version of Element 115) and the Anti-Matter Reactor harvested from one of the saucers. He even went into great detail on how these machines (at least the one he personally worked on) traversed space-time. His story was mind-blowing. It tantalized the imagination and provided potential proof that we were being visited by non-human intelligences and our government had actually recovered, or been given, some form of alien technology.
The propulsion technology Lazar described was so counterintuitive, it literally flipped my script. He talked about wave guides and gravity wave amplifiers. He explained that Gravity was a wave and how, like any wave, it could be amplified. The concept of amplifying and directing gravitational waves had huge implications; if you distort gravity, you are also distorting time-space. All three (gravity / space / time) are intimately connected.
In essence, traditional propulsion is like shooting a bottle rocket into the sky – it’s pretty straightforward. What Lazar was describing was far more sophisticated. Imagine that time-space is like a waterbed, and on that waterbed you place a bowling ball. Anywhere you press your fist on the bed, the bowling ball will fall towards your fist. Essentially, this is what happens when you distort space-time with a powerful and directed gravity wave. You’re not really flying, rather, you’re falling towards your destination.
This was the moment, this one interview when I was 13 years old, something powerful ignited inside of me and I began my journey towards seeking the truth. A sort of bizarre quest to personally find answers to these big questions. I wanted to know if there were other intelligent and technologically advanced lifeforms. More importantly, I wanted to know if they were visiting Earth and, if so, what is the purpose of these visitations? After all, it takes only ONE of the millions of witness reports to be true for the whole egg to crack. Just one. And those are some good odds. On that evening with my radio, my curiosity was weaponized. There was no turning back. I wanted answers. And now, decades later, I’m satisfied I have found some of those answers.
Image courtesy of Jeremy Corbell
How would you define science fiction? Is it related to science?
Many things we once considered to be Science Fiction have evolved into Science Fact. I think about that every time I get in an airplane or FaceTime my wife on my iPhone. Existing at this moment in human history is similar to a surrealist Salvador Dalí mashup of The Flintstones & The Jetsons.
On one hand, we are still in the Stone Age; we have a Fred Flintstone mentality, propelling vehicles with our bare feet and square stone wheels. For the most part, we don’t utilize our available technology for the good of the Earth and Humankind. We prioritize profit over need and caution over evolution. It takes individuals like Elon Musk (who has the vision and means) to embark on a personal crusade to alter the way we think and consume energy–it’s astounding! We seem to be behind the curve in many fundamental ways; it takes pioneers in each critical sector of human evolution to begin the revolution of how we relate to our world.
On the other hand, we’ve made some enormous technological leaps that at one time seemed like science fiction. In just the past five years alone we've made mind-boggling strides even George Jetson would be astonished by. We now know Gravity is a wave, functional nanotechnology on the atomic scale is a reality and atomic printing is the future of production. We’ve created (unstable) Element 115 in minute amounts using particle accelerators and sent particles of light into the past and retrieved them (like a rudimentary version of WonkaVision). We’ve achieved instantaneous binary communication through the pairing of quarks with implications so vast, breaking the speed of light is only a byproduct footnote. Additionally, current scientific analysis seems to suggest that we live in a holographic Multiverse. A world built from data, where any particular moment contains the entirety of all cause and effect reactions simultaneously and in infinite combinations both temporally and physically. Through the study of quantum mechanics, we understand physical reality directly responds to our personal consciousness; the Universe literally adapts its fundamental laws and manipulates matter in relation to our awareness. If this Science Fact doesn’t sound like Science Fiction, like Werner Herzog, I’ll eat my own shoe.
What was your initial impression of Edgar Mitchell’s controversial claims, and how did your opinion and belief evolve over the course of your interactions with him?
When I first met Dr. Mitchell, I was mainly interested in his experience of being the 6th man to walk on the Moon. He was a hero to me; he was a MOONWALKER for Christ sake! How cool is that? Only a handful of people can say they walked on another celestial body and looked back at the Earth’s globe. Dr. Mitchell’s other claims were almost auxiliary to my desire of speaking with him. Once we began filming, however, I found the rabbit hole to go quite deep.
Dr. Mitchell was a very precise man; he was clear, eloquent and direct. Initially, I desired to learn what he thought of Bob Lazar’s claims and to confirm some confidential information I had been given that only Dr. Mitchell could confirm. Once we got past those basic points, I was exposed to a deeper, more philosophic side Dr. Mitchell had to share. You have to understand, Dr. Mitchell didn’t tow the line in any area of his life; he was a sort of Space Cowboy. A pioneer among mortals. Dr. Mitchell had seen some shit and was willing to talk about it. A moment that particularly sticks out is when we discussed a seminal moment he had when in-route back to Earth during his Apollo 14 mission. He described it to be spiritual in nature and explained he had a cosmic experience upon his decent that forever changed his belief structure. He likened it to a game of pickup-sticks; he said everything he thought he knew about the Universe was thrown in the air and scattered about. Ever since, he’d been picking up those pieces and trying to make sense of it all. When he explained this experience to me, man to man, person to person, I couldn’t help but be affected.
Dr. Mitchell was a believer. He had personally witnessed what we call The Paranormal due to his work at S.R.I. (Stanford Research Institute). He was also briefed on the reality of UFOs by military and intelligence officers; people who were in the position to know. Dr. Mitchell, like me, simply didn’t have the luxury of disbelief by the time I met him. That is something both he and I agreed on adamantly.
How much creative input in your documentary Moonwalker did Dr. Mitchell demand, and how much did you ultimately afford him?
None. Dr. Mitchell trusted me. Because he knew some of the individuals I was working with and he watched a few of my films prior to us meeting, I believe he took a leap of faith that I wouldn’t distort his words. On the other hand, I pushed him on topics; I didn’t want to leave any stone unturned in our sessions together. It wasn’t always comfortable interviewing Dr. Mitchell and there were times when you could see his temper rise.
From the beginning, I made it clear to Dr. Mitchell I wanted to share my footage with the global public. He was all in, he wanted to talk. He deeply believed humanity had a “need to know” and a “right to know” about UFOs and what Dr. Mitchell called The Coverup. After all, he had seen firsthand how information was compartmentalized and hidden from the public, he wanted no part of it. He explained from a military standpoint, the UFO Phenomenon poses a significant threat. It’s a National Security problem, and has always been treated as such. He was adamant on the fact that our nations best kept secret is that we are being engaged by other advanced intelligences and he spoke about how the public has been kept in the dark for decades on the topic. He was very matter-of-fact about that. We discussed the two main reasons for the veil of secrecy. One, no Department Of Defense in the world is willing to admit to its citizens that craft of unknown origin are traversing our skies with impunity. Two, they are so advanced, both technologically and with their maneuverability, we have zero control or recourse. We postulated the reasons for The Coverup, the first being how the uncertainty caused by this reality could be panic invoking to the public. The second is simply that we want to have a technological advantage over other nations. With a technological advantage, we will remain a dominant military superpower.
Dr. Edgar Mitchell was intelligible, so it’s my job to present my film footage with the same clarity. With my work I aim to show who Dr. Mitchell was as an individual, as well as accurately depict the narrative he conveyed to me. That’s my mission, and I’m honored he gave me the opportunity to do so.
Dr. Edgar Mitchell and Jeremy Corbell
What is the most compelling evidence you have come across in support of the existence of extraterrestrial beings?
Some of the best evidence for the uneducated on this topic is the documentation of mass-sightings such as the Phoenix Lights event in 1997 and the Battle of Los Angeles incident in 1942, an event my Grandmother was eyewitness to. Also, the Ariel School Mass UFO Experience in 1994 where 62 children in South Africa had a bizarre and fascinating close encounter; This event was investigated and documented by the BBC and Dr. John E. Mack, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
There have been many mass-sightings over the past decades. It’s a great departure point for conversation because they are hard to deny, especially when you have both civilian and military witnesses coming forward telling the same story from completely different vantage points. Because you have eyewitness accounts from credible individuals and trained observes mixed with photographic and digital data (such as ground and air radar), it becomes difficult to dismiss the event as mass hallucination or trickery.
In fact, I’m working on a case right now that sits right in the sweet zone. I was provided insight and access to information of a recent military event that is not public at this time. It has all the points of interest that I like to focus on, things I can prove, and top notch corroborating witnesses with footage to back up the claims. It was a recent event, and has to do with scout-craft docking with USOs (Unidentified Submerged Objects). It’s a very important and complex case that I believe will be revelatory, once I make it public. That’s all I will say about it at this time.
Truthfully, however, the most compelling evidence I have encountered has been in private, speaking with concerned individuals within the Military Industrial Complex and intelligence communities who want the truth exposed. These conversations have provided me with my best evidence, and my most solid leads as a journalist.
What is the most popular counterargument to that evidence?
The most popular counterarguments to denying the UFO reality are pretty obsolete by this point in history. We are learning new things every day about the nature of reality and our place in the Universe. It’s hard to deny that life is homogeneous throughout the cosmos, from both a philosophic and scientific standpoint; Scientifically, it’s beyond improbable. From the Drake Equation to the Fermi Paradox, people will always debate the possibility of visitation, but if they’re genuinely curious to know the truth, they should spend a little more time looking skyward.
The idea that other Earth-like planets in the goldilocks zone have been nourishing life far longer than here on Earth seems to be easy to grasp for most. I believe the concept of space-time travel is what's most difficult for the majority to comprehend - this is what first attracted me to Bob Lazar’s explanation of how craft are making interstellar trips. The public tends to speak blindly about the UFO topic and in part, that’s by design. We have been taught to ridicule and mock the concept of all things extraterrestrial, embedded quite intentionally into our culture. The truth is stranger than fiction, and it’s quite easy to begin to get a grasp on it if one simply takes the time.
Image courtesy of Jeremy Corbell
What is the central message of your oft-cited call to “weaponize your curiosity”?
My message is transparent. Ideas are weapons. Your thoughts are extraordinarily powerful. Your questions can act as ammunition to obliterate obstacles standing in the way of knowledge. It’s fucking simple.
If extraterrestrial life does indeed exist, what would need to happen for government bodies and the general public to accept it?
I don’t have a clue. Proof to one person is not proof to another. I feel if any one person sincerely looks at the mountain of documentation that is available on the subject, it’s an undeniable conclusion we are not alone. We have been and are being visited, taunted or educated by some sort of non-human intelligence. And that’s just the starting point. It’s a matter of personal prejudice to hold the belief that humans are the pinnacle of intelligence and technological advancement in our ever-expanding Multiverse. It’s an ego-driven conclusion or a fear-based assumption that goes against basic logic and common sense. I have personally been satisfied beyond a shadow of a doubt that The Phenomenon is real. Our conversation needs to be elevated to the next level.
However, ultimately the architects of the secrecy are the visitors themselves. If they wanted to reveal themselves, they would reveal themselves. It’s quite possible the truth of the matter is so damn strange, we can’t even see it.
Which piece of science fiction features the most accurate representation of aliens?
Science fiction would have to be Star Trek. In fact, I did an interview with Eugene Roddenberry about UFOs and the future of humanity. It has yet to be released, but it’s fascinating. His father was a genius, and Eugene is a chip off the old block.
However, if you want an accurate representation of aliens, how about a film funded completely by the CIA on the subject of UFOs and ET contact titled UFOs: Past, Present, and Future? (narrated by Rod Serling) released in 1974. This little known piece of cinematic history was an attempt from inside the intelligence community to make up for the Project Blue Book debacle. It was presented to test the climate of thought on the topic of UFOs with the public. The film describes an actual landing of craft with beings entering Holloman Air Force Base in 1964. By the way, there is actual footage of this landing - so I would say that it’s a pretty accurate film.
I had the opportunity to question Dr. David Robarge (Chief Historian for the CIA) and and Eugene Poteat (Senior CIA Scientific Intelligence Officer, responsible for programs at Area 51) about the film. My mentor in journalism, George Knapp, was hosting a panel at the Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas. A few decorated CIA men were assembled to talk about the great achievements that were made at Area 51, such as the Stealth Fighter, The SR-71 Blackbird, etc. I asked Dr. Robarge if he was aware the CIA funded UFOs: Past, Present, and Future?. He denied having knowledge that the funding was generated by his agency. However, the film WAS backed by the CIA, and it’s awesome. You should watch it. You can see me interviewing the CIA chaps here.
Image courtesy of Jeremy Corbell
Are we as a society moving toward being comfortable discussing this? (Especially with the continuing trend of big-budget sci-fi films to this nature.)
Yes. Clearly we are. In 2013 my company and business partner, Reuben Langdon, produced an event called 'The Citizen Hearing on Disclosure'. Reuben is really the unsung hero in getting that event to happen, and Dr. Mitchell was actually our opening speaker at the hearing. It consisted of forty researchers along with military/ agency/ political persons of high-rank and station coming together at the National Press Club in Washington, DC to testify to six former members of the United States Congress about events and evidence indicating an extraterrestrial presence engaging the human race.
It was a historic event. We made the footage available (in multiple languages) to allow these brave testimonies to become part of the public record on the topic of UFOs. If that doesn’t open the doors to conversation, nothing will. You can watch all of the testimony here.
The WikiLeaks release occurred while your film was still in production. How did you capitalize on that last-minute development to facilitate your film’s positive reception?
I’m doing an interview with OMNI.
How does the WikiLeaks play into the overall narrative that you conveyed in your film?
We will have to wait and see. I’m still editing my footage, and the Wikileaks situation was both good and bad for the UFO topic. It was no secret that John Podesta and the Clintons have been trying to open the books on the UFO reality for quite some time. Podesta has petitioned at the National Press Club for the cause and both Hillary and Bill Clinton have openly talked about their interest and intent regarding UFOs and exposing the truth to the American people. As it stands, I’m not going to hold my breath that the WikiLeaks will be a Hail Mary towards Disclosure. Unfortunately, there are forces far beyond political powers controlling the information. It’s up to curious-minded individuals to educate themselves personally.
How has your exploration into the paranormal influenced your appraisal of science fiction from both an enjoyment perspective and in terms of its utility for scientific research?
Two investigations stick out in my mind; first is Skinwalker Ranch. George Knapp and Colm Keller wrote a fascinating book about the bizarre and profound paranormal activity on a seemingly otherworldly ranch in Utah. The ranch sits on sacred Native American land and has a long history of being an epicenter for UFO and paranormal activity. George was the only reporter ever allowed on the ranch to cover the story; Colm is a revered scientist employed by Bigelow Aerospace (owned by billionaire Bob Bigelow). There will be more coming out about Skinwalker Ranch in 2017.
The next investigation that really pushed the envelope of my consciousness is about a guy I call Nano Man. He’s a military-funded nanophysicist that peruses cutting-edge nanotechnology with the sole purpose of helping humans become Extraterrestrials. I have filmed and produced two episodes in the series so far. The first is about a mysterious meta-material he believes “was not created here on Earth.” I took it to NASA's Ames Research Center to see what was up with this alleged Off-World (alien) nano-robotics that Nano Man described as 'Utility Fog' (a term from Science Fiction). In the second episode, I turned my lens on an advanced propulsion system he calls The SpaceDrive. He believes this strange propulsion system may provide hard, physical proof for the existence of the Multiverse (a four-dimensional or higher reality). The discovery would revolutionize not only our understanding of the known Universe and the physics that govern it, but would also exponentially expand the possibility of humanity becoming an interstellar spacefaring civilization.
So basically … I’m already living in a sci-fi movie. I don’t know what else to say. You can watch my Nano Man series here.
Consider the portrayal of UFO and ETI in conventional science fiction as opposed to what your research points out. What are the key differences in these proposed realities?
You gotta love the movie E.T., but what we are dealing with is far more complex and, unfortunately, it may be far more sinister. Most films on the subject are based on actual encounters and some films have actually done a great job at expressing the complexity of the UFO problem. In fact, there has been a great deal of guidance given to those in Hollywood who portray ETIs and UFOs in cinema. I know many military men who were tasked, from time to time, to “advise” for films on behalf of our military and intelligence industry. The Abyss, Close Encounters, Fire In The Sky, Contact, even the television show Stranger Things, were all born from a confirmed event or they referenced actual events.
The one aspect of the UFO problem that I have not seen properly transferred to film yet, is the concept that UFOs are only a symptom of a much greater reality. That concept is so deeply transformative when realized, it’s hard to imagine capturing the feeling with cinema.
You published a video clip called "Bending Spoons" in which Edgar Mitchell tries–and fails–to teach you to use psychokinesis. What was your experience like doing that? Have you tried again?
No. In the film clip you see Dr. Mitchell attempting to teach me to bend spoons with my mind. Apparently, I’m the worst psychokinetic spoon-bender on the planet. I’m OK with that. The backstory is in his work at S.R.I. (Stanford Research Institute) circa early 1970s. He was telling me about what they learned from the experiments they pursued there and about some CIA-funded work being done at that laboratory that he was a part of. Dr. Mitchell personally experienced a multitude of manifestations of The Phenomenon at that time. For example, as they would scrutinize Uri Geller and interrogate his methods, shit just got weirder and weirder apparently. Dr. Mitchell said it got to a point where objects were materializing and de-materializing in the lab. At one point, a miniature flying saucer materialized and was floating around the room. During this era, Dr. Mitchell started to ask questions about if our consciousness somehow influenced the manifestations of The Phenomenon. He went on to create the Institute of Noetic Sciences in 1973 in pursuit of questions like this.
In the end, because I failed so powerfully at melting metal with my mind, Dr. Mitchell told me to “Keep my day job” and signed a hilarious letter to bring back to my wife as a trophy of my failure. He had a great sense of humor.
Image courtesy of Jeremy Corbell
How would you describe Dr. Mitchell’s attitude toward his position of black sheep among his NASA peers. Did he celebrate his deviation from the norm, or did he harbor resentment or frustration at his naysayers?
Dr. Mitchell was a confident man and I don’t think he gave a shit what anyone thought. He was pissed at NASA on some level, pissed at those who fought to keep the UFO reality a secret. He also had his secrets. He kept some Moon rocks hidden in his home safe (right next to his psychokinetically-bent spoons). No, I don’t think he gave much of a shit what people thought of him.
How do you believe he should be remembered? (Or even, how did he want to be remembered?)
Dr. Mitchell was an explorer. A pioneer. But above all else he was a humanitarian and a seeker of truth. There have been many great men and women who were courageous enough to tell the truth about UFOs, and I’m confident there will be many more in the future. However, sadly, no one can replace Dr. Edgar Mitchell - 6th man to walk on the Moon. The man wore space-boots for Christ sake… those are huge shoes to fill. I can say this with absolute certainty, Dr. Mitchell’s curiosity was weaponized on his decent back to Earth from his Apollo 14 mission. It was the moment that forever changed his life. I can only hope others make the same leap, take risks and make meaningful moves in their lives.
You had the unique opportunity to be the last person to interview Edgar Mitchell. What were his last words to you?
Honestly, I think they were “God Dammit!” I woke him up from a nap to get a final release signature before having to jump on a plane back to Los Angeles from Miami. I don’t think he liked being woken up. It’s funny though, it’s not his last words that are important, it’s the way he opened his home and heart to me. That, I will always remember. And his dog Cutie. He loved that dog (who is featured in my film). Cutie got more treats than there are stars in the heavens above.
How has your research influenced your personal belief system and values?
It has transformed them entirely. It has completely altered my worldview. I went out to find the truth and ended up finding so much more. I went from understanding the UFO problem as a nuts and bolts issue, to seeing the issue as a much larger paradox. I realized the UFO Phenomenon is only one manifestation of a much larger reality. It’s hard to describe in words and that’s why I make films about it. I tell the whole story in a lecture you can watch here.
What does it take to be a black sheep? Can we all aspire to take on a ‘black sheep’ persona? Should we?
It takes courage. And the answer is yes. Break from the fold. Shake things up. Stir the pot. Bend the rules. And if you’ve got anything to confess, come to me about it. Part of being an investigative filmmaker is spilling secrets, the other is knowing when to hold them. I’m good at doing both.
What would you like your viewers to take away from the film?
That depends on what you’re seeking to find. We see what we’re looking at, and we hear what we are listening for. If my audience gets a glimpse into who Dr. Mitchell was and what he was passionate about, that’s enough for me.
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VIDEO: Waarom ik in UFO’s geloof (en jij dat ook zou moeten doen)
VIDEO: Waarom ik in UFO’s geloof (en jij dat ook zou moeten doen)
De Amerikaanse schrijver Ben Mezrich gaf onlangs een TED-lezing over UFO’s en andere onverklaarbare fenomenen, meldt de Boston Globe.
Hij had het onder meer over de vliegende schotel die in 1947 op een ranch bij Roswell in New Mexico neerkwam. Het leger zei later dat het een weerballon was, maar Mezrich is sceptisch.
“Ik ben van mening dat wat er is neergestort bij Roswell hoogstwaarschijnlijk niet van hier was,” zei hij.
Heel vreemd
Mezrich sprak over een hulpsheriff uit Colorado die onderzoek heeft gedaan naar UFO-waarnemingen en bizarre gevallen van veeverminking.
“Bij die koeien waren alle organen weggehaald,” zei Mezrich. “Het is heel vreemd allemaal.”
Hij merkte ook op dat Hillary Clinton had beloofd om zoveel mogelijk UFO-stukken vrij te geven als ze president zou worden. “Dat gaat nu helaas niet gebeuren,” aldus Mezrich.
Ondergrondse legerbases
“Deze stukken bestaan echt,” zei hij. “Maar om de één of andere reden wil de overheid ons niet vertellen wat er bij Roswell is gebeurd.”
Zijn reis bracht hem van Roswell en Area 51 naar het Pentagon, geheime ondergrondse legerbases en corporaties die onderzoeken dwarsbomen en proberen over te nemen.
Verduisteringen mysterieuze ster stellen onderzoekers voor raadsel
Verduisteringen mysterieuze ster stellen onderzoekers voor raadsel
Het licht van een nabijgelegen ster wordt op een onverklaarbare manier verduisterd, schrijft de Britse krant Independent.
Pas geleden werd ook al zo’n vreemde ster ontdekt. Men speculeerde toen dat de periodieke helderheidsdipjes werden veroorzaakt door een ‘buitenaardse megastructuur’.
Astronoom Jason Wright zei dat KIC 8462852, ook wel Tabby’s ster geheten, verduisterd zou kunnen worden door een ‘zwerm megastructuren’.
Onbegrijpelijk
“Ik kom hier maar niet uit,” zei hij. “Hoewel het zo interessant en zo gaaf is, is het tegelijkertijd volstrekt onbegrijpelijk.”
Als een ster zwakker wordt, betekent dat doorgaans dat er een planeet of ander hemellichaam omheen draait.
Rond de pas ontdekte ster, RIK-210 geheten, draaien echter geen grote ruimteobjecten.
Deeltjeswolk
In het geval van RIK-210 wordt niet gesproken over ‘buitenaardse megastructuren’.
Onderzoekers denken dat het vreemde gedrag van de ster wordt veroorzaakt door een deeltjeswolk die gevangen zit in het magnetisch veld van de ster.
De ster bevindt zich op een slordige 472 lichtjaar van de aarde.
Lastig
Aangezien het lastig is op zo’n grote afstand waarnemingen te doen, kan het onderzoeksteam nog niet met zekerheid zeggen of de helderheidsdipjes daadwerkelijk worden veroorzaakt door een wolk in de magnetosfeer.
Wel hebben de onderzoekers uitgesloten dat de ster onderdeel uitmaakt van een dubbelstersysteem. Rond de ster draaien ook geen planeten.
Het is nog steeds onduidelijk wat de oorzaak is van het vreemde gedrag van Tabby’s ster, die wordt onderzocht door SETI.
Onbekend object
Net als in het geval van RIK-210 wordt licht tegengehouden door een nog onbekend object rond de ster.
Het zou kunnen gaan om een Dysonbol, een megastructuur die rond een ster is geplaatst door buitenaardse wezens.
Het onderzoek over RIK-210 is gepubliceerd op preprintserver arXiv.
EmDrive: China claimt doorbraak in onderzoek naar ‘onmogelijke’ motor
EmDrive: China claimt doorbraak in onderzoek naar ‘onmogelijke’ motor
Dit stukje technologie lijkt bijna te mooi om waar te zijn. De EmDrive is een motor die wordt aangedreven door elektromagnetische straling in een vacuüm.
Sinds 2010 doen zowel de Verenigde Staten als China uitgebreid onderzoek naar deze ogenschijnlijk onmogelijke motoren. China claimt nu een doorbraak te hebben bereikt.
Dr. Chen Yue van de Chinese academie voor ruimtetechnologie (CAST) liet weten dat China niet alleen een EmDrive succesvol heeft getest, maar dat er ook al wordt geëxperimenteerd met een prototype in de ruimte, aan boord van ruimtestation Tiangong-2.
Duizelingwekkende snelheden
Door de afwezigheid van zwaartekracht en wrijving in de ruimte, kan de EmDrive duizelingwekkende snelheden bereiken.
Een EmDrive kan kwetsbaar zijn voor bijvoorbeeld straling uit de ruimte en om die reden is het belangrijk dat de motor aan boord van een ruimteschip zoals de Tiangong-2 wordt getest.
EmDrives zijn uitermate geschikt voor ruimtereizen omdat er niet hoeft worden bijgetankt. Er is ook geen opslagtank nodig voor brandstof, wat veel gewicht en ruimte scheelt.
Buiten het zonnestelsel
In theorie kan de motor worden gebruikt voor bijvoorbeeld een bemande Marsmissie of ruimtesondes die naar een plek buiten het zonnestelsel gaan.
Als China in staat is om EmDrives te installeren in haar satellieten, zouden ze een stuk goedkoper worden en veel langer meegaan.
Voorbij de planetoïdegordel
De huidige EmDrive produceert een stuwkracht van 1,2 millinewton per kilowatt, terwijl de gemiddelde satelliet 0,1 tot 1 newton nodig heeft.
Met een werkende EmDrive kan China sondes met gemak tot ver voorbij de planetoïdegordel sturen.
White Light UFO Over Mountain In Slovakia On Dec 19, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
White Light UFO Over Mountain In Slovakia On Dec 19, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Dec 19, 2016 Location of sighting: Slovakia
Just a few days ago, this glowing UFO was seen over a mountain top in Slovakia. UFOs tend to be seen over volcanos, like those in Mexico, and mountains, like those in Colorado. I myself recorded a similar UFO here in Taiwan, just a week after it was also seen in China. It glows as bright as the moon. Its huge, and just suddenly appears, then after 15 minutes its just gone! Absolutely mind blowing to know...they are watching you as you are watching them. Hey, I will include the video I took in 2013, here in Taiwan...right over my apartments...never saw it before and never saw it again. Scott C. Waring
UFO With Green Trail Over Homes Near Huntington Beach, California, Photos, UFO Sighting News.
UFO With Green Trail Over Homes Near Huntington Beach, California, Photos, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: 7-20-2013, but reported this week. Location of sighting: Huntington Beach, California, USA Source: MUFON #81084 Here is an interesting report that was just sent into MUFON today. A dark UFO disk was moving around above the eyewitnesses neighbourhood and the UFO was making a green trail behind it. Now this concerns me because it appears to be a UFO that is spraying something over the neighbourhood. This may be another alien experiment...something that will effect their health, probably mental health and either improve or worsen their lives. If this UFO was damaged which caused the smoke, it would have landed somewhere. Scott C. Waring Eyewitness states:
It was my birthday at my house. I was taking out the kitchen trash. It was approximately 11am, July 20th 2013. I walked out of the exterior garage mandoor on the W side of my house. I immediately heard a low rumble mixed with a hissing like noise above me to the west. I looked up to see what I first thought was a passenger plane on fire. there are many airports nearby and it was not unusual to see planes in the airspace this object was in. within a second or two, I was startled because i had realized this was no plane. it was a dull silver domed object with orange lights around its middle. I thought I could see a small spire like portrusion out of the top of the object. it was a typical domed ufo looking craft.
In fact, that was one of my first conscious thoughts... Wow. My first real UFO sighting and it couldn't be a more typical looking UFO! It was obvious to me that this craft was in trouble. I saw no flame or intense burning/glowing but could see some sort of fluctuating vapor trail being left. The vapor trail didn't seem to be coming from any particular vent or place on the craft. The vapor seemed to almost enshroud the craft and then slip off and fall behind. The rate of the vapor coming off seemed to vary slightly. It would leave a trail and dissipate withing a few seconds. The color was both disconcerning and facinatingly beautiful.
My first thoughts were that it was highly poisonous or radioactive. the rumbling hiss seemed to increase in intensity coinciding with the billowing emerald green shimmery misty vapor or smoke this craft was leaving in its wake. I felt the object was approximately a mile from me when I first observed it. It was directly above me and to the West when I first caught sight of the object, travelling in a South or SW trajectory. It's speed was that of a landing passenger plane. And it's size seeemed to be about as wide as a school bus is long. Maybe 35-40 feet wide at it's center. It was a particularly clear and sunny, beautiful morning day. I could see the object in very clear detail. I saw no markings, windows or anything on the domed surfaces both on top and below. I saw no markings on the central saturn-ring of the object. I saw what looked like a dull orange light in the short (maybe 2-3foot) spire atop the craft. It could have been the extream rush of adrenahlin but I became so overwhelmed with emotion upon seeing this object that I rememeber feeling very faint, and close to throwing up my breakfast. Fighting off the swirling thoughts (fear, excitment, shock, awe, worry, dread, mania, etc...) I remembered my cell phone camera. I remember almost ripping the pocket of my jeans trying to get my phone out. I brought the phone / camera up to my face level and shot three photos. the first was my finger in the way of the lens. the second and thrid shot are attached with this report. I believe my phone at the time was a Samsung S2... I may have had my S5 by then but I'd have to look that up. I can if it matters. the elapsed time between when i first noticed the object and when I managed to start taking photos was probably 10-15 seconds.
The object travelled in a straight line heading S - SW. This would have been from my right to left. It seemed to me to be flying directly above Beach Blvd/Hwy 39, which was the major street near me. It was flying towards the ocean which was approx 3 miles away to the South.
GORDON COOPER & UFOs: AN ASTRONAUT SPEAKS OUT by Timothy Green Beckley
GORDON COOPER & UFOs: AN ASTRONAUT SPEAKS OUT
by Timothy Green Beckley
"One of the few individuals whose prominence is beyond question has, however, over the past few months, dared to open his mouth and challenge the status quo.
Gordon Cooper was one of America's original astronauts. He helped pioneer this country's space exploration efforts when, aboard a tiny space capsule known as Mercury [Faith] 7, Cooper orbited the Earth for 34 hours, proving that man could live outside our atmosphere for prolonged periods. His patriotism, bravery and respectability go without saying...
Cooper has recently made several public pronouncements concerning his strong belief in UFOs. While a guest on the Merv Griffin Show, Cooper shocked the viewing audiences by speaking for over five minutes on a topic that was only within the past few years often considered too bizarre for polite conversation.
But there were some things that Cooper wouldn't even discuss on the air in front of the curious multitudes. Luckily Lee Spiegel is a personal friend of Gordon Cooper. They have conferred on several occasions, and while in the company of the man who is bound and determined to crack the 'Cosmic Watergate' which he is convinced exists within the higher echelon of government, the former space traveler is more than happy to talk about his UFO experiences - and they are many.
In the early 1950s, Cooper was assigned to a jet fighter group in Germany. While stationed there, he remembers very vividly the week an entire formation of circular objects passed over the Air Base on almost a daily routine.
'We never could get close enough to pin them down, but they were round in shape and very metallic looking,' Cooper points out. UFOs were to continue to haunt him when the Air Force Colonel was transferred several years later to Edwards Air Force Base Flight Test Center in the California desert.
What happened one afternoon while he was on duty at this military base is evidence enough that the government definitely does keep a lot of secrets when it comes to UFOs!
The incident took place in the late 1950s, either 1957 or 1958 - as Cooper can best recall; and to this day, the photographic evidence of an actual UFO touching down upon the Earth is being kept under wraps.
During this period, Cooper was a Project Manager at Edwards Air Force Base, just three or four years before entering America's space program. After lunch this particular day, Cooper had assigned a team of photographers to an area of the vast dry lake beds near Edwards.
In a taped interview with UFOlogist Lee Spiegel, the former Astronaut disclosed that while the crew was out there, they spotted a strange-looking craft above the lake bed, and they began taking films of it.
Cooper says the object was very definitely 'hovering above the ground. And then it slowly came down and sat on the lake bed for a few minutes.' All during this time the motion picture cameras were filming away.
'There were varied estimates by the cameramen on what the actual size of the object was,' Cooper confesses, 'but they all agreed that it was at least the size of a vehicle that would carry normal-sized people in it.'
Col. Cooper was not fortunate enough to be outside at the time of this incredible encounter, but he did see the films as soon as they were rushed through the development process.
'It was a typical circular-shaped UFO,' he recollects. 'Not too many people saw it, because it took off at quite a sharp angle and just climbed straight on out of sight!'
Cooper admits he didn't take any kind of poll to determine who had seen the craft, 'because there were always strange things flying around in the air over Edwards.' This is a statement Lee Spiegel was able to verify through his own research efforts, having obtained closely guarded tapes of conversations between military pilots circling the base and their commanding officers in the flight tower, tracking the presence of unknown objects.
'People just didn't ask a lot of questions about things they saw and couldn't understand,' notes Cooper, who adds that it was a lot simpler to look the other way, shrug one's shoulders, and chalk up what had been seen to 'just another experimental aircraft that must have been developed at another area of the air base.'
But what about the photographic proof - the motion picture footage - that was taken? 'I think it was definitely a UFO,' Cooper states, as he makes no bones about it. 'However, where it (the object) came from and who was in it is hard to determine, because it didn't stay around long enough to discuss the matter - there wasn't even time to send out a welcoming committee!'
After he reviewed the film at least a dozen times, the footage was quickly forwarded to Washington. Cooper no doubt expected to get a reply in a few weeks' time as to what his men had seen and photographed, but there was no word, and the movie *vanished* - never to surface again....
On coast-to-coast television, Cooper recently made a blockbuster statement that had the telephone lines tied up the next day, as viewers telephoned the stations which carried the syndicated Merv Griffin Show, anxious to find out if their ears had been playing tricks on them the night before.
Toward the end of the talk-show host's interview with the former Astronaut, Merv broke into a secretive tone of voice right on the air, and aimed a hundred-thousand-dollar question at his guest: 'There is a story going around, Gordon, that a spaceship did land in middle America and there were occupants, and members of our government were able to keep one of the occupants alive for a period of time. They've seen the metal of the aircraft and they know what the people look like - is that a credible story?'
For all intents and purposes Cooper should have laughed for assuredly such a speculative story belongs in the category of science fiction or space fantasy. But Gordon Cooper kept a straight face when he replied: 'I think it's fairly credible. I would like to see the time when all qualified people could really work together to properly investigate these stories and either refute or prove them.'
The bombshell had been dropped. Cooper went on to say that from the various reports of UFO contacts and abductions he had been privy to, he was convinced that the occupants of this crashed UFO were 'probably not that different from what we are,' - that they are almost totally humanoid (i.e., have two arms, two legs, a torso and readily identifiable facial features) in appearance.
Taken aback by what Cooper had said over the national airwaves, Lee Spiegel telephoned Cooper's office the following morning and managed to get past his private secretary, though others in the media were getting the cold shoulder.
'Cooper admitted to me that he could have revealed more on the air, but he decided not to play his entire hand because he felt certain that some 'official eyebrows were going to get raised'.'"
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"MJ-12 and the Riddle of Hangar 18" by Timothy Green Beckley; 1981; Inner Light Publications P.O. Box 753, New Brunswick, N.J. 08903; p.12 - 14.
A California witness at Hollywood reported watching a “large UFO” moving over the Hollywood Bowl-101 Freeway area, according to testimony in Case 80813 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
The sighting took place about 2:17 a.m. on December 4, 2016.
“I was in downtown old Hollywood area near 101 Freeway and Franklin junction,” the witness stated.“I pulled my car into the 101 Cafe on Franklin Blvd.into the back parking lot which has a 30-degree and up view of a clear night sky with a west, north, and east. As I parked my car I quickly sighted a large blue-white object in the northwest sky about 35 degrees up from horizon through my wind shield.”
The witness first saw a large, blue-white object in the skynear 101 Freeway and Franklin junction.
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The witness quickly moved into position to investigate.
“My iPhone read 2:17 a.m. Instantly I jumped out to investigate and questioned to my partner what was in the sky. At the same time, as I spoke this question, a female witness at her car behind us joined in with us to question the same object as she just had spotted it as well. Northwest-west toward the Hollywood Bowl in the Hollywood Hills – Mullholand Drive region an object was gracefully flying over those hills which was a clear mile distance from us.”
The witness described the object.
“The object was flat. Its underbelly was a soft, radiant, blue-white light in a honey-combed patterned shape. Very faint aura around the object. The object’s speed resembled the grace of a blimp, very directional and straight, yet very gradual and slow in shift of direction overall through the experience. The object was heading east towards us and its speed was cruising, causal, slow, yet the light detail resembled a superstructure in a blue-white, honey-combed pattern that was entirely luminous. NO landing lights, no blinking lights, no conventional aircraft resemblance. This was a solid, luminous shape that did not pulsate or change intensity in lumination or brightness. It moved gracefully without abrupt turns. Just smooth, clearly indicating behavior of a large craft, like an aircraft carrier or blimp would, and like these examples, one realized it gained distance in a short amount of time.”
The group tried to decide exactly what the object was.
“We were now three witnesses trying to identify the craft. We quickly agreed the craft was not anything we were ever familiar with, as we all have much flying experience. I am a drone owner as well, and this was not the behavior of a drone with zigzag action or its type of lights. About a minute of observation, we agreed the craft with this behavior easily was in the measurement of 100 feet across at least as it dwarfed the structures below on the hills at an 1500-2000 feet elevation above the hills.”
There was a faint aura around the object and its speed resembled the grace of a blimp.
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The craft slowly turned.
“Slowly and gradually the craft turned easily northeast and gradually gaining altitude as it flew over the 101 FYW Cahuenga Pass. About after another minute it was clear the craft was gracefully gaining extreme altitude, and due to elevation, its craft detail was getting smaller as it finally settled over the Hollywood sign mountain. The craft peaked about 5,000feet above the mountain and paused its northeastdirection. It hovered still perfectly without a bump for about another minute. Through this time again the craft was gaining more altitude.”
The witnesses watched the object climb.
“About another 30 seconds of this slow climb, the craft slowly flew southward to our direction. The honey-combed lit pattern was so tiny from its height, yet still identifiable. Its movement and behavior resembled that of high space satellite. The craft eventually was now spotted by two more witnesses as they were entering the cafe, as we were all in agreement of tracking the craft. The slow path and ascension ended directly above us about 7000-8000feet as it hovered in place for another five minutes. As the craft paused, to our view it parked itself near two stars creating an even triangle constellation of sorts. These two stars’ location are the first pair northeast of the Orion left shoulder.”
The craft then gained altitude again.
“After this pause the craft gained an altitude to where it now resembled that of a tiny satellite, or the size of the neighboring stars, and like a slow satellite, it traveled directly west over West Hollywood as its slow path was just north of the Orion constellation. The object was exactly star size as it faded westward gaining altitude, yet still identifiable well past west of Hollywood Blvd and Fairfax.”
The witness tried to report the incident.
“The entire event was about 27 minutes as it was slow and gradual as stated before. I then cell phoned the West Hollywood Sheriff to report the sighting and the officer stated there were no reports of the event. I then contacted the next major airport at Burbank which was about 12 miles away. By this hour, the airport has stopped its regular commercial airline service at 10 p.m. I got through to Burbank tower security who accepted my story and he then transferred me to the actual tower. A stand-by night watch tech took my call. I asked if anyone was watching radar in the south direction of 2:17a.m. He stated he wasn’t watching radar at that time. I described my sighting to him; he sounded interested, but after he claimed he still never had evidence on radar, nor looked, therefore he stated he had to go and hung up on me.”
The witness pulled into a local diner parking lot for a closer look.
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The witness compared the object to known objects.
“This craft had no similarity to the usual police helicopters or commercial aircraft that we see by the dozens daily in the area with our three major commercial airports. We do have Edwards AFB but it’s a two-hour drive north. But this was no Stealth plane outline nor was it the dark large Air Force X-Balloon triangle ship. We haven’t had lighted blimps in years since Goodyear stopped that action, nor could a blimp fly that height out of sight or hover in place. It was not a large manned drone, as it would have been way too small in dimension; also the guide lights on a drone were not the same. Nor could a drone have scaled that altitude for that duration and without one single abrupt zigzag kind of movement. Our sighting was a big luminous craft, with smooth acceleration, ending in high altitude without a flinch. Lots of citizens in LA; please respond if there are any other eyewitnesses.”
MUFON California Field Investigator Earl Gray Anderson is investigating. Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.
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Earth totally unprepared for surprise asteroid or comet strike, warns NASA scientist (Watch video)
Earth totally unprepared for surprise asteroid or comet strike, warns NASA scientist (Watch video)
The Earth, our home planet, is due for an “extinction-level” event like a comet or asteroid strike, but apparently humans are vastly unprepared at this point of time to deal with the situation.
As per reports, an award-winning NASA scientist has warned that human race at this moment remains ill-prepared for any such threat from outer space – especially the kind that has the potentical to wipe out humanity just as how it did to dinosaurs more than 65 million years ago.
Dr Joseph Nuth, of the NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, told attendees during Monday’s annual American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco that there’s not a hell of a lot we can do about it at the moment,” The Guardian reported.
“But on the other hand, they are the extinction-level events, things like dinosaur killers, they’re 50 to 60 million years apart, essentially. You could say, of course, we’re due, but it’s a random course at that point,” Nuth added.
Nuth noted that, while these kinds of cataclysmic collisions are rare in Earth’s history, they aren’t unrivalled.
There had been two near misses of an asteroid hitting a planet in the solar system – when a comet whirred into Jupiter in 1996 and the other in 2014 which passed perilously close to Mars. During this time, mankind did not have enough time and the appropriate technology to potentially avert it.
Urging policymakers to start preparing for such a possible cataclysmic strike, Nuth suggested that NASA needs to build at least two spacecraft – an interceptor rocket and an observer spacecraft – to mitigate such a threat.
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UFO in the secret archives Alien Russia – Alien Area51! VIDEO!
UFO in the secret archives Alien Russia – Alien Area51! VIDEO!
According to information from Russia knows about extraterrestrial civilizations over several decades, so for many it is not surprising that such rumors are circulating for many years. Russia’s first contact with the gray aliens allegedly occurred in 1942. At that time, were planned series of diplomatic visits to discuss issues of mutual interest – by alleged Russian documents and agreements that have been created.
According to the document, 072 / E at meeting the 1961 incident occurred that involved three entities for breach of contract officers army base, when they discovered that their arrival was filmed hidden devices without their consent. Based on the agreement were 23/04 confidential meetings and filming or taking pictures was not allowed.
In 1969, in the State of Sverdlovsk was reported that the crashed UFO. It is reported that the crashed UFO and it was acquired by the Russian army. Video film shows rescue and shots from close range UFO itself. The boat was found a dead alien. The remains of an alien UFO wreckage and were taken to some safe place in Russia, where it was analyzed and the plate on an alien autopsy. The photos appeared little alien. Alleged event was broadcast on TNT special “The Secret UFO Files of the KGB.” The agenda featured the former actor depicting James Bond, Roger Moore. In support of the event was shown compelling video and photographic evidence.
According to the Truth KGB allegedly special unit designed to collect and monitor all kinds of information regarding the mysterious and unexplained phenomena that report back inside, and inside the Soviet Union.
According to the Truth he was also on the show TNT shown photocopies of certain orders of the Soviet defense minister, who looked authentically. In compliance with the order, General A. G. Ponomarenko, chief military command Ural area, had to take care to ensure that the KGB agents involved in work related to the UFO at all stages. Reporting agents were immediately undertaken with Colonel A. I. Grigoriev, chief of the KGB, scientific section. According to Billy J.Booth of www.About.com there are unsubstantiated reports that a UFO crashed or was shot down near the city Prohlandnyi in Russia, the 10th of August 1989, the Soviet military radar watched an unidentified flying object and Russia attempted unsuccessfully to establish a vessel contact. UFO was evaluated as “hostile”. We were alerted to the Soviet defense and that UFO found and identified, were sent MIG-25tky.
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On the outside of the ship were noticeable damage. Rehabilitation team, having dressed in protective suits, arrived at the site. Was measured smaller amounts of radiation and some members of the team were contaminated. At the scene came the helicopter and UFO were transported to the air base of Mozdok (North Ossetia-Alania). The Russians entered the UFO and found two dead alien bodies, one still alive. A team of doctors and other employees tried at all costs to keep the alien alive but failed.
All three creatures were about 90 to 120 centimeters tall, with gray-tight suit. Beneath it were the skin blue-green color with a reptilian texture. They had hair, big black eyes were covered with a protective cap and finger-like flotation blánám were finished long, slender arms. Alien bodies were stored in glass containers and the UFO was transported to the spaceport Kapustin Yar (Volgograd). This information was first announced three Russian investigators – it howled: Anton Anfalov, Lenur Azizov and Alexander Mosolov, but who did not have to support these claims, no documents.
Remember when NASA told us there’sliquid water on the surface of Mars? Well, that little factoid might be murkier than we thought. Turns out, a set of new lab experiments seeking to recreate the supporting evidence ended up with an unexpected outcome.
Here’s the deal: the original data that suggested there was water on Mars was based off something called recurring slope lineae — dark streaks that appear and vanish seasonally on the walls of various coasters and canyons on the surface of the planet. Follow-up data collected by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter indicated that the RSL sites possessed hydrated salts, which could essentially be explained only by some sort of liquid flow of water originating from some place.
And of course, the presence of water on another planet is phenomenal because it suggests another world might be capable of supporting life, and that future astronauts may be able to use that water as a resource for a extraterrestrial colony.
Now, the origin of that liquid water was unknown — and it’s still unknown today. Why are scientists so sure the source has to be ground based? Michael Meyer, the lead scientist for NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, explained to Inverse during an interview for a previous story this year that the atmosphere of Mars is extremely dry. “If you completely froze out the atmosphere of mars, you would have a 10 micron layer of ice around the planet,” he explains. “That’s less than the width of a sheet of paper! The likelihood these RSL sites were getting their thirst quenched by atmospheric water was low.
But a team of researchers decided to verify whether the salts in the RSL sites really had to be hydrated through surface flow, or whether atmospheric water could have been enough. A pair of University of Colorado, Boulder scientists exposed salts to atmospheric conditions similar to Mars, and found that some of them actually became hydrated solely through atmospheric means.
Those results, presented last week at the American Geophysical Unions annual fall meeting in San Francisco, don’t outright nix the idea that there’s a source of liquid water somewhere on Mars. But they do raise some concerns that will need to be addressed and explored through future experiments.
What would help the most, actually, is to acquire an actual sample of the hydrated salts on Mars and analyze them directly. The problem is that the RSL sites are located in pretty harsh terrain — sending humans in would be a dangerous endeavor, and we don’t yet have the kind of robotic technology that could feasibly go in on its own.
Regardless, the results underscore the fact that while water on Mars is an exciting prospect, we should not get carried away until we have tangible proof of what we’re seeing.
A professor ofartificial intelligence has called on the United Nations to impose a global ban on lethal autonomous weapons, fearing the “terrible and terrifying prospect” of robots killing civilians. Toby Walsh, from the University of New South Wales in Australia, wants attendees at Friday’s UN disarmament conference in Geneva to commit to formal discussions over a ban.
“The reason I have been motivated to do this is simple,” Walsh said in a story published Thursday. “If we don’t get a ban in place, there will be an arms race. And the end point of this race will look much like the dystopian future painted by Hollywood movies like The Terminator.”
Walsh points to existing bans on chemical and biological weapons as a model. Their effectiveness is questionable, but they have greatly reduced the likelihood of coming across them in combat. He’s a strong believer in a ban: Walsh was one of the signatories to an open letter in 2015 calling for a ban, and on Thursday he spoke at the UN for a third time to persuade countries to consider the idea.
“All technology can be used for good or bad,” Walsh said in his article. “We need to make a conscious and effective decision soon to take the world down a good path.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator 2: a vision of the future?
It’s not just on the battlefield that people are concerned about killer machines. Brad Wardell, CEO of Stardock, warned in September that private companies using autonomous security robots could lead to a mass increase in global inequality. As wealth accumulates with those in charge of autonomous robots, these machines will be used to crush any revolutionary uprisings occurring in the masses.
Beyond a global ban, A.I. ethicists are turning to guidelines to help encourage “best practices.” A draft IEEE report published this week recommends that weapons without any meaningful human control should be considered unethical. But any rules around A.I. will have to come down to the designers, as hard coding rules into machines is considered a less practical approach. A UN ban, if implemented, would likely mean arms corporations avoiding autonomous weapon designs altogether.
The Enigmatic Pyramids of the Amazon: An ancient civilization lost in time
The Enigmatic Pyramids of the Amazon: An ancient civilization lost in time
In the tangled and dense jungles of the Amazon, there are numerous mysteries that could probably help us understand how ancient civilizations live in the distant past. We know so little about our planet, and researchers are unaware of the possible archaeological discoveries that remain hidden in the Amazon. As technology moves forward and tools as Google Earth become more popular, many people try their luck hoping to make a discovery that no one else has made in the past. Google Earth has become the one of the boldest tools numerous archaeologists are using, consistently delivering huge results that help researchers in many ways.
We are talking about the pyramids of paratoari, usually referred to as “the dots”, seen in one of the satellite images from NASA.
Even thought that several researchers believe that the Pyramids of Paratoari are truncated ridge spurs, which can take the form of natural pyramids, there are many other scientists who firmly believe that these structures were built in the distant past by a civilization that has never before been seen.
Excursions to the region found plenty of evidence of Incan inhabitance in the area, such as petroglyphs, paved roads, and platforms.
The mysterious pyramidal structures were first identified via NASA satellite photograph number C-S11-32W071-03, released in 1976. The images caused numerous researchers to venture to the Manu area of dense tropical rainforest in southeast Peru in hopes to find out whether these structures were actually built by an ancient civilization, lost in time.
While renewed archaeologists have refused to take into consideration the pyramids and their artificial origin, other researchers suggest that the symmetrical space between them and uniform shape of the structures points to the fact that these are not natural sandstone formations as some have suggested.
The same debate can be seen in the “recently” discovered Pyramids in Bosnia. While numerous researchers suggest that the structures in Visoko are mere natural formations, other researchers point to the fact that the structures in Bosnia are of artificial origin, just like the pyramids of Paratoari.
We have to remember that even today, in the twenty-first century, there are places on Earth, yet unexplored, and the Amazon Jungle is one of the most unexplored regions of them all.
The Pyramids of Paratoari are symmetrically arranged structures that could not be natural formations, but the product of human hands.
Looking at things from a historical point of view, we know that the area of Madre de Dios has been defined by many researchers in the past as the place where the Incas hid after the advance of the Spanish conquistadores towards Cusco in 1533. Wouldn’t it be logical that the Inca created monuments and structures in that region? It certainly is possible if you keep an open mind and understand that there are many hidden secrets buried beneath sands, jungles and oceans around the world.
The mystery of the Pyramids of Paratoari certainly continues and maybe one day, we will know for sure what these mysterious structures truly are.
Yesterday, Express.co.uk reported on the increasing number of reports of triangle-shaped UFOs being made to investigators.
Now details have emerged of a strange sighting said to involve four triangle UFOs, followed by several "star-like objects".
The Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) is investigating the case.
The unnamed witness from Fairless Hills, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in the US said the triangle-shaped UFOs moved silently and were just 20 feet over neighbouring homes.
Oddly, they said they were followed by "20 to 30 star-like objects".
In a report to US-based MUFON, which holds a global database of UFO sightings, the witness said: “At approximately 8.20pm we turned and began walking up a street with a slight incline, and my youngest child stopped to catch a Pokémon and had lagged behind.
"I noticed he was no longer with us and I turned around to call to him to catch up, and right behind him were two huge, black, triangular craft, larger than the houses they were above, flying slowly and approximately 20 feet above the one story houses across the street, and approximately 20 feet away.
“The second craft was flying at the same height as the first craft, immediately behind it.
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An image taken by the witness of two of the triangle UFOs.
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A computer-drawn image of the Pennsylvanian triangle UFO sighting by the witness.
"The two craft were black with three unwavering bright white lights at the three corners of the triangles, with a solid bright primary, red light in the centre of the craft.
"The craft were completely silent; they were almost on top of us and we never would have known they were there if I did not happen to look behind us.
"The two craft came from a western direction and were heading east.”
The eyewitness said they changed direction.
They said: "We observed the craft silently shift direction southeast before disappearing behind trees.
"When I looked behind again to where we had sighted the craft, two more triangular craft were flying in the exact same direction in the exact location where the first two craft were sighted, and they turned and headed southeast in exactly the same spot that the other two craft had turned.
There were two huge, black, triangular craft, larger than the houses they were above, flying slowly and approximately 20 feet above the one story houses.
MUFON witness
"It was as if we witnessed deja vu; as if we viewed the event again, but this time at a slightly different angle, as we were slightly farther away from the craft the second time around.
“We turned east and onto my road, when we looked up into the sky and witnessed a patch of sky with between 20 and 30 balls of light, exact number unable to be determined, that looked like stars, except that they were moving.
"Some of the lights were moving very slowly, almost imperceptibly, but other craft were moving so quick that they would leave a light trail behind them, as they shifted position.
"The lights were different colours, from red to bluish-white to orange to bright white.
As every citizen of Roswell knows, the city is at the center of one of the greatest mysteries of all time. In 1947, something crashed in the New Mexico desert and was taken to Roswell Army [auth] Air Field — now the Roswell International Air Center.
Believers say it was a crashed alien spacecraft, while skeptics argue that it was simply the wreckage of a weather balloon. As we approach the 70th anniversary of this much-debated incident, the Roswell Daily Record is launching a campaign to resolve the mystery for once and for all. To do so, we need your help. While people argue to this day about what happened at Roswell in the summer of 1947, nobody disputes that something crashed. That’s because far from denying this, the military authorities actually helped get the story out — at least at first.
Roswell Daily Record July 8, 1947.
They signed off on text that read, in part, “The many rumors surrounding the flying disk became a reality yesterday when the intelligence office of the 509th Bomb Group of the Eighth Air Force, Roswell Army Air Field, was fortunate enough to gain possession of a disk.” The Roswell Daily Record wrote this up as the lead story, under the headline “RAAF Captures Flying Saucer on Ranch in Roswell Region.” That July 8, 1947 front-page headline is now as much a part of pop culture as the Roswell incident itself.
However, just a day later, the military changed its story and said that the “flying disk” had been identified as debris from a crashed weather balloon and the equipment it had been carrying. Whatever the truth, something crashed.
Seventy years on, is there any hope of solving the mystery? I think there is. I used to investigate UFOs for the British government, which was just one of a number of fascinating postings I had in a 21-year career at the UK’s Ministry of Defense. In my experience, the key to solving a mystery like this lies in the community in which these events unfolded.
Field where the Roswell debris is said to have been found.
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That’s why I’ve teamed up with the Roswell Daily Record to launch an appeal. Because nobody denies there was a crash, we know that there was wreckage. And because no clean-up operation can ever be perfect, and because people like souvenirs, we believe there could still be pieces of this wreckage somewhere out there in the local community.
Some of the military personnel involved in the Roswell incident lived off-base in the local community. Some put down roots in Roswell. These people — or perhaps their children or grandchildren — might have boxes up in their attics, filled with memorabilia.
Alternatively, is there a trinket box on the mantelpiece, a jewelry box hidden away somewhere, or a desk drawer that hasn’t been cleared out in years? Our request is that readers root around and see what they can turn up. Look in particular for strange pieces of metal, but keep an eye out for anything else that might be connected with the events of 1947, such as documents, photographs or diaries. While our main focus of interest is the Roswell crash, we’d be fascinated in anything else that relates to the military base or the city itself, as it was in 1947.
Why are we launching this appeal now? Many of the people involved in the Roswell incident have passed away. The whole event is passing from living memory into history. The forthcoming 70th anniversary is likely to attract considerable media attention and public interest. Thus, it may represent our final chance to smoke out memories and memorabilia from those who were there — a last opportunity to solve the mystery.
Roswell Daily Record, July 9, 1947. Click to enlarge.
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The Daily Record is organizing a 70th anniversary event June 30 through July 2 at the Sally Port Inn & Suites. The event is called 2017 Roswell Incident and will feature a number of UFO experts and witnesses who’ll share their stories and experiences with attendees.
I’ll be one of these guests. As part of this event, the Daily Record would like to showcase any evidence that local people find around their homes. In the run-up to the event, we’ll keep readers updated on the search, and will feature any interesting developments in the newspaper and on our website.
So please have a good root-around and see if you can turn up anything that might help us resolve the Roswell mystery. If you do, please email webmaster@rdrnews.com. Happy hunting.
While scientists puzzle over important Mars questions -- Is there evidence of past life there? Liquid water? -- some of us are left to ask more mundane questions, like: Was there once soup on Mars? YouTube user UFO Hunter spotted what looks like a spoon half-buried in dust on the surface of the Red Planet.
As thrilling as that sounds, the more likely explanation is that it's an odd spoon-shaped bit of regular old Mars landscape.
Humans have a propensity for assigning familiar characteristics to random objects, a phenomenon called "pareidolia." This is what lets us imaginatively see sheep in clouds and everything from a fish to Donald Trump's face on Mars.
This isn't the first time a spoon-like formation has been spotted in a rover image. A gravity-defying, shadow-casting "spoon" popped up in late 2015. Maybe someday we'll find an entire set of silverware so we can throw a formal dinner party on Mars. Let's just be sure to invite the planet's ancient gods.
A Dyson Sphere under construction, which could theoretically cause large flux dips and progressively dims the star over time. This Alien Megastructure idea, however, should only be taken seriously when all other natural explanations are ruled out.
Image credit: public domain art by CapnHack, via http://energyphysics.wikispaces.com/Proto-Dyson+Sphere.
When it comes to the hunt for extraterrestrial life, perhaps the biggest dream we have isn't to encounter a civilization like our own, but one far more advanced. Rather than seeking radio signals, electromagnetic beacons or chemical signatures, perhaps we could look for something far more advanced than anything we've done here. Perhaps looking for large-scale planet or solar system modifications -- evidence that aliens had altered an entire world or the space around a star -- would be the miracle signal we've been longing for. If you ever encountered a case where all the natural explanations you could come up with for your observations failed, the idea of Alien Megastructures might be the ultimate dream come true.
The infrared (L) and ultraviolet (R) emissions from Tabby's star: KIC 8462852. They show no evidence of a great many of the natural explanations for the flux dips observed.
Image credit: Infrared: IPAC/NASA (2MASS), at left; Ultraviolet: STScI (GALEX), at right.
The Kepler spacecraft was remarkable for its ability to observe and monitor the brightness of more than 100,000 stars at once over timescales of multiple years. If a star brightened or dimmed, temporarily or permanently, once or periodically, we could determine all sorts of natural causes. Transiting planets that dipped behind or passed in front of their parent star were revealed; hundreds of eclipsing binary stars were uncovered; intrinsically varying stars were found. Practically all of the variations seen were regular, periodic and predictable. But there's one star that stands out from all the others: KIC 8462852, known as Tabby's star for the leader of the team studying it, Tabetha S. Boyajian. Its flux drops off by incredibly large amounts, larger than any conceivable planetary transit could cause, and it does so with no discernible period, with varying drops by varying amounts.
The flux, including the dips, in KIC 8462852, exhibiting unprecedented dimming and rebrightening. These unique features aren't seen anywhere else.
Image credit: Wikimedia Commons user JohnPassos, under c.c.a.-s.a.-4.0 international.
There are a few stars that have been discovered that do something similar, but all of them are part of a class of objects known as YSOs: Young Stellar Objects. The other stars are very young, having not finished forming yet. They all exhibit protoplanetary disks and give off large amounts of infrared radiation. In particular, their light curves -- including the shapes of their dips -- also differ from that of Tabby's star. Out of over 100,000 stars imaged by Kepler, Tabby's star is unique. For one, it has the hallmarks of an older star, one only slightly more massive than our Sun but that's hundreds of millions years old, rather than just a few million like YSOs. No infrared radiation means no protoplanetary disk around it. Large, ringed planets give the wrong signal shape to block that much light. Colliding, massive planets have been disfavored by follow-up studies looking for warm dust as a result. Even dusty, swarming comets would have infrared radiation, but none beyond what's localized in the central star system is seen.
A dusty debris disk either around the star itself or the planets that orbit it would emit infrared radiation, where none is seen.
Image credit: ESA, NASA, and L. Calcada (ESO for STScI).
And unlike all the other stars, Tabby's star has controversially been slowly but consistently changing in brightness, with a net dimming, over the past 120 years. When all the seemingly natural, expected explanations fail, whatever is left, no matter how unlikely, must be the truth. Would that mean alien megastructures? Not so fast!
A solar flare from our Sun, which is far lower in magnitude and light-blocking capabilities than needed to explain Tabby's star.
Image credit: NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory / GSFC.
The method involves looking, in gory detail, at all the small dips in brightness coming from the star itself as well as the large, aperiodic ones. The smaller dips are also non-periodic, but are thought to represent the underlying activity -- likely caused by outbursts that then block the light -- from the star. These are frequent, and they occur on all scales: at the 1% level, the 0.1% level, the 0.01% level, etc. By modeling the frequency and intensity of these outbursts, they can construct a mathematical model for the large outbursts, which they dub statistical avalanches. As Mohammed Sheikh, leader of the study, says,
"Once the light curve drops below the threshold, we consider such an event the start of an avalanche. While the light curve remains below the threshold the avalanche continues, and it stops when it increases again to a value above the threshold."
Their analysis shows that the avalanche model is extremely consistent with what's observed. In other words, this could just be a star that's intensely active in some poorly understood way, giving off periodic massive outbursts that cause a dimming of the light. And the fact that stars like this are rare is what's been fooling us all along.
Originally, a scenario of a shattered comet was considered to explain Tabby's star. Instead, a series of long-period comet-like objects with massive dust halos could cause these temporary, transient flux dips.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.
The second paper hypothesizes a new class of object: a massive object surrounded by a dust cloud. This would sound insane except we already have objects that do this in our Solar System: comets. If they start a long distance from the star, start emitting a tail and a coma, and then transit in front of the star, they could cause these large flux dips. The signal would also be aperiodic. By simply setting up this hypothesis and fiddling with a few free parameters, they can easily fit all four of the largest flux dips fairly well, showing that there is another potential path to solving this problem other than aliens.
The red lines (models) and the green lines (data) can be matched very well from a massive object-with-a-dust cloud model with very few free parameters, but it will take detailed follow-up observations to confirm this picture.
Image credit: L. Neslusan and J. Budaj, via
https://arxiv.org/abs/1612.06121.
It's only human nature to want the most fantastic of our dreams to come true. To discover an alien species much more advanced than our own would certainly meet that criteria, and would revolutionize how we view our place in the Universe. But before embracing anything along those lines, all the natural explanations need to be ruled out. This includes large-perihelion comets, which could block a large amount of the star's light in a temporary, transient way, and the statistical avalanche theory, which might hold a clue. As physicist Steinn Sigur∂sson states:
The large brightness variations cannot be explained with simple astrophysical models. Normal middle-aged main sequence stars do not exhibit large spontaneous brightness variations. While other stars have been seen to dim by comparable amounts and durations, they were all much younger—in or near the star-forming phase. [Tabby's] star would be a one-in-a-million anomaly.
It's already a one-in-100,000+ anomaly, and everyone agrees that further follow-up observations are mandatory for uncovering the root cause. No matter what the solution, we're bound to learn something new about the Universe. The revolution is at hand. The only question is whether it will be a revolution for stellar astrophysicists, planet hunters, or the entire human race.
Multiple UFOs reported 20 feet over Pennsylvania homes
Multiple UFOs reported 20 feet over Pennsylvania homes
A Pennsylvania witness at Fairless Hills reported watching four triangle-shaped UFOs silently moving just 20 feet over neighboring homes followed by 20 to 30 star-like objects crossing the sky, according to testimony in Case 80797 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
The sighting began about 8:20 p.m. on November 4, 2016, when the witness took his two children out for a walk in search of Pokémon hotspots.
“It was a crisp fall night, and for a night sky, the sky was bright and full of stars with no clouds or precipitation,” the witness stated. “At approximately 8:20 p.m. we turned and began walking up a street with a slight incline, and my youngest child stopped to catch a Pokémon and had lagged behind. I noticed he was no longer with us and I turned around to call to him to catch up, and right behind him were two huge, black, triangular craft, larger than the houses they were above, flying slowly and approximately 20 feet above the one story houses across the street, and approximately 20 feet away.”
The witness immediately spotted a second craft.
“The second craft was flying at the same height as the first craft, immediately behind it. The two craft were black with three unwavering bright white lights at the three corners of the triangles, with a solid bright primary, red light in the center of the craft. The craft were completely silent; they were almost on top of us and we never would have known they were there if I did not happen to look behind us. The two craft came from a western direction and were heading east.”
Witness illustration.
(Credit: MUFON)
The objects then changed direction.
“We observed the craft silently shift direction southeast before disappearing behind trees and we lost visual contact with the craft. We continued walking up the road away from the craft headed north, heading home, for approximately 10 seconds, when I looked behind again to where we had sighted the craft. Two more triangular craft were flying in the exact same direction in the exact location where the first two craft were sighted, and they turned and headed southeast in exactly the same spot that the other two craft had turned. It was as if we witnessed deja vu; as if we viewed the event again, but this time at a slightly different angle, as we were slightly farther away from the craft the second time around.”
Cropped and enlarged version of witness image 1.
(Credit: MUFON)
Cropped and enlarged version of witness image 2.
(Credit: MUFON)
The witness then returned to the original location.
“We walked back down to the location where we spotted and observed the first craft, this time from a farther distance away, as the craft were heading away from us. And at this point my eldest son managed to snap two photographs of these second two craft with his phone.”
The witness then observed a large group of star-like objects.
Cropped and enlarged version of witness image 1.
(Credit: MUFON)
Cropped and enlarged version of witness image 2.
(Credit: MUFON)
“We turned east and onto my road, when we looked up into the sky and witnessed a patch of sky with between 20 and 30 balls of light, exact number unable to be determined, that looked like stars, except that they were moving. Some of the lights were moving very slowly, almost imperceptibly, but other craft were moving so quick that they would leave a light trail behind them, as they shifted position. The lights were different colors, from red to bluish-white to orange to bright white. We walked towards this activity in the sky, however, these lights were high up – like stars – and to the east of our location. Our vision would occasionally be obstructed as we walked on our street due to street lamps, but the activity continued unabated as we reached our house. We ran inside and I asked my wife to come out and check out what was happening in the sky. Approximately three minutes later, just after 8:30 p.m., we walked back outside and there was nothing in the sky where we had just observed the lights; not even observable stars.”
Fairless Hills is in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, population 8,466. Pennsylvania MUFON State Section Director Donna Luther is investigating. Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com
Close Encounter With A Triangle UFO Reported Over Ohio
Close Encounter With A Triangle UFO Reported Over Ohio
A massive, triangle UFO was spotted and recorded on videos above Springfield, Ohio. The witness was driving along a highway approaching Columbus when he first saw strange lights in the sky at 10 p.m. on the 29th of November 2016.
The witness described the colored lights as white, green, and red at the time and cylinder-like. The object got bigger as it became closer to the witness. This time, the object was not a cylinder looking anymore as it was starting to look like an airplane because it became like a triangular shape.
From the witness’ perspective, the object was gigantic.
As the UFO became so close to the witness, he realized that it was not an airplane. He saw a huge triangular shape UFO.
Using his cellphone, the witness captured snapchat videos and immediately sent them to his friends without saving them. Then the UFO started to turn a little bit like an airplane and went back to its straight position, the witness stated.
It came to his mind that it may be a plane crashing, resulting him to freak out. He was just calm down when the UFO was gone when he passed it in a flash and could not see it out of his window anymore.
The witness said that the object in question had a blackish gray base with red lights on it and three white lights on the three corners. He did not save any of the videos, and his friend sent him back screenshotted parts. The witness filed a report that included one image to Mutual UFO Network (MUFON). It can be accessed in Case 80785 of the MUFON’s witness reporting database.
Aliens Coming or Leaving Through A Wormhole, Conspiracy Theorists and Ufologists Claim
Aliens Coming or Leaving Through A Wormhole, Conspiracy Theorists and Ufologists Claim
The recent news on UFO landing on Earth has caused debates online as some enthusiasts suggested it emerged through a bright blue wormhole. The video of the event has since become viral and picked up by many conspiracy news sites and YouTube channels.
Though the video clip has spread widely over the internet, the location is still unknown. Eyewitnesses said the event involved a UFO that seemed to emerge via a bright blue tractor beam.
Skeptics suggested, however, the video is only meant to attract money through advertisements. They said that it is only a spoof or just a lightning strike.
Leading conspiracy theorists claimed that Nevada and Arizona are hotbeds for UFO sightings since they housed some alien spaceships.
Some renowned UFOlogists claimed the sighting happened on December 1 in Arizona. They are convinced that an alien spacecraft shot off through a wormhole to leave the Earth.
Despite allegations from UFOlogists and conspiracy theorists, NASA has refused to provide an official statement about it.
Triangle UFO filmed over Weirton, West Virginia 21-Sep-2016
Triangle UFO filmed over Weirton, West Virginia 21-Sep-2016
Here’s one interesting sighting of a triangular-shaped craft that was flying over Weirton in West Virginia.
Witness report:
Thank you for reviewing this case. I am also a MUFON member. Please do not dismiss due to the sound on this video, I will explain this odd event, I did not want to modify the video in any way to make it not credible. In September a week or 2 after coming back from Las Vegas Nevada my fiance and I experienced alot of bizarre events. During our trip to Las Vegas, being interested in the truth in EBE’s we drove out to Rachel Nevada, visiting the “black mailbox” I left behind an old student id card (not valid with an old address) after visiting the black mailbox we continued on our way to the back entrance of Area 51 and got as close to the gate as lawfully possible.
As we walked to the gate jokingly I said to my fiance, little do they know that we know the truth. We then came back to WV and just a week or 2 after our trip. My fiance was on the back porch at night (approx time at top) she saw these very low triangular orb set glide across the sky, she then yelled for me to come out. I can describe the object or objects too low to be an airplane and absolutely silent to be a helicopter. Usually helicopters have red flashing or white flashing lights. This was just 3,4 or 5 solid white lights in complete silence. They orbs did not hang around too much and the video was a last second record, so its a bit shaky. The orbs slowly disapeared behind a wooded area, twords the end you may think the lights are flashing but its just the lights shining in and out of trees. *****NOW let me explain the sound*****, after we got done recording it I decided to upload it to facebook and after uploading it to facebook, because I like to educate the public best of my knowledge, for some odd reason, facebook added this most bizarre sound i’ve ever heard. Facebook cant integrate sound into videos you upload.. My fiance and I are very serious on this topic so neither of us would be so arrogant to crack a joke. To this day I still cannot figure out how the audio got added to it or why, to make it a bit more credible, i’m a Systems Engineer, I live, eat, breathe technology.
Some unrelated bizarre happenings few days later after seeing this UFO, for 1 day and 1 day only, talking on the phone with my fiance, almost seemed like some staticy noise with odd sounds in the background, almost like two phone lines crossed over like the old cordless phones. We were using cellphones. It never happened again after that day… I feel like (not being paranoid) I was being profiled some how and some way by the ID I left back at the black mailbox.. If you have any questions please let me know, i’m happy to help disclose the truth to better mankind.
Silent triangular UFO caught on tape over San Diego, California 15-Nov-2016
Silent triangular UFO caught on tape over San Diego, California 15-Nov-2016
Here’s a new footage of a bright lights in triangular formation that were silently hovering in the night sky above San Diego in California. This was filmed on 15th November 2016.
A small dark object was spotted ahead of a helicopter in what many thought a hot pursuit operation. Window cleaner Darren Cooper hurriedly got his camera when he spotted a strange object in the evening sky. The UFO reportedly hovered above the witness for a few minutes before apparently flew off into the distance.
The dad-of-four got startled when he found out two minutes later that a black helicopter swooped above his house in seemingly hot pursuit of the strange object.
Southampton resident Darren said he went back to the house to review the footage, but within two minutes, he noticed a helicopter above the house. He rushed back outside with the camcorder. He saw the chopper followed the same flight path as the UFO in the sky earlier.
The video shows a helicopter seemingly turning as if searching for something.
There are many reports in the past involving helicopters coming after UFO sightings since the 1960s. These helicopters are believed to be part of a secret military force monitoring UFO activities. Declassified FBI files have disclosed reports on the presence of a jet-black aircraft in Colorado during a wave of cattle mutilation cases, where animal organs were removed with surgical precision and entirely drained of blood.
Some investigators of the cattle mutilations even claimed that phantom helicopters harassed them.
Diep onder het aardoppervlak haast een straalstroom zich met steeds grotere snelheid voort.
Dat hebben onderzoekers ontdekt met behulp van drie satellieten. Deze satellieten meten en monitoren het aardmagnetisch veld dat ons beschermt tegen kosmische straling en geladen deeltjes die de zon op ons afvuurt. Dit magnetisch veld bestaat dankzij de buitenkern van de aarde. Deze buitenkern bevindt zich tussen de 2900 en 5100 kilometer onder het oppervlak van de aarde en bestaat uit superheet, kolkend vloeibaar ijzer. En dat bewegende ijzer genereert een elektrische stroom die weer het continu veranderende aardmagnetisch veld genereert. Door dit magnetisch veld te bestuderen, kunnen onderzoekers meer te weten komen over hoe het ijzer in de buitenkern van de aarde beweegt.
Hier zie je – in oranje – de buitenkern van de aarde. Aangenomen wordt dat deze voor een groot deel verantwoordelijk is voor het genereren van het aardmagnetisch veld.
Afbeelding: ESA / AOES Medialab.
Straalstroom En nu stellen onderzoekers dat ze – aan de hand van het aardmagnetisch veld – een straalstroom in de buitenkern van de aarde hebben ontdekt. Deze straalstroom haast zich met een snelheid van zo’n 40 kilometer per jaar voort. Dat lijkt misschien niet zo snel, maar de snelheid van de straalstroom ligt zo’n drie keer hoger dan de snelheden die we gewoonlijk in de buitenkern ‘zien’. Bovendien beweegt de straalstroom honderdduizenden keren sneller dan de tektonische platen, zo benadrukken de onderzoekers.
Versnelling De wetenschappers detecteerden de straalstroom op het noordelijk halfrond, met name onder Alaska en Siberië. “We kunnen het (de straalstroom, red.) zien als een versnelling in een deel van de vloeistof die rond de pool beweegt,” vertelt onderzoeker Phil Livermore. De straalstroom blijkt zich bovendien nog steeds te versnellen.
Op de grens Maar hoe ontstaat die versnelling? Ook dat hebben de onderzoekers uitgezocht. Ze stellen dat de straalstroom ontstaat langs de grens tussen twee ‘regio’s’ in de buitenste kern. Wanneer materiaal uit die beide regio’s zich naar de grens begeeft, wordt de samenkomende vloeistof met aardig wat kracht opzij gedwongen en zo ontstaat dan de snelle straalstroom.
Onderzoekers blijven het magnetisch veld – en dus het binnenste van de aarde – bestuderen. “Meer verrassingen zijn zeer waarschijnlijk,” denkt onderzoeker Rune Floberghagen. “Het magnetisch veld verandert altijd en dat kan er zelfs voor zorgen dat de straalstroom van richting verandert (…) Het zijn opwindende tijden: we weten simpelweg niet wat we nog meer over onze planeet gaan ontdekken.”
Grote meteorietinslag zorgt gelukkig niet voor een tsunami
Grote meteorietinslag zorgt gelukkig niet voor een tsunami
Tim Kraaijvanger
Wat gebeurt er als een grote asteroïde in de Atlantische Oceaan landt? Krijgen we dan te maken met een allesverwoestende tsunami? Nee, zeer waarschijnlijk niet.
Wetenschappers van het nationale laboratorium van Los Alamos hebben een reeks 3D-simulaties uitgevoerd om te kijken wat er gebeurt als een asteroïde in de oceaan plonst. Hoewel er in eerste instantie gigantische golven kunnen ontstaan met een hoogte van enkele honderden meters tot enkele kilometers, zal er geen tsunami naar de kust rollen.
Dit heeft ermee te maken dat schokgolven bij een tsunami relatief kort zijn in vergelijking met een onderzeese aardbeving. De hoge golven na een asteroïdeinslag worden al snel kleiner, waardoor kustbewoners in veiligheid blijven.
Dichter bij de kust Er zijn uitzonderingen. Als een asteroïde tien tot twintig kilometer uit de kust neerstort, heeft dit wel vernietigende gevolgen voor de kustlijn. Zo moeten mensen rekening houden met hoog water, schokgolven in de lucht, hoge temperaturen en extreem harde windstoten. Wanneer een asteroïde in de lucht explodeert en meerdere delen in het water vallen, worden deze effecten versterkt.
Broeikaseffect XXL De onderzoekers beweren dat er een grotere zorg is dan een tsunami: waterdamp. Bij een asteroïdeinslag komt veel waterdamp in de atmosfeer terecht. Daar blijft het maanden tot jaren in de stratosfeer hangen. Aangezien waterdamp een broeikasgas is, warmt de aarde in korte tijd flink op.
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Opnieuw een ster gevonden die onregelmatig dimt19 december 2016
Opnieuw een ster gevonden die onregelmatig dimt19 december 2016
Tim Kraaijvanger
Er iets raars aan de hand met de jonge ster RIK-210. Op onregelmatige momenten dimt het licht van de ster. Welk mysterieus object blokkeert het sterrenlicht?
Wanneer het licht van een ster dimt, is dat vaak een teken dat er een planeet om de ster draait. De planeet houdt dan een deel van het sterrenlicht tegen, zoals de maan het licht van de zon tegenhoudt tijdens een zonsverduistering. Toch is dit niet het geval bij de ster RIK-210, die op een afstand van 472 lichtjaar van de aarde staat.
Het sterrenlicht dimt vijftien procent iedere 5,67 aardse dagen. Zo lang doet de ster RIK-210 over een rondje om zijn as. Dit betekent dat het object dat het licht blokkeert meedraait met de ster. Toch wordt het niet veroorzaakt door een begeleidende bruine dwerg of een exoplaneet. Uit verder onderzoek blijkt dat het ook geen protoplanetaire schijf is, oftewel een stofschijf die rondom de vijf tot tien miljoen jaar oude ster draait. Wat is het dan wel?
De dip in het sterrenlicht.
Wolk? “Het lijkt ons onwaarschijnlijk dat iets op het oppervlak van de ster het licht dimt”, schrijft het team. “De mogelijke oorzaak is een wolk in de magnetosfeer van de ster.” Dit is het gebied rondom de ster dat is gevuld met geladen deeltjes. Het is een logische verklaring, omdat een wolk vaak net zo snel roteert als het hemellichaam.
Om zeker te weten dat het een wolk is, moeten de onderzoekers de ster een langere periode volgen. Pas dan weten we zeker dat het geen buitenaardse megastuctuur is.
Tabby’s ster De laatste tijd zijn er vaker sterren gevonden met vreemde dippen, zoals KIC 8462852 (Tabby’s ster). De ruimtetelescoop Kepler zag bijzondere dipjes, zowel qua grootte als qua timing. Tussen dag 788 en 795 van de Kepler-missie nam de helderheid van de ster met 15 procent af. Tussen dag 1510 en 1570 nam de helderheid zelfs met 22 procent af. Astronomen weten nog steeds niet hoe dit komt, maar hopen dat dankzij crowdfunding het mysterie wordt opgelost.
Multiple UFOs reported 20 feet over Pennsylvania homes
Multiple UFOs reported 20 feet over Pennsylvania homes
A Pennsylvania witness at Fairless Hills reported watching four triangle-shaped UFOs silently moving just 20 feet over neighboring homes followed by 20 to 30 star-like objects crossing the sky, according to testimony in Case 80797 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
The sighting began about 8:20 p.m. on November 4, 2016, when the witness took his two children out for a walk in search of Pokémon hotspots.
“It was a crisp fall night, and for a night sky, the sky was bright and full of stars with no clouds or precipitation,” the witness stated. “At approximately 8:20 p.m. we turned and began walking up a street with a slight incline, and my youngest child stopped to catch a Pokémon and had lagged behind. I noticed he was no longer with us and I turned around to call to him to catch up, and right behind him were two huge, black, triangular craft, larger than the houses they were above, flying slowly and approximately 20 feet above the one story houses across the street, and approximately 20 feet away.”
The witness immediately spotted a second craft.
“The second craft was flying at the same height as the first craft, immediately behind it. The two craft were black with three unwavering bright white lights at the three corners of the triangles, with a solid bright primary, red light in the center of the craft. The craft were completely silent; they were almost on top of us and we never would have known they were there if I did not happen to look behind us. The two craft came from a western direction and were heading east.”
Witness illustration.
(Credit: MUFON)
The objects then changed direction.
“We observed the craft silently shift direction southeast before disappearing behind trees and we lost visual contact with the craft. We continued walking up the road away from the craft headed north, heading home, for approximately 10 seconds, when I looked behind again to where we had sighted the craft. Two more triangular craft were flying in the exact same direction in the exact location where the first two craft were sighted, and they turned and headed southeast in exactly the same spot that the other two craft had turned. It was as if we witnessed deja vu; as if we viewed the event again, but this time at a slightly different angle, as we were slightly farther away from the craft the second time around.”
Cropped and enlarged version of witness image 1.
(Credit: MUFON)
Cropped and enlarged version of witness image 2.
(Credit: MUFON)
The witness then returned to the original location.
“We walked back down to the location where we spotted and observed the first craft, this time from a farther distance away, as the craft were heading away from us. And at this point my eldest son managed to snap two photographs of these second two craft with his phone.”
The witness then observed a large group of star-like objects.
Cropped and enlarged version of witness image 1.
(Credit: MUFON)
Cropped and enlarged version of witness image 2.
(Credit: MUFON)
“We turned east and onto my road, when we looked up into the sky and witnessed a patch of sky with between 20 and 30 balls of light, exact number unable to be determined, that looked like stars, except that they were moving. Some of the lights were moving very slowly, almost imperceptibly, but other craft were moving so quick that they would leave a light trail behind them, as they shifted position. The lights were different colors, from red to bluish-white to orange to bright white. We walked towards this activity in the sky, however, these lights were high up – like stars – and to the east of our location. Our vision would occasionally be obstructed as we walked on our street due to street lamps, but the activity continued unabated as we reached our house. We ran inside and I asked my wife to come out and check out what was happening in the sky. Approximately three minutes later, just after 8:30 p.m., we walked back outside and there was nothing in the sky where we had just observed the lights; not even observable stars.”
Fairless Hills is in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, population 8,466. Pennsylvania MUFON State Section Director Donna Luther is investigating. Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.
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UFO Found In Taurus Constellation That Is 10X Earths Size. Dec 2016, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Found In Taurus Constellation That Is 10X Earths Size. Dec 2016, UFO Sighting News.
Date of discovery: Dec 20, 2016 Location of discovery: Between 3 Tau and 2 Tau, Taurus Constellation Google sky coordinates: 17.780023° -113.666547° This long cigar UFO is in the Taurus constellation. Its huge, and its moving through space. Space station or space base, its out there. Its gigantic in terms of size. If we lined up Earth side by side, we would have about ten Earths long. There are some very big things out there, and to construct such things aliens must have taken thousand of our years or more to make them. But, if your technology never lets you die, if you live forever, then...you have all the time in the universe. Anyways, aliens wouldn't make them, they would tell their construction robots to make more robots, when the crew grows to say...a ten thousand, these robots begin working on construction of the craft. Materials can be either recycled from old abandoned craft or mined. Remember, you are not doing the work, its being done by drone robots, working 24/7 never resting, never taking breaks or using the bathroom to play on their phones, or demanding more money when they can't do half the job of the guy next to them. They are the perfect work force. One that Earth will one day have. Scott C. Waring
Are mysterious triangle UFOs REAL? Sightings of huge silent TR-3B craft keep happening
Are mysterious triangle UFOs REAL? Sightings of huge silent TR-3B craft keep happening
EXCLUSIVE: SIGHTINGS of strange triangular UFOs keep being reported, leading to claims aliens could actually be visiting Earth in the mysterious crafts.
Many reports tell of a silent triangle shape, defined by a series of lights, that are said to be in some cases as big as a football field, moving slowly across the sky.
The most infamous mass triangle UFO sighting was the Phoenix Lights incident of March 13 1997 over Arizona.
Five lights were seen in a formation by thousands of people over three hours from 7.30pm to 10.30pm.
The sightings took place a cross a 300-mile area from Phoenix to Tucson.
It was blamed by officials as military flares at the time.
Another mysterious case was the Belgian UFO wave from November 1989.
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A CGI image of the alleged TR-3B spy craft.
Thirty different groups of witnesses, and three groups of police officers, reported seeing on November 29 a large object flying at low altitude.
The craft was described as "flat, of triangular shape, with lights underneath", and being silent as it slowly moved across Belgium towards the Netherlands and Germany.
Some alien hunters believe they are the motherships of extraterrestrials visiting Earth.
However, many conspiracy theorists believe they are actually secret aircrafts developed by the US Air Force (USAF) which are being tested.
The TR-3B is alleged by conspiracy theorists to be a secret "black project" spy craft of the US Government that can be flown into space.
The allegations are that these crafts are created at top-secret military bases like Area 51 in Nevada, by reverse engineering alien technology.
Last month Express.co.uk reported on an alleged TR-3B sighting and video that was reported to MUFON after a couple visited close to the mysterious Area 51 USAF base in the Nevada desert, where conspiracy theorists claim UFO technology is experimented on away from public view.
Scott C Waring, editor of ufosightingsdaily.com, later blogged about the sighting.
He wrote: “The video shows a TR-3B-type craft that is not fully powered up. “When a TR-3B craft is powered, the centre orb will glow the brightest, but here the centre orb is there, but dark.
“If this is a TR3B, then its has a higher chance of being a new pilot from the USAF learning to handle the alien technology craft at night so the public doesn't see it flying about, but since it lights up like a christmas tree at night...that is actually a foolish assumption.”
MUFON received another report from a witness on December 13, about an alleged sighting at 5am on November 25 above Little Mountain in South Carolina.
The report said: “Planes don't fly at 4.45 to 5am and no planes are triangle shaped.
“It was hard to see the ship but I saw the outline because of the green lights in the shape of a triangle. It moved without a sound.”
A couple reported seeing one on December 10 at 4.44am over Windsor, Maine.
The report said: “It was large and shaped like a carpenters framing square, triangle shaped, with at least six red lights, and a weird turquoise light that went off at its point.
“It was silent. It made my wife and I sick to our stomachs to see.
“It wasn’t your normal plane it was huge and close enough to make out.”
The reports have kept coming, with another made on December 8, at 8.15pm above Virginia.
This object was moving so slowly, a normal plane could not stay up in the sky given the speed of this object. No sounds.
Report to MUFON
The witness said: “I drove right under it near the reservoir on 17.
“Black triangle. It hovered then flew slowly away, no noise. Red and blue lights pulsating.”
Another was seen on December 5 at 8.30pm above Bay Village, Ohio.
The report said: “I thought it was a very very large plane moving extremely slow across the southwest sky.
“It had blinking lights, yellow, golden in colour, and looked to be the shape of a triangle.
“The lights were three to four spaced on either side.
“This object was moving so slowly, a normal plane could not stay up in the sky given the speed of this object. No sounds.”
US-based MUFON is the biggest organisation in the world dedicated to UFO and alien research.
MUFON
A MUFON CGI image of a sighting reported in 2010.
Its chief investigator for Ohio, Ron McGlone, is investigating another local sighting, with an image, from November 29, which was close to the Wright Patterson Air Force Base.
Conspiracy theorists claim this base is a centre for the TR-3B and other experimental crafts because it houses the Air Force Research Laboratory.
The witness from Springfield, also in Ohio, reported a close encounter with a “gigantic, triangular UFO,” according to their testimony.
They were driving along Highway 2-75 approaching Columbus when “lights in the sky” were seen at 10pm.
They said: “Now it was huge, and no longer looked like an airplane because of its massive size and obvious triangular shape.
MUFON
MUFON is investigating this triangle UFO footage from Ohio, seen here as filmed and in close up.
“And I’m thinking, ‘maybe it’s a plane crashing,’ because we were also near the Wright Patterson Air Force Base and I start hyperventilating and just absolutely freak out and thinking
I was going to die.”
He described it as a “blackish grey base with red lights somewhere on it and on the three corners there were three white lights.”
Although MUFON investigates the bizarre triangle sightings, it still urges caution.
Roger Marsh, MUFON director of communications, said: “Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made.”
But he urged for any UFO sightings to be made to the group.
Scott Brando runs website ufoofinterest.org which exposes hoax UFO sightings.
He is sceptical any unexplainable sightings have been made.
He says the Phoenix Lights Incident was explained as aircraft and military flares.
He told Express.co.uk: “The Phoenix lights were explained with two different events. The first was the flight of five planes in V-shape formation.
"This is what the witness saw in that day.
"The second event was the launch of military flares over Estrella mountains."
He said of the Belgian UFO Wave: "The Belgian UFO wave began as a normal sighting (some lights in the sky) and then spread virally, but it took more time because at that time the
media coverage had no internet like now."
Referring to triangle UFOs generally, he added: “About other similar sightings I'd like to see some reports by MUFON, however many formation of sky lanterns or the launch of skydivers
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The Largest Ever Digital Survey of the Universe Just Mapped Billions of Stars
The Largest Ever Digital Survey of the Universe Just Mapped Billions of Stars
Rob Ratkowski
IN BRIEF
The four year long survey of the stars has culminated in the largest map of space to ever have been created, totaling 2 petabytes of data.
The more we learn about space and the origins of other celestial bodies, the more we can learn about how our planet was formed and possibly get answers to many of the mysteries still left in the universe.
PAN-STARRS PROJECT
The Earth is but one among the many celestial bodies floating in space. We know there’s a lot more out there, stars, galaxies, planets, asteroids and we can see some of them in the night sky. Using visible and infrared light the Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response System observatory (Pan-STARRS) created a digital map, which it released this week. It’s the world’s largest digital survey to date.
Pan-STARRS is a 1.8-meter telescope located at the summit of Haleakalā, on Maui. It’s a consortium composed of astronomers and engineers from 14 institutions from six countries, including the University of Hawaii, and the Max Planck Institutes for Astronomy (MPIA) in Heidelberg and for Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching.
Credits: Danny Farrow, Pan-STARRS1 Science Consortium and Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
LOOK TO THE STARS
Their sky map (or the Pan-STARRS1 survey) data covers 3 billion sources of visible and infrared light, including galaxies, stars, and other objects. The collected data totals 2 petabytes, enough to fill 40 million four-drawer filing cabinets full of single-spaced pages of text. Pan-STARRS collected all the data in a period of four years, where it observed the sky rapidly and repeatedly, scanning it 12 times using five different filters. Pan-STARRS is making all of this data available for the astrophysics community to study.
“The Pan-STARRS1 Surveys allow anyone to access millions of images and use the database and catalogs containing precision measurements of billions of stars and galaxies,” explained Ken Chambers, Director of the Pan-STARRS Observatories. “With this release we anticipate that scientists – as well as students and even casual users – around the world will make many new discoveries about the universe from the wealth of data collected by Pan-STARRS.”
Furthermore, this survey covers Earth’s cosmological neighbors and even astronomical objects farther beyond. “Pan-STARRS has made discoveries from Near Earth Objects and Kuiper Belt Objects in the Solar System to lonely planets between the stars; it has mapped the dust in three dimensions in our galaxy and found new streams of stars; and it has found new kinds of exploding stars and distant quasars in the early universe,” Chambers added.
According to Hans-Walter Rix, director of the Galaxies and Cosmology department of MPIA:
Pan-STARRS1 mapped our home galaxy, the Milky Way, to a level of detail never achieved before. The survey provides, for the first time, a deep and global view of a significant fraction of the Milky Way plane and disk—an area usually avoided by surveys given the complexity of mapping these dense and dusty regions. And Pan-STARRS1 goes far beyond that: its unique combination of imaging depth, area and colors allowed it to discover the majority of the most distant known quasars: these are the earliest examples in our universe that giant black holes had grown at the centers of galaxies.
Such an unprecedented achievement is going to have a long lasting impact on the study of our universe. This data alone will allow astronomers a clearer view of the geometry of the universe than ever before possible. Technology is allowing for the acceleration of space discovery and its continued development will help us answer the deepest mysteries of space.
For centuries, humans have wondered whether Earth is unique in the universe, or if similar planets exist out there. Even a decade ago, we still did not know — but then NASA's Kepler Space Telescope made discoveries that changed everything.
Thanks to that important mission, the answer became clear: other planets like ours are out in the cosmos. We just haven't seen one with our own eyes yet.
Since its 2009 launch, Kepler has discovered more than 2,000 confirmed exoplanets and has given us a huge amount of information about their orbits and sizes. The planets found range greatly in their masses, composition and orbital distances: for instance, enormous gas giants orbiting incredibly close to their stars, called hot Jupiters; planets that orbit two stars, called circumbinary planets; and rocky planets with the potential to be like Earth. [In Mission To Find Another Earth, Project Blue Hopes To Inspire (Video)]
The planets considered Earth-like are rocky on their surface and about 0.5 to 1.5 times the size of Earth. They also land in the "habitable zone" of their orbiting stars, meaning they fall in the sweet spot of orbital distance — not too close and not too far away — and therefore have the potential to be able to support liquid water on their surfaces. The ability to support water is huge, as it means the planet could have the potential to support life.
Kepler showed us these planets are common in the universe. In fact, we now know there are more potentially habitable planets in our galaxy alone than there are people alive on Earth. One out of every two sun-like stars you see in the night sky has a rocky, Earth-like planet in its habitable zone.
Depiction of NASA's Kepler mission's smallest habitable zone planet: Kepler-62f.
Credit: NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech/Tim Pyle
Earlier this year, one potentially habitable planet made news when scientists discovered it orbiting the nearby red dwarf star Proxima Centauri. That planet, called Proxima b, which has similarities to Earth that include orbiting in the habitable zone of its star, so the potential to support water, and a size about 1.3 times that of Earth.
Artist's conception of the surface of Proxima Centauri b (Proxima b, for short).
Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser
We now know these planets exist, but we have yet to see them. To know more about a planet's Earth-like properties, such as whether it hosts water or oxygen, further specific detection methods are needed. Thanks to recent breakthroughs, the technology now exists to capture a direct image of an Earth-like planet outside our solar system. That's what we aim to do at Project Blue.
Our mission is to capture an image, visible to the human eye, of one of these worlds. Proxima b is an unlikely candidate, as it orbits so close to its small, dim star that it would be extremely difficult to image with a telescope. Project Blue is therefore targeting our best chance at success: our stellar neighbor Alpha Centauri.
Our goal is to see a "pale blue dot" that could indicate the presence of oceans or an atmosphere — and the potential to support life. Since Alpha Centauri is a binary system, it doubles our chances, and the probability that we'll find at least one potentially habitable planet is around 85 percent.
Capturing the first image of a planet like ours and seeing it with our eyes will help us begin to characterize its properties and spark a movement to quickly further research. The photograph of Earth 2.0 would be a defining moment in human history and is sure to transform how we see ourselves in the universe.
'Brightest Supernova Ever' Was Actually Monster Black Hole's Violent Star Slashing
'Brightest Supernova Ever' Was Actually Monster Black Hole's Violent Star Slashing
By Charles Q. Choi, Space.com Contributor
An incredibly luminous outburst that astronomers had previously classified as possibly the brightest supernova ever actually might have been caused by the explosive death ofa star torn apart by a giant black hole, a new study finds.
Supernovas are explosions that can happen when stars die, either after running out of fuel or gaining a sudden influx of new material. These outbursts can briefly outshine all of the other stars in their galaxies.
In January, astronomers analyzing data from the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN) reported discovering an outburst more than twice as bright as any known supernova. The explosion, named ASASSN-15lh, happened about 3.8 billion light-years from Earth, in the sky at the border of the southern constellations Indus and Tucana, and gave off about 570 billion times more light than the sun does at its peak.
This artist's illustration depicts a sun-like star being "spaghettified" by a supermassive black hole, which has the massive 100 million times that of Earth's sun. A new study found that this death by black hole was the fate of the ultra-bright supernova ASASSN-15lh.
Credit: ESA/Hubble, ESO, M. Kornmesser
Initially, scientists classified ASASSN-15lh as a superluminous supernova — indeed, the most luminous seen yet. However, researchers now think this explosion may actually have been the death throes of a star ripped apart by a supermassive black hole up to billions of times the mass of the sun.
A number of factors suggested that ASASSN-15lh was not a superluminous supernova. For instance, it occurred in a large, reddish galaxy, "a location where we should not find superluminous supernovae," said lead study author Giorgos Leloudas, an astrophysicist at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, and the Dark Cosmology Centre in Denmark. This kind of galaxy lacks the young massive stars that previous research suggested give rise to superluminous supernovas, he said.
Moreover, after gazing at ASASSN-15lh for 10 months of follow-up observations, Leloudas and his colleagues suggest that the way the explosion evolved over time "is not consistent with an expanding ball of gas," Leloudas told Space.com. Instead of cooling down over time as supernovas are supposed to do, "this object, after 100 days, started warming up again, and stayed hot at a constant and very high temperature for a long time, and it continues to do so," he said.
An artist's illustration of a spinning supermassive black hole surrounded by an accretion disk containing the remains of a star shredded by extreme gravitational tidal forces.
Credit: ESA/Hubble, ESO, M. Kornmesser
Instead, the researchers suggest that ASASSN-15lh may have been caused by a star disintegrating under the gravitational pull of a black hole — a so-called tidal disruption event. The composition of the elements seen in the explosion are more consistent with a tidal disruption event of a low-mass star than with a superluminous supernova, Leloudas said.
In addition, using images from the Hubble Space Telescope, Leloudas and his colleagues found that ASASSN-15lh occurred at the center of its galaxy. Previous research found that supermassive black holes reside in the center of virtually all known large galaxies. The researchers suggest that the supermassive black hole that may have caused this explosive outburst ranged from 200 million to 3 billion times the sun's mass.
Prior work found that the supermassive black hole at the center of ASASSN-15lh's galaxy was so big that it would have swallowed a star whole instead of ripping it apart. Using new models, Leloudas and his colleagues have discovered that a rapidly whirling supermassive black hole could rend a star to pieces instead of gulping it down whole.
Only about 10 tidal disruption events have been discovered, the researchers said. This new finding may demonstrate that "tidal disruption events show a much larger diversity than what we knew before, and that they can reach extreme luminosities," Leloudas said.
Leloudas cautioned that they cannot say with complete certainty that ASASSN-15lh was a tidal disruption event, and that they cannot explain every detail of what they observed. Still, "this is how science advances — now, more clever people can look at the data we publish and come up with theories that can explain the missing pieces," he said.
Are Mars' Dark Streaks Really Evidence of Liquid Water?
Are Mars' Dark Streaks Really Evidence of Liquid Water?
By Mike Wall, Space.com Senior Writer
Dark streaks called recurring slope lineae (RSL) emanate from the walls of Mars’ Garni Crater in this image by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. These RSL are up to a few hundred meters in length.
Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
SAN FRANCISCO— The intriguing story of Mars' mysterious dark streaks may have a new twist.
The streaks, known as recurring slope lineae (RSL), occur seasonally on steep, relatively warm slopes at many locations on the Red Planet. They were discovered in 2011 by scientists studying images captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO).
Many researchers initially speculated that RSL may be signs of liquid water at or near the Martian surface, and this hypothesis got a big boost last year when a study reported that MRO had detected hydrated salts within the streaks. [Liquid Water on Mars: The Discovery in Pictures]
The hydrated-salts discovery generated a lot of excitement, because it suggested that some places on the otherwise dry Red Planet's surface may be capable of supporting life as we know it today. The presence of available liquid water — even salty water, as the stuff within the RSLs would likely be — could also aid efforts to send astronauts to Mars, NASA officials have said.
But it may be prudent to rein in that excitement a bit, according to a new study. Hydrated salts are crystalline solids, and it's possible that the water the RSL salts contain comes from the Martian atmosphere rather than liquid water at or near the surface, said Raina Gough, a research scientist at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Gough and her colleague, Margaret Tolbert, also of UC Boulder, performed lab experiments to test this idea. They exposed various anhydrous (dry) salts to Mars-like atmospheric conditions and found that some of them — calcium perchlorate and calcium chloride — did indeed become hydrated. (The RSL salts on Mars appear to be perchlorates of some kind, the researchers who spotted them wrote in their 2015 study.)
These results, which Gough presented Tuesday (Dec. 13) here at the annual fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), don't prove anything; it's still very possible that liquid water is involved in the formation of the hydrated salts within the RSL across Mars, Gough stressed. But that exciting scenario shouldn't be taken as a given, she added.
"Hydrated salts are not always evidence of liquid water," Gough told Space.com at the AGU meeting.
Future lab work should attempt to determine which salts cannot be hydrated via atmospheric water alone, Gough and Tolbert wrote in the new study. Such salts, if identified on Mars, would provide very strong evidence for the presence of liquid water, they added.
I'm very excited about seeing Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which tells the tale summarized in the original Star Wars' opening crawl. This is the story of how the rebels stole the plans to the original "Death Star" – a space station the size of a small moon with a weapon powerful enough to destroy a planet.
If we could get our hands on those plans, could we build a similar fortress? I decided to try to work out some aspects of how a Death Star might actually work. In Star Wars lore, the 120 km (75-mile) diameter space station was made from quadanium steel (a fictional metal alloy) and crewed by 2m Imperial personnel, including officers, Stormtroopers and TIE pilots.
So would it possible in the real world? Let's not worry about the vast quantities of raw materials required. For example, at current production rates of steel it would take 182 times the current age of the universe to accrue enough. I'm more concerned conceptually with how to power such a colossal battle station and how to generate gravity for everyone on board. It turns out our conventional technologies might not cut it.
The International Space Station requires about 0.75 W of power for every m³ of the space station. These are provided by eight solar arrays, 112 feet (34m) long by 39 feet (12m) wide. Even if we had 100% efficient solar panels covering the much larger Death Star, we'd still be a factor of 45 times short of the ISS's power requirements per unit volume. Not to mention that power would severely diminish if we took the space station further away from the sun.
You might think we could learn lessons from the sci-fi classic 2001 A Space Odyssey in terms of the gravity and just spin the Death Star to create artificial gravity via centrifugal forces. To replicate the gravity on Earth (9.81 metres per second squared or 1 g), the station would only need to revolve once every 3.5 minutes, which doesn't sound too absurd.
But there was a reason the station was ring-shaped in 2001. The centrifugal force is proportional to the radius of your circular path. As you travel either towards the centre of the station or towards the poles, this radius decreases meaning the artificial gravity would start to vanish. If indeed gravity was created this way, it calls into question the Death Star's spherical design.
Dyson sphere
Perhaps the clue was in the name the whole time. What if at the heart of the Death Star is an artificial star? Surely that would solve the gravity problem? This makes the station something of a Dyson sphere, the sort of technological megastructure physicist Freeman Dyson imagined advanced civilisations might be able to build to harness all the energy from their stars. However, Dyson spheres of the rigid shell variety usually run into problems from being under immense stresses due to the gravitational forces. Even if the sphere isn't ripped apart by this, just a small push certainly would be enough to send the structure crashing into its star.
But Dyson spheres are usually imagined to be the size of the Earth's orbit around the sun. For a much smaller Death Star, most of the problems with the Dyson sphere go away. The 13.2 km diameter reactor core would only require a mass 370 times less than our moon's. It turns out while steel and titanium would just about fail under these conditions, the wonder material graphene, for example, could easily withstand the gravitational forces involved.
And we wouldn't actually need a real star at the centre of the station – the future technology of nuclear fusion could easily provide enough power. While at the moment we tend to put more energy in than we get out in our fusion experiments, many plasma physicists think the key is going bigger and hope that the ITER experiment, which will be one-third of the volume of an Olympic swimming pool, will turn the tide in this regard. If successful, we could expect power from our Death Star up to two million times that consumed by the entire human race.
But there are still problems. The pressures involved inside our Death Star reactor would be immense. The artificial star's own gravity would not be enough to contain the fusion plasma, so we would need something extra. As we've learned from thinking about lightsabers, magnetic fields could provide the solution. The only snag is that we'd need some of the strongest magnetic fields in the universe – a million times greater than we've ever created on Earth and comparable to those of magnetars – a type of neutron star with an extremely powerful magnetic field.
Back to the drawing board it seems, unless I can get my hands on those plans …
JANUARY 29, 2000 ……. MUDJIMBA ISLAND QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIA
Size: 16 centimetres Objects: 1 ……..Shape: Rectangle Colour: Bright white light, with reddish cone tail Sound:None Duration: 3.45am to 5.10am Direction: East Hovering over Mudjimba Island (slightly to the North)
Witnesses:
Pat asked around but no one else has come forward yet, she may ask the local paper to publish her story in the hope that someone else saw it.
Pat, a very well spoken, educated, older lady was staying at the Discovery Beach Resort on the Sunshine Coast (used to be the old Surf Air) on Friday night, 28th January 2000. Her room overlooked the ocean and the hotel was right on the beach. At about 3.45am on Saturday Morning (29th) Pat woke up from a restless night, (Pat does have trouble sleeping) and saw a very bright light shining through the window of her room, Pat got out of bed and looked out the window and saw this light which Pat describes as 500 times that of a fluorescent light. She was looking out to the East over the ocean, Pat says there is a very small uninhabited island about half a mile out to sea from the resort called MUDJIMBA ISLAND, and the light was just above this Island about 2,000-3,000 feet up and slightly to the North of the Island. The light stayed in the same position and after about a hour. Pat noticed a shape, rectangle, with a reddish cone tail end.
Then some little flashes of light came out the cone looking tail. Pat sat at the window watching this light until 5.10am when it started to move upwards and disappeared. Pat says she has never seen anything like it before, and would like to know what it was? She has never thought about UFO’s before but it has now made her think about it and want to know more. She is familiar with the stars and says it was not a star.
Remember when NASA told us there’s liquid water on the surface of Mars?Well, that little factoid might be murkier than we thought. Turns out, a set of new lab experiments seeking to recreate the supporting evidence ended up with an unexpected outcome.
Here’s the deal: the original data that suggested there was water on Mars was based off something called recurring slope lineae — dark streaks that appear and vanish seasonally on the walls of various coasters and canyons on the surface of the planet. Follow-up data collected by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter indicated that the RSL sites possessed hydrated salts, which could essentially be explained only by some sort of liquid flow of water originating from some place.
And of course, the presence of water on another planet is phenomenal because it suggests another world might be capable of supporting life, and that future astronauts may be able to use that water as a resource for a extraterrestrial colony.
Now, the origin of that liquid water was unknown — and it’s still unknown today. Why are scientists so sure the source has to be ground based? Michael Meyer, the lead scientist for NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, explained to Inverse during an interview for a previous story this year that the atmosphere of Mars is extremely dry. “If you completely froze out the atmosphere of mars, you would have a 10 micron layer of ice around the planet,” he explains. “That’s less than the width of a sheet of paper! The likelihood these RSL sites were getting their thirst quenched by atmospheric water was low.
But a team of researchers decided to verify whether the salts in the RSL sites really had to be hydrated through surface flow, or whether atmospheric water could have been enough. A pair of University of Colorado, Boulder scientists exposed salts to atmospheric conditions similar to Mars, and found that some of them actually became hydrated solely through atmospheric means.
Those results, presented last week at the American Geophysical Unions annual fall meeting in San Francisco, don’t outright nix the idea that there’s a source of liquid water somewhere on Mars. But they do raise some concerns that will need to be addressed and explored through future experiments.
What would help the most, actually, is to acquire an actual sample of the hydrated salts on Mars and analyze them directly. The problem is that the RSL sites are located in pretty harsh terrain — sending humans in would be a dangerous endeavor, and we don’t yet have the kind of robotic technology that could feasibly go in on its own.
Regardless, the results underscore the fact that while water on Mars is an exciting prospect, we should not get carried away until we have tangible proof of what we’re seeing.
The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced Friday that it will begin working with a private lunar robotics exploration companyto mine for resources on the moon.The Tokyo-basedispace Inc.should help facilitate Japan’s (somewhat late) entry into the rapidly growing and potentially lucrative field of space mining.
Space mining sounds like a fun but made-up occupation set in the dystopian future, sort of like space archaeologist (real) or space cowboy (less real). But this is far from so — space mining is quickly becoming a ring into which multiple nations and space entities are tossing their respective hats. Luxembourg, for instance, has a head start on Japan here, and the United States already introduced “finders-keepers” legislation for resources recovered from space mining more than a year ago.
Space-resource development is garnering attention around the world now,” ispace CEO Takeshi Hakamada told The Wall Street Journal. “It’s very important that we work to commercialize and create rules while we still have a technological advantage globally.”
If you thought the moon was a barren place bereft of any resources international space agencies would actually be interested in, you’re still sort of right. But since the moon has water it has, by extension, oxygen and hydrogen we could convert to fuel to help reduce costs of future missions. One of the biggest implications from the U.S.’s own SPACE Act in 2015 2015 was the ability to mine water — if we can pick up rocket fuel in space when missions run low rather than having to return home, that’s an obvious milestone to advance the feasibility of deep-space travel. There are potentially billions of tons of water below the moon’s surface, and NASA as well as a host of private operations are busying themselves with the scientific and legal processes of extracting it. The moon may be boring, according to some, or at least not nearly as interesting as Mars, but it has potential as a kind of spacial gas station; Japan is merely the latest in a string of countries to act on that.
De Braziliaanse jungle heeft nog lang niet al haar geheimen prijsgegeven. Lailson Camelo da Silva stuitte in het land op ‘het Stonehenge van de Amazone’, schrijft de New York Times.
Wetenschappers ontdekten tegen het eind van de 19e eeuw al enorme granieten blokken in de vorm van een cirkel in Rego Grande in de staat Amapá, maar ze schonken er verder weinig aandacht aan.
Sommige van de in totaal 127 blokken zijn bijna drie meter hoog.
Heilige plek
Oud-voorman Da Silva vond de stenen voor het eerst in de jaren zestig, toen hij aan het jagen was.
Hij bezocht ze opnieuw in de jaren negentig toen hij betrokken was bij de houtkap in het gebied. Hij bleef bewust 30 jaar uit de buurt bij de steencirkel.
“Het voelde als een heilige plek, alsof we daar niet hoorden te zijn,” zei hij.
Sterrenwacht
Enkele jaren geleden kregen Braziliaanse archeologen toestemming om de stenen te bestuderen.
De experts hebben de structuren gedateerd op 1000 jaar oud en zeggen dat ze zijn opgezet als een sterrenwacht.
Haaks
De vondst lijkt haaks te staan op eerdere theorieën dat er in de oudheid op een enkele nomadische stam na geen mensen in de regio leefden.
De experts zeggen dat er meer onderzoek nodig is om te kunnen vaststellen of de stenen daadwerkelijk werden gebruikt voor astronomische waarnemingen.
Bekijk ook onderstaand filmpje over het Stonehenge in de Braziliaanse jungle:
An Ohio witness at Springfield reported a close encounter with a “gigantic, triangular UFO,” according to testimony in Case 80785 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
Witness image.
(Credit: MUFON)
The witness was driving along Highway 2-75 approaching Columbus when lights in the sky were first seen at 10 p.m. on November 29, 2016.
“The colored lights were white, green, and red at the time and it looked kind of cylinder-like,” the witness stated.“When I saw it, I immediately thought UFO, as I usually do if it’s not during the day. As we were getting closer to the object, it was getting larger obviously, but it didn’t look like a cylinder anymore. At this point it was starting to look like an airplane because it took more of a triangular shape.”
Cropped and enlarged version of witness image.
(Credit: MUFON)
The object was massive in size from the witness perspective.
“Now it was huge, and no longer looked like an airplane because of its massive size and obvious triangular shape.”
The witness attempted to capture the object with a cell phone.
“I start taking snapchat videos and sending them to my friends without saving them. Now it’s so huge I have absolutely no idea what’s going on and all of a sudden it kind of turned a little bit like a plane does and then it went back to its normal, straight position.”
The witness thought that the object might be a plane crashing.
“And I’m thinking, ‘maybe it’s a plane crashing,’ because we were also near the Wright Patterson Air Force Base and I start hyperventilating and just absolutely freak out and thinking I was going to die. And then I somehow calm down and see that this thing is a freaking UFO and it’s ‘ginormous’ and I just witnessed it, but we passed it in a flash and I couldn’t see it out of my window anymore.”
Cropped and enlarged version of witness image.
(Credit: MUFON)
The witness described the object.
“Blackish gray base with red lights somewhere on it. And on the three corners there were three white lights. And although I didn’t save any of the videos I took, my friend screenshotted a part of it and sent it back to me. This picture is from an IPhone 6S and we weren’t at the closest point, but we weren’t at the furthest point from the object.”
The witness included one image with the report, which was filed on December 4, 2016. Ohio MUFON Chief Investigator Ron McGlone is investigating. Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.
White UFO Over Fairborn, Ohio On Aug 4, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
White UFO Over Fairborn, Ohio On Aug 4, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: August 4, 2016, reported today. Location of sighting: Fairborn, Ohio, USA Source: MUFON #80238 This is a fantastic catch. A wingless craft moves across a perfectly blue sky. The craft looks like a rocket, but has no contrail and moves way too slow to be a rocket. About 6X too slow. Its also not a meteorite, because of its speed which is about 10-15X too slow. It is an unidentified flying object. In every sense of the word, this is a UFO. I would be deeply interested in the flight data and radar records for Fairborn if that were at all possible. Scott C. Waring Eyewitness states:
I was at Maplewood Park in Fairborn, Ohio with my girl friend on the swings. I looked up and saw a shiny, pill shaped UFO fly overhead. It was completely silent and looked like it was really high in the air. I thought it was really odd to see an object flying so high in the air, not making any noise, and it was metallic. So I pulled out my cell and started recording right away. It went straight, at a steady pace, looked like it was floating across the sky. My girl friend and I just watched it and kept swinging. I'm not sure what I saw that day, maybe it was a satellite or a blimp. It makes me wonder because I was only a couple miles away from Wright-Patt Air Force Base. I lost sight of the object when it flew out of distance and on the other side of the tree.
TR3B USAF Secret Craft Being Flown Over West Virginia On Sept 21, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
TR3B USAF Secret Craft Being Flown Over West Virginia On Sept 21, 2016,
Date of sighting: Sept 21, 2016, reported this week Location of sighting: Weirton, West Virginia, USA Source: MUFON #80490 This triangle UFO was seen over West Virginia in Sept, but was reported this week. The video shows a TR3B type craft that is not fully powered up. When a TR3B craft is powered, the center orb will glow the brightest, but here the center orb it there, but dark. If this is a TR3B, then its has a higher chance of being a new pilot from the USAF learning to handle the alien tech craft at night so the public doesn't see it flying about, but since it lights up like a christmas tree at night...that is actually a foolish assumption. I will put a TR3B video below to compare. It was sent to me in 2010 from a military guy in France, before fakes were being made. Scott C. Waring Eyewitness states:
Thank you for reviewing this case. I am also a MUFON member. Please do not dismiss due to the sound on this video, I will explain this odd event, I did not want to modify the video in any way to make it not credible. In September a week or 2 after coming back from Las Vegas Nevada my fiance and I experienced alot of bizarre events. During our trip to Las Vegas, being interested in the truth in EBE's we drove out to Rachel Nevada, visiting the "black mailbox" I left behind an old student id card (not valid with an old address) after visiting the black mailbox we continued on our way to the back entrance of Area 51 and got as close to the gate as lawfully possible. As we walked to the gate jokingly I said to my fiance, little do they know that we know the truth. We then came back to WV and just a week or 2 after our trip. My fiance was on the back porch at night (approx time at top) she saw these very low triangular orb set glide across the sky, she then yelled for me to come out. I can describe the object or objects too low to be an airplane and absolutely silent to be a helicopter.
Usually helicopters have red flashing or white flashing lights. This was just 3,4 or 5 solid white lights in complete silence. They orbs did not hang around too much and the video was a last second record, so its a bit shaky. The orbs slowly disapeared behind a wooded area, twords the end you may think the lights are flashing but its just the lights shining in and out of trees. *****NOW let me explain the sound*****, after we got done recording it I decided to upload it to facebook and after uploading it to facebook, because I like to educate the public best of my knowledge, for some odd reason, facebook added this most bizarre sound i've ever heard.
Facebook can't integrate sound into videos you upload.. My fiance and I are very serious on this topic so neither of us would be so arrogant to crack a joke. To this day I still cannot figure out how the audio got added to it or why, to make it a bit more credible, i'm a Systems Engineer, I live, eat, breathe technology. Some unrelated bizarre happenings few days later after seeing this UFO, for 1 day and 1 day only, talking on the phone with my fiance, almost seemed like some staticy noise with odd sounds in the background, almost like two phone lines crossed over like the old cordless phones. We were using cellphones. It never happened again after that day... I feel like (not being paranoid) I was being profiled some how and some way by the ID I left back at the black mailbox.. If you have any questions please let me know, i'm happy to help disclose the truth to better mankind.
Strange object filmed over Bucaramanga, Colombia on December 11, 2016
Filer’s Files #51 2016 Castro Saw UFOs
In special reports, this week’s files cover: Fidel Castro, Extraterrestrial Evolution, and Climate Change?
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over California, Florida, Indiana, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Vermont and Washington.
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over Canada, Columbia, Germany, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, and England and Scotland, in the United Kingdom.
The Filer Research Institute feels the scientific study of UFOs is for the benefit of humankind and is an important endeavor. The US Air Force investigated UFOs publicly for more than twenty years under Project Blue Book; and I continue this advanced research. I believe the God of the universe has spread life throughout the cosmos and UFO’s are visiting us in ever-increasing numbers.
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FIDEL CASTRO’S ALIEN CRAFT SIGHTING IN CUBA
Fidel Castro who passed away on November 25, 2016 orchestrated the Cuban Revolution and was the head of Cuba’s government until 2008. In an interview, Castro shed light on unforgettable scenarios that were witnessed by him and the revolutionary Cuban soldiers. The interview caught the attention of many UFO enthusiasts as Castro maintained that he saw a “round and enormous” light from an extra-terrestrial spaceship. Castro said, “There we were, in the middle of the night with our rifles on our knees. Then we suddenly saw a light darting among the stars. The light approached the group of commanders and poured over us like a bucket.” Based on the historic Cuban revolution icon, the sighting must have occurred between 1953 and 1959 as these six years were dedicated to the momentous Cuban insurgency. He told researcher Jose Luis Gil, “It was round and enormous. The countryside and the mountains became illuminated as though it was daylight.” Keeping in view how distinguished and celebrated personality Fidel Castro is, the claims fascinated most of the enthusiasts who are constantly searching for the presence of alien clues. The jaw-dropping claim has reconfirmed the extraterrestrial presence of UFO in the universe. The interview was published in a book titled “Solo Para Tus Ojos“, or “For Your Eyes Only” in English, by well-known UFO researcher and journalist Juan Jose Benitez, The book has been published in order to take account of the increasing UFO sighting incidents and contains interviews with 300 people, including the famous Cuban leader. Ken Pfeifer MUFON NJ www.worldufophotos.orgwww.ufocasebook.com
Depiction of Meteor Crashing into the Gulf of Mexico in the late Cretaceous Period.
Fahrusha a co-host of “Shattered Reality Podcast writes, “Extraterrestrial evolution is a topic of great interest to me in a number of ways. The thought of this may be bizarre to many people, but perhaps it shouldn’t be. There are four factors that come immediately to mind.
There are probably billions of planets in our Milky Way Galaxy and quadrillions in other telescopically visible galaxies. Scientists disagree on how many of these other worlds might generate life, but few think we are alone. Even the Vatican is very open to the concept of extraterrestrial intelligent beings.
Some great cosmological thinkers have posited the idea of Panspermia, including Dr. Chandra Wickramasinghe and the late Sir Fred Hoyle (1915–2001). Panspermia is defined by Google as the theory that life on Earth originated from microorganisms or chemical precursors of life present in outer space which were able to initiate life upon reaching a suitable environment. Today a scientist in the UK named Professor Milton Wainwright is sending up balloons to the stratosphere to discover microbial life from space. Think spores traveling on comets etc.
Though it seems to me that much evidence points to the idea that Earth has been visited multiple times by extraterrestrials, thoughts and theories about extraterrestrial evolution do not depend for their validity on extraterrestrial visitation.
The fourth factor is an open question: Would such life follow a set pattern similar to life on Earth, or would extraterrestrial evolution take an entirely different path or could both ideas be true?
This blog post will deal mostly with this fourth factor, that is, the open question. It has been both rumored and openly stated that NASA and JPL have quashed reports and evidence of life on Mars and other spheres. Most prominently I think of assertions made by Dr. John Brandenburg, formerly of NASA, about advanced life on Mars; and of evidence of certain findings of primitive organisms (crinoids) visually identical to Earth organisms discovered by Dr. Richard Hoover, 46 year veteran NASA astrobiologist and “Inventor of the Year”.
In fact, I wrote a blog post about that a few years ago that can be accessed HERE. This is particularly important to the rest of my thinking on this subject of extraterrestrial evolution.
If the organism found by JPL on Mars is, in actuality, largely identical to those found on Earth, it seems to point to the idea that extraterrestrial life might always or often evolve in the same or similar manner. One frequently discussed concept that follows in this direction is the controversial idea that some extraterrestrials who have purportedly visited the Earth are Reptilians. The theory goes something like this: if the dinosaurs who once inhabited the Earth were not killed off by a comet or large meteor which struck the Gulf of Mexico at end of the Cretaceous Period, would they have perhaps evolved into self conscious bipedal beings who might roam the galaxy? And if so, is it not possible or indeed likely that on other suitable planets in the galaxy or beyond such Reptilians might exist, if in fact, evolution follows a similar model everywhere? In this discussion somewhere, one must consider non-human very intelligent life forms right here on Earth that have not developed with bi-lateral symmetry. I am thinking here of cephalopods like squid. That might derail the similar evolution everywhere theory as the sole way life could evolve.
Fahrusha
On the other hand, is it possible or likely that evolution throughout the cosmos looks nothing like Earthly evolution? I’d say certainly that is possible and in certain circumstances probable. One probable circumstance resulting in a different evolutionary pattern might be an environment where the building blocks of life are not carbon based or not dependent on water or oxygen. Dear Reader, does your definition of “life” depend on breathing or respiration? Furthermore, should it? Perhaps consciousness is a better definition of life than taking breath.
But are these ideas of evolution in the cosmos mutually exclusive? I don’t think so. Ponder this: perhaps life develops in a similar evolutionary pattern where carbon and water are available, and totally differently where they are not. I am not stating conclusively that this is the case, but it certainly provides food, no a feast, for thought? Thanks to Fahrusha https://fahrusha.wordpress.com/…/extraterrestrial-evolution/
Conversation with Senator Barry M. Goldwater
Clark C. McClelland, former ScO, Space Shuttle Fleet, Kennedy Space Center (KSC), writes, “On July 16, 1969, the day of the launch of Apollo 11 for the first landing of men on the moon, I met Senator Barry M. Goldwater of Arizona near the Apollo Launch Control Center. He had been the Republican Presidential candidate in 1964 running against President Johnson. He had flown 160 plus planes during his WW II and civilian years. He even checked-out in a SR-71 Blackbird. I introduced myself and explained my position at KSC and my being the NICAP Unit-3 Director. He was willing to discuss UFOs and I began by saying it was obvious he had a deep abiding interest in UFOs. I knew he had tried to gain entry into a special area at Wright-Patterson AFB that purportedly held alien artifacts. He said, “Yes, that’s the main event concerning me and UFOs. I felt that a US Senator on the Select Committee on Intelligence and a Reserve Major General would allow me to enter the area. I was rudely awakened to reality very swiftly when I was denied entry. My friend, General Curtis Lemay, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff VERY angrily told me that I had no need to know. He gave me a lot of HELL about my activities at Wright-Patterson. He threatened to end our friendship for life! My God, Mac, that surprised the hell out of me.”
General LeMay
LeMay added, “You stay clear of our mutual friend, “Butch”, too. (Meaning General William “Butch” Blanchard) his having been at Roswell Army Air Base and the 509th Bomb Wing, will not gain you any favor or knowledge of that Roswell crash claim.” Goldwater said, “Mac, Butch Blanchard was also a very valued friend of mine since WWII. He was the person who announced that a disc had crashed near Roswell in 1947. This cussing out did awaken me to one fact, that the UFO situation is the highest level of national secrecy, much higher than the H-Bomb. Nothing has higher security than aliens being here on this planet. Then I realized Curtis was correct. And I never again approached him on the subject. That seemed to prove to me that UFOs were a fact, and do exist. But, are they all aliens? I highly suspect a majority are! Hell, they are no doubt far ahead of our level of intelligence. The United States Air Force knows the truth, but will they ever reveal it to this nation?” I quickly said, “Yes, Senator, some UFOs sighted I have learned through the ONI are alien.” His eyes brightened up and showed surprise saying, “Mac how would you know that as a fact and I was denied the truth?”I said “Senator, I was here, at KSC, and had also been at Cape Canaveral since the start of our national space program. With all due respect for your great accomplishments, Sir, you were not. I’ve heard and seen things that without any doubt proved to me that UFO’s and star races exist.” I said, “Congress is not made aware of secrets of this caliber. The Pentagon controls such disclosures”. He stared at me, and then said: “Yes, I get your point.
I asked him if he was at that time aware of the fact that several former German Scientists were assigned to Wright Field since post-reversed engineer certain retrieved hardware that was suspected to be of alien origin.
They accomplished that assignment of the object that crashed in Kecksburg, Pennsylvania. It was taken to Wright Field. Senator Goldwater said, “Yes, I recall that incident. What was it? Do you know?” I replied, “Yes, sir, it was a Soviet failed mission to Venus in 1965. It was not alien, Senator. The public was lead to believe it was a UFO that is far easier to explain than a missile from the USSR hitting within the USA”.
Siegfried Knemeyer with Knights Crossing
Goldwater asked if I was aware of whom the Germans were? I replied, “Yes, one was Siegfried Knemeyer, the former head of the German RLM, the Third Reich’s Air Ministry for aircraft development for the Luftwaffe. Another was Dr. Hans Amtmann, an expert in vertical takeoff aircraft. One other I am familiar is Dr. Alexander Lippisch who was more so well known and a pioneer in tailless aircraft, the US Delta wing fighter, the F-102 A Delta Dagger. I’m almost certain these men also did a reverse engineering on the object that crashed near Roswell, New Mexico”. I could see that what I was telling the Senator may have had his mind in a spin. He said, “Mac, what are you doing here? We need people like you in DC”. The narrative will continue. Thanks to Clark C. McClelland http://www.stargate-chronicles.com/site/
Climate Change?
December 14- 15, 2016 map showing latest Polar Vortex.
Global cooling was a conjecture during the 1970s of the imminent cooling of the Earth’s surface and atmosphere culminating in a period of extensive glaciations. In the 1990’s, climate scientists indicated there is Global Warming and the polar ice was melting and billions have been spent to slow this warming. During the last year the Global Warming developed the new title of Climate Change. Climate change skeptics claim the latest El Nino, which began in 2015, was the reason for that year being the hottest on record, rather than man-made carbon emissions causing long-term global warming.
Science is divided over whether climate change from man-made carbon emissions have heated the planet enough to mean that unnatural global warming also contributed to the record temperatures seen during the El Nino in 2015 and the first half of this year. Dr Gavin Schmidt, head of Naas’s climate division, says human-caused global warming is the primary factor.
Other scientists feel there is climate change, but the temperatures are heading down. They point to this week’s coldest temperatures in twenty years. The news media tells you what they want you to believe. It’s important to look at both sides of the argument.
Dark Winter
Mr. John L. Casey, Director of the Space and Science Research Center, issued a landmark declaration on climate change. “Climate change has been a perplexing problem for years. In Dark Winter, author John L. Casey, a former White House national space policy advisor, NASA headquarters consultant, and space shuttle engineer tells the truth about ominous changes taking place in the climate and the Sun. Casey believes Global Warming Has Ended. After an exhaustive review of a substantial body of climate research, and in conjunction with the obvious and compelling new evidence that exists, it is time that the world community acknowledges that the Earth has begun its next climate change. In an opinion echoed by many scientists around the world, the world’s climate warming of the past decades has now come to an end. A new climate era has already started that is bringing predominantly colder global temperatures for many years into the future. In some years this new climate will create dangerously cold weather with significant ill-effects worldwide.
Casey claims the cold era is coming about as a result of the reversal of the 206 year cycle of the sun which he independently discovered several years ago. We now have unmistakable signs of a decline in global temperatures and growing glacial ice, coupled with the dramatic if not startling changes in the sun’s surface including unusually low and slow sunspot activity. . Noted Russian astrophysicist Habibullo I. Abdussamatov has also argued that a new mini-ice age has begun,
Casey claims. “Our world is rapidly cooling. Even though we still may have isolated warm temperature records, the global trend to a colder era is now irreversible.” Casey congratulated the many other scientists around the world who had done “many years of outstanding research” which he used to corroborate his own research after he first found these climate-driving solar cycles. He listed and praised more than a dozen other scientists, most in foreign countries, who had come to the same prediction on the Earth’s climate shift to a cold era. He said, “I have consulted with colleague’s world wide who have reached a similar conclusion.
Casey detailed the solar activity cycles that have been driving the Earth’s climate for the past 1,200 years. He condemned the climate change confusion and alarmism which has accompanied seven separate periods over the past 100 years, where scientists and the media flip-flopped on reporting that the Earth was either entering a new ‘ice age’ or headed for a global meltdown where melting glacial ice would swamp the planet’s coastal cities. The sun is entering an extended “quiet period’ produced by reduced solar activity as shown in the chart.
“With the sun going into what I call “solar hibernation,” the earth will cool. And the harmful effects of solar radiation on astronauts in space will be minimized.” I can see,” he added, “just like the last time this 206 year cycle brought cold, that there will be substantial damage to the world’s agricultural systems. Climate during the Ice Age (the last 4 million years) has been particularly unstable, with many swings of more than 10°F.
The most important lessons drawn from geology are that the earth’s climate can change radically and that the pace of change can be rapid. Geology also supports the theory that past periods of especially warm temperature were caused by high atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. Of the many effects of global warming, geology is currently most relevant to sea level rise caused by melting glaciers.
“In fact, a very slight cooling trend appears.” Watts’ plotting of U.S. Surface Climate Observing Reference Networks (USCRN) data comes after NOAA researchers put out a study claiming there’s been no “hiatus” in global warming–despite a 15-year period with no significant rise in the world’s average temperature as of June 15, 2015. Judah Cohen, a renowned MIT climatologist, has been working on his theory for 17 years, despite skepticism from some U.S. government weather experts. Cohen, who figures the exceptional amount of snow cover this year in Siberia at this time, will bring the makings of be one an early, cold winter. His theory has been right 75 percent of the time.
NOAA reports, the combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfaces for September 2016 was the second highest for September in the 137-year record, 0.04°C (0.07°F) cooler than the record warmth of 2015. It now appears December may be one of the coldest on record.
As I write these files it is snowing earlier than I can remember in southern New Jersey. Although the summer months are warmer the winter has extreme cold temperatures. The Polar Vortex or winds around the pole have moved south and are causing colder weather in Europe, Asia, and North America affecting millions of people. Expect more snow and cold temperatures mush later in February and March particularly in Europe.
Did you know that in the past the Roman Period and Medieval Period were both warmer than today. The world then cooled several degrees from 1450 to 1850. This period was called the Little Ice Age (a period of glacial advance, the same glaciers that have been in retreat until recently). Global temperatures the past 10,000 years were also often warmer than today. These temperature variations were not caused by man. They were caused entirely by natural forces. Climatologists disagree and the news media has usual is agreeing with the Global Warming group, but expect a cold winter.
UFO Sightings in the United States
California Object
Porter Ranch — I must first apologize that while I always used to preach I’d have a steady hand if I ever saw something, I kept losing this thing on my camera and tried to refocus. But, I did get some good shots at the beginning and the end. This video was taken by me on November 28, 2016 around 4 pm. I pulled up home from work and noticed three planes at one time releasing chemtrails in all directions… I got out of my car after taking footage of one of the planes and noticed this glowing white orb or craft that was flying in and out of the trails. The beginning of the video and the end has the best focused shot but my camera just wouldn’t zoom anymore. After I lost it in the trails I waited expecting to see it come out the other side and it never appeared again. I mean planes don’t do that, right? Thanks to MUFON CMS
Los Angeles — Was watching the news when I saw something weird fly by on December 12, 2016.
I kept watching and can’t figure out what it is.
It was the abc News at 4:30 am. I have it on my DVR also.
Thanks to MUFON CMS
Florida Lights
West Palm Beach— I was drinking coffee on the balcony of my resort at 6:30 am on April 20, 2016. I was looking through photos of our trips when I discovered two objects in one of the photos and then just one object in the next photo. I believed the objects to be UFOs, which I took that morning. After seeing the objects in my photos, I had chills all over me and could not believe I actually had captured them in two photos. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Idaho Disc
Pocatello— I am a UFO photographer, and have taken pictures of everything from discs to triangles to ET. I have been totally fascinated with the amount of activity in the skies here, that I call Micro Machines. I can prove all of it; since I’ve been photographing them pretty steady for more than 5 years; I will leave a couple pictures in this letter for you. I have been doing my best to get the word out about these objects with not much luck. It seems that most people are asleep at the switch. During the day I get pictures of many different types of craft, but at night I get a totally different experience. I photograph and video these white light spheres that move over town very slowly, from a thousand feet up to 10 miles.
I call them Micro Machines because they are not organic; they are some kind of an Artificial Intelligence (Ai) probe. George Adamski back in the 1950’s, that our skies were flooded with these probes that ranged in size from a few centimeters to a few meters, I have photographed them all. I set up a tripod with my camera set to high speed continuous shutter and I would rip off about 20 frames at a time in different directions. I would notice these little objects moving through the frames at a pretty high rate of speed, on the computer. I was able to establish areas where they would be more often than not. Soon I would get better cameras and lenses. I am going out 5 and 6 times a day and catching these objects. When I photograph a bird of prey flying over fields there will be dozens of these objects flying all around the birds monitoring the wild life. I am using a Nikon D800 w/ 50mm f1.4 lens and at night I put on a 300 mm lens.
I call them Ai because I am positive they are not manmade. These little craft can cover 150 yards in one second and are watching everything that is going on. Winter months bring on orbs Thanks to MUFON CMS
Illinois Triangle of Lights
Chicago Heights — My girlfriend and I were picking her kid up in Frankfort, IL, and started heading north on Laraway Road on December 13, 2016. It was a full moon and when we observed five orange lights near each other in the east. We thought to ourselves those “planes” are really close to each other, but planes don’t fly that close to each other. On our way home we couldn’t stop gazing upon the lights. Then one light flew north and another to the south. Then there were three left that we thought might be Chinese lanterns but they were moving against the wind. We hit Route 30 and headed east traveling toward the lights and ended up 10 miles past Chicago Heights. The lights formed a triangle keeping perfect distance from each other moving slowly. We turned around and heading west and could still see the three lights again until the lights slowly disappeared. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Maryland Disc
Baltimore — I discovered the object in two pictures I took on August 20, 2015 at 03:41 pm, according to the data on my phone. In the first photo the picture is tiny – barely noticeable – and flying to the south.
In the second picture the same object is visible much lower and larger, looking pretty much due east. (Shown)
Whatever it is it moved a great distance within one minute. I was reviewing the old pictures on December 14, 2016 and noticed the object.
Thanks to MUFON CMS
Massachusetts Light
Chelsea – I was outside my house looking towards sky at a star on August 1, 2016.
It was moving unlike any plane or helicopter. It was fast then it was going slow. I felt like it wasn’t real.
Then it suddenly disappeared.
Thanks to MUFON CMS
Michigan Object
I took pictures at the beach and found a UFO while perusing our photos on August 23, 2016.
I can’t tell what it was; I’ve never seen an object like it. I didn’t even see anything while we were at the beach, only later. Looks like a metallic object that I don’t think could be a camera glitch. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Editor’s Note: This is likely a bird in flight but wings are unusually short.
New Jersey UFO
Marlton— I was smoking a cigarette in a location off of Route. 70, on December 10, 2016 when I heard what sounded like a military helicopter in the distance. I moved to get a clear view of the sky because I wanted to see it. It sounded extremely close and I could feel the power, and vibrations. So finally it comes into view and it was hard to make out. There was a red orb in the front, with the chopper in the back. At first I thought it may be top secret military craft with cloaking or reflection or something of the sort. It was hard to make out in the night sky it being a black helicopter and all. When I focused in on it, I could make out a red/oranges orb shape which looked like it was glowing, producing and aura, and the helicopter 400 feet behind it. It was hard to make out and get a grasp with surroundings because it all happened so fast. They were both flying in a straight path at high speed.
I had to run around the corner to keep eye sight until it went over the tree line out of sight. My father came out because he heard the chopper and came to check it out and grab something out of the car. When he tried to lock it, he hit the lock button three times but the car was still unlocked, so it may have messed with the electrical system. Also take note Fort Dix and McGuire AFB are nearby. Ten years ago and last summer I saw a UFO. Thanks to MUFON CMS
New York Lights
Brooklyn — This was taken from a bus that was moving very slowly during a tour on December 5, 2016. I used my iPhone when I took the photos. I only took a photo of this because I knew what the building was, but was not mentioned by the tour guide so there would probably not be others taking photos.
I saw the light after the fact when I was looking at my photos. If anyone has the knowledge to judge if this is a reflection, I would welcome that.
Thanks to MUFON CMS
Oklahoma Light
Edmond — On November 21, 2015
Looked up
Weird looking object. 4. It was Round and I had unknown feelings.
Thanks to MUFON CMS
Vermont Objects
South Burlington— While smoking a cigarette at work around 6 am I took picture of the Moon on December 14, 2016.
There were no stars out nor did I see a plane, but it was a little cloudy. I did not see anything unusual at all until I looked at the photo and realized instantly something was there. I kept looking at the sky and could not see it.
Thanks to MUFON CMS
Washington Light
Stevens Pass— After a day of skiing on December 12, 2016, I was staying the night at the ski resort with some friends. Around 7:00 p.m, I tried my best to get a picture with my phone that captured the whole scene. After snapping a couple photos, I first noticed the object in the screen of my phone. The object first appeared as a blotch of white light in the screen of my phone. It seemed like a morphing light ball with a bright core surrounded by a duller light and was very fluid yet erratic in its movements. I would say the core was the size of a large grapefruit and the outer layer the size of a beach ball. It was like a luminescent aerial jellyfish. The object first appeared in the sky around the trees and moved toward us. It came as close as the clock tower and could I only see the outer dull light, but the inner bright sphere was still visible in the screen of my phone. With my bare eyes the object was not very noticeable. It was glowing even brighter than what was captured by the camera. At one point most of my screen went white and I stood up and focused on the object as it shot off to the trees behind the lodge, paused for two seconds and then shot off over Big Chief Mountain at impossible speed and was gone. Likely unrelated, we did see multiple F/A-18 or F15s jets flying at low altitude over the resort the following morning. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Worldwide UFO Sightings
Australia Cylinder
Sydney — On October 11, 2016, I was outdoors working in the yard, when I became aware of an object in the sky which was at great height, it was also star bright against the blue of a perfectly clear midday. At first I was inclined to dismiss the anomaly as a plastic bag or balloon, as it seemed to be floating with airy swoops. I could see that it was cylindrical and was moving against the wind from east to west. A number of strange things happened during my observation as all the birds fell silent; just as they do in the presence of a predator. The other interesting thing was that the anomaly seemed to respond directly to my thoughts (I know that this is a preposterous suggestion and that its subsequent change of direction was purely coincidence) – but twice it seemed to react to my thoughts. the first time I thought “come this way you bugger, so that I can get a better look at you!” and to my surprise, it changed its direction from heading west and then arced toward me in the north east, again traveling end over end (almost like a boomerang) and then when it was directly overhead, I thought “stop…So that I can see you better.” and to my surprise, it did. Still it was very high and it appeared to be being mobbed by white birds, small white dots were swooping in toward and then away from it. Despite the wind, it remained stationary. It then tumbled away leaf like toward the east and was soon lost from sight. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Canada Cylinder
Abbotsford, British Columbia, — I have here a couple of photos taken December 6, 2016 of two objects in the southeast sky. They were heading east over Mount Baker in Washington State at 7:50 AM. I took these photos on the Canadian side of the border. When I saw them I thought they were American Bombers coming from Alaska, but I realized they were heading the wrong way or on a different heading that they normally fly back to Idaho or North Dakota. This is a daily occurrence so I am well versed in their flight path. The other thing that struck me was that there was no visible vapor trail which every jet trails at high altitude. As a comparison I am including two photos that I took this morning same place, same time, and same direction of travel. The other difference is the plane was visible for minutes as it flew away from me, but the two objects yesterday were gone right after I took the photo.
Note: The witness presented an argument that the object photographed was not a conventional military craft as he is used to seeing them on a regular basis. He mentions that the object did not leave a vapor trail. Enhancement does show a trail behind the object. However, the witness stated that the object disappeared. Given this scenario the jet explanation is more doubtful. Thanks to William Puckett, Director Http://www.UFOsnw.com
Colombia Diamond
Bucaramanga— I was around the pool of my hotel taking sun on December 11, 2016, a sunny, clear day when I saw something in the sky. My friend who was beside me saw it too. Our first impression was a paraglider but my friend said, “It can’t be because it was very high and the shape does not look like that. It was moving slow and looks like it’s hovering over the city. I took my camera and focused on the object. It was heading north and was moving fast. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Germany Round Object
Dresden — I have a 1680 book of the history of Dresden, Germany. There is a description of three objects that appeared in the sky in 1620. There was an apparent exchange of light rays and smoke and noise between the larger round object and the two smaller round ones on either side. The population who witnessed this was quite frightened. The objects remained for many hours and then disappeared. I can send you a copy of this page and my translation of the German article, if you like. Bernd Klopfer the date of the event above is invalid but you required a date and I couldn’t enter the correct date. Thanks to MUFON Thanks to MUFON CMS
India Light
Nagpur— I didn’t notice it while talking photos.
I observed this when I went through photos on December 12, 2016.
A blue orb is below the moon.
Often the lenses reflect the bright light. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Iran Light
Mashhad — As shown in the attached image, an unknown white light, which was like a very large star, was visible in the mountains of Mashhad between 17:30 to 18:25 on December 13, 2016.
I watched it for fifty five minutes last night, and then it disappeared.
Thanks to MUFON CMS
Mexico Light
Mazatlan — I was working on a bricked outdoor structure with mud making bricks. It was 3 or 4 in the morning when a co-worker told me, “Look José I see a trail of light passing over the hill illuminating like day.” What really shone was the golden color smoke left in its wake. When it crashed there was a solid metal thud like a giant hammer hitting a giant nail. I viewed a big flash and heard the sound. It all happened in about 10 seconds on February 22, 1997, at a distance of 7 km or so from where I was working. I saw something like a flash with my own eyes. The years passed and technology reached us and I checked Google Earth and I could not believe it was UFO that crashed and next year celebrates 20 years. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Netherlands Antilles
I was in my house going upstairs to my room to dress on December 8, 2016 and looked out my l large window and saw an object above our bank and it stayed there motionless. Then I realized it was slowly moving to the right and then slowly to the left. I was about to get my binoculars when it moved straight to the right until I couldn’t see it anymore.
I was shocked and baffled because I’m sure as hell it’s the same one I’ve seen many months ago but it’s movement was different, before it moved fast like a drunk person in all types of directions then vanished but this time was different and I actually have video tape proof of it this time, I was pretty scared of what they are capable of since they can see and hear me from where they are
I called my mom who also a witness was bringing the binoculars. Then it started moving all the way to the right which spooked me out. I lost sight of it but I’m also more paranoid now. Thanks to MUFON CMS
UK/England Lights
Moon — I was trying out my new camera, and love astronomy, so took a few pictures of the moon. Later, after looking at the pictures, I see two strange lights below the moon.
I don’t know what to make of them, but they look out-of-place. I was in my back garden in the UK, and it was dark here. The lights are small, so I could not make out any detail. Thanks to MUFON CMS
UK Scotland
Glasgow — I was out playing with my kids on a nice summer evening. My daughter noticed a strange rainbow, it was not curved like a usual rainbow instead it was a blob of couloirs in the sky on August 18, 2016. I took a picture and then noticed there was an object in the picture, an orb with 4 lights. I then pointed my phone at the object I could now see in the sky. I zoomed in and took another picture and noticed the lights had changed. I thought the object looked quite strange it seemed to emit a yellowish glow. I watched for another few minutes until it faded from sight travelling in a North Easterly direction. This was at 7:46 pm. It lasted for perhaps 20 minutes. Please zoom in on the photo for a clearer picture. Thanks to MUFON CMS
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MYSTERY: It is still not known what happened at Roswell in New Mexico
The infamous event will reach its 70th anniversary in 2017 and Nick Pope, who investigated UFO phenomena for the UK MoD until 2009, says he believes the truth is out there.
Roswell Daily Record newspaper reported in 1947 that an alien spacecraft crashed in the New Mexico desert.
A press release was sent out by the military that it had found the remains of a crashed flying saucer but the next day it backtracked.
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DEBRIS: A US Major with the remains of what conspiracy theorists believe is an alien spaceship
It was instead claimed to be a damaged US Air Force air balloon and many believe this was a cover-up.
People reported seeing alien bodies within the UFO which were taken away by authorities.
This comes as a witness to "Britain's Roswell" spoke out after nearly 40 years.
“As every citizen of Roswell knows, the city is at the centre of one of the greatest mysteries of all time”
Nick Pope
Mr Pope said on his blog: "As every citizen of Roswell knows, the city is at the centre of one of the greatest mysteries of all time.
"In 1947, something crashed in the New Mexico desert and was taken to Roswell Army Air Field — now the Roswell International Air Center."
He added: "As we approach the 70th anniversary of this much-debated incident, the Roswell Daily Record is launching a campaign to resolve the mystery for once and for all.
"While people argue to this day about what happened at Roswell in the summer of 1947, nobody disputes that something crashed.
“That’s because far from denying this, the military authorities actually helped get the story out — at least at first."
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CRASH SITE: This is where the mysterious crash took place in New Mexico
Many believe the mystery will never be solved but Pope is determined.
He added: "70 years on, is there any hope of solving the mystery?
"I think there is. I used to investigate UFOs for the British government, which was just one of a number of fascinating postings I had in a 21-year career at the UK’s Ministry of Defence."
Pope said: "In my experience, the key to solving a mystery like this lies in the community in which these events unfolded.
"That’s why I’ve teamed up with the Roswell Daily Record to launch an appeal. Because nobody denies there was a crash, we know that there was wreckage.
"And because no clean-up operation can ever be perfect, and because people like souvenirs, we believe there could still be pieces of this wreckage somewhere out there in the local community."
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UFOs in the Finger Lakes Region
UFOs in the Finger Lakes Region
For years around campfires and over holiday meals, I’ve heard tales of UFOs in New York’s Finger Lakes.
I’ve heard stories of bright objects descending from the skies and entering the waters of one lake or another. I’ve also heard accounts of bright objects exiting the waters of a lake and flying off into the wild blue yonder. I’ve even read a few tales attributed to Native American lore of bright objects leaving our lovely Finger Lakes for the heavens.
Unfortunately too many of the accounts are secondhand or so are old they qualify as legend. This makes investigation and research very difficult. Using statistics from my U.S. UFO magnitude study, I’ve compiled a chart of the counties that surround the core of New York’s Finger Lakes region. The idea was to see how the Finger Lakes region compared to the well-known Erie Lake region in terms of UFO sighting reports.
The Finger Lakes counties total 14 and are as follows: Cayuga, Cortland, Monroe, Ontario, Tioga, Wayne, Chemung, Livingston, Onondaga, Steuben, Schuyler, and Yates.
Using data from my study, I compiled the chart above. The UFO sightings were reported in a period from 2001 through 2015. During the sample window, New York state logged 5,141 UFO sighting reports. The 14 counties that make up the Finger Lakes region logged 684 UFO sighting reports. As shown on the chart, the sightings tend to follow a seasonal reporting pattern.
Erie and Niagara counties, which log the lion’s share of the Erie Lake effect sighting cluster, only logged 447 UFO sighting reports for the same sample period.
At first glance, most of the Finger Lakes region counties have relatively low sighting reports. The exception is Monroe County, which reports 236 sighting reports for the sample period.
As a UFO researcher, I was rather surprised by the magnitude of the Finger Lakes numbers. Taken as a whole, New York’s Finger Lakes region hosts 13 percent of the states total UFO sightings. That is the largest concentration in the state, second only to Long Island.
Taking a cue from the famous ‘Death Star’ in the ‘Star Wars’ film saga, HIP68468 is theorized to have destroyed planets that veered into its path due to an orbit much closer than Earth is to the our own sun. Unlike the ‘Death Star’ though, the planets were engulfed by it and became part of its composition.
“It doesn’t mean that the sun will ‘eat’ the Earth any time soon,” said the report’s co-author, Jacob Bean, assistant professor of astronomy and astrophysics at University of Chicago, explaining how the planet contains “four times more lithium than would be expected for a star that is 6-billion-years old.”
“Our discovery provides an indication that violent histories may be common for planetary systems, including our own,” Bean says.
Located 300 light years away, HIP68468 was first discovered in 1995 but it’s only now that its appetite for planets as well as its first exoplanets are coming to light through observations from the La Silla Observatory in Chile last year.
A super Neptune and a super Earth are believed to orbiting the star, although researchers say this “needs to be confirmed.”
It’s thought the super Earth is orbiting so close to HIP68468 that one full orbit takes three days.
On December 18, 2016 a strange phenomenon is being detected by earth ground sensors around the planet emanating from the lithosphere. A perpetual energy source that is not consistent with earthquake energy.
Image: Strange Red Pulse captured by cameras on the International Space Station on December 14, 2016. See below video.
It is suggested that the scalar template is changing the time density the “signal” that causes conflict on Earth is being interceded, the Earth grid must change to induct a different code.
They call this existing grid a “NET” that inducts the “alien signal” from the modified Berkland currents that transfer interdimensional gluon plasma in a cyclic form that repeats history at a causal level of human society, human consciousness and perception is interwoven into the etheric currents that are carried on the coarser plasma and electromagnetic Tell-uric currents.
Considering that planet’s atmosphere can have significant changes depending on what happens in our galaxy, there could be any possibility this changes on earth be linked with some energy activity of a meteor or other strange object near the orbit/area.
Although it is suggested that the strange vibrations or frequencies on earth are linked to some energy activity of an unknown orbital object, we also cannot rule out that the strange registered activities are coming from a Haarp-like system or other kind of weather warfare technology to create earthquakes.
If that were the cause we may wonder whether the globalists are behind the recent incidents. They are planning to create a devastating earthquake with the ultimate goal to keep Obama in Office who automatically will declare Martial Law, just to subvert the exchange of power in Washington?
Another reason of concern; Yellowstone’s ground sensor went off line at about the same time when other ground sensors detected the strange signal.
I don’t know if they censoring information about Yellowstone, but there was a small earthquake or some kind of vibration which is captured by Cat Martin showing the trees move during the quake/vibration. (See here Cat’s video).
Whether it is an unknown space object or the globalists are the culprit behind the strange events it’s clear that something is going on.
Shape: V shape Size: Large Objects:1 Colour: Black with Dim orange lights Sound:None Duration: 3 to 4 minutes Direction: Suddenly disappeared
Sunday night , after falling asleep in his chair, Peter woke up and went Outside to feed his dogs. As it was such a nice night he decided to relax for a while and do a bit of stargazing, which he very often does late at night. After approximately half an hour, he looked up and noticed a large, solid black V shaped object with dim orange lights which were situated along the front end of the object. Peter said it was a very clear night and he first noticed the object because it was blocking out the Big Dipper constellation he had been looking at previously.
There was no sound emitted from the object at all and Peter estimates that it must have been at least 5 times bigger than a Jumbo Jet. He sighted the object for only 3-4 seconds when Peter says it just disappeared from view.
Witnesses went mystified after seeing a mysterious fireball UFO falling to Earth. The unusual thing was observed dropping from the sky above Newtown, Toowoomba in Queensland, Australia. The fireball even seen moving sharply to the right and then left as it was falling.
Newtown resident Rod Bishop captured the event on video.
The witness claimed that he spent 18 years in the army barracks and is an amateur astronomer, so he knows very well about aircraft. The mysterious thing he just captured on video made his jaw drop, according to the witness.
Some viewers of the video are wondering why alien spacecraft went to Toowoomba.
However, astronomer professor Jonti Horner believes the light is not a meteor or fireball because it looks too slow to be one. For him, it is also too slow to be a bit of space junk returning to Earth and burning up in the atmosphere.
Horner thinks it is the International Space Station. He explains that the ISS is brighter than the brightest stars and moves quite slow, making them quite spectacular.
Though it ‘s hard to tell the identity of the strange thing in the blurry video, Jonti stresses that’s the most likely explanation to him as an astronomer professor.
Shape: Star Trek like spaceship Duration: 15 seconds Direction:West to East over to where Yatala Gaol on a level path Witnesses: 4
Nick, saw the UFO, with 3 other men. Nick was sitting outside with 3 of his mates, when all of a sudden a bright light appeared out of nowhere in the sky.
First off, Nick thought it might be the Police helicopter, and that it had turned on its search light. But, what seemed strange to Nick and made him change his mind, is that as the object got closer he could make out that it was quite large, and coloured a blue colour, not white, like the search light would be.
When she asked Nick how big he thought the object looked to him, he said it was long and quite large. He said, he felt it looked like a ship and reminded him of a Star Trek like spaceship. ”It just appeared from behind a tree !!… I sat there with my mates and we watched it travel levelly for about 15 seconds. I live near the Northfield Velladrome and it moved from West to East over to where Yatala Gaol is. The funny thing was, it all of a sudden spurted a bright coloured tail…the same sort of colour that you get with a gas flame, that colour blue. It seem to spit out the flame, which then made it move…then it again stopped…spitted once, then twice, the flame came spinning out of its end and started to move off again, then to our surprise, as we watched it just disappeared.”
Charmaine spoke to Nick about how it had been said in the media that a Meteorite was reported in the night sky at the same time. “NO, NO, I know what a meteorite looks like, I’ve been interested in the night sky for some years now, since I was a young kid. My parents owned a shack down at Willunga and I know I have seen some strange things in the sky down there, in fact I would say some UFO’s. I own a telescope, (which he has had for approx. 12 weeks) and have read up on things in the night sky, so I truly believe that it was NOT a meteorite, but something else. How could a meteorite just disappeared into thin air? I should have been able to follow its path through the sky”
Nick and his mates sighting lasted for approx. 15 seconds and during that time, Nick stated the object travelled on a level path. Nick is happy to be contacted again, if any further info is required.
An in-depth analysis shows a heightened level of meteor threats for the first quarter of 2017.
In this 33 minute program, you will learn that December 21, 2012, was not a non-event as the media would have us believe. Rather, we were misled to expect a catastrophic event.
In this video, you will learn a basic lexicon of terms that will help you sort through the many news reports and videos on the Internet today about meteors, asteroids, it’s, and so forth.
Then you will see an analysis of hard data going back to 2009 and the statistical trends that clearly point to a heightened danger in the first quarter of 2017.
Should the earth suddenly be struck by an asteroid, we’d basically all be completely and totally screwed, said NASA researcher Dr. Joseph Nuth, speaking at the annual meeting of the American Geophysicists Union, reports the dailymail.
The earth is totally unprepared for an asteroid hit and the biggest problem is there’s not a hell of a lot we can do about it at the moment, Nuth said at the meeting.
Also in this video you will learn how to protect yourself and your loved ones if you happen to be in the proximity of a superbolide event.
Finally, what the Mayans intended was that a future generation would perceive this day as a harbinger of a future catastrophic event and this is what the empirical data shows.
NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE RENDLESHAM FOREST INCIDENT
DECEMBER 23, 1980 ………… RENDLESHAM FOREST ENGLAND
I was sitting on the back porch of the Black’s Farm. It was dark and cold. I was cleaning rabbits on the back porch that my father had shot. I was finishing up with the rabbit when a white ball of light coming from the south of the house moved north to the back field behind the house. It as completely silent. I watched it with awe, not quite believing what I was seeing. It hovered over the far field and looked to be about the size of a Mini Cooper. It cast a glow on the wet mud in the field and then seemed to land in the field. It was simply beautiful. It looked like it was pulsing. I eventually snapped out of it. I went to get my dad. I was very excited. When we came back out, it was gone.
Like it had blinked out of existence. My father did not think I saw what I knew I had seen. He told me it was probably a helicopter and not a big deal. I knew what I had seen.
The next day I walked out to where I thought it landed. I went back to my house got my dad and told him he needed to come out and see what I found. We got out there and there were three circular impressions there on the ground equally spaced out and my original set of footprints going to and from the site, very muddy and then our prints going back to the site where the orb had landed. My father was surprised enough that he called the base and reported what he had found and I had seen. No one ever came to my knowledge to check the site.
Then a couple of days later the famous Rendlesham Forest event occurred at RAF Bentwaters Woodbridge.”
An unknown light source zips out from around the corner (planet), stands upright and outlines/highlights a specific region, then, it stops self illuminating.
The last 5 nights I (Mrmbb33) have seen several explainable meteors and fireballs over the Florida skies but this light captured by the All Skycam on December 12, 2016 however is a bit weird.
The object seems to be its own light source and it appears to be beaming upwards versus a light source beaming down.
The big question is where does this luminous object come from?
Mars as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope in August 2003.
Credit: NASA, J. Bell (Cornell U.) and M. Wolff (SSI)
SAN FRANCISCO — Life has left its mark just about everywhere on this verdant planet.
Earth's environment not only shapes those life-forms that evolve, but the planet actually evolves and changes in response to those organisms. So if life is lurking on Mars, researchers need to look for evidence of life modifying Red Planet habitats, Nathalie Cabrol said here on Dec. 14 at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union's Carl Sagan Lecture.
"It's only recently we understood not only that the environment changes, but [also] life has an impact on how the environment can change," said Cabrol, who is a senior research scientist and director of the Carl Sagan Center at the SETI Institute in California, and who gave the lecture.
However, looking for evidence of changes caused by life-forms won't be easy, Cabrol said. Any exploration on Mars needs to look at the right scale to find evidence of life modifying its habitat, she said. [7 Most Mars-Like Places on Earth]
Habitability versus habitat
Recent voyages to Mars have yielded fairly conclusive evidence that the Red Planet harbors theoretically habitable areas, such as the Gusev and Gale craters. For instance, chemical exploration has revealed that at different points in Martian history, the planet had an abundance of the building blocks of life, such as carbon dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, hydrochloric acid and methane, Cabrol said. River deltas and ancient tsunami deposits reveal that Mars had a water column and even, briefly, a primeval ocean. Rock weathering and hydrothermal geological activity may have provided the necessary chemical energy for life, she said.
But simply being habitable is very different from actually having a habitat, she said.
"Our planet is bio-obvious," Cabrol said. When looking from space signatures of life everywhere are visible everywhere, Cabrol said. "There is a strong message from our planet: 'I am alive.'"
By contrast, Mars is also sending a strong message that life has not made a large impression on the Red Planet, she said.
Brief window of opportunity
Evidence suggests that the Martian atmosphere was declining as early as 4.1 billion years ago, and any surface water likely dried up long ago. With a thin atmosphere, bombardment by deadly cosmic radiation and likely no modern flowing water, any life that emerged on Mars likely did so very early on in the planet's history, during a time known as the Noachian period (from 4.1 billion to 3.7 billion years ago), Cabrol said. If that life is still hanging on, it likely went deep underground, where it is protected from Mars' current harsh environment, she said. [Boron Found On Mars For First Time By Curiosity Rover | Video]
"The window of time was very small," Cabrol said.
To understand what kind of Martian life-forms to look for, researchers need to understand the best Earth-based analog to the Martian Noachian period. This is Earth's Archean eon, between 4 billion and 2 billion years ago. During that period, all life on Earth consisted of primitive, single-celled creatures that lacked nuclei.
At that time, microbial mats of cyanobacteria living in shallow pools of water trapped grains of sediment to build up a kind of rock housing. Huge expanses of bulbous rock structures billions of years old have been found on Earth. Other primitive forms of life burrowed around in hydrothermal vents, creating signature cone-shaped structures, Cabrol said.
Earth analogs
Another way to determine what to look for is to find the most Martian-like places on Earth. The hyper-arid, high-altitude Atacama Desert, which, gets just 0.6 inches (15 millimeters) of rainfall a year but used to be much wetter, is exposed to punishing ultraviolet radiation and has active geothermal features such as hot springs.
"If you want to find the microbe, you have to become the microbe. Very early on, you need to shelter — you need to adapt and you need to survive," Cabrol said. Microbes would also have to "organize around oases and organize a lot faster."
These Martian oases could be similar, in some ways, to the evaporating lakes, salt flats and hot springs of the Atacama, Cabron said.
Ancient creatures in these Martian environments would likely be extremophiles or superbugs that are highly adaptive, and are possibly very quick to form symbiotic communities, Cabrol said.
While structures that could provide microbial habitats might be found on Mars, researchers will have to know where to look in the first place, Cabrol said. They won't get many opportunities to sample in many places, she said. Finding the tools with the resolution to identify those habitats will also be challenging, Cabrol added.
However, drones that can fly up and down to image the area at different scales could reveal some of the fine detail that provides clues for ancient life, she said.
And some tools already heading out on the Mars 2020 mission could reveal evidence of potential habitats. For instance, Cabrol showed images of Gusev Crater. Pictures of that feature initially lacked the resolution to reveal any evidence of habitat. But after looking at the light spectra reflected, "The spectra are telling us this is something that could be related to hydrothermal activity and constructs," Cabrol said. "There's only one way of knowing — it's to go back."
A New Theory of Gravity Just Passed its First Test. Here’s What This Means for Physics
A New Theory of Gravity Just Passed its First Test. Here’s What This Means for Physics
The gravity of galaxies bends space, such that the light traveling through this space is bent. This bending of light allows astronomers to measure the distribution of gravity around galaxies, even up to distances a hundred times larger than the galaxy itself.
Credit: APS/Alan Stonebraker; galaxy images from STScI/AURA, NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team
IN BRIEF
Erik Verlinde's emergent gravity theory makes sense of the behavior of gravity without the need for the existence of a dark matter particle.
Researchers from the Leiden Observatory have studied more than 33,000 galaxies to see if Verlinde’s theory checks out.
EMERGENT GRAVITY
In 2010, renowned string theory expert Erik Verlinde from the University of Amsterdam and the Delta Institute for Theoretical Physics proposed that gravity is not a fundamental force of nature, but rather an “emergent phenomenon.” And now, one hundred years after Einstein published the final version of his general theory of relativity, Verlinde published his paper expounding on his stance on gravity—with a big claim that challenges the very foundation of physics as we know it.
Verlinde’s emergent gravity theory makes one very important implication: dark matter does not exist. His research makes sense of the behavior of gravity without the need for the existence of a dark matter particle.
Researchers from the Leiden Observatory have studied more than 33,000 galaxies to see if Verlinde’s theory checks out—and the results show that it is, in fact, more accurate at confirming the universe’s gravity distribution than Einstein’s theory of relativity.
Watch the video below to know more about Verlinde’s alternate explanation to gravity.
“A TOTALLY DIFFERENT STARTING POINT”
Throughout the years, physicists have been in search of dark matter, which would explain the discrepancies between general relativity and the gravitational lensing observed in light space. While gravity is responsible for this bending of light, the problem is that the bending is not consistent with the amount of matter present, suggesting the presence of invisible particles to account for the additional gravitational force.
A lot of effort, equipment, and funds have been dedicated to the quest for dark matter. If proven right, Verlinde would be putting an end to a four-century long search for the hypothetical particle, and what we know of our universe will drastically change.
Verlinde’s calculations were only applicable to isolated, spherical, and static systems, which means that dark matter is not completely debunked. As with any theory, Verlinde’s emergent gravity theory will undergo modifications as more physicists weigh in on the matter over the next years. Verlinde is optimistic about its progression: “Many theoretical physicists like me are working on a revision of the theory, and some major advancements have been made.”
“We might be standing on the brink of a new scientific revolution that will radically change our views on the very nature of space, time and gravity,” he added.
At the cosmic dinner party, intelligence is the loudest thing in the room.
BY LAURANCE R. DOYLEILLUSTRATIONS BY TIANHUA MAO
If one is looking for signals from an extraterrestrial civilization, why not practice on some of the non-human communication systems already known on our own planet? Whales have had a global communication system for millions of years—longer than Homo sapiens has even existed. Bees, which communicate in part by dancing, had democratic debates about the best places to swarm millions of years before humans came up with democracy as a political system. And other examples abound. No person I know of who has studied another animal’s communication system has ever concluded that the species was dumber than they’d previously thought.
Through the study of animal communication, my colleagues and I have developed a new kind of detector, a “communication intelligence” filter, to determine whether a signal from space is from a technologically advanced civilization or not. Most previous SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) efforts have looked for radio transmissions with a narrow band of frequencies or for optical signals that blink very rapidly. From what we know about astrophysics, such transmissions would be clearly artificial, and their discovery would indicate technology capable of transmitting a signal over interstellar distances. SETI efforts generally throw away wideband radio signals and slower optical pulses, whose provenance is less obvious. Although those signals might well be from intelligent beings, they might also originate in natural sources of radio waves, such as interstellar gas clouds, and we have lacked a good way to tell the difference.
SYNTACTIC CETACEAN: Humpback whale communication rivals human language in complexity, revealing general principles of communication that aliens, too, should follow.Wikipedia
Put simply, we may well have received a message from intelligent beings and neglected it because it didn’t conform to our expectations for what a signal should look like. And this might be why we have yet to detect any interstellar communications in 50 years of searching.
Over the past decade and a half, my colleagues and I have sought a better way. We have been applying information theory to human and animal communication systems, and we can now tell that particular species could be communicating complex ideas even though we don’t know what they are saying. (We use the term “communication system” in order not to prejudge whether other species have language in the human sense.) Complex communication follows general syntax-like rules that reveal what might be called intelligence content. If we have a large enough sample of the message, we can quantify its degree of complexity or rule structure. In the mathematics of information theory, this structure is called the “conditional information entropy” and is made up of mathematical relations among the elementary units of communication, such as letters and phonemes. In everyday speech, we recognize this structure as grammar and, at an even more basic level, as the packaging of sounds into words and sentences. For the first time, we at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, have begun to look for this structure in SETI data.
My colleagues Brenda McCowan and Sean F. Hanser at the University of California at Davis and I decided to study species that were both socially complex and highly dependent on acoustic communication, using sound signals that we could readily classify. Thus, our first three subject species were bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus), and humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
One aspect of human linguistics that emerged from early statistical studies of letters, words, and phonemes is known as Zipf’s Law, after the Harvard University linguist George Zipf. In English text, there are more e’s than t’s, more t’s than a’s, and so on, down to the least frequent letter, “q.” If one lists the letters from “e” to “q” in descending order of frequency and plots their frequencies on a log-log graph, one can fit the values with a 45-degree line—that is, with a line with a slope of –1. If one does the same thing with text made up of Chinese characters, one also gets a –1 slope. And the same is true with the letters, words, or phonemes of a conversation in Japanese, German, Hindi, and dozens of other languages. Baby babbling does not obey Zipf’s Law. Its slope is less than –1 because the sounds spill out nearly at random. But as children learn their language, the slope gradually tilts up and reaches –1 by about the age of 24 months.
They did not have to receive the whole message to be able to fill in the blanks.
According to mathematical linguists, this –1 slope indicates that a given series of sounds or written symbols contains enough complexity to constitute a language. It is a necessary but not sufficient condition, meaning that this is the first test for complexity, but not a proof of it. According to Zipf himself, the reason for this –1 slope is a tradeoff he called the “principle of least effort.” It strikes a balance between the transmitter, who would like to expend the least amount of energy sending the signal, and the receiver, who would like the most redundancy to ensure that the whole message was received.
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The key to the application of information theory is isolating the signaling units. For example, just plotting all the dots and dashes in Morse code will give a Zipf slope of about –0.2. But if one takes multiple dots and dashes as the elementary units—dot dot, dot dash, dash dot, and dash dash, as well as longer sequences—the slope tilts toward –1, reflecting how letters of the alphabet are encoded in this system. In this way, one can reverse-engineer what the original units of meaning are.
Most linguists used to suppose that Zipf’s Law was a characteristic of human languages only. So we were quite excited to find that, upon plotting the frequency of occurrence of adult bottlenose-dolphin whistles, that they, too, obeyed Zipf’s Law! Later, when two baby bottlenose dolphins were born at Marine World in California, we recorded their infant whistles and discovered that they had the same Zipf’s Law slope as baby human babbling. Thus baby dolphins babble their whistles and have to learn their communication system in a way not dissimilar from the way baby humans learn their languages. By the time the dolphins reached the age of 12 months, the frequency of occurrence distribution of their whistles had reached a –1 slope, as well.
Although we have yet to decipher what bottlenose dolphins are saying, we went on to establish that they and whales have a communication system with an internal complexity approaching that of human languages. This complexity makes communication resilient. Any creature that exchanges information has to be able to do so despite ambient noise, intervening obstacles, and other effects that interfere with signal propagation. Human language is structured to provide redundancy. At the most basic level, this structure determines the probability that a given letter will appear. If I tell you I’m thinking of a word, you might guess that the first letter is “t,” since this is the most common first letter of words in English. Your guess would be safe, but not very informative. We might say you played it safe with your guess. If instead you guess the letter “q” and you are correct, you gain some real information about what word I am thinking of if the word does, indeed, begin with the letter “q.”
Now take this a step further. If I told you that the letter I am thinking of is the second letter in a word whose first letter is “q,” you would immediately guess the letter “u.” Why? Because you know that these two letters go together with almost 100-percent probability in English. To guess what is missing, you are using not just the probability of occurrence of a letter, but the conditionalprobability between these two letters—namely, the probability of “u” given that the letter “q” has already occurred. Our brains use conditional probabilities whenever they need to fix errors in transmissions, such as faded text on a low-toner copy of a paper or garbled words in a noisy phone call.
For English words, conditional probabilities can be specified up to about nine words in a row. If you are missing one word, you can probably guess it by the context; if you are missing two words in a row, you can often still recover them from the context. As a short example, take a sentence missing a word: “How are (blank) doing today?” We can easily fill in the missing word “you” from the rules we know about the English language. Now consider a sentence missing two words: “How (blank) (blank) doing today?” It could be: “How is Joe doing today?” But there are other possibilities. Clearly, the more words that are missing, the harder it is to fill them in from context, and the lower the conditional probability between them. For most human written language, the conditional dependencies disappear when one is missing about nine words in a row. With 10 words missing, one really has no clue what these missing words could be. In the language of information theory, human word entropy goes up to about ninth-order.
We have discovered these conditional probabilities within animal communication systems as well. As an example, we were recording the sounds of humpback whales in southeastern Alaska with Fred Sharpe of the Alaska Whale Foundation. Humpbacks are famous for their songs, which are typically recorded when they go to Hawaii to mate. The calls they make in Alaska are very different: feeding calls intended to herd fish into nets made from bubbles and social calls rather than songs. We recorded these vocalizations in the presence and in the absence of boat noise. We calculated the degree to which the ocean channel acted like static in a phone line. Then we used information theory to quantify how much the whales would have to slow down their vocalizations in order to ensure error-free reception of the messages.
Even a very advanced extraterrestrial civilization would still have to obey the rules of information theory.
As expected, with boat noise, the whales slowed their rate of vocalization, just as one would do when talking on the phone with noise in the background. But they were slowing down in their transmissions by only about three-fifths of what they theoretically needed to do in order to ensure that the entire message was received without misunderstandings. How did they get away with not slowing down their vocalizations as much as the noise level seemed to require? We pondered this for some time before realizing that their communication system must have enough rule structure to recover the final two-fifths of the signal. The humpbacks were exploiting conditional probabilities between their sonic equivalent of words. They did not have to receive the whole message to be able to fill in the blanks.
We found internal structure in dolphin communication as well. The big difference is that the dolphins have a core of about 50 signal types, whereas the humpbacks have hundreds. We are currently collecting data to determine what the highest-order entropy of the humpback whale communication system may be.
As a test of our approach’s ability to separate astrophysics from an intelligent signal, we turned to an example from radio astronomy. When stellar pulsars were discovered by astronomers Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Antony Hewish in 1967, they were dubbed “LGMs” for “little green men.” Since these radio sources pulsed so regularly, some scientists initially speculated that they could be the beacons of very advanced extraterrestrials. So we re-analyzed the pulses from the Vela Pulsar with the help of Simon Johnston of the Australia Telescope National Facility and obtained a Zipf slope for the pulsar signals of about –0.3. This is inconsistent with any language as we know it. In addition, we found little or no conditional probabilistic structure within the pulsar signals. And indeed pulsars are now known to be natural remnants of stellar supernovae. Information theory could thus easily distinguish between a putative intelligent signal and a natural source.
We are currently analyzing microwave data obtained at the SETI Institute’s Allen Telescope Array, which consists of 42 individual telescopes observing in the frequency band from 1 to 10 gigahertz. In addition to the usual technique of looking for narrow radio carrier waves, we are beginning now to apply information-theoretic measures. This work is being performed in collaboration with Gerry Harp, Jon Richards, and Jill Tarter of the SETI Institute. If we find signals that obey Zipf’s Law, for example, that would encourage us to go ahead and look for syntax-like structure within the signals in order to quantify how complex the candidate message actually is.
To transmit knowledge, even a very advanced extraterrestrial civilization would still have to obey the rules of information theory. While perhaps not being able to decipher such a message because of lack of common symbols (the same problem we have with, for example, humpback whales), we would get an indication of how complex their communication system—and thereby their thought processes—may be. If the conditional probabilities of a SETI signal are, for example, 20th-order, then not only is the signal artificial in origin, but it would reflect a language far more complex than any on Earth. We would have a quantitative measure of the complexity of the thought processes of a transmitting ETI species.
Laurance R. Doyle is the director of the Institute for the Metaphysics of Physics at Principia College in Elsah, Illinois, and the organizer of the Quantum Astrophysics Group at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California. He was a member of the NASA Kepler Mission Science Team and led the team that made the first direct detection of a circumbinary planet, Kepler-16b (nicknamed “Tatooine”).
This article was originally published onNautilus Cosmos in November 2016.
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ROSWELL: Infamous UFO case can be SOLVED once and for all, claims ex-MoD expert
ROSWELL: Infamous UFO case can be SOLVED once and for all, claims ex-MoD expert
A FORMER Ministry of Defence investigator claims the mystery of the Roswell UFO crash can be solved before the event marks its 70th anniversary in July.
Nick Pope, who investigated the UFO phenomena for the UK MoD until 2009, says he and the Roswell Daily Record newspaper believe someone can come forward to confirm once and for all whether an alien space craft did crash in the New Mexico desert in 1947, before the greatest cover up on Earth began.
Roswell has been at the heart of the UFO scene since in July 1947 the military sensationally announced in a press release it had found the remains of a crashed flying saucer in the desert nearby.
Local paper, the Roswell Daily Record, wrote this up as the lead story, under the headline 'RAAF Captures Flying Saucer on Ranch in Roswell Region'.
But the following day military officials retracted the statement, saying it was in fact a damaged US Air Force air balloon, prompting claims of a cover up.
Witnesses later came forward to say there had been alien bodies within the "crashed craft", which along with the wreckage were then taken away.
The newspaper's campaign is now calling on anyone who "hung onto" a part of the crashed object at the time to come forward with it for testing.
Mr Pope blogged: "As every citizen of Roswell knows, the city is at the centre of one of the greatest mysteries of all time.
"In 1947, something crashed in the New Mexico desert and was taken to Roswell Army Air Field — now the Roswell International Air Center.
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Nick Pope hopes the Roswell UFO mystery will finally be solved.
"As we approach the 70th anniversary of this much-debated incident, the Roswell Daily Record is launching a campaign to resolve the mystery for once and for all.
"To do so, we need your help.
"While people argue to this day about what happened at Roswell in the summer of 1947, nobody disputes that something crashed. That’s because far from denying this, the military authorities actually helped get the story out — at least at first."
The original press statement said: "The many rumours surrounding the flying disk became a reality yesterday when the intelligence office of the 509th Bomb Group of the Eighth Air Force, Roswell Army Air [auth] Field, was fortunate enough to gain possession of a disk.”
But, a day later, the story changed, with the USAF saying the “flying disk” had been identified as debris from a crashed weather balloon and the equipment it had been carrying.
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The Roswell mystery has perplexed UFO investigators for nearly 70 years.
Nobody denies there was a crash, we know that there was wreckage.
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Mr Pope added: "70 years on, is there any hope of solving the mystery?
"I think there is. I used to investigate UFOs for the British government, which was just one of a number of fascinating postings I had in a 21-year career at the UK’s Ministry of Defence.
"In my experience, the key to solving a mystery like this lies in the community in which these events unfolded.
"That’s why I’ve teamed up with the Roswell Daily Record to launch an appeal. Because nobody denies there was a crash, we know that there was wreckage.
"And because no clean-up operation can ever be perfect, and because people like souvenirs, we believe there could still be pieces of this wreckage somewhere out there in the local community."
He said some of the military personnel involved in the Roswell incident lived off-base in the local community.
He added: "These people — or perhaps their children or grandchildren — might have boxes up in their attics, filled with memorabilia.
"Alternatively, is there a trinket box on the mantelpiece, a jewellery box hidden away somewhere, or a desk drawer that hasn’t been cleared out in years?
"Our request is that readers root around and see what they can turn up. Look in particular for strange pieces of metal, but keep an
eye out for anything else that might be connected with the events of 1947, such as documents, photographs or diaries.
"The forthcoming 70th anniversary is likely to attract considerable media attention and public interest. Thus, it may represent our final chance to smoke out memories and memorabilia from those who were there — a last opportunity to solve the mystery."
Mr Pope told Express.co.uk: "In one sense I don't care whether it was an alien spacecraft, a secret prototype aircraft or a weather balloon that crashed, though the former would certainly be more interesting and fun.
"What I really care about is solving the mystery. After 70 years, it would be great just to know the truth, and I think the people of Roswell hold the key to this."
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It’s BACK!! Military Test 5000 Year Old Vimana? HD VIDEO! Brazil Fighter Jets Chase UFO! 12/19/2016
It’s BACK!! Military Test 5000 Year Old Vimana? HD VIDEO! Brazil Fighter Jets Chase UFO! 12/19/2016
Military Test 5000 Year Old Vimana? UFO HD Video Brazil Fighter Jets Chase UFO! 12/19/2016 Brazilian UFO Summoner Captures An Incredible UFO that Looks To be Like the Craft Described as the Vimana! Carlos from The Coast Of Aguas Deplata of Brazil Captured This On his Samsung Galaxy! #1 Most Viewed UFO Youtube Channel Thirdphaseofmoon Shares Your Incredible UFO Videos To the World! Upload your UFO Video To Youtube, Then Copy Paste The Link To My Email! cousinsbrothersproductions@gmail.com Keep Your Eyes on the Skies! We are not Alone!
Are you or somebody you know an Indigo? A person with hidden powers. Dec 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Are you or somebody you know an Indigo? A person with hidden powers. Dec 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Here is something I though important, yet is not discussed much here. Indigo children...those born with special abilities, powers that were given to them from alien overseers who help, without the individuals knowledge of it happening. Here is a list below that will help you find out if you or someone you know is an Indigo. There are everywhere, even here in Taiwan.
I knew one for years, before she revealed to me that she sees ghosts daily walking about. Kind hearted person who was a teacher. Most of us have met one at one point or other, but they often hide their special abilities when in public places.
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1. May be strong willed independent thinkers who prefer to do their own thing rather than comply with authority figures/parents
2. Have a wisdom and level of caring beyond their youthful experience
3. Traditional Parenting and discipline strategies don’t appear effective with these children. If you try to force an issue, a power struggle is the typical outcome.
4. Energeticly, Indigos are vibrating at a much higher frequencey so they can get scrambled by negative energy (human or machine)
5. Emotionally they can be reactive and may have problems with anxieties, depression or temper rages if not energetically balanced
6. Are creative right brain thinkers, but may struggle to learn in a traditional left brain school system
7. Often Indigos are diagnosed with ADD and ADHD since they appear impulsive (their brain can process information faster) and they require movement to help keep them better focused.
8. Indigos are very intuitive, and may see hear or know things that seem unexplainable.
9. Indigos have more problems with food and environmental sensitivities, since their system is more finely tuned.
10. When their needs are not met, these children seem self centered and demanding, although this is not their true nature.
11. These children have incredible gifts and potential, but they may be shut down when not properly nurtured and accepted
CNN states: Whether they are called the "Disciple Generation" by Christians, or "Indigo Kids" by New Age followers, or Millenials by demographers children born after 1978 are said to be different. They are empathetic, curious, strong-willed, independent, and often perceived by friends and family as being weird. They possess a clear sense of self-definition and purpose and also exhibit a strong inclination towards spiritual matters from early childhood. These children have also been described as having a strong feeling of entitlement. These children have a high intelligence quotient, an inherent intuitive ability, and a resistance to authority. Indigo children function poorly in conventional schools due to their rejection of authority, being conceptually smarter than their teachers. They are non-responsive to authoritarian, guilt/fear/manipulation based discipline. Many of these children labeled or diagnosed as having ADHD. They are avoiding or leaving the modern Church model in droves as they find deep spirituality in the gifts God has given them.
UFO Near Space Station, Slowly Moves Away On Live Cam, Dec 18, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Near Space Station, Slowly Moves Away On Live Cam, Dec 18, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Dec 18, 2016
Location of sighting: Space Station, Orbit
This UFO was caught by Streetcap1 of Youtube. Whats really amazing about is that not only is the UFO matching speed with the space station, but we see it leaving the space station too. The UFO is sitting there, matching speed with the ISS at 7.66 km per sec or 17,150 miles per hour. So even though the UFO appears to be sitting still, its really moving fast side by side of the space station. Then, suddenly the UFO decides to leave, and thats the real excitement for me. Thats the moment that every UFO researcher hopes for...to see the UFO coming or going from the location. The UFO slowly begins to move away from the space station, in the opposite direction of the space station camera...absolutely the best possible position of the camera and the UFO for recording it leaving. Seeing it move away not only confirms that this sighting is 100% real, but it also gives us a look at the smoothness of movement to the UFO as it moves away, and how it grows smaller in the distance.
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BUITENAARDSEN HEBBEN GENOEG VAN CHEMTRAILS ( VIDEO )
BUITENAARDSEN HEBBEN GENOEG VAN CHEMTRAILS ( VIDEO )
Het slapende deel van de bevolking gelooft nog steeds dat de melkwitte luchten waarbij je nauwelijks de zon ziet normaal zijn.
Ze hebben van de RTL weerman gehoord dat dit zo hoort, maar buitenaardsen weten wel beter en laten dat steeds vaker blijken.
Voordat je verder leest, zijn er twee mogelijkheden. Je neemt de rode pil en dan mag je doorlezen of je neemt de blauwe pil en maakt dat je weg komt.
In de film The Matrix krijgt Neo de keuze een rode pil te slikken en uit de matrix wakker gemaakt te worden of een blauwe pil te slikken en alles van zijn ontmoeting te vergeten.
Je bent hier en dus heb je de rode pil geslikt, gelukkig.
Cognitieve dissonantie is een psychologische term voor de onaangename spanning die ontstaat bij het kennisnemen van feiten of opvattingen die strijdig zijn met een eigen overtuiging of mening, of bij gedrag dat strijdig is met de eigen overtuiging, waarden en normen.
Echter, heb je eenmaal die rode pil genomen, dan valt er ook een last van je af en kunnen je ogen open gaan voor een werkelijkheid die je niet voor mogelijk had gehouden.
De titel van dit artikel verwijst naar twee zaken die voor sommige mensen moeilijk te verteren zijn: die twee zijn: buitenaardsen en chemtrails.
Eén van die dingen is al erg genoeg, maar beiden?
Ongeacht wat je wel of niet gelooft, zijn er steeds meer tekenen dat iets “buitenaards”, althans iets dat voor ons geheel onbekend is, zich bezighoudt met het fenomeen chemtrails.
Enkele dagen geleden op 16 december 2016 wordt er boven Slovakije een grote chemtrail waargenomen.
Als zoiets een keertje voor komt, kan er misschien nog van alles bij bedacht worden, maar wat als dit nu vaker voor komt? En dat doet het, zoals wij schreven in een eerder artikel:
Vreemde ronde UFO’s die zich ophouden in de buurt van chemtrails of deze zelfs doen verdwijnen zoals onlangs gebeurde boven Parijs.
Een man met de naam Waldemar Czarnetzki maakte een video-opname van deze UFO’s, die er toch weer iets anders uitzien dan die die we bezig zagen boven Parijs.
Deze lijken op het eerste gezicht ook op een soort solide ronde bollen, maar zijn dat bij nader inzien toch ook weer niet. Ze lijken meer op een soort pluizenbollen die ook verschillende groottes hebben.
Of dit werkelijk zo is, of dat het komt door de vertekening van de camera, is niet duidelijk. Wat wel duidelijk is, is dat we hier te maken hebben met zeer snel vliegende objecten zoals blijkt uit de video. Objecten die ook duidelijk onder een soort intelligente besturing staan en die niet zomaar wat heen en weer vliegen.
Van wat wij kunnen begrijpen van het Spaanse commentaar bij de volgende video, kwamen deze UFO’s opdagen, net nadat er een grote chemtrail door een passerend vliegtuig was achtergelaten.
Vanwege de overeenkomsten, hierbij nog een deel uit het eerdere artikel over de UFO die een chemtrail (deels) vernietigt boven Parijs.
Wat ze niet laten zien op de televisie zijn beelden zoals die hierna volgen en die gemaakt zijn in Parijs op 26 september 2016.
Ook daar, net als hier, enorme chemtrails en dan verschijnt er opeens een ronde UFO in beeld.
Maar, wat heel bijzonder is, is dat na verloop van tijd de chemtrail rondom de UFO begint op te lossen.
De man die het geheel heeft gefilmd zegt het volgende:
“Ik dacht eerst dat het een drone of een helikopter was. Maar na het observeren van dit object gedurende een minuut of tien kreeg ik het vermoeden dat het misschien toch niet menselijk was. Het voerde vreemde bewegingen uit, dan weer heel snel en dan weer heel langzaam, zonder dat er een bepaald patroon te herkennen was.
Toen de UFO zich opeens in de richting van een enorme chemtrail bewoog, pakte ik snel mijn camera en probeerde het object te filmen.
Het bleef voor de chemtrail hangen en begon het langzaam te vernietigen. Het leek alsof het de chemtrail langzaam aan het “opeten” was. Ik was totaal sprakeloos.
Ik kan er nog steeds niet over uit dat ik zoiets heb weten vast te leggen. De chemtrail werd echt letterlijk “doorboord”. Ik ben er niet 100 procent zeker van dat dit gebeurd is door het object, maar ik weet zeker dat er een verband is tussen de UFO en de chemtrail.
Een dergelijke grote chemtrail kan niet zomaar vanzelf verdwijnen zonder aanleiding. En alleen een klein deel van de chemtrail wordt vernietigd, net het gedeelte rondom de UFO.
Nadat de UFO de chemtrail had “aangevallen”, begon het achterwaarts te bewegen en vloog weg in westelijke richting. Het verdween behoorlijk snel.
Buitenaards of toch iets anders? Het is hoe dan ook iets dat zich ophoudt in de buurt van chemtrails en in sommige gevallen deze zelfs lijkt “op te eten”. Het schijnt “iets” te zijn dat niet erg gecharmeerd is van chemtrails en daardoor is het aannemelijk dat het niet thuis hoort bij de huidige machthebbers op aarde.
Naast het fenomeen buitenaards, is er natuurlijk nog het fenomeen chemtrails.
Voor hen die nog steeds twijfelen over het bestaan hiervan, navolgend een overtuigend stuk uit een eerder artikel:
Nogal eens zien we mensen die nooit hebben geloofd in het bestaan van chemtrails die dan toch op een goede dag een keer echt hun ogen open doen en schrikken.
Dat is ook een beetje het verhaal van Jeff Nelson. Een leven lang is deze man commerciëel piloot geweest bij een grote Amerikaanse burger luchtvaartmaatschappij waarvan de laatste jaren als hoofdinstructeur.
Hij had eigenlijk nooit stil gestaan bij het fenomeen chemtrails, maar is nu in zoverre wakker dat hij met de hand op zijn hart durft te getuigen dat dat wat wij urenlang in de lucht zien hangen absoluut geen contrails (condensatiesporen) zijn zoals de autoriteiten ons willen doen geloven.
Zo zijn er in de onderstaande video nog een aantal experts op hun eigen gebied die getuigen dat chemtrails, of misschien beter gezegd geo-engineering, wel degelijk aan de orde van de dag is.
Zo schrik je als je een Dr. Steven Davis die ongeveer 40 jaar onderzoek op zijn naam heeft staan, zegt dat door de chemtrails het DNA van sommige mensen onherstelbaar is beschadigd.
Wanneer je Mark McCandlish, een voormalig medewerker van de Amerikaanse defensie, hoort uitleggen hoe door het verwarmen van de miljoenen nanodeeltjes die in de lucht zijn gespoten je het weer kunt veranderen en luchtstromen kunt reguleren, begrijp je enigszins dat geo-engineering niets meer is dan een wapen dat gebruikt kan worden en wordt tegen andere landen, maar ook tegen de eigen bevolking zoals in het geval van Californië.
Nog afgezien van de strategische belangen die gemoeid zijn met geo-engineering zijn er natuurlijk de gevolgen voor de gezondheid van de mens. Omdat de deeltjes nano zijn, piepklein, worden ze door het menselijk lichaam heel gemakkelijk geabsorbeerd, zelfs via de huid.
Het zal niet voor niets zijn dat juist de veel voorkomende aluminium nanodeeltjes een zeer schadelijk effect hebben op het menselijk immuunsysteem. In de video wordt uitgelegd dat Aluminium op de receptoren gaat zitten waar Magnesium hoort te zitten en daarmee vanalles verstoort. Er wordt uitgelegd dat je daar iets aan kunt doen door het gebruik van chlorella wat zich bindt aan schadelijke metalen en op die manier helpt je lichaam te ontgiften. Gecombineerd met suppletie van Magnesium zodat dat weer op de juiste plek in het lichaam zich kan positioneren op de receptoren. Bijna iedereen in de westerse wereld heeft bovendien een tekort aan Magnesium en daarmee word je dus nog kwetsbaarder voor metaaldeeltjes in je lichaam die de boel verstoren. Een goed opneembare vorm is Magnesium l-Threonaat. Een interessant boek over wat een tekort aan Magnesium met je lichaam doet en aan afwijkend gedrag veroorzaakt is: Magnesium, dé oplossing van Dr Marianne Mousin-Bosc.
Langzaam maar zeker wordt de fysieke weerbaarheid van de mens aangetast en geleidelijk steken steeds meer vreemde ziektes de kop op. Niet alleen fysiek, maar ook mentaal wordt de mens beïnvloed door al die vergiftigde nano(metaal)deeltjes in de atmosfeer.
Neem een half uur de tijd en bekijk de volgende video. Je hebt grote kans dat na het zien ervan je je mening over chemtrails bijstelt.
Natuurlijk blijven er heel veel vragen onbeantwoord, maar op één vraag kunnen we wel vast antwoorden: “Nee, chemtrails worden niet onder de persoonlijke controle en in opdracht van Vladimir Poetin in ons luchtruim gesproeid”. Voor hen die het nog niet was opgeallen; het is trend tegenwoordig Poetin de schuld te geven van alles wat de gevestigde orde niet bevalt.
Het mechanisme van Antikythera (ca. 140- 80 v.Chr.) is een analoge computer die in 1901 uit een gezonken schip werd opgedoken, in de buurt van het Griekse eiland Antikythera. Het apparaat, met 29 door corrosie aangetaste bronzen tandwielen is te zien in het Nationaal Archeologisch Museum van Athene en bleek gebruikt te kunnen worden om ingewikkelde astronomische tijdsberekeningen mee uit te voeren, zoals het berekenen van zonsverduisteringen. In 2008 werd ontdekt dat het daarnaast ook de kalender van culturele evenementen (de Olympische Spelen en de Spelen van Naa in Dodona) kon weergeven.
Op één van de NASA foto’s is een object te zien dat als twee druppels water lijkt op het Antikythera mechanisme.
Het object op Mars ziet er zo uit:
De originele foto is hier te vinden en als je het object zoekt, ga dan bijna helemaal naar linksboven op de grootste afbeelding en je ziet het liggen.
Net zoals wetenschappers zich al tientallen jaren het hoofd breken over de analoge computer op aarde, kunnen ze nu dubbel hun hoofd breken of zelfs driedubbel.
Ze kunnen het aardse object niet eens verklaren, laat staan die op Mars. Een object op Mars dat officieel niet kan, want er is nooit leven geweest op Mars... althans dat is wat men ons wil laten geloven.
Het mechanisme van Antikythera op Mars, het moet niet gekker worden.
UFO Observed On Lunar Surface During A U.S. Observatory Live Stream In Florida
UFO Observed On Lunar Surface During A U.S. Observatory Live Stream In Florida
The Miami Observatory in Florida streamed the video A flurry of theories has emerged after a dark object was seen recently during a live stream video from a U.S. observatory. The video that shows a disc-shaped object is believed to be alien in origin. Some viewers say that it is not human-made object because it has no solar panel wings to gather energy and no antennas for transmitting. Moreover, they find that the surface isn’t completely round and it has a rough edge to it. They conclude that the UFO is biomechanically grown.of the Moon’s surface on December 3. The copy of the video posted to YouTube has received mix reactions. Some believe that it is a UFO and aliens know people are watching them.
Another viewer says that after careful considerations, the thing is not an object. He explains that he did multiple replays, and noticed that it did not maintain the form. For him, it is the outskirts of a shadow. He theorizes that the actual object crossed between the moon and the Sun projected the shadow.
Les OVNIS exposés dans les écritures bibliques - PART I
Les OVNIS exposés dans les écritures bibliques - PART I
La lecture attentive de la Bible nous apprend que les « anges » et les « dieux » utilisaient pour se mouvoir dans l’univers spatio-temporel des vaisseaux spatiaux dont la description ressemble étrangement aux récits d’observation d’ovni rapportés de nos jours par les témoins.
Notre science, toujours infatuée d’elle-même, quoi qu’elle n’ait que deux cents ans d’âge environ, rétorquera que cela est impossible technologiquement. Mais que peut savoir la Science humaine moderne de celles de civilisations de l’espace qui vinrent du cosmos sur la Terre voilà des millénaires ?
Il est vrai qu’elle nie qu’il en fut ainsi… Question d’orgueil qui pousse l’homme scientifique à prétendre que les terriens sont uniques dans l’univers qui compte pourtant des milliards de galaxies et des centaines de milliards de planètes dont beaucoup sont bien plus anciennes que la Terre…
Les OVNIS dans l’ancien testament
De nombreux textes bibliques attestent de l’existence des ovnis qui furent diversement nommés dans les temps anciens selon les civilisations. Ils furent appelés dans la Bible « Nuée » (le jour) ; « Nuée Lumineuse » (la nuit -à cause de la luminescence ionisée de la structure-) ; « Colonne de Nuée » ; « Colonne de Feu », (à cause de l’ionisation rougeoyante de sa structure) ; « Tourbillon », (à cause de la rotation rapide des structures extérieures circulaires observées à de très nombreuses reprises depuis 1947) ; « Cherubin » (Racine Perse : K-h-Rb qui donna Kéroub, Caroube en Bretagne, Carib, Cariba à Cuba, et Caraïbe en Amérique du sud ; « Roue » (engin circulaire important en forme de roue comportant des « rayons ») ; « Palais » ; « Trés-Haut » ; « Tente » ; « Splendeur » ; « Vimânâ » ; « Perles du Ciel » ; « Aigles », « Frelon », (à cause du bruit de certains), etc.
Parmi les évènements rapportés dans la Bible, deux d’entre eux évoquent avec beaucoup de réalisme l’atterrissage spectaculaire de deux grands vaisseaux spatiaux.
Le premier fut l’arrivée au sommet du Mont Sinaï du grand vaisseau-amiral de Yahwé par ailleurs surnommé le « Très-Haut », car s’y tenant en général au-dessus des Hébreux. Le second fut ultérieurement la venue près du fleuve autrefois nommé Kebar d’une grande « Roue » accompagnée d’autres engins très véloces et lumineux que dépeignit Ezéchiel qui en fut le témoin (ch. 1).
Quiconque a vu le film « Rencontre du 3ème Type » de Spielberg se fera une idée correcte d’un tel évènement. Je n’évoquerai en détail que l’arrivée de Yahwé au Sinaï, pour ne pas allonger cette rédaction inutilement.
Les OVNIS de l’Exode
A leur départ d’Egypte, les Hébreux furent manifestement guidés jour et nuit par un engin aérien cylindrique que nous avons appelé de nos jours « Cigare », à cause de sa forme. En témoigne cette citation qui illustre parfaitement bien comment Yahvé, à bord de son ovni, guidait le peuple hébreu dans le désert :
« Le jour où le tabernacle fut dressé, la nuée couvrit le tabernacle, la tente d’assignation ; et, depuis le soir jusqu’au matin, elle eut sur le tabernacle l’apparence d’un feu.
Il en fut continuellement ainsi : la nuée couvrait le tabernacle, et elle avait de nuit l’apparence d’un feu. Quand la nuée s’élevait de dessus la tente, les enfants d’Israël partaient ; et les enfants d’Israël campaient dans le lieu où s’arrêtait la nuée.
Les enfants d’Israël partaient sur l’ordre de l’Éternel, et ils campaient sur l’ordre de l’Éternel ; ils campaient aussi longtemps que la nuée restait sur le tabernacle. Quand la nuée restait longtemps sur le tabernacle, les enfants d’Israël obéissaient au commandement de l’Éternel, et ne partaient point.
Quand la nuée restait peu de jours sur le tabernacle, ils campaient sur l’ordre de l’Éternel, et ils partaient sur l’ordre de l’Éternel. Si la nuée s’arrêtait du soir au matin, et s’élevait le matin, ils partaient. Si la nuée s’élevait après un jour et une nuit, ils partaient.
Si la nuée s’arrêtait sur le tabernacle deux jours, ou un mois, ou une année, les enfants d’Israël restaient campés, et ne partaient point ; et quand elle s’élevait, ils partaient. » (Nombres 9 : 16-22)
Les Hébreux appelèrent l’engin aérien selon le concept de leur évolution « Colonne de Nuée », le jour, et « Colonne de feu » la nuit, à cause de la luminosité rougeoyante d’ionisation qui émane de sa structure, nous le savons maintenant grâce aux milliers de témoins contemporains qui ont pu observer ce phénomène sur toute la planète.
En effet, il a été rapporté que ces engins, d’une conception autre que ce que l’homme fabrique, ionisent leur environnement direct par leur mode de fonctionnement et induisent en certaines circonstances une condensation vaporeuse qui les enrobe totalement, leur donnant alors l’aspect de nuées plus ou moins compactes, soient qu’ils volent en sustentation ou qu’ils se déplacent à des vitesses inouïes.
Selon le même processus ionisant, leur structure devient lumineuse la nuit, s’étendant du rouge sombre à toute la gamme des rouges et des jaunes, y compris le vert et le parme, jusqu’à devenir d’un blanc éblouissant, « glorieux », et leur environnement vaporeux leur donne alors l’aspect de petits nuages lumineux. D’où le terme « Nuée » donné par les anciens pour les désigner.
Ainsi est-il encore écrit dans la Bible :
« L’Éternel allait devant eux, le jour dans une colonne de nuée pour les guider dans leur chemin, et la nuit dans une colonne de feu pour les éclairer, afin qu’ils marchassent jour et nuit. La colonne de nuée ne se retirait point de devant le peuple pendant le jour, ni la colonne de feu pendant la nuit. » (Exode 13:21,22)
Atterrissage au Mont Sinaï
Il est écrit dans la Bible que le troisième mois après leur sortie d’Egypte, les enfants d’Israël arrivèrent au désert du Sinaï. « L’Éternel dit à Moïse : voici, je viendrai vers toi dans une épaisse Nuée, afin que le peuple entende, quand je parlerai, et qu’il ait toujours confiance en toi… Qu’il soit prêt pour le troisième jour, car L’Éternel descendra aux yeux de tout le peuple sur la montagne de Sinaï. » (Exode 19 : 9)
Avant d’atterrir au sommet du Sinaï, Yahwé communiqua également à Moïse des instructions précises afin de protéger la vie et la santé des Hébreux. Ces recommandations visaient à ce que le peuple ne puisse subir l’effet nocif des radiations qui allaient être induites par le système de propulsion de son « Tout Puissant » avant son atterrissage.
« Qu’ils soient prêts pour le troisième jour ; car le troisième jour l’Éternel descendra, aux yeux de tout le peuple, sur la montagne de Sinaï. Tu fixeras au peuple des limites tout à l’entour, et tu diras : Gardez-vous de monter sur la montagne, ou d’en toucher le bord. Quiconque touchera la montagne sera puni de mort. » (Exode 19 : 11, 12)
Et au cas où l’un d’entre eux dérogerait à l’interdiction de dépasser la limite de sécurité fixée, et même pour un animal, il fut décrété par Yahwé de ne pas y toucher (ceci afin d’éviter toute contamination), et de le mettre à mort.
« On ne mettra pas la main sur lui (celui qui se sera trop approché de l’engin), mais on le lapidera, ou on le percera de flèches : animal ou homme, il ne vivra point. » (Exode 19 : 13)
Ce n’est qu’une fois l’atterrissage réalisé, et donc une fois que tout danger serait écarté du fait de la coupure des propulseurs que l’autorisation serait donnée au peuple d’approcher la montagne tout en restant à une certaine distance.
Atterrissage sur le mont Sinaï
« Quand la trompette sonnera, ils s’avanceront près de la montagne. » (Exode 19 : 13)
« Fais au peuple la défense expresse de se précipiter vers l’Éternel, pour regarder, de peur qu’un grand nombre d’entre eux ne périssent. » (Exode 19 : 21)
Les préliminaires ayant été accomplis, il est écrit qu’un matin, le peuple s’étant assemblé au pied de la montagne, un son puissant retentit à la manière de celui d’une trompe, tandis que l’engin, descendant du ciel, environné de feu et de fumée intense, se posa, en même temps que la montagne fut ébranlée par une vibration due à la puissance de ses propulseurs.
« Le troisième jour au matin, il y eut des tonnerres, des éclairs, et une épaisse nuée sur la montagne ; le son de la trompette retentit fortement ; et tout le peuple qui était dans le camp fut saisi d’épouvante. Moïse fit sortir le peuple du camp, à la rencontre de Dieu ; et ils se placèrent au bas de la montagne.
La montagne de Sinaï était tout en fumée, parce que l’Éternel y était descendu au milieu du feu ; cette fumée s’élevait comme la fumée d’une fournaise, et toute la montagne tremblait avec violence. Le son de la « trompette »(disons des haut-parleurs) retentissait de plus en plus fortement. Moïse parlait et Yahwé lui répondait à haute voix… » (Exode 19 : 16-20).
De nos jours, lorsqu’une fusée spatiale décolle, la terre tremble de même à la ronde, tandis qu’elle crache du feu et qu’une fumée épaisse se répand tout autour, sortant de ses « narines », c’est-à-dire de ses tuyères.
Cette description a été parfaitement restituée et rendue par le film « Rencontre du 3e Type » de Spielberg : l’arrivée par le ciel d’un immense vaisseau spatial environné de condensation vaporeuse lui donnant un aspect sinistre ; le feu et la fumée émanant de son moyen de propulsion, des éclairs générés par son fonctionnement électromagnétique, le grondement tonitruant de ses propulseurs et l’ébranlement du sol à l’approche immédiate de son atterrissage, un bruit de trompe assourdissant.
Puis, une fois posé, la tonalité de la voix de Yahwé amplifiée par les haut-parleurs fut entendue de tous, à leur stupéfaction apeurée. Rien de miraculeux en tout cela ; simplement le fruit d’une technologie avancée vers laquelle notre science parvient depuis seulement cinquante ans. C’est sans doute de cette description que les auteurs du film évoqué ont puisé l’inspiration de leur scénario si réaliste.
Un peu plus loin (Exode 33.18) Moise demande à Yahvé la possibilité de voir sa « Gloire ».
Moïse dit : Fais-moi voir ta gloire !
L’Éternel répondit : « (…)Tu ne pourras pas voir ma face, car l’homme ne peut me voir et vivre. Voici un lieu près de moi ; tu te tiendras sur le rocher. Quand ma gloire passera, je te mettrai dans un creux du rocher, et je te couvrirai de ma main jusqu’à ce que je sois passé. Et lorsque je retournerai ma main, tu me verras par derrière, mais ma face ne pourra pas être vue.”
Il est clair qu’il est question ici du survol à basse altitude de l’OVNI qui présente un danger mortel pour l’homme. C’est un phénomène bien connu là encore dans le milieu ufologique et il est très largement recommandé aux témoins d’OVNIS de ne jamais s’approcher d’un engin au sol ou volant à basse altitude sous peine de graves séquelles et brûlures.
Après que YAHWE eut dicté à Moïse ses ordonnances et rédigé sa Loi (la Thora) sur deux tables de pierre, après que son « Tout puissant » soit remonté dans la haute atmosphère, il redescendait assez régulièrement parmi les Hébreux dans un engin plus petit qu’ils surnommèrent « Nuée », à cause de la condensation vaporeuse qui se forme très souvent autour de la structure de ces engins.
Ainsi l’on retrouve souvent dans le texte des citations de cette veine :
« Et lorsque Moïse était entré dans la tente (réservée aux conciliabules entre Yahwé et lui), la colonne de nuée descendait et s’arrêtait à l’entrée de la tente, et l’Éternel parlait avec Moïse » (Exode 33 : 9)
« L’Éternel appela Moïse de la tente d’assignation et lui parla. » (Lévitique 1 : 1)
« L’Éternel descendit dans une « Nuée » et se tint auprès de Moïse… » (Exode 34 : 5)
La demeure de Yahvé
De nombreuses citations indiquent que Yahvé vivait dans ses « palais » dans le ciel. Reste à définir quelle était la nature de ses Palais.
« Dieu, dans ses palais, est connu pour une haute retraite » (Psaumes 48 : 4)
Qu’est-ce qu’une « haute retraite » pour des observateurs au sol regardant vers le ciel ? Et quels étaient ces « palais » ? sinon des résidences aériennes, des vaisseaux spatiaux survolant le Sinaï et ses environs ?…
On trouve encore : « Ô Éternel, tu fais du « Très-Haut » ta retraite… » (Psaumes 91 : 9)
Ici, la preuve est donnée que le dénommé « Très-haut » n’est pas Yahwé, mais son vaisseau spatial amiral qui fut confondu avec lui, comme le cavalier à sa monture, ce que les Incas s’imaginèrent lorsqu’ils virent débarquer les conquistadors espagnols montés sur des chevaux…
Au premier abord, ils s’imaginèrent voir des monstres, moitié animaux, moitié humains. Il fut sans doute difficile d’emblée pour des humains vivant en ces époques archaïques de distinguer le cavalier de sa monture et Yahwé de sa machine. Yahwé fut ainsi confondu avec son vaisseau circulant au-dessus des Hébreux…
Les merveilles de Yahvé
« Sais-tu comment Dieu dirige ces merveilles, et fait briller son nuage étincelant ? Comprends-tu le balancement des nuées, les merveilles de celui dont la science est parfaite ? » (Job 37 : 15,16)
Que signifie « faire briller son nuage » qui devient étincelant ? Et qu’est-ce que le « balancement de ses Nuées » ? Sinon qu’il fut là question une fois de plus des ovnis dont le balancement en « feuille morte » est bien connu lorsqu’ils volent au ralenti ou qu’ils descendent.
Des milliers de témoignages d’observations contemporaines de ces engins les ont souvent décrits fonctionnant ainsi, et comme s’ils étaient chromés, « étincelants »… Science extra-terrestre d’autant plus parfaite pour les narrateurs de cette époque qu’ils n’étaient guère évolués scientifiquement…
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La voix de Yahwé
La « voix », dite de Yahwé, était confondue avec le grondement que produisait l’effet sonore intense de la propulsion de son engin spatial. Les narrateurs ne surent tout simplement pas comprendre technologiquement ce qui l’engendrait et l’attribuèrent à Yahwé qui résidait dans sa « splendeur » aérienne, confondant le contenant du contenu.
(Psaumes 29:3-10) : « La voix de Yahwé retentit sur les eaux… Le « dieu » de gloire (le vaisseau très lumineux assimilé à Yahwé) fait gronder le « tonnerre » (sonorité assimilée au tonnerre)… La « voix » de Yahwé est puissante, majestueuse.
Elle brise les cèdres du Liban (trop près du sol et volant au-dessus d’une forêt, le souffle associé au grondement peut en effet briser des branches ou des arbres) et les fait bondir comme des veaux (-belle description d’arbres cassés ou déracinés projetés en tous sens par le souffle puissant du ou des réacteurs chasse et fait bondir).
Elle dépouille les forêts… La « voix » de Yahwé fait jaillir des flammes de feu (ce que font aussi les tuyères de nos modernes fusées). La « voix » de Yahwé fait trembler le désert (même chose à Cap Kennedy ou à Kourou…).
Elle fait enfanter les biches(Petit détail intéressant là encore. On connaît en effet le phénomène bien connu des lieux d’élevage que survolent les avions de chasse à basse altitude. Leur grondement fait avorter de peur les femelles gravides, phénomène qui cause de nos jours de sévères pertes aux éleveurs.)
Preuve si besoin était que les auteurs de l’époque confondaient Yahvé et son engin, cette citation : « Le bruit des ailes des chérubins se fit entendre jusqu’au parvis extérieur, pareil à la voix du Dieu tout puissant lorsqu’il parle.”
(Ezéchiel 10 : 5)
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Interventions aériennes dans les guerres
Sachant que les Hébreux seraient confrontés à d’autres peuplades et peuples puissants qui les traiteraient en ennemis au cours de la pérégrination qu’ils allaient entreprendre sous sa conduite, Yahwé les rassura en ces termes, leur promettant d’intervenir militairement à leur place : « Yahwé combattra pour vous ; et vous, gardez le silence (ne faites rien) … » ( Exode 14 : 14)
« J’enverrai ma « terreur » devant toi, je mettrai en déroute tous les peuples chez lesquels tu arriveras et je les ferais tourner le dos devant toi…J’enverrai les « frelons » devant toi, et ils chasseront loin de toi les Héviens, les Cananéens… » (Exode 23:27,28)
« L’Éternel, ton Dieu, enverra même les « frelons » contre eux, jusqu’à la destruction de ceux qui échapperont et qui se cacheront devant toi. » (Deutéronome 7 : 20-22)
Il est intéressant de noter que Dassault nomma deux hélicoptères de combat « frelon » et « super-frelon »… Il avait forcément compris, ayant lu les écrits de Moïse, que les « frelons » de Yahwé étaient des engins de guerre aériens. Il est bien entendu que les mêmes causes produisent les mêmes effets -en l’occurrence nominative.
La liste des récits relatant les destructions que Yahwé fit du ciel au bénéfice des Hébreux à l’encontre des peuples qui pouvaient s’opposer à eux est impressionnante. Il n’est pas étonnant que, bien plus tard, David écrivit :
« Venez, contemplez les oeuvres de l’Éternel : les ravages qu’il a opérés sur la Terre… C’est lui qui a fait cesser les combats jusqu’au bout de la Terre ; il a brisé les arcs, il a rompu les lances, il a consumé par le feu les chars de guerre… » (Psaumes 46:9)
« Des cieux on combattit, de leurs sentiers les « étoiles » combattirent contre Sisera… » (Juges 5:20)
A-t-on jamais vu des étoiles combattre et lancer de grosses « pierres » sur des combattants au sol ?… Lorsqu’un ovni de 12 à 20 m de diamètre vole en phase lumineuse à une certaine altitude, il est vu du sol comme une étoile… C’est une telle « étoile » qui guida les Rois mages et les bergers vers Jésus à sa naissance…
Il est ridicule et vain pour les astronomes de chercher à faire croire que « l’étoile » évoquée était une comète.
L’Evangile dit que cette « étoile » guida ces hommes sur une longue distance, puis s’arrêta finalement, selon le texte de l’Evangile, juste au-dessus du lieu de la naissance de Jésus.
La recherche des astronomes est vaine et ridicule par le fait que la Science humaine refuse obstinément d’admettre la réalité des extraterrestres.
Ovnis dans les batailles
Voici maintenant le compte-rendu d’une intervention aérienne de Yahwé impliquant divers types d’engins qui se déroula pour sauver David d’une situation conflictuelle difficile pour lui :
« Dans ma détresse, j’ai invoqué l’Eternel. De son « palais » (aérien), il entendit ma voix. La terre fut ébranlée et trembla (comme le fait une fusée à Cap Kennedy).
Il s’élevait de la fumée dans ses « narines » (des deux trous d’échappement du moteur de son engin ?) et du feu dévorant sortait de sa « bouche » (de sa tuyère de propulsion ?) il en jaillissait des charbons embrasés (des scories).
Il s’abaissa des cieux, et il descendit : il y avait une épaisse « Nuée » sous ses pieds (son vaisseau aérien) il faisait des ténèbres une tente autour de lui, il était enveloppé d’amas d’eaux et de sombres nuages (autrement dit, son vaisseau était environné de la condensation structurelle se formant autour de l’engin, ce qui avait pour effet de le rendre sombre). Il était monté sur un « chérubin » et il volait.
Les Perses appelaient « Keroubïm » les humanoïdes de petites tailles qu’ils savaient « piloter les chars des dieux ». Dans la suite des temps, ce nom engloba l’engin et son pilote. L’Eglise catholique ne retint que la petite taille des « Keroubïm » et en fit des « angelots » de plâtre qui servirent à enjoliver les églises)….
« De la « Splendeur » qui le précédait s’échappait ses « Nuées » lançant de la grêle et des charbons de feu. »
Cette évocation découla pour les Hébreux de l’inexplicable vision de l’engin sans doute lumineux et coloré qui précédait le vaisseau-mère de Yahwé.
Une sorte de porte-avions aérien duquel sortaient les « Nuées » -des ovnis plus petits qui bombardaient les ennemis des Hébreux, « la grêle et des charbons de feu » n’étant rien d’autre que des bombes ou munitions explosives. à noter que ce passage témoigne encore une fois de la confusion qui est faite entre Yahvé et son engin spatial.
« Le « Très-Haut » (l’engin) fit retentir sa « voix » (le grondement de l’un de ses propulseurs) et il lança des flèches (des missiles) et dispersa mes ennemis par le bruit du souffle de ses « narines »… Il étendit d’en haut sa main et il me saisit, et il me délivra de mes adversaires… » (2 Samuel 22: 7-18 / Psaumes 18 : 7-18).
Le récit suivant rend compte d’une autre intervention militaire aérienne de Yahwé, qui eut recours au bombardement contre une coalition armée qui risquait fort de vaincre les Hébreux trop peu nombreux :
« Comme ils fuyaient devant Israël, et qu’ils étaient à la descente de Beth Horon, l’Éternel fit tomber du ciel sur eux de grosses pierres jusqu’à Azéka, et ils périrent ; ceux qui moururent par les pierres de grêle furent plus nombreux que ceux qui furent tués avec l’épée par les enfants d’Israël. » (Josué 10 : 10; 11).
Bien évidemment, les « pierres » évoquées, selon la conception archaïque qu’en eurent les Hébreux, étaient tout simplement des bombes.
« Les « chars » de l’Eternel se comptent par vingt mille, par milliers et par milliers; Yahwé est au milieu d’eux… » (Psaumes 68:18)
« De ton « sanctuaire » (aérien), ô « dieu », tu es redoutable. » (Psaumes 68:36)
Comme il est donné de le constater, Yahwé disposait d’une flotte aérienne impressionnante. Son appelé « sanctuaire » n’était autre que son vaisseau-amiral d’une puissance aérienne dépeinte comme redoutable.
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Interventions aériennes de nos jours… ?
« L’Eternel est un grand Roi sur toute la Terre, il nous assujettit les peuples… » (Psaumes 47 : 3)
Cette dernière citation révèle que Yahwé fut concrètement un Roi célèbre sur la Terre et que, du ciel, avec ses vaisseaux spatiaux, il combattait les opposants aux Hébreux et leur en assujettit quelques-uns… Il ne faudra pas s’étonner qu’il fasse de même à nouveau, si Jérusalem devient l’enjeu d’un conflit opposant Israéliens et Arabes.
C’est avec ces engins aériens que Yahwé, aussi surnommé le « dieu des armées » et son armée intervenaient du ciel contre les opposants au peuple d’Israël. Ce qu’il semble avoir encore fait récemment, mais moins spectaculairement qu’autrefois, cette fois, au bénéfice d’Israël lors de la « Guerre des 6 jours » qui le vit s’affronter contre une coalition militaire arabe. L’information parut dans le quotidien bien connu « Le Figaro » du 11 août 1977. La voici :
DES OVNIS PILOTÉS PAR DES ANGES
« Robert Barry, Directeur du Bureau des OVNI à Toe, et Pennsylvanie, et publicitaire distingué, est persuadé que l’Etat d’Israël est protégé par des « Objets Volants Non Identifiés » envoyés par DIEU (en réalité par Yahwé) et pilotés par des « anges ». Ce Bureau tient actuellement sa sixième conférence annuelle au Cap May dans le New-Jersey, avec une participation de 185 croyants (au Christianisme et aux OVNIs).
Un certain nombre de communications ont affirmé qu’il y avait eu une recrudescence d’OVNI dans les périodes de guerre israélo-arabe de 1947-1948, 1956 (à cette époque-là, cela s’appelait des « soucoupes volantes »), de 1967 et 1973 et que cela avait fait pencher la balance en faveur des Israéliens. Monsieur Barry a également déclaré que des rapports secrets israéliens et américains établissent que des parachutistes israéliens ont été sauvés, au cours de la guerre de 1967, par des « miracles » alors que la présence d’OVNI était signalée au-dessus du champ de bataille… etc… ».
Faut-il douter de l’exactitude de cette information ? Pour ma part, je ne pense pas qu’un quotidien comme le Figaro s’amuserait à fabuler. Il semble donc que, plus discrètement mais, comme il y a 3300 ans, les extraterrestres du camp de Yahwé continuent à protéger Israël.
Selon ce que la première partie de la Bible enseigne, mais aussi bien d’autres Mythes ancestraux, il y a 3 à 4000 ans, les « Dieux » s’étant partagés la terre, faisaient des ravages sur tous les continents en fonction de stratégies hégémoniques.
Aucune autre explication n’est plausible et possible au regard de cette description qu’il est souhaitable de transposer sur ce que nous connaissons maintenant de l’aviation et des fusées pour en saisir pleinement le sens.
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Les OVNIS exposés dans les écritures bibliques -PART II
Les OVNIS exposés dans les écritures bibliques - PART II
Les OVNIS dans le nouveau testament
Tandis que Jésus-Christ effectuait sa mission sur la terre d’Israël, l’Evangile rapporte qu’il fut en contact à plusieurs reprises avec une « Nuée » en sa phase d’extrême luminosité (désignée par « gloire »).
Et lorsqu’il s’en alla de la Terre, c’est de même sur une « Nuée » qu’il fut ascensionné par antigravitation et s’en alla vers le cosmos. Et il est écrit qu’il reviendra exactement de la même manière le moment propice venu. Voici les textes :
« Comme Jésus parlait encore, une « Nuée lumineuse » les couvrit (vint se placer au-dessus de Jésus et de ses disciples). Et voici, une voix se fit entendre de la Nuée (par ses occupants). » (Mathieu 17 : 5)
« Une Nuée vint les couvrir (se placer au-dessus d’eux), et il en sortit une voix : Celui-ci est mon Fils Bien-aimé : Ecoutez-le ! Jésus fut transfiguré devant eux, ses vêtements devinrent resplendissants, et d’une telle blancheur… » (Marc 9 : 7)
Ce texte est celui par lequel le Catholicisme romain fonda la « fête de la transfiguration » qu’elle a fait apparaître comme une chose miraculeuse, incompréhensible.
En fait, il s’agissait seulement de l’effet rayonnant de la luminosité très vive, de type magnésium qui brûle, ce qui modifia l’aspect des vêtements de Jésus, et même celui de son visage, comme cela serait pour toute personne éclairée violemment par une extrême luminosité. Il n’y a pas de quoi y voir là un prodige incompréhensible, miraculeux…
« Comme ils parlaient, une Nuée vint les couvrir (se placer au-dessus d’eux) : et les disciples furent saisis de frayeur. Et voici, deux hommes s’entretenaient avec Jésus qui apparaissait dans sa gloire (dans l’intense luminosité qui émanait de l’OVNI), parlaient de son départ qu’il allait accomplir vers Jérusalem… » (Luc 9:28-35)
Cette narration est la même que celle qui fut rapportée précédemment, mais elle comporte d’autres détails. Là, il est question « d’hommes », c’est-à-dire d’extraterrestres appelés « anges » -messagers, ou dieux- identifiés -à tort- par l’évangile comme étant Moïse et Elie.
On notera que ces « Contacts du 3e Type » eurent chaque fois lieu après qu’une « Nuée » lumineuse vint du ciel se placer au-dessus de Jésus et de ses apôtres.)
« Après avoir dit cela, Jésus fut enlevé (et non il s’éleva de lui-même, comme par enchantement) tandis qu’ils regardaient, et une Nuée le déroba à leurs yeux (autrement dit, un ovni, placé au-dessus de Jésus utilisa une technologie inconnue pour l’élever en douceur jusqu’à ce qu’il pénètre à l’intérieur, dès lors invisible à la vue de ses apôtres).
Et comme les apôtres avaient leurs regards fixés vers le ciel pendant que Jésus s’en allait, voici, deux hommes vêtus de blanc (deux extraterrestres, ou anges, revêtus sans doute de combinaisons de cosmonautes, à l’image de celles qui vêtent les nôtres) leur apparurent et dirent : Hommes Galiléens, pourquoi vous arrêtez-vous à regarder vers le ciel ? Ce Jésus qui a été enlevé au ciel du milieu de vous reviendra de la même manière que vous l’avez vu s’en allant… » (Actes 1 : 9-11)
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D’autres exemples commentés
D’innombrables descriptions caractéristiques d’ovnis sont encore présentes dans la Bible et il serait fastidieux de les reprendre toutes. En voici néanmoins quelques-unes commentées pour illustrer le propos jusqu’à l’évidence.
« Il s’enveloppe de lumière comme d’un manteau (phénomène ionisant qui caractérise très souvent l’environnement immédiat des ovnis la nuit), il forme avec les eaux le fait de sa demeure (à cause des condensations aqueuses inhérentes à son système propulsif et qui enveloppent l’engin), il prend les « Nuées » pour ses « chars » (Ovnis enrobés de condensation qui donnent l’impression, vu du sol, d’être de petits nuages qui, lorsqu’ils se déplacent le font avec une grande vélocité). (Psaumes 104 : 2-4)
« Et voici, L’Eternel arrive avec promptitude et légèreté. Ses « Chars » (aériens) ressemblent à des tourbillons« . (Isaïe 5 : 26,28)
« L’Eternel est monté sur une « Nuée » rapide… » (Isaïe 19:1)
La giration d’une partie des ovnis et leur rapidité de vol constituent des caractéristiques technologiques amplement constatées à l’observation des ovnis circulaires en particulier) « Yahwé arrive dans un feu (soit celui du système de propulsion soit la luminosité rougeoyante de la structure de son vaisseau). Et ses « Chars » sont comme un tourbillon. » (Isaïe 66 : 15)
L’observation contemporaine des ovnis a démontré que le plus souvent les structures circulaires extérieures des ovnis tournaient rapidement autour d’un axe central. D’où l’impression visuelle d’un tourbillon. Quand à la luminosité, elle est maintenant devenue proverbiale, allant du rouge sombre au blanc éblouissant…
« L’Eternel des armées passe en revue l’armée qui va combattre. Ils viennent d’un pays lointain, de l’extrémité des cieux. (à cette époque, l’homme ne construisait pas d’engins aériens) L’Eternel et les instruments de sa colère vont détruire (du ciel) toute la région... » (Psaumes 13: 4,5)
Qui, à cette époque, pouvait venir en masse de l’extrémité des cieux avec des « instruments » -forcément aériens- de destruction qui pouvaient ravager par leur puissance de feu toute une région, sinon des appelés OVNIS ?
Certains textes de l’Inde relatent de même de terribles combats aériens que les appelés « dieux » se livrèrent entre eux (récits sur les Vinamas). Le récit des Hébreux n’est donc pas unique en son genre…
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Depuis 1947, de nombreuses observations d’ovni en sustentation à travers le monde ont apporté l’information qu’ils sont munis d’un système qui produit des rayons lumineux anti-gravitationnels qui, focalisés vers une cible, animale ou humaine, la “dégravitent” et la fait s’élever doucement jusqu’à eux.
Il ne fait aucun doute que c’est par ce moyen technologique que le vaisseau spatial vint ascensionner Jésus qui partit dans le cosmos vers une destination inconnue.
Et deux d’entre les occupants de cet ovni qui étaient au sol, voire d’un autre qui n’est pas mentionné, eurent pour mission d’atténuer l’effet psychologique éprouvant qui affecta les disciples du Christ par cet enlèvement effarant pour eux à cette époque, comme il devrait l’être de même pour nous qui sommes pourtant habitués aux prouesses technologiques de notre civilisation aérienne. Ils durent être stupéfaits !…
Ces « anges » en profitèrent pour leur affirmer à haute et intelligible voix que Jésus reviendrait sur Terre de la même manière qu’ils le virent y monter, c’est-à-dire sur un vaisseau spatial.
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Les enlèvements
Voici encore un phénomène bien connu du monde de l’ufologie, rapporté par de nombreux témoins contemporains et que l’on retrouve à plusieurs reprises dans l’Ancien et le Nouveau Testament. « Comme ils continuaient à marcher, en parlant, voici, un Char de feu les séparèrent l’un de l’autre, et Elie monta au ciel dans un « Tourbillon ». (2 Rois 2 : 11)
À cette époque, point d’avion, d’hélicoptère d’origine humaine permettant d’enlever dans les airs une chose ou un humain… Alors quel était ce « CHAR » aérien rougeoyant tournant sur lui-même, sinon un ovni ?…
Il est à noter que la tradition musulmane rapporte que Mahomet fut aussi enlevé dans les airs alors qu’il montait son cheval, Bourane… Ezéchiel, rendant compte de l’atterrissage d’une « Roue » accompagnée d’autres engins aériens véloces plus petits dépeignit cette même façon d’enlever du sol quelque chose ou un homme et même de le transporter, suspendu dans l’air.
En l’occurrence, il le fut lui-même par les cheveux (les Hébreux les avaient longs) et transporté d’un point à un autre sur une certaine distance :
« Je regardai, et voici, c’était une figure ayant l’aspect d’un homme (c’est-à-dire quelque chose qui avait l’aspect d’un homme, comme le sont les robots par exemple), depuis ses reins en bas, c’était comme du feu (engins luminescents), et depuis ses reins en haut comme du bronze poli.
Il étendit une forme de main (sans doute semblable à un bras articulé mécanique extérieur à l’engin comme on en voit équipant les bathyscaphes ou certains robots), et me saisit par les cheveux de la tête et m’enleva entre ciel et terre, et me transporta à Jérusalem… » (Ezéchiel 8 : 2,3)
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Conclusion
Ainsi s’achève le compte rendu qu’il est possible de faire de la Bible. Comme il est donné de le constater, on est bien loin de ce que les organisations religieuses qui s’en réclament enseignent à leurs centaines de millions de fidèles.
Non seulement la Bible regorge de témoignages sur l’existence des vaisseaux aériens des extraterrestres mais bien d’autres récits mythiques des civilisations ancestrales attestent aussi de leur existence et des exactions que leurs occupants commirent à l’encontre des humains.
La Bible et les autres mythes démontrent de surcroît que ces véhicules aériens sont utilisés, tant par les « anges » rebelles envers l’Autorité de DIEU que par ceux qui lui sont demeurés attachés.
L’individu intelligent et de bonne foi, lisant ces citations, possède désormais les éléments lui permettant de découvrir la réalité que l’Ancien et le Nouveau Testament expriment.
Une telle prise de conscience, généralisée à tous les peuples, renforcerait peut-être le ridicule, l’inutilité et l’horreur des exactions, des guerres, des crimes et des massacres abominables qui se commettent encore de nos jours au nom de « Dieu », et permettrait peut-être du même coup d’apporter la paix et la solidarité entre les hommes.
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The Most Interesting Science News Articles of the Week
The Most Interesting Science News Articles of the Week
By Live Science Staff |
The AirSelfie drone can capture photos and videos in midair.
Credit: AirSelfie
Each week we uncover the most interesting and informative articles from around the world, here are 10 of the coolest stories in Science this week.
Hundreds of Historic Texts Hidden in ISIS-Occupied Monastery:
More than 400 ancient texts have been saved at the Mar Behnam monastery, a place that ISIS had occupied for more than two years. [Full Story]
Mysterious Metallic Sound in the Mariana Trench Finally Identified:
Around the deepest parts of the ocean, scientists eavesdropped on whale conversations. [Full Story]
Here's What Caused the New York City 'Zombie' Outbreak:
An uncommon drug caused a "zombie" outbreak in a New York City neighborhood this past summer, and now a new report identifies the exact compound that the affected people took. [Full Story]
Aging May Be Reversible: Researchers Rejuvenate Older Mice:
Scientists have found a way to turn back the clock on cells, and mice given the treatment looked younger and had a longer lifespan. [Full Story]
Is Climate Change Shrinking Glaciers? Likelihood Is 99 Percent:
How likely is it that mountain glaciers' retreat is caused by climate change? About 99 percent likely, according to a new study. [Full Story]
62-Foot Wave Off Iceland Smashes World Record:
A monstrous swell in the North Atlantic that rose up as high as a six-story building is now the world's tallest wave measured by a buoy, according to the World Meteorological Organization. [Full Story]
'Lucy' Species May Have Been Polygynous:
The ancient relative of humanity dubbed "Lucy" may have been one of a harem of gals who mated with a single male, according to research that suggests her species was polygynous. [Full Report]
Excavations of Greek 'Village' Reveal Ancient Metropolis:
Greek ruins turn out to conceal an ancient urban area. [Full Story]
Forget Selfie Sticks: This Drone Captures Photos and Videos in Midair:
Instead of extending your arm or using a selfie stick to snap shots of you and your crew, you could use a new pocket-size drone — dubbed the "AirSelfie" — to help you remotely capture aerial photos and videos. [Full Story]
Underwater Hebrew Tablet Reveals Biblical-Era Ruler of Judea:
A huge slab discovered offshore in Israel has revealed the name of the ancient prefect who ruled Judea just before the Bar Kokhba revolt. [Full Story]
Underwater Hebrew Tablet Reveals Biblical-Era Ruler of Judea
Underwater Hebrew Tablet Reveals Biblical-Era Ruler of Judea
By Tia Ghose, Senior Writer
The stone slab, dating to the second century, was found underwater at Tel Dor, south of the city of Haifa.
Credit: University of Haifa
A stone slab found off the coast of Israel has finally revealed the name of the ruler during one of the most iconic moments in Jewish history: the Bar Kokhba revolt.
The slab dates to the second century A.D., a bloody time in Jewish history when a fiery leader named Simon bar Kokhba led a failed revolt against Roman rulers. The huge chunk of stone was found at an underwater site called Tel Dor, located about 18 miles (30 kilometers) south of the city of Haifa. [Photos: 5,000-Year-Old Stone Monument in Israel]
The area once housed the Biblical city of Dor, which was occupied until the fourth century. Over the last 70 years, the site has yielded a treasure trove of pottery, anchors and other artifacts from ancient Israel. Ehud Arkin-Shalev and Michelle Kreiser, researchers from the Coastal Archaeology Laboratory at the University of Haifa, uncovered the giant slab while looking in the water of the Dor Nature Reserve.
The inscription was clearly visible, even beneath the water, the researchers said. The team eventually decided to bring the slab out of the water, to prevent damage to the inscription. Researchers discovered that the massive, 1,300-lb. (600 kilograms) slab had seven lines of ancient Greek inscribed upon it.
The stone slab is on display at the University of Haifa's library.
Credit: University of Haifa
"The stone probably formed the base of a sculpture from the Roman period. As far as we know, this is the longest inscription found underwater in Israel," Assaf Yasur-Landau, the University of Haifa archaeologist who led the excavation, said in a statement.
Although the researchers have not completely deciphered the text, they have already made two discoveries: The inscription identified the Roman prefect in charge of Judea as Gargilius Antiques. Though researchers had found one other inscription bearing this name, that artifact did not mention the region Antiques ruled. In addition, the inscription confirms the name of the province involved in the revolt as Judea, which, until now, no inscription immediately preceding the Bar Kokhba revolt had stated, the researchers said.
The inscription dates from a tumultuous time in Jewish history. The second temple was destroyed in A.D. 70, and around A.D. 132, tensions simmering between the Roman rulers of the province and the Jewish inhabitants boiled over once again. At that point, the Jewish leader Simon bar Kokhba led a revolt against the Romans. During the four years of fighting, both sides sustained heavy casualties, and many Jews were ultimately sold into slavery or scattered.
"Immediately after the Bar Kokhba revolt, the Romans decided to abolish the province of Judea and to obliterate any mention of its name. The province was united with Syria to form a single province called Syria-Palestine," Yasur-Landau said. "So what we have here is an inscription dated to just before Judea ceased to exist as a province under that name. Of the two inscriptions mentioning the name Judea, this is the latest, of course. Because such findings are so rare, it is unlikely that we will find many later inscriptions including the name Judea,"
Ovnis et enlèvements extraterrestres au menu du repas ufologique
Ovnis et enlèvements extraterrestres au menu du repas ufologique
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Une soixantaine de personnes a participé mercredi soir au repas ufologique mensuel./Photo DDM Michel Viala
Les passionnés d'ovnis se réunissent une soirée par mois à Toulouse. Mercredi, c'est une association d'aide aux victimes d'enlèvements extraterrestres qui intervenait.
«J'ai subi quatre abductions depuis mon enfance. Mais je ne m'en suis rendue compte qu'en 2007. Je ne savais pas que ça existait». À l'étage du Flunch de Jean-Jaurès en partie privatisé pour l'occasion, une soixantaine de passionnés d'ovnis écoute attentivement le témoignage troublant de l'intervenante du jour : Myriame Belmyr, présidente de l'association tarnaise Cero France qui aide les victimes d'enlèvements extraterrestres.
Dans la salle tout juste débarrassée des plateaux-repas, des haut-parleurs diffusent des tubes à la mode, ce qui ne semble pas troubler la concentration des ufologues.
Tous les deuxièmes mercredis du mois depuis 12 ans, les passionnés d'ovnis du département participent en nombre à ce repas ufologique. «Les gens viennent parce qu'ils ont un réel intérêt pour le phénomène extraterrestre ou parce qu'ils ont vu ou vécu des choses et que ça les rassure d'être dans un groupe qui ne les juge pas», explique Isaure, instigatrice de ces repas. L'artiste, convaincue de l'existence des ovnis depuis sa plus tendre enfance, a créé ces repas ufologiques par curiosité après avoir découvert leur existence dans d'autres départements. Aujourd'hui, un noyau dur d'une quarantaine de personnes ne raterait l'évènement pour rien au monde.
«Je ne parle pas d'ovnis à mon entourage. Ici, je peux avoir des discussions profondes sans crainte d'être pris pour un fou», explique Marc*, un habitué des repas depuis 10 ans. «Ce qui est formidable, c'est que les participants forment un échantillon très représentatif de la société : étudiants, retraités, chercheurs, ouvriers…», explique Isaure en regardant avec fierté l'assistance toujours captivée par le témoignage de Myriame Belmyr.
La conférencière évoque à ce moment-là comment des Visiteurs, dont certains humanoïdes imberbes en combinaisons métalliques, ont régulièrement mené des examens médicaux poussés et des prélèvements sur elle. Un témoignage suivi d'un débat à bâtons rompus sur les raisons qui poussent insectoïdes et «petits gris» à faire des expériences sur les humains.
«Évidemment, parfois, on rencontre des farfelus qui disent être des élus après avoir vécu une expérience avec des ovnis», reconnaît Isaure. «Mais je les oriente vers des gens qui ont vécu les mêmes choses pour les inciter à relativiser et revenir sur Terre».
Als een verwoestende asteroïde of komeet op onze aarde afstevent, maken we als mensheid op dit moment geen schijn van kans. Dat is de boodschap die een NASA-wetenschapper meegaf tijdens de jaarlijkse bijeenkomst in San Francisco van de American Geophysical Union (een non-profitorganisatie van geofysici met meer dan 40.000 leden in meer dan 130 landen; nvdr). "Er is echt niet veel dat we dan nog kunnen doen", aldus Joseph Nuth.
Een inslag met een dergelijke impact op de aarde komt uiteraard uiterst zelden voor. "Om de vijftig à zestig miljoen jaar", schat de wetenschapper. Maar anderzijds: het is inmiddels al 65 miljoen jaar geleden dat de dinosaurussen uitstierven als gevolg van een reusachtige meteorietinslag. "Je zou dus kunnen zeggen dat we al 'over tijd' zitten, maar uiteraard hangt alles af van toeval."
In 1994 scheelde het nochtans niet veel, in ruimtetermen althans: fragmenten van een komeet stortten toen neer op de planeet Jupiter, sommige hadden een diameter van twee kilometer. En in 2014 passeerde een komeet "op kosmische spuugafstand" van Mars.
"Die tweede komeet zagen we pas 22 maanden op voorhand aankomen", stelt Nuth. "Om een ruimtetuig te bouwen dat het object kan doen afbuigen, zouden we vijf jaar nodig hebben." Zijn suggestie: zie dat er alvast een intercepteerraket klaarstaat voor noodgevallen. "Als we die dan binnen een jaar kunnen lanceren, zijn we ook gewapend tegen een asteroïde die we moeilijker zien aankomen. Uit de richting van de zon bijvoorbeeld."
"We zijn ons huiswerk aan het maken" Volgens Cathy Plesko, een wetenschapster bij het onderzoekslaboratorium in Los Alamos, zijn er twee manieren om een asteroïde van haar koers te doen afwijken: ofwel een nucleaire kernkop, ofwel een kinetische impactor. "Kanonbaltechnologie werkt beter dan de boel opblazen, want wie weet waar de brokstukken dan terechtkomen. Maar voor de eerste optie hebben we meer tijd nodig om de koers precies te berekenen. We zijn ons huiswerk nu al aan het maken, we willen niet voor voldongen feiten staan als het zover is."
Het gebrek aan kennis baart haar wel zorgen. "We hebben nog niet veel info over de binnenkant van asteroïden of kometen. We kunnen enkel maar gissen op basis van wat we weten over fysica, steen en ijs."
In oktober hebben NASA én het Federaal Bureau voor Rampenbestrijding een interessante simulatieoefening op poten gezet: wat zou er gebeuren als een asteroïde met een breedte van honderd meter inslaat in de buurt van Los Angeles? De enorme klap zou verschillende steden met de grond gelijk maken en tienduizenden doden veroorzaken, luidde het antwoord.
Toengoeska-explosie Om tot slot de kracht van de natuur nog eens aan te tonen: op 30 juni 1908 vond in Siberië een enorme explosie plaats bij de Toengoeska-rivier. In een gebied van ruim 2.000 vierkante kilometer waren de meeste bomen tegen de grond geslingerd. De schaarse ooggetuigen hadden in het zeer dunbevolkte gebied een vuurbal uit de hemel zien neerdalen en in de lucht exploderen.
Sommige mensen hadden zware brandwonden opgelopen, een oude herder van rendieren werd door de kracht zelfs twaalf meter hoog in een boom geslingerd. Een krater werd nooit gevonden, dus blijft de voornaamste theorie dat een meteoriet acht kilometer boven het aardoppervlak ontploft is.
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There’s Something Extraordinary Happening in the World
There’s Something Extraordinary Happening in the World
Most of us haven’t quite realized there is something extraordinary happening.
A few months ago, I freed myself from standard-procedure society. I broke the chains of fear that kept me locked up into the system.
Since then, I see the world from a different perspective: the one that everything is going through change and that most of us are unaware of that.
Why is the world changing? In this post, I’ll point out the eight reasons that lead me to believe it.
1. No one can stand the employment model any longer
We are reaching our limits. People working with big corporations can’t stand their jobs. The lack of purpose knocks on your door as if it came from inside you like a yell of despair.
People want out. They want to drop everything. Take a look on how many people are willing to risk entrepreneurship, people leaving on sabbaticals, people with work-related depression, people in burnout.
2. The entrepreneurship model is also changing
Over the past few years, with the explosion of startups, thousands of entrepreneurs turned their garages into offices to bring their billion-dollar ideas to life.
The vortex of entrepreneurship was to find an investor and get funded — to be funded was like winning the World Cup or the Super Bowl.
But what happens after you get funded?
“Isn’t it absurd that we, 7 billion of us living in the same planet, have grown further apart from each other?”
You get back to being an employee. You may have brought in people not sharing your dream, not in agreement with your purpose, and soon it’s all about the money.
The financial end becomes the main driver of your business.
People are suffering with it. Excellent startups began to tumble because the money-seeking model is endless.
A new way to endeavor is needed. Good people are doing it already.
3. The rise of collaboration
Many people have figured out that it doesn’t make any sense to go on by yourself. Many people have awakened from the “each man for himself” mad mentality.
Stop, take a step back, and think. Isn’t it absurd that we, 7 billion of us living in the same planet, have grown further apart from each other?
What sense does it make to turn your back on the thousands, maybe millions, of people living around you in the same city? Every time it crosses my mind, I feel blue.
Fortunately, things are changing. Sharing, collaborative economy concepts are being implemented, and it points towards a new direction. The direction of collaborating, of sharing, of helping, of togetherness.
This is beautiful to watch. It touches me.
4. We are finally figuring out what the Internet is
The Internet is an incredibly spectacular thing, and only now — after so many years — we are understanding its power.
With the Internet, the world is opened, the barriers fall, the separation ends, the togetherness starts, the collaboration explodes, the help emerges.
Some nations saw true revolutions that used the Internet as the primary catalyst, such as the Arab Spring. Here in Brazil, we are just starting to make a better use out of this amazing tool.
Internet is taking down mass control. The big media groups controlling news by how it suits best what they want the message to be and what they want us to read are no longer the sole owners of information.
You go after what you want. You bond to whomever you want. You explore whatever you may want to.
With the advent of the Internet, the small are no longer speechless. Ther is a voice. The anonymous become acknowledged. The world comes together. And then the system may fall.
5. The fall of exaggerated consumerism
For too long, we’ve been manipulated to consume as much as we possibly can, to buy every new product launched — the newest car, the latest iPhone, the top brands, lots of clothes, shoes, lots and lots and lots of pretty much anything we could our hands on.
Going against the crowd, many people have understood that this is way off. Lowsumerism, slow life and slow food are a few types of action being taken as we speak, pointing out the contradiction of how absurdly we have come to organize ourselves.
“With the advent of the Internet, the small are no longer speechless. There is a voice. The anonymous become acknowledged. The world comes together.“
Fewer people are using cars. Fewer people are overspending. And more people are swapping clothes, buying used goods, sharing assets, cars, apartments, offices.
We don’t need all of that they told us we needed. And this consciousness of new consumerism can take down any company living on the exaggerated end of it.
6. Healthy and organic eating
We were so crazy we even accepted eating anything! It only needed to taste good, and everything would be alright.
We were so disconnected that companies started to practically poison our food, and we didn’t say anything!
But then some people started waking up, enabling and strengthening healthy and organic eating.
This is only going to get stronger.
But what has this got to do with economy and work? Just about everything, I’d say.
Food production is one of the basic fundamentals of our society. If we change our mindset, our eating habit and our way of consuming, corporations will have to respond and adapt to a new market.
The small farmer is getting back to being relevant to the whole chain of production. People are even growing plants and seeds inside their homes as well.
And that reshapes the whole economy.
7. The awakening of spirituality
How many friends do you have who practice yoga? What about meditation? Now think back, 10 years ago. How many people did you know by then who practiced these activities?
Spirituality, for too long, was for esoteric folks — those weird-like and mystic people. But fortunately, this is also changing. We’ve come to the edge of reason and rationality.
We were able to realize that, with only our conscious mind, we can’t figure out everything that goes on here. There is something else going on, and I’m sure you want to get hold of that as well.
You want to understand how these things work — how life operates, what happens after death, what is this energy thing people talk about so much, what is quantum physics, how thoughts can be materialized and create our sense of reality, what is coincidence and synchronicity, why meditation works, how it’s possible to cure some ailments using nothing but bare hands, how those alternative therapies not always approved by regular medicine can actually work sometimes.
Companies are providing meditation to their employees. Even schools are teaching the young how to meditate. Think about it.
8. Un-schooling trends
Who created this teaching model? Who chose the classes you have to take? Who chose the lessons we learn in history classes?
Why didn’t they teach us the truth about other ancient civilizations?
Why should kids follow a certain set of rules? Why should they watch everything in silence? Why should they wear a uniform? What about taking a test to prove what you actually learned?
We developed a model that perpetuates and replicates followers of the system, that breed people into ordinary human beings.
Fortunately, a lot of people are working to rethink that though concepts such as un-schooling, hack-schooling and homeschooling.
Maybe you’ve never thought of that and even may be in shock. But it’s happening.
Silently, people are being woken up and are realizing how crazy it is to live in this society.
Look at all these new actions and try to think everything we were taught so far is normal. I don’t think it is.
Portals are found in many books, movies and video games. Some of them are links between distant places, others travel back or forward in time, and the most powerful ones lead into different dimensions.
Most people presume that these gateways exist only in the realm of science fiction, but there are some who strongly support the idea that portals have been opened in ancient times and quite possibly in the present days as well.
According to two National Security US Informants, the Department of Defense developed time travel technology over 45 years ago.
As early as 1967, the US government possessed a fully operational time travel machinery built on the quantum access researched by Tesla.
This technology has been used in order to cloak military facilities, as well as provide political and economic advantages by way of knowing what the future holds. Some claim the CIA seized Tesla’s papers on teleportation shortly after his death.
One of these two National Informants, Michael Relfe, is a former member of the US armed forces who claimed he was a member of a top-secret US operation.
Recruited in 1976, he spent the next 20 years adjusting and expanding one of the two US colonies onMars. Those bases served as strategic high intelligence research point, and in order to preserve their secrecy, they were built in the future.
Relfe said that after serving 20 years on the Martian colony, he was age-reversed and cast back in time. He claimed that this was the usual procedure and that staff members would usually have some memories blocked or erased before being discharged.
Dr. Andrew D. Basiago was a participant in DARPA’s Project Pegasus (1968-1972) that focused on time travel in the time-space hologram.
He knew that the CIA was actively training groups of gifted American schoolchildren to become the first generation of time-and-space explorers.
Children were better suited for this mission for several ominous reasons. First of all, they were considered ideal candidates due to their clear minds and lack of impressions or experience. The US government wanted to know if time travel had any side effects over younger bodies and minds.
The adult volunteers usually became insane after several journeys, but fortunately children had a different brain constitution that could shield them during such a trip.
Another use for quantum technology was found in political manipulation. According to Dr. Basiago, future persons of interest would be notified early about the roles they were to play in the future.
He said that in the early 1970’s in Albuquerque, New Mexico he was present at the table with George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush when they were informed about their future presidencies.
Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton were also paid visits from time travelers, and it’s rumored that in 1982, President Obama had been approached while still a student at UCLA.
To back-up this claim, there are numerous witness accounts from people who attended college with Obama and can attest that he would often return from parties and then claim that he would be the future President of The United States.
Basiago claims that in 1971 he saw images from the attack on the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001. They had been obtained from the future and brought back for analysis. This implies that the US government knew about 9/11 three decades in advance.
If we are to believe the informants and those who support them, this technology is kept secret despite being funded by the general public.
They say that people deserve to know what’s really going on, the truth about space exploration and the presence of earthlings on other nearby planets. Teleportation could solve transportation problems worldwide by transferring people and goods instantly.
If their theories prove to be true, we’re missing out on some revolutionary insight and tremendous technological growth that has been denied to us although it exists for so many years. Are we really living in a big, fat lie?
On Sunday, February 25, 1996, the Space Shuttle Columbia deployed an experimental tether into orbit.
The experiment was called the Tethered Satellite System (TSS- 1R) and it's purpose of this was to attempt to generate electricity by utilizing Earth's magnetic field.
Unfortunately the tether broke so the experiment was not a success, although approximately five hours of data were recorded.
What really made "The Tether Incident" famous was the appearance of many unidentified flying objects (UFOs) clearly visible in the NASA footage.
One of the most controversial segments of video footage in the NASA archives is the TSS-1R "tether incident" footage, shot back in early 1996 during shuttle mission STS-75. As compelling as that original raw video is however, the addition of flightpath/velocity tracking plots and the application of Image-Stabilization/Shake-Reduction techniques can provide a new and more revealing way of analyzing what is considered by many to already be some rather impressive evidence.
IMAGE STABILIZATION/SHAKE-REDUCTION
In addition to the three flightpath/velocity "stable sequences" analyzed in this presentation, I have also included several pan/tilt/zoom "shake sequences" from the raw flyby footage as well, showing those segments with "Image-Stabilization/Shake-Reduction" applied in an effort to make them easier to interpret. In those motion-corrected examples, I elected to use the highly visible 19695-meter-long free-drifting tether as the target feature to match and mount each successive frame of raw footage to.
Unfortunately, there are several negative factors related to the camera system employed to shoot this footage, and together those issues serve to make these scenes rather difficult to properly stabilize. Firstly, any pan or tilt commands sent to the camera's two-axis PTU (Pan/Tilt Unit) result in very abrupt shifts to the FOV which are immediately followed by a brief period of servo/clutch bouncing. This bouncing effect is caused by the PTU having to absorb the inertial forces generated when the mass of the camera body (mounted to the PTU) was rapidly panned and/or tilted.
The lack of positive control where the camera struggles to return the scene to a normal stable state is most obvious in the higher magnification sequences, with the "bouncing" effect appearing to be due to the astronauts sending the camera movement commands to the PTU using what was called HIGH-RATE control mode (12 degrees of camera movement per second) rather than the far-less-abrupt LOW-RATE movement setting (1.2 degrees per second) that should have been employed.
Stabilization of these shake sequences is further complicated by the gamma, gain and iris (f-stop) control settings of the camera, which during the tether flyby appears to have been set in what was called "Black Stretch" (or "night") mode.
"Black Stretch" provided the astronauts and MCC an additional gain output capability that improved the camera's low-light viewing characteristics, but an undesired consequence was that whenever the rapid (HIGH-RATE) camera movement occurs and the FOV bounces, it results in rather severe contrast trailing effects (residual ghosting) that bleeds light off each visible object in a direction 180-degrees opposite of the camera movement. This obfuscates the scene by significantly lowering the number of stable (or near-stable) frames available for inclusion in the shake-corrected sequences.
Making matters even worse is the fact that we are forced to contend with an absolutely brutal contrast gradient/reflection that reveals itself across the full FOV during each of the zoomed-in sequences. The appearance of this gradient and its effect on the scene during stabilization can be seen quite readily in the sequence I show starting at the 2:15 mark.
When the initial camera movement and follow-on bouncing occurs in the raw footage, the gradient remains essentially stable while the objects in the FOV move around. When the scene is stabilized however, the camera movement is effectively canceled out but the once-stable gradient/reflection, because it is a product of the camera/lens system, now appears to bounce in the FOV instead, with the gradient divide crossing back and forth over the relevant objects in frame and blurring them further.
Still, even with all those negatives working against us, these motion-corrected sequences do provide a different and slightly cleaner look at the tether footage, so I felt they were worthy of inclusion here.
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‘BEST UFO EVIDENCE IN YEARS’ DURING SOYUZ DOCKING WITH ISS
‘BEST UFO EVIDENCE IN YEARS’ DURING SOYUZ DOCKING WITH ISS
THIS footage of the International Space Station apparently surrounded by Unidentifed Flying Objects (UFOs) this week as been branded “the best piece of evidence in years” for the existence of aliens.
The footage (below) has caused a storm after being uploaded on a video by YouTube channel Mister Enigma entitled “UFOs seeen everywhere during Soyuz docking on NASA USTREAM.”
It shows a portion of the docking between the Russian Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft and International Space Station (ISS) on December 15, when Tim Peake became the first British astronaut to board the space station.
In the video, the narrator, who speaks with a creepy robotic voice, says:
“This video, which was taken by the ISS on Tuesday during the docking between the Soyuz spacecraft and the ISS is the best piece of UFO evidence captured in years.
“Dozens of UFOs can be seen in the background — some zipping off in the distance, others gently floating by, and even one gigantic doughnut-shaped UFO that seems to inspect the event.
“Once the camera zooms out the sun seems to light them up. The footage is like the famous UFO tether video that took place in the 90s, and it’s very strange that it aired live and did not get cut off like most UFOs that are seen on the NASA screen."
Britse politie: UFO-expert Max Spiers braakte ‘twee liter zwarte vloeistof’ vlak voor zijn dood
Britse politie: UFO-expert Max Spiers braakte ‘twee liter zwarte vloeistof’ vlak voor zijn dood
De Britse UFO-expert Max Spiers, die bezig was om ‘duistere zaken’ te onthullen, heeft vlak voor zijn dood twee liter zwarte vloeistof overgegeven. Dat blijkt uit nieuw onderzoek van de Britse politie.
Enkele dagen voor zijn dood stuurde hij zijn moeder een onheilspellend smsje: “Je zoon is in gevaar. Als er iets [met me] gebeurt, onderzoek het dan.”
Spiers was in Polen om een lezing te geven over complottheorieën. Hij logeerde bij een vriendin, die hem op 16 juli jongstleden dood aantrof op de bank.
Autopsie
De autoriteiten wilden het onderzoek afsluiten, tenzij moeder Vanessa Bates met 1000 pond over de brug kwam.
Dat bedrag werd beschikbaar gesteld door de bekende Britse complottheoreticus David Icke, die momenteel de hele wereld over toert.
In Groot-Brittannië werd alsnog een autopsie uitgevoerd op het lichaam van Spiers, maar volgens The Mirror is daar niet uit gebleken hoe Max precies is gestorven.
Rapport
De Britse politie heeft bekendgemaakt dat de UFO-expert vlak voor zijn dood twee liter zwarte vloeistof heeft overgegeven, schrijft de krant.
Men wacht nog op het rapport van de Poolse autoriteiten. Daarnaast hoopt de politie de laptop en telefoon van Spiers nog te kunnen onderzoeken.
Vijanden
Moeder Vanessa gelooft dat Max ‘is vermoord door zijn vijanden’ om wat hij ontdekt heeft. Hij hield zich bezig met ‘het ontmaskeren van overheidscomplotten’.
Hij deed naar verluidt onderzoek naar de duistere geheimen van bekende politici, zakenlieden enartiesten.
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UFO Fleet Moving Toward Beach Over Lake Michigan On 9-26-2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Fleet Moving Toward Beach Over Lake Michigan On 9-26-2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: 9-26-2016 Location of sighting: Lake Michigan, USA Lake Michigan is home to many UFO sightings over the years. Most of those are bright lights, usually orange, but these ones are moving to the shore. That make them unusual. Most the UFOs seen over this area in the past move up or down, but not toward the beach. This is amazing. I really like this video. I just wish we had a good close up of the craft. Wonderful video. We really need a live cam of Lake Michigan so we can keep an eye on this location. Scott C. Waring-Taiwan Eyewitness states:
Mysterious lights in the sky over lake Michigan. They appear to be some kind of hovering aircraft, they move too slow to be airplanes. Video & Pictures by Ignacio Alvarez on Monday, September 26 2016. -The Photos you see at the end of the video were shot a week earlier.
Filer’s Files #50 – 2016 UFOs Suspected of Sabotage? - PART I
Witness in Fishkill, New York captured this UFO on November 11, 2016.
Filer’s Files #50 – 2016 UFOs Suspected of Sabotage? - PART I
In special reports, this week’s files cover: Is earth at war – UFO s Suspected of Sabotage? Peru Fighter Fires on an Alien Craft and Illegal Voting
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over California, Florida, Idaho, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, and Vermont.
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over Australia, Canada, India, Italy, Jamaica, Serbia. Spain, and England and Scotland in the United Kingdom.
The Filer Research Institute feels the scientific study of UFOs is for the benefit of humankind and is an important endeavor. The US Air Force investigated UFOs publicly for more than twenty years under Project Blue Book; and I continue this advanced research. I believe the God of the universe has spread life throughout the cosmos and UFO’s are visiting us in ever-increasing numbers.
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IS EARTH at War — UFOs Suspected of Sabotage?
Russian space station cargo freighter lost on launch GCI
Five International Space Station resupply missions have been destroyed in recent weeks. At least one mission appears to have been destroyed by a UFO. In the past UFOs have been known to shoot down aircraft and possibly the space shuttle. …Astronauts aboard the International Space Station shouldn’t be unduly affected by the failure of Russia’s Progress 65 cargo mission on Dec. 1, 2016, NASA officials said.
The six astronauts living aboard the International Space Station (ISS) will be OK despite a Russian cargo ship’s failure and recent explosions of resupply missions
The uncrewed Progress 65 freighter fell back to Earth shortly after liftoff Thursday, apparently doomed by a problem with the third stage of its Soyuz rocket. The spacecraft and its 2.6 tons (2.36 metric tons) of food, equipment and other supplies burned up in the atmosphere over southern Russia, Russian space officials said. Russia’s unmanned Progress spacecraft are the workhorse delivery ships of the country’s space fleet. See how Russia’s Progress cargo vehicles work in this Space.com infographic.
“An H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV)-6 from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is scheduled to launch to the space station on Friday, Dec. 9,” he added, referring to another of the four robotic cargo ships that currently ferry supplies to the ISS. (The other two freighters are the Dragon and Cygnus spacecraft, which are built by the American companies SpaceX and Orbital ATK, respectively.)
“Among the U.S. supplies on board were spare parts for the station’s environmental control and life support system, research hardware, crew supplies and crew clothing, all of which are replaceable,” NASA officials wrote in an update Thursday.
The six crewmembers aboard the ISS are NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough (the Expedition 50 commander) and Peggy Whitson; cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy, Andrei Borisenko and Sergey Ryzhikov; and Frenchman Thomas Pesquet.
ISS crews have weathered cargo-mission failures before. A Cygnus was lost shortly after liftoff in October 2014 when its Antares rocket exploded, for example, and the Progress 59 vehicle didn’t make it to the ISS after its April 2015 launch. And a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket broke apart less than 3 minutes after launch in June 2015, scuttling a Dragon resupply run.
A private Orbital Sciences-built cargo launch to the International Space Station ended in fiery explosion just seconds after liftoff Tuesday night (Oct. 28).
Orbital’s unmanned Antares rocket exploded in a brilliant fireball shortly after launching from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia at 6:22 p.m. EDT on Oct. 28th, 2014, crashing back down to the launch pad in a flaming heap.
The Antares was carrying Orbital’s unmanned Cygnus spacecraft, which was toting 5,000 pounds (2,268 kilograms) of food, scientific experiments and other supplies on this flight — the third cargo mission to the space station under a $1.9 billion contract the company holds with NASA. You can see photos of the Antares rocket explosion here.
The Dragon spacecraft cargo run to the International Space Station blasted off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on June 28th, 2015 and exploded during flight. SpaceX wanted to attempt to land the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket on a ocean bare.
Space X CRS-7 mission ends in disaster on June 28, 2015, when the latest Dragon spacecraft cargo run to the ISS. The Dragon blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Following a nominal liftoff, Falcon 9 experienced an overpressure event in the upper stage liquid oxygen tank 139 seconds into flight, resulting in loss of mission.
Prior to the mishap, the first stage of the vehicle, including all nine Merlin 1D engines, operated nominally; the first stage actually continued to power through the overpressure event on the second stage for several seconds following the mishap. In addition, the Dragon spacecraft not only survived the second stage event, but also continued to communicate until the vehicle dropped below the horizon and out of range.
SpaceX has led the investigation efforts with oversight from the FAA and participation from NASA and the U.S. Air Force. Preliminary analysis suggests the overpressure event in the upper stage liquid oxygen tank was initiated by a flawed piece of support hardware (a “strut”) inside the second stage. Several hundred struts fly on every Falcon 9 vehicle with no previous failures. The strut that we believe failed was designed and material certified to handle 10,000 lbs of force, but failed at 2,000 lbs, a five-fold difference. Detailed close-out photos of stage construction show no visible flaws or damage of any kind.
Dramatic Video Shows Huge Scale of SpaceX Rocket Explosion
Mike Wall, Space.com Writer reports: The explosion of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket this morning September 1, 2016, was caught on video, and viewing it is quite an experience. An unidentified flying object possibly two was seen moving near the rocket just prior to and during the explosion.
Loss of Falcon vehicle during propellant fills operation originated around upper-stage oxygen tank. Cause is still unknown. SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk said yesterday via his Twitter account, @elonmusk.
Another report claims the two-stage Falcon 9 and its payload, a communications satellite called Amos-6, were destroyed during an engine test Thursday, which was part of the standard protocol to prepare for a planned Saturday (Sept. 3) launch from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
“The anomaly originated around the upper-stage oxygen tank and occurred during propellant loading of the vehicle,” The rocket’s upper stage exploded at 9:07 a.m. EDT (1307 GMT), setting off a dramatic, fiery cascade captured on video by U.S. Launch Report, a nonprofit that helps disabled veterans experience launches. (The explosion occurs at the 1-minute, 11-second mark in the video.)
The initial fireball quickly fills the entire left half of the video’s field of view; a few seconds later, Amos-6 falls to the ground, setting off another series of explosions. Progress spacecraft have flown most of the unmanned missions to the ISS. More than 150 flights have been launched, all except Progress M-12M, Progress M-27M and Progress MS-04/65P[1] have reached their destinations, with no injuries or loss of life after launch; Some ninety missions have been flow successfully to the ISS but now a series of unsuccessful missions have occurred. The failures may be caused by a series of accidents or by intervention.
On Feb. 1, 2003, space shuttle Columbia broke up as it returned to Earth, killing the seven astronauts on board. NASA suspended space shuttle flights for more than two years as it investigated the disaster.
An investigation board determined that a large piece of foam fell from the shuttle’s external tank and fatally breached the spacecraft wing. This problem with foam had been known for years. About 82 seconds after Columbia left the ground, a piece of foam fell from a “bipod ramp” that was part of a structure that attached the external tank to the shuttle.
The piece of external tank foam from an area just in front of and under the left nose of Columbia would hit the left attachment point of the nose Bipod and was nowhere near Columbia’s left wing The impact of the foam was hidden by the left wing along with the Bipod, so you can’t see the impact, only the powdered foam after the impact. No foam or debris hit Columbia’s left wing. Especially not when Columbia was moving at supersonic speed through the very thin atmosphere near outer space.
At the time of the accident I received reports of a UFO near the Columbia. The Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated in flames over Texas on February 1, 2003, after it was hit by a mysterious purple/green streak or object that is shown hitting the Columbia.
DID A MSTERIOUS FLASH CAUSE THE SHUTTLE DISASTER?
TEXAS — The Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated in flames over Texas on February 1, 2003, after it was hit by a mysterious purple/green streak or object that is shown hitting the Columbia. NASA claims a couple of pounds of foam insulation that broke off the shuttle booster tank may have damaged the left wing. It seems the light weight of the insulation would make any damage to the shuttle minimal since they are moving at the same speed in the final phase of entering space. Video that I have seen shows a powerful electrical plasma or lightning-like strike that causes significant damage to the left wing and the tail of the Shuttle.
Drawing of witness testimony
We do not know what caused the electrical plasma strike, but this has happened before on several occasions. UFOs have been filmed launching similar electrical strikes at US missiles and destroying them. The electrical charge may be caused by unknown high level electrical phenomenon that caused an imbalance between the earth’s electrosphere and the Shuttle.
It is, also, remotely possible that terrorists have obtained the Physics International electrical beam weapons. The Air Force reports picking up an unknown flying object moving away from the Shuttle as it disintegrated over Texas. Six Americans and Israel’s first astronaut lost their lives. People reported hearing “a big bang” at about 9 AM, as the Shuttle reentered the atmosphere and was operating normally at an altitude of 207,000 feet traveling at 12,500 mph. High-resolution images taken from a ground-based Air Force tracking camera in southwestern US show serious structural damage to the inboard leading edge of Columbia’s left wing, as the crippled Shuttle flew overhead about 60 seconds. before the vehicle broke up. The images, under analysis at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, show a jagged edge on the left inboard wing structure near where the wing begins to intersect the fuselage. They also show the Shuttle’s right aft yaw thrusters firing, trying to correct the vehicle’s attitude that was being adversely affected by the left wing damage. Columbia’s fuselage and right wing appear normal. NASA is now considering the Red Sprite or Blue Jets phenomena that generally travel up from thunder clouds into space. However, no bad weather was reported over the Western US. “In the shuttle’s final eight minutes, the morning of Feb. 1, temperatures surged in the left landing gear compartment, and the brake lines began overheating one by one. Sensors began showing overheating across other areas of the left wing and adjoining fuselage. Then Mission Control lost all contact.
ATKINS, TEXAS — The Director of NUFORC, Peter Davenport spoke with an eyewitness to the Shuttle disaster, who reports that both he and his grandchildren had witnessed a green, self-luminous object move toward the Space Shuttle very quickly, seemingly from the southwest, as the Shuttle streaked across the Texas sky. The witness estimated that they first noticed the object an estimated two seconds after they had first witnessed the Shuttle in the sky to the northwest and just prior to the shuttle’s explosion. He was there with his grandchildren watching for Columbia’s re-entry and watched as it crossed from horizon to horizon and I can’t imagine having a better overall vantage point than the spot where we stood. I saw…green light, explosion, sonic boom, etc.
The witness writes, “On May 23’rd, 1959 I had a very “up close and personal” encounter with two UFOs.” Which brings me to the green light and the Shuttle? We now know that pieces of tile were being ripped off Columbia over the west coast, and of course that would be most people’s explanation for the green light. I wish I could rationalize the light away with the tile theory. I’ve tried. But I can’t get my mind around this thing for several reasons. Why was it at such a great distance from Columbia? Why was it closing the gap between itself and the shuttle? What could have come off Columbia at that point that would burn such a bright, unremitting green? And most importantly, why wasn’t the green object leaving a smoke trail? My eight year old grandson said it all when he asked, “Grandpa what’s that green light following the shuttle? thCNN and radio (700 WLW) reports that, “The US Space Command reported tracking an “object” moving alongside Columbia while the shuttle was still in space. They said it “may” have been a piece of the shuttle, but they don’t know yet. During the first few hours of the coverage of the disaster released video showed an object following the Shuttle about an estimated thousand feet behind the Shuttle that seemed to launch a bolt of lightning like plasma toward the Shuttle.
David Perlman of The San Francisco Chronicle viewed the photos later that night, and the Chronicle reported an electrified discharge seen around the track of the shuttle’s passage. “They clearly record an electrical discharge like a lightning bolt flashing past,” said the photographer. NASA dispatched former shuttle astronaut Tammy Jernigan to acquire the camera. A Chronicle reporter was present when Jernigan arrived. “It certainly appears very anomalous,” she said. “We sure will be very interested in taking a very hard look at this.” In the critical shot, a glowing purple rope of light corkscrews down toward the plasma trail, appears to pass behind it, then cuts sharply toward it from below. As it merges with the plasma trail, the streak itself brightens for a distance, and then fades. The pictures, taken with a Nikon-880 digital camera on a tripod, reveal what appear to be bright electrical phenomena flashing around the track of the shuttle’s passage. Thanks to: SAN FRANCISCO (Chronicle) – 02-Feb-03 Photos show odd images near shuttle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi? f=/c/a/2003/02/02/MN221641.DTL (Unable to locate this photo)
“We Have Lost Many Men and Planes Trying To
Intercept UFOs”
Timothy Good writes, “The destruction or disappearance of military aircraft during interceptions of UFOs continued apace.” As General Benjamin Chidlaw, former commanding general of Air (later Aerospace) Defense Command told Robert C. Gardener (ex USAF) in 1953: “We have stack of reports of flying saucers. We take them seriously, when you consider we have lost many men and planes trying to intercept them.” Leonard Stringfield, the former Air Force intelligence officer was told by a reliable source in the 1950s that the “Air Force was losing about a plane a day to the UFOs.” Stringfield was reliably informed. According to US Defense Department figures, from 1952 until the end of October 1956, there were 18,662 major accidents of military aircraft, broken down as follows:
Year Air Force – Navy Losses
1952 2,274 2,086
1953 2,075 2,325
1954 1,873 1,911
1955 1,664 1,566
1956 1,530 1,358
Of this astonishing accident total, most involved fast new jets (such as those scrambled in UFO interceptions), of which 56.2 per cent were found to be caused by pilot error; 8.1 per cent by ground-crew or other personnel failure; 23.4 per cent by failure of parts and equipment in the aircraft; 2.8 per cent by various ‘unsafe conditions’, and –9.5 per cent (1,773) were due to ‘unknown factors’. Thanks to Timothy Good’ book, “Need to Know” P.172
Editor’s Comments: When I chased a UFO we exceeded the red lined aircraft air speed by 20 knots. In the excitement of the chase it is easy to exceed aircraft capabilities and often some part of the aircraft may fail. Many stories are told of firing missiles and making direct hits on the UFOs that were unharmed only to have them return the fire and destroy the interceptor.
In October 1947, Chidlaw he became deputy commanding general of Air Materiel Command, with rank of lieutenant general, and full commander on September 1, 1949. General Chidlaw was given the task to evaluate UFO sightings and his group agreed the phenomena was real and viable and should be researched. It is likely his team attempted to develop their own flying discs using the Roswell crash debris that were stored here at Wright Field. On July 29, 1951, he received his fourth star and the command of Air Defense Command at Ent Air Force Base, Colorado. Most fighter interceptors were under his command and launched to engage the UFOs
PERU FIGHTER FIRES ON AN ALIEN CRAFT
LA JOYA AIRFORCE BASE — New information has been released by Oscar Santa Maria Huertas, a commander of the Peruvian Air Force, regarding the incident that took place at 07:15 hours on 11 April, 1980, when he was orderd to fly his aircraft – a Sukhoi SU-22, the most technologically advanced fighter at the time – to knock a UFO out of the sky. It was “a completely spherical object, its upper section resembled a cream-colored porcelain, with a round, broad, metallic-grey base, like that of an ashtray.” The anomalous flying object flew at “great speed and was 10 meters in diameter, making it a very easy target to bring down.” This was recorded due to the fact that the flying object was passing over the La Joya military base in Arequipa. Peru had acquired the most advanced military technology from the Soviet Union, and was keeping it secret. Peru thought it was about to go to war against Chile at any moment to recover lost territory. That morning, Santa María boarded a Sukhoi SU-22 loaded with 140 rounds to fire against the strange flying object. He pursued it and fired 64 rounds, creating a huge wall of fire. He was startled to see that the object had not suffered any damage whatsoever.
Oscar Santa María said that the effect produced by this weaponry was devastating, and there was no chance of the object emerging unscathed, but the UFO had not been damaged. It seemed to have acquired an intelligence that allowed it to move freely and escape. At some point during the pursuit, which lasted around 25 minutes, he felt the UFO somehow “knew” the maneuvers the warplane would engage in. “It was an odd sensation. When I reached a certain altitude to get it in my sights and fire, the object disrupted the operation and settled at the same altitude and right beside my plane.” Upon being asked why he had been chosen, he said “he was the best among the combat pilots” and his superior, of course, wanted the object blown out of the sky as soon as possible and efficiently. Oscar says he came within 100 meters of the object. “I didn’t notice that it was spinning. It didn’t have windows or rivets, either. What startled me most is that it had no means of propulsion like any other aircraft.” Santa María says the military radar units could pick up his jet, but not the UFO. However, ground personnel could see it from the ground, looking like a large luminous object in the sky. Nearly 460 crewmen were ordered to their stations to repel the mysterious object. Nearly thirteen hundred people were on hand, all of them watching the maneuvers between the interceptor and the UFO. A total of 1800 people at the base witnessed the incident. Lacking fuel to continue pursuit, Oscar returned to base. The department in charge of investigating the subject of UFOs in Peru, a division of the Aerospace Interest Office, classified it as case 0007 in its new stage of investigation. NOTE: The above image is CGI. Ken Pfeifer MUFON NJ www.worldufophotos.org and thanks to http://inexplicata.blogspot.com
Illegal Voting
Californian Richard Anderson writes — Whether Democrat, Republican, or Independent, here’s something to think about: We hear a cacophony bleating from the media and the Hillary supporters that she won the popular vote and therefore she should be president, 60,839,497 to 60,265,847. 47.8% to 47,3% with the remaining 4.9% going to the other candidates. But here is a more in-depth analysis: Trump won the popular vote in 31 states to her 19 and DC. Trump had 62% to her 19%. Trump led in the total popular vote for all states except California. She won California 5,860,714 to his 3,151,821. 61.6% to 33.1% exclusive of the other candidates. Thus California gave Hillary the popular vote for all states as claimed by the Democrats and their media supporters.
But deduct her California vote from her national vote, it leaves her with 54,978,783, and deduct Trumps California vote from his national total, it leaves him with 57,113,976, he wins in a landslide in the total for the other 49 states, 51.3% to her 48.7%. winning the rest of the country by a substantial margin. This exemplifies the wisdom of the Electoral College, to prevent the vote of any one populous state from overriding the vote of the others. With our voter registration available when getting a driver’s license combined with undocumented immigrants allowed driver’s licenses we have no controls in place to keep non-citizens from voting.
California’s L.A. County as the repository for the most provisional ballots—40%—cast in the country. The Election Integrity Project tells Independent Journal Review that ‘voter impersonation’ is easy and happens all the time. Now, retired ICE special agent Claude Arnold has the answer to the question of whether illegal aliens vote in elections. He told Fox News that he’s worked in six states, arrested at least 1,000 illegal immigrants during his career and found that most of them had voter registration cards.
The ‘Motor Voter’ law requires that all people receiving driver’s licenses be offered voter registration cards. The District of Columbia, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Vermont and Washington allow those who are in the U.S. illegally to apply for a licenses and register to vote. Thanks to Richard Anderson
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Filer’s Files #50 – 2016 UFOs Suspected of Sabotage? - PART II
Filer’s Files #50 – 2016 UFOs Suspected of Sabotage? - PART II
UFO Sightings in the United States
California Object
Venice Beach — I came out at night to do exactly what I did and that is film a UFO since.it is my hobby. Images were taken on July 11, 2016.
Thanks to MUFON CMS
Florida Lights
Bronson– I was walking my dog late morning on December 2, 2016. I looked up and saw an unidentified object heading north. It didn’t turn and just kept flying in a northern direction. It was low enough to hear sound from it but no sound. It was white and had a weird front end like angled bars connected to it.
By the time I got my phone out of my pocket it was heading away from me and the picture isn’t very good. Can you all enhance the photo? It startled me but since UFO’s are common place now days I wasn’t surprised.
Thanks to MUFON CMS
Idaho Disc
Mountain Home — I never saw this object at the time. I was just taking some landscape photos and was going to shoot an attractive model. I was shooting with a lens of an apx 14-54mm, camera settings at F8, ISO 200, and a shutter speed of 1/640th second. I never noticed the object it until I downloaded the image to my laptop the following day. This was on Memorial Day weekend in 2013. I called the Public Affairs office at Mountain Home Air Force Base and they assured me that they were not flying at this time as it was a Friday evening of the holiday weekend. I did email this to them, and the Public Affairs officer said, “He would have his photographer look at it but I never heard back from them. I just thought it was interesting that something like that is still pixilated when zooming in on the object, yet the clouds and horizon are much sharper. Makes me believe this thing was flying at a pretty fast pace when a shutter speed of 1/640th of a second couldn’t freeze it. I have photos of the Thunderbird Air Show where I could freeze the action as they flew in front of me much closer than this object was. Thanks to MUFON CMS
New Jersey Diamond
Parsippany-Troy Hills — While driving west on Route 78 I observed what looked like a black, diamond shaped ufo hovering in the air on December 5, 2016.
I took out my phone and tried to take a video but I had to take the next exit. The video is very short and not very clear, but perhaps it can be enhanced. Thanks to MUFON CMS
New York Object
Fishkill – I was in my backyard taping the moon on November 11, 2016. A shooting sound together with a swish pulled my attention, but all I’ve saw was a trail of a shooting star. I first thought it was a meteor. When I went to watch the video I noticed a yellow red orange object with some symmetrical characteristics, and also it changed direction. My impression is that the object could be a kind of spaceship. Thanks to MUFON CMS
North Carolina Image
Waynesville — I have lots of other pictures taken at night of the strange critters but I couldn’t see them during the day on October 30, 2016. I get sick when I observe them at night and I noticed recently that during the day I was getting the same kind of sickness. I decided to try shooting them during the day too. They are very small. The triangles at night are what made me start paying attention. There are always triangle lights and orbs too, day and night. I have figured out that the orbs are poison that makes me sick. They seem to be busy harvesting something or studying. I am not scared but I do feel like I have radiation poisoning when I go outside. I have thousands of night pictures,.but never see the objects with my naked eye. I feel their presence and pull out my camera and start shooting. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Ohio Lights
Springfield — I was taking a drive on highway 2-75 towards Columbus, Ohio and I saw lights in the sky on November 29, 2016. The color lights were white, green, and red at the time and it looked cylinder like. When I saw it, I immediately thought UFO. As we were getting closer to the object it was getting larger, but didn’t look like a cylinder anymore. At this point it was starting to look like an airplane because it took more of a triangular shape. Now it was huge and no longer looked like an airplane, because of its massive size and obvious triangular shape. I start taking snap chat videos. Now it’s so huge I have absolutely no idea what’s going on. And I’m thinking “maybe it’s a plane crashing” because we were also near the Wright Patterson Air Force Base. I absolutely freak out that this is a UFO and it’s enormous. It was blackish gray base with red lights and three white lights one on each corner as it passed in a flash. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Oklahoma Light
Oklahoma – I was at home watching the news and heard about the super moon on November 13, 2016. I went outside with my smart phone to take picture of the moon. At the time of snapping the shot I did not notice the lights. A few days later I noticed the reddish orange lights at the bottom right. It appeared not to be a plane or helicopter. What I see is two rectangle reddish orange lights shrouded in clouds as if you were looking up at the bottom of something. All my life I have lived less than 5 miles from Tinker Air Force Base and have seen hundreds of aircraft but they never looked like what was captured in the photo. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Oregon Object
Lebanon— I witnessed an object above the horizon shortly after a hailstorm on December 4th, 2016 at approximately 4:40 pm.
I witnessed the object fall in a straight path for five minutes, during which time I took several photos and video. The object disappeared at the horizon.
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Beaverton — I took a picture of the sky while walking to my car in the Kohl’s parking lot on December 6, 2016. After getting home and looking at the picture I noticed the green orb in the clouds. I didn’t initially see the object when taking the picture but the sun was really bright and I had sunglasses on. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Pennsylvania DOTS
My daughter and I ran over to the store on December 4, 2016, and returning home saw a partial rainbow. I pulled over and took two pictures. I began driving down the road and when I came to a stop sign decided to take another one. We came home and I did not look at the photos till much later. While looking at what we thought was a partial rainbow, I noticed some white dots.
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South Carolina NO wings
Hartsville – I watched two UFO’s that I couldn’t identify/ on November 24, 2016. I have never seen anything like them The first one initially looked like a helicopter with a headlight and it was slower moving than an airplane. As it got closer, I noticed that I couldn’t hear it, yet it was close enough that I would have heard the blades. It started to curve away slowly, and several small lights blinked in a circular pattern, and then went dark. The second craft was a couple hundred yards behind, and had the same appearance of a headlight. I ran inside to get a camera; the second craft was now “dark” and just above the trees, heading away.
There was no sound, wings, tail, blades, and no navigation lights just kind of a dark spherical shape at. 5:37 pm, that were not normal aircraft. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Texas Triangle
San Marcos — I had been stargazing late one evening, until the early morning hours. I had my attention set on a particular group of stars in the night sky. When suddenly, the stars I had been looking at seemed to just disappear, and the starlight just went out. Then, several more stars began disappearing from view. I suddenly noticed a black mass drifting across the sky. I strained my eyes, and shielded the light from the street lamp. I couldn’t make out the shape until it turned towards the southwest. It was then, that I could see that it was triangular in shape without lights or sound. I was in shock by its massive size of over two football fields. I was so captivated I froze, and just stood there watching in amazement. It was like a slow blimp. Anything that huge, traveling that slow would just fall out of the sky. I’ll always remember and know what I had seen wasn’t from this world. Thanks to MUFON CMS
VERMONT Disc
St. Rutland– On November 19, 2016, around 8 pm at East Center, I was getting ready to leave a friend’s driveway. I looked up in the clear night sky and wished to myself that a UFO would show up. Then I saw flashing lights, a possible plane, pretty far up, that was stationary. With that I ran to my friend’s door and asked them to come out and pointed this out to them. There was a normal plane up there too, so we could see the difference in size. It seemed very long and two lights were separated by at least a few hundred feet. One was a light, and one was a white light. I could not see the shape of the object above a plane. We see another plane with new red and whites lights with all kinds of sparkling lights within a triangle shape. The one female friend said she was getting scared of this one, the male of the party then went inside. Then I see a white lighted object moving north. NOTE: The above image is CGI. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Worldwide UFO Sightings
Australia Cylinder
Bellbowrie — Ufo sighting of pill shaped red and white cylindrical object over Brisbane, during full moon rising of October 16, 2016. It was recorded on an unmanned time-lapse video and later discovered upon viewing of the digital images (12 sequential frames from 559 600 shots). Several lights appear during the time-lapse (total play time of 11 seconds) I have not yet closely examined the others. Note: as has been the case previously when I recorded such footage – the camera (panasonic lumix fz1000 bridge camera with leica zoom lens) which was set to manual focus. I mysteriously lost focus near the end of the recording. This object was descending on a steady flight path and might be an aircraft. It doesn’t appear to be a case of motion blur; rather an evenly halved red and white body. It is a well lit, thick cylinder instead of just what i would normally see from a conventional aircraft. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Canada Humming
Officials in Canada are attempting to find the source of a mysterious sound which has been blamed for driving wildlife away from a popular hunting area. The puzzling noise, which has been called both a ‘hum’ and a ‘ping,’ began being heard during the summer months in a remote part of northern Canada.
It is believed that the sound is coming from the ocean floor and residents of the region lament that, since it started, whales and seals have stopped being seen in the area. http://www.coasttocoastam.com/This is particularly troubling because many of the people who live there rely on hunting those animals for both income and food. As such, some suspect that the sound may not be an accident and theorize that it could actually have been intentionally unleashed upon the area by an environmental group attempting to protect the animals. Another theory for the sound is that it could be coming from a mining operation; it is unlikely, based on their knowledge of groups permitted to work in the waters. Thanks to http://www.coasttocoastam.com/
India Red Objects
Chennai, Tamil Nadu — On November 26, 2016, we first saw a red light in the west moving towards the south.
We thought it could have been a rear view of a flight even though it was suspicious.
But what shocked us was it was followed by four other red bright objects moving slowly in the same direction.
Thanks to William Puckett, Director Http://www.UFOsnw.com
Italy Disk
Torino – I saw rotating disk, very reflective flying over Torino suburbs on December 4, 2016
It was able to invert direction immediately and without any sound emission or other perceptible vibrations. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Jamaica Lights
Montego Bay — Standing on my balcony looking out into the dark ocean at about 11 pm when I saw three lights appear in the water about 20 feet from beach on July 19, 2016. They moved very fast through the water at times disappearing and reappearing in different spot. The water is about 15 feet deep in that area. They appeared to be searching the area. At times it looked like a light beam appeared on top of the water. I took video and pictures and the hotel assured me there were no scuba divers or lights in the area. This occurred three more time over my 14 day stay, Thanks to MUFON CMS
Serbia Large Light
Svrljig— On November 3, 2016, at 5:45 at my local time, I stepped out of my front-yard and looked up in the sky and immediately noticed a large object in the clear sky. I see the stars and the object was so much larger than everything else. The object did not move for a couple of seconds. Before that it was moving to the east and after the brief stop it continued in the same direction for another 15 seconds. Then suddenly the object started to FADE away. It faded away from the outside to the inside equally on all sides, while still moving. The inside of it seemed to be a clear white color with a touch of yellow, while everything around it was a glowing whitish transparent color. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Spain Cylinder
Cadiz— He was walking with some friends towards the beacon of German Beach (Sahara) while he usually takes pictures frequently.
Upon returning home we download the photos on the computer and saw the anomaly, but at first we thought it was a cloud.
When we viewed more closely, we saw that it was something else. Thanks to MUFON CMS
UK/England Lights
Caldicot, Monmouthshir — I just crossed over from the traffic lights by Woodstock Way Junction on November 27, 2016. I looked up and saw a very low bright flying craft. My first thought was it was a meteorite or Chinese lantern. It hovered above me for at least 3-5 seconds, and took out my phone, by that time the craft sped off, across the road above the trees. I didn’t have time to zoom my camera on my iPhone 4 so I just took two pictures and recorded the object. My phone ran out of storage, so watched the object fly out of view. I believe it was a military triangle drone, or the black triangle. Thanks to MUFON CMS
UK/Scotland ORB
Lochgelly — I saw what I think was a ufo last night on November 23, 2016. I was wondering if you can confirm this sighting.
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"Het aantal bekende zwarte gaten verdubbelt de komende twee jaar"
"Het aantal bekende zwarte gaten verdubbelt de komende twee jaar"
Tim Kraaijvanger
Dankzij een nieuwe methode van astronomen van de universiteit van Waterloo worden er vanaf nu tien zwarte gaten per jaar ontdekt. De onderzoekers beweren dat het aantal bekende zwarte gaten over twee jaar twee keer zo groot is en dat we over tien jaar volledig inzicht hebben in de geschiedenis van zwarte gaten.
“Binnen tien jaar is er voldoende data om zwarte gaten te bestuderen als een groep”, zegt professor Avery Broderick. “We kunnen dan de geschiedenis van stellaire zwarte gaten blootleggen.”
ZO ONTSTAAT EEN ZWART GAT
Een stellair zwart gat is een zwart gat die ontstaat nadat een zware ster implodeert. Dit gebeurt aan het einde van zijn leven, wanneer er een eind is gekomen aan de kernfusie. Kernfusie zorgt namelijk voor een hydrostatisch evenwicht tussen uitwaartse en inwaartse druk. Wanneer de uitwaartse druk wegvalt, krijgt de inwaarts gerichte zwaartekracht de overhand en stort de ster in elkaar.
Zwaartekrachtsgolven Het is lastig om stellaire zwarte gaten te ontdekken, omdat zwarte gaten al het licht en materie absorberen. Ze produceren geen straling. Het eerste directe bewijs van een zwarte gat kwam begin dit jaar, toen astronomen de zwaartekrachtsgolven waarnamen van twee samensmeltende zwarte gaten. Deze ontdekking werd gedaan door de Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO).
“We weten niet hoe zeldzaam zo’n gebeurtenis is en hoeveel zwarte gaten er precies zijn in ons Melkwegstelsel”, vervolgt Broderick. “Voor het eerst gebruiken we de data van LIGO om op grote schaal op zoek te gaan naar zwarte gaten.”
Microlensing en interferometrie De onderzoekers gaan twee technieken combineren: microlensing en interferometrie. Gravitationele microlensing vindt plaats wanneer een donkere object – bijvoorbeeld een zwart gat – tussen ons en een andere lichtbron schuift. Het licht van de ster buigt om het zwaartekrachtsveld van het zwarte gat om de aarde te bereiken. Hierdoor lijkt de achtergrondster tijdelijk veel feller. Broderick en zijn collega’s gebruiken radiotelescopen om deze gebeurtenissen vast te leggen in realtime. “Dankzij een radiotelescoop (interferometrie, red.) krijgen we meer dan alleen een foto te zien, maar weten we ook direct hoe zwaar een object is, wat de afstand is en hoe snel het object door de Melkweg raast”, zegt student Mansour Karami.
Paper De methode is verder toegelicht in een paper in het wetenschappelijke vakblad The Astrophysical Journal. We zijn benieuwd of de voorspelling van de onderzoekers uitkomt. Over een paar jaar weten we het.
There's water, water everywhere on the dwarf planet Ceres, according to new research. New observations have provided direct evidence that water ice is ubiquitous on the surface and shallow subsurface of this massive asteroid.
Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt that lies between Mars and Jupiter, and has long been suspected of containing significant amounts of water — estimates projected up to 30 percent of its total mass. Evidence has pointed to water ice being mixed with the rock on Ceres' surface, and in a few rare cases, more concentrated patches of exposed ice have been found. Ceres has even belched up plumes of water vapor.
The new results come from a global map of Ceres showing the distribution of hydrogen, which can then be used to infer the presence of water. The data supports the theory that Ceres' water content separated from the rock content, and formed an ice-rich crust on the dwarf planet. The fact that so much water is still present on Ceres "confirms predictions that water ice can lie for billions of years within a meter of the surface," the authors write in the new paper detailing the findings. [Amazing Photos of Dwarf Planet Ceres]
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft determined the hydrogen content of the upper yard, or meter, of Ceres’ surface. Blue indicates where hydrogen content is higher, near the poles, while red indicates lower content at lower latitudes.
The global map was created using an instrument on NASA's Dawn probe, which is currently orbiting the dwarf planet, called the Gamma Ray and Neutron Detector (GRaND). This instrument detects two kinds of particles: neutrons, one of the particles that make up atoms, and gamma rays, very high-energy light. When cosmic rays (very high-energy particles from space) crash into the surface of the dwarf planet, the collision can create a spray of debris particles, including neutrons and gamma rays. But the debris isn't random; the characteristics of some of those gamma rays and neutrons can provide information about the chemical composition of the surface of Ceres and to certain depths below the surface. So scientists looking at data from GRaND can learn about the abundance of elements, including potassium, iron and hydrogen on the surface of Ceres, and to a depth of about 3 feet (1 meter).
The instrument cannot directly detect water molecules, but that can be inferred from the data, according to the authors. One way this is done is with computer models, which can recreate the evolution of Ceres, producing various possible outcomes that show how those elements (and water) would be distributed today.
Comparing the models with the new map shows that water ice on Ceres is concentrated near the poles: At high latitudes (past about 40 degrees in both hemispheres), water ice on the surface of Ceres and in the layers just under the surface may compose up to 27 percent of Ceres' mass, according to the new research. Near the equator, the water ice concentration is much lower.
They researchers also compared the map of Ceres with a map of Vesta, another body in the asteroid belt. The data from those global maps show that Ceres has over 100 times more hydrogen than Vesta, and that the hydrogen is distributed more evenly over the surface. That indicates some kind of global process, which implies that water was (and still is) a large component of Ceres' composition, according to the lead author of the new research, Thomas Prettyman, principal investigator for GRaND. Prettyman spoke at a news conference today (Dec. 15) at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco.
Prettyman also noted that Ceres' composition has been compared with a family of meteorites called carbonaceous chondrites. These rocks, like most asteroids in the asteroid belt, have evolved very little since the early days of the solar system. But the new map (which also shows the distribution of iron and potassium on Ceres) shows some key differences between Ceres and these meteorites.
"If you look at the elemental composition of Ceres, it bears some resemblance to the carbonaceous contrite meteorites," Prettyman said. "But there are differences that support the idea that ice and rock that came together and formed Ceres actually separated in the interior and were redistributed by processes like convection."
It is possible that Ceres harbors a liquid ocean deep below its surface, but if that is the case, the ocean is likely composed of a very salty chemical mixture, with little or no water, according to Carol Raymond, deputy principal investigator of the Dawn mission, who also spoke at the news conference. Instead, the new results indicate Ceres' water is largely stored in ice deposits near the surface.
A separate study appearing in the journal Nature and also released today revealed the presence of a concentrated patch of surface ice on Ceres, located in a regions cloaked in permanent shadow. But this and other patches of surface ice deposits are "rare," according to the paper's authors, and don't add up to anywhere near the total amount of ice now thought to lie buried just under Ceres' surface.
The Dawn probe entered into orbit around Ceres in March 2015. The spacecraft completed its primary mission in June, and continues to study Ceres as part of its extended mission.
Einstein's Theory Just Put the Brakes on the Sun's Spin
Einstein's Theory Just Put the Brakes on the Sun's Spin
By Ian O'Neill, Seeker
Credit: NASA/SDO
Although the sun is our nearest star, it still hides many secrets. But it seems that one solar conundrum may have been solved and a theory originally proposed in 1905 by Albert Einstein could be at the root ofit all.
NASA
Twenty years ago, solar astronomers realized that the uppermost layer of the sun rotates slower than the rest of the sun's interior. This is odd. It is well known the sun rotates faster at its equator than at its poles — a phenomenon known as "differential rotation" that drives the sun's 11-year solar cycle — but the fact that the sun has a sluggish upper layer has been hard to understand. It's as if there's some kind of force trying to hold it in place while the lower layers churn below it.
Now, researchers from University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy (IfA), Brazil, and Stanford University may have stumbled on an answer and it could all be down to fundamental physics. It seems that the light our sun generates has a braking effect on the sun's surface layers.
"The sun won't stop spinning anytime soon, but we've discovered that the same solar radiation that heats the Earth is 'braking' the sun because of Einstein's Special Relativity, causing it to gradually slow down, starting from its surface," said Jeff Kuhn, of IfA Maui, in a statement.
Special relativity predicts that photons, which carry the electromagnetic force (i.e. light), also carry a tiny amount of momentum. If you have enough photons travelling away from an object, they will carry away a large amount of momentum. In the case of the sun's 4 billion year lifetime, the surface has lost a lot of momentum to photons, causing a slowdown of the uppermost 5 percent of the sun. This mechanism, called the Poynting-Robertson effect, has been observed in interplanetary dust, which feels the drag of the sun's radiation, causing it to fall from the asteroid belt into the inner solar system.
What affects dust inevitably affects the soup of super-heated gas in the sun's upper layers and, over its lifetime, the drag caused by photons being emitted from the sun has created a measurable and, until now, mysterious effect.
Using several years of data from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), the researchers were able to measure waves traveling through the sun to precisely measure the size of the layer that is experiencing this slowdown. The technique, known as "helioseismology," is very similar to measuring the seismic waves travelling through the Earth to measure the strength of an earthquake. The material these seismic waves travel through changes the waves so seismologists can "see" underground.
Though the sun isn't a solid planet made from rock and metal, its dense plasma interior also allows waves to travel, creating oscillations on the surface that can be measured. Helioseismology therefore allows astronomers to "see" into our nearest star, revealing many details about its interior that may not be obvious on the surface. And in this case, by using helioseismology and studying the sun's magnetic field passing from space into the sun's interior, we can gauge how much of a drag Einstein's special relativity has had on the sun's surface.
"This is a gentle torque that is slowing it down, but over the Sun's 5 billion year lifetime it has had a very noticeable influence on its outer 35,000 kilometers [22,000 miles]," said Kuhn. These findings have accepted for publication in the journal Physical Review Letters and can be previewed on the arXiv pre-print service.
Using our sun as a laboratory for other stars, Kuhn's team believe that a similar effect likely happens for all stars and could have a strong influence on stellar evolution. Now solar astronomers are very interested to understand how this solar slowdown impacts the sun's magnetic field that threads through the entire solar system. As the sun's magnetism is the root cause of space weather that can trigger solar flares and coronal mass ejections that could interfere with satellites and power grids, this research could have a key role to play in our understanding of solar impacts on Earth.
California's remote, beautiful, and foreboding Death Valley has held a mystery for almost a century: it has stones that seem to move on their own, when no one is looking. It happens at Racetrack Playa, a dry lakebed known for its "sailing stones." This effect occurs at a few other places as well, though Death Valley is the most famous spot. Thanks to some high-tech sleuthing, the mystery may have been solved, at least partly.
In their book "Mysteries of the World: Unexplained Wonders and Mysterious Phenomena," Herbert Genzmer and Ulrich Hellenbrand state that "the perfectly flat, dry ground is scoured and scraped with paths that suggest these boulders are being moved along the ground... there is no indication of how this movement could have been brought about by outside forces, and no stone has ever been observed actually making its way across the ground."
Not all of the stones in Death Valley move. Those that do only move every two to three years, and they don't all move at the same time or in the same direction. In fact, some seem to have made abrupt 90-degree turns, judging from the tracks, which range from tens of feet to hundreds of feet long. Most of the stones are not huge boulders but instead range from about 6 to 18 inches (15 to 45 centimeters) in diameter.
Several theories have been proposed to explain this curious phenomenon, including some sort of localized, unknown magnetic effect. This theory has been discounted for a variety of reasons including that many of the stones do not contain significant amounts of magnetic elements such as iron, and that the stones should gradually assemble in one place — which they don't. Some have suggested that the strong winds that blow through the area might move the rocks after the lakebed has become slick.
The most likely solution to the mystery involves a combination of wind, temperature and water. Although Racetrack Playa is a dry lakebed, it is not always dry; in fact, water collects on the surface after rainfall or when snow from surrounding peaks melts. Brian Dunning, a California researcher who discussed this mystery on his Skeptoid podcast, notes that when water is present and the temperature falls below freezing — as it sometimes does — a thin sheet of ice is created: "Solid ice, moving with the surface of the lake and with the inertia of a whole surrounding ice sheet, would have no trouble pushing a rock along the slick muddy floor... As the wind shifts and the flow ebbs, these ice floes drag the rocks across the slippery mud surface in zig-zagging paths, even moving heavy rocks and sometimes dragging some but washing past others nearby."
NASA researcher Ralph Lorenz became intrigued by the enigmatic stones while studying Death Valley weather conditions. He developed a tabletop experiment to show how the rocks might glide across the surface of the lakebed.
"I took a small rock and put it in a piece of Tupperware, and filled it with water so there was an inch of water with a bit of the rock sticking out," Lorenz told Smithsonian.com.
After putting the container in the freezer, Lorenz ended up with a small slab of ice with a rock embedded in it. By placing the ice-bound rock in a large tray of water with sand at the bottom, all he had to do was gently blow on the rock to get it to move across the water. And as the ice-embedded rock moved, it scraped a trail in the sand at the tray's bottom.
Shy stones
Though such explanations are plausible, they were very difficult to prove since no one had actually seen or recorded the stones' movements. Understandably, no one has volunteered to spend every minute of their lives — day and night for several years — enduring temperatures that can reach well above 100 degrees F (37 C), hoping to see a stone move. Furthermore, Racetrack Playa is almost three miles long and over a mile wide (4.8 by 1.6 kilometers). A person of course can't be everywhere at once, and would have to pick one or two rocks to closely and continually monitor just in case they happen to suddenly move. And can you imagine the frustration if someone spent two years watching a non-moving rock, only to later learn that several other rocks on another part of the lakebed had moved while they weren't watching?
Fortunately, the technology exists to investigate the mystery remotely. In 2013, a team of scientists using rocks with motion-activated GPS units and time-lapse photography captured the first video footage of the stones creeping across the desert floor. [Related: High-Tech Sleuthing Cracks Mystery of Death Valley's Moving Rocks]
It turns out that jagged plates of thin ice, resembling panels of broken glass, bulldoze the rocks across the flooded playa. Driven by gentle winds, the rocks seem to hydroplane atop the fluffy, wet mud. The scientists revealed their findings in the Aug. 27 issue of the journal PLOS One.
The mystery has not been solved completely, however. The video shows how smaller rocks move, but no one has ever seen the gigantic playa boulders budge an inch. Another process may be at work on the biggest rocks, according to Jim Norris, an engineer and member of the team.
"I know there are people who like the mystery of it and will probably be somewhat disappointed that we've solved it," Norris said. "It's a fascinating process, and in many ways I hope that there's more to be discovered. Never say never."
Mysterious Metallic Sound in the Mariana Trench Finally Identified
Mysterious Metallic Sound in the Mariana Trench Finally Identified
By Megan Gannon, Live Science Contributor
An otherworldly noise that was recorded near the Mariana Trench could be a never-before-heard whale call.
Dubbed the "Western Pacific Biotwang," this newly discovered call might be from a minke whale — a type of baleen whale — according to the researchers who documented the vocalization.
Regardless of what species it is, this whale has range: The call includes sounds that span frequencies that reach as low as 38 hertz and as high as 8,000 hertz. Humans can hear sounds between 20 and 20,000 Hz. [Listen to the New Whale Call from the Mariana Trench]
"It's very distinct, with all these crazy parts," Sharon Nieukirk, senior faculty research assistant in marine bioacoustics at Oregon State University, said in a statement. "The low-frequency moaning part is typical of baleen whales, and it's that kind of twangy sound that makes it really unique. We don't find many new baleen whale calls."
A minke whale in the Southern Ocean.
Credit: NOAA
The call was recorded with autonomous seafaring robots, known as "passive acoustic ocean gliders," which can dive up to 3,280 feet (1,000 meters) below the surface. Scientists can send these devices out on solo missions to eavesdrop on whale conversations. Nieukirk and her colleagues collected their acoustic data in the fall of 2014 and the spring of 2015, in an area in the Pacific Ocean east of Guam around the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the ocean. [Video: Take a Tour of the Mariana Trench]
The twangy, five-part call, which lasts up to 3.5 seconds, was recorded regularly during both the fall and spring. The researchers hope that other scientists will identify the call in other data sets so that they can confirm the source. But in their description of the whale call in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Nieukirk and her colleagues wrote that they suspect a minke whale is responsible for the new call.
Because of the call's complex structure, frequencies and metallic-sounding conclusion, the researchers think that it most closely resembles the regionally specific calls that are produced by a group of dwarf minke whales off the northeast coast of Australia. (Those calls sound a bit like "Star Wars" sound effects.) They added that there are several types of minke whales in the survey area, but not much is known about their behavior — especially their vocal behavior.
"We don't really know that much about minke whale distribution at low latitudes," Nieukirk said. "The species is the smallest of the baleen whales, doesn't spend much time at the surface, has an inconspicuous blow, and often lives in areas where high seas make sighting difficult. But they call frequently, making them good candidates for acoustic studies."
The call still needs to be translated. Most baleen whales use specific vocalizations for seasonal breeding and feeding, but this call — since it seems to occur all year — may have a complex function, the researchers said.
"If it's a mating call, why are we getting it year-round? That's a mystery," Nieukirk said. "We need to determine how often the call occurs in summer versus winter, and how widely this call is really distributed."
It wouldn't be the first time minke whales have puzzled scientists with their calls. In 2014, scientists solved a 50-year-old mystery when they figured out that the so-called "bio-duck" sound that was often recorded in the Southern Ocean was being produced by Antarctic minke whales.
CONTACTEES, SIGHTINGS AND THE CONSCIOUSNESS CONNECTION
CONTACT NETWORK HISTORY PROJECT
by J. Burkes MD 2016
CONTACTEES, SIGHTINGS AND THE CONSCIOUSNESS CONNECTION
The author’s personal comment: Twenty-four years ago I took a walk on the wild side. I joined a group that had the audacity to go out at night and try to co-create contact experiences with the intelligence associated with the so-called UFO phenomenon. To my surprise and initial delight we were immediately successful. During our first month of teamwork we had a number of sightings while in the field.
But stranger still was that this “Otherness That Experiencers Now Call ET” (TOTENCET) targeted us to have individual sightings under circumstances that were not associated with conducting “contact protocols.” One senior member of team reported receiving the following telepathic communication while viewing a large glowing orb flying above her driveway, “You wanted to see us; well here we are.”
SYNOPSIS: Contact groups attempt to interact with UFO intelligence under fieldwork conditions. The pattern of encounters experienced however also includes individual researchers having personal sightings of UFOs while not doing fieldwork. Three case reports of this phenomenon are described in synopsis form. The implications of this apparent consciousness link between contact groups and UFO intelligence are discussed.
INTRODUCTION UFO contact teams like the CE-5 Initiative, and the Peruvian based group called Rahma facilitate contact experiences with combined programs of psychic/ spiritual training and active fieldwork. These groups emphasize the importance of mental connections between contact workers and UFO intelligence.
I organized a contact team in 1992 and for over 5 years served as a Working Group Coordinator for Dr Steven Greer’s Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence. In 1998 I resigned from that position but continued how to work with Rama, and unaffiliated networks of contact activists.
HIGH STRANGENESS DEFINED
As a former Working Group Coordinator of the CE-5 Initiative in Los Angeles I had ample opportunities to observe unusual occurrences. According to official CSETI documents "High Strangeness" was defined as "The inexplicable effects and often synchronicity of events related to and occurring before, during and after various Close Encounters or UFO/Extraterrestrial Spacecraft sightings."
By definition one cannot explain the inexplicable, nevertheless one can endeavor to describe the inexplicable and in the process possibly gain insight into the mechanisms of contact.
INITIAL EXPECTATIONS WERE WAY OFF BASE
My initial expectation after becoming Working Group Coordinator in 1992 was that UFO sightings would occur as an exclusive function of fieldwork. I anticipated that as my team mastered the contact protocols, we would experience higher and higher levels of what Dr Greer labeled “CE-5s” and that this would occur in a stepwise fashion.
To my surprise however, as soon as our Working Group started to carry out field investigations, a number of individuals started reporting personal sightings of UFOs. The witnesses to these sightings were members of the team, or as in one case the physician wife of a LA CSETI researcher. In her case she became very interested in UFOs as the result of her daylight sighting of a metallic disc. (For confidentiality purposes, all researchers other than Dr. Burkes will be identified by pseudonyms.)
SIGHTINGS NOT DURING FIELDWORK BUT WHILE DRIVING HOME IN THE CAR
These events transpired while the observers were driving home. It is important to note that the first series of sightings occurred during the initial month following the CSETI workshop in August of 1992 that founded the Los Angeles CSETI Working Group. Just 2 days after Dr. Greer's demonstration of fieldwork techniques, the first personal sighting occurred
INDIVIDUAL SIGHTING 1, Sept. 1, 1992
Joseph Burkes MD:while driving home on the 405 Freeway South the Sepulveda Pass at approximately 11:30 PM I had a sighting of an anomalous nocturnal light. It appeared over the highway as a brilliant blue-green light that silently flew by the witness in a northerly direction. It had a slight oscillating movement. At its closest approach light was less than 500 feet away. There was no discernible superstructure associated with the object. This impressed me because of the considerable amount of background illumination from city lights.
The sighting occurred immediately after I had carried out a vigorous defense of CSETI's contact program to several prominent ufologists. In my opinion these senior researchers were not particularly supportive of the concept of proactively initiating contact.
Individual Sighting 2, September 23, 1992
At 2:30 PM a broad daylight sighting of a metallic disc occurred in Woodland Hills California. Dr. Burkes’ colleague Dr. Maria (a pseudonym) observed the UFO hovering two to three miles away over the Santa Monica Mountains. She was driving south towards her home when the sighting occurred. She is a partner in same medical group practice that I was in at that time. Maria is married to “Dr Daniel” who was an original member of my contact team.
Maria was accustomed to identifying conventional craft as the result of her husband's status as a private pilot. It was their custom to attend air shows and other aviation related events and as a result she was knowledgeable about various types of conventional aircraft. Maria reported feeling confident that the silently hovering disc, glittering in the bright afternoon sunshine was a” true unknown.” The object was approximately 30 feet in length. The sighting lasted about one minute.
Individual Sighting 3, September 24, 1992; While driving home at 9:30 PM after attending a two-hour meditation workshop, a 25-feet in diameter metallic globe-like craft was sighted hovering directly above the witness' home in Palos Verdes Peninsula.
Dotha was a founding member of the Los Angeles CE-5 Initiative team. An experienced sky watcher, she had no doubt that it was not a terrestrial craft. The sighting lasted approximately one minute; at its closest approach the silent object was less that 200 feet from the observer.
SIGHTINGS ARE CLUES TO DECIPHER A MYSTERY
As the months rolled by after these dramatic sightings, I started to muse over the details of my associates’ personal sightings. I looked for possible hidden meanings within the circumstances of the encounters that might contain some kind of message relating to the on-going contact work. Perhaps like a detective in a mystery novel, I kept mulling over the various aspects of the sightings. If those particulars were clues, then I was going to use them to solve the mystery as to what was going on within my contact team visa vie our relationship with flying saucer intelligence.
My hypothesis was that perhaps these consecutive sightings were not random events, that they might in fact be the product of conscious decisions by intelligent and technologically sophisticated extraterrestrial beings that staged the encounters for teaching purposes.
CONVENTIONAL WISDOM DOESN’T APPLY TO ALLEGED ALIENS
I wondered whether factors like the choice of individuals selected for the sightings, or perhaps even more minute factors might have special significance. Michael Lindemann, a prominent student of non-human intelligence, has cautioned ufologists to never assume that one can think like an alien. In other words we should not try to impose what passes as human “conventional wisdom” on beings that may have evolved on different star systems.
Such extraterrestrial civilizations would undoubtedly have entirely different cultures, different value systems, and different social organizations as compared to Earth. With such infinite possibilities, perhaps a technologically advanced civilization for purposes unknown to us might choose to communicate via outlandishly subtle means.
AMAZINGLY CONGRUENT CHARACTERISTICS
It should be remembered that approximately 10% of the US population claim to have had a sighting of a UFO. In terms of an individual’s lifetime of experiences however, a sighting is an exceedingly rare event for most people. The fact that these three individuals who knew each other had a sighting within a few weeks should diminish the odds that they were mere coincidences.
Even less likely to occur by chance is the fact that the circumstances of the sightings were highly congruent. The observers were all driving home and were alone in their vehicles. Even the direction of travel was the same; we were all going south when the encounters took place.
PASSIONATE DEFENSE OF PROACTIVELY SEEKING CONTACT.
In my sighting, I had just left a meeting after engaging in a heated polemic defending CSETI's program of human initiated interactions with what I believed at the time was an extraterrestrial intelligence. Present at the meeting was the “old guard” of UFOlogy. Prominent researcher Ann Druffel was there. She explained to me that as “ufologists” we should study other people’s sightings to determine if they are “anomalous” i.e. “true unknowns.”
In no uncertain terms I labeled her approach “old fashioned” and that contact groups like CSETI’s had “opened up a new era” in UFO research. As I left the meeting it was clear that I would never again be invited back to the prestigious “LA UFO Study Group.”
I interpreted my sighting just minutes after leaving the meeting as a message of support, not only for me personally, but also for the larger contact program that I had just so vigorously defended. The sighting gave me a big personal boost that helped sustain my enthusiasm for our project during the difficult months that followed. Considering the organizational and personal challenges that face any new contact team, I will gladly testify that leaders need all the support that they can get.
MEDITATION FACILITATES CONTACT
Concerning Dotha's close encounter with a luminescent globe like UFO, she had just left a meditation workshop. Contact protocols employed by contactee groups involve on-site thought projection methods. Usually this involves guided meditation. In preparation for thought projection, individuals in the team are expected to reach an “expanded state of consciousness” through meditation.
Dotha told me that she thought there was an association between her meditating in the class and her subsequent sighting. If the non-human intelligence responsible for the flying saucer phenomenon were attempting to send my team a message concerning the importance of advanced meditation techniques, what better way to do so than to stage a close encounter just moments after a prolonged meditation session by an experienced practitioner.
Thus two of the three sightings described occurred immediately after the witnesses were involved in activities integral to contact work.
WHY DID DR. MARIA HAVE A SIGHTING?
The most intriguing aspect of this series was the question why was Dr. Maria singled out for a sighting. Although her interest in UFOs soared after seeing the metallic disc, prior to the event her contact with the UFO phenomenon was indirect. It was her husband Dr. Daniel who was the contact activist in the family.
During the autumn months of 1992 our team frequently convened at Maria and Daniel's house for our business meetings. Meditation is not an easy chore for all researchers; both Daniel and I were both having considerable difficulty meditating. We were restless, as many are, when one first attempts to still the mind. Daniel was not able to follow the recommendation of meditating daily.
Maria on the other hand was far more open to meditation practice. It was not until several months later, in December of 1992 that she was to undergo formal contact network training by Dr Greer, and as a result she was officially not part of the Working Group when we first held meetings at her home.
I was quite perplexed as to why she had received a sighting? Dotha and I were active and official members of the team, why was Maria, a non-member, selected for such a dramatic daylight sighting of a metallic disk?
The answer came to me one night as we conducted our business meeting at Maria and Daniel's home. My beeper rang and I had to call the hospital. Maria was in the family room practicing on her harp. An accomplished amateur, she often gave recitals. I asked Daniel where I could pick up a phone away from the meeting. Daniel suggested that I take the call in the family room.
"No," I replied, "I don't want to disturb Maria."
Daniel reassured me by saying, "Don't worry. She practices at least an hour a day. When she's playing her music she's in a total trance."
It was then that it hit me! That was the clue that I had been looking for. Maria although not yet part of the Working Group, was still able to access consciousness in its most unbounded form while she was practicing the harp. In that relaxed state of being carried away by the divine music that she was creating, a trance like state similar to deep meditation was achieved. Her meditation equivalent was her music!
It seemed to me this was possibly part of the message that I was supposed to learn from her sighting. If my hunch was correct, I was impressed by its subtlety.
Personal sightings were clearly linked, not only in time, but also coincided in a variety of other important details, thus indicating that they are not random events. In their totality the patterns of personal interactions confirm the proposition that contact groups have entered into a special collaborative relationship with what in my opinion might well be an extraterrestrial intelligence.
CONCLUSION
I believe that these sightings are part of a much broader range of experiences that indicate the virtuoso psychic technology of what I like to call, This Otherness That Experiencers Now Call ET, the so-called aliens. They, who or whatever “they” ultimately turn out to be, were able to track the three of us and choose the time and place of what were clearly in my view staged events. If “they” could do that with us perhaps there is no such thing as a “random UFO sighting.” I am suggesting that the millions of people that report UFO sightings are telepathically linked to “this otherness.” For me the implications of this proposition are awe-inspiring for the following reasons
The Earth’s population is over 7 billion at this time. If the prevalence rate of a UFO sighting is 10 percent, this suggests that hundreds of millions of people may have a consciousness link with the UFO intelligence by virtue of their having a sighting. Understandably such individuals often have an increased interest in the subject of flying saucers. Under the right circumstances, for example if they had additional sightings or were in an area where a UFO wave had occurred, they then might join the growing number of people that are proactively seeking interactions with UFO intelligence. As one that has promoted human empowered contact with flying saucer intelligence for over two decades, I find this possibility very encouraging.
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UFO expert Max Spiers 'vomited black fluid' before his death, inquest hears
UFO expert Max Spiers 'vomited black fluid' before his death, inquest hears
Max Spiers died in Warsaw in July this year. CREDIT: MAXSPIERS.COM
The death earlier this year of Max Spiers, a British Ufologist, has continued to prompt intense speculation among conspiracy theorists, as an inquest in Kent this week heard he "vomited two litres of black fluid" shortly before he died.
Spiers, 39, originally from Canterbury, was found dead at an friend's apartment in Warsaw in July.
Local authorities initially stated he had died from natural causes – but his mother Vanessa Bates approached the media to express doubts over the verdict.
As an inquest into Mr Spiers' death opened in Canterbury last Monday, Mrs Bates told reporters: “It’s been a long time coming, but I’m just relieved that at last something is happening and there is a proper investigation and inquest."
In a statement, coroner’s investigations officer Caroline O’Donnell told the inquest: “Mr Spiers became ill with a high temperature and was weak."
Max SpiersCREDIT: YOUTUBE
According to the Kentish Gazette, the following day Mr Spiers vomited two litres of black fluid.
“The friend called a doctor who attempted resuscitation before pronouncing him dead.”
A few days before his death Mr Spiers had sent his mother a text message saying: “If anything happens to me, investigate.”
Mrs Bates, an English teacher, said in October: "[Max] was making a name for himself in the world of conspiracy theorists and had been invited to speak at a conference in Poland in July.
"He was staying with a woman who he had not known for long and she told me how she found him dead on the sofa.
"But I think Max had been digging in some dark places and I fear that somebody wanted him dead."
Coroner Alan Blunsdon told the inquest he was waiting to receive a report from Polish authorities, and that he hopes to have Mr Spiers’ laptop and mobile phone forensically analysed.
The inquest has been adjourned until February 22.
Earlier this year author and journalist Nick Pope, who investigated the UFO phenomenon for the Ministry of Defence in the early Nineties, said on Twitter: “The death of Max Spiers was a tragedy, but having run the UK Government's UFO project I promise we don't go around killing UFO researchers.”
Its motive may be similar to the US government, who he said took ten years to admit that the spate of diamond UFO sightings were down to a trial of high-tech steal fighter jets.
Mr Robinson told Daily Star Online: "The American and British government are happy to let us believe [sightings] are UFOs when it’s just their own new tech."
“It makes me wonder, what the hell is going on here?”
Malcolm Robinson
Mr Robinson added that 3% of unexplained sightings are down to black budget technology.
The reported existence of a "black budget", or "black operations budget", first emerged in the US after the defence department began reporting huge accounting holes at the end of each financial year.
Wild claims suggest that the holes proved that taxpayer money was being siphoned off for top secret military technology.
Truth-seekers claimed the new technology would never be allowed to appear on finance receipts or the balance sheet, which is publicly available.
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PARANORMAL EXPERT: Mr Malcolm Robinson has been investigating UFO sightings in the UK
The government never confirmed or denied its existence.
But in May this year a senior US Government insider revealed that "black programmes" have played a part in a widespread “UFO cover-up” which Hillary Clinton promised to expose had she not lost her dream of becoming President of United States to The Donald earlier this month.
It was this so-called black budget that was allegedly used to pay for the stealth jets that sparked a huge alien conspiracy in the 1950s.
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UFO: Government agents were accused of covering up a Rendlesham Forest incident
Years later, the CIA later admitted that half of the UFO reports were a U2 spy plane over Roswell.
Similarly, Mr Robinson believes that "the governments may want us to believe that what we are seeing in the sky is alien, and it’s not."
The Ministry of Defence previously funded a UFO desk, during a period of alien sightings in Bonnybridge in Scotland, Warminster in Wiltshire and RAF base Rendlesham Forest.
But it was shut in 2009.
Its remaining UFO files set to be released this year were pushed back to 2017.
The small dark ring flies in the distance as the helicopter trails behind
In the clip, the small dark ring flies into the distance as the helicopter trails behind several minutes later.
The dad-of-four, who lives in Southampton, said: "As I went back into the house to look at the footage, within two minutes the helicopter was above the house so I ran back outside with the camcorder and the chopper was on the same path as the object in the sky.
“Notice in the video the helicopter is turning as if looking for something."
CASCADE
Darren was startled to find out the UFO looked like a dark ring
The helicopter is turning as if looking for something
Alien conspiracy theorists suggest the helicopters are part of a covert military force engaged in a secret UFO monitoring program - the basis of the money-spinning Will Smith Men In Black movies.
Declassified FBI files from the 1960s revealed how Colorado ranchers reported a jet-black aircraft during a wave of strange cattle mutilation cases.
He said: "It's most certainly not a balloon because the wind would have made it act like a balloon and gave it more of a wobble or speed it up or made it move erratically.
"There was no movements like that at all."
CASCADE
Black helicopters have been noticed in several UFO sightings
He added: "On closer inspection on the PC I noticed that zooming into the object it looks like it has a hole in the centre.
"The same day a friend told me he had also taken a closer look at the video and found strange things hiding in the clouds."
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Strange burning crater after 'deep boom' from the sky sparks claims UFO crash landed on Earth
Strange burning crater after 'deep boom' from the sky sparks claims UFO crash landed on Earth
The amazing footage shows the large, smouldering hole surrounded by singed ground in Fugu County, north-eastern China
BY MARC WALKER
Flames lick a scorched crater after a strange object was spotted falling to Earth - sparking claims it was a UFO crash.
The amazing footage shows the large, smouldering hole surrounded by singed ground in Fugu County in north-eastern China, reports People's Daily Online.
A local, only identified as Zhang, told how he heard a deep boom coming from the sky before an object plummeted through the clouds and smashed into the earth.
He said it was moving extremely fast as it plunged from the heavens towards the mountain range.
The amazing footage shows the large, smouldering hole surrounded by singed ground in Fugu County in north-eastern China(Photo: Copyright unknown)
Zhang added: "It made a loud bang when it hit the ground.
"Then it started burning. The dry grass nearby was quickly set aflame."
Other villagers raced to the 'crash site' and were amazed to see a the huge crater but oddly it appeared to be empty.
The bizarre incident triggered a wave of speculation across the globe as to what was behind the phenomenon(Photo: Copyright unknown)
The bizarre incident triggered a wave of speculation across the globe as to what was behind the phenomenon.
UFO enthusiasts insist there have been 10 'confirmed' alien crash sites, including one in Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk.
The video was posted on QQ.com this week and is thought to have been filmed by an eye-witness.
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GOLD DIGGERS FOUND THIS STRANGE MUMMY INSIDE SAN PEDRO MOUNTAINS BACK IN 1934
GOLD DIGGERS FOUND THIS STRANGE MUMMY INSIDE SAN PEDRO MOUNTAINS BACK IN 1934
In June 1934, two gold prospectors were blasting for gold in the San Pedro Mountains of Wyoming when they discovered a small cavern which had been concealed by the deep rock. After exploring the tiny man-made cavern they made a highly unusual discovery – the well-preserved mummified remains of a tiny human being, of approximately six and a half inches in height, sitting cross-legged on the floor.
The body was encased in a gelatinous, preserving substance that meant that the body was perfectly preserved as it had been in life. The body had a flattened nose, full set of teeth and fingernails and appeared to be an old man.
THE MYSTERY OF PEDRO, THE TINY HUMANOID
What was considered particularly interesting about this find was that local Native Americans had a great deal of folklore about little spirits or tiny people in the region. These beings, they said, had magical powers which were ordinarily related to healing but were occasionally prone to bellicosity and sometimes viciously attacked the Native American people with poisoned arrows.
While many immediately presumed that the discovery was an elaborate hoax, many scientists came to the area with a desire to examine the tiny creature (who was quickly nicknamed ‘Pedro’) more thoroughly. In the years that followed, Pedro was subject to some tested. Some of the scientists came to the conclusion that in life he had been a baby who had died shortly after birth. Others suggested that he was an adult, aged between sixteen and sixty-five years old. They said that he could not have been a new born baby because of his full set of extraordinarily sharp teeth and the presence of what appeared to be raw meat in his stomach. Disturbingly, x-rays also revealed that it was likely that Pedro had suffered a violent death. Many of his bones were broken, and there was considerable damage to his spine and skull.
All of these discoveries seemed to raise more questions than they answered and the question of Pedro’s providence was a matter of huge controversy. Some people maintained that he was a human being, others suggested that he was a member of the separate species alluded to in Native American folklore. Others suggested that he could be an extra-terrestrial being of some kind.
Tragically, it appears as though this question may never be answered as Pedro’s body has been missing for some years. His body was displayed in a series of sideshows in the 1940s before being purchased by a collector named Ivan Goodman towards the end of the decade. When Goodman passed away in 1950, he bequeathed them to man called Leonard Waller. Since Waller took ownership of the mysterious body, the trail has gone cold.
EXPOSED! GLOBAL ELITES' AND THEIR SECRET TRIPS TO ANTARCTICA
EXPOSED! GLOBAL ELITES' AND THEIR SECRET TRIPS TO ANTARCTICA
Antarctica, a mysterious, icy, no man's land. Throughout history, mankind has led to believe that the continent holds no secrets. Evidently, new controversial evidence and research have proven Antarctica to be the base of a secret global cabal, holding immense power.
THE SECRETIVE PLOT OF ANTARCTICA
Whistleblowers have revealed that Antarctica hosts underground facilities belonging to a powerful government-extraterrestrial species alliance, involving the US, Russia, China and even aliens. The name of the alliance is the Interplanetary Corporate Conglomerate (ICC), with many pointing out that its only one of the five major cabals of Earth.
History of the true exploitation of Antarctica began during the Third Reich when the Nazis began exploration as well as construction of a massive network of bases and linking tunnels in the 1930s. According to renowned conspiracy theorist Michael Salla, the expansion lasted well into the 1950s, with Antarctica being a haven for the Nazi elite fleeing the end of the Second World War. Fast forward to the modern age, Antarctica has grown into a special continent where the global elite holds powerful meetings and creation of secret space programs. Not many details are known about these programs, though whatever they are, the chilling effects on mankind it holds is enough to fuel many conspiracy theories on their contents.
HOW MUCH POWER IS HELD IN ANTARCTICA?
Other theorists believe that the region is also headquarters of an elite alliance that is the global NWO-Illuminati of the Fourth Reich. The group, also known to be involved with secretive space exploitation, are said to be present (even in the South Americas) thanks to its links with the US government. The partnership has been going on since Operation Paper Clip when many top German scientists went to work for the US after Germany's loss in the Second World War.
A major concern for these secret groups being holed up in the continent is the involvement of extraterrestrial beings. Many whistleblowers have expressed theories that these mysterious beings are only exploiting the greed of the global elite to only further their technology for total world domination. Whether it may be humans or aliens, the fact that there exist secret programs in a barren wasteland like Antarctica proves that the Earth holds many secrets which have yet to be uncovered. Only time will tell if mankind will be fall to the rulings of these groups.
SHOCKING! BIZARRE UFO CRASHED IN CHINA LEAVING MYSTERIOUS DEBRIS BEHIND!
SHOCKING! BIZARRE UFO CRASHED IN CHINA LEAVING MYSTERIOUS DEBRIS BEHIND!
People claim to witness strange UFO sightings every so often which leaves us readers with a vague idea of it's authenticity.
Now, some individuals can actually snap some pictures of these strange unidentified flying objects, some being completely fake while others being real but sometimes misunderstood and unrelated to the UFO phenomenon (i.e., birds caught on flight, balloons or other mundane things).
Then there's the actual footage showing the phenomenom in action, with all those strange lights twinkling and changing colors, giving us a sense o truth behind all this ET conspiracy. Again, some videos can be faked with good looking CGI or other visual effects.
But then there's the most uncommon UFO contact, which is an UFO crash. There have been around 10 UFO crash accounts reported throughout the years, most notably the Roswell UFO crash in 1947.
Recently in a rural region in China, a bizarre object feel from the sky creating a crater with debris scattering all around the area. The debris is very peculiar and has been sent for investigation.
Wetenschappers hebben ontdekt dat er onder het oppervlak van onze maan een heel stelsel van stabiele grotten verborgen moet zitten en dat zou mogelijkheden kunnen bieden als we ooit een permanente ruimtebasis op de maan zouden willen openen.
Het onderzoek in kwestie werd geleid door planetair geofysicus Dave Blair van de Purdue University in West Lafayette in Indiana. Het team analyseerde data van een aantal ruimtetuigen die rond onze maan cirkelen en onder meer het oppervlakte van het hemellichaam in kaart brengen.
Wetenschappers hadden eerder al ontdekt dat er kleine afwijkingen waren in de zwaartekracht die konden wijzen op de aanwezigheid van een grottenstelsel onder het maanoppervlak met een breedte van ettelijke kilometers en dat werd in het nieuwe onderzoek verder uitgespit. Dat stelt nu dat de grotten een goede stabiliteit hebben tot een breedte van maar liefst vijf kilometer en als ze een 'dak' hebben van amper twee meter dik. En dat zou mogelijkheden bieden voor toekomstige basissen op de maan. De grotten zouden kolonisten onder meer kunnen beschermen tegen extreme temperaturen, straling uit de ruimte en meteorietinslagen.
De grotten zouden net als gelijksoortige grotten op aarde - in Hawaï en IJsland - ontstaan zijn door het opdrogen van ondergrondse rivieren van gesmolten gesteente of lava, die zo een cilindervormige ruimte achter lieten. Maar waar die op aarde hooguit 30 meter breed zijn, zouden die op de maan zich in de breedte uitstrekken over ettelijke kilometers.
Wetenschappers hebben 'ijsvulkanen' - kraters met bevroren water op de bodem - ontdekt op Ceres. Dit is de grootste dwergplaneet in de asteroïdengordel tussen Mars en Jupiter. Waarom dat zo baanbrekend is? De ontdekking van water op één van de donkerste plekken in ons zonnestelsel kan belangrijke informatie leveren voor het bouwen van kolonies in de ruimte.
Nieuwe beelden van NASA genomen vanop het ruimteschip Dawn heeft onthuld dat er bevroren water vastzit in enkele van de kraters op delen van de dwergplaneet waar de zon nooit schijnt. Ceres is het grootste lichaam in de asteroïdengordel, daarom zijn wetenschappers er zo door geïntrigeerd. Ze hebben het planetair lichaam al uitgebreid vanop aarde bestudeerd met telescopen en andere instrumenten, maar de plek kreeg nooit bezoek van een ruimtetuig tot Dawn er neerstreek in 2015.
Lijkt op lava Het team van planetair wetenschapper Thomas Platz heeft locaties van eeuwige schaduw bij meer dan 600 kraters op Ceres ontdekt, tien van hen bevatten waterijs. De camera's op het ruimtetuig hebben onthuld dat de bodem van de kraters op Ceres bedekt zijn met een stromend materiaal dat gelijkaardig is aan lava op aarde. Maar het materiaal is minder dik dan vergelijkbare formaties ergens anders in het zonnestelsel, aldus wetenschapper Ralf Jaumann van het onderzoeksteam van Dawn. En het heeft een lichtblauwe kleur.
Hoe komt dat ijswater daar? Omdat een berg op Ceres dezelfde kleur heeft en die zou gevormd zijn door erupties van ijs gemengd met modder, vermoeden Jaumann en zijn collega's dat het stromende materiaal een mengeling van ijs, modder en zouten is die uitbarsten aan zwakke punten in het oppervlak van Ceres, wanneer gesteente uit de ruimte of andere objecten de dwergplaneet raken. Of het stromende materiaal kan het resultaat zijn van een object dat erg hard met Ceres botste, die impact kan namelijk zo groot zijn dat het terrein eronder smelt.
Wetenschapster Jennifer Scully was niet betrokken bij het onderzoek, maar zegt dat de ontdekkingen erg betrouwbaar zijn. "In geologische termen zijn de stromingen op Ceres jong, dit toont aan dat Ceres geen statische plek is, maar een dwergplaneet waar dingen nog evolueren."
Koud en donker Ceres is het derde planetaire lichaam, na de maan en Mercurius, waar wetenschappers bevroren water ontdekten. Op deze plekken is het ongeveer -200 graden Celsius, één van de koudste en donkerste plekken in ons zonnestelsel. Ralf Jaumann zegt compleet verrast te zijn door deze ontdekking.
Maandorp Wetenschappers willen meer te weten komen over het waterijs op Ceres en zo ook informatie inwinnen over water op de maan en andere sterrenlichamen zonder atmosfeer. Ze hopen dat deze onthullingen kunnen helpen om een permanente basis voor de mens op de maan te creëren.
Thomas Platz legt de toekomstplannen uit: "We hopen dat door het waterijs op Ceres te bestuderen, we meer kunnen leren over ijs dichterbij huis, de maan bijvoorbeeld. Deze informatie zou mogelijk kunnen maken dat de mensheid ooit daar zal kunnen leven." Wetenschappers hopen een maandorp te bouwen met de middelen die daar voorhanden zijn: metalen, mineralen en waterijs. Toegang tot water is essentieel voor de bewoners. De kans op een menselijke nederzetting op de maan neemt aanzienlijk toe als er water aanwezig is."
Het Europees Ruimte Agentschap heeft onlangs aangekondigd dat het de maan wil koloniseren tegen 2030.
Een team van onderzoekers, waaronder ook Philippe Claeys van de Vrije Universiteit Brussel, heeft bij recente boringen in de Golf van Mexico het binnengebergte ontdekt van de Chixculub-krater. Het is de eerste keer dat zo'n binnenring van rotsige bergtoppen, een peak ring, gevonden wordt op aarde.
Afgelopen april en mei trok een internationaal team van wetenschappers naar de Golf van Mexico om voor het eerst offshore-boringen te doen. Om hun monsters te verzamelen reikten ze 506 tot 1335 meter onder de zeebodem en daar vonden ze het bewijs van het bestaan van een peak ring in de Chixculub-krater.
De impact van de meteoriet die 65 miljoen jaar geleden naar schatting 75 procent van alle diersoorten, waaronder vooral dinosauriërs, wegvaagde was zo hard dat tot op een diepte van tien kilometer rotsmateriaal naar beneden en daarna zijwaarts gedrukt werd. Vervolgens stroomde het gebroken en gesmolten materiaal terug richting het oppervlak om uiteindelijk te stollen en de peak ring te vormen.
Een van de belangrijkste ontdekkingen is dat het rotsmateriaal door de inslag poreuzer en lichter werd achtergelaten dan door de modellen werd voorspeld.
Op andere planeten in het zonnestelsel worden grote kraters wel vaker gekarakteriseerd door een peak ring.
"Botsingen vormen het meest voorkomende geologische proces in het zonnestelsel. Deze unieke studie op aarde helpt ons te begrijpen hoe dit kratervormende proces het oppervlak van andere hemellichamen heeft vormgegeven", zegt Philippe Claeys van de VUB.
Op de planeet Mars is voor het eerst het scheikundig element boor of borium aangetroffen, zo heeft allesoversterrenkunde.nl gemeld. De aanwezigheid van dit semi-metaal kan erop wijzen dat er op het hemellicaam langdurig "voor leven geschikt" grondwater is geweest.
De ontdekking was het werk van de Amerikaanse robotjeep Curiosity in de Gale-krater. Miljarden jaren geleden stond die (deels) onder water, luidt het.
Het boor is aangetroffen in aders van calciumsulfaatmineralen. Op Aarde ontstaan zulke boorafzettingen op plaatsen waar veel grondwater is verdampt. Hoe dat op de Rode Planeet precies is gebeurd, is nog onduidelijk.
Het is volgens de website denkbaar dat het water van het voormalige Gale-meer boor bevatte, dat uiteindelijk terechtkwam in de kleiafzettingen op de bodem. Vervolgens droogde het meer op en ontstonden er barsten in het onderliggende grondgesteente. Hierdoor kon grondwater in contact komen met de kleiafzettingen en kwam het borium, samen met calciumsulfaat, in de barsten terecht.
Een andere mogelijkheid is dat het boor, samen met allerlei zouten, op de bodem van het meer achterbleef toen dit opdroogde. Hierdoorzou een boorrijke laag zijn ontstaan op een niveau dat nog niet door Curiosity is bereikt. Grondwater zou deze laag later hebben opgelost, waarna het boor en de zouten in de barsten van het grondgesteente terechtkwamen.
Volgens het Los Alamos National Laboratory zou het grondwater 0 tot 60 graden warm zijn geweest en een ph van neutraal tot alkaline hebben. Het komt aldus leven ten goede.
Dat is een wolk in de vorm van een cilinder die ontstaat als koudere lucht die met een onweersbui meekomt vanaf enige hoogte in aanraking komt met veel warmere lucht aan het oppervlak.
De koude lucht drukt de warme lucht omhoog, waardoor de vochtige lucht condenseert en er een wolk ontstaat.
“Zo’n wolk lijkt op een bol wanneer je er vanaf een bepaalde kant tegenaan kijkt,” aldus Lane.
Soortgelijke wolk
Ene Hanabusa beweert rond dezelfde tijd als Poppy een foto te hebben gemaakt in de stad, waarop een langwerpige, cilindervormige wolk zichtbaar is.
Afgelopen jaar had Nico, een andere Japanse twitteraar, foto’s gemaakt van een soortgelijke wolk:
Eind november zagen talloze getuigen een vreemd naar licht door de lucht zweven waarvan men eerst dacht dat het een meteoriet was.
Dat bleek niet het geval en nu enkele weken later is er hetzelfde licht en duidelijk te zien hoe een UFO langzaam naar de grond daalt.
In de Australische staat Queensland gebeuren de laatste weken bijzondere dingen.
Op 29 november 2016 waren talloze mensen getuige van een soort vuurbol die langzaam door de lucht bewoog boven Newton in de buurt van de stad Toowoomba.
Wanneer je denkt aan een vuurbal in de lucht, dan is het meestal een meteoriet, alleen in dit geval is dat niet zo, omdat experts het met elkaar eens zijn dat dit object daarvoor veel te langzaam beweegt.
Het leek alsof het object op een gegeven moment afdaalde richting aarde.
Volgens astronomieprofessor Jonti Horner, is het inderdaad geen meteoriet, maar het Internationale Ruimtestation ISS die daar duidelijk zichtbaar door de nachtlucht vliegt.
Een paar weken later, op 14 december, is er weer eenzelfde soort object te zien in de lucht. Alleen nu is het op een gegeven moment zo ver afgedaald, dat het duidelijk is dat het geen ruimtestation kan zijn.
Ook hier is men het erover eens dat het geen meteoriet is wat daar naar beneden komt. Het lijkt meer op een bestuurd object dat met een gecontroleerde afdaling bezig is en misschien ergens is geland.
En zo gebeuren er onverklaarbare en vreemde dingen in de lucht boven een staat die al een reputatie heeft op het gebied van onbekende lichten in de lucht:
Het is niet nieuw, maar nog steeds een mysterie en iets wat sommige mensen grote schrik aanjaagt.
Al meer dan 100 jaar worden in het Australische Queensland de zogenaamde Min Min lichten waargenomen die door mensen worden omschreven als spookachtig en eng.
De soms dansende lichtbollen in de lucht worden al langere tijd waargenomen in het noorden van Australië en staan bekend als de Min Min lichten.
Volgens de oorspronkelijke bewoners, de Aboriginals, hebben we hier te maken met de geesten van de doden. Er wordt gezegd dat de lichten nietsvermoedende reizigers achtervolgen en volwassen mannen tot tranen kunnen brengen.
Er zijn talloze verhalen zoals die van Genevieve Hammond, die samen met haar man op een kampeertocht was in Channel Country, een deel van Queensland. Het was een heldere en koude nacht:
“Wij verbleven op een afgelegen boerderij. We waren daar aan het kamperen en wij zagen dit groenachtige ovaalvormig licht dat op een neer bewoog. Het was evenwijdig aan de horizon op ongeveer een kilometer afstand en het leek net boven de grond te zweven. Het bewoog langzaam naar links en kwam vervolgens weer terug naar de originele positie. De ging ongeveer een kwartier zo door. Het was doodstil en het voelde eng”.
“Het kan niets anders geweest dan het Min Min licht, er was daar niets anders en er is geen andere verklaring”.
Door de jaren heen is er getracht met verklaringen te komen voor dit fenomeen. Die variëren dan van UFO’s tot vuurvliegjes en moerasgas. En natuurlijk is er ook altijd een wetenschapper die met een verklaring komt, zoals Jack Pettigrew, een neurowetenschapper. Volgens hem hebben we hier te maken een variatie van de bekende Fata Morgana.
Een soort optische illusie waarbij het soms lijkt dat schepen op de oceaan boven de horizon drijven.
Een fata morgana (herkomst woord: Italiaans: "La fata Morgana") of luchtspiegeling is een optisch fenomeen dat het resultaat is van temperatuurinversie, een verschijnsel waarbij er grote temperatuurverschillen bestaan tussen verschillende luchtlagen.
Shelley Norton, de ambtenaar uit Boulia Shire die verantwoordelijk is voor het toerisme, zegt dat er de afgelopen vier jaar regelmatig berichten komen over bezoekers die het vreemde licht waarnamen.
“Ze komen bij mij binnen, vertellen het verhaal en weten niet wat ze hebben gezien, maar ik kan je verzekeren dat ze het Min Min licht hebben gezien.
Boulia schijnt het centrum te zijn voor mensen die op zoek zijn naar het Min Min licht. Er komen zelfs mensen speciaal naar de streek om dit fenomeen te kunnen waarnemen.
Shelley vertelt over een gebeurtenis, afgelopen september.
“Er was een gezin aan het kamperen. De man werd middenin de nacht wakker en ging naar buiten om te kijken naar wat hij dacht dat de maan was. Toen draaide hij zich om en zag de werkelijke maan. Het leek alsof er twee manen waren. Toen verdween de ene”.
“Soms is het een object dat alleen is en op dezelfde afstand blijft en soms lijkt het mensen te volgen. Soms splitst het zich in tweeën of drieën en danst het boven de boomtoppen. Het doet heel erg spookachtig aan en niemand weet wat het is”.
De eerste keer dat de lichten werden waargenomen was in 1918, bij een hotel dat op 100 kilometer afstand van Boulia ligt. De Aboriginals zullen het waarschijnlijk al veel eerder hebben waargenomen.
De volgende korte video laat een opname zien van een dergelijk licht. Het waren twee auto’s die achter elkaar reden door de nacht in Queensland. De man rijdt in de voorste auto, gevolgd door de tweede met zijn vrouw en dochter. Ze communiceren met elkaar via de CB radio. Na het voorval stopten ze de auto en was er niets te bekennen, ook geen ander verkeer.
Ondanks alle verklaringen blijven de Min Min lichten een mysterie en blijft het mensen vooralsnog schrik aanjagen.
A New Mexico witness at Roswell reported a late-night encounter with a silent, triangle-shaped UFO just 20 feet ahead while driving along a main road moving out of town, according to testimony in Case 80348 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
The witness was driving out of Roswell when the incident occurred. (Credit: Google)
The reporting witness stated that she and her husband were driving from Albuquerque to Carlsbad and had stopped in Roswell to grab a bite to eat before continuing their journey on October 24, 2016.
“After eating – well after sunset – we headed back on the main road out of town,” the witness stated.“Stopping at a red light, behind a couple cars, in our truck with vehicles all around us, we both noticed and said out loud that the object was coming straight towards us from the dark sky.”
The two had recently seen other strange lights.
“In the two week’s prior we had seen ‘lights’ in the sky around Albuquerque and thought this was going to be the same – nope.”
In comparison, this object was right in front of them.
The witness stopped in Roswell as part of a trip between Albuquerque and Carlsbad.
(Credit: Google)
“This one was huge in comparison to the far away sightings we had seen before and close. I didn’t have time to take out my camera or to think really because I didn’t want to miss what was happening.”
The witness described the object.
“The object had lights on all ends, the front(or back) was more triangular with bright, white lights; the back(or front), which was closest to us, was more rounded, but still triangular and had bright red, green and blue lights shining down. It was larger than our truck, appeared to be a solid object and appeared out of ‘nowhere’ and coming straight towards us.”
The witness was not sure what the object was.
“I didn’t know what I thought it was, and after speaking with my husband later, he described what he thought maybe an optical illusion, but then dismissed it right away because I was at a different view point and there was no mistaking it was an object of sorts, not just lights from reflections.”
The object’s first appearance was very close to the witness.
“So, we first noticed it being about no more than 20 feet in front of us at about eye level. It slowly, and at the same time quickly, moved right to us and then stopped/hovered right over top of our truck. I thought I would be able to look out the back window and continue to follow its motion, but it was nowhere in sight when I did, and at the same time the traffic light was turning green (husband was driving) and we started driving forward.”
The witness stopped in Roswell as part of a trip between Albuquerque and Carlsbad.
(Credit: Google)
The witness immediately felt unusual.
“I felt like numb, like did that really just happen and where did the thing go? Also, I didn’t have time to think in the moment, but later wondered, did the other cars see it too? They must have. My husband’s accounts of what occurred are right in line with everything that happened. I felt like it could have been a dream, but it was definitely real life. All this happened over the span of maybe 5-7 seconds and then everything was normal (ish) again.”
The witness has previously had unusual experiences.
“This was not the first experience I’ve had, but definitely the strangest and one worth reporting, I hope to have some light (no pun intended) shed on what happened that night. I must also say that on our trip home the following night we did see a black helicopter carrying something large underneath it – it was too far in the distance to fully capture and I was exhausted of thinking by that point. I don’t know where that was or what time and is not the original report, just had to mention. Thank you.”
Roswell is a city in New Mexico, and is the county seat of Chaves County, population 48,411. Arizona MUFON State Director Donald R. Burleson investigated this case and closed it as an Unknown.
“No conventional explanation for the nature of the described object comes readily to mind,” Burleson wrote in his report. “All things considered, the most prudent conclusion seems to be Unknown/UAV.”
Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.
Glowing UFO Below Chem Trail In Slovikia On Dec 16, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Glowing UFO Below Chem Trail In Slovikia On Dec 16, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Dec 16, 2016 Location of sighting: Slovikia This glowing UFO was seen this week over Europe and was scientifically analysing the substances that were in the trail behind the passenger jet. Chem trails carry a lot of substances, and some believe that the world governments put top secret substances into the fuel of jets so that it will rain down over the public making them more mentally controllable so the government can make more progress in its political agenda. Also these substances could be causing deceases, Zika, bird flue, cancer and many other problems of humanity, so the big medical companies can gain trillions every year from the meds that don't cure, do help the problem if meds are continuously taken. John Locke said, money creates power and power corrupts. Scott C. Waring-Taiwan Eyewitness states:
Often times witnesses report seeing brilliant white orbs flying through and around chemtrails! 16.12.2016 Many people still doubt the existence of a flying saucers, but I tell you, just wait until they appear in large quantity. Around the entire planet will demonstrate their ability to fly, their appearance and disappearance. In a way that confuses people into the large extent, that no one really understand what is happening. It has been written that the sky will "sign". This "sign" already seen a lot of people, but by the end of this age will see it every man of the earth and will be surprised.
Tweeling van de zon blijkt een planeteneter te zijn
Tweeling van de zon blijkt een planeteneter te zijn
Tim Kraaijvanger
Wetenschappers hebben een ster gevonden die erg op onze zon lijkt. Opvallend is de bijzondere samenstelling van deze ster. Mogelijk heeft de gasbol planeten ingeslikt.
“Dit betekent niet dat onze zon de aarde binnenkort verorbert”, zegt professor Jacob Bean van de universiteit van Chicago. “Maar dankzij deze ontdekking weten we wel dat het soms chaotisch kan zijn in een planetenstelsel.”
Sinds de eerste exoplaneet in 1995 is ontdekt zijn er al meer dan tweeduizend exemplaren gevonden. Toch zijn er nog weinig exoplaneten bij zonachtige sterren gevonden. De ster HIP68468 is 300 lichtjaar van de aarde verwijderd en onthult hoe de toekomst van ons zonnestelsel gaat zijn.
Zon gaat Mercurius aanvallen De komende miljarden jaren zal de zon in omvang toenemen en oefent de ster meer zwaartekracht uit op de binnenplaneten. Mercurius zal over enkele jaren opgeslokt worden door de zon. “Dit onderzoek is een soort post mortem van een soortgelijk proces dat heeft plaatsgevonden bij een andere ster”, legt professor Debra Fischer van de Yale universiteit uit.
Lithiuminjectie De ster HIP68468 is circa zes miljard jaar oud. Dit betekent dat het object zo’n 1,5 miljard jaar ouder is dan onze zon. De ster bevat echter vier keer meer lithium dan verwacht en opvallend veel hittebestendige metalen. Deze metalen komen veel voor op rotsachtige planeten. Lithium wordt door sterren geconsumeerd, terwijl planeten lithium opslaan. Een planeet is immers niet warm genoeg om lithium te vernietigen. Als een ster een planeet opeet, dan krijgt de ster dus een flinke lithiuminjectie.
Astronomen schatten dat de ster net zoveel materiaal heeft opgeslokt als zes aardes bij elkaar. Dat kan dus één superaarde zijn, maar ook meerdere kleinere rotsplaneten.
Gele veren “Je kunt het vergelijken met een kat die naast een vogelkooi zit”, zegt Fischer. “We zien dat er gele veren uit de bek van de kat steken, dus dan is het eigenlijk wel duidelijk dat de kat de vogel heeft opgegeten.”
Rosetta's laatste woorden: "Er verschijnt een groot object in beeld"
Rosetta's laatste woorden: "Er verschijnt een groot object in beeld"
Tim Kraaijvanger
Op 30 september eindigde ESA’s Rosetta-ruimtesonde zijn missie. Het ruimtevaartuig crashte rond 12:40 uur op het oppervlak van de komeet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Wat waren zijn laatste woorden?
Het signaal van Rosetta verdween 13:19:37 uur. Vanaf toen was het muisstil op de schermen van ESA’s Mission Control. Een bevestiging dat het ruimtevaartuig circa veertig minuten eerder is neergestort op de komeet.
Laatste foto gemaakt door Rosetta. Twintig meter boven het oppervlak van komeet 67P.
Een reconstructie van de laatste afdaling laat zien dat Rosetta slechts 33 meter naast het doel is geland. De laatste foto – hiernaast te zien – is twintig meter boven de landingsplaats gemaakt. Rosetta vond zijn laatste rustplaats in Ma’at: een regio op de kop van het kosmische badeendje.
Tot het laatste moment ging Rosetta door met metingen. Zo bleek dat de komeet 67P op 27 september zo’n twee eetlepels water per seconde verliest. In vergelijking: toen de afstand tussen de komeet en de zon het kleinst was – in augustus 2015 – verdampte er iedere seconde honderden liters water. Zeg maar: zo’n twee badkuipen vol met water.
Omdat Rosetta geen mens is, zijn er geen laatste woorden gesproken. Maar wat is dan de laatste melding? Het navigatiesysteem meldde op het laatste moment dat er een ‘groot object’ in beeld verscheen. Logisch, want dat grote object was de komeet zelf. Na deze melding stopte de communicatie.
Dwergplaneet Ceres verstopt water in de duisterste hoekjes
Caroline Kraaijvanger
Onderzoek wijst uit dat naast de maan en Mercurius ook Ceres water herbergt in permanent beschaduwde kraters.
Dat schrijven onderzoekers in het blad Nature Astronomy. Ze baseren zich op foto’s gemaakt door ruimtesonde Dawn. De sonde cirkelt sinds maart 2015 om de dwergplaneet heen.
Heldere vlekken De onderzoekers bestudeerden 634 kraters op Ceres die nooit zonlicht zien. En in tien ervan troffen ze heldere vlekken aan. Van één van die heldere vlekken kunnen de onderzoekers met zekerheid zeggen dat het om waterijs gaat.
Weinig Wat echter opvalt, is dat er maar relatief weinig permanent in de schaduw gelegen kraters met daarin heldere vlekken zijn op Ceres. Het kan ons meer vertellen over de mate waarin water op Ceres beschikbaar is.
Cold trap Permanent in de schaduw gelegen kraters zijn dé plek om op zoek te gaan naar waterijs. Deze kraters kunnen namelijk dienst doen als ‘cold traps’: plekken waar waterijs zich verzamelt en stabiel blijft. Eerder stelden onderzoekers al dat Ceres voldoende massa heeft om watermoleculen vast te houden. Berekeningen wezen toen uit dat van elke 1000 watermoleculen die op het oppervlak van Ceres gegenereerd worden er per jaar (een jaar op Ceres duurt 1682 dagen) 1 in zo’n ‘cold trap’ belandt. Dat lijkt misschien niet zoveel, maar over een periode van tienduizenden jaren kan zo een dunne, maar voor Dawn detecteerbare laag waterijs ontstaan.
En nu is dus bewezen dat kraters op Ceres daadwerkelijk waterijs herbergen. Ceres is daarmee het derde hemellichaam dat deze ‘cold traps’ bezit. Eerder werden ze ook al op de maan en Mercurius gespot. “Deze detectie versterkt het bewijs dat permanent in de schaduw gelegen gebieden waterijs kunnen bevatten op planetaire lichamen zonder atmosfeer,” zo schrijven de onderzoekers.
ANASA scientist expressed a grim assessment of humanity’s ability to defend itself against an oncoming asteroid or comet crash, at a presentation on Monday. And he advocates building a defense system comprised on a rocket capable of intercepting one those sort of threatening space rocks in order to mitigate or possibly eliminate the ability for an asteroid or comet to wipe out our species.
During a presentation at the annual American Geophysical Union meeting,Joseph Nuth, a researcher at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center spoke about the grave dangers large asteroids and comets pose to life on Earth. While acknowledging the chances of a collision with a rock big enough to pose an existential threat are quite small, he opined that an extinction-level event was not unthinkable, especially given the history of the planet.
“Things like dinosaur killers, they’re 50 to 60 million years apart, essentially,” he told AGU attendees. “You could say, of course, we’re due.” The agency has found what it estimates to be 90 percent or more of near-Earth objects larger than a kilometer — big enough to cause significant devastation to life on Earth.
While most scientists are paying attention to a surprise asteroid that’d headed for Earth (hi there, Queen guitarist Brian May!) Nuth emphasizes we should also spend our energy and attention on looking at comets, which usually orbit the sun with on a set path but sometimes flyby Earth in an aberrant manner. Nuth cites two instances in 1996 and 2014 when comets nearly crashed into Jupiter and Mars, respectively.
“The biggest problem, basically, is there’s not a hell of a lot we can do about it at the moment,” he said.
NASA recently opened up a planetary defense office, and while its investing a lot of money and time into augmenting our ability to spot oncoming rocks that could pose a threat, we still have no way to actually stop a large asteroid or comet from hurtling right into the planet.
It sounds like a science fiction movie, but Nuth seriously recommends we build a interceptor rocket fitted with a nuclear bomb that could potentially stop an asteroid or comet, or at least reduce the damage it could induce. He also suggests we build an observer spacecraft that could be launched to conduct more in-depth study of a nearby that’s raising alarms. If the observer finds the treat credible, we can just fire off the interceptor in time to create a deflection.
Nuth stressed that this is just his suggestion, and that NASA certainly has no official opinion or thoughts on such a plan. “We’re talking a considerable amount of money,” he said. “The NASA request would probably be for several hundred million dollars to produce one of these spacecraft.”
That might be money well spent. We won’t always have Bruce Willis around to save our asses.
Two teams have advanced to the final round of the Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE competition to create a medical tricorder inspired by the one in the "Star Trek" television series.
A handheld diagnostic device could improve healthcare tremendously, giving people instant access to information about their vital signs, illnesses, and more.
Credit: Paramount Television
“I’M A DOCTOR, NOT AN ENGINEER”
Nonprofit organization XPRIZE aims to incentivize innovation through competition, and they recently teamed up with Qualcomm to host a contest inspired by one of the most beloved of all sci-fi universes, “Star Trek.”
The world was first introduced to the medical tricorder in the original “Star Trek” series, which debuted in 1966. The device was used by Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy, chief medical officer of the USS Enterprise, to quickly scan and diagnose medical conditions. XPRIZE is hoping to help bring that kind of futuristic technology to the present.
The competition has chosen two finalists to continue developing their tech. One, Dynamical Biomarkers Group (DBG), is composed of physicians, scientists and engineers out of Taiwan. The other, Final Frontier Medical Devices, is led by siblings Basil and George Harris, an ER doctor and a network engineer, respectively.
According to Space.com, the DBG group’s device employs an HTC smartphone they’ve modified and several sensors. Those sensors connect to the smartphone via Bluetooth, and all of the components fit into a box where they can be charged using just one USB cable. The Final Frontier Medical Devices’ tricoder prototype comes in a kit that includes multiple 3D-printed devices that are wirelessly paired with an iPad Mini for diagnoses.
Credit: XPRIZE
BEAMING UP THE FUTURE
Under the rules of the competition, each device must be able to detect or monitor three different sets of information: the Core Set, the Elective Set, and the Vital Signs Set.
In this final round, the devices must be able to test for all 13 of the conditions on the Core Set list, which includes anemia, diabetes, and stroke. It must also be able to test for any three items from the Elective Set list, which includes hypertension, food poisoning, strep throat, and HIV. Finally, the device must be able to continuously monitor five essential vital signs: blood pressure, heart rate, body temperature, respiratory rate, and oxygen saturation.
With just a little incentive, like $6 million, we can move the clock of technology forward centuries. “Star Trek” is set in 2265, but we have already surpassed a lot of the technology portrayed in the original series with devices like smartphones and software like Skype. Who knows? By the time even 2200 rolls along, we could be centuries ahead of those who first lived long and prospered.
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UFO conspiracy theorist who sent cryptic final text to mum 'vomited two litres of black fluid' before dying
UFO conspiracy theorist who sent cryptic final text to mum 'vomited two litres of black fluid' before dying
The family of UFO and government cover-up investigator Max Spiers, 39, believe he was murdered
BY GERRY WARREN, ADAM BENNETT
UFO CONSPIRACY THEORIST SLURS 'BEFORE' 'VOMITING FLUID' AND DYING
A conspiracy theorist whose mum believes he was 'murdered by his enemies' vomited two litres of black fluid shortly before he died, an inquest heard.
Max Spiers, 39, sought to expose government cover-ups and visited Poland to speak at a conference before he died on a sofa 24 hours later.
Just days before his death, the dad-of-two had texted his mum Vanessa Bates the chilling message: "Your boy's in trouble. If anything happens, investigate."
Mr Spiers, a world-renowned conspiracy theorist from Canterbury, Kent, was said to have been probing into the lives of well-known figures in politics, business and entertainment.
He made a name for himself investigating UFO sightings and alleged cover-ups.
The UFO expert was found dead in mysterious circumstances in Poland(Photo: YouTube / Max Spiers)
His mum, 63, said: "I think Max had been digging in some dark places and somebody wanted him dead."
Mr Spiers, who went to school with Orlando Bloom, had visited Poland after holidaying in Cyprus with a friend, who later discovered his body.
The inquest at Canterbury coroner's court into his death in Otwock on July 16 opened on Monday after his body was repatriated.
Polish authorities had initially dismissed his death as being down to natural causes, but a post-mortem examination at Margate Hospital, Kent, was unable to determine how he died.
In a statement, coroner's investigations officer Caroline O'Donnell said: "When they returned, Mr Spiers became ill with a high temperature and was weak.
"The following day, Mr Spiers vomited two litres of black fluid.
Vanessa Bates and son Max Spiers(Photo: Facebook)
"The friend called a doctor who attempted resuscitation before pronouncing him dead."
Mr Spiers had lived in America for a few years, but had returned to Canterbury to stay with his mum before jetting off to Poland.
Vanessa, an English teacher who also buys into the theories, said: "He was making a name for himself in the world of conspiracy theorists and had been invited to speak at a conference in Poland in July.
"He was staying with a woman who he had not known for long and she told me how she found him dead on the sofa.
"But I think Max had been digging in some dark places and I fear that somebody wanted him dead.
"Max was a very fit man who was in good health and yet he apparently just died suddenly on a sofa.
Max's mother believes her son may have been poisoned(Photo: Gofundme)
"All I have is a death certificate from the Polish authorities that it was from natural causes, but no post-mortem was done so how can they tell that?
"They are also refusing to release any paperwork about it to me because, absurdly, I don't have his written permission."
Coroner Alan Blunsdon told the court he was still awaiting a report from Polish authorities.
He also hopes to secure funding to have Mr Spiers' laptop and mobile phone forensically analysed.
Fellow conspiracy theorists, UFO investigators and bloggers have claimed the circumstances of the death suspicious.
On one website, blogger Project Camelot wrote: "The entire circumstances are suspicious and I urge everyone to encourage the release of details about what really happened and call for an autopsy."
Another, Craig Hewlett, added: "If it wasn't true what he talks about then why would they kill him? Healthy people don't just get sick and die, they get poisoned."
His mum added: "It's been a long time coming, but I'm just relieved that at last something is happening and there is a proper investigation and inquest."
She previously spoke of her belief that her son was murdered: "These people (who Max was mixing with) appeared to be involved with some very dark and dangerous areas of the world.
"I was afraid that as he was gaining popularity and fame that perhaps someone would want him out of the way, i.e. not alive any longer. I believe somebody's killed him.
"He has a brother, Josh, and sister, Becky, who are both devastated, as are his two boys. We all want answers to this and I will continue to fight to get to the truth."
Mr Spiers was buried in Canterbury after his family had his body flown home a week after his death.
The bizarre object struck a mountain top with a massive bang in remote Zhangjiapan village, Shaanxi Province, China.
Residents who rushed to investigate found a burning crater and pieces of broken metal nearby, leading to speculate of a UFO or man-made space junk crashing to Earth.
The crater was just one metre by 50cms in size.
Metal parts, which police believe may have caused the crater were found by officers in three locations away from the crater.
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This metal object was found nearby, but the crater itself was empty and flaming.
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Mysterious black helicopter appears to chase UFO in scenes straight out of the X-Files
Mysterious black helicopter appears to chase UFO in scenes straight out of the X-Files
Window cleaner Darren Cooper raced to get his camera after spotting a small dark object zooming across the evening sky
As it hovered above him for a few minutes he managed to capture it in the sky - before it flew off into the distance.
But just two minutes later, the dad-of-four was startled when a black helicopter swooped over his house in hot pursuit of the UFO.
Window cleaner Darren Cooper raced to get his camera when he spotted a small dark object zooming across the evening sky(Photo: CASCADE NEWS)
Darren, who lives in Southampton, said: "As I went back into the house to look at the footage, within two minutes the helicopter was above the house so I ran back outside with the camcorder and the chopper was on the same path as the object in the sky.
"Notice in the video the helicopter is turning as if looking for something."
The mysterious footage looked like something out of sci-fi series the X-Files
Black helicopters showing up after UFO sightings have been reported across the world since the 1960s but nobody has managed to film one.
They are said to be a covert military force engaged in a secret UFO monitoring program.
Declassified FBI files have revealed how ranchers in Colorado reported seeing the jet-black aircraft during a wave of cattle mutilation cases where animals had organs removed with surgical precision and were completely drained of blood.
Some investigators even claim to have been harassed by these 'phantom' helicopters, which sometimes fly silently and have no identification markings.
As it hovered above him for a few minutes he managed to capture it in the sky - before it flew off into the distance(Photo: CASCADE NEWS)
Darren, 39, who lives in Thornhill, doesn't think the UFO he filmed was a balloon or drone.
He said: "It's most certainly not a balloon because the wind would have made it act like a balloon and gave it more of a wobble or speed it up or made it move erratically but there was no movements like that at all.
"I thought it could have been a drone because there are so many of them about now but this thing continued to glide off into the distance.
"Before jumping to conclusions I ran back inside to grab my camcorder.
A few minutes after spotting the UFO, the dad-of-four was startled to see a black helicopter swoop over his house appearing to chase it(Photo: CASCADE NEWS)
"It was a little higher in the sky when I first noticed the object but it seemed to change course and turn slightly around the houses while descending before eventually disappearing into the distance.
"Seconds later after I had gone back inside the house to take a closer look at the footage, I suddenly heard a helicopter overhead.
"So I grabbed the camcorder again and ran back outside to film the helicopter on the identical path of the UFO filmed just minutes beforehand."
Darren had the footage analysed and was startled to find out the UFO looked like a dark ring.
Darren had the footage analysed and was startled to find out the UFO looked like a dark ring(Photo: CASCADE NEWS)
He added: "On closer inspection of the object on the PC I noticed that zooming into the object it looks like it has a hole in the centre.
"The same day a friend of mine told me he had also taken a closer look at the video and found even more strange things hiding in the clouds and other objects."
It is not the first time Darren has seen a UFO followed by helicopters.
Two years ago he claims he observed a 100ft V-shaped UFO with a friend.
Soon afterwards, a chopper flew over the building he was working in at the time.
Darren added: "The encounter in 2014 triggered my interest in UFOs and since then I seem to see all different shapes, sizes and colours.
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Max Spiers: Man 'investigating UFOs and alleged cover-ups' vomited black fluid before he died, inquest hears
Max Spiers: Man 'investigating UFOs and alleged cover-ups' vomited black fluid before he died, inquest hears
'Your boy's in trouble. If anything happens to me, investigate,' said deceased's last message to his mother
Max Spiers' mother said he had recently moved on to investigating politicians, business people, and celebrities
Conspiracy theorist Max Spiers vomited two litres of black liquid before he died, an inquest has heard.
His death caused widespread suspicion among his friends and family, who said he had been investigating some “dark” things.
The 39-year-old, from Canterbury, was complaining of illness before he was found dead in Warsaw, Poland on 16 July. He had been due to speak at a conference.
Despite not performing a post mortem, an investigation by the Polish authorities found Mr Spiers died of natural causes – a verdict met with dismay by his family and colleagues in the conspiracy community.
In October, The Independent revealed that the Foreign Office would not be investigating the death. They said the procedure was the responsibility of the Polish authorities.
However, an inquest was opened in Canterbury after a British post mortem was unable to establish a cause of death.
“Mr Spiers became ill with a high temperature and was weak,” said coroner’s investigations officer Caroline O’Donnell, according to the Kentish Gazette.
'The following day, Mr Spiers vomited two litres of black fluid.”
Ms O’Donnell added that the friend he was staying with called a doctor who tried to revive him but later pronounced him dead.
The coroner, Alan Blunsdon, said he was awaiting a report from the Polish authorities and was hoping for funding to run forensic tests on Mr Spiers’ phone and computer.
His mother, Vanessa Bates, has been pushing for a thorough investigation into her son's death, and has reached out to another prominent conspiracy theorist, David Icke, for help.
Two days before he died, Max Spiers allegedly told her: "Your boy's in trouble. If anything happens to me, investigate."
Ms Bates, 63, told the Daily Mail that when she was given her dead son's laptop computer, it had been wiped, adding to her suspicions.
Mr Spiers had made a career out of investigating UFOs and alleged cover-ups. Ms Bates said he had recently moved on to investigating politicians, business people, and celebrities.
The inquest was adjourned and will be continued in February 2017.
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UFO secrets revealed
UFO secrets revealed
Paul Richardson
By Paul Richardson
(Information for this article was obtained from recently declassified CIA documents.)
As secrets come and go, the truth is usually revealed over time. So is the case with many early UFO sightings dating back to the 1950’s and 60s. The CIA has finally confessed, they were the culprit behind more than half of the UFO sightings in all of the 1950s and early “60s. (What about the other half….?)
The CIA report was part of documents recently declassified that also admitted for the first time, the existence of Area 51 in Nevada.
The top secret organization admits to testing the U-2 spy plane at an altitude of 60,000 feet when such heights seemed impossible to reach, leading observers, especially seasoned airline pilots, to suspect sightings were not anything earthly.
In the 1950s, commercial aircraft flew below 20,000 feet while military flights were limited to 40,000 feet. Consequently, once U-2s started flying at 60,000 feet, air-traffic controllers began receiving an increasing number of UFO reports from pilots.
So this clears up many early UFO reports. But what about the others?
It was 1967 when the public accidently learned of an even more sophisticated flying machine, one that went higher, faster, and further, the grand and glorious SR-71 Blackbird, designed to fly at 100,000 feet and twice the speed of the U-2. Reports claim an SR-71 could leave California at daylight, fly over Russia and China and be home for supper. (At 2600 mph, the SR-71 is one of the fastest planes ever flown.)
There are also confirmed reports of over 1000 Surface to Air missiles were fired at the speedy craft, most by Russia, but not one scored a hit.
But even the fleet of Blackbirds have now been retired, many believe they were replaced by something called “Aurora.” (Google Aurora and see what pops up)
But with the advent of the spy satellite, most manned plane missions are now unnecessary. Even the way war is fought has changed. We now have a host of deadly, unmanned options that lower our causality count while vastly upping the enemy’s fatality count.
First and foremost on this list are airborne and submersible drones. But who knows what else is lurking in the shadows?
We’ve already talked about the Army’s new long range, laser sighted, Infantry rifle, the MXT-135, the Navy’s new high intensity laser weapon, and the “Laws” which fires nothing more than a beam of light, but is deadly and inescapable.
And the recently revealed military space drone that no one knows the purpose of. It resembles a miniature space shuttle, no windows and too small to carry a pilot, but can stay aloft for years with an unknown cargo, and can land itself when needed.
As extraordinary as it seems, I have read about a small Arial drone that can be programmed to kill a certain target and be field launched by a soldier. It has the photograph of the intended target downloaded and searches for that one and only individual. Once found and identified, the drone assassinates the target.
I have only found one obscure reference to this weapon, nothing really credible. But in addition to war-time applications, just think of the real-time possibilities for something that smart, such as finding lost children, locating criminals on the run, finding lost hikers, even searching for someone lost at sea. What could possibly be next?
The only way we may ever know is to wait for the next batch of declassified CIA documents someday.
There is no doubt such technology is available. It would be nice to see it put to good use for a change. www.PRichardson.net to read past articles. Books are available at amazonbooks.com
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Are planets like those in 'Star Wars: Rogue One' really out there? NASA plans to find out
Are planets like those in 'Star Wars: Rogue One' really out there? NASA plans to find out
Stormtroopers in the new Star Wars film "Rogue One" wade through the water of an alien ocean world. NASA scientists believe ocean worlds exist in our own galaxy, along with many other environments. Credit: Disney/Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM
In the "Star Wars" universe, ice, ocean and desert planets burst from the darkness as your ship drops out of light speed. But these worlds might be more than just science fiction.
Some of the planets discovered around stars in our own galaxy could be very similar to arid Tatooine, watery Scarif and even frozen Hoth, according to NASA scientists. Sifting through data on the more than 3,400 confirmed alien worlds, scientists apply sophisticated computer modeling techniques to tease out the colors, light, sunrise and sunsets we might encounter if we could pay them a visit.
Some of these distant worlds are even stranger than those that populate the latest Star Wars film, "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story." And others are eerily like the fictional planets from a galaxy far, far away.
Planets with double suns
Tatooine
A real planet in our galaxy reminded scientists so much of Luke Skywalker's home planet, they named it "Tatooine." Officially called Kepler-16b, the Saturn-sized planet is about 200 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus. The reality of its two suns was so startling, George Lucas himself agreed to the astronomers' nickname for the planet.
"This was the first honest-to-goodness real planetary system where you would see the double sunset as two suns," said Laurance Doyle, an astrophysicist with the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute and Director of the Institute for the Metaphysics of Physics, who discovered the planet using NASA's Kepler space telescope.
Astronomers have found planets with double sunsets like Tatooine in our galaxy. Credit: Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM
A person on Kepler-16b would have two shadows. In a storm, two rainbows would appear. Each sunset would be unique, because the stars are always changing their configuration. Building a sundial would require calculus.
Astronomers have discovered that about half of the stars in our Milky Way galaxy are pairs, rather than single stars like our sun. So while Kepler-16b aka Tatooine is probably too cold and gaseous to be home to life, or a hopeful desert farm boy, it's a good bet that there might be a habitable Tatooine "twin" out there somewhere.
Desert worlds
Jakku, Jedha
George Lucas has a fondness for desert planets, and at least one NASA scientist thinks he's on the righttrack.
The gas giant Kepler-16b, nicknamed 'Tatooine,' orbits a pair of stars. One star is a small red dwarf star, the other is a larger K dwarf. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
"Desert planets are possible. We have one right here in our solar system in Mars. We think desert planets elsewhere could be even more habitable than Mars is," said Shawn Domagal-Goldman, an astrobiologist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
He likes Lucas' proliferation of arid worlds because he believes it might reflect the galaxy we live in.
"The recurring theme of desert worlds in 'Star Wars' is really interesting, because there is some research that shows that these would be likely habitable worlds to find," said Domagal-Goldman, who is, among other things, a climate scientist.
Desert worlds are not only a very real possibility, but they are probably very common, he said. They could be hot, like Tatooine and Jakku, or cold, like Mars and Jedha in "Rogue One."
"The lack of water on a desert planet might be what makes it more habitable. Water amplifies changes to climates and can cause planets to end up being really hot like Venus, or really cold like Europa," said Domagal-Goldman.
Ice planets
Hoth
Light and color would look different on a planet orbiting a tiny red star, like this artist's impression of Proxima b. The Earth-sized planet in the habitable zone is the nearest exoplanet to our sun. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser
There is a world named Hoth in our galaxy—an icy super-Earth discovered in 2006. It reminded scientists so much of the frozen Rebel base they unofficially nicknamed it after the planet that appears in "The Empire Strikes Back." The planet's scientific designation is OGLE 2005-BLG-390L, after the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) that found it.
Our galaxy's Hoth is too cold to support life as we know it. But life may evolve under the ice of a different world, or a moon in our solar system. On Earth, it's been found inside volcanoes, deep ocean trenches, even the frozen soil of Antarctica.
NASA is currently designing a Europa mission to look for life under the crust of Jupiter's icy moon Europa. And Saturn's moon Enceladus also contains an underground ocean that could harbor alien life.
Ocean worlds
Kamino, Scarif
Obi-Wan Kenobi's ship lands on the ocean world of Kamino in "Star Wars: Attack of the Clones." In our galaxy, Kepler-22b could be a super-Earth with a super ocean. Credit: Disney/Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM
For the scientists who characterize exoplanets, the most important planet to study is Earth-the only known planet with life. And life on Earth began in the ocean.
"We need Earth climate science to help us understand planetary habitability and the potential diversity of life on exoplanets," said astrobiologist Nancy Kiang, a research scientist at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies. As an astrobiologist, her job is to model the kind of plant life that might exist on planets around other stars—also known as exoplanets.
We haven't confirmed the existence of ocean worlds like the perpetually rainy Kamino in "Attack of the Clones," or worlds with oceans, like the beachy Scarif from "Rogue One." But we have found frozen ocean worlds in our solar system, in the moons Europa and Enceladus.
'Star Wars' is driven by beings from many planets trying to get along. NASA scientists are looking for life on a planet other than Earth, and believe the next decade may bring breakthroughs. Credit: Disney/Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM
We may even be able to glimpse an ocean on an exoplanet in the not-so-distant future.
"Ocean glint can be detected over large distances," said Victoria Meadows, a professor at the University of Washington and director of the NASA Astrobiology Institute's Virtual Planetary Laboratory.
Such a glint was first observed reflecting from the liquid methane seas on Titan, the largest moon of Saturn.
Forest worlds
Endor, Takodana
Enceladus is an icy world much like Hoth, except that it may have an ocean under its frozen crust. Astronomers believe this moon of Saturn may be a good candidate for having extraterrestrial life beneath its surface. Credit: NASA
Both the forest moon of Endor, from "Return of the Jedi," and Takodana, the home of Han Solo's favorite cantina in "The Force Awakens," are green like our home planet. But astrobiologists think that plant life on other worlds could be red, black, or even rainbow-colored.
A few months ago, astronomers from the European Southern Observatory announced the discovery of Proxima Centauri b, a planet only 4 light-years away from Earth, which orbits a tiny red star.
"The star color would be peachy to the human eye," Meadows said. "And the planet would appear dark purple to light purple, looking at it from a spacecraft." From the surface of Proxima b, the sky would appear to be periwinkle.
The light from a red star, also known as an M dwarf, is dim and mostly in the infrared spectrum, as opposed to the visible spectrum we see with our sun. The planet also doesn't have sunrises or sunsets like Earth: one side always faces its sun.
"If you have photosynthetic organisms, they would always get fixed amounts of light all the time. It would be a permanent sunset around the planet. You would see a gradation of color," Kiang said.
Jakku, a desert planet in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," is populated with scavengers and creatures. Astronomers think that our galaxy also has many desert worlds that may be habitable. Credit: David James/Disney/Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM
Just as seaweed changes color from green to dark brown as you dive deeper into the ocean, plants on a red dwarf planet may brilliantly change color from the day side to the night side.
And that could mean rainbow plant life.
Inhabited worlds
Just about any 'Star Wars' planet
In the "Star Wars" universe, Lucas and company envision scores of worlds bustling with intelligent beings. In our galaxy, we know of only one such world so far-Earth. But NASA exoplanet scientist think we have a fighting chance of finding life beyond our solar system.
The Millennium Falcon cruises over the lush forest planet Takodana in "The Force Awakens." Unlike the green worlds of 'Star Wars,' scientists believe that plant life in our galaxy could come in many colors. Credit: Disney/Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM
The next few years will see the launch of a new generation of spacecraft to search for planets around other stars. The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and NASA's James Webb Space Telescope will attempt to determine what's in the atmospheres of other planets. Then, in the next decade, the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) will bring us images of exoplanets around sun-like stars.
That's one step closer to finding life.
"The idea of life on other planets resonates with people on a very personal level," Doug Hudgins, NASA's program scientist for exoplanet exploration, said of the "Star Wars" films' enduring popularity. "They portray this image of a universe that is teeming with life."
"We are at our heart explorers," he said. "We want to know what's out there. Through the imaginings of George Lucas and Gene Roddenberry, we get to feel for a bit of time like we really can go out and explore the stars."
HADDEN DE MAYA'S HET MISSCHIEN TOCH GOED? ( VIDEO )
HADDEN DE MAYA'S HET MISSCHIEN TOCH GOED? ( VIDEO )
Overal ter wereld werd uitgekeken naar de magische datum van 21 december 2012, want toen zou het gebeuren.
Er gebeurde niets, maar dat wil nog niet zeggen dat de befaamde Maya kalender er volkomen naast zat.
Bovenstaande is de conclusie van Planet X oftewel Nibiru onderzoeker Marshall Masters. Zijn theorie is dat die kalender wel degelijk goed was, maar dat het punt dat werd aangegeven niet een bepaalde gebeurtenis was, maar de voorbode van iets dat wij als mensheid kunnen verwachten en waar ons op zouden moeten voorbereiden.
De machthebbers werden, zo zegt Masters, behoorlijk in de kaart gespeeld door deze hype en ze hielpen zelfs nog mee door het verder op te blazen met dure Hollywood films. Daarna was de meerderheid van de mensheid zo teleurgesteld dat er helemaal niets was gebeurd, dat ze maar gelijk helemaal de ogen sloten voor alles, zoals de machthebbers dat het liefste zagen.
Masters en de mensen om hem heen doen al jaren onderzoek en één ervan was om te kijken of die datum van 2012 inderdaad iets bijzonders was. Om dat te kunnen meten/vaststellen, gebruikten ze twee sets met gegevens. De ene had betrekking op aardbevingen en de andere op vuurbollen in de lucht.
En wanneer je begint met de aardbevingen dan zie je inderdaad na december 2012 een nogal spectaculaire toename.
Ook wanneer je kijkt naar de waarnemingen van het aantal vuurballen, zie je dat deze sedert eind 2012 sterk zijn toegenomen.
Je hebt natuurlijk vuurballen in alle soorten en maten, maar de voor de mens meest gevaarlijke zijn natuurlijk de wat grotere.
Een bekend voorbeeld daarvan is natuurlijk de gebeurtenis in Rusland in 2013.
Op 15 februari 2013 ontplofte een meteoroïde nabij Tsjeljabinsk in het Russische Oeralgebied. Rond 9.15 uur plaatselijke tijd werden aldaar verschillende explosies gehoord en werd er een vuurbal in de hemel waargenomen.
Meteoren kunnen eigenlijk worden ingedeeld in vier verschillende soorten: vallende sterren, vuurbollen, bolides en superbolides.
Vooral de laatste twee zijn gebeurtenissen die je niet wilt meemaken. Deze ontploffen in de lucht net zoals Tsjeljabinsk met een enorme knal en een bijbehorende lichtflits.
De energie die bij een dergelijke ontploffing zoals Tsjelnabinsk vrij komt, staat gelijk aan 30 keer die van de atoombom op Hiroshima en de lichtflits is 30 keer feller dan de zon. Bij die gebeurtenissen raakten dan ook 7.200 gebouwen beschadigd en 1.500 mensen gewond. Veel van die verwondingen hadden te maken met de gevolgen van rondvliegend glas of brandwonden.
In het algemeen kan je stellen dat hoe meer mensen een vuurbol waarnemen, des te groter en gevaarlijker zal deze blijken te zijn. Masters heeft dan ook als definitie van een enorme vuurbal genomen het criterium dat deze door minstens 100 verschillende mensen moet zijn gemeld.
Wanneer we voor dat soort gebeurtenissen wederom kijken naar een grafiek van wat er na die bewuste decembermaand is gebeurd, dan lijkt verder commentaar overbodig.
Als je kijkt naar de cijfers per maand, dan zie je dat het grootste aantal van dit soort gebeurtenissen zich heeft voorgedaan in het eerste kwartaal van dit jaar. Ook Tsjelnabinsk gebeurde in de maand februari.
De conclusie van Masters is dan ook dat de Maya’s wel degelijk wisten dat er rond deze tijd iets bijzonders zou gebeuren en dat die datum een soort laatste waarschuwing was voor de mensheid om serieus voorbereidingen te treffen voor de dingen die gaan komen.
Bovenstaande en nog veel meer wordt door Marshall Masters in de volgende half uur durende video uitgelegd en toegelicht.
Neon Red UFO Seen At Space Station On Live Cam, Dec 14, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Neon Red UFO Seen At Space Station On Live Cam, Dec 14, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: December 14, 2016 Location of sighting: Earths orbit at Space Station One type of anomalies that have been seen around the space station almost daily is the rainbow colored objects that appear for a split second and then are gone. The move incredibly fast, and act like tiny fist sized drones that have AI. I say they have AI, because they move incredibly fast, yet often stop in front of the camera and then shoot away. Just as this one did. I have seen yellow, green, purple, blue and even pink and red. Each time the object has a definite shape, but is different in shape each time. Sometimes its egg shaped, other times is a square or rectangle shaped object. I have to agree with Streetcap1 who caught this...it is a UFO and it acts alive...probably AI micro drones created by aliens to be less intrusive on the space station and the astronauts. They are so small and fast, astronauts wont even notice them. But they always glow a neon color on video. A few times, I saw them by the hundreds. Scott C. Waring
Neon Red UFO Seen At Space Station On Live Cam, Dec 14, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Neon Red UFO Seen At Space Station On Live Cam, Dec 14, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: December 14, 2016 Location of sighting: Earths orbit at Space Station One type of anomalies that have been seen around the space station almost daily is the rainbow colored objects that appear for a split second and then are gone. The move incredibly fast, and act like tiny fist sized drones that have AI. I say they have AI, because they move incredibly fast, yet often stop in front of the camera and then shoot away. Just as this one did. I have seen yellow, green, purple, blue and even pink and red. Each time the object has a definite shape, but is different in shape each time. Sometimes its egg shaped, other times is a square or rectangle shaped object. I have to agree with Streetcap1 who caught this...it is a UFO and it acts alive...probably AI micro drones created by aliens to be less intrusive on the space station and the astronauts. They are so small and fast, astronauts wont even notice them. But they always glow a neon color on video. A few times, I saw them by the hundreds. Scott C. Waring
UFO Falls From Sky Over Queensland, Australia On Dec 14, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Falls From Sky Over Queensland, Australia On Dec 14, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Dec 14, 2016 Location of sighting: Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia A UFO was caught this week on video over the town of Toowoomba and its clearly not a meteorite. The object has a controlled reentry, where a meteor would be moving 50X the speed of this UFO. At first, I thought this could be the Russian cargo ship sent to the space station that failed...crashing to Earth, however that took place on Dec 1, 2016. This object has a controlled fall, its slow, even for something thats crashing to earth. This does move and looks like a UFO. It looks like it didn't land to far away. An expedition to find out if its still there should be made. Scott C. Waring Eyewitness states:
In Newtown, Toowoomba in Queensland, Australia, one could observe in the sky on 14.12.2016, as a very bright light, very slowly fallen to the ground. Astronomers say that it can not be a meteor or comet because the sink rate is too slow.
Interesting footage of Orbs flying over Ukranian city
Interesting footage of Orbs flying over Ukranian city
Here’s a new footage that was just submitted to me by a reader. It shows a bright objects making maneuvers in the sky. This was seen and recorded over Poltava in Ukraine on Tuesday, 13th December 2016.
Fireball Plummets to Earth Way Slower Than A Meteor
Fireball Plummets to Earth Way Slower Than A Meteor
Witnesses went mystified after seeing a mysterious fireball UFO falling to Earth. The unusual thing was observed dropping from the sky above Newtown, Toowoomba in Queensland, Australia. The fireball even seen moving sharply to the right and then left as it was falling.
Newtown resident Rod Bishop captured the event on video.
The witness claimed that he spent 18 years in the army barracks and is an amateur astronomer, so he knows very well about aircraft. The mysterious thing he just captured on video made his jaw drop, according to the witness.
Some viewers of the video are wondering why alien spacecraft went to Toowoomba.
However, astronomer professor Jonti Horner believes the light is not a meteor or fireball because it looks too slow to be one. For him, it is also too slow to be a bit of space junk returning to Earth and burning up in the atmosphere.
Horner thinks it is the International Space Station. He explains that the ISS is brighter than the brightest stars and moves quite slow, making them quite spectacular.
Though it ‘s hard to tell the identity of the strange thing in the blurry video, Jonti stresses that’s the most likely explanation to him as an astronomer professor.
A Man Wonders If He Saw A UFO Or Just Flashing Lights In Las Vegas
A Man Wonders If He Saw A UFO Or Just Flashing Lights In Las Vegas
Las Vegas has its share when it comes to unusual objects in the sky, from explainable to unexplainable involving what are called UFOs.
Recently, another strange sighting was recorded on video. Out for an evening stroll, Robert Jones stunned to see strange lights hovering in the sky on Thursday. Jones said he just arrived at Cornerstone Park when the sighting took place. He could not figure out where the lights were coming.
Jones said the lights filled up the entire sky.
He saw orange colored lights floating in an upward motion and disappearing. He could not rule out military operations, but he wanted to know if it was indeed explainable as he was searching for an answer online.
He first thought they were balloons or even aircraft, but he saw them with a solid color and without warning lights.
He claimed that he looked on social media and asked Nellis Air Force base if they were from them, but Nellis replied they had no idea what they were.
The video has been keeping all the viewers guessing, just like many other videos and photos taken over Las Vegas sky.
In 1947 Admiral Richard E. Byrd commanded 4000 troops and a fleet of war ships and airplanes on the legendary “Operation Highjump” expedition to the South Pole. What was supposed to be an eight month mission was cut short after only eight weeks. Stories of underground Nazi bases, Alien UFOs and an occult race to find a secret passage to a hidden Atlantian realm beneath the ice are all explored in detail in this fascinating fact-filled program. The final conclusions are both shocking and amazing.
Huge orbs flying over Chicago Heights, Illinois 13-Dec-2016
Huge orbs flying over Chicago Heights, Illinois 13-Dec-2016
Check out this UFO sighting that happened east of Chicago Heights, a city in Cook County, Illinois. This was filmed on Monday, 13th December 2016.
Witness report:
3-5 Orange lights. Size of orbs were like distant street lights in the sky. Moving precisely, not with the wind. My girlfriend and I were picking her kid up from gymnastics, in Frankfort, IL, and started heading north on Laraway rd. It was a full moon so we were looking at it casually, and then observed 5 orange lights near each other toward the east. We thought to ourselves those “planes” are really close to each other, but then thought planes don’t fly that close to each other; or emit a solid orange lights. Normally they pulse a tiny white and red light. On our way home we couldn’t stop gazing upon the lights, we were fixated trying to figure out what they were. They weren’t moving in any specific direction just kind of motionless. Then one light noticeably went to the left, and another to the right, and then disappeared. Then there were three left. We thought Chinese lanterns because of the color. But that means the lights would move with the wind or move in a general direction, which they didn’t, and even Chinese lanterns start to dim over time and distance. These were noticeable bright orange lights. Once we hit Route 30 we started heading East, traveling toward the lights. We started in Frankfort and ended up about 10 miles East (past Chicago Heights). Over that course of time the lights formed a triangle formation, vertical line, horizontal line, and staggered vertical line, and then went to two lights. It went to two lights after it formed a perfect triangle. When it became two lights they seemed to create distance from each other, and close back up. They again formed a vertical and horizontal line, and when they were in the lines they moved simultaneously and in unison; keeping a perfect distance from each other moving down, up, left, and right (slowly but precisely). When the lights were vertical, the one on the bottom moved to the left of the other one (while the other one remained motionless) and then slowly disappeared (within 3 seconds). Then approximately a minute later the last light disappeared. We turned around because we were in a bad area. So then we started heading west, the direction we just came from, and my girlfriend told me to look behind us and see if I could see anything. Sure enough there were 3 lights again in a vertical line. Still gives me goosebumps thinking about it and writing this out.
Curiosity Delivers New Evidence That Life Could Have Thrived on Mars
Curiosity Delivers New Evidence That Life Could Have Thrived on Mars
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IN BRIEF
NASA's Curiosity rover has discovered boron on Mars, marking the first time that this element has been found on the Red Planet.
Evidence of chemical complexity suggests that Mars had a long, interactive history with water, improving the chances that life existed on the planet for a lengthy period of time.
GALE CRATER CURIOSITIES
Ever since NASA’sCuriosity rover made its historic landing inside Mars’ Gale Crater in August 2012, its study of the composition of rocks in the area has led researchers to the conclusion that life could’ve been present at some point during the Red Planet’s history. Studies done by other rovers have also arrived at a similar conclusion, with evidence suggesting Mars had a “wet era” during which life — even microbial life — could’ve survived.
A recent discovery supports these claims. The Curiosity rover’s study of different rocks over the Gale Crater’s elevational range of about 200 meters (650 ft) covers a timespan of roughly tens of millions to hundreds of millions of years. Throughout this period, the environment in the crater, which supposedly cradled an ancient Martian lake, was continually changing, but not enough to preclude life from existing.
The newest evidence of this ancient life on Mars is Curiosity’s discovery of boron, marking the first time that this element has been found on the Red Planet.
“We are seeing chemical complexity indicating a long, interactive history with the water. The more complicated the chemistry is, the better it is for habitability,” John Grotzinger, Curiosity team member and geologist at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, explained in a press release. “The boron, hematite, and clay minerals underline the mobility of elements and electrons, and that is good for life.”
WHERE THERE IS WATER…
Based on observations by Curiosity, the ancient lake in the Gale Crater was initially composed of fresh water (neutral-pH water). It became slightly acidic over time, and saltier still a little later.
This all happened over a period of millions of years, as the crater’s lake went through periods of drying out and then filling up again as groundwater rose. Despite these changes, Grotzinger believes that the area remained mostly habitable, as some forms of microbial life could’ve been sustained by groundwater during the lake’s dry spells.
If the conditions on ancient Mars were largely similar to those on Earth, where there is water, there is a great chance that life could exist, as well. The abundant traces of silica, which is excellent at preserving microbial life on Earth, found in Curiosity’s samples could aid future life-hunting missions on Mars. “I think this is a tremendously exciting discovery,” said Grotzinger.
This pair of drawings depicts the same location at Mars’ Gale Crater at two points in time: now and billions of years ago. Water moving beneath the ground, as well as water above the surface in ancient rivers and lakes, provided favorable conditions for microbial life, if Mars has ever hosted life. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/LANL/CNES/IRAP/LPGNantes
It Turns Out, Finding a Habitable Alien World May Be Rather Difficult
It Turns Out, Finding a Habitable Alien World May Be Rather Difficult
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IN BRIEF
Proxima b's proximity to its star raises its chances of having liquid water on its surface, but also means it could be exposed to frequent superflares.
If the planet's atmosphere were slightly thinner that Earth's, or its magnetic fields were weaker, Proxima b would be exposed to extinction-level superflares.
EXOPLANETS AND SUPERFLARES
An artist's impression of what Proxima b, a planet orbiting the star nearest to Earth's sun, might look like.
Credit: ESO
The discovery of Proxima b orbiting the Earth’s closest neighboring star, Proxima Centauri, gave hope to a possible habitable exoplanet relatively near our system — just 4.2 light years away. Because Proxima Centauri is a red dwarf star, it isn’t as hot as our Sun. This means Proxima b orbits nearer to its star than the Earth does the Sun in order to maintain a certain temperature.
It turns out this proximity could be a problem, according to researcher Dmitra Atri. Although Proxima b lies within the habitable (or goldilocks) zone, which raises its chances to have liquid water on its surface, Atri believes it isn’t enough to consider Proxima b habitable. As past studies have shown, exoplanets like Proxima b could be exposed to frequent superflares from their stars.
Atri, a scientist at the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science in Seattle, ran computer simulations to figure out just how much flares affect exoplanets. Specifically, the simulations modeled the possible interactions of protons released during flares to a planet’s atmosphere. The models considered the various factors that affect just how much radiation flares could deliver, including atmospheric thickness, magnetic field strengths, and the strength of the flares themselves.
An artist’s depiction of Proxima b’s surface. Credits: ESO/M. Kornmesser
UNDERSTANDING THE WORLDS AROUND US
“I would say that it is too premature to call Proxima b habitable,” Atri explained to Space.com. “There are many factors that would decide whether such a planet can sustain a biosphere. More data will help clarify the situation.”
Atri’s models revealed that Proxima b could survive these superflares if its atmosphere and magnetic fields were similar to Earth’s. If, however, its atmosphere was even just slightly thinner or its magnetic fields were weaker, Proxima b would be exposed to extinction-level superflares. The survival of life on Proxima b depends, it would seem, on just how Earth-like this exoplanet really is. Atri’s work was published in the Monthly Notices Letters of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Studies like this reveal more detail about the worlds surrounding us. Recent technological developments and discoveries made by the various existing space exploration devices allow us to create more accurate computer models. With the coming of even better technology in the next couple of years, we may be able to finally confirm whether or not these so-called other Earths are truly habitable.
It takes about 15 hours to fly between Los Angeles and Sydney, Australia. A concept plane called Paradoxal could make the trip in just three hours — all it has to do is fly to the edge of Earth at hypersonic speed and slow back down for a safe landing.
Paradoxal’s design was published Sunday by a nonprofit organization from Montreal called Imaginactive. The group comes up with concepts for new vehicles — a bike ripped straight out of Tron and a lighter-than-air vehicle called Medusa among them — and shares them online so they can “grow, evolve, and inspire people” to make them a reality.
Imaginactive announced that, in addition to its ability to cut a trip down to one-fifth the time, Paradoxal would also use cameras to provide a live video feed as it approaches space and let people “experience weightlessness for one brief minute” when it begins its descent. The whole flight is supposed to be faster and more fun than current treks.
Paradoxal would rely on Rim-Rotor Rotary Ramjet Engines designed by researchers at Quebec’s Université de Sherbrooke and cooling tech patented by NASA. The engines would allow the plane to reach hypersonic speeds; the cooling system would ensure the aircraft could handle the resulting temperatures without issue.
Imaginactive’s concept is part of efforts to rethink air travel. One of the biggest areas of interest lies with vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. These would allow companies like Uber to introduce on-demand services where people could travel around a city in aerial vehicles, for example, instead of being limited to ground-based transport.
DARPA, the military’s research arm, is also experimenting with VTOL aircraft. The hope is that these vehicles would make air travel quieter, more efficient, and less dependent on the sprawling runways today’s planes require. They would also make it easier for military operations to be conducted in places where traditional aircraft can’t be used.
Others are trying to make aircraft more energy conscious. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said before that he wants to create an electric VTOL plane, though he hasn’t said whether that’s something he’s currently working on, and Alaska Airlines flew a plane across the country in November using a biofuel harvested from wood.
A rendering shows Paradoxal in flight.
Paradoxal wouldn’t tackle those problems. Imaginactive said it requires about 6,000 feet of runway to land — roughly the same as a Boeing 747 commercial airliner — and is unlikely to use renewable energy sources. But it does promise to make travel far more convenient, which could be enough for people who just want to spend as little time in the air as they can.
Inverse reached out to Imaginactive to learn more about Paradoxal’s design and whether or not it expects others to make the concept a reality in the future. We’ll update this post if the nonprofit responds. In the meantime, though, one can dream about somebody making air travel a less horrendous experience for everyone who wants or needs to take a trip.
A long-standing conspiracy theory claims the US military has secret bases for testing new craft.
The Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) has received a report from an unnamed witness that they have discovered the existence of the base after witnessing bizarre UFO activity nearby.
The witness yesterday provided MUFON with video of an alleged UFO filmed on December 5, but said odd events had been happening for a month in Highland Meadows, Laguna, which is around 100 miles from the infamous Roswell.
He said: "I was on my porch looking at the night sky about a month ago, when I noticed an out of place light in the sky pretending to be a planet. I knew it was not, as it is way too close for one, and I looked at the charts and it isn't supposed to be there.
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The Roswell legend is at the centre of the UFO scene.
Then it disappeared and six military helicopters suddenly appeared over the hill around where the light was and appeared to be circling.
Unnamed witness report
"On December 5th, I went out with my dog, and as usual, looked up at it, but this time, it was not as bright and was dancing or hovering in the sky.
"It was doing what I call, a jig, back and forth, up and down, ever so slightly, maybe by my sight in half inch movements, almost like it was trying to stay in one place but didn't have full control.
"I was in awe and freaked out a bit as I knew it wasn't normal to begin with.
"It seemed to have three separate lights attached to it like a triangle but in a circle. I tried to record the event, but after 3mins 38secs my video suddenly shut off and could not get it back on."
The woman said she watched for a further 45 minutes.
She added: "Then it disappeared and six military helicopters suddenly appeared over the hill around where the light was and appeared to be circling. I went inside out of fear.
"We have a lot of military activity lately and they have seen me take photos of them.
"I've also taken photos over the weeks of this light. I really don't know what I saw, but I saw something and I'm not crazy."
MUFON, based in the US, is the world's largest organisation dedicated to UFO and alien research.
It admits that a high percentage of sightings it receives are misunderstood or deliberate hoaxes, but it investigates as many as possible.
Roswell has been at the heart of the UFO scene since in July 1947 the military sensationally announced in a press release it had found the remains of a crashed flying saucer in the desert nearby.
But the following day it retracted the statement, saying it was in fact a damaged US Air Force air balloon.
Witnesses later came forward to say there had been alien bodies within the "crashed craft", which along with the wreckage were then taken away.
It has often been claimed by conspiracy theorists they are held at the mysterious top-secret Area 51 military base in Nevada.
Resident in a Chinese village were left baffled after an unknown object had apparently fallen from the sky and left a big hole on the ground.
They said the object landed on the top of the mountain with a loud bang on December 12 in Zhangjiapan village, Shaanxi Province, reported People's Daily Online.
The crater was burning when some residents rushed over but mysteriously no object was reportedly found in the hole. Some people have linked the incident with a UFO.
Strange object falls from sky in China leaving 5ft wide crater
Mystery: A crater was created after an unidentified object had apparently fallen from the sky
The crater reportedly measured one metre long (3.2 feet) and 50 centimetres wide (1.6 feet).
The police of Fugu county, which manages the village, said they had found objects that might be related to the incident in three locations, according to HSW.cn.
All of the locations were in the south-western part of Fugu county.
Among them, one was a large metal ring, said the police. Letters and numbers could be seen marked on the surface.
The ring is thought to have fallen at high speeds and crashed into the rooftop of a house.
The police said all the objects had been sent to experts for tests.
No injuries have been reported.
Baffled: The crater, in China's Zhangjiapan village, was burning when the villagers found it, however no object had been seen in the hole, according to local reports
Police said they had found objects that might be related to the incident in three locations. The above pictures show two of them
QQ.com posted a video on December 13, which was thought to be taken by an eyewitness.
The clip shows fire burning in the crater, however no solid object can be seen in the crater.
A villager, surnamed Zhang, told a reporter of HSW.cn that he heard a deep sound in the sky at around 1pm on Friday.
He looked up and saw an object rapidly falling towards the mountain, the villager said.
'[It] made a loud bang when it hit the ground. Then it started burning. The dry grass nearby was quickly set aflame,' Zhang added.
The police of Fugu County also found a large metal ring in the surrounding areas of the crater
The ring is thought to be related to the loud bang apparently caused by an unidentified object
Letters and numbers can be seen marked on the surface of the metal ring found by the police
The mysterious incident has attracted thousands of comments from Chinese netizens on QQ.com, a major portal in China.
Many are guessing what the object could be, with some suggesting it could be a part of a UFO.
'It must have fallen from a crashed alien spacecraft,' one such person wrote while another one said 'the ring looks like the door of a UFO cabin'.
'It must have been the wheel of an alien's vehicle,' another user suggested.
A web user asked: 'Are they parts of Shenzhou 11 spacecraft?'
'It probably came from a failed time-traveller,' another user commented.
A fourth user, apparently terrified by the incident, said: 'I will look to the sky while I am walking.'
The fire has been put out by the villagers.
The incident is being investigated by the police.
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UFO 'caught on camera arriving through wormhole?' - viral video sparks ALIEN debate
UFO 'caught on camera arriving through wormhole?' - viral video sparks ALIEN debate
A VIDEO allegedly showing a UFO arriving to Earth through a "plasma beam" has sparked a major online debate about what it actually could be.
Clips of the event which happened over Arizona, Texas, have gone viral and been picked up by various UFO websites and YouTube channels.
Many alien chasers claimed it showed an extraterrestrial spacecraft being zapped to Earth in a plasma beam through some sort of portal from another dimension.
But, the overwhelming verdict is that it was just a CGI fake video broadcast to raise cash through YouTube advertising revenue.
There is no detail about when it was actually filmed or who by, but it appears to have surfaced on a Spanish Facebook page.
Scott Brando runs UFO hoax-busting website ufoofinterest.org and has concluded categorically it was a hoax.
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The plasma beam as seen in the UFO video allegedly filmed over Arizona.
He tweeted his verdict and told Express.co.uk: "Yes, it's a fake CGI. There are previous sharings about the same video being fake."
Veder Georgiev posted on YouTube: "Sorry 100 per cent fake.
"Just see the clouds. They don't become brighter after the lighting/plasma.
"Just seen a video of normal lighting and see the clouds near them. FAKE."
Even Tyler Glockner, the narrator of YouTube UFO channel Secureteam10, which features on a number of UFO blacklists amid claims it promotes fake and misleading footage, suggested it was probably a clever fake.
Mr Glockner denies promoting hoaxes, but has not responded to Express.co.uk questions about these claims.
But the consensus has not stopped others believing some historic evidence of aliens was caught on camera.
Ari Ben Gordon posted on YouTube: "WOW - That is as real as it gets.
"It almost looks like a meteorite, but its not falling, its going up!
"Did you notice that the cloud the UFO comes from looks like a giant disk cloud?"
There was also speculation it was evidence of an alleged secret US Government plot called Project Bluebeam.
Project Blue Beam is a conspiracy theory that claims the US is attempting to implement a new religion led by the Antichrist to start a New World Order.
The far-fetched claim is that the government will use NASA to develop hologram technologically to create a fake Second Coming to begin its evil plan.
Many of the videos on YouTube were entitled "Giant Plasma UFO Over Arizona Secret Hologram Test".
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The science behind that odd noise in Spokane Valley
The science behind that odd noise in Spokane Valley
SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. – Early Wednesday many of you reached out to KREM 2 News wondering what an odd sound was that woke many up in Spokane Valley overnight.
Was it a UFO? Some kind of train? A whale, as some of us joked? Not quite. It turns out the sound was coming from road graders that were plowing snow and ice at the Valley Mall.
It looked and sounded like some kind of hokey setup shot to a movie about alien invaders or monsters.
Robin Clayton wrote to us “Sounded like a tuba playing on a loud speaker.”
Julie Queszada said “Maybe a yeti??”
Lynsey Betz kept it simple, “it’s aliens, people.”
The answer though, lies in the temperatures. We asked our own Briana Bermensolo to help us crack the case.
“It really all comes down to how sound moves through the air, through the molecules, and the temperature of the air,” she said. “Is the air hot, or is it cold?”
Bermensolo said that is why we were hearing the weird sound.
Here is another explanation. Normally, when it is not this cold out, sound waves will travel faster and bend upwards from hot air on the ground.
When it is really cold though, it is the opposite. The layer of cooler air is closer to the ground and warmer air is covering it from above. As the sound waves travel upwards, they are bent by the warm air and directed back towards the ground. The difference in temperature causes this.
So thus, sound seems to travel further on colder days and you could be hearing all kinds of sounds from a distance.
Aliens and UFOs get top spot at close encounters meeting at Byron Bay in 2017
UFO conference organisers from Pennant Hills share their story and realistic aliens with us, Mick Turner and Kathryn Hand with a couple of ‘Zetans’. Photo: Adam Ward Hornsby
Aliens and UFOs get top spot at close encounters meeting at Byron Bay in 2017
Nigel Gladstone, Hornsby Advocate
BELIEVING in alien life is scientifically acceptable but saying little green men visit Earth is one small step too far for many humans.
Pennant Hills residents Mick Turner and Kathryn Hand believe we have had visitors and are organising a party in Byron Bay to celebrate all things ET — the Close Encounters Conference — on January 15 and 16.
“It’s still a taboo subject. But people should be able to talk about it openly,” Mr Turner said.
“There is a UFO sighting reported every six minutes,” Ms Hand said. “People want to talk about sightings and their beliefs.”
According to a witness, a UFO emerged from the sea near Maslin Beach, South Australia, March 1993 and he managed to photograph his alleged encounter.At 11am on June 13, 2005 John Walton says he saw object hovering for a few minutes above Creek Rd and snapped this picture.
Ms Hand was an executive PA at Westpac Bank until she was 40, when she decided to follow her passion for the metaphysical and quit her job to become a past-life regression hypnotherapist.
“Although we are having a bit of fun dressing up, we do take the subject very seriously,” Ms Hand said.
UFO conference organisers Mick Turner and Kathryn Hand with Zetans. Picture: Adam Ward
“I’m interested in knowing about the consciousness that exists on other planets and how they interact with us on earth.
“I don’t expect everyone else to take on my point of view but I want people to be comfortable to talk about it.
“I’m not a nuts and bolter, I’m coming at it from a consciousness point of view.”
In October 1959, Rev. William Gill at a meeting of the Victorian Flying Saucer Society holds up a diagram of one of the flying objects he said he saw while on a mission station in New Guinea.
Strange object in sky
Australian Skeptics spokesman Tim Mendham said he’s “disappointed” there was still no credible evidence for aliens visiting earth.
A UFO? Video captures strange object near Ohio
“There are a lot of claims but no evidence that you can rely on,” Mr Mendham said. “Obviously it’s mostly a hobby interest and is fraught with frauds and fakes.
“Skeptics have no problem with the concept of life elsewhere in the universe, which is scientifically established.
“It’s not about that, it’s about (evidence of) beings visiting earth.”
A CSIRO spokesman contacted by the Advocate said there was no evidence “as yet” of interstellar visitation.
The Close Encounters conference keynote speakers are: Mary Rodwell — Founder of Australian Close Encounter Resource Network, Dr Bob Davis (USA) — neuroscientist / author; and Rosemary Ellen Guiley (USA) — researcher / author on paranormal subjects.
The chances of alien life being capable of growing in the same soil is nearly 100%. Safe for us to eat, also nearly 100%.
Every nutrient that autotrophs need are achiral—they aren’t “handed.” Things like ammonia, water, carbon dioxide. These chemicals would be the building blocks of life on many worlds, and they are the same everywhere. If an alien world had plants, chances are they’d do fine in our dirt. Our atmosphere might not have the correct ratio of gases, and our sun might not spit out the correct spectrum of light for optimal growth, but chances are there would be some creatures that could survive here.
Now, could we eat them? Sure! But remember, we can also eat sand. That doesn’t make it nutritive. The odds that we would be able to extract nutritional value from the food is far closer to 0% than 100%. There’s a nearly infinite array of molecules that alien beings might use to store energy, build body structures, etc. Nearly all of those would be completely indigestible by humans.
So, could you eat an alien plant? Sure. Would you starve to death anyway? Probably. Might it make you sick? Possibly. Could it grow here? Probably.
The same is true in reverse, by the way—alien animals would almost certainly be incapable of digesting Earth plants and animals.
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Triangle UFO spotted low over Reno
Triangle UFO spotted low over Reno
A Nevada witness at Reno reported watching a silent, triangle-shaped UFO moving “moderately fast” with lights along two edges, according to testimony in Case 80764 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
The witness and two children first saw the object from their driveway. Pictured: Reno, NV.
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The witness was outside on his driveway unloading a Christmas tree at 6:50 p.m. on December 2, 2016, with two children when the incident occurred.
“My son was looking up at the sky and said,‘Hey guys, look up. Do you see that?’the witness stated. “He pointed it out as it was directly above us. Both means my daughter saw it. My son said he thought it was an airplane or he was just hallucinating, but after we all saw it we knew it was something else because it made no noise whatsoever and was shaped nothing like an airplane.”
The size of the silent craft was estimated to be between 100 and 300 feet. Pictured: Reno, NV.
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The witness described the object.
“It was moving in a pretty straight line towards the northwest and the Sierra mountains. The thing itself made no noise at all and appeared to be going moderately fast. The object itself was shaped almost exactly like the ‘Phoenix Lights’ in Arizona. It was very triangular; two edges came together and had lights going up the edges. Only two sides had lights, but you could see the outline of the back of it. The UFO looked big. Probably 400 feet. We were in honest disbelief afterwards. We went on the Internet to search for any stories, but didn’t find any. We then came here. It just flew out of our sight. It didn’t disappear or anything special.”
Nevada MUFON Assistant State Director Sandra Countiss investigated this case and closed it as an Unknown.
The object was seen as low as 500 feet in altitude. Pictured: Reno, NV.
(Credit: Google)
“The object was triangular-shaped, but marked boomerang shape on the form,” Countiss wrote in her report.“It cast a light, hovered as it went across the sky, appeared solid and had an outline, and was glowing. The witnesses said it was triangular-shaped. The size in the distance was about the size of a golf ball and its actual size appeared to be between 100 to 300 feet. It had white exterior lights, a black surface with unwavering lights on the exterior. There were no emissions and no sounds. The surface was dark and it glowed, structure was unknown. A helicopter was also seen in this area after the sighting. The triangular black object was about 90-degrees above the horizon when nearest to witnesses. The lowest altitude appeared to be about 500 feet. Distance from witness was unknown. The flight path was a straight line going from northwest. The area is suburban. There were three witnesses. From weather history from Reno, NV, it was an average temperature of 31 degrees, no precipitation, wind was east at 4 mph, gusting to 14 mph. Visibility was 10 miles.The craft had a black body which was big enough to block out the stars. It was a clear, cold night and visibility was unlimited. The outer parts extended farther than the lights did, flying northwest silently, hundreds of feet in size. By the time they got their cameras out and ready, it was gone.”
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ER GEBEURT IETS ONVERKLAARBAARS MET ONZE AARDE ( VIDEO )
ER GEBEURT IETS ONVERKLAARBAARS MET ONZE AARDE ( VIDEO )
Overal ter wereld horen mensen vreemde geluiden en laat een vreemde vibratie de aarde galmen als een kerkklok.
Vorige week donderdag vonden er een paar krachtige aardbevingen plaats, zoals die met een kracht van 7.8 bij de Salomonseilanden en een van 6.5 voor de kust van Californië.
De seismografen registreerden dit uiteraard, maar meer dan 8 uur na de aardbevingen sloegen deze nog steeds uit alsof de aarde aan het nagalmen was. Nu kan dit na een aardbeving misschien nog worden verklaard, maar wat niet verklaard kan worden, is dat uren voor de beving bij de Salomonseilanden de seismografen wereldwijd een soort vreemde vibratie registreerden.
Op de kaarten van de seismografen zag het eruit als een aardbeving, maar in werkelijkheid was daar geen sprake van. En toch was dit vreemde beeld te zien niet alleen op seismografen in Amerika, maar over de hele wereld.
De vraag die dan op komt, is dan ook, waarom schudt onze planeet opeens zo heftig?
De afgelopen maanden waren er talloze en aanzienlijke aardbevingen in de zogenaamde Ring of Fire.
Experts hebben geen antwoorden op dit plotselinge schudden. In de mainstream-media wordt oorverdovend gezwegen over de vreemde vibraties.
Dezelfde maker van bovenstaande video, maakte er één eerder op 1 december en wees er toen op dat seismografen wereldwijd een soort verstoring lieten zien. Het lijkt erop alsof het binnenste van de aarde onrustig wordt.
De maker van de video maakt met behulp van kaarten en grafieken duidelijk dat er iets bijzonders gaande is met onze planeet en dat mensen wereldwijd bepaalde vibraties voelen die rechtstreeks van de kern van de aarde schijnen te komen.
Bovengenoemde aardbevingen zijn natuurlijk niet de enige die de afgelopen tijd de Ring of Fire hebben doen schudden. Experts weten niet waar die plotselinge toename aan ligt, maar waarschuwen dat de Amerikaanse westkust waarschijnlijk eerder vroeg dan laat zal kennismaken met The Big One.
Omdat de afgelopen decennia dingen nogal rustig zijn geweest in Californië voor wat betreft aardbevingen, geloven de mensen het wel. Er is natuurlijk al jaren gesproken over The Big One en tot nu toe is die niet gekomen en dus geloven veel mensen dat die nooit gaat komen. Tenminste niet gedurende de tijd dat zij op aarde rondwandelen.
De koude harde feiten laten echter een ander verhaal zien. Volgens topexperts op dat gebied heeft het al veel te lang geduurd voordat de beruchte San Andreasbreuklijn een aardbeving van historische omvang zal voortbrengen. Het is daar te lang rustig geweest en volgens experts kan dit ieder moment omslaan.
De tektonische platen van de aarde schijnen ook steeds meer in beweging te komen en op sommige plaatsen zelfs af te breken. Op het onderstaande kaartje zie je de situatie voor de kust van Californië.
Je ziet daar dat er twee van die platen langs elkaar schuiven. Hierdoor ontstaat volgens wetenschappers ooit de situatie dat Los Angeles naast San Francisco zal liggen. Dit soort bewegingen vindt plaats langs de San Andreas breuklijn.
Dan is er voor de kust daar ook nog een gebied waar de dunnere tektonische plaat van de oceaan onder die van het continent duikt. Men noemt dit de Cascadia Subduction Zone.
Hoewel minder bekend dan de San Andreas breuklijn, denken wetenschappers dat dit gebied de “Big One” zal gaan veroorzaken.
Autoriteiten nemen de dreiging in ieder geval wel serieus, want ze hebben afgelopen juni een enorme oefening gehouden met de naam Cascadia Rising waarbij de gevolgen van een 9.0 aardbeving werden gesimuleerd.
Nu seismografen al uitslaan zonder dat er aardbevingen plaatsvinden, is er misschien een volgend en nog heftiger deel van de aardveranderingen begonnen.
Of, hebben de zware aardbevingen misschien te maken met een soort kosmische golf van energie die volgens diverse bronnen rond kerst de aarde zal bereiken en die ook verantwoordelijk wordt gesteld voor de zware tsunami bij Sumatra op 26 december 2004.
A bizarre spherical cloud was spotted hovering over a city in Japan last week.
The phenomenon has since sparked the curiosity of conspiracy theorists who believe a 'Death Star' UFO created the puff as a shield - allowing it to observe humans without being seen.
However, experts have been quick to respond to these claims, saying the sighting may be a small portion of a larger cloud that was separated by strong winds.
A bizarre spherical cloud was spotted hovering over a city in Japan last week. The phenomenon has since sparked the curiosity of conspiracy theorists who believe a 'Death Star' UFO was created the puff to hide - allowing it to observe humans without being seen
WHAT COULD IT BE?
Todd Lane, an atmospheric scientist from the University of Melbourne told Science Alert that the bizarre shaped cloud is most likely some form of a cumulus fractus cloud.
These small, ragged cloud fragments are usually found under an ambient cloud base.
They form or have broken off from a larger cloud, and are sheared by strong winds, giving them a jagged, shredded appearance.
The clouds form between 8,000 to 20,000 feet and they usually appear when warm air from the ground rises to meet cooler air in the sky.
The peculiar cloud was reported earlier this month in the city of Fujisawa, which is just south of Tokyo, Japan.
Images snapped of the strange sighting have caused a frenzy across the internet, as many want to know what was floating in the sky.
Scott C Waring, creator of UFO Sightings Daily, weighed in on the discussion on Wednesday.
'This sphere cloud was seen over Japan last week and it's holding together especially well,' he shares in a blog post.
'Cloud like this are often made by UFOs that want to hide, yet come especially close so they can scan and observe the humans on the ground.'
Waring continues to explain that since this cloud was formed by a UFO, it has the ability to stay together for hours, whereas natural clouds change shapes 'second by second'.
However, the photographer who captured the puff in the sky said it started to lose its shapes while they were taking the pictures – then it quickly faded as if it never existed, reports Science Alert.
'When I looked out of the car window I saw a round ball-shaped cloud. I gazed at the cloud for a while then I rushed to take the photo,' Twitter user @pmxpvrtmx (Poppy) told local Japanese news outlet, Rocket News 24.
'When I saw the cloud it was an even more spherical shape, so I regret not taking the photo more quickly.'
However, experts have been quick to respond to these allegations, saying the sighting is most likely a small portion of a larger cloud that was separated by strong winds
Todd Lane, an atmospheric scientist from the University of Melbourne told Science Alert that the bizarre shaped cloud is most likely some form of a cumulus fractus cloud.
Alien hunters believe a 'Death Star' created the cloud over Japan
These small, ragged cloud fragments are usually found under an ambient cloud base.
They form or have broken off from a larger cloud, and are sheared by strong winds, giving them a jagged, shredded appearance.
This theory coincides with another picture that claims to be of the same sighting, but just of a different angle.
In this image, the cloud seems to be less spherical and more like a jagged piece.
Todd Lane, an atmospheric scientist from the University of Melbourne told Science Alert that the bizarre shaped cloud is most likely some form of a cumulus fractus cloud. This coincides with another image (pictured) of the same sighting, but just of a different angle
Others have suggested that it was nothing more than a roll cloud (pictured) – a type of arcus cloud-low horizontal formation that is a result of a cold front and is usually associated with thunderstorms
Others have suggested that it was nothing more than a roll cloud – a type of arcus cloud.
These are low horizontal formations that result from a cold front and are usually associated with thunderstorms.
And depending on the weather conditions, this type of cloud, 'can last for several hours and extend for several hundred miles,' Stephen Corfidi, a meteorologist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), told National Geographic.
Although this theory may be more believable than it being a hidden Death Star, roll clouds are usually cylinder shaped and not spherical.
Footage shows the fireball appearing to float slowly down towards the ground before it disappears from view.
The weird phenomenon was spotted in the sky above Newtown, Toowoomba, in Queensland, Australia.
Local Rod Bishop caught the baffling sight on his new camera.
GETTY/ROD BISHOP
SHOCK: A UFO was spotted falling to Earth in the skies above Queensland
“This just made my jaw drop”
Rod Bishop
At first he thought it was a satellite but he claims that in his experience it was neither that or a plane.
He said: "I am an amateur astronomer and spent 18 years in the army barracks so I know what aircraft look and act like.
"This just made my jaw drop."
People commenting on local website Chinchilla News discussed whether it was in fact an alien spaceship.
One posted: "So UFOs don't go to Japan, Korea, Russia, China, Germany, USA or any other high tech place... they come to Toowoomba."
However astronomy professor Jonti Horner, based in Queensland, believes he has the explanation.
He said: "The light looks too slow to be a meteor or fireball, and even too slow to be a bit of space junk returning to Earth and burning up in the atmosphere.
"The International Space Station is really bright, brighter than the brightest stars, and quite slow moving - and can be quite spectacular.
"The video is a bit blurry, but I think that's the most likely explanation – it looks right to me."
The spherical mass – which looks exactly like a Star Wars weaponised space station – was seen hovering over the city of Fujisawa, in the Kanagawa region of Japan.
Pictures of the of the bizarre phenomenon were posted on Twitter just days ago have gone viral, garnering thousands of retweets and comments.
One social media user called Poppy posted one of the first images of the cloud, writing: “There was a post on Facebook that I saw a strange cloud at Shonandai station at 3pm on Sunday.
“Surely, I have not seen this before …!”
TWITTER/GETTY
MYSTERIOUS: The weird 'Death Star' cloud was spotted in Japan
People immediately started speculating that it was a Death Star-style UFO or a "dragon's nest".
Another person wrote on Twitter: "I hope it is not a strange omen".
But many internet detectives have come to the conclusion it is actually an extremely rare roll cloud.
TWITTER
WEIRD: Shocked people took pictures of the bizarre cloud in Japan recently
It means it is given its unusual shape by being shaped at the edges of a thunderstorm.
People often mistake them for tornados, but they do not contain a swirling vortex of air.
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A Mathematics Latin textbook that was published in 1716 interestingly shows a UFO emerging from the clouds on the cover.
The UFO looks very similar to the reported unidentified flying objects above the Earth. The disc-shaped object is seen above rough seas and below the clouds that produce lightning. The book titled “Liber De Coloribus Coeli, Accedit Oratio Inauguralis De Deo Mathematicorum Principe,” (Amazon link) is written by Johann Caspar Funck.
The book has gained attention after it was republished on Google Books.
Writer Reid Moore shared his findings and speculated the disk shape on the cover is a UFO.
Legends of UFOs started even before the flying saucer stuff became popular.
In the early 20th century, mysterious airships spotted over Britain even prompted Winston Churchill to order a probe.
Moore wrote in his blog that the illustration depicts a classic UFO, and the similarity of it to the current consensus of flying objects makes it even more interesting. He pointed out particularly the rounded shape hovering in a dramatic effect – behind storm clouds and propelled by an electrical phenomenon.
Moore is aware that flying machines have been depicted for centuries in art. However, he still considers the UFO on the book cover unusual considering the 300-year-old date.
The image on the book cover may be the proof that flying saucer UFOs have been here on Earth since the early 1700s or at very least, it is evidence that some people in that time seem to have thought flying saucers visiting Earth, according to Moore.
Strange messages coming from the stars – Scientists say it may be advanced alien civilizations
Strange messages coming from the stars – Scientists say it may be advanced alien civilizations
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and it seems that experts may have finally uncovered advanced alien life in the universe. A new study indicates the presence of anomalous signals in 234 out of the 2.5 million stars that have been observed during a survey of the universe.
Scientists have encountered signals originating from certain stars which they believe may be attributed to advanced alien civilizations spread across the cosmos.
A new study published in the journal Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, under the title ‘Discovery of peculiar periodic spectral modulations in a small fraction of solar-type stars’ details the discovery.
According to a new analysis of strange modulation in a cluster of stars, the signals experts encountered may in fact be originating from advanced alien civilizations who are looking to make contact with other civilizations.
The new study indicates the presence of anomalous signals in 234 out of the 2.5 million stars that have been observed during a survey of the universe. Experts concluded that 234 of these stars behaved strangely, leading to believe an alien intelligence may be behind them.
In fact, there doesn’t appear to be an obvious explanation for what’s going on, which has led scientists to suggest that for the first time ever, the messages may prove the existence of advanced alien civilizations.
“We find that the detected signals have exactly the shape of an [extraterrestrial intelligence] signal predicted in the previous publication and are therefore in agreement with this hypothesis,” write EF Borra and E Trottier in a new paper.
“The fact that they are only found in a very small fraction of stars within a narrow spectral range centered near the spectral type of the sun is also in agreement with the ETI hypothesis,” the two scientists from Laval University in Quebec write.
However, experts have made it clear that in order to be sure, further work will need to be done to confirm their hypothesis. I order to do so; scientists will observe the same signals but using different equipment in order to rule out other possibilities.
Commenting the unprecedented discovery, Breakthrough Listen – an initiative set up this year to look for alien life and supported by people including Stephen Hawking and Mark Zuckerberg – stated the signals were extremely promising, but further work will need to be done before concluding its ET.
“The one in 10,000 objects with unusual spectra seen by Borra and Trottier are certainly worthy of additional study,” the team said in a statement. “However, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
“It is too early to unequivocally attribute these purported signals to the activities of extraterrestrial civilizations. Internationally agreed-upon protocols for searches for evidence of advanced life beyond Earth (SETI) require candidates to be confirmed by independent groups using their own telescopes, and for all natural explanations to be exhausted before invoking extraterrestrial agents as an explanation.
“Careful work must be undertaken to determine false positive rates, to rule out natural and instrumental explanations, and most importantly, to confirm detections using two or more independent telescopes.”
UFO Expert Claims Government Withheld More Than Half of the Truth About Aliens and UFOs
UFO Expert Claims Government Withheld More Than Half of the Truth About Aliens and UFOs
A paranormal investigator made a claim that the British government has involvement in the cover-up of the truth about UFOs and aliens.
UFO expert Malcolm Robinson said intelligence that could clarify unsolved British mysteries involving UFOs and aliens had been withheld from public access.
Founder of Strange Phenomena Investigations, Mr. Robinson, has collected and examined UFO evidence for years. In 2015, he presented a collection of evidence containing detailed information about UFOs and aliens to Downing Street, requesting then Prime Minister David Cameron to open an inquiry. However, it failed to materialize.
He said governments in different parts of the world, including Britain, know far more than what they disclosed to the public for sure.
He claims that Nick Pope, the manager of the now defunct UFO desk, once told him that the government did not disclose even half of the truth.
According to documents obtained under Freedom of Information, the department and hotline for UFO sighting reports was shut down in 2009 for the reason that it no longer served a defense purpose and only taking away resources and staff to more significant defense-related activities. The documents further revealed the Ministry of Defence concluded that no UFO report in 50 years had evidence of a potential threat to the U.K.
Now, Mr. Robinson has called for the government to conduct an inquiry in several sightings, including police files from Bonnybridge Scotland. Robinson said that there were over 300 UFO sightings in the small town during the 1990s.
Mr. Robinson noted that about 95% of the sightings could be explained after checking with airports, the National Security Agency, the Ministry of Defence, and meteorological stations, but some 5% don’t have a rational explanation.
Earlier this year, many UFO conspiracy theorists claimed that some MoD UFO files which had been sent to the National Archives had been sent back for further censorship.
I just found these two interesting videos on Youtube. It looks like they’ve used an X-Ray machine and confirmed this mummy is an alien being. More info to come…
Here’s the description from one of the videos:
TV Interwiew of alien humanoid or Extra-Terrestrial Biological Entitiesfind (EBE) found in the South of Peru. The body is gray color, size 21 cm. elongated skulll, flat ribs and three fingers on each hand and foot.
If you have any more info (maybe you speak Spanish?), please leave a comment.
A Nevada witness at Reno reported watching a silent, triangle-shaped UFO moving “moderately fast” with lights along two edges, according to testimony in Case 80764 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
The witness and two children first saw the object from their driveway. Pictured: Reno, NV.
(Credit: Google)
The witness was outside on his driveway unloading a Christmas tree at 6:50 p.m. on December 2, 2016, with two children when the incident occurred.
“My son was looking up at the sky and said,‘Hey guys, look up. Do you see that?’the witness stated. “He pointed it out as it was directly above us. Both means my daughter saw it. My son said he thought it was an airplane or he was just hallucinating, but after we all saw it we knew it was something else because it made no noise whatsoever and was shaped nothing like an airplane.”
The size of the silent craft was estimated to be between 100 and 300 feet. Pictured: Reno, NV.
(Credit: Google)
The witness described the object.
“It was moving in a pretty straight line towards the northwest and the Sierra mountains. The thing itself made no noise at all and appeared to be going moderately fast. The object itself was shaped almost exactly like the ‘Phoenix Lights’ in Arizona. It was very triangular; two edges came together and had lights going up the edges. Only two sides had lights, but you could see the outline of the back of it. The UFO looked big. Probably 400 feet. We were in honest disbelief afterwards. We went on the Internet to search for any stories, but didn’t find any. We then came here. It just flew out of our sight. It didn’t disappear or anything special.”
Nevada MUFON Assistant State Director Sandra Countiss investigated this case and closed it as an Unknown.
The object was seen as low as 500 feet in altitude. Pictured: Reno, NV.
(Credit: Google)
“The object was triangular-shaped, but marked boomerang shape on the form,” Countiss wrote in her report.“It cast a light, hovered as it went across the sky, appeared solid and had an outline, and was glowing. The witnesses said it was triangular-shaped. The size in the distance was about the size of a golf ball and its actual size appeared to be between 100 to 300 feet. It had white exterior lights, a black surface with unwavering lights on the exterior. There were no emissions and no sounds. The surface was dark and it glowed, structure was unknown. A helicopter was also seen in this area after the sighting. The triangular black object was about 90-degrees above the horizon when nearest to witnesses. The lowest altitude appeared to be about 500 feet. Distance from witness was unknown. The flight path was a straight line going from northwest. The area is suburban. There were three witnesses. From weather history from Reno, NV, it was an average temperature of 31 degrees, no precipitation, wind was east at 4 mph, gusting to 14 mph. Visibility was 10 miles.The craft had a black body which was big enough to block out the stars. It was a clear, cold night and visibility was unlimited. The outer parts extended farther than the lights did, flying northwest silently, hundreds of feet in size. By the time they got their cameras out and ready, it was gone.”
UFO Shoots Out of UFO Shaped Cloud In Arizona On Dec 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Shoots Out of UFO Shaped Cloud In Arizona On Dec 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Dec 1, 2016 Location of sighting: Arizona, USA In this video, we see a bright light shooting upward into the clouds from a UFO disk dark cloud. Arizona is a famous hotspot for UFOs and alien bases, so its nice to get this substantial evidence of their existence in that area. This is an alien ship, shooting off through the clouds, leaving earth. It almost looks like a meteorite, but its not falling, its going up! Did you notice that the cloud the UFO comes from looks like a giant disk cloud? Scott C. Waring
Ron Howard Responds About Moving To Mars To Live, Dec 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Ron Howard Responds About Moving To Mars To Live, Dec 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of interview: Dec 2016 Actor and director Ron Howard, who is most well known as being in "Happy Days," was caught by a TMZ interview as he was walking to work. The interviewer asked an interesting question about a show about Mars Ron was currently working on. Ron spoke about it, but then got more serious by adding, "I wouldn't want to go, but its nice to make a show about it." I personally have spoken to him twice, once when I was a kid in Needles, California when he was making a Egyptian movie, and again last year on Twitter when I asked him about that movie...which he quickly answered. Seems like a cool guy all around.
I see why Ron would not want to go to Mars, he has a lot going for him on this planet, so why start all over on one with less convinces and less population? But, as most of our older readers here already know, we have reported entire cites of buildings on Mars still mostly intact and waiting for people to once again inhabit them. Would you go to Mars to live if given the chance. I would, but only if I got to live in an alien structure. Scott C. Waring
Linda Moulton Howe - Hessdalen research - Plasma anomalies
Linda Moulton Howe - Hessdalen research - Plasma anomalies
Published on Oct 10, 2016
Linda Moulton-Howe is an author, educator, investigative journalist, award winning film maker and international lecturer who brings to our segment some of the latest findings in the field of science, ecology, medicine, the crop circle phenomena and non-human intelligence.
in this video she talks about her research she did in Hessdalen, Norway in 2002. She also talks about other plasma anomalies that occured in other countries.
The Hessdalen lights are of unknown origin. They appear at night, and seem to float through and above the valley. They are usually bright white, yellow, or red and can appear above and below the horizon. The duration of the phenomenon may be from a few seconds to longer than an hour. Sometimes the lights move with enormous speed, and at other times, seem to slowly sway back and forth. On yet other occasions, they hover mid‑air. Some[who?] hypothesise that the light is ionised iron dust.
Unusual lights have been reported in the region since at least the 1930s. Especially high activity occurred between December 1981 and mid-1984, at which point the lights were being observed 15–20 times per week, which attracted many overnight tourists. As of 2010, the lights were observed 10–20 times per year.
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Astrophysicist: Soon, We Will Solve the Mystery of Dark Matter
Astrophysicist: Soon, We Will Solve the Mystery of Dark Matter
NASA
IN BRIEF
According to NASA, roughly 68 percent of the universe is dark energy, and dark matter makes up about 27 percent.
Award-winning theoretical astrophysicist Priyamvada Natarajan believes we might be close to unraveling the true nature of dark matter very soon.
STILL IN THE DARK
In the 1600s, astronomers proposed the existence of objects in the universe that emit little or no light and can only be detected by the way their gravitational forces interact with other objects around them. Little did they know that this hypothesis was just the beginning of a mysterious saga that would haunt the world of physics for hundreds of years: what is dark matter?
Four centuries later and we still know very little about what dark matter is. We know it does not absorb or emit light, but its gravitational forces supposedly account for the unexplained bending or lensing of light from the galaxy observed in telescopes, which is the only way we can detect it as of now.
Gravitational lensing, when caused by unseen objects, implies the presence of dark matter. Image: NASA/ESA
Several candidates for dark matter have been proposed throughout the years. One study even explored the idea that dark matter is actually made of massive gravitons. This is complicated, seeing as scientists would be trying to explain a hypothetical particle using yet another hypothetical particle. Different teams of researchers have published many calculations on what dark matter is or isn’t and how we can capture the elusive particle, and yet even the world’s most sensitive detector—LUX, had nothing to show for it.
CORNERING THE ENIGMATIC PARTICLE
In an interview with Scientific American, award-winning theoretical astrophysicist Priyamvada Natarajan shared that she is optimistic that we will be unmasking the enigmatic particles soon.
“What I think is entirely possible is that we are off in terms of our expected properties for the dark matter particle, which might account for why they remain elusive to date,” Natarajan said.
“We are really close to solving this mystery of the missing particle. This is akin to a crime scene, where we have the motive, the weapon as evidence but the body is missing! To me there are several exciting upcoming developments that I keenly look forward to in the coming 3-5 years or so that might break this intellectual impasse.”
Technology is currently progressing at a fast pace, allowing us to see far more than we used to. Physicists are positive we’ll corner the hypothetical particle. “I think we are poised to make an epistemic leap in terms of unraveling the true nature of dark matter very soon,” Natarajan says.
Nick Pope a été surnommé « le vrai Fox Mulder ». Il a travaillé comme haut fonctionnaire au ministère de la Défense (Ministry of Defense (MoD)) du R.-U. pendant 21 ans avant de prendre sa retraite en 2006, il s’occupait du projet des phénomènes aériens non identifiés (PANI) au cours des années 1990.
Epoch Times a fait un suivi auprès de M. Pope, par courriel, pour aborder quelques commentaires de gens ayant tenté de démontrer que l’incident de Rendlesham (présentédans l’article de Au-delà de la science du 14 novembre 2016) pourrait n’être qu’un phénomène conventionnel.
Epoch Times (É.T.) : L’auteur scientifique Ian Ridpath conteste l’allégation selon laquelle la radiation sur le site était plus élevée que celle détectée aux alentours. Il a affirmé que la conclusion sur le niveau particulièrement élevé de radiation était basée sur des informations partielles venant des lectures prises par le lieutenant-colonel Halt [le fait que l’appareil utilisé lors de la détection était très sensible, ce qui a pu affecter les prises de données, ceci n’a pas été pris en compte]. Ridpath affirme que Giles Cowling, au département de la Defense Evaluation and Research Agency du gouvernement du R.-U., partage son opinion à ce sujet autant que le National Radiological Protection Board.
Nick Pope (N.P.) : Bien que Ridpath ait rédigé des textes scientifiques, il n’est pas lui-même un scientifique, il est un simple ufologue qui s’est fait passer pour un expert dans ce cas. Il n’a pas compris comment fonctionne la science : « Un scientifique ne peut étudier que les données qu’il a, pas celles qu’il croit qu’il devrait avoir. »
Dans Au-delà de la science, Epoch Timesexplore les recherches et les récits examinant les phénomènes et les théories qui posent un défi aux connaissances actuelles. Nous nous penchons sur les idées stimulant l’imagination et ouvrant de nouvelles possibilités. Partagez vos idées avec nous sur ces sujets, parfois controversés.
Nick Pope a été surnommé « le vrai Fox Mulder ». Il a travaillé comme haut fonctionnaire au ministère de la Défense (Ministry of Defense (MoD)) du R.-U. pendant 21 ans avant de prendre sa retraite en 2006, il s’occupait du projet des phénomènes aériens non identifiés (PANI) au cours des années 1990.
Epoch Times a fait un suivi auprès de M. Pope, par courriel, pour aborder quelques commentaires de gens ayant tenté de démontrer que l’incident de Rendlesham (présenté dans l’article de Au-delà de la science du 14 novembre 2016) pourrait n’être qu’un phénomène conventionnel.
Epoch Times (É.T.) : L’auteur scientifique Ian Ridpath conteste l’allégation selon laquelle la radiation sur le site était plus élevée que celle détectée aux alentours. Il a affirmé que la conclusion sur le niveau particulièrement élevé de radiation était basée sur des informations partielles venant des lectures prises par le lieutenant-colonel Halt [le fait que l’appareil utilisé lors de la détection était très sensible, ce qui a pu affecter les prises de données, ceci n’a pas été pris en compte]. Ridpath affirme que Giles Cowling, au département de la Defense Evaluation and Research Agency du gouvernement du R.-U., partage son opinion à ce sujet autant que le National Radiological Protection Board.
Nick Pope (N.P.) : Bien que Ridpath ait rédigé des textes scientifiques, il n’est pas lui-même un scientifique, il est un simple ufologue qui s’est fait passer pour un expert dans ce cas. Il n’a pas compris comment fonctionne la science : « Un scientifique ne peut étudier que les données qu’il a, pas celles qu’il croit qu’il devrait avoir. »
En d’autres mots, il n’est pas possible d’argumenter que le compteur Geiger était hypersensible ou que les données auraient pu ne pas avoir été bien prises. L’équipement utilisé était conforme et opéré par un expert en prévention de désastres [du même genre].
L’expert […] a observé les preuves qu’une source de chaleur intense était présente sur les arbres entourant le site [de l’incident de Rendlesham].
– Nick Pope
Le personnel du service du renseignement du MoD a évalué les niveaux de radiation comme étant « beaucoup plus élevés que la moyenne des alentours » peu après l’incident, et cette évaluation a été validée par le service de protection radiologique de la défense en 1993, lorsque j’ai entrepris une étude de cas.
Il n’est pas approprié pour un ufologue tel que Ridpath, pour qui ceci est un passe-temps, de remettre en question les scientifiques qui font ce genre de chose dans le cadre de leurs fonctions gouvernementales. […] Cela ne fait qu’embrouiller les choses dans un cas déjà complexe.
É.T. : Les marques dans le sol du site et les brûlures sur les arbres autour du site ont été attribuées à des animaux et à des travailleurs forestiers.
N.P. : L’expert en prévention des catastrophes qui utilisait le compteur Geiger a observé les preuves qu’une source de chaleur intense était présente sur les arbres entourant le site, mais seulement sur les côtés des arbres qui faisaient face à la clairière et qui étaient exposés à cette chaleur provenant d’un objet quelconque qui a atterri dans cette clairière.
La chaleur dont on parle ici est autant une chaleur normale – une température assez élevée pour roussir les arbres – que de la radioactivité. Le sol était dur et gelé à cause des conditions météo, on estime que l’objet qui a fait ces marques devait peser plusieurs tonnes, alors il est évident que la théorie des animaux n’a aucun sens.
É.T. : Est-ce que les récits des témoins (particulièrement ceux des deux premiers militaires, Jim Penniston et John Burroughs) sont en contradiction ou sont-ils en accord sur tous les points ? Ont-ils changé avec le temps ?
N.P. : Il existe des différences entre les récits de certains des témoins, et certaines théories ont évolué avec le temps. En tant que chercheur ayant enquêté sur des centaines d’observations d’OVNI pour le gouvernement, cela ne me surprend pas et ne me trouble certainement pas, c’est exactement ce à quoi on doit s’attendre.
Les souvenirs des gens et leurs mémoires varient, de la même façon que les gens ont des caractères et des personnalités différentes. D’ailleurs, les souvenirs et les opinions de tout le monde changent avec les années et on doit garder à l’esprit que l’incident de Rendlesham Forest s’est déroulé il y a plus de 36 ans.
Le service du renseignement du MoD a évalué les niveaux de radiation comme étant “beaucoup plus élevés que la moyenne des alentours” peu après l’incident [de Rendlesham].
– Nick Pope
Je m’attends évidemment à voir les récits varier, n’importe quel policier pourrait vous dire que les témoins d’un accident de la route vont souvent raconter de façon différente les évènements qu’ils pensent avoir vus. Je suis bien plus méfiant si l’histoire d’une personne reste exactement la même, parce que c’est souvent un signe que les témoins se sont consultés et sont de connivence.
É.T. : Mis à part les symboles hiéroglyphiques observés par un des témoins, existe-t-il d’autres aspects de cet incident qui ne peuvent absolument pas être attribués à des opérations humaines secrètes de haute technologie ?
N.P. : Effectivement, je ne peux pas exclure complètement la possibilité que ce qui s’est déroulé à Rendlesham ait pu être un prototype secret d’avion ou de drone. Je crois cependant que c’est fort peu probable, étant donné tous les détails, et effectivement cette possibilité a été investiguée par le MoD ainsi que par les USAF.
Mais on ne peut pas complètement exclure la possibilité d’un projet secret inconnu même pour notre équipe du gouvernement chargé des enquêtes sur ces incidents. De toutes les théories sceptiques mises de l’avant au fil des ans, c’est la seule que nous considérons comme ayant une infime possibilité.
É.T. : Un policier a avoué, il y a plusieurs années, avoir élaboré un canular à Rendlesham en faisant clignoter les lumières de son véhicule d’urgence. Certains ont attribué l’évènement à des météorites, dont le nombre était élevé cette nuit-là. D’autres ont dit qu’il s’agissait du phare se trouvant dans les environs. Comment répondez-vous à ces explications ?
N.P. : Le MoD a étudié ces théories et les a rejetées. N’importe quelle météorite visible cette nuit-là n’aurait été qu’une brève lumière dans le ciel, visible seulement quelques secondes. Quant au phare, il n’était pas visible dans la plupart des endroits du site où l’OVNI a été vu et, à un moment, le lieutenant-colonel Halt a vu l’OVNI au même moment que le phare, ce qui prouve que le phare n’aurait pas pu causer cette apparition.
Et il est clair que ni les météorites ni le phare ne peuvent expliquer les observations d’un vaisseau qui atterrit en laissant des marques dans la terre, des marques de brûlure sur les arbres et de la radioactivité sur le site d’atterrissage.
On doit aussi garder en tête que les OVNIS ont été brièvement suivis sur le radar. Je connais la théorie du canular mais, après avoir vérifié l’emploi du temps de l’individu concerné, il n’était même pas en service au moment de l’incident, alors même si son canular a bien eu lieu [et nous n’avons que sa parole pour le prouver – personne d’autre ne l’a vu, alors il ne s’agit que de l’histoire d’un seul individu qu’il reste à prouver], cela n’avait rien à voir avec l’incident de Rendlesham Forest.
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WAS THE BIBLICAL LEVIATHAN AN AMPHIBIOUS UFO?
WAS THE BIBLICAL LEVIATHAN AN AMPHIBIOUS UFO?
Ancient texts are always a good source for finding clues about humanity’s forbidden history –if you learn to read between the lines.
The Leviathan is mentioned six times in the Tanakh, with Job 41:1–34 being dedicated to describing him in detail: "Behold, the hope of him is in vain; shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?" In Psalms 74, God is said to "break the heads of Leviathan in pieces" before giving his flesh to the people of the wilderness. He is called the "wriggling serpent" who will be killed at the end of time.
Isaiah 27:1 In that day the Lord with his hard and great and strong sword will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan the twisting serpent, and he will slay the dragon that is in the sea.
In the Bible, the Leviathan is mentioned five times and while metaphoric in essence, these descriptions could be interpreted in a literal fashion and we’d have several reasons to suspect this was no mere creature, but an artificial craft built and operated by the gods themselves.
BIZARRE! LITTLE HOUSE INVADING "ALIEN" CREATURE CAUGHT ON CAMERA!
BIZARRE! LITTLE HOUSE INVADING "ALIEN" CREATURE CAUGHT ON CAMERA!
What's the worse thing than having uninvited guests in our home? That would be an intrusive tiny Grey alien creature creeping on us!
There's the thing about alien abductions where ETs invite us to their homes and we unwillingly "accept", but invading our household is some levels high on the creepy scale.
There was a recent report along with a short clip showing a man filming his bedroom window and a big alien head peeking through his window.
Now a new Grey creature sighting has happened in Washington State. The man that caught the creature on camera was having a video chat on his computer, when suddenly he spotted an invasive short big headed creature hiding in the shadows.
The Mutal UFO network aka MUFON, which is the biggest Alien and UFO network in the world, identified it as a potential grey alien.
The city’s acropolis is barely visible during a cloudy day on the Thessalian plains
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An international team of experts has discovered a mysterious ‘lost city’ in central Greece that could offer new clues to the region’s history.
Archaeologists from Greece, Sweden and the U.K. are involved in the research project at a village called Vlochós, about five hours north of Athens in the ancient region of Thessaly. The archaeological remains were found scattered across a hill near the village, according to a press release.
The Vlochos Archaeological Project is a collaboration between the Ephorate of Antiquities of Karditsa and the Swedish Institute in Athens. A team of researchers from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and the University of Bournemouth in the U.K. began a two-year exploration of the Vlochós site this year.
“A colleague and I came across the site in connection with another project last year, and we realised the great potential right away,” said Robin Rönnlund, a doctoral student in classical archaeology and ancient history at the University of Gothenburg, who is leading the fieldwork, in the press release.
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Fragment of red-figure pottery from the late 6th century BC, probably by Attic painter Paseas
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Remains of towers, walls and city gates were found on the hill’s summit and slopes, although hardly anything of the city is visible on the ground below. Archaeologists hope to avoid excavation by using technologies such as ground-penetrating radar, enabling them to leave the site in the same shape as when they arrived.
Experts have already made significant progress in the archaeological project. “We found a town square and a street grid that indicate that we are dealing with quite a large city,” said Rönnlund, in the press release. The area inside the city wall measures over 99 acres, or 75 football fields.
The discovery of ancient pottery and coins will help to date the city, according to Rönnlund. “Our oldest finds are from around 500 BC, but the city seems to have flourished mainly from the fourth to the third century BC before it was abandoned for some reason, maybe in connection with the Roman conquest of the area,” he said, in the press release.
Historians know relatively little about ancient cities in the region, which makes the latest discovery particularly significant. “The preliminary results of our investigation are important as they give clear evidence that western Thessaly was no backwater, but a rich and vibrant society within the ancient world,” Rönnlund told FoxNews.com, via email.
While local authorities have known about the Vlochós remains for some time, this is the first time that systematic research has been conducted in the area.
Additional fieldwork will be conducted with the Ephorate of Antiquities of Karditsa in August and September 2017. “We hope to complete our survey of the remains to get a complete picture of the ancient city,” Rönnlund told FoxNews.com.
Archaeologists in Egypt recently discovered an ancient ‘city’ and cemetery.
Archeologen ontdekken mysterieuze 2500 jaar oude ‘verloren stad’ in Griekenland
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Archeologen ontdekken mysterieuze 2500 jaar oude ‘verloren stad’ in Griekenland
Een internationaal team van experts heeft een mysterieuze ‘verloren stad’ ontdekt in Griekenland die nieuwe inzichten kan bieden in de geschiedenis van de regio.
Archeologen uit Griekenland, Zweden en Groot-Brittannië zijn betrokken bij het onderzoeksproject bij het dorpje Vlochós in centraal-Thessalië.
De archeologische resten zijn gevonden op een heuvel in de buurt van het dorp, zo blijkt uit een persverklaring.
Veel geheimen
“De heuvel verbergt veel geheimen,” zei hoofdonderzoeker Robin Rönnlund van de Universiteit van Göteborg. “Zoals overblijfselen van torens, muren en stadspoorten. Maar bijna niets ervan is te zien vanaf de grond.”
Het onderzoeksteam schat de grootte van de stad op minstens 40 hectare en de oudste opgravingen dateren van ongeveer 500 voor Christus.
Volgens Rönnland ligt de bloeiperiode van de stad tussen de vierde en derde eeuw voor Christus. Waarom de stad verlaten werd, is niet duidelijk.
Raadsel
Door deze ontdekking hoeft de Griekse geschiedenis niet herschreven worden, aldus Rönnland.
Maar wel is nu duidelijk dat de regio Thessalië veel belangrijker en rijker was dan werd aangenomen.
Het is voor de onderzoekers een raadsel waarom deze plek niet eerder is onderzocht. “Er is heel weinig bekend over oude steden in deze regio,” klonk het.
Nog steeds is Antarctica één van de meest mysterieuze gebieden op aarde, waar zich ongetwijfeld dingen afspelen waar wij gewone stervelingen geen weet van hebben.
Antarctica is ook het gebied waarvoor de Duitsers voor en tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog grote belangstelling toonden en waar zich naar verluidt tot op de dag van vandaag nog geheime (Nazi) bases bevinden met vergevorderde technologie.
Keer op keer blijkt ook weer dat de Nazi’s wat technische ontwikkelingen betreft hun tijd ver vooruit waren en wel degelijk in staat waren om zogenaamde vliegende schotels te bouwen.
En nu komt Antarctica weer in het nieuws, niet alleen vanwege een bezoek van de Amerikaanse Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken, John Kerry, maar ook vanwege omdat er een nieuwe internationale overeenkomst is gesloten, waarbij het voor privé personen de eerstvolgende 35 jaar onmogelijk wordt om zonder voorafgaande toestemming naar Antarctica af te reizen.
Dit verbod komt dan in de vorm van het beschermen van de natuur, maar effectief betekent dit dat het gebied gesloten blijft voor pottenkijkers.
Sinds een maand geleden zijn er weer meer merkwaardige dingen gebeurd zoals de plotselinge evacuatie van de bekende voormalig NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin.
Voormalig astronaut Buzz Aldrin is uit voorzorg geëvacueerd van de Zuidpool, nadat hij daar onwel was geworden.
De 86-jarige Aldrin was op een toeristische reis naar de Zuidpool. The Antarctic Company, de organisatie die reizen organiseert naar de Zuidpool, zegt dat de toestand van de oud-astronaut stabiel is.
Aldrin was in 1969 de tweede mens die voet zette op de maan, na zijn collega Neil Armstrong tijdens de missie van Apollo 11. De laatste jaren houdt Aldrin zich vooral bezig met het steunen van onderzoek naar de mogelijkheid van toekomstig menselijk leven op Mars.
Wat had een Buzz Aldrin te zoeken op Antarctica? Waarom opeens alle belangstelling voor dit continent door bekende en belangrijke mensen?
Buzz Aldrin gaf tijdens de Apollo 11 missie al aan dat ze absoluut niet alleen waren in de ruimte:
Net zoals Buzz Aldrin 7 jaar geleden met grote stelligheid wist te vertellen dat er een soort kunstmatige constructie te vinden was op Phobos, één van de twee manen van Mars.
Het bijzondere toeval wil dat Scott Waring enkele dagen geleden weet te vertellen dat hij de constructie waar Aldrin over sprak op Phobos heeft gevonden.
Vervolgens ontstaat er de nodige commotie op internet door een waarschuwing die door Aldrin zou zijn gegeven. Een tweet die even later weer is verwijderd met daarop de boodschap “we are all in danger, it is evil itself”
Er wordt getwijfeld aan de echtheid van dit bericht, maar ook al zou dat zo zijn, dan nog is het heel vreemd dat Buzz Aldrin nu opeens Antarctica bezoekt.
Even terug naar het eerdere artikel, waar onder andere de hiernavolgende video staat.
Een video die dieper ingaat op de verbanden tussen belangrijke personen, hun bezoek aan Antarctica, maar ook andere vreemde zaken zoals dat de as van de volgens ons vermoordde opperrechter Antonin Scalia op Antarctica is uitgestrooid.
Ook dat het niet voor niets is dat Wikileaks onlangs 23 foto’s heeft vrijgegeven van Antarctica waar ogenschijnlijk niets bijzonders op te zien is, maar die wellicht gecodeerde boodschappen bevatten. De maker van de video roept dan ook de hulp in van het publiek om hem te helpen bij het ontcijferen van die boodschappen omdat hij niet gelooft dat een Wikileaks zomaar 23 nietszeggend foto’s van Antarctica vrijgeeft.
Of hebben al deze bezoeken en eventuele boodschappen en waarschuwingen toch te maken met iets anders?
Een klein stukje uit een artikel eerder dit jaar en geschreven door een lezer die zich al jarenlang met onderzoek bezig houdt, met het accent op Duitse ufo’s:
Veel incidenten en waarnemingen zijn terug te voeren op de Duitse Flugscheiben, goed voorbeeld zijn de vele kat- en muisspelletjes met zowel de Russen als Amerikanen.
Met de Derde Macht bedoel ik de afzetbeweging die het Derde Rijk kort voor de ineenstorting heeft verlaten en zich heeft neergelaten in Zuid-Amerika en Antarctica.
Men noemt deze ook wel Hitlers laatste bataljon, verwijzend naar een speech van hem die hij hield op 9 november (=911) 1941 waarin hij duidelijk stelt dat het niet uit zal maken hoe lang de oorlog nog zal duren, want het laatste bataljon zal een Duits zijn.
Dezelfde Hitler zei enkele maanden voor het einde van de Tweede Wereldoorlog het volgende:
Dat klinkt nu niet bepaald als een man die op het punt staat een einde te maken aan zijn leven in een bunker. Het klinkt meer als iemand die alweer druk bezig is met een volgende fase.
Een fase die zich misschien afspeelt op Antarctica.
A Colorado witness at Castle Rock reported watching a series of nine arrow-shaped UFOs crossing the sky quickly, according to testimony in Case 80616 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
Witness illustration.
(Credit: MUFON)
The witness was walking across a parking lot at 11:25 p.m. on October 21, 2016, when the incident occurred.
“I took notice of a very distinct horizontal grouping of nine arrows crossing the sky from the northwest to the southeast,” the witness stated.“The width of the arrow grouping was the width of my fist with a fully-extended arm. Each of the nine arrows would slightly vary their speed whereby each would slightly go ahead of another (exchanging leads with respect to each other) while all remaining in their general grouping (please see my illustration – shows the extent of the arrow lead-changing with one another). Each arrow would ever so slightly pulsate with no specific rhythm, making each arrow become more/less faint to make out.”
The objects moved in from the northwest and were headed southeast. Pictured: Castle Rock, CO.
(Credit: Google)
The objects were moving very fast.
“They crossed the sky in a period of 15 seconds – far too fast for me to bother to get any smartphone pictures without missing it all together. Please see my illustration attached herein.”
The objects crossed the sky in 15 seconds. Pictured: Castle Rock, CO.
(Credit: Google)
Castle Rock is a home rule municipality that is the county seat of Douglas County, Colorado, population 48,231. Colorado MUFON Field Investigator Kevin Benham is investigating. Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.
Bizarre Spherical “Death Star” Cloud Hovers Over Japan On Dec 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Bizarre Spherical “Death Star” Cloud Hovers Over Japan On Dec 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting:December 2016 Location of sighting: Fujisawa, Japan This sphere cloud was was seen over Japan last week and its holding together especially well. Clouds like this are often made by UFOs that want to hide, yet come especially close so they can scan and observe the humans on the ground. The unique thing about clouds made by UFOs is that they can hold together for hours, where most clouds change shape second by second. Scott C. Waring-Taiwan News states: UFOmaniaStates:
Japanese news site Rocket News has reported the appearance of a bizarre spherical cloud seen hovering above a train station in the town of Fujisawa just south of Tokyo. Some of the photos of the cloud show an otherwise clear blue sky, with the otherworldly orb of cloud floating ominously low to the ground.
UFO Shoots Below Motorcycle While Jumping On Video! Dec 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Shoots Below Motorcycle While Jumping On Video! Dec 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Unknown 2016? Location of sighting: Unknown China? There is very little about this video we know for sure, but its unique in that its a motocross biker thats making an unusually dangerous jump. As the rider gets into mid jump, a UFO shoots past him. Why? Because he is risking his life doing what he loves, and aliens love that. Thats something that they do not fully understand...taking risks. Aliens have lifetimes that are either incredibly long, or infinite, but accidents do take their lives...so they calculate the risks of everything in their heads before they do anything. Imagine calculating risks as you cross the street, then again as you pass a homeless guy talking to himself, then again as you walk under a construction crane (lots in my neighbourhood). Thats what they do. They calculate the odds before they ever take a risk, but no humans. That makes us unique and worthy of more studying. Scott C. Waring
UFO Seen Over Hotel Pool In Columbia, Dec 11, 2016, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Seen Over Hotel Pool In Columbia, Dec 11, 2016, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Dec 11, 2016 Location of sighting: Bucaramanga, Columbia Source: MUFON #80946 This UFO just appeared in the sky over this hotel swimming pool. The eyewitness is on the rooftop pool, which appears to be 20+ floors high. Did you notice that the UFOs color is slightly changed along the bottom of the craft, where the top is much darker, more metallic? Its camouflage. Scott C. Waring Eyewitness states:
I WAS around the pool of my hotel taking sun on sunny, clear day when I saw something in the sky, I talk with my friend was beside I he saw too it our first impression was a paraglider but my friend said cant because it was very high and the shape does not like that, it was moving slow and looks like hovering over the city, I took my camera as soon I can I try to focus the object no was easy to focus only I take just one I try to take another one but it was going to the North and was moving fast and after it was gone.
A UFO that is about the size of a transit van came down in Devon to abduct some animals, according to UFOlogist John Mooner, who captured the shots of the mysterious event. Mooner was confident that extraterrestrials from the unidentified flying object wanted to get the genetic material of the animals.
Mooner, who works as World UFO Photos chief photographer, shot the unexpected encounter in Dawlish Warren, Devon in November.
Cattle mutilations have been reported more often in recent years. The theory is that aliens want to use DNA material from animals to make alien hybrids.
John Mooner said he observed a black object moving along the tree line. He initially thought of a helicopter, but he could only hear the passing train and nothing heard from the flying object. According to his estimate, the UFO has the same size of a large transit van. The witness continued to watch the object as it descended into a field. He saw the black object landed and stayed in there as if it waited for something to arrive. Mooner was amazed to witness the dark object went completely invisible.
The photographer claimed that he wanted to go to the landing area, but he didn’t have a means to get across the water, and the place was too far away. His speculation is that the object was waiting for the farmer to leave his livestock into the field to abduct some animals and kill them for genetic material.
Mass UFO sighting recorded in Las Vegas, Nevada 9-Dec-2016
Mass UFO sighting recorded in Las Vegas, Nevada 9-Dec-2016
Here’s one interesting footage of a multiple bright objects flying across the sky above Las Vegas in Nevada. This was filmed on 9th December 2016.
Witness report:
So last night I was walking in a local park in Las Vegas and i saw on the horizon 15-20 solid balls of yellow/orange light rising from ground level up to the clouds and then disappearing. They were probably 15-20 miles away so they weren’t paper lanterns as some have speculated. They also weren’t conventional aircraft as they were solid balls of light with no anti collision lighting.
Shocking Claim On Fireball Over Norway and Siberia
Shocking Claim On Fireball Over Norway and Siberia
A massive fireball that turned night into the day after its explosion over Earth was, in fact, a wormhole opening for the alien spacecraft to depart to another dimension. This is according to claim from conspiracy theorists on the incident observed over Norway and Siberia.
Amazing images of the massive fireball in Norway and Siberia were posted online as videos and pictures. The fireball is explained as a meteorite burning up in Earth’s atmosphere.
However, some conspiracy theorists have come up with another explanation. They said that the UFO is forming a black hole around it as seen in the images that made the rounds online. The fireball is not exploding, but creating the hole first, then entering to a flash of light. The hole then gone after the UFO came into it, as explained by the conspiracy theorists.
They said that the images show a UFO opening up a wormhole before vanishing. Some UFO researchers even enhanced the images by adding light and discovered blackness all around the UFO. They speculated that some alien might be too lazy to leave the Earth’s orbit and just took off in a hurry through wormholes.
For some observers, they believe it was a huge meteor that came hurtling down the west coast of Norway. The event created daylight on the ground miles away. It is believed that the meteorite did not reach the land and burned in the atmosphere.
NASA’s Curiosity rover is currently climbing a mountain. The rover is in the business of climbing lots of things, but according to the data it’s transmitting back to scientists this particular mountain is full of groundwater, making the rock strata chemically active and diverse - a good sign as we search for microbial life. Curiosity also located boron, thefirst time the element has ever been found on Mars. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced the promising news in a press releaseTuesday.
The rover is drilling into Mount Sharp, a site scientists chose hoping it would provide us with exactly this kind of geologic record. The central mound’s sediment is layered, providing a chronological account of early environmental conditions on Mars.
“There is so much variability in the composition at different elevations, we’ve hit a jackpot,” California Institute of Technology professor John Grotzinger told JPL. “A sedimentary basin such as this is a chemical reactor … Elements get rearranged. New minerals form and old ones dissolve. Electrons get redistributed. On Earth, these reactions support life.”
As Curiosity progresses higher up the mountain, it’s also finding various clay minerals and hematite not present at lower altitudes. As for the boron, on Earth we generally find in drier regions where the water has evaporated, so scientists are still floating ideas as to why we just found it deposited by Mars’s groundwater. The two prevailing theories at the moment are that either a lake evaporated under a layer of boron, which later re-dissolved and trickled down through the cracks to the more ancient layers Curiosity is sampling, or that the process by which groundwater transports boron was chemically altered, an idea supported by the fact that we also found hematite.
“Variations in these minerals and elements indicate a dynamic system,” Grotzinger said. “They interact with groundwater as well as surface water. The water influences the chemistry of the clays, but the composition of the water also changes. We are seeing chemical complexity indicating a long, interactive history with the water. The more complicated the chemistry is, the better it is for habitability. The boron, hematite and clay minerals underline the mobility of elements and electrons, and that is good for life.”
The Curiosity rover touched down on Mars in 2012 and has been searching for signs of life ever since. While we’ve seen plenty of promising evidence from various forms of water and minerals that life could exist there, there’s still no proof that it does, which is why discoveries like this one are so crucial. The better we understand how microbial life might survive on Mars, the better-prepared we are to survive on it ourselves.
For nearly 200 years, scientists have seriously pondered the possibility of life on Mars. It’s been a rollercoaster of dreaming: for a long time, the more we studied Mars, the more it looked the like the Red Planet was acold, dry hellhole, lacking any of the essentials we consider a requirement for even the most primitive life.
Then we learned Mars was once teeming in liquid water. With the discovery that liquid water currently exists on the surface of the planet, the prospects that aliens actually still call Mars home now seem better than ever. During a Tuesday workshop called “Searching for Life Across Space and Time”, NASA Goddard Space Center biogeochemist Jennifer Eigenbrode made a pretty strong case for why the newest data were collecting about Mars is dramatically raising the prospects we might find signs of past of present Martian life.
It all comes down to what we’re starting to learn about the presence of organics on the Red Planet. Eigenbrode remembers that during the Curiosity rover’s landing in 2011, most members of the NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory were “very doubtful we would ever detect organics on Mars.”
Nowadays, MSL’s scientists realize “organics are all over Mars.” And where there are organics, there’s the potential for those compounds to come together and lead to the genesis of living organisms.
Does that mean there’s life on Mars? Not necessarily. But organic molecules and compounds are the constituents that lead to life. Organics on Earth were by no means a guarantor that life would evolve, but it was certainly essential to the evolution of organic life.
During her presentation in Irvine, California, Eigenbrode pointed to analyses of Martian rock samples from the Gale Crater floor, Yellowknife Bay, and Parhump Hills — areas that are thought to have once possessed liquid water reserves — and they all had traces of organic macromolecules.
This is important, because 70 to 90 percent of organic matter is macromolecular. The complexity is critical to making life work, since metabolism is a complicated process that requires complicated pathways. Organic matter also fuels metabolism itself, since it’s one potential source of energy or carbon. “We need to be looking for this stuff,” said Eigenbrode.
But as Eigenbrode emphasized, the big question is what are the sources for these organics. They could be biological, but they might also very well be abiotic. They may have formed de novo — that is, on the planet itself — or be the result of deposits brought to Mars through meteorite crashes. “if this stuff is abiological,” she cautions, “…looking for organics is not looking for life.”
Nevertheless, “the presence of organic matter actually supports the habitability of an ancient lake,” said Eigenbrode. She’s specially referring to the Gale Crater, which is thought to have been home to vast body of water 3.6 billion years ago.
So what’s next? NASA’s Mars 2020 rover will be the key to understand the extent to which life may have or perhaps does exist on the Red Planet. The new rover will be fitted with an large suite of different instruments that can do a better job assessing the composition and concentrations of Martian organics and how they might relate to life on Mars. Just a little over four years to wait before two centuries’ worth of speculation can finally be confirmed or debunked.
For nearly 200 years, scientists have seriously pondered the possibility of life on Mars. It’s been a rollercoaster of dreaming: for a long time, the more we studied Mars, the more it looked the like the Red Planet was acold, dry hellhole, lacking any of the essentials we consider a requirement for even the most primitive life.
Then we learned Mars was once teeming in liquid water. With the discovery that liquid water currently exists on the surface of the planet, the prospects that aliens actually still call Mars home now seem better than ever. During a Tuesday workshop called “Searching for Life Across Space and Time”, NASA Goddard Space Center biogeochemist Jennifer Eigenbrode made a pretty strong case for why the newest data were collecting about Mars is dramatically raising the prospects we might find signs of past of present Martian life.
It all comes down to what we’re starting to learn about the presence of organics on the Red Planet. Eigenbrode remembers that during the Curiosity rover’s landing in 2011, most members of the NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory were “very doubtful we would ever detect organics on Mars.”
Nowadays, MSL’s scientists realize “organics are all over Mars.” And where there are organics, there’s the potential for those compounds to come together and lead to the genesis of living organisms.
Does that mean there’s life on Mars? Not necessarily. But organic molecules and compounds are the constituents that lead to life. Organics on Earth were by no means a guarantor that life would evolve, but it was certainly essential to the evolution of organic life.
During her presentation in Irvine, California, Eigenbrode pointed to analyses of Martian rock samples from the Gale Crater floor, Yellowknife Bay, and Parhump Hills — areas that are thought to have once possessed liquid water reserves — and they all had traces of organic macromolecules.
This is important, because 70 to 90 percent of organic matter is macromolecular. The complexity is critical to making life work, since metabolism is a complicated process that requires complicated pathways. Organic matter also fuels metabolism itself, since it’s one potential source of energy or carbon. “We need to be looking for this stuff,” said Eigenbrode.
But as Eigenbrode emphasized, the big question is what are the sources for these organics. They could be biological, but they might also very well be abiotic. They may have formed de novo — that is, on the planet itself — or be the result of deposits brought to Mars through meteorite crashes. “if this stuff is abiological,” she cautions, “…looking for organics is not looking for life.”
Nevertheless, “the presence of organic matter actually supports the habitability of an ancient lake,” said Eigenbrode. She’s specially referring to the Gale Crater, which is thought to have been home to vast body of water 3.6 billion years ago.
So what’s next? NASA’s Mars 2020 rover will be the key to understand the extent to which life may have or perhaps does exist on the Red Planet. The new rover will be fitted with an large suite of different instruments that can do a better job assessing the composition and concentrations of Martian organics and how they might relate to life on Mars. Just a little over four years to wait before two centuries’ worth of speculation can finally be confirmed or debunked.
Three American Space Station projects have failed, but a dedicated U.S. Space Station will facilitate U.S. economic activities, accelerate humanity's colonization of the solar system, and allow us to tap the resources of the cosmos to aid our cause.
THE UNIVERSE BEYOND EARTH
“Mars is the next step of our space program. It’s the challenge that’s been staring us in the face for the past 30 years. At one time in the ancient past, Mars was very similar to the conditions of early Earth. We now have ‘eyes’ and ‘ears’ on the surface of this new world. The Mars rovers have captured our imaginations. They genuinely are explorers in the old-fashioned sense.”
Thirty years ago, Carl Sagan wrote these words, urging the continued funding of NASA’s programs in the U.S. budget. However, there are obstacles that we still face when it comes to exploring, understanding, and conquering the Red Planet.
The U.S. is the world’s leading aerospace manufacturer. We lead the globe in the exploration of the solar system and the development of commercial, military, and communication satellites. We can reach the Moon and Mars, but it seems we can’t (or don’t) stay long. Instead, we spend billions of dollars leaving and returning again.
In order to build on Mars, to stay on Mars, and ultimately expand to other worlds, there are two seemingly insurmountable obstacles. First, the establishment of a permanent presence in space requires the development of space-based infrastructures. We can see Mars with our “eyes” and “ears”—our probes—but we can neither physically reach it nor stay there until we’ve first established significant human enterprise, industry, and presence operating off Earth.
The second obstacle in relation to establishing a permanent human presence in space is the why? In short, to explore, understand, and build on the Red Planet, we need an economic impetus to do so.
So what is the next step? How do we maintain a human presence off Earth? How can we access the resources of the Solar System if we can’t stay in space any longer than it takes for the trip there and back again?
In the past half-century, we’ve had three real answers to this question: the Manned Orbiting Laboratory, the Skylab, and the Freedom. All projects towards permanent habitable space stations. Yet, all three projects were canceled due to financial obstacles.
With one exception.
A LONG VOYAGE INTO THE COSMOS
The Freedom Space Station project launched in 1994, and it was eventually converted into a larger Space Station, one that is still in operation today under a different name.TheFreedom and Russian Federal Space Agency space station project (MIR-2) modules were integrated, ultimately becoming the Russian Orbital Segments and American Orbital Segments of the International Space Station (ISS).
These canceled Russian and American projects formed the first joint international undertaking off Earth.
Can the U.S. maintain its place as a leader of the development of space-based industry? Could the U.S. create its own space station as a stepping stone into the cosmos? Let’s imagine it.
Image of Earth from the ISS. Credit: NASA/ISS
The space station could legally operate the way Tiangong 1 and 2 have. The Tiangong stations, translating to Heavenly Palace, have been the only other manned stations in space besides the ISS. Though small, the Tiangongs are nonetheless an entity of the Chinese government. An easy, if not entirely semantically correct, way to think about it is that the Tiangongs are a city of China in space.
Any developments by the U.S would be the American counterpart, the city in space—a design which was investigated by NASA more than a quarter of a century ago. The U.S space station should not only be intended as a scientific laboratory, but as a central location for U.S. economic activities, such as asteroid mining and space solar power (1). Ultimately, this new space station’s primary purpose would be to generate space-based industry, providing burgeoning enterprises with the resources to initiate economic activity off Earth. The new U.S. Space Station would be the realization of the three failed NASA projects to colonize the solar system
MAKING SPACE AFFORDABLE
With the development of space-based economic activities, such as space solar power and asteroid mining, this can lead to the creation of technology that will facilitate the accessibility of space by allowing companies to generate revenue from their efforts.
Currently, it costs millions of dollars to send a pound of anything into space, whether it’s computers, water, or personnel. Space solar power is an economic impetus that could lead to sustainable and renewable energy that does not emit greenhouse gasses, hazardous waste, and is available 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Additionally, asteroid mining can bring rare-earth metals and resources within our grasp, materials that are in limited supply on Earth and are used in everything from electric vehicles to computer chips. Resources that could be mined or extracted include iron, nickel, titanium, water, rare-earth metals, oxygen, and hydrogen. These could be used to sustain the lives of astronauts on-site, to create rocket propellants, and to send back to Earth. Notably, in space exploration, using resources gathered while on a journey is referred to as in-situ resource utilization, eliminating the need for billion-dollar-chemically-based rockets to bring such necessities from Earth.
These space-based industries are our frontier, the new frontier. Building a home amongst the stars can not only lead to the construction of the technology for easier ways of getting off the Earth, but also to new ways of thinking about space travel—like non-rocket space launches, a geosynchronous orbital tether to the stars, or even the laser propelled lightcraft (2).
UNDERSTANDING THE NEED
Of course, having a U.S. space station would not be simple. The project will require us to create new space-based industries and catalyze a new frontier of economic activity with a dedicated human presence in space. But imagine drastically reducing the financial burden of maintaining satellites in space. Imagine being able to build ships while in space as opposed to launching them from the Earth and battling the clutches of gravity. Imagine the military advantage of a space station that can send aid to any position on the globe. Imagine 1000 Americans in space on an American Space Station in a new branch of the military.
The early American enterprise of NASA’s three space station projects created unprecedented economic opportunities off Earth that we had never before considered and eventually led up to an even larger space station. The current I.S.S. is a testament to a confluence of nations, a foothold amongst the stars, and a shared dream of exploration. Ultimately, a permanent U.S space station is not only a step for American aerospace industry gaining the foothold to tap resources of the solar system, but another big step for humanity becoming a multi-planetary civilization and one day reaching (and staying) on the Red Planet
Footnotes:
(1) Unlike terrestrial solar and wind power, oil, gas, ethanol, nuclear plants, and coal plants, space solar power does not emit greenhouse gasses or hazardous waste. It is also available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in huge quantities. It works regardless of cloud cover, daylight, or wind speed. Further, space solar power can be exported to virtually any place in the world, and its energy can be converted for local needs — such as the manufacturing of methanol for use in places like rural India, where there are no electric power grids. Space solar power can also be used for the desalination of sea water and the agricultural development of previously barren, open lands. Lastly, space solar power can provide a market large enough to develop the low-cost space transportation system that is required for its deployment. This, in turn, will also bring the resources of the solar system within economic reach.
(2) Laser propulsion is in its early stages of development. Lightcraft use an external laser source or maser energy to provide power for producing thrust. The laser/maser energy is focused to a high intensity in order to create a plasma. The plasma expands, producing thrust.
Echoes detected during a black hole merger that confirmed part of Einstein's theory of relativity could mean there is something at an event horizon, contradicting the same theory.
If confirmed, the information would challenge our current assumptions about physics and how black holes are structured, leading to a better understanding of our physical world.
Physicists studying LIGO’s data on the black hole merger claim it reveals “echoes” of gravitational waves that contradict predictions made by Einstein’s general theory, which has been proven by LIGO on more than one occasion now. Previously, physicists believed that Einstein’s theory broke down in extreme conditions, such as those found at a black hole’s core. However, these recently discovered echoes seem to indicate that relativity fails around a black hole’s edges, far from its center.
As part of the standard model based on Einstein’s theory, nothing should be found at the edge of a black hole (its event horizon). This contradicts other theories such as the one that corresponds to quantum physics, which suggests that an event horizon should have a firewall, a ring of high-energy particles, around it.
Cosmologist Niayesh Afshordi at the University of Waterloo in Canada created models of these black hole mergers that assumed they did have something at their event horizons. The timing of the echoes following the release of gravitational waves in the mergers recorded by LIGO matched up perfectly with those expected by Afshordi’s models. This supports the idea that the edges of black holes do have some structure and not a whole lot of nothingness as suggested by Einstein’s theory.
THE PUZZLE THAT IS THE UNIVERSE
“The LIGO detections, and the prospect of many more, offer an exciting opportunity to investigate a new physical regime,” said black-hole researcher Steve Giddings from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).
For now, more research is needed to see if these echoes were a fluke or something that will completely reshape our understanding of a black hole’s event horizon. If proven to be permanent fixtures of a merger, we would need a new theory to explain this and similar phenomenon — at least until the elusive theory of everything comes along.
In any case, observation of future black hole mergers can confirm whether these echoes were just flukes or random noise. “The good thing is that new LIGO data with improved sensitivity will be coming in, so we should be able to confirm this or rule it out within the next two years,” said Ashfordi.
It’s no surprise that the universe continues to confirm theories of physics one minute and break them the next. So much of the universe is still a big unknown as far as we’re concerned. Theories come and go, and although Einstein’s has been relatively successful, the emergency of new technologies will continue to allow us to challenge earlier assumptions.
Huge mysterious UFO disc-shaped object captured crossing moon's surface was alien spaceship, say ET hunters
Huge mysterious UFO disc-shaped object captured crossing moon's surface was alien spaceship, say ET hunters
The full moon is seen in the night sky above Sydney, Australia, November 13, 2016, on the eve of the "supermoon" spectacle.
Picture taken November 13, 2016. (REUTERS/Jason Reed)
Alien hunters are convinced this huge apparently disc-shaped UFO crossing the moon is yet more proof of extraterrestrial life.
Mystery surrounds the object which appeared from out of the blue as the Miami Observatory in Florida streamed a feed of the lunar surface on December 3.
The dark circle-shaped shadow is captured above the moon, sparking theories from a well-known UFO enthusiast that it is a craft created by an intelligent species.
Scott C. Waring, from UFOsightingsdaily.com, said: "It's not a man-made object, because there are not solar panel wings on it to gather energy.
"There are no antennas on it for transmitting, also the surface is not completely round, but has a rough edge to it.
"Looks like a bio-mechanically grown UFO."
One poster on YouTube refuted claims that it was an alien spaceship or even an object.
They said: "After studying it is NOT an object.
"I have come to these conclusions after multiple re-plays effected, I have seen that it does not maintain the form.
"For me it is the outskirts of a shadow. If this is so it is very possible that the object crossed between the Moon and the Sun projecting the shadow."
Another user said: "Peekaboo UFO, they know we are watching."
He said: "I am an amateur astronomer and spent 18 years in the army barracks so I know what aircraft look and act like.
"This just made my jaw drop."
Readers of the story on local website Chinchilla News speculated about aliens.
One, with the user name Grolt posted: "So UFOs don't go to Japan, Korea, Russia, China, Germany, USA or any other high tech place... they come to Toowoomba."
The light looks too slow to be a meteor or fireball, and even too slow to be a bit of space junk returning to Earth and burning up in the atmosphere.
Professor Jonti Horner
But, astronomer professor Jonti Horner believes he may know what it was.
He said: "The light looks too slow to be a meteor or fireball, and even too slow to be a bit of space junk returning to Earth and burning up in the atmosphere.
"The International Space Station is really bright, brighter than the brightest stars, and quite slow moving - and can be quite spectacular.
"The video is a bit blurry, but I think that's the most likely explanation - it looks right to me."
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What on God’s green earth was that? NSRI on the lookout after 'UFO' spotted off Jeffreys Bay
What on God’s green earth was that? NSRI on the lookout after 'UFO' spotted off Jeffreys Bay
NSRI said the institute’s Port Elizabeth station was asked by Air Traffic Control to investigate the sighting of “an unidentified flying object”. Image by: Chris Harvey / Getty Images/Hemera
A mysterious green unidentified flying object had rescue officials on alert in Jeffreys Bay on Monday night
National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) spokesman Craig Lambinon said the institute’s Port Elizabeth station was asked by Air Traffic Control to investigate the sighting of “an unidentified flying object” at about 9.30pm.
“A Boeing 737 cargo aircraft captain and co-pilot‚ flying from Cape Town International Airport to Port Elizabeth International Airport‚ reported seeing what appeared to be a green object increasing in altitude past the cockpit of their aeroplane reaching to about 1000 feet into clouds above them and then returning towards earth at high speed past the cockpit of the aeroplane‚” he said.
The sighting was reported to Air Traffic Control in Port Elizabeth‚ where officials asked the NSRI to investigate the possibility that an aircraft or craft in difficulty.
The incident occurred about 10 nautical miles off-shore of Jeffreys Bay and about 1 000m in the sky.
Officials soon dismissed initial suggestions that it was a 300m green parachute flare as these flares cannot reach that height.
“NSRI Jeffreys Bay were alerted and although the matter was monitored throughout the night the green object has not been seen since and there are no reports of anyone‚ or craft or aircraft overdue or missing‚” Lambinon said.
“No further reports of sightings have been received and the incident remains a mystery.”
Joe Sheahan is in the fight of his life to save his family’s Nevada mine from being swallowed up by the federal government's mysteriousArea 51.
Technically, Sheahan’s family no longer even holds title to Groom Mine, which it owned for 130 years. The federal government took the deed through eminent domain after first offering the Sheahans $333,300, a price family lawyer James Leavitt called “embarrassingly low.” The family is fighting back in federal court, but if the Sheahans and Uncle Sam can’t agree on a value, it could wind up before a jury.
Possibly more interesting is what the federal government wants with a parched stretch of rural Nevada desert and an old mine that hasn’t been active in decades. The area is known for two of the feds’ most closely guarded secrets: nuclear testing and UFOs.
So far, the family has not been paid for the land. Initially, the family was sued by the federal government in September of 2015 in a complaint case of eminent domain. A few days later the government then filed a motion to take the over the property. Now, Appraisal reports are being exchanged in the discovery phase of the litigation. If the parties cannot reach a sufficient value for the land, the Sheahans are prepared to fight it in a jury trial.
The mine hasn’t been in full operation since 1954, but until fall of 2015 family members went out from time to time to blast for minerals. The 400 acres of land sits almost 6,000 feet above sea level with panoramic views of the surrounding Groom Mountain Range and borders the Nevada Test and Training Range, which includes Area 51. According to Sheahan, his family’s land had always been highly sought after by the U.S. Air Force base looking to expand its flight-testing range, “They told me the land was like a suit hemmed in too tight that needed to breathe, that’s why they want our land“ Sheahan said.
Sheahan told Fox News that Air Force officials started showing up unannounced on the property in the 40’s and 50’s, intimidating his grandparents. He said his family complained to the Air Force, but nothing happened. Then nuclear tests came without warning. According to the Las Vegas Review Journal archives, on Jan. 27, 1951, the Air Force detonated the first above-ground test on land next to the Groom Mine. Sheahan says his family wasn’t told about the test. “This bomb goes off, who do you call, who do you Google, there’s no one … those blasts did significant damage to the property, not only in radiation,” he said. Sheahan claims family members and mine workers suffered long-term radiation effects and says some livestock died from beta burns.
In the winter of 2014, government officials from the Department of Defense and the U.S. Air Force approached the Sheahan family about purchasing the property. At that time, Sheahan and other family members had never had the property appraised but he says the family thought offers of $2.4 million, $5.2 million, and $1.5 million from the Air Force were too low and so they rejected them. “We’re not going to sit down with those numbers at the table.” said Sheahan.
The Air Force confiscated the property on Sept. 16, 2015 through a federal court ruling in US District Court in Nevada. The family had three outside experts appraise the property after the seizure. Due to its proximity to Area 51 and the mineral rights to the land, each appraiser recognized the “unique value” of the property and came to the conclusion that the real value of the land was worth upwards of $44 million to $116 million dollars, Leavitt told Fox News.
In a statement on Nov. 9, 2016 obtained by Fox News, a prior commander at Nellis Air Force Base, Col. Thomas E. Dempsey explained the reason for seizing the land; “Over the years, technology has increased demand for the test and training range assets and the Air Force has developed infrastructure that directly supports range activities that cannot be replicated elsewhere.”
Leavitt is fighting to get the family just compensation, which real estate expert and Fox News Legal Analyst Bob Massi explains as “an objective understanding of the value of that property.”
Fox News reached out for a comment from Justice Department, which is representing the Air Force but was told by deputy press secretary Wyn Hornbuckle the department will not comment on pending litigation.
Freelance local investigative reporter Glen Meek has been researching the Sheahan case since the government seized the land and is making a documentary about the land dispute. He noted government’s unwillingness to provide answers and boiled it down to two major fundamental issues - individual rights and national security, saying “the government’s position is pretty much, the testing that’s going on there now is incompatible with civilians having private land in that area.”
The case is currently in discovery. Sheahan says he is a God-loving American and does not want to be portrayed as unpatriotic but wants his family to receive just compensation. Sheahan and Leavitt expect a late spring or early summer court date where a jury will decide on the matter of just compensation.
Famous footage of a possible cow abduction from 1983. (Not an incident Mr Mooner claims to have filmed or been present at.)
A man claims to have witnessed a UFO "the size of a transit van" trying to abduct cows in Devon. He believes the aliens were motivated by a desire to harvest the animals' genetic material.
John Mooner said: "I was watching a train pass by in the distance, when I spotted a black object slowly moving along the tree line and at first I thought it was an helicopter. I could only hear the passing train and thought to myself that's strange it can't be an helicopter there's no sound of the rotors.
"I estimated that the object must of been the size of a large transit van. I watched as the object began to slowly descend into a field. Once it had landed the black object just sat there as if waiting for something to arrive. To my amazement the black object then went completely invisible.
"I wanted to go over there to investigate but it was to far away and I did not have a boat to get across the water. My guess is that the object was waiting for the farmer to bring his livestock into the field so they could abducted some of the poor animals to kill for genetic material.
"The farmer would not of seen this large object and would of [sic] left the field thinking his animals were safe. But the aliens were there all along waiting for the opportunity to strike and take their pickings. Spooky."
Mooner, a self-described "ufologist", has purportedly seen scores of extra-terrestrial spaceships over the years. He made the most recent claims to an Exeter newspaper.
CHEVRON SHAPED ALIEN CRAFT ENCOUNTER IN CALIFORNIA
DECEMBER 4, 2016 ………HUNTINGTON BEACH CALIFORNIA
Time: 22:40
Duration:10-15 seconds
Sighting City: Huntington Beach
Sighting State: CA
Sighting Zip: 92648
Sighting Country: USA
Sighting County: Orange
Witnesses: 1
Shape: Chevron
Number of Craft:1
Description: Fast-moving craft with gray lights over suburban Huntington Beach.
Description:
“I’d just stepped out of my friend’s house after a comedic session of Dungeons & Dragons. We’d watched TV, talked about video games, the usual for our age group. A normal Sunday night. I was the last one to leave. I didn’t expect to see something in the sky, but then again, I don’t think anyone does. It was one of those rare cloudless nights where LA’s famous light pollution doesn’t ruin a decent view of the stars over the suburbs. I’m originally from a very small town, so I don’t take celestial beauty for granted. I looked up at the sky to admire the stars, and that’s when I saw it.
My first thought was “airplane”, but this was immediately replaced by “drone?” because it was too fast for a commercial flight, and completely silent. And then I thought that it couldn’t have been a drone, because again, it was completely silent, and the most common drones are quadcopters.
This thing was in the shape of a chevron, and dark gray. It was a little larger than the moon, which was slightly farther away. Another thing that perplexed me besides the speed were the lights. Three of them, one on each wing end and one under the middle corner, unblinking, and a dim gray. I’ve never seen gray lights in my life. The chevron was headed southeast, when suddenly, without slowing down, it made a sharp, tight U-turn, pivoted, and disappeared before my eyes.
I didn’t blink, I didn’t look away for a second, and there were no clouds for it to hide behind. It was there, and then it was gone. I don’t think we have the technology to make planes turn the way this thing did.”
“The meteor began 46 miles above the Gulf of Mexico and 8 miles from Sarasote”, says Bill Cooke.
A meteor lit up the Florida sky for brief moments before exploding into tiny pieces. The giant fireball began its descend above the state’s west coast soon after dark. A number of panicking citizens grabbed the phone and immediately alerted the North Port Police Department. Upon answering the multiple calls, police officers found themselves investigating what at first looked like a UFO threat.
Numerous individuals even considered that a UFO invasion might take place. Fortunately, there was no reason for such concerns. The locals were only seeing a harmless meteorite bursting into flames upon entering the Earth’s atmosphere.
AMERICAN METEOR SOCIETY’S REPORT
According to a group of individuals with the American Meteor Society, approximately 150 Florida residents saw the meteorite dropping to Earth. They were mainly stationed south of Florida Panhandle, in Key West. The mystery of the unidentified object revolved around its unusual brightness, in particular.
The incident was also captured by some dashcams. One recording comes straight from the North Port Police Department (NPPD) itself. NPPD uploaded the footage on the official police station’s Facebook page, only moments after the event. The police officers on duty who captured the images were lightheartedly joking about the likelihood of an alien encounter.
NASA OFFICIAL REPORT
The video featured on the official NPPD Facebook page currently has over 80,000 views. Multiple users are joking about the whole incident. However, many others believe that a transformer blew up in the area, causing the bright flash. Among them was also a police officer with the NPPD. Although, upon closely inspecting the footage several times, he changed his mind.
The Marshall Space Center in Huntsville, Alabama, one of many NASA facilities issued an official report on the matter. The bright object was nothing but a baseball-sized meteorite traveling at speeds exceeding 40,000. The official name of this kind of meteor is bolide, according to NASA. On November 21st, 2016, the bolide entered the Earth atmosphere around 11:18 p.m. It burst into flames shortly after, due to the atmosphere’s effect on fast-traveling objects.
Scientists say that they have also identified the cause of the bright flash. Upon re-entry, the celestial object experienced rapid evaporation of carbon dioxide and ice.
“The meteor began 46 miles above the Gulf of Mexico and 8 miles from Sarasote”, says Bill Cooke. He is the manager of the Meteoroid Environments Office.
SIMILAR EVENTS
Another occurrence much like this one took place several years ago, back in 2013. However, one major difference consists in the larger sizes of the rock which exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia. The celestial object was, in fact, a superbolide with a total mass of approximately 13,000 metric tons.
The explosion which following the re-entry was estimated to have a kinetic energy equal to roughly 30 atomic bombs. Even though nobody was seriously injured in the incident, several buildings in Chelyabinsk suffered substantial damage.
The Florida meteor exploded roughly 15 miles above the Earth. Also, apart from the scare, the incident was harmless. Furthermore, NASA experts also say that this is nothing new. Hence, Florida citizens should get used to these events.
It's not every day that a freedom of information request is this good, butrecently released FBI docshave it all: flying saucers, private meetings with intelligence officers, and a mysterious plane crash. By successfully requesting the file of noted conspiracy man and authorFred Lee Crisman, journalist Michael Best has identified a truly remarkable find: a real life X-file.
Long before the 90s show made us want to believe, the released documents in Fred Crisman’s file, labeled SM-X (Security Matter–X), made it all way to the director of the FBI at the time, J. Edgar Hoover. They contain investigation details belonging to one of the first cases of the American paranormal activity mythos. The FBI became involved in a case that was fueled by a post-war media raring to publish incredible stories in a world getting used to accelerating technological advancement. Much like today’s shifting media landscape, the early days of paranormal investigation were easy to take advantage of.
The events that were documented by the FBI in Crisman’s file are known as the Maury Island UFO hoax of June, 1947. Crisman was involved with “high weirdness,” according to a post by Best, that swirled around an island near Puget Sound, Washington. The reports helped solidify the imagery behind a couple of the UFO tropes we know and love. It was an early example of how folklore can turn very quickly into fake news and get widespread attention.
I asked Best about his thoughts as to why the files—which, the FBI has long claimeddo not exist—were named in such a way that, in complete coincidence, aligned with the paranormal show The X-Files. “I'm not sure, but if I had to guess it would be something like X for unknowns (as in variables),” he said to me in a Twitter message.
Crisman’s story of flying discs first appeared on the pages of the Tacoma Times in August. The reporter at the paper published the claims of Crisman and his business associate, Harold Dahl. Dahl was quoted as saying that, while patrolling the waters by boat near Maury Island, he witnessed multiple donut shaped discs appear in the sky. One of the discs, Dahl claimed, ejected molten material and allegedly crashed into and damaged the boat he was on. Dahl then explained that a person in a dark suit subsequently approached the scene and told them to keep quiet about the events. To many UFO historians, this was the beginning of the “Men in Black” conspiracy.
In an interview found in the FBI file, Crisman said he returned to the damaged boat the next day, where he collected ‘disc fragments' that became central to a hoax that spun widely out of control.
The FBI report included in the released documents explained that Crisman and Dahl sent samples of the ‘disc fragments’ to Chicago paranormal investigator Raymond Palmer for analysis. Palmer, who originally worked for Ziff-Davis’ Amazing Stories, was deeply involved in the earliest days of 20th century flying saucer myths and went on to publish Fate Magazine, which still investigates claims of the supernatural today.
After being notified by Palmer, Kenneth Arnold, a pilot who claimed to have witnessed the first widely publicised UFO sighting, got in touch with Dahl and Crisman. He travelled to Washington and arranged a meeting at the Winthrop Hotel in Tacoma with him, the two witnesses, and two Air Force intelligence officers.
This is where the story gets even weirder.
A day after the meeting with UFO witnesses, the B-25 Bomber carrying the two air force officers crashed and both were killed. Media immediately published the conclusions of anonymous phone calls (which were probably from Crisman, according to FBI findings detailed in the released documents) that the plane was carrying the disc fragments and it was deliberately shot down in a UFO cover up.
Those details were reported widely as fact by outlets like the Tacoma Times and Boise Statesman. The story made it all the way to the Chicago Times, which would become the Sun-Times the next year.
Of course, the FBI concluded the entire thing was a hoax for attention, with agents writing that there were no fragments on the plane. The flight, it said, came down due to an engine failure. Years later, Dahl eventually admitted the deception to a reporterafter being cajoled by his wife.
The FBI theorized that the explanation was much simpler than UFOs and government conspiracies. It was about money. The investigations found that Crisman and Dahl sought payment from the media outlets who wrote about their tall tale. It’s a slightly different refrain of today’s fake news issue, with greed inspiring the manipulation of mass communication.
This wouldn’t be the last America would hear of Fred Crisman. He would be later subpoenaed by Jim Garrison in the investigation of JFK assassination. During the federal investigation, forensic anthropologists had fingered him as being one of the “three tramps” arrested by Dallas PD on the same day as shooting of the president. He was later exonerated by the House Select Committee on Assassination. In the 60s, according to Aaron Gulyas in his book, The Paranormal and the Paranoid: Conspiratorial Science Fiction Television, Harold Dahl wrote to a UFO investigator that the show The Invaders had elements that were very similar to Crisman’s life and stories.
That isn’t to say the eventual rise of paranormal investigation was all bad. The same paranormal media outlets become known for skepticism and science. Fate magazine was not afraid to debunk the hoaxes or scams it covered in its investigations into the supernatural.
You can only hope our media outlets maintain that level of skepticism today.
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Eerste 360°-livestream op Facebook toont hoe 'Marsbewoners' na 80 dagen basis verlaten - HLN.be
Eerste 360°-livestream op Facebook toont hoe 'Marsbewoners' na 80 dagen basis verlaten - HLN.be
FACEBOOKFacebook start vandaag met livestreams van 360 gradenvideo's. National Geographic bijt de spits af met beelden van de bewoners die het Mars Desert Research Station verlaten, meldtTweakers.net.
De livestreams werken op dezelfde manier als bestaande 360 gradenvideo's. Op een computer kan je rondkijken via muisbewegingen, op een smartphone beweeg je gewoon het toestel of sleep je met je vinger.
De eerste uitzending start vanavond om 21.00 uur op de Facebookpagina van National Geographic. Dan mogen de bewoners van het Mars Desert Research Station voor het eerst naar buiten, na een tachtig dagen lange simulatie van het leven op Mars.
De functie is daarna niet meteen beschikbaar voor iedereen. Facebook geeft aan dat een onbekend aantal andere pagina's in de komende maanden zal volgen, maar dat in de loop van 2017 alle pagina's en profielen aan de beurt komen.
Het ijs van Groenland zou wel eens heel wat minder stabiel kunnen zijn dan oorspronkelijk gedacht. Dat blijkt uit een studie die werden gepubliceerd in het wetenschappelijke tijdschrift Nature. Ze onderzocht de bodem onder de massieve ijslaag en ontdekte dat het ijs minstens één keer gesmolten moet zijn geweest in de jongste 2,6 miljoen jaar. Over 2.500 jaar zou dat opnieuw het geval kunnen zijn. De zeespiegel zou dan zeven meter stijgen.
De studie gebruikte zogenaamde radioactieve isotopen om te schatten hoe lang de bodem onder het ijs ooit blootgesteld was aan de atmosfeer en kosmische straling. Die straling doet radionucliden ontstaan zoals beryllium-10 en aluminium-26 en die kunnen worden gemeten.
Bodem Het team van paleoklimatoloog Joerg Schaefer van het Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades, New York ontdekte dat de bodem van centraal Groenland op zeker moment effectief ijsvrij moet zijn geweest. Wanneer exact of voor hoe lang konden de wetenschappers (nog) niet bepalen. Het is mogelijk dat de ijsvrije periode 1,1 miljoen jaar geleden begon en 280.000 jaar duurde, aldus Schaefer.
Een ander team onder leiding van geomorfoloog Paul Bierman van de universiteit van Vermont in Burlington kwam tot de conclusie dat het ijs op de bergtoppen in het oosten van Groenland er wel al zeker 7,5 miljoen jaar moet liggen. Dat is volgens experts niet noodzakelijk in tegenspraak met de eerste studie: het ijs kan overal in Groenland gesmolten zijn, behalve op de hoogst gelegen delen. Mocht het ijs op die bergtoppen tot 5 of 10 procent geslonken zijn, zou de rest van Groenland al vrij zijn geweest.
Stalen De volgende stap is nu nieuwe stalen proberen te bemachtigen en dat kan dankzij een nieuwe generatie van ijsboren die momenteel wordt ontwikkeld. Die zouden een snelle toegang moeten geven tot de rotsen onder het ijs van Groenland.
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Shock claims massive ancient civilisation lies frozen deep beneath the Antarctic ice — and could even be Atlantis
Shock claims massive ancient civilisation lies frozen deep beneath the Antarctic ice — and could even be Atlantis
Could there be a secret city under Antarctica?
Picture: Mario Tama/Getty
Jennifer Hale The Sun
THERE might just be a hidden city frozen underneath Antarctica, according to shock claims.
The huge continent is an icy mass, and is currently only inhabited by scientific researchers and penguins thanks to its freezing temperatures, reports The Sun.
Rumours of a hidden city have been floating about for years, as conspiracy theorists and even some scientists claim the freezing continent is actually the home of the legendary Lost City of Atlantis.
One scientific theory claims that once upon a time Antarctica was ice-free and home to an ancient civilisation.
The theory, called crustal displacement, alleges that movements in the Earth’s crust meant that large parts of Antarctica were ice-free 12,000 years ago and people could have lived there.
Allegedly, a society could have existed “prehistory”, coming to an end with the last Ice Age which froze over the continent.
And this could have been Atlantis, a mythical city founded by people who were half god and half human which was first mentioned by Greek philosopher Plato in 360BC.
It’s a lofty theory, but one with plenty of intrigue.
Source:Supplied
Speculation over the location of the legendary long-lost city is rife, with others believing it to have been near the Greek island of Santorini.
Antarctica’s secret city was apparently “confirmed” by an ancient map called the Piri Reis map, compiled in 1513 from military intelligence.
It appears to show the Antarctic coast hundreds of years before it was discovered, but was denounced by many scholars at the time.
However, earlier this year photos from NASA appeared to reveal traces of a human settlement underneath the ice.
The pictures, taken using remote sensing photography for NASA’s Operation IceBridge mission to Antarctica, show what online sleuths believe could be a city.
Google Earth images also appeared to show a pyramid poking out of the tundra, with enthusiasts claiming that it is proof humanity once lived in the area and built a man-made structure.
Conspiracy theorists went wild earlier this year when a video claiming to be from the lost city emerged.
It appeared to show extensive ancient ruins hidden in the ice, and was a video supposedly “left behind” by a California TV crew who have been missing since 2002.
Archaeologist Jonathan Gray claimed that the US government is trying to block the video from being seen because it reveals there is a “massive archaeological dig under way two miles beneath the ice”.
This handout file photo taken on October 12, 2008 by NASA shows the ice front of Venable Ice Shelf, West Antarctica.µ
Source:AFP
But that’s not the wildest claim — with several online websites claiming that there is a city in Antarctica and Hitler knew about it, making it a secret Nazi base.
The wild claims state that the Nazis claimed an area of Antarctica as German territory and sent an expedition there.
They then allegedly mapped the area and discovered a network of rivers and caves, one of which led to a large geothermal lake.
A city-sized base was built there, called “Base 22 or New Berlin”, and supposedly was home to not only Nazis but also the Illuminati.
However, things get even weirder, with suggestions that the Germans discovered abandoned alien technology or contacted aliens, and used it to make super weapons.
And some people think the rumoured base still exists, with the Germans, aliens, and the Illuminati planning to launch a New World Order from it.
Whatever beings may be inhabiting the base, they’ll need to make sure to wrap up warm — with one unlucky Antarctic explorer revealing this week he is suffering from the painful-sounding condition Polar Penis.
Artists impression of a doorway to Atlantis, which is claimed to be the lost city underneath Antarctica
The ‘Lost City’ of Antarctica Shock Claims Massive Ancient Civilization Lies Frozen Beneath Mile of Antarctic Ice – and Could Even Be Atlantis
The ‘Lost City’ of Antarctica Shock Claims Massive Ancient Civilization Lies Frozen Beneath Mile of Antarctic Ice – and Could Even Be Atlantis
Stillness in the Storm Editor:It is quite interesting that the day after Corey Goode and David Wilcock release their update saying that the media will begin to feature stories regarding the discovery of ancient ruins found beneath the ice of Antarctica, the following article is published. It talks about many of the same elements as was discussed by Wilcock and Goode, but does not explicitly state that their update was the source for The Sun article.
The Sun is a UK daily tabloid newspaper, which means that wild and fringe stories regularly appear there, and as a result, information is often disregarded by the masses merely by being showcased in the magazine. Therefore, this coverage could be part of a “damage control” effort to smear those treating the story of ancient ruins in the southernmost continent seriously.
Goode said in his update that an active campaign to discredit secret space program whistleblowers has already begun.
I was able to confirm through other sources that these three individuals were not attempting to discredit me. I then contacted them for a full download. (source)
Goode and Wilcock also discussed a partial disclosure agenda that is actively being pushed at the moment. It involves the release of only some of the whole truth that has been intentionally withheld from the public for centuries, such as crimes against humanity, child trafficking, and pedophilia, the existence of extraterrestrial presences and history, free energy and antigravity technology, and much more.
Under the partial disclosure plan, certain aspects of what has been hidden will be revealed to satisfy the growing demand for the truth within the awakening masses. But the full data set will remain hidden for at least 100 years, ensuring that the most damning information that implicates criminal elements within society escape the people’s justice. These same criminal elements are the ones behind the secret space program, the banking system, destruction of the environment, and the exploitation of the Earth and beyond.
WHAT IS PARTIAL DISCLOSURE SHAPING UP TO LOOK LIKE?
The Partial Disclosure plan includes some admission of wrong-doing, an outing and punishing of mid-level people, and a beneficial global financial reset.
The cosmic aspect of the plan appears to involve three key revelations, perhaps in different stages:
A formal, public disclosure of the MIC SSP. They have two large, cloaked orbital platforms, flying black triangle craft, and the ability to travel throughout our solar system.
The unveiling of ancient, high-tech ruins in Antarctica that have been newly excavated. This will prove that “Atlantis” was very real, and far more advanced than we thought.
The revealing of extremely ancient ruins – over 1.8 billion years old – within the Earth and throughout our solar system, often made of a crystalline transparent aluminum alloy.
Although this sounds pretty and would be a great leap forward, this is still only a “Partial Disclosure” that leaves gaping holes in our understanding. (source)
Assuming that the above claims by Goode are true, the following article by The Sun would service two goals. For now, it will act as a way to discredit people talking about ancient ruins and secret bases in Antarctica (Goode and other whistleblowers), even though former astronaut Buzz Aldrin and Secretary of State John Kerry both went there recently.
Later, after Goode and other SSP whistleblowers, like William Tompkins, have been thoroughly discredited, an official disclosure of the Antarctic ruins can begin, likely involving exposé’s of documented evidence, like videos, photographs, and artifacts.
This more official disclosure will come from hand-picked operatives within another secret space program run by the military industrial complex (MIC) that is far less aware of all the activities occurring on Earth and beyond. Goode contends that this MIC SSP is completely unaware of the greater SSP, which has colonies all throughout the solar system, trade agreements with over 900 extraterrestrial groups, and has technology that is similar to what is depicted in the science fiction series Star Trek. Humanity has the ability to travel the stars with great speed and precision.
What ultimately plays out remains unclear, but there are too many correlations between the full disclosure narrative and the below article to dismiss them as coincidence.
— Justin, Stillness in the Storm
THE ‘LOST CITY’ OF ANTARCTICA
Shock claims massive ancient civilisation lies frozen beneath mile of Antarctic ice – and could even be Atlantis
Conspiracy theorists believe that there is a secret city which has frozen over – and it could even be the Lost City of Atlantis
By Jennifer Hale
THERE could be a hidden city frozen underneath Antarctica, according to shock claims.
An artist’s view of what an ancient civilisation could look like on the continent of Antarctica
Rumours of a hidden city have been floating about for years, as conspiracy theorists and even some scientists claim the freezing continent is actually the home of the legendary Lost City of Atlantis.
One scientific theory claims that once upon a time Antarctica was ice-free and home to an ancient civilisation.
The theory, called crustal displacement, alleges that movements in the Earth’s crust meant that large parts of Antarctica were ice-free 12,000 years ago and people could have lived there.
And this could have been Atlantis, a mythical city founded by people who were half god and half human which was first mentioned by Greek philosopher Plato in 360BC.
Antarctica’s secret city was apparently ‘”confirmed” by an ancient map called the Piri Reis map, compiled in 1513 from military intelligence.
It appears to show the Antarctic coast hundreds of years before it was discovered, but was denounced by many scholars at the time.
However, earlier this year photos from NASA appeared to reveal traces of a human settlement underneath theice.
Conspiracy theorists believe that there could be an ancient city hidden underneath the ice of Antarctica
The pictures, taken using remote sensing photography for NASA’s Operation IceBridge mission to Antarctica, show what online sleuths believe could be a city.
Conspiracy theorists went wild earlier this year when a video claiming to be from the lost city emerged.
It appeared to show extensive ancient ruins hidden in the ice, and was a video supposedly ‘left behind’ by a California TV crew who have been missing since 2002.
Archaeologist Jonathan Gray claimed that the US government is trying to block the video from being seen because it reveals there is a “massive archaeological dig under way two miles beneath the ice”.
But that’s not the wildest claim – with several online websites claiming that there is a city in Antarctica and HITLER knew about it, making it a secret Nazi base.
The wild claims state that the Nazis claimed an area of Antarctica as German territory and sent an expedition there.
Artists impression of a doorway to Atlantis, which is claimed to be the lost city underneath Antarctica
They then allegedly mapped the area and discovered a network of rivers and caves, one of which led to a large geothermal lake.
A city-sized base was built there, called “Base 22 or New Berlin”, and supposedly was home to not only Nazis but also the Illuminati.
However, things get even weirder, with suggestions that the Germans discovered abandoned alien technology OR contacted aliens, and used it to make super weapons.
And some people think the rumoured base still exists, with the Germans, aliens, and the Illuminati planning to launch a New World Order from it.
Ligt er een verloren stad onder het ijs van Antarctica?
Ligt er een verloren stad onder het ijs van Antarctica?
Sommigen beweren dat onder het ijs van Antarctica mogelijk een verborgen stad kan worden gevonden. Dat schrijft nieuwssite News.com.au.
Er doen al jaren geruchten de ronde over een verborgen stad. Complottheoretici en zelfs sommige wetenschappers claimen dat het weleens zou kunnen gaan om Atlantis.
Volgens een theorie was Antarctica zo’n 12.000 jaar geleden ijsvrij en leefde er een oude beschaving.
Piri Reis-kaart
Die beschaving zou Atlantis hebben gebouwd, een mythische stad waarover de Griekse filosoof Plato al in 360 voor Christus schreef.
Er wordt de laatste jaren druk gespeculeerd over de locatie van de legendarische stad. Sommigen geloven dat de stad zich bij het Griekse eiland Santorini bevindt.
Op de Piri Reis-kaart uit 1513 is de kust van Antarctica al te zien, honderden jaren voordat het continent officieel werd ontdekt.
Piramide
Eerder dit jaar zouden op foto’s van de NASA sporen van een menselijke nederzetting onder het ijs zijn gevonden.
Er wordt gezegd dat op de foto’s van de Operation IceBridge-missie een stad is te zien. Eerder claimden sommigen op Google Earth een piramide te hebben ontdekt op Antarctica.
Begin dit jaar dook er een filmpje op dat volgens complottheoretici was gemaakt in de verloren stad.
Vermist
De beelden zouden zijn gemaakt door een cameraploeg uit Californië die sinds 2002 wordt vermist.
Archeoloog Jonathan Gray claimde dat de Amerikaanse overheid probeert te voorkomen dat het filmpje wordt verspreid.
Hitler
Diverse websites claimen zelfs dat Hitler al op de hoogte was van het bestaan van de stad en er een geheime nazi-basis van maakte.
Deze basis zou ‘Basis 22 of Nieuw-Berlijn’ zijn genoemd en naast nazi’s ook de Illuminati hebben gehuisvest.
In oktober werden nog resten van een nazi-basis gevonden in het Noordpoolgebied.
Op internet circuleren beelden van wat volgens sommigen kilometers hoge gebouwen op Mars zijn, schrijft de Daily Express.
Het YouTube-kanaal Mundodesconocido vestigde als eerste de aandacht op de ontdekking. Volgens het kanaal zouden de structuren gebouwd kunnen zijn door intelligente aliens.
“Tijdens ons onderzoek naar beelden van Mars troffen we onlangs een rij enorme torens aan in het gebied rond Terra Meridiani,” valt te lezen in de beschrijving van de video, die inmiddels ruim een half miljoen keer is bekeken.
Meer dan een kilometer
“De vreemde eigenschappen van de torens doen ons vermoeden dat ze een buitenaardse oorsprong hebben,” klonk het verder.
Scott C. Waring van de website UFO Sightings Daily zei dat de rode planeet vol staat met gebouwen.
“YouTube-gebruiker Mundodesconocido geeft hier een fantastisch voorbeeld,” zei hij. “Hij ontdekte drie torens die meer dan een kilometer hoog lijken te zijn.”
Rotsformaties
Eerder dachten alienjagers al ommuurde steden en nederzettingen te hebben gevonden op Mars.
Wetenschappers van de Amerikaanse ruimtevaartorganisatie NASA claimen dat het slechts ongewone rotsformaties zijn.
Zij zeggen dat de vermeende ontdekkingen het gevolg zijn van pareidolie, waarbij dingen die gezien worden op een abnormale, met veel fantasie gepaard gaande wijze worden geïnterpreteerd.
The phrase “quasicrystal from outer space” sounds like the title to a science fiction thriller with a New Age twist. Buta study published Thursdayin Scientific Reportsannounced that a bonafide quasicrystal has indeed been discovered within the grainy remains of a meteorite found in the Khatyrka region of the Russian far east, five years ago. The paper marks the first time that a type of quasicrystal has been identified in nature before it was created artificially in a lab.
You might be asking: That’s neat, but what the heck is a quasicrystal? An understandable question. First identified by material scientist Dan Shechtman in 1982—who won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery—quasicrystals are crystal-like arrangements of atoms that defy expectations of crystalline behavior with their “forbidden” rotational symmetries.
Regular crystal structures are periodically arranged in neatly fitted shapes like cubes (four-fold symmetry) or triangles (three-fold symmetry), but quasicrystals are arranged in non-periodic patterns such as pentagonal, five-fold symmetries.
Patricia Thiel, a chemistry and materials science expert based at Iowa State University, used this helpful analogy of tiling a floor to explain the unique properties of quasicrystals in this NPR article: “If you want to cover your bathroom floor, your tiles can be rectangles or triangles or squares or hexagons,” she said. “Any other simple shape won’t work, because it will leave a gap. In a quasicrystal, imagine atoms are at the points of the objects you’re using. What Danny [Shechtman] discovered is that pentagonal symmetry works.”
It should be impossible, but material science is full of surprises. While quasicrystals are most often studied via artificial synthesis in labs, the Khatyrka meteorite demonstrates that they can form naturally. Two previous quasicrystal forms have already been identified in the fragments of this outer space visitor, but both of those arrangements had been synthesized prior to their discovery in nature. However, the latest version features icosahedral symmetry, an exotic pattern featuring 60 points of rotational symmetry, somewhat like that of a soccer ball.
Electron backscatter diffraction patterns showing the five-fold symmetry characteristic of an icosahedron. Image: Paul Steinhardt, Scientific Reports
Paul Steinhardt, who serves as the Albert Einstein professor in science at Princeton University, was one of the authors of the new research. When I asked him why this one meteorite, which only survives as a few stray grains, seems to have such an abundance of quasicrystals, he told me there’s no simple answer.
“There are perhaps one or two other groups [of researchers] at most searching,” Steinhardt said. “Since we found an example, we have been focusing on understanding how this particular one formed since that will tell us something about the likelihood of finding others. But it is very very early times for these kinds of studies.”
“What is encouraging is that we have already found three different types of quasicrystals in the same meteorite, and this new one has a chemical composition that has never been seen for a quasicrystal,” he added. “That suggests there is more to be found, perhaps more quasicrystals that we did not know were possible before.”
Scientists have come a long way towards a better understanding of quasicrystals since their discovery some three decades ago, and they have found many practical applications for them in everything from frying pans to LED lights. But as Steinhardt emphasized, much of the field is still in its infancy, and there is much left to discover. Stay tuned.
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‘Onmogelijk’ kristal uit de ruimte gevonden in Russische meteoriet
‘Onmogelijk’ kristal uit de ruimte gevonden in Russische meteoriet
In een meteoriet die is neergekomen in het uiterste oosten van Rusland is vijf jaar geleden een ‘onmogelijk’ kristal gevonden.
Het is voor het eerst dat een zogeheten quasikristal is aangetroffen in de natuur voordat het werd geproduceerd in een lab, zo blijkt uit een studie die is gepubliceerd in Scientific Reports.
Quasikristallen zijn materialen waarbij de kristalstructuur perfect is geordend, maar zich nooit herhaalt.
Onmogelijk
Bij quasikristallen komt bijvoorbeeld een vijf- of tienvoudige symmetrie voor, die bij gewone kristallen onmogelijk is.
Daarom werd lange tijd gedacht dat quasikristallen niet van nature konden voorkomen.
De structuur werd in 1982 ontdekt door Daniel Shechtman, die daarvoor in 2011 de Nobelprijs voor de Scheikunde ontving.
Verrassingen
Quasikristallen zouden onmogelijk moeten zijn, maar de wetenschap zit vol verrassingen.
De meteoriet die in Rusland is gevonden, laat zien dat ze wel degelijk in de natuur kunnen worden gevormd.
In de fragmenten van de ruimterots zijn eerder al twee andere quasikristallen vormen ontdekt, maar die waren allebei al geproduceerd in een laboratorium.
Veel te vroeg
Professor Paul Steinhardt van de Princeton-universiteit, die meeschreef aan het onderzoek, zegt niet te weten waarom deze ene meteoriet zoveel quasikristallen bevat.
“Sinds we dit ene quasikristal hebben gevonden, proberen we vooral te begrijpen hoe het zich heeft kunnen vormen,” zei hij.
“Dat zal ons iets vertellen over de kans dat we er meer gaan vinden,” voegde hij toe. “Maar het is nog veel te vroeg voor dit soort studies.”
Nog veel te ontdekken
Steinhardt zei al drie verschillende soorten quasikristallen te hebben gevonden in dezelfde meteoriet.
De nieuwste soort heeft een chemische samenstelling die nog nooit eerder is waargenomen.
“Dat wijst erop dat er nog meer kunnen worden gevonden, misschien meer quasikristallen waarvan we eerder dachten dat ze onmogelijk zouden zijn,” aldus de professor.
I dare say, most of you reading this will never have heard of Paul Ascough. There is nothing wrong with that but I can personally vouch for him. I have known Paul for over twenty years, and, unfortunately, we accidentally lost contact with each other for far too long. Earlier in 2016, I was extremely pleased to meet up with him again and even more pleased to discover he was just about to publish his first book. In order to discover who Paul Ascough is, and what his book is all about, I took time out to interview him, recently, the result of which is as follows.
Philip Mantle: Who is Paul Ascough? Tell us a bit about yourself?
Paul Ascough
Paul Ascough: I was born in West Yorkshire to a working class family. I left school with little in the way of qualifications. For some reason, I became interested in medicine and began my career as a student nurse, attending college and completing my training for a State Registered Nurse qualification. After a spell as an occupational nurse for the Coal Board, and working in the road laying team underground, I joined the Army as an infantry medic, rising to the dizzy heights of Staff Sergeant and seeing service in many countries.
Though serving as a medic throughout my career, I was a trained observer for the reconnaissance platoon teaching aircraft and vehicle recognition. I was fortunate to be stationed in Berlin during the cold war, crossing over to East Berlin at Checkpoint Charlie on several occasions, and observing the Russian helicopters observing us over the divide of the famous wall and the bizarre open spaces of no-mans land with its goon towers, mines and tank traps.
Finally, leaving the Army and joining the Yorkshire Ambulance Service, where I have remained as a Paramedic until my retirement.
Mantle: The Real Story is the title of your book. Could you give us an overview of the book, please?
Ascough: I have called my book The Real Story because this is the way I perceive our place in the world to be. It is my story of personal experiences with religion, the paranormal and UFOs, that have led me to the conclusions reached in the book, of what I believe the reality and the truth of what the real story actually is.
Mantle: How and when did you first become interested in the UFO phenomenon?
Ascough: I first became interested in UFOs at about 11 years old. I sat in the garden as it became dark, with my brother and my father, who was pointing out one of the major constellations to us, when 2 very bright pearly white UFOs came out of a bank of cloud in front of us then just stopped dead. They were completely still for not much more than a second, then were immediately moving away from us, no noise, nothing flashing, no vapour trail, just a little teardrop shaped tail, as they moved. Brilliant white light from them reflected on the clouds. The immediate feeling I got was that they hadn’t meant to be seen and that’s why they stopped and changed direction. It was from that moment that I wanted to know how they could be real, defying the laws of physics and blatantly on show to anyone who would have been looking.
Mantle: Has being in the military helped you in your research of the UFO phenomenon?
Ascough: Definitely, because you learn how to be a better and more objective observer, how to use landscapes, the background and the foreground, the weather, the cover, type and height of clouds, the wind as well as other atmospheric phenomenon. Then you learn about the different types of aircraft, the jets, turboprops, propellers and rotors, military, private, cargo and commercial, large and small, fast and slow, there are thousands of them.
Mantle: Whilst compiling your research for The Real Story did any one UFO sighting or close encounter case stand out to you and why?
Ascough: Good question. A high strangeness, close encounter abduction case I investigated for BUFORA in 1995 remains a highlight, simply because it was an opportunity to try and help a number of innocent and terrified individuals come to a better understanding and acceptance of what had happened to them.
Mantle: Do you have anything to say to the skeptics who say ufology is a complete waste of time?
Ascough: I do have something to say. Not to ridicule or belittle people who have been subjected to an experience of which they have had no control whatsoever. Witnesses and abductees will tell you that it’s unequivocal that what they have seen or experienced was so weird or bizarre that it could have been nothing other than alien. Almost without question, the abductees will say they wish they could turn back the clock to avoid what they experienced happening at all and that they previously had no interest in the UFO phenomenon. Many of these witnesses have a lot to lose by going public. And finally, why would thousands of people have a reason to lie, with nothing to gain? Many Ufologists give up a great deal of time, and sacrifice, to further our understanding of what is a very subjective and incredibly complex subject.
Mantle: What is the future in UFO research for you. More books, more research?
Ascough: Always more research, always more research. Having written this concise history of events in my life, maybe its time to expand on some of the theories, more stories and experiences, with more in depth explanations to help the reader gain a better understanding.
Mantle: In your opinion, how do we keep moving forward with UFO research?
Ascough: We can only keep moving forward by continuing research and placing as much evidence as we can into the public domain. There are some exceptional investigators and authors out there who will continue to educate us all. Fortunately, modern technology is on our side, and as more and more of the population are constantly carrying recording devices, then more and more evidence is slowly accumulating on the internet. This, combined with the world governments becoming more open, will, I hope, lead to a time in the not too distant future when we should see a general acceptance of the UFO phenomenon by everyone.
Mantle: Paul, thank you for taking the time to answer my questions and good look with your new book, The Real Story.
END OF INTERVIEW
It is always good news when a new author joins the ranks and Paul is no exception to that. His book The Real Storyis only in kindle at the moment on Amazon. Why not give it a try and listen to another researcher’s point of view.
Giant UFO Found Hiding In Orion's Nebula Dec 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Giant UFO Found Hiding In Orion's Nebula Dec 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: December 11, 2016
Location of sighting: Orion Nebula
This UFO was reported by UFOmni2012 of Youtube and may be one of the largest UFOs we have reported in a while. How big exactly? If you lined up Earth 100X then you would have a good start. This is one big UFO. Anything seen in Nebulas are usually tremendously huge for us to see from Earth.
Pink UFO Over Brazil Causes Excitement As It Begins To Form Cloud Around It, Dec 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Pink UFO Over Brazil Causes Excitement As It Begins To Form Cloud Around It, Dec 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: December 6, 2016 Location of sighting: Caxias, Brazil This UFO was seen making a cloud around it to hide both its color and its shape from the onlookers below, but it was slow to do so. Lucky for us, someone in Caxias noticed it and got a short video of it so we can really appreciate its detail. Most smaller UFOs can create clouds to hide it. It sounds silly, but it true. They have rules, laws or if you watch Star Trek...Prime Directives that dictate what they are allowed and not allowed to do on planets where the intelligent species is still primitive and developing. If you watch social media lately, you will agree, we are primitive and still developing. Scott C. Waring
Astronomers May Have Witnessed the Birth of Planets 400 Lightyears Away
Astronomers May Have Witnessed the Birth of Planets 400 Lightyears Away
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IN BRIEF
Astronomers have discovered three rings surrounding a star about 400 light years away exhibiting activity that suggests planetary formation within.
New technology is greatly boosting the scope of the universe available for study by astronomers giving better clues of our origin to help illuminate our future.
IMAGE: RICE UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS LED THE FIRST MAPPING OF GASES IN RINGS AROUND A DISTANT STAR WITH THE POWERFUL ALMA RADIO TELESCOPE. CLOCKWISE FROM UPPER LEFT: YANN BOEHLER, SHANFEI LIU, ANDREA... view more
CREDIT: JEFF FITLOW/RICE UNIVERSITY
MYSTERIOUS VOID
For the first time ever, a team of astronomers from Rice University have mapped gases in three dark rings surrounding a young star almost 400 light years away, known as HD 163296. The rings are spaces in the star’s protoplanetary disk that are devoid of dust particles. This implies that planets are forming. However, while the two outer rings are consistent with having been cleared up by revolving new planets, the innermost ring holds a mystery.
The innermost ring contains a substantially higher concentration of three carbon monoxide isotopes than the outer two, suggesting that there’s no planet there. What’s clearing up that ring, however, is still unknown.
“The inner gap is mysterious,” lead astronomer Andrea Isella said. “Whatever is creating the structure is removing the dust but there’s still a lot of gas.”
An artist’s impression of the protoplanetary disk around HD 163296. Image: B. Saxton/NRAO/AUI/NSF
“Of the material that formed this disk, about 1 percent is dust particles and 99 percent is gas,” Isella said. “So if you only see the dust, you cannot tell if a ring was formed by a planet or another phenomenon. In order to distinguish and really tell if there are planets or not, you need to see what the gas is doing, and in this study, for the first time, we can see both the dust and the gas.”
TO THE ALMA
So what could be causing the void if not a planet? While there are very few theories to explain the void, the researchers have already been granted access to the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile to continue their study, which was published in Physical Review Letters. The ALMA is, after all, also dedicated to the study of protoplanetary systems. These efforts will help us understand how planets like the Earth formed.
“It means our topic is considered by the astronomical community to be one of its highest priorities,” he said. As a next step, the team will be studying the chemistry within the disk and rings, and will be surveying 20 more stars for comparison. The results are expected to be out by September next year.
Tools such as the ALMA and the upcoming mega-powered James Webb telescope are helping us better understand our universe. Knowing how its formed is key to understanding where we are going.
It’s been quite the year for skywatchers, and December is closing it out with one more incredible supermoon. Gracing the sky on Wednesday, December 15, it’s a special spectacle in the sky you surely won’t want to miss.
The December supermoon is also called the “Cold Moon,” and will occur just one day after the moon reaches perigee, which is the point in its orbit that it is closest to Earth. The Old Farmer’s Almanac notes that this month’s supermoon is called the “Full Cold Moon” because it is associated with the month the winter cold is mostly felt. Native American tribes also refer to this supermoon as the “Long Nights Moon” because it happens near the winter solstice, which is the night with the least amount of daylight.
December’s supermoon will be extra special, as it will coincide with the peak of the Geminid meteor shower, NASA said. The light from the supermoon will reduce the visibility of faint meteors five to ten-fold. Stargazers will be lucky enough to see a dozen Geminids per hour during its peak.
Along with the last supermoon of the year, there will be a meteor shower occurring on the exact same evening. This gives skywatchers the chance to double down on the breathtaking beauty that is Mother Nature.
The Geminid meteor shower will reach its peak around 2 am local time on December 15, right when the supermoon will be angled in the sky to provide a sensational glow to us earthlings. The Slooh Community Observatory will host a webcast for the Geminid shower that you can watch live on Space.com.
The only downside of the supermoon being out all night is that it has the chance to subdue the Geminids, which can generate up to 120 meteors per hour, five to ten fold, according to NASA. This means you may only get to see a dozen shooting stars per hour. But don’t let that sway you.
You can ensure visibility by steering clear of any areas illuminated by artificial lighting. Try to get to a naturally dark area to get the best of the night show’s shooting stars. It’s also suggested that you give your eyes approximately 20 minutes to adjust to the dark skies and focus on the stars above.
“You need no special equipment – just a dark, open sky and maybe a sleeping bag to keep warm. Plan to sprawl back in a hammock, lawn chair, pile of hay or blanket on the ground. Lie down in comfort, and look upward. Man, it must be SO nice to live in rural, suburban areas. Unfortunately, I won’t be sprawling out on a hammock or a lawn chair to catch the supermoon and the meteor shower.”
The report notes that it’s not necessary to find the constellation Gemini to view the meteor shower, however, since the meteors will streak the sky in various different directions, as well as in front of many age-old constellations. You will even have the opportunity to see the shower when looking directly away from its radiant point, but, if you follow the path of any Geminid meteor backward, it will ultimately bring you to the constellation Gemini the Twins.
Need another reason to geek out? Jupiter will rise in the east at about the same time the Geminid radiant reaches its highest point in the night. So, along with admiring the Supermoon and the meteor shower, you also have the opportunity to view this sole visible planet from 2 am until dawn!
On 8 July 1947, a newspaper called the Roswell Daily Record published a front page article that sparked America’s most infamous brush with aliens.The headline read: “RAAF Captures Flying Saucer On Ranch in Roswell Region.”
Colonel Phillip Corso, Sr. was an Army intelligence officer who served on Eisenhower’s National Security Council. Following his 21-year military career, he served as a military analyst. He made a public figure of himself by acknowledging that he personally witnessed deceased extraterrestrials from the Roswell crash.
In the following video, he discusses this initial encounter, as well as having seen UFOs travel at 4,000 miles an hour on radar. He discusses how, during his employment in R&D, he was given fragments of extraterrestrial technologies from various crashes. His job was to seed industry with these technologies, informing them that they were from earthly foreign sources.
Many conspiracy theorists call the Roswell incident to be one of the most obvious pieces of evidence covered up by the U.S. government regarding extra-terrestrial life on Earth. It is accounts like Corso’s that fuel such thoughts.
Corso describes the deceased aliens as having a brain completely different than that of humans. They had no nose or mouth, no digestive system, and no sex organs. “They are more humanoid beings that anything else,” he says in the video. “Their spaceship is composed of durable metals and are biological in nature; nothing like we every seen.”
Now in his 80s, he attributes the burying of the information to fear, but says we can no longer rely on that, because it’s a distant reality.
“People want to know the truth,” he says, urging that the young people of America have a right to know. He says, contrary to popular belief, they won’t panic. “They aren’t going to pull their hair out, they want to hear this.”
Throughout the interview, it seems Corso is beyond aggravation for what could have been, mostly because he has come to terms with the fact that, when his UFO sightings occurred, he lived in a time when people were more accepting of what the government told, and didn’t tell them. Today? not so much.
“They are sick of being lied to,” he says. And goes on to say that, because the government is so big and so vast, if you leave important information alone, it will cover itself up. This is perhaps the most notable point of his interview. In a day and age where there is so much changing so quickly, yet people are finally beginning to have a voice, question the government, politics, and so much more, we need to take advantage of this newfound strength, boldness and individuality and use it to create communities that value the truth.
Colonel Philip Corso, author of the book The Day After Roswell, which discusses his revelations concerning his role in a classified program to seed extraterrestrial technologies into the private sector, is one of the most vital whistleblowers to date. Give this interview, and many more of his, a watch.
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Luitenant-kolonel die diende onder president Eisenhower doet boekje open over Roswell-aliens
Luitenant-kolonel die diende onder president Eisenhower doet boekje open over Roswell-aliens
De Amerikaanse luitenant-kolonel Philip Corso wordt gezien als een belangrijke getuige in de zaak rond de Roswell-crash.
In de bestseller The Day After Roswell (1997), die een jaar voor zijn dood verscheen, beweerde Corso dat hij als hoofd van een afdeling van het Pentagon de beschikking had over buitenaardse technologie die uit een neergestorte UFO was gehaald.
In zijn boek schreef Corso dat de meeste hoge functionarissen van het Pentagon en hun belangrijkste stafleden er allemaal van op de hoogte waren dat veel nieuwe projecten gebruikmaakten van technologie uit neergestorte UFO’s.
Grote bedrijven
Hij zou als militair opdracht hebben gekregen om met de technologie naar verschillende grote Amerikaanse bedrijven te gaan.
Corso, die onder president Eisenhower lid was van de Nationale Veiligheidsraad, noemt in zijn boek zaken als laser optics, glass fibre optics, integrated circuits – gerelateerd aan de computer en aanverwante technologie – en night vision equipment.
Alien
Dit zouden eigenlijk technologieën zijn die door hem van de buitenaardsen naar de Amerikaanse bedrijven werden gebracht en vanaf dat moment verder zijn ontwikkeld.
In zijn oorspronkelijke manuscript stond ook dat hij in 1957 zelf een alien had ontmoet in een verlaten mijn. Hij zei telepathisch met het wezen te hebben gecommuniceerd.
NASA-wetenschapper: “Ons universum is een simulatie”
NASA-wetenschapper: “Ons universum is een simulatie”
Is de werkelijkheid eigenlijk een simulatie, gecreëerd door een geavanceerde computer? Wetenschappers en filosofen discussiëren al jaren over deze theorie.
Richard Terrile van het Jet Propulsion Laboratory van de NASA denkt dat er over enkele decennia in onze samenleving meer kunstmatige entiteiten zijn die in simulaties leven dan mensen.
Als er meer zelfbewuste entiteiten zijn in gesimuleerde realiteiten, wordt de kans steeds kleiner dat we in een echte wereld leven.
Computerspel
Als je aanneemt dat er in de toekomst meer digitale mensen zullen zijn die in gesimuleerde omgevingen leven, is het volgens de NASA-wetenschapper goed mogelijk dat we daar nu al deel van uitmaken.
Redenen om aan te nemen dat het universum een hologram is, zijn dat het zich wiskundig gedraagt en net als een computerspel (pixels) opgedeeld is in stukjes (subatomaire deeltjes).
“Zelfs dingen die we zien als constant – zoals tijd, energie, ruimte, volume – zijn gebonden aan een limiet,” zei hij.
“Als dat het geval is, is ons universum zowel berekenbaar als eindig,” vervolgde hij. “Deze eigenschappen maken het mogelijk dat het universum gesimuleerd kan worden.”
Buitengewoon onwaarschijnlijk
Het is volgens de NASA-wetenschapper ‘buitengewoon onwaarschijnlijk’ dat we niet in een simulatie leven.
Wie heeft die simulatie dan gemaakt? “Onze toekomstige zelf,” zei Terrile.
Het inzicht dat we waarschijnlijk in een simulatie leven is net zo baanbrekend als de ontdekking dat de aarde niet het centrum van het universum is, aldus de wetenschapper.
Meetprobleem
De simulatie-hypothese kan ook een aantal eigenaardigheden verklaren, waaronder het meetprobleem in de kwantummechanica.
Dat probleem gaat over de invloed die waarneming heeft op de realiteit. Terrile ziet ons als bewuste spelers in een videospel.
Hiernamaals
De simulatie-theorie heeft ‘mooie en diepe’ implicaties. De theorie legt de wetenschappelijke basis voor een soort van hiernamaals of ruimere realiteit boven onze eigen wereld.
Daarnaast houdt dit in dat we binnenkort onze eigen simulaties kunnen maken. “We kunnen dan creëren wat we maar willen en die werelden bevolken,” besloot Terrile.
BEGINNEN VOORSPELLINGEN VAN EDGAR CAYCE UIT TE KOMEN? ( VIDEO )
BEGINNEN VOORSPELLINGEN VAN EDGAR CAYCE UIT TE KOMEN? ( VIDEO )
De ziener of slapende profeet Edgar Cayce is misschien wel één van de meest accurate waarzeggers die de wereld ooit heeft gekend.
Hij voorspelt onder andere dat een fiks deel van de wereld onder water zal verdwijnen en dat dit begint met het “afbreken van de condities” in de Zuidelijke Oceaan/Antarctica.
Iets dat ook door Cayce wordt voorspeld zijn de aardveranderingen en de nogal dramatische gevolgen voor sommige delen van de aarde.
Het westelijk deel van Amerika zal afbreken. Het grootste deel van Japan zal in de zee verdwijnen. Het bovenste deel van Europa zal in een oogwenk veranderen.
Eén van de tekenen die Cayce geeft voor het echt beginnen van die aardveranderingen is het beginnen van het “afbreken van condities” in de Zuid Zee. De Zuid Zee als zodanig bestaat niet, maar algemeen wordt aangenomen dat hij de Zuidpool Zee of Zuidelijke Oceaan bedoeld.
Dan zien we in het nieuws hoe een bijna 130 kilometer lange scheur in het ijs van de Larsen C ijsplaat op Antarctica grote gevolgen kan hebben.
Een ijsblok zo groot als half Vlaanderen staat op afbreken. Het is een stuk dat zou afbreken van een nog grotere ijsschots. Frank Pattyn glacioloog aan de Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) vertelt er vandaag meer over in de Ochtend.
Het 128-km lange brok ijs dat op punt staat af te breken behoort tot de Larsen C ijsplaat, de grootste plaat in het oostelijk deel van Antartica. De afbraak van ijsplaten is een natuurlijk fenomeen, maar bij de Larsen C ijsplaat ligt het een stuk gevoeliger: de ijsplaat houdt een enorme gletsjer tegen om de oceaan in te glijden. De afbraak zou een aanzienlijke stijging in de zeespiegel kunnen veroorzaken. “Dat kan tot drie meter gaan over de hele wereld, ook bij ons. Dat is onheilspellend,” waarschuwt Pattyn.
We leven in een tijd waarin onze planeet heftige veranderingen doormaakt. Zoals we eerder schreven, is het niet alleen onze planeet die daar last van heeft, maar alle planeten in ons zonnestelsel.
Dit alles heeft niets te maken met de door de mens veroorzaakte klimaatopwarming hoax, dat onder andere wordt aangetoond door het feit dat het ijs op de noordpool van onder af smelt en niet van bovenaf.
Wat we zien zijn verschuivingen in het klimaat op aarde. Op plekken die bekend stonden als koud zien nu de ene warmtegolf na de andere zoals bijvoorbeeld Alaska en anderzijds is tegenwoordig sneeuw te verwachten in Saoedi Arabië en zoals vorige week voor de eerste keer ooit, ook sneeuw in Koeweit.
Het klimaat verschuift, al dan niet veroorzaakt door een naderende planeet en een aarde die onder invloed daarvan enigszins is gekanteld, waardoor alle weerpatronen op aarde verschuiven.
Zelfs bij ons is het merkbaar wanneer je zoals dit jaar regelmatig temperaturen hebt boven de 30 graden eind september. Het voorjaar daarentegen schijnt langer koud te zijn en maar moeilijk op gang te komen.
Dit alles heeft natuurlijk gevolgen voor het ijs op Groenland en Antarctica. Als al het ijs op Groenland zou smelten, zou de zeespiegel stijgen met ongeveer 8 meter en wanneer dan ook nog eens het ijs op Antarctica zou smelten, gaat het over een stijging van de zeespiegel van ongeveer 65 meter.
Men maakt plannen en Deltawerken en andere knappe bouwwerken, gebaseerd op berekeningen waarbij misschien wel rekening wordt gehouden met een stijging van de zeespiegel, maar niet in die mate waar je over spreekt zoals beschreven door de Belgische deskundige Frank Pattyn.
Als de dijken het water niet langer tegen zouden houden en het waterpeil ongeveer met zes meter stijgen, dan ziet er Nederland er ongeveer zo uit:
Wil je weten wat de situatie precies is voor jouw postcode, klik dan hier en vul rechts bovenin het zoekveld je postcode in.
Dat er zoiets zou kunnen gebeuren, is voor de meeste mensen moeilijk voor te stellen. Maar, we leven in bijzondere tijden waarin regelmatig dingen gebeuren die in onze recente geschiedenis nog niet eerder zijn voorgevallen.
De volgende video laat zien welke tien landen ter wereld het meeste risico lopen wanneer de zeespiegel zou gaan stijgen.
Hopelijk zal het nooit gebeuren dat het grootste deel van ons land onderwater komt te staan en dat Edgar Cayce deze keer ongelijk heeft, maar het kan geen kwaad om er toch af en toe even bij stil te staan dat een groot deel van de bevolking onder de zeespiegel woont en dát we in bijzondere tijden leven.
In the search for alien life, conspiracy theorists claim they have spotted a UFO crossing the moon.
The object appeared as the Miami Observatory in Florida streamed a live feed of the moon's surface earlier this month.
It is unclear what the dark disc-shaped object is, but a well-known UFO enthusiast suggests that it is a craft created by an intelligent species.
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The mysterious object appeared as the Miami Observatory in Florida streamed a live feed of the moon's surface earlier this month
The video was re-posted on YouTube by UFOVNI UFO Sightings, who named it 'UFO crossing the moon'.
Scott C Waring, a well-known UFO enthusiast, wrote on his website, UFOsightingsdaily.com: 'It's not a man-made object, because there are not solar panel wings on it to gather energy.
'There are no antennas on it for transmitting, also the surface is not completely round, but has a rough edge to it.
'Looks like a bio-mechanically grown UFO.'
But YouTube users seem less convinced.
User fantis07 commented: 'It looks like a tennis ball thrown before the telescope! ', while another said: 'It's just a rock orbiting the moon...'
Scott C Waring, a well-known UFO enthusiast, wrote on his website: 'It's not a man-made object, because there are not solar panel wings on it to gather energy'
UFOs appearing on the moon are a favourite topic for conspiracy theorists.
In November, a clip appeared on YouTube claiming to show 'hundreds' of UFOs taking off from the lunar surface at once.
The video claimed to give a clear view of these spaceships going around and behind the lunar surface, which some think are stationed on the moon to protect it from humans - although it could be nothing more than an optical illusion.
In November, a YouTuber posted a new clip that appeared to show 'hundreds' of UFOs leaving the moon at once. The video claims to give a clear view of these spaceships going around and behind the lunar surface after taking off
DID ALIENS BUILD A LANDING SITE ON THE MOON?
A 3.5-mile (5.6km) high structure was spotted in images from Google Moon, with some believing it to be a 'launch pad' that was constructed by aliens.
Now, however, a researcher working with Nasa's LROC moon-mapping mission claims the strange mark is nothing more than a crater within a crater.
Moon puzzle! Alien hunter spots bizarre antenna object on moon
A conspiracy website claimed the spire was 'probably built to accommodate a very large vessel so that it could dock safely without landing.'
Speaking to Huffington Post, the scientist explained the appearance of a tower is an artifact generated from the process of putting the mosaic of images together 'In the high sun images, the bright craters are more easily seen, but there's nothing there that is unusual compared to any other areas on the moon.'
I was smoking a cigarette in a location off of rt. 70 in Marlton, NJ. I heard what sounded like a military helicopter in the distance, so I moved to get a clear view of the sky because I wanted to see it. It sounded extremely close and I could feel the power, vibrations, ETC.
So finally It comes into view and it was hard to make out. There was a red orb in the front, with the chopper in the back. At first I though it may be top secret military craft with cloaking or reflection or something of the sort. It was hard to make out in the night sky it being a black helicopter and all, but when I focused in on it I could make out a red/orange orb shape which looked like it was glowing, producing and aura, and the helicopter behind it maybe between 300-500 ft. It was hard to make out and get a grasp with surroundings because it all happened so fast.
They were both flying in a straight path at what appeared to be high speeds. I had to run around the corner to keep eye sight until it went over the tree line out of sight. I had no means of following it and wouldn’t have been able to with the speed and direction it was going , having to follow traffic laws and everything. Right after my father walked out the door because he heard the chopper from inside the house and came to check it out and also had to grab something out of the car.
When he was trying to lock it, he hit the lock button at least 3x and the car was still unlocked, so I’m unsure if it messed with the electrical system or whatever category you would place this in. Take note that he’s not the best with newer technology though. So I came on here to check if anybody else had reported it.
Also take note there are military bases in the area. Fort Dix and Maguire AFB. I didn’t see any reports so I figured if I would. This is not the first time I’ve seen activity of this sort in my 20+ years in this area. One was 10+ years ago, and one was over this past summer. I made no reports of them or checked for any.
NOTE:The above image is CGI.
This case is under investigation by Chief Investigator Ken Pfeifer of MUFON New Jersey.
“On Saturday, December 30, 1972, Ventura Maceiras, the 73-year-old watchman of a property located in the Angel Cabañas Municipal Park of Tres Arroyos, province of Buenos Aires (Argentina), was calmly sipping tea one evening when a brilliantly illuminated object appeared out of nowhere in a nearby clearing. He could make out the forms of two beings clearly within the glowing object, and with the rustic courtesy of the gaucho, Maceiras proffered his cup of “mate” – the traditional Argentinean infusion – to the new arrivals. His cat, having just given birth to litter of kittens, ran away from the unnatural light, forsaking her young.
Events following the apparition of the alien craft proceeded quickly. Maceiras saw the beings depart in a flash of light, and immediately began to feel ill, with slight vomiting and incontinence. Strange tendrils of fine, thread-like material (a form of Morgellon’s Disease?) streamed from his eyes and his blood cell count dropped precipitously. Researchers were startled to find that fish in an adjacent pond had died of unknown causes.
Maceiras’s cat returned, displaying patches of burnt fur as if from extreme heat, and would later die mysteriously, along with Maceiras’s dog, who is seldom mentioned in the numerous retellings of the case. But a totally unforeseen event began to transpire: Maceiras began to acquire thoughts foreign to his experience and meager education. He was able to discuss the finer points of history, philosophy, medicine and astronomy with experts come from the capital to see him. To the amazement of his attending physicians, Maceiras was growing a new set of teeth.
Strange lights are seen over Toronto Canada. Two young men pull their car over to record the incredible event. Phil Poling of Pararbreakdown takes a look at this video and gives us his thoughts. What do you think?
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UFO Recorded Over Weirton, West Virginia, September 21, 2016, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Recorded Over Weirton, West Virginia, September 21, 2016, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Sept 21, 2016 Location of sighting: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Source: MUFON #80490 This UFO was caught over Las Vegas a while back and it does look a lot like the TR3B when its not fully powered up. A fully powered up version of the craft would have a much larger center glow to it. I do believe that this either alien tech in USAF hands, or a craft from the Tall Whites base on the old firing range at Nellis AFB. Scott C. Waring Eyewitness states:
Thank you for reviewing this case. I am also a MUFON member. Please do not dismiss due to the sound on this video, I will explain this odd event, I did not want to modify the video in any way to make it not credible. In September a week or 2 after coming back from Las Vegas Nevada my fiance and I experienced alot of bizarre events. During our trip to Las Vegas, being interested in the truth in EBE's we drove out to Rachel Nevada, visiting the "black mailbox" I left behind an old student id card (not valid with an old address) after visiting the black mailbox we continued on our way to the back entrance of Area 51 and got as close to the gate as lawfully possible. As we walked to the gate jokingly I said to my fiance, little do they know that we know the truth. We then came back to WV and just a week or 2 after our trip. My fiance was on the back porch at night (approx time at top) she saw these very low triangular orb set glide across the sky, she then yelled for me to come out. I can describe the object or objects too low to be an airplane and absolutely silent to be a helicopter. Usually helicopters have red flashing or white flashing lights. This was just 3,4 or 5 solid white lights in complete silence. They orbs did not hang around too much and the video was a last second record, so its a bit shaky. The orbs slowly disapeared behind a wooded area, twords the end you may think the lights are flashing but its just the lights shining in and out of trees. *****NOW let me explain the sound*****, after we got done recording it I decided to upload it to facebook and after uploading it to facebook, because I like to educate the public best of my knowledge, for some odd reason, facebook added this most bizarre sound i've ever heard. Facebook cant integrate sound into videos you upload.. My fiance and I are very serious on this topic so neither of us would be so arrogant to crack a joke. To this day I still cannot figure out how the audio got added to it or why, to make it a bit more credible, i'm a Systems Engineer, I live, eat, breathe technology. Some unrelated bizarre happenings few days later after seeing this UFO, for 1 day and 1 day only, talking on the phone with my fiance, almost seemed like some staticy noise with odd sounds in the background, almost like two phone lines crossed over like the old cordless phones. We were using cellphones. It never happened again after that day... I feel like (not being paranoid) I was being profiled some how and some way by the ID I left back at the black mailbox.. If you have any questions please let me know, i'm happy to help disclose the truth to better mankind.
UFO Over Popocatepetl Volcano, Mexico On Nov 23, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Over Popocatepetl Volcano, Mexico On Nov 23, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Nov 23, 2016 Location of sighting: Volcano Popocatepetl, Mexico The volcanos in Mexico were named by the ancient Mayans after their gods, probably because they encountered the aliens and witnessed them flying in and out of the mouth of the volcanos. This is an active volcano with eruptions every other day on live cam. No aircraft would ever get permission to fly low over the mouth of the volcano. The risk would be just too great. This UFO flew over to either pick up or drop off others. To do that, they don't need to land. Scott C. Waring News states: Volcanic watchers report aerial phenomena that pass close to the volcanoes Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl and our high definition equipment detects.
Op deze 7 exoplaneten gaan dingen een beetje anders dan anders
Op deze 7 exoplaneten gaan dingen een beetje anders dan anders
Caroline Kraaijvanger
Nu we steeds meer exoplaneten ontdekken, kunnen we één duidelijke conclusie trekken: de ene exoplaneet is nog gekker dan de andere.
Bijna 25 jaar geleden – in 1992 – konden onderzoekers voor het eerst met zekerheid concluderen dat ze een exoplaneet hadden ontdekt. Inmiddels is het 2016 en zijn ons meer dan 3500 exoplaneten bekend. En daar zitten heel wat vreemde snuiters tussen! Wij hebben er zeven voor je geselecteerd. Enjoy!
Nieuwjaarsdag laat even op zich wachten Wie wel van een feestje houdt, kijkt ongetwijfeld reikhalzend uit naar zijn verjaardag of nieuwjaarsnacht. En dan kan een jaar best lang duren. Maar tel je zegeningen en wees blij dat je wiegje op de aarde en niet op 2MASS J2126 stond. Want een jaar op deze exoplaneet duurt maar liefst 900.000 aardse jaren! De planeet draait namelijk met een hele, hele, hele grote boog om zijn ster heen en heeft 900.000 jaar nodig om een rondje rond die ster te voltooien. Oh, en je hoeft op 2MASS J2126 ook niet op fraaie zonsondergangen te rekenen, want de ster waar de planeet omheen draait, is slechts een klein stipje aan de horizon. De planeet en ster zijn namelijk zo’n 7000 keer verder van elkaar verwijderd dan de zon van de aarde verwijderd is.
De exoplaneet 2MASS J2126-8140. Als je goed kijkt, zie je op de achtergrond (links) nog de ster waar deze op zeer grote afstand omheen cirkelt.
Afbeelding: University of Hertfordshire / Neil James Cook.
Dertig ringen We zijn wel wat gewend, natuurlijk. Saturnus heeft machtige ringen. Net als Uranus en Neptunus. Maar toen ontdekten we J1407b: een exoplaneet met ringen. En niet zomaar een paar, nee, dertig stuks. En nog grote ook: de grootste ring is bijna net zo groot als de baan die de aarde rond de zon trekt. Als we de ringen van J1407b rond Saturnus zouden kunnen plaatsen, zouden we ze ’s nachts vanaf de aarde kunnen bewonderen, terwijl ze – nog veel groter dan een volle maan – aan de hemel staan.
De dertig ringen rond exoplaneet J1407b.
Afbeelding: Ron Miller.
Geroosterd De prachtige mythe van Icarus vertelde het al: blijf bij de zon vandaan! Maar de gasreus Kepler-70b luisterde niet. En toen zijn ster het einde van zijn leven naderde en opzwol, verdween de gasreus in de buitenste lagen van de stervende ster. Om er vervolgens van zijn atmosfeer ontdaan en flink geroosterd weer uit te komen. Van de flinke gasreus is vandaag de dag dan ook alleen de kern – die kleiner is dan onze aarde – over. En de gemiddelde oppervlaktetemperatuur van Kepler-70b ligt hoger dan de oppervlaktetemperatuur van de zon. Stel je zou proberen een ruimtesonde op de planeet te laten landen, dan zou de sonde door de enorme hitte niet eens tijd hebben om te smelten, maar gewoon verdampen.
De eivormige planeet.
Afbeelding: NASA / ESA, / G. Bacon (STScI).
Eitje Als iemand je vraagt om een planeet te beschrijven, zul je waarschijnlijk allereerst opmerken dat het om een redelijk cirkelvormig hemelobject gaat. Tenzij iemand je vraagt om WASP-12b te beschrijven. Deze gasreus is namelijk, jawel, eivormig. Het is eigenlijk een heel triest verhaal. WASP-12b stevent namelijk af op zijn ondergang. De hete Jupiter draait op zo’n kleine afstand om zijn ster heen dat deze letterlijk uit elkaar wordt getrokken. De enorme warmte van de zon ontdoet de zielige planeet van zijn atmosfeer. Grote kans dat WASP-12b binnen tien miljoen jaar verleden tijd is.
Nog nooit is er een planeet met meer sterren ontdekt dan PH1b.
Afbeelding: Haven Giguere / Yale.
Mag het een sterretje meer zijn, alsjeblieft? George Lucas – de bedenker van Star Wars – wist het allang: een planeet kan ook prima rond meerdere sterren cirkelen. En in 2011 moesten onderzoekers hem gelijk geven. Ze ontdekten toen voor het eerst een planeet met twee zonnen. Kan het nog gekker? Altijd! Kort erna ontdekten onderzoekers namelijk PH1b. Een exoplaneet met – liefhebbers van zonsondergangen opgelet – vier sterren! PH1b cirkelt rond een dubbelster en daaromheen cirkelt weer een andere dubbelster. Wie graag eens vanaf het oppervlak van deze planeet zou genieten van een romantische viervoudige zonsondergang komt helaas bedrogen uit. PH1b is een gasreus en heeft dus niet eens een vast oppervlak, laat staan zanderige duinen waarin je kunt neerploffen om de zon in de zee te kunnen zien zakken.
Hier en daar een pijnlijk buitje Mocht je ooit besluiten à la Captain Kirk het universum te gaan verkennen, knoop het volgende dan goed in je oren: niet is wat het lijkt. Neem bijvoorbeeld HD 189733b. Als je ‘m na een lange ruimtereis ziet, krijg je ongetwijfeld spontaan last van heimwee. Want zo op het eerste gezicht heeft deze blauwgekleurde planeet wel wat weg van de aarde. Maar zet een bezoekje aan de planeet maar gauw uit je hoofd. De atmosfeer kent temperaturen van meer dan 1000 graden Celsius en winden die zich met een snelheid van tot wel twee kilometer per seconde voort haasten. En – als klap op de vuurpijl – regent het er ook nog. Geen water, maar glas.
HD 189733b. Afbeelding: NASA.
Zo ontzettend eenzaam Terwijl sommige planeten opeengepropt zitten in een planetair stelsel (denk aan de ster HD 10180 waar zeker vijf en mogelijk zelfs negen planeten omheen draaien), zijn anderen helemaal alleen. PSO J318.5-22 behoort droevig genoeg tot de laatste categorie en zwerft in complete eenzaamheid door de ruimte heen. De planeet bezit niet eens een ster om rondheen te kunnen draaien. Aangenomen wordt dat dergelijke eenzame planeten óf mislukte sterren zijn óf ooit deel uitmaakten van een planetair stelsel, maar daaruit zijn geschopt. Wanneer dergelijke planeten nog jong zijn, gloeien ze nog (dankzij de restwarmte van hun ontstaan). Maar als ook die warmte op is, valt de eeuwige duisternis in.
Je ziet: gekke exoplaneten zijn eerder regel dan uitzondering. En de kans is groot dat we de komende jaren nog veel meer vreemde exoplaneten aan dit rijtje mogen gaan toevoegen. Want de jacht op nieuwe exoplaneten is nog steeds in volle gang en zal de komende decennia dankzij de komst van superkrachtige telescopen geïntensiveerd worden. Hoewel het ontdekken van een zeer exoplaneet met bizarre kenmerken natuurlijk hartstikke leuk is, ontdekken onderzoekers veel liever een exoplaneet die – heel saai – als twee druppels water op onze planeet lijkt. Tot op heden is dat echter nog niet gelukt…
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De afbeelding bovenaan dit artikel is gemaakt door MarioProtIV (via Wikimedia Commons).
12 April 2025, het is 8 uur ‘s ochtends. Je wekker haalt je uit een droomloze slaap en je klimt uit bed terwijl je huis tot leven komt. Het badkamerlicht gaat automatisch aan en de douche begint te stromen op je favoriete temperatuur. Nadat je bent afgedroogd trek je een t-shirt aan dat voor jou op maat is gemaakt. Je kijkt naar je telefoon en ziet dat de batterij bijna leeg is. Een push-bericht vertelt jou dat je je geen zorgen hoeft te maken en er een vervangende batterij onderweg is. Je hoort dat je auto alvast start in de garage om je naar de fabriek te brengen die jij beheert. Je telefoon laat je weten dat één van de machines in de fabriek kapot is gegaan. Eigenlijk ga je nooit naar je fabriek, omdat de fabriek zichzelf regelt.
“Wat een gezeik weer,” mompel je terwijl de auto zichzelf uit de garage rijdt. “Kunnen deze dingen tegenwoordig dan helemaal niks meer?”
Welkom in het leven na de vierde industriële revolutie, waar alle objecten op maat gemaakt zijn, en alle apparaten met elkaar praten om jou zo goed mogelijk van dienst te kunnen zijn.
Het begrip “industriële revolutie” doet je waarschijnlijk denken aan oersaaie geschiedenislessen. Was dat niet iets met een stoommachine? Ja dat klopt, en sinds die uitvinding van James Watt zijn er nog twee industriële revoluties geweest. Één eind 1800 dankzij elektriciteit en één eind 1900 met de komst van de informatietechnologie.
Drie jaar geleden voorspelden de Duitsers een vierde industriële revolutie. Eentje die onze werkplek drastisch zou veranderen en die de hele wereld om jou zou laten draaien.
Alles gaat veranderen, alweer
De vierde industriële revolutie, ook wel bekend als industrie 4.0, dankt zijn naam aan vooraanstaande zakenmannen, politici en academici, die door de integratie van “cyber-physical systems” (CPS) in het productieproces een kans zagen om de industrie van Duitsland te laten concurreren met die van de rest van de wereld.
CPS is eigenlijk een vrij algemene term voor de integratie van ‘slimme’ machines die met het internet zijn verbonden. Fabrieksmanagers kunnen op deze manier hun productieprocessen zo aanpassen dat er meer geproduceerd wordt en er minder fouten worden gemaakt. Ook kunnen ze hun patronen efficiënt aanpassen, wanneer externe factoren hier om vragen.
In andere woorden, Industrie 4.0 is de “Internet of Things,” maar dan voor de productiekant.
Volgens een onderzoek in 2013 namens de “Industrie 4.0 Working Group” zal dit een “Volledig nieuwe manier van produceren worden.”
De Duitse regering moedigde het idee aan en lieten weten dat ze een “High Tech Strategy”-plan zouden uitvoeren om de natie voor te bereiden.
De aanpak is niet alleen in Duitsland populair, maar wordt overal op de wereld met open armen ontvangen. Zo volgde de Verenigde Staten snel het voorbeeld van Duitsland en organiseerde in 2014 een non-profit Industrial Internet Consortium die geleid werd door grote industriële bedrijven, zoals General Electric, AT&T IBM en Intel.
Veel fabrieken verspillen veel energie tijdens pauzes in het productieproces, zoals weekenden en vakanties. Dit is iets wat voorkomen zou kunnen worden in de 4.0 fabrieken.
Ook al is Industrie 4.0 in Duitsland het gesprek van de dag, wat de term precies inhoud weten we eigenlijk nog steeds niet.
“Ik kan aan mijn zoon nog steeds niet precies uitleggen wat de term Industrie 4.0 nou precies betekent,” aldus een productiemanager van Audi.
Hoe zal de industrie 4.0 eruit komen te zien?
Eén van de meest herkenbare veranderingen van de vierde industriële revolutie is dat al het design “servicegericht” is. Dit kan verschillen van klanten die fabrieken gebruiken om hun eigen producten te produceren tot bedrijven die op maat gemaakte producten produceren voor klanten.
De mogelijkheden met deze vorm van productie zijn eindeloos. Zo zal er communicatie plaatsvinden tussen slimme producten en de slimme machines die deze producten maken. Op deze manier kunnen de machines zelf de productie monitoren en bepalen hoeveel en op welke snelheid er geproduceerd wordt.
Wanneer je mobiele telefoon weet dat die binnenkort stuk zal gaan, kan deze een bericht sturen naar de fabriek die hier weer de productie op aanpast. Op het moment dat de telefoon stuk is, zal er alweer een nieuwe klaarliggen, waardoor back-ordering in de toekomst niet meer nodig zal zijn.
Wanneer deze technieken worden geperfectioneerd en volledig geïntegreerd in het productieproces, zal de nieuwe telefoon bijvoorbeeld al voorgeprogrammeerd zijn met de instellingen die jij op je oude telefoon had.
Dit is natuurlijk niet alleen het geval zijn bij mobiele telefoons. Ook op maat gemaakte kleding, shampoos en zeepjes zullen voor de consument beschikbaar worden. Producten zullen helemaal naar jouw wens worden gemaakt.
Geautomatiseerde machines die worden gemaakt voor bedrijven zoals BMW en Bayer zijn zelf bijna volledig gemaakt door geautomatiseerde machines.
Het integreren van slimme fabrieken in de industriële infrastructuur zal ook voor een grote afname zorgen in het verbruik van energie. De huidige fabrieken verbruiken enorm veel energie wanneer ze een tijdje niet gebruikt worden, zoals tijdens vakanties. Met de integratie van slimme fabrieken zou dit verholpen kunnen worden.
Daarnaast zal Industrie 4.0 de manier waarop het werk door de mensen zelf wordt gedaan compleet veranderen. Machines zijn veel beter in staat om continue herhalende taken uit te voeren dan de mens. Deze taken zullen dan ook veel meer geautomatiseerd worden. Mensen zullen hierdoor niet per se minder of geen werk meer hebben, maar juist meer tijd over hebben voor creatieve taken. Omdat steeds meer fysieke systemen worden gedigitaliseerd zullen mensen steeds minder fysiek werk gaan doen, maar meer managende taken uitvoeren (wat tegen die tijd allemaal via de computer en het internet kan).
De nieuwe industriële reuzen? Zelfde als de oude industriële reuzen.
De bedrijven die het meeste zullen profiteren van de vierde industriële revolutie, zoals Cisco, Siemens of ThyssenKrupp, stellen dat de implementatie van CPS eerder een gevolg is van de populaire vraag dan iets wat ze zelf op de agenda hebben staan.
Toch blijkt de belangrijkste oorzaak voor deze ontwikkeling in de Duitse industrie niet zozeer bij de consument te liggen, maar eerder bij de bedrijven die deze technieken als eerste willen beheersen.
Volgens een rapport van Strategy& zal de Duitse industrie van 2020 ongeveer 40 miljard euro in de industriële internet-infrastructuur investeren. Dit is een aanzienlijk aandeel wanneer we kijken naar de in totaal 140 miljard euro die Europa jaarlijks zal gaan investeren. Omdat het nog onzeker is in welk tijdsbestek dit zal gaan plaatsvinden, welke methodes er gebruikt worden en hoe groot de vraag zal zijn naar deze technologieën, is het nog onduidelijk hoe erg Duitsland er financieel gezien op vooruit zal gaan.
Volgens de “Industrie 4.0 Working Group” zijn 131 van 278 Duitse bedrijven (Die machines produceren) al bezig met de industrie 4.0.
Dit betekent dat ze nu vooral aan het leren zijn over de nieuwe technieken die gebruikt kunnen worden. Slechts een vijfde van deze bedrijven implementeren daadwerkelijk CPS componenten in hun fabrieken. De bedrijven die all-in zijn gegaan met de nieuwe industriële revolutie zijn Wittenstein (elektrische motoren), Bosch (hydraulische systemen) en BASF SE (op maat gemaakte shampoos en zeepjes).
Siemens AG, het grootste ingenieursbedrijf in Europa, past al langere tijd CPS-componenten toe in hun Amberg fabriek. Hier worden geautomatiseerde machines gemaakt voor bedrijven als BMW en Bayer, door machines die zelf bijna helemaal geautomatiseerd zijn.
Obstakels en nadelen
Toch zijn er een aantal negatieve kanten aan zowel de technische als sociale zijdes van de vierde industriële revolutie.
Om Industrie 4.0 zo soepel mogelijk te laten verlopen zal er een enorm goede samenwerking nodig zijn tussen verschillende bedrijven, al helemaal wanneer de machines allemaal dezelfde taal moeten gaan spreken. Wanneer een product niet af is en bij een machine terechtkomt die de RFID chip niet kan lezen omdat deze in een andere taal was geprogrammeerd, zal het productieproces vastlopen. Om gezamenlijk tot één taal te komen die alle machines kunnen lezen, zal één van de grootste uitdagingen worden van de vierde industriële revolutie.
Aan de andere kant wordt teveel homogeniteit weer als een gevaar gezien. Zo gaat bijvoorbeeld 97 procent van de zoekopdrachten in Duitsland via Google. Een aantal ministers zijn bang dat een handjevol industriële bedrijven een veel te grote machtspositie zullen krijgen in de industrie 4.0.
“De Big Data die nodig is voor de industrie 4.0 komt niet van Duitse bedrijven, maar van vier grote bedrijven uit Silicon Valley,” aldus de Duitse minister van economische zaken Sigmar Gabriel. “Dat is onze zorg.”
Een ander probleem is de veiligheid. Veilige netwerken creëren is een lastige taak, en machines aansluiten op zo’n netwerk maakt ze kwetsbaar voor cyberaanvallen. Met de komst van Industrie 4.0 kunnen productieprocessen door aanvallen volledig platgelegd of gesaboteerd worden. Volgens het Fraunhover Instituut zal er altijd een nieuwe malware de kop op steken en chaos creëren binnen deze productiesystemen.
Nu slimme fabrieken steeds normaler worden zal het dus een top prioriteit worden om een zo goed mogelijk beveiligingssysteem te ontwikkelen die deze aanvallen af kan weren.
Blijven er nog banen over?
De angst dat steeds meer banen het menselijke werk over gaan nemen wordt door de komst van de Industrie 4.0 steeds meer werkelijkheid. Deze angst is absoluut niet ongegrond wanneer we kijken naar een aantal voorspellingen die aantonen dat binnen 20 jaar zo’n 47 procent van de banen in de Verenigde Staten geautomatiseerd zullen worden. Hierdoor zullen miljoenen mensen hun baan verliezen.
Toch was deze ontwikkeling meer van toepassing op de derde industriële revolutie, waarbij veel machines geautomatiseerd werden. De vierde industriële revolutie zal daarentegen alleen zorgen voor de geautomatiseerde communicatie tussen machines. Zo heeft Siemens bijvoorbeeld nog steeds 1000 werknemers in dienst om de machines te monitoren op de computer. De grootste zorg wat betreft de banen is dat de industrie 4.0 bedrijven in staat stelt om hun productie op te schroeven zonder dat hier meer banen voor nodig zijn. Dit is iets wat, gezien de enorme stijging van de wereldbevolking in de afgelopen jaren, een groot probleem zou kunnen vormen in de toekomst.
Machines die onze banen stelen was meer iets wat kenmerkend was voor de derde industriële revolutie. De vierde industriële revolutie zal alleen zorgen voor de onderlinge communicatie tussen machines zonder de tussenkomst van mensen.
Zo'n trend kan schade veroorzaken aan landen met opkomende economieën. Het is dan ook geen verrassing dat een van de drijfveren achter de vierde industriële revolutie de concurrentiestrijd is met deze ontwikkelingslanden. Wanneer CPS-systemen op grote schaal worden ingezet, zal het dus niet meer nodig zijn om productiewerk uit te besteden aan ontwikkelingslanden. Dit is echter nog wel speculatief, omdat er nog weinig onderzoek is gedaan naar de effecten die Industrie 4.0 zal hebben in zowel het Westen als in de rest van de wereld.
Ondanks de positieve vooruitzichten, zoals de toename van de productie, geen fysiek werk meer in de fabrieken en miljarden euro’s die in de economie worden gestoken, blijft het nog maar de vraag of dit systeem zichzelf in stand zal houden. Wanneer het werk steeds meer vervangen wordt door machines, zal niemand straks meer (door het gebrek aan werk) in staat zijn om de producten te kopen. Misschien zal Industrie 4.0 leiden tot een verandering van saai en hard werk door meer creatief en managend werk. Maar misschien zullen we, net als in Black Mirror’s “Fifteen Million Merits” wel op elektrische fietsen moeten rijden om de machines in stand te houden en ons geld te verdienen.
Één ding is echter zeker, de industrie 4.0 is er al en alles wijst erop dat we straks zullen gaan leven in een wereld waar machines met elkaar kunnen communiceren.
We spraken de wetenschapper die andere planeten wil bevruchten met Aards leven
We spraken de wetenschapper die andere planeten wil bevruchten met Aards leven
Door THIJS ROES
Wij mensen leven in een revolutionaire tijd. Van een Aards wezen evolueren we tot een interplanetaire soort, maar voor het zover is, moet er nog een hoop gebeuren. In onze nieuwe serie Space Invaders gaat Thijs Roes in gesprek met mensen die ons willen helpen van de Aarde te ontstijgen. In deze aflevering spreekt hij mettheoretisch natuurkundige Claudius Gros
In de afgelopen vijftien jaar is het beeld dat astronomen van onze Aarde hebben grandioos veranderd, we hebben namelijk eindelijk onze neefjes en nichtjes leren kennen. In de afgelopen vijf jaar zijn er duizenden planeten ontdekt die om andere sterren heen draaien, zogeheten exoplaneten. En wat blijkt? Het zijn voornamelijk bollen gas, onaangename stukken rots of bizarre entiteiten als een planeet waar het glas regent.
Niet echt aangename omgevingen voor het ontstaan van leven, laat staan dat het zo tot bloei kan komen als bij ons. Op de een of andere manier is onze planeet gezegend geweest met een langdurig stabiel klimaat met condities die leven mogelijk hebben gemaakt. Andere planeten hadden niet zoveel mazzel. Zelfs de bollen die door NASA als ‘Aarde-achtig’ worden gepresenteerd, lijken (vooralsnog) in niets op de biosfeer die we hier hebben.
Maar wat niet is, kan nog komen, dacht Claudius Gros. Hij is niet alleen een theoretisch natuurkundige aan de Goethe Universiteit in Frankfurt, hij is ook een soort kunstenaar die uit romantische overwegingen een plan heeft bedacht om complex leven het universum in te sturen. Wat als we de rest van het universum eens een handje zouden helpen? Hij bedacht het Genesis Project, dat hij deze zomer uitwerkte in een artikel voor het peer-reviewed Astrophysics and Space Science. Zijn plan zou een decennium geleden nog te bol staan van speculaties, maar kan nu dankzij nieuwe wetenschappelijke inzichten serieus behandeld worden.
Ik sprak hem om te praten over de ethische implicaties van zijn idee, en of het zelfs zo zou kunnen zijn dat wij het product zijn van een dergelijke buitenaardse bevruchting.
Motherboard: Eerst maar eens: waarom wilt u andere planeten bevruchten met Aards leven?
Claudius Gros: We denken allemaal dat buitenaards leven bestaat, toch? Maar ik dacht: wat als het niet bestaat? Of op maar heel weinig plekken? Zijn we het dan eigenlijk niet aan het universum verplicht om het te verspreiden?
Pas sinds een aantal jaar kan je die vraag serieus stellen. Want praten over interstellaire reizen en het fabriceren van nieuw leven, dat zou een aantal jaren geleden nog sciencefiction zijn geweest. Maar in 2016 heb ik er een haalbaar plan voor kunnen schrijven.
Waarom is het nu iets waar je serieus over kan nadenken?
Er zijn eigenlijk twee redenen. Ten eerste dachten we tot een tijd geleden dat het reizen naar een ander zonnestelsel zou moeten met enorm grote ruimtevaartschepen. Nu realiseren we ons dat met een zwerm micro-sondes we veel makkelijker die reis kunnen afleggen.
De tweede ontwikkeling is die van synthetisch leven. We zijn er nog niet, maar we ontwikkelen ons in een richting waarbij we leven kunnen creëren in een petrischaaltje. Op die manier kan je een mobiel lab de ruimte in sturen, op weg naar een exoplaneet die we hebben uitgezocht. Naarmate de sonde dichterbij de planeet komt en er meer over leert, kan hij het type leven in zijn mobiele lab aanpassen. Op die manier zijn ze al van tevoren aangepast.
Bron: Goethe Universiteit
Dat klinkt als sciencefiction.
Oh, dat synthetische leven gaat er volgens mij eerder komen dan de technologie die ervoor zorgt dat we zo ver kunnen reizen. Ik denk dat we over twintig jaar die labs wel hebben, en de zwerm interstellaire sondes in ongeveer vijftig. Maar waar het om gaat is dat we er vanaf nu over kunnen gaan nadenken.
Waarom moeten we het leven op aarde verspreiden naar andere planeten?
Laat ik even extra onderstrepen dat er echt geenduidelijke rationele reden aan ten grondslag ligt. Het heeft nauwelijks maatschappelijk nut, zeker niet op korte termijn. Misschien druppelen er wat wetenschappelijke gegevens binnen als we een sonde sturen. Maar het zou ons een paar honderd jaar kosten om op de plaats van bestemming aan te komen, en een paar miljoen jaar om dat leven lekker van de grond te laten komen. Misschien kost het wel een paar honderd miljoen jaar voordat er een complexe biosfeer en een vergaande evolutie heeft plaatsgevonden.
Maar stel dat we er dan op de aarde al niet meer zijn, omdat we onze biosfeer om zeep hebben geholpen of omdat religieuze fanaten de boel hebben overgenomen – dan hebben we in ieder geval een erfenis achtergelaten in het universum.
Ik zie het als een kunstproject met een persoonlijke reden. Ik vind het leven als concept iets heel erg moois, en hoe prachtig zou het niet zijn als we het niet elders in het universum ook tot bloei kunnen laten komen?
Hoe moet dat leven er volgens u uitzien?
Het zou sowieso eencellig leven zijn, anders wordt het te complex om te fabriceren. Ik denk aan bacteriën, de meest voorkomende levensvorm hier op aarde, er zijn er 10^29 op aarde. Ik denk dat ze sowieso fotosynthese moeten kunnen, anders weet ik niet waar ze hun energie vandaan moeten halen.
Heeft u stilgestaan bij de ethische kwesties die dit oproept?
Ik ben er eigenlijk van overtuigd dat alles dat wetenschappelijk mogelijk is, ooit wel gedaan gaat worden door mensen.
"Stel dat we er dan op de aarde al niet meer zijn, omdat we onze biosfeer om zeep hebben geholpen of omdat religieuze fanaten de boel hebben overgenomen – dan hebben we in ieder geval een erfenis achtergelaten in het universum."
Maar wat als er nou al leven aanwezig is op die andere planeet?
Het idee is natuurlijk om alleen planeten te bevruchten die nog geen leven hebben. Planeten die gewoon niet de juiste condities hebben om leven te laten te ontstaan, maar het wel zouden kunnen hosten als je het een kickstart geeft. De inschatting is dat er heel veel van zulk soort lege exoplaneten zijn. En ultiem weinig met complex leven.
We moeten er heel voorzichtig mee zijn, maar als een planeet maar een procent van de biosfeer heeft als die van de Aarde, dan kan je dat makkelijk zien met zo’n sonde. Maar je kan inderdaad niet uitsluiten dat er toch ergens nog een hele kleine lokale verzameling bacteriën al in leven was. Dan is mijn vraag: wat is uiteindelijk meer of minder waard: simpel buitenaards leven of complex Aards leven? Ik hoor hier op Aarde zelden iemand roepen: “Red de bacteriën!” Hier op Aarde is het toch zo dat hoe complexer het leven is, hoe waardevoller we het vinden.
De Britse natuurkundige Brian Cox vertelde me ooit dat hij ervan overtuigd is dat wij mensen de enige beschaving zijn in ons melkwegstelsel. Speelt de gedachte mee dat we een soort taak zouden hebben om leven te verspreiden?
Gevoelig onderwerp... Een taak zou je het nooit moeten willen noemen, maar ik begrijp de gedachte wel. Ik heb er voornamelijk esthetische redenen voor, geen andere. Ik vind complex leven erg mooi, en gezien het enthousiasme voor Mars-missies die mensen naar andere een andere planeet laat emigreren, vind ik dat we dat met microben ook wel kunnen proberen.
Zou het kunnen zijn dat wij zelf een resultaat zijn van een dergelijke bevruchting?
In theorie: ja. Maar we hebben een redelijk goede manier om de tijdlijn van de Aarde in kaart te brengen. En die zegt dat het een continue proces lijkt te zijn geweest, en niet een spontaan complex begin.
Loss of a Legend and 'Star in a Jar' Fusion: The Week's Top Space Stories
Loss of a Legend and 'Star in a Jar' Fusion: The Week's Top Space Stories
By SPACE.com Staff
Credit: Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
The world loses a space legend, a crucial cargo ship launches, the world spins slowly and researchers make progress toward a "star in a jar" fusion reactor in Space.com's top stories of the week
Godspeed, John Glenn
John Glenn, one of NASA's first seven astronauts and the first American to orbit the Earth, died Dec. 8 at age 95. Besides orbiting the Earth three times in his historic 1962 flight, he returned to orbit at age 77 on the space shuttle Discovery. [Full Story: John Glenn, First American to Orbit the Earth, Dies at 95]
Saturn's Cassini probe zoomed within 57,000 miles (91,000 kilometers) of Saturn's cloud tops on Sunday morning, plunging through the plane of the planet's rings for the first time — in the first of many close ring passes before the probe plunges into Saturn for the mission's "grand finale." [Full Story: Saturn Probe Dives Past Rings for 1st Time]
A curious pause
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover paused its exploration when it detected a problem with its drill feed mechanism, which serves to push the drill outward from a turret at the end of its arm. Researchers are investigating the issue using a test rover on Earth — in the meantime, while the rover has stopped roving, it is still investigating the slopes of Mars' Mount Sharp with its cameras and spectrometer. [Full Story: Drill Glitch Brings Mars Rover Curiosity to a Halt]
A smooth ride?
New research suggests that dark matter, the invisible substance that seems to hold together galaxies throughout the universe, may not clump together the way scientists previously thought. Instead, it has a smoother distribution across space. [Full Story: Dark Matter Not So Clumpy After All]
Home for New Glenn coming together
Billionaire Jeff Bezos, founder of the spaceflight company Blue Origin, revealed photos of construction underway at what will be the manufacturing site for the company's immense New Glenn rocket. Construction should be done by the end of 2017, and then the company will begin to manufacture New Glenn, the company's first rocket capable of reaching Earth orbit. [Full Story: Blue Origin's Giant Rocket Facility is Taking Shape in Florida]
SpaceX plans to launch its next Falcon 9 rocket in January; its first since an explosion Sept. 1 during an engine test. The rocket will carry 10 communications satellites into orbit. [Full Story: SpaceX Targets Early January for Return-to-Flight Rocket Launch]
Supplies on the way
Japan's robotic HTV-6 spacecraft launched Dec. 9, beginning a four-day journey to bring essential supplies to the International Space Station crew. The launch comes eight days after a Russian Progress spacecraft fell back to Earth during its ascent, burning up most of the spacecraft and supplies in the atmosphere. [Full Story: Japanese Cargo Ship Launches Toward Space Station'
Sun-like reactor on track
New tests verify that Germany's Wendelstein 7-X fusion energy device is on track to safely suspend plasma in magnetic fields. Such a reactor would host reactions like those inside the sun, providing near-limitless clean energy, the researchers said. [Full Story: 'Star in a Jar' Fusion Reactor Works and Promises Infinite Energy]
There and back again, sooner
A new proposal for the first crewed flight of NASA's Orion spacecraft describes a shorter mission than previously considered, bringing astronauts for just a quick loop around the moon — an eight-to 21-day mission — rather than a longer stay. [Full Story: NASA Considers Shorter First Crewed SLS/Orion Mission]
The Most Interesting Science News Articles of the Week
The Most Interesting Science News Articles of the Week
By Live Science Staff
Turns out, chimps remember each other's butts as well as they recognize faces.
Credit: AJancso, Shutterstock.com
Each week we uncover the most interesting and informative articles from around the world, here are 10 of the coolest stories in Science this week.
Mystery Solved! Cause of London's 1952 'Killer Fog' Revealed:
Despite the death of thousands, the killer fog has largely remained a mystery for decades. [Full Story]
John Glenn, First American to Orbit the Earth, Dies at 95:
John Glenn, one of NASA's first seven astronauts and the first American to orbit the Earth, has died. He was 95. [Full Story]
Feathered Dinosaur Lost Its Tail in Sticky Trap 99 Million Years Ago:
About 99 million years ago, an unlucky juvenile dinosaur wandered into a sticky trap and sacrificed a chunk of its tail. [Full Story]
Giraffes Are Threatened with Extinction:
Giraffe populations have taken a nose dive, leading to their new designation as "threatened with extinction," by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. [Full Story]
Rump Recognition: Chimps Remember Butts Same as Faces:
Are chimps experts at recognizing butts? [Full Story]
Historic Iraq Sites Reclaimed in Mosul Offensive:
A military offensive to take back the city of Mosul, Iraq, from the terrorist group ISIL has also resulted in the retaking of several historic sites that ISIL destroyed and looted. [Full Story]
How Humans Lost Their Tail, Twice:
Humans can't seem to keep a tail, suggests new research that finds our early ancestors lost tails not just once, but twice. [Full Report]
King Arthur May Have Visited England's Oldest Known Monastery:
More than 1,400 years ago, monks buried their male brethren — as well as one woman who was likely a nun — beneath what is the earliest known monastery on record in the British Isles, new research shows. [Full Story]
Slowing of Earth's Spin Revealed in Ancient Astronomers' Tablets:
Records dating back to clay tablets from 720 B.C. reveal that the slowing of the Earth's rotation isn't as large as expected. [Full Story]
Jumping Robots Mimic Adorable Big-Eyed Primates:
A jumping robot — whose design was inspired by small primates known as bush babies — can spring off walls to gain height faster than any previous robot and could one day help rapidly scan urban disaster zones, researchers say. [Full Story]
ET Plasma Entity or Project Blue Beam In effect – Caught On Camera
ET Plasma Entity or Project Blue Beam In effect – Caught On Camera
A recent viral video which has been released into the public domain, apparently showing a plasma entity over Arizona, has some people now fearing the artificial apocalypse draws near. But could this be something else, something not of this world?
This extremely controversial video was recently posted to Facebook and other social media sites, and in a very short time period, it was viewed and shared literally thousands of times. According to the person who uploaded this video, the footage was shot this month (November 2016) in Arizona and the comment section proves one thing: people are alarmed about what implications the presence of this plasma entity might have and most importantly, exactly WHAT is it!?
The creepy video shows an undisclosed unknown neighborhood somewhere in Arizona on what appears to be a dark and overcast day when all of a sudden, a huge streak of electric blue light is seen ascending through the clouds. The ethereal jet appears to be left behind by a capsule-looking object that bursts through the damp and dark atmosphere. Before strangely disappearing from view, the object makes contact with another entity and this could be interpreted as a docking process between two very distinct UFOs. But upon closer inspection, things become even more strange and alarming!?
Something strange is going on!?
When this bizarre video is slowed right down and zoomed in, the details of the first object become rather clear to say the least. Its shape is eerily reminiscent of an elongated, extraterrestrial-looking head. The object it comes into contact with bears a striking similarity to what appears to be an alien hand with long un-human like fingers. The ‘hand’ then reaches down from above the heavy rain clouds and grasps the trailing alien head. Both objects then disappear from view as the blue plasma-like ejecta slowly dissipates, as if nothing had ever happened.
This odd event takes place at least a few miles above ground, which suggests that both objects are incredibly huge. They make no attempt to shield themselves from view and this is an important detail. Whoever or whatever was behind this otherworldly apparition wanted to be seen by those below – could this be some kind of ‘forced’ disclosure by the ET’s??
If these strange objects are extraterrestrial in nature, it must mean they understand and make use of symbolism. An alien hand reaching out and grabbing an alien head and then disappearing from view might signify their intentions of withdrawing from our planet, or could this possibly mean the complete opposite and a sign of things to come?!
This could also mean that they are willing to offer us an unfiltered view of their appearance and that is why they chose elements of their own anatomy. Since they have been studying us for a very long time, they may know the importance of the head and hand in our modern day languages and cultures. These two parts signify intelligence and action and perhaps by employing these symbols, they encourage us to take our intellect into our own hands. Or could this be government propaganda, i.e Project Blue Beam ?? (click here for more on this).
Maybe ‘IF’ ET’s created this crazy spectacle in the skies above Arizona, they could have chosen these elements arbitrarily and to each, his own interpretation works best!?
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But and it is a big but, if this bizarre occurrence was not the work of alien beings but instead an internal event, things could quite possibly turn much more sinister and darker!
One of the most popular modern conspiracy theories revolves around the world known Blue Beam Project and the global changes it would entail. Apparently a major pet project of the New World Order (NWO) Project Blue Beam will seek to simulate an apocalypse scenario and introduce the world to its new potential overlords. Many truth seekers around the world agree that Blue Beam will consist of four consequential steps.
Project Blue Beam – coming to a town near you?
The Four Stage Approach
The first step would have to do with the breakdown of all accepted knowledge regarding the world’s past and major events that led to the formation of various religions and beliefs. According to Biblioteca Pleyades, this first step will deal with “staging earthquakes at certain precise locations around the planet where supposed new ‘discoveries’ will finally explain that the meanings of the basic doctrines of all the world’s major religions are ‘wrong.’”
The recent increase in worldwide seismic activity seems to prove Step 1is well underway. Various theorists claim that either HAARP or CERN are behind the recent wave of earthquakes that hit Italy, New Zealand and Japan.
Step two of the Blue Beam Project would apparently involve an enormous space show, generated by advanced holograms and laser projections in all corners of the globe. Hit by its hidden fears, humanity would feel vulnerable, and mayhem would take over major cities as the prophetic visions of the world’s religions would play in the sky above them. Carefully-simulated attacks would rise panic to unprecedented levels.
Steps three revolves around advanced LF (low frequency), VLF (Very Low Frequency) and ELF (Extra Low Frequency) transmissions that would directly interfere with the subjects’ (read: us) brainwaves, leading them into believing their divinity is communicating with them.
Once this maneuver is successful, the world is ready and the stage is set for the introduction of the so-called New Messiah who would establish worldwide peace at the cost of everyone’s freedom.
Project Blue Beam is one of the most hideous scenarios and it’s little wonder people shiver at the mere thought of it happening. The prospect of this recent video being proof that the gears of Blue Beam are set in motion is troubling, to say the least.
Thankfully, we have one main weapon on our side and that is ‘Knowledge’. It’s much harder to be fooled when you know you’re being tricked. Keep your eyes open and don’t believe what you’re being told. Pass information through your judgement’s filter and be watchful.
U.I.P SUMMARY
Our personal take on this incredible video is that this could be showing us the activity of some kind of a far advanced extraterrestrial intelligence, but then again it could also be a false flag event created by the elite – see Project Blue Beam!
This creepy footage has yet to be debunked and as it stands is currently the real deal! There are many incredible sightings around the world at the moment, but we have to be careful to ensure this is not a build up to some kind of worldwide hoax led by the Illuminati to control and divide us – Please click HERE for more information on PROJECT BLUE BEAM!
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Watch UFOs Flying In Tandem Over Liverpool
Watch UFOs Flying In Tandem Over Liverpool
Liverpool residents were left stunned after seeing a pair of UFOs hovering above their skies.
A mobile phone video shows the mystery craft traveling parallel to one another. It was captured on a Saturday afternoon at around 4 pm in Halewood. There is no explanation yet to date as to what has been recorded on the video by Enchanted LifePath TV Alternative News & Media.
The videographer said that he saw the object while looking out of the window. He first thought of it as a balloon, but he saw another one next to it. It then appeared to him they were flying in tandem.
He then jumped out of the window with his camera to get the footage.
Video experts who investigated the footage could not determine the two UFOs.
Initially, they thought they were drones, but changed their mind.
One YouTube commenter said that they are not drones, but two UFOs caught on video.
Liverpool became a UFO hotspot after it was reported recently that there are more supernatural sighting police reports in Merseyside than any other areas in the U.K.
Elk jaar komen er wel enkele uitvinders op de proppen met een megasnel vliegtuig dat in geen tijd de wereld kan rondvliegen. Maar Charles Bombardier spant toch echt de kroon met de 'Antipode'. Deze futuristische bolide zou een topsnelheid van 30.000 (!) kilometer per uur halen, tien keer sneller dan de Concorde en tot dertig keer sneller dan een Boeing 747. Belangrijke kanttekening: het gaat om een concept en het is nog maar de vraag of we ooit echt zo snel zullen reizen.
De Canadese designer Charles Bombardier claimt met een nieuwe techniek belachelijke snelheden te kunnen halen. De techniek, die door NASA werd getest, gebruikt raketten die het vliegtuig voortstuwen tot Mach 24, ofwel 24 keer de geluidssnelheid. Vervolgens worden de raketten gedumpt, waarna die op eigen kracht terug naar het vertrekpunt zouden vliegen om herbruikt te worden.
Omdat het vliegtuig zo snel zou vliegen, zou het toestel heel warm worden. Speciale luchtkanalen moeten daarom zorgen voor afkoeling. Diezelfde kanalen moeten daarnaast ook de supersonische knal dempen wanneer het vliegtuig door de geluidsmuur breekt.
De jet zou plaats bieden aan tien passagiers en het toestel zou vanop een normale landingsbaan kunnen vertrekken. Een vlucht rond de aarde zou slechts een dik uur duren en een vlucht naar New York amper 20 minuutjes.
Bombardier ontwierp enkele jaren geleden al de 'Skreemr', maar toen botste hij op oververhittingsproblemen. Bovendien zou de Skreemr veel te veel lawaai produceren. Met de 'Antipode' lijkt hij voor beide problemen een oplossing gevonden te hebben, al blijft het nog altijd de vraag of een dergelijke jet ooit realiteit wordt. Want het blijft uiteraard nog altijd een concept.
STERRENKUNDEEen internationaal team van astronomen, onder wie wetenschappers van de afdeling Sterrenkunde van de KU Leuven, hoopt meer te weten te komen over de toekomstige overlevingskansen van de Aarde. Ze onderzoeken de wisselwerking tussen een verre planeet en L2 Puppis, een stervende ster van 10 miljard jaar oud die 208 lichtjaren verwijderd is van ons.
Vijf miljard jaar geleden was L2 Puppis een identieke tweeling van de zon met dezelfde massa. Op basis van de evolutie die deze ster sindsdien doormaakte, voorspelt de Leuvense hoogleraar Leen Decin dat de zon binnen vijf miljard jaar zal uitgroeien tot "een rode reus" die honderden keren groter is dan vandaag, maar door een krachtige sterrenwind veel massa zal verliezen.
"Het eindproduct van deze evolutie binnen zeven miljard jaar is echter een kleine witte dwerg die bijna geen licht meer geeft en dan even groot zal zijn als de Aarde, maar veel zwaarder", aldus Decin.
Terwijl het nu al duidelijk is dat deze metamorfose zal leiden tot het opslokken door de zon van Mercurius en Venus, is er veel meer onzekerheid over het lot van de Aarde. "We weten wel dat de grotere zon veel harder zal schijnen en hierdoor wellicht alle vormen van leven op onze planeet zal uitroeien. Zal de overblijvende kale rots overleven en in een baan rond de zon echter blijven bestaan?".
Voor een antwoord op die vraag bestuderen de onderzoekers nu de wisselwerking tussen L2 Puppis en haar planeet. Beiden zijn immers vergelijkbaar met onze zon en Aarde over 5 miljard jaar.
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INTERESTING: MYSTERIOUS "ALIEN PARTICLE" FOUND 30KM ABOVE EARTH!
INTERESTING: MYSTERIOUS "ALIEN PARTICLE" FOUND 30KM ABOVE EARTH!
All life on Earth could have originated from space according to some theories, with extraterrestrial particles travelling along the cosmic dust and spilled into our world's surface millions of years ago.
Recently, around a year ago, an interesting find of an "alien particle" was discovered floating around 30 kilometers above our planet, which could hint that life exists elsewhere in our universe and can travel into any world and evolve with ease. The particle has shown signs of being a foreign living organism, and according to Professor Milton Wainwright:
"The particle shown contains only carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen and shows bilateral symmetry that is if a line is drawn through its center it has the same appearance on both sides, it is definitely an organism.” The 3 components mentioned are the basic building blocks of life.
However, the newly discovered particle has sparked controversy among the scientific community.
FBI DEBUNKED THE MJ12 UFO DOCUMENTS IN THE MOST CHILDISH WAY POSSIBLE
FBI DEBUNKED THE MJ12 UFO DOCUMENTS IN THE MOST CHILDISH WAY POSSIBLE
As the evidence becomes more transparent that we aren't alone the FBI apparently continues their quest to continue to try to debunk any claims that we have indeed been visited by aliens from another planet. But in a way that isn't true to form for the FBI, they seem to do it now in a way that can only be described as well childish.
FBI AGAIN CLASSIFY UFO DOCUMENTS AS "BOGUS"
The whole thing is about the earliest incidents recorded of a UFO cover-up in 1947 incident at Roswell, New Mexico. This incident involved the reports that a UFO crashed landed near an army base. There are those who believe that the whole incident was investigated by a task force which is known as the Majestic 12.
How does the FBI respond to this claim of the investigation and even the fact that aliens crash-landed at Roswell, to begin with? Well, they sum it up literally with one word, they call it all "bogus"
That's right no fancy explanation as to why this isn't believable just the word bogus. But despite the FBI continuing to say nothing occurred at Roswell and tries to slam down other evidence of alien visitations those who truly believe refuse to allow this government agency to tell them it isn't true.
In fact, some believe that the more the FBI deny there is evidence of alien visitations the more its believe they are involved in an elaborate cover-up to keep the truth out of public view. In fact, there are some who say they have evidence that the Roswell incident did truly happy. One such person is Documentary Producer James Shandera who has claimed to have received an envelope containing film. When he took the time to develop the film he found that it was pictures of documents regarding the Roswell incident along with other alien visitations that were investigated by the Majestic 12. But when sharing these papers were the public it wasn't long before many skeptics started to unravel these as actual proof. So, eventually, these were marked up as a hoax. As for the FBI and their response to these documents, yes they summed it up in one word Bogus. What the FBI fails to realize is that for those who chose to continue to believe in alien visitations their claims are becoming well bogus.
Still, the Majestic 12 live on. There are those in the UFOlogy community, such as prominent voice Stanton Friedman, who still believe that the documents are real and continue to argue the point. There have even been further documents that have surfaced claiming to support the originals, but none have gained such a strong response.
BUZZ ALDRIN WARNS “WE ARE ALL IN DANGER. IT IS EVIL ITSELF”
BUZZ ALDRIN WARNS “WE ARE ALL IN DANGER. IT IS EVIL ITSELF”
Buzz Aldrin has tweeted an ominous warning on Twitter this week, claiming that “we are all in danger. It is evil itself,” accompanied by a picture of a pyramid at the South Pole.
The tweet comes days after the U.S. astronaut was mysteriously taken ill in Antarctica.
The emergency request for an “ailing visitor” was made by The Antarctic Company, a South African tourism company, according to the NSF. The International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators confirmed Aldrin’s evacuation, saying he was “stable” when he was taken from the South Pole to McMurdo base in Antarctica.
Since retiring from NASA and the U.S. Air Force, Col. Aldrin calls himself a Global Statesman for Space and has remained a tireless advocate for human space exploration.
Legendary astronaut Buzz Aldrin has left the New Zealand hospital he was evacuated to after falling ill during a trip to the South Pole.
Why did Buzz Aldrin warn that we are all in danger? Why did he call it "Evil itself?"
De transhumane mens: Belgisch bedrijf implanteert chips bij medewerkers
De transhumane mens: Belgisch bedrijf implanteert chips bij medewerkers
Medewerkers van het Belgische technologiebedrijf New Fusion krijgen volgende week een chip in de hand geplaatst.
Met de chip kunnen ze deuren openen, computers ontgrendelen of een visitekaartje afgeven.
“Als je met de chip een smartphone aanraakt, kun je contactloos je kaartje overhandigen aan de andere persoon,” zei woordvoerder Vincent Nys.
Dikke naald
De chip, die één centimeter groot is, wordt onderhuids ingebracht tussen duim en wijsvinger. Met een dikke naald wordt de chip in de handpalm geduwd.
Als mensen het bedrijf verlaten zal de chip worden gedeactiveerd. Wie wil kan de chip ook laten verwijderen via een kleine ingreep, maar dat is niet noodzakelijk.
De werknemers van het bedrijf worden niet verplicht om de chip te laten plaatsen.
Wantrouwig
“Vooral vrouwen staan er wantrouwig tegenover,” zei Nys. “Zij willen weten of het plaatsen van de chip pijnlijk is en voor littekens zorgt.”
“Het zijn voorlopig dus enkel mannelijke werknemers die een chip krijgen, maar misschien volgen de vrouwelijke collega’s nog,” voegde hij toe.
Het Belgische technologiebedrijf is niet het eerste dat met dit idee komt. Vorig jaar lieten in het Zweedse Stockholm medewerkers van een bedrijvencomplex al een chip plaatsen:
Soms worden er zeldzaam mooie UFO opnames gemaakt en dat is dit keer zeker het geval met de foto’s van een man in Florida.
Vanwege de reflectie van het zonlicht zijn deze UFO’s tegen zonsopkomst en -ondergang vaak duidelijker te zien dan anders.
Iemand die zich al heel lang met het fenomeen "cloaking" bezighoudt is ufoloog Scott Waring. Cloaking betekent verbergen en dat is wat UFO’s meestal doen.
Dat dit niet altijd lukt, heeft volgens Scott alles te maken met de stralen van de zon en de positie aan de hemel. Vlak na zonsopkomst en net voor zonsondergang kunnen de stralen van de zon gedurende korte tijd de UFO niet helemaal verbergen en zijn dat dan volgens Scott de beste periodes om te proberen UFO’s op te sporen.
Het heeft volgens Scott dan ook alles te maken met dat onderstaande foto’s gemaakt konden worden door een man uit Palm Beach, Florida.
Het was ’s morgens vroeg rond half zeven toen de man in mei dit jaar koffie zat te drinken op zijn veranda. Hij ontdekte op twee van de foto’s die hij die ochtend had gemaakt een UFO.
De kouder rillingen liepen hem over de rug toen hij besefte wat hij had vastgelegd. Dat is waarschijnlijk ook de reden dat hij zijn foto’s ook pas nu bekendgemaakt heeft.
Uit de twee opnames blijkt dat een behoorlijk grote UFO langzaam bezig is om in de zee te zakken. Dit zou dan weer overeenkomen met het de theorie dat er buitenaardse bases zijn op de zeebodem, vaak niet ver van de kust.
Volgens Scott hebben buitenaardsen toch een fout gemaakt door dit tijdstip te gebruiken om naar hun basis te reizen, omdat dit het moment van de dag is, waarbij hun cloak, hun onzichtbaarheid, niet langer werkt.
BOOOM!! What Just Exploded Over Siberia And Norway? UFOlogist Stunned! Alien Craft? 12/8/2016
BOOOM!! What Just Exploded Over Siberia And Norway? UFOlogist Stunned! Alien Craft? 12/8/2016
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Buzz Aldrin gave a interview on C-Span about 7 years ago where he stated, "visit the moon on Mars. Theres a monolith there. A very unusual structure on this little potato shaped object that goes around Mars once every 7 hours. When people find out about that, they are going to say, who put that there? Who put that there? Well, if you choose, the universe put it there." Needless to say, this got me and other UFO researchers excited years ago, so we have all been looking, searching for this Buzz Aldrin Monolith he speaks of. Last night, I decided to take a look at the ESA site and the first photo I came across was in HD...and was of the Mars moon Phobos. This ESA image was just put up for the public to see on Dec 6, 2016, so its the newest out. There was only 25% of the moon visible because there was a shadow over its other 25%. I thought I could add light to the HD photo in order to explore the other 25% and low and behold, I made a huge discovery...the Buzz Aldrin monolith. Its much bigger than any of us thought. We all assumed that the monolith was this tall rectangular structure that was found about 5 years ago, but it wasn't. That was nothing. This new structure is very big, and must have been smudged out using photoshop on most other Phobos photos in existence. The ESA editors must have missed this one, because its 100% evidence that aliens have constructed it and used the Mars moon as a space station...and may be controlling the moon, its orbit, speed even today. Phobos is 7 miles in radius, thats 11km. So if we use this full photo of Phobos and compare it to the structure, we find that the structures length is 1/5 that of Phobos, meaning the structure or ship is approximately 1.4 miles long or 2.2km. Thats huge! Buzz was right! Scott C. Waring
Above photo from ESA has only added light. Below is original with shadow.
July 2009 Video Interview With Buzz Aldrin About Phobos.
Filer’s Files #50 – 2016 UFOs Suspected of Sabotage? - PART I
Witness in Fishkill, New York captured this UFO on November 11, 2016.
Filer’s Files #50 – 2016 UFOs Suspected of Sabotage? - PART I
In special reports, this week’s files cover: Is earth at war – UFO s Suspected of Sabotage? Peru Fighter Fires on an Alien Craft and Illegal Voting
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over California, Florida, Idaho, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, and Vermont.
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over Australia, Canada, India, Italy, Jamaica, Serbia. Spain, and England and Scotland in the United Kingdom.
The Filer Research Institute feels the scientific study of UFOs is for the benefit of humankind and is an important endeavor. The US Air Force investigated UFOs publicly for more than twenty years under Project Blue Book; and I continue this advanced research. I believe the God of the universe has spread life throughout the cosmos and UFO’s are visiting us in ever-increasing numbers.
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IS EARTH at War — UFOs Suspected of Sabotage?
Russian space station cargo freighter lost on launch GCI
Five International Space Station resupply missions have been destroyed in recent weeks. At least one mission appears to have been destroyed by a UFO. In the past UFOs have been known to shoot down aircraft and possibly the space shuttle. …Astronauts aboard the International Space Station shouldn’t be unduly affected by the failure of Russia’s Progress 65 cargo mission on Dec. 1, 2016, NASA officials said.
The six astronauts living aboard the International Space Station (ISS) will be OK despite a Russian cargo ship’s failure and recent explosions of resupply missions
The uncrewed Progress 65 freighter fell back to Earth shortly after liftoff Thursday, apparently doomed by a problem with the third stage of its Soyuz rocket. The spacecraft and its 2.6 tons (2.36 metric tons) of food, equipment and other supplies burned up in the atmosphere over southern Russia, Russian space officials said. Russia’s unmanned Progress spacecraft are the workhorse delivery ships of the country’s space fleet. See how Russia’s Progress cargo vehicles work in this Space.com infographic.
“An H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV)-6 from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is scheduled to launch to the space station on Friday, Dec. 9,” he added, referring to another of the four robotic cargo ships that currently ferry supplies to the ISS. (The other two freighters are the Dragon and Cygnus spacecraft, which are built by the American companies SpaceX and Orbital ATK, respectively.)
“Among the U.S. supplies on board were spare parts for the station’s environmental control and life support system, research hardware, crew supplies and crew clothing, all of which are replaceable,” NASA officials wrote in an update Thursday.
The six crewmembers aboard the ISS are NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough (the Expedition 50 commander) and Peggy Whitson; cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy, Andrei Borisenko and Sergey Ryzhikov; and Frenchman Thomas Pesquet.
ISS crews have weathered cargo-mission failures before. A Cygnus was lost shortly after liftoff in October 2014 when its Antares rocket exploded, for example, and the Progress 59 vehicle didn’t make it to the ISS after its April 2015 launch. And a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket broke apart less than 3 minutes after launch in June 2015, scuttling a Dragon resupply run.
A private Orbital Sciences-built cargo launch to the International Space Station ended in fiery explosion just seconds after liftoff Tuesday night (Oct. 28).
Orbital’s unmanned Antares rocket exploded in a brilliant fireball shortly after launching from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia at 6:22 p.m. EDT on Oct. 28th, 2014, crashing back down to the launch pad in a flaming heap.
The Antares was carrying Orbital’s unmanned Cygnus spacecraft, which was toting 5,000 pounds (2,268 kilograms) of food, scientific experiments and other supplies on this flight — the third cargo mission to the space station under a $1.9 billion contract the company holds with NASA. You can see photos of the Antares rocket explosion here.
The Dragon spacecraft cargo run to the International Space Station blasted off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on June 28th, 2015 and exploded during flight. SpaceX wanted to attempt to land the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket on a ocean bare.
Space X CRS-7 mission ends in disaster on June 28, 2015, when the latest Dragon spacecraft cargo run to the ISS. The Dragon blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Following a nominal liftoff, Falcon 9 experienced an overpressure event in the upper stage liquid oxygen tank 139 seconds into flight, resulting in loss of mission.
Prior to the mishap, the first stage of the vehicle, including all nine Merlin 1D engines, operated nominally; the first stage actually continued to power through the overpressure event on the second stage for several seconds following the mishap. In addition, the Dragon spacecraft not only survived the second stage event, but also continued to communicate until the vehicle dropped below the horizon and out of range.
SpaceX has led the investigation efforts with oversight from the FAA and participation from NASA and the U.S. Air Force. Preliminary analysis suggests the overpressure event in the upper stage liquid oxygen tank was initiated by a flawed piece of support hardware (a “strut”) inside the second stage. Several hundred struts fly on every Falcon 9 vehicle with no previous failures. The strut that we believe failed was designed and material certified to handle 10,000 lbs of force, but failed at 2,000 lbs, a five-fold difference. Detailed close-out photos of stage construction show no visible flaws or damage of any kind.
Dramatic Video Shows Huge Scale of SpaceX Rocket Explosion
Mike Wall, Space.com Writer reports: The explosion of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket this morning September 1, 2016, was caught on video, and viewing it is quite an experience. An unidentified flying object possibly two was seen moving near the rocket just prior to and during the explosion.
Loss of Falcon vehicle during propellant fills operation originated around upper-stage oxygen tank. Cause is still unknown. SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk said yesterday via his Twitter account, @elonmusk.
Another report claims the two-stage Falcon 9 and its payload, a communications satellite called Amos-6, were destroyed during an engine test Thursday, which was part of the standard protocol to prepare for a planned Saturday (Sept. 3) launch from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
“The anomaly originated around the upper-stage oxygen tank and occurred during propellant loading of the vehicle,” The rocket’s upper stage exploded at 9:07 a.m. EDT (1307 GMT), setting off a dramatic, fiery cascade captured on video by U.S. Launch Report, a nonprofit that helps disabled veterans experience launches. (The explosion occurs at the 1-minute, 11-second mark in the video.)
The initial fireball quickly fills the entire left half of the video’s field of view; a few seconds later, Amos-6 falls to the ground, setting off another series of explosions. Progress spacecraft have flown most of the unmanned missions to the ISS. More than 150 flights have been launched, all except Progress M-12M, Progress M-27M and Progress MS-04/65P[1] have reached their destinations, with no injuries or loss of life after launch; Some ninety missions have been flow successfully to the ISS but now a series of unsuccessful missions have occurred. The failures may be caused by a series of accidents or by intervention.
On Feb. 1, 2003, space shuttle Columbia broke up as it returned to Earth, killing the seven astronauts on board. NASA suspended space shuttle flights for more than two years as it investigated the disaster.
An investigation board determined that a large piece of foam fell from the shuttle’s external tank and fatally breached the spacecraft wing. This problem with foam had been known for years. About 82 seconds after Columbia left the ground, a piece of foam fell from a “bipod ramp” that was part of a structure that attached the external tank to the shuttle.
The piece of external tank foam from an area just in front of and under the left nose of Columbia would hit the left attachment point of the nose Bipod and was nowhere near Columbia’s left wing The impact of the foam was hidden by the left wing along with the Bipod, so you can’t see the impact, only the powdered foam after the impact. No foam or debris hit Columbia’s left wing. Especially not when Columbia was moving at supersonic speed through the very thin atmosphere near outer space.
At the time of the accident I received reports of a UFO near the Columbia. The Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated in flames over Texas on February 1, 2003, after it was hit by a mysterious purple/green streak or object that is shown hitting the Columbia.
DID A MSTERIOUS FLASH CAUSE THE SHUTTLE DISASTER?
TEXAS— The Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated in flames over Texas on February 1, 2003, after it was hit by a mysterious purple/green streak or object that is shown hitting the Columbia. NASA claims a couple of pounds of foam insulation that broke off the shuttle booster tank may have damaged the left wing. It seems the light weight of the insulation would make any damage to the shuttle minimal since they are moving at the same speed in the final phase of entering space. Video that I have seen shows a powerful electrical plasma or lightning-like strike that causes significant damage to the left wing and the tail of the Shuttle.
Drawing of witness testimony
We do not know what caused the electrical plasma strike, but this has happened before on several occasions. UFOs have been filmed launching similar electrical strikes at US missiles and destroying them. The electrical charge may be caused by unknown high level electrical phenomenon that caused an imbalance between the earth’s electrosphere and the Shuttle.
It is, also, remotely possible that terrorists have obtained the Physics International electrical beam weapons. The Air Force reports picking up an unknown flying object moving away from the Shuttle as it disintegrated over Texas. Six Americans and Israel’s first astronaut lost their lives. People reported hearing “a big bang” at about 9 AM, as the Shuttle reentered the atmosphere and was operating normally at an altitude of 207,000 feet traveling at 12,500 mph. High-resolution images taken from a ground-based Air Force tracking camera in southwestern US show serious structural damage to the inboard leading edge of Columbia’s left wing, as the crippled Shuttle flew overhead about 60 seconds. before the vehicle broke up. The images, under analysis at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, show a jagged edge on the left inboard wing structure near where the wing begins to intersect the fuselage. They also show the Shuttle’s right aft yaw thrusters firing, trying to correct the vehicle’s attitude that was being adversely affected by the left wing damage. Columbia’s fuselage and right wing appear normal. NASA is now considering the Red Sprite or Blue Jets phenomena that generally travel up from thunder clouds into space. However, no bad weather was reported over the Western US. “In the shuttle’s final eight minutes, the morning of Feb. 1, temperatures surged in the left landing gear compartment, and the brake lines began overheating one by one. Sensors began showing overheating across other areas of the left wing and adjoining fuselage. Then Mission Control lost all contact.
ATKINS, TEXAS — The Director of NUFORC, Peter Davenport spoke with an eyewitness to the Shuttle disaster, who reports that both he and his grandchildren had witnessed a green, self-luminous object move toward the Space Shuttle very quickly, seemingly from the southwest, as the Shuttle streaked across the Texas sky. The witness estimated that they first noticed the object an estimated two seconds after they had first witnessed the Shuttle in the sky to the northwest and just prior to the shuttle’s explosion. He was there with his grandchildren watching for Columbia’s re-entry and watched as it crossed from horizon to horizon and I can’t imagine having a better overall vantage point than the spot where we stood. I saw…green light, explosion, sonic boom, etc.
The witness writes, “On May 23’rd, 1959 I had a very “up close and personal” encounter with two UFOs.” Which brings me to the green light and the Shuttle? We now know that pieces of tile were being ripped off Columbia over the west coast, and of course that would be most people’s explanation for the green light. I wish I could rationalize the light away with the tile theory. I’ve tried. But I can’t get my mind around this thing for several reasons. Why was it at such a great distance from Columbia? Why was it closing the gap between itself and the shuttle? What could have come off Columbia at that point that would burn such a bright, unremitting green? And most importantly, why wasn’t the green object leaving a smoke trail? My eight year old grandson said it all when he asked, “Grandpa what’s that green light following the shuttle? thCNN and radio (700 WLW) reports that, “The US Space Command reported tracking an “object” moving alongside Columbia while the shuttle was still in space. They said it “may” have been a piece of the shuttle, but they don’t know yet. During the first few hours of the coverage of the disaster released video showed an object following the Shuttle about an estimated thousand feet behind the Shuttle that seemed to launch a bolt of lightning like plasma toward the Shuttle.
David Perlman of The San Francisco Chronicle viewed the photos later that night, and the Chronicle reported an electrified discharge seen around the track of the shuttle’s passage. “They clearly record an electrical discharge like a lightning bolt flashing past,” said the photographer. NASA dispatched former shuttle astronaut Tammy Jernigan to acquire the camera. A Chronicle reporter was present when Jernigan arrived. “It certainly appears very anomalous,” she said. “We sure will be very interested in taking a very hard look at this.” In the critical shot, a glowing purple rope of light corkscrews down toward the plasma trail, appears to pass behind it, then cuts sharply toward it from below. As it merges with the plasma trail, the streak itself brightens for a distance, and then fades. The pictures, taken with a Nikon-880 digital camera on a tripod, reveal what appear to be bright electrical phenomena flashing around the track of the shuttle’s passage. Thanks to: SAN FRANCISCO (Chronicle) – 02-Feb-03 Photos show odd images near shuttle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi? f=/c/a/2003/02/02/MN221641.DTL (Unable to locate this photo)
“We Have Lost Many Men and Planes Trying To
Intercept UFOs”
Timothy Good writes, “The destruction or disappearance of military aircraft during interceptions of UFOs continued apace.” As General Benjamin Chidlaw, former commanding general of Air (later Aerospace) Defense Command told Robert C. Gardener (ex USAF) in 1953: “We have stack of reports of flying saucers. We take them seriously, when you consider we have lost many men and planes trying to intercept them.” Leonard Stringfield, the former Air Force intelligence officer was told by a reliable source in the 1950s that the “Air Force was losing about a plane a day to the UFOs.” Stringfield was reliably informed. According to US Defense Department figures, from 1952 until the end of October 1956, there were 18,662 major accidents of military aircraft, broken down as follows:
Year Air Force – Navy Losses
1952 2,274 2,086
1953 2,075 2,325
1954 1,873 1,911
1955 1,664 1,566
1956 1,530 1,358
Of this astonishing accident total, most involved fast new jets (such as those scrambled in UFO interceptions), of which 56.2 per cent were found to be caused by pilot error; 8.1 per cent by ground-crew or other personnel failure; 23.4 per cent by failure of parts and equipment in the aircraft; 2.8 per cent by various ‘unsafe conditions’, and –9.5 per cent (1,773) were due to ‘unknown factors’. Thanks to Timothy Good’ book, “Need to Know” P.172
Editor’s Comments: When I chased a UFO we exceeded the red lined aircraft air speed by 20 knots. In the excitement of the chase it is easy to exceed aircraft capabilities and often some part of the aircraft may fail. Many stories are told of firing missiles and making direct hits on the UFOs that were unharmed only to have them return the fire and destroy the interceptor.
In October 1947, Chidlaw he became deputy commanding general of Air Materiel Command, with rank of lieutenant general, and full commander on September 1, 1949. General Chidlaw was given the task to evaluate UFO sightings and his group agreed the phenomena was real and viable and should be researched. It is likely his team attempted to develop their own flying discs using the Roswell crash debris that were stored here at Wright Field. On July 29, 1951, he received his fourth star and the command of Air Defense Command at Ent Air Force Base, Colorado. Most fighter interceptors were under his command and launched to engage the UFOs
PERU FIGHTER FIRES ON AN ALIEN CRAFT
LA JOYA AIRFORCE BASE — New information has been released by Oscar Santa Maria Huertas, a commander of the Peruvian Air Force, regarding the incident that took place at 07:15 hours on 11 April, 1980, when he was orderd to fly his aircraft – a Sukhoi SU-22, the most technologically advanced fighter at the time – to knock a UFO out of the sky. It was “a completely spherical object, its upper section resembled a cream-colored porcelain, with a round, broad, metallic-grey base, like that of an ashtray.” The anomalous flying object flew at “great speed and was 10 meters in diameter, making it a very easy target to bring down.” This was recorded due to the fact that the flying object was passing over the La Joya military base in Arequipa. Peru had acquired the most advanced military technology from the Soviet Union, and was keeping it secret. Peru thought it was about to go to war against Chile at any moment to recover lost territory. That morning, Santa María boarded a Sukhoi SU-22 loaded with 140 rounds to fire against the strange flying object. He pursued it and fired 64 rounds, creating a huge wall of fire. He was startled to see that the object had not suffered any damage whatsoever.
Oscar Santa María said that the effect produced by this weaponry was devastating, and there was no chance of the object emerging unscathed, but the UFO had not been damaged. It seemed to have acquired an intelligence that allowed it to move freely and escape. At some point during the pursuit, which lasted around 25 minutes, he felt the UFO somehow “knew” the maneuvers the warplane would engage in. “It was an odd sensation. When I reached a certain altitude to get it in my sights and fire, the object disrupted the operation and settled at the same altitude and right beside my plane.” Upon being asked why he had been chosen, he said “he was the best among the combat pilots” and his superior, of course, wanted the object blown out of the sky as soon as possible and efficiently. Oscar says he came within 100 meters of the object. “I didn’t notice that it was spinning. It didn’t have windows or rivets, either. What startled me most is that it had no means of propulsion like any other aircraft.” Santa María says the military radar units could pick up his jet, but not the UFO. However, ground personnel could see it from the ground, looking like a large luminous object in the sky. Nearly 460 crewmen were ordered to their stations to repel the mysterious object. Nearly thirteen hundred people were on hand, all of them watching the maneuvers between the interceptor and the UFO. A total of 1800 people at the base witnessed the incident. Lacking fuel to continue pursuit, Oscar returned to base. The department in charge of investigating the subject of UFOs in Peru, a division of the Aerospace Interest Office, classified it as case 0007 in its new stage of investigation. NOTE: The above image is CGI. Ken Pfeifer MUFON NJ www.worldufophotos.org and thanks to http://inexplicata.blogspot.com
Illegal Voting
Californian Richard Anderson writes — Whether Democrat, Republican, or Independent, here’s something to think about: We hear a cacophony bleating from the media and the Hillary supporters that she won the popular vote and therefore she should be president, 60,839,497 to 60,265,847. 47.8% to 47,3% with the remaining 4.9% going to the other candidates. But here is a more in-depth analysis: Trump won the popular vote in 31 states to her 19 and DC. Trump had 62% to her 19%. Trump led in the total popular vote for all states except California. She won California 5,860,714 to his 3,151,821. 61.6% to 33.1% exclusive of the other candidates. Thus California gave Hillary the popular vote for all states as claimed by the Democrats and their media supporters.
But deduct her California vote from her national vote, it leaves her with 54,978,783, and deduct Trumps California vote from his national total, it leaves him with 57,113,976, he wins in a landslide in the total for the other 49 states, 51.3% to her 48.7%. winning the rest of the country by a substantial margin. This exemplifies the wisdom of the Electoral College, to prevent the vote of any one populous state from overriding the vote of the others. With our voter registration available when getting a driver’s license combined with undocumented immigrants allowed driver’s licenses we have no controls in place to keep non-citizens from voting.
California’s L.A. County as the repository for the most provisional ballots—40%—cast in the country. The Election Integrity Project tells Independent Journal Review that ‘voter impersonation’ is easy and happens all the time. Now, retired ICE special agent Claude Arnold has the answer to the question of whether illegal aliens vote in elections. He told Fox News that he’s worked in six states, arrested at least 1,000 illegal immigrants during his career and found that most of them had voter registration cards.
The ‘Motor Voter’ law requires that all people receiving driver’s licenses be offered voter registration cards. The District of Columbia, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Vermont and Washington allow those who are in the U.S. illegally to apply for a licenses and register to vote. Thanks to Richard Anderson
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Filer’s Files #50 – 2016 UFOs Suspected of Sabotage? - PART II
Filer’s Files #50 – 2016 UFOs Suspected ofSabotage? - PART II
UFO Sightings in the United States
California Object
Venice Beach— I came out at night to do exactly what I did and that is film a UFO since.it is my hobby. Images were taken on July 11, 2016.
Thanks to MUFON CMS
Florida Lights
Bronson– I was walking my dog late morning on December 2, 2016. I looked up and saw an unidentified object heading north. It didn’t turn and just kept flying in a northern direction. It was low enough to hear sound from it but no sound. It was white and had a weird front end like angled bars connected to it.
By the time I got my phone out of my pocket it was heading away from me and the picture isn’t very good. Can you all enhance the photo? It startled me but since UFO’s are common place now days I wasn’t surprised.
Thanks to MUFON CMS
Idaho Disc
Mountain Home — I never saw this object at the time. I was just taking some landscape photos and was going to shoot an attractive model. I was shooting with a lens of an apx 14-54mm, camera settings at F8, ISO 200, and a shutter speed of 1/640th second. I never noticed the object it until I downloaded the image to my laptop the following day. This was on Memorial Day weekend in 2013. I called the Public Affairs office at Mountain Home Air Force Base and they assured me that they were not flying at this time as it was a Friday evening of the holiday weekend. I did email this to them, and the Public Affairs officer said, “He would have his photographer look at it but I never heard back from them. I just thought it was interesting that something like that is still pixilated when zooming in on the object, yet the clouds and horizon are much sharper. Makes me believe this thing was flying at a pretty fast pace when a shutter speed of 1/640th of a second couldn’t freeze it. I have photos of the Thunderbird Air Show where I could freeze the action as they flew in front of me much closer than this object was. Thanks to MUFON CMS
New Jersey Diamond
Parsippany-Troy Hills — While driving west on Route 78 I observed what looked like a black, diamond shaped ufo hovering in the air on December 5, 2016.
I took out my phone and tried to take a video but I had to take the next exit. The video is very short and not very clear, but perhaps it can be enhanced. Thanks to MUFON CMS
New York Object
Fishkill– I was in my backyard taping the moon on November 11, 2016. A shooting sound together with a swish pulled my attention, but all I’ve saw was a trail of a shooting star. I first thought it was a meteor. When I went to watch the video I noticed a yellow red orange object with some symmetrical characteristics, and also it changed direction. My impression is that the object could be a kind of spaceship. Thanks to MUFON CMS
North Carolina Image
Waynesville— I have lots of other pictures taken at night of the strange critters but I couldn’t see them during the day on October 30, 2016. I get sick when I observe them at night and I noticed recently that during the day I was getting the same kind of sickness. I decided to try shooting them during the day too. They are very small. The triangles at night are what made me start paying attention. There are always triangle lights and orbs too, day and night. I have figured out that the orbs are poison that makes me sick. They seem to be busy harvesting something or studying. I am not scared but I do feel like I have radiation poisoning when I go outside. I have thousands of night pictures,.but never see the objects with my naked eye. I feel their presence and pull out my camera and start shooting. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Ohio Lights
Springfield— I was taking a drive on highway 2-75 towards Columbus, Ohio and I saw lights in the sky on November 29, 2016. The color lights were white, green, and red at the time and it looked cylinder like. When I saw it, I immediately thought UFO. As we were getting closer to the object it was getting larger, but didn’t look like a cylinder anymore. At this point it was starting to look like an airplane because it took more of a triangular shape. Now it was huge and no longer looked like an airplane, because of its massive size and obvious triangular shape. I start taking snap chat videos. Now it’s so huge I have absolutely no idea what’s going on. And I’m thinking “maybe it’s a plane crashing” because we were also near the Wright Patterson Air Force Base. I absolutely freak out that this is a UFO and it’s enormous. It was blackish gray base with red lights and three white lights one on each corner as it passed in a flash. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Oklahoma Light
Oklahoma – I was at home watching the news and heard about the super moon on November 13, 2016. I went outside with my smart phone to take picture of the moon. At the time of snapping the shot I did not notice the lights. A few days later I noticed the reddish orange lights at the bottom right. It appeared not to be a plane or helicopter. What I see is two rectangle reddish orange lights shrouded in clouds as if you were looking up at the bottom of something. All my life I have lived less than 5 miles from Tinker Air Force Base and have seen hundreds of aircraft but they never looked like what was captured in the photo. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Oregon Object
Lebanon — I witnessed an object above the horizon shortly after a hailstorm on December 4th, 2016 at approximately 4:40 pm.
I witnessed the object fall in a straight path for five minutes, during which time I took several photos and video. The object disappeared at the horizon.
Thanks to MUFON CMS
Beaverton — I took a picture of the sky while walking to my car in the Kohl’s parking lot on December 6, 2016. After getting home and looking at the picture I noticed the green orb in the clouds. I didn’t initially see the object when taking the picture but the sun was really bright and I had sunglasses on. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Pennsylvania DOTS
My daughter and I ran over to the store on December 4, 2016, and returning home saw a partial rainbow. I pulled over and took two pictures. I began driving down the road and when I came to a stop sign decided to take another one. We came home and I did not look at the photos till much later. While looking at what we thought was a partial rainbow, I noticed some white dots.
Thanks to MUFON CMS
South Carolina NO wings
Hartsville – I watched two UFO’s that I couldn’t identify/ on November 24, 2016. I have never seen anything like them The first one initially looked like a helicopter with a headlight and it was slower moving than an airplane. As it got closer, I noticed that I couldn’t hear it, yet it was close enough that I would have heard the blades. It started to curve away slowly, and several small lights blinked in a circular pattern, and then went dark. The second craft was a couple hundred yards behind, and had the same appearance of a headlight. I ran inside to get a camera; the second craft was now “dark” and just above the trees, heading away.
There was no sound, wings, tail, blades, and no navigation lights just kind of a dark spherical shape at. 5:37 pm, that were not normal aircraft. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Texas Triangle
San Marcos — I had been stargazing late one evening, until the early morning hours. I had my attention set on a particular group of stars in the night sky. When suddenly, the stars I had been looking at seemed to just disappear, and the starlight just went out. Then, several more stars began disappearing from view. I suddenly noticed a black mass drifting across the sky. I strained my eyes, and shielded the light from the street lamp. I couldn’t make out the shape until it turned towards the southwest. It was then, that I could see that it was triangular in shape without lights or sound. I was in shock by its massive size of over two football fields. I was so captivated I froze, and just stood there watching in amazement. It was like a slow blimp. Anything that huge, traveling that slow would just fall out of the sky. I’ll always remember and know what I had seen wasn’t from this world. Thanks to MUFON CMS
VERMONT Disc
St. Rutland– On November 19, 2016, around 8 pm at East Center, I was getting ready to leave a friend’s driveway. I looked up in the clear night sky and wished to myself that a UFO would show up. Then I saw flashing lights, a possible plane, pretty far up, that was stationary. With that I ran to my friend’s door and asked them to come out and pointed this out to them. There was a normal plane up there too, so we could see the difference in size. It seemed very long and two lights were separated by at least a few hundred feet. One was a light, and one was a white light. I could not see the shape of the object above a plane. We see another plane with new red and whites lights with all kinds of sparkling lights within a triangle shape. The one female friend said she was getting scared of this one, the male of the party then went inside. Then I see a white lighted object moving north. NOTE: The above image is CGI. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Worldwide UFO Sightings
Australia Cylinder
Bellbowrie — Ufo sighting of pill shaped red and white cylindrical object over Brisbane, during full moon rising of October 16, 2016. It was recorded on an unmanned time-lapse video and later discovered upon viewing of the digital images (12 sequential frames from 559 600 shots). Several lights appear during the time-lapse (total play time of 11 seconds) I have not yet closely examined the others. Note: as has been the case previously when I recorded such footage – the camera (panasonic lumix fz1000 bridge camera with leica zoom lens) which was set to manual focus. I mysteriously lost focus near the end of the recording. This object was descending on a steady flight path and might be an aircraft. It doesn’t appear to be a case of motion blur; rather an evenly halved red and white body. It is a well lit, thick cylinder instead of just what i would normally see from a conventional aircraft. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Canada Humming
Officials in Canada are attempting to find the source of a mysterious sound which has been blamed for driving wildlife away from a popular hunting area. The puzzling noise, which has been called both a ‘hum’ and a ‘ping,’ began being heard during the summer months in a remote part of northern Canada.
It is believed that the sound is coming from the ocean floor and residents of the region lament that, since it started, whales and seals have stopped being seen in the area. http://www.coasttocoastam.com/This is particularly troubling because many of the people who live there rely on hunting those animals for both income and food. As such, some suspect that the sound may not be an accident and theorize that it could actually have been intentionally unleashed upon the area by an environmental group attempting to protect the animals. Another theory for the sound is that it could be coming from a mining operation; it is unlikely, based on their knowledge of groups permitted to work in the waters. Thanks to http://www.coasttocoastam.com/
India Red Objects
Chennai, Tamil Nadu— On November 26, 2016, we first saw a red light in the west moving towards the south.
We thought it could have been a rear view of a flight even though it was suspicious.
But what shocked us was it was followed by four other red bright objects moving slowly in the same direction.
Thanks to William Puckett, Director Http://www.UFOsnw.com
Italy Disk
Torino– I saw rotating disk, very reflective flying over Torino suburbs on December 4, 2016
It was able to invert direction immediately and without any sound emission or other perceptible vibrations. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Jamaica Lights
Montego Bay— Standing on my balcony looking out into the dark ocean at about 11 pm when I saw three lights appear in the water about 20 feet from beach on July 19, 2016. They moved very fast through the water at times disappearing and reappearing in different spot. The water is about 15 feet deep in that area. They appeared to be searching the area. At times it looked like a light beam appeared on top of the water. I took video and pictures and the hotel assured me there were no scuba divers or lights in the area. This occurred three more time over my 14 day stay, Thanks to MUFON CMS
Serbia Large Light
Svrljig — On November 3, 2016, at 5:45 at my local time, I stepped out of my front-yard and looked up in the sky and immediately noticed a large object in the clear sky. I see the stars and the object was so much larger than everything else. The object did not move for a couple of seconds. Before that it was moving to the east and after the brief stop it continued in the same direction for another 15 seconds. Then suddenly the object started to FADE away. It faded away from the outside to the inside equally on all sides, while still moving. The inside of it seemed to be a clear white color with a touch of yellow, while everything around it was a glowing whitish transparent color. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Spain Cylinder
Cadiz — He was walking with some friends towards the beacon of German Beach (Sahara) while he usually takes pictures frequently.
Upon returning home we download the photos on the computer and saw the anomaly, but at first we thought it was a cloud.
When we viewed more closely, we saw that it was something else. Thanks to MUFON CMS
UK/England Lights
Caldicot, Monmouthshir — I just crossed over from the traffic lights by Woodstock Way Junction on November 27, 2016. I looked up and saw a very low bright flying craft. My first thought was it was a meteorite or Chinese lantern. It hovered above me for at least 3-5 seconds, and took out my phone, by that time the craft sped off, across the road above the trees. I didn’t have time to zoom my camera on my iPhone 4 so I just took two pictures and recorded the object. My phone ran out of storage, so watched the object fly out of view. I believe it was a military triangle drone, or the black triangle. Thanks to MUFON CMS
UK/Scotland ORB
Lochgelly— I saw what I think was a ufo last night on November 23, 2016. I was wondering if you can confirm this sighting.
Thanks to MUFON CMS
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Loss of a Legend and 'Star in a Jar' Fusion: The Week's Top Space Stories
Loss of a Legend and 'Star in a Jar' Fusion: The Week's Top Space Stories
By SPACE.com Staff
Credit: Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
The world loses a space legend, a crucial cargo ship launches, the world spins slowly and researchers make progress toward a "star in a jar" fusion reactor in Space.com's top stories of the week
Godspeed, John Glenn
John Glenn, one of NASA's first seven astronauts and the first American to orbit the Earth, died Dec. 8 at age 95. Besides orbiting the Earth three times in his historic 1962 flight, he returned to orbit at age 77 on the space shuttle Discovery. [Full Story: John Glenn, First American to Orbit the Earth, Dies at 95]
Saturn's Cassini probe zoomed within 57,000 miles (91,000 kilometers) of Saturn's cloud tops on Sunday morning, plunging through the plane of the planet's rings for the first time — in the first of many close ring passes before the probe plunges into Saturn for the mission's "grand finale." [Full Story: Saturn Probe Dives Past Rings for 1st Time]
A curious pause
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover paused its exploration when it detected a problem with its drill feed mechanism, which serves to push the drill outward from a turret at the end of its arm. Researchers are investigating the issue using a test rover on Earth — in the meantime, while the rover has stopped roving, it is still investigating the slopes of Mars' Mount Sharp with its cameras and spectrometer. [Full Story: Drill Glitch Brings Mars Rover Curiosity to a Halt]
A smooth ride?
New research suggests that dark matter, the invisible substance that seems to hold together galaxies throughout the universe, may not clump together the way scientists previously thought. Instead, it has a smoother distribution across space. [Full Story: Dark Matter Not So Clumpy After All]
Home for New Glenn coming together
Billionaire Jeff Bezos, founder of the spaceflight company Blue Origin, revealed photos of construction underway at what will be the manufacturing site for the company's immense New Glenn rocket. Construction should be done by the end of 2017, and then the company will begin to manufacture New Glenn, the company's first rocket capable of reaching Earth orbit. [Full Story: Blue Origin's Giant Rocket Facility is Taking Shape in Florida]
SpaceX plans to launch its next Falcon 9 rocket in January; its first since an explosion Sept. 1 during an engine test. The rocket will carry 10 communications satellites into orbit. [Full Story: SpaceX Targets Early January for Return-to-Flight Rocket Launch]
Supplies on the way
Japan's robotic HTV-6 spacecraft launched Dec. 9, beginning a four-day journey to bring essential supplies to the International Space Station crew. The launch comes eight days after a Russian Progress spacecraft fell back to Earth during its ascent, burning up most of the spacecraft and supplies in the atmosphere. [Full Story: Japanese Cargo Ship Launches Toward Space Station'
Sun-like reactor on track
New tests verify that Germany's Wendelstein 7-X fusion energy device is on track to safely suspend plasma in magnetic fields. Such a reactor would host reactions like those inside the sun, providing near-limitless clean energy, the researchers said. [Full Story: 'Star in a Jar' Fusion Reactor Works and Promises Infinite Energy]
There and back again, sooner
A new proposal for the first crewed flight of NASA's Orion spacecraft describes a shorter mission than previously considered, bringing astronauts for just a quick loop around the moon — an eight-to 21-day mission — rather than a longer stay. [Full Story: NASA Considers Shorter First Crewed SLS/Orion Mission]
Dying Star Offers Glimpse of Earth's Doomsday in 5B Years
Dying Star Offers Glimpse of Earth's Doomsday in 5B Years
By Ian O'Neill, Seeker
Credit: ESO
Five billion years from now, our sun will die. After running out of hydrogen fuel, it will start burning heavier and heavier elements in its fusion core, causing its body to bloat, shedding huge quantities of material into space via violent stellar winds. During this time, our star will expand around 100 times bigger than it is now, becoming what is known as a "red giant." This dramatic expansion will engulf Mercury and Venus, the two closest planets to the sun.
But what is less clear is what will happen to Earth — will our planet go the way of Mercury and Venus and succumb to an ocean of superheated plasma? Or will our planet escape the worst of the sun's death throes to continue orbiting the tiny white dwarf star that will be left behind?
"We already know that our sun will be bigger and brighter [when entering the red giant phase], so that it will probably destroy any form of life on our planet," said Leen Decin, of the KU Leuven Institute of Astronomy, in a statement. "But will the Earth's rocky core survive the red giant phase and continue orbiting the white dwarf?"
With the help of the most powerful radio observatory on the planet, astronomers could soon have a clue by looking at a nearby star system that resembles how our solar system will look when the sun begins to die.
L2 Puppis is an evolved star located over 200 light-years from Earth. Though this seems far away, it's pretty much on our cosmic doorstep and well within the resolving power of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile. Through precise measurements of the star, astronomers have deduced its mass and age, realizing that it is (or was) a sun-like star that's now 10 billion years old. It's also a prime example of a planetary nebula in the making.
Like our sun five billion years in the future, L2 Puppis is ripping itself apart, blasting huge quantities of gas into space. This process creates a massive glowing cloud and this particular planetary nebula resembles a beautiful cosmic butterfly (pictured above by the ESO's Very Large Telescope).
A composite view of the L2 Puppis star system, including the location of the red giant star and probable exoplanet.
Credit: P. Kervella et al. (CNRS/U. de Chile/Observatoire de Paris/LESIA/ESO/ALMA)
But that's not all. According to the new study published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics, L2 Puppis also appears to have a planet in tow, roughly 300 million kilometers from the star. Though this distance is around twice the distance that Earth orbits the sun, it provides a very privileged view of a world orbiting a dying sun-like star. It's also an ominous preview of what's in store for Earth in a few billion years and the researchers hope to study this unfortunate planet as it experiences the wrath of L2 Puppis."We discovered that L2 Puppis is about 10 billion years old," said Ward Homan, also from KU Leuven. "Five billion years ago, the star was an almost perfect twin of our sun as it is today, with the same mass. One third of this mass was lost during the evolution of the star. The same will happen with our sun in the very distant future."
"Five billion years from now, the sun will have grown into a red giant star, more than a hundred times larger than its current size," said Decin. "It will also experience an intense mass loss through a very strong stellar wind. The end product of its evolution, 7 billion years from now, will be a tiny white dwarf star. This will be about the size of the Earth, but much heavier: one tea spoon of white dwarf material weighs about 5 tons."
Astronomers often look to the stars to better understand our own place in the galaxy. In this case, they've glimpsed the future and seen a key part of the life cycle of a sun-like star. They've also seen a true doomsday, an event so final that it wrecks our sun, taking the nearest planets with it. And though Earth may or may not be swallowed whole by the swelling stellar inferno, it will be sterilized of life — on our planet's roasted surface at least.
Onderzoekers van het Center for Quantum Dynamics van de Griffith University en de Universiteit van Californië zeggen dat tijdreizen mogelijk is.
De wetenschappers noemen hun theorie de ‘Many Interacting Worlds Theory’. Die naam doet denken aan de veel-werelden-interpretatie, oftewel de theorie van de parallelle universa.
Volgens de onderzoekers zijn er vele parallelle universa waarin iedere denkbare uitkomst plaatsvindt en is er een wisselwerking tussen al deze verschillende universa.
Andere tijdlijnen
Dat betekent dat je in theorie andere versies van jezelf en tijdlijnen kunt bezoeken, waarin je bijvoorbeeld president bent of misschien zelfs een universum waarin je nooit hebt bestaan.
De theoretici zeggen dat hun ideeën niet in strijd zijn met de natuurkundige wetten en dat ze de wetten van Isaac Newton hebben verenigd met de kwantummechanica.
Wormgaten
Uit eerder onderzoek bleek dat reizen via wormgaten de praktisch meest haalbare mogelijkheid lijkt om door de tijd te reizen.
De vraag is nu alleen waarom we nog nooit iemand hebben gezien die door de tijd reist. Zijn tijdreizigers gebonden aan een bepaalde gedragscode?
MEER AANWIJZIGINGEN VOOR ACTIVITEITEN OP DE MAAN ( VIDEO )
MEER AANWIJZIGINGEN VOOR ACTIVITEITEN OP DE MAAN ( VIDEO )
Enkele weken geleden tijdens de zogenaamde supermaan wisten verschillende mensen vreemde vliegende objecten boven de maan vast te leggen.
Nu komt echter hetzelfde soort object prominent in beeld bij een live uitzending van een observatorium in Amerika.
Net zoals Antarctica voor ons verboden gebied is, zo wil men ook het liefst dat mensen niet teveel naar de maan kijken, want ook daar gebeure bijzondere dingen.
Hetzelfde geldt uiteraard voor Mars, waar ook met de week meer bijzondere dingen tevoorschijn komen en het zal misschien ook niet voor niets zijn dat de reis van de eerste kolonisten naar Mars via het project Mars One voorlopig weer met 5 jaar is uitgesteld.
Men wil geen pottenkijkers, net zomin als ze die aangaande de maan willen.
Op 3 december is er tijdens een live uitzending van een observatorium iets bijzonders te zien op het beeld en het ziet er zo uit:
“Toen we bezig waren met het opzetten van onze live stream van de maan voor deze maand, besloot deze UFO zich door ons beeld te bewegen. Is het een satelliet? Is het een ballon? We hebben geen flauw idee tot nu toe. Het onderzoek gaat door.
Wat ze er nu niet bij vertellen, is dat ze in november ook al met een object kwamen wat bij hen door het beeld vloog. Toen werden ze een klein beetje kriegel, want dat was al de derde keer dat dit gebeurde en ze zouden nu echt tot op de bodem gaan uitzoeken wat voor object dit nu eigenlijk was.
Tot nu toe zonder enige succes.
Voor de volledigheid hierna nog een deel uit een eerder artikel. Ook daar is hetzelfde soort object te zien.
Al die verschillende mensen met verschillende telescopen op verschillende data, inclusief een professioneel observatorium, maken allen dezelfde soort opnamen. Tijd dat er toch ergens een belletje gaat rinkelen lijkt ons.
Dat er ruimteschepen op de maan waren, zoveel is zeker. Wat niet zeker is, is de oorsprong van deze UFO’s. Want dat zijn het tot op dit moment, aangezien niemand er nog in is geslaagd om de objecten te identificeren.
Er zijn verschillende opnames beschikbaar en hier volgt de eerste:
Interessante waarneming, beide ufo's draaien om hun eigen as, dit is iets wat bij andere serieuze waarnemingen ook het geval is.
Een nog mooiere opname:
Dan worden er vervolgens opnames gemaakt van wat waarschijnlijk dezelfde UFO is, maar dan net boven het maanoppervlak.
Je kunt zien dat het object over het oppervlak van de maan vliegt, omdat het ook een schaduw werpt en als je goed kijkt, dan is zelfs te zien dat er een soort driehoek bovenop de UFO zit.
Vergeleken met het maanoppervlak heeft deze UFO een grootte van ergens tussen de twee en vijf kilometer, dus geen kleine jongen.
Hier volgen de bewegende beelden van dit object:
Ongetwijfeld zal niemand in Den Haag het de moeite waard vinden om hier vragen over te stellen. Daar houden ze zich liever bezig met wat DENK nu weer niet allemaal heeft bedacht.
A Missouri witness at Clinton reported watching a “fluid UFO” moving along at the treetop level, according to testimony in Case 80245 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
The witness was sky watching with a friend at a motel at 8:45 p.m. on November 4, 2016, when the incident occurred.
“It was very dark outside and pitch black,” the reporting witness stated.“There was not enough light from the building lights on the exterior to illuminate anything. Suddenly we noticed something moving about 100 feet away.”
Cropped portion of the witness illustration. (Credit: MUFON)
The witness described the object.
“It was a silvery silhouette of an object in a checkmark shape which had very fluid movement and changed shape several times. There was no sound, and it was located very low in the sky, just above the tree line approximately 100 feet from where we were standing. It was a white/yellowish color, very smooth movement.”
The witness described the object’s movement.
“The object was located in the east at first, and then moved in a straight-line path to the southeast. We watched the object for approximately one minute or so, long enough to get a good look at it. The object did not move like a flock of birds. It did seem like there were multiple objects. There were no lights. Coyotes’ stopped howling at that time, and it was very quiet. We sensed no vibration. The animals resumed making noises after the object disappeared. The object just disappeared. It did not move off out of sight. The size was about two car lengths long. It would take a 12-inch ruler held at arm’s length to cover it up.”
Cropped portion of the witness illustration. (Credit: MUFON)
Missouri Assistant State Director Margie Kay investigated this case and closed it as an Unknown.
“The two witnesses were visiting outside and skywatching in the evening when they noticed this object, which was very close to them,” Kay stated in her report. “They described it as ‘difficult to describe’ as neither had ever seen anything like it. They said that it kept changing shapes, was very fluid in movement, had sections to it, and moved kind of like a ribbon or serpent, and at times appeared to be reflective, although they thought that the lights from the motel could not have been a source of light for the reflection. It was very dark outside and neither could see any lighting coming from anywhere except from the motel. Both witnesses said that the object had no lights on it whatsoever, and that there was no sound or vibration, and that it was the strangest thing they ever saw.The motel manager sent me a text and she said that she saw a UFO in the exact same location six years ago. By their description, this is not a known aircraft or blimp, or birds. I believe it to be an unidentified object.”
Cropped portion of the witness illustration. (Credit: MUFON)
Clinton is a city in Henry County, Missouri, population 9,008. Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.
UFO Fleet Seen Over Leon, Nicaragua On Dec 6, 2016, Photos, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Fleet Seen Over Leon, Nicaragua On Dec 6, 2016, Photos, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: December 6, 2016 Location of sighting: El Sauce, Leon, Nicaragua News source:http://inexplicata.blogspot.tw
Here is a report from fellow UFO researchers in Argentina, Inexplicata. They reported UFOs over Nicaragua a few days ago and since El Sauce is a agricultural city, basing most their income on growing crops and animals, its very possible that alien are examining the DNA and other aspects of the vegetables, fruit and livestock that they have there. I would be deeply instructed in any info on cattle mutilations or crop formations in that area. With less than 30,000 residents, its got a higher chance of seeing a UFO in that low populated area. Scott C. Waring-Taiwan
News states: Nicaragua: More UFOs in El Sauce? Residents of El Sauce, León, reported in on social media claiming to have been stunned after seeing a strange light in the sky last night (December 6). Several Facebook users claimed seeing a bright light crossing the sky very slowly from East to West, and it vanished suddenly after being detected. It is worth mentioning that many people had the chance to see this UFO, as it cruised across the sky for approximately 20 minutes. Onlookers also noted that the unidentified flying object (UFO) was constantly changing colors from silver to red. One of three photographs of the El Sauce object taken by Hugo Sánchez. Mrs. Francis Reyes, a resident of this municipality, said: "First, the phenomenon looked like multiple colored lights, and it traveled at a higher speed." Her version of the event dovetails with statements made by others who were astonished by the bright light in the sky.
It should be noted that this is not the first time that such a sighting has been reported by residents of El Sauce, who have no qualms about making such phenomena known. As an added note, residents of Comunidad Los Limones 2 in El Sauce reported that a UFO had been seen during morning hours on 18 December 2015. They also said the alleged UFO was heading toward Cerro La Horqueta. But in the final analysis, it may be you who has the answer as to whether or not to believe in the so-called UFOs.
UFO Entering Ocean During Sunset Over West Palm Beach, Florida, Photos, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Entering Ocean During Sunset Over West Palm Beach, Florida, Photos, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: May 20, 2016 reported today. Location of sighting: West Palm Beach, Florida, USA Source: MUFON #80900 Here we see a cloaked vessel that is lowering itself into the ocean. Its only mistake...entering the ocean during sunset. As I told you before, during sunset, a UFOs cloak becomes visible for anywhere between a 30 seconds and 15 minutes. Visible to the naked eye, not just the digital eye. The light of the sun is bent around the cloaked UFO...but can only go 180 degrees around the UFO, no more. A setting sun requires that light now go 180+90 degrees more around the vessel, which it often cannot fully do. See...aliens do make mistakes. Scott C. Waring Eyewitness states:
1. I was drinking coffee on the balcony of my resort in West Palm Beach Florida at 6:30a.m. 2. I was looking through photos of our trips to print off for a large hanging photo frame when I discovered 2 objects in one of the photos and then just one object in the next photo. 3. I believed the objects to be u.f.o.s 4. The photos were taken that morning and I immediately put my phone away without the knowledge of them being there at first. 5. After seeing the objects in my photos, I had chills all over me and could not believe I actually had captured them. 6. I only captured the objects in 2 photos.
The couple claimed the UFO appeared over their car in Roswell.
A married couple have reported to the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) a bizarre UFO appearing over their car as they stopped in the town in New Mexico, which was the scene of an infamous alleged flying saucer crash in July 1947.
The unnamed woman, who made the report, claimed about 24 hours later she saw a black helicopter with a mystery large load hanging underneath.
MUFON, based in the US, is the world's biggest organisation dedicated to UFO and alien research, and keeps a database of sightings submitted by the public.
She reported to MUFON she and her husband were driving from Albuquerque to Carlsbad when they stopped in Roswell for food, before heading off again.
She wrote: "Stopping at a red light, behind a couple cars, in our truck we both noticed, and said out loud, the object that was coming straight towards us from the dark sky.
"I didn't have time to take out my camera or to think really because I didn't want to miss what was happening.
"The object had lights on all ends, the front (or back) was more triangular with bright white lights, the back (or front) which was closest to us was more rounded but still triangular and had bright red, green and blue lights shining down.
"It was larger than our truck, appeared to be a solid object and appeared out of "nowhere" and coming straight towards us."
She said she had no idea what it was and she and her husband dismissed an optical illusion.
She added: "So we first noticed it being about no more than 20 feet in front of us about eye level, it slowly and at the same time quickly moved right to us and then stopped and hovered right over the top of our truck.
"I thought I would be able to look out the back window and continue to follow its motion, but it was no where in sight when I did and at the same time the traffic light was turning green and we started driving forward."
She said: "like did that really just happen and where did the thing go?
"Also, I didn't have time to think in the moment, but later wondered, did the other cars see it too? They must have.
"My husband's account of what occurred are right in line with everything that happened.
"I felt like it could have been a dream, but it was definitely real life.
"All this happened over the span of maybe five to seven seconds and then everything was normalish again.
"I must also say that on our trip home the following night we did see a black helicopter carrying something large underneath it - it was too far in the distance to fully capture and I was exhausted of thinking by that point."
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A couple claim a UFO hovered over their car in Roswell, New Mexico.
Roswell has been at the heart of the UFO scene since the military announced in a press release it had found the remains of a crashed flying saucer in the nearby desert, in July 1947.
But the following day it retracted the statement, saying it was in fact a damaged US Air Force air balloon.
Witnesses later came forward to say there had been alien bodies within the "crashed craft", which – along with the wreckage – were then taken to the mysterious top-secret Area 51 military base in Nevada.
The town has been a hot bed of UFO sightings ever since with 44 cases repotted to MUFON since 2002.
MUFON investigates sightings such as this, but points out on its website that most so-called UFO sightings can be given a rational explanation.
A new patent from Samsung has surfaced in which we see a drone designed to look somewhat like a Frisbee. The drone, at least per the patent’s illustrations, feature a circular design with a couple feet on the underside and an open grille on the top, a rotor presumably hidden within. Unlike most other drones, this one resembles a small UFO or a flying food dehydrator tray.
he patent was spotted by Dutch website Galaxy Club; you can view the patent here (PDF warning), but it’s in Korean, so you’ll probably have to copy the text into Google Translate to read it for yourself. According to a Google-translated version of the patent, it was registered today to Samsung Electronic Co.
In addition to showing a bunch of illustrations of the drone, the patent describes it as being made of metal and synthetic resin with a camera integrated into the dome-shaped region on the bottom, which will be transparent to facilitate the camera. Samsung says the design is inspired by “disk-shaped spacecraft.”
Though the patent indicates that some aspects of the drone design could be modified (it is described in some areas as a “partial design”), it appears this is the general design and characteristics the company is going for. No other details about the drone are provided in the patent, however, such as size, power, or what kind of camera it may pack. As with any patent, it’s possible we’ll never actually see this hit shelves as a real product.
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UFOS: CHALLENGE TO SETI SPECIALISTS
UFOS: CHALLENGE TO SETI SPECIALISTS
Nuclear Physicist / Lecturer Stanton T. Friedman
ajor news media and many members of the scientific community have taken strongly to the radio-telescope-based SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) program as espoused by its charismatic leaders, but not supported by any evidence whatsoever. In turn, perhaps understandably, they feel it necessary to attack the ideas of alien visitors (UFOs) as though they were based on tabloid nonsense instead of on far more evidence than has been provided for SETI. One might hope, vainly I am afraid, that they would be concerned with The Search for Extraterrestrial Visitors (SETV). I would hereby like to challenge the SETI specialists, members of the scientific community, and the media to recognize the overwhelming evidence and significant consequences of alien visits and to expose the serious deficiencies of the SETI-related claims. I have publicly and privately offered to debate any of them. No takers so far.
Here are my challenges for the SETI SPECIALISTS (SS):
1. Why is it that SS make proclamations about how much energy it would take for interstellar travel when they have no professional competence, training, or awareness of the relevant engineering literature in this area? As it happens, the required amount of energy is entirely dependent on the details of the trip and CANNOT be determined from basic physics. If one makes enough totally inappropriate assumptions, as academic astronomers have repeatedly done down through history in their supposedly scientific calculations about flight, one reaches ridiculous conclusions. But it is not necessary, for example, to limit the flight to 1G acceleration, or to provide all the energy needed for the round trip at the launch, or to use an utterly foolish trip profile (as devised by a Nobel Prize winning Harvard physicist) that involves accelerating at 1G for half the outward bound portion and the decelerating at 1G for the second half, etc. Do note that it only takes one year at 1G to reach close to c.
Cosmic freeloading can be very, very helpful in reducing fuel requirements and has been used for all our deep space missions such as Voyager, Pioneer, Galileo, Cassini, etc. A splendid example of the wrong assumptions to make was provided by Dr. John William Campbell1, Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at the University of Alberta, in 1941, when he attempted to compute the required initial launch weight of a chemical rocket able to get a man to the moon and back. Our successful trips to the moon beginning in 1969, still with chemical rockets, showed that the weight he "scientifically” calculated was too high by a factor of 300 Million!! Dr. Alexander Bickerton2 in 1926 proclaimed that it would be impossible to give anything sufficient energy to place it in orbit around the earth. Professor Simon Newcomb3 “proved” in October, 1903, that it would be impossible for a man to fly except with the help of balloons. This was two months before the first flight by the Wright Brothers (two very sharp bicycle mechanics). These three bright professors made a whole host of totally inappropriate assumptions because of their ignorance of the technical situations with which they were faced. They hadn’t read the ample literature available to any professional seeking truth.
Artist's Conception of Extrasolar Planet Gliese 436 bNASA
For example, Dr. Campbell assumed a single stage chemical rocket, launched vertically and limited to 1G acceleration. He assumed much too low an exhaust velocity. The rocket had to carry a huge amount of fuel for use in the retrorocket supposedly required to slow down the rocket upon return to Earth. For Apollo we used multi-stage rockets (reducing system weight at each stage) launched to the East from near the equator (to take advantage of the Earth’s rotation), a peak acceleration of many Gs (the faster to orbit, the less the losses to gravitation), the moon’s gravitational field (to provide some free energy going in) and earth’s atmosphere to do the deceleration upon approaching the earth, as highlighted, for example, in the movie Apollo 13. Cleverness was more important than power.
The exhaust velocity was certainly much higher than assumed by Dr. Campbell. Of course Campbell knew nothing about fission or fusion rockets (on both of which I have worked). The latter using D-He3 reactions exhaust charged particles which can be directed electromagnetically and are born with 10 million times as much energy per particle as can be obtained in chemical rockets. Most academics in my experience and in their publications (i.e. Krauss 4) are ignorant of the fact that the most powerful fission rocket reactor propulsion system (Phoebus 2B, made by Los Alamos) operated at a power level of 4,400 Megawatts before 1970. Man has produced many controlled fusion reactions. See Luce5 about fusion rockets. Any study of the history of technological development reveals that technological progress comes from doing things differently in an unpredictable way. Pocket calculators are not built with vacuum tubes. Supersonic flight is not achieved with propellers. Lasers are not just better light bulbs. In short, the future is definitely NOT a mere extrapolation of the past.
2. Why do SS assume that radio is the ultimate means of long distance communication, when we have only had this kind of technology for roughly 100 years? Just down the galactic street there are two sun-like stars (Zeta l and Zeta 2 Reticuli) only 37 light years away and a billion years older than the sun. Of great interest is the fact that they are less than 1 light year apart from each other. It is good to see recent recognition of the fact that we can already, with our primitive technology, create laser signals able to be observed by other civilizations in the neighborhood. Optical SETI is coming in to its own. But remember progress comes from doing things differently. What new communication techniques will we master in just 50 or 100 years??
3. Why do SS make proclamations about how aliens would behave, when, as physical science professionals, they have no training, experience, or special insights as to how Earthlings, no less aliens, would behave, or what their motivations are. One might consult psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, lawyers, nurses, etc, but radio astronomers?? This is a field which, by its nature, has little to do with people other than those directly involved. We hear such comments as that aliens, once radio contact is established, would teach us about all the secrets of the universe. Just why would an advanced technological civilization share its secrets with a primitive society whose major activity (judging by how its wealth is spent) would certainly appear to be tribal warfare and for whom every new frontier is a new place to do battle? Earthlings killed about 50 million other Earthlings during WW II and destroyed 1700 cities. Currently almost $1trillion per year is spent on the military while 30,000 children die needlessly every day of preventable diseases and starvation
4. Why is it that SS take every opportunity to attack the notion of alien visitations without any reference to the many large scale scientific studies? They act as though the tabloids are the only possible sources of UFO data. There are at least six large scale scientific studies 6-11, more than ten PhD Theses, and many dozens of published professional papers by professional scientists. These are all almost always ignored. There are, for example, thirteen anti-UFO books and dozens of pro-SETI books that don’t even mention the largest scientific study done for the USAF. The work was done by the engineers and scientists at the Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus, Ohio. They found that 21.5% of the 3201 cases investigated were UNKNOWNS completely separate from those cases deemed to provide “Insufficient Information.” They found that the better the reliability of the reports, the more likely to be unidentifiable. Statistical cross comparisons between the UNKNOWNS and the KNOWNS showed that the probability that the former were just missed KNOWNS was less than 1% for six different characteristics.
The basic rules for the lack of attention to the relevant data by well educated, but ignorant-about-UFOs-professionals, especially SS, seem to be:
1. Don’t bother me with the facts, my mind is made up.
2. What the public doesn’t know, I won’t tell them.
3. If one can’t attack the data, attack the people; it is much easier.
4. Do one’s research by proclamation. Investigation is too much trouble and nobody will know the difference anyway.
How else can one explain such totally baseless, but seemingly profound, proclamations as “The reliable cases are uninteresting and the interesting cases are unreliable. Unfortunately there are no cases that are both reliable and interesting.” (See Sagan12).
The fact is that 35% of the EXCELLENT cases in BBSR14 were UNKNOWNS and therefore Interesting. Only 18% of the POOR cases were Unknowns. Surely professional scientists are supposed to base their conclusions on study of the relevant data, rather than proclamations?
5. Why don’t SS understand that there are very clear-cut national security aspects of the entire UFO problem including the possibility of duplicating the far out technology and the concerns with the impact on the public of any announcement? Clearly if any earthlings could duplicate the saucer technology, the systems would make wonderful weapons delivery and defence systems. It is a lot easier to dream about distant civilizations whose existence will have little impact, if they can never reach here, or never have been here. Many quite extraordinary scientific and technological developments were conducted in TOP SECRET programs including the development of the atomic bomb, the proximity fuse, radar, etc. There is overwhelming evidence, never noted by the SS, that the subject of flying saucers represents a kind of Cosmic Watergate including the recovery of two crashed saucers in New Mexico in 1947 13. According to Pulitzer prize winning journalist Tim Weiner14, the annual Black Budget (Not under congressional control) was running $34. Billion.. several years ago. The NSA had openly admitted withholding 156 UFO documents even from a Federal Court Judge given a high security clearance. When these were “released” more than 15 years later, only 1 or 2 lines per page were not covered by whiteout. I have received formerly classified CIA UFO documents on which only 8 words are not blacked out.
USAF General Carroll Bolender stated15 that "Reports of UFOs which could effect national security… are NOT part of the Blue Book System.” One should note that the very high quality military monitoring systems operated by the Air Defence Command and the NRO and NSA produce data which is born classified and is not released to the public.
6. If the SS are truly interested in the SETI, why don’t they examine the best UFO data instead of ignoring it? Without that data, they have no evidence to support the many assumptions they make about ETI. For example, it is assumed that there is intelligent life all over the place, that some of this life is more advanced than we are; but that ET communications and flight technology are stuck at the level of radio and chemical rockets, and ETs are trying to attract our attention via radio!! No evidence has been provided that any of these assumptions are true. And yet these same SS insist on ufologists providing them with an alien body!! SS have been joyous about finding 37 radio signals out of several billion that were tantalizing. But they choose to ignore the 21.5% of 3201 investigated UFO sightings that might indeed signal the existence of ETVs. The false reasoning is incredible. Since most sightings can be explained, therefore all can be. But since some very few radio signals were thought to be intriguing, we should follow that path of study!
7. Why is the assumption made that aliens wouldn’t know there was a technological civilization here until they picked up our TV or radar signals? We are already, though in our technological infancy compared to a cosmic time frame, considering building a radio telescope with segments on opposite sides of the solar system that could directly observe earth size planets around all the stars in the neighborhood. Other civilizations in the neighborhood could have done this a billion years ago. As Sagan noted 16, signs of biological life here could have been observed at Earth by an alien spacecraft at our level of technological development two billion years ago. Why not assume that every library in the local galactic neighborhood has known of our existence as a result of explorations done millions of years ago? One should note that Columbus did not wait for a smoke signal from the Western Hemisphere’s natives before sailing westward. One of Magellan’s ships sailed around the world in about two years. The Space Shuttle does it in 90 minutes. Progress comes from doing things differently.
8. Why is it that the SS don’t understand that, at the end of WW II, it was quite obvious to any visiting alien intelligence agents that soon (less than 100 years) these primitive earthlings, whose brand of friendship is obviously hostility, could be traipsing around the local galactic neighborhood? Three new readily observable technologies: atom bombs, powerful V-2 rockets, and powerful radar systems set the pace. It is probably not a coincidence that the crashed saucers were recovered in Southeastern New Mexico near the only place on Earth (White Sands Missile Range) in July, 1947, where all three could be observed.
During any one century, because the progress from no space technology to deep space travel takes such a comparatively short time, it doesn’t seem likely that there would be any other civilization in the local neighborhood going through the same transition. They are either ahead of us or behind us. Of course we would be of interest to them; if for no other reason that the equivalent of national security concerns. Compare the world’s budget for National security with that for radio astronomy. One reasonable purpose from that viewpoint for visiting here would be to assure that we don’t go out there until we get our act together. The word quarantine comes to mind. Does anybody really believe that aliens would want this primitive society out there before we get our act together and can even qualify for admission to the Cosmic Kindergarten?
9. Why is it that SS seem to assume that aliens would want to deal with them? They don’t speak for the planet any more than ham radio operators speak for their countries. If their annual budget were even $100 Million, that is miniscule compared to the $1 Trillion for national security.
10. Why is it that SS so often try to stress how big and how old the universe is? In fact the sphere centered on the sun and having a radius of only 54 light years includes 1000 stars of which about 46 seem to be sun-like and suitable for planets and life17. At least two of these sun-like stars are 1 Billion years older than the sun. If my car were stolen near my home in Fredericton, New Brunswick, it wouldn’t make much sense to suggest that the thief might be any one of 6 billion Earthlings. It would appear to be much more likely that the thief was one of 725,000 New Brunswick residents or one of only 50,000 Frederictonians. The odds of finding the thief would be greatly enhanced. Note, too, for example, that residents of Zeta 1 and Zeta 2 Reticuli, being less than one light year apart, could directly observe planets around the other star.
11. Why do SS focus on the Drake Equation which supposedly tells how many inhabited planets there are capable of sending radio signals? There is no evidence to support the many assumptions that are made and it takes no account of the processes most important for the distribution of intelligent life on Earth, namely migration and colonization. We have data on one planet in one solar system at the present time. We don’t even know how many civilizations there may have been here on earth 10 million or 200 million years ago. Heinrich Schliemann had to dig down 75 feet to find Troy dating from just a few thousand years ago. How much of earth has been explored that deep, no less the much greater depth that would be needed to tell us about civilizations that were lost due to asteroid collisions or nuclear wars or continental drift since hundreds of millions of years ago? One might just as well throw a dart at a dart board with numbers on it.
12. Why are proclamations made by SS that aliens can’t possibly be humanoid, as described by UFO witnesses? We have no catalog of aliens in the neighborhood combined with travel schedules so we could predict how many would have three heads or four eyes, etc. After all, these claims of non-humanoidness are based on the assumption that any ETI has developed indigenously and independently of life from anywhere else and there has been no migration or colonization. Funny how the laws of physics and biology might even suggest that there are favored directions for how things develop. For example, we find few examples of mammals with three legs or three eyes. There may well be advantages to certain configurations. Colonization and migration would lead to the dispersal of particular features. Proclamations without data are hardly scientific. Reports from all over Earth indicate humanoids are visiting in strange vehicles with extraordinary capabilities. This, of course, does not mean that all aliens are humanoid. Presumably the ammonia breathers go to Jupiter.
13. Are the SS really unaware that public opinion polls have consistently shown that believers in alien visitations outnumber non-believers and that the greater the education the more likely to accept ETV? Two polls of engineers and scientists involved in research and development activities 18 even showed that 2/3 of those who expressed an opinion believe that some UFOs are ET spacecraft. After all, certain knowledge that Earth is indeed being visited would provide the best incentive for bigger budgets for space exploration. Of course if aliens are indeed visiting, than the Radio Telescope Search for ET signals would seem a useless exercise and might indicate the SS have been on the wrong track all along. Learning sign language might be more productive in terms of Communicating with ETI. I have twice heard independent reports of military personnel recording radio signals from a UFO that was being monitored by nearby military radar. One wonders how many similar instances there have been.
14. Why do SS, who should know better, or at least should have done their homework, so often pronounce that it would be impossible for anyone to withstand the “enormous” accelerations of UFOs so often observed for brief times? They quote no data to support their pronouncements despite the huge amount of data that NASA and others have compiled over the past half century. It turns out that trained and properly constrained humans can withstand “enormous” accelerations, for significant times, so long as the acceleration is in the appropriate direction vis a vis the body. Astronauts are launched while on their backs for a good reason. For example, a pilot can perform a tracking task while being accelerated for 2 minutes at 14 Gs. That is from zero to 36,000 miles per hour in 2 minutes. They can successfully withstand 30Gs for one second. Dr. Paul Stapp’s rocket sled reached over 600mph in the early 1950s and he successfully withstood 43Gs when slowing down more rapidly than expected. Data should take precedence over proclamations.
15. Why do SS cite the Fermi Paradox as though it demonstrates that nobody is coming here or that we haven’t been colonized, perhaps many times, in the past? Fermi was well known at the University of Chicago for trying to teach by asking questions. Remember that he assumed it would only take a few million years for the entire galaxy to be colonized once those activities had begun. The beginning could have been a billion years ago.
16. Finally there seem to be no signs that either SETI leaders or UFO debunkers are willing to note the false reasoning of their own kind . This lack of internal evaluations provides a scientifically unhealthy and dogmatic, almost cult-like atmosphere, with charismatic leadership, a strong dogma, and irrational resistance to outside or new ideas. Scientists and journalists have a serious obligation to study the relevant data rather than to make pronouncements having no factual basis. Does the end (presumably public rejection of flying saucer visitations and enhancement of the status of SETI) really justify the means of misrepresentation based on ignorance and arrogance? Ufologists are, in contrast, very critical of each other. Party Lines should be for politicians, NOT for scientists.
1. Campbell, Dr. John William “Rocket Flight to the Moon,” PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE, Ser. 7, Vol. 31, No. 204, January 1941
2. Bickerton, Dr. Alexander William, Speech Before British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1926 (Professor of Astronomy U. of New Zealand, Christchurch, NZ
3. Newcomb, Dr. Simon “Flying Machine” INDEPENDENT, 55:2508-12
4. Krauss, Dr. Lawrence Maxwell BEYOND STAR TREK, Basic Books, 1993, 203 pp.
5. Luce, Dr. John S. “Controlled Fusion Propulsion” PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD SYMPOSIUM ON ADVANCED PROPULSION TECHNIQUES, Vol. 1 / Gordon and Breach, New York, 1963 pp343-380
6. No authors listed “Project Blue Book Special Report #14” 256 pp., 240 tables and charts. Done by Battelle Memorial Institute for USAF, 1955. $25.00 Including S&H from UFORI, POB 958, Houlton, ME 04730-0956
7. Symposium on UFOs / House Committee on Science and Technology, July 29, 1968, NTIS, PB 179541, 247 pp. (testimony of 12 scientists). See also McDonald, Dr. James E., “Congressional Testimony” 71 pp., 41 sightings, $10.00 Includes P&H from UFORI, POB 958, Houlton, ME 04730-0958
8. Hall, Richard “The UFO Evidence I, 1961, Vol. 2, A Thirty Year Report” Scarecrow press 2001, 650 pp.
9. “Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects” / Univ. of Colorado, Directed by Dr. E.U. Condon 1969 (963 pp.), Bantam Books. 30% of 117 cases unexplainable.
10. Hynek, Dr. J. Allan “The UFO Experience,” Henry Regnery, Chicago, 1973
11. The Cometa Report “UFOs and Defence: What Should We Prepare For.” 90-page English Translation of French Report, 1999, $10.00 From UFORI includes S&H.
12. Sagan, Dr. Carl “Other Worlds” Bantam, 1975, p.113
13. Friedman, Stanton Terry and Berliner, Donald “Crash at Corona: The Definitive Study of the Roswell Incident” Anniversary Edition, 1997, Marlow Books, Autographed. $15.00 From UFORI.
14. Weiner, Tim “Blank Check: The Pentagon’s Black Budget,” Warner Books,1990, 288 pp.
15. Bolender, General Carroll “Memo: UFO, October 20, 1969"
16. Sagan, Dr. Carl “The Search for Extraterrestrial Life” SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, 1994, pp. 93-99
17. Dickinson, Terence “The Zeta Reticuli Incident” Astromedia Corp. 32 pp., full color booklet, $5.00 Postpaid from UFORI.
18. Friedman, Stanton Terry “Who Believes in UFOs?” International UFO Reporter, Jan./Feb. 1989 pp. 6-10
Never Before Revealed In Full: 1st Ever Written Evidence on RAF Bentwaters
Never Before Revealed In Full: 1st Ever Written Evidence on RAF Bentwaters
Published on Aug 27, 2016
In this exclusive Earth Mystery News video interview, Larry Warren both reads and comments on his original letter written to his mother January 6, 1981 reporting a UFO sighting at the R.A.F. Bentwaters base, otherwise known as the Rendlesham Forest Incident, predating the now famous Halt Memorandum by a week and is the FIRST written piece of original evidence existing on the topic.
In December 1980, Larry Warren was a member of the Air Force security police stationed at RAF Bentwaters, a NATO base in Great Britain. On the night of the 28th he was on guard duty when he was taken by truck to join other Air Force personnel to investigate a disturbance in a Rendlesham Forest about five miles away, which turned out to be a landed UFO with 3 Beings who appeared from the unidentified craft. This was the third night of UFO activity in the area and by far the most profound. When the men were debriefed the next day, they were warned to tell no one about what they had seen-as “bullets are cheap.”
What is of profound significance here is that this happened in the forest between the two NATO Bases where nuclear missiles were being stored illegally in violation of the Geneva Convention. The significance of secrecy for this event is that this was a nuclear tampering UFO case. The (ONI) Office of Naval Intelligence and the (AFSS) Air Force Security Service came to the base to brief the military witnesses and impose a veil of secrecy that continues until this day.
And so began what would turn out to be the best documented and most significant military-UFO incident in history.
Known as the man who blew open this case publicly, Larry Warren reads the letter he wrote to his mother when he was 19 years old and reflects about what he said for this EMN exclusive interview.
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Astrophysicist suggests alien life might be everywhere
Astrophysicist suggests alien life might be everywhere
A Columbia University professor has introduced an unusual theory — that humans have yet to discover alien life because it could be woven into the fabric of the universe and even physics itself.
Astrophysicist Caleb Scharf presents this idea in a piece published on the website Nautilus.
According to him, some believe technology might progress so far that "...we wouldn't even realize we were staring at it....it would neatly explain why we have yet to see advanced intelligence in the cosmos around us, despite the sheer number of planets it could have arisen on..."
Scharf also notes that, given the possibility that other building blocks of life exist outside of molecules, "a civilization could then transcribe itself and its entire physical realm into new forms. Indeed, perhaps our universe is one of the new forms into which some other civilization transcribed its world."
Scharf points out, "...only about 5 percent of the mass-energy of the universe consists of ordinary matter: the protons, neutrons, and electrons that we're composed of. A much larger 27 percent is thought to be unseen, still mysterious stuff."
He also questions if the universe's past unpredictable ways, such as a rapid expansion 5 billion years ago, could be the result of alien manipulations.
Overall, Scharf considers these possibilities to be fun and hopes a lab can one day detect life in dark matter.
Een professor van de Columbia-universiteit heeft een ongewone theorie geïntroduceerd: dat mensen buitenaards leven nog niet hebben ontdekt omdat het is verweven met de structuur van het universum en zelfs de natuurkunde.
Astrofysicus Caleb Scharf presenteerde zijn idee in een artikel op de website Nautilus.
Sommigen menen volgens hem dat de technologie mogelijk zo ver doorontwikkelt ‘dat we niet eens zouden beseffen dat we ernaar kijken’.
Andere bouwstenen
Het zou verklaren waarom we nog geen intelligent leven in de kosmos hebben ontdekt, ondanks het duizelingwekkende aantal planeten waarop het zich kan hebben ontwikkeld, aldus Scharf.
Hij merkt ook op dat er andere bouwstenen van leven kunnen zijn naast moleculen.
Een beschaving zou zichzelf en zijn hele fysieke wereld vervolgens kunnen veranderen in een andere vorm.
Onzichtbaar
Wellicht is ons universum wel één van de nieuwe vormen waarin een beschaving zijn wereld heeft veranderd.
Scharf wijst erop dat slechts vijf procent van het universum bestaat uit gewone materie: de protonen, neutronen en elektronen waar we uit bestaan.
Een veel groter deel, zo’n 27 procent, bestaat uit onzichtbaar, mysterieus spul, aldus de hoogleraar.
Leven
Hij vraagt zich ook af of de versnelde expansie van het heelal zo’n vijf miljard jaar geleden het werk kan zijn geweest van aliens.
Scharf hoopt dat een laboratorium ooit leven weet te ontdekken in donkere materie.
Superfast plane could fly from London to New York in 20 minutes using revolutionary engine
AROUND THE WORLD IN 90 MINUTES
Superfast plane could fly from London to New York in 20 minutes using revolutionary engine
The Antipode could be ten times faster than Concorde and uses technology that's been tested by NASA, creator claims
BY JENNIFER HALE
A NEXT-GENERATION jet could take passengers from London to New York in just 20 minutes, according to its creator.
Canadian designer Charles Bombardier claims his concept plane, called the Antipode, could be ten times faster than Concorde.
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The Antipode, which is the latest supersonic concept plane
It would carry ten people, using rocket boosters to climb to 40,000 feet and could zoom round the globe in less time than it takes to watch a game of football.
A ‘supersonic combuston ramjet engine’ would then bring the plane up to speeds of Mach 24, which is 21 times the speed of sound.
A normal Boeing 747 has a top speed of 570 miles an hour, but the Antipode would be capable of reaching a whopping 16,000 mph.
It’s Bombardier’s second attempt at designing a super-fast aircraft, after previously publishing a design called the Skreemr.
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It could hold ten people and fly from London to New York in just 20 minutes
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It uses Long Penetration Mode technology to combat problems previously faced by Concorde
Mr Bombardier told the BBC: “The idea of going from New York to London in, say 20 minutes – that’s what I think really grabbed people.
“It’s always something that people would like – a transportation system that could take you from one place on the planet to the other side.”
But we won’t be jetting across the Atlantic in 20 minutes any time soon as the design is just a concept.
Bombardier added: “I wanted to help get funding to do more research, and so I tried to push the whole thing forward.
“I know that it’s not going to lead to the exact aircraft at the end, but it might help to develop new technologies and new processes. If it does, then that I’m happy that I did something to help society.”
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The jet is just a concept for now but creator Bombardier is looking for more investment into researching its design and technology
The fastest passenger plane in the world at the moment is Air Force One.
The President’s private jet can reach speeds of 594 mph and is able to refuel midair and stay in the air indefinitely if necessary.
Unsurprisingly, it doesn’t come cheap, costing £160,000 per hour when it’s in the air.
Just yesterday it was revealed that the plane needs an urgent makeover, just in time for President-elect Donald Trump.
The Donald is also going to get a second plane over fears it is simply too outdated.
Incredible aerial timelapse reveals how the mysterious Area 51 has expanded over the last 30 years
SCARIER 51
Incredible aerial timelapse reveals how the mysterious Area 51 has expanded over the last 30 years
Satellite images show a second runway has been constructed and on-site infrastructure vastly expanded
BY COREY CHARLTON
EVER since the 1950s, the US government’s Area 51 – located deep within the remote Nevada desert – has been the subject of intense conspiracy theories.
But now Google Maps has offered a rare glimpse of the mysterious government site – revealing a massive build up of infrastructure at the base over the past 30 years.
GOOGLE MAPS
Area 51 pictured from above in 1984
GOOGLE MAPS
By 1990 another runway appears to have been constructed
GOOGLE MAPS
And in 2007, more buildings can be seen built into the neighbouring mountain
GOOGLE MAPS
Here it is seen in 2016 – revealing a swathe of new infrastructure
Satellite imagery recorded annually since 1984 shows a rapid expansion of buildings and runways at the base.
This includes the construction of a second runway and what appears to be an extension of the first.
Buildings are also being constructed into the side of a nearby mountain – though what they contain remains a mystery.
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While the existence of Area 51 is common knowledge, for decades the US refused to even acknowledge its existence.
The base and the area surrounding it are entirely off-limits for civilians, while the airspace is a no-fly zone.
Military personnel with weapons patrol the perimeter of Area 51, with signs warning that security can use “deadly force”.
The closely-guarded nature of Area 51 adds to the intrigue of a site long associated with UFO conspiracy theories.
The US Air Force Base, around 80 miles from Las Vegas, is thought to be used for the development and testing of experimental aircraft.
Many conspiracy theorists claim that the base has been used for reverse engineering of an alleged crashed alien spacecraft at Roswell.
Bikers stopped and frisked at gunpoint after 'discovering entry to Area 51'
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VIDEO: Satellietbeelden onthullen uitbreidingen mysterieuze basis Area 51
VIDEO: Satellietbeelden onthullen uitbreidingen mysterieuze basis Area 51
Al sinds de jaren vijftig wordt Area 51, een geheime legerbasis in de Nevadawoestijn, omgeven door diverse complottheorieën.
Op Google Maps is te zien dat de mysterieuze basis in de afgelopen 30 jaar flink is uitgebreid.
Satellietbeelden die sinds 1984 zijn verzameld laten zien dat er veel gebouwen en landingsbanen zijn bijgekomen.
Zijkant van een berg
De beelden tonen onder meer de aanleg van een tweede landingsbaan en een uitbreiding van de eerste.
Ook is te zien dat er gebouwen zijn bijgekomen die in de zijkant van een berg zijn gebouwd. Het is niet bekend wat ze bevatten.
Decennialang weigerde de Amerikaanse overheid het bestaan van Area 51 te erkennen.
Dodelijk geweld
De basis en het omliggende terrein zijn verboden voor onbevoegden en het luchtruim boven de basis is gesloten.
Rond Area 51 patrouilleren soldaten en zijn waarschuwingsborden te zien met teksten als ‘gebruik van dodelijk geweld toegestaan’.
Buitenaards ruimteschip
Omdat er zo geheimzinnig wordt gedaan over Area 51, wordt de legerbasis al geruime tijd geassocieerd met complottheorieën.
Veel complottheoretici claimen dat een gecrasht buitenaards ruimteschip op de basis wordt bewaard. Er zouden ook experimentele vliegtuigen worden getest.
We komen nu in een situatie terecht, waarbij er bijna dagelijks nieuwe dingen worden ontdekt op de planeet Mars.
Enkele dagen geleden de ontdekking van wat lijkt op de restanten vaneen grote oude stadop Mars en nu komt daar de volgende bij.
De ontdekking is gedaan door iemand uit Portugal en wanneer je tot nu toe nog getwijfeld hebt over of er ooit leven en een beschaving op Mars is geweest of zelfs nog is, is er grote kans dat je door deze ontdekking over de streep wordt getrokken.
Deze vondst komt natuurlijk bovenop de lange rij van ontdekkingen die in de loop der jaren zijn gedaan op Mars en die met de beste wil van de wereld niet verklaard kunnen worden als natuurlijke objecten.
De volgende ontdekking is gedaan in een gebied op Mars dat bekendstaat als Terra Meridiani.
En middenin dat kale verlaten landschap van Terra Meridianan vinden je een aantal objecten die absoluut niet thuis horen in het vlakke landschap.
Wat natuurlijk verder opvalt, is dat de ruimtes tussen de drie objecten zo perfect gelijk is, dat dat nooit iets kan zijn dat door de natuur is gevormd.
Je ziet ook dat de objecten allemaal precies gelijk gevormd zijn en even groot en hoe ze aan de bovenkant een soort punt lijken te hebben.
Als je de NASA beelden zou vertalen naar een 3D weergave van hoe deze objecten er op de grond van Mars uit zien, dan zou je iets krijgen zoals de volgende afbeelding.
Of, zoals deze:
Alhoewel het op de afbeelding niet zulke grote torens lijken, zijn ze volgens Scott Waring misschien wel iets van anderhalve kilometer hoog.
Ze zijn in ieder geval goed gebouwd, want ze zijn blijven staan ondanks alle dingen die er ongetwijfeld op Mars zullen zijn gebeurd.
Hierna volgen twee video’s over dit onderwerp. De eerste is in het Engels van Secureteam en de tweede is in het Portugees en is gemaakt door de man die de ontdekking heeft gedaan.
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Connecticut witness describes triangle UFO under 500 feet
Connecticut witness describes triangle UFO under 500 feet
A Connecticut witness at New Milford reported watching a silent, triangle-shaped UFO that moved close at an altitude under 500 feet and then made a 90-degree turn and moved away, according to testimony in Case 80488 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
Witness illustration. (Credit: MUFON)
The witness was driving home on a clear night at 8:45 p.m. on November 17, 2016, when the incident began.
“Approached a stop sign in rural area and noted a brightly lit craft flying very slowly directly towards me at low altitude,” the witness stated.“The white spotlights were very bright and spaced widely apart, making a helicopter unlikely, so I stopped at the intersection to observe what seemed like a strange phenomenon.”
The object reached the witness in about three minutes, traveling less than a mile.
“As it got closer I saw a blinking red light on the nose and thought ‘plane.’ But it was so slow, low and silent.”
The witness was able to describe the lighting on the triangle-shaped craft as it moved close. Pictured: New Milford, CT. (Credit: Google)
But then the object made a turn.
“Moments before it would have been overhead, it made a perfect 90-degree turn. At that point I could see its underbelly clearly. It was a perfect black triangle, slightly wider at the back than the sides (triangle tip facing forward for flight) with white and red line of lights along the back flashing in a sequence back and forth. Shortly after it turned it traveled behind the treeline and I continued on my way home.”
New Milford is a town in southern Litchfield County, Connecticut, population 28,671. Connecticut MUFON Field Investigator Warren Fentress is investigating. The witness provided one illustration with the MUFON report, which was filed on November 17, 2016.
The object made a 90-degree turned and moved away. Pictured: New Milford, CT. (Credit: Google)
Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.
USAF security police officer says he witnessed famous Rendlesham Forest UFO sighting, interview
USAF security police officer says he witnessed famous Rendlesham Forest UFO sighting, interview
Editor’s note:The Rendlesham Forest UFO sightings took place over several days in late December, 1980. Although exact dates have been disputed, according to the witnesses, it is likely the event began very late on December 25. The Rendlsham forest is flanked by two Royal Air Force (RAF) bases, RAF Bentwaters and RAF Woodbridge. At the time, both were on lease to the United States Air Force. Personnel from both bases reported seeing UFOs the night of the 25th into the early morning of the 26th.
When December comes around each year it always reminds me that what has been labelled as Britain’s foremost UFO incident took place. I refer of course to the events in late December 1980 in Rendlesham Forest, commonly referred to as the RFI. This incident is too big and too complicated to summarise here but for those who are not fully aware of it I would recommend you read the Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendlesham_Forest_incident.
This year we have the new book The Halt Perspective, co-authored by Colonel Halt and John Hanson and published by ’Haunted Skies.’ To some, the RFI is THE case that can change ufology forever, while others dismiss it offering a variety of natural explanations to account for the observations in question. For those who do not know who Colonel Halt is, he was the Deputy Base Commander at RAF Woodbridge in 1980, and was an eye witness to some of the UFO events observed in December 1980.
I am not going to go over old ground, and my own opinion on the RFI remains open, but I am not convinced with a lot of the sceptical arguments against it. So, with all this in mind, I have recently taken the opportunity to interview one of the US Airmen that was on duty on one of the nights in question. To the best of my knowledge he has not gone on the record before. His name is Steve Longero. I spoke with Steve twice on the telephone on October 29th & 30th 2016.
Who is Steve Longero ?
Steve Longero
My background:
I worked as a Police Officer for Dept of Veterans Affairs 1986-1988. I was hired by the County of Santa Clara Dept of Correction in 1988, while working in the jails, I also was a Reserve Police Officer for the city of Manteca! I ended up retiring from the Sheriffs office in Santa Clara County where I was recognized by the courts as a gang expert. I held the title of training officer, as was a team leader for the emergency response team there, until I retired in 2012.
I was a former Sergeant – Honourable Discharge – at USAF Security Police (1980 – 1984). Yes. I was in the forest, I saw the lights, heard the conversations, talked about it and was told to be quiet! My roommate was Ed Cabansag! I really never talked about it to Penniston and Burroughs but I was there! Warren can tell you! Yes we were debriefed and told to keep quiet!
Interview with Steve Longero
Some of the following interview will be paraphrased while other parts will be verbatim.
Philip Mantle: Can you tell us when you joined the USAF.
Steve Longero: Yes, it’s been a long time. I joined in July, no June 1980.
Mantle: Were your stationed anywhere else before you went to Bentwaters?
Longero: No, that was my first duty. I was a security policeman. You know my job was patrolling the flight line and the weapons storage area (WSA).
Photo of the weapons storage area at RAF Bentwaters. (Credit: Philip Mantle)
Mantle: Do you remember the nights in question in late December 1980?
Longero: Yes, I sure do. I went on duty, what I remember that on one of those nights I was guarding the weapons storage area.
While on duty that night, we had a very sophisticated alarm system and everything just went off. And then, you know, I could see these lights over the treetops, and I was thinking, “What’s going on?” Then they started sending people out there and at first, you know, it was hard to believe, you know, all these bright lights. It was hard to take in. Well, from what I remember, the lights, fluorescent lights, kind of a glow, like a reddish glow. I remember going out there.
Steve went on to add that he went out into Rendlesham Forest and there were a lot of other people already there. The forest wasn’t that far from the perimeter. He was only a few hundred yards into the forest. He could not remember who ordered him to go out there. He remembered the flight chief being out there. He saw the lights in the forest. There were a number of others out there including Larry Warren and Jim Penniston and Cabansag. He was out in the forest from between one to two hours. A few days later they were told not to talk about it. Steve went on to confirm that OSI agents were there. He was asked to sign something and told not to talk about it.
He remembers seeing, among others, Larry Warren when they were told to obtain the ‘light alls’ (portable lights). These were used to light up the forest. So they were taken into the area.
Longero: I can’t remember verbatim what I saw that night but I was there.
Mantle: What I’d like to ask you again, Steve, is when you went out into the forest you could see the lights over the trees. Could you tell me what those lights looked like, please?
Longero: They looked like fluorescent coloured lights, like red and green, glowing lights and that’s what they looked like.
Mantle: How long did you view them for do you reckon?
Longero: I’d say ten to fifteen minutes, and I could see them hovering over the treetops, and it was just hovering over the treetops, and it was just, just, like an eye that was almost following everybody.
Picture of Longero and his fellow airmen. Longero is in the bottom right.
Mantle: When you went into the forest you mentioned others, can you remember anyone else who were there?
Longero: Yes, Penniston and Burroughs and Cabansag and, I remember others starting coming, we all kind of got dispatched there, if I remember, Larry was out there. Because, if I remember right, Larry was working at a gate and he got picked up by, I want to say, a Lt. Englund. I remember he was at the East Gate and I remember he, they transported people from there, like I said, they sent a lot of people out there.
Mantle: So when you were in the forest, can you explain to me what you saw and what was it like there?
Longero: It was real kind of quiet and, you know, this thing hovering over the trees, and you were like kind of tracking it and like, “What is this?,” you know, and it was like following, it was like watching us, that’s what it looked like to us. It seemed like something watching us.
Mantle: What colour was it?
Longero: From what I remember, it was like aglow. It was really glowing like a reddish, greenish light. It was a like, it war really glowing. You know what it looked like, like something was really hot and it was just glowing.
Mantle: Did you see Col. Halt? Was he there?
Longero: Col. Halt came afterwards, yes, he came afterwards, after all that was called in. I remember him turning up. That’s when they kind of gathered everyone around and said this is what we are going to do, and everybody kind of dispersed and did what they were told to do. I remember we had like a little briefing right there and everybody was just like, we just could not believe what we were seeing. Your adrenalin was flowing and I remember people saying like, “What is that?,” you know.
Memo written by Col. Halt related to the incident that was leaked to the press.
Mantle: Now, I know I have asked you this question before Steve, but some people believe that you misidentified the lighthouse. What do you say to that?
Longero: (laughs). I don’t think so.
Mantle: Could you see the lighthouse at the same time?
Longero: I won’t say it was the lighthouse; no, it was not the lighthouse. Not unless the lighthouse could move (laughs). Unless they could float that thing in the air. And then, you know, as we got, as people were getting close to this thing, it kind of came nearer to us and then it would go forward and then go back and all of a sudden it just disappeared, like something out of Star Trek. It was like warp speed and we were all, “What was that?” It was gone, and then that’s when they started doing all their investigations and I was just a, after we secured the area, they said, “Okay. You’re gone. Get out of here.”
Mantle: Was there a lot of talk about it back at base afterwards?
Longero: Oh yes. It was all over the base. It was a big topic.
Mantle: You said that you were debriefed a few days later. Is that right?
Longero: Yes, I want to say a day or two later. I remember that night we all used to go and eat at the chow hall and everybody was talking about it and I remember, in fact, I want to say I was sitting at the table where Penniston was sitting, and he was a Staff Sergeant, and he told all of us to stop talking about it. I remember that, you know, stop talking about it.
Mantle: You said, also, that Larry Warren was involved in helping set up the light-alls. Is that correct?
Longero: He was. Yes, that’s true.
Mantle: So who debriefed you Steve?
Longero: You know, Philip, I remember going in, they called us in individually, and I want to say that it was security police investigations, and I do believe that there was an OSI agent in there. I remember this OSI gentleman with a beard. I remember getting pulled in. I remember getting talked to by Major Zickler. I remember getting called into his office for something like that.
Newspaper breaking the story of the UFO sightings in the Rendlesham Forest.
Mantle: Can you remember what the conversation was (with Major Zickler)?
Longero: Well, you know, what you saw, remember where you work in the weapons storage area. It was like you don’t need to talk about this you don’t need to make a big deal out of this.
Mantle: And we are talking about nuclear weapons here aren’t we?
Longero: Yes sir.
Mantle: So, there was a lot of talk, was there a consensus about what this thing was?
Longero: Yes. It was like, “What did we see? Was this an experimental aircraft?” I remember that was one of the things, you know, “What was that?”
Mantle: What do you think it was?
Longero: I think it was something not from this world. Just because the way it hovered and just the way it disappeared. That’s what I think. That’s what I’ve always thought.
Mantle: You know Larry Warren has been criticized quite a bit. What do have to say in answer to that?
Longero: I think there were a lot of haters out there who just didn’t like Larry Warren. I liked Larry. I went to tech school with him and I never had a problem with Larry, but I know there were people in that unit that didn’t like him for whatever reason. Maybe they didn’t like his personality, but I never had any issue with Larry.
Mantle: But you definitely remember seeing him there, don’t you?
Longero: I remember, what I remember is that we had something to do with these light-all things, I remember, yes. And that was out there, yes.
Mantle: Did you get to know any of the civilians in the area at the time?
Longero: No. After that, I just kind of kept myself to myself, and kind of thought, “I’ll do my bit and get out of here.”
End of interview
Welcome sign at RAF Bentwaters. (Credit: Philip Mantle)
I have thanked Steve Longero for speaking to me and for going on the record for the very first time. Steve does not claim to be anything special, but he wanted to emphasize that there were a lot of others involved and who were witness to the events in question. Many of whom have yet to add their voice to these events.
Steve has confirmed the open secret that nuclear weapons were stored at RAF Bentwaters at the time, although, he did not personally witness any lights being shone onto the WSA. He has confirmed much of what Colonel Halt has already said on the record, and he is in no doubt that Larry Warren was there.
It is not the intention of this article to discuss what Steve and his colleagues may or may not have observed, nor is it my aim to support anyone’s story of whether they were there or not. One thing that is clear is that there are probably many others who were stationed there at the time and, as yet, have not gone on the record. Let us hope that in some small way this article might encourage some of them to come forward.
What is also clear is that despite the best efforts of some, this case will continue to be hotly debated for many years to come. Do the events in late December 1980 in Rendlesham forest have a conventional explanation, or is Steve Longero correct when he says it was “something not of this world?” I leave you to decide.
An Indiana witness at Angola recalled a UFO encounter from 2012 involved a shape-shifting UFO, according to testimony in Case 79957 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
The events began at 10:30 p.m. on July 7, 2012, at Little Long Lake where the lake is divided by both the Indiana and Michigan state line.
The witness first noticed a bright light in the distance. Pictured: Little Long Lake. (Credit: Google)
“I was on a pontoon boat sitting at the dock waiting for some friends who were using the bathroom in the cottage,” the witness stated. The skies were clear and full of stars. Being on the lake with little or no lights around the area made it very easy and enjoyable looking at the stars. It was an exceptional night for star gazing, which I love to do.”
Several other people were on the pontoon boat at the same time.
“I was laying down on one of the seats looking up at the stars in the sky. I happened to look to my right, which would be a northerly direction. As I looked off to my right, I noticed a glowing white ball in the sky, which seemed to get bigger as I gazed at it. It was moving toward our position. I figured it might be some kind of fireworks since it was just after the 4th of July (this incident was on Saturday, July 7th). But there weren’t any other fireworks being set off at the time.”
The witness was curious and continued to watch the globe move toward the boat.
The object appeared to change shape at one point. Pictured: Little Long Lake. (Credit: Google)
“Maybe it was a plane, but the globe or circle of light was too big to be a plane. I sat up to get a better view of this display. My friend was directly across from me laying on the other reclined seat. He was looking in a westerly direction. His sister-in-law was in one of the captain’s seats in the front of the boat looking east. The light got as big as a penny and then it burst into a perfect rectangular-shaped light. No globe-shaped figure anymore, just a solid glowing white light in a rectangular shape – like the globe exploded but no fragments – just a perfectly shaped and very long rectangle.”
The object soon disappeared.
“This was only a few seconds before there was nothing. It was gone. I blurted out, ‘What the heck was that?’ My friend didn’t move and just asked ‘what?’ His sister-in-law asked the same. I said,‘Right there,’ as I pointed in the direction of the white globe turned rectangular burst. As my friend exclaimed,‘What did you see?’ and his sister-in-law was repositioning herself to look in the direction I was gazing, two smaller spheres or globes appeared; one coming from a westerly direction and the other coming from the east.”
The witness described the two globes.
“One was a red color or scarlet-colored globe – smaller than the white globe before it burst into the rectangular shape. The other globe was purple or violet-colored globe. They came to rest on top of one another it seemed. Just for a second before one accelerated very fast straight up and the other straight down. This all happened quickly – not in slow motion – but in a few seconds. So before my friend’s sister-in-law was able to position herself to look in the direction I was locked onto, the globes were gone.”
The original object was too big to be a plane. Pictured: Little Long Lake. (Credit: Google)
The witness became very excited.
“I said, ‘Oh my God,’ look at that. My friend’s sister-in-law was turned around at the time and said – ‘what?’ I pointed in the direction of where these two globes had just disappeared. All of sudden, they both appeared again coming from the same direction they did before, from the west and the other from the east. They again stopped above each other – like resting on top of one another – for just a second or two and then just took off directly away from our position – very quickly until you couldn’t see them.”
Indiana MUFON State Director Stewart I. Hill and Assistant State Director Ned Delaney investigated this case and closed it as an Unknown.
“Though the short but vivid lighting effect suggests a possible meteor, the light formation and subsequent spheres tend to eliminate that explanation,” Hill and Delaney wrote in their report. “The fact that no others in the group observed a flash also tends to eliminate the meteor explanation.For lack of specific details beyond the light phenomenon and subsequent light patterns, it is extremely difficult to identify these sightings. Though the historical event could be a natural phenomenon, the resulting spheres raise additional questions about just what was observed. The additional event referenced as a moving light, which stops and speeds off, is consistent with numerous sightings of moving lights that don’t behave quite like a conventional aircraft. Recommended Disposition: Unknown/Other.”
Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.
Interview with author, publisher and UFO researcher John Hanson
A UFO book that is gathering interest and momentum at the moment is The Halt Perspective, so I have taken this opportunity to interview the book’s co-author and publisher, John Hanson. Lots has been said on social media and the controversy still continues, so I thought it might be the right time to go direct to the source and get an email interview with the man in question.
Phillip Mantle: Please tell us something about your background. Who is John Hanson? When did you first become interested in the UFO phenomenon?
John Hanson: Early roots and sides of life
I am a retired West Midlands Police Officer, born in Didcot, Berkshire, now living in Worcestershire.
My father – ex-RAF John Thomas Hanson, a Yorkshireman – joined the RSPCA [Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals] as an Inspector. In those days Inspectors were not allowed to stay more than 7 years on a posting, so I have many pleasant memories of having lived in Halifax, Leeds, Cheltenham and Surrey. My Dad worked many long hours and was always being called out in the middle of the night to rescue an animal. This was before the hours were regulated. I am proud of him and my Mum – Didcot born Barbara Anne Hanson (nee Keats) – whom I adored and miss both of them. I have a sister, Carole, who lives in Gravesend.
Trained as a chef
After leaving school, my father found me a job in a solictor’s office but I took alternative employment as a chef at the Moorend Park Hotel, Cheltenham, before working for an outside caterers, R. Sills, where I certainly saw the other side of life, cooking at Hunt Balls and private functions at Stateley homes. How the other half lives!
Birmingham City Police
I joined the Birmingham City Police in 1966, after my Dad had his Sunbeam Talbot stolen, one night, while we were living in Chelteham. I spent half of my career in the CID [Criminal Investigation Department] and saw another side of life.
In 1995, I left the force and had not the faintest idea that UFOs even existed. I have no memory of having seen any such incidents reported in the newspaper, during what was a prolific period of UFO activity. If I had, I would have believed the witnesses were suffering from flights of imagnation, drink, or in need of psychiatric attention. Was I in for a shock!
PM: Could you explain how your series of HAUNTED SKIES books first came about?
JH: How it all began
My interest in the UFO phenomena began on the 19th of January, 1995, after Chris Hanson (my son) – a newly joined P.C. [Police Constable], also based at the same Police Station – was directed (along with another officer) to a suburb close to the Police training centre in Selly Park, South Birmingham, following a number of 999 calls made to the public, reporting an object with a blue tail and dark blue head seen racing over the City Centre at about 6.15pm.
A doctor in Moseley then saw it drop down from the sky over the Stirchley area. The two officers interviewed the doctor and, while on the way back, saw a fat elliptical object with a blue field around it, with a line of rippling red through the middle, hovering over a copse of trees. Within seconds, it shrank into itself and disappeared. I thought they were joking, but in due course managed to find some witnesses from the Oxford area that saw a ‘D’ shaped object following the contours of the land, a few minutes later.
John Hanson (right) with Astronaut Edgar Mitchell. (Credit: John Hanson)
Explained away as a shooting star by the local papers
My interest was triggered by this singular event and I knew this was no shooting star. What a load of rubbish! When I wrote to the Bristish Astronimical Association, asking them for assitance, the head of the organisation sent me a postcard informing me that he had asked his fireball co-ordinator not to enter into any dialogue with ‘crackpot organisations,’ presmuably alluding to myself?
One thing that has always motivated me, even as a ‘copper’, is adversity – it can only spur one on!
College talk
Following a talk given at the local Redditch College, Worcestershire, on UFOs, in the mid 1990s, I met Redditch resident Dawn Marina Holloway who had photographed some trianguler objects in the sky over Barmouth. We became friends and decided to write a book, taking into consideration there was a dearth of books being written on the UFO subject, ironically triggered-off by an ernormous interest in popular science fiction such as the X Files, Star Trek, and other films that had gripped the public’s imagination, portraying man’s heroic fight against the alien invading hordes!
First strange incident
Oddly, a strange thing happened after talking about Tony Dodd’s investigations into a UFO encounter involving allegations of aliens captured in South Africa, which had involved showing film through my Panasonic VHS camera (the projector wasn’t working at the college). I returned home to Alvechurch and was about to get into bed, when the bedroom was lit up. I looked out and saw a ‘globe of bright light’ opposite the house. I picked up the camera and took a clip of film. The next thing I was aware of was waking up and carrying on with the daily duties. At some stage, I discovered the camera was missing and thought I had left it at the college or the pub aftewards, where I had enjoyed one pint only!
During the evening, I searched the bedroom and found the camera. Immediately I remembered the UFO incident and examined the camera, and was pleased to find the film was still there. I will show the images in Volume 13 of Haunted Skies (1995) and still find it a little embarrassing, as I cannot explain what happened at least to explain away the incident with any rationaility!
We spent more years amassing a large amount of reports obtained from our own investigations. After interviewing witnesses in the West Midlands area, we thought, naively, we could fulfil our ambition.
Gordon Creighton – Editor of Flying Saucer Review
We went to see Gordon Creighton at his house in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire. He was a distinguished diplomat who reported seeing a flying ‘disc’ in 1941 while serving in China. He had a passion for preserving UFO sightings worldwide in the now famous magazines, and despite being seriously injured in a car accident, insisted on putting the FSRs [Flying Saucer Review] together from his hospital bed. We have so much admiration for him and his wife, Joan, and the rest of the team we met, and were so proud when he asked Dawn and I to be Consultants for FSR, after seeing our folders of catalogued reports.
Dawn and I were also humbled to be invited to his funeral and I still have regrets about being asked to take over the Editor’s job, some years ago, which I had to refuse because of my full-time commitment to the Haunted Skies series of books.
Forewords by Tim Good, Jenny Randles, Nick Redferen, Phil Mantle, Matt Lyons
At some stage we met Tim Good, who promised us a foreword, and then sent the Chronicles of a Phenomenon synopsis off to his agent – who declined it, saying it was not focused, although he was impressed by our commitment and some of the work provided. We weren’t sure what he meant and, rather than pay a fee to be advisied accordingly, decided to present the sightings in chronoloigcal order – which meant a humongous amount of time spent in libraries, searching through telephone directories and then writing to newspapers appealing for information. Most of the time the results were unsuccessful, but others came forward to tell what they had seen.
Preparing the foundation
We read the majority of FRS/UFO Magazines/Newspapers and hundreds of books, determined to track down and interview the witnesses personally, feeling their UFO sightings and encounters should be preserved for posterity and future generations. We managed to trace people like Margaret Fry, Jessie Roestenberg, Robin Gibbons, James Salandin and other RAF officers, to name just a few, not forgetting the researchers – some of whom have now passed away.
This cost us money to travel all over the country, but if we had the chance we would do it again.
We feel privileged to have been given the opportunity to share what, in some cases, has been a traumatic experience, sometimes followed by ridicule, taking into consideration these people did not know us and were still prepared to discuss what, in some situations, were very private matters.
John Hanson (Credit: John Hanson)
Under criticism – goes with the territory
A few years ago, we were criticized by one well-known researcher, who told us that it was a waste of time interviewing people and that we, as researchers, should just catalogue the reports without getting involved. Apparently, this course of self adopted action dictated him rubber stamping one famous UFO photograph as a hoax, without even speaking to the parties concerned!
I would be the first to accept that, while I cannot categorically prove this either way, surely common sense dictates there is a benefit to interviewing people personally about their experiences, because that’s what good UFO investigation work is all about!
Haunted Skies Publisher
In 2010 we found a publisher, who agreed to publish Haunted Skies, Volume 1, and then 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, which were produced not through email or internet, but the old-fashioned way of driving backwards and forwards to Devon – sometimes twice a month, in all weathers often ‘kipping in the car’, as we couldnt afford the accomodation.
Removed from sale – a devasting blow
Sadly, in 2015, these six books were removed from sale; this meant we had lost £2,500 in total fees, paid to the publisher for each book – not forgetting the other out-of-pocket expenses! These books are now fetching crazy prices of up to £2,000! However, we learnt, as I explained before, that advertisity can only spur one on – sentiments expressed by my colleague, Phil Mantle, who now publishes his books through the Flying Disk Company.
Haunted Skies Publishing
In 2012, we set ourselves up as Haunted Skies Publishing and published Volume 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11.
In November 2016, we completed the revised Volume One, in colour, and three times the original size! We are currently working on the Wiltshire book and revised Volume 2.
Incredibly, although we have now self-published Volumes 8, 9, 10, and 11 of Haunted Skies books, we have still yet to publish the events of 1992 onwards, which is what we set out to do some 20 years ago!
PM: Have you ever had a personal UFO sighting at all?
JH: 2nd sighting
In June 1996, I was with my son at The Crown Public House, Alvechurch. The time was 9.25pm. We both saw two huge well-defined ‘globes’ – the size of dustbin lids (in comparison to the tiny satelittes and aircraft overhead) – which then moved through the celestial arc across the sky, as if joined together side-by-side, before slipping down towards the eastern horizon.
3rd sighting
Dawn and I were in Rendlesham Forest on the 27th of December, 2000, with Brenda Butler and other ‘sky watchers’, when an object was seen in the sky over the same area as nominated by Colonel Charles Halt and the other airmen. We took some film and were interviewed about the incident by the local news channel. Stills of the UFO are shown in The Halt Perspective. It is important to also point out that we have experienced on more than one occasion a fall of a warm stone which fell with a thud onto the forest floor. This is referred to as ‘apports’ and is recognized phenomena, examples of which we have covered in the books.
PM: Has being a former Police Detective helped you in your research of the UFO phenomenon?
JH: Yes, I suppose it has. However, at the end of the day it’s about treating people with decency and courtesy. Many people who have the courage of going to the newspapers to report simply what they have seen later become the butt of ridicule by others. If one examines the thousands of UFO reports going back to the early 1960s, 90% are presented ‘tongue in cheek’ with banner grabbing headlines – published to entertain rather than alarm. After many years research, it is patently obvious, despite promises made of some form of disclosure by various Governments, that the ‘real truths’ which lie behind the daily incursions of these objects – (that’s presupposing they are known about) – will be kept from us for many years to come. I believe this is because the reality might be nothing like we could ever imagine!
PM: Whilst compiling your research for your new book, The Halt Perspective, is there any one piece of evidence that for you really stands out?
JH: The forgotten ‘wave’
There are so many pieces of evidence that do stand out; the main one that most of us are aware of is the UFO ‘wave’ known for triangular UFOs, and was the subject of so much media attention in the mid 1980s. On occasion, the Belgium Air Force attempted to intercept the UFOs….but how many people know or suspect the existence of a similar UFO ‘wave’ over Essex and its surrounding borders with East Anglia, which began approximately in 1978 and went through to 1990 and onwards?
Some of these objects were seen over Sizewell Nuclear Power Station, and the majority of these objects often showed three lights around the tips of the triangle. Sightings of three lights in the sky have provided the backcloth of so many reports that we have come across over the years.
We have tried to attract the interest of the local newspapers in the Norfolk/Suffolk localities of East Anglia about this forgotten ‘wave’, but they do not appear to be interested. Whether this is because their editors have been advised accordingly, we do not know. All we can say is that after six years of publishing these fantastic books, we have never received any interest by the tabloid newspapers apart from one or two slight references of late.
Colonel Halt‘s views
“I still didn’t say much publicly until people started putting out all kinds of garbage and nonsense…..So much disinformation out there and people bugging me about what happened – I finally decided, it’s time to tell the truth. I believe the objects that I saw at close quarter were extraterrestrial in origin and that the security services of both the United States and the United Kingdom have attempted – both then and now – to subvert the significance of what occurred at Rendlesham Forest and RAF Bentwaters by the use of well-practiced methods of disinformation.
I was a non-believer; I never really gave it a second thought before the incident. But I’ve got so much material from so many people, and talked to very credible people – people that do not want their names used – that are in very influential positions, including some that are as high in the government as you can get. I can tell you, we are not alone. I can guarantee you that.
Folks, there is an agency, a very close-held, compartmentalized agency, that’s been investigating this for years, and there’s a very active role played by many of our intelligence agencies that probably don’t even know the details of what happens once they collect the data and forward it. It’s kind of scary, isn’t it? In the last couple of years, the British have released a ton of information, but has anybody ever seen what their conclusions were, or heard anything about Bentwaters officially?
When the documents were released, the time frame I was involved in the incident is missing – it’s gone missing. Nothing else is missing. I have never been harassed over the reports I made about the Bentwaters UFO incidents, probably for a couple of good reasons – number one, my rank and some of the jobs I’ve held, but also very early on, I sat down and made a very detailed tape and made several copies of everything I know about it and they’re secluded away. Maybe I’m paranoid. I don’t know, but I think it was time well spent when I made the tapes.”
Colonel Charles Halt with the book. (Credit: John Hanson)
PM: What do you say to those that remain sceptical of the events in Rendlesham Forest back in late December 1980?
JH: Read The Halt Perspective book!
PM: In your opinion, how do we keep moving forward with UFO research?
JH: Learning to respect each other, instead of fighting with each other on Facebook, and other social media vying to raise individual profiles and increase the size of personal egos. Most people would never dream of writing their vociferous complaints in a letter but feel free to profane and attack others on Facebook, knowing they are not going to be taken to task. You know as well as I do that a huge number of UFO groups no longer exist and that we are becoming ‘ring fenced’ on the Internet.
Surely, as a group of people dedicated to preserving UFO activity, we should be entitled to some answers – but these are not likely to be forthcoming. How many times have we seen the media’s excitement about forthcoming MOD files, accompanied by the glare of publicity, to be dashed away when they are released? I’ve seen this now happening for over 20 years and one should ask in all honesty what it has actually achieved. Similarly when they did release the files each year the majority of the files were low grade and failed to include many that we had personally investigated, involving being reported to the MOD over 30 years ago! Despite assurances by the MOD to us, they would be! As I said before at the beginning, adversity pushes us forward; we should never give up demanding an answer to what is, after all, the greatest conundrum of all time. Most importantly the work that we all do should be preserved in book for future generations who will have to depend on the Authorities view of such phenomena.
A Wisconsin witness at Medford reported watching a hovering sphere in the night sky that split into three spheres before “turning off,” according to testimony in Case 79892 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
The witness and a friend were camping at Spearhead Point Campground in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest at 7 p.m. on October 13, 2016, when the incident occurred.
The witness first noticed a hovering sphere in the distance at Spearhead Point Campground, pictured. (Credit: U.S. Forest Service)
“This was our fourth night at the campground, and the first night since we had been there that the sky was clear,” the witness stated. “I had noticed a bright, white sphere in the eastern sky, and I had been trying to figure out what it was. It was too big for a star, and I thought that it might be a planet.”
The witness continued to keep an eye on the object.
“All of the sudden it started to move, slowly at first, and then faster. I told my friend what I was seeing as my friend is blind. It was moving south-southeast, and had become obscured by some evergreen trees.”
The witness then ran from the picnic table, down the steps to the dock at the campground, to gain a better view of the object that was moving south-southeast. But the object could not be seen. Then back at the picnic table area, the witness again saw the sphere.
“While I was describing the sphere, and scrambling to find a camera or our video recorder, the sphere split forming two spheres. When it split, it appeared as though the new sphere dripped off the original sphere. These spheres were originally aligned vertically, and then the lower sphere moved upward to be aligned horizontally. Once the spheres were aligned horizontally, one of the spheres split again. There were now three spheres aligned horizontally.”
The object split into two objects, and then into three. Pictured: Spearhead Point Campground. (Credit: U.S. Forest Service)
The witness noticed a change in size when the spheres split.
“Each time there was a split, the spheres became smaller, and they were all bright white. The two spheres on either side just seemed to turn off, leaving the sphere in the middle. That sphere began to change colors, cycling through white to red to red-orange. This continued for about a minute, and then that sphere just turned off. The original sphere was slightly bigger than a BB held at arm’s length, and it was oriented approximately 45-degrees above the horizon.”
The witness could not estimate how far away the objects were.
“Since I’m not familiar with the area, I don’t have an estimate of how far away the object might have been from the campground. The object(s) did not make any noise, and I didn’t see anything like an exhaust trail. The overall sighting lasted around 40-50 minutes. About 20 minutes after all of the objects had disappeared, a plane flew over our campground. It was easy to hear the plane’s engine. You could see the outline of the plane in the sky, as well as see the aviation lights blinking on and off. Unfortunately, we did not get a photo of the object(s). My camera had fallen out of my backpack onto the ground under the picnic table, and I didn’t see it there until the next morning. We did get the video camera out, but were unable to record the object(s) due to a camera malfunction.”
Wisconsin MUFON State Director Susan Birttnen investigated this case and closed it as an Unknown.
All three objects eventually blinked out. Pictured: Spearhead Point Campground. (Credit: U.S. Forest Service)
“The shape of the objects was in a sphere with a glowing surface,” Birttnen wrote in her report.“The size was unknown. The color was white for two of the spheres and the third sphere was red/orange. The objects flashed sequentially. There was no sound. The elevation was at 45-degrees.The lowest altitude and distance was unknown.The objects were hovering over the Mondeaux Flowage water-way.The campground was pretty rustic. There were no street lights. The only light was from their fire pit and the nearly full moon. About 20 minutes after the objects disappeared, a plane flew over the area.”
Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.
An Iowa witness at Iowa City reported having a brief encounter with a chevron-shaped UFO that banked hard and quickly moved away, according to testimony in Case 79752 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
Witness illustration. (Credit: MUFON)
The witness was driving to a nearby gas station when the object was first noticed at 9:20 p.m. on October 11, 2016.
“Saw stationary lights in a ‘W’ or chevron wedge above my head with some unusual light patterns,” the witness stated.“Was silent. I am in the flight path of a municipal airfield and planes go directly over my home to land approximately 200 yards away – small craft, but slow and low — usually very loud but not enough to be alarmed.”
Location image. (Credit: MUFON)
The witness assumed the object was a plane.
“But no accompanying sound before during or after. Nice weather – had window down driver’s side and sunroof was open. Also, it wasn’t moving. Most planes move.”
The witness described the object.
“Light pattern changed when it glided onward ahead of me, banked sharply as a lazy course correction of sort. Couldn’t recall if lights were in a pattern of changing. It was soon far ahead of me and I can’t tell if I lost sight from clouds or just distance or some other intervention. I first felt odd for a plane holding still in the air. Then it wasn’t like most planes I have seen.”
Investigation illustration. (Credit: MUFON)
The object then quickly moved away.
“Then it accelerated away faster than a car could, even a fun car. Also, it was above me and quickly rolled to the right to be going more south-southwest and southwest. It was loosely following the road.”
Iowa MUFON Field Investigator David Kreiter investigated this case and closed it as an Unknown.
“The object itself was barely discernable behind the array of equidistant-spaced lights that outlined its chevron shape,” Kreiter wrote in his report. “The object made no noise as it hovered overhead for about 10 seconds, and then it took off due south at a very high rate of speed, banked to the right, and then continued in a south-southwest direction. It disappeared only about two to three seconds after it moved from its initial stationary position.”
Investigation illustration. (Credit: MUFON)
The investigator interviewed the witness at the sighting location.
“He said that the general color was pink, but the lights might have had multiple colors. He said that he often saw planes coming low into the airport, so it took him a second or two to figure out exactly what he was seeing. He was shocked to see that the object was silently hovering just about one-quarter mile above his car. He didn’t stop his car, but continued on at a very slow pace. After about 10 seconds, the object took off at a very high rate of speed. After about a second, it banked slightly to the right and headed off toward the south-southwest in the same direction as highway 1.
“During the interview the witness said that the object was about the distance of ‘metal horns’ at arm’s length, which is a reference to a salute fans perform at a rock concert when they raise their arms and extend the index finger and the little finger of their hand. This distance is about two inches or about five centimeters. When the object was at its furthest point from the witness, about three seconds after the object took off at a high rate of speed and before he lost sight of it, the apparent size was about one-half the initial apparent size that the witness reported when the object was stationary above his car.
“Because of the flight characteristics of the object, the shape of the object, and the color of its lights, it is unlikely that the object was natural or human-made.The temperature was 61 degrees, with calm conditions and a clear sky at the time and date of the sighting. No similar cases were reported during the time, date, and location of this sighting to my knowledge.Taking into account the credibility of the witness and the results of the ensuing investigation, I have assigned this case a disposition of Unknown–UAV.”
Houston witness says UFO caught on video changed shape
Houston witness says UFO caught on video changed shape
A Texas witness at Houston reported watching and videotaping a hovering object that appeared to change shape as it moved slowly away, according to testimony in Case 80642 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
Cropped and enlarged still frame from witness video. (Credit: MUFON)
The witness had just stepped out of a vehicle at a work site at 3:15 p.m. on November 23, 2016, when the object was first seen.
“I noticed the reflection of light in the sky,” the witness stated.“It was stationary, and appeared to changeshape.”
Cropped and enlarged still frame from witness video. (Credit: MUFON)
A short time later, the object appeared to move.
“After about 30 to 45 seconds, the object began moving very slowly, to the east-southeast. It made no sound, or was too far away to distinguish sound. Elevation did not appear to change. Stopped recording video, when visual contact was obstructed by a building. Began recording again, when visual was regained. Feeling confident that it was moving slow enough to re-acquire.”
Cropped and enlarged still frame from witness video. (Credit: MUFON)
The witness then went inside for about a minute.
“When I came back outside, the object was nowhere to be found. I was able to record the object for just over four minutes.”
Cropped and enlarged still frame from witness video. (Credit: MUFON)
Texas MUFON State Section Director Charles Stansburge is investigating. Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.
A California witness at Angles Camp reported watching a distant light that illuminated his campground before making an abrupt turn and moving away at high speed, according to testimony in Case 79773 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
The witness and a friend were camping at New Melones Lake and watching the stars about 10:30 p.m. on July 26, 2016, when the incident occurred.
“We both noticed a craft that had an exceptionally bright light on the exterior slowing moving towards us from the north,” the witness stated.“About 10 seconds later, we observed the exterior light on the craft becoming significantly brighter to the point that it fully illuminated our campsite, similar to a police helicopter spotlight, but this craft was over a mile away and made no noise.”
Witness illustration. (Credit: MUFON)
The two watched the object as it appeared to divide.
“The object then appeared to split into two separate craft flying side-by-side and five seconds later followed by an abrupt 90-degree turn and sped off at a very high rate of acceleration covering a distance of at least five miles in under half a second – all while making no noise.”
The witness states that they were not using drugs or alcohol.
“We were both in awe at what we had witnessed and somewhat afraid. I am not sure if the craft(s) we observed were in the shape of a sphere or if that was just the external lights.”
Witness location. (Credit: Google)
New Melones Lake is a reservoir on the Stanislaus River in the central Sierra Nevada foothills, within Calaveras County and Tuolumne County, California.California MUFON Field Investigator Jerry Clinton Gerow investigated this case and closed it as an Unknown.
“At this point I believe we have an Unknown,” Gerow wrote in his report.“Another possibility would be air traffic. There is a helicopter port north of the lake where the lights were apparently coming from, an airport to the northeast, southeast and southwest. A possibility would be that one or two helicopters lifted off from the helio port to the north with spot/search lights and then made an abrupt turn to their left and when they did it appeared the lights were flashing off to the left. No large planets or stars are of sufficient size to match the size of the objects which the witness says were almost moon size.”
The craft appeared to be about one miles away, but the light lit up the campsite at New Melones Lake, pictured. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)
Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.
Classic Disk UFO Over Bay Village, Ohio On Dec 5, 2016, UFO Sighting News.
Classic Disk UFO Over Bay Village, Ohio On Dec 5, 2016, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Dec 5, 2016 Location of sighting: Bay Village, Ohio, USA Source: MUFON #80870 This UFO is the classic disk we have all heard about over the last few decades. The classic disk has been found in NASA photos on the moon, ESA photos of Comet P67 and even UFO cases that lasted decades like the Rocca Pia, Italy friendship case that included aliens and humans working together. Nice catch, Scott C. Waring Eyewitness states:
I was in my kitchen, getting a cup of coffee. Looked out to see what at first I thought was a very very large plane moving extremely slow across the southwest sky. It had blinking lights, yellow, golden in color, looked to be the shape of a triangle. The lights were 3-4 spaced on either side. I ran to get my binoculars as my son was a pilot. I am very familiar with planes. At first I thought it might have been a larger plane. This object was moving so slow, a normal plane could not stay up in the sky given the speed of this object. No sounds.
By the time I got my binoculars, it was moving past trees, headed towards Avon Lake. I saw another report made earlier from someone that also saw a light over the Lake the same day. I am not sure what time this person saw the object they reported but my sighting was between 8-8:30 PM. Yesterday, December 7th, I was looking out my kitchen window and noticed how pretty the clouds were. I grabbed my camera and took a few pictures to show my husband. Attached is one of the regular pictures I took with nothing in it but the clouds. I took several more and then noticed an "object" appeared on one of the frames. I did not see this object when I was snapping the photos but it is there. Looks like a round classic UFO...I tried to blow it up to see it better but the camera I had in my hands was a small Cool Pix. I have seen numerous sightings here. I also have another video of one we saw a few years ago. When you view the picture, look at the top left hand corner. You may have to blow it up to view but the picture prior to that, you just see the clouds, nothing else. I didn't want to upload all the other pictures to make a point. I have them on file though. You can see the object in DSCN 3078.
White Orb Over Florida Same As Over Denver Colorado, Dec 7, 2016, UFO Sighting News.
White Orb Over Florida Same As Over Denver Colorado, Dec 7, 2016, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Dec 7, 2016 Location of sighting: Williston, Florida, USA Source: MUFON #80861 This at first looks like a planet, but as you see, its 100% in focus, so that rules out planet. This is however a white light UFO which we have also reported dozens of times over the hills of Colorado this year and in the past over the holy location called Dome of Rock. In both instances this same UFO was seen in this same detail, but by thousands of eyewitnesses. It the night sky, its easy to mistake it for a star, but with this perfectly focused camera...it was caught. Technology as it advances will reveal the truth to us...without the governments help. Scott C. Waring Eyewitness states:
At about 6:56 pm I was outside and noticed a large redish ball of light that appeared to be motionless in the sky at about 95 degrees magnetic from my location. It was very bright, and at first I thought it was a parachute flare like those used by the army. I am a retired army veteran, and one of my specialies was as a Redeye missile gunner, so I am expert in visual aircraft recognition and have never seen an aircraft emit a light of this color or intensity. It appeared much brighter than the planet Venus, which was clearly visible to the west of my location at that time. I observed it for about 3 minutes, then it abruptly disappeared.
UFO Hunters Claim USAF Acquires Alien Technology Through Making Alliance With Extraterrestrials
UFO Hunters Claim USAF Acquires Alien Technology Through Making Alliance With Extraterrestrials
The USAF and UFOs are trusted allies as the former is testing the acquired alien UFO technology at the Nellis Air Force base, according to renowned UFO hunter Steve Barone. In a YouTube video uploaded by Steve, a UFO is seen above the restricted test and training area of the Nellis Air Force facility.
UFO hunter Steve Barone has been keeping a close monitoring of suspected alien activities around the Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas. He claimed that there had been substantial alien activities in the area. He used night vision technology camera to capture the video.
Steve said that it had not been processed and completely original. He explained that he did not do anything to enhance or alter it, so the video shows exactly what the night vision camera had captured.
The United States Air Force (USAF) and UFOs have combined their forces, and that the USAF has acquired new technologies for military purposes, Steve Barone said. It has also been reported in different technology news site that USAF received UFO alien technology, which then tested in the controversial Area 51 and the Nellis Air Force.
Veteran UFO hunters further confirmed reports of a possible alliance between USAF and extraterrestrials. They said that the video shows three UFOs over the USAF Nellis Air Force base. They further claimed that it shows the USAF performing a test of alien UFO technology.
Some UFO researchers believe the test was conducted in that area so no one can travel over to witness the activity. They also speculated that the high-security area is designed for alien UFO technology tests.
Het dikke pak ijs dat Groenland nu bedekt, is niet zo heel lang geleden voor het grootste deel tot op het onderliggende gesteente gesmolten.
Tot die conclusie komen Amerikaanse onderzoekers in het blad Nature. Het zou betekenen dat de Groenlandse ijskap veel kwetsbaarder is dan nu wordt aangenomen.
Bedrock Onder de dikke Groenlandse ijskap bevindt zich gesteente (bedrock). Twee decennia geleden zijn onderzoekers erin geslaagd om een stukje van dit gesteente boven te halen voor onderzoek. Ze moesten daarvoor dwars door iets meer dan 3 kilometer ijs en sediment boren. In het verleden zijn de ijskernen die het onderzoek opleverde al uitgebreid geanalyseerd. Maar naar het bovengehaalde gesteente is nog vrij weinig onderzoek gedaan: pas de laatste jaren zijn de technologieën ontwikkeld die wetenschappers nodig hebben om de samenstelling van het gesteente in detail vast te kunnen stellen. Gewapend met die nieuwe technieken hebben onderzoekers het gesteente nu grondig geanalyseerd. En ze komen tot een schokkende conclusie.
Isotopen In het gesteente vonden de onderzoekers sporen van beryllium-10 en aluminium-26. Deze isotopen worden geproduceerd door kleine deeltjes die afkomstig zijn uit de ruimte en de aarde continu bombarderen. De snelheid waarmee deze isotopen vervallen, is bekend. Daarnaast weten we dat deze isotopen niet kunnen ontstaan als het gesteente met ijs bedekt is. De mate waarin deze isotopen in het gesteente aanwezig zijn, kan dan ook verraden hoelang deze gesteenten ‘naakt’, oftewel niet met ijs bedekt waren.
Links zie je Groenland dat voor 100 procent bedekt is met ijs. De witte stip geeft de plek aan waar gesteente van onder het ijs is gehaald. Dit gesteente suggereert dat het langdurig onbedekt is geweest. Modellen laten zien dat de plek waar het gesteente vandaan komt, één van plekken is waar het ijs – wanneer de Groenlandse ijskap volledig zou smelten – als laatste zou verdwijnen. Rechts zie je dan ook hoe Groenland er in het geologisch gezien recente verleden zeker 280.000 jaar bij heeft gelegen: vrijwel volledig ‘naakt’. Afbeelding: Schaefer et al., Nature, 2016).
Naakt Volgens de onderzoekers wijzen de isotopen erop dat het oppervlak in de afgelopen 1,4 miljoen jaar zeker 280.000 jaar niet bedekt was met ijs. Mogelijk lag het gesteente 280.000 jaar op rij bloot. Aan die periode zou zo’n 1,1 miljoen jaar een einde zijn gekomen. Een andere – meer waarschijnlijke – mogelijkheid is dat het ijs niet 280.000 jaar op rij weg was, maar meerdere keren gedurende kortere periodes verdween. En dat zou dan ook recenter dan 1,1 miljoen jaar geleden nog zijn voorgekomen. Het smelten van de Groenlandse ijskap zou in beide scenario’s het resultaat zijn geweest van natuurlijke klimaatverandering. “Helaas suggereert het dat de Groenlandse ijskap heel onstabiel is,” stelt onderzoeker Joerg Schaefer. “Als we deze in perioden van natuurlijke klimaatverandering zijn kwijtgeraakt, kunnen we deze zomaar weer kwijtraken.”
De Groenlandse ijskap bestaat uit meer dan 2,8 miljoen kubieke kilometer ijs. Als de ijskap volledig smelt, zou dat kunnen resulteren in een zeespiegelstijging van zo’n zeven meter. Onderzoek wijst uit dat de Groenlandse ijskap te lijden heeft onder de antropogene (door mensen veroorzaakte) klimaatverandering: sinds de jaren negentig van de vorige eeuw smelt de Groenlandse ijskap twee keer zo hard. Hoe de toekomst van de ijskap eruit ziet, is onduidelijk en lijkt sterk afhankelijk van de hoeveelheid CO2 die we de komende jaren de atmosfeer in pompen. Dit nieuwe onderzoek beweert zeker niet dat de ijskap gedoemd is om volledig te smelten, “De boodschap is: als we de aarde blijven opwarmen zoals we nu doen, dan staat ons een enorme zeespiegelstijging te wachten,” aldus onderzoeker Richard Alley. Paleoklimatoloog Jeff Severinghaus – hij was niet bij het onderzoek betrokken – onderschrijft dat. “We kunnen de laagste schattingen van de toekomstige zeespiegelstijging nu verwerpen, omdat de modellen die hieraan ten grondslag liggen aannemen dat Groenland de laatste 1 miljoen jaar continu met ijs bedekt is geweest.”
'Misschien hebben aliens geen vaste grond onder de voeten'
'Misschien hebben aliens geen vaste grond onder de voeten'
Caroline Kraaijvanger
Misschien leven ze wel hoog in de wolken die bijvoorbeeld bruine dwergen – ook wel mislukte sterren genoemd – omringen.
Wanneer we zoeken naar buitenaards leven dan richten we vaak onze pijlen op planeten die vloeibaar water op hun oppervlak kunnen herbergen en dus een fijne temperatuur hebben. Maar wie zegt dat aliens op het oppervlak van een planeet wonen? Misschien zweven ze wel gewoon rond, in de atmosfeer van een bruine dwerg bijvoorbeeld.
Atmosfeer van de aarde Het lijkt misschien wat vergezocht, maar dat is het eigenlijk helemaal niet. Kijk maar eens naar de atmosfeer van de aarde. Uit eerder onderzoek is gebleken dat deze heel wat microben bevat en er zijn zelfs aanwijzingen dat de stofwisseling van sommige van deze organismen zelfs hoog in de lucht gewoon doorgaat. Misschien moeten we onze blik dan ook verruimen en niet langer enkel op het oppervlak van planeten op zoek gaan naar buitenaards leven.
Bruine dwerg Dat stellen onderzoekers in een nieuw paper. En ze werken dat idee direct even uit. En wel aan de hand van een superkoude bruine dwerg die eenzaam en alleen door de ruimte zweeft: WISE J085510.83 − 071442.5 (kortweg W0855-0714). Waarom deze bruine dwerg en niet een planeet die rond een ster draait? Omdat de atmosfeer van W0855-0714 – en dus ook eventuele microben in die atmosfeer – niet beïnvloed worden door de complicerende effecten die een ster (met zijn straling en deeltjes) op een atmosfeer kan hebben.
Temperatuur en druk Op het oppervlak van de bruine dwerg is het bijzonder koud. Maar hoger in de atmosfeer vinden we waarschijnlijk een temperatuur en druk die vergelijkbaar is met de temperatuur en druk op het oppervlak van de aarde, zo schrijven de onderzoekers. En recent onderzoek suggereert bovendien dat er hoog in de atmosfeer van deze bruine dwerg water te vinden is. Het kan er dan ook best fijn zijn voor microben.
VERANDERING
Mocht er leven zijn in de atmosfeer van bruine dwergen dan evolueert het waarschijnlijk ook. Bruine dwergen worden namelijk koeler wanneer ze ouder worden en daardoor daalt de atmosferische leefbare zone van een bruine dwerg naarmate deze ouder wordt. En naarmate die leefbare zone daalt, neemt ook de luchtdruk toe. “Waardoor de aarde van de organismen zoals wij die beschrijven ongetwijfeld zal veranderen.”
Ontstaan van leven Maar hoe komen die microben dan in die atmosfeer terecht? Wellicht kan er in die atmosfeer leven ontstaan, zo stellen de onderzoekers. Voor zover we weten, herbergt de atmosfeer van bruine dwergen de meeste elementen die nodig zijn voor leven (denk bijvoorbeeld aan koolstof, waterstof, stikstof en zuurstof). En eerder onderzoek naar W0855-0714 suggereert dat hoog in de atmosfeer stofdeeltjes te vinden zijn. Mogelijk vinden op die stofdeeltjes chemische reacties plaats waaruit prebiotische moleculen ontstaan. Of wellicht worden die moleculen – de voorlopers van leven – in de atmosfeer van de bruine dwerg afgeleverd door stofdeeltjes die vanuit het interstellaire medium in de atmosfeer van de bruine dwerg worden afgezet.
Venus Als we er rekening mee houden dat ook in de atmosfeer van hemellichamen wellicht leven mogelijk is, neemt het aantal potentieel leefbare plaatsen in het universum enorm toe. En die potentieel leefbare plaatsen vinden we dan heus niet alleen rond bruine dwergen. Maar wellicht ook rond planeten die momenteel als onleefbaar worden bestempeld. Een mooi voorbeeld daarvan is Venus. Op het oppervlak is het gloeiend heet en kan vloeibaar water niet standhouden. Daarom wordt de planeet als onleefbaar beschouwd. Maar op zo’n 55 kilometer hoogte in de atmosfeer is de temperatuur vergelijkbaar met de temperatuur op het oppervlak van de aarde en is ook vloeibaar water beschikbaar. De onderzoekers erkennen dat de atmosfeer van Venus niet helemaal vergelijkbaar is met die van een bruine dwerg, omdat Venus wel beïnvloed wordt door de zon. Maar ondanks dat de atmosfeer van Venus een heel andere dynamiek heeft dan die van W0544-0714 behoort leven hoog in de atmosfeer van Venus wellicht tot de mogelijkheden.
Of de onderzoekers het bij het juiste eind hebben, is op dit moment eigenlijk niet te achterhalen. Daarvoor zullen we in de toekomst een beroep moeten doen op krachtige telescopen die in staat zijn om bijvoorbeeld de gassen die organismen hoog in de atmosfeer van andere hemellichamen produceren, te detecteren.
The phrase “quasicrystal from outer space” sounds like the title to a science fiction thriller with a New Age twist. Buta study published Thursdayin Scientific Reportsannounced that a bonafide quasicrystal has indeed been discovered within the grainy remains of a meteorite found in the Khatyrka region of the Russian far east, five years ago. The paper marks the first time that a type of quasicrystal has been identified in nature before it was created artificially in a lab.
You might be asking: That’s neat, but what the heck is a quasicrystal? An understandable question. First identified by material scientist Dan Shechtman in 1982—who won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery—quasicrystals are crystal-like arrangements of atoms that defy expectations of crystalline behavior with their “forbidden” rotational symmetries.
Regular crystal structures are periodically arranged in neatly fitted shapes like cubes (four-fold symmetry) or triangles (three-fold symmetry), but quasicrystals are arranged in non-periodic patterns such as pentagonal, five-fold symmetries.
Atomic model of a fivefold icosahedral-Al-Pd-Mn quasicrystal surface.
Patricia Thiel, a chemistry and materials science expert based at Iowa State University, used this helpful analogy of tiling a floor to explain the unique properties of quasicrystals in this NPR article: “If you want to cover your bathroom floor, your tiles can be rectangles or triangles or squares or hexagons,” she said. “Any other simple shape won’t work, because it will leave a gap. In a quasicrystal, imagine atoms are at the points of the objects you’re using. What Danny [Shechtman] discovered is that pentagonal symmetry works.”
It should be impossible, but material science is full of surprises. While quasicrystals are most often studied via artificial synthesis in labs, the Khatyrka meteorite demonstrates that they can form naturally. Two previous quasicrystal forms have already been identified in the fragments of this outer space visitor, but both of those arrangements had been synthesized prior to their discovery in nature. However, the latest version features icosahedral symmetry, an exotic pattern featuring 60 points of rotational symmetry, somewhat like that of a soccer ball.
Electron backscatter diffraction patterns showing the five-fold symmetry characteristic of an icosahedron.
Paul Steinhardt, who serves as the Albert Einstein professor in science at Princeton University, was one of the authors of the new research. When I asked him why this one meteorite, which only survives as a few stray grains, seems to have such an abundance of quasicrystals, he told me there’s no simple answer.
“There are perhaps one or two other groups [of researchers] at most searching,” Steinhardt said. “Since we found an example, we have been focusing on understanding how this particular one formed since that will tell us something about the likelihood of finding others. But it is very very early times for these kinds of studies.”
“What is encouraging is that we have already found three different types of quasicrystals in the same meteorite, and this new one has a chemical composition that has never been seen for a quasicrystal,” he added. “That suggests there is more to be found, perhaps more quasicrystals that we did not know were possible before.”
Scientists have come a long way towards a better understanding of quasicrystals since their discovery some three decades ago, and they have found many practical applications for them in everything from frying pans to LED lights. But as Steinhardt emphasized, much of the field is still in its infancy, and there is much left to discover. Stay tuned.
This graphic shows the closest approaches of Cassini's final two orbital phases. Ring-grazing orbits are shown in gray (at left); Grand Finale orbits are shown in blue. The orange line shows the spacecraft's Sept. 2017 final plunge into Saturn.
Cassini zoomed within 57,000 miles (91,000 kilometers) of Saturn's cloud tops on Sunday morning, diving through the planet's ring plane at about the spot where a faint ring generated by the small moons Janus and Epimetheus lies, NASA officials said.
Cassini will perform 19 more such close passes, each one about a week apart, through April 22, 2017.
"It's taken years of planning, but now that we're finally here, the whole Cassini team is excited to begin studying the data that come from these ring-grazing orbits," Linda Spilker, Cassini project scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, said in a statement. "This is a remarkable time in what's already been a thrilling journey."
The $3.2 billion Cassini-Huygens mission, a joint effort involving NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency, launched in October 1997 and arrived in orbit around Saturn in July 2004. In January 2005, the piggyback Huygens lander descended to the surface of Titan; the Cassini mothership, meanwhile, kept studying Saturn and the planet's rings and moons.
That work won't last much longer, however. On April 22, Cassini will fly close to Titan, whose gravity will reshape the probe's orbit such that it zooms between Saturn and its innermost ring, which lies just 1,500 miles (2,400 km) from the planet.
Cassini will then make 22 plunges through this gap during the "Grand Finale" phase of its mission, which will conclude with an intentional death dive into Saturn's thick atmosphere on Sept. 15, 2017.
This suicide maneuver will ensure that Cassini doesn't contaminate Titan or its fellow Saturn moon Enceladus with microbes from Earth, NASA officials have said. (Both satellites may be capable of supporting life; scientists think that both Titan and Enceladus harbor subsurface oceans of liquid water, and Titan has seas of hydrocarbons on its surface.)
The Hubble Space Telescope accumulated approximately 555 hours of exposure time to capture this Hubble eXtreme Deep Field image. The area shown represents a seemingly empty patch of sky about the width of a toothpick when held at arm's length. The picture contains only two foreground stars (indicated by surrounding spikes). Every other object is a galaxy. The most distant galaxies' light is reddened by the expansion of the universe. We're seeing light that left them 13.2 billion years ago.
Spoiler alert: The universe is flat. But there's a lot of subtlety packed into that innocent-looking statement. What does it mean for a 3D object to be "flat"? How do we measure the shape of the universe anyway? Since the universe is flat, is that…it? Is there anything else interesting to say?
Oh yes, there is.
Walk the line
First, we need to define what we mean by flat. The screen you're reading this on is obviously flat (I hope), and you know that the Earth is curved (I hope). But how can we quantify that mathematically? Such an exercise might be useful if we want to go around measuring the shape of the whole entire universe. [The History & Structure of the Universe (Infographic)]
One answer lies in parallel lines. If you start drawing two parallel lines on your paper and let them continue on, they'll stay perfectly parallel forever (or at least until you run out of paper). That was essentially the definition of a parallel line for a couple thousand years, so we should be good.
Let's repeat the exercise on the surface of the Earth. Start at the equator and draw a couple parallel lines, each pointing directly north. As the lines continue, they never turn left or right but still end up intersecting at the North Pole. The curvature of the Earth itself caused these initially parallel lines to end up not-so-parallel. Ergo, the Earth is curved.
The opposite of the Earth's curved shape is a saddle: on that surface, lines that start out parallel end up spreading apart from each other (in swanky mathematical circles this is known as "ultraparallel"). [I explore the possible shapes of the universe in this video.]
The shape of the universe depends on its density. If the density is more than the critical density, the universe is closed and curves like a sphere; if less, it will curve like a saddle. But if the actual density of the universe is equal to the critical density, as scientists think it is, then it will extend forever like a flat piece of paper.
Credit: NASA/WMAP Science team.
So there you have it: You can measure the "flatness" of a structure just by watching how parallel lines behave. In our 3D universe, we could watch beams of light: If, say, two lasers started out perfectly parallel, then their long-term behavior would tell us important things.
Flat as a (big) pancake
Remember that measuring the shape of the universe is a question for cosmology, the study of the entire universe. And in cosmology, nobody cares about you. Or me. Or solar systems. Or black holes. Or galaxies. In cosmology we care about the universe only at the very largest scales; small-scale bumps and wiggles are not important for this question.
The universe has all sorts of deformations in space-time where it varies from the perfectly flat. Any place where there's mass or energy, there's a corresponding bending of space-time — that's General Relativity 101. So a couple light beams would naturally collide inside a wandering black hole, or bend along weird angles after encountering a galaxy or two.
But average all those small-scale effects out and look at the big picture. When we examine very old light — say, the cosmic microwave background — that has been traveling the universe for more than 13.8 billion years, we get a true sense of the universe's shape. And the answer, as far as we can tell, to within an incredibly small margin of uncertainty, is that the universe is flat.
There is no spoon
Well, that settles that. But this article isn't over yet, which means there's more to the story.
Have you ever asked yourself if there's a difference between a cylinder and a sphere? More than likely not, but it's never too late to try new things.
Take out your piece of paper with two parallel lines on it. Go ahead, dig it out of the trash. Wrap one end around to meet the other, making a cylinder. Carefully observe the parallel lines — they remain parallel, don't they? That's because cylinders are flat.
You heard it here first: Cylinders are flat.
There's an important distinction between geometry, the behavior of parallel lines, and topology, the way a space can get all twisted up. While the geometry of the universe is very well measured (again, it's flat), the topology is not. And here's a bonus fact: not only can we not determine the topology of the universe from observations, but there are also no laws of physics that predict or restrict the topology.
With your 2D piece of paper, you can connect the ends a few different ways. Connect one of the dimensions normally and you have a cylinder. Flip one edge over before connecting and you've made a Mobius strip. Connect two dimensions, the top to the bottom and one side to the other, and you have a torus (aka a donut).
In our 3D universe, there are lots of options — 18 known ones, to be precise. Mobius strips, Klein bottles and Hantzsche-Wendt space manifolds are all non-trivial topologies that share something in common: if you travel far enough in one direction, you come back to where you started. In the case of flipped dimensions, when you come back to your starting point, you'll find yourself upside down without having tried to do so at all. [Watch: Explaining the Shape of the Universe.]
Of course we've looked to see if our universe is connected like this; we don't see any copies of galaxies, and we don't see the cosmic microwave background intersecting itself. If the universe is pretzeled-up, it's on scales far, far larger than what we can observe.
So don't get too excited by possibility of living in a real-life version of the "Asteroids" game — which, as you now know, is played on the surface of a donut.
Drill Glitch Brings Mars Rover Curiosity to a Halt
Drill Glitch Brings Mars Rover Curiosity to a Halt
By Mike Wall, Space.com Senior Writer
This Dec. 2, 2016, view from the Navigation Camera on the mast of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity shows rocky ground within view while the rover was working at an intended drilling site called "Precipice" on lower Mount Sharp.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has stopped driving and using its 7-foot-long (2.1 meters) arm while mission controllers investigate a problem with the robot’s sample-collecting drill.
Curiosity was supposed to begin its seventh drilling operation of 2016 last week. But team members learned on Thursday (Dec. 1) that the car-size rover detected a problem with its "drill feed mechanism" — which pushes the drill outward from a turret at the end of Curiosity's arm — and failed to complete the command.
"We are in the process of defining a set of diagnostic tests to carefully assess the drill feed mechanism. We are using our test rover here on Earth to try out these tests before we run them on Mars," Curiosity deputy project manager Steven Lee, of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, said in a statement Monday (Dec. 5). [Amazing Mars Photos by NASA's Curiosity Rover (Latest Images)]
"To be cautious, until we run the tests on Curiosity, we want to restrict any dynamic changes that could affect the diagnosis," Lee added. "That means not moving the arm and not driving, which could shake it."
Curiosity is not in a precautionary "safe mode," however. The rover continues to study its surroundings on the lower slopes of the 3.4-mile-high (5.5 kilometers) Mount Sharp using the cameras and spectrometer on its head-like "mast," as well as its weather-station gear, which is attached to the mast and Curiosity's body, NASA officials said.
Meanwhile, the rover team is trying to figure out what caused the drill issue.
"Two among the set of possible causes being assessed are that a brake on the drill feed mechanism did not disengage fully, or that an electronic encoder for the mechanism's motor did not function as expected," NASA officials wrote in the same statement.
It may be possible to work around either of these issues, Lee said.
Curiosity's drill bores into rock using both rotating and percussive (hammering) action. Last week's attempt would have been the first time the rover used just the rotary aspect, NASA officials said. (Short circuits in the percussive component have occurred several times over the past two years or so, temporarily sidelining Curiosity.)
"We still have percussion available, but we would like to be cautious and use it for targets where we really need it, and otherwise use rotary-only where that can give us a sample," said Curiosity project scientist Ashwin Vasavada, also of JPL.
The $2.5 billion Curiosity mission touched down inside Mars' Gale Crater in August 2012, tasked with determining whether or not the area could ever have supported microbial life. The rover quickly found plenty of evidence in the affirmative, determining from drilled samples that Gale hosted a long-lasting lake-and-stream system in the ancient past.
Curiosity is now climbing up through the foothills of Mount Sharp, which lies in Gale's center. The six-wheeled robot is searching for clues about how, why and when Mars transitioned from a relatively warm and wet world long ago to the cold, dry planet it is today.
To date, Curiosity has driven 9.33 miles (15.01 km) on Mars, gained 541 feet (165 m) in elevation and drilled into 15 rocks, NASA officials said.
While the largest tech platforms continue to assure us that eliminating misinformation is both a) very important to them, and b) impossible, Google’s search results were hijacked today by fake news about space aliens caught on camera “sucking energy from the sun.” A search for “aliens” turns up a breathless report from UK tabloid Metro about the alleged energy-sucking, which is sourced to a grainy video of unknown origin posted by an anonymous “UFO fan channel.” (We are not linking to this report on purpose!)
The bogus story is newly prominent on Google’s search results page, following a recent redesign that gives added weight to “top stories” in an effort to give Google more of a real-time feel. The new design also serves to highlight articles that use Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages format, a competitor to Facebook’s Instant Articles format that makes stories load faster on mobile devices. As Kyle Chayka reported yesterday in these pages, publishers are using AMP and Instant Articles to camouflage themselves as legitimate — and platforms aren’t saying anything about what they plan to do about it.
Aliens aren’t the only fake news you’ll find in “top stories.” A quick search for the Loch Ness Monster turns up a credulous piece in the Scottish newspaper Press and Journal reporting that sightings of the (fake) monster were at their highest levels since 2016, according a local crackpot who keeps a list of these things. (The Press and Journal wrote a nearly identical story the year before, bylined by the famous journalist “REPORTER.” The story quoted the same crackpot, and presumably enjoyed a similar surge in search traffic at the time.)
The publishers of these articles deserve their share of blame, of course. Every media company is locked in a death match for readers’ attention, and headlines have become much more sensationalist as a result. (The other two links in “aliens” results today are deeply misleading, but contain a germ of truth. Research cited in the second result refers to the possibility of microbial life — not the “alien” depicted in the accompanying image.)
But by making every story look the same and advertising them as “top stories,” Google has conferred upon them a legitimacy they do not deserve. Most Americans who see fake news believe it. It beggars belief that a company that became a behemoth for the quality of its search results now presents nonsense as fact.
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North Wales X Files: MoD contacted by MP over UFO 'buzzing' near RAF Valley Anglesey
North Wales X Files: MoD contacted by MP over UFO 'buzzing' near RAF Valley Anglesey
Incident appeared in documents released by the National Archives on UFO reports across the UK
Reports an unidentified flying object was spotted “buzzing” near the tower on the RAF Valley base on Anglesey emerged in 1990
In 1990 an unidentified flying object was spotted “buzzing” the tower at the RAF Valley base onAnglesey.
The claimed sighting on October 16 that year was taken seriously by the local MP at the time, Ieuan Wyn Jones.
He wrote to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) asking for reassurances over the incident.
However, the MoD replied to Mr Jones, who later became the Welsh Government’s Deputy First Minister, stating staff could not remember the incident and it hadn’t been recorded in the air traffic log books.
The ministry suggested it could be explained by another aircraft flying over the base.
“Certainly such an incident would have been notified to the senior air traffic control officer had it occurred,” the MoD said.
“Military aircraft from a variety of RAF establishments regularly undertake low-flying training sorties over the North Wales area and it’s likely that a routine military low-flying training sortie could account for the observation.”
RAF Sea King helicopter
The incident appeared in documents released by the National Archives on UFO reports across the UK.
It is not the first time unidentified objects has been seen in the skies over Anglesey.
On February 7 2001, strange lights were spotted in the North Wales sky over two towns just minutes apart.
The first sighting took place above Caernarfon at 7.40pm of a “green” and “red” object that on first sight “looked like a star”.
Then five minutes later and 25 miles away, another sighting occurred over Amlwch on Anglesey at 7.45pm.
The sightings appeared in an official Government UFO report which had recorded hundreds of strange objects spotted in the sky across the UK that year.
On December 8, 1980 the British musician was shot dead by Mark David Chapman outside his residence in New York City, US.
Conspiracists have long claimed Chapman was in fact working for the US government – FBI documents released in 2010 suggested they tried to deport Lennon on a number of occasions for his music and influence.
But one element of his life continues to confuse the most scientific of supporters.
Six years before his death – on August 23, 1974 – Lennon claimed to have come face-to-face with a UFO.
Describing it from the rooftop of his New York apartment just after the incident, the 34-year-old said: “I saw a UFO and it went down the river, turned right at the United Nations, turned left and then down the river.
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MYSTERY: John Lennon claimed to have spotted a UFO flying past his New York apartment
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FRIENDS: May Pang was John Lennon's secretary when the incident occurred
“I saw a UFO and it went down the river”
John Lennon
“It wasn’t a helicopter and it wasn’t a balloon. It was silent, it looked dark and had white lights.”
His secretary and lover at the time May Pang corroborated his story in her book Loving John, where she went on to explain it as a “large, circular object coming towards us.”
And – according to Pang – it wasn’t the first time the singer encountered extra-terrestrial beings.
In an interview with Larry Warren – from the Merseyside Anomalies Research Association – she said: “He [Lennon] told me that more than once he suspected he had been abducted as a child back in Liverpool.
“And he felt that experience was responsible for making him feel different from other people for the rest of his life.”
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STRANGE: Lennon's Walls and Bridges album depicts a UFO
The star’s obsession with UFOs continued after his experience and in his design for the Walls and Bridges album cover, an alien spacecraft is the focal point.
Soon after his completion of the album, Lennon reunited with former lover Yoko Ono and retired from the music business for more than five years.
And it is this that has captivated the minds of so many.
Almost as soon as Lennon returned from his hiatus – with new ideas and an album – he was killed.
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Did a UFO just leave earth through a wormhole? Shocking verdict on exploding fireball
Did a UFO just leave earth through a wormhole? Shocking verdict on exploding fireball
A MONSTER fireball that exploded over the Earth, turning night into day, was a "wormhole opening so an alien spacecraft could depart for another dimension"
Well, that is if you are inclined to believe an alien conspiracy theorist's verdict on the event seen over Norway and Siberia.
Amazing images of the huge fireball - said to have been a meteorite burning up in Earth's atmosphere - were taken in Norway and Siberia and posted online as pictures and videos.
But, Scott C Waring, editor of ufosightingsdaily.com, has come up with another explanation.
In a blog entitled "UFO Forms Giant Worm Hole Over Norway Turning Night Into Day", he wrote: "The UFO is forming a black hole around it...do you see?
"It's not exploding, it's creating the hole first...then it will enter with a flash of light and the hole is gone.
"What you see here is a UFO opening up a wormhole to just disappear."
Ronny Tertnes
The fireball was said to turn night into day over Norway.
Mr Waring admitted he had digitally manipulated the images that accompanied his blog.
He added: "I added light and all around the UFO, you see blackness.
"It's not natural...it's a black hole being formed by the UFO to shoot through time and space.
"Some alien was too lazy to leave Earths orbit and just took off in one hell of a hurry."
Mr Waring is known for taking great leaps to reach conclusions when speculating about mysterious images, using his imagination, rather than science to fill in the blanks.
RonnyTertnes*UFOSD
SCott C Waring captioned the fireball as being an alien wormhole.
"I've seen something similar while I was driving down I-10 in 1987 at about 3am in the Florida panhandle.
"There were 4 other cars on the highway. We all pulled over. Everyone agreed it was not a meteor.
"It lit up the woods around us like daylight.
"Then a large object flew across the sky. It was glowing bright blue. It got halfway across the sky, then disappeared in another bright blue flash almost as bright as the first.
"I personally believe these wormholes with objects flying out of them are alien spacecraft exiting, then entering warp speed."
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Golden Cigar UFO Seen Flashing Red and Blue While Flying Past The International Space Station
Golden Cigar UFO Seen Flashing Red and Blue While Flying Past The International Space Station
News about UFOs observed in space that were described as brightly colored orbs is not something new, but recent sighting could change the trend of alien craft in space if some UFO hunters are to be believed.
A golden cigar-shaped UFO was spotted moving alongside the International Space Station in a NASA live web feed. Some conspiracy theorists are entertaining the thoughts of alien astronauts on the ship.
The short video shows the strange object in the distance flashing bright red and blue lights before vanishing without a trace.
The sighting reportedly took place on December 5 as what the video publisher indicated on YouTube.
The nearly 4-minute video shows the outside of the station, but something unusual appears to the right of the screen. It shows an apparent object moving at the same speed.
The video publisher said that it is an unidentified flying object close to the ISS. Some very fast red flashes can be seen in the video.
At around 2:06 of the video, a small red light makes an appearance. The light eventually gets bigger, but also slowly starts to disappear. Seconds before it disappears, at 3:22, a bright blue light suddenly flashes on the screen.
Another Former Air Force Officer Shares Their UFO Encounter In A British Forest
Another Former Air Force Officer Shares Their UFO Encounter In A British Forest
Nearly forty years ago, a U.S. Air Force officer had a close encounter in a British forest. Steve Longero revealed recently that he witnessed the infamous Rendlesham Forest incident in Suffolk, England in 1980, which eventually dubbed as Britain’s Roswell. Many military officers have come forward claiming they saw a UFO during a stretch of mysterious December nights.
Longero thinks it was something out of this world.
On the first night, extraterrestrials were reported on December 26, 1980, the former Air Force officer was on duty.
He recalled that they had a very sophisticated alarm system, but it just went off.
He claimed that it was kind of quite when a UFO hovered over the trees, and they just could not identify it. The unidentified flying object appeared to follow or watch them, according to Longero. The alleged UFO reportedly had fluorescent lights flickering red and green.
One of Longero’s fellow officers, Col. Charles Halt, recently published the book “The Halt Perspective,” detailing their close encounter in the British forest.
Longero said that Col. Halt came afterward, gathered everyone and gave instructions on what they were going to do.
Poolwervel op drift maakt winter extra lang en koud
Poolwervel op drift maakt winter extra lang en koud
KLIMAATVERANDERING: Een grote wervelstorm boven het noordpoolgebied is op weg naar Europa. Daardoor kunnen we een uitzonderlijk koude winter verwachten, die mogelijk tot in maart duurt.
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De schaal rechts geeft de temperatuur op 1 kilometer boven zee in 2013 aan. Het paarse gebied is de poolwervel.
Door Karine Kirkebæk
Hoog boven het noordpoolgebied wervelt een heleboel koude lucht rond.
Een poolwervel is een lagedrukgebied bij de Noordpool, dat tegen de klok in draait – ook wel een cycloon genoemd. De wervelingen hebben grote invloed op de temperatuur in onze regionen.
Boven het noordpoolgebied komen twee poolwervels voor. De ene bevindt zich in de troposfeer 5500-9100 meter boven het aardoppervlak, de andere in de stratosfeer, zo'n 19.800 meter hoog.
Cycloon wervelt naar Europa
Een nieuw onderzoek dat in Nature is gepubliceerd, laat op basis van satellietgegevens van de afgelopen 30 jaar zien dat de hoogste poolwervel de neiging heeft om in februari in de richting van Europa te bewegen.
Dat hangt volgens de onderzoekers nauw samen met het feit dat de hoeveelheid zee-ijs in het noordpoolgebied steeds verder afneemt, vooral in de Barentsz- en de Karazee, die deel uitmaken van de Noordelijke IJszee.
Tegelijk met de verplaatsing is de wervel ook zwakker geworden. Dat betekent dat hij de kou minder goed vasthoudt en dat de lage temperaturen zich van de poolcirkel naar andere gebieden verspreiden.
Wervel zorgt voor lange winter
En dat is tot in Europa te voelen: de winter zal kouder zijn en langer duren dan anders. Volgens de onderzoekers zal het koude seizoen tot eind maart voortduren.
Meerdere wetenschappers hebben het patroon waargenomen dat het klimaat warmer wordt in het noordpoolgebied en kouder op het Euraziatische continent.
Volgende onderzoeken moeten de vraag beantwoorden of de veranderende positie van de poolwervel de oorzaak is van de grote asymmetrie in de temperaturen.
HOW WERNHER VON BRAUN REVEALED NASA'S PLAN TO WEAPONIZE SPACE
By Dr. Carol Rosin
(Copyright 2016, Carol Rosin - All Rights Reserved)
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A personal account of How Wernher Von Braun revealed to Dr. Carol Rosin NASA's plan to justify weapons in space based on hoaxing an extraterrestrial threat
Dr. Carol Rosin was the first woman corporate manager of Fairchild Industries and was spokesperson for Wernher Von Braun in the last years of his life. She founded the Institute for Security and Cooperation in Outer Space in Washington DC and has testified before Congress on many occasions about space based weapons. Von Braun revealed to Dr. Rosin a plan to justify weapons in spaced based on hoaxing an extraterrestrial threat. She was also present at meetings in the ‘70s when the scenario for the Gulf War of the ‘90s was planned.
Editor's note: -> In the transcript of their interview cited below, CR represents commentary by Dr. Carol Rosin and SG designates questions fromDr. Steven Greer
Click the link below to hear Dr. Carol Rosin and Dr. Steven Greer discuss the false threat posed by
CR: My name is Carol Rosin. I am an educator who became the first woman corporate manager of an AerospaceCompany, Fairchild Industries. I am a Space and Missile Defense Consultant and have consulted to a number of companies, organizations, and government departments, even the intelligence community. I was a consultant to TRW working on the MX missile, so I was part of that strategy, which turned out to be a role model for how to sell space-based weapons to the public. The MX missile is yet another weapon system that we didn’t need. I founded the Institute for Security and Cooperation in Outer Space, a Washington DC based think tank. I am an author and have testified before Congress and the President’s Commission on Space.
When I was a Corporate Manager of Fairchild Industries from 1974 through 1977, I met the late Dr. Wernher Von Braun. We first met in early 1974. At that time, Von Braun was dying of cancer but he assured me that he would live a few more years to tell me about the game that was being played- that game being the effort to weaponize space, to control the Earth from space and space itself. Von Braun had a history of working with weapons systems. He had escaped from Germany to come to this country and had become a Vice President of Fairchild Industries when I met him. Von Braun’s purpose during the last years of his life, his dying years, was to educate the public and decision-makers about why space-based weapons are dumb, dangerous, destabilizing, too costly, unnecessary, unworkable, and an undesirable idea, and about the alternatives that are available.
As practically a deathbed speech, he educated me about those concepts and who the players were in this game. He gave me the responsibility, since he was dying, of continuing this effort to prevent the weaponization of outer space. When Wernher Von Braun was dying of cancer, he asked me to be his spokesperson, to appear on occasions when he was too ill to speak. And so, I did this.
What was most interesting to me was a repetitive sentence that he said to me over and over again during the approximately four years that I had the opportunity to work with him. He said the strategy that was being used to educate the public and decision makers was to use scare tactics … That was how we identify an enemy.
The strategy that Wernher Von Braun taught me was that first the Russians are going to be considered to be the enemy. In fact, in 1974, they were the enemy, the identified enemy. We were told that they Russians had “killer satellites.” We were told that they were "coming to get us" and control us – that they were “Commies.”
Then, after the Russian threat passed (with the "fall of Communism"), terrorists would be identified as the next threat, and that was soon to follow. Throughout the media for the next decade, we heard a lot about terrorism. Then we were going to identify third-world country “crazies.” We now call them Nations of Concern. But he said that would be the third enemy against whom we would build space-based weapons.
The next enemy was asteroids. Now, at this point he kind of chuckled the first time he said it. Asteroids- against asteroids we are going to build space-based weapons. And the funniest one of all was what he called aliens, extraterrestrials. That would be the final scare. And over and over and over during the four years that I knew him and was giving speeches for him, he would bring up that last card. “And remember Carol, the last card is the alien card. We are going to have to build space-based weapons against aliens and all of it is a lie.”
I think I was too naïve at that time to know the seriousness of the nature of the spin that was being put on the system. And now, the pieces are starting to fall into place. We are building a space-based weapons system on a premise that is a lie, a spin. Wernher Von Braun was trying to hint that to me back in the early 70’s and right up until the moment when he died in 1977.
What he told me was that there is an accelerated effort in place. He didn’t mention a timeline but he said that it was going to be speeding up faster than anybody could possibly imagine. That the effort to put weapons into space was not only based on a lie but would accelerate past the point of people even understanding it until it was already up there and too late.
When Von Braun was dying in front of me, the very first day that I met him, he had tubes draining out of his side. He was tapping on the desk telling me, “You will come to Fairchild.” I was a schoolteacher. He said, “You will come to Fairchild and you will be responsible for keeping weapons out of space.” The way he said it with this intenseness in his eyes, and added that very first day, the first time I met him, that space-based weapons were a dangerous, destabilizing, too costly, unnecessary, untestable, unworkable idea.
The last card that was being held was the extraterrestrial enemy card. The intensity with which he said that, made me realize that he knew something that he was too afraid to mention. He was too afraid to talk about it. He would not tell me the details. I am not sure that I would have absorbed them if he had told me the details or even believed him in 1974. But there was no question that this man knew and had a need to know, I found out later.
There is no doubt in my mind that Wernher Von Braun knew about the extraterrestrial issue. He explained to me the reasons why weapons were going to be put into space, the enemies against whom we were going to build these weapons, and that all of that was a lie. He mentioned that extraterrestrials were going to be identified as the final enemy against whom we were going to build space-based weapon systems back in 1974. The way he said it to me, there was no doubt in my mind that he knew something that he was too afraid to talk about.
Wernher Von Braun never spoke to me about any of the details that he knew related to extraterrestrials except that one day extraterrestrials were going to be identified as anenemyagainst whom we are going to build an enormous space-based weapons system. Wernher Von Braun actually told me that the spin was a lie – that the premise for space-based weaponry, the reasons that were going to be given, the enemies that we were going to identify – were all based on a lie.
I have been tracking the space-based weapons issue for about 26 years. I have debated Generals and Congressional Representatives. I have testified before the Congress and the Senate. I have met with people in over 100 countries. But I have not been able to identify who the people are who are who are making this space-based weapons system happen. I see the news. I see the administrative decisions being made, (regardless of who is President, or what party controls the Congress) and I know that they are all based on lies and greed. But I have yet to be able to identify who the people are beind theplan to weaponize outer space. And that is after tracking this issue for 26 years.
I know that there are big secrets being kept and I know that it is time the public and decision-makers pay attention to the people who are now going to be disclosing the truth. Instead of weaponizing outer space, we need to make some definite changes and build a system in space that will benefit every single person, and all of the animals, and the environment of this planet. The technology is there. The solutions to Earth’s urgent and long-term potential problems are there. I have a feeling that once we start studying this extraterrestrial issue, all of the questions that I have had for 26 years are going to be answered.
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However, I have concluded that the plan to weaponize outer space is based on a few people, who are intent making a lot of money and gaining global power. In large part, it is also about ego.
It is not about our essence and who we really are on this planet and loving each other and being at peace and cooperating. The plan isn’t about using technology to solve problems and heal people on this planet. It isn’t about that at all. It is about a few people who really are playing an old, dangerous, costly game to pad their own pocketbooks and engaged in a global power struggle. That is all it is.
I believe that this entire space-based weapons game is initiated right here in the United States of America. What I hope for is that with this information that is being disclosed, the new administration will to do what is right. That is to transform the war game into a space game so that we use the technologies that are available not just as spin-offs of war technology, but as direct technological applications to build a cooperative space system that will benefit the entire world and that will allow us to communicate with the extraterrestrial cultures that are obviously "out there."
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Who would benefit from these space-based weapons?
They are the people who work in that arena, people in the military, in industries, in universities and labs, in the intelligence community. This is not just in the United States, but it is worldwide. This is a worldwide cooperative system. Wars are cooperative.
Just as peace will be when it breaks out. But right now there are a lot of people benefiting from destruction. This is what our economy has been based on in this country for decades and it is now spreading around the world. Wars ae being conducted for profit not only political policies. Untold millions of people are suffering as a result.
It is not fair. It never has been. Prophts have foreold and people have screamed: “out of swords let us build plow shares, let’s have peace and hold hands around the world,” but it hasn’t worked because too many people are benefiting from the mass destruction ,which every war brings. Not only are they benefiting financially, but from what my experience is, there are people who actually believe that Armageddon should happen precisely so that we have to have these wars.
So, the propaganda for the weeaponization of space is going from the plans an pocketbook of a military-industrial complex, to the religious right: some people actually believe that we have to have wars for these religious reasons (claiming that "It's in the Bible").
There are people who just love war.
I have met warriors who just love to go to war. Then there are the good people, the soldiers, who just take orders. They have to feed their children and send them to college so they want to keep their jobs. People in laboratories have told me that they don’t want to work on these technologies for war, but if they don’t they won’t get a paycheck. Who is going to pay them? But what I see is that there are not only dual uses for these technologies but there are many uses for the same technologies.
We can build space hospitals, schools, hotels, laboratories, farms, industries. It may sound far-out but if we don’t do that, we are going to build battle stations and weapons pointed down on all of our heads and back out into space. Apparently we have been doing some of that already.
We have a choice now that can be made. We can all benefit – all of the people in the military industrial complex, in the intelligence community, in universities and labs, in the United States and all over the world – we can all benefit. We can just transform that industry so easily with a change of course, a change oattitude, a decision based on our highest consciousness, our spirituality, and on the fact that we have no choice unless we all want to die. And clearly, we don’t. So we can all benefit financially, spiritually, socially, psychologically by dewaponizing outer space. This is technologically and politically feasible. It is possible to transform this game now and everyone on Earth will benefit.
In 1977 I was at a meeting in Fairchild Industries in a conference room called "The War Room." In that room were a lot of charts on the walls with enemies, identified enemies. There were other more obscure names, names like Saddam Hussein and Khadafi. But we were talking then about terrorists, the potential terrorists. No one had ever talked about this before, but this was the next stage after the Russians against whom we were going to build these space-based weapons. I stood up in this meeting and I said:
“Excuse me, why are we talking about these potential enemies against whom we are going to build space-based weapons ... if, in fact, we know that they are not the enemy at this time?”
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Well, they continued the conversation about how they were going to antagonize these enemies and that at some point, there was going to be a war in the Gulf, a Gulf War! Now this was in 1977, 1977!
Andeven then, they were talking aboutcreatinga war in the Gulf Region when there was still 25 billion dollars in the space-based weapons program that had yet to be identified. At least it wasn’t called the Strategic Defense Initiative,. That was not until 1983.
This weapons system, then, had obviously been going on for some time and I didn’t know anything about it. So I stood up in this meeting in 1977 and said:
“I would like to know why we are talking about space-based weapons against these enemies.
I would like to know more about this. Would someone please tell me what this is about?”
Nobody answered. They just went on with this meeting as though I hadn’t said anything. Suddenly I stood up in the room and said,:
“If nobody can tell me why you are planning a war in the Gulf when there is a certain amount of money in a budget so that you can create the next set of weapons systems that will be the beginning of the sell to the public about why we need space-based weapons, then consider this: my resignation. And you will not hear from me again!”
And nobody said a word, because they were planning a war in the Gulf and it happened exactly as they planned it, and onschedule!
SG: Who was at this meeting?
CR: The room was filled with people in the revolving door game. There were people that I had seen once in a military uniform and other times in a gray suit and an industry outfit. These people play a revolving door game. They work as consultants, industry people, and/or military and intelligence people. They work in the industries and they revolve themselves through these doors and right into government positions.
I stood up in this meeting and asked if I was hearing correctly, namely, that when there was 25 billion dollars aleady expended in the space-based weapons budget, that there was going to be a war in the Gulf, stimulated, created, so that they could then sell the next phase of weapons to the public and the decision-makers?
This war was going to be created so that they could dump the old weapons and create a whole new set of weapons. So I had to resign from that position. I could no longer work in that industry.
One day in 1990, I was sitting in my living room looking at the money that had been spent on space-based weapons research and development programs and I realized that it had come to that number, about 25 billion dollars, and I said to my husband::
“I am now going to stop everything. I am now going to stop and sit and watch CNN television and I am going to wait for the war to happen.”
My husband said, “Well, you have finally gone over the edge. You have flipped out.” Friends said, “You have really gone too far this time. There is not going to be a war in the Gulf, nobody is talking about a war in the Gulf.”
I replied: “There is going to be a war in the Gulf. I am going to sit here and wait for the war in the Gulf.”
And it happened right on schedule.
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As part of the "war game" in the Gulf, we in the public were told that the United States was successful in shooting down Russian Scud Missiles. We were rationalizing new budgets based on that success. In fact, we found out later, after the budgets were approved for the next phase of weapons, that it was a lie.
We did not have successful shoot-downs the way we were told. It was all a lie, just to get more money put in the budget to make more weapons. I was one of the first people to go independently to Russia when I heard that they had “killer satellites.”
[See the testimony of Dr. Paul Czysz. SG]
When I went to Russia in the early 70’s, I found out that they didn’t have killer satellites, that it was all a lie. In fact, the Russian leaders and people wanted peace. They wanted to cooperate with the United States and with the people of the world.
Another time, I called Saddam Hussein when he was lighting his oil fields on fire. My husband was in the kitchen while I was making this phone call. I got a call back from his First Attaché with Saddam Hussein nearby and he asked:
“Are you a reporter? Are you an agent? Why do you want to know?”
I said,
“No. I am just a citizen who helped to start the movement to prevent the weaponization of outer space and I have found that a lot of stories that I have been told about weapons systems and the enemies are not true. I wanted to find out what would satisfy Saddam Hussein so he would stop making these oil fields catch fire and stop antagonizing people.”
The Fist Attache to Saddam Hussein replied:
“Well, nobody has ever asked him that question, what he wants.” …
So when I hear that there is a possible "threat of extraterrestrials" – and I look at the history of thousands of years of possible ET visitations, and hear the disclosures of honest military-intelligence-industry people who have had experiences with UFO’s, with crashes and landings, with live and dead bodies of extraterrestrial beings – I know it is a lie.
And if I am ever told that these are enemies against whom we have to build space-based weapons systems, based on my own personal experience of having worked in the military industrial complex on weapons systems and military strategy, I am going to know it is a lie. It is a lie.
Not only will I not believe it, but I am going to go out as loudly as I can and tell everyone to take a look. They [the ET’s] have not taken us away yet. We are still here after thousands of years of visits from "Them.." If in fact they are still visiting us now, and we have not been harmed by hem, then we have to look at these visits as something that is nota hostile occurrence.
It would be my hope and my intention to do everything I could to work with people who are working to communicate with and cooperate with these extraterrestrial beings. They are clearly not hostile. We are here. That is enough proof for me.
There is no limit to how people can choose to live on this planet. We have a chance to do that and I think that the window is closing rapidly. I don’t think that we have much time in which to make and implement that decision. We are too close in too many ways to having some horrible disaster happen, or having some sort of "worst war" take place, whether it is from high technology or an exotic weapons system.
We need leadership, and it has to start with the United States President and that is who we all have to reach. If you are international, if you are around the world, if you are in the United States of America, whether you are from any party, any belief system or religion - the United States Commander in Chief, the President of the United States is the person that needs to be reached. We need to say that we want an ultimate, comprehensive, verifiable ban on all space-based weapons
(Copuyright 2016, Chris Holly - All Rights Reserved)
<Edited by Robert D. Morningstar>
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Over the last few months, I have been sent a steady stream of emails from people all over the United States telling me that they have had a UFO sighting. I have had reports of silver oval craft, groups of bright lights moving at incredible speeds and Orbs, mostly red Orbs.
People continue to see strange things in our sky daily all over this planet. You would think by now we would know what they are seeing and from where these things originate. The truth is we are exactly where we are now as where we were years ago when I first started to write and interview people about this subject.
The people who contact me when they have seen something that they realized was not like anything they had ever seen before all hold one thing in common. Every single person is stunned and wants me to have an OMG reaction to the fact they saw something considered unknown or unexplained.
They also think that now that they saw something that it should be front page news. The fact that people have been reporting UFO's, and having encounters with these unknowns from the start of time seems to be completely lost on people who have a sighting with their own eyes. It is clear to me that our society is so backwards and lacking in basic knowledge about this subject that they are stunned when they see one with their very own eyes .
They learn very quickly what it is like to be on "the other side of the coin" and now they are the ones looking for acknowledgement that they did see something that was strange and unexplained, They also know what it is like to look for protection and understanding instead of being laughed at and told that it was a plane and seeing friends turn away from them when they know they had just seen a damn UFO.
Funny how we act towards one another with this subject.
When they contact me I tell them that they are now part of "the club" of millions worldwide who also have seen a UFO and that they now have the knowledge that they Do exist.
I often get back emails wanting me to be more stunned or shocked or shout in a hysteria that they actually did see a real object in the sky and do not understand why I do not "do something."
I explain that I have seen UFO's and I know that they exist and have spoken to many people who also have seen UFO's. It is not earth-shattering news to me that yet another human looked up to find something they did not recognise looking back down at them.
I ask the people that have this type of reaction why they are so shocked that they finally saw something?
The answer always is that they really did not think they existed.
So, I have to wonder how so many can still be walking around this planet when the internet, TV and media, in general, is covered with videos, stories and photos of UFO's from all over the world? The fact we still are so reluctant to understand this is part of our reality on Earth for me is actually frightening.
How is it we are so blinded and kept controlled by something so huge and seen by so many?
How is it that the people do not demand answers and are far happier to stay on a UFO gerbil-wheel of ignorance never wanting any real answers as they run, blindly competing in a "global rat race"? We have millions reporting seeing a strange object. Our reaction is to say wow, maybe look at the photo or video and then just yawn and walk away.
Is it just me? Or are we a bit insane not want to know more? Honestly, what the hell is wrong with us?
I often have people ask me where is the official place to report a UFO sighting. They seem to think there is some government agency or organisation that is seriously dealing with this issue. I think at times that society thinks that somewhere someone who knows what they are doing is taking care of all of this UFO stuff so they do not have to worry about it.
Well gang, sorry to be the one to tell you...
but when it comes to UFO's it is everyone for themselves as you are on your own with this issue.
Other nations have department's or government agencies that do collect and keep data on the UFO issue in their country but we here in America are NOT one of them. If you call the police, you do not get anywhere. If you call the military you get nothing. We are set up to shut up and shut down people who try to discuss what they are seeing. Using ridicule and laughter has worked for years to silence the public on this subject and obviously continues to work as we are still locked on this rat-wheel of stupidity with this ever growing issue of UFO's flying all over our country and nothing being done or explained or addressing the problem at all.
I had a man complain to me that he placed his sighting on MUFON but nothing happened. I asked him what he wanted to happen? He thought a big truck with white lab coat researchers would show up at his location to investigate his encounter.
I hated to be the one to tell him MUFON is a privately owned website, no hangers or buildings involved and the guy who owns it? ...Well who knows what he does with the reports? It is not connected to any agency or government or military in any way so hs should stop waiting for any official reaction from them.
It is not the guy who owns MUFON or the TV shows making a fast buck off of our curiosity or the media or the thousands of internet pages that talk about this subject, IT IS US! ...
It is us, you and me, to blame for our ragged approach to this serious issue that needs to be addressed.
Why do we want to look at the subject as we do? Why do we treat is as a scary movie but not want to digest the fact that these things are real and flying over our heads often? We may be in deep trouble and real danger yet we refuse to look up or ask why these objects are watching us. I fear them and I know you should too. Why are they here? What do they want? Who are they? Are they ours? Good God I think we need to know.
Why is it we will see a UFO and still just go about our business as usual? Why do we just want to NOT KNOWN what the hell these things are and why do they fly around watching us? I will not even address the fact that they take some of us. The question has to be what is wrong with all of us. We can sit and listen to an hour-long radio show on this subject, yawn and go to bed and give no thought at all to the fact that maybe we all need to know what is going on with these things. It is almost insane in my thinking that we are content to do nothing at all about asking questions of those who should have the answers for us. We should in mass be demanding our government and military tell us what these objects are and if we need to fear them.
I want to know. I really am fearful and want to know, don't you?
For now, I will watch as we run round and round on a large UFO rat-wheel of blissful ignorance, refusing to get past the point of chatting about the issue and staying locked in the dangerous dark ages of looking away, ignoring or denying what and who it is that is flying our skies and watching us as we ignore it all in ignorance and a mindless bliss. Maybe we are hypnotized or brainwashed or drugged to be so complacent about this serious subject, I just do not know ...
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THE BIGGEST CONSPIRACIES AROUND THE WORLD
THE BIGGEST CONSPIRACIES AROUND THE WORLD
There will always be conspiracy theories found in everything that happens. Whether true or not, they manage to convince enough people. From how subliminal advertising controls our behavior at Roswell aliens, secret organizations that control the world theories on the terrorist attacks, these theories are true? This remains to be judged by each individual separately. Among these are the following theories:
Vril and Thule secret societies - To understand the connection between esoteric societies, more or less secret, and the phenomenon called "UFO" in the middle of the last century, should we review some notions that seemingly unrelated topic but are closely linked. In 1871 Edward Bulwer-Lytton coined the notion of the novel Vril S.F. - The Coming Race. Vril is a Tibetan word which can be translated as life force, life force or vital energy, however, that vibration.
Helena Blavatsky took this concept, and it has used in its occult and theosophical theories. Vril ancient civilizations considered as the highest form of energy in the universe, all other types of energy is only secondary manifestations of this supreme force. In 1919, members of the Knights Templar follower groups had established Vril organization (German: Vril Gesellschaft) based in Ramsau in Germany (near the border with Austria). The Vril Society had come into contact with the Thule Society (Thule-Gesellschaft) who was the origin of the Nazi party. Some members of the Thule organization later became important figures in the Nazi party.
Bermuda Triangle - mysterious, wordless, sometimes fatal. Intrepid researchers dug decades mysteries hidden deep in the labyrinth of the most enigmatic place on earth.
Some speculate that the strange anomalies in time, disappearances and strange phenomena can be explained by natural circumstances. Others insist that the remains of an unknown culture advanced technologies left behind ... fantastic energy based devices that effectively beyond space and time and open the gates to other realities.
Currently, Americans and French explorers made a monumental discovery: a pyramid-shaped crystal, partially translucent surfaced from the seabed Caribbean origin, age, and purpose completely unknown.
There are secret bases on the Moon? - The Moon has always fascinated mankind, and it was the biggest challenge for scientists. Increasingly more specialists confirm the existence of extraterrestrial bases on the moon.
UFO-expert Max Spiers stond op het punt elites te ‘ontmaskeren’ die zwarte magie beoefenen
UFO-expert Max Spiers stond op het punt elites te ‘ontmaskeren’ die zwarte magie beoefenen
Een UFO-expert die afgelopen zomer dood werd gevonden in Polen, stond op het punt een netwerk van politici en beroemdheden te ontmaskeren dat zwarte magie beoefent. Dat zegt althans zijn verloofde.
Max Spiers, bij wie ‘zwarte vloeistof’ uit de mond liep toen hij werd gevonden, hield zich in de maanden voor zijn dood bezig met zwarte magie.
“Hij stond op het punt om zwarte magie te ontmaskeren,” zei zijn 31-jarige vriendin Sarah Adams. “Hij wilde wat dingen naar buiten brengen over politieke leiders en beroemdheden.”
Doodsbedreigingen
Max Spiers (Facebook)
Spiers zou haar al meerdere keren hebben gezegd dat hij bang was om te worden vermoord.
“We waren doodsbedreigingen wel gewend, maar dit keer leek het serieus te zijn,” zei ze. “Hij kreeg doodsbedreigingen waarin stond dat wij allebei zouden sterven.”
“Hij stuurde me uren voor zijn dood nog berichten,” vertelde ze aan Yahoo. “Hij heeft zeker geen zelfmoord gepleegd.”
Supersoldaten
Spiers was afgelopen zomer in Polen om een lezing te geven over complottheorieën en UFO’s, iets waar hij veel over wist te vertellen aangezien hij naar eigen zeggen deel had uitgemaakt van een overheidsprogramma rond ‘supersoldaten’.
Sommige van zijn trouwe volgelingen merkten op dat de zwarte vloeistof die uit zijn mond liep veel gelijkenissen vertoont met het buitenaardse virus Purity uit de serie X-Files.
Vergiftigd
De ziekte zorgt er in de serie voor dat er een zwarte vloeistof uit de ogen en mond van mensen komt.
“Als het niet waar was wat hij zei, waarom zouden ze hem dan vermoorden?” schreef Craig Hewlett op de site Project Camelot. “Gezonde mensen sterven niet zomaar, zij worden vergiftigd.”
Is a U.S. Air Force general from Wright-Patterson helping Tom DeLonge obtain official UFO disclosure?
Is a U.S. Air Force general from Wright-Patterson helping Tom DeLonge obtain official UFO disclosure?
Now that the election is over, so is the leak of emails from Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager, John Podesta, by WikiLeaks. Many of his emails discussed UFOs, a topic Podesta has shown interest in, and one of the most intriguing, and revealing, strings of UFO emails was regarding a Google Hangouts meeting Podesta set up with rockstar Tom DeLonge, two USAF generals, and a VP from Lockheed Skunk Works – the guys in charge of Area 51.
Warning signs at the Area 51 back entrance.
(Credit: Alejandro Rojas)
However, now that the leaks are done, and looking more closely at the UFO emails, it is not just shocking that these men attended a meeting about UFOs, but, apparently, one of the USAF generals has been advising DeLonge on his project to reveal the government has back engineered alien technology. DeLonge has even implied that the general told him the U.S. had found an alien body.
DeLonge has not made it a secret what his recent focus has been. He was the front man for the popular rock band Blink 182, until he left, presumably, to pursue his investigation of UFO secrecy. DeLonge told the Rolling Stone of the breakup, “I couldn’t tell the band I was working with people in the government.”
DeLonge explained, “I have 10 people that I’m working with that are at the highest levels of the Department of Defense and NASA and the military.”
The Air Force Materiel Command is headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
(Credit: Wikimedia Commons)
It is surprising enough people in the government would be working with DeLonge on a UFO project, but it is even more surprising what he says they have told him. DeLonge says he based his recent fiction book, Sekret Machines Book 1: Chasing Shadows, on the information they fed him. The book is about the government’s decades long project to back engineer alien technology and hide it from the public.
According to Rolling Stone, DeLonge claims he was approved to say he used “sources within the aerospace industry and the Department of Defense and NASA.”
Who approved him to say this, and who are his sources? Until the Podesta UFO WikiLeaks, we had no idea who these people were, if they were really with the government, or if they existed at all. What we found in the WikiLeak emails is – well, I have used the word a couple times already, but it fits – shocking.
William Neil McCasland (Credit: USAF)
It turns out DeLonge was having conversations with insiders. As we wrote about in the article on the Google Hangout UFO meeting, and mentioned earlier, but of particular interest for this article is the general from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Major General William N. McCasland, who we know from the WikiLeaks emails, goes by Neil. McCasland’s USAF bio says he is the Commander of the Wright-Patterson Research Laboratories.
His bio continues: “He is responsible for managing the Air Force’s $2.2 billion science and technology program as well as additional customer funded research and development of $2.2 billion. He is also responsible for a global workforce of approximately 10,800 people in the laboratory’s component technology directorates, 711th Human Performance Wing and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.”
One could just shrug McCasland’s participation in the meeting aside, and speculate that he may have attended to humor DeLonge and Podesta. This point of view could be supported by a follow-up email from DeLonge to Podesta, in which DeLonge seemed disappointed by McCasland’s participation.
The meeting took place on January 25, 2016 at 10:30 am. In an email from DeLonge to Podesta sent that afternoon, DeLonge writes:
He mentioned he’s a “skeptic”, he’s not. I’ve been working with him for four months. I just got done giving him a four hour presentation on the entire project a few weeks ago.
Trust me, the advice is already been happening on how to do all this. He just has to say that out loud, but he is very, very aware- as he was in charge of all of the stuff. When Roswell crashed, they shipped it to the laboratory at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. General McCasland was in charge of that exact laboratory up to a couple years ago.
He not only knows what I’m trying to achieve, he helped assemble my advisory team. He’s a very important man.
While it seems McCasland was reticent to share what he had previously told Delonge, this email is not the extent of DeLonge’s shocking claims regarding a previously unidentified general who DeLonge claims helped him assemble his team of insiders. On July 5, 2016, DeLonge posted this statement on Facebook with a picture of the gates at Area 51:
I landed on the Tarmac, walked off the plane, and met a smart and fit man in his 60’s. Never seen a Multi-Star General before.. Let alone talked to one. He led me to a table in the back of a large room. He leaned across the table and said “It was the Cold War, and we lived under the very real threat of Nuclear War every day… And somewhere in those years…We found a life-form.” I said, “Sir, I need help telling young adults this story…” He said, “What do you need?”….”Advisors”, I responded. “I need high-ranking Advisors in the Military, Intelligence and DOD to help guide me.” So- I was given 10 Advisors, each with knowledge in different areas that pertain to UFOs and the very real National Security issues associated with them. I do wish the press would ask me about this, rather than write stupid headlines about Aliens… I have been given a gift, the ability to tell you all our biggest secret. It will come in books, feature films and documentaries. It’s called SEKRET MACHINES
This statement is similar to statements he has made in interviews, including on the popular late-night paranormal radio show Coast to Coast AM.
It is not a leap to see DeLonge is suggesting McCasland was the guy who told him “We found a life-form.”
There is another email suggesting a general had given DeLonge and Podesta advice on what to add to a potential White House memo, presumably, on UFOs. This email was sent from DeLonge to Podesta in September, 2015. He wrote:
General’s thoughts:
“I was thinking a bit more about what a White House memo should say. Something like these points to all Federal Agencies:
– In light of the President’s policy on STEM (citing official policy encouraging the study of science, technology, engineering and math)
– some back ground on your project
– the Administration encourages a favorable Public Affairs position by all Agencies
– appointes NASA to lead (this kind of public outreach is in NASA’s job jar, and if no Agency is appointed all will simply note and file the memo and likely do nothing)
– and to coordinate with DoD, DNI and NOAA (the other major space actors, putting a bit of light on them)”
Michael Carey (Credit: USAF)
However, there was another general in that Google Hangout meeting, who appears to have been working with DeLonge for awhile. That is retired USAF Major General Michael Carey. According to his USAF bio, Carey was the Special Assistant to the Commander, Air Force Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base, which is also the home of NORAD. Petersen is at the base of the famous Cheyenne Mountain.
In this later email, DeLonge mentions he is going to meet with officials from Air Force Space Command. That makes it likely Carey was the one who sent the pointers regarding the memo. Carey also seems to have an interest in the topic, he even submitted a book review for Sekret Machines, that can be seen on the book’s webpage on Amazon.com.
I should also note that the other VIP attendee of the Google Hangout meeting, Executive Vice President & General Manager Advanced Development Programs (Skunk Works) at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Rob Weiss, also showed a bit of follow-up interest in the meeting. In an email from DeLonge to Podesta dated February 22, 2016, DeLonge says he received an email from Weiss asking if there were any updates.
So what is going on here? DeLonge is not just blowing smoke, he has had high-level meetings. But can we believe that McCasland has told him the USAF recovered an alien body and is back engineering alien technology and is helping him assemble a team to reveal this information to the public?
Grant Cameron of PresidentialUFO.com says yes. Although he is a Canadian, Cameron has been looking into the history of U.S. Presidents and the UFO topic for decades. He believes the U.S. is holding UFO and alien secrets and that the U.S. Presidents are briefed on the situation. Further, he believes there has been an ongoing project to slowly feed this information to the public and DeLonge must be a big part of a phase to this project that is coming to fruition. Cameron says as soon as January we may receive a big piece of information. Cameron and I debated his perspective on a recent episode of Open Minds UFO Radio.
Grant Cameron
Another perspective is that DeLonge is falling prey to a USAF program to disperse disinformation. This may seem farfetched, but there have been other credible claims of this happening. In at least a couple other occasions the USAF has approached the media telling them they will give them exclusive proof of alien visitation, and then backing out. Strange behavior, but it has been documented. At OpenMinds.tv, we have examined one of these cases very closely. You can see an investigation of that case below. In DeLonge’s case, perhaps they were not planning on WikiLeaks, and/or the Russians, outing them.
Of course, the possibility I originally posited, that these men are humoring DeLonge, could be what is happening. Perhaps they are interested in the topic, they really don’t know much about UFOs, and they want to get people interested in the topic as well. But why? To generate interest in science? And if that is the case, then what about the claims that McCasland, or someone else, is telling DeLonge we have an alien body and back engineered alien technology? Is DeLonge lying?
This, to me, is a fascinating mystery. If DeLonge is right, we should know more soon. Or, if history repeats itself, the USAF will not go through with providing DeLonge anything of substance. Perhaps they will even use the email leaks as an excuse to stop working on his project altogether and either deny, or just refuse to speak about, their involvement thus far.
Either way, since the cessation of Podesta WikiLeak drops, the matter seems to be drifting off into obscurity, even among UFOers. However, it is a matter which likely is not finished. DeLonge appears to be forging ahead, as are Graham and Cameron. Normally we could say time will tell who was right, but in matters UFO, often, confusion, unanswered questions and enigma are all we are left with.
UFO Over Derbyshire, UK Excites Snapchat Eyewitnesses On Dec 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Over Derbyshire, UK Excites Snapchat Eyewitnesses On Dec 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Dec 5, 2016 Location of sighting: Derbyshire, UK Here is a unique video that starts with Ferraris and ends with a UFO over Derbyshire. The UFO is at 2:10 of the video and is only seen from the car for about 30 seconds, but it gives us a great view of it. The last view of the UFO we see that it glows...in a triangle, then disappears totally, as if it knows its being watched. It looks like it powered up to shoot away. Scott C. Waring Eyewitness states:
Diamond shaped ufos over derbyshire UK.. skip to about 2 mins.. sorry about beginning (snapchat 🙄🙄) tbh I don't know wat i saw they are really big in size diamond shaped silently traveling at some big speeds and colliding with each other at times!! as I was driving and kept on pulling over to get them on camera I travelled a radius of about 5 miles.. I said 20 mile radius on snapchat as I was kinda excited. 😊 some other vehicles must have seen them it was pretty busy any other footage or any ideas as to wat it is because at the moment they are unidentified flying objects.. if u can help clean up the video or anything to help show and zoom in on the diamond shape let me know... I deleted sound because was inappropriate words used sorry 😔. was really exciting wateva they were lol😂😂 so excited I didn't even realise the trucks speeding along the motorway 2ft away from me... was more interested in getting these things on camera🤕🤕 was also really scared to I wasn't about to be letting some little green men stick anything in my bum 🍢🍢😐😐😅 either way if these things are real and I know wat i saw they wernt planes or any kind of drones, helicopters lol that I've seen and I've watched a million videos on you tube about that stuff.. 🤓🤓 if it was any kind of prank I'll look stupid in a week or 2. BUT fair play.. good prank ya fooled me 🖒🖒 either way I better watch ma bak 👀👀 if they where some kinda ufos then that must mean the MIB are real 2😅😅😅 🕵🕵😐😐😑😞😞
This UFO was found by Streetcap1 of Youtube yesterday. Its large and its close to the SOHO satellite. In this photo, the sun is always covered up so it doesn't cause distortions with focusing on the surround orbital area of the sun. This UFO is thick and perfectly rounded on its end. Know that NASA never comments on UFOs found in SOHO images and never will, even though I have tweeted to them over 300 times of SOHO discoveries over the past few years.
Streetcap1 states: Stereo Ahead COR2 is at the other side of the Sun from Earth. This large object was caught by it's Camera on 6th December 2016. Streetcap1.
UFO Forms Giant Worm Hole Over Norway Turning Night Into Day, Dec 2016, Three Videos, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Forms Giant Worm Hole Over Norway Turning Night Into Day, Dec 2016, Three Videos, UFO Sighting News.
The UFO is forming a black hole around it...do you see? Its not exploding, its creating the hole first...the it will enter with a flash of light and the hole is gone.
Date of sighting: December 2016 Location of sighting: Phaethon, Norway Photo source:
http://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=131286&PHPSESSID=v2cpn5oghuua11angsgci69cq5 What you see here is a UFO opening up a wormhole to just disappear. As proof I would like you to see the photo above. I added light and all around the UFO, you see blackness. Its not natural...its a black hole being formed by the UFO to shoot through time and space. Some alien was too lazy to leave Earths orbit and just took off in one hell of a hurry. This is not the only worm hole to form over Norway, back in Dec of 2009 when President Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize for things he had not done yet, just months after he became president. Aliens made the wormhole to come to the Nobel ceremony...a sign of their approval...since aliens controlled the Nobel Peace Prize judging board that year. Scott C. Waring-Taiwan
If we found life on Mars, could it have been delivered from Earth? And could Earth’s water actually be from Mars? There’s the possibility of either scenario, explained researchers on Monday, during the first day of an alien-focused conference called “Searching For Life Across Space And Time: A Workshop,” at the Beckman Center of the National Academies in Irvine, California.
When we study water on other planets, we can analyze potential for life separate from the context of our own planet. In other words, we can look at the possibility there’s life with origins separate from our own. This allows us to better understand the biochemistry on its own terms, which might ultimately help us learn more about our own origins.
There are at least six moons (you could make a case for Pluto’s inclusion, too) that have or might have liquid water oceans beneath their icy exteriors — meaning, they might be able to sustain life. All the liquid water that might persist beneath the surface of these moons amounts to more than 30 times the total volume of water on Earth, which means a lot there are a lot of compelling places to search for life. Comparatively, the Earth with its relatively small amount of water, might have once been viewed — very long ago — as not a very promising place to search for life.
Arguably, Pluto should be up here also.
“When it comes to habitability,” said NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory astrobiologist Kevin Hand, “It really is not just about the liquid water. It’s also about the extent to which that water is interacting with rocks.”
We know of two standouts in that regard: Europa, which orbits Jupiter, and Enceladus, which orbits Saturn. We know Europa’s ocean has been there for a significant duration of its past, but we’re unclear on the history of water on Enceladus. Its global ocean could have potentially been maintained by tidal energy consistently through time, but the jury’s still out on that.
Life on Enceladus wouldn’t have the same “primordial soup” origins as life on Earth. Rather, it would by icy or hydrothermal. The more we learn about those pathways, the fuller a picture we can put together about how life arises across the solar system.
This is the actual caption by NASA, which can't be improved upon: "A masterpiece of deep time and wrenching gravity, the tortured surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus and its fascinating ongoing geologic activity tell the story of the ancient and present struggles of one tiny world."
We’ve already seen evidence of ocean “plumes” — water being sprayed into space — on Enceladus via the Cassini spacecraft. And Europa’s seafloor could actually be even more active than our own.
In an attempt to prove that Europa’s oceans were actively interacting with its seafloor, Hand and his colleagues looked to surface discoloration. The phenomenon itself is divisive: some believe it indicates salt, while others believe it’s a sign of sulfuric acid. The JPL team ran a recent experiment on what it calls “Europa in a can” — simulated conditions at their lab — that involved putting sodium chloride (a flat, white, spectrally uninteresting substance) into the chamber in the form of a brine that evaporated out water.
The puzzling, fascinating surface of Jupiter's icy moon Europa looms large in this newly-reprocessed color view, made from images taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft in the late 1990s.
Post-irradiation, the salt had turned a dirty, yellow-brown color — a sight recognizable from imagery of Europa’s surface. They think it means that on Europa, the discolored regions are geologically active, the result of irradiated salt coming up from the ocean below — and thus an active, dynamic body of water, the kind of place we might one day find life.
Earth is a vibrant, lush planet that’s bustling with life, but if you’re far, far away — enough that the planet just looks like atiny blue dot — would you be able to tell if there’s was life on Earth at all? Yes, it turns out, but identifying life on a distant planet outside of our solar system is tricky, and requires careful detection of some very subtle biosignatures.
“Life’s impact — for us to be able to see it over very long distances — is going to have to be on a global scale,” Victoria Meadows from the University of Washington and NASA Astrobiology Institute explained during a presentation on Monday.
Meadows, who was speaking at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s two-day workshop, “Searching for Life Across Space and Time,” explained that researchers could determine if there was life on a distant planet by looking for certain clues in the environment as a whole that were probably caused by organic life.
“Look for a ‘disturbance in the force,’” Meadows explained. “Something in the environment that indicates a disequilibrium, or an unknown or unexpected planetary process.”
Such “disturbances,” as Meadows called them in a subtle nod to Star Wars, can include an abundance of gas that seems more likely to have originated from organic life rather than a planetary or geologic source. Other possible biosignatures could include color abnormalities caused photosynthesis, seasonal temperature changes, and a large elemental disequilibrium suggesting an “active source” of the prolific element.
Meadows said that scientists have to be wary of false positives. Getting a Nobel Prize isn’t as simple as merely detecting oxygen in an exoplanet atmosphere, though Meadows said scientists used to think that was the case. “It’s a little more complicated than that,” she explained. “Environmental context is key.”
“How do we recognize the effects of life on an extrasolar planet, and how do we discriminate life processes from the rest of the environment?” she asked, noting that there are ways that a planet could have an eyebrow-raising amount of oxygen in its atmosphere that don’t involve life, like photochemical reactions caused by light from nearby stars.
An alien emits a gas into the atmosphere.
A good biosignature — one that might reasonably provide evidence of life — has three requirements. The first is reliability. That’s essentially the main question: can life create this signature in the first place, and is it more likely to have originated from organic life than from a planetary or geologic source? The second is survivability — does the biosignature get a chance to linger, or is it destroyed or consumed by other planetary processes? Finally, there’s detectability — does the sign build up to the point where us far-off humans would be able to notice it?
As scientists identify more potential biosignatures they can be on the lookout for, the greater likelihood that they might find something. Oxygen is an excellent (but not foolproof) biosignature, but Meadows says researchers can look to Earth’s current environment or its past for other gasses that fit the bill.
There’s more to searching for biosignatures than just looking for life, Meadows added. If scientists aren’t taking the possibility of life into consideration when they study a planet, they might not be equipped to fully understand the environment.
“If we just suppose that the planet is sterile, we might not be able to interpret it correctly,” she said.
Proxima Centauriis a tiny little star that, in the grand scheme of the universe, wouldn’t seem that notable except for two things: The first is that at 4.5 light-years away, it’s the closest star to our solar system. The second is that a littleplanetaround the star just might be habitable.
Even if the planet, Proxima Centauri b, isn’t habitable, it represents an entire class of planets commonly found throughout the universe that could be habitable, according to Matteo Brogi, a Hubble Fellow at the University of Colorado Boulder. While speaking at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s two-day workshop, “Searching for Life Across Space and Time,” Brogi explained that new methods will allow scientists to get a better sense of what’s happening on the planet’s surface.
“We’re not only talking about the closest star to the solar system,” Brogi said on Monday, “but this is a planet that is representative of an entire category.”
Could there be life on Proxima Centauri b?
Small red dwarf stars are the most common type of star in the universe and they tend to have a couple small planets orbiting them. “There are about two and a half planets per star,” Brogi said. “Every three stars there should be a habitable planet.”
“Having a small planet around a small star is better than having it around the sun,” Brogi noted, explaining that bigger stars like our yellow dwarf sun can overshadow smaller planets, making them harder to spot and study.
Because stars like Proxima Centauri are smaller than our sun, “the classical habitable zone should be much, much, much closer to the star than in the case of a solar star,” Brogi said. “Proxima Centauri b sits exactly in the middle of the habitable zone.”
The problem with Proxima Centauri b, Brogi explained, is that it is non-transiting. This limits the amount scientists can learn about it — and it’s also the reason why we don’t have a better idea of its mass. All we know for sure, at the moment, is that it’s at least 1.27 times the mass of Earth. It could be much more.
Brogi says that high-definition spectroscopy — which studies planets by separating the planet from the star while observing the two bodies’ electromagnetic radiation — offers new prospects for ground-based characterization of the planet, which should, in turn, give us a better chance of how habitable it — or other planets like it — might be.
“Terrestrial planets around M-dwarf stars are our best short-term chance to characterize potentially habitable worlds,” Brogi said.
Scientists Weigh in On the Possibility of Life in Pluto’s Oceans
Scientists Weigh in On the Possibility of Life in Pluto’s Oceans
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Thanks to data collected by the New Horizons flyby of Pluto, scientists are now taking a serious look into the possibility of oceans on the planet, and therefore the chance for life.
While water being present on a celestial body is a big boost for the chances of finding life, Pluto's moons are better candidates to be home to some form of organisms.
PLUTO’S WATERS
The existence of water on Pluto was first brought to our attention by the July 2015 flyby of NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, when a supposed subsurface ocean was spotted on the icy dwarf planet. Since then, continuous study of the former ninth planet’s topographical structures have led to even more confirmation that there is, indeed, water on Pluto.
This subsurface ocean, which is said to exist underneath Pluto’s heart-shaped zone called the the Sputnik Planitia (or Planum), is part of the area known as the Tombaugh Regio. It’s a 1,000km (621-mile) wide frozen plane composed mostly of nitrogen ice, with some methane and carbon monoxide. Beneath it is the supposed ocean, which according to researcher William McKinnon, is laden with ammonia. McKinnon is professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis and a co-author of the study published in Nature.
Credits: P.M. Schenk LPI/JHUAPL/SwRI/NASA
LIFE’S TELLTALE SIGN
Where there is water, there’s a great possibility that life could also exist. In the Sputnik Planitia, despite the presence of ammonia, McKinnon believes it’s possible for life to exist in these frozen waters. “On Earth, microorganisms in the soil fix nitrogen to ammonia, which is important for making DNA and proteins and such,” he said.
“If you’re going to talk about life in an ocean that’s completely covered with an ice shell, it seems most likely that the best you could hope for is some extremely primitive kind of organism.”
Other formations that suggested water were found along the Virgil Fossa, just west of an area called the Elliot crater, and also in the Viking Terra and in the Baré Montes. These areas showed strong signatures of water ice occurrence, according to data from New Horizons’ Ralph instrument. These areas are part of a region in Pluto that stretches approximately 450 km (280 miles), which could also sustain water under the surface.
A new study reveals that dark matter may not be as clustered as previously thought. In fact, it's very possible that dark matter is more evenly spread out in space.
For the study, astronomers observed an area of the sky covering a size about 2,200 times that of the full moon, and encompassing more than 15 million galaxies.
A CLOSER LOOK
Dark matter and dark energy are arguably the most elusive components of the universe. Dark matter in particular has remained undetected. Its existence is observed only through the gravitational effects it’s thought to produce — which exist, basically, to render the theories about it somewhat manageable. But, despite the numerous studies, we remain largely in the darkabout dark matter.
Perhaps because of it being mysterious and all, astronomers like Hendrik Hildebrandt from the Argelander-Institut für Astronomie in Bonn, Germany and Massimo Viola from the Leiden Observatory in the Netherlands, continue to study dark matter and ways to find it. Hildebrandt and Viola, together with a team from several international institutions, believe that dark matter may not be as clustered as previously thought. It’s very possible that dark matter is more evenly spread out in space.
According to the study published by the European Southern Observatory (ESO), the astronomers studied images from the Kilo Degree Survey (KiDS), taken by ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope (VST) in Chile, of an area of the sky covering a size about 2,200 times that of the full moon, and encompassing more than 15 million galaxies.
REFINING OUR UNDERSTANDING
Using an innovative computer to analyze the images, the team was able to study a phenomenon known as cosmic shear — when light from distant galaxies is slightly warped by the gravitational effects of large amounts of matter, usually large-scale structures in the universe or the hidden dark matter. It’s a more subtle variant of weak gravitational lensing.
“This latest result indicates that dark matter in the cosmic web, which accounts for about one-quarter of the content of the Universe, is less clumpy than we previously believed,” Viola explained. This, however, runs contrary to the results of deductions using the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Planck satellite.
The disagreements between the two sets of data are not really that surprising. In fact, they’re quite expected given how newer technology enables us to refine our understanding of things — and there isn’t a thing bigger than the universe, our understanding of which needs considerable improvement.
“Our findings will help to refine our theoretical models of how the universe has grown from its inception up to the present day,” said Hildebrandt.
VIDEOMysterieuze blauwe lichtgevende wolken zweven al enkele weken boven Antarctica, zo heeft een ruimtesonde van de NASA kunnen vaststellen. Het fenomeen is niet nieuw maar onderzoekers hebben het nog steeds niet volledig kunnen doorgronden. Bovendien duikt het omvangrijke blauwe deken veel vroeger op dan normaal en dat baart de wetenschap zorgen.
Het verschijnsel wordt door meteorologen noctilucentie genoemd. De wolken die daarbij lijken te gloeien als een gloeilamp verschijnen elk jaar. Meestal rond Kerstmis maar nu dus veel eerder dan verwacht. Al rond half november werden ze gespot door een ruimtesonde.
Onderzoekers weten dat het raadselachtige fenomeen te maken heeft met het klimaat op beide polen want in mei zijn de lichtgevende wolken te zien boven de Noordpool. Maar het fijne weten ze er nog altijd niet van.
Wat de wetenschap wel weet, is dat ze worden gevormd door meteorietenstof, dat op een hoogte van 83 kilometer een laagje in de atmosfeer vormt. Is er veel waterdamp in de atmosfeer, dan zullen ijskristallen het meteorietenstof bedekken en zo ontstaan er wolken die een elektrisch blauw licht lijken af te geven. Na 5 tot 10 dagen bereiken ze hun maximale intensiteit. Waarom dergelijke wolken enkel tijdens deze periode opduiken (wanneer de zomer aanbreekt op de polen), is vooralsnog een raadsel. Het feit dat ze dit jaar extreem vroeg te zien zijn, is een ontwikkeling die onderzoekers zorgen baart.
Volgens hen hangt het samen met de klimaatopwarming die ervoor zorgt dat de seizoenen elkaar sneller opvolgen. Zo lijkt de zomer sneller dan ooit begonnen te zijn op de Zuidpool. De NASA wil het fenomeen nu grondiger onderzoeken om na te gaan welke gevolgen dit heeft voor onze planeet.
Onderzoekers van de Amerikaanse Penn State University hebben een nieuwe theorie ontwikkeld die kan verklaren hoe de diepe valleien op de oppervlakte van Mars ontstaan zijn. Ze zien eruit als de valleien op aarde, maar die werden gevormd door water dat er duizenden jaren doorliep. En 3,8 miljoen jaar geleden, toen de oppervlakte van Mars zijn vorm kreeg, was de planeet helemaal bedekt met ijs. Of toch niet?
Volgens de wetenschappers van Penn State zouden op Mars ook warmere perioden zijn voorgekomen en die zouden zijn veroorzaakt door het broeikaseffect. De warmere periodes zouden tot 10 miljoen jaar per keer hebben geduurd, dankzij een dikke atmosfeer van koolstofdioxide en waterstof. En genoeg water geproduceerd hebben om de oppervlakte van de planeet zijn huidige vorm te geven.
De resultaten van het onderzoek - dat gesponsord werd door de NASA - werden gepubliceerd in het wetenschappelijke tijdschrift Earth and Planetary Science Letters. "Vroegere studies gingen ervan uit dat Mars opwarmde als gevolg van de impact van meteorieten. Die creëerden een atmosfeer die regen veroorzaakte. Maar die buien kunnen nooit lang genoeg geduurd hebben en genoeg water gecreëerd hebben om het oppervlak van de planeet uit te slijten", aldus onderzoekster Natasha Batalha.
Haar collega Jim Kasting vult aan: "Mars moet miljoenen jaren warm geweest zijn en bij de theorie van de meteorietinslagen zou dat maar duizenden jaren geweest zijn. Voor het uitslijten van de valleien zijn miljoenen meters regenval nodig, niet een paar honderd."
Grand Canyon Ter vergelijking: de Grand Canyon - die lijkt op de valleien van Mars - werd gevormd nadat de Coloradorivier er 16 miljoen jaar doorheen stroomde. Met dank aan de sneeuw uit de Rocky Mountains, die elk jaar weer smolt.
De wetenschappers ontwikkelden klimaatmodellen die de lange warme perioden op Mars kunnen verklaren. Volgens hen zouden broeikasgassen zich opgestapeld hebben in de atmosfeer door de uitbarsting van vulkanen en afkoelend magma. Regen zou de koolstof gedeeltelijk hebben doen neerslaan op de bodem. Aanvankelijk beperkt omdat de planeet nog koud was, maar dat zou steeds sneller zijn gegaan.
Bewijs Het ultieme bewijs zit in de bodem van de planeet. "Hoge concentraties van koolstofdioxide in de atmosfeer doen zure regen ontstaan, die de koolstofhoudende rotsen op het oppervlak aangetast moeten hebben", aldus Batalha. "Dat moet sporen in de bodem achtergelaten hebben. Een volgende Marsmissie kan daar duidelijkheid over verschaffen."
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‘Niet van deze wereld’: Getuige ‘Britse Roswell’ verbreekt na 36 jaar de stilte
‘Niet van deze wereld’: Getuige ‘Britse Roswell’ verbreekt na 36 jaar de stilte
Een gepensioneerde Amerikaanse luchtmachtofficier claimt dat hij bijna vier decennia geleden in een Brits bos iets onverklaarbaars heeft meegemaakt.
Steve Longero onthulde maandag dat hij in 1980 getuige is geweest van het incident in Rendlesham Forest in het Engelse Suffolk, ook wel het ‘Britse Roswell’ geheten.
Militairen zagen daar naar eigen zeggen drie avonden achter elkaar een ongeïdentificeerd vliegend object.
‘Het was alsof het ons bekeek’
Steve Longero (Facebook)
“Ik denk dat het niet van deze wereld was,” zei Longero over het object.
Hij hield op 26 december 1980, de eerste avond dat de UFO werd waargenomen, de wacht.
“We hadden een zeer geavanceerd alarmsysteem, dat ineens afging,” herinnerde hij zich.
“Het ding bleef boven de bomen hangen en wij vroegen ons af wat het was,” vervolgde hij. “Het was net alsof het ons volgde, alsof het ons bekeek. Het leek iets te zijn dat ons bekeek.”
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Hij zei dat de UFO fluorescerende rode en groene lichten had.
Eén van zijn collega’s, kolonel Charles Halt, schreef onlangs een boek over het incident getiteld ‘The Halt Perspective’.
“Kolonel Halt kwam later pas,” zei Longero. “Dat was toen ze iedereen bij elkaar riepen en ons vertelden wat we moesten doen.”
Koude Oorlog
“We konden niet geloven wat we hadden gezien,” voegde hij toe.
De UFO-waarneming werd gedaan toen de twee NAVO-bases in het gebied – Bentwaters en Woodbridge – in opperste staat van paraatheid waren vanwege de Koude Oorlog.
In 2005 trok de Britse bosbouwcommissie geld uit voor een ‘UFO Trail’ in Rendlesham Forest.
Het mysterie rond het incident is nog altijd onopgelost.
The Min Min lights have confounded the people of Western Queensland for a century.
“WE’VE heard about the lights all our lives,” says Genevieve Hammond, who lives in Boulia, an outback Queensland town, 1700 kms west of Brisbane.
Seeing the “eerie” light — often described as intensely bright floating balls — has been said to reduce grown men to tears.
It’s just one example of the folklore that has grown around them. Local kids were warned to behave or the glow would get them; Aboriginal people suspected them of being spirits while local legend decreed if the light ever caught up with you, you would surely perish.
Ms Hammond had heard the stories but she’d never seen the lights until she went camping with her husband John in the vast tree-starved flatness of western Queensland’s Channel Country.
The sky was clear, the night was cold and there was nothing and no one near. Yet the Hammonds weren’t alone.
“We were on a remote cattle station,” Ms Hammond, who runs Boulia’s Desert Sand motel, told news.com.au.
“We were camping out and we saw this greenish oval shaped blurry light bobbing up and down.
Boulia locals have become accustomed to the weird light that seems to follow people around.
Source:News Limited
“It was parallel to the horizon, about a kilometre away, and seemed to be a metre from the ground. It moved very slowly to the left and then came back on itself and it went on like this for about 15 minutes.
“It was silent and very eerie. We were trying to think, could it be a neighbour? A car?” she said. “But the nearest homestead in that direction was 120 kms away. The next day Johnno went over to where the light was and there was nothing.
“It couldn’t have been anything else, there’s no other explanation, it was the Min Min light.”
Shelley Norton is Boulia Shire Council’s Tourism Officer. In the last year four visitors had reported encounters with the light, she said. “They come in and they don’t know what they’ve seen but you can guarantee that it’s the Min Min light.”
Boulia is ground zero for the glowing Min Min light.
Source:News Limited
Many visitors come looking especially for the light with the last sighting in September off the Boulia to Winton road.
“A family were camping and the husband got up in the middle of the night and went out to look at what he thought was the moon. Then he turned around and saw the actual moon. It was like there were two moons. Then one disappeared.
“Sometimes it’s a lone object that stays the same distance away, other times it seem to follow people, then splits into two or three and dances above the tree tops,” Ms Norton said.
“It’s very spooky and no one knows what it is.”
Boulia Mayor Rick Britton said the mysterious lights were the town’s claim to fame.
“Everyone has their quirk; Julia Creek has Burke and Wills and Birdsville the races. Boulia is renowned as being the land of the Min Min lights.”
The lights were first reported to have been seen above the ruins of the Min Min Hotel, 100km west of Boulia, in 1918. Although, it’s likely to have been seen by local Aboriginal people long before that.
The Mayor of Boulia Shire, Rick Britton, said the Min Min lights were rare but had been seen by many locals.
Picture: Steve Pohlner
Source:News Corp Australia
Since then they have been reported in many parts of the outback but glow ground zero is the Channel Country near Boulia.
There are many theories as to what he Min Min lights are. Fluorescent gases released from the barren earth, clouds of bioluminescent insects, a flock of fireflies perhaps, maybe even UFOs.
But Jack Pettigrew, a neuroscientist at the University of Queensland, thinks he’s solved the riddle.
“I experienced the phenomenon myself as well as hearing about it from graziers.”
He stumbled across it quite by accident more than a decade ago when he was searching for a rare bird that appears only at night near the town.
He and his team saw what they thought were the eyes of a fox reflected in their headlights.
“We were surprised that the bright spot of light was still there when we turned off the headlights.”
In his research paper, Mr Pettigrew described the light as having “fuzzy edges in rapid motion like a swarm of bees”, differing colours and that it moved “with a mind of its own”.
Caught in the Min Min’s glow, grown men could cry, he said.
“They would never be identified but the fear was evident,” he told news.com.au, “It was very scary.”
They’re not spirits or UFOs, said Mr Pettigrew, but they are something very strange indeed.
He believes the lights are a nocturnal form of the rare Fata Morgana mirage, a phenomenon where ideal climactic conditions can see light travel over vast distances and even cross horizons.
An image of a standard mirage where, typically, hot surfaces appear to be water.
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In a Fata Morgana mirage objects can appear far closer then they are in reality and can even seem to float above the horizon.
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The Fata Morgana is thought to be the cause of a range of strange sightings including startled sailors seeing the Irish cliffs appear in the middle of the ocean and beachgoers witnessing boats hovering above the sea.
Mirages are fairly common, such as when hot road surfaces appear to reflect the sky.
But the Fata Morgana only occurs when, unusually, the air is colder on the ground than above. Called a temperature inversion (because air is usually warmer at ground level) under certain circumstances light can be bent across the atmosphere creating projections of images from hundreds of kilometres away that would be otherwise invisible.
Mr Pettigrew tested the theory by driving his car 10km into the desert and parked it behind a small hill to ensure it was completely obscured.
Outside of Boulia, Jack Pettigrew witnessed a classic Fata Morgana where a ridge of far away hills. above, appeared and then slowly melted away.
Picture: Jack Pettigrew.
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“When I pointed the vehicle in the direction of the camp, observers saw a light floating above the horizon.” Sure enough the lights changed colour and trembled. When he switched off the headlights, the apparition vanished.
He concluded the mysterious Min Min he originally saw was likely to be the projected headlights from a road as much as 350km way. They later found at a road train had passed along that road at the same time.
The next morning, Mr Pettigrew saw an even more arresting sight. As dawn broke, in the distance, he saw a row of hills where none had existed before. When the ground warmed up the hills - which in reality were far further away - melted into the ground.
While this wasn’t a Min Min it supported his theory that the area was perfect for various forms of the Fata Morgana.
The flat surface and gullies of the Channel Country trapped cold air and threw up less obstacles to block the mirage.
Boulia markets itself has the heart of the land of the Min Min light. Notoriously difficult to predict, a museum in the town — the Min Min Encounter — tells the story of the lights.
Mr Pettigrew told news.com.au he wasn’t convinced the town wanted to find a reason behind the lights and preferred it to remain an unsolved mystery to attract tourists.
But Mayor Britton seemed to be warming to the mirage hypotheses. “The different temperatures in the atmosphere create something like a house of mirrors, like a submarine telescope,” he said.
Nevertheless, some townsfolk had other explanations for the light, Mr Britton said.
“There was an old character here and he said he’d thought a lot about. In his serious opinion it must be — an emu with a torch stuck up his backside.”
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Het mysterie van de vreemde Min Min-lichten in Australië
Het mysterie van de vreemde Min Min-lichten in Australië
Kinderen werden ervoor gewaarschuwd. De Aboriginals dachten dat het geesten waren. Vreemde lichten in Australië, die vaak worden beschreven als intens felle zwevende bollen, zijn al heel lang een mysterie.
Genevieve Hammond hoorde al haar hele leven verhalen over de lichten, maar had ze nooit zelf gezien.
Vier keer
Toen ze met haar man John aan het kamperen was in Queensland zag ze plotseling een groen ovaalvormig licht dat op en neer bewoog.
“Het bevond zich op een kilometer afstand en leek een meter boven de grond te hangen,” zei Hammond. “Het bewoog 15 minuten lang heel langzaam naar links en weer terug.”
Ze is ervan overtuigd dat het een Min Min-licht was. De lichten zijn het afgelopen jaar vier keer gezien in het gebied.
Volgen
Een gezin dat er kampeerde zag de lichten ook. De vader werd midden in de nacht wakker en dacht buiten de maan te zien. Toen draaide hij zich om en zag hij daadwerkelijk de maan.
Het was alsof er twee manen waren. Plots verdween er één.
Soms gaat het om een enkel object dat zich op grote afstand bevindt, andere keren lijkt het mensen te volgen en splitst het zich in twee of drie andere objecten en danst het boven de boomtoppen.
Niemand weet wat het zijn.
UFO’s
De lichten werden in 1918 voor het eerst waargenomen boven de ruïnes van het Min Min Hotel. Waarschijnlijk werden ze lang daarvoor ook al gezien door de Aboriginals.
Mogelijke verklaringen voor de Min Min-lichten lopen uiteen van fluorescerende gassen en vuurvliegjes tot UFO’s.
Volgens Jack Pettigrew, een neurowetenschapper van de Universiteit van Queensland, zijn de lichten een soort fata morgana. Hij schreef er een paper over.
Water was on Mars for hundreds of millions of years – sufficient time for ALIEN evolution
Water was on Mars for hundreds of millions of years – sufficient time for ALIEN evolution
WATER existed on Mars for hundreds of millions of years, researchers have found in what could be the biggest hint to date that life once existed on the Red Planet.
An abundance of water would have allowed life to evolve on Mars
Data released from the European Space Agency (ESA) and Nasa proves that the dry Mars was once teeming with water in its early years.
Researchers have known for some time that water was once on the Red Planet, but they have struggled to conclude when this was.
However, space boffins believe that they have now solved the mystery and say that water was on the planet during its infancy, and that it was there for a long time – massively increasing the chances that life was once there.
It had been theorised that water on the Red Planet came in patches, appearing and disappearing as the climate changed, but the new research claims that it could have been there for hundreds of millions of years – sufficient time to allow for evolution.
Water was on mars for hundreds of millions of years
Scientists from the the University D’Annunzio in Pescara and Chieti, Italy, analysed the data from the two space agencies which was specifically looking at the Hellas Basin – a huge 2,300 kilometre impact crater on Mars which is thought to have been created through an asteroid impact some four billion years ago.
The team found “large swathes” of sedimentary rocks which require water to form.
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Nasa has previously found evidence that water once flowed on Mars
Study author Francesco Salese said: "To create the kind of sedimentary plains we found at Hellas, we believe that a generally aqueous environment was present in the region some 3.8 billion years ago.
"Importantly, it must have lasted for a long period of time – on the order of hundreds of millions of years."
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Did the Red Planet once home life?
The experts can now use this information to study the Martian climate over the course of its 4.5 billion year history and crucially whether life once existed there.
Co-author Nicolas Mangold of CNRS-INSU, Nantes University, France, stated: "Understanding if Mars had a warmer and wetter climate for a long period of time is a key question in our search for past life on the Red Planet.
"If we can understand how the martian climate evolved, we'll have a better understanding of whether life could have ever flourished, and where to look for it if it did.
“We can also learn much about rocky planets in general, which is especially exciting in this era of exoplanet science, and about our own planet – the same processes we think to have been important on a young Mars, such as sedimentary processes, volcanism, and impacts, have also been crucial on Earth."
Aliens may be living in the clouds of failed brown dwarf stars, new research claims.
The massive clouds have enough energy to produce some form of life, but not enough mass to produce a nuclear reaction that would lead to the formation of a new star.
Experts believe that in the upper atmosphere of the clouds, which are between the size of a planet and a star and made up of swirling gasses, the temperatures would be almost as cool as Earth.
This, the researchers believe, could be the perfect environment for microbial life.
Lead author of the study Jack Yates, planetary scientist at the University of Edinburgh, told Science: “You don’t necessarily need to have a terrestrial planet with a surface.”
The team studied a brown dwarf gas cloud known as WISE 0855-0714 which is just seven light years from Earth.
The astronomers based their study of Carl Sagan’s idea of floating beings that could potentially live on the gassy planet, Jupiter.
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Carl Sagan predicted floaters on Jupiter
US scientist Carl Sagan theorised life on Jupiter would take the form of enormous balloon-like lifeforms that float above the hot gasses on Jupiter’s surface.
The researchers said in their study: "We argue that an atmosphere sitting above a potentially uninhabitable planetary surface may be cool enough to sustain life.
"By doing this, we define an atmospheric habitable zone (AHZ).”
Additionally, most of the clouds contain most of the vital ingredients for life here on Earth: carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen.
Duncan Forgan, an astrobiologist at the University of St Andrews, who was not involved in the study, also told Science: “It really opens up the field in terms of the number of objects that we might then think, well, these are habitable regions.”
While many accept the Big Bang theory as gospel, a group of physicists are challenging the norm and claim the maths of it does not quite add up.
Black holes are a complete mystery to scientists, but some are arguing each black hole may be a portal to another universe.
Nikodem Poplawski, a theoretical physicist from the University of New Haven, is one of the leading establishers of the theory and first came up with he idea when questioning the big bang theory.
Mr Poplawski wrote for InsideScience.org: “What started the big bang? What caused inflation to end? What is the source of the mysterious dark energy that is apparently causing the universe to speed up its expansion?”
This is where his theory came from, claiming his black hole-universe theory removes the notion of “impossible” singularities.
At the beginning of time, 13.8 billion years ago, there was a dense and super-hot energetic point where the laws of physics did not apply – what is known as a singularity.
The only other time in the Universe where a singularity occurs and the laws of physics are thrown out of the window is at the event horizon of a black hole, which is unexplainable by current scientific methods.
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Something does not add up about the Big Bang for Nikodem Poplawski
Albert Einstein had theorised that something at the centre of the Big Bang was infinitely small and dense – but Mr Poplawski argues that infinity is impossible in nature.
He states that there was something small, but finite at the centre of the Big Bang.
Mr Poplawksi believes that the “seed” which birthed the big bang came from a finite point of matter which was extremely dense and is found at the bottom of a black hole.
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Black holes are an enigma
The scientist states that the “seed” could have the weight of a billion suns but be billions times smaller than any particle that has been discovered.
The Polish physicist describes black holes as a “kiln” of the universe. When this seed is at the bottom, and with the black hole twisting at almost the speed of light, the tiny seed becomes twisted and compressed, until it suddenly explodes, giving birth to everything that we know.
He adds: “Torsion therefore provides a theoretical foundation for a scenario in which the interior of every black hole becomes a new universe.”
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The "seed" could weigh as much a billion suns
Mr Poplawski states that black holes in our universe could also lead to another cosmos, and claims that if you were not completely shredded to particles at the point of entrance at a black hole, you would likely end up in another universe if you made it through.
Kijken: Meteoor explodeert boven Siberische stad en verandert nacht in dag
Kijken: Meteoor explodeert boven Siberische stad en verandert nacht in dag
Op sociale media delen Russen video’s van een meteoor die de nachtelijke hemel in delen van Siberië verlicht.
Volgens de lokale autoriteiten werd er geen schade aangericht. De meteoor was vooral goed te zien in de stad Sajanogorsk.
De vuurbal was drie tot vier seconden te zien. Een halve minuut later was er een luide knal te horen, waarna in grote delen van de stad autoalarmen afgingen.
Expeditie
De meteoor verbrandde hoog in de atmosfeer, zo liet het Russische ministerie van Noodsituaties weten.
Als fragmenten van de meteoor de reis hebben overleefd, zijn ze hoogstwaarschijnlijk neergekomen rond de Babikvallei, aldus de regionale autoriteiten tegenover persbureau TASS.
Ze voegden toe dat er een expeditie is georganiseerd naar het gebied.
Steen
“De meteoor was kleiner dan die boven Tsjeljabinsk [in 2013], maar mogelijk worden er toch fragmenten van gevonden,” zei professor Viktor Grokhovsky van de Federale Universiteit van de Oeral.
Natan Eysmont van het Russische ruimtevaartonderzoeksinstituut zei dat de meteoor waarschijnlijk een doorsnee had van 10 tot 15 meter en bestond uit steen, niet uit ijzer.
Natuurkundige: “Elk zwart gat bevat een nieuw universum”
Natuurkundige: “Elk zwart gat bevat een nieuw universum”
Volgens sommige wetenschappers zit ons hele universum in een enorm zwart gat, dat deel uitmaakt van een nog groter heelal.
Dat impliceert dat zwarte gaten eigenlijk een soort tunnels zijn die naar andere universa leiden.
Eén van de wetenschappers die deze theorie bestudeert, is dr. Nikodem Poplawski van de Universiteit van New Haven in Connecticut.
Moeite
Volgens hem zijn wormgaten mogelijke alternatieven voor de theorie van Albert Einstein, die stelt dat in het centrum van een zwart gat een singulariteit ontstaat wanneer de dichtheid van de materie te groot wordt.
Ondanks allerlei aanwijzingen hebben veel wetenschappers moeite om deze theorie te aanvaarden.
Poplawski gebruikt een aangepaste versie van de algemene relativiteitstheorie om zijn theorie te ondersteunen.
Bouwstenen
Deze versie neemt het draaien van atoomkernen mee, iets wat Einstein zelf niet deed.
Als Poplawski gelijk heeft, wordt de materie in een zwart gat niet samengeperst, maar afgestoten om vervolgens de bouwstenen te vormen voor nieuwe sterrenstelsels, sterren en planeten in een ander universum.
Gigantische proporties
Volgens deze theorie is ons heelal er maar één van vele. Het zou zich in een veel groter universum bevinden waarin elk zwart gat een ander heelal kan huisvesten.
Het universum dat we om ons heen zien uitdijen, zit volgens Poplawski gevangen in een zwart gat van gigantische proporties.
Stel dat er in het verleden een kernoorlog heeft gewoed op Mars, waarbij de bevolking is weggevaagd en alle leven wat er tot op dat moment was, dit alles niet heeft overleefd.
Die gedachte is op zich niet zo gek en er zijn zelfs gerespecteerde wetenschappers die ervan overtuigd zijn dat die kernoorlog inderdaad ooit heeft plaatsgevonden.
Zoals de natuurkundige Dr. John Brandenburg die ervan overtuigd is dat er ooit een beschaving was op Mars en die is vernietigd door een kernoorlog. Hij denkt dat de lokale bevolking ruzie kreeg met een ras van een andere planeet en dat de daaruit volgende oorlog fataal is geweest voor de bewoners van Mars.
Zijn theorie is onder andere gebaseerd op het feit dat er op verschillende plekken trinitiet is gevonden.
Trinitiet is een kunstmatig gevormde glasachtige substantie die op 16 juli 1945 is ontstaan tijdens de ontploffing van de eerste atoombom genaamd Trinity.
Misschien is het volgende dan weer een bevestiging van de theorie van Dr. Brandenburg.
Een Youtubegebruiker met de naam Luxor2012Ufo heeft iets ontdekt wat lijkt op de restanten van een oude, compleet verwoestte stad.
Het lijkt alsof de huizen en andere gebouwen in de stad zijn bedekt door een lading zand en/of modder. Het is ook een grote stad waar minstens een half miljoen mensen zouden kunnen wonen. Vergelijkbaar met Den Haag dus.
Volgens Scott Waring zijn de gebouwen groot en zijn sommige wel 300 tot 800 meter hoog. Een tweede ding dat hem opvalt, is dat de gebouwen nog volledig intact lijken te zijn en zo weer in gebruik lijken te kunnen worden genomen.
Als de kernexplosies niet in de directe nabijheid van deze stad hebben plaatsgevonden en de bevolking is uiteindelijk bezweken aan de gevolgen van de radioactieve straling, dan zou dit kunnen verklaren waarom de gebouwen nog volledig intact zijn.
Er zijn ondertussen teveel dingen en voorwerpen ontdekt die zelfs met de beste wil van de wereld niet meer verklaard kunnen worden als natuurlijke verschijnselen.
De originele beschaving is of uitgeroeid of wie weet hebben ze tijdig een ander onderkomen kunnen zoeken. Zoals misschien de aarde? Zijn zij onze voorouders....?
Enkele maanden geleden werd er ook iets ontdekt op Mars dat veel lijkt op de restanten van een oude stad.
Wederom een foto, vorig jaar gemaakt door de Curiosity Rover van NASA, waarop in de verte iets is te zien wat eigenlijk alleen kan worden omschreven als een ruïne van een oude stad.
Wat dit beeld laat zien, is dat er, in ieder geval ooit, mensen of een buitenaards ras woonde op Mars.
Ook lijkt het erop dat deze steden in ieder geval slachtoffer zijn geworden van iets zoals oorlogsgeweld of een grote natuurramp, waardoor het leven op die plekken is verdwenen.
De locatie is ook interessant, want deze is wat hoger gelegen, net ver van de top van de berg. Ook steden op aarde in de oudheid werden op dit soort plaatsen gebouwd omdat ze daar veiliger waren voor overstromingen.
Ook waren dat soort locaties minder kwetsbaar voor eventuele belagers die de stad wilden veroveren, omdat een stad die op een dergelijk punt is gebouwd er behoorlijk indrukwekkend uit.
Al met al is bovenstaande een fascinerende ontdekking die het voor NASA nog weer een stukje moeilijker maakt om het bestaan van buitenaards leven op Mars te blijven ontkennen.
Some UFO hunters have come up with video evidence that the U.S. Air Force is allegedly conducting night vision alien technology tests at the Nellis Air Force Base. This followed sighting of UFO’s at the training range of the high security area.
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The U.S. Air Force is conducting late night tests of alien UFO technology in secret at the Nellis Air Force Base, according to UFO hunters who reported heavy UFO activity in the military area near Las Vegas in southern Nevada.
UFO hunter and eyewitness Steven Barone, who — in Nov. 16 — uploaded on YouTube a video that he shot from his backyard on the night of Nov. 15, said he saw alien UFOs circling in the night sky above the Nellis AFB.
Barone asserts it as a clear case of stealth UFO activity at the base and a trial of "night vision technology".
The highly secretive Area 51 base of the USAF is located at the Nellis AFB's Test and Training Range.
Eye Witness Claim Endorsed By Veteran
The claim of the eyewitness on UFO activity was corroborated by veteran UFO hunter Scott C. Waring. He said that the video was explicit and three alien UFO crafts were indeed flying over the Nellis base.
"These objects are flying over a USAF base in that area so no one can travel over there to take a look," Waring said in a blog post of UFO Sightings Daily on Dec. 4.
He also said that the USAF was testing alien technology procured from extraterrestrial allies.
"It looks like the USAF is testing some of the alien craft that was given to the USAF in good faith."
He also recalled the crash of a similar craft in 2008 at Needles, California and wondered why the USAF still has not gained the expertise in flying them.
The vast military area is spread over more than 5,000 square miles in the southern Nevada desert.
Reverse-Engineering Plan Of Propulsion Technology
Meanwhile, some UFO researchers said that Pentagon has been recovering UFOs from crash sites for reverse engineering. A case in point was the crash site outside Roswell in New Mexico, where an alien saucer crashed in the late 1940s.
Some UFO hunters also allege that the restricted area in the Nellis AFB houses a secret community of technologically advanced aliens called Tall Whites.
They say the Tall Whites are in a pact with the U.S. government for exchanging advanced aerospace technology in lieu of other resources.
They also allege Tall White Aliens are living in an underground base at the Nellis AFB and the alien scientists, engineers, and technicians are backing Pentagon's aerospace projects.
Warin said the alien UFOs were given by the Tall Whites who are now operating from a secret base at the Nellis AFB.
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RENDLESHAM MYSTERY: UFO key witness speaks for FIRST TIME and says object WAS alien
RENDLESHAM MYSTERY: UFO key witness speaks for FIRST TIME and says object WAS alien
A KEY witness in the UK's most baffling mass UFO sighting has gone on record for the first time about what he saw hovering over an air base 36 years ago.
Steve Longero (pictured) has spoken publicly for the first time about the Rendlesham UFO.
The Rendlesham mystery has been dubbed Britain's Roswell after the mystery and infamous UFO crash that allegedly happened outside the town in New Mexico, USA in July 1947.
The UK alien sighting happened when three US officers based at RAF Bentwaters claimed a "triangular shaped craft" landed in neighbouring woods in the early hours of December 26 1980.
The case was later investigated by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), but it concluded there was no evidence of alien visitations or any national security risk, and the sightings were most likely the result of beams of light from a nearby coastal lighthouse.
Steve Longero, a former US Airforce military police officer based at the airbase at the time, has remained tight-lipped about what he saw in Rendlesham Forest ever since.
But, now in a magazine interview, he has revealed he believes what he saw came from outer space and could have been aliens.
He said: "I think it was something not from this world.”
Mr Longero was guarding the weapons storage area when the alarms started going off.
He said: "While on duty that night we had a very sophisticated alarm system and everything just went off.
“And then I could see these lights over the treetops, and I was thinking, what’s going on?
He is the latest in a line of former military personnel to speak out over the case, including retired Colonel Charles Halt, 76, who was base deputy commander at the time and features in a newly-published book about the case.
Mr Halt claimed the officers who first saw the lights then a UFO "on the floor", could not account for a 40 minute period while searching in the woods when their communication systems went "off air".
The three officers - John Burroughs, Bud Steffens, and James Penniston, told the MoD of feeling "static" as they observed the object's flashing lights and hieroglyphic-like markings.
Mr Halt then said on the evening of December 27 1980 that officers had shouted "It's back, the UFO's back".
Mr Halt went to investigate with a team who found three 1.5inch "impact holes", damage to the canopies of trees and "higher radiation levels" in the "landing" area.
A plaster cast was later taken of one of the holes, but mysteriously disappeared from a box it was stored in.
Mr Halt said soon after they saw a mysterious object in a field between the woods and a farmhouse with "a red light moving."
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Charles Halt at a Rendlesham UFO conference in 2015.
He said: "It came towards us into the forest, moving, bobbing up and down in the trees. It was oval, about 100 to 150 yards away, with a dark centre and red around it."
He claimed there were "sparks" coming from it and after a minute it "exploded and disappeared."
They then spotted objects in the sky, 3,000 to 4,000ft up.
In May, a documentary revealed the testimonies of two former military technicians who claimed a UFO WAS caught on radar and seen from the control tower of RAF Bentwaters and RAF Woodbridge as well as in Rendlesham Forest, near Woodbridge, in Suffolk, at the time of the sightings.
UFOs and Nukes: The Secret Link Revealed, which is available to view online on Vimeo, revealed the accounts of Jim Carey and Ike Barker who were said to be manning the radars and control tower at the time.
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Gold UFO Comes Within 100 meters of the space station, Dec 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Gold UFO Comes Within 100 meters of the space station, Dec 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: December 5, 2016
Location of sighting: Earths orbit, at space station
Wow! This golden cigar UFO was seen on live space station cam yesterday. It was caught by the watchful eye of Streetcap1 of Youtube. As proof to this being a real object, the UFO is slightly touching the light...lighting up one end of the UFO (above photo). That is proof that this is a solid object and its shadows are due to the light from the sun. Awesome catch, and I wonder what aliens are doing up there...investigating the thoughts of the astronauts, or were they invited guests that came aboard the ISS?
Scott C. Waring
Streetcap1 states:
This is an unidentified flying object near the ISS. It eventually just disappears. You may notice some very fast red flashes near it. I have uploaded it just as was broadcast so many people must have seen it too. Streetcap1.
Despite an MOD investigation the Rendlesham Forest incident remains unexplained (stock image)
Steve Longero has remained tight-lipped for more than three decades
But now the retired U.S. Airforce police officer has gone on the record for the first time and said: “I think it was something not from this world.”
The incident – dubbed the British Roswell – took place over three nights between 26 and 28 December, in 1980.
Military personnel from nearby RAF Bentwaters and RAF Woodbridge, including the deputy base commander, witnessed strange lights in the forest and hovering above the twin NATO airbases which were on high alert as the Cold War was at its peak.
Steve, who served as a police sergeant in the USAF, was guarding the weapons storage area when the alarms started going off.
He said: “While on duty that night, we had a very sophisticated alarm system and everything just went off.
“And then I could see these lights over the treetops, and I was thinking, what’s going on? Then they started sending people out there and at first it was hard to believe, all these bright lights. It was hard to take in.
"Well from what I remember the lights, fluorescent lights, kind of a glow, like a reddish glow. I remember going out there.”
The Rendlesham Forest incident: Britain’s most famous UFO sighting
The Rendlesham Forest incident took place in December 1980 over a series of at least two nights. On December 26, 1980, military personnel at the twin bases of RAF Bentwaters and RAF Woodbridge in Suffolk saw a strange light in Rendlesham Forest, which lies between the two bases. Three men were sent out to investigate where two of them encountered a small, triangularshaped craft. One man, Jim Penniston, got close enough to touch the side of the object. He and another of the airmen present, John Burroughs, made sketches of the craft for witness statements Two nights later Deputy Base Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Charles Halt and his team then encountered the UFO. He said later: "Here I am, a senior official who routinely denies this sort of thing and diligently works to debunk them, and I'm involved in the middle of something I can't explain."
Despite an MOD investigation the Rendlesham Forest incident remains unexplained.
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A UFO trail sign at Rendlesham Forest, which has become a tourist hotspot
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The Rendlesham Forest incident took place in December 1980 and has been dubbed Britain's Roswell
Steve went out into the forest where he remembers seeing a large group of other military personnel had already gathered including Staff Sgt Jim Burroughs, Airman First Class Edward Cabansag and Airman First Class Larry Warren.
Describing the UFOs, he said: “They looked like fluorescent coloured lights, like red and green, glowing lights and that’s what they looked like.I could see them hovering over the treetops like an eye that was almost following everybody.”
He added: “It was real kind of quiet and this thing hovering over the trees, and you were like kind of tracking it and like ‘what is this?’. And it was like following, it was like watching us, that’s what it looked like to us. It seemed like something watching us.
“From what I remember it was like aglow, it was really glowing like a reddish, greenish light. It was really glowing, like something was really hot and it was just glowing.”
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This letter is the MOD's response to Rendlesham Forest UFO incident
He also recalled seeing Colonel Charles Halt there, who made a tape recording describing how beams of light were being shone down by the UFO. He has written an explosive new book called The Halt Perspective describing his close encounter.
Mr Longero said: “Col Halt came afterwards, after all that was called in. I remember him turning up, that’s when they kind of gathered everyone around and said this is what we are going to do, and everybody kind of dispersed and did what they were told to do.
"I remember we had a little briefing right there and everybody was just like, we just could not believe what we were seeing. Your adrenalin was flowing and I remember people saying like ‘what is that?’.
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A drawing of the craft seen during the unexplained incident Rubbishing theories that the lights in the woods were caused by a lighthouse on the east coast, he laughed: “I don’t think so. Not unless the lighthouse could move. Unless they could float that thing in the air.
“And then, as people were getting close to this thing it kind of came nearer to us and then it would go forward and then go back and all of a sudden it just disappeared, like something out of Star Trek, it was like warp speed and we were all ‘what was that?’ it was gone and then that’s when they started doing all their investigations. After we secured the area they said okay, you’re gone, get out of here.”
Steve said he was debriefed a few days later and was told not to talk about what he saw as the base had nuclear weapons on site.
UFO investigator Philip Mantle, who interviewed Steve for Outer Limits Magazine, said: “Steve does not claim to be anything special but he wanted to emphasise that there were a lot of others involved who were witness to the events in question, many of whom have yet to add their voice to these events.
“Steve has confirmed the open secret that nuclear weapons were stored at RAF Bentwaters at the time although he did not personally witness any lights being shone onto the WSA.
“He has confirmed much of what Colonel Halt has already said on the record and he is in no doubt that Larry Warren was there.
“What is clear is that despite the best efforts of some this case will continue to be hotly debated for many years to come.”
When your bike or car needs a tune-up, it’s easy enough to bring it down to a repair shop. But if your vehicle is hurtling through orbit, hundreds of kilometers above the planet, it’s a lot trickier to arrange a maintenance check or refueling operation.
NASA intends to tackle this challenge with its Restore-L spacecraft, which is designed to grasp, repair, gas up, and re-deploy its fellow orbiting robots. On Monday, the agency announced that it would award a $127 million contract to the private satellite company Space Systems/Loral of Palo Alto, California, to build this orbital helper bot in time for a projected launch in 2020. This maiden flight of the Restore-L will test out the spacecraft’s ability to rendezvous with and subsequently service a government asset in orbit.
"It introduces new ways to robotically manage, upgrade, and prolong the lifespans of our costly orbiting national assets. By doing so, Restore-L opens up expanded options for more resilient, efficient, and cost-effective operations in space," he added.
If successful, Restore-L could also lend its talents to other endeavors, like cleaning up space debris or testing out asteroid capture platforms. It’s also the latest example of NASA partnering with the private sector to reduce operation costs and diversify America’s spacefaring portfolio.
Released in US theatres just a week ago, Arrival is quickly shaping up to be the science fiction movie of the year, a turn of events that almost no one—including the author himself—would’ve guessed based on its premise.
The story follows linguist Louise Banks (played by Amy Adams) and theoretical physicist Ian Donnelly (played by Jeremy Renner) as they attempt to communicate with a pair of extraterrestrials whose spacecraft has just landed in Montana. For most of us, Arrival was just another entertaining alien flick, but for a handful of Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) researchers who are actually tasked with figuring out how to communicate with extraterrestrials, the film felt more like a documentary than a drama.
“I am so envious of Louise Banks because she gets to have a face to face with ET,” Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence (METI) International president Douglas Vakoch told Motherboard. “But in the scenarios that SETI and METI folks deal with there’s no possibility of that. Our idea of a snappy exchange with extraterrestrials is a decade—and that only works if the nearest star is populated.”
Prior to becoming the president of the recently founded METI International, which focuses on the controversial science of sending messages into space, Vakoch was the Director of Interstellar Message Composition at the SETI Institute in California. For a large part of his career, he has been trying to figure out how to communicate with an intelligent extraterrestrial species when you don’t even know the first thing about them and a message takes decades to reach its destination.
Although Amy Adams’ character makes it look easy in Arrival, the real art and science of talking to aliens—known as astrolinguistics or METI—is much more complicated, involving a healthy mix of linguistics, mathematics, physics, and imagination.
In Arrival, Renner’s character ribs Adams for her approach to communicating with the aliens, telling her that she does linguistics “like a mathematician.” Although this throwaway comment was made in jest, in real life that’s more or less how it’s done. As Vakoch pointed out, one of the luxuries enjoyed by Adams in the film is that she is able to communicate in real time with the aliens. But for the METI researchers sending messages into the cosmos, they are expecting decades—if not centuries—to elapse between sending a message and receiving a response, which fundamentally changes the way they think about constructing a message.
In the first place, it means that a message sent into the cosmos needs to be incredibly robust and ideally entirely self-referential. Unlike Arrival, Earthlings don’t have the ability to teach the recipients of their messages anything about it because the delay in communication is so long. So not only do METI researchers have to send the content of the message, but they also have to send instructions for how to read it, and these instructions must somehow be intelligible to the aliens as well.
What this means is that rather than trying to figure out how the structure of an alien’s language might uniquely shape their worldview (the theoretical basis of Arrival known as linguistic relativism) and basing a message off of that, METI researchers go in the opposite direction.
“We're looking for a cosmic Rosetta stone,” said Vakoch. “But the question is: What do us and the extraterrestrials both have in common?”
As you might expect, this question leads most METI researchers to languages rooted in mathematics and physics, which one would expect to be known to an alien civilization capable of mastering the technology to receive our message in the first place.
When a 20th century Dutch mathematician named Hans Freudenthal created LINCOS, the first language expressly designed for communicating with extraterrestrials, he used mathematical principles to discuss everything from the nature of time to what it means to love. In 2013, a Dutch mathematical astronomer named Alexander Ollongren created a second version of LINCOS, which communicates similar ideas couched in the language of symbolic logic and lambda calculus. In both of these instances, the lingua cosmica is self-contained and rooted in supposedly universal principles (mathematics and logic)—but it still might be unintelligible to an alien.
“Even if humans and extraterrestrials both have math and science, they're not necessarily interchangeable,” said Vakoch. “Maybe science starts out at different places depending on the biology or particular needs of the organism. There is a subtle truth that Arrival points toward, and that is the way we construct and talk about the world may reflect something idiosyncratic about our species.”
To illustrate his point, Vakoch cites the emergence of non-Euclidean geometry in the 19th century. For two millennia, Euclid’s view of a flat universe reigned supreme and pivoted on his fifth postulate, which states that two parallel lines will never intersect. But when a handful of European geometers in the 1800s replaced this axiom with its opposite—that two parallel lines actually can intersect—they fundamentally changed our view of reality by making space curved instead of flat.
The important point is that both geometries are internally consistent and have been used for innumerable scientific and mathematical discoveries. So just because we’re speaking the language of science or math to aliens doesn’t necessarily mean we’re talking about the same science and math.
With this in mind, Vakoch advocates for exploring dozens of different ways of trying to communicate with ET. He thinks that the idea of trying to create a self-contained message that can be delivered all at once is a product of the human desire to see a send and reply happen within one generation. If we abandon this idea and accept that interstellar communication is likely to happen over the course of centuries or millennia, it opens up radically new ways of attempting to establish communication with aliens.
The Arecibo telescope in Puerto Rico was used to send the first message into space.
In the half a century that elapsed between the first and second versions of LINCOS, there have been no shortage of ideas for how to talk to extraterrestrials. Some have relied on aural or visual components, such as the Voyager spacecraft which contained sound and images on a record. Likewise the first radio communication intended for aliens, known as the Arecibo message, was also an image which depicted pixelated humans and the Arecibo telescope. Unfortunately, these types of messages are banking on the idea that aliens will have aural and visual systems like us—but given that sight has independently evolved dozens of times on Earth alone, this idea might not be as farfetched as it seems.
Other common ideas take the form of massive data dumps or sending out computer programs that will be capable of being run by the aliens once they’ve got a basic grip on human coding paradigms. This was the idea behind CosmicOS, a computer program that would essentially use a role-playing game to teach aliens about Earth and that one time the entirety of Craigslist was sent into the cosmos (more of a publicity stunt than anything, but maybe aliens need a new divan?). Other strategies go back to hard science, like the RuBisCo Stars message which sent the DNA sequence for the protein used in plants for photosynthesis.
Whether any of these signals will ever reach or be intelligible to extraterrestrials is impossible to say, which is why Vakoch and his colleagues at METI International are focusing on exploring as many different message constructions as possible in the meantime. They hope to begin transmitting messages into the cosmos by the end of 2018, but for now the important thing is to have an open mind and active imagination, which for Vakoch is one of the main takeaways from Arrival.
“The thing I most liked about Arrival is that it captures the sort of openness to a new way of understanding the nature of reality that we need to be capable of to understand another civilization,” said Vakoch. “That's what we hope for in SETI and METI: that over the course of decades or centuries we’ll be able to come to understand how another civilization understands and talks about its world.”
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Flying Robotic Ambulance Completes First Solo Test Flight
Flying Robotic Ambulance Completes First Solo Test Flight
By Jesse Emspak, Live Science Contributor
Urban Aeronautics' robotic flying vehicle is designed to carry people or equipment without a human pilot on board.
Credit: Urban Aeronautics
A new automated, flying ambulance completed its first solo flight, offering a potential solution for challenging search and rescue missions.
Completing such missions in rough terrain or combat zones can be tricky, with helicopters currently offering the best transportation option in most cases. But these vehicles need clear areas to land, and in the case of war zones, helicopters tend to attract enemy fire. Earlier this month, Israeli company Urban Aeronautics completed a test flight for a robotic flying vehicle that could one day go where helicopters can't.
On Nov. 14, the company flew its robotic flyer, dubbed the Cormorant, on the craft's first solo flight over real terrain. The autonomous vehicle is designed to eventually carry people or equipment (as reflected in its former name, the AirMule) without a human pilot on board. [9 Totally Cool Uses for Drones]
Urban Aeronautics said the test was "a significant achievement for a student pilot, human or nonhuman," and said the company is "proud" of the vehicle's performance.
The Cormorant uses ducted fans rather than propellers or rotors to fly. These fans are effectively shielded rotors, which means the aircraft doesn't need to worry about bumping into a wall and damaging the rotors. Another set of fans propels the vehicle forward, according to Urban Aeronautics.
The robotic flyer pilots itself entirely through laser altimeters, radar and sensors. The system is "smart" enough to self-correct when it makes mistakes, company officials said. In a video released by Urban Aeronautics, the Cormorant tries to land, stops itself and then corrects its landing position.
The vehicle is effectively a decision-making system that can figure out what to do if the inputs from the sensors are off in some way, the company said. If the Cormorant detects a potential issue, the drone's robotic brain can decide what to do: go home, land and wait for more instructions, or try a different flight path, Urban Aeronautics said.
Despite the completion of this month's flight test, Urban Aeronautics still needs to refine some parts of the technology, the company said. For one, the test flight wasn't very long, lasting only a minute or two. And though the terrain was irregular (as in, not completely flat), it was still an open field without any real obstacles on either side. Further tests will look to improve how smoothly the aircraft goes from takeoff to level flight, and to increase speed and maneuverability, the company said in a statement.
There are potentially thousands of exoplanets, or planets outside our solar system. In the spirit of Halloween, scientific YouTube channel DNews lays out just a few alien exoplanets that sound "horrific" to us, Earthlings.
For starters, the exoplanet 55 Cancri e is oozing with poisonous liquid. About 40 light years away, it's known as a "super Earth," about eight times larger the mass of our home planet and much hotter because it's so close to its star. In fact, the high heat of the planet has made it so that water and other liquids are unable to exist in their regular liquid state, pushing them to "supercritical" states under the pressure. The fluids become exotic, oozing non-liquids, also gleaming with the poisonous hydrogen cyanide, oozing below the surface of 55 Cancri e.
Similar to Jupiter, except larger and hotter, is exoplanet CoRoT-2a. The planet orbits very close to its star, so it’s now bloated due to extreme heating. Powerful ex-rays perpetually explode from the star, which cause five million tons of material to blast off the planet and into space every second.
Another exoplanet, Kepler-19b might have a ghost—okay, probably not, but the planet doesn't have a consistent orbit, which is anomalous. The planet will occasionally speed up and then slow down seemingly on its own, whereas it would seem that the planet would need some external force causing the abnormal orbit speeds. It could be, according to the video, that a "ghostly alien world" is tugging at Kepler-19b from afar.
The last of these scary, spooky exoplanets listed was Fomalhaut b, within the Fomalhaut star system. The planet resides in dusty debris 25 light years from Earth, making images of it look like the Eye of Sauron from Lord of the Rings.
While none of these exoplanets would be pleasant to Earthling senses, the way aliens react to them is a different story. It's not clear what kind of life exists on these planets, if any, but if they're out there, they're probably much tougher than we are.
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Christo Roppolo was eight years old when he was contacted by aliens for the first time.
He was at home with his younger brother when a creature that looked like Bullwinkle emerged from a glowing ambulance and pressed itself against the window of his bedroom. When he regained consciousness, his parents were in the room arguing with one another and his younger brother had smeared soiled diapers all over the living room window, as if in attempt to keep something out.
“[The alien] told me it was going to give me a little bite on the nose, but when I woke up everything would be okay,” Roppolo told Motherboard. “For a long time after that, I didn’t even want to go to sleep, but as a kid I didn’t place too much significance on what had happened. As I got older, I started to realize that it wasn’t just a dream.”
Today, Roppolo is 57 years old and resides in Monterey, California, an idyllic coastal city about 6 hours north of Los Angeles. Although thousands of miles and five decades separate Roppolo from his childhood home in the suburbs of Cleveland, the extraterrestrial encounters never stopped. But instead of freaking out that the aliens were trying to contact him, Roppolo did what any filmmaker would do—he grabbed his video camera and started shooting his encounters.
When Roppolo reached out to Justin Gaar, a filmmaker newly arrived in Los Angeles, he had dozens of hours of UFO footage he had filmed around Monterey. Roppolo was trying to make a movie out of this footage, but was dissatisfied with the cut that had been given to him by his previous editor. He found Gaar through the friend of a friend who worked as a sales rep at the company from which Roppolo would order synthesizers to make his otherworldly electronica music.
“I honestly watched maybe an hour’s worth [of Roppolo’s footage] and was like what is this?” Garr told Motherboard. “It's really just hours and hours of him going 'what the fuck is that fucking shit?' and pointing at blinking dots in the sky. My mind wasn't entirely open to what it was.”
Garr told Roppolo he didn’t see anything in the footage and made some suggestions for how he could improve his filmmaking, but didn’t really anticipate getting involved in the project. Yet as Garr continued to received new footage from Roppolo, some of it featuring himself, he was eventually persuaded to meet with Roppolo in Los Angeles to discuss his UFO sightings.
It’s their experiences together that make up the footage of Gaar’s latest film, Curse of the Man Who Sees UFOs, which was released on Tuesday.
Christo Roppolo in Monterey.
Image: Virgil Films
“We went to dinner and the whole time [Roppolo] is looking up at the sky for stuff,” said Garr. “He’d keep talking about UFOs and aliens as if they're right there with us in the room. The he told me about his family and I knew there was a narrative here.”
Roppolo’s troubled past really began when his dad was killed in a drunk driving accident while Roppolo was working his way through culinary school. His father was the only person Roppolo ever felt close to in his family and was the person who had originally sparked his passion for filmmaking when he took Roppolo to see the Godfather in theatres.
"He’d keep talking about UFOs and aliens as if they're right there with us in the room. The he told me about his family and I knew there was a narrative here."
After the accident, Roppolo and his brother came into a significant sum of money as a result of the settlement. His brother squandered it on land in the American south and soon went bankrupt. Roppolo spent a portion of his money on filmmaking equipment and with $10,000 produced his first major film, a remake of the classic 1964 gore film, The Flesh Eaters.
The film was decently well received, but shortly after its release Roppolo learned that his brother had stolen $129,000 from his bank account and disappeared. Amazingly, this would soon turn out to be just the tip of the iceberg on Roppolo’s downward slide.
After a series of increasingly tragic events, Roppolo’s life was a mere fragment of what it had been only a decade before—and that’s when the UFOs really started showing themselves to him.
“[The frequency of their appearances] depends on whether or not I’m signaling them,” Roppolo explained. “That’s something I just started doing after studying the footage I had on camera and saw [the UFOs] were blinking at each other. If you signal them with prime numbers and do it in sets of three, they’ll show up.”
Yet for Gaar, there seemed to be a different sort of connection between the sightings.
“Whenever [Roppolo] was having emotional trauma in his life, it was always reflected in his ability to find the UFOs,” Gaar said. “I sort of hypothesized that maybe some of this is psychological, but then also I don't know what the fuck that stuff is that he's videotaping. Some of it you can immediately write off and some of it is really hard to reason through.”
Although Gaar was only able to find breaks from work to visit Roppolo on occasion during the two years it took to film Curse of the Man Who Sees UFOs, he was still treated to a few UFO sightings himself. The strangest sighting, which is detailed in the film, is still inexplicable to Gaar and he has little interest in trying to get to the bottom of it.
Christo Roppolo and one of his dogs.
Image: Virgil Films
“I didn't end up pursuing this, but I had a theory about a couple of the sightings,” said Gaar. “There are military installations near [Roppolo] and Lockheed Martin's Skunkworks—a pretty secret experimental aviation place—is located only so far south of Monterey. So I was going to get kind of scientific with it, but decided not to. The film was never about that.”
After everything is said and done, Curse of the Man Who Sees UFOs is a documentary that is less about unidentified flying objects than the man who spends his nights looking up at the cosmos. Remarkable for the depth of its comedy and tragedy, it is one of the most poignant documentaries to be released this year. Although Gaar remains a skeptic about UFOs and leaves the legitimacy of the sightings up to the viewer to decide, for Roppolo there was never an option not to believe.
“Until the last breath of my life I will be making sure that people know this is no bullshit,” Roppolo said. “From the bottom of my heart: it’s all real.”
Curse of the Man Who Sees UFOs is available on DVD and iTunes on Tuesday, December 6.
In 1905, a 26-year-old Albert Einstein changed physics forever when he outlined histheory of special relativity. This theory outlined the relationship between space and time and is founded on two fundamental assumptions: the laws of physics are the same for all non-accelerating observers, and the speed of light in a vacuum is always the same.
Over the last century, Einstein’s theories of relativity (both special and general) have withstood the trials of experimental verification and been used to explain a number of physical processes, including the origins of our universe. But in the late 1990s, a handful of physicists challenged one of the fundamental assumptions underlying Einstein’s theory of special relativity: Instead of the speed of light being constant, theyproposed that light was faster in the early universe than it is now.
This theory of the variable speed of light was—and still is—controversial. But according to a new paper published in November in the physics journalPhysical Review D, it could be experimentally tested in the near future. If the experiments validate the theory, it means that the laws of nature weren’t always the same as what we experience today and would require a serious revision of Einstein’s theory of gravity.
“The whole of physics is predicated on the constancy of the speed of light,” Joao Magueijo, a cosmologist at Imperial College London and pioneer of the theory of variable light speed, told Motherboard. “So we had to find ways to change the speed of light without wrecking the whole thing too much.”
"The whole of physics is predicated on the constancy of the speed of light."
According to Magueijo, the variable speed of light (VSL) theory emerged as a solution to a longstanding inconsistency in cosmology known as "the horizon problem" which arises when the speed of light is considered to be a constant.
If light has an invariable speed limit, then that means that since the Big Bang it could only have traveled approximately 13.7 billion light years, because approximately 13.7 billion years have elapsed since the Big Bang. The distance that light is able to travel since the Big Bang creates the ‘horizon’ of the visible universe—this is about 47 billion light years (although light has only been traveling for 13.7 billion years, this number takes into account the expansion of space that is occurring as light is traveling).
So imagine sitting in the center of a sphere (the universe) with a diameter of 47 billion light years. The edge of this sphere, aka the horizon of the universe, is the cosmic microwave background (CMB)—radiation from about 400,000 years after the Big Bang and our earliest snapshot of the universe—and no matter where you are in the universe, when you observe the CMB today it is 13.7 billion light years distant.
Here’s where the problem arises: although any point in the universe is always 13.7 billion light years from the cosmic microwave background, the distance separating one side of the horizon of the cosmic microwave background from the other (let’s call this the "diameter" of the universe) is approximately 27.4 billion light years. In other words, the universe is too large to have allowed light to travel from one end of the other during its existence, which is necessary to account for the homogeneity observed in the CMB.
The horizon problem. Image: Taylor Lewis/VICE
When cosmologists observe the cosmic microwave background it is remarkably uniform: its temperature is approximately -270 C no matter where it is measured with minuscule variance (one part in 100,000). Yet if light, the fastest "thing" in the universe, isn’t able to travel from one side of the universe to the other over the course of the universe’s entire existence, this uniformity that is observed in the CMB would be impossible.
To understand why this is the case, imagine a bathtub with a faucet at either end, one spigot producing cold water, the other would produce hot water. If you turn both of these faucets off, eventually the water in the bathtub will reach a uniform temperature as the hot and cold water mix. But if while the faucets are running you stretch the tub out in every direction so fast that the hot and cold water will never meet, one side of the tub will always be way hotter than the other side instead of a single uniform temperature.
This is what happened during the Big Bang, except that rather than seeing parts of the early universe in the CMB that are way hotter or cooler than other parts, it’s perfectly uniform. So what gives?
The most widely accepted resolution to the horizon problem is called inflation, which basically states that the uniformity we observe in the CMB occurred while the universe was still incredibly small and dense, and it maintained this uniformity while it expanded. In this example, the hot and cold bath water reached a uniform temperature before the bathtub started its crazy fast expansion in every direction.
Although this inflationary theory preserves a constant speed of light, it also requires accepting the existence of an "inflation field," which only existed during a brief period of time in the early universe.
According to proponents of variable light speed however, this problem can be solved without recourse to inflation if the speed of light was significantly higher in the early universe. This would allow the distant edges of the universe to remain "connected" as the universe expanded and would account for the observed uniformity in the CMB.
Yet for theoretical physicists who prescribe to the inflationary model of the universe, allowing for variable light speed instead of constant light speed is a way of “flipping the sign” of a fundamental term in the theory of special relativity.
“In most cases, flipping such a sign is a recipe for certain disaster as the resulting theory would cease to be physically and internally consistent,” David Marsh, a senior research fellow at the Center for Theoretical Cosmology who was not involved with the paper, told Motherboard. “Afshordi and Magueijo have addressed some of the challenges coming with this sign flip, but it appears that much work remains in establishing that the model is theoretically healthy. If that can be done, this model may have a host of far-reaching consequences also for the rest of physics beyond cosmology.”
So just how much faster was light speed just after the Big Bang? According to Magueijo and his colleague Niayesh Afshordi, an associate professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Waterloo, the answer is “infinitely” faster.
The duo cite light speed as being at least 32 orders of magnitude faster than its currently accepted speed of 300 million meters per second—this is merely the lower bounds of the faster light speed, however. As you get closer to the Big Bang, the speed of light approaches infinity.
On this view, the speed of light was faster because the universe was incredibly hot at the beginning. According to Afshordi, their theory requires that the early universe was at least a toasty 1028 degrees Celsius (to put this in perspective, the highest temperature we are capable of realizing on Earth is about 1016 degrees Celsius, a full 12 orders of magnitude cooler).
As the universe expanded and cooled below this temperature, light underwent a phase shift—much like liquid water changes into ice once the temperature reaches a certain threshold—and arrived at the speed we know today: 300 million meters per second. Just like ice won’t get more "icy" the colder the temperature gets, the speed of light has not been slowing down since it reached 300 million meters per second.
If Magueijo and Afshordi’s theory of variable light speed is correct, then the speed of light decreased in a predictable way—which means with sensitive enough instruments, this light speed decay can be measured. And that’s exactly what they did in their latest paper.
"Varying speed of light is going back to the foundations of physics and saying perhaps there are things beyond relativity."
According to Afshordi, galaxies and other structures in the universe were only possible due to fluctuations in the early universe’s density. These density fluctuations are recorded in the cosmic microwave background as a "spectral index," which might be imagined as the “color” of the early universe. The neutral baseline of the spectral index is a value of 1, which would be a universe with the same magnitude of gravitational fluctuations on all scales. Above this value the universe is "blue" (representing shorter wavelength fluctuations) and below this value and the universe is "red"(representing longer wavelength fluctuations).
Although the inflationary model of the universe also would have a "red" spectral index, it is unable to calculate a precise value of the index and as a result the exact gravity fluctuations in the early universe. In their new paper, Magueijo and Afshordi pegged the spectral index at a value of 0.96478, just slightly red, which is two orders of magnitude more precise than current measurements of the spectral index (about 0.968).
Now that they’ve used the variable light speed theory to put a hard number on the spectral index, all that remains to be seen is whether increasingly sensitive experiments probing the CMB and distribution of galaxies will verify or overturn their theory. Both Magueijo and Afshordi expect these results to be available at some point in the decade. But Marsh and other physicists aren't so sure.
“Compared to inflation, Afshordi and Magueijo’s model is at the present very complicated and poorly understood,” Marsh said. “However, the understanding of inflation has developed over 35 years and there are still important open theoretical questions to address in that framework. It is certainly possible that given more time and research, the theoretical setting of this model will be much better understood and its predictions may appear more elegant.”
If their theory is correct, it will overturn one of the main axiom’s underlying Einstein’s theory of special relativity and force physicists to reconsider the nature of gravity. According to Afshordi, however, it is more or less accepted in the physics community that Einstein’s theory of gravity cannot be the whole story, and that a quantum theory of gravity will come to replace it. There are a number of competing quantum gravity theories, but if the variable light speed theory outlined in this paper is proven to be correct, it will significantly narrow the range of plausible theories of quantum gravity.
“If you really want to open up quantum gravity to observation, you're better off without this idea of inflation,” said Magueijo. “Inflation leaves fundamental physics completely untouched [and] is a mechanism of insulating the observable universe from physics beyond relativity. Varying speed of light is going back to the foundations of physics and saying perhaps there are things beyond relativity. This is the best position to open up new ideas and new theories.”
Correction:This story originally stated that the "horizon" of the visible universe was 13.7 billion light years, when in fact it is 47 billion light years. We've updated the reference and regret the error.
Gears Made of Metallic Glass Could Be Ideal for Space Missions
Gears Made of Metallic Glass Could Be Ideal for Space Missions
By Calla Cofield, Space.com Staff Writer
Bulk metallic glass, formed by melting and then rapidly cooling metal, doesn't get brittle in extreme cold. Two new research papers examine the effectiveness and cost of making gears for spacecraft from bulk metallic glass.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
A material known as metallic glass, created by liquefying and then rapidly cooling metal, might be an ideal material for making gears for spacefaring robots, according to new research.
The two new research papers focused on the use of bulk metallic glass (BMG) as a material for crafting gears for space-based missions. Metallic glass is called BMG when it is used to manufacture products larger than 0.04 inches (1 millimeter).
To make BMG, engineers first melt metal. Solid metals have a well-organized, crystalline atomic structure. But when the metal is melted, the atoms lose that structure and become randomly arranged, according to a statement from NASA. If the metal cools slowly, the atoms will go back to the crystalline arrangement. But if the liquid metal is cooled extremely rapidly — about 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit (1,000 degrees Celsius) per second — then the disorganized atomic structure remains. [Video: NASA Tests Robotic Refueling Tech]
These rapidly cooled metals are also known as amorphous metals, and "by virtue of being cooled so rapidly, the material is technically a glass. It can flow easily and be blow-molded when heated, just like windowpane glass," NASA scientists explained in the statement.
Metallic glass was first developed at the California Institute of Technology in the 1960s, and "has been used to manufacture everything from cell phones to golf clubs," NASA said in the statement.
To find out if BMG might be a good material for making gears for spacecraft, Douglas Hofmann, a technologist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the lead author on the two new research papers, made gears from BMG and tested them at very low temperatures. One of the new papers, published in the journal Advanced Engineering Materials, shows that the gears demonstrate "strong torque" and smooth operation without lubricant at temperatures reaching minus 328 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 200 degrees Celsius).
An example of a strain wave gear, also known as a harmonic drive — one of the most expensive types of gears used in high-precision robotics. As the gear turns, the flexible ring inside it squeezes, becoming an oval shape.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
The gears' ability to function at very low temperatures is important for two reasons. First, some materials (including some metals) become brittle at cold temperatures, but that isn't the case with metallic glass.. That means there's less risk that a gear tooth will break during operations, according to the statement.
The second benefit has to do with power consumption. "Being able to operate gears at the low temperature of icy moons, like [Jupiter's] Europa, is a potential game changer for scientists," said R. Peter Dillon, a technologist and program manager in JPL's Materials Development and Manufacturing Technology Group. "Power no longer needs to be siphoned away from the science instruments for heating gearbox lubricant, which preserves precious battery power."
Other benefits of BMG gears may result from low cost and ease of manufacturing. Parts made from BMG can be cast using injection-molding technology, according to the NASA statement, which means the material is liquefied and injected into a mold. This technique is also used to manufacture plastic parts.
The second paper by Hofmann and colleagues demonstrates that BMG gears might be more cost-effective than so-called strain wave gears, which are "ubiquitous in expensive robots," according to the statement. In particular, these gears include a flexible metal ring that is "tricky to mass-produce and ubiquitous in expensive robots," NASA officials said in the statement. BMG gears can be manufactured for less, according to the paper.
"Mass-producing strain wave gears using BMGs may have a major impact on the consumer robotics market," Hofmann said. "This is especially true for humanoid robots, where gears in the joints can be very expensive but are required to prevent shaking arms. The performance at low temperatures for JPL spacecraft and rovers seems to be a happy added benefit."
Scientists in Greenland excavating rocks that may hold 3.8-billion-year-old evidence of life.
Credit: Laure Gauthiez
Nitrogen is one of the essential nutrients forlife on Earth, and some organisms, such as the kinds of microbes found within the roots of legume plants, are capable of converting nitrogen gas into molecules that other species can use.
Nitrogen fixation, as the process is called, involves breaking the powerful chemical bonds that hold nitrogen atoms in pairs in the atmosphere and using the resulting single nitrogen atoms to help create molecules such as ammonia, which is a building block of many complex organic molecules, such as proteins, DNAand RNA.
With organisms playing such a crucial role in the chemistry of nitrogen on Earth, scientists are examining nitrogen in ancient rocks to decipher its potential as a biosignature of life on other planets. New findings in this area of research appeared recently in a paper titled "Nitrogen in Ancient Mud: A Biosignature?" which was published in the journal Astrobiology. [6 Most Likely Places for Alien Life in the Solar System]
This study identifies nitrogen abundances as a potential tool to detect remnants of life on Mars," said one of the study's authors, Eva Stüeken, an astrobiologist at the University of Washington at Seattle and the University of California at Riverside.
An illustration of nitrogen fixation.
Credit: Julie McMahon
However, there are mechanisms other than life that can fix nitrogen. These abiotic nitrogen fixation processes include lightning, volcanism, shockwaves from cosmic impacts and chemical reactions inside hydrothermal vents. As such, it is uncertain whether high nitrogen levels seen in certain ancient rocks on Earth are indeed biogenic (biological) in origin.
Stüeken focused on 3.8 billion-year-old rocks from the Isua Supracrustal Belt in Greenland. Previous researchers interpreted organic carbon molecules in those rocks as biogenic, a controversial finding because the widely accepted scientific date for earliest life has been a younger 3.5 billion years.
"It is possible to make organic carbon even in the absence of life,” Stüeken said. “So those studies have been viewed with skepticism by some researchers, and an independent biosignature was needed."
Stüeken set out to see if nitrogen could serve as a biosignature instead, focusing on the relatively high nitrogen levels found in the mineral biotite, which is present in the Isua rocks.
"The nitrogen concentrations are close to what one would find in modern mud," Stüeken said. "So I asked myself if this amount of nitrogen could possibly result from abiotic sources."
In Earth's earliest history, abiotic processes may have been much more important to nitrogen fixation than biological ones, but nobody had tested the hypothesis, Stüeken said. "I was determined to find out when life began to dominate the global nitrogen cycle," she added.
Stüeken developed a model of abiotic nitrogen processes that could have played a role in early Earth. The results showed that such abiotic processes alone could not explain the nitrogen levels seen in the Isua rocks.
"Under abiotic conditions, it is impossible to accumulate so much nitrogen in sediments," Stüeken said. "Life, on the other hand, can easily accumulate so much nitrogen." As such, "the results provide more evidence of an early origin of life on Earth — before 3.8 billion years ago," Stüeken said.
This research suggests that analyzing nitrogen levels could help detect signs of life on Mars, Stüeken said. "Nitrogen abundances are relatively easy to measure by a rover, making this a useful tool for upcoming Mars missions."
Financial support was provided by the NASA postdoctoral fellowship program.
New observations from a NASA spacecraft could help solve a persistent mystery — why the sun's atmosphere isso much hotter than its surface.
While the sun's visible surface is about 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit (5,538 degrees Celsius), its upper atmosphere, known as the corona, has temperatures in the millions of degrees.
NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) spacecraft looks at the transition region between the sun's surface and the corona. The satellite recently saw evidence of "heat bombs," which occur when magnetic fields cross in the corona and realign, much like the process that causes solar flares.
"Because IRIS can resolve the transition region 10 times better than previous instruments, we were able to see hot material rushing up and down magnetic fields in the low corona," Paola Testa, an astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics who led the research, said in a NASA statement. "This is compatible with models from the University of Oslo, in which magnetic reconnection sets off heat bombs in the corona."
This isn't the only way that the corona is heated, but it's one of the contributors. Another factor is when plasma waves from the sun smash into the corona, moving energy into the outer atmosphere.
IRIS, which launched in June 2013, could be a step toward understanding coronal heating, which has puzzled astronomers for decades, NASA officials said. One benefit of the observatory is that it looks continuously at the sun, allowing scientists to see quick-moving events such as the heat bombs.
"The problem of coronal heating was first discovered in the 1940s," Bart De Pontieu, a solar physicist at the Lockheed Martin Solar & Astrophysics Laboratory, said in the same statement. "The problem involves a variety of complex physical processes that are difficult to directly measure or capture in theoretical models."
New Pyramid in Antarctica? Not Quite, Say Geologists
New Pyramid in Antarctica? Not Quite, Say Geologists
By Laura Geggel, Senior Writer
This Antarctic mountain bears a striking resemblance to a pyramid.
Credit: Google Maps
An Antarctic mountain with a unique, pyramid-like shape is suddenly internet-famous, with countless theorists contemplating its origin. Some are wondering whether an ancient civilization created the rocky, pyramidal structure, and others are pointing toward outer space, speculating about the involvement of aliens.
But Occam's razor — the idea that the simplest explanation is usually the right one — points to a far more mundane cause: Those steep, pyramid-like sides are likely the work of hundreds of millions of years of erosion, experts told Live Science.
"This is just a mountain that looks like a pyramid," Eric Rignot, a professor of Earth system science at the University of California, Irvine, told Live Science in an email. "Pyramid shapes are not impossible — many peaks partially look like pyramids, but they only have one to two faces like that, rarely four." [Photos: The World's Weirdest Geological Formations]
The pyramidal mountain, which doesn't have a formal name, is one of the many peaks that make up Antarctica's Ellsworth Mountains, which were discovered by the American aviator Lincoln Ellsworth during a flight on Nov. 23, 1935, according to a 2007 research paper that was published by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
More specifically, the unnamed mountain — located at 79°58’39.25"S 81°57’32.21"W — is in the southern part of the Ellsworth Mountains in an area called Heritage Range, which is known for its extraordinary fossils, including those of Cambrian-period trilobites from more than 500 million years ago, according to a 1972 USGS report.
The mountain isn't that tall by planetary standards — just 4,150 feet (1,265 meters) — or a little less than one-fifth the height of Denali, the tallest mountain in North America, according to Google Earth. The mountain may not have Denali's height, but its unique pyramidal shape sets it apart, said Mauri Pelto, a professor of environmental science at Nichols College in Dudley, Massachusetts.
Freeze-thaw erosion likely led to its pyramid-like shape, Pelto said. This happens when snow or water fills up cracks within a mountain during the day. When night falls and temperatures drop, the snow freezes and expands, turning into ice. The expanding ice causes the cracks to grow, Pelto said.
This freeze-thaw erosion happens countless times, leading to the creation of larger cracks that can, eventually, cause entire rock sections to break off, he said. These forces likely also shaped other pyramidal mountains, including the Matterhorn in the Alps, he said.
A pyramid-shaped peak called Matterhorn in the Alps.
Credit: Ekaterina Grivet, Shutterstock.com
Three of the mountain's four sides appear to have eroded at about the same rate. "It suggests, since it came out so evenly, that the rock type is fairly uniform," Pelto said. "You don't have any rock layers that are harder to erode."
In other words, the nameless mountain is likely "all in one rock layer," Pelto said. "It's not a very big mountain, so it's not that surprising."
However, the eastern ridge of the mountain is decidedly the black sheep of the family. Instead of descending downward like the other ridges, that fourth side extends east, rising toward even higher terrain, Pelto said.
"The erosion probably wasn't as uniform [on the eastern side]," he said.
Pelto added that although some news outlets are saying that the mountain is newly discovered, that's very unlikely to be the case. There's a research base for climate scientists to the south of the mountain in an area known as the Patriot Hills.
"You can actually probably see this mountain from up there in the Patriot Hills," Pelto said.
As for the conspiracy theorists who are wondering about the mountain's pyramidal shape, "at least they're thinking about something," he said. "In the end, maybe they'll learn something in the process."
'Mythical' Sea Blob Finally Spotted a Century After Its Discovery
'Mythical' Sea Blob Finally Spotted a Century After Its Discovery
By Tia Ghose, Senior Writer
A giant larvacean, Bathochordaeus charon, surrounded by its inner "house" (the rounded globular object in the middle of the photo) and it's outer "house (the large yellowish mucus net)
Credit: (c) 2013 MBARI
A mysterious sea blob that looks like a psychedelic Slinky has finally been spotted, more than a century after it was first described.
The translucent, sea-dwelling invertebrate, called Bathochordaeus charon, was identified recently off the coast of Monterey, California, by scientists using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV). Though B. charon was first discovered a century ago, no one had managed to confirm its existence in all those years, Rob Sherlock, a scientist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute who found the creature, told Live Science in an email. [See Photos of the Translucent Sea Blob]
Mysterious sea creature
B. charon belongs to a group of sea creatures known as larvaceans — normally teensy, millimeter-size creatures whose bodies resemble a tadpole's, with a large "head" (actually a trunk) and a tail, Sherlock said.
A giant larvacean, Bathochordaeus charon, that has discarded its mucus feeding filters and is swimming freely in the open ocean.
Credit: (c) 2007 MBARI
Though the sea is teeming with tiny larvaceans, the larger versions, which can have bodies extending up to 3.9 inches (10 centimeters), are much less common. To eat, the sea blob filters food through its shimmering, parachute-like mucus "house" almost 3.3 feet (1 m) in length. By waving its tail, it stirs the water and pulls particles directly into its house. Large particles get trapped and form a fine dusting of marine "snow" on the house, while the smaller particles pass through, concentrating and then funneling into a feeding tube that goes into the mouth, Sherlock said. (The tiny larvaceans also don mucus homes, but they're smaller.)
If a passing squid or fish crashes through the house, or big particles clog the feeding tube, larvaceans simply move on and build another house. Without their houses, they cannot eat, Sherlock said.
First sightings
The first report of B. charon's existence came in 1899, when professor Carl Chun of Leipzig University came across one in the south Atlantic Ocean while leading the Valdivia Expedition, a German mission aimed at exploring the deep sea. Chun believed the creature welled up from the deepest depths of the ocean, so he named the larvacean after Charon, who in Greek mythology ferries the souls of the dead across the river Styx, the researchers reported Aug. 16 in the journal Marine Biodiversity Records.
In the decades that followed, several other naturalists reported spotting giant larvaceans, though only a few were captured alive and described thoroughly. In 1936, for instance, British marine biologist Walter Garstang collected a set of giant larvaceans that differed from Chun's, and they were classified as a new species, Bathochordaeus stygius. [Marine Marvels: Spectacular Photos of Sea Creatures]
Because the two sets of specimens were similar and Chun's originals were lost to history, scientists eventually began to wonder whether Chun's originally described B. charon was actually the same species as B. stygius. One famous larvacean expert even suggested combining the two species names, Sherlock said. Part of the difficulty in capturing these creatures is that they don't fare well in the trawling nets typically used to collect specimens, Sherlock said.
Hiding in plain sight
Sherlock and his colleagues happened upon the new species when the team's ROV, called Doc Ricketts, was exploring the waters of Monterey Bay. As soon as they saw it, the crew carefully collected it in a sealed, thermally insulated container.
"Since the vehicle was recovered some tens of minutes later, the animal was alive, in fantastic shape, and we preserved it right away in order to send it to the Smithsonian," Sherlock said. "We had no idea, until we looked more closely at the specimen, that we had actually found B. charon, the species first described over a hundred years ago."
Genetics and analysis of physical features confirmed the find, Sherlock said. It was official: There really were two distinct species of giant larvacean — B. stygius and B. charon.
"It felt like Chun had finally been vindicated after years of doubt," Sherlock said.
When the team went back over videos from Monterey Bay from the past 25 years, they realized the creature had been spotted many times in the bay. Whether they dwell in places between Monterey Bay and the South Atlantic, however, remains to be seen.
Still, this mythical sea blob is fairly rare; over the course of the past few decades, biologists have seen hundreds of B. stygius, but captured footage of only a dozen B. charon individuals, Sherlock said.
A huge fireball in Siberia has turned night into day as comparisons with a scene from the apocalypse sweep the internet.
The spectacular night sky event was seen across regions of the Republic of Khakassia and South Siberia on Tuesday evening.
The meteor which burnt in the atmosphere before hitting the ground was witnessed by locals as it shook buildings and set of alarms.
One witness said: “We saw a flash, and in about two minutes our houses vibrated and we heard thunder, and car alarms went off”.
A local woman added: ‘I went for a walk with my friends. We stopped by the shop and my friend screamed when she saw a bright flash, and then there was an explosion.
‘All the car alarms immediately went off. We were so scared. My father said windows were vibrating. We think it was a meteor.’
The Meteorite came as sky watchers worldwide were observing on a night billed as ‘Night of the Comet’ by BPEarthWatch who offered his explanation of incoming activity over the coming days before the Siberian event took place.
BpEarthWatch is well renowned on YouTube with over 246.000 subscribers to his channel.
BpEarthWatch said: “Comet 45P/Honda (45P/Honda–Mrkos–Pajdušáková) was discovered the year Israel was announced as a nation.
“There’s going to be a lot of things happening this year, there is something else about the Comet 45/p Honda.
“It’s coming in we start t see visibility again around new years, February 11th 2017 is the Comets closest approach to our planet but before that close approach it’s going to be between us and the Sun for a few weeks so we are going to have to watch it closely during that period of time”.
People were skating on Ice as the night sky turned to day in Siberia at around 6.50pm local time and people were fast to react in disbelief.
A young witness said: ‘It was as bright as daytime. I did not understand at first what it was.
‘Then an explosion followed and the boom came from a long distance away.
‘I’ve seen shooting stars before, but nothing like this.
Could the event be tied to debris from incoming Comet 45P/Honda’s tail?
BpEarthWatch suggested we will so keep our eyes to the skies.
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Summary:Dr. Greer is widely regarded as the world’s foremost authority on the subject of extraterrestrial intelligence and is the founder and international director of the Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence (CSETI). Dr. Greer, as director of CSETI, has led research teams throughout the world investigating the existence of ETI and on several occasions has successfully established preliminary contact and communication with extraterrestrial spacecraft at close range.
Dr. Greer is widely regarded as the world’s foremost authority on the subject of extraterrestrial intelligence and is the founder and international director of the Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence (CSETI). A lifetime member of Alpha Omega Alpha, the nation’s most prestigious medical honor society, Dr. Greer is an emergency physician and former chairman of emergency medicine at Caldwell Memorial Hospital.
Dr. Greer, as director of CSETI, has led research teams throughout the world investigating the existence of ETI and on several occasions has successfully established preliminary contact and communication with extraterrestrial spacecraft at close range. He has met with and provided briefings for senior members of government, military and intelligence operations in the United States and around the world, including senior CIA officials, Joint Chiefs of Staff, White House staff, senior members of Congress and congressional committees, senior United Nations leadership and diplomats, senior military officials in the United Kingdom and Europe and cabinet-level members of the Japanese government, among others,
Dr. Greer has been seen and heard by millions world-wide on shows such as the Larry King Show, CBS, the BBC, NTV in Japan, “Sightings” and “Encounters” TV programs in the US , the Art Bell show, the Armstrong Williams radio show and dozens of other TV and Radio Programs.
He has addressed tens of thousands of people live at conferences and lectures around the world including the international convention of MENSA, the high IQ group, the Institute of Noetic Sciences Board of Directors, and the Sierra Club.
He brings a unique combination of scientific knowledge, credibility , vision, humor and inspiration to his lectures. Dr. Greer relies on first hand knowledge of extraterrestrial activity world wide and has direct sources for information regarding covert operations dealing with the subject.
Supporters of his world are as diverse as Apollo astronaut, Dr Edgar Mitchell, who walked on the moon in Apollo 14, to benefactor and philanthropist Laurance Rockefeller, to former British Ministry of Defense Head and five star admiral, Lord Hill-Norton, to folk legend, Burl Ives.
Dr. Greer is married. He and his wife have four daughters and reside in the Charlottesville , VA area.
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NASA’s All-Sky Cameras caught a cloaked UFO which illuminates the night sky in New Mexico on December 2,2016.
The object’s luminous/shimmering appearance seemed to resemble a kind of spacecraft.
Whether the object is a secret man-made or an alien spacecraft remains unclear, but it seems to fly very smoothly gliding effortlessly through the air using a cloaking technique allegedly used by UFOs.
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I was in my backyard taping the moon. A shooting sound together with a swish pulled my attention but all I’ve seen was a trail of a shooting star. I first thought it was a meteor. When I went to watch the video I noticed a yellow red orange object with some symmetrical characteristics, and also it changed direction. I may be wrong, but my impression is that the object could be a kind of spaceship. Unfortunately the object was too fast for my to get a longer video, it was only a coincidence if I got at lest less then a second. I’m uploading also a short video and pics of anew lighting object that I thought it was an helicopter but the sound was different.
REVEALED! THE 2017 NOSTRADAMUS PREDICTIONS AIM FOR TERRIFYING TIMES!
REVEALED! THE 2017 NOSTRADAMUS PREDICTIONS AIM FOR TERRIFYING TIMES!
For many years we have heard about people with the ability to predict future events. Some people are just lucky when it comes to predictions, but others seem to be the real deal.
Some of the most fulfilled prophecies originated from a distant era, during 16th century, France. The extraordinary seer in question is the well known Michael Nostradamus, who has predicted many important and catastrophic events. He foresaw the rising of Adolf Hitler to power and the war he bought upon the world, he also foresaw the fall of the Twin Towers which became known as the "9/11".
But his prophecies are far from over, he also predicted the recent outcome of the US elections with Donald Trump becoming current president of the US.
He has more for the upcoming years! With 2017 at our doorstep, he has a new batch of predictions to tease us before next year.
VIDEO: NASA-beelden tonen ‘UFO’s die energie van de zon opzuigen’
VIDEO: NASA-beelden tonen ‘UFO’s die energie van de zon opzuigen’
UFO-jagers claimen dat er ruimteschepen kunnen worden gezien bij de zon. De objecten zouden bovendien energie onttrekken aan onze ster.
Er gaan nieuwe NASA-beelden rond op internet die dergelijke schepen zouden tonen. Op de beelden is een witte stip te zien die door middel van een ‘kabel’ verbonden is met het zonneoppervlak.
YouTube-gebruiker StreetCap1 vroeg zich af: “Is dit een enorme UFO die zich voedt met de energie van de zon?”
Op te laden
Hij wees erop dat de UFO een andere kleur en vorm heeft dan de rest van de ‘kabel’. “Ik geloofde eerst niet zo in deze theorie, maar dit zet me toch wel aan het denken.”
Scott C. Waring van de website UFO Sightings Daily zei dat ‘dit zeker een UFO is’.
Volgens hem gebruikt het object, dat zich met hoge snelheid voortbeweegt, de energie van de zon mogelijk om op te laden.
Bestand
Hij voegde toe dat dit erop wijst dat het vaartuig gemaakt is van materiaal dat bestand is tegen de hitte van de zon.
Het is niet de eerste keer dat alienjagers hebben gesuggereerd dat buitenaardsen energie van de zon opzuigen.
Eerder dit jaar werden vreemde objecten gezien op beelden die waren gemaakt door zonneobservatorium SOHO. Ook werd een zwarte kubus gezien bij de zon.
Vliegende schotels
Sommigen claimen dat de Amerikaanse ruimtevaartorganisatie NASA bewijs voor buitenaardse ruimteschepen onder het tapijt veegt.
Voormalig NASA-medewerker Donna Hare claimde dat er tijdens de maanlandingen drie vliegende schotels zijn waargenomen, die later op het maanoppervlak zouden zijn geland.
Computerprogrammeur: "Terugkomst van Jezus zal rond oud en nieuw leiden tot apocalyps" Computerprogrammeur: “Terugkomst van Jezus zal rond oud en nieuw leiden tot apocalyps” in Mens en Dier 6 december 2016 17:00 8 Reacties 2,136 Bekeken Wa
Computerprogrammeur: “Terugkomst van Jezus zal rond oud en nieuw leiden tot apocalyps”
Wacht nog maar even met goede voornemens maken. De apocalyps, het einde der tijden, is in aantocht.
Volgens computerprogrammeur Nora Roth zal Jezus terugkeren naar de aarde en de opname in gang zetten, schrijft The Sun.
Ze baseert zich op complexe berekeningen die ze heeft uitgevoerd. Op haar website MarkBeast vraagt ze: “Is de periode van 6000 jaar vol zonden bijna voorbij? Zal Jezus in 2016 komen?”
Verbannen
Vervolgens geeft ze het antwoord op deze brandende vragen: “De Bijbel geeft verhelderende, logische en duidelijke antwoorden op deze vragen. Het korte antwoord is: ja!”
Hoe onderbouwt Roth haar claim? Ze baseert zich op het boek Daniël, waarin het Joodse volk wordt verbannen naar Babylonië.
Rust
“In de herfst van 2016 komt er een einde aan de periode van 6000 jaar vol zonden op aarde,” zei ze.
“Jezus zal terugkomen om zijn volk mee te nemen naar de hemel. Hierna zal er 1000 jaar lang rust
Cycli
Gabriël zegt in het verhaal dat er ‘na zeventig zevens een einde komt aan de zonden’. Die ‘zevens’ zijn volgens haar cycli.
Zeventig van deze cycli komen overeen met een periode van 3431 jaar, waarna Jezus terugkomt, aldus Roth. De periode van 3431 jaar loopt in 2016 af. zijn op aarde.”
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VIDEO: Mysterie rond kilometerslange menselijke figuur in Australische woestijn
VIDEO: Mysterie rond kilometerslange menselijke figuur in Australische woestijn
In juni 1998 maakte piloot Tevor Wright een routinevlucht over de Australische outback toen hij iets geheel onverwachts ontdekte.
Wright keek omlaag en zag een vreemde vorm in de grond: een menselijke figuur met de kop van een vogel.
De bizarre figuur is meer dan vier kilometer lang.
Grootste ooit
De vraag is nu niet alleen hoe de tekening is gemaakt, maar ook wie deze in het zand heeft gemaakt.
De vreemde tekening bevindt zich in de buurt van de plaats Marree in Zuid-Australië, op een kleine 600 kilometer van Adelaide.
Het gaat om de grootste afbeelding van een mens die ooit is gemaakt en het indrukwekkende is: de figuur is zelfs zichtbaar vanuit de ruimte.
Of was dat ook de bedoeling?
Onopgelost
Jarenlang bleef het mysterie onopgelost tot geruchten de ronde deden dat de excentrieke Australische kunstenaar Bardius Goldberg verantwoordelijk was voor de tekening.
Enkele jaren na de ontdekking van de ‘Marree Man’ overleed de kunstenaar echter onder vreemde omstandigheden.
Goldberg heeft nooit openlijk gezegd dat hij de ‘Marree Man’ heeft gemaakt, wat betekent dat lokale bewoners nog steeds geen idee hebben wie deze enorme figuur heeft achtergelaten.
UFO Appears And Disappears Over Brazil December 5, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Appears And Disappears Over Brazil December 5, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Dec 5, 2016 Location of sighting: Brazil Here is a video posted on Youtube by user Gagare1952. The video shows a UFO that is making a cloud trail. Its telepathic emotion sensors realised that someone had noticed it, so it immediately cloaked...as you see in the video below. Have you ever seen such a UFO in the sky, only to have it disappear with seconds of noticing it? Yes, you have, and so have most the population on Earth. Out of sight, out of mind. Scott C. Waring
Deze gloeiende UFO is vergelijkbaar met zowel de UFO's gezien door duizenden over de bergen van Denver, Colorado en de UFO die werd gezien op een oude tempel van duizenden jaren oud, Koepel van de Rots, die ook werd gezien door duizenden. U kunt ze noemen engelen, maar ik noem ze een hoog ontwikkeld uitheemse soorten, die een positie die de mensheid kan een dag aandeel.
Scott C. Waring
Inexplicata luidt als volgt:
** Dit is niet de eerste keer dat Roberto Ruiz heeft een ervaring zoals die op donderdag, toen hij ging naar buiten om een storm te fotograferen. Bekijk de video**
Fotograaf Roberto Ruiz uit Jachal (San Juan Provincie) getuige van een lichtgevend object in de lucht boven zijn geboortestad op donderdagavond, toen hij ging met zijn collega Nito Martín om de storm te fotograferen.
Hun lenzen waren gericht op Cerro Los Blanquitos ongeveer tien uur 's avonds, wanneer een krachtige groenachtig licht zichtbaar op de bergkam werd. Volgens de ooggetuigen, het object verplaatst en later verdween achter de top.
Dit is de eerste keer dat de fotojournalist een soortgelijke ervaring heeft. In augustus 1984, Ruiz alleedly zag een UFO vanuit het raam van een vliegtuig waarop hij vloog.
Planet Mars: It's Not Just a Rock, Enlightening Tour Of Mars, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Planet Mars: It's Not Just a Rock, Enlightening Tour Of Mars, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of video: Nov 30, 2016 Maker of video:TheRealJimmyRoberts1 This very enlightening video was made by TheRealJimmyRoberts1 of Youtube. He carefully takes us on a tour of Mars using NASA photos. He shows how NASA expertly hides the truth, by altering the photos, and how we can get it back into focus. Listen to him and at the end of the 38 minute video, you will better understand what we have been finding in Mars photos. Scott C. Waring Video states: 38 Minutes that are guaranteed to change your perspective on the reality of both past and present life on Mars. The basics of "HOW, WHY and WHO" are covered here along with hundreds of telling images. This is not conspiracy theory. This is not the occult. This is reality and it is extremely important that we begin to understand our relationship to both the past and present inhabitants of the Red Planet. Why? Because evidence strongly indicates they were destroyed by nuclear explosions.
Location:Hortense ga Date:December 1, 2016 Submitted by Whitney
Witness report:
We was driving in the car, and I seen something in the sky with alot of lights on it and I told my sister to follow it, so we did. I took a picture of it and then it zoomed away! Soo freaky!
Location: Cumbria, UK Date:26.11.16 Submitted by Melanie
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Never really noticed anything. .was out walking in the fells..taking photos..wasn’t till looking at photos we noticed a mark on the picture. .wen blown the photo up..we think it looks like an u.f.o…..it looks very sharp and metallic. ..would love to see Wat it is. ..
Location:Port Macquarie Australia Date:1 November 2016 Submitted by Anon
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Myself and 5 others were at a westward lookout facing mountain range, my eldest 17yr spotted something hovering, appeared to be jumping left to right rapidly, giving off white flash’s. Had the handy cam so these pics are only frame grabs. The battery went flat !!!! was a fully charged 2200mah charged 30mins prior, only just switched it on. We then saw a huge flash of white and it was gone
Ancient Coin Of France Apparently Depicts An Unidentified Flying Saucer
Ancient Coin Of France Apparently Depicts An Unidentified Flying Saucer
Absolute proof of UFO sightings from hundreds of years ago has been found in a 17th-century French token, UFO hunters claimed.
The coin-like object, known as the ancient jeton, was used for counting. It reportedly depicts a strange-looking circular entity that looks like a classic flying saucer.
Some even went to speculate that it represents the wheel in the Book of Ezekiel of the Bible, which they believe the Bible’s tale of a UFO encounter. Some skeptics say that the object just represents a drifting mushroom or flower. Others say that it shows a shield.
Meanwhile, many UFO hunters say that the token is an evidence of frequent UFO sightings in ancient France. So numerous that French decided to inscribe such sightings on coins. The object is a French jeton minted somewhere from 1680 to 1856.
It has almost the same size of a U.S. quarter-dollar. It was used for educational purposes to help people count money, and sometimes, used as a substitute for money in playing games. It also looks like other jetons with different educational and religious designs.
Researchers found a Latin inscription that says OPPORTUNUS ADEST, which means “It is here at an opportune time.” The other side of it shows rain drenching a plant-like thing.
UFO Expert Claims Government Withheld More Than Half of the Truth About Aliens and UFOs
UFO Expert Claims Government Withheld More Than Half of the Truth About Aliens and UFOs
A paranormal investigator made a claim that the British government has involvement in the cover-up of the truth about UFOs and aliens.
UFO expert Malcolm Robinson said intelligence that could clarify unsolved British mysteries involving UFOs and aliens had been withheld from public access.
Founder of Strange Phenomena Investigations, Mr. Robinson, has collected and examined UFO evidence for years. In 2015, he presented a collection of evidence containing detailed information about UFOs and aliens to Downing Street, requesting then Prime Minister David Cameron to open an inquiry. However, it failed to materialize.
He said governments in different parts of the world, including Britain, know far more than what they disclosed to the public for sure.
He claims that Nick Pope, the manager of the now defunct UFO desk, once told him that the government did not disclose even half of the truth.
According to documents obtained under Freedom of Information, the department and hotline for UFO sighting reports was shut down in 2009 for the reason that it no longer served a defense purpose and only taking away resources and staff to more significant defense-related activities. The documents further revealed the Ministry of Defence concluded that no UFO report in 50 years had evidence of a potential threat to the U.K.
Now, Mr. Robinson has called for the government to conduct an inquiry in several sightings, including police files from Bonnybridge Scotland. Robinson said that there were over 300 UFO sightings in the small town during the 1990s.
Mr. Robinson noted that about 95% of the sightings could be explained after checking with airports, the National Security Agency, the Ministry of Defence, and meteorological stations, but some 5% don’t have a rational explanation.
Earlier this year, many UFO conspiracy theorists claimed that some MoD UFO files which had been sent to the National Archives had been sent back for further censorship.
ALIENS: While UFOS menaced the US – the Soviet Union was getting the same treatment
During the 1940s and 1950s UFO-mania gripped the US as reports of flying saucers, men in black and alien abductions filled newspaper pages.
But as alien encounters became a sideshow in the states, their communist enemies were also being rocked by mysterious encounters with UFOs.
Around the same time the Soviets also began to have increasing contact with apparent aliens and growing reports of spacecraft entering airspace over Russia.
Soviet-born UFO researcher and author Paul Stonehill told Daily Star Online: “The Soviets were shocked so many UFOs could penetrate their borders and basically just do what they wanted without any control from the Kremlin.
“There were many more cases of direct encounters than in the United States, and anything which was flying over the Soviet Union was very interested in secret military installations.”
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SUPERPOWER: The Soviet Union was at the height of its power during the Cold War
“The aliens would fight back and destroy whatever unit would shoot at them.”
Paul Stonehill
Throughout the Cold War and the space race Soviet forces frequently clashed with UFOs.
Mr Stonehill said: “The Kremlin was paranoid but they could not do anything about it.
“They tried on several occasions where orders were given out from on high to shoot down UFOs, or local commanders would take it upon themselves.
“However, it always ended badly for them.”
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TOP SECRET: UFO reports and alien encounters were dealt with utter secrecy
The researcher, whose articles have been published in 11 languages, unearthed a culture of total secrecy over the phenomena in the Soviet Union.
Kremlin bigwigs would pass off any public reports of the phenomena as a “hoax perpetrated by the Western powers”.
A secret research programme called SETKA was established in 1977 after the Petrozavodsk incident in which 48 UFOs appeared in the atmosphere across the Soviet Union.
The incident came to a head in the industrial city of Petrozavodsk when a huge glowing object appeared overhead – seemingly beaming shafts of light towards the Earth.
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UNEXPLAINED: A photograph of the Petrozavodsk object which triggered panic in the Soviet Union
The aim of the programme was to work out what the UFOs were – with Soviet higher-ups acknowledging the craft could not be of Earth-bound origin.
Stonehill said much of the archives of the programme remain under lock and key, but he added it was passed down between the communist state’s top military minds and scientists.
Forms were also then handed to any soviet soldier, sailor or airmen who reported a UFO encounter for them to file fully detailed reports.
He said: “It was prolific enough to really make you wonder just how much the Soviets knew”.
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PIONEER: Soviets lead the space race for many years – possibly sparking alien attention
A bloody encounter between an alien craft and Soviet forces occurred in 1953 shortly after the death of Joseph Stalin.
The large UFO, initially thought by witnesses to be a “blimp of dirigible”, appeared above the Taiga in Siberia.
Soviet military chiefs dispatched a military special detachment to the area.
When they attempted to engage the craft with aircraft the three Soviet planes just “burned away”, says Mr Stonehill.
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MANKIND: Soviets managed to put the first man in space and carried out the first space walk
A secret order was issued to Soviet forces during the mid-1960s giving Russian commanders strict instructions to “not shoot at UFOs, leave them alone”.
Mr Stonehill said: “The aliens would fight back and destroy whatever unit would shoot at them.
“They would disintegrate planes, and in some cases the UFOs also acted first.”
He added: “No government wants to be powerless in the face of a threat, and it got to the case of the Soviets being very scared.”
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But despite these violent clashes, he says most Soviet encounters were characterised by alien craft simply “observing” activity.
He said: “It was as if they were under a microscope. There were reports of UFOs present at most, if not all, of the Soviet space launches.
“The craft seemed to know about the space ports and the secret facilities.”
However, he added the motivations of whoever is piloting the UFOs remains a mystery.
Mr Stonehill has spoken to former military intelligence personnel, government officials and Soviet scientists to reveal the depths of the Soviet UFO encounters.
He has had numerous books published on the subject such as Mysterious Sky: Soviet UFO Phenomenon, Soviet UFO Files and UFO Case Files of Russia.
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Is er leven mogelijk in Pluto's ondergrondse oceaan?
Is er leven mogelijk in Pluto's ondergrondse oceaan?
Caroline Kraaijvanger
Als in Pluto’s ondergrondse oceaan leven te vinden is, dan ziet het er waarschijnlijk heel anders uit dan wij gewend zijn.
Recent stelden onderzoekers – waaronder William McKinnon, verbonden aan Washington University – dat Pluto hoogstwaarschijnlijk een ondergrondse oceaan bezit. Het roept een interessante vraag op: is er in die oceaan wellicht leven mogelijk? McKinnon sluit het niet uit.
Giftig en koud Hij denkt dat onder het hartvormige gebied op Pluto – Sputnik Planitia – een oceaan te vinden is. Die oceaan beschrijft hij als “giftig, heel koud, zout en rijk aan ammoniak”. Het klinkt niet direct heel leefbaar. “Het is geen plaats voor bacteriën en al helemaal niet voor vissen of inktvissen of elke andere levensvorm zoals wij die kennen,” erkent McKinnon. “Het leven kan veel hebben: het kan veel zout, extreme kou, extreme warmte, enzovoort tolereren. Maar ik denk niet dat het de hoeveelheid ammoniak die Pluto nodig heeft om te voorkomen dat deze oceaan bevriest – ammoniak is een uitstekende antivries – kan tolereren (…) Maar net als de methaanzeëen op Titan – de grootste maan van Saturnus – roept het de vraag op of er in deze exotische, koude vloeistoffen wellicht een werkelijk nieuwe levensvorm kan bestaan.”
Primitief Maar hoe zou zo’n levensvorm er dan uitzien? Als er al leven mogelijk is in de oceaan, dan is het waarschijnlijk zeer primitief. “Misschien is het zelfs – net als wellicht de eerste levensvormen op aarde – pre-cellulair.”
Volgende generatie Lang niet alle onderzoekers zijn er overigens van overtuigd dat Pluto een ondergrondse oceaan bezit. Tot op heden is er alleen indirect bewijs gevonden voor het bestaan van de oceaan. Het bestaan van de oceaan kan maar op één manier bevestigd worden: opnieuw een sonde naar Pluto sturen en deze in een baan rond de dwergplaneet plaatsen. “Het is aan de volgende generatie om verder te gaan waar New Horizons is opgehouden,” stelt McKinnon. Als uit vervolgonderzoek blijkt dat Pluto daadwerkelijk een ondergrondse oceaan bezit, dan zijn er in de Kuipergordel waarschijnlijk nog veel meer van deze oceanen te vinden. In de Kuipergordel bevinden zich namelijk nog veel meer hemellichamen die qua omvang vergelijkbaar zijn met Pluto.
In juli 2015 scheerde ruimtesonde New Horizons langs Pluto. Voor het eerst konden we de dwergplaneet in detail bewonderen. Het leverde een schat aan informatie op en nog altijd zijn onderzoekers bezig om de door New Horizons verzamelde gegevens te analyseren. New Horizons haast zich ondertussen dieper de Kuipergordel in. Daar zal deze opnieuw onderzoek gaan doen naar een Kuipergordelobject dat – voor zover we nu weten – net zo rood is als Pluto.
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"Could there be life in Pluto’s ocean?" - Washington University De afbeelding bovenaan dit artikel is gemaakt door NASA / Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory / Southwest Research Institute
An artist's conception of the Spiderweb Galaxy, which is actually a massive collection of growing galaxies in the early universe. Protogalaxies are shown in white and pink, while the blue indicates the location of the carbon monoxide gas surrounding them.
Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser
Like a spider devouring prey from its web, a mature young galaxy is devouring the recycled gas that surrounds it, rather than snacking on its neighbors.
"This is different from what we see in the nearby universe, where galaxies in clusters grow by cannibalizing other galaxies," lead study author Bjorn Emonts, a researcher at Spain's Center for Astrobiology, said in a statement from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO). "In this cluster, a giant galaxy is growing by feeding on the soup of cold gas in which it is submerged."
Working with an international team of astronomers, Emonts made detailed observations of the Spiderweb Galaxy — which is actually a cluster of protogalaxies in the early universe — using the NRAO's Very Large Array in New Mexico and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization’s (CSIRO) Australia Telescope Compact Array. Rather than forming through collisions with other galaxies (the "cannibalizing" Emonts mentions), the researchers found that the massive galaxy at the heart of the cluster was slurping up cool gas between the infant galaxies. [The Universe Has 10 Times More Galaxies Than Scientists Thought]
"Cosmic Recycling"
The most massive galaxies in the universe form through a combination of rapid star formation and the cannibalization of other, smaller galaxies, but how much each process contributes in the building of super-galaxies has been an ongoing question.
"Extremely massive galaxies are seen in the young universe, but their presence is puzzling because we do not yet understand how they became so massive so quickly," said Nina Hatch, an astronomer at the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. The research was published in the journal Science. Hatch, who was not involved in the study, authored an accompanying Perspectives article about the new research paper. "How do they get enough fuel to form stars so rapidly?"
In search of an answer, Emonts and his team turned to the Spiderweb Galaxy cluster, located 10 billion light-years from the sun. Because of the time it takes for light to travel across space, they are seeing the cluster as it was when the universe was less than 4 billion years of its 13.7-billion-year age. Like a giant spider web, the collection hosts a relatively mature galaxy at its center, surrounded by a web of diffuse ultraviolet light in which tens of smaller, fly-like galaxies are caught. Despite its young age, the central galaxy is one of the most massive galaxies in in the young universe, according to Hatch.
In hopes of finding the gas that fuels the growth of galaxies in the Spiderweb, the researchers studied the gas around it, which serves as the building blocks for stars and galaxies. They found a cloud of gas roughly 100 billion times the mass of the sun that engulfed the growing galaxies. Previous work revealed that billions of young stars had lit up the Spiderweb, leading the researchers to conclude that the super-galaxy is growing directly from the cloud.
"This is a huge system, with this molecular gas [cloud] spanning three times the size of our own giant Milky Way," said co-author Preshanth Jagannathan, of the NRAO, in a statement from Spain's Center for Astrobiology.
"It appears that this whole system eventually will collapse into a single, gigantic galaxy," Jagannathan said.
In addition to its size, the cloud of gas is surprisingly cold.
"It's shocking how cold this gas must be — about minus 200 degrees Celsius (minus 350 degrees Fahrenheit)," study co-author Matthew Lehnert, a professor at the Institute d’Astrophysique de Paris, said in the same statement. "We expect a fiery process — lots of galaxies falling in and heating gas up. Therefore, we expected that all the cold gas would be locked up deep within the galaxies."
Instead, the cold cloud surrounded the protogalaxies, feeding their evolution. Its composition is also surprising. Observations revealed a large quantity of carbon monoxide, material forged in the heart of stars and released in their explosive deaths. Only a third of that material is locked up inside the galaxies, while the rest lies between them. Rather than consuming pristine gas, the Spiderweb Galaxy is relying on recycled material to fuel its growth. Still, its exact source remains a mystery.
"The carbon monoxide that we detected is a byproduct of previous stars, a form of cosmic recycling, but we cannot say for sure where the gas came from or how it accumulated in the cluster core," Emonts said. "To find out, we'd have to look even deeper into the universe's history."
Swiss Finance Company Invests Big Shares in Mars One
Swiss Finance Company Invests Big Shares in Mars One
NASA
IN BRIEF
The shareholders of a Swiss financial services company have agreed to a takeover bid of the Mars One space organization. Hopefully, the move will forward the company's big plans to establish a permanent human settlement on Mars.
Getting to the Red Planet is an expensive business, and the leading contenders are scrambling to acquire sufficient cash to underwrite their dreams.
Mars One consists of two entities: the Dutch not-for-profit Mars One Foundation and a British public limited company Mars One Ventures
FUNDING THE MISSIONS
Many Mars missions are facing a very blunt controversy: how much is it going to cost to send people up there to study and possibly colonize the Red Planet?
A contender in the Mars space race is Mars One, a space tech organization that originates in the Netherlands. The company has two direct arms: the Dutch non-profit Mars One Foundation, and the British public company in charge of monetization, Mars One Ventures. Now, the Ventures profit arm has announced an agreement with Swiss InFin Innovative Finance AG to a shares takeover bid.
Conceptual illustration of the Mars One habitats.
“The acquisition is now only pending approval by the board of Mars One Ventures,” the companies said in a joint announcement.
The finance takeover solidifies Mars One’s efforts to establish a permanent human settlement on the Red Planet. On the Mars One website, they discussed their reliance on corporate investments and donations as a primary funding source. The space tech company did try to gain additional funding by pitching a television reality show about the missions to and life on Mars, but this was axed by their partner production company.
$PACE RACE
To get to the Red Planet is a big dream that needs to bring in big bucks. The different companies gearing up to get us there are funded in different ways.
NASA plans to bring astronauts to Mars itself by the 2030s. It’s funded by the US governmentusing federal revenue from income, corporate, and other taxes.
SpaceX receives most of its seed money from billionaire founder Elon Musk. It also gains much from its government subsidy, with an estimated $4.9 billion coming in for the space tech company and Musk’s electric car empire, Tesla. SpaceX has a more urgent timeline, and they plan to get millions of people up to the Martian “colonies” by 2024—just check out their new outline for a future “Mars-shot.”
Lockheed Martin, based in Maryland, is another privately-owned aerospace company with dreams of the Red Planet dancing through its head. Their Mars Base Camp, a collaboration with NASA, believes it can send astronauts to space by around 2028. It sources funds from its numerous corporate profits, together with investments.
While we’re not sure who can get us to Mars first, what’s certain is that it’s going to take a lot of money to do it.
Atlas the Life-Sized Robot Just Became a Bit More Human
Atlas the Life-Sized Robot Just Became a Bit More Human
IHMC
IN BRIEF
Humanoid robots just got a major upgrade: they can walk!
A new "walking algorithm" has been developed at the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) for Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot.
A sped-up animation of the algorithm in action.
STEPPING OUT
We’ve come a step closer to those human-like, walking “droids” we all love from the Star Wars universe. A new locomotion algorithm has been developed that allows the Atlas robot to gingerly walk through rough and uneven terrain.
Most robots would need flat surfaces to traverse. This control algorithm, developed at the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) for the Atlas robot from Boston Dynamics, mimics a human-like line of thinking of deliberating carefully before making a step. Atlas balances itself before stepping onto an uneven foothold.
“Our humanoid projects are focused on enabling our bipedal humanoids [to] handle rough terrain without requiring onboard sensors to build a model of the terrain,” said the developers from IHMC. “Our goal is to tackle increasingly more difficult walking challenges.”
HUMAN ROBOTS?
Boston Dynamics’ Atlas has been in the works for a while now under the DARPA Robotics Challenge, a competition funded by the US Government. The company, a subsidiary of Google, has been continuously bringing out developments to make this robot as close to the human form as possible. Particularly, they have been focusing on equipping Atlas with balance and agility, qualities that traditionally would be quite difficult for robots.
Humanoid robots, once a tale from science fiction, are slowly coming to life. Today, they’re mastering walking through rubble and keeping balance on a thin plank of wood. Tomorrow, they could be indispensable partners in our daily lives. The calculated steps that Atlas now makes could be life-saving when put to the right uses. Like in the movies, the future could have artificially intelligent healthcare providers, policemen, and more.
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo, dubbed the VSS Unity, took to the skies over Mojave, California this morning to complete the craft’s first ever free-flight test. And preliminary data shows it was a huge success.
Today’s flight marked the fifth overall flight for the VSS Unity, which has the distinction of being the only spacecraft built by the company’s in-house manufacturing team — TheSpaceshipCompany — and the 218th flight for its mothership, the WhiteKnightTwo.
Earlier in the week, the duo joined forces to complete a fourth captive carry test. Following the pair’s second captive-carry test in September, engineers decided that all systems were performing as expected and the crew could move onto free-flight testing. The first two attempts (both in November) were thwarted due to weather and an unexpected anomaly, which prevented the crew from separating the two vehicles.
That was not the case today. Following takeoff, the pilots of both vehicles tested multiple onboard systems, ensuring they were ready (and able) to release the spacecraft. Once they received the green light from the control room, the VSS Unity was set free and coasted down to a gentle landing.
During free-flight (also known as a glide test) testing, the two vehicles take off as a mated pair, with the SpaceShipTwo detaching from the WhiteKnightTwo during flight before gently gliding back to the runway. In-flight testing allows engineers thoroughly study how various systems on board the vehicles perform during flight.
The glide tests are not designed to go into space; however, they are a major step towards Virgin Galactic’s ultimate goal: launching people into space. Before that can happen, the aerospace company must first prove its vehicles are safe to carry human passengers. In order to do so, the company has to complete a lengthy testing process that includes captive-carry, free-flight, and rocket-powered tests.
The road to space.
Rocket-powered testing was suspended following a tragic accident in 2014, when the first SpaceShipTwo crashed as a result of pilot error. The accident resulted in the death of one pilot, leaving a second injured.
Today’s successful free-flight test, was a crucial step to resuming rocket-powered flights.
What do NASA and Netflix have in common? Probably more than you would think. Researchers have developed a technique that uses artificial intelligence to help them search for and identify stable planetary systems. The technique is based on learning algorithms used by the streaming giant to offer online recommendations. This new tool will be used in tandem with NASA’s fleet ofplanet-hunting telescopes to identify planets that could potentially support life.
“Machine learning offers a powerful way to tackle a problem in astrophysics, and that’s predicting whether planetary systems are stable,” Dan Tamayo, lead author of the research and a postdoctoral fellow in the Center for Planetary Science at the University of Toronto Scarborough, explained in a news release.
As a form of artificial intelligence, machine learning enables computers to learn on their own, without having to be constantly fed data or programmed for a specific task. These types of advanced systems are specifically designed to learn and adapt on their own when exposed to different data.
Tamayo says the team’s technique is 1,000 times faster than traditional methods in predicting stability. The results are available online in the current issue of the Astrophysical Journal Letters.
The team hopes the tool will be a valuable asset in astronomy, able to help scientists locate new planetary systems that could potentially hold life, as well as discern new information that would otherwise go undetected with current methods of observation.
Artist conception of NASA's TESS spacecraft.
Tamayo explains that, currently, astronomers rely on multiple methods to detect exoplanets. However, these methods are only capable of providing information on a planet’s size and orbital period — neither of which affects stability.
Understanding how stable a system is will allow researchers to glean insights into how they formed and better assess a planet’s chances for hosting life.
With the technique developed by Tamayo and his team, astronomers will now be able to measure a planet’s mass and its orbit, which will come in handy when analyzing data from NASA’s upcoming Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). The two-year mission will search for new exoplanets by focusing on the brightest stars in close proximity to our solar system and is set to launch next year.
“It could be a useful tool because predicting stability would allow us to learn more about the system, from the upper limits of mass to the eccentricities of these planets,” says Tamayo.
The Hubble Space Telescope just snapped an image of cosmic crime in process: a supermassive black hole slowly consuming its host galaxy.
This supermassive black hole is lurking in the heart of an elliptical galaxy known as NGC 4696, which is the largest galaxy in the massive Centaurus galaxy cluster about 150 million light-years from Earth. The new observations from Hubble reveal that the supermassive black hole at its center of NGC 4696 has shaped the otherwise typical elliptical galaxy into a cosmic question mark.
Black holes are well known as cosmic monsters, with centers of gravity so dense they gobble up anything that crosses their path. On the plus side, these stellar behemoths tend to be messy eaters, which often results in beautiful works of cosmic art.
The new images reveal spectacular bands of curling filaments, which are composed of dusty ionized hydrogen, spiraling out into interstellar space. Data collected shows that the supermassive black hole is responsible for the dusty tendrils and thread-like filaments we see. Like brush strokes on a cosmic painting, the black hole is painting the cosmos with material from its host.
A view of NGC 4696, the largest galaxy in the Centaurus Cluster.
New research also suggests that the galaxy’s own supermassive black hole is also preventing the galaxy from creating new stars — meaning the galaxy is essentially dead. With no new stars being formed, once the black hole has consumed all of the surrounding galactic material, NGC 4696’s lights will go out forever.
HAWKING'S NEW CHILLING WARNING: 'WE’RE AT MOST DANGEROUS MOMENT IN HISTORY OF HUMANITY!'
HAWKING'S NEW CHILLING WARNING: 'WE’RE AT MOST DANGEROUS MOMENT IN HISTORY OF HUMANITY!'
The rise of the new worldwide Nationalism and Britain’s Brexit vote come at “the most dangerous time in the history of the human race,” according to the physicist Stephen Hawking.
The Cambridge professor warns the political shift shows the majority of people on Earth are sick of the status quo and felt they had been “abandoned by their (ruling) leaders.
“It was, everyone seems to agree, the moment when the forgotten spoke, finding their voices to reject the advice and guidance of experts and the elite everywhere.
“For me, the really concerning aspect of this is that now, more than at any time in our history, our species needs to work together,” he added.
Hawking claims the world is facing major challenges, including climate change, overpopulation, food production, the decimation of other species on Earth, epidemic disease and pollution of the oceans.
“Together, they are a reminder that we are at the most dangerous moment in the development of humanity.
“We can do this [overcome the challenges], I am an enormous optimist for my species; but it will require the elites, from London to Harvard, from Cambridge to Hollywood, to learn the lessons of the past year. To learn above all a measure of humanity.”
He also added: “We now have the technology to destroy the planet on which we live, but have not yet developed the ability to escape it.
“Perhaps in a few hundred years, we will have established human colonies amid the stars, but right now we only have one planet, and we need to work together to protect it.”
HOELANG KUNNEN ZE DEZE PLANEET NOG VERBORGEN HOUDEN ? ( VIDEO )
HOELANG KUNNEN ZE DEZE PLANEET NOG VERBORGEN HOUDEN ? ( VIDEO )
Enkele dagen geleden schreven we over hoe nauwkeurig het Bijbelboek Openbaringen verwijst naar de datum van 23 september 2017.
Er zijn echter nog veel meer aanwijzingen die de grootste cover-up uit de menselijke geschiedenis aantonen.
De datum van 23 september 2017 zoals die tevoorschijn komt uit Openbaringen 12 is dan niet een datum waarop de wereld zal vergaan of iets van dien aard, maar wel een bepaald punt aangeeft aangaande wat men in de Bijbel "de eindtijd" noemt.
We hebben ook kunnen zien hoe een ander deel van diezelfde Bijbel kunt uitgelegd kan worden als de datum waarop de planeet Nibiru echt in ons leven zal verschijnen. Dat deze planeet op die datum een plek aan de hemel zal innemen die wordt omschreven als de plaats vanwaar de zevenkoppige draak zal proberen het pas gebaarde kind te verslinden.
Vandaag gaat over andere aanwijzingen voor wat betreft de planeet Nibiru en haar metgezellen. Of de planeet die door astronomen "de Ontwrichter" wordt genoemd, misschien één en dezelfde planeet is als waarover in de Bijbel wordt gesproken.
En als dat zo is, dan heeft de wereld te maken met de grootste cover-up uit de geschiedenis van de mensheid.
In het begin van de jaren tachtig werd er veel geschreven in de pers over een geheime Planeet X die zich in de uiterste regionen van ons zonnestelsel verborgen zou houden en voor de nodige verstoringen zou zorgen bij de planeten Neptunus en Uranus. Zo schreef men onder andere, "Er is “iets” dat als het ware trekt aan deze planeten en zorgt voor onregelmatigheden in hun normale omloopbaan. Deze kracht wijst in de richting van een grote en niet geziene aanwezigheid van een groot object dat wel eens de al zo lang gezochte Planeet X zou kunnen zijn".
In januari 1983 gaat een 80 miljoen dollar kostend project van start waarbij een infrarode satelliet (IRAS) de ruimte in werd gestuurd om op die manier objecten op te sporen die onzichtbaar zijn voor het menselijk oog en er werd het publiek verteld dat een nog niet ontdekte planeet verantwoordelijk zou kunnen zijn voor de ontwrichting van de omloopbanen van Uranus en Neptunus volgens Dr. Thomas C. Van Flandern van het US Naval Observatory.
Ongeveer een jaar later, op 30 december 1983 schreef de Washington Post een verhaal dat heette “Mogelijk zo groot als Jupiter”. In dat artikel schreven ze dat er een planeet was ontdekt die mogelijk zo groot was als de enorme planeet Jupiter en die zo dichtbij de aarde was dat het een onderdeel vormde van ons zonnestelsel. Deze planeet was ontdekt in de richting van het sterrenbeeld Orion.
Volgens het verhaal destijds in de Washington Post hadden de IRAS wetenschappers berekend dat dit mysterieuze hemellichaam onze kant op kwam. Twee bekende wetenschappers uit die tijd, Dr. Gerry Neugebauer en Dr. James Houck, waren er wel zeker van dat de aarde niet op een ramkoers was met deze planeet ("It's not incoming mail. I want to douse that idea with as much cold water as I can."), maar ze zeiden ook geen flauw idee te hebben wat het wel was ("All I can tell you is that we don't know what it is.")
Ook Harrington en Ferrada berichtten over de planeet en daarna werd het stil, doodstil en dat bleef zo gedurende 33 jaar. Wel stierven in de tussentijd vele astronomen, regelmatig onder verdachte omstandigheden, die zich bezighielden met de planeet Nibiru.
En dan nu, in de tegenwoordige tijd, is er ineens Planet Nine. Volgens wetenschappers kan deze planeet zich niet al te lang meer verborgen houden en hebben we te maken met een nog onzichtbare planeet van 10 keer de grootte van de aarde.
Volgens astronoom Mike Brown zal het niet veel langer duren dan 16 maanden, voordat Planet Nine “officieel” ontdekt kan worden. “Ik ben er vrij zeker van dat het tegen het einde van de winter zal zijn. Niet deze winter, maar de volgende winter. Ik denk dat er voldoende mensen naar op zoek zijn en iemand zal erin slagen om hem te vinden”.
Net zoals de Washington Post dat deed in 1983, zo zeggen de astronomen Mike Brown en Konstatin Batygin nu dat er zich daar “iets” bevindt. Zij hebben dit "iets" de bijnaam "de Ontwrichter" gegeven. Wat ons betreft ligt die naamgeving direct in lijn met een andere naam die de onbekende planeet ook is gegeven: de verwoester.
Dus, waarom gingen in de jaren tachtig de luiken naar beneden, toen men al had toegegeven dat er een onbekende planeet was? In al de jaren die volgden werd iedereen die maar durfde te suggereren dat er misschien toch wel een onbekende planeet was, uitgemaakt voor aluhoedje en complotgek.
Het is iedere keer hetzelfde liedje: Mensen die wakker zijn, ontdekken dingen, willen dit bekendmaken en de grote massa, onder aanvoering van een aantal overheidstrollen, maakt die ontdekking belachelijk. Wat zou de mensheid zichzelf een hoop ellende kunnen besparen als ze daar toch eens mee ophielden.
Hoe groot de krachten zijn die kunnen worden veroorzaakt door Planet Nine wordt door de twee eerder genoemde astronomen uitgelegd in de volgende video:
Neem, met bovenstaande in je achterhoofd, een kwartiertje de tijd om de volgende video te bekijken en waarschijnlijk zullen veel puzzelstukjes op hun plek vallen. Dan zie je dat overheden zich vanaf 1983 druk bezighouden met het bouwen van enorme ondergrondse schuilplaatsen met daarnaast allerlei ondergrondse projecten voor mensen die het zich kunnen veroorloven.
NASA heeft ook niet voor niets weer een infrarode telescoop de ruimte in gestuurd en ook een enorme infrarode telescoop op Antarctica geplaatst. Ja, zelfs het Vaticaan plaatste een infrarood telescoop met de toepasselijke naam LUCIFER.
Er bestaat zelfs een complete ondergrondse stad onder het vliegveld Denver dat via een ondergrondse spoorlijn is verbonden met Washington, zodat de elite in sneltreinvaart ondergronds naar hun schuilplaats kan reizen.
Van het heden en de fanatieke voorbereidingen door de rijken der aarde, gaan we weer terug in de tijd. Een tijd waar ook sprake was van de planeet Nibiru.
Een trouwe lezer schrijft het volgende (dank!):
Gisteren een zeer interessante documentaire gezien dat weer wat meer openbaart over Niburu.
Het is in mijn ogen een zeer goede documentaire over de Exodus uit Egypte.
De makers weerleggen de periode waarin dit zou hebben plaats gevonden. Maar zonder dit te weten hebben ze de klok daarmee op ongeveer 3500/3600 jaar geleden gezet.
De documentaire geeft een zeer goed beeld over de 10 plagen van Egypte en een mogelijke wetenschappelijke oorzaak van dit alles.
In mijn ogen vergeten ze het belangrijkste aspect, de oorzaak die dit alles in gang heeft gezet. En daar komt nu net Niburu om de hoek kijken.
Wanneer we dit op de huidige gebeurtenissen op aarde (vulkanische activiteit, aardbevingen etc) projecteren dan wordt e.e.a. duidelijk. Zelfs het openen van de zee vanwege een super eb veroorzaakt door bijvoorbeeld Niburu past nu volledig in het beeld.
Could this REALLY be the face of an alien? Meet the woman, 22, who claims she has extraterrestrial DNA (and can 'astral travel' to Mars if she fancies it)
Could this REALLY be the face of an alien? Meet the woman, 22, who claims she has extraterrestrial DNA (and can 'astral travel' to Mars if she fancies it)
Lea Kapiteli, 22, from Melbourne, always felt different as a child
Said she was visited by a presence, Mezreth, at 13, who explained her past
Mezreth told the then-teenager that she was a Starseed - of mixed origin
He explained that her mum's eggs had been fused with alien DNA
Since Ms Kapiteli says she's learned to astral travel in other worlds
Throughout her childhood, Lea Kapiteli, 22, from Melbourne, said she struggled with unusual physical encounters, strange experiences and presences.
Dismissing them as part of a childhood phase, it wasn't until she hit her teenage years that she found out what they really meant.
Ms Kapiteli told Daily Mail Australia that at the age of 13 she was visited by someone in the night, who explained her past, told her why she felt different to other girls her age, and spoke about the true nature of her heritage.
The presence, who she said was called Mezreth, told Ms Kapiteli that she wasn't like other teenagers. Instead, she was an alien hybrid.
Lea Kapiteli, 22, from Melbourne (pictured), said she found out that she was an alien hybrid when she was 13 years old
Ms Kapiteli (pictured is a self portrait) had always felt different - she said Mezreth explained that she was a Starseed - and her mother's eggs had been spliced with alien DNA
Ms Kapiteli said her mother's eggs had been harvested while she was sleeping, and fused with those of an alien - leaving Ms Kapiteli's genes spliced with extraterrestrial DNA.
Mezreth explained my past. He said: 'Those years you keep trying to forget, those experiences, they were real Lea'
'It was a strange encounter, but it also made a lot of sense,' Ms Kapiteli told Daily Mail Australia.
'For years, I had felt like these things were just vivid dreams and not reality - I had tried to reason unusual experiences away.
'Suddenly, Mezreth was explaining my past. He said: "Those years you keep trying to forget, those experiences, they were real Lea".'
For years, Ms Kapiteli (pictured) had tried to reason away unusual experiences - however, Mezreth told her they were real and she said it started to make 'a lot of sense'
After their first meeting, Mezreth (pictured as drawn by Ms Kapiteli left) visited the teenager countless times more; he told her about her heritage as a Starseed
After that night, Mezreth visited Ms Kapiteli countless times, to further explain her heritage and also tell Ms Kapiteli that she was a Starseed:
When I found out I was a Starseed, I knew I was here for a reason: to witness life on earth
'A Starseed is someone with mixed origin,' explained Ms Kapiteli.
'It's someone who is human, and who was born on earth, but who doesn't have wholly human origins.'
Mezreth explained why Ms Kapiteli had felt 'disconnected' through childhood - she was special.
'For years, I had felt everyone else just clicked while I was abnormal. When I found out I was a Starseed, I knew I was here for a reason: to witness life on earth,' she said.
A Starseed is someone with mixed origin - while they might be born on earth, they are not entirely human (pictured: more of Ms Kapiteli's drawings)
'For years, I had felt everyone else just clicked while I was abnormal. When I found out I was a Starseed, I knew I was here for a reason: to witness life on earth,' Ms Kapiteli (pictured) said
Through meetings and further encounters, Ms Kapiteli started to learn more from Mezreth.
He taught her to astral travel (an out-of-body experience in which you can travel through different universes), and Ms Kapiteli has enjoyed countless adventures since.
'At the beginning I had no control of where I was going, but now I have more and more,' she said.
'Through a bit more concentration and meditation, if I want to go to Mars, I can go there.'
These days, Ms Kapiteli feels fully at home with being a Starseed.
'It took my mum a little bit of time to understand, but she was great and went to research it on the Internet,' she said.
'When I was a child, I had always explained these things to her and she had put it down to me having an overly creative imagination.
'But after she did some research, it also made perfect sense to her.'
Mezreth taught Ms Kapiteli (pictured) to astral travel (an out of body experience that lets her travel to different universes) - she now says she can visit Mars if she wants to
While the 22-year-old said it took her mother a little bit of time to understand that she's a Starseed, Ms Kapiteli says that now her family and boyfriend are extremely supportive
Ms Kapiteli says she is still a novice when it comes to being a Starseed, but she wants to be a 'helper', and assist others in understanding why they might be alien hybrids, too.
'I can understand and appreciate how hard it can be to accept that you might be a Starseed, but once you do, it's much easier,' she said.
'It's so important to talk to someone and share your experiences.
'Being a Starseed is integral to your being and ignoring it will only make it worse.'
Luckily, the 22-year-old says she has a very supportive boyfriend who is 'totally cool with the whole thing'.
'I thought, being different, I'd be single my whole life and wind up like some crazy cat lady,' she said.
'But he's very supportive and we talk about it a lot. Who knows whether it will be passed down to my future children?'
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Maak kennis met de vrouw (22) die claimt dat ze buitenaards DNA heeft (en astrale reizen maakt)
Maak kennis met de vrouw (22) die claimt dat ze buitenaards DNA heeft (en astrale reizen maakt)
Lea Kapiteli (22) uit het Australische Melbourne had in haar jeugd naar eigen zeggen bijzonder vreemde ervaringen.
Toen ze 13 jaar oud was kreeg ze ’s nachts bezoek van iemand die uitleg gaf over haar verleden en haar vertelde waarom ze anders was dan andere meisjes van haar leeftijd.
De aanwezigheid, die zich voordeed als Mezreth, zei dat ze een buitenaardse hybride was, schrijft Daily Mail Australia.
Buitenaards materiaal
Kapiteli zei dat aliens bij haar moeder eicellen hebben weggehaald terwijl ze sliep. Vervolgens zou aan de eicellen buitenaards materiaal zijn toegevoegd.
Lea Kapiteli (Facebook)
“Het was een vreemde ontmoeting, maar er vielen ook veel puzzelstukjes op hun plaats,” zei ze.
“Jarenlang dacht ik dat ik gewoon hele levendige dromen had, ik probeerde steeds een rationele verklaring te bedenken voor de ongewone ervaringen,” voegde ze toe.
“Mezreth legde uit dat die ervaringen echt waren,” klonk het.
Starseed
Na die ene nacht kreeg Kapiteli naar eigen zeggen nog talloze keren bezoek van Mezreth. Ze kreeg ook te horen dat ze een Starseed (sterrezaad) was.
“Een Starseed is iemand van gemengde herkomst,” legde ze uit.
“Het is iemand die mens is, op aarde is geboren, maar die geen menselijke oorsprong heeft,” zei ze.
Kapiteli dacht altijd dat ze raar was, maar daar kwam een einde aan toen ze tot de ontdekking kwam dat ze een Starseed was.
Astraal reizen
Ze zegt dat ze hier is om het leven op aarde te aanschouwen.
Mezreth zou de jonge vrouw ook geleerd hebben om astraal te reizen. “Als ik me goed concentreer tijdens een meditatie kan ik naar Mars gaan als ik dat wil,” lichtte ze toe.
Kapiteli zegt dat ze andere buitenaardse hybriden wil gaan helpen. “Het is zo belangrijk om met iemand te praten en je ervaringen te delen,” zei ze.
‘Heus spektakel’: Kans op zeldzame parelmoerwolken op pakjesavond
‘Heus spektakel’: Kans op zeldzame parelmoerwolken op pakjesavond
Het wordt maandag misschien koud genoeg om zeldzame parelmoerwolken te zien in Nederland. Deze prachtige wolken zijn vrij uniek in deze omgeving.
Parelmoerwolken ontstaan in de stratosfeer als de temperatuur er rond -80 graden Celsius ligt. De weermodellen laten voor maandag temperaturen zien die rond -80 liggen, meldt Weerplaza.
De meeste kans om deze wolken te zien is tegen het einde van de middag. De zon is dan net onder, maar belicht nog wel eventuele wolken die op zo’n 15 kilometer hoogte voorbij komen.
Vrij helder
Het is waarschijnlijk vrij helder, alleen in het westen kunnen wat wolken overdrijven die het zicht kunnen belemmeren.
Als het dinsdagochtend voor zonsopkomst helder is, zou je het ook nog even kunnen proberen. De stratosfeer is dan nog steeds erg koud.
Heus spektakel
Meteoroloog Raymond Klaassen: “De kans is niet heel groot, maar het is zeker de moeite waard om even te kijken. Mooie parelmoerwolken kunnen een heus spektakel zijn. Het zou toch een mooi extra cadeautje zijn op pakjesavond.”
Afgelopen februari waren de stratosferische wolken in Nederland voor het eerst sinds 1996 te zien. Toen werden in de atmosfeer uitzonderlijk lage temperaturen gemeten.
In februari werden parelmoerwolken ook gezien boven Dublin:
Ten years after the Arizona UFO incident known as the 'Phoenix Lights', former Arizona Republican Governor Fife Symington, III, now says that he himself was a witness to one of the strange unidentified flying objects. "I witnessed a massive delta-shaped craft silently navigate over Squaw Peak.."
On March 13, 1997, one of the most massively witnessed UFO sightings occurred in the skies over and around Phoenix, Arizona. Witnessed by thousands of people and photographed by hundreds, there is no doubt that something was seen over the skies of Phoenix that night. The question remains - what did they see? The strange lights were sighted during a three hour period between 7:30pm and 10:30pm on March 13. They covered a 300 mile corridor from the Nevada line through Phoenix to the Northern edge of Tucson. Since thousands of witnesses called local Air Force bases, news stations, and UFO organizations with their reports, we are able to glean the exact route that the mysterious object took.
Dennis Kucinich, US Congressman & Presidential canidate.
Sighting Location: Graham, Washington, USA
Sighting Date:September 1982
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper, October 22, 2007 :
Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich has seen a UFO, writes Shirley MacLaine in her new book, "Sage-Ing While Age-Ing." Kucinich, she writes on page143-144 of the book, "had a close sighting over my home in Graham, Washington, when I lived there. Dennis found his encounter extremely moving. The smell of roses drew him out to my balcony where, when he looked up, he saw a gigantic triangular craft, silent, and observing him. It hovered, soundless, for ten minutes or so, and sped away with a speed he couldn't comprehend. He said he felt a connection in his heart and heard directions in his mind." During a Democratic Presidential debate in October, 2007 in Philadelphia, Tim Russert of NBC News asked Kucinich if he saw a UFO. "This is a serious question," Russert said before asking the question. The Chicago Tribune quotes the candidate's reply: "I did," Kucinich said. "And the rest of the account -- I didn't -- I -- it was unidentified flying object, okay. It's like -- it's unidentified. I saw something. "Now, to answer your question," Kucinich said, "I'm moving my -- and I'm also going to move my campaign office to Roswell, New Mexico and another one, an extra, to New Hampshire, okay... And also, you have to keep in mind that more -- that Jimmy Carter saw a UFO, and also that more people in this country have seen UFOs than, I think, approve of George Bush's presidency."
Reinhold Messner, famous mountain climber from Italy.
Date of sighting: 1981
Location of sighting: Katmandu, Nepal
KATMANDU, Nepal — Italian Reinhold Messner, one of the world's foremost mountaineers, said Friday he watched a UFO "the size of a full moon" for nearly three hours while climbing in the Himalayas.
On his return to Katmandu after an unsuccessful attempt on 24,248-foot Mount Chamlang, he said he spotted the UFO as it drifted south into Nepal from Tibet over the mighty snowcapped mountains. "It was moving very slowly," he said. "It moved eastward and then went again southwest and drifted finally north into Tibet." His climbing partner Doug Scott, a British schoolteacher, also sighted the object, he said, as did a nearby joint Polish-British expedition, but at a different time. "It could not be a satellite because they move in an eliptical manner." he said. "The movements of this object were irregular."
John Lennon.
Sighting Date: August 23, 1974
Sighting Location:New York City, New York, USA
August 23, 1974- John Lennon reports seeing a UFO in NYC. Lennon's sighting occurred when he was with his personal secretary, May Pang, in New York, at the time when he and Yoko Ono were separated. He refers to the experience on the cover of his album "Walls And Bridges", which was released in 1974, saying that he saw a UFO. May Pang reports in her book, "Loving John".... "We had just ordered up some pizzas and since it was such a warm evening, we decided to step out on the terrace," recalled Pang. "There were no windows directly facing us from across the street, so John just stepped outside with nothing on, in order to catch a cool breeze that was coming in right off the East River. I remember I was just inside the bedroom getting dressed when John started shouting for me to come out on the terrace. I yelled back that I would be right there but he kept screaming for me to join him in that instant. As I walked out onto the terrace, my eye caught this large, circular object coming towards us. It was shaped like a flattened cone and on top was a large, brilliant red light, not pulsating as on any of the aircraft we'd see heading for a landing at Newark Airport. When it came a little closer, we could make out a row or circle of white lights that ran around the entire rim of the craft - these were also flashing on and off. There were so many of these lights that it was dazzling to the mind. It was, I estimate, about the size of a Lear jet and it was so close that if we had something to throw at it, we probably would have hit it quite easily." Eerily the object passed by. "We often had helicopters flying above us but this was as silent as the night and about seventeen storeys above street level." The object flew off but returned later, by which time she and Lennon had set up a telescope through which they could view it in more detail. "The light was so brilliant coming from the craft that no additional details could be seen. We did take a couple of pictures but they turned out overexposed." They also rang a local newspaper to report the sighting and were told at least seven other people had seen the UFO too. "We even called the police, that's how excited we were, and they told us to keep calm, that others had seen it too." During what was left of the evening, John kept saying, "I can't believe it... I can't believe it... I've seen a flying saucer!"
Major General Vladimir Kovalyonok, Russian Cosmonaut
Date of sighting: May 5, 1981
Location of sighting: Orbiting Earth
Below is his drawing of the UFO he saw.
Many cosmonauts have seen phenomena which are far beyond the experiences of earthmen. For ten years I never spoke on such things. The encounter you asked me about happened on May 5, 1981, at about 6 PM, during the Saljut Mission. At that time we were over the area of South Africa, moving towards the area of the Indian ocean. I just made some gymnastic exercises, when I saw in front of me, through a porthole, an object which I could not explain. It is impossible to determine distances in Space. A small object can appear large and far away and the other way around. Sometimes a cloud of dust appears like a large object. Anyway, I saw this object and then something happened I could not explain, something impossible according to the laws of Physics. The object had this shape, elliptical, and flew with us. From a frontal view it looked like it would rotate in flight direction. It only flew straight, but then a kind of explosion happened, very beautiful to watch, of golden light. This was the first part. Then, one or two seconds later, a second explosion followed somewhere else and two spheres appeared, golden and very beautiful.
After this explosion I just saw white smoke, then a cloud-like sphere. Before we entered the darkness, we flew through the terminator, the twilight-zone between day and night. We flew eastwards, and when we entered the darkness of the Earth shadow, I could not see them any longer. The two spheres never returned.
Victor Afanasyev, Soviet Cosmonaut
Date of sighting: April 1979
Location of sighting: Earth orbit, enroute to Soviet Solyut 6 Space Station
Below photo is the drawing Victor Afanasyev made of the UFO he saw.
In April of 1979, Cosmonaut Victor Afanasyev lifted off from Star City to dock with the Soviet Solyut 6 space station. But while en route, something strange happened. Cosmonaut Afanasyev saw an unidentified object turn toward his craft and begin tailing it through space.
"It followed us during half of our orbit. We observed it on the light side, and when we entered the shadow side, it disappeared completely. It was an engineering structure, made from some type of metal, approximately 40 meters long with inner hulls. The object was narrow here and wider here, and inside there were openings. Some places had projections like small wings. The object stayed very close to us. We photographed it, and our photos showed it to be 23 to 28 meters away." In addition to photographing the UFO, Afanasyev continually reported back to Mission Control about the craft's size, its shape and position. When the cosmonaut returned to earth he was debriefed and told never to reveal what he knew, and had his cameras and film confiscated. Those photos and his voice transmissions from space have never been released. It is only now, with the collapse of the Soviet Union that Afanasyev feels that he can safely tell his story. "It is still classified as a UFO because we have yet to identify the object."
James McDivitt, NASA Astronaut, Gemini 4
Date of sighting: June 1965
Location of sighting: Orbiting Earth
In June 1965, Major James McDivitt saw, filmed, and photographed an object, which approached the Gemini IV (3rd June – 7th June 1965) capsule in which they were orbiting the Earth, passing over Hawaii. The UFO had a long arm sticking out of it.
Here is what Major James McDivitt repeated many times:
"I was flying with Ed White. He was sleeping at the time so I don't have anybody to verify my story. We were drifting in space with the control engines shut down and all the instrumentation off (when) suddenly (an object) appeared in the window. It had a very definite shape - a cylindrical object - it was white - it had a long arm that stuck out on the side. I don't know whether it was a very small object up close or a very large object a long ways away. There was nothing to judge by. I really don't know how big it was. We had two cameras that were just floating in the spacecraft at the time, so I grabbed one and took a picture of (the object) and grabbed the other and took a picture. Then I turned on the rocket control systems because I was afraid we might hit it. At the time we were drifting - without checking I have no idea which way we were going - but as we drifted up a little farther the sun shone on the window of the spacecraft. The windshield was dirty - just like in an automobile, you can't see through it. So I had the rocket control engines going again and moved the spacecraft so that the window was in darkness again - the object was gone. I called down later and told them what had happened and they went back and checked their records of other space debris that was flying around but we were never able to identify what it could have been. The film was sent back to NASA and reviewed by some NASA film technicians. One of them selected what he thought was what we talked about, at least before I had a chance to review it. It was not the picture - it was a picture of a sun reflection on the window."
Buzz Aldrin, NASA Astronaut
Date of sighting: July 18, 1969
Location of sighting: Moon
Buzz stated this in an interview:
Buzz Aldrin: There was something out there that, uh, was close enough to be observed and what could it be?
Narrator: Traveling along side of Apollo 11 was a mysterious object like this one (a ringed object at close range is shown), filmed on a later mission. If it wasn't part of their own rocket, it could only be one thing, a UFO. Aldrin: Mike (Collins) decided he thought he could see it in the telescope and he was able to do that and when it was in one position, that had a series of ellipses, but when you made it real sharp it was sort of L shaped. That didn't tell us very much. Dr. David Baker (Apollo 11 Senior Scientist): NASA knew very little about, um, the object reported by the Apollo 11 crew. It was obviously an unidentified flying object, but such objects were not uncommon and the history of even earth orbit space flights going back over the previous years indicated that several crews saw objects. Narrator: Despite having a clear view of the UFO, the crew were wary of reporting it to Mission Control. Aldrin: Now, obviously, the three of us were not going to blurt out, 'Hey Houston we got something moving along side of us and we don't know what it is, you know, can you tell us what it is?'. We weren't about to do that, cause we know that those transmissions would be heard by all sorts of people and who knows what somebody would have demanded that we turn back because of Aliens or whatever the reason is, so we didn't do that but we did decide we'd just cautiously ask Houston where, how far away was the S-IVB? Narrator: Unaware of the drama unfolding in space, Mission Control radioed the position back to Apollo 11. Mission Control: 'Apollo 11, Houston. The S-IVB is about 6,000 nautical miles from you now, over.' Aldrin: And a few moments later, why they came back and said something like it was 6,000 miles away because of the maneuver, so we really didn't think we were looking at something that far away, so we decided that after a while of watching it, it was time to go to sleep and not to talk about it anymore until we came back and (went through) debriefing.
Narrator: To this day, whatever it was that the crew saw has never been positively identified or officially acknowledged.
Gordon Cooper, NASA Astronaut.
Date of sighting: 1957
Location of sighting: Edwards Air Force Base, California, USA
In 1957, Cooper was one of an elite band of test pilots at Edwards Air Force Base in California, in charge of several advanced projects, including the installation of a precision landing system. "I had a camera crew filming the installation when they spotted a saucer. They filmed it as it flew overhead, then hovered, extended three legs as landing gear, and slowly came down to land on a dry lake bed! "These guys were all pro cameramen, so the picture quality was very good. "The camera crew managed to get within 20 or 30 yards of it, filming all the time. It was a classic saucer, shiny silver and smooth, about 30 feet across. It was pretty clear it was an alien craft. "As they approached closer it took off." When his camera crew handed over the film, Cooper followed standard procedure and contacted Washington to report the UFO and "all heck broke loose," he said. "After a while a high-ranking officer said when the film was developed I was to put it in a pouch and send it to Washington. "He didn't say anything about me not looking at the film. That's what I did when it came back from the lab and it was all there just like the camera crew reported." When the Air Force later started Operation Blue Book to collate UFO evidence and reports, Cooper says he mentioned the film evidence. "But the film was never found supposedly. Blue Book was strictly a cover-up anyway." Cooper revealed he's convinced an alien craft crashed at Roswell, N. Mex., in 1947 and aliens were discovered in the wreckage. "I had a good friend at Roswell, a fellow officer. He had to be careful about what he said. But it sure wasn't a weather balloon, like the Air Force cover story. He made it clear to me what crashed was a craft of alien origin, and members of the crew were recovered." Why has the government kept its UFO secrets for so many years? "It started in World War 2, when the government didn't want people to know about UFO reports in case they panicked," said Cooper. "They would have been fearful it was superior enemy technology that we had no defense against. "Then it got worse in the Cold War for the same reason. "So they told one untruth, they had to tell another to cover that one, then another, then another . . . it just snowballed. "And right now I'm convinced a lot of very embarrassed government officials are sitting there in Washington trying to figure a way to bring the truth out. They know it's got to come out one day, and I'm sure it will.
"America has a right to know!"
Richard Russell, US Senator.
Date of sighting: October 13, 1955
Location of sighting: Russian Federation
One of the most powerful U.S. senators in modern history actually eye-witnessed two UFO’s while on a fact-finding trip through Russia in 1955, and the U.S. government kept the sightings a secret for more than three decades. The incredible encounter is detailed in 12 TOP SECRET CIA, FBI, and Air Force reports, and declassified in 1985. Those startling reports reveal that Senator Richard B. Russell, Jr. (D-GA), then chairman of the Armed Services Committee, was on a Soviet train when he spotted a disc-shaped craft taking off near the tracks. He hurriedly called his military aide and interpreter to the window and they saw the UFO, plus another one that appeared a minute later. The astonished trio reported the sightings to the U.S. Air Force as soon as they were out of Russia.
The Air Force Intelligence report says Russell and his two traveling companions spotted the UFOs on October 4, 1955, while traveling by rail across Russia’s Transcaucasus region. "One disc ascended almost vertically, at a relatively slow speed, with its outer surface revolving slowly to the right, to an altitude of about 6000 feet, where its speed then increased sharply as it headed north," the report states. "The second flying disc was seen performing the same actions about one minute later. The take-off area was about 1-2 miles south of the rail line."
Walter Cronkite. CBS News anchor.
Date of sighting: 1950
Location of sighting: South Pacific
In the 1950s Cronkite was part of a pool of News Reporters brought out to a small South Pacific island to watch the test of a new Air Force missile. After a short inspection of the new system by the reporters, they were lead to an area that was a safe distance from the launch site. The missile was mounted on a specially-built launcher that was attached to a cement base. It was obvious that the area had been quickly built just for the test. The details about the missile were going to be given to the reporters in he form of hand-out sheets and press releases after the test.
Cronkite mentioned that he and the other reporters had been warned that photography of the missile test and any audio transmissions or recordings by the press were forbidden. They would have to give a written account of the event. Just as the test was ready to proceed, everyone was writing as fast as they could. As Air Force Security personnel walked around the perimeter of the test area with guard dogs and the news reporters watched, the missile was fired-up and about to be released. Just then, a large disc-type UFO appeared on the scene. Cronkite guessed that the object was about 50-60 feet in diameter, a dull grey color and had no visible means of propulsion. Because the noise of activity around him and the missile engine was so loud, he couldn't tell whether the disc made any noise. He did not notice any coming directly from the object. As Air Force guards ran toward the UFO with their dogs, the disc hovered about 30 feet off of the ground. It suddenly sent out a blue beam of light which struck the missile, a guard and a dog all at the same time. The missile was frozen in mid-air about 70 feet from the launcher as it had taken off. A guard was frozen in mid-step and a dog frozen in mid-air as it had jumped at the disc. Cronkite reminded me that this all happened within the space of about five minutes or less. Suddenly, the missile exploded! After that, the disc vanished. The guard and dog looked alright, but were quickly taken away by medical personnel always present at tests in case anyone became injured. At the same time, guards rapidly ushered the reporters into a concrete observation bunker. After about thirty minutes of sitting in that hot box, they were brought out into the air again and addressed by an Air Force Colonel. The officer told them, "It was all part of the test." Obviously making it up as he went along, the Colonel said that the event was "staged" to test media reaction to UFOs. He reinforced the usual line to the reporters that Flying Saucers were probably not extra-terrestrial, but what people were actually seeing was secret planes being tested by the Air Force. This test was designed to show the media how "shocking" it could be to suddenly view a new technology. Well, Cronkite was certain that what he viewed was a new technology, but he was also sure it was not an Earthly one! He didn't believe the Air Force explanation then, and he still didn't believe it at the time when he told me the story. After the event, reporters were told that since it was a test of media reaction to new technology, they could not report on it! But, they would be compensated later with exclusive stories on new Air Force projects (a promise that was never kept). Being as private as he was, Cronkite never did share with me his own beliefs about UFOs beyond the story he told me. I was so happy to have heard the story that I was afraid to ask anything further!
Clyde Tombaugh, Astronomer who discovered Pluto.
Date of sighting:August 20, 1949
Location of sighting: Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
Tombaugh was probably the preeminent astronomer to have reported seeing Unidentified Flying Objects. On August 20, 1949, Tombaugh saw several UFOs near Las Cruces, New Mexico. He described them as six to eight rectangular lights, stating "I doubt that the phenomenon was any terrestrial reflection, because... nothing of the kind has ever appeared before or since... I was so unprepared for such a strange sight that I was really petrified with astonishment." A similar shocked response has been reported by many other who claim to have seen mysterious aerial objects.
Tombaugh was also later to report having seen three of the mysterious Green Fireballs, which suddenly appeared over New Mexico in late 1948 and continued at least through the early 1950s. In 1956 Tombaugh had the following to say about his various sightings: "I have seen three objects in the last seven years which defied any explanation of known phenomenon, such as Venus, atmospheric optic, meteors or planes. I am a professional, highly skilled, professional astronomer. In addition I have seen three green fireballs which were unusual in behavior from normal green fireballs...I think that several reputable scientists are being unscientific in refusing to entertain the possibility of extraterrestrial origin and nature."
Christopher
ColumbusUFO sighting.
Date of sighting: October 11, 1492
Location of sighting: Atlantic Ocean
Even Christopher Columbus, it appears, saw a UFO. While patrolling the deck of the Santa Maria at about 10:00 PM on October 11, 1492, Columbus thought he saw "a light glimmering at a great distance." He hurriedly summoned Pedro Gutierrez, "a gentleman of the king's bedchamber," who also saw the light. After a short time it vanished, only to reappear several times during the night, each time dancing up and down "in sudden and passig gleams." The light, first seen four hours before land was sighted, was never explained."
Edmund Halley, discoverer of Halley's Comet sees UFO.
Date of sighting: March 1676
Location of sighting: United Kingdom
Edmund Halley, the astronomer who discovered Halley's comet, could recall two accounts involving unidentified crafts. His first experience was in March of 1676, when he saw a, as he said, "Vast body apparently bigger than the moon." He estimated it at 40 mi. above him. He also stated that it made a noise, "Like the rattling of a great cart over stones." After estimating the distance it traveled in a matter of minutes, he came to the conclusion that it moved at a speed greater than 9,600 m.p.h.
Alexander the Great records two great "flying shields." Date of sighting: 329 BC Location of sighting: Central Asia Alexander the Great records two great silver shields, spitting fire around the rims in the sky that dived repeatedly at his army as they were attempting a river crossing. The action so panicked his elephants, horses, and men they had to abandon the river crossing until the following day. Alexander the Great was not the first to see them nor was he the first to find them troublesome. He tells of two strange craft that dived repeatedly at his army until the war elephants, the men, and the horses all panicked and refused to cross the river where the incident occurred. What did the things look like? His historian describes them as "great shining silvery shields, spitting fire around the rims... things that came from the skies and returned to the skies."
UFO Cloaked In Cloud Dome Over Rhyl, UK On Dec 2016, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Cloaked In Cloud Dome Over Rhyl, UK On Dec 2016, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: December 2016
Location of sighting: Rhyl, United Kingdom
A UFO wanted to get a closer look over the UK this week and decided to bring its cloud cloak with it. The cloud is staying together well and clearly hiding something within it. Excellent photos and thanks to SecureTeam10 for the heads up. It makes sense, they want to get close, but not be seen, so they just make the cloud cloak move with them...they may even have walked on the surface around or in the houses below.
Here is the exact location it was seen (Google Map) but its not useful, since its not seen on the map itself, but was seen in person by the eyewitness.
Iedereen kent ze wel uit het kerstverhaal: de ster die de drie wijzen naar het kindje Jezus leidde. Maar nieuw onderzoek suggereert dat die 'ster' wel eens iets helemaal anders geweest zou kunnen zijn: een zeldzaam astronomisch fenomeen dat de komende 500.000 jaar zelfs niet eens meer zou voorkomen.
"De 'ster van Betlehem' houdt ons al eeuwenlang bezig", aldus Grant Mathews, professor theoretische astrofysica en kosmologie aan de universiteit van Notre Dame, die de theorie ontwikkelde. Hij probeert al meer dan een decennium te achterhalen wat er precies aan de hand was in die tijd. "Waar en wanneer verscheen de ster? Hoe zag ze eruit? Welke ster kan die dag zó helder hebben geschenen?"
Jupiter Wel, volgens zijn studie van astronomische, historische en bijbelse bronnen zouden in het jaar 6 voor Christus de zon, de maan, Jupiter en Saturnus allemaal in het sterrenbeeld Ram hebben gestaan, Venus in het sterrenbeeld Vissen en Mercurius en Mars in het sterrenbeeld Stier.
Voor de wijzen - de priesters van Zarathustra uit het oude Babylon en Mesopotamië - zou de opstelling in het sterrenbeeld Ram gewezen hebben op de geboorte van een nieuwe vorst in Judea. De combinatie van de maan en Jupiter wees op de komst van een heerser met een bijzonder lot, terwijl Saturnus het symbool was van het geven van leven.
Iets wat nog werd bevestigd doordat de Ram aanwezig was tijdens de zomerzonnewende dat jaar. "De wijzen zouden dat opgemerkt hebben in het oosten en dat zou hen aangezet hebben om op zoek te gaan naar de nieuwe koning", aldus Mathews.
Baby Iets wat wordt onderschreven door professor David Weintraub van de Vanderbilt University in het Amerikaanse Nashville. "De 'ster' leidde de wijzen dus niet naar de stal, ze vertelde hen gewoon wanneer ze op pad moesten gaan", vertelt hij. "Ze zullen ook geen pasgeboren baby gevonden hebben in een stal. Tegen de tijd dat ze de boodschap in de sterren ontcijferd hadden, zal het kind al zeker acht maanden geweest zijn. De opstelling begon op 17 april van het jaar 6 voor Christus met het opkomen van Jupiter en duurde tot 19 december van dat jaar, toen Jupiter niet langer naar het westen bewoog, maar even stil bleef staan en daarna naar het oosten ging."
Mattheus Volgens Weintraub zou dat ook de theorie zijn die Mattheus in het achterhoofd had toen hij zijn evangelie schreef, dat later in de bijbel werd opgenomen. In zijn tekst komen passages voor die hiernaar kunnen verwijzen. "Hij moet gedacht hebben dat het lezers kon overtuigen dat Jezus de profeet was."
Hoe dan ook, de astronomische opstelling in het jaar 6 voor Christus was een zeldzame gebeurtenis. Op een soortgelijke gebeurtenis is het nog 16.000 jaar wachten en dan zal de Ram niet eens aanwezig zijn tijdens de zomerzonnewende. Een compleet identieke opstelling is er sowieso niet de komende 500.000 jaar, zo hebben de wetenschappers uitgerekend.
This UFO was caught on the NASA All-sky cam, and shows a triangular UFO flying overhead. The edges of the triangle have Star Trek like Warp Engines on each side. The thing that is strangest, is that the UFO is semi cloaked, but becomes visible for a few seconds. Cloaks are vulnerable...especially to IR light, which may be the reason this UFO became visible here. Great catch by Nemesis Maturity of Youtube.
Scott C. Waring
Eyewitness states:
NASA’s All-Sky Cameras Caught a ‘cloaked starship’ Illuminates the Night Sky in New Mexico on December 2, 2016. The object’s luminous/shimmering appearance seemed to resemble a ‘cloaked starship’. It seems to fly very smoothly gliding effortlessly through the air.
UFO Cloaked In Cloud Dome Over Rhyl, UK On Dec 2016, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Cloaked In Cloud Dome Over Rhyl, UK On Dec 2016, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: December 2016
Location of sighting: Rhyl, United Kingdom
A UFO wanted to get a closer look over the UK this week and decided to bring its cloud cloak with it. The cloud is staying together well and clearly hiding something within it. Excellent photos and thanks to SecureTeam10 for the heads up. It makes sense, they want to get close, but not be seen, so they just make the cloud cloak move with them...they may even have walked on the surface around or in the houses below.
Here is the exact location it was seen (Google Map) but its not useful, since its not seen on the map itself, but was seen in person by the eyewitness.
So it was Saturday the 19th Nov 2016. Around 8pm at East Center St. Rutland, VT. Was getting ready to leave a friend’s driveway. Was looking up because the night sky was so clear. Wished to my self that a UFO would show up so I could share it with my friends.
Then I saw flashing lights, a possible plane, pretty far up, then it was stationary. With that I ran to my friends door and them come out (2 people) and pointed this out to them. almost due east. What’s nice was there was a normal plane up there too, so we could see how there was a difference. It ended up seeming very long, there were 2 lights separated by at least a few hundred feet. One red light, one white light. Could not see the shape of object.
We see another plane (both times, engines could be heard) but then new red and whites lights with all kinds of sparkling lights within a triangle shape. This was looking northeast and almost right above us at seemingly the same altitude again. Again a great way to show how different from the plane that was maybe a mile away from the sparkling triangle. The one female friend said she was getting scared of this one, the male of the party then went inside. Then I see a white lighted object moving across from my west headed to my north. Multiple red flashing lights turned on below it as it became stationary. Again it looked to be same altitude as the jets traveling. But I have seen this one twice before in as many years.
But have never reported because I felt they weren’t strong enough contacts, but with this 3rd sighting of it, I think it cements it enough to call it a sighting.
Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity Spaceship Makes 1st Solo Glide Flight
Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity Spaceship Makes 1st Solo Glide Flight
By Jeff Foust, SpaceNews Writer
WASHINGTON — Virgin Galactic's second SpaceShipTwo performed its first free flight Dec. 3, a glide test that begins the next phase in testing of the commercial suborbital spaceplane.
SpaceShipTwo, named VSS Unity, and its carrier aircraft, WhiteKnightTwo, took off from the Mojave Air and Space Port in California at about 9:50 a.m. EST (1450 GMT). The spaceplane separated from WhiteKnightTwo at 10:40 a.m. EST (1540 GMT), gliding back to a runway landing in Mojave 10 minutes later, according to updates provided by the company.
The glide flight, which Virgin Galactic declared a success, begins the next phase in testing of the long-delayed suborbital vehicle that is ultimately designed to carry space tourists and research payloads to an altitude of about 62 miles (100 kilometers), exposing them to several minutes of microgravity. [In Pictures: 1st Glide Flight of VSS Unity Spaceship]
Virgin Galactic's second SpaceShipTwo spacecraft, the VSS Unity, and its WhiteKnightTwo carrier aircraft roll out to a runway at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016 for Unity's first-ever solo glide test flight.
Credit: Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic had planned to carry out the glide flight Nov. 1, but high winds led flight controllers to keep SpaceShipTwo attached to WhiteKnightTwo, turning the mission into the second "captive carry" test flight of the vehicle, after one in September. A second attempt, Nov. 3, was aborted because of an unspecified technical issue discovered prior to the planned release.
The vehicles took to the air again Nov. 30 on another captive carry flight. "As part of our ground & flight testing, we made a few tweaks to the vehicle," Virgin Galactic said in a tweet, which were tested on that flight. The company did not disclose the nature of the changes.
The flight is the first in a series of glide flights to test the aerodynamic performance of the vehicle before moving ahead into powered flights. In an interview at the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Oct. 13, Virgin Galactic President Mike Moses said the number of flights will depend on how long it takes to achieve a set of test objectives.
"There's 10 glide flights' worth of targets," he said. "We could do those in 8 flights, or might take 15, but we're not going into the next phase before we clear those."
Once completed, SpaceShipTwo will begin a set of powered test flights. The first SpaceShipTwo, named VSS Enterprise, was performing its fourth powered test flight when it crashed in October 2014, killing co-pilot Michael Alsbury and injuring pilot Peter Siebold.
An investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board concluded that the vehicle broke up when Alsbury prematurely unlocked the vehicle's feathering mechanism, causing the tail section to rise up as the vehicle accelerated through Mach 1. The investigation criticized vehicle developer Scaled Composites for not taking steps to prevent such a premature unlocking and for creating a heavy workload for pilots of the vehicle.
The stand-down after the accident gave Virgin Galactic time to work on the vehicle's hybrid rocket motor, whose development had been troubled. "If the spaceship was ready, we could do a powered flight tomorrow," Moses said in October.
This story was provided by SpaceNews, dedicated to covering all aspects of the space industry.
Cargo Spaceship Crash and Pluto's Heavy Heart: The Week's Top Space Stories
Cargo Spaceship Crash and Pluto's Heavy Heart: The Week's Top Space Stories
By SPACE.com Staff
The left "lobe" of Pluto's heart-shaped feature is a 600-mile-wide (1,000 kilometers) ice plain known as Sputnik Planitia.
Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI
A Russian cargo vessel crashed shortly after launching toward the International Space Station, and astronomers came up with a new hypothesis about Pluto's iconic heart. Here are the most interesting things that happened in the universe this week.
Russian cargo ship crashes and burns
An uncrewed Russian cargo spacecraft fell back to Earth shortly after launching toward the International Space Station on Thursday (Dec. 1). Despite the failure, there's no danger that the six astronauts aboard the orbiting lab will run out of supplies, NASA officials said. [Full Story: Russian Space Cargo Ship Destroyed in Failed Launch, Debris Burns Up]
Buzz Aldrin evacuated from South Pole
Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin was medically evacuated from the South Pole and flown to New Zealand, where he is recovering. Aldrin has fluid in his lungs, "but is responding well to antibiotics," the tour operator that organized his trip said. [Full Story: Astronaut Buzz Aldrin in 'Good Spirits' After Evacuation From South Pole]
A new hypothesis about Pluto's heart
The huge icy plain on Pluto known as Sputnik Planitia may not overlie an impact crater, as many researchers had assumed, a new study reports. [Full Story: Pluto's Heavy Heart Shaped Dwarf Planet's Landscape]
"Alpha Centauri" is getting the boot — the longstanding star name has been displaced by its ancient counterpart in a new International Astronomical Union catalog that designates 227 official names for different stars in the sky. [Full Story: Alpha Centauri Gets a New Moniker as 227 Star Names Are Clarified]
Tracking the shadow of a possibly Earth-like exoplanet
Another private moon-race team reserves a rocket ride
A Berlin-based group of rocket scientists and engineers are aiming to land a pair of privately funded Audi-branded robotic rovers on the moon and drive them to inspect NASA's Apollo 17 lunar roving vehicle. [Full Story: Moon-Race Team Reserves Rocket to Land Rovers Near Apollo 17 Site]
The Most Interesting Science News Articles of the Week
The Most Interesting Science News Articles of the Week
By Live Science Staff
Credit: vchal | Shutterstock.com
Each week we uncover the most interesting and informative articles around, here are 10 of the coolest stories in Science this week.
1,000-Year-Old Viking Toolbox Found at Mysterious Danish Fortress:
A Viking toolbox found in Denmark has been opened for the first time in 1,000 years, revealing an extraordinary set of iron hand tools that may have been used to make Viking ships and houses, according to archaeologists. [Full Story]
US Military Develops 'Multi-Object Kill Vehicle' to Blast Enemy Nukes:
The new weapon is designed to find, track and destroy multiple enemy warheads — even if they are accompanied by decoys. [Full Story]
Tornado Cluster Sizes Skyrocket, and No One Knows Why:
Tornados are behaving strangely: The number of tornado outbreaks per year is fairly constant, but the number of tornados per outbreak has skyrocketed. And scientists aren't entirely sure why. [Full Story]
Ravenous 14-Foot Python Caught with 3 Deer in Its Gut:
A Burmese python in the Everglades with a penchant for venison gulped down three whole deer — one doe and two fawns — before wildlife officials captured and euthanized it, a new study reveals. [Full Story]
Why Aspartame May Prevent Weight Loss:
Researchers found how aspartame could be linked with a condition called metabolic syndrome. [Full Story]
Antarctic Ice Shelf Could Collapse Within 100 Years, Study Finds:
The West Antarctic Ice Sheet is melting from the inside out, which could lead to worldwide coastal flooding. [Full Story]
Russian Space Cargo Ship Destroyed in Failed Launch, Debris Burns Up:
A Russian Progress 65 cargo ship fell back to Earth in pieces after a catastrophic launch failure, Russian space agency officials said Dec. 1, 2016. [Full Story]
Nesting Doll Pyramid: Ancient Mayan Structure Found InsideChichen Itza:
Archaeologists have confirmed that the iconic Pyramid of El Castillo in eastern Mexico is actually a pyramid within a pyramid within a pyramid. [Full Story]
Crocodile Mummy Kept Dozens of Baby Crocs Under Wraps:
High-resolution scans of a sizable Egyptian crocodile mummy revealed unexpected stowaways that the croc had literally been keeping under wraps for 2,000 years. [Full Report]
Stashed Cash: Rare Ming Dynasty Banknote Found Inside Chinese Sculpture:
Art experts in Australia have found a rare paper banknote from the Ming Dynasty of Imperial China hidden inside an antique wooden sculpture that was being prepared for auction. [Full Story]
Stranded Whale Euthanized in Long Island Bay:
A humpback whale that stranded on a sandbar in Long Island's Moriches Bay on Nov. 20 was euthanized on Wednesday (Nov. 23), after attempts to move the animal into deeper waters were unsuccessful. [Full Story]
Sweat Detectors? Tiny Sensors Use Perspiration to Track Health:
These adhesive sensors can read what's going on in your body based on your sweat, and could eventually provide an alternative to blood tests, according to researchers. [Full Story]
Planetary Scientists: Alien Life Might Not Need Planets to Evolve and Survive
Planetary Scientists: Alien Life Might Not Need Planets to Evolve and Survive
This animation shows the coldest brown dwarf yet seen, and the fourth closest system to our sun.
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Penn State
This diagram illustrates the locations of the star systems closest to the sun. The year when the distance to each system was determined is listed after the system's name.
Scientists at the University of Edinburgh recently asserted that alien life could thrive in the atmospheres of brown dwarfs.
This revelation opens new doors in relation to where we should look for life beyond Earth and could set new targets for the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope.
LIFE IN A COLD BROWN DWARF
In the hunt for a celestial body that could host life (specifically, life like that found on Earth), scientists have typically looked for planets with surfaces similar to our own — about the same temperature, same chemical makeup, and, ideally, with liquid water like that from which we evolved. Now, a whole new group of space objects has joined the list of potential life-supporting hosts, and they don’t have a planet-like surface at all.
Researchers from the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom have proposed that we look for life in the upper atmospheres of cold brown dwarfs. These “failed stars” have the same elements found in traditional stars, but they lack the mass to ignite. Somewhere between the size of a planet and a star, they can boast atmospheres that hover around temperatures that would be considered comfortable on Earth and with about the same pressure levels.
“You don’t necessarily need to have a terrestrial planet with a surface,” Jack Yates, a planetary scientist who led the study, told Science.
THE HUNT IS ON
This development would open up a whole new arena in the hunt for extraterrestrial life, just maybe not life that looks like we do.
Microbes like those that lurk high above our own atmosphere could be discovered, or perhaps we’d find some of the sky plankton Carl Sagan coined “sinkers.” “Floaters,” organisms that manipulate their body pressure to rise and fall within an atmosphere, could also be hovering above cold brown dwarfs.
Though we only know of a handful of cold brown dwarfs right now, about 10 of those are likely to be within 30 light-years of Earth. With the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) set to launch in just over a year, we may have our answer as to whether these bodies host life sooner rather than later.
Not only would it be a huge discovery if they do, it would also throw out the window our preconceived notions about where to look for life beyond our planet.
Filer’s Files # 49 – 2016 Communication with ET - PART I
Disc near Port Macquarie, Australia on November 1, 2016
Filer’s Files # 49 – 2016 Communication with ET - PART I
In special reports, this week’s files cover: Wilbert Smith Discusses Communication with Aliens, Strange Photos Appearing, Searching for Gold in Space, Allen Hynek, Chile Jesuit Missionaries UFO Sighting ,and China’s New J-20 Fighter.
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over Arizona, California, Florida, Kentucky, Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas.
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over Australia, Canada, Chile. India, Ireland, Poland, Russia, and England in the United Kingdom.
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Wilbert Smith Discusses Communication with Aliens
In a just recovered 1961 interview with television station CJOH, the former head of the official Canadian Government UFO investigations Wilbert Smith, was asked a number of questions about what he had learned during his days of investigating flying saucers for the Canadian government.
Wilbur Smith stated,
“In 1950 I was attending a rather slow-moving broadcasting conference in Washington D.C. and found that the U.S. government had a highly classified project set up to study flying saucers so I reasoned that with so much smoke maybe I should look for the fire.” He was able to get permission to become the Official Director of the Canadian Government’s UFO Investigation in 1950
He was one of the foremost communications experts of the day and worked as the chief radio engineer for the Canadian government. In 1956, he headed the countries radio regulations department. More importantly, he was in charge of monitoring 50,000 radio frequencies in Canada, and ran the Top Secret “Radio Ottawa” where spies would radio in to intelligence services.
Q: Have you communicated with aliens?
Smiths answer (A) “Some of the communications have been on a face-to-face basis but I have not been so honored myself. Some of the communications have been by ordinary radio, and I have received a few messages by this means. But by far the majority of the communications are by what we call Tensor Beam transmission, which uses a type of radio with which we are only vaguely familiar, and which I couldn’t possibly attempt to describe now. However, the mental images of the person wishing to transmit are picked up electrically amplified and modulated into a tensor beam, which is directed to the person to whom the transmission is addressed, and within whose brain the mental images are recreated. The transmissions are therefore very precise, and independent of language. I have had some experience with these transmissions myself and can say that they are like nothing within the conventional experiences of earth people.”
Wilbur Smith’s writes UFOs are the most highly classified subject in US
Q: Do you believe that flying saucers are real?
A: Yes. I am convinced that they are just as real and tangible as most things we deal with in our everyday lives.
Q: Why do you think they are real?
A: Because thousands of people have seen them, many under circumstances, which virtually preclude misinterpretation, many of these sightings have been coordinated with radar fixes. Photographs have been taken and physical evidence has been accumulated.
Q: Have you ever seen a flying saucer yourself?
A: I have seen several objects which I concluded were flying saucers simply because they couldn’t be anything else.
General Ramey and Col Dubose with Roswell debris
Q: Have you, you actually handled any material believed to be from a flying saucer?
A: If by that you mean material substance showing evidence of fabrication through intelligent effort and not originating on this planet, I have. But I cannot say from my own knowledge that it was ever part of a flying saucer. Unfortunately, most of my contacts in this direction were through classified channels, which for some particular reason, which I could never fathom, insisted in “Classifying” these matters, and I am not at liberty to discuss them further.
Q: How long have you been studying flying saucers?
A: I didn’t get around to active participation until 1950, when I was attending a rather slow-moving broadcasting conference in Washington D.C. and having some free time on my hands, I circulated around asking a few questions about flying saucers, which stirred up a hornet’s nest. I found that the U.S. government had a highly classified project set up to study them, so I reasoned that with so much smoke maybe I should look for the fire. So I set about gathering as much sighting data as I could get a hold of and analyzing it, from which I concluded that there was a 91% probability that the saucers were real, and a 60% probability that they were alien craft of some kind.
Q: What is the “official” view of flying saucers?
A: I don’t even know if there is one, in Canada. It has been my experience that no one who takes even a little time to study the evidence available publicly remains skeptic very long. This is quite apart from those who have had access and studied the larger files of evidence collected by private and semi-official organizations.
Wings markings in Roswell beam debris.
Q: What have you found out about flying saucers?
Courtesy of Roswell Photo Interpretation Team)
A: There is much evidence that people who build and fly flying saucers are people very much like us. They have been seen on many occasions and there are many claims of personal contact having been established with them. Communications with these people tell us that they are our distant relatives; that we are descendants of their colonists on this planet, and that they still regard us as brothers even though we don’t often act like it. There is much evidence that the technology of these people is quite a bit ahead of ours, and that through study of the behavior of the saucers and from the alleged communications we have been able to piece together some of this amazing technology. We are informed that these people are really civilized, in that they regard all men as brothers; that they do not have wars, and live under conditions of personal freedom of which we cannot conceive.
Q: Have you any indication of why the saucers are here at this time?
A: There is much evidence in history, legend and the Bible, that flying saucers have visited this planet on many occasions in the past and that the present visitation is nothing new; it is simply a bit more intense than in the past and we have better news dissemination means now. I think that these people from elsewhere are concerned with our playing with atomic energy, and about our plans for space travel and interplanetary exploration and conquest. I am sure that they do not hold us in very high esteem, and are worried about what we might do if we ever got loose in space with nuclear weapons.
Q: Have you any ideas about how flying saucers operate?
A: they are not nearly so self-limited in science as we are. Our observations indicate that the saucers can hover indefinitely in one place, or they can dart off with very high accelerations. Also, they can change direction quickly; all this with utter disregard of the laws of inertia, as we understand them. From this we conclude that they must understand these laws better that we do and have found ways of getting around the situation. Our own work along these lines, aided by tips from outside, indicates that the trick is through gravity control wherein the earth’s gravity field is bent to accommodate the action required.
Painting of Madonna and Child by Jacopo Del Sellaio in Palazzo Vecchio, Italy – 1485)
Q: How do you think flying saucers affect religion?
A: As far as I can determine, these people from elsewhere are a great deal more religious than we are. They believe in a Supreme Creator, the brotherhood and divinity of Man, and a plan for the evolution of all. To these people, their religion is a matter of daily reality, not just Sunday profession, and they certainly seem to practice what we preach. I can find no contradictions with any of the religions of this planet
Q: Do you have any idea where these people come from?
A: I am informed through the many contacts that these people come from everywhere; that there is no place in the universe where men can live that he does not live.
Q: How about traveling about in the universe? Doesn’t it take a terribly long time?
A: I am afraid our ideas about certain things are due for a severe revision in the not too distant future. I am informed that time is not at all what we think it is, but is in fact variable. Also, that the velocity of light is not at all a limiting velocity. It merely appears so to us because we can’t see any faster. I understand that these people from elsewhere can and do travel about a great deal and they don’t take years to do it.
A: “I have made no secret of the information with which I am entrusted, and will gladly pass it on to anyone who is sincerely interested and wants to learn. I am NOT a missionary.”
Note: According to Smith’s son Jim Smith, shortly before his death in 1962 Wilbert called his son in, and told him that he had in fact seen the alien bodies from a crash, and had been shown a crashed flying saucer outside of Washington D.C., while conducting the official Canadian investigation. The 1961 interview continues. Thanks to Nick Balaskas who recovered this interview. The Smith files are held at the University of Ottawa and at: http://www.presidentialufo.com/quotes.htm
Strange Photos Appearing
I really devoured Filer’s Files #48 and found this very interesting. If you remember about a year ago, you published one of my pictures of Mary, a picture that appeared on our living room ceiling (far left. There is and was a striking resemblance to one that had just appeared in one of the Filer’s Files (Right photo).
I am also enclosing a picture that a friend of mine recently took in one of the tower windows at Swannanoa on top of Afton Mountain here in Virginia.
This picture (bottom right) captured my attention and when I enlarged it, the bearded image bears a striking resemblance to Robert’s (bottom left) when he took a picture of himself, that he felt resembled that of Jesus. I don’t know what any of this means, but I thought that it was interesting. Love and Light,
Dan Johnson
Searching for Gold in Space
HOUSTON — If humans eventually want to become a space-faring species, we’ll need to be able to collect basic resources, like water, straight from the space environment; it’s too expensive and risky to send everything up from Earth, most experts agree.
As such, multiple companies are now trying to initiate a space mining industry, which could provide those basic resources for space travelers, or for robotic space operations. In the future, asteroids or the moon could even provide humans with resources that are rare on Earth, such as precious metals.
An Illustration of Deep Space Industries’ small Firefly-class Archimedes spacecraft
But there are major hurdles that need to be overcome before space mining can get off the ground, so to speak. Representatives from various companies pursuing space mining activities recently spoke about the state of the industry. The small probes are designed for one-way trips to investigate asteroid targets for potential mining. Here at the 2016 Space Commerce Conference [How Asteroid Mining Could Work (Infographic)]
Planetary Resources is one of several private companies hoping to mine the precious metals and water ice from asteroids. Many of the speakers on the panel made comparisons between space mining and terrestrial coal mining or offshore oil and gas drilling. Among other issues, that comparison leads to the idea of a mining supply chain, which refers to the activities that support the actual extraction of the desired materials. In terrestrial mining, that could mean everything from the team that surveys the land to find the best place to extract material, to the company that supplies food to the miners.
“The supply chain has a real place in terrestrial mining, and I’m suggesting that it also has a real place in off-planet mining,” said Dale Boucher, CEO of Deltion Innovations Ltd., which has been n working with NASA to build robotic mining technology for the moon.
Boucher said that for terrestrial mining, the supply chain can be broken into four major categories: exploration (to find a site that contains the stuff a company wants to mine for), development (essentially setting up an infrastructure to support the mining activity), operations (actual mining), and closure (on Earth, this typically entails returning the mining site to nature). Many terrestrial mining companies rely on outside companies to provide various aspects of the supply chain, and the same will likely be true for space mining companies, Boucher said. Therefore, there is an opportunity for other groups to get involved in space mining without actually doing the mining themselves.
“During the gold rush, if you’re going to be in the supply chain, you don’t want to be doing the actual mining,” he said. “What you want to be doing is selling the 50 pounds of flour and 10 pounds of baking grease to the guys who are going up there and struggling and looking for gold,” he said.
Another speaker on the panel, Chris Lewicki, president and CEO of Planetary Resources, made another comparison between space mining and the gold rush.
Sutter’s Mill, California Getty’s Image. What’s that object above the Mill?
“I would love to be the first gold miner in Sutter’s Mill [in California] and in the Yukon [in Canada], where gold mining [consisted of] walking up the street and picking up the shiny things,” he said. “And what people don’t realize is that space resources will start from a base that is very similar to that.”
In the early days of space mining, companies may find that the materials they are pulling out of the moon or asteroids are relatively abundant and easy to collect, and that competition is low, Lewicki said. That means companies won’t have to produce a large amount of product in order to make a profit. “Low return, low production; basic technology is how this starts,” he said.
Of course, traveling to those space resources is much more difficult than walking up the street to the creek to pan for gold, Lewicki noted. In addition, building a supply chain for space mining will be extremely difficult, some of the speakers pointed out. Daniel Faber is CEO of Deep Space Industries, a company interested in exploration missions for space mining. Faber said the cost of launching those exploration spacecraft is so high that it might make those exploration missions impractical.
“Launch is the biggest thing slowing us down right now,” he said. “We can do an exploration campaign for $3.5 million. But the launch is going to cost us 10 [million dollars]. And that’s a boot in the teeth for an exploration company.” Credit: Deep Space Industries Karl Tate Space.com
Alien Mars Mine.
There is strong evidence that both our moon and Mars have been mined. Mining is occurring on our Moon and Mars. ‘Yah’ or ‘YhHwh’ is marked on the edge of the Mars mine indicating ownership.
Interestingly the Hebrew God is spelled YHWH (Yahwey.) Blowing winds do not spell out words. So can be sure intelligence on Mars made the sign. We can also speculate this intelligence came to Earth with sign language as is told in Sumerian, Hebrew and Egyptian ancient writings. Thanks to European Space Agency images.
Allen Hynek
At a hearing in the U.S. House of Representatives, Symposium before the Committee on Science and Astronautics on July 29, 1968, Allen Hynek took some of his significant UFO reports out of wraps and presented them to the committee. He said,
“He admitted he first regarded the UFO subject as “rank nonsense.” But in describing his changed opinion he said;
“I have been led to a conclusion quite different . . . the cumulative weight of continued reports from groups of people from around the world, whose competence and sanity I have no reason to doubt, reports involving close encounters with unexplainable craft, with physical effects on animals, motor vehicles, plants, and on the ground, has led me reluctantly to the conclusion that either there is a scientifically valuable subset of reports in the UFO phenomena, or that we have a world society containing people who are articulate, sane and reputable in all matter save UFO reports.”
Dr. Allen Hynek
“. . . when one or more obviously reliable persons reports – as has happened many times – that a brightly illuminated object hovered a few hundred feet above their automobile, and that during the incident their car motor stopped, the headlights dimmed or went out, and the radio stopped playing only to have these functions return to normal after the disappearance of the UFO, it is clearly another matter.”
“By what right can we summarily ignore their testimony and imply that they are deluded or just plain liars? Would we so treat these same people if they were testifying in court, under oath, on more mundane matters?” 14
He also wrote a letter to his boss, Colonel Ray Sleeper (Oct. 7, 1968) which exposed the myriad problems of Blue Book and chastised the Air Force for releasing astronomical answers to cases without consulting him. Editor’s Note: Ray Sleeper visited me in my home and discussed UFOs and Dr. Hynek. Colonel Sleeper had personally observed UFOs while flying a B-52. He was ordered to fire Hynek, but then told to cancel the firing. Dr. Hynek made statements that were often controversial and in disagreement with Air Force point of view.
Then he wrote his book The UFO Experience (Chicago: Henry Regnery Co., 1972), including within that letter and information he had gathered concerning problems in the Colorado Study, and published it four years later. This book can be considered a direct result of all these pressures. Hynek once again explained to the world what had happened, this time more completely and including his scientific methodology.
So I finally conclude, his reversal with the Air Force, involvement with the Enquirer, the call he had made to me, and the observed strength of the cases he chose to detail in his own book and at the hearings at which he testified, make no real sense unless the man was truly searching for his own honest answer to one of the world’s most intriguing mysteries.
Clicking here will take you to my “devil’s advocate” piece by piece analysis of an essay, “Some Thoughts on J. Allen Hynek, written by Richard M. Dolan in which he asserts Dr. Hynek was a mole for the CIA. In it one will find more of my historical research which I believe directly refutes that theory. Thanks to Jerry Cohen. Order book at: https://www.amazon.com/UFO-Experience-Scientific-Inquiry/dp/156924782X
Chile Jesuit Missionaries UFO Sighting
SAN IGNACIO DE IPANE “On the 10th of August of 1631 something strange and luminous was seen to fly in the heavens. Between six and seven in the evening, a luminous globe of strange grandeur was seen to rise, flying unhurriedly and rather slowly, over the town, like a full moon. It gave off a large number of sparks toward the east, and upon reaching the western horizon, blazed with greater light, which was then diminished. In the time it takes to recite the Apostle’s Creed, it issued a tremendous report like thunder. A few kilometers away from this reduction there is a region belonging to the Chaco Province known as Campo del Cielo (due to the large number of meteorites that once fell in the area), making it possible to think that another meteor was involved, but when the document is analyzed word by word, as researcher
Antonio Las Heras did in one of his excellent works on the subject, we have no choice but to allow some room for doubt, and the possibility that the object reported was not a meteorite. The object traveled slowly. It “gained altitude”, thus making it one of the first eyewitness reports of a UFO takeoff in this region, which covers the province of Misiones, near the Brazil-Paraguay border. Without going into detail like this excellent Argentinean researcher has done, we believe that the document in question is a valuable one, providing evidence that we have been visited by the these flying objects over the ages, objects whose point of origin we are hesitant to define. NOTE: The above image is CGI. Ken Pfeifer MUFON NJ www.worldufophotos.org
China’s New J-20 Fighter
The Black Eagle will certainly be the sharpest and most agile sword in the Chinese inventory, and it will be able to sneak in and deliver some crippling blows to any nearby adversary. This aircraft can keep you up at night if you’re parking C2ISR (Command/Control Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance) or Carrier Groups somewhere offshore. Armed with capable air-to-air missiles, and pilots trained in LO tactics, it’s enough the outclass any US fourth generation fighter while BVR (Beyond Visual Range) or provide highly capable strike and standoff to China’s leaders.
We don’t know much about the J-20 Black Eagle yet, but as more are built and tested details will emerge. We have yet to see if the larger WS-15 engines will be fitted, and personally, I’m interested in seeing what kind of low observable (LO) stealth performance capabilities the Chinese will be able to incorporate into the aircraft.
Some researchers speculate that the J-20 will have similar performance and agility as a Raptor; some think it will be a fighter/bomber only. I believe it has the ability to quickly penetrate enemy defenses, deliver weapons, and safely retreat. It’s not going to be an overly capable dogfighter.
From the J-20’s size to wing area alone, one can see that it simply will not be a highly maneuverable fighter. Especially with the weaker Saturn engines. It will be fast, and stealthy by some measure, but looking at the design and numbers we have on the J-20, I just don’t see it performing like a Raptor on most fronts.
US F-22 Rapter
Remember those figures from above that I asked you to remember? The J-20 is a large and heavy bird, that can possibly carry a lot of fuel, and it has smallish wings and lower thrust as compared to similar “fighters.”
What I can see the J-20 is shaped about as well as can be expected for a fighter aircraft (go figure, it looks like a Raptor, which was heavily tested and tweaked for stealth considerations). Front hemisphere designs appear to be in accordance with standard radar laws, with parallel lines, and minimum rough or flat edges. The J-20 uses angled chines along the sides of the aircraft (like the F-22), and a hidden engine intake design both to help lower side-section and front aspect RCS (Radar Cross Section).
Of course, a close-up examination of the J-20 will decide if the Chinese LO craftsmanship is up to par with Western standards. The tail section and engine nozzles appear to have little to no stealth treatments or shaping.Website
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Filer’s Files # 49 – 2016 Communication with ET - PART II
Filer’s Files # 49 – 2016 Communication with ET - PART II
UFO Sightings in the United States
Arizona Light
Pheonix— At my backyard, I noticed something strange hovering above the area on October 4, 2016..I realized it is something really strange, I ran in the house and grabbed my binocular and my digital camera ( Canon 450 D with 55200 lens ). It was a shape shifting Trans dimensional entity/object that at some point transformed itself into the perfect orb/portal and hovered above without any sound for several hours. A half hour later a metallic object, ascended and hovered as well beside the orb/portal. It then descended into the orb/portal. The orb/portal still hovered for some time and then starts moving zig zag and suddenly descends. I realized that our realm is not the only one. Thanks to MUFON CMS
California Object
Mt Shasta — While I was driving up to Washington from California I took four pictures of Mt Shasta from my car on April 25, 2016… I was not looking very closely because I was driving. Funny thing is I never really looked at these pictures till I was freeing up some storage space and found them. I’m not saying these are aliens, but it’s not anything I’ve ever seen. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Florida Lights
West Palm Beach — I did not see a UFO, I had contact with the alien face to face. I was inches away from the leader. They looked like big grasshoppers and only communicate with each other by thinking about it. There weakness is the neck that is very small. They like to fight. I was thinking about ripping its head off but I was walking with my wife and granddaughter. When I started thinking about fighting an alien came out from the group and challenged me. I would have loved to kick it as it was a cocky bug. The third one just stayed in the bushes. Later, I realized I was communicating with them. Thanks to MUFON and http://thenightsky.org/images/phenomenon/brisbane/brisbane.jpg for the image.
Kentucky Light
Benton — I’ve already posted a broad summary on some of the things that are my family’s normal sightings from age 7 to now. I had no video evidence so I went outside and got some. These are from two different nights about November 14, 2016. It’s not the most common object we see, but it is one we see most evenings. It comes at dusk and normally stays a couple hours. What we refer to as a non star stays until dawn normally and then leisurely flies away. This one effects my cell phone battery. I have a lot more pictures and videos. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Louisiana Triangle
Shreveport— I had gone outside to smoke and looked up and there was this object flying directly overhead on November 3, 2016. It was too slow to be an airplane and made no sound. This thing was huge and had four lights on it. I saw it very well. It was black with white lights on each tip and a red light on the underbelly. It was gone too fast to go back inside to grab a camera as we have woodlands pretty much around us. I have attached a picture I got from the internet. It is what I saw. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Minnesota Light
Redwood Fall — One night my son stayed up late and decided to go outside on our back deck in October. He looked up and in the sky he saw this incredible object that was very bright. It was above the apartment complex next to our house. He heard no noise. We do have a hospital helicopter and a small airport but you always hear them when they are flying. We live in a very small river valley town of a population of 5,000. There is a big municipal park within eyesight. My friend before this sighting swore he saw little people just sitting across the street by the church. He came home panicked and scared. He described them as short little beings that ran down a ravine with running water. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Oklahoma Objects
Tulsa— These four objects were headed towards each other on November 19, 2016. Then two went towards the Earth and one flew west, the other one north and then they disappeared. This occurred about 5:20 PM, this evening. I was in my car. Note: The witness has experienced other sightings during the night and day for past few days. Thanks to William Puckett, Director Http://www.UFOsnw.com
Pennsylvania Cylinder
Slippery Rock — I was going out to film at sunset, when I seen this object, When I zoomed in I could see it had red and blue stripes in it and stayed the same size, At first I thought it was an airplane but it was flat in the front not like an airplane. I filmed it two times, one 47 seconds, and the other about 27 seconds, and it went out of sight. Thanks to MUFON Thanks to MUFON CMS Note: This is likely an aircraft vapor trail.
Tennessee Oval Light
Nashville — On November 19, 2016, the object was stationary and even though you can’t tell in the picture, it had three distinct lights. The shape was the same shape as the light you see in the picture, although it has a dark outline.
I saw the same thing in Nashville, TN on Nov 19, 2016. It didn’t move either and had been there for 20 minutes. I know you can’t tell in the picture, but it had three distinct lights on it. I took a picture of what I saw and it looks just like this. Thanks to William Puckett, Director Http://www.UFOsnw.com
Texas Wing
Midland — I was in my office facing west on November 27, 2016, and took a photo with my Samsung cell phone of the sunset. I did not see anything unusual at the time of the photo, nor did my coworker.
Three days later I reviewed my photo and noticed the green sphere towards top of photo. Anonymity will be removed once my military status changes. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Worldwide UFO Sightings
Australia Disc and Light
Taree and Port Macquari — Myself and five others were at a westward lookout facing a mountain range. My eldest (17 years) spotted something hovering and it appeared to be jumping left to right rapidly, giving off white flashes. I had the handy cam so these pictures are only frame grabs. The battery went flat! It was fully charged and was charged 30 minutes prior. I only just switched it on. We then saw a huge flash of white and it was gone.
Note: One wonders if the UFO caused electromagnetic interference resulting in the malfunction of a fully charged camcorder? This has been reported in the vicinity of other UFO’s. Thanks to William Puckett, Director Website
Maryborough — I have attached five photos that I took on the November 14, 2016, at 1915 hours. Four images show a colored sphere, number three shows nothing; the other four are quite clear blue color up and to the right of the full moon, Clouds show but only to the level of the moon. I am a retired Australian infantry Warrant Officer, and a qualified Chief Flying Instructor, retired, 75 years old in December ’16, I have no medical issues that affect me, I am not after any publicity, and all I require is for someone who is capable of seeing what I see! Thanks to MUFON CMS
Canada Lights
Ottawa — I was driving to the grocery store on November 5, 2016, I saw a light in the sky that at first I thought was an airplane, and then I noticed there were two lights. It kind of looked like two airplanes. I approached the parking lot, and it was apparent to me that these weren’t airplanes. They hadn’t really moved much and were looking bigger and brighter. I parked my car in the grocery store parking lot, facing the lights in the sky. The lights were much larger and brighter at this point; I had to film it, because I couldn’t figure out what they were. The light on the right appeared to be pulsating, getting bigger, smaller, like it was changing size/and shape. I made a quick video of it and then decided to take pictures. I tried zooming in and clicked repeatedly. I think I’m hallucinating, it’s so bizarre. The one picture shows the little gray shape just before it disappeared. The light on the left just hung around for a few minutes more and starts flashing. I may have actually finally seen an unknown object. Thanks to MUFON CMS
India Lights
People thought it was just an airplane, but it was a massive object in November.
After the first one disappeared out of sight a few seconds later a second one was seen going in the same direction as the first one.
Thanks to MUFON CMS
Ireland Lights
Leiteim — On November 25, 2016, I was walking my dogs up a county road and suddenly witnessed bright lights in a local farmer’s field.
It seemed odd as I’ve walked that path many times and never seen anything like this! I took a picture and as I captured it the lights disappeared and my phone crashed. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Ireland Spot
I am an astrophotographer and on August 15, 2015, I went to a dark place for taking photos of the Persoid Meteor Shower.
After a week I returned to review my photos and I saw this strange spot in the top of pictures. I think it is ufo because of its direction and shape. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Poland Ball
Rzeszów — I was on a walk with my girlfriend and saw this silver orb on September 19, 2016, and took a picture of the hovering object.
I don’t know what it is as the object just hovered in the sky. I went to the same location the next day and I didn’t see it. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Russia Object
RI was watching a video on Facebook of a Ukrainian Su-27 jet do a low and slow pass, near the end of the video I spotted a very fast moving UFO fly toward the camera. Amazingly after reading all the comments on the video no one else had reported it. Thanks to MUFON CMS
UK/England Lights
Boston— On my way home from work I saw some lights travelling in the same direction as me on November 25, 2016… After looking closer it did not look like an aircraft. Because the lights were large and square/rectangular and were flashing front, back and then centre.
Not sure how big it was, but I saw an aircraft in the sky when I was getting closer to home 20 minutes later and it gave me a reference, I would estimate that the object was five times longer than the plane. I tried to take a video as I was driving but the quality is poor, I had to turn away for a second and when I looked back it had gone? Thanks to MUFON CMS
London — I was at home, I saw a bright white streak with a dark centre on November 29, 2016, I first thought it was an airplane trail then realized it was too short to be a trail as the object descends the trail doesn’t extend. It was a white glow around a dark streak in the centre descending or moving laterally at an angle. It was close at first and slowly drifting into the northeast for about 15 minutes. Thanks to MUFON CMS
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THE MOON DOESN'T BELONG TO US. ALIEN BASES ON THE MOON
THE MOON DOESN'T BELONG TO US. ALIEN BASES ON THE MOON
-One of American citizens who are very passionate about astronomy saved over the last 15 years a huge amount of photographs of NASA, as they were originally published. A closer look at some of them reveals some disturbing truths that can not be denied nor ignored.
NASA later be removed some photos of those who were exposed or kept them, but at a much lower resolution, so the details could no longer be observed. This was also the case with a photo that captures an alien base on the moon, near Bessel crater north of the area called Mara Serenitatis.
NASA surprise us but with some photos that were posted after they have been made by astronauts sent into space, showing clearly flying alien ships (UFOs). Dr. Franklin Roach said that after carefully analyzed the pictures and videos on the subject that have been made available and presented its findings in his book Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects, showing that when they astronauts in orbit accomplished, as witnesses, observations very detailed, clear and precise, the alien space ships. NASA later denied, however, explaining that in fact those appearances were just "scrap" and "fragments" floating through space. This "explanation" was however repeatedly ruled out by numerous experts in various fields.
From the plethora of evidence have been gathered over time, mention the story of the crew of Mission STS-48 of the space shuttle Discovery, which on September 15, 1991 reported that he saw a flash of light and then several unidentified flying objects swarming in obviously shuttle flight control around them. NASA explained those "objects" as ice particles. Other revealing some photos can be viewed here, accompanied by an appropriate comment.
During STS-75 mission, astronauts on the shuttle Columbia witnessed hundreds of UFOs flew around their nevetei. They photographed and filmed the event in detail. The incident was classified by NASA in the "unknown" and "secret" and filming account appears never been presented so far to be studied.
NASA confirms: "There are powers greater than we assumed"
Von Braun, creator of the American Apollo program, stated in 1959 that: "We are dealing with powers that are much higher than we assumed so far, and whose base of operations is unknown to us." I wonder what kind of powers referred von Braun? Somehow the extraterrestrial?
"Someone else is on the Moon"
Having examined carefully the photos sent spacecraft Orbiter 3 and its predecessor, Orbiter 2 American author George Leonard wrote a book entitled "Someone else is on the Moon". George Leonard has presented many pictures in his book, some containing several "routes" that would have been made by aliens.
Mexicaanse UFO-groep: “We worden bezocht door ruimtewezens”
Mexicaanse UFO-groep: “We worden bezocht door ruimtewezens”
Een helder licht dat opdook tijdens de zonsverduistering op 11 juli 1991 zette de Mexicaanse UFO-wereld op scherp.
Duizenden toeschouwers zouden die dag een vreemd hemelverschijnsel hebben waargenomen en minstens 15 onder hen hadden kans gezien de UFO te filmen.
Een jaar later werd naar aanleiding van deze gebeurtenissen een documentaire uitgebracht die veel stof deed opwaaien.
Vreemde lichtvlekken
De Mexicaanse ufoloog en journalist Jaime Maussan was kort voor de zonsverduistering een eigen tv-show gestart, waarin contact met buitenaardse bezoekers één van de centrale thema’s was.
Toen enkele trouwe kijkers hun foto’s van de zonsverduistering hadden laten ontwikkelen, ontdekten ze vreemde lichtvlekken naast de zonneschijf.
Ze stuurden de opnames naar Maussan en vertelden erbij dat ze die met het blote oog niet hadden waargenomen.
Maussan toonde de UFO’s op tv en kort daarna kwamen de eerste filmpjes van het ‘ruimtetuig’ binnen.
Ruimteschepen
De respons was zo groot dat de ufoloog besloot tot de oprichting van Los Vigilantes, een groep die uitkijkposten in verschillende delen van Mexico bemant met camera’s in de aanslag.
In de daaropvolgende maanden doken meer dan 200 nieuwe video’s op. Stuk voor stuk echte ruimteschepen, aldus Maussan.
In onderstaande video tonen Los Vigilantes hun beeldmateriaal.
Duitse professor: Meest mysterieuze ster wordt mogelijk zwakker door aliens
Duitse professor: Meest mysterieuze ster wordt mogelijk zwakker door aliens
De meest mysterieuze ster in de Melkweg blijft verbazen. Volgens sommigen draait om KIC 8462852 een grote megastructuur die zou kunnen wijzen op buitenaards leven.
Een aantal wetenschappers en sterrenkundigen beweert dat daar aanwijzingen voor zijn.
Uit een nieuwe studie blijkt dat er jets (straalstromen) zijn waargenomen bij de ster die een energiebron zouden kunnen zijn voor een buitenaardse beschaving.
Structuur
Er zijn dipjes waargenomen in de helderheid van KIC 8462852, die volgens sommigen verklaard kunnen worden door een structuur die gebruikt wordt door een hoogontwikkelde buitenaardse beschaving om energie te onttrekken aan de ster. Ook wordt de ster steeds zwakker.
Hoewel veel wetenschappers sceptisch zijn, denkt Eduard Heindl van de Universiteit Furtwangen in Duitsland dat er aliens bij betrokken zijn.
“Als een superbeschaving alle ruwe materialen heeft opgebruikt, kunnen ze meer vinden in hun moederster,” vertelde hij aan de Daily Mail.
Mijnbouw
“Onze zon bevat bijvoorbeeld 6000 keer meer metalen dan de planeten,” voegde hij toe.
“Ze moeten die eerst uit de ster halen en vervolgens in een baan om de zon brengen om ze af te laten koelen,” legde hij uit.
In de paper van professor Heindl wordt gesuggereerd dat buitenaardsen er mijnbouw plegen.
Moeilijk
De opvallende lichtcurve van de ster maakt het moeilijk een eenvoudige natuurlijke verklaring te vinden, aldus Heindl in de paper.
Hij heeft een wiskundig model opgesteld dat de betrokkenheid van aliens ondersteunt.
De energie kan worden onttrokken aan de ster door middel van een zogeheten Dysonbol, een begrip dat in 1960 voor het eerst werd voorgesteld door theoretisch natuurkundige Freeman Dyson.
Dysonzwerm
Zo’n Dysonbol zou eruit kunnen zien als een zwerm satellieten die rond een ster draaien. In zo’n geval wordt ook wel gesproken van een Dysonzwerm.
Als dergelijke structuren bestaan, zouden ze enorme hoeveelheden infraroodstraling richting de aarde moeten sturen. Tot op heden zijn ze echter nog niet gevonden.
Professor Heindl wil dit concept verder gaan uitdiepen. Zijn onderzoek staat op publicatiesite arXiv.
BIZARRE VERTONING BOVEN MEXICAANSE VULKAAN ( VIDEO )
BIZARRE VERTONING BOVEN MEXICAANSE VULKAAN ( VIDEO )
De afgelopen jaren was de wereld getuige van veel vreemde objecten boven of in de buurt van de Mexicaanse vulkanen.
Echter, dit keer is er iets te zien dat anders is dan anders en zeker vele malen groter.
In Mexico zijn eigenlijk twee vulkanen waar altijd wel wat valt te beleven. De ene is die met die mooie naam Popocatépetl en de andere Colima.
Bij beiden was afgelopen week het nodige te beleven.
De Colima vulkaan, waar de webcam wel iets heel bijzonders vast wist te leggen.
Het zag er zo uit:
De volgende serie foto’s geeft ongeveer een beeld van wat er achtereenvolgens was te zien.
Wat het ook is, het is enorm, want de krater zelf schijnt een doorsnee te hebben van zo’n 600 meter.
Is dit een enorm ruimteschip dat zich middels een soort plasma-achtige structuur probeert te verbergen? En wat doet dit enorme schip dan bij de vulkaan?
Heeft het iets te maken met het tanken van energie, zoals soms grote UFO’s dat lijken te doen in de buurt van de zon?
Deze beelden zijn gevonden door de inmiddels bekende Youtube gebruiker Streetcap1, de man die ongeveer 24 uur per dag bezig is met het ontdekken van bijzondere dingen.
Ook hij denkt aan bepaald soort vermomming.
De volgende opname is gemaakt enkele dagen geleden bij de Popocatépetl vulkaan. Hier zie je een object van rechtsboven naar beneden afdalen en vervolgens over de krater van de vulkaan zijn weg vervolgen naar een onbekende bestemming.
Vreemde taferelen boven de Mexicaanse vulkanen, maar helemaal niemand die zich hier ook maar iets van aan trekt, want UFO’s bestaan niet.
Three UFOs Over Las Vegas, Nevada On Nov 15, 2016 Using Night Vision Technology, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Three UFOs Over Las Vegas, Nevada On Nov 15, 2016 Using Night Vision Technology, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Nov 15, 2016
Location of sighting: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
These UFOs are three different craft. I have altered the colors and enhanced the detail. Within each light is a dark object about 75% as big as the light itself. These objects are flying over a USAF base in that area so nonone can travel over there a take a look. Its all fenced in high security area. It looks like the USAF is testing some of the alien craft that was given to the USAF in good faith. One of these craft crashed in Needles California back in May 14, 2008. Looks like they still have not got control of it.
Scott C. Waring
Eyewitness states:
I shot this video from my backyard in the Summerlin area of Las Vegas, Nevada on the night of November 15, 2016. I wanted to get the video I shot last night out the same night. To do that I had to increase the speed up on the night vision portion by five times because it takes so long to render, upload and process the video. Jaime Maussan told me they are always best at actual speed so I am remaking that portion of last nights video. I am not enhancing it in any way so this is exactly as it was as it came from the night vision camera.
Bronze UFO Caught Over Sand Dunes In Idaho During Day, Photos, UFO Sighting News.
Bronze UFO Caught Over Sand Dunes In Idaho During Day, Photos, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: 2013, reported today. Location of sighting: Mountain Home, Idaho, USA Source: MUFON #80759 This disk was over Idaho back in 2013, but reported today. The disk was over a sand dunes area of Idaho. This is not an area with water, just dry sand dunes out in the middle of nowhere. The bronze colored disk has a blur around it, often caused by the propulsion of the alien craft. Scott C. Waring Eyewitness states:
As stated in the short description, I never saw this at the time. I was just taking some landscape photos of a location I was going to shoot a model. I was shooting with a lense of apx 14-54mm, camera settings at F8, ISO 200, and a shutter speed of 1/640th sec. I never noticed it till I downloaded the image to my laptop the following day. This was on Memorial Day weekend in 2013. I called the Public Affairs office at Mountain Home AFB and they assured me that they were not flying at this time as it was a Friday evening of the holiday weekend. I did email this to them, and the PA officer said he would have his photographer look at it, although I would never hear back from them regardless of what they thought. DUH! :) At the time I was shooting the pictures, I heard nothing and saw nothing to make me realize something was in my field of view. I just thought it was interesting that something like that is still pixelated when zooming in on the object, yet the clouds and horizon are much sharper. Makes me believe this thing was flying at a pretty fast pace when a shutter speed of 1/640th of a sec couldn't freeze it. I have photos of the Thunderbird Air Show where I could freeze the action as they flew in front of me much closer than this object was.
Bright lights in the sky have sparked fears of space alien arrival in a city. An online video shows four lights flying in formation before one suddenly vanishes from view.
The terrified man who captured the video claimed that the UFOs followed him for 12 miles down the highway in Brandon, Canada.
The city has recorded 30 sightings in 2015.
In the background of the video, which was uploaded on Saturday, the man can be heard saying he was shaking. He added that the UFOs followed him along the highway and he could not believe he was holding the camera steady.
There have been some unbelievable claims of UFO sightings recently, including alien bases on the Moon.
There were also claims involving crashed spaceship on Mars and a UFO passing the Supermoon.
Manitoba Museum UFO expert Scott Young said the city had experienced an increase in the number of UFO sightings.
Scott said that seeing UFOs in the flesh could give a weird sensation. He added that it is no surprise people seeing these unexplained lights find them bizarre and take videos.
Local astronomer Chris Rutkowski said there might be alien spaceships as people have seen V-shaped formations of orange lights. He revealed that 50% of the sightings reported recently were puzzling and worthfurther study.
UFO Hunters Claim To Have Spotted A Crashed UFO On Mars
UFO Hunters Claim To Have Spotted A Crashed UFO On Mars
UFO hunters have spotted another Martian surface anomaly that adds to the series of bizarre claims about the Red Planet.
YouTube channel UFOvni2012 has put photographs released by NASA on a video to point out a dark shape on Mars.
While the shape looks remarkably like a rock, the YouTube channel speculated that it could be a crashed spacecraft from an alien civilization.
In the video description, the so-called anomaly is the Medusa Fossae formation, a large geological unit on the planet of uncertain origin.
European Space Agency described the formation as an extensive unit of mysterious origin, which is found close to the boundary between the Tharsis and Elysium centers of volcanic activity.
The YouTube video highlights parts of the UFO through drawing two lines. It shows the detailed shape of the UFO as if it was a spaceship.
According to the uploader, they discovered a crash site with the UFO, which measures around 190 meters wide. The apparent object allegedly hit on Mars that impacted the surface at a low angle, and it ended half buried on the Red Planet’s soil.
Some UFO hunters suggested that the UFO tried to land as gently as it could because of the long and turned landing tracks left behind.
Some UFO enthusiasts speculated that the discovery is a base that opens the door. Others said that it could be a meteor that crashed.
There are also commenters who think that it is more likely to be a natural geological formation.
Stephen Hawking waarschuwt: “We bevinden ons in gevaarlijkste moment in geschiedenis van de mensheid”
Stephen Hawking waarschuwt: “We bevinden ons in gevaarlijkste moment in geschiedenis van de mensheid”
FOTO: REUTERS
De beroemde wetenschapper en astrofysicus Stephen Hawking waarschuwt voor de vernietiging van onze planeet in een open brief aan de Britse krant The Guardian.
Volgens de Brit bevinden we ons in het gevaarlijkste moment in de geschiedenis van de mensheid. Hij verwijst daarbij onder andere naar de verkiezing van Donald Trump. “Wat we ook denken van de Brexit en van de verkiezingen van Donald Trump, er is geen twijfel mogelijk dat dit een roep van woede was van mensen die het gevoel hebben dat ze in de steek werden gelaten door hun leiders. Het is het moment waarop de vergetenen hebben gesproken. Ze vonden hun stem om het advies en de richtlijnen van de experts en de elite te verwerpen”, zegt Hawking, die afgelopen weekend onverwacht moest worden opgenomen in een ziekenhuis in Rome, al is de 74-jarige wetenschapper, die aan ALS lijdt, niet in levensgevaar.
“En belangrijker nog dan die specifieke keuzes in Groot-Brittannië en in Amerika, is hoe de elite hierop zal reageren. Moeten we die stemmen de rug toekeren en het beschouwen als uitlopers van populisme die de feiten niet kennen? Dat doen zou een grote fout zijn.”
Grotere ongelijkheid
Hawking begrijpt de angsten van het volk voor de gevolgen van globalisering en technologische vooruitgang. Die evoluties zullen namelijk ook gevolgen hebben voor de jobs van de gewone mens. En dat zal dan weer de ongelijkheid in de wereld doen toenemen. Het internet speelt daar ook een rol in: het laat toe dat een kleine groep mensen enorme fortuinen verdient terwijl ze maar weinig mensen aan het werk zetten. “Dat is sociaal destructief”, zegt Hawking.
“We leven dus in een wereld waarin niet alleen financiële ongelijkheid is die alleen maar groter wordt, maar waarin de levensstandaard en de mogelijkheid om geld te verdienen steeds sneller en vaker verdwijnt. In die context is het geen verrassing dat mensen hun toevlucht zoeken in mensen als Trump of in iets als de Brexit.”
Donald TrumpFOTO: AP
Miljoenen migranten
Die evolutie wordt versneld door internet en sociale media, meent Hawking. De ongelijkheid wordt zo namelijk steeds meer zichtbaar. Mensen zien via sociale media hoe het er elders aan toegaat. Dat kan een stroom van miljoenen migranten op de been brengen die op zoek gaan en zijn naar een beter leven. “De economie en de infrastructuur in de landen waar de migranten dan terechtkomen, komt verder onder druk te staan. En dat ondermijnt de tolerantie en is een voedingsbodem voor politiek populisme.”
En dat terwijl we net in tijden leven waarin we meer dan ooit moeten samenwerken, zo vindt Hawking. “We staan voor immense uitdagingen, met de klimaatverandering, overbevolking, het verdwijnen van meerdere soorten, ziektes, de verzuring van onze oceanen of problemen met voedselproductie,...We leven in het gevaarlijkste moment in de ontwikkeling van de mensheid. We hebben momenteel de technologieën om de planeet waarop we leven te vernietigen. Maar we hebben nog geen technologieën ontwikkeld waarmee we van onze aarde kunnen ontsnappen. Misschien hebben we dat wel binnen 100 jaar. Maar momenteel hebben we maar één planeet, en we moeten samenwerken om die te beschermen.” Hawking geeft daarbij ook een sneer aan Donald Trump, die een muur wil optrekken tussen Mexico en Amerika. “We moeten dat doen door muren neer te halen, in plaats van door muren te bouwen. “We moeten geen extra grenzen optrekken tussen landen.”
IJskappen smelten door de opwarming van de aardeFOTO: GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO
“Politieke elite moet erkennen dat ze gefaald heeft”
Hawking richt zich tenslotte nog eens naar de politieke elite. Die moeten erkennen dat ze gefaald hebben, en dat ze veel burgers in de steek hebben gelaten. “We gaan veel meer dan dat we nu doen moeten leren om te delen”, zegt hij nog. “Als landen de migratiestroom niet aankunnen, dan moeten we meer doen om de globale ontwikkeling te bevorderen. Want dat is de enige manier om miljoenen migranten ervan te overtuigen dat hun toekomst ook wel eens in hun thuisland zou kunnen liggen.”
Hawking is ervan overtuigd dat we dat ook kunnen doen. “Ik ben een enorme optimist voor onze soort. Maar de elites, van Londen tot Harvard, van Cambridge tot Hollywood, zullen lessen moeten trekken en moeten leren uit het afgelopen jaar.”
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Planet Mercury: Facts About the Planet Closest to the Sun
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Planet Mercury: Facts About the Planet Closest to the Sun
By Charles Q. Choi, Space.com Contributor
This view is one of the first from the MESSENGER probe's Oct. 6, 2008 flyby of Mercury.
Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/CIW
Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. As such, it circles the sun faster than all the other planets, which is why Romans named it after their swift-footed messenger god.
The Sumerians also knew of Mercury since at least 5,000 years ago. It was often associated with Nabu, the god of writing. Mercury was also given separate names for its appearance as both a morning star and as an evening star. Greek astronomers knew, however, that the two names referred to the same body. Heraclitus believed that both Mercury and Venus orbited the sun, not Earth. [Latest Photos: Mercury Seen by NASA's Messenger Probe]
Mercury's physical characteristics
Because the planet is so close to the sun, Mercury's surface temperature can reach a scorching 840 degrees Fahrenheit (450 degrees Celsius). However, since this world doesn't have a real atmosphere to entrap any heat, at night temperatures can plummet to minus 275 F (minus 170 C), a temperature swing of more than 1,100 degrees F (600 degree C), the greatest in the solar system.
Mercury is the smallest planet — it is only slightly larger than Earth's moon. Since it has no significant atmosphere to stop impacts, the planet is pockmarked with craters. About 4 billion years ago, an asteroid roughly 60 miles (100 kilometers) wide struck Mercury with an impact equal to 1 trillion 1-megaton bombs, creating a vast impact crater roughly 960 miles (1,550 km) wide. Known as the Caloris Basin, this crater could hold the entire state of Texas. Another large impact may have helped create the planet's odd spin.
As close to the sun as Mercury is, in 2012, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft discovered water ice in the craters around its north pole, where regions may be permanently shaded from the heat of the sun. The southern pole may also contain icy pockets, but MESSENGER's orbit did not allowed scientists to probe the area. Comets or meteorites may have delivered ice there, or water vapor may have outgassed from the planet's interior and frozen out at the poles. [Related: First Photos of Water Ice on Mercury Captured by NASA Spacecraft]
As if Mercury isn't small enough, it not only shrank in its past but is continuing to shrink today. The tiny planet is made up of a single continental plate over a cooling iron core. As the core cools, it solidifies, reducing the planet's volume and causing it to shrink. The process crumpled the surface, creating lobe-shaped scarps or cliffs, some hundreds of miles long and soaring up to a mile high. In the past, the surface was constantly reshaped by volcanic activity, some fairly recently in the planet's past.
"The young age of the small scarps means that Mercury joins Earth as a tectonically active planet with new faults likely forming today as Mercury's interior continues to cool and the planet contracts," Tom Watters, Smithsonian senior scientist at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., said in a statement.
Mercury is the second densest planet after Earth, with a huge metallic coreroughly 2,200 to 2,400 miles (3,600 to 3,800 km) wide, or about 75 percent of the planet's diameter. In comparison, Mercury's outer shell is only 300 to 400 miles (500 to 600 km) thick. The combination of its massive core and abundance of volatile elements has left scientists puzzled for years.
A completely unexpected discovery Mariner 10 made was that Mercury possessed a magnetic field. Planets theoretically generate magnetic fields only if they spin quickly and possess a molten core. But Mercury takes 59 days to rotate and is so small — just roughly one-third Earth's size — that its core should have cooled off long ago.
"We had figured out how the Earth works, and Mercury is another terrestrial, rocky planet with an iron core, so we thought it would work the same way," Christopher Russell, a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, said in a statement.
An unusual interior could help to explain the differences in Mercury's magnetic field when compared to Earth. Observations from MESSENGER revealed that the planet's magnetic field is approximately three times stronger at its northern hemisphere than at its southern. Russell co-authored a model that suggests that Mercury's iron core may be turning from liquid to solid at the core's outer boundary rather than the inner.
"It's like a snow storm in which the snow formed at the top of the cloud and middle of the cloud and the bottom of the cloud too," said Russell. "Our study of Mercury's magnetic field indicates iron is snowing throughout this fluid that is powering Mercury's magnetic field."
The discovery in 2007 by Earth-based radar observations that Mercury's core may still be molten could help explain its magnetism, though the solar wind may play a role in dampening the planet's magnetic field.
Although Mercury's magnetic field is just 1 percent the strength of Earth's, it is very active. The magnetic field in the solar wind — the charged particles streaming off the sun — periodically touches upon Mercury's field, creating powerful magnetic tornadoes that channel the fast, hot plasma of the solar wind down to the planet's surface.
Instead of a substantial atmosphere, Mercury possesses an ultra-thin "exosphere" made up of atoms blasted off its surface by solar radiation, the solar wind and micrometeoroid impacts. These quickly escape into space, forming a tail of particles.
Mercury's orbital characteristics
Mercury speeds around the sun every 88 Earth days, traveling through space at nearly 112,000 mph (180,000 km/h), faster than any other planet. Its oval-shaped orbit is highly elliptical, taking Mercury as close as 29 million miles (47 million km) and as far as 43 million miles (70 million km) from the sun. If one could stand on Mercury when it is nearest to the sun, it would appear more than three times as large as it does when viewed from Earth.
Oddly, due to Mercury's highly elliptical orbit and the 59 Earth-days or so it takes to rotate on its axis, when on the scorching surface of the planet, the sun appears to rise briefly, set, and rise again before it travels westward across the sky. At sunset, the sun appears to set, rise again briefly, and then set again.
Mercury is the closest planet to the sun and has a thin atmosphere, no air pressure and an extremely high temperature. Take a look inside the planet.
Credit: Karl Tate, SPACE.com
Composition & structure
Atmospheric composition (by volume):
No atmosphere: Mercury possesses an exosphere containing 42 percent oxygen, 29 percent sodium, 22 percent hydrogen, 6 percent helium, 0.5 percent potassium, with possible trace amounts of argon, carbon dioxide, water, nitrogen, xenon, krypton and neon.
Magnetic field: Roughly 1 percent the strength of Earth's.
Internal structure: Iron core roughly 2,200 to 2,400 miles (3,600 to 3,800 km) wide. Outer silicate shell about 300 to 400 miles (500 to 600 km) thick. [Inside Planet Mercury (Infographic)]
Orbit & rotation
Average distance from the sun: 35,983,095 miles (57,909,175 km). By comparison: 0.38 Earth's distance from the sun.
Perihelion (closest approach to sun): 28,580,000 miles (46,000,000 km). By comparison: 0.313 times that of Earth
Aphelion (farthest distance from sun): 43,380,000 miles (69,820,000 km). By comparison: 0.459 times that of Earth
Length of Day: 58.646 Earth-days
Research & exploration
The first spacecraft to visit Mercury was Mariner 10, which imaged about 45 percent of the surface and detected its magnetic field. NASA's MESSENGERorbiter is the second spacecraft to visit Mercury. When it arrived in March 2011, MESSENGER became the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury, where it continues to study the planet. [First Photos of Mercury from Orbit]
In 2012, scientists discovered a group of meteorites in Morocco that they think could have originated from the planet Mercury. If so, it would make the rocky planet a member of a very select club with samples available on Earth; only the moon, Mars and the asteroid belt have verified rocks.
Additional reporting by Nola Taylor Redd, Space.com contributor
US Military Develops 'Multi-Object Kill Vehicle' to Blast Enemy Nukes
US Military Develops 'Multi-Object Kill Vehicle' to Blast Enemy Nukes
By Irene Klotz, Seeker
Artist's illustration of Raytheon's Standard Missile 3, a current defensive weapon system designed to destroy short- to intermediate-range ballistic missiles.
Credit: Raytheon
Defensive weapons that can intercept and destroy enemy missiles before they can harm the United States or its allies have been a key part of military strategy for decades, but the rules of the game are changing.
More countries have or are developing long-range missile technology, including systems that can carry multiple warheads, known as Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicles (MIRVs) and/or decoys.
"Both China and Russia possess the MIRV capability for their ballistic missiles. In 2014, reports confirmed that Iran too had developed Multiple Re-entry Vehicles (MRVs) for their ballistic missiles. Cold War literature suggests that MIRVs are first strike weapons and could be strategically destabilizing," independent consultant Debalina Ghoshal wrote in a June 2016 report for the Federation of American Scientists.
"The United States realizes these threats and is working towards a robust missile defense system," she said.
Last year, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency awarded contracts to Raytheon, Lockheed-Martin and Boeing to begin designing what is known as a "Multi-Object Kill Vehicle" or MOKV, which could destroy several objects in space with a single launch.
"Ten years ago, we had a single kill vehicle on a single interceptor. Kill vehicles today are the size of a toaster … This MOKV program is the latest iteration," John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, told Seeker.
Raytheon's plan, which is scheduled for a concept review in December, is to load multiple MOKVs onto a single missile for launch. Each MOKV would be outfitted with sensors, a steering and propulsion system and communications equipment that will allow them to zero in on an individual target and hit it, destroying the object by sheer kinetic forces.
The impacts would take place beyond Earth's atmosphere, but on a trajectory that would send the resulting cloud of debris back into the atmosphere, where it burn up, Pike said.
A major technological challenge is figuring out how to differentiate between bombs and decoys, such as balloons that look like they might have a hydrogen bomb aboard.
The military hopes to begin proof-of-concept demonstrations late next year and a non-intercept flight test in 2018. If successful, the Missile Defense Agency would conduct an intercept test in 2019.
EXCLUSIVE: Multiple flying saucers were 'seen over Roswell' BEFORE infamous 'UFO crash'
EXCLUSIVE: Multiple flying saucers were 'seen over Roswell' BEFORE infamous 'UFO crash'
A SERIES of flying saucer sightings over Roswell, New Mexico, were recorded in the days before the legendary "UFO crash" of July 1947, it has sensationally been claimed.
A former military welder allegedly claimed pairs of flying saucers were seen over Roswell.
A report sent to the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), as exclusively revealed by Express.co.uk yesterday, claims pairs of flying saucers were spotted in the Roswell area in the week before the reported UFO crash of early July.
The report is allegedly written by a retired engineer who claims to have interviewed an unnamed welder who "cut open" the flying saucer that is said to have crashed in the New Mexico desert, just outside Roswell, more than 69 years ago.
Roswell has been at the heart of the UFO scene since the military announced in a press release it had found the remains of a crashed flying saucer in the nearby desert, in July 1947.
But the following day it retracted the statement, saying it was in fact a damaged US Air Force air balloon.
Witnesses later came forward to say there had been alien bodies within the "crashed craft", which – along with the wreckage – were then taken to the mysterious top-secret Area 51 military base in Nevada.
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The news was initially reported by the military as a flying saucer crash, but later retracted.
The report says: "The individual I interviewed was a welder by trade and after the war was employed at the Roswell Air Force base welding jigs and fixtures for servicing aircraft.
"He began by stating that the week before the 4th of July, flying saucers would fly over the base in pairs every once in a while.
"He said they were circular and had a large dome on the top.
"They were flat on the bottom and were silent.
"He assumed they were some technology obtained from the Germans.
"He said everyone working there called them 'flats'."
Yesterday, Express.co.uk revealed how the report claimed a pair of dead aliens were found in the wreckage of the crashed flying saucer discovered by the US military.
He began by stating that the week before the 4th of July, flying saucers would fly over the base in pairs every once in a while.
Report to MUFON
In the detailed report, the engineer – who has not been named – claimed to have carried out the interview in 1970, 23 years after the legendary event.
He said the welder, who was based at the Roswell USAF base, revealed how he was told to load a cutting torch for a trip to the desert when they arrived at the crash site.
The engineer said in the report: "He described the craft as being about 25/26 feet in diameter with a large dome on top.
He said after cutting a hole in the top, he saw two beings who appeared to be dead. He said the cockpit had a strong smell of ammonia.
The report read: "He finished his cut and set the metal piece aside and looked into the cockpit for a few seconds before he was ordered off the craft.
"He said it was difficult to see very far into the craft because of the glare from the portable lights and the cockpit was full of smoke from the cutting torch.
"He said he saw two beings who appeared to be dead.
"He described the two beings as being about 4feet tall, but they were doubled up so it was hard to say.
"He described their heads as what we now refer to as greys. He said there were no visible instruments that he could see."
The welder allegedly revealed he was warned to keep silent after returning to base.
The retired engineer said he promised the welder not to relay his story until after his death, which happened in the late 1980s.
It is not clear from his report why he waited until now to report it to US-based MUFON, which is the world's biggest organisation dedicated to UFO and alien investigation.
The retired engineer added: "During the interview I never sensed anything odd about his presentation or with his mannerisms.
"I think he was telling the truth."
MUFON is investigating the claims, but the organisation has previously admitted it is sometimes sent completely fictitious and bogus material.
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Roswell UFO BREAKTHROUGH? 'Welder at crash site saw TWO dead ALIENS in flying saucer'
Roswell UFO BREAKTHROUGH? 'Welder at crash site saw TWO dead ALIENS in flying saucer'
EXCLUSIVE: A PAIR of dead aliens WERE found in the wreckage of a crashed flying saucer discovered by the US military at Roswell in 1947, it was sensationally claimed yesterday.
The Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) has received a report from a retired engineer who claims to have interviewed a welder who "cut open" the flying saucer that reportedly crashed in the New Mexico desert, just outside Roswell, more than 69 years ago.
In a detailed report, the engineer – who has not been named – claimed to have carried out the interview in 1970, 23 years after the legendary event.
Roswell has been at the heart of the UFO scene since the military announced in a press release it had found the remains of a crashed flying saucer in the nearby desert, in July 1947.
But the following day it retracted the statement, saying it was in fact a damaged US Air Force air balloon.
Witnesses later came forward to say there had been alien bodies within the "crashed craft", which along with the wreckage were then taken to the mysterious top-secret Area 51 military base in Nevada.
In the shock report to MUFON, the former engineer first explained why the interview came about.
He said: "I joined the staff of the then new campus of the University of California at Santa Cruz.
"There were several sightings of UFOs in the mountains behind the campus in 1969 and reported to the University.
"I was asked to interview three people and file a report.
"I could find no credibility or evidence in these events but, because it was a small campus and everybody in the Science knew what was going on, I got the unwanted reputation of someone who knew about UFOs."
The engineers claimed this led him to be introduced to the welder who had reportedly been employed any the US Air Force at the Roswell base at the time of the crash.
He said: "The individual I interviewed was a welder by trade and after the war was employed at the Roswell Air Force base welding jigs and fixtures for servicing aircraft."
He said the welder revealed how he was told to load a cutting torch for a trip to the desert when they arrived at the crash site.
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The report claims that a witness testified to seeing two alien bodies in the Roswell flying saucer.
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The claims about aliens being found at Roswell have been reported to MUFON.
The engineer said in the report: "He [the welder] said they had a flatbed truck loaded with wreckage and there were soldiers on their hands and knees picking up every piece of wreckage and putting it in cloth bags.
"He said they drove a little farther out of sight from the wreckage and came upon a second group of people standing around an intact UFO.
"He said the brush was knocked down indicating the craft had skidded across the ground and came to rest nosed into a natural berm with the back side slightly off the ground.
"He described the craft as being about 25/26 feet in diameter with a large dome on top.
"He said the craft was the 'colour of weak tea' with a burnished finish.
"He said there were no signs of weld marks, seams, or rivets and that all of the edges had either an inside or outside radius. There were no visible windows or openings."
The welder described being told to cut an opening in the dome big enough for a man to crawl through.
The report said he began cutting a hole fromthe base of the dome.
He said he saw two beings who appeared to be dead. He said the cockpit had a strong smell of ammonia.
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It read: "He said it was a tough alloy and slow cutting but the material was surprisingly thin. He tried bending the metal out of his way as he was cutting but the metal would spring back to its original shape without creasing."
This mirrors separate claims made in during an interview earlier this year when a woman alleged to have handled material "which came from the flying saucer which could not be cut or burnt and recovered its shape if crumpled" when aged 10 in 1957.
The report went on: "He finished his cut and set the metal piece aside and looked into the cockpit for a few seconds before he was ordered off the craft.
"He said it was difficult to see very far into the craft because of the glare from the portable lights and the cockpit was full of smoke from the cutting torch.
"He said he saw two beings who appeared to be dead.
"He said the cockpit had a strong smell of ammonia.
"He described the two beings as being about 4feet tall, but they were doubled up so it was hard to say.
"They were wearing what he said were skin tight purplish flight suits that reminded him of sequins.
"He described their heads as what we now refer to as greys. He said there were no visible instruments that he could see."
The welder allegedly revealed he was warned to keep silent after returning to base.
The engineer's report read: "He said it was dark when they arrived and he was escorted by armed guards into a building for a debriefing.
He said there were several high ranking officers at the table along with four or five civilians in suits.
"He said that after he was debriefed he was told that he was not to talk about what he had seen as it was a state secret and if he was caught divulging anything he would spend the rest of his life in prison or worse.
"He was scared to death by the threat and my friend and myself are the only people he ever told and that was 23 years after the event."
The retired engineer said he promised the welder not to relay his story until after his death, which happened in the late 1980s.
It is not clear from his report why he waited until now to report it to US-based MUFON, which is the world's biggest organisation dedicated to UFO and alien investigation.
The retired engineer added: "During the interview I never sensed anything odd about his presentation or with his mannerisms.
"He provided a lot more information that I have stated but the interview was almost 50 years ago and forgotten.
"I think he was telling the truth.
"I have shared my knowledge of this interview with a couple of investigators but I think they doubted my credibility."
MUFON is investigating the claims, but the organisation has previously admitted it is sometimes sent completely fictitious and bogus material.
Visit Express.co.uk's weird section tomorrow, Friday December 2, for more exclusive revelations from this shock report made to MUFON.
Twee elektrische voertuigen van Audi gaan volgend jaar naar de maan. De Audi Lunar Quattro is geen normale auto, maar een speciaal ontwikkeld maanvoertuig. Audi-ingenieurs werkten samen met een team van Duitse wetenschappers bij de ontwikkeling.
De twee wagentjes wegen 30 kilo per stuk. Met zonnepanelen wordt een lithium-ion-accu opgeladen. De karretjes hebben vier elektromotoren per stuk, een voor ieder wiel. De vier camera's per Lunar Quattro worden gebruikt om de voertuigen mee te besturen, maar ook om 3D- en 360 gradenopnames te maken. Audi ondersteunde de ontwikkeling op het gebied van vierwielaandrijving, lichtgewicht bouwwijze, elektrische aandrijving en autonoom rijden.
De twee Audi's worden door de ALINA-maanlander naar de Taurus-Littrow-vallei op de maan gebracht. Daar bezoeken ze onder mee het ruimtevoertuig dat Apollo 17-astronauten Eugene Cernan en Harrison Schmidt in 1972 achterlieten aan het einde van de laatste bemande vlucht naar de maan. Voor het zover is worden ze eerst in het Midden-Oosten intensief getest.
Competitie De Lunar Quattro's maken deel uit van de Duitse inzending voor de Google Lunar XPRIZE-competitie. Zestien teams doen mee aan die door de zoekgigant uitgeschreven competitie. Het eerste team dat een voertuig op de maan laat landen, 500 meter aflegt en hd-video en -foto's terug naar aarde stuurt wint 20 miljoen dollar, een kleine 19 miljoen euro. Het tweede team dat aan alle eisen voldoet krijgt een kwart daarvan. De zestien teams moeten voor het einde van dit jaar een contract voor de lancering van hun voertuig kunnen overleggen. Het Duitse team heeft dat nu gedaan door een contract met Spaceflight, Inc. te tekenen.
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Alien Cube Ship Seen 3 Times In NASA Sun Video, Dec 3, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Alien Cube Ship Seen 3 Times In NASA Sun Video, Dec 3, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
The above photo shows the two long white engines of the UFO.
Date of sighting: 2016-11-26 02:06:07 - 2016-12-03 00:54:07 UTC Location of sighting: Earths Sun Method used: LASCO C3 While looking for UFOs in NASA SOHO videos I found the cube moving about in the far distance. Now, to see the cube, you must slow the video speed to .25 on the Youtube settings and make it full screen. Stop the video at 3 seconds and you will see the UFO cubes engines...with glowing long white lights. These are warp type engines...because on the 4th second the UFO cube is now on the left side of the sun and we no longer see the engines. Instead we see its side, which has a layer over a layer. This moves at almost light speed...the same as the Star Trek warp speed. At 6 seconds into the video, the cube appears again. This time its on the right side and we see it from a whole new side...a different angle from the first two shots. At 8 seconds a 95% cloaked vessel passes from top to bottom on the left side. At 9 seconds, a disk UFO suddenly does a 180 degree turn on the lower left side of the screen. Scott C. Waring
Below is the 95% cloaked vessel moving from top to bottom...very long and may be 2 or more ships.
UFO At Space Station Dec 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
UFO At Space Station Dec 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Dec 2016 Location of sighting: Earths orbit
This UFO was caught by Streetcap1 of Youtube and shows how close these ships come to the space station. You need to understand, the rules of space contacts are much different from Earth contacts. In space its their rules, on Earth is our presidents rules. Up in orbit, humanities rules mean nothing to them. Increased space travel will also increase the number of alien contacts in the future. Scott C. Waring
86 Year Old Buzz Aldrin evacuated from South Pole In Antarctica To Hospital, Dec 2016, UFO Sighting News.
86 Year Old Buzz Aldrin evacuated from South Pole In Antarctica To Hospital, Dec 2016, UFO Sighting News.
Date of news: Dec 1, 2016 Location of event: Antartica Here is an interesting video by SecureTeam10 about Buzz Aldrin who was part of a tourist group visiting Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station through White Desert. The trip was expected to last through December 12, but was cut short for Buzz when a health scare occurred. Buzz, 86 years old seems to want to keep active, and use this life to its fullest. A great example to us all. But, is Buzz thrill seeking so hard, because the Apollo moon mission never took place...forcing him to try to prove to himself and others that he did go to the moon? Is he overcompensating to make up for the lies? I have examined all the Apollo mission moon photos and Apollo 17 photos do not look like moon dust, but more like Earths common sand, and are too smooth, too sand dune-like...as if it was on a stage. However other mission photos appear real. Your thoughts? Scott C. Waring News states: Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second person to walk on the moon in 1969, has landed in Christchurch, New Zealand, after being evacuated from the South Pole when his medical condition deteriorated, according to a release from the National Science Foundation. He is 86 years old. Aldrin landed at 4:25 a.m. December 2. "Upon arrival in Christchurch, the Antarctic program's logistics hub in New Zealand, Aldrin was transferred to a local medical facility," according to the foundation. He "currently has fluid in his lungs but is responding well to antibiotics and being kept overnight for observation. His condition is stable and his manager, who is currently with him, described him being in good spirits," according to an update from luxury tourism company White Desert. His manager, Christina Korp, said Aldrin is recovering. She also tweeted photos showing that Aldrin reached the South Pole, which was his goal.
600+ Meter UFO Turns Night Into Day Over Colima Volcano, Mexico, Dec 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
600+ Meter UFO Turns Night Into Day Over Colima Volcano, Mexico, Dec 2016, Video, UFO Sighting New
Date of sighting: December 2016 Location of sighting: Colima Volcano, Mexico
This UFO was noticed by Streetcap1 of Youtube this week over the Colima Volcano in Mexico. The UFO may have just left the volcanos mouth and seems to be charging up to leave the area. This UFO is bigger than the 600 meter wide mouth of the volcano. It seems large, but in the future people wont build spaceships...robots will, and robots don't need work breaks, phone breaks, games or food and drinks...they work 24/7 until the job is done, so making a giant ship like this would be done 10X faster than if the work was done by humans. Scott C. Waring Streetcap1 states: It disappears then reappears way above the Summit. It looked strange. When you think about it, it is the perfect cover. Streetcap1.
Pluto is hiding a massive secret. The tiny icy world in the outer depths of the solar system could in fact, be concealing a subsurface oceanbeneath its frozen, heart-shaped region known as Sputnik Planitia. The big question is: Could that subsurface ocean support extraterrestrial life?
First spotted by the New Horizons spacecraft during its historic 2015 flyby, the heart-shaped region that captured the affections of space-lovers everywhere was found by scientists to be was naturally divided into two lobes: A smooth, icy lobe named Sputnik Planitia, and a rougher region known as Tombaugh reggio.
The region informally named Sputnik Planitia is a deep basin thought to be a remnant of an ancient collision. The would-be crater has been filled in over time with a mixture of three kinds of ices — frozen nitrogen, methane and carbon monoxide — and is located on the surface opposite of Charon (which is Pluto’s large, tidally locked moon).
“Sputnik Planitia is one of Pluto’s crown jewels, and understanding its origin is a puzzle,” New Horizons Principal investigator Alan Stern, of the Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, Colorado, explained in a news release.
Pluto's icy heart could be hiding a subsurface ocean.
William McKinnon, professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis is a member of the New Horizons team as well as a co-author on several Pluto papers, including one earlier this summer explaining that Pluto’s modest internal heat, is creating a lava lamp effect in Sputnik Planitia. McKinnon also co-authored another paper suggests any potential subsurface ocean would span some 600 miles wide and more than 50 miles thick. He also estimates that such an ocean would have an abundance of ammonia.
The New Horizons team previously detected the presence of ammonia on Charon, and also on one of Pluto’s small moons. “So it’s almost certainly inside Pluto,” McKinnon explained in a news release. “What I think is down there in the ocean is rather noxious, very cold, salty and very ammonia-rich almost a syrup.”
Could life survive in such an environment? If we’re talking about life as we know it, probably not. (Sorry Jeff Goldblum).
“It’s no place for germs, much less fish or squid, or any life as we know it,” McKinnon elaborated. “But as with the methane seas on Titan — Saturn’s main moon it raises the question of whether some truly novel life forms could exist in these exotic, cold liquids.”
Tardigrades are hearty organisms that can survive in extreme environments.
Life on Earth can tolerate a lot. Organisms known as extremophiles don’t just live, but thrive in the harshest environments. For instance, there are organisms that can tolerate extreme temperatures, as well as very salty conditions, or even the tardigrade, which can dry out for long periods of time and then reanimatethanks to a few drops of water.
It’s cold as hell out in the Kuiper Belt, so in order for a subsurface ocean on Pluto to remain a liquid, there must be some sort of anti-freeze, such as ammonia. Although scientists are not convinced there’s an organism out there that could survive in the viscous, ammonia-rich ocean on Pluto, certain types of bacteria found here on Earth are able to convert nitrogen into ammonia.
If there is an ocean lurking beneath Pluto’s icy heart, it would be a major discovery. Pluto is just one of thousands of worlds taking up residence in the Kuiper Belt, and if an exotic — meaning different than what we find here on Earth — subsurface ocean could be confirmed, the probability of other KBO’s harboring exotic oceans (and maybe life) increases exponentially.
New Horizons was decades in the making, and there are no other missions to explore Pluto currently on the books. If we want to definitively confirm a subsurface ocean exists, we will need to send another orbiter (or better yet, a lander) to collect crucial gravity measurements.
Chinese science fiction writers are having more fun with the genre than anyone else, and in fact, might even be producing its best new works. And now, in the years following the success of Liu Cixin’s award-winning novel, The Three-Body Problem, western audiences are starting to take notice.
For an easy introduction to this massive subgenre, see Ken Liu’s new anthology of short fiction, Invisible Planets, which highlights his favorite contemporary translated Chinese science fiction. And for readers who want to dive more deeply, three essays at the end of the book argue over the actual definition of Chinese science-fiction. In his essay “The Worst of All Possible Universes,” Liu Cixin himself believes that The Three-Body Problem actually helped to recontextualize science fiction in China very recently. In 2006, at the time of Three-Body’s publication in China, he wrote, “China’s science fiction market was anxious and depressed. The long marginalization of science fiction as genre led to a small and insular readership.”
Liu suggests that it has something to do with the book’s thick layer of imagination placed atop its realism. Liu implies that an adherence to strict realism is what shackled Chinese science fiction prior to 2006. “Writers struggled to attract readers outside the tribe and felt they had to give up their Campbellian science fiction fundamentalism and raise the genre’s literary qualities of realism.”
Jarringly, this is not unique to China, because what Liu Cixin is talking about is universal to science fiction publishing. If The Three-Body Problem was a big deal in Chinese science fiction in 2006, when Ken Liu’s translation showed up in American in 2014, it was also greeted as a breath of fresh air.
A contemporary science fiction writer is supposed to somehow reach a mainstream audience, demonstrate a convincing grasp of feasible science on the page, and also pay homage to previous sci-fi. If there’s one overwhelming trend from Liu Cixin or any of the other authors in Invisible Planets, it would seem to be that they looked at all those impossible criteria and said, “Fuck it.” And then, they wrote science fiction that could be realistic, but didn’t have to be. Finally, they were having fun with the genre.
Make no mistake, Invisible Planets is 100% Ken Liu’s baby. And though he might be known as the translator of Liu Cixin’s The Three-BodyProblem, the anthology wasn’t exclusively born out of that novel becoming popular in translation. “I had published 40+ translations of short Chinese fiction, and I realized that I had enough material to create a compelling anthology for readers interested in hearing new voices,” Ken Liu told Inverse. “It had nothing to do with The Three-Body Problem other than the fact that one of the stories in the anthology is adapted from a chapter in [that novel.]”
That’s why “whimsy” is the pervasive thread holding all the stories in Invisible Planets together, and “Grave of Fireflies” by Cheng Jingbo is one of its stand-out stories. In it, the author describes a future in which starships are seemingly evacuating the remnants of humanity in a mad dash to find the last remaining stars that might still be burning. Stars are going out left and right all around the universe, and no one knows why. Meanwhile, a kind of portal helps to guide the main character, Rosamund, to safety. “To the south was the Door Into Summer, built from floating asteroids like a road to heaven,” Cheng writes.
Xia Jia’s own story “Night Journey of the Dragon Horse” is another good example: it features a sentient, mechanical creature lumbering through a decayed, vaguely future-dystopian landscape. Xia Jia based the Dragon Horse on “real” dragon horses on planet Earth; it’s a kind of parade float, an attraction that would delight children. Imagining what a living version of a complex parade float might look like wouldn’t occur to most American science fiction writers. Is lack of imagination to blame? More likely, science fiction has been long dominated by western imagery and tropes, meaning everything about the imagination in Chinese science fiction seems fresh.
But how does one define “Chinese Science Fiction”? The essays in Invisible Planetsdon’t totally agree. In his essay “What Makes Chinese Science Fiction Chinese?” Xia Jia writes that the “disparate stories” found in the anthology “speak of something in common, and the tension between Chinese ghost tales and science fiction provides yet another way to express the same idea.” That’s not to say that there was ever a plan to present one unified theme with this anthology. Editor Ken Liu told Inverse that the book hopefully gives “… an overall sense of Chinese science fiction as a diverse category that includes many themes and approaches,” but Liu stopped short of saying that the book claims any “comprehensiveness” in terms of covering all of Chinese science fiction, ever. “It was conceived of as a showcase for some wonderful works of contemporary Chinese science fiction as gathered by an American writer and fan: me.” Ken Lui said. “I’m an American writer, so I write in the tradition of the Western canon … and I can’t claim that I’m too heavily influenced by any single school of thought.”
Regardless of motivation or total comprehensiveness, Invisible Planets is a wake-up call for a serious fan of science fiction. The message here is: ultra-realistic hard science fiction isn’t the global future of the genre, nor is a blend of literary fiction with borrowed “edginess” from the New Wave of the 20th century. Instead, Invisible Planets puts print sci-fi firmly where it should be: on the edge of what still isn’t quite possible in life, but can be glimpsed in art.
Quoting Gilles Deluze, Xia Jia reminds readers that science fiction is always in a state of “becoming.” There, finally, a true definition for science fiction — Chinese or otherwise might have been discovered. Chinese science fiction’s influence on the rest of the world has opened up a whole new frontier of discovery. Invisible Planets is probably just the beginning.
Tisulsky Princess — Girl in a Casket — Is at Least 800 Million Years Old!
Tisulsky Princess — Girl in a Casket — Is at Least 800 Million Years Old!
Tisulsky Princess — Girl in a Casket — Age of Burial According to the Professor Is at Least 800 Million Years Old!
In the near future, russian scientists publish their findings, and that the scientific world will plunge into shock. Age burial, according to the professor, at least 800 million years old! This refutes the Darwinian theory of the origin of man from apes. The woman was buried in the Carboniferous period of the Paleozoic era millions of years before the dinosaurs, long before the formation of the planet coal, when, in the modern view is still the land of a complete plant kingdom.
It happened at the beginning of September 1969 in the village of Rzhavchik Tisulskago region of Kemerovo region. During the stripping work at coal mine in the core dvadtsatimetrovogo coal seam lies at a depth of over 70 meters, two meters, miner Karnaukhov discovered a marble casket of amazingly accurate mechanical manufacture.
At the command area, commander Alexander Alexandrovich Masalygina had all work stopped immediately. The casket was brought to the surface and began to open, peck on the edges of fossilized time putty. Not so much from the blows, but from the effects of solar heat, putty into a clear liquid and flowed. One looking for experiences even tried it on the language (in a week was crazy, and in February froze at the door of his house.)
Casket lid was adjusted perfectly accurate. For a more permanent connection inside edge fringed double face pyatnadtsatisantimetrovuyu plugged into the wall thickness. Tisulsky Princess Discovery was a shock to the audience. Casket coffin was filled to the brim with pink — blue crystal clear liquid. By spring stitch, which rests high (about 180 C), a slim, unusual beauty woman — who looked about thirty, with a fine European features and large, wide-open blue eyes. Her Hair was a thick, dark brown with a reddish tint, slightly curled and fell to the her waist. At her sides were soft white hands with short, neatly cropped nails.
She was dressed in a white lace transparent dress length just below the knee. With short sleeves embroidered with colorful flowers. Underwear was not. It seemed that she is not dead, but sleeping. At the head — a black, rectangular, rounded at one end, metal box (something like a cell phone) of approximately 25 to 10 cm
The coffin was open for all to see about 10 to 15 hours. See the miracle was the whole village. Almost immediately, the finding reported in the district center. Validating the authorities, fire, military, militia. By 14 o’clock in the field of brick-red helicopter landed and took a dozen solid “friends” in mufti, who once said that the place contagious and told the audience away from the sepulcher. Then sealed off the place of discovery and rewrote all who touched the coffin, and even standing near, ostensibly for a medical emergency.
Coffin “friends” dragged, it was in the helicopter, but the burden was too heavy, and decided to make it easier by removing the liquid. After pumping fluid out of the coffin corpse right in front began to blacken. Then the liquid is again filled in, and the blackness was rapidly disappearing. After a minute late on the cheeks blush is played again, and all of the mortal remains of the former acquired lifelike appearance. The coffin was closed and brought in a helicopter to get together with the remnants of the land putty in cellophane bags and ordered the witnesses to disperse. After that, the helicopter soared skyward and headed for Novosibirsk.
Five days from Novosibirsk to Rzhavchik came elderly professor and read in country club lecture on the preliminary results of a recent laboratory findings. The professor said that this discovery will turn rzhavchikskaya very understanding of history. In the near future, Soviet scientists publish their findings, and that the scientific world will plunge into shock. Age burial, according to the professor, at least 800 million years old! This refutes the Darwinian theory of the origin of man from apes. The woman was buried in the Carboniferous period of the Paleozoic era millions of years before the dinosaurs, long before the formation of the planet coal, when, in the modern view is still the land of a complete plant kingdom.
Originally coffin woman standing in the middle of a wooden vault deep thicket of the forest. Over time, the vault is completely rooted in the ground, collapsed and without oxygen for hundreds of millions of years into a solid layer of coal.
Initially put forward an alien version, but genetic analysis of a woman’s body showed a 100 — percent uniformity of the modern Russian man. Today, we are one to one are the same as were our ancestors 800 million years ago!
The level of civilization to which belonged to a woman, more than all the previously known, including our own, because the nature of the fabric from which made dress “Princess” is not amenable to scientific analysis. Equipment for the production of such material is not invented by mankind. Not managed to identify the composition and pink-blue liquid, identified only some of its constituent components, formed the oldest varieties of onions and garlic. On a metal box professor did not say anything, except that it is being studied.
Lecturer left, and after a couple of days in the local newspaper came tisulskoy tiny note that was found near the village of Rzhavchik archaeological relic, which will shed light on the story. Rzhavchane protested so much sensation, and in the newspaper three lines! Indignation subsided itself when Tisulsky area was suddenly surrounded by the military, the police went from house to house, removing “seditious” number in the population, and the place where he found the tomb, carefully dug and filled up with earth.
Yet despite the efforts of the authorities of the people in the village were found fighters for truth. One of the characters run around all instances, even wrote a letter to the Central Committee, but died a year (according to the official version — from heart failure). When, in the year one after the other in car crashes killing all six “pioneers” coffin surviving witnesses silenced forever.
In 1973, when, according to the authorities, “all was quiet” on the shores and islands of Lake Berchikul that six kilometers from the place of occurrence of the sarcophagus, all summer to late autumn in secrecy conducted large-scale excavations. Job site was surrounded by soldiers and police. But, as they say, murder will out! One guest workers who participated in the excavation and kept quiet for a long time, went to the shopping area, slightly drunk, and said that the islands discovered an ancient cemetery Stone Age. Share the details they flatly refused, but the village has seen both at the dig site and then flew to “brick” and the helicopter was taking something, and on completion of work on the islands and shores of Berchikulya are hundreds of carefully dug up and buried underground tombs …
SHOCK CLAIM: ELITE PREPARING FOR NIBIRU APOCALYPSE NEXT YEAR BUT THE REST OF US ARE DOOMED
SHOCK CLAIM: ELITE PREPARING FOR NIBIRU APOCALYPSE NEXT YEAR BUT THE REST OF US ARE DOOMED
WORLD leaders are planning to hide out in bunkers next year to escape the doom a gigantic planet will cause as it passes the Earth, according to a crackpot conspiracy theory.
The elites have been building bunkers all over the place in anticipation of Earth Changes. Governments around the world have built D.U.M.B’s (Deep Underground Military Bases).
What in the world are the elite up to? In recent days, we have learned NORAD is moving back into Cheyenne Mountain because it is “EMP-hardened”. In addition, government authorities have scheduled a whole host of unusual “training exercises” all over the nation. So are the elite doing all of this in order to prepare for something really BIG, or should we just chalk up all of this strange activity to rampant government paranoia?
I think even though we are confused, I would rather be ready and it not happen than to think it is years down the road. The pieces seem to add up and I am going with next year as the beginning of hell.
This diagram represents the the light of a neutron star passing through an area of space where vacuum birefringence, a theory of quantum electrodynamics, is occurring. The light's magnetic and electric fields (red and blue arrows) are altered and aligned as they pass through the empty space near a neutron star, suggesting the intense magnetic field there creates virtual particles that affect the light.
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About 400 light-years from here, in the area surrounding a neutron star, the electromagnetic field of this unbelievably dense object appears to be creating an area where matter spontaneously appears and then vanishes.
Quantum electrodynamics (QED) describes the relationships between particles of light, or photons, and electrically charged particles such as electrons and protons. The theories of QED suggest that the universe is full of "virtual particles," which are not really particles at all. They are fluctuations in quantum fields that have most of the same properties as particles, except they appear and vanish all the time. Scientists predicted the existence of virtual particles some 80 years ago, but we have never had experimental evidence of this process until now.
SEEING THE INVISIBLE
How can we possibly see such a thing? One of the properties virtual particles have in common with actual particles is that they both affect light. In addition, intense magnetic fields are thought to excite the activity of virtual particles, affecting any light that passes through that space more dramatically.
So a team of astronomers pointed our most advanced ground-based telescope, the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT), at one of the densest objects we know of: a neutron star.
Neutron stars have magnetic fields that are billions of times stronger than our sun's. Using the VLT, Roberto Mignani from the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) and his team observed visible light around the neutron star RX J1856.5-3754 and detected linear polarization—or the alignment of light waves according to external electromagnetic influences—in the empty space around the star. This is rather odd, because conventional relativity says that light should pass freely through a vacuum, such as space, without being altered. The linear polarization was to such a degree (16 degrees to be precise) that the only known explanations are theories of QED and the influence of virtual particles.
"According to QED, a highly magnetized vacuum behaves as a prism for the propagation of light, an effect known as vacuum birefringence," Mignani says. "The high linear polarization that we measured with the VLT can't be easily explained by our models unless the vacuum birefringence effects predicted by QED are included."
HOW DO YOU MEASURE SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS EXIST?
Vacuum birefringence was first predicted in the 1930s by Werner Heisenberg and Hans Heinrich Euler. It was an exciting time for the development of quantum mechanics, when many of the advanced theories still studied today were developed.
In the quantum realm, matter behaves very strangely to say the least. It violates both Newton's classical laws of physics and Einstein's theories of relativity and gravity. Matter can exist in two separate places at once. Entangled particles, separated by miles, can influence each other instantaneously. As far as we can tell, the smallest building blocks of matter exist with multiple, or even infinite properties, known as quantum states, until they are observed or measured.
Fortunately, we can model and even predict some quantum phenomena, and we do this using wave functions. A wave, such as a sine curve, is represented by an equation that has multiple correct values to make it a true mathematical statement. This same basic principle can be applied to physical models of particles that exist in different locations, or with different properties, or sometimes don't exist at all. When the particles are measured, the wave function collapses, and the matter only exists with one set of properties like you would expect. The researchers were able to measure the virtual particles around a neutron star indirectly, by measuring the light that passes through them.
These concepts are so profound that Einstein and Niels Bohr famously debated, at length, whether the universe even exists as a tangible smattering of matter across the void, or if it is a fluid conglomerate of infinite possible realities until we observe it. The first experimental evidence of vacuum birefringence—absurdly strong electromagnetic forces tugging at the very foundations of matter—reminds us that this is still an open-ended question.
Kosmische toverkunsten: Materie verschijnt en verdwijnt spontaan rond verre ster
Kosmische toverkunsten: Materie verschijnt en verdwijnt spontaan rond verre ster
Er gebeurt iets spookachtigs rond een neutronenster op 400 lichtjaar van de aarde. Materie lijkt er spontaan te verschijnen en vervolgens weer te verdwijnen.
Het is net alsof bij de ster een kosmische tovenaar aan het werk is.
Wetenschappers ontdekten dit vreemde fenomeen toen ze de Very Large Telescope van het Europese Zuidelijke Sterrenwacht (ESO) op neutronenster RX J1856.5-3754 richtten.
Polarisatie
De ster heeft een magnetisch veld dat miljarden keer sterker is dan dat van onze zon, schrijft Popular Mechanics.
Waarnemingen met de telescoop in het noorden van Chili hebben laten zien dat het licht van de neutronenster een sterke lineaire polarisatie vertoont.
Die polarisatie zou niet moeten optreden omdat de ruimte rond een ster normaal gesproken leeg is. Het licht kan erdoorheen gaan zonder veranderingen te ondergaan.
Virtuele deeltjes
In dit geval kan er maar één verklaring zijn: de ruimte rond de ster was niet leeg, maar bevatte ‘virtuele deeltjes’ die nu eens verschijnen en dan weer verdwijnen.
De kwantumelektrodynamica (QED), die gaat over de relatie tussen lichtdeeltjes (fotonen) en elektrisch geladen deeltjes, voorspelt dat zeer sterke magnetische velden de lege ruimte zodanig veranderen dat de polarisatie van passerend licht wordt beïnvloed.
Wemelt
Dit effect, dat ook wel vacuüm-dubbelbreking wordt genoemd, werd al in de jaren dertig voorspeld, maar is nog nooit eerder aangetoond.
De virtuele deeltjes zijn geen echte deeltjes, maar fluctuaties in kwamtumvelden. Deze fluctuaties gedragen zich desalniettemin als deeltjes en kunnen licht beïnvloeden.
Volgens de QED wemelt het universum van virtuele deeltjes. Er was een magnetisch veld van een verre neutronenster voor nodig om ze eindelijk aan ons te onthullen.
UFO SCHIET RAKELINGS LANGS KLEIN VLIEGTUIG ( VIDEO )
UFO SCHIET RAKELINGS LANGS KLEIN VLIEGTUIG ( VIDEO )
Op deze website zijn al veel verhalen gepubliceerd over vreemde wolken, waarbij UFO’s een rol spelen.
Wolken die plotseling verschijnen in een lucht waar ze eigenlijk niet thuis horen, net zoals dat gebeurde met een Cessna die verdween in een wolk boven de Nazcalijnen in Peru.
Dikwijls nemen mensen wolken waar waarbij bliksemschichten heen en weer schieten, maar wat dan ook weer geen echte onweerswolken zijn omdat ze op een bepaalde plaats hangen, terwijl de rest van de lucht gewoon blauw is.
Daarnaast worden UFO’s ook regelmatig gesignaleerd bij wat wel echte onweerswolken zijn. De combinatie UFO/onweer/bliksem is er één die iedere keer weer terug komt, zoals in het volgende voorbeeld.
Het is een opname die nu net naar buiten is gekomen, maar die al in juli van dit jaar is gemaakt in de Amerikaanse plaats Cherry Hill in de staat New Jersey.
Een man staat op zijn veranda een onweersbui te filmen, wanneer er opeens een sigaarvormige UFO een onweerswolk in vliegt.
De theorie die zegt dat UFO's zich verbergen in wolken of die gebruiken om zich te vermommen, wordt ondersteund door een voorval dat plaatsvond in 2011 en wat ook wel één van de meest overtuigende UFO waarnemingen word genoemd.
Het voorval vind plaats in Peru op nieuwjaarsdag 2011, wanneer een groepje medici besluit om een rondvlucht boven de bekende Nazcalijnen te maken met een klein Cessna vliegtuig.
Deze lijnen zijn wereldberoemd en alleen vanuit de lucht zichtbaar. Men denkt dat deze lijnen zijn gemaakt door de Nazca beschaving die in de periode 200 voor Christus tot 700 na Christus in dat gebied leefde. Ze zijn eigenlijk per ongeluk ontdekt in de jaren dertig doordat vliegtuigen ze vanuit de lucht waarnamen. Maar, wie ze werkelijk gemaakt hebben en waarom, blijft tot op de dag van vandaag een raadsel.
De vlucht op 1 januari 2011 is de eerste van die dag en omdat het altijd mooi weer is in het woestijngebied waar de lijnen liggen, kunnen de gasten naar hartenlust filmen.
Echter, op een gegeven moment gebeurt er iets ongewoons en verdwijnt het vliegtuig plotsklaps in een wolk, iets dat normaal gesproken nooit voor komt. De passagiers worden dan ook een beetje angstig als de piloot hen waarschuwt voor komende turbulentie, maar gelukkig loopt alles goed af.
Wanneer men echter in de hotelkamer de beelden bekijkt, dan blijkt dat er zich vlakbij het vliegtuig een UFO heeft opgehouden en eigenlijk rakelings langs het toestel is gevlogen.
In de volgende video zie je na ongeveer 3 minuten en 28 seconden de UFO langs het vliegtuig schieten.
Wat deze opname heel bijzonder maakt, is dat er eigenlijk nooit wolken boven dat gebied worden waargenomen en dat het er nooit regent.
Nu verdwijnt het vliegtuig onverwacht in een wolk en wordt er even later een UFO vlak naast het toestel gesignaleerd. Hebben we hier dan misschien te maken met zo’n situatie waarbij een groter moederschip wordt gecamoufleerd door een wolk en waar een aantal kleinere UFO’s omheen vliegen zoals wel vaker wordt waargenomen?
Met Peru en het gebied waar zich de Nazcalijnen bevinden, gaat het in ieder geval wel over een omgeving waar je buitenaardse dingen kn verwachten.
Russisch ruimteschip met voorraden voor het ISS in de problemen
Russisch ruimteschip met voorraden voor het ISS in de problemen
Caroline Kraaijvanger
Kort na de lancering kwam het Progress-ruimtevaartuig in de problemen en inmiddels is duidelijk dat het ruimtevaartuig als verloren moet worden beschouwd.
Het onbemande ruimteschip Progress werd vanmiddag (Nederlandse tijd) vanuit Kazachstan gelanceerd. De lancering ging in beginsel volgens het boekje. De eerste twee rakettrappen brandden exact op het moment dat dat van ze verwacht werden. Maar toen het de beurt was aan de derde rakettrap ontstond er enige verwarring. De gegevens suggereerden dat er iets niet in de haak was en kort daarna raakte de Russische ruimtevaartorganisatie het contact met Progress kwijt.
Ruimte De Russische ruimtevaartorganisatie laat in een verklaring weten dat het ruimteschip op zo’n 190 kilometer hoogte in de problemen kwam en als verloren moet worden beschouwd. Op het moment dat het ruimteschip zich niet langer gedroeg zoals gepland, bevond het zich boven afgelegen en onbewoond gebied. De meeste brokstukken zouden in de atmosfeer zijn verbrand.
Voedsel Aan boord van het ruimteschip bevonden zich onder meer voedsel en voorraden voor de astronauten aan boord van het ISS. Dat de astronauten naar die voorraden kunnen fluiten, is op zichzelf geen reden tot zorg. De astronauten hebben voldoende voedsel aan boord om zich de komende tijd te kunnen redden.
Hubble ontrafelt het 'draderige' sterrenstelsel NGC 4696
Hubble ontrafelt het 'draderige' sterrenstelsel NGC 4696
Caroline Kraaijvanger
Nog niet eerder konden we het bijzondere sterrenstelsel NGC 4696 zo gedetailleerd bewonderen. Bedankt, Hubble!
Het sterrenstelsel NGC 4696 is te vinden in het cluster Centaurus. Dit cluster bestaat uit honderden sterrenstelsels, waarvan NGC 4696 veruit het helderste is. Het cluster bevindt zich op zo’n 150 miljoen lichtjaar van de aarde.
Structuur Maar niet alleen de helderheid van NGC 4696 is bijzonder. Ook de structuur is uniek. Het sterrenstelsel bestaat uit een heldere kern met daaromheen een systeem van donkere, wervelende filamenten. En dankzij een nieuwe foto van Hubble kunnen we de bijzondere structuur van het sterrenstelsel nu in detail bekijken.
200 lichtjaar Astronomen hebben de nieuwe observaties van Hubble gebruikt om meer te weten te komen over het sterrenstelsel. Ze ontdekten dat elk filament een breedte heeft van ongeveer 200 lichtjaar en een dichtheid heeft die tien keer hoger ligt dan de dichtheid van het omringende gas. De filamenten komen samen en kronkelen vervolgens naar het centrum van NGC 4696.
Het lijkt erop dat de kern van het sterrenstelsel verantwoordelijk is voor de vorm en positionering van de filamenten. In het hart van het sterrenstelsel bevindt zich namelijk een actief supermassief zwart gat dat de binnenste regionen van het stelsel trakteert op energie en zo het gas aldaar verwarmt en wegduwt. Die hete gasstromen bubbelen vervolgens van de kern weg en slepen het materiaal waaruit de filamenten bestaan met zich mee. Ook het magnetisch veld van het sterrenstelsel wordt door die bubbelende beweging weggeduwd en dwingt het door de gasstromen meegevoerde materiaal om filamenten te vormen.
Het licht van een nabije neutronenster lijkt te getuigen van een vreemd kwantumeffect dat tachtig jaar geleden al voorspeld werd, maar nog nooit is waargenomen.
Onderzoekers Werner Heisenberg en Hans Heinrich Euler voorspelden tachtig jaar geleden het bestaan van een vreemd kwantumeffect dat ze vacuüm-dubbelbreking doopten. De volgende stap was natuurlijk: het kwantumeffect detecteren. Diverse pogingen in het laboratorium liepen echter op niets uit.
Neutronensterren “Dit effect kan alleen worden gedetecteerd in aanwezigheid van enorm sterke magnetische velden,” vertelt onderzoeker Roberto Turolla. Maar ja, waar vind je die? Nou, rond neutronensterren bijvoorbeeld. Een neutronenster is het compacte overblijfsel van de kern van een zware ster die aan het einde van zijn leven is ontploft. Het magnetisch veld van zo’n neutronenster is miljarden keren sterker dan het magnetisch veld van onze zon.
“VOLGENS DE KWANTUMELEKTRODYNAMICA GEDRAAGT EEN STERK MAGNETISCH VELD ZICH ALS EEN SOORT PRISMA”
Vacuüm-dubbelbreking Het magnetisch veld van zo’n neutronenster is van invloed op de eigenschappen van de lege ruimte rond de ster. Normaliter is zo’n vacuüm helemaal leeg en kan het licht erdoorheen bewegen zonder te veranderen. Maar volgens de kwantumelektrodynamica – de kwantumtheorie die de interactie tussen fotonen van licht en geladen deeltjes zoals elektronen beschrijft – wemelt de lege ruimte van de virtuele deeltjes die dan weer verschijnen en dan weer verdwijnen. Krachtige magnetische velden kunnen deze ruimte echter zo veranderen dat deze de polarisatie van licht dat erdoorheen gaat, beïnvloedt. “Volgens de kwantumelektrodynamica gedraagt een sterk magnetisch veld zich als een soort prisma – een effect dat vacuüm-dubbelbreking wordt genoemd,” legt onderzoeker Roberta Mignani uit.
Onderzoek En onderzoekers denken sporen van dat vreemde kwantumeffect nu in de ruimte te hebben gespot. En wel tijdens het bestuderen van de neutronenster RX J1856.5-3754. Deze ster bevindt zich op ongeveer 400 lichtjaar afstand en behoort daarmee tot de meest nabije neutronensterren. Maar dat wil niet zeggen dat deze gemakkelijk te observeren is: het zichtbare licht ervan is extreem zwak. Het vraagt dan ook het uiterste van de huidige telescooptechnologie om deze neutronenster te observeren. Maar met behulp van het FORS2-instrument van de Very Large Telescope (VLT) is het dan toch gelukt.
Hier zie je hoe licht – dat van het oppervlak van een sterk magnetische neutronenster (links) komt, lineair gepolariseerd raakt terwijl het zich door het vacuüm van de ruimte in de naaste omgeving van de ster, in de richting van een waarnemer op aarde (rechts) begeeft. De polarisatie van het licht wijst erop dat de lege ruimte rond de neutronenster onderhevig is aan vacuüm-dubbelbreking.
Afbeelding: ESO / L. Calçada.
De onderzoekers bestudeerden het licht van de neutronenster en de polarisatie van dat licht suggereert dat de lege ruimte rond de neutronenster onderhevig is aan vacuüm-dubbelbreking. “De sterke lineaire polarisatie die we met de VLT hebben gemeten laat zich niet gemakkelijk verklaren zonder de door de kwantumelektrodynamica voorspelde vacuüm-dubbelbreking,” stelt Mignani. “Dit VLT-onderzoek is het allereerste observationele bewijs voor dit type kwantumelektrodynamica-effecten die door extreem sterke magnetische velden worden veroorzaakt,” voegt onderzoeker Sylvia Zane toe. “Daarmee is eens te meer aangetoond dat neutronensterren van onschatbare waarde zijn voor het onderzoek van fundamentele natuurwetten,” aldus Turolla.
Astronomen hebben een piepkleine asteroïde gevonden. 2015 TC25 is de kleinste asteroïde die in kaart is gebracht. Het object is niet veel groter dan een mens, namelijk slechts twee meter.
Grappig genoeg is 2015 TC25 tevens een van de helderste aardscheerders ooit. Het object vloog in oktober op een afstand van 128.000 kilometer langs de aarde, waardoor de ruimtesteen werd opgemerkt door de Catalina Sky Survey van de universiteit van Arizona. Wetenschappers schrijven in een paper in The Astronomical Journal dat het oppervlak van 2015 TC25 lijkt op het materiaal van aubrieten. Dit is een zeldzame klasse van heldere meteorieten. Zo wordt zestig procent van het zonlicht door 2015 TC25 weerkaatst. Dat is tien keer meer dan bij donkere meteorieten. Dit verklaart waarom de piepkleine planetoïde zo goed zichtbaar was vanaf het aardoppervlak.
Artistieke impressie van 2015 TC25.
“Dit is de eerste keer dat we optische, infrarood- en radargegevens van zo’n kleine asteroïde hebben, die in feite een meteoroïde is”, zegt assistent professor Vishnu Reddy van de universiteit van Arizona. “Je moet het zien als een meteoriet die door de ruimte zweeft en de atmosfeer van de aarde nog niet geraakt heeft en ook nog niet op de grond is gevallen. Dit kan ooit wel gebeuren.”
15.000 aardscheerders Op dit moment zijn er meer dan 15.000 aardscheerders bekend. Dit waren er drie jaar geleden nog maar 10.000. Aardscheerders zijn objecten die op een afstand van minder dan 195 miljoen kilometer om de zon draaien. Veel aardscheerders vormen geen bedreiging, omdat de aarde 150 miljoen kilometer van de zon verwijderd is. “De komende honderd jaar zullen geen bekende NEO’s een bedreiging vormen voor de aarde”, zegt Lindley Johnson van NASA. “We hebben bijna alle grote asteroïden al gevonden, maar de kleintjes nog niet.”
44 Nysa Reddy denkt dat 2015 TC25 ooit vast heeft gezeten aan 44 Nysa. Dit is een grote asteroïde in de asteroïdengordel tussen Mars en Jupiter. De langste zijde van deze onregelmatige planetoïde heeft een lengte van 113 kilometer. Dat is vergelijkbaar met de afstand van Amsterdam naar Eindhoven. Gelukkig komt dit object nooit dicht in de buurt van de aarde, want een inslag zou sowieso het einde betekenen van de mensheid. In het geval van 2015 TC25 is de kans overigens zeer klein dat deze op korte termijn opnieuw in aanraking komt met de aarde
Deze vrouw werd als enige ooit geraakt door een vallende meteoriet
Hoe groot is de kans dat het ook u overkomt?
Deze vrouw werd als enige ooit geraakt door een vallende meteoriet
Wie een vallende ster ziet, mag een wens doen, zo wordt gezegd. Wie een vallende ster voelt en het nog kan navertellen, mag vooral van geluk spreken. De Amerikaanse Ann Hodges lag vandaag exact 62 jaar geleden thuis in de woonkamer een dutje te doen toen ze door een meteoriet werd geraakt. Ze is vandaag nog altijd het enige slachtoffer ter wereld dat ooit geraakt werd door een gloeiende steen uit de ruimte.
Exact 62 jaar geleden deed Ann Hodges uit Sylacauga in Alabama ’s middags een dutje op haar zetel. Ze had net de tafel afgeruimd en de keuken opgekuist. Ze was alleen thuis, de radio speelde zacht.
Ineens hoorde ze een harde klap en voelde ze een stekende pijn aan haar linkerheup. Ze kermde het uit van de pijn. Tussen haar dij en haar heup zat een gigantische blauw/zwarte plek. Zonder het zelf te beseffen was ze de eerste persoon ooit die geraakt werd door een meteoriet uit de ruimte.
Gelukkig was de val van de steen afgeremd door het dak en het plafond en ketste hij ook nog af op de radio. Anders waren de gevolgen ongetwijfeld veel erger geweest. Maar het voorval werd wel wereldnieuws.
De Russen?
De inwoners van Sylacauga, die het hadden zien gebeuren, beschreven het vallende object als een rode lichtbal met een lange rookpluim. Sommigen dachten dat een vliegtuig neerstortte, anderen vermoedden dat de Russen er voor iets tussen zaten. Dat de Sovjets een aanval hadden uitgevoerd op de VS. Het was toen nog volop Koude Oorlog tussen beide grootmachten. Gelukkig zaten de Russen er voor niets tussen en ging het om een uitzonderlijk natuurfenomeen.
Eugene, de man van Ann, met de meteoriet
De huisdokter stond voor een raadsel. Het enige wat hij kon doen was een enorme bloeduitstorting vaststellen en patiënte Ann Hodges wat pijnstillers geven. De oorzaak van de verwondingen moest hij niet ver zoeken. Boven het hoofd van zijn patiënte zat een groot gat in het plafond. Een steen, ongeveer zo groot als een kassei, lag in de woonkamer. Hij was dwars door het dak van het landhuis gevallen.
Ann werd naar het ziekenhuis gebracht. De politie nam de steen in beslag maar wist er zelf ook niet echt raad mee. Uiteindelijk gaven militairen en wetenschappers het antwoord: het was wel degelijk een meteoriet uit de ruimte.
Ann herstelde en kreeg de steen die haar leven grondig zou veranderen terug. De pers schoof aan voor haar huis om een interview af te nemen van de vrouw. En iedereen wilde het huis waar het natuurfenomeen zich had voorgedaan van dichtbij zien. Ze kon amper nog buitenkomen zonder te worden aangeklampt en werd volgens haar omgeving een ander mens. Ze begon zich zelfs een beetje een ster te voelen.
Haar huisbaas, weduwe Birdie Guy, eiste na een tijdje de steen op. Het was haar huis waarop hij gevallen was en zij moest opdraaien voor de herstellingen. Dus kwam de meteoriet haar toe, vond ze.
Ann gaf niet toe en het kwam zelfs tot een proces. Na een lange en bitsige strijd gaf Birdie Guy haar claim uiteindelijk op. Hodges en haar man Eugene moesten wel 500 dollar aan de vrouw betalen. Ze betaalden met plezier omdat ze geloofden dat ze op termijn veel meer geld met de meteoriet konden verdienen. Een foute gok, zo bleek achteraf.
Niemand was geïnteresseerd in ‘dat stuk steen’. Uiteindelijk schonk het koppel hem in 1956 aan het natural history museum waar hij vandaag nog altijd in een vitrinekast ligt.
Nu de steen weg was, hoopten ze hun vroegere leventje weer op te nemen. Maar Ann begon met haar gezondheid te sukkelen en kreeg vooral geestelijke problemen. Het was haar allemaal wat te veel geworden. Anderzijds miste ze toch ook wel een beetje de aandacht die ze gekregen had en die nu plots was weggevallen. Na een zoveelste zenuwinzinking verliet haar man haar in 1964 en acht jaar later overleed ze in alle eenzaamheid in een verzorgingstehuis. Ze werd maar 52 jaar.
“Ann was een minzame vrouw die niet graag in de spotlight stond. Het voorval met de meteoriet heeft haar leven grondig overhoop gegooid. Ze werd zenuwziek en kon niet meer gewoon functioneren. Die steen was haar ondergang”, zei haar ex-man Eugene op haar begrafenis.
Hoe groot is de kans dat er zo een meteoriet op ons dak valt?
Bij Volkssterrenwacht Urania in Hove zeggen ze dat de kans dat je zoiets meemaakt, zeer erg miniem is.
Amerikaanse wetenschappers zeggen dat de kans dat er een meteoriet op je kop valt zelfs kleiner is dan de kans dat je één een keer het slachtoffer wordt van een orkaan, een overstroming en een blikseminslag.
Bij Urania kennen ze twee gevallen van vallende meteoren in West-Europa. Zonder gewonden. In augustus 2009 was er een inslag in Frankrijk, in oktober van hetzelfde jaar boven Groningen, in Nederland. “Gelukkig zijn daar geen gewonden bij gevallen. Maar het was uniek om zien”, zegt Marc Van den Brouck van Urania.
In de ochtend van 15 februari 2013 kwam een grote meteoriet de dampkring binnen nabij de Russische stad Chelyabinsk. Precies 88 seconden na de verblindende flitsen volgden enkele zware schokgolven. Heel veel ruiten sneuvelden. Meer dan 1.000 mensen raakten gewond. Niet door de meteoor zelf maar door rondslingerend glas en andere objecten.
De boosdoener was een steenmeteoriet met een geschatte diameter van 19 meter en een gewicht van ongeveer 12.000 ton. De kracht van de explosie werd geschat tussen 470 en 600 kiloton. Ter vergelijking: de explosieve kracht van de atoombom op Hiroshima bedroeg ongeveer 15 kiloton. De gigantische steen kwam gelukkig in het water terecht.
“Meteoren vliegen op 70 kilometer hoogte rond met een snelheid van 100.000 kilometer per uur. Op een bepaald moment spatten ze uit elkaar en vallen ze naar beneden. De kans dat we ooit, zoals die vrouw in de VS, geraakt worden door zo een vallende ster, is miniem. Uit onderzoek blijkt dat er jaarlijks een twaalftal neerkomen die de grootte hebben van een voetbal. Maar meestal vallen ze in onbewoond gebied. Voorspellen kan je zoiets niet.”, zegt Van den Brouck.
After weeks of radio silence, President-elect Donald Trumphas finally announcedwho will presumably be taking the reins over NASA for the transition team: Christopher Shank, a former top aide and communications official for the space agency. Shank’s appointment seems to reinforce Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence’s calls for stepping up military assets in space and push for greater cross-collaboration between NASA and U.S. intelligence agencies.
Why is that? Shank, a former member of the U.S. Air Force, has experience helping the Pentagon work on space programs. He had a stint as a special assistant to former NASA Administrator Mike Griffin. In addition, since 2011, he’s served as deputy chief of staff for Representative Lamar Smith — the chairman of the House Science Committee for the last three years, and for which Shank has served as a staffer.
Overall, Shank is an establishment figure who has spent plenty of time navigating through the federal government’s civilian and military sectors. He’ll likely act as an effective bridge between the two as the incoming Trump administration looks to foster interdepartmental collaboration.
It’s not just Shank’s appointment that speaks to this notion. Mark Albrecht, space policy advisor under former president George H.W. Bush, has been assigned to work with the Department of Defense for the transition team. Albrecht was long pegged by industry insiders to be a shoe-in for the NASA transition team, so his new role at the Pentagon is a bit of a surprise. But Albrecht’s appointment may actually be a way for the Trump administration to increase the defense department’s influence over U.S. space policy.
Trump has been vocal about his desire to resurrect the currently-defunct National Space Council, which would bring together the heads of various federal agencies together in one body to discuss and direct U.S. policy holistically — not just with regards to NASA. And the head of this council would be Pence, who is reportedly enthusiastic about melding NASA’s work with the military and intelligence community.
Why would Trump and his advisors push for more cooperation between NASA and the military? With China’s own space program pulling together a rapid string of successes, and with the advent of space mining poised to accelerate the the militarization of space, there is a legitimate case to make for why the executive office should start planning now for how it will use space as another platform for strengthening national security. International law only prohibits putting weapons of mass destruction into orbit — it doesn’t prevent conventional weaponry from being launched.
Of course, aggressive actions from the U.S. would almost certainly just persuade Russia, China, and other countries to begin making their own plans to beef up their military assets in space. Trump, if he’s not careful — and so far, there’s no reason to expect anything less than recklessness from our new president — could create a new space race that plunges the world into new existential lows.
Astronomers at the University of Arizona found a new friend last year — the smallest near-Earth asteroid ever observed.
The space-rock, named 2015 TC25, is about six feet in diameter: So tiny, researchers say, that you could literally ride it like a pony (or, as the university’s blog post notes, recreate the bomb-riding scene in Dr. Strangelove). Sure, you’d need to have a spacesuit and also be traveling at roughly 56,000 miles per hour (the average speed of an asteroid orbiting the sun), but theoretically, 2015 TC25 is an explorer’s best chance for a rock ride through space. It passed by Earth at only 79,535 miles, which is about a third of the distance to the moon.
Astronomers at University of Arizona’s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory first found TeeCee in October of last year, as its name would suggest, but recently published their findings in The Astronomical Journal after watching the little rock zip through space for a year. Weirdly, TeeCee is extremely bright for an asteroid, despite its small stature. The astronomers estimate the asteroid reflects up to 60 percent of the sunlight that hits it, mostly because it’s made of shiny silicate materials formed in a high-temperature, oxygen-free environment.
Lead author Vishnu Reddy said that even though TeeCee is a shrimp, it might have bigger implications and could help astronomers learn more about where its bigger asteroid family members are headed. Near-Earth asteroids — ones that break off from the main belt between Mars and Jupiter and pass by Earth — are watched carefully by astronomers just in case one decides to go all Armageddonon us. But Reddy says that’s not really a worry with TeeCee.
“This is the first time we have optical, infrared and radar data on such a small asteroid, which is essentially a meteoroid,” Reddy said. “You can think of it as a meteorite floating in space that hasn’t hit the atmosphere and made it to the ground yet.”
Still, Reddy’s team was interested in the little rock because it was a perfect example of a small-scale meteorite sample untarnished by a traumatic trip through the atmosphere and an impact with earth.
“Being able to observe small asteroids like this one is like looking at samples in space before they hit the atmosphere and make it to the ground,” Reddy said. “It also gives us a first look at their surfaces in pristine condition before they fall through the atmosphere.”
Check out a quick timelapse of TeeCee’s trip through Earth’s turf below.
A team of scientists from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research’s Cosmic Ray Laboratory in India detected a crack in Earth’s magnetic shield which allowed galactic cosmic rays to leak into the Earth’s atmosphere and caused huge geomagnetic storms.
The world’s largest and most sensitive cosmic ray monitor, GRAPES-3 muon telescope, located in Ooty (India), has recorded a burst of galactic cosmic rays. As per scientists, this burst of galactic cosmic rays indicates a crack in the Earth’s magnetic shield.
This telescope has recorded a burst of about 20 GeV, on 22 June 2015. This bombardment lasted for 2 hours and emitted immensely high-energy radiation. This burst took place when a giant cloud of plasma ejected from a solar corona, and traveled through space at about 2.5 million kilometers per hour and struck Earth.
This all resulted in triggering of severe geomagnetic storms that generated aurora borealis, and radio signal blackouts in many high-latitude countries in North and South America
From that very day, researchers at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in India have performed various simulations based on the data they received from GRAPES-3, by using the 1280-core computing farm, developed by the GRAPES-3 team.
Their results indicate that the magnetosphere (the area containing the planet’s magnetic field) had been temporarily cracked. The team explained that this high-speed strike was relentless; it resulted in severe compression of the magnetosphere, forcing it to shrink from 11 to 4 times the radius of Earth.
We are all interested to know more and more about the universe, and especially aliens. Many scientists believe there are many possible abodes for life throughout the cosmos, and considering the age of the universe (about 13.8 billion years) there has been plenty of time for life forms to evolve complexity and intelligence.
World-renowned physicist, Professor Stephen Hawking, said, “I am more convinced than ever that we are not alone.” But he is repeatedly warning scientists to stop trying to contact aliens before it’s too late.
According to Hawking, reaching out to advanced civilizations could put humanity in a very risky situation. But the fact is that we’ve already been signaling our location in the universe for years.
Hawking went on to say, “The Breakthrough Listen Project will scan the nearest million stars for signs of life, but I know just the place to start looking. One day we might receive a signal from a planet like Gliese 832c, but we should be wary of answering back.”
Hawking fears that alien civilizations are capable enough of picking up one of the many signals we are sending into outer space and understand where they’re coming from. If this alien civilization has the potential of billions of years of advancement, then we can become an easy target to overthrow or invade.
MIT and NASA researchers have developed a morphing airplane wing which could greatly simplify the manufacturing process and will make planes more fuel efficient.
The design is similar to that of Wright brothers’ Flyer 1, which they did more than a century ago. The entire wing bends and twists, but in place of wires and pulleys, this wing uses a high-strength foil on an aluminum frame.
The wing’s aerodynamics and its agility have been improved. Using an “array of tiny, lightweight structural pieces” dubbed “digital materials,” the scientists made the wings that can be assembled into a virtually infinite variety of shapes, just like LEGO blocks. The wings are able to twist with the help of activating two small motors that apply a twisting pressure to each wingtip.
Image courtesy Kenneth Cheung/NASA
As per MIT, “Wind-tunnel tests of this structure showed that it at least matches the aerodynamic properties of a conventional wing, at about one-tenth the weight.”
The wings are bendable and are made of lightweight carbon fiber reinforced plastic and are assembled by a team small robots. Miniature robots crawl along or inside the wing structure as it takes shape.
Gonzalo Rey, chief technology officer for Moog Inc., said, “Ultralight, tunable, aeroelastic structures and flight controls open up whole new frontiers for flight. The broader potential in this concept extends directly to skyscrapers, bridges, and space structures, providing not only improved performance and survivability but also a more sustainable approach by achieving the same strength while using, and reusing, substantially less raw material.”
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Les premières images de la sonde TGO de la mission ExoMars
Les premières images de la sonde TGO de la mission ExoMars
En orbite autour de la planète Mars depuis le mois d'octobre, la sonde TGO livre ses premières images de la planète rouge.
Photo d’un cratère de 1.4 km sur le rempart d’un cratère bien plus grand. Résolution de 7,2 mètres par pixel.
ESA/ROSCOSMOS/CASSIS.
ExoMars. La mission ExoMars 2016 de l'Agence spatiale Européenne (ESA) consistait en l'envoi d'une sonde autour de Mars et d'un atterrisseur sur la planète rouge. Si ce dernier a connu un funeste destin en s'écrasant à la surface plutôt que d'y atterrir en douceur, la sonde ExoMars-Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) s'est, elle, correctement positionnée en orbite le 19 octobre 2016. Depuis elle a commencé à initialiser et tester ses instruments scientifiques. En cette fin novembre, l'ESA publie les premières images prises par la caméra CaSSIS (Colour and stereo surface imaging system, système d’imagerie de surface couleur et stéréo) lors du passage de la sonde à proximité du canyon Valles Marineris et des grands volcans martiens.
Premières images d'ExoMars. Crédit : ESA/Roscosmos/ExoMars/CaSSIS/UniBE
Le principal objectif de TGO est de faire un inventaire détaillé des gaz rares qui représentent moins de 1% du volume de l'atmosphère martienne dont le méthane, la vapeur d'eau, le dioxyde d'azote et l'acétylène. Outre la caméra, les deux instruments chargés de cet inventaire ont également été testés avec succès la semaine dernière. Enfin, le FREND (un détecteur de neutrons) qui permettra de jauger la composition de la surface a aussi subi une série de contrôles qui se sont avérés tout aussi satisfaisants. Il faudra cependant plusieurs mois avant que ces instruments produisent des données scientifiquement exploitables. Les premières photos ont été prises à environ 98.000 kilomètres d'altitude mais des clichés bien plus détaillés sont attendus car la sonde va progressivement se rapprocher de Mars pour se positionner, vers la fin de l'année prochaine, à une orbite définitive de 400 kilomètres d'altitude. CaSSIS permet des prises de vue couleur en stéréo et utilise les deux images obtenues en même temps pour reconstruire la topographie d'un lieu. Ce premier lot d'images va permettre d'améliorer la qualité des prochaines prises de vue.
Image et reconstruction 3D d’un versant du canyon de Noctis Labyrinthus. La topographie a pu être calculée avec une précision d’environ 20 mètres. Crédit : ESA/Roscosmos/CaSSIS.
The Russian Space Agency reported that it has lost its Progress cargo spaceship following the disruption of the data signal. The cargo vehicle was to deliver 2.6 tons of supplies to the International Space Station (ISS).
The Progress M-04 cargo spacecraft was lost at a height of 190km (more than 623,000ft) over a remote mountainous area of the Russian Republic of Tuva, Roscosmos said in a statement on its website.
Credit top right image: Amicha Stein.
Local people reported seeing a flash of light and hearing a loud boom while Amicha Stein posted an image on Twitter (see top right image) showing an explosion in the skies over Tuva, Russia around the time the ProgressMS04 vanished.
The Russian space agency would not immediately describe the malfunction, saying a state commission is carrying out an investigation into this event, reports RT.
After a cargo spacecraft from NASA’s supplier SpaceX exploded on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral last September, the Progress M-04 cargo spacecraft is the second craft in a short period of time that explodes without knowing what caused the incident.
Coincidence or not but at about the same time the cargo spacecraft vanished, a triangle UFO has been spotted near the International Space Station! See video below.
Chinese military units accidentally stumbled upon a crashed alien spacecraft in this isolated desert region. A retrieval team was summoned and the site properly cordoned off. Everything possible was done to avoid any information leaked to civilians and to other Chinese military sections.
The craft was slightly damaged and abandoned by its crew. It was about 10 meters long and about 2.5-3 meters in diameter. Its shape was cylindrical, with a very durable surface. Sophisticated equipment apparently used by alien entities was found inside the cabin, with chairs for 2 or 3 entities.
The cylinder was loaded upon a platform on a flatbed truck or railroad carriage and moved to a must secured underground Government research installation in a military range southwest of Beijing under the Taihang-Shan Mountains. The alien spacecraft was subjected to extensive study and research. Another UFO, which crashed in 1973, was also stored at the site.
NOTE:The Taihang Shan Mountains contain a network of underground tunnels for Chinese strategic missiles. Speculation is that part of that underground network is used to hide rumored crashed UFOs as well as remains of alien beings.
In January, 2005 in the area that borders Nepal, tourists returning from Nepal were talking about a possible UFO crash in that country. The talk was also rampant in Katmandu, capital of Nepal and other Nepali cities. The crash site is in the deep Himalayan border of Nepal and China. According to sources, the crash site may have been close to Mount Everest and is totally inaccessible from either side.
The rumor is that the Chinese military was actively looking for the crashed craft. It is also rumored that the ‘human-like’ extraterrestrials were not allowing anyone to get close to the site. Unusual activities and some tremors were felt all over the Himalayan regions from both the Indian and Nepalese side. Also UFO activity increased sharply in that area, possibly related to the supposed crash. It is possible that the crash was nothing more but a Chinese spacecraft. China had some secret military projects in that area.
Scientists believe they finally FOUND evidence of ANCIENT life on MARS
Scientists believe they finally FOUND evidence of ANCIENT life on MARS
In other words, scientists have come across mysterious structures on the surface of the red planet which were most likely formed by ancient lifeforms inhabiting Mars.
This is probably the news we’ve been all waiting for. Scientists think they’ve finally come across the ultimate evidence that can prove life existed on Mars in ancient times. Luckily, we could even send a rover to explore the site.
Experts from the Arizona State University announced not long ago, that they have discovered potential BIOSIGNATURES on Earth that have ‘fascinating similar features’ to some of the 2007 Spirit rover discoveries on the surface of Mars.
The unusual deposits which have caused the scientific community to reconsider everything we thought about Mars, are made of a substance that is called silica and eerily resembles those found around hot springs on our planet.
The discovery was made on Home Plate, a region located in the 3 to 4 billion-year-old Gusev Crater.
While it is definitely too early to jump to any conclusions, the discovery itself is beyond fascinating and may well prove that in the distant past, Mars was a planet that supported life.
Why is this important? Mostly because these ‘natural wonders’ often preserve tell-tale signs of life known as ‘biosignatures’.
Silica deposits in Gusev Crater (left) compared to those in El Tatio, Chile (right).
Ruff/Farmer/Nature
In the recently published paper, Steven W. Ruff and Jack D. Farmer of Arizona State University wrote: “Evidence for silica sinter deposits on Mars is important given the known capacity of such rocks to capture and preserve microbes, making them ideal targets in the search for ancient life on Mars.
“Hydrothermal spring deposits of silica (sinter) have long been targets in the search for fossil life on Mars and early Earth because of their ability to capture and preserve biosignatures.”
NASA’s Spirit rover touched down on the surface of Mars in 2004, a couple of weeks before Opportunity made its way to another part of Mars.
NASA is currently planning on sending a NEW rover to the surface of Mars in 2020. In order to determine where the rover should touch down, NASA has held numerous ‘workshops’ where scientists are presenting their most interesting cases for specific landing sites.
You can check out the newly published study by clicking here.
Featured image: The Spirit rover (circled) exploring Home Plate. NASA/JPL-CalTech/University of Arizona
BREAKTHROUGH: EXTRAORDINARY REPORT FROM THE MAN ASSIGNED TO BREAK OPEN ROSWELL'S UFO!
BREAKTHROUGH: EXTRAORDINARY REPORT FROM THE MAN ASSIGNED TO BREAK OPEN ROSWELL'S UFO!
The ever growing epic conspiracy about the Roswell 1947 UFO crash is one of the most notorious topics among UFO/Alien enthusiasts.
The only people that witnessed the crashed UFO back in the day know about the truth, with a lot of people outside the picture left in wonder and coming up with all these insane theories.
But there have been some reports from people who were present during the events, filling the gaps with some extraordinary claims.
There's the case of a woman, who was a 10 year old child at the time (1957), who had found and handled a piece of debris from the Rosewell UFO. The alloy was of a strange metal that couldn't be burnt, cut, and would revoer it's original shape after being crumpled.
A new fantastic report from an engineer who had spoken to a man, who was a Welder by trade, that was assigned by the military to cut open the "dome" on the top of the flying saucer. What he saw is unbelievable!
UFO-Hunters believe they have come across yet another anomaly on the surface of the red planet. In fact, not only do they believe they’ve found n anomaly on Mars but what appears to be a crashed UFO. This ‘discovery’ is just one of the many that have been made on the surface of Mars thanks to the numerous images taken by NASA’s rovers and satellites on Mars.
A video recently uploaded to youtube points out a mysterious anomaly on the Martian surface that could in fact be a crashed alien spaceship. The video describes the formation which was spotted at the Medusa Fossa formation, located in close proximity to the boundary between the Tharsis and Elysium centers of volcanic activity on Mars.
The ‘bizarre’ anomaly was found by Youtube UFO hunter ‘UFOvni2012’ who intricately pointed out the intricate shape of the object, arguing that the surrounding landscape and curious formation may give away its true origin, even though skeptics argue it’s just another rock on Mars.
UFO hunters argue that this –among many other discoveries—are the ultimate proof that in the distant past, and extremely advanced alien civilization inhabited Mars, when the red planet was much like Earth, probably millions of years ago.
The YouTube video describes the peculiar finding as a ‘large geological unit of uncertain origin.’
The video further details as to why this many be in fact a crashed alien ship.
‘If we take a look at the crash site we see that the UFO, which is approximately 190 meters wide, impacted the surface at a low angle ending up half buried in the Martian soil’ the video says.
‘The long and turned landing tracks left behind from the craft show that the ship crash landed as gently as it could,’ UFO-hunter Scott Waring told Metro.
‘Looks like a base that opens the door and let light escape unto the sand dunes of Mars,’ one commenter said.
‘Or it can just be a damn meteor that crashed,’ said another.
However, not all UFO researchers share similar views on the matter.
Nigel Watson, author of the UFO Investigation Manual remains skeptical:
‘I think it is more likely to be a natural geological formation. Though there is added mystery to the allegation that the images have been removed from websites to keep this image secret.’
‘When we do eventually get there, say in 2033 as the National Geographic Channel’s Mars TV series suggests, it’ll be fascinating to get a close-up view of these so-called alien artifacts, spacecraft, and bases to find out the truth of the matter first hand.’
While there are certainly numerous mysterious ‘objects’ on Mars that according to many are tell-tale signs of past civilizations on Mars, many of the discoveries can be explained as Pareidolia and nothing else.
Check out the video and let us know what you think:
Check out the original image of the alleged UFO on NASA’s website by clicking here.
2000 jaar oude tabletten bevatten eerste verwijzing naar Jezus en werpen heel ander licht op hem.
2000 jaar oude tabletten bevatten eerste verwijzing naar Jezus en werpen heel ander licht op hem.
Een boek met loden pagina’s dat in 2008 in Jordanië werd gevonden, bevat volgens wetenschappers mogelijk de eerste schriftelijke vermelding van Jezus. Dat schrijft de Daily Mail.
In het boek wordt Jezus genoemd als iemand die de religie uit de tijd van koning David in ere wilde herstellen, niet als iemand die een nieuwe godsdienst wilde beginnen.
Koning David vereerde in de Tempel van Salomo een god die zowel mannelijk als vrouwelijk was. Die tempel wilde Jezus naar verluidt in ere herstellen.
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Het boek zou acht jaar geleden zijn gevonden door een Bedoeïen, een Arabische woestijnbewoner, in een gebied waar de vroege christenen in 70 na Christus naartoe vluchtten na de val van Jeruzalem.
In 2011 werd de vondst wereldkundig gemaakt. Sindsdien wordt er druk gediscussieerd over de authenticiteit van het boek.
Uit nieuw onderzoek van de Universiteit van Surrey in Engeland blijkt dat het boek tussen de 1800 en 2000 jaar oud is.
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Onderzoekers analyseerden onder meer het lood en de teksten. Het materiaal bleek gelijkenissen te vertonen met een stuk Romeins lood dat in Dorset is opgegraven.
Het boek werpt een heel ander licht op het ontstaan van het christendom en Jezus. Het suggereert namelijk dat Jezus deel uitmaakte van een Hebreeuwse sekte.
Het lijkt erop dat het christendom is gebaseerd op wat Jezus in de Tempel van Salomo deed: een nieuw verbond afsluiten met God. Hij wilde eigenlijk een oude religie nieuw leven inblazen, zo klinkt het.
Its been widely reported that the Chinese are testing the new Emdrive propulsion on the Chinese space station currently in orbit around Earth. What this means is that the space station could be built look like a space station, but could also be used to fly to Mars in 10 weeks! Thats right, the Chinese may be about to colonize Mars and claim it as their own in the not so distant future. The Emdrive is already installed on the space station and has been for awhile...but why? To keep it in orbit perhaps, but what about the long term...what about the future of the space station changing into a space station transport to Mars and back? Well, the more space transportation out there the better, because there is more opportunity for aliens to bump into humans and become friends...where on Earth, aliens have to respect humanity and their rules. In space...its humanity that needs to respect the aliens rules of conduct, and no government on Earth can change that. It looks like China may be the first country to get humans transported to mars...publicly. I'm sure NASA has already done it with several of their secret projects...but its kept the public in the dark far too long. Scott C. Waring
While looking over a mexican volcano cam, I found one photo that had a UFO in it. The UFO was near the side of the mountain and was not seen in any other photos before and after that. This make me think that it entered the top of the volcano to enter an alien base 4km below the volcano. On top of the UFO you see a small dome, which is also on the bottom of the UFO. This is a classic UFO design. Scott C. Waring
Many hunters believe some UFOs might be using the energy from the Sun. In the video uploaded to YouTube, a massive UFO is supposed to be feeding off sun energy.
The uploader of the video, who claimed to be a former unbeliever of the plasma energy theory, the massive UFO that appears to be different color and shape to the rest of the connected lines has got him thinking.
Experts believe that cosmic rays can penetrate deep in the Earth and living things deep in the bowels of Earth where water is present could be dependent on cosmic rays to survive. Such situation may also take place on Mars and Europa.
Some UFO chasers believe the UFO may have been using the energy from the sun to fuel or recharge itself. They describe the UFO as a glowing white near a yellow Sun’s plasma, which makes them believe that the craft is made from a different material than the surface of the Sun.
In another NASA image taken by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), giant UFOs can be seen apparently rotating around the sun.
Some UFO researchers believe there are UFOs that almost as big as the Earth.
UFO investigators are examining two pictures that show a strange beam of light from the sky and an unidentified flying object. The photos were taken simultaneously over the Hollywood Hills in California.
The unnamed photographer said he did not see anything bizarre at the time of snapping the two pictures, but he spotted anomalies when reviewing the images later.
In a report to MUFON, the witness said that he took some photos and noticed something strange on them. The pictures were taken a day before the witness sent them to the organization dedicated to the investigation of alien and UFO phenomena.
The first image shows a portal-like beam of blue light, which appears to distort the trees as it passes above them. A small dark UFO can be seen to the right of the beam.
The second picture apparently shows a slightly different part of the hills and seemingly in a closer zoom. It shows a translucent jelly-like UFO that somewhat has three dots inside it.
Some UFO believers suggest that it could be a living entity that travels through portals without needing spacecraft. However, there’s no scientific explanation to support this conspiracy theory.
Meanwhile, skeptics would say that strange light anomaly on pictures often due to the result of sunlight refracting inside a camera lens pointed towards the sun.
According to legend, the astronomer J. Allen Hynek was a skeptic before becoming an outspoken UFOlogist, but is the legend true? This article takes a look at Hynek’s unusual life and career.
It was a “road to Damascus” experience for the Mad Men era. In 1966, the respected astronomer J. Allen Hynek had gone—seemingly overnight—from a determined debunker to an ardent apostle of the UFO gospel. A longtime consultant to Project Blue Book noted for his skeptical stance toward UFOs, Hynek suddenly began telling anyone who would listen that the UFO phenomenon merited serious scientific scrutiny. The great director Stanley Kubrick was among the many who listened. In a 1968 Playboyinterview promoting his science-fiction epic 2001: A Space Odyssey, Kubrick spoke approvingly of what he termed Hynek’s “belated but exemplary conversion” (Phillips 2001, 58).
In fact, the professor’s apparent transformation from skeptic to UFO proponent was not quite the conversion event that it appeared on the surface. Since his teens Hynek had been an enthusiastic though closeted student of the occult. The French-born Jacques Vallee, a computer scientist and UFO author, was one of the few persons who knew Hynek’s secret. Hynek once told Vallee that he had become an astronomer in order to discover “the very limitations of science, the places where it broke down, the phenomena it didn’t explain” (Vallee 1996, 232). Nonetheless, the scientist’s public U-turn gave a big boost to the UFO movement, lending it a measure of credibility, and made Hynek into a celebrity as the nation’s “foremost expert on flying saucers” (O’Toole 1966). For two decades people could point to Hynek and say, “He’s a trained scientist, an astronomer no less: if even he believes in this UFO stuff then there must be something to it.”
Who was Josef Allen Hynek? He was born on Chicago’s West Side on May 1, 1910, only a little over a week after Halley’s Comet had swung around the sun. Hynek’s Czech-born father made cigars for a living while his mother, Bertha, taught at a local grammar school. Josef credited his mother for his early interest in astronomy.
“When I was seven, I had scarlet fever and was quarantined with my mother in our apartment at 15th and Ayers,” Hynek explained. “There was nothing to do except read, and since I was so young, my mother read to me. Pretty soon we ran out of children’s books and she started reading textbooks. Among them was a high school astronomy book. I guess it interested me the most” (Berland 1962).
Maybe astronomy textbooks didn’t give him the answers he wanted, and so, as a bookish teenager, Hynek began to study what he called “esoteric subjects.” After reading widely in the occult, he developed a particular fondness for the writings of the Rosicrucian secret societies, with their tantalizing promises of hidden ancient knowledge, and those of the so-called hermetic philosophers, especially Rudolf Steiner.1The high schooler spent over $100—roughly $1,300 in today’s dollars—to purchase the Canadian mystic Manly Hall’s massive, richly illustrated tome An Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic and Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy: Being an Interpretation of the Secret Teachings Concealed within the Rituals, Allegories and Mysteries of All Ages, better known simply as The Secret Teachings of All Ages. “All my student friends thought I was crazy: why didn’t I buy a motorcycle instead, as they all did,” Hynek later told Jacques Vallee (Vallee 2010, 64–65).
Hoping to discover “the very limitations of science,” Hynek decided on a career as an astronomer. After receiving his bachelor’s degree from the University of Chicago in 1931, Hynek went on to pursue a doctorate in astronomy. He worked on his doctoral thesis—“A Quantitative Study of Certain Phases of F-Type Spectra”—at the Yerkes Observatory, a Romanesque temple of astronomy on the serene shores of Lake Geneva in Wisconsin.
“The whole thing had a sort of mystical quality,” Hynek would later revealingly refer to his monastic existence at Yerkes. “One shouldn’t say that in connection with science, I guess, but I was so utterly absorbed in the life of the observatory that I had hardly heard of Hitler” (Ridpath 1973, 423).
Shortly after receiving his PhD in 1935, Hynek obtained a position as an instructor at Ohio State University and four years later became a professor there. He was still teaching at Ohio State in 1948 when a trio of Air Force officials approached him: They were looking for a scientist to help them with a puzzling problem that had recently cropped up (Ridpath 1973, 422–24).
On June 24, 1947, a salesman by the name of Kenneth Arnold reported seeing a formation of shiny objects pass in front of Mount Rainier while he was flying his private plane. In the weeks following Arnold’s alleged sighting, hundreds of persons claimed to observe similar “flying saucers.” Fearful that that these so-called “saucers” might be Soviet aircraft, U.S. Air Force officials formed Project Sign early in 1948 to investigate the phenomenon. Hynek was recruited to be the project’s astronomical consultant.
In his role as Project Sign’s scientific advisor, Hynek made periodic trips from Columbus to Wright Patterson Air Force Base (where Project Sign and its successors, Projects Grudge and Blue Book, were based) to examine the UFO case files. He proved to be a shrewd and relentless debunker, a Sherlock Holmes of sky phenomena. “I’d go through them and say, ‘Well, this is obviously a meteor,’ or ‘This is not a meteor, but I’ll bet you it’s a balloon,’” he recalled in 1985. “I was a thorough skeptic, and I’m afraid I helped to engender the idea that it must be nonsense, therefore it is nonsense” (Weintraub 1985, 74).
One of Hynek’s earliest efforts at debunking—and one of his most famous—concerned the 1948 case of Captain Thomas Mantell, an Air Force pilot who, while investigating a UFO, died when his P-51 Mustang crashed. In his report of the incident Hynek suggested that the UFO may have been Venus, even though, as he later admitted, the planet would have been too faint to be seen in the bright daylight sky (Ruppelt 1956, 41–47). The astronomer had another—probably correct—theory on that case: the UFO Mantell observed and pursued too high was a Skyhook balloon (Vallee 1987, 72).
Hynek at first figured flying saucer sightings were merely “a post-war craze that would disappear as quickly as the hula-hoop” (Hall and Connors 2000, 240). But the UFO reports kept on coming as Project Sign turned into Project Grudge in 1949 and then into Project Blue Book in 1952. During the latter year a wave of UFO sightings prompted Hynek to begin reconsidering his views on the subject. He openly speculated that UFOs might be a new kind of natural phenomenon he dubbed “nocturnal meandering lights” (Swords and Powell 2012, 191). The astronomer’s change of mind was so apparent that Captain Edward Ruppelt, the first director of Project Blue Book, judged Hynek to be “very much pro-UFO” (Hall and Connors 2000, 205, 212).
Hynek later attributed this shift in his thinking to two things:
One was the completely negative and unyielding attitude of the Air Force. . . . Everything had to have an explanation. I began to resent that, even though I basically felt the same way, because I still thought they weren’t going about it in the right way. Secondly the caliber of the witnesses began to trouble me. Quite a few instances were reported by military pilots, for example, and I knew them to be fairly well trained, so this is when I first began to think that, well, maybe there was something to all this. (Stacy 1985)
As early as 1960, Hynek had begun to argue behind the scenes that UFOs deserved serious scientific scrutiny. “I need only remind you,” he wrote to an Air Force official that year, “that less than two centuries ago the entire province of meteorites was kept out of legitimate astronomy because stories of ‘stones that fell from the sky’ were regarded as old wives tales. Had these accounts been given careful attention by the scientists of that day, the productive branch of astronomy which we now know as meteoritics would have been born well over a century earlier than it was” (Hynek 1960). Hynek would often cite this incident from the history of astronomy to justify himself when he later became an outspoken UFO proponent.
Hynek’s true views on UFOs were still unknown to the public when the astronomer, now teaching at Northwestern University, first met Jacques Vallee in the fall of 1963. Taking a job as a computer programmer at Northwestern, Vallee became a close friend of Hynek and soon they formed a UFO discussion group: The astronomer would eventually nickname this group “the Invisible College” (Vallee 1996, 270)—a term first used by the Rosicrucians in the early 1600s. Vallee began prodding Hynek to break with the Air Force and publicly admit that the UFO phenomenon was real and worthy of serious scientific investigation. Project Blue Book’s longtime scientific consultant—still known as a staunch UFO debunker—stubbornly resisted this advice (Vallee 1996, 80–94).
Hynek had a lot to lose. He enjoyed a respectable reputation in the astronomical world: while he had a sizeable number of journal articles on stellar astronomy to his credit, he was better known for his work behind a desk than for his labors in front of a telescope. He had been a director of the McMillin Observatory in Ohio, a co-director of the Operation Moonwatch satellite tracking program, secretary of the American Astronomical Society, and the guiding force behind the Project Sky Gazer balloon astronomy program (Ridpath 1973, 422–24). He understandably wasn’t eager to risk his name—and his career—in the interest of UFOs. The astronomer was waiting, in Vallee’s words, for “the single big case that no one would be able to deny because the evidence would be overwhelming” (Vallee 1996, 96).
And then, on April 24, 1964, the single big case arrived, or so it seemed. In Socorro, New Mexico, police officer Lonnie Zamora was chasing a speeder in his squad car when he suddenly heard a roar and noticed a flame in the sky. Investigating, Zamora spotted an egg-shaped, “aluminum white” object with legs that extended to the ground, and he noticed two white-cloaked figures nearby. As the officer cautiously approached it, the object began to bellow, and Zamora high-tailed it back toward his car. The UFO then ascended into the sky and soon disappeared from view (Hynek 1972, 144–45).
Badgered by the news media, Major Hector Quintanilla, Project Blue Book’s director, reluctantly dispatched Hynek to Socorro to investigate the alleged sighting. At the landing site Hynek examined charred plants and four impressions that had been left in the ground and persuaded Zamora to reenact the events (Huyghe 2001, 317–18). The astronomer left New Mexico “more puzzled now than I arrived,” he confessed to a reporter, but he was convinced that Zamora had indeed seen something (Chicago Tribune 1964).2
Hynek and Vallee frequently discussed the Socorro case, but the astronomer was still unwilling to publicly come out as pro-UFO (Vallee 1996, 118). Things changed in the spring of 1966. On March 20 of that year, dozens of persons reported viewing glowing objects hovering over a swamp near Ann Arbor, Michigan, and the following night, eighty-seven students at Hillsdale College, also in Michigan, claimed to have seen strange red, white, and blue lights. The Michigan sightings received massive media coverage, and Major Quintanilla once again sent Hynek out into the field. The professor rushed out to Michigan and conducted his investigation in an atmosphere of “near-hysteria,” dogged almost every step of the way by reporters and cameramen. After interviewing thirty-two witnesses and conferring with several University of Michigan professors, Hynek concluded that at least two of the Michigan UFOs may have been manifestations of swamp gas (Hynek 1966a, 20).
On March 26, Hynek announced his findings at a packed press conference in Detroit—supposedly “the largest in the history of the Detroit Press Club” (House of Representatives 1966, 6006). After suggesting swamp gas as a likely explanation for some of the Michigan UFOs, Hynek stressed that he could not prove “in a court of law that this is the full explanation of these sightings” (Los Angeles Times 1966). The media mostly ignored this qualifier and Hynek immediately became a national laughingstock for his swamp gas theory, lampooned in cartoons and lambasted in editorials as a puppet of the Air Force (Huyghe 2001, 9–10).
Hynek’s swamp gas theory also attracted the notice—and the ire—of Gerald Ford, the powerful Republican congressman from Michigan and future president. In response, Ford promptly requested the U.S. House Armed Services Committee to investigate the UFO phenomenon, believing that “the American public deserves a better explanation than that thus far given by the Air Force”—meaning the explanation given by Hynek (House of Representatives 1966, 6047). The wish of the House minority leader was equivalent to a command and so the UFO hearing took place only one week after Ford had made his request.
On April 5, 1966, Hynek made his first public break with the Air Force, boldly using the occasion of his testimony before the Armed Services Committee to do so. Stung by the “swamp gas” criticism, the astronomer apparently wanted to show that he wasn’t the Air Force’s or anyone else’s puppet. In a statement not cleared by Major Quintanilla, the Project Blue Book director, Hynek told the sitting congressmen that there were aspects of the UFO phenomenon “worthy of scientific attention,” and he called for the creation of a panel of physical and social scientists to seriously analyze what he termed the “UFO problem” (House of Representatives 1966, 6007–6008).
“The swamp gas episode boomeranged like hell on me and the Air Force,” Hynek later explained his about-face. “I began to feel guilty about my skeptical attitude. And once you open the gates to the possibility that all these people can’t possibly be mistaken, then you see a lot of other cases in a totally different light” (Huyghe 2001, 33). As we have seen, Hynek’s “skeptical attitude” was in fact a façade for public consumption. A longtime student of the occult, he happened to be very open to outré notions: he, for example, believed that there were planes of existence beyond the physical, and he even endorsed alleged instances of “psychic surgery” and “psychic photography” (Vallee 1996, 240, 306). But it took the media furor over the “swamp gas episode” for an angry and embarrassed Hynek to publicly air his long-held views on UFOs.
It was a risky move for Hynek but not as risky as it would have been a few short years before. Since then his astronomical career had stalled in a big way.3 In 1957, Hynek launched in collaboration with the Air Force a program for balloon-based astronomy—later named Project Star Gazer. The plan was to send telescope-equipped balloons high above the image-distorting lower layers of the atmosphere. Unfortunately, a series of failed test launches prompted the Air Force to scrap Project Star Gazer in 1963. The decision was devastating for Hynek, who seems to have bet his professional career on the success of the project. In a scathing final report to the Air Force the astronomer didn’t hold back. “In any event,” he wrote, “the setting aside of a project which had engaged so many for such a length of time, at a time when success seemed assured, can only be listed in the scientific annals as a criminal act, and one carried out in a callous, cavalier manner without regard for the desires, objectives and ideals of the people involved” (Hynek 1966b). Was Hynek’s emergence into the open as a pro-UFO crusader partly an attempt, whether subconscious or not, to get back at the Air Force for torpedoing Project Star Gazer?
As Hynek had recommended during his congressional testimony, the Air Force soon funded a scientific study of UFOs and the renowned physicist Edward U. Condon, of the University of Colorado, was chosen to direct it. After three contentious years, the Condon Committee concluded in 1969 that “further extensive study of UFOs probably cannot be justified in the expectation that science will be advanced thereby” (Hynek 1972, 192–93). Hynek predictably dismissed the committee’s report, calling it “a waste of time” (Kotulak 1969), but the Air Force went ahead anyway and closed Project Blue Book later that year. The professor was now on his own as a UFO investigator.
Back in 1966, Hynek had chosen the biggest megaphone he could find to announce his new career as a UFO advocate: He sent a bombshell letter to the prestigious and widely read journal Science in which he argued that UFOs merited scientific investigation. The Science editors grudgingly published the letter but only after the astronomer had leaked its contents to the Chicago Sun-Times (Vallee 1996, 222). Hynek subsequently wrote articles on UFOs for such national publications as The Saturday Evening Post, The New Yorker, and even Playboy, and he became a ubiquitous presence on television and radio shows. “Media men hire Allen as they would hire a guitar player,” Jacques Vallee wrote in his journal. “He rushes wherever he sees a spotlight, and if the spotlight moves, he moves with it” (Vallee 1996, 259).
Hynek’s fame came at a great cost: he lost the respect of his peers in the scientific community. “His colleagues’ attitude towards him is changing to the point of contempt, and this pains him,” Vallee noted in 1968. “He is no longer taken seriously among astronomers” (Vallee 1996, 339).
Determined to prove his colleagues wrong, Hynek began working on a book that he said would take a scientific approach to the study of UFOs. Published in 1972, The UFO Experience: A Scientific Inquiry argues for the reality of the UFO phenomenon in a dry, matter-of-fact manner. The book is most noteworthy for its classification of certain UFO reports into Close Encounters of the First Kind (sightings), the Second Kind (sightings with physical effects), and the Third Kind (sightings of UFO occupants) (Hynek 1972, 86).
Unfortunately for Hynek, The UFO Experience did further damage to his academic standing. According to an astronomer friend of Vallee, Hynek’s book “created antagonism among the (Northwestern) Faculty and made him a controversial figure. In spite of a fair review in Science Magazine, many professors have felt that the reputation of the school was tainted” (Vallee 2010, 156). Indeed, speaking for his faculty colleagues in 1982, the dean of Northwestern’s College of Arts and Sciences categorically declared to a University official: “We are not, have not been, and will not be proud of Hynek’s UFO affairs. There are many who think that what he’s up to has nothing to do with research” (Weingartner 1982).
Hynek may have genuinely wanted to restore his scientific standing, but his behavior during the 1970s certainly didn’t help matters. The bespectacled, goateed astronomer was a familiar sight to television viewers of the era, pontificating on the “UFO problem” on programs ranging from The Dick Cavett Show to In Search Of. Late in 1973, he endorsed the alien abduction claims of two Pascagoula, Mississippi, shipyard workers, saying the men had “a very real experience” (Los Angeles Times 1973). He joined a UFO panel formed by the National Enquirer: $50,000 was to be awarded to “the first person to prove to the panel that UFOs are from outer space and are not natural phenomena” (Dick 1972). Near the end of the decade Hynek even made an eight-second cameo appearance in Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Huyghe 2001, 32). He was also a popular figure on the lucrative college lecture circuit. He later boasted to a friend “that each one of my lectures brings me more than my monthly pay from Northwestern” (Hynek 1978).
Hynek in Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
Hynek’s extracurricular activities did not endear him to the Northwestern University administration. In the fall of 1973, following a wave of alleged sightings, the astronomer formed the Center for UFO Studies to serve as a clearinghouse for UFO reports. He hoped that the Center could be located on the Northwestern campus, but university officials adamantly rejected this idea. School administrators insisted that there be no connection whatsoever between Northwestern and the UFO center; Hynek was not even allowed to use his Northwestern mailing address for any Center-related correspondence. Eventually protesting, the professor fired off a series of angry letters. “Frankly, I am quite embarrassed to have to say that the University has been so conservative as to not see the potential here, both for science and for publicity,” he raged in one letter. “And, of course, I personally resent the implication that the subject is sheer nonsense and that anyone connected with it is a crackpot (speaking bluntly!)” (Hynek 1974).
After he retired from Northwestern in 1978, Hynek devoted much of his time to the Center for UFO Studies. Despite having a good track record as a fundraiser—he had obtained money from private donors for Northwestern’s Lindheimer Astronomical Research Center—Hynek struggled to put his UFO center on a secure financial footing: Wealthy would-be benefactors frequently tantalized him with offers of monetary support only to let him down in the end. Finally in 1984, Hynek packed up his research files and relocated his UFO center to Scottsdale, Arizona, having been lured there by a rich Englishman with promises of money and the use of his “quite luxurious” home (Witt 1984). Once again the astronomer was doomed to disappointment: this particular patron “was only interested in keeping a few scientists in his entourage to promote his personal theories about the (UFO) phenomenon,” Jacques Vallee maintained (Vallee 1996, 423).
Hynek was often evasive when asked to give his own theories on the nature of UFOs. Despite his cameo in 1977’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind, he had by then rejected the notion that UFOs were “nuts and bolts” spacecraft piloted by extraterrestrials (Gardner 1997, 247). His occult studies had pointed him in a very different direction. As early as 1967, he speculated that UFOs might be “observational devices that are materialized into our world by the denizens of another” (Vallee 1996, 306). He later offered a variation on this theory: UFOs as “psychic projections” created by an “extradimensional intelligence in some parallel reality” (Gardner 1997, 253). Speaking to the UFOlogist Jerome Clark, Hynek was more specific. The astronomer allegedly told Clark that he believed “elementals”—nature spirits—were behind the UFO phenomenon (Clark 1998).
It is easy to question the veracity of Clark’s startling claim, but it makes sense when one realizes that Hynek was strongly influenced by Rudolf Steiner, the Austrian mystic. Steiner argued that the hard sciences merely offer humankind “a vast amount of popular information.” By employing sense-free thinking, the enlightened individual, on the other hand, could “pierce the veil” and discover what lay behind the material world revealed by science. In Steiner’s view, elementals—spirits of air, earth, water, and the ether—dwelled in this hidden realm inaccessible to the senses. If Hynek did indeed believe that UFOs were nature spirits, he may have specifically identified them with this last class of elemental—the etheric “beings of the higher elements.” Steiner claimed that “what exists in the sky is not merely the physical sun, but that with the sun’s warmth and light etheric beings stream down to earth” (Steiner 1922). Did Hynek suspect that UFOs were Steiner’s “etheric beings” streaming down to Earth?
For those very few who knew of Hynek’s fascination with the occult, his 1975 piece on Johannes Kepler—the great seventeenth-century astronomer—in the journal Vistas in Astronomy had an extra meaning. In this eye-opening, one-page article Hynek argued that science historians are wrong to dismiss Kepler’s practice of astrology as merely something he did to keep alive. “Both his [Kepler’s] astrology and astronomy grew out of and partook in large measure of his deep mystical outlook,” Hynek (1975) wrote. He went on to assert that modern astronomy, with its exotic concepts like quasars, pulsars, and black holes, offered “a broad playing field for the metaphysicist.” According to Hynek, there was a “tenuous bond” linking present-day astronomy’s metaphysical thinking and Kepler’s brand of metaphysics, with both systems of thought being “the repository of fundamental questions not entertained on the present playing field of physical science” (Hynek 1975, 455). Hynek apparently saw Kepler as a kindred spirit, and, in this article, he was defending not only Kepler’s beliefs but his own.
“I have never stopped thinking about what must lie beyond all this,” Hynek once remarked to Vallee in Colorado as he sweepingly gestured toward the Rockies and the Great Plains (Vallee 1996, 232). For the professor, UFOs represented the “beyond,” that point where science could not reach. Having become an astronomer in order to discover the limits of science, Hynek wanted, maybe even needed, to believe in UFOs. It was a case of wishful thinking.
Hynek died of a brain tumor at Memorial Hospital in Scottsdale, Arizona, on April 27, 1986 (Folkart 1986). Halley’s Comet was then making its return appearance after a seventy-six-year journey through the solar system. Like Mark Twain, Josef Allen Hynek came into the world with the great comet, and he went out with it as well.
Notes
1. Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925) was an Austrian-born mystic who propagated a belief known as anthroposophy or spiritual science. According to Robert McDermott, the purpose of anthroposophy was “to bring to humanity an entirely new capability—knowledge of the spiritual world by conscious sense-free thinking” (McDermott 1984, 3). In his classic Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science, Martin Gardner called Steiner’s Anthroposophical Society “the fastest growing cult in post-war Germany” (Gardner 1957, 169).
2. In a recently unearthed 1968 letter, the then-president of the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology indicated to the chemist Linus Pauling that the Zamora episode was in fact a hoax perpetrated by a student (Sheaffer 2010, 25).
3. According to the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System, out of the over 100 astronomical publications Hynek had to his credit, only about a dozen appeared after 1966. Nearly one-half of these dozen articles related to Image Orthicon—a ground-breaking system using television technology to boost the light grasp of telescopes that Hynek helped develop in the 1950s and 1960s (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory/National Aeronautics and Space Administration, N.d.).
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Astronomers Observe Strange Quantum Distortion in Empty Space for the First Time Ever
Astronomers Observe Strange Quantum Distortion in Empty Space for the First Time Ever
Henning Dalhoff/Science Photo Library
IN BRIEF
Vacuum birefringence has been observed by a team of scientists for the first time ever using the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT).
The team observed neutron star RX J1856.5-375, which is about 400 light-years from Earth, with just visible light, pushing the limits of existing telescope technology.
A LITTLE LESS STRANGE
Vacuum birefringence is a weird quantum phenomenon that has only ever been observed on an atomic scale. It occurs when a neutron star is surrounded by a magnetic field so intense, it’s given rise to a region in empty space where matter randomly appears and vanishes.
This polarization of light in a vacuum due to strong magnetic fields was first thought to be possible in the 1930s by physicists Werner Heisenberg and Hans Heinrich Euler as a product of the theory of quantum electrodynamics (QED). The theory describes how light and matter interact.
Now, for the first time ever, this strange quantum effect has been observed by a team of scientists from INAF Milan (Italy) and from the University of Zielona Gora (Poland).
Using the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT), a research team led by Roberto Mignani observed neutron star RX J1856.5-375, which is about 400 light-years from Earth.
Neutron stars are rather dim, yet they are 10 times more massive than our sun. As such, they have extremely strong magnetic fields permeating their surface and surroundings.
Vacuums are supposedly empty spaces (according to Einstein and Newton, at least) where light can pass through uninhibited or unchanged. But, according to QED, space is full of virtual particles continually popping in and out of existence. Very strong magnetic fields, like those surrounding neutron stars, can modify such spaces as vacuums.
Using the FORS2 instrument on the VLT, the researchers were able to observe the neutron star with just visible light, pushing the limits of existing telescope technology.
Credits: ESO
BETTER TELESCOPES
Studying VLT data on the star, the researchers saw linear polarization occurring at a significant degree of around 16%. This is very likely due to vacuum birefringence in the area surrounding RX J1856.5-375.
“The high linear [polarization] that we measured with the VLT can’t be easily explained by our models unless the vacuum birefringence effects predicted by QED are included,” said Mignani.
Given the limited technology used, Mignani believes that future telescopes can discover more about similar strange quantum effects by studying other neutron stars. “[Polarization] measurements with the next generation of telescopes, such as ESO’s European Extremely Large Telescope (EELT), could play a crucial role in testing QED predictions of vacuum birefringence effects around many more neutron stars,” he said.
“This measurement, made for the first time now in visible light, also paves the way to similar measurements to be carried out at X-ray wavelengths,” researcher Kinwah Wu said.
Concept art of SpaceX’s upcoming Falcon Heavy rocket. SpaceX
Fifty years after the debut of Star Trek, space is still the final frontier. This year scientists continued to explore the possibility of life on other planets, confirmed a 100-year-old theory about black holes and even intercepted possible extraterrestrial signals. Here are six of the biggest stories from the year in space:
1. Any conversation about modern space exploration has to begin with SpaceX. The aerospace manufacturer had another busy year, test firing an engine powerful enough to take humans to Mars and successfully landing part of its Falcon 9 rocket on a drone ship (proving that landings be just as successful on water as on Earth). As always, however, the company made its biggest headlines after a tragedy—the Falcon 9 exploded in midair while carrying a $200 million Facebook satellite. But SpaceX CEO Elon Musk didn’t dwell on the bad news: he was too busy outlining his plan for a human colony on Mars—the idea might not be too off base, given that just last month researchers at Arizona State University unearthed evidence of ancient life on the Red Planet.
2. Musk isn’t the only person interested in the possibility of life on other planets: this year Bill Nye advocated searching for extraterrestrial life on Jupiter’s moon Europa, which has twice as much seawater as the Earth— the Hubble Space Telescope has observed water vapor venting off the moon’s vast, unseen (for now) ocean. Nye actually thinks SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket (currently in development) would be ideal for launching a probe toward Jupiter. The mission likely won’t occur until the 2020s, but that gives us something to look forward to.
3. Things got extra weird in August, when a team of scientists from the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) began investigating alien signals from deep space. The signals were seemingly beamed directly at our solar system from a civilization 95 light years away that can harness solar energy. There’s a good chance aliens are even closer than that, however—NASA’s director of planetary science echoed Musk and Nye, saying in a TED Talk that Mars, along with moons on Saturn and Jupiter were also probable sources of extraterrestrial life.
Obama Announces Plan For Life On Mars
4. While the government hasn’t offered an official stance on aliens, it’s still plenty interested in space as a whole: in October President Obamaunveiled his “Interplanetary Frontiers Directive,” aiming to expand human presence throughout the solar system. He encouraged NASA to focus on deep space exploration, with the ultimate goal of getting humans to Mars by the 2030s. The Obama administration also directed NASA to work with the commercial space industry and develop habitats which could safely house astronauts during long trips through deep space. President-elect Donald Trump actually has a similar plan for deep space research—the main directive he’s outlined for NASA is human exploration of the entire solar system by the end of this century.
5. The National Science Foundation’s Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) took an important step in this regard in February, when researchers announced the first direct detection of a gravitational wave. This ripple in spacetime in which two black holes merge was first proposed by Albert Einstein in his 1916 theory of relativity. Scientists also discovered this year that black holes can produce cosmic rays, space radiation which enters the atmosphere and bombards the Earth (though not to a harmful extent).
Illustration of the merger of two black holes and the gravitational waves that ripple outward as the black holes spiral toward each other. LIGO/T. Pyle
6. If any radioactive or otherwise alien force ever does attack our planet, however, we could always escape to Asgardia. A group of scientists at Vienna’s Aerospace International Research Center launched a crowdfunding campaign for their pacifist nation state in October—over 500,000 people signed up for it. The new country “will offer an independent platform free from the constraint of a land-based country’s laws,” its website reads. Asgardia plans to launch its first satellite late next year, and hopes to one day be recognized by the United Nations.
How many of these planned missions will actually blast off? How will Trump’s space initiatives pan out? And is there actually life on other planets? Here’s hoping these interstellar issues, and many others, will continue to start conversations in 2017.
Disclosure: Donald Trump is the father-in-law of Jared Kushner, the publisher of Observer Media.
Scientists observe Earth-like planet in search of alien life
Scientists observe Earth-like planet in search of alien life
In search of signs of extraterrestrial life, astronomers have observed the transit of a potentially habitable Earth-like extrasolar planet located 150 light-years away. A transit is a phenomenon in which a planet passes in front of its parent star, blocking a small amount of light from the star, like a shadow of the planet. Researchers, including those from the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) and the University of Tokyo, observed the transit of K2-3d using the MuSCAT instrument on the Okayama Astrophysical Observatory 188-cm telescope.
Using the next generation of telescopes, such as TMT, scientists expect to be able to search the atmosphere of the planet for molecules related to life, such as oxygen. With previous space telescope observations, researchers could not calculate the orbital period of the planet precisely, which makes predicting the exact times of future transits more difficult. This research group has succeeded in measuring the orbital period of the planet with a high precision of about 18 seconds. This greatly improved the forecast accuracy for future transit times.
Researchers will mow know exactly when to watch for the transits using the next generation of telescopes. This research result is an important step towards the search for extraterrestrial life in the future. K2-3d is an extrasolar planet about 150 light-years away that was discovered by the NASA K2 mission. It is 1.5 times the size of the Earth. The planet orbits its host star, which is half the size of the Sun, with a period of about 45 days.
Compared to the Earth, the planet orbits close to its host star (about 1/5 of the Earth-Sun distance). However, because the temperature of the host star is lower than that of the Sun, calculations show that this is the right distance for the planet to have a relatively warm climate like the Earth's. There is a possibility that liquid water could exist on the surface of the planet, raising the tantalising possibility of extraterrestrial life. K2-3d's orbit is aligned so that as seen from Earth, it transits (passes in front of) its host star.
This causes, short, periodic decreases in the star's brightness, as the planet blocks some of the star's light. This alignment enables researchers to probe the atmospheric composition of these planets by precise measurement of the amount of blocked starlight at different wavelengths. About 30 potentially habitable planets that also have transiting orbits were discovered by the NASA Kepler mission, but most of these planets orbit fainter, more distant stars. Since it is closer to Earth and its host star is brighter, K2-3d is a more interesting candidate for detailed follow-up studies.
Roswell UFO BREAKTHROUGH? 'Welder at crash site saw TWO dead ALIENS in flying saucer'
Roswell UFO BREAKTHROUGH? 'Welder at crash site saw TWO dead ALIENS in flying saucer'
EXCLUSIVE: A PAIR of dead aliens WERE found in the wreckage of a crashed flying saucer discovered by the US military at Roswell in 1947, it was sensationally claimed yesterday.
The Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) has received a report from a retired engineer who claims to have interviewed a welder who "cut open" the flying saucer that reportedly crashed in the New Mexico desert, just outside Roswell, more than 69 years ago.
In a detailed report, the engineer – who has not been named – claimed to have carried out the interview in 1970, 23 years after the legendary event.
Roswell has been at the heart of the UFO scene since the military announced in a press release it had found the remains of a crashed flying saucer in the nearby desert, in July 1947.
But the following day it retracted the statement, saying it was in fact a damaged US Air Force air balloon.
Witnesses later came forward to say there had been alien bodies within the "crashed craft", which along with the wreckage were then taken to the mysterious top-secret Area 51 military base in Nevada.
In the shock report to MUFON, the former engineer first explained why the interview came about.
He said: "I joined the staff of the then new campus of the University of California at Santa Cruz.
"There were several sightings of UFOs in the mountains behind the campus in 1969 and reported to the University.
"I was asked to interview three people and file a report.
"I could find no credibility or evidence in these events but, because it was a small campus and everybody in the Science knew what was going on, I got the unwanted reputation of someone who knew about UFOs."
The engineers claimed this led him to be introduced to the welder who had reportedly been employed any the US Air Force at the Roswell base at the time of the crash.
He said: "The individual I interviewed was a welder by trade and after the war was employed at the Roswell Air Force base welding jigs and fixtures for servicing aircraft."
He said the welder revealed how he was told to load a cutting torch for a trip to the desert when they arrived at the crash site.
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The report claims that a witness testified to seeing two alien bodies in the Roswell flying saucer.
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The claims about aliens being found at Roswell have been reported to MUFON.
The engineer said in the report: "He [the welder] said they had a flatbed truck loaded with wreckage and there were soldiers on their hands and knees picking up every piece of wreckage and putting it in cloth bags.
"He said they drove a little farther out of sight from the wreckage and came upon a second group of people standing around an intact UFO.
"He said the brush was knocked down indicating the craft had skidded across the ground and came to rest nosed into a natural berm with the back side slightly off the ground.
"He described the craft as being about 25/26 feet in diameter with a large dome on top.
"He said the craft was the 'colour of weak tea' with a burnished finish.
"He said there were no signs of weld marks, seams, or rivets and that all of the edges had either an inside or outside radius. There were no visible windows or openings."
The welder described being told to cut an opening in the dome big enough for a man to crawl through.
The report said he began cutting a hole from the base of the dome.
He said he saw two beings who appeared to be dead. He said the cockpit had a strong smell of ammonia.
Former engineer
It read: "He said it was a tough alloy and slow cutting but the material was surprisingly thin. He tried bending the metal out of his way as he was cutting but the metal would spring back to its original shape without creasing."
This mirrors separate claims made in during an interview earlier this year when a woman alleged to have handled material "which came from the flying saucer which could not be cut or burnt and recovered its shape if crumpled" when aged 10 in 1957.
The report went on: "He finished his cut and set the metal piece aside and looked into the cockpit for a few seconds before he was ordered off the craft.
"He said it was difficult to see very far into the craft because of the glare from the portable lights and the cockpit was full of smoke from the cutting torch.
"He said he saw two beings who appeared to be dead.
"He said the cockpit had a strong smell of ammonia.
"He described the two beings as being about 4feet tall, but they were doubled up so it was hard to say.
"They were wearing what he said were skin tight purplish flight suits that reminded him of sequins.
"He described their heads as what we now refer to as greys. He said there were no visible instruments that he could see."
The welder allegedly revealed he was warned to keep silent after returning to base.
The engineer's report read: "He said it was dark when they arrived and he was escorted by armed guards into a building for a debriefing.
He said there were several high ranking officers at the table along with four or five civilians in suits.
"He said that after he was debriefed he was told that he was not to talk about what he had seen as it was a state secret and if he was caught divulging anything he would spend the rest of his life in prison or worse.
"He was scared to death by the threat and my friend and myself are the only people he ever told and that was 23 years after the event."
The retired engineer said he promised the welder not to relay his story until after his death, which happened in the late 1980s.
It is not clear from his report why he waited until now to report it to US-based MUFON, which is the world's biggest organisation dedicated to UFO and alien investigation.
The retired engineer added: "During the interview I never sensed anything odd about his presentation or with his mannerisms.
"He provided a lot more information that I have stated but the interview was almost 50 years ago and forgotten.
"I think he was telling the truth.
"I have shared my knowledge of this interview with a couple of investigators but I think they doubted my credibility."
MUFON is investigating the claims, but the organisation has previously admitted it is sometimes sent completely fictitious and bogus material.
Visit Express.co.uk's weird section tomorrow, Friday December 2, for more exclusive revelations from this shock report made to MUFON.
MARCH 7, 1987 ………. PING WU, SZECHWAN PROVIDENCE, CHINA
A family of three, including a young child was awakened by a loud high-pitched hum coming from outside their small home. All three went outside to investigate and were nearly blinded by a beam of yellowish light coming from a huge reddish orange object shaped like a straw hat that hovered above them, slowly spinning. The hum grew louder and all three had a strange floating sensation then blacked out.
They all woke up and found themselves strapped to three steel tables in a circular room. The woman began screaming then a tiny hatchway opened in the wall and five 3-foot tall humanoid creatures stepped into the room. They were human in shape but with featureless faces with three huge whitish eyes on their foreheads. Their skin appeared transparent and bluish in color.
The creatures said nothing as they proceeded to remove blood from the arms of all three abductees. They then inserted long needles into their knees and ankle joints. The husband and the child appeared to have been in a trance-like state during the incident. Electrode like devices were taped to their skulls and the woman was again able to hear the loud high-pitched hum that they initially heard outside their home. One of the beings made an incision on the child’s thigh that was immediately healed by a pencil like device that was passed over it. Moments later the room became dark and everything began spinning. Their next conscious memory was walking on a roadside 7 miles from their home.
The first Chinese astronaut has said he heard mysterious knocking sounds on his spacecraft and I believe it may have been an intelligent biological entity trying to establish contact with him. Sadly, he didn't make a similar knocking noise to make this alien contact, but instead was both puzzled and worried at what it could be. But he knew, as you can hear in his own words below. He knew. Another astronaut John Glenn, was interviewed and I have it in an old 1960s UFO magazine, but he saw fireflies...white glowing tiny insect size objects swarming around his module while in orbit. He banged on the metal sides and it sent the little buggers up swarming again around his windows. Here is also a video below about it that I found. Scott C. Waring
BBC News states: Imagine you're alone in a tiny spacecraft - it's your first time up there, all alone in endless space. Then suddenly - a knocking sound. That's what happened to Yang Liwei, China's first man in space, on his maiden flight in 2003. In a recent interview, he has now recalled hearing "someone knocking the body of the spaceship just as knocking an iron bucket with a wooden hammer". "It neither came from outside nor inside the spaceship." Naturally, he got a bit nervous and had a peek out the porthole but failed to spot any explanation for the eerie knock. He's not been able to figure out what it was, neither up in space nor after returning to earth. He has even tried - but failed - to recreate the sound so that experts could help him identify it. Unsurprisingly, the story about unexplained mystery sounds in space has garnered quite a bit of attention. What - or who - was knocking on Mr Yang's spacecraft as he was all alone miles from the safety of the earth?
Cloaked UFO Revealed On Camera Over Ottawa, Canada On Nov 28, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Cloaked UFO Revealed On Camera Over Ottawa, Canada On Nov 28, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Nov 28, 2016
Location of sighting: Ottawa, Canada
This is a cloaked UFO that is partly revealed due to the angle of the sun, the eyewitness and the fact that the cloud the UFO makes is not made up of a normal cloud substance, but more holographic in nature. The holographic cloak gets lit up especially much by added light from the sun, but must be at the right angles for it to happen...like a sunset.
Scott C. Waring
Eyewitness states:
I was working like usual day to day business and the sky got my attention. This is weird, and I never saw this before! This is raw footage.
UFO Moves Over Mexico Volcano On Live Cam, Nov 29, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Moves Over Mexico Volcano On Live Cam, Nov 29, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News
Date of sighting: Nov 29, 2016 Location of sighting: Popocatepetl Volcano, Mexico This UFO was caught by Marte Salas of Youtube this week and it shows a bright orb UFO that changes direction to hover over the mouth of the volcano, then it suddenly turns and leaves...moving far away as it becomes smaller in the distance. This UFO is very similar to the one that flew over Temple Mount at the holy place of Dome of Rock back in 2011. This UFO seems to slow down just when its over the volcano mouth before it leaves. At this moment it probably beamed someone or something up or down from the alien base below the volcano. There is no way that this is a helicopter or plane, because this is a live volcano that has massive bursts of burning lava shoot out every few day...its off limits to all low air traffic. Scott C. Waring
The Missing Universe: CERN Has Started Searching for “Dark Photons”
The Missing Universe: CERN Has Started Searching for “Dark Photons”
An overview of the NA64 experimental set-up at CERN. NA64 hunts down dark photons, hypothetic dark matter particles. (Image: Maximilien Brice/CERN)
IN BRIEF
Dark matter seems to outweigh visible matter roughly six to one, making up about 27% of the universe.
Physicists from CERN now believe there's a fifth universal force that rules the behavior of dark matter, and is transmitted by a particle called the dark photon.
A gamma ray image of the Milky Way.
Credit: Tim De Chant/NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT Collaboration
THE FIFTH FORCE
The universe is shrouded in mystery—a shroud so dark, in fact, that 27 percent of the matter in it is “dark.” Dark matter does not interact with photons and electromagnetic waves, so it’s invisible to our eyes and to every kind of telescope. Basically, it’s the darkness that surrounds every celestial body, and we only know that it’s there because astronomers observe its gravitational pull on everything else.
A working theory is that – in addition to the four fundamental forces that drive the universe: gravity, electromagnetism, and strong and weak nuclear forces – there’s a fifth force that rules the behavior of dark matter. Physicists from CERN now believe that this force is transmitted by a particle called the dark photon.
“To use a metaphor, an otherwise impossible dialogue between two people not speaking the same language (visible and dark matter) can be enabled by a mediator (the dark photon), who understands one language and speaks the other one,” explained Sergei Gninenko of CERN.
The research facility is now launching the NA64 experiment to search for this particle. The equipment focuses a beam of electrons with a known value of initial energy at a detector. Interactions between the electrons and atoms in the detector produce visible photons. If dark photons exist, they will escape the detector and subtract from the initial electron energy, as by the law of conservation of energy.
THE COMPLEX UNIVERSE
There’s a lot of work to be done by physicists in order to prove that dark photons exist. Results of the experiment must be replicable and, if the scientists find it, another round of research will be pursued to prove its relation to dark matter.
CERN is an organization of physicists and engineers that probe the universe in pursuit of understanding its fundamental structure. Discoveries from these studies could validate or totally destroy everything we currently know.
While dark matter may seem very far away from us and our daily lives, understanding all these mysteries is another step toward understanding ourselves and this complex universe we live in.
WHY NASA'S FIRST GOOD LOOK AT MARS ALMOST ENDED ITS EXPLORATION
WHY NASA'S FIRST GOOD LOOK AT MARS ALMOST ENDED ITS EXPLORATION
This Red Planet Day, find out why images from the Mariner 4 spacecraft, which launched 52 years ago, were surprising for all the wrong reasons.
If Cyber Monday doesn’t bring you holiday cheer, then you have another option: November 28 is also Red Planet Day, which commemorates the 1964 launch of the Mariner 4 spacecraft to Mars.
The images sent back to Earth as the probe flew by Mars eight months later provided our first detailed glimpse of the surface of an alien planet. And the data collected by Mariner 4 provided key information about how to safely deliver future missions to the Martian surface.
But, in the short-term, Mariner 4 was a PR disaster for NASA. The grainy, black-and-white images revealed a barren planet pockmarked with craters. It looked no different than the moon.
Nobody had seriously expected images of lush vegetation growing along the banks of water-filled canals. But Mars had captivated the public imagination for centuries. The bleak Mariner 4 images could only disappoint.
“Mars, it now appears, is a desolate world,” declared a July 30, New York Times editorial titled “Dead Planet.” “Its surface bathed in deadly radiation from outer space, it has very little atmosphere and has probably never had large bodies of water such as those in which life developed on this planet.”
Thanks to exploration made possible by the Mariner 4 spacecraft, we now know that Mars, the red planet, may not have always been so red. In fact, 3.5 billion years ago it had an ocean that spanned its entire northern hemisphere! Join astrobiologist and National Geographic Emerging Explorer Brendan Mullan on a trip back to when the solar system first began, and find out why Mars’s ocean disappeared—and how Earth escaped that same fate.
The Times added that these findings refuted a draft report—published three months earlier by the National Academy of Sciences—which had stated, “Given all the evidence presently available, we believe it entirely reasonable that Mars is inhabited with living organisms and that life independently originated there."
Others piled on, including sceptics within the scientific community. Physicist Philip Abelson said that Mariner 4 provided evidence that it is “unlikely that organic chemicals are being formed on Mars or have been synthesised there in the past.” Even President Lyndon B. Johnson weighed in, saying that “life as we know it with its humanity is more unique than many have thought.”
But for scientists who endorsed the exploration of Mars, the Mariner 4 had been a tremendous success—and they bristled at the premature conclusions drawn from the initial images of the red planet.
Although the National Academy of Sciences had said it was reasonable for Mars to host living organisms, it also cautioned that those life-forms would almost certainly be microbes, which would be impossible to detect without landing on the surface.
And, as the NASA History Office explains, “The spacecraft had, after all, imaged only 1 percent of Mars at resolution so low that, had it photographed Earth, scientists examining its pictures would likely have missed all signs of terrestrial life.”
Still, NASA had been selling the public on the idea that exploring Mars promised the possibility of finding the first evidence of extraterrestrial life. The initial, bleak images of the red planet made that a harder sell. In 1967, the U.S. Congress—already frustrated by the escalating costs of the Apollo program and the Vietnam War—cut $30 million from the program to land a spacecraft on Mars.
The cuts, though, didn’t end the program. Other Mariner spacecraft would be sent to Mars over the next few years. And, in 1976, NASA finally landed the Viking spacecraft on the red planet’s surface. But, the apparent failure of the lander to detect even microbes was another deep blow to public enthusiasm for exploring the red planet.
“Since Mars offered by far the most promising habitat for extraterrestrial life in the solar system, it is now virtually certain that the Earth is the only life-bearing planet in our region of the galaxy,” said Norman Horowitz, one of Viking’s principal scientists. “We have awakened from a dream.”
Mars had captivated the public imagination for centuries. The bleak Mariner 4 images—showing a barren planet pockmarked with craters—could only disappoint. PHOTOGRAPH BY NASA
But the search for life on Mars and other worlds would regain its place in the public’s imagination 20 years later. On August 7, 1996, NASA geologists held a press conference to announce the discovery of microscopic fossils in a meteorite that had originated from Mars. The widely published electron microscopic imagery of the meteorite revealed wormlike shapes that looked organic, even if scientists later concluded otherwise.
And, a week after the Mars meteorite press conference, NASA released stunning new images of Jupiter’s moon Europa taken by the Galileo spacecraft, indicating that liquid water existed beneath its cracked icy crust.
It was a testament to the power of imagery. Three decades earlier, the dull black-and-white images taken by the Mariner 4 spacecraft had prompted the New York Times to write off Mars as a “dead planet.” Now, high-resolution images of Europa and the Mars meteorite offered the tantalising prospect of finding life on other worlds—prompting media outlets such as the New York Times to announce that the U.S. was on the verge of “A Revived Hunt for Otherworldly Organisms.”
And it was all made possible by the initial success of the Mariner 4.
Wetenschappers: Tijdreizigers kunnen parallelle universa gebruiken om het verleden te bezoeken
Wetenschappers: Tijdreizigers kunnen parallelle universa gebruiken om het verleden te bezoeken
Er bestaan meerdere tijdlijnen in parallelle universa, zo stelt een team onderzoekers. Die parallelle universa kunnen elkaar volgens natuurkundigen beïnvloeden, schrijft The Sun.
Professor Howard Wiseman en dr. Michael Hall van de Griffith University in Australië claimen dat parallelle universa geen sciencefiction zijn.
Als er meerdere universa zijn, is het voor tijdreizigers mogelijk om de aarde te bezoeken. Elk denkbaar scenario zou worden uitgespeeld in een parallel universum.
Vertakt
Professor Wiseman wees erop dat er al sinds 1957 onderzoek wordt gedaan naar parallelle universa.
“In de bekende veel-werelden-interpretatie vertakt elk universum zich elke keer als er een kwantummeting wordt gedaan in een aantal nieuwe universa,” zei hij.
“Alle mogelijkheden worden om die reden gerealiseerd,” voegde hij toe. “In sommige universa miste de asteroïde die de dinosaurussen uitroeide de aarde. In andere werd Australië gekoloniseerd door de Portugezen.”
Heel anders
Critici twijfelen aan het bestaan van andere universa omdat ze ons universum niet beïnvloeden, aldus Wiseman.
Hij legde uit dat de veel-werelden-interpretatie in dit opzicht heel anders is.
Volgens de theorie is ons universum slechts één van de vele enorme werelden, waarvan sommige identiek zijn aan onze realiteit en andere geheel anders.
Niet in strijd
De Daily Express schrijft dat deze werelden allemaal echt zijn en dezelfde tijdlijn volgen, maar ook met elkaar interacteren als ze tegen elkaar aan botsen.
Dr. Hall stelt dat de theorie niet in strijd is met de huidige stand van de wetenschap.
Afgelopen maand claimden onderzoekers nog dat mensen een ziel hebben die na de dood blijft voortbestaan.
A team of researchers has made a controversial claim that challenges the conventional knowledge of space and time.
According to Howard Wiseman, from Griffith University's Center for Quantum Dynamics, and colleagues, there are parallel universes with multiple timelines. If this theory, which was presented in a paper published in the journal Physical Review X, is correct, time travel would be a possibility.
Many Worlds Interpretation
The idea is based on the Many Worlds interpretation theory in quantum mechanics, which has been around since 1957. It posits that each universe branches out to a new universe once a quantum measurement is made. The theory was formulated by Hugh Everett but Bryce Seligman DeWitt popularized it in the 60s and 70s dubbing it "many worlds."
Time Travel Possible With Multiple Universes
If there are indeed multiple universes that interact with each other, it would make time travel possible. It also means that every imaginable scenario is possible in a parallel universe at some point such that in some universes, the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs missed the Earth and Texas could be a sovereign nation and not a part of the United States.
If the theory of parallel universes with multiple timelines is correct, time travel would be a possibility. The idea could mean that in some universes, the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs missed Earth. ( Alexander Gerst / ESA via Getty Images )
Governed By The Same Law Of Physics
The researchers who proposed the new theory explained that parallel universes are governed by the same laws of physics with the particles in the individual universe giving a subtle push against those in other universes, which can explain the quantum weirdness experienced in our universe.
Wiseman said that the best way to describe parallel universes is to consider them as ghost universes that exist in the same space as the universe that we know of. These universes, however, are invisible since they interact with our universe under strict conditions.
Wiseman explained that the interactions between the universes are very minute and use a force that interacts between similar particles in each of the universes. This explains why we cannot feel or notice them albeit these are enough to provide explanation for quantum mechanics.
The researchers mathematically demonstrated the theory using the classic double slit theory where individual photons are each fired at different times at a screen that served as a detector. There is black material with two slits in it that absorbs the photons and is placed between the screen and the source.
If photons are mere particles, the researchers said they will spread evenly in space but instead, they piled up together in strips with a particular pattern. The same thing would occur if the photons would pass through both of the slits as a wave, providing evidence that the photon is both a wave and a particle.
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