Ontdek de Fascinerende Wereld van UFO's en UAP's: Jouw Bron voor Onthullende Informatie!
Ben jij ook gefascineerd door het onbekende? Wil je meer weten over UFO's en UAP's, niet alleen in België, maar over de hele wereld? Dan ben je op de juiste plek!
België: Het Kloppend Hart van UFO-onderzoek
In België is BUFON (Belgisch UFO-Netwerk) dé autoriteit op het gebied van UFO-onderzoek. Voor betrouwbare en objectieve informatie over deze intrigerende fenomenen, bezoek je zeker onze Facebook-pagina en deze blog. Maar dat is nog niet alles! Ontdek ook het Belgisch UFO-meldpunt en Caelestia, twee organisaties die diepgaand onderzoek verrichten, al zijn ze soms kritisch of sceptisch.
Nederland: Een Schat aan Informatie
Voor onze Nederlandse buren is er de schitterende website www.ufowijzer.nl, beheerd door Paul Harmans. Deze site biedt een schat aan informatie en artikelen die je niet wilt missen!
Internationaal: MUFON - De Wereldwijde Autoriteit
Neem ook een kijkje bij MUFON (Mutual UFO Network Inc.), een gerenommeerde Amerikaanse UFO-vereniging met afdelingen in de VS en wereldwijd. MUFON is toegewijd aan de wetenschappelijke en analytische studie van het UFO-fenomeen, en hun maandelijkse tijdschrift, The MUFON UFO-Journal, is een must-read voor elke UFO-enthousiasteling. Bezoek hun website op www.mufon.com voor meer informatie.
Samenwerking en Toekomstvisie
Sinds 1 februari 2020 is Pieter niet alleen ex-president van BUFON, maar ook de voormalige nationale directeur van MUFON in Vlaanderen en Nederland. Dit creëert een sterke samenwerking met de Franse MUFON Reseau MUFON/EUROP, wat ons in staat stelt om nog meer waardevolle inzichten te delen.
Let op: Nepprofielen en Nieuwe Groeperingen
Pas op voor een nieuwe groepering die zich ook BUFON noemt, maar geen enkele connectie heeft met onze gevestigde organisatie. Hoewel zij de naam geregistreerd hebben, kunnen ze het rijke verleden en de expertise van onze groep niet evenaren. We wensen hen veel succes, maar we blijven de autoriteit in UFO-onderzoek!
Blijf Op De Hoogte!
Wil jij de laatste nieuwtjes over UFO's, ruimtevaart, archeologie, en meer? Volg ons dan en duik samen met ons in de fascinerende wereld van het onbekende! Sluit je aan bij de gemeenschap van nieuwsgierige geesten die net als jij verlangen naar antwoorden en avonturen in de sterren!
Heb je vragen of wil je meer weten? Aarzel dan niet om contact met ons op te nemen! Samen ontrafelen we het mysterie van de lucht en daarbuiten.
Donderdag 28 juli 2022
UFOs In Space Recorded During Space Shuttle and Apollo Missions
UFOs In Space Recorded During Space Shuttle and Apollo Missions
Although NASA is commissioning a study team to start early in the fall to examine unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) – that is, observations of events in the sky that cannot be identified as aircraft or known natural phenomena as well as NASA wants to transform satellites into alien seekers to probe unexplained sightings in space, it might be better that NASA check their archive first as overwhelming evidence is present on footage from, among others, the Space Shuttle and Apollo Missions showing UFOs in space and above the Lunar surface.
Proof of the existence of UFOs what they have withheld from the public all the years.
During the Space Shuttle flights many recordings were made by the astronauts. Some of these recordings show objects in space that clearly cannot be meteorites, space junk, or lightning storms.
These objects change direction, slow down, make 90 and 180 degree turns before speeding up and disappearing into space. Only UFOs or unknown probes under intelligent control can perform this kind of maneuvers.
Also during the Apollo flights, recordings were made by the astronauts in which UFOs can be seen.
One such example is the footage recorded by the Apollo 11 crew showing a UFO flying just above the moon's surface.
And what about the astronaut who saw a UFO during the Apollo 17 Mission.
Normally NASA astronauts follow a "script" and they know exactly what and when to say.
But during the Apollo 17 mission this astronaut however was too shocked by something he had never seen before. He forgets his "lines" and no longer follows the script. Instead a long and not planned discussion and conversation starts. The astronaut is truly amazed. Unlike his colleague, who seems to be in charge. The astronaut asks what these objects were that flew over his head. Than it becomes hilarious. Flabbergasted, the second astronaut does also not know what to say! This was not planned and not in the script. He is however aware of the fact that they are being watched by NASA officials.
After a short period of silence he says that it was a blast coming from the dial shaped disc of the high gain antenna on the rover (vehicle). More objects start flying over and again we hear genuine excitement. Than the astronaut realizes that he had said something he should not have said in front of the cameras and NASA. He reluctantly accepts the vague explanation. He is really annoyed and you hear sarcasm and disbelief in the undertone of his voice.
NASA tries to save this unpleasant situation and intervenes as CAPCOM confirms that it was a blast from the antenna and that it happened before.
According to the astronaut who clearly is in charge, this blast from the antenna is just "routine".
This is an interesting video. Styrofoam blowing up? This has happened before? When this really would be the case, would they not have taken countermeasures? Space programs are planned with utmost precision and they do not take any risks with equipment and astronauts. So what do you think after having seen the footage? Was it a blast from the antenna? Exploding Styrofoam?
Or is someone not telling us the truth and these two astronauts had a couple "visitors" passing by.
Mysterious flying objects seem to be having their moment in Washington. In January, the Pentagon was tasked with setting up a permanent office to investigate sightings of ‘unidentified aerial phenomena’, commonly known as UFOs. Then in May, Congress held its first public hearing on the subject in over 50 years. This recent shift hasn’t stemmed nearly century-old theories about UFOs landing on Earth and coverups but to some, it’s a sign Disclosure, or complete transparency on everything the government knows about UFOs, might be on the horizon.
Researchers Turn Dead Spiders Into 'Necrobotic' Grippers
See how engineers at Rice University transformed wolf spiders into necrobots.
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Researchers inserted a needle into a dead spider to operate its legs like a gripper.
Video screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET
Grippers made from dead spiders. For some, this might sound like a horror movie. For others, it's a fascinating mashup of robotics and the natural world.
A team of engineers at Rice University worked out how to reanimate (after a fashion) the legs of dead spiders. This isn't a Frankenstein's monster sort of situation. The researchers used a needle and air to activate the spider legs, mimicking how the appendages work in living spiders. Because the spiders are dead and are used in a robotic fashion, the engineers call this "necrobotics."
Mechanical engineering graduate student Faye Yap is the lead author of a paper on the spider project published in the journal Advanced Science this week. "It happens to be the case that the spider, after it's deceased, is the perfect architecture for small scale, naturally derived grippers," said co-author Daniel Preston in a Rice statement on Monday.
It's one thing to read about this project and another to see it in action. Fortunately (or not depending on how you feel about all this), Rice delivered a video that explains the process for creating the necrobots and shows how it works.
When alive, spiders use blood to extend and contract their legs through a hydraulic process. The researchers euthanized wolf spiders, inserted a needle into the chamber of the body that controls the legs, sealed it with glue and then used air to trigger the opening and closing of the legs.
Enlarge ImageThe necrobots are able to grip and hold more than their own weight.
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The gripper spiders were able to lift more than their own body weight, including another spider and small objects like parts on a circuit board.
The team sees some advantages to necrobotic spiders. The little grippers can grab irregular objects, blend into their environment and also biodegrade over time. The researchers hope to try this method out with smaller spiders. They also plan to work out how to trigger the legs individually.
As this work advances, I'm looking forward to a new type of Transformers. Necrobots, reach out!
From the robo-surgeon that killed its patient to the driverless car that ran over a pedestrian: Worst robotic accidents in history - after chess robot breaks seven-year-old boy's finger in Russia
Shocking footage emerged of a chess-playing robot breaking a child's finger during a chess match in Russia
A spokesperson from Russian Chess Federation said the boy violated 'safety rules' by making a move too soon
But other incidents involving robots and humans in the past have had more tragic outcomes
MailOnline delves into the worst robotic accidents in history including a robo-surgeon that killed its patient
Shocking footage emerged at the weekend of a chess-playing robot breaking a child's finger during a match in Russia.
The robot grabbed the seven-year-old boy's finger at the Moscow Open last week because it was confused by his overly-quick movements, Russian media outlets reported.
Sergey Lazarev, vice-president of the Russian Chess Federation, said the child had violated 'certain safety rules' by making a move too soon.
Lazarev said that the machine had been hired for many previous events without any problems, and that the incident was an 'extremely rare case'.
Christopher Atkeson, a robotics expert at Carnegie Mellon University, told MailOnline: 'Robots have limited sensing and thus limited awareness of what is going on around them.
'I suspect the chess robot did not have ears, and that its vision system was blind to anything other than chess boards and pieces.'
Although the young chess player only suffered a broken finger, in other accidents involving robots the injured party has not always been as lucky.
MailOnline has taken a look at some of the disastrous robotic failures, from the robo-surgeon that killed its patient to the driverless car that hit a pedestrian.
A chess-playing robot (pictured) broke a child's finger during an international tournament in Moscow last week, with the incident being captured in CCTV footage
CHINESE WORKER SKEWERED - WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
One of the most gruesome robo-accidents involved a 49-year-old Chinese factory worker, known as Zhou, back in December 2018.
Zhou was hit by a rogue robot that collapsed suddenly, impaling him with 10 sharp steel rods in the arm and chest, each one foot long.
The spikes, which were part of the robotic arm, speared through the worker's body when the robot collapsed during a night shift.
Four of them were stuck in his right arm, one in his right shoulder, one in his chest and four in his right forearm, reported People's Daily Online at the time.
Miraculously, Zhou survived after surgeons removed the rods from his body and was in stable condition, according to the Xiangya Hospital in Changsha.
Mr Zhou (pictured), 49, was hit by part of a robot that collapsed in China. Four of them were stuck in his right arm, one in his right shoulder, one in his chest and four in his right forearm
In March 2018, Elaine Herzberg was fatally struck by a prototype self-driving car from ridesharing firm Uber.
Herzberg, 49, was pushing a bicycle across a four-lane road in Tempe, Arizona, when she was struck by the vehicle, which was operating in self-drive mode with a human safety backup driver sitting in the driving seat.
The Uber engineer in the vehicle, Rafaela Vasquez, was watching videos on her phone, according to reports at the time.
Herzberg was taken to the local hospital where she died of her injuries – marking the first recorded case of a pedestrian fatality involving a self-driving car.
This photo from video from a mounted camera provided by the Tempe Police Department shows an interior view moments before the Uber vehicle hit a woman in Tempe, Arizona, in March 2018
Vasquez was later charged with negligent homicide, while Uber was found not criminally responsible for the accident.
The ridesharing giant had been testing self-driving vehicles in four North American cities – Tempe, San Francisco, Pittsburgh and Toronto – but these tests were suspended following the accident.
In 2020, Uber sold off its self-driving car division, spelling an end to its attempts to develop autonomous driving systems.
BOTCHED ROBO-SURGERY
In February 2015, father-of-three and retired music teacher Stephen Pettitt underwent robotic surgery for Mitral valve disease at the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne.
The operation was conducted by surgeon Sukumaran Nair using the Da Vinci surgical robot, which consists of a surgeon's console and interactive robotic arms controlled from the console.
Details of the botched six-hour procedure include the surgical team, Mr Nair and assisting surgeon Thasee Pillay, shouting at one another.
The operation using the Da Vinci robot (file image) was the first of its kind conducted in the UK
Communication was difficult because of the 'tinny' sound quality coming from the robot console being operated by Nair, it was revealed.
The machine also knocked a theatre nurse and destroyed the patient's stitches, Newcastle Coroner's Court later heard.
Mr Nair, who trained in India and London and previously worked at Papworth Hospital in Cambridgeshire, said he now works in Scotland and no longer does robotic surgery.
Sadly, Mr Pettitt had a 98 to 99 per cent chance of living had the operation not been carried out using a robot.
VW WORKER CRUSHED
In June 2015, a 22-year-old man was killed by a robotic arm at a Volkswagen plant in Baunatal, Germany.
The robotic arm intended to lift machine parts but reportedly grabbed him and crushed him against a large metal plate.
The man suffered severe injuries to his chest in the incident and resuscitated at the scene, but died from his injuries in hospital.
A Volkswagen spokesman said initial conclusions indicated human error was to blame rather than a malfunction with the robot, which can be programmed to perform various tasks in the assembly process.
In June 2015, a 22-year-old man was killed by a robotic arm at a Volkswagen plant in Baunatal, Germany. The robotic arm intended to lift machine parts but reportedly grabbed him and crushed him against a large metal plate
JAPAN'S FIRST ROBO-CASUALTY
In July 1981, Japanese maintenance worker Kenji Urada died while checking a malfunctioning hydraulic robot at the Kawasaki Heavy Industries plant in Akashi.
Urada, 37, had jumped over a safety barrier that was designed to shut down power to the machine when open, but he reportedly started the robot accidentally.
He was pinned by the robot's arm against another machine before tragically being crushed to death.
Other workers in the factory were unable to stop the machine as they didn't know how to operate it.
Urada was the first human killed by a robot in Japan – but not the first in the world.
THE FIRST ROBOT DEATH
The first person to be killed by a robot was Robert Williams, an American factory worker, in Flat Rock, Michigan back in January 1979.
Williams, 25, was killed instantly when he was struck in the head by an industrial robot arm designed to retrieve objects from storage shelves.
The first person to be killed by a robot was Robert Williams while working at the Ford Motor Company Flat Rock Casting Plant (pictured here in 1973)
His body remained in the shelf for 30 minutes until it was discovered by workers who were concerned about his disappearance, according to reports.
His family successfully sued the manufacturers of the robot, Litton Industries, and were awarded $10 million in damages.
Wayne County Circuit Court concluded that there were not enough safety measures in place to prevent such an accident from happening.
SELF-DRIVING TESLA SLAMS INTO TRACTOR
A former Navy SEAL became the first person to die at the wheel of a self-driving car after it ploughed into a tractor trailer on a freeway in Williston, Florida, in May 2016.
Joshua Brown, 40, was riding in his computer-guided Tesla Model S on autopilot mode when it travelled underneath the low-hanging trailer crossing his path on US Highway 27A, shearing off the car's roof completely.
By the time firefighters arrived, the wreckage of the Tesla had come to rest in a nearby yard hundreds of feet from the crash site, assistant chief Danny Wallace of the Williston Fire Department said.
Tesla said its autopilot system failed to detect the truck because its white colour was similar to that of the bright sky, adding that the driver also made no attempt to hit the brakes.
Elon Musk's company confirmed the man's 'tragic' death, but defended its vehicles, saying they were safer than other cars.
Joshua Brown, 40, was riding in his computer-guided Tesla Model S on autopilot mode when it travelled underneath the low-hanging trailer crossing his path on US Highway 27A, shearing off its roof completely
Brown was killed as the car drove underneath the low-hanging trailer at 74mph, ripping the roof off before smashing through a fence and hitting an electrical pole. Tesla said its autopilot system failed to detect the truck because its white colour was similar to that of the bright sky, adding that the driver also made no attempt to hit the brakes
CRUSHED BY A ROBOT ARM
On July 7 2015, a grandmother was crushed to death when she became trapped by a piece of machinery that should not have entered into the area in which she was working.
Wanda Holbrook was 57 at the time of the incident, and had been working at car manufacturing facility Ventra Ionia Main in Michigan, USA for 12 years.
She was working on the production line when a robotic arm took her by surprise by entering the section in which she was stationed.
The arm hit and crushed her head against a trailer hitch assembly it was working on, a wrongful death lawsuit states.
According to The Callahan Law Firm, widower Bill Holbrook said his wife's head injuries were so severe that the funeral home recommended a closed casket.
On July 7 2015, a grandmother was crushed to death when she became trapped by a piece of machinery that should not have entered into the area in which she was working at at car manufacturing facility Ventra Ionia Main in Michigan, USA (pictured)
Wanda Holbrook was 57 at the time of the incident, and had been working at the car manufacturing facility for 12 years
STABBED BY WELDING ROBOT
The first person killed by a robot in India is thought to be 24-year-old Ramji Lal, who was stabbed to death by a robotic welding machine, also in July 2015.
Lal was reportedly adjusting a metal sheet at car parts manufacturer SKH Metals in Manesar, Gurgaon that was being welded by the machine when he was stabbed by one of its arms.
A colleague told the Times of India: 'The robot is pre-programmed to weld metal sheets it lifts.
'One such sheet got dislodged and Lal reached from behind the machine to adjust it.
'This was when welding sticks attached to the pre-programmed device pierced Lal's abdomen.'
The first person killed by a robot in India is thought to be 24-year-old Ramji Lal, who was stabbed to death by a robotic welding machine, also in July 2015. Lal was reportedly adjusting a metal sheet at car parts manufacturer SKH Metals in Manesar, Gurgaon that was being welded by the machine when he was stabbed by one of its arms (stock image)
AMAZON ROBOT PUNCTURES BEAR REPELLENT CAN
In 2018, a robot accidentally punctured a can of bear repellent at an Amazon warehouse in New Jersey, hospitalising 24 workers.
The nine-ounce aerosol can contained concentrated capsaicin - the active component found in chilli peppers that makes your mouth feel hot.
Many of the workers experienced trouble breathing and said their throats and eyes burned as a result of the fumes from the pepper spray.
One worker from the Robbinsville-based warehouse was in critical condition and was sent to the ICU at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, while another 30 were treated at the scene.
Stuart Appelbaum, president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, issued a statement after the incident saying: 'Amazon's automated robots put humans in life-threatening danger today, the effects of which could be catastrophic and the long-term effects for 80+ workers are unknown,
'The richest company in the world cannot continue to be let off the hook for putting hard working people's lives at risk.'
In 2018, a robot accidentally punctured a can of bear repellent at an Amazon facility in New Jersey, hospitalising 24 workers
One worker from the Robbinsville-based warehouse was in critical condition and was sent to the ICU at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, while another 30 were treated at the scene (pictured)
Josh Bongard, a robotics professor at the University of Vermont, told MailOnline: 'Robots are kind of the opposite of people. They're good at things we’re bad at, and vice versa.
'The good news in all this is that robots will likely kill many fewer people, than people do. Especially here in the US.'
Professor Bongard also said it's 'really, really hard' to train robots to avoid such accidents.
'Our best hope at the moment for deploying safe robots is to put them in places where there are few people, like autonomous cars restricted to special lanes on highways.'
WHY ARE PEOPLE SO WORRIED ABOUT ROBOTS AND AI?
It is an issue troubling some of the greatest minds in the world at the moment, from Bill Gates to Elon Musk.
SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk described AI as our 'biggest existential threat' and likened its development as 'summoning the demon'.
He believes super intelligent machines could use humans as pets.
Professor Stephen Hawking said it is a 'near certainty' that a major technological disaster will threaten humanity in the next 1,000 to 10,000 years.
They could steal jobs
More than 60 percent of people fear that robots will lead to there being fewer jobs in the next ten years, according to a 2016 YouGov survey.
And 27 percent predict that it will decrease the number of jobs 'a lot' with previous research suggesting admin and service sector workers will be the hardest hit.
As well as posing a threat to our jobs, other experts believe AI could 'go rogue' and become too complex for scientists to understand.
A quarter of the respondents predicted robots will become part of everyday life in just 11 to 20 years, with 18 percent predicting this will happen within the next decade.
They could 'go rogue'
Computer scientist Professor Michael Wooldridge said AI machines could become so intricate that engineers don't fully understand how they work.
If experts don't understand how AI algorithms function, they won't be able to predict when they fail.
This means driverless cars or intelligent robots could make unpredictable 'out of character' decisions during critical moments, which could put people in danger.
For instance, the AI behind a driverless car could choose to swerve into pedestrians or crash into barriers instead of deciding to drive sensibly.
They could wipe out humanity
Some people believe AI will wipe out humans completely.
'Eventually, I think human extinction will probably occur, and technology will likely play a part in this,' DeepMind's Shane Legg said in a recent interview.
He singled out artificial intelligence, or AI, as the 'number one risk for this century'.
Musk warned that AI poses more of a threat to humanity than North Korea.
'If you're not concerned about AI safety, you should be. Vastly more risk than North Korea,' the 46-year-old wrote on Twitter.
'Nobody likes being regulated, but everything (cars, planes, food, drugs, etc) that's a danger to the public is regulated. AI should be too.'
Musk has consistently advocated for governments and private institutions to apply regulations on AI technology.
He has argued that controls are necessary in order protect machines from advancing out of human control.
When chess robots go bad: AI player grabs a seven-year-old boy and BREAKS his finger during tournament in Russia
A chess-playing robot broke a child's finger during a tournament in Russia last week, with the incident being captured in CCTV footage.
The robot grabbed the seven-year-old boy's finger because it was confused by his overly-quick movements, Russian media outlets reported, quoting the President of the Moscow Chess Federation - who seemingly blamed the child.
'The robot broke the child's finger - this, of course, is bad,' Sergey Lazarev told Russia's TASS news agency, while distancing his organisation from the robot.
The incident occurred at the Moscow Open on July 19. Lazarev said that the federation had rented the robot for the event, which ran from July 13 to 21.
Lazarev said that the machine had been hired for many previous events without incident, saying the boy went to move a piece too quickly after making a move.
A chess-playing robot (pictured) broke a child's finger during an international tournament in Moscow last week, with the incident being captured in CCTV footage
Captured by a camera over the boy's shoulder, the video starts by showing the robot as it picks up a piece from the board and drops it into a box to the side - used to contain the discarded pieces from the game
'The robot was rented by us, it has been exhibited in many places, for a long time, with specialists. Apparently, the operators overlooked it,' Lazarev said.
'The child made a move, and after that we need to give time for the robot to answer, but the boy hurried , the robot grabbed him. We have nothing to do with the robot.'
Video of the incident was published by the Baza Telegram channel, who said the boy's name was Christopher. Baza said he was among the 30 best chess players in Moscow in the under-nine age group category.
According to The Guardian, Sergey Smagin, vice-president of the Russian Chess Federation, went even further in blaming the boy.
'There are certain safety rules and the child, apparently, violated them. When he made his move, he did not realise he first had to wait,' The Guardian quoted Smagin as saying. 'This is an extremely rare case, the first I can recall.'
The footage shows the robot - which consists of a single mechanical arm with multiple joints and a 'hand' - was in the middle of a table and surrounded by three different chess boards. It's AI can reportedly play three matches at the same time.
Captured by a camera over the boy's shoulder, the video starts by showing the robot as it picks up a piece from the board and drops it into a box to the side - used to contain the discarded pieces from the game.
As it does so, the young boy reaches to make his next move. However, the robot appears to mistake the boy's finger for a chess piece, and grabs that instead.
Upon grabbing the boy's finger, the mechanical arms freezes in place, trapping the boy who begins to panic. Several people standing around the table rush in to help him, and after a few seconds are able to free him from the robot's grip
Pictured: The boy is taken away by adults who were standing around the table. Russian chess officials said the machine had been hired for many previous events without incident, saying the boy went to move a piece too quickly after making a move
Upon grabbing the boy's finger, the mechanical arms freezes in place, trapping the boy who begins to panic. Several people standing around the table rush in to help him, and after a few seconds are able to free him from the robot's grip.
Lazarev said in his statement that the boy was able to return to the tournament the following day in a case, and finished the tournament.
However, he told TASS that the boy's parents had contacted the public prosecutor's office about the incident, and that his organisation had been contacted by Moskomsport - the Department of Sport for the Russian capital.
He offered to help the family 'in any way we can,' and warned that the operators of the robot were going to have to 'think about strengthening protection so that this situation does not happen again.'
Smagin told RIA Novosti that the incident was a 'concidence' and said the robot is 'absolutely safe,' The Guardian reported.
'It has performed at many opens. Apparently, children need to be warned. It happens,' Smagin said - calling the robot 'unique'.
NASA announced today that helicopters based on Ingenuity now on the surface of Mars will be sent to ... [+]
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NASA is sending two helicopters to Mars—but no new rover—as part of a historic round-trip from Earth to Mars and back again to go collect rock samples.
In the 17 months since it landed on Mars the Perseverance rover has collected 11 scientifically compelling rock core samples and one atmospheric sample.
Once back on Earth they will help scientists establish a geological record crucial in understanding Mars’s environmental evolution and possibly its prebiotic chemistry and biology.
In short, it may reveal traces of ancient life.
Buoyed by the incredible success of its little Ingenuity drone that’s now completed a staggering 29 flights, NASA said today that it will begin its much-anticipated Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission in 2027 with the first-ever samples of rocks from an alien planet due back on Earth in 2033.
NASA revealed that it will launch an Earth Return Orbiter in fall 2027, a Sample Retrieval Lander in summer 2028, and that those samples would arrive back on Earth in 2033.
The new mission architecture reveals a few exciting design changes.
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The Sample Retrieval Lander platform will carry two “sample recovery helicopters,” which will go help Perseverance collect the samples the rover itself has been busy assembling.
By then Perseverance will have been on the Martian surface for almost a decade. The old plan had been to send an all-new rover.
On the Sample Retrieval Lander platform will also be a small rocket called the Mars Ascent Vehicle. The new plan is for Perseverance to return to the platform and place sealed sample tubes into a container in the nose cone of the rocket. To do that it will use a Sample Transfer Arm being built by the European Space Agency (ESA).
The Mars Ascent Vehicle will then launch to meet-up with the Earth Return Orbiter high above the Martian surface.
The Earth Return Orbiter would be the first spaceship ever to go from Earth to Mars—or any planet—and then back to Earth again.
The use of both Perseverance and two new helicopters for this mission is a big change of plan by NASA.
“The conceptual design phase is when every facet of a mission plan gets put under a microscope,” said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for science at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “There are some significant and advantageous changes to the plan, which can be directly attributed to Perseverance’s recent successes at Jezero and the amazing performance of our Mars helicopter.”
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The mission, which will go collect the samples left strewn across Jezero Crater by NASA’s Perseverance rover, was recently given the green light by the Decadal Survey.
In its report it recommended that the MSR was of “the highest scientific priority of NASA’s robotic exploration efforts this decade” and of “fundamental strategic importance to NASA, U.S. leadership in planetary science, and international cooperation.”
However, that report also said MSR shouldn’t cost more than 20% more than the $5.3 billion allotted to it. This new plan—which cuts the need for a brand new rover—could help keep costs as low as possible, though it does require a lot of confidence in Perseverance’s longevity.
Roswell conspiracies still thriving after 75 years from Nazi UFOs to burned alien bodies
Decades after the 1947 incident some believe it was proof that aliens landed on Earth, while others insist the bizarre wreckage was that of a Nazi-built spaceship
Surprisingly, the US Army got involved and sent out a press release saying they had recovered a "flying disc".
The Roswell Army Air Field (RAAF) said: "The many rumors regarding the flying disc 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 disc through the cooperation of one of the local ranchers and the sheriff's office of Chaves County."
Debris found on a ranch has led to years of alien speculation
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RAAF quickly changed their story to state that the wreckage was from a weather balloon.
UFO enthusiasts have been sceptical of the official government account ever since and some believe the wreckage belonged to a UFO that was downed by lightning. Of course, it was no surprise the aliens were in the local area, say the conspiracy theorists, due to ET's reasonable concerns about US nuclear activity.
Other members of the tin foil brigade believe the UFO was firmly of Nazi origin, built by the German scientists shipped to the US to work on the atomic bomb. According to the theorists, the UFO built by the Roswell Nazis was not great for flying and promptly crashed.
Local news didn't exactly help with calming speculation as the Roswell Daily Record reported "RAAF Captures Flying Saucer on Ranch in Roswell Region".
Roswell has become the centre of UFO conspiracy theories
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In an effort to push away the conspiracies, it was revealed in 1994 that the wreckage was part of 'Project Mogul', an attempt to detect Soviet nuclear bomb tests. Those convinced of a government cover-up are unlikely to buy this version of events.
In 1980, reports of 'alien bodies' emerged and were not debunked until a US Air Force report in 1997 titled 'The Roswell Report: Case Closed'. They said the bodies were likely to be parachute dummies, an injured airman or charred bodies from a plane crash.
The wreckage was found on Brazel's property around 75 miles north of Roswell, but it is the city itself that now owes a large portion of its local income to alien-friendly tourists.
It is now home to a yearly UFO festival and the International UFO Museum and Research Centre.
An amateur photographer, Dr. Mohamed Salama, has caused a bit of a stir over in the UK after sharing a 38 second long video he took in which he believes he recorded a UFO.
Salama captured the footage above his home in the Birmingham suburb of Harborne one night as he was taking out the trash.
The doctor says the object in the night sky was “not a plane, star, drone or laser” due to how quickly it moved and changed direction.
“I’m a photographer, so I do usually look at the sky to see if there’s something interesting – the sky or the moon – to take a photo,” Dr. Salama told BirminghamLive.
“I then saw this UFO in the sky. It was very fast. It wasn’t going in a straight line. It was rotating, so I pointed my Samsung camera phone up to take the footage.”
The doctor who took the UFO video says he ‘never thought’ he would ‘see something like this’
He continued, “I saw a UFO flying very quickly in different directions over Harborne sky. It was very high in the sky, above the clouds.
“It changed its direction very quickly and traveled on the horizon in seconds. I have never seen something like this before. It definitely was not a plane, star, drone or laser.”
“I have never believed in UFOs until yesterday,” said the doctor. “This was extremely strange and my first time seeing something like this.”
He compared his UFO sighting to another recent incident in West Bromwich where multiple residents reportedly kept seeing a bright white light in the sky.
In that video, a 37 second clip, the light, which area resident Longie Willow says was not a star, the ball of sphere was spotted heading towards All Saints church in West Bromwich which dates back to the 1400s.
“Twice now we have seen this in the sky,” Willow told BlackCountryLive. “It’s not a star and seems to have something trailing behind it has been seen hovering over West Bromwich going towards the old church, on All Saints Way.”
Though the Pentagon has changed the name and scope of the new organization tasked with overseeing U.S. government's growing efforts to track unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), the head of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), who is actually the guy in charge of defending America's airspace, says it has been business as usual when it comes to his command's mission.
"I have not changed or been asked to change any of my posture, taskings or anything," Air Force Gen. Glen D. VanHerck, the dual-hatted commander of both NORAD and U.S. Northern Command (NORAD), told reporters Thursday during a roundtable discussion at the Aspen Security Forum.
Asked by Washington Post reporter Shane Harris about whether there have been any changes "in terms of homeland protection" as a result of more attention being paid to unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) - as the Pentagon now refers to what was known as unidentified flying objects (UFO) - VanHerck said "no." The answer may seem disconnected considering the efforts the Pentagon claims are being made to take the issue seriously and to mitigate any potential risks to national security presented by UAP. Then again, the Air Force has been notoriously unforthcoming when it comes to this controversial topic.
VanHerck goes a step further, stating "First of all, let's be clear. My job as the NORAD commander is to identify every single UAP or ...whatever it is," VanHerck said. "What I would report to you is I've yet to find one that had aliens or was a spaceship that we've identified."
NORAD's Air Route Surveillance Radar system version 4, or ARSR-4, long-range radar, Paso Robles, California, Aug. 24, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photographer Deb Henley)
"If any of our NORAD fighters or, or any assets assigned to NORTHCOM, came across some type of UAP, we would absolutely report that," he said. "I'm just telling you, we haven't seen that."
VanHerck was questioned on the issue after the Pentagon this week changed the name of its organization tasked with tracking UAPs from the unwieldy Airborne Object Identification and Management Group (AOIMSG) to the more streamlined All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO).
More than just an update in nomenclature, the move reflects a long-known reality. Airborne objects aren’t the only ones that are unidentified, but more importantly, potentially pose a threat to U.S. military installations and personnel.
In its announcement on Wednesday, the Pentagon noted that Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), “amended her original direction to the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence & Security” by renaming and expanding the scope of AOIMSG.
That was because the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2022, which included a provision to establish such an office - in coordination with DNI - was tasked with responsibilities that were broader than those originally assigned to the AOIMSG.
Essentially, that legislation calls for a much larger-scope effort to examine these phenomena than what Hicks initially called for in her memo last November.
Pentagon spokeswoman Sue Gough told The War Zone Thursday that "the genesis of the establishment of AOIMSG came from internal DoD processes subsequent to assisting [the Office of the Director of National Intelligence] with the preparation of its assessment report on UAP."
As mandated by a provision in the 2021 Intelligence Authorization Act, DNI - in consultation with the Defense Department (DOD) - submitted a report to Congress on UAP last June. That same day, Hicks sent out a memo to DoD leaders on the state of UAP assessments. In that memo, she directed the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence & Security (OUSD(I&S)) "to develop a plan to formalize the mission that was then being performed by the UAP Task Force."
Hicks' November 2021 memo directing the establishment of the AOIMSG and AOIMEXEC "was a direct result of that planning effort," Gough said.
While much of the initial attention in recent years has been paid to aerial objects of unknown origin, what the Pentagon now refers to as UAP, mysterious underwater objects or anomalies have been tracked by submariners, as we explained three years ago. The UFO topic, as it exists culturally, has long been intertwined with sightings of so-called USOs — unidentified submerged objects. Claims of sightings of objects that can traverse air and water continue to this day and are a major component of 'ufology.'
AARO’s mission will be to “synchronize efforts” across the Defense Department (DOD), and other U.S. federal departments and agencies, “to detect, identify and attribute objects of interest in, on or near military installations, operating areas, training areas, special use airspace and other areas of interest, and, as necessary, to mitigate any associated threats to safety of operations and national security. This includes anomalous, unidentified space, airborne, submerged and transmedium objects.”
The issue of the U.S. military tracking transmedium objects is not new. It was included in the 2022 NDAA, which defines transmedium objects as “objects or devices that are observed to transition between space and the atmosphere, or between the atmosphere and bodies of water, that are not immediately identifiable.”
The new organization will be led by what the Pentagon now calls the AARO Executive Council, or (AAROEXEC).
The AARO Executive Council (AAROEXEC), led by Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence & Security (USD(I&S)) Ronald Moultrie, will provide "oversight and direction" to the AARO along these primary lines of effort:
1. Surveillance, Collection and Reporting 2. System Capabilities and Design 3. Intelligence Operations and Analysis 4. Mitigation and Defeat 5. Governance 6. Science and Technology
According to the latest Hicks memo on the subject, dated July 15, AARO “will serve as the authoritative office of the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) and UAP-related activities for the DoD.”
It will be DOD’s “focal point for all UAP and UAP-related activities” and may represent it to other federal agencies, Congress, the media, and the public, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs and Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs.
AARO will be directly managed by Sean Kirkpatrick, whose most recent assignment was as Chief Scientist at DIA’s Missile and Space Intelligence Center.
Sean Kirkpatrick.DoD Photo
“Known as Dr. K to his staff and team, he brings over two decades of experience and a significant depth of expertise in scientific and technical intelligence (S&TI), S&TI and space policy, research and development, acquisitions, and operations, specializing in space/counterspace mission areas,” according to his official bio.
The issue of unidentified phenomena, whatever medium they exist in, has taken on greater public interest in recent years. In May of this year, Congress held its first UFO hearing in over 50 years. Earlier this month, we told you about an effort by Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wisc) to give greater protections to those who have information about such things.
His proposed amendment to the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act was created to "establish a process within the government for reporting UAPs and provide whistleblower-like protections,” Gallagher’s spokesman Jordan Dunn told The War Zone at the time.
The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) has also taken a recent interest in this issue.
In its Intelligence Authorization Act (IAA) approved Wednesday, HPCSI required GAO historical study of IC [intelligence community] UAP activity, including a clause not seen in the Senate version: "efforts to recover or transfer related technologies to United States-based industry or National Laboratories."
In addition, the IAA also includes provisions introduced by Gallagher "including...a GAO review of US government records relating to the intelligence community's involvement with [UAP], including any efforts to track, identify, recover, transfer, or obfuscate [UAP]."
So yes, we are talking about investigating the military contractors for hiding parts of crashed craft and investigating the intelligence community for hiding major revelations about UFOs.
This is clearly uncharted territory.
Now that the Pentagon has given a new name to the office that will be its focal point for all UAP-related phenomena, wherever it is observed, it will be interesting to see what, if anything, AARO actually does.
A trove of newly released NASA documents about unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) reveals some of the agency’s internal discussions about these mysterious sightings, according to the Black Vault, which obtained the materials via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request and published them on Tuesday.
The documents showed that a meeting about a UAP—which are also sometimes referred to as unidentified flying objects (UFOs)—was put on NASA administrator Bill Nelson’s calendar in March. An email sent in May 2021, and marked “Internal Distribution Only,” provided guidelines for responding to interview questions on a range of topics associated with space research, including a subsection entitled, “Search for Life, Technosignatures, and UAP/UFOs.”
“Public and media interest in the topic of Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon/Unidentified Flying Objects (UAP/UFOs) has seen an uptick in recent weeks following reports about the Department of Defense’s release of three unclassified Navy videos,” the NASA guidelines said. “Likewise, the 2021 Intelligence Authorization Act, signed in December 2020, stipulated the government had 180 days to gather and analyze data from disparate agencies.”
“Below is our response to the public and media who call for NASA comment,” the materials continued. “One of NASA’s key goals is the search for life in the universe. To date, NASA has yet to find any credible evidence of extraterrestrial life, however, NASA is exploring the solar system and beyond to help us answer fundamental questions, including whether we are alone in the universe. We stand ready to support the rest of the government in the search for life in the universe, be it close to home, on the planets or moons of our solar system, or deeper into space.”
The new FOIA drop also contains an invite to a virtual event entitled “Extreme Acceleration by UAPs,” scheduled for October 6, 2020, that was forwarded between NASA employees. The invite said the presentation would be delivered by Robert Powell, Executive Board member of the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies (SCU), with an introduction from Chris Mellon, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence.
“During our session, Robert will be discussing ‘Extreme Acceleration by UAPs and Sensors for Detection,’” according to the invite. “He will also be exploring a few relevant cases, including Stephenville and Puerto Rico. Robert has been an important leader, for some years now, among those seeking to bring serious scientific expertise and processes to bear on the UAP phenomenon.”
Though it’s intriguing to read through these documents, it’s not surprising that NASA discusses UAPs internally, given that the agency has also held public briefings on these unexplained observations on many occasions. Last month, for instance, NASA officials held a teleconference on new work that aims to “examine UAPs—observations of events in the sky that cannot be identified as aircraft or known natural phenomena—from a scientific perspective,” according to a statement.
“Unidentified phenomena in the atmosphere are of interest for both national security and air safety. Establishing which events are natural provides a key first step to identifying or mitigating such phenomena, which aligns with one of NASA’s goals to ensure the safety of aircraft,” the statement read. “There is no evidence UAPs are extraterrestrial in origin.”
Nasa may use satellites in hunt for aliens after surge in UFO sightings
Nasa deputy administrator Col Pam Melroy
Sarah Knapton in London
The US space agency Nasa is looking into repurposing satellites that are already in space to hunt for aliens. Last month, Nasa announced it was launching an eight-month inquiry to investigate hundreds of unexplained UFO sightings.
The inquiry is being led by Dr Thomas Zurbuchen, of Nasa’s Science Mission Directorate, who has now begun investigating whether satellites in orbit could be repurposed to give another view on strange aerial phenomena reported from Earth.
Speaking to journalists in London last week, Col Pam Melroy, deputy administrator of Nasa, said: “One of the big questions Thomas asked is, ‘We have a ton of satellites looking down at the Earth; are any of them useful?’
“Before you build a rover that’s going to Mars, you ask yourself, ‘What’s the sensor I have to build to detect the most interesting thing?’ How would you get the evidence that you need to be able to determine if it’s an optical phenomena or some other kind (of phenomena)?”
Bill Nelson, Nasa’s administrator, told reporters that he had read all the classified documents relating to UFOs and was convinced that nobody knew what they were.
Asked why Nasa was embarking on such a fringe subject, Nelson said one of the agency’s remits was to hunt for life outside Earth. He pointed out that in the past, even the greatest scientists had been disbelieved or ridiculed, including Galileo — condemned in the 17th century for saying the Earth revolved around the Sun— and Edwin Hubble, who in the 1920s proved many objects thought to be clouds of dust and gas were galaxies.
“One of our missions is to reach out to see if there is life — that’s why we are digging on Mars right now,” he said. “Is there the possibility of life in something as big as the Universe? Of course there is the chance that, in somewhere as big as that, conditions similar to Earth existed, and some other kind of life form developed.
“Look at what Galileo had to face... and 100 years ago we still only thought there was one galaxy, and then Hubble came along and suddenly said, ‘No there are a bunch of galaxies out there’.”
Last June, the Pentagon’s Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (UAP) released a report into 144 UFO incidents between 2004 and 2021, many of which were spotted by military pilots. Even though investigators concluded there was no evidence that the objects came from outer space or a foreign adversary, they said most could not be explained.
The report authors said there was no doubt that the UAPs were physical objects, rather than optical illusions caused by atmospheric conditions or sensor malfunctions.
“I went to our chief scientist and said... we’re the scientific research agency and one of our missions is to look for life... there’s this phenomenon going on, so we should approach it from a scientific point of view,” said Mr Nelson.
Last year, US Navy pilot Lt Cmdr Alex Dietrich revealed she had seen multiple UFOs while she was stationed off the coast of southern California on the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier in 2004. They moved impossibly fast, she said, dropping a distance of 80,000ft in less than a second and jumping dozens of miles in seconds, in an incident caught on infrared camera and radar.
According to reports, Cmdr David Fravor, also stationed on the USS Nimitz, engaged one of the oblong objects, which disappeared, only to be picked up seconds later on ship radar 60 miles away.
Mr Nelson said he hoped the objects did not belong to an adversary as “they’ve got some real advanced technology”.
Dozens of UFO encounters by pilots officially released – including 'cigar-shaped' object
A file covering 14 years' worth of UFO sightings made by commercial airline pilots was obtained by UFO researcher Kyle Warfel using a Freedom of Information request
Dozens of astonishing UFO sightings witnessed by pilots and classified as "near misses" have been released by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
The detailed list of reports covers UFO or so-called Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP) sightings from January 1, 2008 to the present.
The list, published on the Black Vault site, covers more than 60 “near miss” encounters with unexplained objects recorded by trained pilots in just 14 years.
One, reported in July 2020, was a “very large, Frisbee or cigar shaped object that had no tail or ailerons moving very fast and low level”.
The mystery object was “a silver, white colour, almost transparent and it made no sound”.
Another unexplained “star-like” object was observed by an airline pilot to rapidly change altitudes before suddenly going into a hover.
75 years on from Roswell, there's still no adequate explanation for some of the strangest UFO phenomena(Image: Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Not all pilots choose to report potential UFO sighting, for fear of harming their reputations. After a mysterious “line of lights” in the sky was sighted by multiple witnesses in Arizona in 2013, a pilot contacted by radar operators confirmed that he could see the objects but declined to make a report to the UFO hotline.
In some cases the mystery objects appear to chase the airliners.
Dozens of airline pilots and passengers have spotted hard-to-explain phenomena(Image: YouTube/DiscloseScreenTheGrimreefar)
Researcher Kyle Warfel, whose FOIA request led to the release of the sightings, said: “There are hundreds of thousands of UAP sightings every year around the globe and hundreds of thousands more that go unreported.
He’s convinced that the US government knows exactly what these objects are, but for some reason has chosen to keep that information secret.
“We have the ability to see license plates from orbit and yet we don’t have enough data to make a conclusion on what these things are?” He asked. “Bottom line, we cannot be trusted with the truth.”
The Pentagon has authorised the creation of a new office for investigating UFOs (Credit: Getty)
The question of whether aliens have come to Earth for a visit is under official investigation by the Americans.
A new office, called the ‘All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office’ (AARO for short), has been created to ‘detect, identify and attribute objects of interest… and, as necessary, to mitigate any associated threats to safety of operations and national security.’
The AARO will become the central hub for collecting, investigating and managing reports of UFO sightings around the world.
It will span the entire US Department of Defence, which includes the Army, Navy and Air Force.
A video grab image obtained April 28, 2020 courtesy of the US Department of Defense shows part of an unclassified video taken by Navy pilots that have circulated for years showing interactions with ‘unidentified aerial phenomena’. (Credit: Getty)
According to a statement from the Pentagon, they’ll be paying close attention to ‘anomalous, unidentified space, airborne, submerged and transmedium objects.’
If you’re not clear on what a ‘transmedium’ object is, it’s a craft capable of moving seamlessly between land, air and sea.
The AARO will be headed up by its new director: Dr. Sean M. Kirkpatrick, who was most recently the chief scientist at the Defence Intelligence Agency’s Missile and Space Intelligence Center.
Sadly, they concluded there was no evidence of alien activity in any of them.
Have aliens already visited Earth? It’s unlikely. (Credits: Getty)
And, in all liklihood, the Pentagon has probably authorised the creation of the AARO not because of a concern over alien visitors, but because the US government is a bit nervy over other countries creating more advanced aerospace technology.
James Webb-telescoop loopt volgend jaar weer gevaar op beschadiging door gruis van komeet Halley
De James Webb-telescoop zal de komende twee jaar door stof en gruis vliegen, achtergelaten door de komeet Halley in ons zonnestelsel. Wetenschappers willen voorkomen dat de telescoop van 10 miljard dollar (9,8 miljard euro) opnieuw zou beschadigd raken zoals in mei van dit jaar.
Het is dus niet komeet Halley zelf die zou kunnen botsen met de James Webb-telescoop, ook al heeft die een omvang van zo’n 15 bij 8 kilometer. Halley draait immers maar ongeveer elke 75 jaar in een baan om de zon en wordt pas in 2061 weer in ons zonnestelsel verwacht. Dan zal Halley relatief dicht bij de aarde passeren, en dus mogelijk even helder als de helderste ster Sirius te zien zijn. Tegen die tijd is de Webb-telescoop er waarschijnlijk niet meer. De hoop is dat die het uithoudt tot begin de jaren 2040. Halley is, voor zover bekend, de enige komeet die twee keer in een mensenleven met het blote oog kan worden aanschouwd.
Kometen bestaan uit stof, rotsen en ijs. Als ze dicht bij de zon komen, smelten ze en stoten ze materiaal af. Ze laten gruis ter grootte van zandkorrels achter op hun weg naar en weer uit het zonnestelsel, zowel voor als na hun lus rond de zon. Ingenieurs houden rekening met ongeveer één inslag van een meteoroïde per maand, maar dat zou enorm kunnen toenemen als de telescoop door een meteorenzwerm reist.
NASA probeert meteorenzwermen te voorspellen voor de ingenieurs, zodat die de Webb-telescoop er, voor zover mogelijk, veilig door kunnen loodsen. Pieken worden verwacht in mei volgend jaar en het jaar daarop, wanneer Webb door de komeetstroom van Halley zal vliegen.
In onderstaande video zie je hoe de James Webb-telescoop eruitziet en waar hij voor gebruikt wordt:
World’s Most Mysterious Extraterrestrial Incidents
Top 10 Secrets and Mysteries looks at extraterrestrials. It first looks at (10) mysterious disappearances of ships and aircraft, (9) ancient texts offering information on alien encounters, (8) the top secret military base Area 51, (7) strange ancient artifacts like the Antikythera mechanism and the Iron pillar of India, (6) crop circles, (5) close encounters of the third kind, (4) top secret projects, (3) the high probability of life in the universe, (2) encounters during space missions, and (1) unidentified flying objects.
ZWARTEGATENPOLITIE VINDT 'SPELD IN HOOIBERG': EERSTE SLAPENDE ZWARTE GAT VAN STELLAIRE MASSA BUITEN MELKWEG
Jeannette Kras
Het is een ontdekking van formaat: een slapend zwart gat bij onze buren in de Grote Magelhaense Wolk. En nog wel door een team dat normaal juist zwarte gaten ontmaskert.
Deze keer dus geen ontkrachting van het bestaan van een zwart gat, maar de bevestiging ervan. Het gaat meer precies om een slapend zwart gat van stellaire massa in het op twee na dichtstbij gelegen sterrenstelsel vanaf onze Melkweg. “Voor het eerst is ons team bijeengekomen om verslag uit te brengen over de ontdekking van een zwart gat, in plaats van er eentje te ontmaskeren”, aldus onderzoeksleider Tomer Shenar in een persbericht. Opmerkelijk is ook dat de stervende ster waaruit het zwarte gat is ontstaan, verdwenen lijkt te zijn zonder een krachtige explosie.
“We hebben een speld in een hooiberg gevonden”, zegt Shenar, die met zijn team zes jaar aan waarnemingen van de Very Large Telescope (VLT) van de Europese Zuidelijke Sterrenwacht (ESO) bestudeerde. Ze zijn niet de eerste die een slapend zwart gat met stellaire massa ontdekken buiten onze Melkweg. Het is wel de eerste keer dat het bestaan ervan ondubbelzinnig is vastgesteld. Het zwarte gat heeft zeker negen keer zoveel massa als onze zon en draait rond een hete, blauwe ster, die 25 keer zwaarder is dan de zon.
Instorten onder hun eigen zwaartekracht Als zware sterren aan het eind van hun leven onder hun eigen zwaartekracht instorten, ontstaan zwarte gaten van stellaire massa. Bij een dubbelster, waarbij twee sterren om elkaar draaien, vormt zich dan een zwart gat dat om de andere ster draait. Het wordt een slapend zwart gat genoemd, omdat het weinig straling uitzendt. Dat maakt het direct ook heel moeilijk om te vinden. “Het is ongelooflijk dat we nauwelijks voorbeelden van slapende zwarte gaten kennen, terwijl astronomen denken dat ze heel veel voorkomen”, legt medeauteur Pablo Marchant van de KU Leuven uit.
Een slapend zwart gat is nog moeilijker te vinden dan een gewoon zwart gat, omdat het zo weinig straling uitzendt en geen interactie heeft met zijn omgeving. “We zijn al meer dan twee jaar op zoek naar zulke dubbelsterren met een zwart gat”, zegt medeauteur Julia Bodensteiner, onderzoeker bij ESO in Duitsland. “Ik was dan ook erg enthousiast toen ik hoorde over VFTS 243, dat naar mijn mening de meest overtuigende kandidaat tot nu toe is.”
Twijfels Ze spreekt nog steeds over ‘kandidaat’, omdat het ongelooflijk moeilijk is om vast te stellen of het echt een slapend zwart gat is. Er zijn namelijk vele alternatieve verklaringen. “Als onderzoeker die de afgelopen jaren diverse potentiële zwarte gaten heeft ontmaskerd, was ik uiterst sceptisch over deze ontdekking”, zegt Shenar. Medeauteur Kareem El-Badry van het Center for Astrophysics van Harvard & Smithsonian in de VS, had hetzelfde. “Toen Tomer me vroeg om zijn bevindingen te controleren, had ik mijn twijfels. Maar ik kon geen plausibele verklaring voor de gegevens vinden waar geen zwart gat aan te pas kwam”, legt El-Badry uit.
De Tarantulanevel.
Foto: ESO, ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/Wong et al., ESO/M.-R. Cioni/VISTA Magellanic Cloud survey
Het onderzoeksteam heeft bijna duizend zware sterren in de Tarantulanevel in de Grote Magelhaense Wolk onderzocht in de hoop er eentje te vinden waar een zwart gat omheen draait. Uiteindelijk vonden ze VFTS 243. “De ster die het zwarte gat in VFTS 243 heeft gevormd, lijkt volledig te zijn ingestort, zonder enig teken van een voorgaande explosie”, legt Shenar uit. “De laatste tijd zijn meer aanwijzingen voor dit ‘direct-collapse’-scenario ontdekt, maar ons onderzoek levert aantoonbaar een van de hardste bewijzen. Dit heeft enorme implicaties voor de oorsprong van samensmeltende zwarte gaten in het heelal.”
Zwartegatenpolitie Zijn team staat bekend als de ‘zwartegatenpolitie’, omdat het zich normaal gesproken vooral bezighoudt met het ontkrachten van ontdekkingen van zwarte gaten door aan te tonen dat het toch om iets anders gaat. Toch hoopt het team nu dat hun ontdekking andere wetenschappers ertoe aanzet om ook op zoek te gaan naar zwarte gaten van stellaire massa die om zware sterren draaien. De verwachting is dat er duizenden zijn in ons Melkwegstelsel en in de Magelhaense Wolken. “Natuurlijk verwacht ik dat anderen onze analyse zorgvuldig bestuderen en alternatieve modellen proberen te bedenken”, besluit El-Badry. Maar tot nu toe is dat dus nog niet gelukt.
VFTS 243 Hieronder zie je een video van hoe de dubbelster VFTS 243 in de Tarantulanevel eruit zou kunnen zien. De ster en het zwarte gat zijn niet op schaal getekend: in werkelijkheid is de blauwe ster ongeveer 200.000 keer zo groot als het zwarte gat. Door de hoek van de dubbelster kunnen we vanaf de aarde niet zien hoe het zwarte gat de ster verduistert.
Grote Magelhaense Wolk De Grote Magelhaense Wolk is een sterrenstelsel op ongeveer 170.000 lichtjaar van de Aarde. Daarmee is dit het op twee na dichtstbijzijnde sterrenstelsel vanaf onze Melkweg. Het heeft echter maar een honderdste van de massa van ons eigen sterrenstelsel. De diameter is 14.000 lichtjaar. Het is een onregelmatig sterrenstelsel dat in het centrum toch enkele balkvormige structuren heeft. Mogelijk komt de onregelmatigheid door interactie met de Melkweg en de Kleine Magelhaense Wolk (een dwergsterrenstelsel met een diameter van 7000 lichtjaar). ‘s Nachts is de Grote Magelhaense Wolk op het zuidelijk halfrond te zien als een vage wolk. Het sterrenstelsel is voor het eerst waargenomen in het jaar 964. Maar pas in 1519 maakte Ferdinand Magellaan in de westerse wereld melding van het bestaan van de wolk.
De Lokale groep De Grote Magelhaense Wolk is het op drie na grootste sterrenstelsel in de Lokale Groep. Dit is een groep van meer dan veertig sterrenstelsels. De diameter is ongeveer 10 miljoen lichtjaar. De twee grootste sterrenstelsels zijn de Andromedanevel en daarna onze eigen Melkweg. Dit zijn spiraalvormige sterrenstelsels, terwijl de Grote Magelhaense Wolk een wolkvormige structuur heeft.
De Tarantulanevel is een extreem felle nevel die deel uitmaakt van de Grote Magelhaense Wolk. Hij heeft een massa van ongeveer 450.000 keer onze zon en ligt op ongeveer 179.000 lichtjaar van de aarde. Het is een emissienevel in het sterrenbeeld goudvis, die bestaat uit een wervelende wolk kosmisch gas. De kern wordt gevormd door een paar van de helderste en massiefste sterren ooit waargenomen.
The Norse God Odin: Viking God of War, Father of Thor, But There’s More
Odin is the chief deity of the Norse pantheon. Although Odin was worshipped more generally in Germanic paganism, the information we have today about this god is derived mostly from Norse mythology. These pieces of information include both written sources, such as myths, and archaeological finds, that combined paint a complex picture of this Norse (Viking) god. Consequently, it is difficult to figure out Odin’s exact role and character. Nevertheless, in general, Odin is viewed as a wise deity, in addition to his role as the Norse god of war. Apart from that, he was also associated with death, poetry, magic, and prophecy. As the primary god of the Norse pantheon, Odin plays an important role in many myths. And he was also the father of the mighty Thor, who is so loved in modern popular culture for his strength.
Odin, the supreme god in Norse mythology, on his throne with his magical ravens.
The Norse God Odin Was Also a Primary Germanic Deity
The name Odin is said to be derived from Proto-Germanic “Wodanaz,” which may be translated variously to mean “the fury,” “the furious,” “the inspired,” and “the inspiring.” One of the earliest textual references to the god Odin is found in Germania, written by the Roman historian Tacitus in the 1st century AD. In his work, Tacitus wrote that the “Of all the gods, Mercury is he whom they worship most. To him on certain stated days it is lawful to offer even human victims.” It has been pointed out that since Mercury’s day was identified as Wednesday, or “Woden’s day,” Tacitus was referring to Odin when he mentioned that the ancient Germans worshipped Mercury
Tacitus’ statement, however, must be taken with a pinch of salt. Whilst Odin was certainly a major deity amongst the ancient Germans , there is insufficient evidence to show that his cult was primary to all the Germanic tribes. In other words, Tacitus may have been making a sweeping generalization about the religious beliefs of the people he was writing about. Additionally, it has been suggested that whilst the elites may have venerated Odin, he may have been less popular amongst the common people compared to his son, Thor.
Ymir, the first Norse jotunn giant, sucks at the udder of Auðumbla as she licks Búri out of the ice in a painting by Nicolai Abildgaard, 1790.
Odin: The Viking Creator God And His Many Children
One of Odin’s many epithets was “All-father.” Apart from the belief that he fathered many gods with various women (more about which in a moment), Odin was also regarded as a creator god. According to one myth, in the beginning, there was a vast emptiness called Ginnungagap. From this nothingness, two realms, Niflheim and Muspelheim, emerged. Niflheim was located to the north of Ginnungagap, and was an extremely cold place, with nothing but ice, frost, and fog. Muspelheim, by contrast, formed in the south of Ginnungagap, and was a hot place, with only fire, lava, and smoke.
In spite of these harsh conditions, life appeared. In Niflheim was a spring called Hvergelmir, which the Norse believed was the source of all the cold rivers. There were 11 cold rivers, collectively known as Elivagar. The water from these rivers flowed from the mountains to the plain of Ginnungagap, where it froze, forming a solid layer of ice. As time went by, the ice layer expanded. At the same time, lava was flowing from Muspelheim onto the plain of Ginnungagap. Eventually, the two met in the middle of Ginnungagap.
The meeting of the hot and cold elements resulted in the melting of the ice. The melted ice began to drip, and a human-like creature began to form in the ice. This was Ymir, the first jotunn, or giant, in Norse mythology.
When Ymir slept, he began to sweat, and from these bodily fluids, two more giants, one male, and the other female, were born. Additionally, a third giant, another son called Thrudgelmir (meaning “Strength Yeller”) was born when one of Ymir’s legs paired with the other. The children of Ymir were the first of the frost giants, and were breastfed by Audhumbla, a giant cow, who, like Ymir, was created from the melting of the ice in Ginnungagap.
Audhumbla nourished herself by licking a block of salty ice. It was from this action that the first Norse god came into being. On the first day that the giant cow licked the block of salty ice, some human hair appeared. On the second day, a head emerged, and on the third, the rest of the body was freed. This was Buri, the first of the gods. Buri, through some unknown process, fathered a son, Borr, who later took Bestla (believed to be a jotunn) as his wife. Borr and Bestla were the parents of Odin, Vili, and Ve, the first of the Aesirs, one of the two main groups of gods in Norse mythology.
The three brothers noticed that the Aesirs were outnumbered by the jotnar, who were producing new giants at a rapid pace. They reasoned that the only way to solve this problem was to kill Ymir. Therefore, Odin and his brothers waited for the giant to fall asleep, before attacking him. Ymir, however, woke up, and a terrible fight ensued. In the end, Ymir was slain. So much blood flowed from the jotunn’s corpse that most of his offspring were drowned in it. Only two giants managed to escape. Using Ymir’s remains, Odin and his brothers created the world.
Thor, the Norse god of lightning, is one of Odin's sons and probably the most famous of Norse deities in popular culture today.
Odin Was the Father of Many Including the Great God Thor
The Norse also believed that Odin and his brothers created the first human beings, though this appears to be unconnected to the creation myth. According to this story, Odin and his brothers were walking along a beach when they came across two logs, one from an ash, and the other from an elm .
The gods decided to create humans out of the logs. Therefore, Odin gave the logs spirit and life, Ve gave them movement, mind, and intelligence, whilst Vili gave them shape, speech, feelings, and the five senses. The first man was called Ask, and the first woman Embla. The pair were placed by the gods in Midgard.
Odin was also the father of many of the other Norse gods. Odin’s wife was the goddess Frigg , with whom he had two sons, Baldur and Hod, who were direct opposites of each other. For instance, whilst Baldur represented light, Hod represented darkness (he is even depicted as being blind).
Odin also had sons with other women, many of whom were jotnar. For example, one of the best-known Norse gods, Thor, was the son of Odin and a jotunn named Jord. Another jotunn, Gridr, had a son, Vidarr, with Odin. According to prophecy, Vidarr, the god of vengeance, would avenge his father’s death during the Ragnarok. Another of Odin’s sons, Vali, was the offspring of the jotunn Rindr, and was destined to avenge the death of Baldur.
The heavenly palatial palace of Valhalla, depicted in this old painting by Max Brückner, was Odin's home.
Odin: The Norse God of War and His Palatial Valhalla Palace
In addition to his role as a creator god, Odin was worshipped as the Norse god of war. For instance, he was seen as a protector of Viking warriors. Additionally, the Norse thought that Odin never lost a battle, with some even believing that it was impossible for the god to lose a battle.
Most importantly, the Norse believed that those who died honorably in combat had the chance of entering Valhalla(meaning “Hall of the Slain”), Odin’s palatial home. The slain warriors are recruited by Odin’s daughters, the Valkyries (literally meaning “dead choosers”), and lived in Valhalla, where they would feast daily, and prepare for the final Ragnarok battle. On the day of the final battle these warriors, known as the einherjar, would fight alongside Odin and the rest of the Norse gods against their enemies.
Even though Odin was a warrior god, he did not win his battles with mere brute force and power. Indeed, the Norse also considered Odin to be a full of wisdom. Odin’s wisdom is most famously represented by his depiction as a one-eyed man. According to Norse mythology, the wisest god amongst the Aesir was Mimir, whose origin is not entirely clear. This god was renowned for his knowledge and prophetic wisdom.
In one myth, Mimir is depicted as the caretaker of the Well of Knowledge (known also as Mimir’s Well). Odin, in his quest for knowledge, journeys to this well, so that he could drink from it. Although Odin was allowed to drink from the well, he had to sacrifice one of his eyes for the privilege.
The Well of Knowledge is believed to be located in Jotunheim, the land of the giants, which suggests that Mimir was a jotunn. In another myth, however, Mimir is depicted as an Aesir. In this myth, the Aesir were at war with the Vanir, the other major group of Norse gods. In the end, the Aesir and Vanir made peace, and exchanged hostages.
On the one hand, the Vanir sent some of their most prized members, such as Njord, Freyr, and Freyja, to the Aesir. On the other hand, Aesir sent Mimir and Hoenir to the Vanir.
Whilst Mimir was a powerful god, Hoenir is said to have been a weak and indecisive deity. When the Vanir discovered this, they took it as an insult, and executed Mimir in retaliation. The god’s severed head was sent to Odin, who magically reanimated it.
Mimir’s head, therefore, became a source of knowledge, and Odin relied on its counsel when he needed to make important decisions.
In this vintage illustration Odin is seated on his throne with his magical messengers: two ravens and two wolves.
The Source of Odin’s Knowledge and Wisdom: Ravens and Wolves
Mimir was not the only source of knowledge that Odin had access to. The Norse believe that the god kept a pair of ravens, Huginn and Muninn (whose names literally mean “Thought” and “Memory”). Each morning, the birds would travel across the Nine Worlds to observe all that was going on. At night, Huginn and Muninn would return to Odin, and report to him all they had seen. It was through these ravens that Odin learned about everything that went on in each realm.
Apart from the ravens, Odin also kept a pair of wolves, Grei and Freki (meaning “Ravenous,” and “Greedy One”). The pair were supposedly created when Odin felt lonely. In his role as a warrior god, the wolves were perfect companions for Odin, as they would scour the battlefield, and feast on those who died in battle. Additionally, Odin’s mount was an eight-legged horse named Sleipnir (meaning “Slipper”).
In the epic and final Ragnarok battle, Odin dies in the jaws of the wolf Fenrir.
Ragnarok: The Death of Odin in Fenrir’s Killer Wolf Jaws
Although Odin was an immensely powerful god, he too would perish one day, at the Ragnarok (meaning “Fate of the Gods”). The Norse believed that this would be the final battle at the end of the current cosmic order. The events of Ragnarok, including Odin’s own death, are said to have been prophesied by the god himself, but even he is powerless to prevent it from happening.
According to Norse mythology, Ragnarok will be preceded by a series of portents, including the birth of three monsters to Loki and Angrboda, his giantess wife, the death of Baldur, terrible winters, and the subversion of the cosmic order.
As Ragnarok approaches, the various combatants would converge on Vigrid (meaning ‘Field of Battle’), where the final battle would be fought. The gods, both Aesir and Vanir, and their followers would do battle with the forces of Loki and the jotnar. The gods would be led by Odin, wearing a gold helmet and hauberk, and armed Gungnir, his magical spear. At Ragnarok, Odin’s chief adversary was to be the Fenrir, the great wolf, and one of Loki’s offspring.
Odin foresaw that he would fight valiantly against the monstrous wolf but would, in the end, be devoured by it. Odin’s death, however, would be avenged by his son, Vidar, who rips apart Fenrir’s jaw, thereby killing the beast.
Although Ragnarok is depicted as a devastating event, it did not signal the end of the world. Odin prophesied that some of the gods would survive, in addition to a pair of humans, who would go on to repopulate the world.
Odin Remains The Chief Deity of Asir and the Norse Pantheon
To conclude, Odin is the chief deity of the Asir, and by extension, the Norse pantheon. This is clearly reflected in the fact that he is present in the major Norse myths from the creation of the world to the destruction of the current cosmos.
Although Odin is depicted as a warrior god, he is also believed to have been full of wisdom. Poetry, magic, and prophecy were also associated with this god. The last of these enabled Odin to foresee the events of Ragnarok.
Despite being a powerful god, and having won all the battles he fought, Odin was not invincible. This is almost human trait is well captured by Odin seeing his death in his fight with Fenrir at Ragnarok, and that he was powerless to change this fate.
Top image: An old wooden statue of the Norse God Odin standing alone on the shore of a lonely Scandinavian fjord.
Dr. Steven Greer: “Anyone Who Knows This Material Would Have A Bullet With His Name On It.”
For those who don’t know who Steven Macon Greer is, we will clarify that he is an American retired doctor and U̳F̳O̳logist. Steven was born on June 28, 1955.
He is the founder of the Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence (CSETI), and the initiator of The Disclosure Project. Both of these projects are trying to uncover allegedly confidential U̳F̳O̳ data.
We recommend that you watch the video attached to this text and judge for yourself: Is Dr. Steven Greer is right when he says, “Anyone who knows this material would have a bullet with his name on it.”
Ufology career
Greer founded the Center for the Study of E̳x̳t̳r̳a̳-T̳e̳r̳r̳e̳s̳t̳r̳i̳a̳l̳ Intelligence (CSETI) in 1990 to create a diplomatic and research-based initiative to contact e̳x̳t̳r̳a̳t̳e̳r̳r̳e̳s̳t̳r̳i̳a̳l̳ c̳i̳v̳i̳l̳i̳z̳a̳t̳i̳o̳n̳s̳. The group defined CE-5 or ‘close encounters of the fifth kind’ as human initiated contact and communication with e̳x̳t̳r̳a̳t̳e̳r̳r̳e̳s̳t̳r̳i̳a̳l̳ life. CSETI claims to have over 3,000 confirmed reports of U̳F̳O̳ sightings by pilots and over 4,000 of what they describe as landing traces. The organisation utilizes ‘Rapid Mobilisation Investigative Teams’ with the aim of arriving at landing sites as quickly as possible. CSETI has defined a protocol for human initiated contact to U̳F̳O̳s using consciousness.
In 1993, Greer founded the Disclosure Project, the goal of which is to publicly disclose the government’s alleged knowledge of U̳F̳O̳s, e̳x̳t̳r̳a̳t̳e̳r̳r̳e̳s̳t̳r̳i̳a̳l̳ intelligence, and advanced energy and propulsion systems. The Disclosure Project was founded in an effort to grant amnesty to government whistle-blowers willing to violate their security oaths by sharing classified information about U̳F̳O̳s. Greer claims to have briefed CIA director James Woolsey at a dinner party, although Woolsey disputes the accuracy of Greer’s claim.
In May 2001, Greer held a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. that featured 20 retired Air Force, Federal Aviation Administration and intelligence officers.
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Roswell Alien Interview between Matilda O'Donnell MacElroy and Airl after a UFO crash in July 1947
On July 7, 1947, an object crash landed on a ranch, approximately 75 miles northwest of Roswell, leaving a large field of debris. The local air base at Roswell investigated after the rancher first reported it to Roswell authorities on July 7. On July 8, the Roswell Army Air Field (RAAF) announced it had recovered a "flying disk". A few hours after the initial "flying disk" press release, U.S. Army Air Force officials stated that it was not a UFO, but a weather balloon. When the question of what crashed was revived in the early 1980s, the "Roswell Incident" became a focus of conspiracy theorists, "abductees," and UFO investigators. It is believed the crashed UFO's were used for reverse engineering, explaining the rapid advancement in technology since that time.
NASA is planning to send an army of mini swimming robots to find the aliens in the oceans of other planets. Such a plan could be used to detect signs of alien life beneath the miles-thick icy shell of Jupiter’s moon Europa or Saturn’s moon Enceladus. But what about our home planet? Does NASA have any plan to explore our oceans? Have they already found everything about the only Blue planet in the Solar system? Or is something stopping them to do it? Interestingly, UFO expert Anna Whitty came forward with a strange theory that says “Aliens have been living under Earth’s ocean for protection and have always been here on the planet.”
Anna Whitty, an author of the book “UFO: A Fundamental Truth,” made the claim on the official statement of Dr. Shirley Wright, who interviewed aliens found at the Roswell crash site in 1947. Whitty stated that aliens are actually just humans – but an advanced form.
In a recently aired two-hour documentary on the UFO crash called “Roswell 75: The Final Evidence,” Anna Whitty was featured alongside expert Philip Mantle, director and producer Spyros Melaris, and Dr. David Hall.
The documentary also featured an interview where Dr. Shirley Wright, a former colleague of Albert Einstein stated that the aliens inquired about human exploration inside the ocean, they asked: “how far into the ocean” the humans traveled.
Anna Whitty. Image credit: Daily Star
Whitty did an interviewer with the Daily Star, elaborating more on her claim, she said that if whatever Wright had documented through her interview is correct, then it is more believable for the aliens to come from under the sea rather than from another planet.
“If what Shirley said is right, it is more likely that aliens come from somewhere under the sea or caves or something like that, rather than another planet, it makes sense because there’s a lot of evidence on the planet that there has been a massive cataclysm every few thousand years,” Whitty said.
“If humans on the surface are being reset to the Stone Age every several thousands of years, and these people are somewhere where they are more protected because they are underground, then perhaps their development in technology and intelligence is continuing on an upwards trajectory whereas we’re reset. It’s also possible that maybe they aren’t beings at all, but they can make you think you’re seeing what you’re not seeing,” she added.
The documentary dives deep into the incident, examining the eyewitness accounts, the involvement of the space propaganda by the major powers, as well as several secret projects that were assumed to be covered up with the help of this incident.
Whitty’s theory of aliens being “underwater entities” could have some meaning as after all, there are videos of UFOs diving into the water. Below is the footage filmed in the CIC (Combat Information Center) of the USS Omaha on July 15, 2019, in a warning area off San Diego. This footage depicts a UAP event series that reached the culmination with one of the unknown targets entering the water. No wreckage was found, and none of the unknown craft was recovered.
Retired US Air Force Lt. Col. Richard French had served in the US army for more than 27 years. He was an alleged lead investigator of the Project Blue Book in the 1950s, his job was to shoot down false reports of UFOs. In Newfoundland, Canadian Province, he saw two aliens repairing their ship submerged underwater.
US Air Force Lt. Col. Richard French during his interview with openmindstv
French testified about his work on UFOs in 1952, in front of 6 former members of Congress at the Citizen Hearing in 2013. He recalled seeing two alien crafts below the water surface, 6 meters from the shoreline. He also saw two extraterrestrials near the ships. He remembered the water was clear, so he could see those beings doing something at the bottom of the craft.
“The water was fairly clear and I could see without any trouble. They weren’t down at the bottom of the [seabed] — they were about halfway down,” French said. He believed the aliens were repairing the ships and tested them before leaving. Whatever happened in Newfoundland is the classic UFO story ever given by the army official. Even though he was chosen to debunk UFO stories, he undoubtedly said that it was a UFO and there were extraterrestrials.
The idea that the ocean is inhabited by extraterrestrials can be backed by these incidents.
An incredible account of spotting underwater UFOs, or Underwater Submerged Objects (USOs), was shared by former Gunner’s Mate John Baughman, who served in the U.S. Navy from 2008 to 2013. He was stationed on the United States Navy’s third Nimitz-class supercarrier “The USS Carl Vinson” in 2010 when he first saw Tic Tac UFO underwater.
Capt. Kent D. Whalen and John Baughman, 2011
He said: “I was staring into the water from above when a large, flat, white ’Tic Tac’ object, approximately twenty feet in length, suddenly appeared in my view below me, moving right and darted into the depths as fast as it appeared. I couldn’t really comprehend what I saw. It was definitely a solid object, but when it descended, its forward end rapidly collapsed in on itself and disappeared.”
Another USO encounter occurred with the crew of the Soviet Submarine in the south of the Pacific ocean. At the depth of 260 meters, the six disc-like objects were moving toward the submarine at the speed of 426 km per hour. The crew could not escape their pursuit, and the commander ordered the crew to rise to the surface. The crew saw through the periscope that the objects came out of the water and took off at an absurdly fast speed.
There are classic alien abduction cases where the witnesses recalled being taken to secret underwater bases. The abduction of Betty Andreasson Luca is considered to be one of the most documented cases in the history of Ufology. The woman from Massachusetts experienced multiple abductions, and her case is widely studied by UFO researchers. (Click here to read the story of Betty Luca)
Betty Andreasson Luca
During one of her hypnotic regression sessions, Betty remembered one of the early abductions that occurred to her in her childhood. It took place in 1950, when she was taken from her home into a spacecraft as usual. But this time, the craft was flying toward an ocean or sea. She was terrified that the craft would crash into the water. But the ship submerged into the water and entered into a kind of tunnel. Betty could see everything underwater, as the place was filled with light.
Next is “Filiberto Cardenas Encounter,” where he claimed to have been taken to a secret underwater hangar, and interestingly, his abduction was witnessed by his friend’s family.
He remembered being taken to some unknown beach where he saw deep blue water. He said one of the aliens got out of the object and opened a secret tunnel, from where a similar craft came and flew away. The craft which he was in also went into the tunnel with great speed underwater. Soon, he was at the secret “large hangar” under the sea.
Saudi Arabia plans a massive desert SIDESCRAPER: MBS unveils 75 mile-long, $1 trillion skyscraper called the Mirror Line that will be taller than the Empire State Building and house up to five million people
Saudi Arabia plans on building a 75-mile skyscraper called the Mirror Line by 2030
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced in January 2021 and said he wanted to be greater than the Egyptian Pyramids
The Mirror Line will consist of two 1,600 feet tall buildings that run parallels to each other and go across desert, mountains, and coastal areas
When completed, the $1 trillion megabuilding will hold up to 5million people and people will be able to commute end-to-end in 20 minutes
Saudi Arabia has unveiled plans for a $1 trillion, 75 mile long skyscraper made of mirrored glass that will stretch across its desert and stand taller than the Empire State Building.
The Mirror Line will be a part of the desert city called the Neom - that will be around the size of Massachusetts - which Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced in January 2021.
He did so after saying he wanted his country to house a construction project as iconic and timeless as the Pyramids of Egypt.
'The Line is a project that is a civilizational revolution that puts humans first,' he said at the time.
The Mirror Line will consist of two 1,600 feet tall buildings that run parallel to each other across 75 miles of desert, coastal, and mountain landscapes.
Prince MBS has claimed he wants the Mirror Line to be ready by 2030, although engineers have said it could take 50 years to construct.
The building is so long that it will sit on struts to take the curvature of the Earth into account, and will also have a high speed train line running underneath its length.
If fully completed, the skyscraper will run from the Gulf of Aqaba, through a mountain range, and then extend along the coast into a desert 'aerotropolis,' the Wall Street Journal reported.
Salman also said that the project aimed to allow a million residents to meet within a five-minute walk and to travel end-to-end within a 20-minute stretch. It will also reportedly be powered by renewable energy.
The Mirror Line (pictured) will be a part of the desert city called the Noem - which will be around the size of Massachusetts. The 75-mile skyscraper will house two 1,600 feet tall buildings that run parallel to each other
The Mirror Line will have vegetation, including vertical farming, a high-speed train, and create thousands of jobs
The futuristic buildings feature a silver shine and an intricate inside, with stairwells and greenery and homes to create a linear community.
The trillions-of-dollars project is expected to house five million people after its completion and a high-speed train will run underneath the buildings, according to the Wall Street Journal. It will also feature a marina for boats underneath the arch of the buildings.
The community of millions will also be fed through vertical farming that will be integrated into the walls of the shiny buildings and residents will reportedly pay a subscription for three meals a day.
Prince MBS insists the buildings will be totally carbon neutral and good for the local environment.
The reflective buildings will house around five million people and residents will be able to get end-to-end in 20 minutes through renewable energy trains
The Line is located near the coastal area of the country
Desert living won't just be hot, sticky, and sandy, but the Mirror Line will also feature a sports stadium that is set to be 1,000 feet above the ground.
Salman is also hoping the Neom, as a whole, will create thousands of new jobs and let the oil-rich country stop being so dependent on the resource for wealth, according to the Wall Street Journal.
However, foreign investments in the Neom have not been so forthcoming as many Western countries continue to boycott the country over alleged human rights violations. Salman has been accused of ordering the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, but the Crown Prince has denied any involvement.
Others who have fewer political scruples have questioned whether the projects devised are just too ambitious. Saudi Arabia previously abandoned plans to build a mile-high skyscraper that would have been the world's tallest after getting into funding difficulties.
US President Joe Biden, 79, met with the Crown Prince last week to talk over the broken relationships between the countries. Bitterness between the two subsided a little as Biden is hoping a relationship with the Crown Prince will help lower inflation rates in the US, according to the Wall Street Journal.
High oil prices are actually helping Salman continue forth with the Mirror Line and Neom, as it is providing funding for the expensive project, the Wall Street Journal said.
Salman is hoping to great a desert community known as Neom
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The futuristic community is supposed to rival the Egyptian Pyramids
However, Neom also faced human rights criticism when it was announced after tribes were forcibly removed from the area and security allegedly shot a resident dead.
The project's completion date is set for 2030, but builders and urban planners are struggling to resolve many questions. The project was originally set to be completed in 50 years.
Planners are struggling to answer if residents would consider living in a high-rise building after the pandemic, the migration of animals and birds, and how to deal with the structure impacting the flow of groundwater.
Environmental planners say the sheer size and length of the Mirror Line will disrupt migratory bird patterns - and the mirrored glazing of the building could further confuse them, pouring water on the project's desire to be planet-friendly.
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Inside Saudi Arabia’s Plan to Build a Skyscraper That Stretches for 75 Miles - WSJ
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