New X-Files Comic Series Lands Release Date As Franchise Veteran Returns For Next Major Release

 By Shaun Corley

A new X-Files series is coming soon, and a franchise veteran will be returning along with it. One of the most popular science fiction television shows in history, The X-Files brought fringe concepts such as alien abductions and conspiracy theories to the mainstream. The X-Files unnerved a generation of viewers, all while keeping them entertained.

The product of producer Chris Carter, The X-Files quickly rose from its Friday night origins to become one of Fox’s signature shows. It made stars out of its leads, David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, who played FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, respectively. Mulder, a true-believer in the phenomenon he investigates, at first clashed with the skeptical Scully, and viewers found this tension compelling on many levels. The X-Files ran for 11 seasons, and spawned two motion pictures. A director’s cut for the second, I Want to Believe, will debut on Hulu on August 14.

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Man builds jet ski UFO of his (literal) dreams

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Deze nieuwe beelden van de zon laten iets zien wat we nog nooit eerder zagen

  Yorick La Rivière - Wetenschapsredacteur astro e.a. + moderator Disqus

Een ontdekking van mini-draaikolken op de zon, vastgelegd door ’s werelds krachtigste zonnetelescoop, geeft eindelijk een verklaring voor de extreme hitte van de corona.

De zon is nog altijd een bron van grote raadsels. Eén van de meest hardnekkige vragen is waarom de buitenste atmosfeer, de corona, miljoenen graden heter is dan het zichtbare oppervlak. Die vraag is mogelijk beantwoord dankzij onthutsend gedetailleerde beelden die onlangs zijn vrijgegeven door de NSF Daniel K. Inouye-zonnetelescoop op Hawaï.

Een nieuwe opname van het zonsoppervlak, vastgelegd door de Inouye-zonnetelescoop, toont de kenmerkende spiraalvormige structuren van ‘Kelvin-Helmholtz-instabiliteiten’, zichtbaar als kleine wervelingen in het turbulente plasma. Foto: NSF/NSO/AURA/MPS

Mini-draaikolken onthuld

De nieuwe opnamen, gemaakt met de krachtigste zonnetelescoop ter wereld, tonen het zonsoppervlak in een nooit eerder gezien detail. Astronomen konden structuren onderscheiden van nog geen 20 kilometer groot in een actief, magnetisch gebied vlakbij een zonnevlek. Op die beelden zagen ze kleine, dynamische wervelingen die lijken op kleine draaikolken of brekende oceaangolven. Deze wervelingen blijken de handtekening te zijn van het zogenoemde Kelvin-Helmholtz-instabiliteit (KHI).

• We schreven vaker over de Zon, lees bijvoorbeeld ook De 10 mooiste foto’s van onze moederster: de zon, Zon van ongekend dichtbij: Parker Solar Probe fotografeert onze ster op slechts 6 miljoen kilometer of Nieuwste foto’s van ultramoderne zonnetelescoop: deze zonnevlekken zijn groter dan de aarde. 

Meer dan mooie plaatjes

Deze instabiliteit is al lang bekend in de vloeistofdynamica en treedt op wanneer twee lagen plasma met verschillende snelheden langs elkaar schuiven. Hierdoor ontstaat er een schuifspanning op de grenslaag, die kleine verstoringen laat uitgroeien tot spiraalvormige wervels . “Mijn eerste reactie was: ‘Wauw, hoe kunnen we zulke kleine, fijnschalige structuren op de zon zien?’,” zegt de aan het observatorium verbonden astronoom Dr. David Kuridze. “Dit is iets wat we nog nooit eerder hebben gezien in zonne-observaties”. De vondst is niet alleen esthetisch; hij heeft diepgaande wetenschappelijke implicaties.

Een simulatie van de ‘Kelvin-Helmholtz-instabiliteit’, waarbij twee lagen plasm ametverschillende snelheden langs elkaar schuiven en zo de karakteristieke draaikolken vormen die nu voor het eerst op de zon zijn waargenomen. Wat begint als een glad grenslaagje, raakt al snel in een chaotische warreling van wervelingen die energie van grotere naar kleinere schalen overbrengen. Animatie: Empetrisor/Wikimedia/CCA-SA-4.0

Het mysterie van de hete corona

Wetenschappers weten al langer dat de extreme hitte van de corona, die miljoenen kelvin kan bedragen, verband houdt met het magnetische veld van de zon. De heersende theorie is dat magnetische veldlijnen zich op een gegeven moment als vlechten in elkaar draaien, waarbij energie wordt opgeslagen die plotseling kan vrijkomen bij een zogenoemde magnetische recombinatie. Het grote vraagteken was echter: wat veroorzaakt dat vervlechten in de eerste plaats? De nieuw ontdekte draaikolken lijken nu de ontbrekende schakel. Ze zijn overal aanwezig waar het magnetisch veld sterk genoeg is, en fungeren als een constante motor die de magnetische veldlijnen in beweging houdt en in elkaar draait.

Een directe vergelijking tussen een echte opname van de Inouye-zonnetelescoop (linksboven) en een gesimuleerd beeld (rechtsboven) op basis van geavanceerde fysische modellen. De opmerkelijke overeenkomst bevestigt dat de waargenomen wervelingen daadwerkelijk Kelvin-Helmholtz-instabiliteiten zijn. De simulatie van het magnetische veld op het zonsoppervlak (rechtsonder) toont daarbij hoe deze processen de magnetische veldlijnen fysiek vervormen en verbuigen. Afbeelding: NSF/NSO/AURA/HAO

De vondst heeft grote gevolgen voor ons begrip van de zonneatmosfeer. “Kelvin-Helmholtz-instabiliteit is waarschijnlijk een mechanisme dat bijdraagt aan de verhitting van de buitenste atmosfeer en een deel van de oplossing vormt voor het aloude raadsel waarom sterren een corona hebben van een miljoen graden Kelvin,” zegt Dr. Thomas Rimmele, hoofd techniek bij het National Solar Observatory. De data tonen bovendien dat dit draai-effect zowel gemagnetiseerd als niet-gemagnetiseerd plasma op het zonsoppervlak efficiënt mengt, waardoor magnetische velden zich sneller over de zonneatmosfeer kunnen verspreiden.

Die versnelling is cruciaal. Het magnetische veld van de zon wordt opgewekt door dynamoprocessen die als gigantische kosmische motoren werken en de rotatie-energie van de ster omzetten in magnetische velden. Maar omdat de magnetische cyclus van de zon slechts (gemiddeld) elf jaar duurt, opvallend snel in kosmische termen, moet de gegenereerde magnetische flux efficiënt kunnen verdwijnen. “Bestaande modellen hebben moeite om deze snelle diffusie te verklaren,” aldus Dr. David Kuridze, astronoom bij het National Solar Observatory. “De Kelvin-Helmholtz-instabiliteit die we in de fotosfeer van de zon hebben ontdekt, kan fungeren als een belangrijke bron van deze ontbrekende magnetische diffusie.”

• We schreven vaker over dit onderwerp, lees bijvoorbeeld ook Er gebeurt meer op de zon dan je denkt: veertig jaar aan data geeft ons een kijkje onder het oppervlak of Ook onze zon kan super-zonnevlammen voortbrengen. Of kijk deze video van de hand van Diederik Jekel: Hoe weten we hoe heet de zon is? | Short.

De kracht van de Inouye-telescoop

Deze doorbraak is volledig te danken aan het ongelofelijke oplossend vermogen van de NSF Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope. De telescoop, die vlakbij de top van de vulkaan Haleakalā op Maui staat, is uitgerust met een enorme vier meter brede spiegel en geavanceerde instrumenten. De beelden die de telescoop leveren kan, zijn zó scherp dat het vergelijkbaar is met een onderscheidingsvermogen van een muntstuk op 180 kilometer afstand. “Deze waarnemingen zijn dé validatie met de hoogste resolutie van magnetohydrodynamische simulaties tot nu toe,” verklaart Dr. Matthias Rempel, betrokken bij de analysen van de nieuwste beelden.

De NSF (National Science Foundation) Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope op de top van Haleakalā op Maui, Hawaï, Verenigde Staten. Foto: NSO/AURA/NSF

Leestip: 

• Grootste zonsverduistering in decennia: bijna 90 procent van de zon verdwijnt op 12 augustus

Een nieuwe blik op onze ster

De ontdekking van de Kelvin-Helmholtz-instabiliteit op het zonsoppervlak is een mijlpaal in de zonnefysica. Het is een essentiële aanwijzing dat de kleinste, tot nu toe onzichtbare structuren een sleutelrol spelen in de grootste processen op de zon, van de mysterieuze verhitting van de corona tot het ontstaan van ruimteweer dat onze technologie op aarde kan beïnvloeden. De Inouye-telescoop blijkt een venster te zijn naar een compleet nieuw niveau van detail, dat ons begrip van onze eigen ster en verre sterren voorgoed zal veranderen.

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Green Dust Storm On Mars, Could Confirm Water Exists! NASA Photo, UFO UAP Sighting News.

Date of sighting: Aug 13, 2026

Location of sighting: Mars

Photo: 

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Source: 

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Lets talk about this a bit, because NASA doesn't want too. This photo on the NASA site was clearly over looked by NASA editing staff or it would never have made it this far. There is a green...yes you heard me right, green dusk storm on the far right of this NASA rover photo and it could be an indication of water on Mars. 

 

You see, in the past many times I have found water leaking down the hills near the Mars rover. This green cloud could mean theres a geological dust storm happening. Serpentine is a greenish stone which can form when water interacts with olivine rich rocks...which after the water dries up...could be blown into a green dust storm which we see in the photo. Maybe its not a direct indicator of water right now, but defiantly shows that water once existed on Mars in the past...and where there is water...there is life. 

 

Update: Oh, and I got a few messages from readers saying it might be radioactive dust...I assume from a massive war that may have wiped out the entire planet. I like that theory, and yes its possible for sure. 

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The Navy once tested 'invisible' ships. Now, one man sits at the center of the 'Philadelphia Experiment' conspiracy.

Story by Darren Orf

This urban legend has survived decades despite being thoroughly debunked by top military brass.

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Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:

It’s the late summer of 1943, and the world is at war.

With the myth of Japanese naval dominance smashed at Midway the previous summer and Nazi Germany's advance halted at Stalingrad that winter, Allied forces were firmly on the offensive. In the midst of this paroxysm of military activity, one of the strangest urban legends in history began to gather steam. This conspiracy theory wasn’t born from secretive murmurings about a doomsday weapon being constructed in New Mexico or submarines that silently plied the depths of enemy waters. No, this myth involved a relatively unassuming Cannon-class destroyer escort, one of the more than 500 destroyer escorts constructed during the war.

The story goes like this. Late in the summer of 1943, the USS Eldridge was drydocked at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. Supposedly outfitted with a new kind of a technology, an eerie green glow surrounded the ship, and it disappeared—not just from radar, but completely. Hours later, reports from the crew of the civilian merchant ship SS Andrew Furuseth began to narrate sightings of the Eldridge at the Naval Operating Base in Norfolk, Virginia. Crewmembers were reportedly disfigured in this horrendous teleportation and time travel experiment, and—so the story goes—the U.S. military has kept this incident classified for decades.

Containing secret wartime experiments, a disappearing ship, and time travel, this persistent urban legend has all the trappings of a Hollywood sci-fi film (which is probably why they made one about it 1984). But all of the “information” about this experiment comes from the mind of Carl Allen, whose ravings about Albert Einstein’s “unified field theory” eventually reached the desk of the Navy’s Office of Naval Research (ONR) some 15 years after the supposed “experiment.” These ravings came from the annotations of a UFO book written by amateur astronomer Morris Jessup, and for reasons never explained, ONR published more than 100 copies of this book—annotations included—planting the seeds of the “Philadelphia Experiment” conspiracy.

The U.S. Navy has provided detailed movements of the USS Eldridge (as well as the Andrew Furuseth), along with descriptions of an in-depth search of documents regarding experiments related to invisibility or time travel. Needless to say, Allen’s assertions don’t quite add up. One piece of evidence offered up in favor of the “experiment” claim is that the ship was outfitted with a new kind of technology—a device designed to scramble magnetic signatures in a process called “degaussing.” While this caused invisibility of a sort, it wasn’t the stuff dreamed up in Allen’s musings.

“Degaussing equipment was installed in the hull of Navy ships and could be turned on whenever the ship was in waters that might contain magnetic mines, usually shallow waters in combat areas,” the Naval History and Heritage Command wrote in a post. “It could be said that degaussing, correctly done, makes a ship ‘invisible’ to the sensors of magnetic mines, but the ship remains visible to the human eye, radar, and underwater listening devices.”

Despite being thoroughly debunked, the urban myth of the Philadelphia Experiment remains, and one expert who studied the hoax believes its lasting power might rely on its incredible specificity.

“Vague stories about merely curious or unusual happenings naturally fail to hold an audience’s interest for very long,” French author Jacques Vallée wrote in his paper “Anatomy of a Hoax: The Philadelphia Experiment Fifty Years Later” in 1994. “Thus for a hoax to reach mythic proportions, as the Philadelphia Experiment does, it must be truly amazing by the boldness of its claims, and it must have a well-defined localization in time and space.”

In the end, the lasting legacy of the Philadelphia Experiment might have less to do with its exaggerated claims of secretive time travel technology, and more to do with the mysterious inner workings of the human mind.

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Mysterious 'jellyfish' spotted in NASA Mars photo sparks theories of life on the Red Planet

• READ MORE: I'm a pastor who attended a secret UFO disclosure meeting. We saw images of 'translucent beings' that chilled me to the bone... the files could fulfil a dark biblical prophecy
  

By CHRIS MELORE, US DEPUTY SCIENCE EDITOR

An unearthed NASA image of Mars has captured a strange object in the distance, which some have suggested was a jellyfish-like being or mechanical device.

NASA's Curiosity rover, which has been investigating whether Mars could have supported microbial life for the last 14 years, snapped the image on August 20, 2023 at around 6.27pm ET.

It shows the dusty Martian landscape with rocky hills and large mountains. 

However, the panorama also revealed a small figure in the left corner that appeared to have a large black body perched atop two spindly legs.

Fueling speculation that NASA’s rover had captured something moving across Mars, images taken of the same area less than a minute earlier showed no sign of the mysterious figure. 

Moreover, the photo with the object was the last image posted on NASA's website for that day. The next picture from Curiosity was taken nearly two hours later with the camera pointed in a different direction.

In September 2025, NASA declared it had found the clearest signs of ancient microbial life on Mars in a sample collected by the Perseverance rover. 

However, the space agency and White House have maintained that no signs of intelligent life have ever been found.

An image from NASA's Curiosity rover captured a strange figure standing in the distance in 2023

The object was seen in Gale Crater and was not present in images taken seconds before 

There were no other photos from August 20, 2023 posted by NASA that revealed if the object kept moving, approached the rover or if it was simply a glitch of the camera - which space officials refer to as an 'artifact.' 

The 2023 image was reposted on Wednesday by social media user Kari Sivertzen, a space enthusiast who regularly shares public NASA images that contain strange anomalies that cannot be easily explained. 

Sivertzen said on X: 'Sometimes I spot things that catch my eye, and I share them here. I believe there is life on other planets, and since NASA has found potential traces of life on Mars, it’s the perfect place to look.'

'One of the best Mars UFO photographs I've seen!' one person replied.

Independent Mars researcher Jean Ward said on X: 'Jellyfish-shaped UFO/UAP Spotted on Mars. This one seems to be interacting with the surface. 

'It also reminds me of a tripod-like object.'

Some have compared the distant object to the giant alien walkers seen in the science fiction movie 'War of the Worlds.'

However, many skeptics argued that the small black figure standing in the distance was nothing more than corrupted pixels in Curiosity's photo.

Moreover, the photo with the object was the last image posted on NASA's website for that day. The next picture from Curiosity was taken nearly two hours later with the camera pointed in a different direction

Another doubter claimed the object was actually a human-made craft. 

Specifically, they claimed it was the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, which made the first powered and remotely controlled flight on another planet in 2021.

However, this claim was quickly debunked as Ingenuity is more than 2,000 miles away in a completely different crater on Mars.

Curiosity rover has been exploring Gale Crater since 2012. The area is a huge impact crater roughly the size of Connecticut and Rhode Island combined, with a towering mountain rising from its center.

Scientists believe this location will provide more evidence that life once existed on Mars thousands, and possibly millions, of years ago.

Like the Perseverance rover, it is using onboard instruments to study rock layers, clay deposits and climate history to look for microbial traces of life.

'Looks like a tower or some type of structure, a dome on top... a relic from Mars distant past civilization,' one person describing the object from 2023 claimed.

'Looks like a scarecrow to me! Really, what is it? Doesn't look like a dust devil!' another viewer said.

Another doubter claimed the object was actually a human-made craft. Specifically, they claimed it was the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, which made the first powered and remotely controlled flight on another planet in 2021. But this craft was 2,000 miles away

As Perseverance and Curiosity send back more and more images from the Martian surface, eagle-eyed viewers have been finding a growing number of strange objects which look like doorways, ancient statues and even people walking on the Red Planet.

Such discoveries frequently capture public attention because the human brain naturally attempts to recognize familiar shapes in ambiguous images, a phenomenon known as pareidolia.

It is the same psychological effect that can cause people to see faces in clouds, animals in rock formations or human-made structures across the barren Martian landscape.

Mars has produced several famous examples, most notably the so-called ‘Face on Mars,’ which was photographed by NASA’s Viking 1 orbiter in 1976.

Higher-resolution images later revealed that the apparent face was an ordinary eroded hill whose human-like appearance resulted from shadows and the relatively poor quality of the original photograph.

NASA and the Trump Administration are now planning for the first manned mission to Mars by the end of the decade.

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9 steps to take after spotting a UFO, according to experts

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Zeven stappen om te nemen na een mogelijke UFO-waarneming

Wat te doen als je een UFO ziet: Wat je moet weten en de juiste stappen om te nemen

Ik wil het graag geloven.

Ja, dat is de tagline van The X-Files, de televisieserie uit de jaren ’90 die ik vaker heb gekeken dan ik wil toegeven. Maar het is ook een soort levensmotto, niet alleen voor Fox Mulder, maar voor heel veel mensen over de hele wereld die ooit een close encounter hadden met een onidentificeerd vliegend object (UFO), dat tegenwoordig bekend staat als “onbekend anomalous fenomeen” of UAP.

Heb jij er ooit een gezien? Ik wacht nog steeds—voor zover ik weet—maar ik ben niet zo chagrijnig als agent Scully over het idee. Onze huidige overheid houdt zich er wel mee bezig: sinds januari 2026 hebben ze honderden documenten vrijgegeven die verzameld zijn sinds 1950 onder een nieuw programma genaamd PURSUE, oftewel het Presidentiële Onthullings- en Rapportagesysteem voor UAP-ontdekkingen. De vijfde grote vrijgave van bestanden kwam net op 7 augustus.

In dit artikel neem ik je mee door wat je moet doen als (uh, wanneer!) je een UFO of UAP ziet, en hoe je je waarneming kunt melden bij autoriteiten, het internet, Hollywood en iedereen die jouw verhaal interessant en het onderzoeken waard vindt. Lees verder voor de zeven stappen die je moet nemen als je een UFO spot.

Abonneer je op de nieuwsbrief ‘Read Up’ van Reader’s Digest voor meer curiositeiten, nieuws, tips, humor, reizen, technologie en leuke weetjes de hele week door.

Hoeveel UFO-waarnemingen zijn er jaarlijks in de Verenigde Staten? Dat hangt ervan af wie de rapporten bijhoudt.

Het officiële overheidsarchief heet het All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), en hun meest recente openbare rapport, over het fiscale jaar 2025, vermeldt 319 waarnemingen—114 daarvan werden “opgelost,” wat betekent dat ze bleken gewoon prozaïsche objecten te zijn zoals ballonnen, satellieten, vogels, vliegtuigen en onbemand luchtvaartuigen (UAS).

Als 319 waarnemingen voor een heel jaar vrij weinig lijkt, is het goed om hier te vermelden dat het AARO alleen rapporten accepteert van huidige of voormalige overheidsmedewerkers, militairen en contractanten. Mijn schoonmoeder, die zweert dat ze een UAP heeft gezien en dat in detail kan navertellen, wordt dus niet meegeteld.

Voor gewone mensen zoals zij (en misschien jij) zijn de belangrijkste bronnen het National UFO Reporting Center, oftewel NUFORC, dat al bestaat sinds 1974, en de Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), dat UFO-onderzoek doet sinds 1969. Beiden hebben uitgebreide online databases waarin je waarnemingen kunt filteren op datum, locatie en andere details, zoals de dramatiek van de waarneming.

Tot nu toe dit jaar heeft NUFORC meer dan 1.800 meldingen van UAPs ontvangen. In de afgelopen jaren varieerden de aantallen van net onder de 4.000 meldingen in 2018 tot bijna 8.000 in 2020. MUFON ontvangt tussen de 500 en 1.000 meldingen per maand.

Dus, wat moet je doen als je een onduidelijk vliegend object ziet? Stel je voor: een mysterieuze, enge UFO boven een gehulde figuur. Op een spookachtig landweggetje. Op een mistige winteravond. David Wall/Getty Images Naast NUFORC en MUFON zijn er tegenwoordig veel bronnen die UAP-waarnemingen verzamelen en bundelen, maar voordat je meteen met je video langsgaat bij één van hen, is het slim om eerst te achterhalen wat je mogelijk hebt gezien zodat je het op de juiste manier kunt rapporteren—indien nodig.

Dus wat moet je doen als je een ongeïdentificeerd vliegend object ziet?

Hier is wat je moet doen:

1. Blijf kalm De meeste UAPs vormen geen bewijs voor buitenaardse bezoekers, of zelfs maar overtuigend bewijs dat ze bestaan. Ben je vlakbij een luchthaven? Is het meteorenseizoen? Is Walmart begonnen met dronebezorging en hoor je sindsdien alleen maar constante vliegpaden boven je huis? (Dat is waarschijnlijk gewoon ik.)

Als geen van deze dingen van toepassing is, pak dan je telefoon.

2. Documenteer alles Maak foto’s of een video van het object. Volgens NASA is het ook handig om de volgende gegevens te noteren:

• Datum en tijd in jouw regio
• Locatie en perspectief
• Hoe lang je het object hebt waargenomen
• Hoe lang het duurde om door de lucht te bewegen
• Hoe snel het ging
• De richting waarin het zich bewoog
• Hoe fel het was in vergelijking met andere objecten in de lucht

3. Neem contact op met je lokale sterrenkundeclub Het klinkt misschien ouderwets, maar NASA’s Night Sky Network is een doorzoekbare database met sterrenkundige clubs door heel de VS. De ruimtevaartorganisatie adviseert om contact met zo’n club op te nemen. Deze clubs zitten vol deskundige sterrenkijkers die het vaker doen en je graag kunnen helpen met plausibele verklaringen voor jouw waarneming.

4. Reconstrueer de nachtelijke hemel Gebruik Stellarium, een app en website die de sterrenhemel reconstrueert op basis van jouw locatie en de datum/tijd. Zo zie je welke sterren, planeten, de maan en andere hemellichamen zichtbaar waren of zouden moeten zijn op dat moment.

5. Controleer vlucht- en satellietgegevens Gebruik gratis online tools zoals FlightAware en Flightradar24 om te zien wat er op dat moment boven je vliegt. Satellite Tracker van Star Walk helpt je om satellieten zoals Starlink, de Hubble, het International Space Station en andere ruimtevaartuigen te volgen.

Bijvoorbeeld: Starlink-satellieten vormen vaak een keten van lichtjes, een zogenaamde “satelliettrein,” die erg UFO-achtig kan lijken. Findstarlink.com houdt deze treinen bij en kan helpen om je waarneming te vergelijken met bekende satellieten.

6. Gebruik geavanceerde tools om je video te vergelijken Voor de meer ervaren UFO-speurneurs is er SitRec (Situational Recreation). Dit is een app die videobeelden van UAP’s analyseert en een reconstructie maakt van wat er op dat moment en op die locatie gebeurde (“sitch”). Je kunt je eigen video uploaden en vergelijken met de recreatie om te zien of je waarneming verklaard kan worden door bekende objecten of fenomenen.

7. Meld je bevindingen Als je na alle bovenstaande stappen nog steeds denkt dat je iets buitenaards hebt gezien, is het tijd om je melding te maken. Voor militairen, overheidsmedewerkers of contractanten is er de handige online rapportagetool van AARO. Voor de rest van ons zijn NUFORC en MUFON de meest betrouwbare opties. In Belgie geb heb je het Belgisch Ufo Meldpunt, waar  je je waarneming kwijt  kan.

Daarnaast zijn er nieuwe spelers zoals Enigma, een online en app-gebaseerde tool waarmee je foto’s en video’s kunt uploaden, details kunt invoeren en meldingen kunt ontvangen over soortgelijke waarnemingen.

Wat nu? Meestal is het melden van je waarneming al op zich een beloning. Je hebt geholpen aan het vergroten van de wetenschap en nieuwsgierigheid. Je draagt bij aan de verzameling van data die misschien ooit zal leiden tot een doorbraak in het begrijpen van deze mysterieuze fenomenen.

Wil je dat er iemand langs komt om je waarneming te onderzoeken? Geef je rapport door aan MUFON. Elke melding krijgt een veldonderzoeker die contact met je opneemt voor meer details.

Heb je een video die interessant lijkt? Deel het met de media of op je sociale media. Misschien hebben anderen die hetzelfde hebben gezien. Dit is ook een mooie gelegenheid om contact te leggen met andere UAP-liefhebbers, of lid te worden van een sterrenkundeclub om meer te leren over het universum. Als we niet alleen zijn, is samen optrekken zeker geen slecht idee.

BRONNEN

• NASA: “Identifying UFOs and UAPs”
• National UFO Reporting Center: “The National UFO Reporting Center”
• Department of Defense: “Release 05”
• YouTube: “Media Briefing Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Independent Study Report”
• Enigma: “The #1 Destination for UFO Sighting Alerts & Aerial Intelligence”
• AARO: “Submit a report”
• AARO: “Fiscal Year 2025 Consolidated Annual Report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena”
• FlightAware: “Live”
• Flightradar24: “Live air traffic”
• Stellarium: “Home”
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Creepy 'demon' fish with no eyes found hidden beneath 'Area 51' military base

Scientists have discovered a bizarre, eyeless 'demon fish' living in toxic underground pools beneath a secretive US military base tied to UFO rumours

BY Liam Randall - News Reporter

An eerie "demon fish" with no eyes and completely transparent skin has been discovered lurking in subterranean waters directly beneath a secretive US military base dubbed "Alabama's Area 51".

The tiny, creepy creature, measuring just two inches long, was uncovered in a single, pitch-black underground cave system beneath the US Army's Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville.

Scientists who stumbled across the terrifying-looking specimen have officially named it Demogorgonichthys arcanus, or the "demon cavefish".

Despite being discovered beneath a high-security facility closely tied to classified rocket research and long-standing UFO rumours, the strange organism isn't an alien lifeform. However, genetic analysis revealed it is an incredible evolutionary anomaly that split from its closest ancestors over 11.6 million years ago.

Having adapted to a life of total, relentless darkness deep underground, the fish completely shed its eyes and skin pigmentation, replacing them with specialized sensory organs scattered across its body to hunt and navigate.

Astonishingly, it evolved side-by-side in the exact same cave pools alongside another species, the Southern Cavefish (Typhlichthys subterraneus), but followed an entirely different genetic path.

Dr Matthew Niemiller, associate professor of biological sciences at the University of Alabama, said: "This is one of the last places we'd have bet on it.

Scientists who stumbled across the terrifying-looking specimen have named it the 'demon cavefish'

(Image: Jam Press/Matthew L. Niemiller, Niemiller Nature LLC)

"Finding an entirely unknown, new genus of freshwater fish in eastern North America today is a little like finding a new kind of big cat.

"The group is so well known, we thought the big surprises were behind us. To have one turn up in a cave we've watched for three decades is a real reminder to stay curious. It was genuinely surprising."

Only a handful of the ghostly fish were spotted between 2019 and 2025 during surveys published in Scientific Reports.

Because it exists only within a single location beneath the military base, experts warn it is critically endangered and extremely vulnerable to environmental changes.

Iron-clad security around Redstone Arsenal has inadvertently protected the cave from public developments.

However, researchers discovered the creature's fragile habitat is actively contaminated with toxic remnants of chemical weapons and explosives.

Writing in their study, the research team said: "Trace metals, including cadmium, chromium, and lead, have been detected at elevated concentrations in water samples from Bobcat Cave over the past two decades."

The contamination stems from an old industrial zone on the base where the military historically disposed of weapons materials, which slowly leaked into the groundwater.

First opened in 1941, Redstone Arsenal was the birthplace of NASA and currently employs over 45,000 personnel.

However, its recent selection as the headquarters for US Space Command has sparked wild internet conspiracies that ET technology was relocated there from Area 51 in Nevada.

Before her death in 2022, local anti-gravity researcher Amy Eskridge fuelled the rumours during an interview, claiming: "Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama is the biggest f****** deal that you've never heard of."

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Arctic fossil abandoned in 1948 proves to be record-size Triassic hunter

by Sandee Oster, Phys.org

Fossiel dat in 1948 in de buurt van de Noordpool werd achtergelaten, blijkt van gigantisch onbekend dier

Hoe het fossiel van Arctobatrachus urdensis er in 1948 uitzag (A–C), de schedel zoals die er nu uitziet (D), en een gereconstrueerde tekening (E). Schaalbalk = 10 cm.

Foto: Schoch et al. 2026

 Jeannette Kras - Redacteur 

Bijna tachtig jaar geleden stuitte een Britse expeditie op de gehavende resten van een gigantisch fossiel op de top van Bereneiland, onderdeel van Spitsbergen. Het gevaarte bleek te groot om mee te nemen. De onderzoekers maakten foto’s, namen enkele botten mee en lieten de rest achter. Decennialang leek het fossiel verloren. Tot nu. Het blijkt te gaan om de grootste vertegenwoordiger ooit van een merkwaardige groep oeroude, amfibieachtige dieren.

De nieuwe soort krijgt de naam Arctobatrachus urdensis. Het dier behoorde tot de plagiosauriërs, een uitgestorven groep grote roofdieren die tijdens het Trias leefden, zo’n 251 tot 201 miljoen jaar geleden. Met een geschatte lichaamslengte van ongeveer 2,7 meter torende Arctobatrachus urdensis ver boven alle eerder bekende plagiosauriërs uit. “De soort was een van de overlevers van een extreem hete periode die enkele miljoenen jaren eerder een enorme uitstervingsgolf veroorzaakte”, vertelt paleontoloog Rainer Schoch van het natuurhistorisch museum in Stuttgart.

Fossiel raakte tientallen jaren uit beeld

Plagiosauriërs hadden een opvallend uiterlijk. Ze leefden op de bodem van rivieren, meren en ondiepe zeeën, waar ze roerloos wachtten tot een prooi dichtbij kwam. Vervolgens zogen ze die met hun enorme bek naar binnen. Hun brede kaken zaten vol met talloze kleine tanden. “De schedel was veel breder dan hij lang was en de omtrek lijkt op een boemerang”, zegt Schoch.

Fossielen van plagiosauriërs zijn eerder gevonden op uiteenlopende plekken, van Brazilië tot China. Het exemplaar van Bjørnøya, zoals Bereneiland officieel heet, kende echter een uitzonderlijke geschiedenis. Nadat het in 1948 was ontdekt, gingen onderzoekers ervan uit dat het de strenge Arctische winters niet zou overleven. Pas in 1984 stuitte een Noorse expeditie bij toeval opnieuw op het fossiel.

In de 37 jaar dat niemand het had gezien, had het flink te lijden gehad onder het poolklimaat. Scheuren en ontbrekende botten verrieden hoe wind, regen en vorst hun sporen hadden nagelaten. Na een opgraving van een week werd het fossiel veiliggesteld. Vervolgens bleef het opnieuw jarenlang grotendeels onaangeroerd, totdat het in het museum in Stuttgart zorgvuldig werd geprepareerd voor het huidige onderzoek.

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• Fossiel van vliegend reptiel overleefde 113 miljoen jaar en verraadt nog wat hij at

Gigantische schedel

De oude foto’s uit 1948 bleken van onschatbare waarde. Daarmee konden ontbrekende delen van de schedel worden gereconstrueerd. De schedel was ongeveer 70 centimeter breed, maar slechts 21 centimeter lang. Hij had een bijna perfecte halfronde vorm.

De enorme afmetingen, de grote tanden en de uitzonderlijk brede bek wijzen erop dat het dier een actieve jager was en mogelijk tot de toppredatoren van zijn leefgebied behoorde. Tegelijkertijd wijkt de bouw van het fossiel duidelijk af van alle bekende plagiosauriërs, waardoor duidelijk is dat het om een nieuwe soort gaat.

Analyse van de evolutionaire verwanten laat bovendien zien dat Arctobatrachus urdensis tot de vroegste leden van de plagiosauriërs behoort. Daarmee biedt het fossiel een zeldzame blik op de voorouders van deze opmerkelijke diergroep. In hun vroege geschiedenis waren plagiosauriërs actievere zwemmende dieren met een minder afgeplat lichaam. Pas later ontwikkelden ze de sterk afgeplatte lichaamsvorm waarmee ze langdurig op de bodem konden liggen.

De vondst levert daarmee nieuwe inzichten op in de evolutie van deze mysterieuze waterroofdieren uit het Trias. “Veel mensen zijn gefascineerd door ons verleden”, zegt Schoch. “Hoe zagen de planeet, het klimaat en het leven er bijvoorbeeld 240 miljoen jaar geleden uit? Fossielen zoals deze reusachtige plagiosauriër met zijn platte kop bieden een zeldzame blik op die verdwenen wereld.”

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• "A giant plagiosaurid temnospondyl from Bjørnøya (Svalbard, Norway) and the origin of the plagiosaurid body plan" - Papers in Palaeontolog
  
• Afbeelding bovenaan dit artikel: Schoch et al. 2026

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UFO Makes Loops Over Cleveland, Texas, USA On Aug 10, 2026, UAP Sighting News.

Date of sighting: Aug 19, 2026

Location of sighting: Cleveland, Texas, USA

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Now spinning UFOs are not unheard of. I have seen hundreds of reports of UFOs spinning in loops, so don't think it doest happen. When this person posted the video people left comments saying it was Venus, clouds, ect and even came to the conclusion it was his truck causing Venus to bounce around. Clearly they didn't think this out or they would have noticed that when he was moving around, the from inside the truck to outside, it was still moving. And its focus was great, nothing out like telephone pole wires were shaking, instead the wires were steady and focused the whole time and so were the clouds, this means the UFO really was spinning in loops. 

Awesome rare footage. Don't let non believers change the truth into a lie.  The truth is in the details. To attack an eyewitness when the attackers were not even there to see it for themselves is a very ignorant act indeed. 

Scott C. Waring - UFO Sightings Daily 

 

Eyewitness states: 

Recorded this while at work yesterday. Any ideas as to what this might be?

 

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To this day, unusual objects continue to be observed in the Martian atmosphere. Some have been interpreted as possible UFOs or other unknown phenomena moving through Martian airspace. While there is no confirmed evidence that these objects represent intelligent life, their presence has raised questions about what may still exist on or beneath the surface of Mars. 

The next image was captured by the Right Navigation Camera aboard NASA’s Curiosity rover on Sol 3924, corresponding to August 20, 2023, at 22:27:46 UTC. 

It appears to show a strange entity in the Martian sky resembling a tripod-like or jellyfish-like life form, seemingly interacting with the surface below. 

Coincidence? The entity's appearance is remarkably similar to the tripod-like creatures depicted in War of the Worlds and the heptapod-like beings featured in Arrival. There may be more happening on Mars than NASA is telling us. 

Kari Sivertzen, who discovered the jellyfish-like object, as well as Joe White, Scott Waring and Jean Ward also identified several other possible UFO's in images of the Martian sky. According to their analysis, these UFO's appear to be more than simple camera artifacts or dust particles on the lens. 

In the next video, Jean Ward examines the mysterious entity and UFO's in greater detail.

  

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Scientists discover a never–before–seen astronomical object that's a mashup of a black hole and a huge star – and it could explain the mysterious red dots in deep–space images

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By WILIAM HUNTER, SENIOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY REPORTER

A never-before-seen astronomical object has been discovered in the very early universe – and scientists believe it's a mashup of a black hole and a huge star.

Researchers were using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to hunt for the earliest galaxies when they spotted an impossibly bright and incredibly red object.

It looked like a vast star, stretching out to cover an area as large as our entire solar system.

However, scientists were shocked to see that this bizarre dot was somehow pumping out 100 billion times more energy than any star can physically produce.

Lead author Dr Rohan Naidu, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University of Hawai'i, says: 'That means you can't be powering this by nuclear fusion, which is the energy source that sits at the heart of all the stars we have.'

In a new paper, published in the journal Nature, Dr Naidu argues this must be an entirely new form of astronomical object known as a 'black hole star'.

The black hole star, dubbed MoM–BH*–1, is an enormous cloud of gas powered, not by fusion, but by the terrible forces of a central black hole.

The researchers estimate that this black hole has a mass 100,000 times greater than our sun and creates so much energy that it shines through its dense gas cocoon.

Scientists have discovered a never–before–seen object in the early universe that is a mashup of a black hole and a star (artist's impression) 

Dr Naidu and his colleagues didn't set out to find a black hole star, but were trying to investigate the very bright galaxies that appear extremely early in the universe's history.

But, while conducting their 'Miracle or Mirage' survey, the researchers spotted a dot that was different to anything they had seen before.

Just as smoke from a wildfire can make the sky over nearby cities turn crimson, clouds of dust in the universe often give sources of light a distinctive red tinge.

However, this red dot's other characteristics didn't match up with what scientists have come to expect from a drifting cloud of gas and dust.

Dr Naidu says: 'The way its light is almost entirely red and abruptly disappears below a certain wavelength is so dramatic that there is no comparison among any prior set of objects.'

That drop-off in light, known as a Balmer Break, is usually associated with dense gases soaking up photons in the atmospheres of stars that are a few hundred million years old.

This phenomenon isn't rare, and scientists can even see it in the light coming from Vega, one of the brightest stars in the night sky.

However, the Balmer Break coming from this red dot was the deepest scientists had ever seen, ruling out 'ordinary' stars as a potential source.

This 'black hole star' is a solar–system–sized cloud of dense hydrogen that is powered, not by fusion like a normal star, but by an enormous black hole with a mass 100,000 times greater than our sun

Even stranger, the red dot's light didn't contain any signatures of metal that would normally be found in a star, and only contained hydrogen and helium.

'It is a very special thing to find an object with no comparison given the vast stores of data on billions of stars, galaxies, and black holes that we have in astronomical archival databases,' Dr Naidu says.

'But it made us wonder if we were seeing a new kind of "stellar atmosphere", but on a spectacular scale'.

The researchers ran various computer simulations to see what combinations of astronomical features would explain the dot's distinctive colouration and brightness.

But it was only when the team replaced the star with an active black hole cocooned in hydrogen that their simulations started to match what they were seeing in reality.

The simulation that was the closest match for MoM–BH*–1 was a vast black hole 100,000 times the mass of the sun surrounded by a cocoon of hydrogen so dense that it resembles the surface of a solar system-sized star.

'The rapidly feeding black hole at its centre is the source of its energy,' Dr Naidu explains.

'The energy may be transmitted in the form of radiation or winds or shocks that slam against the dense shrouds of gas enveloping the black hole.'

Scientists say this could explain the origins of the 'little red dots' that NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has spotted forming in the first few hundred years of the universe 

That would explain the extreme brightness, the light-blocking Balmer Break, and the lack of anything other than hydrogen and helium that the astronomers observed.

Critically, the researchers think that MoM–BH*–1 could be just one of hundreds of black hole stars that have been hiding in plain sight.

The JWST has spotted hundreds of 'little red dots' that appear in the first hundred million years of the early universe, but seem to have vanished by the present day.

Now, Dr Naidu and his co-authors believe that each and every one of these little red dots could be hiding a black hole star at their core.

'Black Hole Star may lie at the heart of every Little Red Dot,' says Dr Naidu.

'The redness of the little red dots is because their blue light is soaked up by the dense shrouds of gas blanketing the Black Hole Star.

'All the peculiarities and puzzles surrounding the Little Red Dots begin to make sense once you place black hole stars at their centres.'

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Extinct human remains found on seafloor fuel claims of real-life biblical giants

• READ MORE: I'm a Harvard physicist. I believed in evolution my whole life… until I found God and uncovered something science still can't explain
  

By STACY LIBERATORE, US SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

The remains of an extinct human discovered on the seafloor off Taiwan have reignited theories about the giants described in the Bible.

Researchers identified the mysterious leg bones as belonging to Denisovans, an ancient human group that split from the Neanderthal lineage about 550,000 years ago.

The fossils, which include part of a thigh bone and a shin bone, were recovered from the Penghu Channel between Taiwan and mainland China.

An analysis of proteins preserved inside the bones linked both specimens to the Denisovan lineage, which once inhabited vast areas of eastern Asia.

Scientists estimated that the individual represented by the thigh bone stood around five feet 11 inches tall and weighed 183 pounds.

The individual represented by the shin bone may have reached approximately six feet three inches and weighed 201 pounds, making him substantially taller than the average man today, which is five feet, nine inches.

Their extraordinary dimensions led independent researcher Jimmy Corsetti to suggest that Denisovans may have inspired stories about the Nephilim, mysterious beings mentioned in the Bible and often interpreted as giants.

The fact that the fossils were retrieved from the seabed has also fueled his speculation connecting them to the biblical account of the Great Flood.

Researchers identified the mysterious leg bones as belonging to Denisovans, an ancient human group that split from the Neanderthal lineage about 550,000 years ago

However, the study presents no evidence linking Denisovans to the Nephilim or a global biblical flood, and its findings have not yet been peer reviewed.

Corsetti posted on X: ‘New discovery indicates that Denisovans were 8in TALLER than the average man today.

‘I’ve asked before, and I’ll ask again: Were Denisovans the “Nephilim Giants” described in the Bible?

‘Btw, the discovered bones were found on the SEAFLOOR! Gee, almost as if a Great Flood actually happened… (it did, regardless if these bones are of an unrelated timeframe).’

The Nephilim are mentioned twice in the Old Testament: first in Genesis 6:4, shortly before the account of the Great Flood, and again in Numbers 13:33.

They are described more extensively in Chapters 6 through 15 of the Book of the Watchers, the first section of the ancient religious work known as 1 Enoch.

The account says fallen angels called the Watchers took human wives, who gave birth to enormous and violent giants that brought chaos and bloodshed to Earth.

It says God ultimately condemned the Watchers and giants, sent a great flood to cleanse the world and declared that the dead giants’ spirits would remain on Earth as evil spirits.

The fossils, which include part of a thigh bone and a shin bone, were recovered from the Penghu Channel between Taiwan and mainland China

While Corsetti has connected the discovery to ancient religious accounts, the researchers focused instead on what the enormous bones reveal about the Denisovans’ previously unknown bodies.

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The researchers, led by the University of Tokyo, said in the study: ‘Our findings demonstrate that the Denisovan population at the northern circle had larger body size than earlier Homo erectus as well as Late Pleistocene Homo sapiens in eastern Asia.

‘This challenges the generally held expectation that Pleistocene Homo followed Bergmann’s rule that anticipates latitudinal decline of body size, and suggests that the large Denisovan brain resulted from their large body size at least partly.’

Researchers could not determine the individuals’ sex from biological evidence, but the enormous size of the bones suggests they probably came from males.

The possible sizes of these individuals would have placed them among the largest known ancient humans from the Ice Age.

Because neither fossil was complete, the team reconstructed its original size by comparing it with similarly shaped leg bones from ancient and modern humans.

The thigh bone, known as Penghu 2, was estimated to have measured about 19.3 inches when complete. Penghu 3, the shin bone, was probably around 17 inches long and contained a bulge caused by a healed injury.

The Denisovans were an estimated eight to 12 inches taller and 44 to 66 pounds heavier than Homo erectus individuals that lived in northern China about 750,000 years ago

Their extraordinary dimensions led independent researcher Jimmy Corsetti to suggest that Denisovans may have inspired stories about the Nephilim, mysterious beings mentioned in the Bible and often interpreted as giants Above is a painting of David and Goliath, one of the smaller giants in the Bible

Previous Denisovan fossils had revealed that the population possessed large brains, powerful jaws and unusually large teeth. 

However, the scarcity of bones from below the skull had prevented scientists from confidently reconstructing their overall height and build.

The Penghu fossils now add enormous, heavily built bodies to that emerging portrait.

Their size also challenges Bergmann’s rule, which predicts that human populations living closer to the equator should generally be smaller than those in colder northern climates.

The researchers said the cold period during which the Penghu Denisovans lived cannot, by itself, explain their extraordinary proportions.

Chemical evidence from the shin bone suggests that the individual ate a meat-heavy diet, while other discoveries indicate Denisovans hunted animals ranging from mountain-dwelling goats and sheep to huge herbivores and carnivores.

The team proposed that large, powerful bodies may have helped Denisovans pursue prey using a different and potentially less sophisticated set of tools than early modern humans.

The thigh bone also possesses a thick, angular ridge along its rear that is more commonly associated with modern humans. In hunter-gatherers, this feature has been linked to extensive movement over land.

Researchers said it could indicate that the Taiwanese Denisovans led highly mobile lives similar to early modern humans.

Another possibility is that Denisovans acquired the feature by interbreeding with Homo sapiens, as genetic evidence shows the groups exchanged DNA in southern Asia.

However, the team stressed that more Denisovan fossils and genetic evidence will be required to explain the unusual trait and determine whether such large bodies were widespread across the population.

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Mysterious 'demon' creature discovered lurking beneath Alabama's 'Area 51'

• MORE: 'Wall demon' discovered on Jupiter's moon likely to harbor off-world life

ByCHRIS MELORE, US DEPUTY SCIENCE EDITOR

A new species has been discovered under a secretive military base known as Alabama's Area 51.

Researchers in Huntsville named it Demogorgonichthys arcanus, or 'demon cavefish,' and revealed that the creature has no eyes, no skin color, grows to just two inches in length and lives in one tiny pool in an underground cave below the US Army's Redstone Arsenal.

Matthew L. Niemiller, Niemiller Nature LLC

While the new lifeform is not from another world, this tiny, otherworldly species was discovered by a University of Alabama team exploring the space under a military facility linked to UFOs and classified research into missiles, rockets and space-related technology.

DNA tests showed the fish is related to other North American cavefish but appeared to diverge from other similar species about 11.6 million years ago.

It completely adapted to life underground, shedding its eyes and growing special sensory organs all over its body over millions of years of evolution.

The team said that the fish is so genetically unique compared to other known cavefish that they placed it in a new biological subgroup.

For example, the team found a gene normally used for eyesight that had been badly broken in the demon fish. Scientists expected to find this in the animals because they live in total darkness and no longer need sight.

However, the team was completely surprised to find this new creature had evolved side-by-side in the same pools with the Southern Cavefish, known as Typhlichthys subterraneus, taking a completely different evolutionary path despite living in the same place.

Scientists have discovered a new species underneath a base tied to UFO conspiracies in Huntsville, Alabama

The 'demon cavefish' (Demogorgonichthys arcanus) is similar in appearance to other cavefish scientists have found but is said to be genetically unique

Scientists revealed that while finding independent evolutionary paths among different cavefish species has happened before, uncovering a unique creature adapting in its own way in the exact same pool alongside other cavefish is very rare.

Dr Matthew Niemiller, associate professor of biological sciences, said in a press release: 'This is one of the last places we'd have bet on it.'

'Finding an entirely unknown, new genus of freshwater fish in eastern North America today is a little like finding a new kind of big cat. The group is so well known, we thought the big surprises were behind us. To have one turn up in a cave we've watched for three decades is a real reminder to stay curious. It was genuinely surprising.'

Only a handful of the demon fish were seen in the team's observations between 2019 and 2025, which were published in Scientific Reports.

The fish has only been found in this one small aquifer system, and it is believed to have a very small habitat underneath Redstone Arsenal.

Since the fish, which is less than two inches long, lives in such a tiny area of the cave and depends on groundwater to survive, Niemiller's team considers it highly vulnerable to pollution, changes in water flow, droughts and floods - making it critically imperiled and possibly a critically endangered species.

The fact that the cave is under Redstone Arsenal is believed to have given the fish some protection from extinction, since base restrictions have kept the public from building on the site and destroying the cave.

Although the base's cave is protected from the public, scientists found that the environment the fish were living in was still contaminated - apparently with residue from chemical weapons.

The fish was found in a cave under Redstone Arsenal, a US Army base that also houses US Space Command

Scientists found that the cave was contaminated with materials used in both conventional and chemical weapons

'Trace metals, including cadmium, chromium, and lead, have been detected at elevated concentrations in water samples from Bobcat Cave over the past two decades,' the team wrote in their study.

Niemiller's team said the most likely reason for the pollution was that Bobcat Cave sits under an old industrial part of Redstone Arsenal where the Army used to dispose of both regular and chemical explosives.

Some of those materials seem to have slowly leaked into the underground water that flows into the cave.

Cadmium, chromium and lead are all metals that can be harmful to living things even in small amounts. 

Lead has served as the main metal in most bullets and projectiles. Lead compounds have also been used in primers, the part that starts the explosion when the trigger is pulled.

Meanwhile, both chromium and cadmium have been used by the military as a protective plating that resists rust and corrosion.

Redstone Arsenal has been called the Area 51 of Alabama

Unproven claims have alleged that recovered UFOs were taken to Redstone Arsenal in 2026

The mysterious base opened in 1941 to support the US during World War II, and it now has a workforce of more than 45,000 military personnel, civilian employees and contractors.

According to a government fact sheet about Redstone: 'The installation is the birthplace of NASA and has grown to include more than 65 diverse and distinct organizations.'

However, the base's newest task - becoming the home for US Space Command - has revived decades-old UFO conspiracy theories tied to Redstone Arsenal.

In fact, just a month after US Space Command officially transferred its operations to Redstone, unproven allegations began spreading online claiming that non-human craft being held at Area 51 in Nevada were being moved to Alabama.

In 2020, Amy Eskridge, a researcher working on anti-gravity technology in Huntsville, claimed during an explosive interview that the source of UFO and alien disclosure would be Redstone Arsenal.

Eskridge, who died in 2022, said: 'Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama is the biggest f****** deal that you've never heard of.'

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UFOs Over Crete and Athens? Meteorologist Clears Up Night Sky Panic

Kostas Raptis 

Glowing sky spirals over Crete sparked alien rumors on August 11, but meteorologist Theodoros Kolydas confirms it was just a SpaceX rocket fuel dump.

No, Aliens Didn’t Choose Crete First. The Mystery Spiral Has a Much Simpler Explanation

• On the night of August 11, 2026, spectacular glowing spirals appeared in the skies over Crete and Athens, triggering a wave of UFO reports on social media.
• Meteorologist Theodoros Kolydas has confirmed the “alien invasion” was actually the exhaust trail of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
• The phenomenon is caused by rocket fuel expanding in the thin upper atmosphere and catching sunlight from above the Earth’s shadow (the “twilight effect”).

Late Tuesday night (August 11), phone screens across Crete and Athens lit up faster than the sky itself. Dozens of bewildered residents took to social media, uploading photos and videos of glowing, swirling white spirals hovering overhead. For a few frantic minutes, local comment sections were convinced that extraterrestrials had finally chosen the Aegean as their preferred summer holiday destination. The group chats in Crete and Athens were absolutely exploding. “Did you see that?” “Is it an invasion?” “Should I grab the shotgun or the raki?” And somewhere, in a Cretan field, a shepherd remained unfazed, probably just wondering, “Wait… whose goats are those?”

Social media was flooded with photos and videos of a bizarre, glowing, spiral-shaped object twisting through the night sky. It was majestic, eerie, and looked exactly like the opening scene of a low-budget sci-fi movie. People were ready to believe. After all, if aliens were going to visit Greece, they’d probably stop for a frappé and some dakos first, right?

The Buzzkill from the Meteorologist

Enter Theodoros Kolydas, the meteorologist who apparently has no sense of drama. He stepped in to crush everyone’s extraterrestrial dreams with a cold, hard dose of physics.

“It’s not a UFO,” he essentially told the entire population of Crete. “It’s a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.”

People witnessed a single, bright cloud gliding through an otherwise entirely clear, dusk-filled sky. Public Domain

Yes, that’s right. The mysterious, glowing alien spiral was just the exhaust fumes from a rocket stage dumping fuel hundreds of kilometers up in the sky. The “aliens” were actually just Elon Musk’s recycling program in action.

The Science That Ruined the Fun

For those who want to know why it looked like a glowing intergalactic snail, here is the explanation that Kolydas provided:

1. High altitude nonsense: The rocket was super high up, where the air is incredibly thin. When the upper stage of the rocket released gas and fuel leftovers, it didn’t behave like normal smoke. It expanded instantly into a massive, swirling cloud.
2. The spin: The rocket stage was spinning or changing orientation, which turned the exhaust trail into that perfect, creepy spiral shape.
3. The “Twilight Effect:” This is the coolest part. Even though it was pitch-black night down here on the ground (where we were all panicking), up at 200+ kilometers altitude, the sun was still shining. The exhaust cloud was floating in sunlight, reflecting it down to us like a glowing neon sign in the dark sky.

So, while we were standing in the dark looking up, the rocket fumes were essentially sunbathing in space. Therefore, no invasion, no mothership, and no little green tourists asking where to find Balos Beach. Just physics doing what physics has always done: creating moments that seem almost too extraordinary to be real.

The Great Contradiction

Kolydas pointed out a beautiful irony in the whole situation: We were standing in the middle of the night, convinced we were seeing something supernatural, when in reality, we were just watching sunlight hit rocket poop a few hundred kilometers above our heads.

It was a beautiful, glowing, spiral-shaped physics lesson.

As sunseekers along Saronida Beach near Athens looked up, they witnessed a single, bright cloud gliding through an otherwise entirely clear, dusk-filled sky. With no other cloud coverage in sight, photos and videos quickly flooded social media, sparking wild theories ranging from alien visits to secret atmospheric military tests. The sighting was also confirmed by people as far as Crete.

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