Strange formation in NASA's Mars photo fuels claims of extraterrestrial life on the Red Planet

By STACY LIBERATORE, US SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

A strangely shaped object photographed on the Martian surface has reignited bizarre theories about extraterrestrial life on the Red Planet.

The picture, captured by NASA's Opportunity rover in 2014, recently resurfaced online after social media users claimed the object resembles an 'alien gun.'

Scott C Waring, a Martian researcher from 'UFO Sighting Daily,' suggested the 'gun' is evidence of why NASA sent a rover to Mars to retrieve alien technology. 

'Alien gun on Mars photos, only one still exists, others deleted by NASA,' Waring shared on X on Tuesday.

The image was first circulated by Waring in 2016, writing in a blog post that the supposed weapon was 'about one foot long.' 

'I have to admit... It's incredible,' he shared. 'The exact location of the gun is at SOL 3773, which is between Mt Edgecumbe and Wdowiak Ridge.'

NASA's Opportunity rover landed on Mars on January 25, 2004, touching down in a small impact crater known as Eagle Crater on the Meridiani Planum. 

However, the robot fell silent in June 2018 during a severe, planet-wide dust storm that blocked sunlight from reaching its panels. After spending months attempting to re-establish contact, NASA officially declared the mission complete in February 2019.

The picture, captured by NASA's Opportunity rover in 2014, recently resurfaced online after social media users claimed the object resembles an ' alien gun.'

However, it seems the UFO researchers' claims are nothing more than a case of pareidolia, a psychological response to seeing faces and other significant and everyday items.

While Waring is sure Opportunity spotted a gun on the Martian landscape, others believe otherwise.

One X user commented: 'I'm not an expert, but I believe this is a rock....'

While another joked: 'Why would aliens have guns designed for human hands and fingers? lol.' 

Waring has been sharing bizarrely shaped rocks on the Red Planet for about a decade now, with one in 2016 that he claimed was a shoe.

'While looking through some Mars rover photos, I found a lone shoe on the edge of the crater,' he wrote on his website.

‘This is probably a shoe of a species that was at war long ago, the shoe being the lone evidence that the person had ever existed.’

The discovery was spotted on August 24, 2016, however, the original photo from the Opportunity was taken in 2013.

The image was first circulated by Warning in 2016, writing in a blog post that the supposed weapon was 'about one foot long'

Waring has been sharing bizarrely shaped rocks on the Red Planet for about a decade now, with one in 2016 that he claimed was a shoe

The NASA image shows a cluster of rocks spread out on the dusty planet, and the lone shoe can be seen to the right among the rubble, which may also just be another rock.

However, Waring is sure this ‘shoe’ is all that is left of a soldier who lost their life on the battlefield.

‘How many times on a battlefield or at a catastrophic event have we seen photos in the newspaper of the shoes of victims…alone…evidence of how hard they were hit, how fast they were taken from us? Well, this is such evidence,’ he wrote.

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The chilling visions of hell that a doctor says reveal we're living in God's simulation

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A doctor who studies near-death experiences says that there is now a strange overlap between the Christian vision of hell and the theory that the world is a giant simulation. 

Dr Orson Wedgwood is a New Zealand-based scientist and author who works in healthcare research. He told the Daily Mail that dark experiences involving visions of the afterlife often have many things in common, such as a stench, dark figures described as demons and violence.

According to Wedgwood, these similarities point to hell-like near-death experiences being more than just hallucinations: they could be real experiences that occur within a God-created 'simulation,' serving as warnings for those who have rejected God.

In Wedgwood's view, as a scientist and devout Christian, NDEs are directly connected to the controversial simulation theory because the simulation’s purpose is to sort out souls based on their life choices.

The doctor said: 'We are in a created environment, or a “simulation” in which we are being tested. Our consciousness, how we behave, and the experiences we have are real, but the rest is not.'

'The simulation is designed to sort us into those who will be with God after the simulation is over versus those who won’t, all in a safe environment where we can’t do any damage.'

The simulation theory suggests that what humans perceive as reality is actually a computer-generated 'video game' of some sort - a premise which was depicted in the blockbuster film series The Matrix.

Believers have claimed that humans are unknowingly being fed this simulated consciousness either for their own good or for nefarious means, with the world's first trillionaire, Elon Musk, suggesting a creator being of the universe runs the simulation.

Pictured: A common depiction of hell, inhabited by demons and fiery landscapes (Stock Image

In December, Musk appeared on The Katie Miller Podcast and speculated that our world could be an 'alien Netflix series,' saying that the purpose of life would therefore be to keep humanity excited to increase our 'ratings' and prevent our creator from turning the computer off.

As for the link between this theory and the claims of many who said they saw a vision of hell instead of heaven, Wedgwood claimed that those who do not show interest in God either lose the eternal part of themselves and die or find themselves in a dark place.

'Most of this is in line with the Bible, and it is also somewhat in line with simulation theory expounded by people like Elon Musk who have concluded that life is not a random act of nature,' Wedgwood explained.

However, the NDE researcher noted that human souls in this alleged simulation can still be rescued if they find themselves in a hellish realm, but only if they call out to God.

'One of the ones that I heard about years and years ago, and it resonated because I’m a Christian, was Ian McCormack; he was a New Zealander who was surfing.'

In 1982, McCormack had been stung by a jellyfish and claimed he descended into hell, saying: 'I could feel the evil; it was all around me.'

McCormack said he had a vision of his mother, who told him to cry out to God and he would hear and forgive the surfer.

He was reported as saying: 'I felt like a speck of dust being drawn up into a radiant light and delivered out of the kingdom of darkness.'

In the blockbuster movie The Matrix, protagonist Neo, played by Keanu Reeves, discovered the human race lives in a simulated reality hundreds of years from now (Pictured)

Dr Orson Wedgwood (Pictured) is a medical scientist who works in healthcare research and says that ‘dark’ near-death experiences often have many things in common

Wedgwood said the feeling of hopelessness is typical in NDEs involving visions of hell, which are also among the rarest sorts of near-death experiences reported.

Studies have suggested that only 14 percent of patients claiming they had an out-of-body experience said it was negative. Of those, around half featured demonic imagery in a realm they suspected was hell.

However, a study published in 2019 in the journal Memory, which compared positive and negative near-death experiences (NDEs), claimed there is little difference between these events and that they basically display the same type of brain activity, just with varying emotional tones.

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Study authors said this helps explain why some people come back from the brink of death with terrifying stories that feel just as vivid and life-changing as the peaceful ones.

Wedgwood’s book, ‘Near Death Experience and AWARE studies: Proof Of The Soul and God?’ explored the controversial world of negative near-death experiences, including some truly horrifying testimonials.

In one account by a 42-year-old woman, cited in a 2019 study, she described entities surrounding her as she neared death.

'I am beginning to distinguish forms in this incredibly thick fog. Human, bestial, monstrous. I am swimming in a stinking stench filled with horrible and furtive creatures and I am feeling overwhelmed with pain,' the woman recalled.

Wedgwood said his research has revealed that people who have such experiences often become acutely aware that they are in hell, adding that scientific research often dismisses such experiences as not genuine NDEs.

'Many colleagues I've worked with over the years, PhDs, doctors, and many of them will agree, perhaps more privately than publicly, that they cannot provide explanations of the origin of the universe, the origin of life, and where consciousness comes from,' the doctor said.

'A lot of them now are adopting this simulation theory that we're living in a simulation, and this is like serious PhDs.'

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3 is preparing to launch a daring mission to save a precious space telescope from plunging back to Earth.

The Swift Observatory - NASA's 'multitool' for studying the cosmos - was launched in 2004 but has been falling rapidly due to intense solar weather.

To save it, the space agency has hired startup Katalyst Space Technologies to boost the tumbling telescope back into a stable orbit.

And the ambitious 'high-risk, high-reward mission' could blast off as soon as tomorrow.

The $30 million (£22.7 million) salvage operation will launch a fridge-sized robot into orbit, docking with Swift and gently carrying it out into space.

The rescue robot, dubbed Link, sports three arms just over three feet (one metre) in length that end in two finger-like pinchers resembling the hands of a Lego minifigure.

Once these arms grab hold of Swift, Link will spend several months raising its altitude from a dangerously low 224 miles (360 km) to a more stable 373 miles (600 km) above Earth.

If all goes according to plan, this could extend Swift's lifetime by at least a year and pave the way for a mission to save the Hubble Space Telescope in the future.

NASA is preparing to launch a daring mission to push a doomed space telescope back out into space using a three-armed robot (artist's impression) 

The Swift Observatory is a critical instrument because, as its name suggests, it is able to turn quickly and catch fleeting events like supernova explosions.

However, in 2024, the sun reached the peak of its 11-year solar cycle, triggering a period of intense space weather that was far more severe than expected.

This space weather caused Earth's atmosphere to slightly expand, increasing the drag on satellites and pulling them back down to Earth.

Soon it became clear that, unless something was done almost immediately, Swift could burn up in the atmosphere by the end of 2026.

Nicky Fox, NASA's science mission chief, told The Associated Press: 'If we let Swift re-enter, we would lose that telescope. We would lose a lot of capability.

'We don't currently have the budget to build another one to replace that.'

In September last year, NASA hired Katalyst Space Technologies to find a way to preserve Swift into the future.

But to save the observatory, they needed to start boosting its orbit before it hit the point of no return at 185 miles (300 km) above Earth.

The $30 million (£22.7 million) salvage operation will launch a fridge-sized robot (pictured) into orbit, docking with Swift and gently carrying it out into space

The Swift Observatory was launched in 2004, but intense space weather has degraded its orbit and it could crash back to Earth by the end of this year unless action is taken 

NASA hired the US-based startup Katalyst Space Technologies to design a spacecraft (pictured) that could push Swift back into a stable orbit before it passed a point of no return

The Swift Observatory: Key facts

Cost: $250 million (£189.2 million)

Launch date: November 4, 2004

Mass: 1,470 kg 

Equipment: Three multiwavelength telescopes, collecting data in visible, ultraviolet, X-ray, and gamma-ray light

Notable discoveries: Gamma-ray bursts from the Early universe

With Swift expected to pass that critical altitude in November, there was less than a year to design, build, and launch the new robot.

However, against all odds, Link is now ready to launch and attempt to save NASA's precious space telescope.

Shawn Domagal-Goldman, NASA's astrophysics director, says: 'I have to be honest. No one thought it was going to be possible. No one thought we would get as far as we've already gotten today.'

The robot will be launched from an atoll in the Pacific Ocean's Marshall Islands aboard a Northrop Grumman Pegasus rocket strapped to the belly of a plane.

Once the plane reaches around 40,000 feet (12,190 metres), the rocket will detach and free-fall for a few seconds before firing its three-stage motors and taking Link into orbit within 10 minutes.

The spacecraft will need to travel for about a month to rendezvous with Swift and catch it, and a few more months to gently push it back into orbit.

That means Swift could be back at full operational capacity by September, extending the observatory's lifetime by years.

While the mission is not without its risks and success is not guaranteed, the potential savings for NASA make this risky task worth the danger.

The robot, dubbed Link (pictured), is now ready to launch and will soon be on its way to rendezvous with Swift

Link will be launched on a Northrop Grumman Pegasus rocket that will be taken to 40,000 feet strapped to the belly of a plane (pictured)

Swift originally cost $250 million (£189.2 million), and with NASA's science mission budget having been slashed by 47 per cent, there simply isn't the money to replace it.

Mr Domagal-Goldman says: 'This is a high-risk, high-reward mission. We have much to gain by attempting this boost, which is more affordable than trying to replace Swift’s capabilities.'

This will also be an important test for Katalyst Space Technologies' ability to salvage and preserve doomed spacecraft.

Those are capabilities that may soon be needed to save the Hubble Space Telescope, which has also been affected by the intense solar weather.

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The 36-year-old telescope was serviced five times during the shuttle era, with spacewalking astronauts making repairs and fixing a critical optical issue in the main mirror.

However, the ageing observatory is now slipping out of its stable orbit and could need to be boosted in 2028 to remain operational.

Any lessons learned while moving Swift this year could be key to ensuring that this critical piece of technology isn't damaged in the process.

Ghonhee Lee, CEO of Katalyst, says: 'Swift wasn't designed to be serviced. By demonstrating we can quickly and cost-effectively extend its lifetime, we're creating a blueprint for servicing spacecraft that were never designed for on-orbit maintenance.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is still working and has made more than 1.5 million observations since its mission began in 1990

The Hubble telescope was launched on April 24, 1990, via the space shuttle Discovery from Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.

It is named after famed astronomer Edwin Hubble who was born in Missouri in 1889.

He is arguably most famous for discovering that the universe is expanding and the rate at which is does so - now coined the Hubble constant. 

The Hubble telescope is named after famed astronomer Edwin Hubble who was born in Missouri in 1889 (pictured)

Hubble has made more than 1.5 million observations since its mission began in 1990 and helped publish some 18,000 scientific papers.

It circles the Earth at a speed of about 17,000mph (27,300kph) in low Earth orbit at about 340 miles in altitude.

Hubble has the pointing accuracy of .007 arc seconds, which is like being able to shine a laser beam focused on Franklin D. Roosevelt's head on a dime roughly 200 miles (320km) away.

The Hubble telescope is named after Edwin Hubble who was responsible for coming up with the Hubble constant and is one of the greatest astronomers of all-time

Hubble's primary mirror is 2.4 meters (7 feet, 10.5 inches) across and in total is 13.3 meters (43.5 feet) long - the length of a large school bus.

Hubble's launch and deployment in April 1990 marked the most significant advance in astronomy since Galileo's telescope. 

Thanks to five servicing missions and more than 25 years of operation, our view of the universe and our place within it has never been the same. 

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Catholic nun issues chilling warning about aliens amid religious conflict

By STACY LIBERATORE, US SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

A Catholic nun has issued a chilling warning about aliens, suggesting that many alleged extraterrestrial encounters may have a far more sinister explanation.

Responding to a question from a listener named Connor, Mother Miriam said she leans toward the belief that the UFO phenomenon is rooted in the spiritual realm rather than in visitors from distant planets.

'I think sooner look at the demonic side than the extraterrestrial,' Mother Miriam said during a recent discussion on her podcast.

Connor had written to the nun asking whether she believed alleged alien encounters were the result of classic extraterrestrial visitors or something more spiritual in nature.

The Catholic Church has never taken an official position on the existence of extraterrestrial life, leaving the question open to scientific inquiry and personal speculation.

However, Mother Miriam said she believes the 'best explanation' for many UFO sightings and alleged alien encounters may be the work of fallen angels.

Citing the teachings of St Thomas Aquinas, she noted that the medieval theologian described angels as extraterrestrial beings because they originate from another world, the spiritual realm.

'The Catholic position, there is such a thing as extraterrestrial intelligence,' she said. 'These creatures really are from another world, the spiritual world. They're what we call angels.'

Mother Miriam, born as Rosalind Moss, was raised in a Jewish home in Brooklyn, New York, but converted to Catholicism as an adult

Vice President JD Vance also made headlines after stating on a conservative podcast that he believes UFOs and unexplained aerial phenomena are actually 'demons' rather than extraterrestrial aliens.

Prominent conservative political commentator and television host Tucker Carlson has also discussed his belief on his shows and podcasts that celestial phenomena or aliens may actually be spiritual, demonic entities.

The idea that aliens may exist has also created religious conflict, as even Steven Spielberg suggested the confirmation could shake people's faith. 

''What does this do to the fundamental beliefs that many of us have? Is God our God only on this planet?' he said in an interview leading up to the release of his film Disclosure Day.

'Or is God a god for every system where there's civilization and intelligent life, and even developing life?' 

According to Mother Miriam, not all of these spiritual beings are benevolent.

'Some of these angels are ministers of light. Others are ministers of deception and destruction,' she said in a YouTube video.

Mother Miriam, born as Rosalind Moss, was raised in a Jewish home in Brooklyn, New York, but converted to Catholicism as an adult. 

Mother Miriam said she leans toward the belief that the UFO phenomenon is rooted in the spiritual realm rather than in visitors from distant planets 

She served as the head of the Daughters of Mary, Mother of Israel's Hope monastery in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

She warned that fallen angels work to deceive humanity and distract people from God and faith.

'They do all they can to deceive human beings and draw them into a belief system without God, without faith, and without the necessary graces for their salvation,' she said.

Mother Miriam suggested that an obsession with UFOs, extraterrestrial visitors and paranormal phenomena could serve as a spiritual distraction.

'If they can get people wrapped up in theories of alien visitations and extraterrestrial visitors to Earth, if they can get them absorbed and fascinated by any number of paranormal phenomena and distracted from God, they will have succeeded in their diabolical mission to deceive and to destroy,' she said.

The nun went on to describe what she called a 'great cosmic war' involving these spiritual forces and humanity itself.

'These extraterrestrial forces are involved in a great cosmic war. And human beings are a part of a conflict,' she said.

'Once that is understood, all that remains is for you to decide on which side you plan to do battle.'

Despite her comments, Mother Miriam acknowledged that the possibility of life on other planets cannot be entirely ruled out.

'It's possible there are other planets,' she said. 'The church is not definitive on that.'

She added that if humanity one day discovers genuine extraterrestrial life, then believers will have to grapple with that reality.

'If we find out one day that there is truly life on other planets, well, we'll know then,' she said. 'But so far, our Lord hasn't shown us that.'

The remarks come at a time of renewed public fascination with UFOs and alleged non-human intelligence, fueled by congressional hearings, declassified government documents and a growing number of military encounters with unexplained objects in the sky.

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De Noord-Atlantische koudevlek: toeval of teken van een groter klimaatprobleem?

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Afbeelding: NASA Scientific Visualization Studio/Goddard Space Flight Center

Een belangrijk raadsel dat opgelost moet worden
In de Noord-Atlantische Oceaan, ten zuiden van IJsland en Groenland, is een raadselachtige 'koude zone' ontstaan. In dit uitgestrekte zeegebied daalt de temperatuur continu, wat in contrast staat met de algehele opwarming van de oceaan.

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Snel afkoelingsproces
Volgens CNN zeggen experts dat dit belangrijke Atlantische gebied al meer dan een eeuw aan het afkoelen is, in die mate dat de temperatuur van het water volgens de beschikbare gegevens sinds 1900 met ongeveer één graad Celsius is gedaald.

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Twee theorieën over wat er gaande is
In deze context wordt er binnen de wetenschap gedebatteerd over twee theorieën over de mogelijke oorzaak van deze 'koude plek'. Enerzijds zou het te wijten kunnen zijn aan warmteverlies van het oceaanoppervlak als gevolg van veranderingen in wind en bewolking; anderzijds aan de verzwakking van het systeem dat de oceaanstromingen in de Atlantische Oceaan transporteert.

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Cruciaal kantelpunt in het klimaat
Nieuw onderzoek, waarover CNN bericht, neigt nu naar de tweede optie om dit mysterie te verklaren. Het suggereert tevens dat het een teken zou kunnen zijn dat we op het punt staan een alarmerend kantelpunt in het klimaat te bereiken, met catastrofale gevolgen voor de toekomst.

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Atlantische Meridionale Omwentelingscirculatie
De studie verwijst naar het cruciale systeem van oceaanstromingen, de AMOC (Atlantische Meridionale Omwentelingscirculatie), dat volgens experts functioneert als een gigantische transportband die warm water vanuit de tropen naar het noordelijk halfrond voert, waar het afkoelt, zinkt en weer naar het zuiden terugkeert.

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Vingerafdruk van veranderingen in de AMOC
Gezien het bestaan van de AMOC kan de 'koude zone' die we vandaag de dag in de Noord-Atlantische Oceaan zien, volgens de auteurs van de studie worden beschouwd als een vingerafdruk waarop de veranderingen binnen het systeem te zien zijn, aangezien het daar is waar de meeste waterkwaliteit die het met zich meebrengt, aankomt.

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Opwarming van de aarde en zoet water
Naast dit onderzoek hebben talrijke andere studies al gewaarschuwd voor de verzwakking van de AMOC. De reden hiervoor is dat door het smeltende ijs als gevolg van de opwarming van de aarde een enorme hoeveelheid zoet water de oceaan instroomt, waardoor het evenwicht tussen zoutgehalte en warmte verstoord raakt en de werking van dit stromingssysteem wordt beïnvloed.

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Ineenstorten in het aangezicht van de toekomst
Deze verzwakking zal blijven toenemen totdat het klimaatkantelpunt is bereikt waar wetenschappers naar verwijzen, wat onvermijdelijk zou leiden tot de ineenstorting van de AMOC, iets wat, benadrukken zij, al in deze eeuw zou kunnen gebeuren.

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Wereldwijde catastrofe
En wat zou er gebeuren in geval van een ineenstorting? De gevolgen zouden verwoestend zijn en een wereldwijde catastrofe veroorzaken, die zich zou manifesteren in een aanzienlijke stijging van de zeespiegel aan de oostkust van de Verenigde Staten of langdurige droogtes in Afrika als gevolg van de verstoring van de moesson, en bovendien het Europese continent in een permanente ijskoude winter zou storten.

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Afkoeling zowel aan de oppervlakte als op grotere diepte
Een van de ontdekkingen van deze recente studie naar de 'koude zone' in de Noord-Atlantische Oceaan, die de neiging versterkt om te denken dat het probleem ligt in de verzwakking van de AMOC, is dat de afkoeling van het water niet alleen aan de oppervlakte plaatsvond, maar ook in de diepte van de oceaan.

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Gegevens uit veldmetingen versus klimaatmodellen
Om dit te analyseren, vergeleek het team van wetenschappers dat bij het onderzoek betrokken was, de daadwerkelijke gegevens over de oceaanwarmte, verkregen via satellietonderzoek en met specifieke instrumenten die uit het water waren gehaald, met de gebruikelijke klimaatmodellen. Op basis hiervan konden ze de verandering in de trend van dit uitgestrekte watergebied in de Atlantische Oceaan waarnemen.

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Invloed van AMOC
Volgens de auteur van de studie, Stefan Rahmstorf, hoogleraar natuurkunde en oceanografie aan de Universiteit van Potsdam (Duitsland), is de AMOC duidelijk de boosdoener achter de afkoeling van deze watermassa, omdat deze, zoals hij aan CNN vertelde, "het transport van oceanische warmte beïnvloedt".

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Afbeelding: Wikipedia

Het zwakste punt in 1000 jaar
Rahmstorf benadrukte verder dat, afgezien van deze 'koude plek', ze al voldoende bewijs hadden uit talrijke eerdere studies die wezen op de verzwakking van de AMOC, in die mate dat, zo benadrukte hij, deze zich momenteel op het zwakste punt in 1000 jaar zou kunnen bevinden.

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Heeft niets te maken met atmosferische omstandigheden
Onderzoeker René van Westen van de Universiteit Utrecht (Nederland) benadrukte ook dat de resultaten van Rahmstorfs onderzoek het idee versterken dat de afkoeling van deze enorme watermassa niet wordt beïnvloed door atmosferische omstandigheden, hoewel is aangetoond dat deze wel degelijk via die weg kan plaatsvinden.

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Gebieden waar wind en bewolking weinig invloed hebben
Van Westen verwijst in dit geval naar de bijzonderheid dat het diepe water in dit specifieke gebied ook afkoelt, ondanks het feit dat elementen zoals wind of wolken hier weinig invloed hebben.

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Eenvoudige benaderingen?
Andere deskundigen, zoals David Thornally, hoogleraar oceaan- en klimaatwetenschappen aan University College London, wijzen erop dat het nog te vroeg is om definitieve uitspraken over deze kwesties te doen. Hoewel hij erkent dat de studie het bewijs voor een verband tussen de 'koude zone' en de AMOC versterkt, stelt hij dat de gegevens slechts benaderingen zijn en geen absolute waarheid weergeven.

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De noodzaak van verder onderzoek
In een gesprek met CNN waarschuwde Thornally dat er onder wetenschappers nog steeds veel onzekerheid bestaat over wat er met deze massa koud water zou kunnen gebeuren, en benadrukte hij de noodzaak van verder onderzoek: "Ik denk niet dat (deze studie) het laatste woord over dit onderwerp is", verklaarde hij.

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Er zijn nog steeds problemen die opgelost moeten worden
In dezelfde trant maakte Jonathan Baker, klimaatwetenschapper bij het Britse meteorologische instituut Met Office, duidelijk dat verder onderzoek naar dit onderwerp nodig is: "Deze studie levert aanvullend bewijs voor de bijdrage van de AMOC aan de koude luchtmassa, maar lost de kwestie niet definitief op", vertelde hij aan CNN.

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Sixty-five million years ago, a colossal asteroid impacted the region near the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. The scientific community continues to debate whether this event led to the extinction of the dinosaurs. Nevertheless, it is certain that, subsequent to this event, the Earth persisted in being impacted by extraterrestrial objects. 

Asteroids persisted in striking Earth even after the extinction of the dinosaurs. Source: www.newscientist.com

Asteroid Chicxulub

June 30 is observed globally as Asteroid Day. This occasion typically marks the peak of public interest in asteroid-related developments. During this period, scientists actively disseminate the latest discoveries in this domain to interested parties.

However, the primary concern for many individuals pertains to whether an asteroid impact on Earth 65 million years ago genuinely resulted in the extinction of the dinosaurs, and whether a similar outcome may befall humanity.

Scientists have long debated the answer to the first part of the question over several decades. The Chicxulub crater, located on the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, is an established geological feature. It measures approximately 180 km in diameter and 20 km in depth. Nevertheless, the asteroid responsible for its formation was merely 10 km in diameter.

It is widely acknowledged that the crater’s estimated age of 66 million years closely corresponds to the period during which many large groups of animals, including the non-avian dinosaurs, became extinct on our planet.

The Chicxulub crater immediately following its formation. Source: www.skyatnightmagazine.com

However, there is no consensus on whether this was the primary — let alone the sole — cause of such a significant extinction event. This issue is intricately linked to the question of the extent to which collisions with large asteroids contributed to shaping the contemporary biosphere of our planet. 

In fact, the Chicxulub asteroid was not the largest asteroid to have impacted our planet. Researchers have identified craters that are substantially larger; however, they have been unable to establish a connection between these craters and any mass extinctions.

Furthermore, even after the extinction of the dinosaurs, asteroids continued to impact the Earth. The craters resulting from these impacts are indeed remarkable. Below are the ten largest such craters.

1. Popigai

The largest crater formed on Earth following the extinction of the dinosaurs is Popigai. It is situated in northern russia, near the border between krasnoyarsk krai and Yakutia. Studies have demonstrated that this structure, approximately 100 kilometers in diameter, was formed roughly 35.7 million years ago. The asteroid responsible for its formation was comparable in size to the Chicxulub asteroid — approximately 8 kilometers in diameter.

Popigai impact structure. Source: www.smithsonianmag.com

Interestingly, there are also efforts to associate the Popigai event with a significant mass extinction of species on our planet. This is referred to as the Eocene-Oligocene extinction event, which is considerably less recognized than the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event. 

That said, there exists a considerably more plausible candidate for the cause of its extinction: a cooling trend. The climate experienced a significant decrease in temperature and dryness. In certain regions, glaciation commenced; in others, ecosystems underwent transformations. Furthermore, this event transpired more than one and a half million years subsequent to the formation of Popigai, specifically between 33.9 and 33.4 million years ago.

2. Karakul

The second-largest impact crater resulting from a collision between Earth and an asteroid during the Cenozoic Era is Karakul. This crater, with a diameter of 52 km, is situated in one of the highest-altitude regions on our planet — the Pamir Mountains.

Within the crater lies a lake measuring 25 km in diameter. It is the largest lake in Tajikistan and is situated at an elevation of 3,960 meters. However, there exist some discrepancies concerning its age. Certain studies estimate the crater’s age at 23 to 25 million years, whereas others suggest an age of 2.6 to 5.3 million years. Consequently, it is quite plausible that this feature represents the most recent of all those listed herein.

Karakul lake. Source: Wikipedia

3. Montagnais

The third-largest impact structure of the Cenozoic is Montagnais. This impact crater, measuring 45 km in diameter, is situated on the seafloor — specifically, on the Atlantic Ocean shelf near the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. 

The age of the crater has been estimated at approximately 50.5 million years. Nonetheless, despite its size, it remains challenging to associate it with any significant event in the history of Earth’s biosphere. During that period, the Eocene epoch was ongoing, and mammals were gradually increasing in size.

4. Chesapeake Bay impact crater

Another significant crater is situated in proximity to the most populous cities along the eastern coast of the United States. This impact structure represents the formation of the mouth of Chesapeake Bay, which serves as the estuary of the Susquehanna River.

The Chesapeake Bay impact crater. Source: Wikipedia

Approximately 35.5 million years ago, an  asteroid measuring several kilometers in diameter impacted this region at a velocity of 17.8 km/s. This impact resulted in the formation of a crater with a diameter of 38 km. Notably, this event transpired merely a few hundred thousand years subsequent to the Popigai asteroid impact. 

This has prompted numerous scientists to hypothesize that multiple asteroid impacts could have potentially initiated climate change processes, resulting in mass extinction. However, once again, over a million years elapsed between these events and the subsequent alterations within the biosphere.

5. Hiawatha Glacier

For an extended period, the Hiawatha crater remained concealed from scientists beneath the glacier bearing the same name in Greenland. It was not until 2016, through the use of aerial photography, that researchers were able to ascertain that an impact structure measuring 31 km in diameter was concealed beneath the ice mass.

The topography of the Hiawatha crater is concealed beneath the Greenland ice sheet. Source: Wikipedia

The crater is estimated to be 58 million years old. This period corresponds to the Paleogene epoch, specifically its initial phase. During this time, mammals were commencing significant growth, displacing large flightless birds from their predominant ecological roles. The asteroid impact did not have a discernible effect on the biosphere. 

6. Mistastin 

Mistastin is a crater measuring 28 km in diameter situated in eastern Canada. It bears similarities to Karakul, as it contains a lake at its center that measures 16 km in diameter and has a depth of 338 meters. This geological formation was created approximately 36.4 million years ago during the late Eocene epoch.

7. Kamensk crater

The Kamensk crater is situated in the rostov region of russia, in proximity to the city of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky. It possesses a diameter of 25 kilometers and is estimated to be 49 million years old. At the moment of impact, the energy released by the asteroid was still well beyond the levels of the most powerful nuclear detonations. Nevertheless, no evidence of its influence on the planet’s biosphere has been discovered.

8. Boltysh crater

One of the largest craters to form on Earth following the extinction of the dinosaurs is situated in Ukraine. It is a depression located near the village of Bovtyshka in the Kirovohrad Oblast.

Boltysh crater. Source: uain.press

The crater is enveloped by a substantial deposit of sedimentary rock; however, its characteristic features remain discernible. It measures 24 km in diameter, with its floor situated 600 meters beneath the adjacent terrain. At its core, there exists an elevation with a diameter of 6 km and a height reaching up to 550 meters. 

The age of the Boltysh crater is estimated at 65.39 million years ago. This indicates that the asteroid responsible for its formation impacted Earth approximately a few hundred thousand years subsequent to the Chicxulub event. Consequently, at the time of this impact, the remaining dinosaurs may still have been inhabiting the Earth.

9. Haughton

The Haughton crater is situated on the expansive Arctic island of Devon, which is part of Canada. The crater measures 23 km in diameter, and the asteroid responsible for its formation was approximately 2 km across. The geological structure is estimated to be between 31 and 32 million years old. It was formed subsequent to the most significant mass extinction event of the Cenozoic Era, occurring during the predominantly dry and cool Oligocene period on Earth.

Location of the Haughton impact crater. Source: Wikipedia

10. Almería 

The smallest among the significant craters formed following the extinction of the dinosaurs is situated in the Spanish province of Almería. Nonetheless, ascertaining its precise dimensions presents considerable challenges. The crater itself has a diameter of merely 4 km; however, the ring structures encircling it extend between 20 and 22 km in diameter. 

It is also quite possible that this is the youngest among all ten largest craters (assuming Karakul is indeed 25 million years old). It was formed at a time when hominid primates were already inhabiting the planet.

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Black Disk Seen Near Mercury mission while in orbit, 1961, UFO UAP Sighting News.

Date of discovery: June 28, 2026

Date of event: Sept 13, 1961

Location of discovery: Earths atmosphere 

Source: 

• https://tothemoon.im-ldi.com/gallery/Mercury/4/9

 

This is a UFO disk caught in a single frame of film from the 1961 Mercury mission. This mission was a crucial uncrewed test flight of NASA's Project Mercury program. It successfully completed one orbit around the Earth, evaluating spacecraft performance and testing the global tracking network, which paved the way for crewed orbital flights. 

 

On the far left of the photo there is a grey dark metal disk. I estimate its size to be about 12 meters across. It makes sense that aliens would want to observe NASA missions. Aliens don't like gold or diamonds, their wealth is knowledge. So...thats why they observe to see, research and record something new in human history that others of their species will find fascinating. You see, most alien species are so old, they have lost their own history millions of years ago. So they experiment with us, since some of them are our creators. 

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US military stumped by UFO sightings over bases: Ex-defense official

by Michael Ramsey and Ashley N. Soriano 

(NewsNation) — Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) disclosure advocate Christopher Mellon says a large part of the discussion about UFOs hinges on incursions over American military bases and the possibility that adversaries are using drones or another tech to surveil the U.S.

“I’m sorry to say these kind of incursions have been happening at bases all over the United States and overseas. It isn’t as widely known as it ought to be,” Mellon, a former senior official in the Defense Department, told “Elizabeth Vargas Reports” on Thursday.

He estimates hundreds of incidents occur annually that baffle military leaders. In one series of events, Mellon said, UAP violated airspace over Langley Air Force Base in Virginia for 17 days straight, prompting officials to move a squadron of jets.

“If the air combat command at Langley can’t control its own airspace, then you wonder how effectively they could protect Washington,” he noted.

Fight for UFO disclosure

Mellon was the keynote speaker Thursday at a UFO public disclosure forum, in which he said, “Some objects were deliberately trying to provoke us. It’s happened with our navy ships at sea.”

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (D-Fla.) says credible people want the public to know about recovered, non-human spacecraft and biologics, but they are worried about retribution, so she’s working to get them immunity.

“We know there have been credible whistleblowers … but they are worried about losing their clearances,” she said.

She will provide a list to Congress of people who should be granted immunity.

Mellon says it’s only a matter of time until the public gets the full disclosure.

In some cases, the unidentified objects could be drones, and in some cases, they could be more advanced technology, Mellon says. It’s been going on for decades, dating back to World War II. “It was not as much in our face as we’ve been experiencing lately,” he says.

The Pentagon, which has released some files tied to UAPs at the direction of President Trump, is seemingly mystified.

The U.S. Air Force once paid CU Boulder to study UFOs. Here’s what it found.

Richard Sigismond, shown here in 1983, was a Boulder resident who believed that UFOs are piloted by extraterrestrials.

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In 1966, the U.S. Air Force funded a study at the University of Colorado Boulder to determine whether unidentified flying objects (UFOs) were extraterrestrial. CU astrophysicist Dr. Edward U. Condon studied reports of flying saucers and other mysterious airborne objects and declared them largely unfounded. A few years later, Boulder resident and social psychologist Richard Sigismond refuted Condon’s conclusions. 

UFOs now are called unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs). They face new scrutiny by the U.S. Department of Defense, as well as the general public. Now is a good time to look up — and look back — to see how Boulder fits into this “twilight zone” mystery. 

For centuries, people have questioned unidentified objects seen in the sky. Nearly a century ago, in 1938, announcer Orson Welles caused a nationwide panic when he breathlessly interrupted his own radio show with descriptions of creatures emerging from an alien spacecraft on a farm in New Jersey. Although he prefaced his show with a statement that the following program was science fiction, his “War of the Worlds” episode caused panic among many listeners who believed that alien invaders had even taken over the streets of New York City.

It wasn’t until July 8, 1947, however, that the Daily Camera published multiple reports of “mysterious flying discs” in Boulder County. The objects were said to have been very bright and to move erratically. Some had pulsating red lights.

Prompting the reports was a questionable (and later refuted) report that personnel from the Roswell Army Airfield, in Roswell, New Mexico, had captured a “flying saucer” on a local ranch. Like Welles’ radio show, the “news” was splashed all over the country.

The day of the “capture” in Roswell, a Boulder newspaper writer stated, “The first report of a ‘flying disc’ over Boulder was made today. Mrs. Ernestine Pettengill, of 1354 Arapahoe, and a friend, Mrs. Ruth Bradley of Los Angeles, were walking near 15th and Grove streets at 10:30 Monday night when they saw one of the mysterious objects which have aroused nationwide curiosity.”

According to Mrs. Pettengill’s description, the object was “blue in the center and white around the edge. It was round, flat, and quite bright.” She then added, “I had been very skeptical of the talk about flying discs until I saw one myself.” 

The local press, for years, continued to publish similar accounts. In 1960, Boulder County resident Ray Hawks was driving a tractor in Left Hand Canyon and watched a “flying saucer” hover for about 15 minutes. Hawks claimed that his tractor suddenly didn’t work, and the “saucer” made an “off-beat humming noise and exuded a kind of bluish smoke.”

He then told a newspaper writer, “I thought the reports of these strange aircraft were a lot of hogwash. I know better now. I was really shaken by this experience.”

In 1966, the U.S. Air Force commissioned a formal investigation headed by astrophysicist Dr. Edward U. Condon at the University of Colorado, in Boulder. The study’s purpose was to produce an unbiased scientific investigation into the possibility that unidentified flying objects may be of extraterrestrial origin.  

Look magazine came out with two articles critical of Condon’s research. The first writer, in 1967, stated, “The UFO conflict long since has escalated into a religious war, with ‘believers’ on one side and ‘nonbelievers’ on the other, and Heaven help the agnostics like Dr. Condon, who say they don’t know what to believe and try to find out through logic and inquiry.”

Condon’s $500,000 “Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects” was released in 1968. “Our general conclusion,” he stated, “is that nothing has come from the study of UFOs in the past 21 years that has added to science knowledge.” Another Look magazine article in 1968 called the study a “fiasco” and claimed that it was not objective.

Watching Condon’s study unfold was Boulder resident Richard Sigismond, who stated in a 1985 interview with the Daily Camera that he was a social scientist, a ufologist, and a senior investigator with CUFOS (Center for UFO Studies). He explained that his job was to “seek intelligent life — elsewhere.” He traveled (at his own expense) to sighting locations and often hypnotized individuals who claimed to have been abducted by aliens. 

Sigismond said he had examined cattle mutilations, listened to traumatized witnesses and personally experienced two “close encounters,” but he had never met an extraterrestrial. Of that possibility, he told his interviewer, “I cannot help but feel that I would be in awe of them, respectful of their advances in physics that we haven’t quite yet dreamed of.” He died in 2018 at the age of 89.

Today, the controversy continues, with new sightings still being reported, and “little green men” perpetuated in pop culture. Perhaps a new generation of “believers” and “nonbelievers” will come up with some answers. Some would say that the answer is still up in the air. 

Graffiti Wall at Mauerpark in Berlin, Germany, plays on the image of “little green men.” 2020.

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Garnets are found in a Martian meteorite

On Earth, garnet is best known as the bright red birthstone for January—widely used in jewelry since the Bronze Age and highly valued by the ancient Egyptians. A team of scientists has now identified a new type of rock containing garnet within a fragment of a meteorite originating from Mars. 

Garnet crystal. Source: Wikipedia

Minerals preserve history

Although garnet is relatively common on Earth, its existence on Mars had previously only been hypothesized, with rare microscopic inclusions found in Martian meteorites formed during their ejection from the planet. This is the first time the mineral has been identified in a rock that may have formed directly within the Martian crust. 

Mars has been the target of numerous exploration missions since the 1960s, using orbiters, landers, and rovers. While the search for signs of past life has driven much of this effort, it is the planet’s inorganic components—its rocks and minerals—that preserve a record of its 4.5-billion-year history.

Minerals and rocks form through complex interactions between the geosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and even biological activity. Detailed analysis of newly discovered rocks and minerals can help scientists understand how the planet’s geological processes, climate, and potential habitability have evolved over time.

Andradite garnet formed in metamorphic environments

Garnets are a group of minerals that share the same crystal structure but have a wide range of chemical compositions. Some of the most common varieties in this group include almandine and pyrope (deep red January birthstones), as well as andradite and grossular.

The rock identified by researchers contains the garnet variety andradite. It can occur in different colors, but is most commonly yellow or green. It has also been used as a gemstone, sometimes referred to as “demantoid.” On Earth, andradite garnets are typically found in metamorphic rocks known as skarns, which form through intense heating and fluid–rock interaction.

Metamorphic environments on Earth are widespread and diverse due to active plate tectonics, which subjects rocks to extreme pressure and temperature during mountain-building and subduction processes. Mars, by contrast, lacks plate tectonics, and therefore the extent and nature of Martian metamorphism remain largely speculative and limited.

The garnet-bearing fragment of rock that was discovered may indicate a previously unknown metamorphic process on Mars, challenging our current understanding of the range of geological conditions on the Red Planet. It could also have formed in a new type of igneous rock, crystallizing from lava or magma that has never been observed on Mars before. However, despite these exciting possibilities, many uncertainties regarding the origin and formation of the garnet still remain.

Ancient meteorite impact

The meteorite containing andradite garnet, known as NWA 8171, was found in the Sahara Desert in northwestern Africa (NWA) in 2013.

Several pieces of this meteorite are now housed in the collection of the Royal Ontario Museum, including the fragment analyzed by scientists. NWA 8171 is one of 18 Martian meteorites that all originate from the same impact event. The most famous of these is NWA 7034, informally known as “Black Beauty.”

All 18 paired fragments have been confirmed as Martian based on matching trapped noble gases with the Martian atmosphere, as well as their mineral chemistry and overall oxygen isotopic compositions. Oxygen isotopic signatures act like unique planetary fingerprints and are widely used to determine the origin of planetary materials.

NWA 8171 also belongs to a class of meteorites known as Martian polymict regolith breccias. In essence, these meteorites are composed of a mixture of different rock fragments that were broken apart and reassembled on or near the surface of Mars as a result of ancient impact events.

Evidence for Martian origin

Although it has been confirmed that NWA 8171 originates from Mars, determining whether the garnet-bearing fragment also formed on Mars is more challenging. However, the evidence for a Martian origin is fairly strong and includes:

1. The chemical composition of pyroxene grains associated with the garnet closely matches typical Martian values. While not as definitive as oxygen isotopes, pyroxene chemistry is often used as a planetary provenance indicator.
2. The textures and mineralogy of the garnet-bearing fragment are consistent with other materials observed in NWA 8171.
3. The fragment is embedded within a Martian meteorite. While this may seem obvious, it is nevertheless a significant point that should not be underestimated.

Possible exotic meteorites

However, as mentioned above, NWA 8171 is composed of a mixture of rock components, likely assembled on or near the surface of ancient Mars as a result of meteorite impacts. Some of these components could technically include preserved fragments of exotic “non-Martian” meteorites originating elsewhere. 

Because of these complexities and the novelty of this garnet-rich rock type, it will likely be necessary to measure oxygen isotopes directly within the fragment to confirm its origin. This type of analysis is destructive, so it has been avoided while other investigations are ongoing.

Regardless of its origin, the discovery of garnet in this meteorite sample will provide new insights into geological processes on Mars and/or into meteorite impacts and material transport within the inner Solar System.

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Mars Structure Found By NASA Rover! June 27, 2026, UFO UAP Paranormal Sighting News.

Date of discovery: June 27, 2026

Location of discovery: Mars 

Source:

•  https://gigapan.com/gigapans/239211

 

Hey I have a question. How the hell does NASA rover not see these ancient signs of intelligent life? Does NASA have any intelligent life in their own headquarters? I mean the rover was just meters away from this structure with a doorway, its just plain as day. Maybe we can't blame them, maybe they were busy on their phones at the time and missed all the rover saw that day. 

 

This structure is like an early human house, but made from a clay stucco type of material which is easily found on the red planet because the clay is red too, Mars has abundance of this stuff. What looks like cut boulders is actually clay type walls and entrance way made by intelligent beings who needed protection from the elements. We had them on Earth long ago, and they had them on Mars long ago. Chances of intelligent beings creating this structure...100%. 

Scott C. Waring - UFO Sightings Daily

 

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n the screenshot above, did you notice that a brick has been placed into a hole area that might have been used for air or ventilation? Brick is standing up pushed into a hole in the wall on the far left of upper screenshot. 

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Green Disk Over Danvers, Massachusetts, USA June 12, 2026, UFO UAP Paranormal Sighting News.

Date of sighting: June 12, 2026

Location of sighting: Danvers, Massachusetts, USA

Source: NUFORC

 

This is one of several UFO disk the eyewitness saw flying down to the ground and disappearing in the tree line before ever touching the ground. Whats happening here is that the alien craft are actually flying down to a location where an underground base will lock on to them and open a shaft in the ground...which a tractor beam catches and slowly lowers the UFO, but understand, by this time the UFO was already cloaked and invisible, thus not seen flying lower behind tree line. This is absolute proof that an alien base sits 5 miles underground below Danvers, Massachusetts. 

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Eyewitness states: 

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UFO Over Redondo Beach, California June 11, 2026, UAP Paranormal Sighting Breaking News.

Date of sighting: June 11, 2026

Location of sighting: Redondo Beach, California, USA

Source: NUFORC website

 

Wow! That UFO flashes super bright like it was yelling with its inner light source at the world. This is a UFO that wants to be seen. Aliens know that US President Trump is releasing files and they want to push the agenda faster. Here we have such an example. UFOs love LAX and I myself have recorded them on the live cam years ago. Aliens love the high tech that flies and they also know that they will show up on radar to give little surprises and evidence to air traffic controllers in order to get proof of alien life to the public. This is 100% proof that aliens buzz over California frequently and over huge populated areas!

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Ancient Sumerian Scorpion Tomb Found! Over 5,000 Years Old, UFO UAP Archeology Sighting News.

          

 

Date of discovery: June 26, 2026

Location of discovery: Iraq

Coordinates: 34°32'24.29"N 43°05'24.44"E

 

While using Google Earth map I found something in Iraq which goes back to the times of ancient Sumerian and Babylonian civilizations. There is a scorpion shaped tomb that has gone undiscovered for thousands of years and there it is, plain as day on the Google map. So take a look at the video and search some information about it. 

 

The scorpion tomb measures 200 yards by 100 yards across. Thats big for 5,000 years ago! 

In Sumerian and Babylonian tradition, a married pair of giant Scorpion-Men stand guard at Mount Mashu. They guard the gates of the sun god, Shamash, which leads into the underworld. Sounds like aliens, who have a base underground. 

Scott C. Waring - UFO Sightings Daily

 

The Scorpion Men Mystery — Ancient Sumer’s Forbidden Guardians Were Terrifyingly Real

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A horseback rider has discovered hundreds, perhaps even thousands, of solar-powered devices arranged in a deliberate pattern across the slopes of California's Mount Shasta. 

As the rider moves through the area, many of the devices can be heard emitting a constant white noise-like sound. Some also appear to broadcast what resembles a human voice. The units are spread over a large section of the mountain and become audible only when you are within a certain distance of them. 

The objects appear to be spaced at fairly regular intervals, which is exactly what you would expect if they were intended to provide uniform sound coverage, consistent electromagnetic coverage, or systematic environmental monitoring. 

Mount Shasta has long been associated with legends of Lemurians, UFOs, mysterious energy vortices, and spiritual retreats. Because of its reputation, the discovery has naturally sparked speculation. Some believe the devices may have been installed by a spiritual group to play chants or meditation recordings. Others have proposed more extraordinary possibilities, suggesting they were intended to attract UFOs, communicate with non-human intelligences, conceal secret activities, or serve another paranormal purpose. However, there is no evidence to support these claims. 

Another suggestion is that the devices may not be conventional speakers at all, but solar-powered mantra players. This idea also remains unverified. 

Whatever their true purpose, the presence of so many of these devices scattered across Mount Shasta raises intriguing questions and suggests they were placed there for a specific reason. 

The horseback rider humorously dubbed the mysterious installation the "Lemurian Beacon System."

  

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While Perseverance’s latest appearance reveals little more than a greenish spec on the planet’s rust-colored surface, also visible in the new images are the long path its formidable tires have left in the Martian soil as the robotic explorer has trekked west of its initial landing site.

The new images, captured on June 13, 2026, were taken just one day before Perseverance broke the previous distance record held by a robotic explorer on Mars: NASA’s Opportunity rover.

However, Perseverance completed this phase of its journey in record time compared to its predecessor, which took more than 11 years to traverse a similar distance. Perseverance, by contrast, covered the same distance in less than half that time, with just five years and four months of travel now behind it.

In the image above, NASA’s Perseverance Rover appears in the center of the image as a small, greyish-green reflective spot. Also visible are the impressions left by its all-terrain tires, revealing the robotic rover’s long path over the last several years of Martian exploration

(Image Credit: Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona)

The images were made possible by the MROs’ High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera, which also captured surface features in the Arbot area that include ridges and windswept areas along Mars’ rugged exterior.

Built and operated by the University of Arizona, HiRISE captures images with resolutions as fine as about 25 centimeters (10 inches) per pixel, allowing researchers to distinguish features roughly the size of a kitchen table from orbit. The camera has returned hundreds of thousands of detailed images since the MRO arrived at Mars two decades ago, contributing to a growing data set that has transformed scientists’ understanding of the Red Planet.

Additional details about Perseverance and its mission can be found at NASA’s official web page, and information about the MRO can be found here.

• Micah Hanks is the Editor-in-Chief and Co-Founder of The Debrief. A longtime reporter on science, defense, and technology with a focus on space and astronomy, he can be reached at micah@thedebrief.org. Follow him on X @MicahHanks, and at micahhanks.com.

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NASA Has a Major Problem Threatening Its Entire Moon Plans

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To get SpaceX’s mammoth Starship all the way to the Moon and back with astronauts on board will require an enormous amount of fuel.

Over a period of eight days, Elon Musk’s space company will need to launch at least 15 of them to fully load a fuel depot in low-Earth orbit. That fuel will then have to be transferred into a separately-launched Human Landing System variant of the spacecraft that astronauts will board before descending to the lunar surface.

Needless to say, SpaceX certainly has its work cut out to have its Starship ready for NASA’s Artemis 4 mission in 2028, the first crewed attempt to land on the Moon since 1972 — let alone dramatically increasing its launch cadence, as it has yet to launch and safely land the rocket.

It gets worse. Now, the space agency’s watchdog says there’s an even bigger problem that could threaten NASA’s ambitious plans. According to a new report by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), “NASA’s launch infrastructure is dated and lacks the capacity to meet the growing demands of the Agency and government and commercial partners.”

A major surge in commercial launches has put the launch pads at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia under major strain. And simply building more pads is far easier said than done. Growing “demand for super heavy-lift launch vehicles” is “driving the need for additional launch pads that can accommodate these vehicles, but locations for new launch pads are limited and will require extensive time and resources to develop,” the OIG frets.

Meanwhile, electrical power distribution is “being used beyond its design life and needs to be upgraded,” while the infrastructure for fuel components, like nitrogen and helium, could also “lead to delays.” Even the roadways around Kennedy were “not designed to accommodate the volume, frequency, and weight of modern heavy transport operations.” And declining budgets for maintenance and construction have resulted in lagging infrastructure that exacerbate it all.

The news comes after the Federal Aviation Administration approved SpaceX to launch its Starship from launch complex 39A, from which many Apollo and Space Shuttle program missions launched starting in the 1960s. Musk’s company is hoping to greatly expand the complex for its enormous spacecraft, including the addition of the many necessary structures on top of the launch pad, like towers and fuel tanks.

Meanwhile, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, which NASA has also selected to develop a competing Human Landing Systems spacecraft for the Moon landing, will also need plenty of space and capacity for launching its powerful New Glenn rocket, further complicating matters.

In short, as the OIG notes in its report, NASA and its commercial partners need to make some major changes to ensure that the Artemis Moon program remains on track.

And that certainly doesn’t bode well, considering the development of both New Glenn and Starship are already running into numerous delays and failed test launches.

More on Artemis: 

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EXCLUSIVE - I saw unreleased UFO files at a secret meeting in the Tennessee mountains. We prayed after seeing what these 'humanoid beings' did... the world is not prepared

By CHRIS MELORE, US DEPUTY SCIENCE EDITOR

A pastor who claims he was whisked away to a secret UFO disclosure gathering in the Tennessee mountains has revealed chilling new details about the evidence he was shown. 

Last month, the Daily Mail first reported that private meeting of intelligence insiders, former military and faith leaders was said to have taken place in February ahead of the government's release of its 'UFO files', a collection of declassified records concerning unidentified flying objects.

One of the supposed attendees, Pastor Joseph Zupetz, has disclosed vivid new details about what he saw, warning that the UFO files released by the Trump administration so far are nothing compared to what is still to come.

Far removed from the grainy, blurry UFO footage previously released by the government, Zupetz said he and five other Christian influencers were shown images of non-human beings that were startlingly clear and sent chills down his spine. 

The pastor said the secretive meeting, whose attendees he declined to identify, was organized by 'personnel now working within groups that investigate non-human intelligence issues involving UAPs (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena) and reverse-engineered craft.' 

'I was shown images that some of the people who were presenting to us had on their devices of real entities that they personally took photos of,' Zupetz told the Daily Mail.

'They took images of entities standing in the woods. They were very tall, they had very long appendages, some of them almost looked, and this is a crude way of saying it, almost like humanoid squid-type things.'

Congress recently requested 46 UFO videos from the Department of War, including one that viewers have claimed shows an angel flapping its wings

He claimed that other images featured 'tall, lanky, light beings,' with some completely see-through. 

Then, after leaving the two-hour meeting and boarding his flight back to Colorado, he noticed several glowing orbs hovering in the sky in the distance.

He recorded the strange encounter and shared the footage with the Daily Mail.

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Zupetz said that during the flight, the plane was shaken so violently that he and other passengers began to pray.

When they looked back out the window, the orbs were gone from their view.

'We were flying in an aircraft, and we truly had an encounter with six orbs right outside the plane,' he said.

'We began to pray, and it stopped trembling. I thought that was very interesting. Now, maybe it was just turbulence, and we had a psychosomatic episode.' 

But, according to the pastor, he is convinced it was demonic and fears the encounter was linked to the meeting he had just attended. 

'Here I am, a faith-filled believer, and I'm seeing this, and it's making me question, like, okay, what is this? Is this demons? Is this angels? Is it high-level tech?' the pastor said.

Zupetz was one of several influential faith leaders who claimed to have attended private meetings held in Tennessee in February, where former government officials warned that information expected to be released this year could have profound implications for Christian beliefs.

The Daily Mail could not confirm that the meetings took place. But the evangelist Tony Merkel told us that he helped organize the meeting and was also in attendance.

Pastor Joseph Zuptz says he attended one of three secret meetings between faith leaders and former intelligence officials who believe UFO disclosure will shake the Christian faith

Faith leaders at multiple secret meetings throughout the US were allegedly shown images of real extraterrestrials, including a squid-like being with long limbs (Stock Image)

Merkel said the idea was to bring in key ministers who have a large reach within the Christian community to prepare people of faith for the potential disclosure of aliens.

On June 12, the third tranche of declassified files was released to the public, containing hundreds of pages of documents, images, videos and even audio recordings from NASA space flights.

However, Zupetz has admitted that he and his followers have not been shocked or convinced that extraterrestrial life existed after seeing these initial releases.

To this point, only a handful of videos disclosed by the Pentagon have shown clear footage of alleged UFOs, mostly metallic orbs, flying over the planet in great detail.

However, after attending the meeting in Tennessee, Zupetz and others were convinced the slow drip of UFO content from the government is designed to build a 'normalcy bias,' making strange things seem ordinary, to set up for a potentially Earth-shattering reveal in future. 

'They're going to continue to drip these things, drop them slowly, and it's not going to be shock and awe in the beginning. And this is what we were told,' Zupetz explained.

'Eventually, they will bring out an entity, a non-human biologic that they will either have speaking or communicating with, and when they do this, then it's going to be a little more shaking.'

The Pentagon's main UFO investigative unit has claimed that most reports of mysterious phenomena in the sky have been caused by explainable things, including balloons, drones and even bird sightings. 

A video released in the first wave of UFO files appeared to show a glowing object resembling an 'eight-pointed star' with uneven arms that has been compared to a craft from biblical times

Despite the ongoing file dumps from the Pentagon and multiple members of Congress saying more evidence of real UFOs exists, the US government has maintained that there is no physical proof that aliens exist.

However, Zupetz and other faith leaders have presented an alternative theory, calling the appearance of strange craft, glowing orbs and non-human figures evidence of 'fallen angel technology.'

The theory argues that UFO sightings that cannot be explained as advanced human technology or natural phenomena may actually be interdimensional beings described in the Bible and the controversial Book of Enoch. 

'I believe that they are fallen angel tech, or it is interdimensional abilities afforded to angels, rogue spirits or demonic powers that can manifest and appear,' Zupetz said, referring to the origins of the unexplained phenomena in our skies.

'I believe that is the big false flag thing, and the agenda they'll bring forward is saying, we originally are the ones that [seeded] you here. 

'The Bible you read is close, but it's not perfectly accurate, because now we're here to enlighten humanity, raise your consciousness, and bring you higher.'

Zupetz shared images of six orbs that surrounded his plane while leaving the secret meeting in Tennessee

Zupetz said his plane began shaking as the orbs surrounded the aircraft, and only stopped when the passengers began praying

Zupetz said believers who find themselves faced with similar sightings and questioning their faith should speak the name of Jesus during their encounters.

The pastor claimed that genuine good entities would respond positively, while deceptive ones would be triggered negatively.

The pastor also cited Steven Spielberg's latest film, 'Disclosure Day,' and the famed director's comments regarding believers in Jesus as more evidence of an ominous narrative being formed, which aligns with the Bible's darkest chapters.

During a CBS News interview, Spielberg reflected on how confirmation of intelligent life beyond Earth could affect religious faith, saying, 'The movie also takes the position of the church.

'What does this do to the fundamental beliefs that many of us have? Is God our God only on this planet? Or is God a god for every system where there's civilization and intelligent life, and even developing life?'

Zupetz said: 'When this disclosure happens, it's the narrative attached to it that'll become more and more negative towards Christianity.'

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