UFO Caught As It Enters Atmosphere On NASA Skycam, Aug 24, 2015, UFO Sighting News.

Date of sighting: Aug 24, 2015
Location of sighting: W Pennsylvania, USA

Only once in my life have I ever seen a UFO with three arms. It was about the size of a scooter and white. It slowly rotated in a wheel fashion in the cloud here in Taiwan and was only caught on IR camera for 1-2 seconds, but upload footage damaged the quality it could not be seen on Youtube years ago. These are unmanned drones sent for info gathering. 
Scott C. Waring
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Eyewitness states:
NASA All Skycam captures something out of what I would consider ordinary on a 'fireball' video of 'something' entering the atmosphere of earth in the sky over W Pennsylvania or possibly E Ohio. Also, in this video a man and his family observe a bright star-like object moving slowly next to the moon. The man just happened to be holding a high resolution camera in anticipation of an upcoming rocket launch from Cape Canaveral and snapped a picture of the strange looking light.

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Lost Egyptian City Found Underwater After 1200 Years

1,200 years ago the ancient Egyptian city of Heracleion disappeared beneath the Mediterranean. Founded around 8th century BC, well before the foundation of Alexandria in 331 BC, it is believed Heracleion served as the obligatory port of entry to Egypt for all ships coming from the Greek world.

Prior to its discovery in 2000 by archaeologist Franck Goddio and the IEASM (European Institute for Underwater Archaeology), no trace of Thonis-Heracleion had been found (the city was known to the Greeks asThonis). Its name was almost razed from the memory of mankind, only preserved in ancient classic texts and rare inscriptions found on land by archaeologists.

Large UFO’s Now Permanently Watching Over Earth

It is nearly every week now that a fresh new UFO sighting is seen above Earth or next to the International Space Station.  Many people believe that  the number of sightings means astronauts on board the ISS “are probably being monitored by extraterrestrials” almost daily.

A large brightly lit UFO was captured on the International Space Stations camera, watching over them close by.  StreetCap1 who is the Youtuber who discovered this footage has confirmed that this capture has come straight off NASA’s live feed footage.

Many people believe that NASA’s lack of response when questioned about these UFO’s caught on their cameras, says a lot in itself! NASA are in a way teasing us with these videos and then keeping quiet when approached about these unusual crafts caught in space.

Despite allowing public access to the recordings, many Ufologists from around the world now claim that NASA is purposely withholding information about UFOs from the public.

Please check out the quick yet ‘clear’ capture of the UFO near the ISS:

Streetcap1 who posted the intriguing video onto YouTube after capturing off NASA’s ISS live feed footage, said:

“Bright UFO above Earth” 

“During a period when the camera is moving for around two minutes, NASA captures a distant pink and gold object. “Caught August 3 2015. We need them to maybe start pointing the ISS cameras outward and stop treating people like children.”

Streetcap1’s comment reference NASA pointing their cameras outward is a very fair point as apart from thee UFO’s being caught on camera, I feel its important to also give the people of planet earth, a better, clearer perspective of the Universe around us.  However saying this, it is very clear WHY NASA don’t point their cameras outwards, what with the apparent amount of UFO’s around us!

The large UFO caught watching over the ISS

NASA ‘blatantly’ ignore people’s questions about these UFO’s caught on camera, and it is clear as to why they never comment, because they do NOT want us to see these crafts in space! Of course NASA know theses UFO’s are there, BUT occasionally they must slip up and perhaps the ET’s purposely show up out of nowhere so that the people of this world can SEE that they are up there in all their glory!

U.I.P SUMMARY

U.I.P have posted quite a lot of posts about the sheer amount of UFO’s being caught on camera above the ISS (please see some of the videos below) which like everything in life it’s all a numbers game! Some of the footage caught on NASA’s live feed could be something completely innocent (perhaps) BUT some of the images caught on camera have no explanations whatsoever as to what they are and where they are from –   Hence they are a 100% UFO’s caught on camera!

No matter how much we moan about it, NASA at this moment in time will NOT discuss what these UFO’s are, this could be for two reasons (1) They do not know what they are, or (2) They know what they are, but are too afraid for the public to know the TRUTH (this is more likely!).

One thing is for sure, the ET’s are VERY much here with us, and have been for a long time! I could imagine NASA must be regretting ever promising the public live feed from the space station! We have seen all sorts of crafts and large structures above earth, it appears that we are being watched DAILY and something BIG is going on around us!

With UFO sightings DOUBLED this summer and sightings aplenty above Earth – could it be that a species of Aliens are forcing their OWN DISCLOSURE!?

MWV – U.I.P

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Spectacular space map shows 14,000 satellites orbiting Earth

Richie Carmichael / ESRI

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The visual map produced by Richie Carmichael, who’s based in California, show there are a total of 14,022 satellites orbiting planet Earth. However, 76 percent of those no longer work and are just junk traveling through space.

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The satellites don’t just orbit our planet in a regular circle; they have all sorts of strange trajectories, as they pass by, while it gives the viewer a whole new idea about just how crowded space actually is.

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Russian satellites make up a hefty number of those artificial objects flying around the earth in space. They can be made out as the red dots in the graphic above.

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UFOs over the White House: Do the US presidents know about the existence of aliens?

EVERY president since the war has known about alien visits to Earth, a new book claims.

Asked about the alien bodies reportedly recovered from the wreckage he added: “If I told you I would have to kill you… we’re going to keep our secrets here.”

But a controversial new book The Presidents And UFOs: A Secret History From FDR To Obama claims that a number of US leaders have known of evidence proving that aliens have visited Earth leaving spaceship debris, the occasional alien corpse and thousands of UFO sightings.

“Headquarters has come to the determination that the mystery airplanes are in fact not earthly and according to secret intelligence sources that are in all probability of interplanetary origin,” wrote US Army chief of staff general George C Marshall to president Franklin D Roosevelt in March 1942, according to a recently leaked memo.

President Roosevelt replied urging the “finding of practical uses for the atomic secrets learned from the study of celestial devices”.

And in another memo Roosevelt wrote of “coming to grips with the reality that our planet is not the only one harbouring intelligent life in the universe”.

He added: “We will take every advantage of such wonders that have come to us.”

The secret memos, whose authenticity is fiercely debated, are part of a mountain of evidence uncovered by the new book’s author Larry Holcombe.

“UFOs exist and extraterrestrial life has visited Earth,” says Holcombe, 71.

“The accumulation of evidence is so great that no reasonable person can any longer deny their existence.”

Millions have long suspected that not all UFOs could be explained away as experimental aircraft and weather balloons.

The US’s Area 51 Air Force base in Nevada is rumoured to hide alien corpses and their spaceships as depicted in movie Independence Day.

Many believe there is a secret President’s book handed to each new incumbent of the Oval Office revealing the existence of aliens, just like the one in the film National Treasure 2.

The US even seems to be moving towards publicly acknowledging the existence of alien life.

Holcombe says that two past US presidents claimed to have had close encounters with aliens and that Ronald Reagan had two encounters and even became president thanks to advice from an extra terrestrial.

Actresses Lucille Ball and Shirley MacLaine, who partied with actor Reagan on the night of his first alien encounter, claimed that the future president insisted that his road to the party had been initially blocked by a UFO.

An alien came up to his car and told him: “Leave acting and go into politics.”

Later, as governor of California in 1974, Reagan saw a strange moving light from the window of his private jet and ordered his pilot to follow it.

“To our utter amazement it went straight up into the heavens,” Reagan is said to have recalled.

Reagan even spoke of a possible alien invasion in 1987, adding: “I ask, is not an alien force already among us?”

Before becoming president Jimmy Carter is said to have witnessed a bright green light in the sky fly towards him in 1969.

It changed colour to blue, then red, then white before racing away.

“It didn’t have any solid substance to it,” said a mystified Carter, who filed a UFO report.

But all presidents were given ample evidence of the existence of extraterrestrial life and told to keep it secret rather than scare an anxious public, claims the book.

President Harry S Truman drew a veil of secrecy over the 1947 alien spaceship crash near Roswell, New Mexico, and the alleged crash of a second alien craft almost simultaneously about 140 miles away on the San Agustin Plains.

Truman had supposedly created the “Majestic 12” in 1942: a secret committee of scientists and military to cover up extraterrestrial activities.

Late in the Second World War Dwight D Eisenhower met with Winston Churchill to discuss an RAF reconnaissance aircraft’s close encounter with a UFO near the English coastline.

• I don’t think Britain or the US is going to admit that alien life has been visiting Earth for some time

Larry Holcombe, author

“It’s veiled in secrecy but a number of reliable sources claim that he flew to Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico to meet with extraterrestrials in 1955,” says Holcombe.

Presidents hid possible alien encounters from Americans after the war but as the CIA grew in power it took over alien investigations and cover-ups, claims the author.

“There’s been a government coverup but since the 1960s there’s been a cover-up to keep presidents in the dark as well,” says Holcombe.

“Extraterrestrial investigations in the US are controlled by a powerful and secretive scientific and military-intelligence committee answerable to no one.

“President John F Kennedy demanded that the CIA hand over secret files and every president since has wished he knew more.

“President Bill Clinton has said he tried to get UFO information and it was withheld from him.

“Kennedy’s pushing for UFO information may have been behind his assassination in 1963.

“Kennedy wanted to share alien technology with the Soviets and there were powerful people who refused to let that happen.”

President Richard Nixon authorised a UFO documentary using secret footage of an alien craft landing during his re-election campaign in 1972 but the project was axed by intelligence chiefs, claims Holcombe.

“Nixon believed that a limited level of UFO disclosure would ensure his place in history,” he adds.

While running for office Gerald Ford, Carter and Clinton all demanded government openness about UFOs but fell silent once elected to the White House and privy to alien secrets.

Holcombe says he found evidence suggesting that several alien bodies have been studied by the US military and alien technologies copied.

Yet despite recent calls for greater openness about UFO encounters he says: “I don’t think Britain or the US is going to admit that alien life has been visiting Earth for some time.

“But they may be forced to admit it if extraterrestrials make their presence known.

“Many laws have been broken to keep this secret.

“It’s been the greatest cover-up in the history of mankind.

“But all it takes is one alien spaceship over London or Washington DC and the world will never be the same again.”

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Daily 2 Cents: Australian Man Warned by MIB -- My Alien Interactions -- Mystery Cloaked Figure 'Dropping Raw Meat in Playgrounds'

Australian Man Warned by MIB

Father-of-two Liam Freaney received unexpected visits after witnessing a number of UFOs near his home.

Freaney, who was a builder by trade, had little interest in the subject of UFOs until one day in March 2013 when he and his workmate witnessed a number of strange lights in the skies over New South Wales followed by the appearance of a military aircraft which seemed to be pursuing them.

A few months later the objects started to appear on a regular basis, prompting Freaney to purchase a video camera so that he could try to record some footage, but as he stepped up his efforts to determine what the objects could be he started to attract an entirely unwanted type of attention.

"I would see and film an object then directly afterwards I would get home and a helicopter would show up and sit over the house," he said. "So I started filming the helicopters as well as the unidentified flying objects. It happened over and over again, 20 or 30 times at least."

"When they hover the height of a lamp post above your house and lean out the window it's definitely not military training. Maybe I have filmed something I shouldn't have. That's a possibility."

The incidents eventually came to a head two weeks before he was due to talk about his experiences at a local UFO group. He had been out driving his car near his home when a large black saloon drove up behind and pulled him over on to the side of the road.

Two men in black suits got out and approached the window of his vehicle. The strangers knew him by name and warned him in no uncertain terms that it would be best if he kept his mouth shut.

Despite feeling initially apprehensive however Freaney decided to go ahead with the talk anyway.

"The purpose of this whole two and a half years of contact that has happened to me I believe is for me to pass on the message that it is happening and that it is real," he said.

"The only thing I have got out of it is to tell people what I am seeing." - NSW skywatcher who filmed UFOs says he was quizzed by men in black

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My Alien Interactions

Jonesboro, AR: As noted above, I've seen UFOs, starting since youth. This date (June 22-23, 2009, early morning hours) is my first conscious recollection of being abducted and interacting with these beings. They used to show up (that I know of) 2-3 times per month. They stopped showing up the year my wife was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma. They started back after her treatment, but only seem to show up once every couple months. 

I'm also a CG artist and have rendered them quite accurately. I'll try to attach some pictures. - MUFON CMS

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Who is this cloaked figure 'dropping raw meat in playgrounds'?

Residents of a small town in North Carolina have been left stumped by the presence of a mysterious cloaked figure who has been apparently 'dropping meat' in playgrounds.

Photos of the terrifying person have been circulating on social media for the past month, with the local paper reporting that the figure has been seen dropping meat as well as standing around in a sinister fashion.

There are worries that the figure is taking part in an occult activity. One resident found a bag of raw meat near their apartment at around the same time the cloaked figure was popping up.

Police, however, haven't connected the bags of meat with the cloaked figure. A spokesperson for the force told the Gaston Gazette: "We don't know if this is some bogus prank somebody is playing."

Christopher Bridges has one possible answer for the cloaked figure. He wrote on Facebook: "Witches use raw meat in there rituals. It's used to cast spells for the destruction of innocent people look it up"

Jason Hamilton was angry that people were making light of the situation: "I hope this person in the pic gets caught, people on here are laughing it off like it's fake. Hopefully no pets or children turn up dead around here, then all the laughing people are going to feel stupid. This is too close to where I live, which is IN Hudson woods" - Who is this cloaked figure 'dropping raw meat in playgrounds'?

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Whatever floats your boat...

Filmmaker George Romero’s flick “Dawn of the Dead” and others have catapulted zombies into cult-like status in Monroeville, Pa., where the movie was filmed. Limping, bloodied (sort of) and wearing shredded clothing, 2,000 souls from near and far descended on the Zombie Fest and Walk of the Dead at Monroeville Mall. I personally think the zombie genre is ridiculous but, whatever floats your boat...

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Betty and Barney Hill Abduction Case

Betty and Barney Hill Abduction Case
Date: September 19, 1961
Location: Exeter, New Hampshire, United States

The first abduction case to be brought to the public’s attention was back in 1961. Betty and Barney Hill reported seeing a UFO and experienced a period of missing time while on a long car journey. Under hypnosis they both separately described how they were abducted by aliens and shown around the spacecraft before undergoing medical examinations. Betty also spoke of the origin of the aliens which were of the zeta reticuli system but at that time it wasn’t discovered until 1969.

Their journey into the unknown began in New Hampshire in September, 1961, and would forever change the course of Ufology.

The Hills were an interracial couple. Barney, a 39 year-old black man, worked for the postal service, and Betty, a 41 year-old white woman, was a supervisor for the child welfare department. Because of Barney’s ulcer problems, the two had embarked on a vacation into Canada. On September 19, they began their journey back home. At about 10:00 PM, Barney, who was driving, saw a star which seemed to move erratically. He told Betty about it, and they both kept tabs on it as they drove along.

They were just north of North Woodstock, when Barney noticed that the star was moving in a very unusual manner. When they arrived at Indian Head, they stopped their car, and got out to have a better look. Using binoculars, Barney zoomed in what he thought was a star. This was no star! He could make out different colors of lights and see several rows of windows around a flying craft.

The next thing the Hills recalled was being frightened by the unusual flying object, and the occupants inside of it. Barney scurried back to the car where Betty was waiting. They jumped into the car, and raced down the highway. Looking for the object, they found that it was now gone. As they drove on, they began to hear a beeping sound… once, then again. Although they had been driving only a couple of minutes, they were 35 miles down the road!

Betty and Barney finally arrived home safely. After seeing the UFO, the rest of their trip home had been uneventful. They were tired from their journey, and immediately went to bed. When Betty awoke the next day, she telephoned Janet, her sister, and told her about the strange object they had seen. Janet urged her to call Pease Air Force Base, and tell them what her and Barney had seen. After hearing Betty’s report, Major Paul W. Henderson, told her:

“The UFO was also confirmed by our radar.”

At least the Hills were not seeing things, and they were trying to put the incident behind them. But soon Betty began to have nightmares. In her dreams she would see her and her husband being physically forced into some type of craft. Before long, two writers heard about the Hill’s story, and contacted them. The Hills, with the aid of the writers, compiled a time chart of the events of September 19. There could be no doubt that the couple had lost about two hours of time somewhere along the way.

As news of the UFO sighting became more common place, the Hills were forced to hide from reporters as much as possible. Because of the missing time element, and the desire to know what, if anything, had happened during that time, they decided to contact a psychiatrist. They decided on Boston psychiatrist and neurologist, Dr. Benjamin Simon, well-known in his field. He would come to play an important role in the Hill abduction story.

His suggestion for treatment was regressive hypnosis, which would hopefully unlock the memories of the two missing hours of time. His sessions began with Betty, and soon Barney followed. After six months of treatment, it was Simon’s opinion that the Hills had been abducted and taken aboard an unknown craft. Regressive hypnosis, a controversial treatment, is often used to unlock lost memories. It has been used in a number of other alien abduction cases, including The Buff Ledge Abduction and The Allagash Abductions.

Some of the memories that were uncovered from the Hills included that their automobile had stalled on the road. The UFO had landed in the middle of the road, and alien beings came to their car, carrying both Betty and Barney to the UFO. They were subjected to various medical and scientific tests. Before the aliens released them, they were hypnotized and ordered to keep their capture a secret.

The sketch by Barney Hill showing the craft with figures fins and red lights

During the intensive regression sessions, the Hills would describe their captors as “… bald-headed alien beings, about five foot tall, with greyish skin, pear shaped heads and slanting cat-like eyes.” This description very much described what would become known as the “greys,” now a standard description for the small beings with large heads, small mouths, and little or no ears, and hairless.

Also details were released about the actual procedures performed on the Hills. Both physical and mental experiments were conducted. Samples were taken of their skin, hair, and nails. Betty had gynecological testing, and Barney reluctantly revealed that sperm samples were taken from him.

The Betty and Barney Hill case is still studied and discussed today. It is the alien abduction case to which all others are compared and judged.

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Half of Brits believe in aliens - and almost 2m have met one

MORE than half of Brits believe aliens exist - and almost 2million claim to have met one - according to a new poll.

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ALIENS: Most people think we are not alone

A total of 53% of people believe there is intelligent life on other planets, pollsters found, with another 29% unsure.

Just 18% of the public think we are alone in the universe and many people appear to believe aliens have visited earth in UFOs - but the government has covered it up.

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UFO: A third of Brits believe the government has covered up UFO visits

SurveyMonkey found almost a third of Brits believe the government is hiding knowledge about UFOs from the public, most likely to protect us.

One in ten people who answered the Sun poll said aliens have abducted people - and a staggering 3% claimed to have had a close encounter of the third kind.

If true across the population, that would mean 1.92million have encountered a little green man.

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CROP CIRCLE: Many believe crop circles, like this one in Wiltshire, are made by aliens

The shocking results come as a sleepy Wiltshire town celebrates the 50th anniversary of the UK's first mass UFO sighting.

From 1965 through the Seventies, hundreds of residents of Warminster reported seeing UFOs in the sky above the town.

Thousands of people - including Mick Jagger and David Bowie - descended on the town hoping to glimpse what became known as The Warminster Thing.

The town is holding an event to mark the phenomenon, dubbed "Britain's Roswell", on Friday.

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WATCH: Legendary Black Knight 'alien satellite' captured passing ISS AND Moon

A LEGENDARY "alien satellite", that is said to have orbited Earth for nearly 13,000 years, has been TWICE caught on camera passing the International Space Station (ISS) and the Moon, UFO hunters claim.

Three Strange Light UFO Orbs Caught Over Le Planestel, France

Three strange lights have been spotted over a rural area of Le Planestel, France in a recent UFO sighting caught on camera.

Mystery surrounds the observation of the small spherical glowing orbs, and the film-maker remains unidentified.

As the camera positions itself at the nights sky the glowing balls can be seen floating from left to right.

The footage then focuses on the hovering balls of light, tracking them and zooming in as they move across the screen.

However, although the sighting seems extra-terrestrial, the term UFO simply qualifies an object that we can't identify and the glowing dots could simply be a plane.

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Another explanation for these sightings that does not rely on the existence of little green men, could simply be cloud formations.

Lenticular clouds are often mistaken for being UFO's and are usually created by gravity waves.

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Daily UFO Headlines 8/25/2015

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• Watch: UFO footage seems to have caught a humanoid floating above LA – entertainment.ie
• Three Strange Light UFO Orbs Caught Over Le Planestel, France – Huffington Post UK
• Only in Colorado: UFO Watchtower – 5280 Magazine
• WATCH: Legendary Black Knight ‘alien satellite’ captured passing ISS AND Moon – Daily Express
• Half of Brits believe in aliens – and almost 2m have met one – Daily Star

Real Alien & UFO Filmed In Area 51 (Video)

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Area 51, also officially known as Groom Lake or Homey Airport (ICAO: KXTA) is a remote detachment of Edwards Air Force Base. According to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the correct names for the Area 51 facility are the Nevada Test and Training Range and Groom Lake, though the name Area 51 has been used in official CIA documentation. Other names used for the facility include Dreamland, Paradise Ranch, Home Base, Watertown Strip, and most recently Homey Airport. The area around the field is referred to as (R-4808N).

It is located in the southern portion of Nevada in the western United States, 83 miles (133 km) north-northwest of Las Vegas. Situated at its center, on the southern shore of Groom Lake, is a large military airfield. The base’s current primary purpose is officially undetermined; however, based on historical evidence, it most likely supports development and testing of experimental aircraft and weapons systems. The intense secrecy surrounding the base has made it the frequent subject of conspiracy theories and a central component to unidentified flying object (UFO) folklore. Although the base has never been declared a secret base, all research and occurings in Area 51 are Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI). In July 2013, following a FOIA request filed in 2005, the Central Intelligence Agency publicly acknowledged the existence of the base for the first time by declassifying documents detailing the history and purpose of Area 51.

UFO and other conspiracy theories

Its secretive nature and undoubted connection to classified aircraft research, together with reports of unusual phenomena, have led Area 51 to become a focus of modern UFO and conspiracy theories.[citation needed] Some of the activities mentioned in such theories at Area 51 include:
The storage, examination, and reverse engineering of crashed alien spacecraft (including material supposedly recovered at Roswell), the study of their occupants (living and dead), and the manufacture of aircraft based on alien technology.
Meetings or joint undertakings with extraterrestrials.
The development of exotic energy weapons for the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) or other weapons programs.

Source: Real Alien & UFO Filmed In Area 51 (Video)

Zoveel satellieten vliegen er boven ons hoofd - HLN.be

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14.015 sattelieten draaien in een baan rond de aarde. Richie Carmichael uit California bracht ze allemaal mooi in kaart.

We gebruiken minder dan 30 procent van de meer dan 14.000 satellieten. 76 procent van de satellieten werkt niet meer of is gedegradeerd tot ruimteafval.

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De Verenigde Staten en Rusland spannen de kroon wat betreft lanceringen. Samen zijn ze goed voor bijna 10.000 satellieten. Maar ook China moet niet onderdoen voor de twee grootmachten met 3.299 satellieten.

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Bekijk de volledige kaart hier in het groot.

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Dawn stuurt scherpste beelden van Ceres tot nu toe - HLN.be

Bron: VK

Een hoge, kegelvormige berg op Ceres, gefotografeerde vanaf een afstand van 1.470 kilometer. De berg heeft een hoogte van 6 kilometer. 

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RUIMTEVAART Ruimtesonde Dawn heeft nieuwe beelden van dwergplaneet Ceres gemaakt. Het zijn de meest gedetailleerde tot nu toe, meldt de Amerikaanse ruimtevaartorganisatie NASA.

Een bergkam die in het midden van Urvara, een krater die is vernoemd naar de Iraanse en Indiase god van planten en akkers. © © NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA.

"De foto's van Dawn zijn nu drie keer zo scherp als de vorige beelden. De ruimtesonde onthult daarmee spannende, nieuwe details van deze intrigerende dwergplaneet", zegt Marc Rayman, missieleider van NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena.

Dawn is de eerste sonde die in een baan rond een dwergplaneet draait. Het duurde 7,5 jaar voordat Dawn Ceres bereikte. De onbemande Amerikaanse verkenner onderzoekt de dwergplaneet om een beter beeld van het ontstaan van ons zonnestelsel te krijgen.

Ceres werd in 1801 ontdekt en is een groot rotsblok dat in een baan rond de zon draait. Het rotsblok is nooit uitgegroeid tot een echte planeet en heet daarom een dwergplaneet: groter dan een planetoïde, kleiner dan een planeet.

Gespot op Mars: ligt daar nu een 'ruimteschip'? - HLN.be

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Marsmannetjes bestaan echt. Althans, ufo-jager Scott C. Waring twijfelt niet meer sinds hij gisteren een ruimteschip meent te hebben gespot op een foto die Marsverkenner Curiosity heeft doorgestuurd.

•                          Pareidolie
  Hoe komt het dat wij soms mensen of gezichten herkennen in alledaagse voorwerpen? De reden voor dit psychologische verschijnsel dat pareidolie wordt genoemd, ligt er waarschijnlijk in dat de hersenen behoefte hebben om verbanden tussen gegevens te leggen, ook als deze er eigenlijk niet zijn. Hierbij moet vooral gedacht worden aan het herkennen van patronen die op gevaar kunnen wijzen, zoals het silhouet van een roofdier. 
  
  Bekende voorbeelden van pareidolie zijn het zien van gezichten of dieren in de wolken of het zien van het mannetje in de maan. 
  
  Bij psychologisch onderzoek werd vroeger gebruikgemaakt van de inmiddels verouderde Rorschachtest, waarbij iemand herkenbare patronen ziet in willekeurig gevormde inktvlekken.

Waring van de website ufosightingsdaily.com schat dat het vaartuig een doorsnede van 2,5 tot 3 meter heeft. Op basis van zijn ervaring vermoedt hij dat het schip ruimte biedt aan twintig tot veertig buitenaardse wezens.

Er is maar een foto van het ruimteschip, maar Waring verwacht dat er meer komen. "Curiosity maakt doorgaans veel foto's van elk gebied, misschien maakt hij er nog meer."

Waarschijnlijk gaat het om een rotsformatie. Een verklaring waarom men er een ruimteschip in herkent is mogelijk te verklaren uit het psychologische fenomeen pareidolia, waarbij een illusie of vage waarneming door de hersens wordt geïnterpreteerd als een duidelijke vorm (zie kader).

Lees ook

• Kan jij de vrouw op Mars spotten?
• Wat komt er daar uit grot op Mars gekropen?

'Star Wars'

Sommigen zien in het object de Imperial Star Destroyer uit 'Star Wars'.

Een paar weken geleden hield de vermoedelijke ontdekking van een rondborstige vrouw met paraplu op Mars de gemoederen nog flink bezig.

Star Destroyer gevonden op Mars? ‘Gecrashte UFO’ doet denken aan beroemd schip uit Star Wars

Op een foto die is gemaakt door Marsrover Curiosity is een object te zien dat volgens sommigen erg lijkt op een Imperial Star Destroyer uit Star Wars. Het ‘schip’ zou zo’n 2,5 tot 3 meter breed zijn en ruimte bieden aan enkele passagiers.

Iedereen die Star Wars heeft gezien zal de overeenkomsten zien tussen het object en de beruchte Star Destroyers. De typische wigvorm van dit schip heeft ervoor gezorgd dat het één van de meest herkenbare grote ruimteschepen is uit het Star Wars-universum. De fictieve schepen zijn echter 500 keer zo groot als het object op Mars.

Er is slechts één foto van het ‘schip’ gemaakt. Normaal maakt Curiosity meerdere foto’s van elk gebied, maar dit keer niet. Alien-zoekers hopen dat er binnenkort nog meer beelden van hetzelfde gebied komen.

De ‘gecrashte UFO’ op Mars (www.ufosightingsdaily.com)

Eerder werd op een foto van Curiosity een gestalte ontdekt die erg leek op een vrouw in avondjurk. Wie de ingezoomde beelden goed bekeek kon er eigenlijk niet omheen: er was duidelijk het silhouet van een vrouw te zien.

Wat ook zou kunnen, is dat de foto lijkt op een vrouw. Een fenomeen dat we kennen als pareidolia: wanneer mensen denken iets te herkennen in onduidelijk beeld. We zijn ingesteld op het herkennen van patronen, ook als deze er niet zijn. Wat denk jij? Ligt er volgens jou een gecrashte UFO op het Marsoppervlak? Denk er dan aan dit artikel te delen op Facebook.

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“Het is tijd dat de waarheid naar buiten komt”: Nieuwe film toont 2000 foto’s van ‘buitenaardse activiteit in Australië’

Een Australische documentairemaker laat een nieuw licht schijnen op vermeende buitenaardse activiteit. In de film, getiteld Australian Skies, wordt bewijs voor UFO-waarnemingen bestudeerd.

Don Meers van Dojo Media zegt de documentaire te hebben gemaakt in een poging het UFO-fenomeen te bevatten. “Ik wil in eerste instantie zien of we kunnen begrijpen wat er aan de hand is,” zei hij. “Ten tweede wil ik proberen te achterhalen wat de herkomst van deze objecten is. Tot slot wil ik zelf één van deze objecten van dichtbij zien.”

Ufoloog Damien Nott claimt in de documentaire dat hij meer dan 2000 foto’s en filmpjes heeft van UFO-waarnemingen. Het gaat in veel gevallen om heldere objecten die in de lucht zweven.

In de film is ook Liam Freaney te zien. Hij claimt te zijn benaderd door mannen in het zwart nadat hij UFO’s had gezien. Ze doken in maart 2013 voor het eerst op, waarna er ook zwarte helikopters boven zijn huis verschenen, aldus de Sydney Morning Herald.

“Elke keer als ik een object filmde, verscheen er een helikopter bij mijn huis,” zei hij. “Ik begon naast de UFO’s ook de helikopters te filmen. Het is wel 20 tot 30 keer gebeurd.”

Afgelopen jaar wilde hij een lezing geven over zijn ervaringen. Twee weken voor de lezing verscheen er een zwarte auto bij zijn huis. Twee mannen stapten uit. Eén van hen zei dat het beter was dat hij verder zijn mond zou houden over wat hij allemaal had gezien. Liam besloot af te zien van de lezing, maar is nu van gedachten veranderd.

“Australian Skies probeert mensen antwoorden te geven op vragen,” zei Nott. “Wat we deze dingen in de lucht zien doen is ongelooflijk. Het is tijd dat de waarheid naar buiten komt.” De film gaat op 2 september in première in Sydney. De première is overigens al helemaal uitverkocht. Vond je dit interessant? Denk er dan aan het artikel te delen op Facebook.

[Sydney Morning Herald, MailOnline]

Weer een buitenaards wezen gevonden op de rode planeet: Maar waar zijn de echte marsbewoners?

De foto’s die Marsrover Curiosity naar de aarde stuurt blijven de gemoederen bezighouden. Dit maal gaat het om een ‘ruimtehagedis’ op het Marsoppervlak. “Het wezen ziet eruit als een hagedis, maar heeft een korte staart. Ik heb geprobeerd in te zoomen. De kop glimt en lijkt in een omhulsel te zitten,” aldus Scott C. Waring van UFO Sightings Daily.

De vondst doet volgens Theo Priestley van Forbes een interessante vraag rijzen: Waar zijn alle aliens? Er zijn in ons sterrenstelsel alleen al zo’n 400 miljard sterren en het waarneembare universum bevat evenveel sterrenstelsels: voor elke ster in de Melkweg is er een compleet sterrenstelsel in het heelal. Volgens conservatieve schattingen zijn er 500 triljoen zonachtige sterren, sterren zoals de zon.

Je kunt je afvragen of planeten die geschikt zijn voor leven zeldzaam zijn of veel voorkomen in het heelal. Met de Kepler-ruimtetelescoop zijn 42.000 zonachtige sterren bestudeerd. Er werden 603 planeten gevonden, waarvan 10 net zo groot zijn als de aarde en in de bewoonbare zone om hun moederster draaien. De onderzoekers ontdekten dat zich in de bewoonbare zone rond 22 procent van de zonachtige sterren aardachtige planeten bevinden. De dichtbijstaande dergelijke planeet bevindt zich op slechts 12 lichtjaar.

Wetenschappers vermoeden dat rond 50 procent van de zonachtige sterren aardachtige werelden draaien. Uit een studie uit 2013 in PNAS blijkt dat rond tenminste 1 procent van alle sterren in het waarneembare universum bewoonbare aardachtige planeten draaien.

Voor iedere zandkorrel zijn er 100 aardachtige werelden in het heelal. NASA heeft onlangs het oudere neefje van de aarde ontdekt. Volgens NASA, het SETI Institute en diverse universiteiten is Kepler 452b de meest aardachtige planeet tot nu toe.

Waar zijn dan alle aliens? Er zijn een aantal mogelijke verklaringen:

• Er zijn geen andere beschavingen
• Het leven vernietigt zichzelf en anderen
• Mensen bestaan nog niet lang genoeg
• Aliens zijn zo anders dat we ze niet kunnen waarnemen
• We zijn te primitief om te worden bezocht
• We worden al bezocht, maar dit wordt stilgehouden

Zijn we alleen in het universum? Of zijn we nog te primitief om te kunnen bevatten hoe ander leven eruitziet en proberen ze al decennialang met ons te communiceren? Vond je dit interessant? Denk er dan aan het artikel te delen op Facebook.

[Forbes]