NASA reist naar een asteroïde van onschatbare waarde: hij is rijk aan kostbare metalen en dat niet alleen

 Door Janine

In de familie van asteroïden die de kosmos bevolken, heeft er één in het bijzonder de aandacht getrokken van wetenschappers vanwege zijn mogelijk onschatbare waarde. Hier lees je waarom en waar hij te vinden is.

De belangrijke asteroïde Psyche

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Psyche zou niet alleen een gigantische, maar ook een “zeer rijke” asteroïde kunnen zijn, die indrukwekkende hoeveelheden edelmetalen zou kunnen bevatten. Het bevindt zich ongeveer drie keer verder van de zon dan onze planeet en heeft een onregelmatige vorm, die doet denken aan een aardappel. Het breedste punt meet 280 km, terwijl het hoogste punt 232 km lang is, met een totaal van 165.800 vierkante kilometer.

De samenstelling ervan wordt geschat op een mix van 30% rotsen en 60% metal. Het 3D-model van de asteroïde suggereert de aanwezigheid van twee kraters, wat zou kunnen wijzen op een grote verandering in het metaalgehalte en de uiterlijke kleur van Psyche. Dit kan echter pas worden bevestigd als NASA's missie Pysche het voor het eerst van dichtbij kan zien. Wetenschappers geloven dat zijn oorsprong voortkomt uit een reeks talrijke en gewelddadige botsingen, die hij heeft overleefd sinds de vorming van het zonnestelsel. Om deze reden zou het kunnen onthullen hoe de kern van de aarde en die van andere planeten is gevormd.

Hoe lang zal NASA's missie Psyche duren?

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Psyche is een ontdekking van de Italiaanse astronoom Annibale de Gasparis, die de asteroïde op 17 maart 1852 voor het eerst zag en hem de naam gaf van de Griekse godin van de ziel die trouwde met Eros, de god van de liefde. Omdat het de zestiende ontdekte asteroïde is, is de volledige naam 16 Psyche en vertegenwoordigt het een belangrijk doelwit voor NASA: het gelijknamige ruimtevaartuig werd op 13 oktober 2023 gelanceerd vanaf NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, en zal over Mars vliegen om in augustus 2029 zijn bestemming te bereiken. In totaal zes jaar en 3,6 miljard kilometer.

De missie is van plan het oppervlak en de eigenschappen van het hemellichaam in kaart te brengen, dat een blootliggende kern van een planeet lijkt te zijn. Maar dit is niet de enige reden van belangstelling die Psyche omhult: er wordt geschat dat de kostbare metalen die het bevat, waaronder ijzer, nikkel en goud, ongeveer 10.000 biljoen dollar waard zijn.

Wat zal er gebeuren na de lange reis naar Psyche?

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Deskundigen werkten dag en nacht om het ruimtevaartuig te lanceren en het een baanbrekende reis naar de asteroïde te laten maken, die niet alleen de geheimen van de oorsprong van de aarde kon bevatten, maar ook een onschatbare economische waarde zou kunnen hebben. Er zal echter nog een lange weg te gaan zijn voordat deze voorspellingen worden bevestigd.

Constante monitoring van de orbiter zorgt ervoor dat deze zijn reis naar de diepe ruimte kan voortzetten, met mogelijke koersaanpassingen. Tegen de tijd dat het ruimtevaartuig Psyche bereikt in de belangrijkste asteroïdengordel tussen Jupiter en Mars, zal het ongeveer twee jaar rond de asteroïde draaien en verschillende aspecten onderzoeken, zoals de magnetische eigenschappen, de zwaartekracht en de samenstelling. In 2026 zal het ruimtevaartuig Mars naderen om een ​​zwaartekrachtboost te krijgen, waardoor het zijn reis kan voortzetten. De missie zou in 2031 moeten eindigen.

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29-04-2024 om 17:50 geschreven door peter  

Comprehensive 3D map of the universe fills 11-billion-year gap

The new SDSS map of the universe is the result of over 20 years of data, and reveals new details about the cosmos

A 20-year study of the night sky has allowed astronomers to produce a comprehensive 3D map of the universe, covering 11 billion years of expansion. A new analysis of this map has highlighted a mismatch in the Hubble Constant, and revealed when the expansion of the universe began to accelerate.

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has been collecting data for over 20 years now, with each data release resulting in more and more detailed maps of the cosmos. Now, scientists have combined it all into one huge three-dimensional map that covers almost the entire history of the universe. Importantly, the team says that the new study fills in a massive gap in the middle that has long bothered astronomers.

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“We know both the ancient history of the universe and its recent expansion history fairly well, but there’s a troublesome gap in the middle 11 billion years,” says Kyle Dawson, a lead researcher on the project. “For five years, we have worked to fill in that gap, and we are using that information to provide some of the most substantial advances in cosmology in the last decade."

The new map uses data from different phases of the Sloan survey to chart objects at different distances from Earth – therefore representing different time periods in the universe’s history. In this map, Earth is the dot at the very center, and the differently colored rings represent different data sets, circulating outwards in ever greater distances in space and time.

Anand Raichoor (EPFL), Ashley Ross (Ohio State University) and the SDSS Collaboration

The green section highlights galaxies closest to Earth, from data gathered during the first two SDSS runs. The pink and red circles cover the region up to about six billion light-years away, from observations of large, old, red galaxies. A little beyond that, the data comes from younger blue galaxies. To map even further out, to about 11 billion years ago, data was collected from quasars, which are bright galaxies with very active supermassive black holes at their centers.

The resulting map revealed a few new tidbits of information for astronomers. The researchers were able to use the map to measure the rate that the universe is expanding – a value known as the Hubble Constant. Strangely enough, they found the current value to be about 10 percent lower than when it’s calculated by measuring distances to nearby galaxies.

The team says that the data from the map is very precise, and made up of different data sets that all have the same conclusion. Exactly why there’s a mismatch for the Hubble Constant is a mystery that will require further study, the researchers say.

The study also showed that the expansion of the universe seemed to speed up about six billion years ago. It’s well known that the rate of expansion is accelerating, but nailing down when this began has been tricky in the past. Previous studies have suggested it started some four billion years ago, but the new data indicates it was earlier. A force dubbed "dark energy" is our current best guess for what is causing this acceleration.

And finally, since the study covers such a large section of space and time, it’s able to give one of the clearest pictures of what “shape” the universe is. Whether it’s flat or curved is the subject of ongoing argument for astrophysicists, but the new SDSS map adds evidence to it being flat.

The SDSS will continue to study the cosmos in ever more detail, with a new phase of operations due to begin later this year.

The research was published in a series of studies, as Sloan’s 16th data release. The team discusses the work in the video below.

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29-04-2024 om 01:13 geschreven door peter  

Why is it so hard to send humans back to the moon?

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In comparison, today NASA commands less than half a percent of the total federal budget, with a much broader range of priorities and directives. Over the past decade, NASA has spent roughly $90 billion on the Artemis program. Naturally, with less money going to a new moon landing, we're likely to make slower progress, even with advancements in technology.

Closely tied to the financial realities are the political realities. In the 1960s, America was in the midst of the space race, a competition with the Soviet Union to achieve as many firsts in space, especially landing humans on the moon. The public was on board and energized by this idea, as were lawmakers who directed NASA's expansive budget. 

That kind of spending, however, was deeply unsustainable. As soon as America "won," the public quickly lost interest and NASA funding tumbled. There simply isn't the political or public will to spend that amount of money for a second shot at the moon.

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29-04-2024 om 00:48 geschreven door peter  

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ASTRONOMERS REVEAL AN ‘ACTIVE MOON’ MAY BE HIDING IN ORBIT NEAR THIS RECENT JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE DISCOVERY

MICAH HANKS 

Located approximately 47 light years from Earth, one of these brown dwarfs, CWISEP J193518.59–154620.3 (also known simply as W1935), possesses a surface temperature of about 400° Fahrenheit and a likely mass of somewhere between six and 35 times that of Jupiter.

During their studies, Faherty and her team found that W1935 was unlike other brown dwarfs they had observed; specifically, it appeared to be emitting methane. This is unusual since methane is most often associated with larger planets like gas giants.

“We were confused about what we were seeing at first but ultimately that transformed into pure excitement at the discovery,” Faherty said.

The initial detection of methane emanating from W1935 was reported in January, baffling astronomers at the time since the object is relatively cold and lacks any host star to provide its upper atmosphere with the energy that usually drives such methane emissions.

Faherty and her team relied on computer modeling in their observations of W1935, which revealed that it also appears to possess a temperature inversion, which is fairly common for planets orbiting stars. However, without any external heat source, it seemed odd that W1935 would possess this characteristic due to its isolation.

Ben Burningham, a researcher from the University of Hertfordshire and co-author of a new paper describing the team’s findings, says the team was “pleasantly shocked” by this discovery and went to work on trying to locate the source of the extra heat in W1935’s upper atmosphere.

• Micah Hanks is the Editor-in-Chief and Co-Founder of The Debrief. He can be reached by email at micah@thedebrief.org. Follow his work at micahhanks.com and on X: @MicahHanks.

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29-04-2024 om 00:27 geschreven door peter  

Kingman UFO Crash: Man Worked At Area 51 Said Alien Survivor Helped Re-Engineering UFO

In 1953, the Atomic Energy Commission conducted a series of powerful explosions at the Nevada Test Site, known as “Upshot Knothole.” During the same period, witnesses reported seeing eight unidentified flying objects engaged in a dogfight near Arizona. Historian and former museum curator Harry Drew spent ten years investigating the incident and discovered that three of the craft had crashed on the outskirts of Kingman, Arizona in May 1953.

Drew did not expect to find evidence of the Kingman UFO and was surprised to learn about the third crashed craft. Mystery Wire reports he researched old records and interviewed original witnesses to uncover a complicated story that was more intricate than the Roswell UFO crash story.

In 1973, a retired Nevada Test Site technician named Arthur Stansel revealed that he and his team were taken to a remote desert location in Arizona to recover a secret experimental craft that had crashed. The team found a perfectly intact 40-foot diameter disc-shaped craft with four alien beings associated with it, and it was shipped to Groom Lake, Nevada, where Area 51 was later built around it.

In his book, “7 Days in May: The Kingman UFO Story,” Drew describes what happened to the three crashed crafts. One was destroyed when it crashed into a mountain near Kingman, another was found intact miles away from the crash site, and the third one crashed next to a small reservoir after clipping a rocky butte. The military took the last unknown craft back to a Nevada base. He found military-issued food containers dating back to 1953 around the exact crash site, proving that military teams camped there.

UFO enthusiasts have speculated that the Kingman UFO incident might be linked to the nuclear tests conducted in Nevada. However, Drew’s research suggests that the cause was a trio of powerful experimental radar sites set up around Kingman.

Drew claimed that he was able to document the crashes and the secret transport of the crafts to Nevada. He also asserted that one of the crafts was entirely intact when discovered. Despite the hotly contested nature of the story, Drew has evidence to support his findings.

According to MUFON researcher Richard Hall, in April 1964, the first report of a crash near Kingman was relayed to him by a future Vietnam commander. However, it was not until June 1973 that the case of the Kingman UFO retrieval was brought to the public’s attention by renowned UFO researcher Raymond Fowler.

The incident involved an engineer, Arthur G. Stancil (also known as “Fritz Werner”), who took preliminary measurements to assess the momentum of the crashed craft, which could prove useful in any reverse engineering attempts. Stancil, an Ohio University mechanical engineering graduate, who worked at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, first made the story public.

Dr. Eric Wang, who was suspected of leading a reverse engineering team on alien craft, headed the Installations Division within the Office of Special Studies where Stancil worked. Stancil provided an affidavit in April 1976 vouching for the honesty of his testimony, which was released by Ray Fowler in the UFO Magazine. In his statement, Stancil revealed that he was loaned out to the Atomic Energy Commission and designated as a project engineer on some atomic bomb tests referred to as “Operation Upshot Knothole.”

The craft was reported to have a brushed aluminum exterior finish, measuring approximately 30 feet in diameter, and contained two swivel seats, instruments, and display panels. The hatch was five feet high and three feet wide. Additional reports from the book “Majic Eyes Only,” written by Ryan S. Wood, indicate that the craft was embedded 20” into the desert sand on impact.

Re-Engineered UFO And Four Aliens

There are varying reports about the number of extraterrestrial biological entities (EBEs) recovered at the crash site. Some sources claim that four small EBEs were recovered, while others state that only one was found. Despite these discrepancies, there is evidence to suggest that a military blockade was set up along Highway 40, possibly in 1953, to secure the area leading to and from the potential crash site.

It is unclear whether the military recovered objects of extraterrestrial origin and transported them to a clandestine hangar, but there are reports of crashed discs being housed at a top-secret facility known as Area S-4, located 12 miles south of Area 51.

According to Wendelle Stevens, a retired US Air Force pilot-turned-UFO researcher, the disc that crashed near Kingman was transported to Area 51 via a U.S. Army tank transporter. The recovery crew attempted to tilt the craft on end to facilitate transportation across the country but abandoned this procedure when it became clear that it was impossible. Telephone poles had to be removed when the main road intersected with unimproved surfaces or dirt roads due to the oversized load of the disc on the trailer.

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Bill Uhouse, a retired mechanical engineer, claimed to have been part of a top-secret program to design and build flight simulators used to teach American test pilots how to control flying saucers. He stated that the origin of the program came from the UFO crash at Kingman.

Mr. Uhouse claimed to have served in the Marine Corps and Air Force for a total of 14 years as a fighter pilot and flight tester of experimental aircraft. Later in his career, he worked as an engineer for defense contractors, focusing on antigravity propulsion systems and flight simulators for exotic aircraft, as well as actual flying discs.

According to his testimony, the first disc they tested was a re-engineered ET craft. Mr. Uhouse was invited to work on a flying disc simulator by an unknown man. He was reassigned to link aviation and worked on building the F-102 simulator and B-47 simulator. He claimed that extraterrestrials presented a craft to the US government which was taken to Area 51, and the four ETs were taken to Los Alamos. His specialty was the flight deck and instruments, and he met with an ET called J-rod who helped engineers with the craft’s engineering.

“There was only one of them (alien) that would talk to scientists in the lab with them and the rest wouldn’t talk to anybody or even have a conversation with them. First, they thought it was mental telepathy but it is kind of a joke to me because they actually speak maybe not like we do but uh they actually speak,” Mr. Uhouse said on Sirius Disclosure.

In his 2013 interview, Mr. Uhouse discussed his work on a craft that was different from Bob Lazar’s alleged reactor. He explained that the simulator he worked on had six capacitors charged with a million volts each, which created a gravitational field that allowed the craft to lift off and turn left to right.

The craft had no windows, and visibility was through cameras, and there were no seat belts as the craft had its own gravitational field. Uhouse mentioned that it took a significant amount of training to operate the craft, and its design did not allow for the installation of external weapons like traditional aircraft. He also claimed that Area-51’s secrecy was due to a peace pact signed between the US and the United Nations during the time of President Eisenhower.

In 1977, UFO researcher Len Stringfield shared another account supporting the Kingman UFO crash. According to this new story, a man who served in the National Guard at Wright Patterson claimed to have witnessed the delivery of three bodies packed in dry ice, measuring four feet tall with large heads and brownish skin. The bodies were reportedly recovered from a crash site in Arizona in 1953. Since then, several other witnesses have come forward, but further details are currently unavailable. (Source)

Interestingly, UFO expert Charles Wilhelm heard a strikingly similar story in 1966 from a man who claimed that his father had shared the account on his deathbed. In 1995, an individual who went by the name of Jarod-2 contacted The Groom Lake Desert Rat, an Internet publication, and revealed that he had worked on a secret project for the USAF. The project aimed to construct a flying saucer simulator and had gathered materials from the Roswell and Kingman crash sites.

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28-04-2024 om 23:15 geschreven door peter  

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CHINA CLAIMS NEW BREAKTHROUGH IN LASER PROPULSION COULD LEAD TO ULTRAFAST, STEALTH SUBMARINES

TIM MCMILLAN

Researchers first introduced the new laser propulsion system at the “Applied Optics and Photonics” conference in Beijing in late 2023. During the proceedings, scientists explained that the system utilizes high-energy lasers to direct the force from cavitation implosions to propel a submarine. 

In a paper recently published in the Chinese academic journal Acta Optica Sinica, scientists elaborated that the system, named “underwater fiber laser-induced plasma detonation wave propulsion,” works by directing laser energy through optical fibers. These fibers, as thin as human hairs, would coat the submarine’s exterior, allowing directed high-power laser beams to propel the vessel through the water. 

The setup purportedly generates up to 70,000 newtons of thrust with just 2 megawatts of laser power, roughly equivalent to the force of a commercial jet engine. 

The use of laser propulsion systems represents a significant departure from traditional propellants. Instead of relying on mechanical engines, this innovative method uses lasers to generate plasma in water, creating a wave that propels the vessel forward.

The concept of laser propulsion is associated with the phenomenon of supercavitation or the formation of bubbles around a submarine’s surface. This creates an air pocket that drastically reduces water resistance, allowing the submarine to achieve extraordinary speeds. 

Theoretically, a submarine exploiting supercavitation could travel faster than the speed of sound, or nearly 667 knots-per-hour (767 mph). The Soviet twin-propeller K-222 submarine holds the fastest claimed underwater speed, reportedly clocking in at 44.7 knots during sea trials in 1969. 

Laser propulsion operates similarly to a magnetohydrodynamic drive (MHD), a concept for marine propulsion that has been explored since the late 1960s. 

While a magnetohydrodynamic drive propels a submarine by using electric and magnetic fields to accelerate a liquid or gas, a laser propulsion system propels the vessel using focused laser beams to create plasma.

Also similar to a magnetohydrodynamic drive (MHD), a laser propulsion system would have no moving parts, reducing a submarine’s autistic signature as it passes through the water. 

The idea of using laser propulsion for submarines has been explored for decades. Yet, despite these efforts, previous attempts to develop the technology have failed to produce a system with enough power or thrust to be practical.

However, Chinese scientists, led by Dr. Ge Yang, an associate professor at Harbin Engineering University, have reportedly overcome previous hurdles in laser propulsion technology by innovating the structure used to harness and direct energy. 

Researchers said insights from the Chinese aerospace defense sector, particularly in advanced plasma electric propulsion used in hypersonic weapons, were instrumental in refining the technology. 

Despite this development’s potential, researchers have not yet addressed several critical challenges. These include confronting the problem of heat dissipation in the optical fibers, their durability in harsh underwater environments, and the integration of the system with existing submarine designs, particularly the surfacing and steering mechanisms. 

These issues must be resolved before this novel laser propulsion system is considered viable. However, if realized, the military implications of such technology are significant. 

Submarines are vital to national security because of their stealth capabilities and firepower. Successfully developing an operational laser propulsion system would significantly improve the stealth and speed of China’s naval forces, potentially altering the strategic dynamics in the ongoing technological rivalry between Beijing and the United States.

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28-04-2024 om 22:40 geschreven door peter  

NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Stumbled On A Glistening Lava Lake On Jupiter’s Moon Io

Loki Patera is like no place on Earth.

BY KIONA SMITH

 

NASA

Loki Patera isn’t the first lava lake scientists have spotted on Io; previous spacecraft, including Galileo (RIP) have also sent home images of similar features, but Juno’s pics are the clearest and most detailed. Based on Juno’s data, NASA created this animation of what a flight over Loki Patera might look like.

On Io, lava lakes like Loki Patera probably form when the ground over a magma reservoir sinks or collapses. Earth has similar features called calderas, which form when a volcano erupts and its top collapses inward because there’s less magma underneath to support it. Io’s paterae (the plural of patera) are similar to calderas on Earth and Mars, but they’re also different in ways that suggest they may form a little differently. A 2001 study, which used data from Galileo, suggested that tectonic movements may pull pieces of Io’s crust apart, leaving gaps that collapse and form paterae.

Once a patera like Loki forms, lava usually floods its floor – and often spreads well beyond the edges of the patera. The lava pours in from underground magma chambers like the one planetary scientists say probably lies beneath Loki Patera. Galileo captured an image of a patera on Io, with magma gushing in from fissures at the base of its rocky walls, back in 2000.

The surface of Loki Patera is exposed to the poisonous atmosphere of Io, so it slowly cools into a hard, thin crust of volcanic glass, which reflects sunlight so brightly in Juno’s images. Islands of rock — rock with a higher melting point than the magma beneath the patera — dot the middle of the lava lake. Glowing hot magma lines their shores and the lake's edges, peeking through cracks that form at the edges of the glassy crust.

Picture a frozen lake here on Earth: smooth ice on the surface and liquid water beneath. Now imagine that it’s all lava instead of water, and that’s Loki Patera.

But unlike ice, rock gets heavier, not lighter, when it cools and solidifies. Eventually, the crust will be too heavy to float on top of the liquid, molten rock beneath, and it will sink into the magma. This happens every Earth year or two, leaving the bubbling molten surface of the lava lake exposed, which spacecraft like Juno can see because the molten rock radiates about ten times more heat than the cooled, glassy crust.

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28-04-2024 om 21:49 geschreven door peter  

Presently, several of the Mako hypersonic missile’s capabilities remain unknown, which include specifics about the weapon’s multiple guidance systems. However, it is known that the Mako is capable of speeds reaching at least Mach 5 and that the weapon has been fit-checked both electronically and on actual fighter jets and other aircraft that include the Navy’s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, as well as the similar two-seat EA-18G Growler. Similar fit-checks have also been conducted with the F-16, the F-15, and all three versions of the F-35 Lightning II.

Aircraft in the F-35 family, which specifically include the F-35A and F-35C, can carry the new Mako missile internally, whereas the F-35B and other aircraft would be required to carry the missile via external pylons. Combining internal and exterior loads would allow as many as six of the missiles to be carried by the F-35A.

Amid rising tensions with nations like China, the Mako’s performance and capabilities could provide a crucial advantage in the event of a conflict, given the new missile’s readiness for use against ballistic missile systems and mobile air defense capabilities that are likely to be utilized as part of anti-access/area denial strategies both China and Russia would likely employ.

Speaking recently at the Navy League’s 2024 Sea Air Space exposition, Rick Loy hinted at the possibility that the Mako could see additional use in the years ahead from surface or ground launch systems, “or even sub-surface like other weapons” that would conceivably extend Mako’s capabilities beyond just launch from aircraft.

Lockheed Martin has also implied that the weapon may be used by other countries, where the missile would offer an accessible and cost-effective solution for militaries wishing to acquire hypersonic capabilities.

Although official imagery depicting the Mako either in real-world testing or artistic representations has yet to be released by Lockheed Martin, video of the new missile as it appeared earlier this month at the Sea Air Space exposition has been made available by Naval News on its YouTube channel, which can be viewed here.

• Micah Hanks is the Editor-in-Chief and Co-Founder of The Debrief. He can be reached by email at micah@thedebrief.org. Follow his work at micahhanks.com and on X: @MicahHanks.

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28-04-2024 om 21:30 geschreven door peter  

A former White House insider shared a document, from around 2020, that appears to prove the US government recovered remains of a crashed UFO in the of Arizona in the 1950

A former White House insider has released a bombshell document claiming the US government has a crashed UFO.

Chris Mellon, who served in the Clinton and George W Bush administrations, published a redacted copy of discussions with a “senior US government official” who says it came down in Arizona.

The official, whose name Mellon has not released, says: “We’re dealing with the recovered UAP that landed in Kingman, AZ in the 1950s.”

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In the document, from around 2020, they also warn people “would be slack-jawed if they found out what we now know”.

In the Kingman case from May 1953, witnesses reported seeing a fleet of saucer-like objects in the skies. Three were claimed to have crashed, with one appearing to be undamaged.

The US military is said to have been testing a powerful new radar system near the desert town around the time of the incident.

The case has echoes of the more famous Roswell incident from 1947 where the US military originally said they had retrieved a crashed flying saucer before making a U-turn and claiming it was actually a weather balloon.

The Kingman document was cleared for publication by the US government because it contains no classified material.

Mellon said: “My purpose in releasing this document, in the wake of the government’s blanket denials regarding the possession of off-world technology, is simply to help others understand why I and some others consider these allegations worthy of investigation.”

It comes after a veteran airline pilot shared four "unexplainable" objects that he's seen in the sky – including a "hypersonic" UFO and a craft that flew at "30,000mph".

Christiaan Van Heijst told podcaster Chris Lehto he assumed that he had stumbled upon the tests of some experimental USAF technology, but recent events have made him change his mind.

{ https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/ }

28-04-2024 om 20:31 geschreven door peter  

UK’s Clearest UFO Photo Is Revealed, It Was Set To Be Released In 2072, 100% Authentic

By Vicky Verma

Nick Pope worked for the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) for 21 years. From 1991 to 1994, he was the head of the MoD’s UFO project. He said that during his time in the MoD, he came across several credible UFO cases. One such case involves the photograph from the Calvine Incident.

The story of how the photograph reached the MoD’s office is phenomenal. Mr. Pope said that when he began his investigation into UFOs in 1991, it led him to a poster, hanging on the wall near his desk. The poster was an enlarged-colored photograph of the UFO from the Calvine Incident.

“The X-Files first aired in the UK in 1994 and I acquired the same nickname (Spooky) as Fox Mulder, for obvious reasons,” Nick said. “Mulder famously had his ‘I want to believe’ UFO poster on his office wall and though uncaptioned, I suppose this was my equivalent.”

Most of the UFO photos are either fake, blurry, or just a small dot in the sky, but this particular photo was clear and taken in broad daylight. According to Mr. Pope, the photograph contained an 80-foot diamond-shaped craft with a military jet in the background.

Two unnamed hikers from the Perthshire region allegedly took the photo of a large UFO while walking near the village of Calvine on August 4, 1990. “The photos were then sent to the Defence Intelligence Staff (DIS) who then sent them on to imagery analysts at JARIC (Joint Air Reconnaissance Intelligence Centre). Yet at the time, the MoD hadn’t even publicly acknowledged that there was any intelligence interest in UFOs at all,” Mr. Pope explained.

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Interestingly, the photo disappeared without any trace when the UFO investigators questioned the MoD whether Americans were testing secret prototype aircraft in the area. Mr. Pope asked the US if the craft belonged to them but they refused to admit it.

According to a 30-year rule in the UK, the MoD was supposed to release the secret UFO dossier on January 1, 2021, but the UK government banned the release for another 50 years. This secret file is said to contain the infamous UFO photo from the Calvine incident. Now, it is set to be released on January 1, 2072.

Photo found after 32 years

UAP Media UK is working hard to bring a serious resource to the British media outlets on the discussion of UFOs. One of the members of this project named Vinnie Adams has been working with Dr. David Clarke and a small team of researchers on the Calvine case from 1990 in Scotland for the last 11 months. (Source)

This led him to discover an original print of the Calvine “UFO,” taken directly from the negatives that were sent by the witnesses to the Scottish Daily Record back in 1990, just after the event occurred.

He also found the original envelope which was sent from the Scottish Daily Record to Craig Lindsay who was the MOD Press Officer that dealt with the case at the time.

Mr. Adams wrote: “According to the copy of the hand-written sighting report that was released by The National Archives (TNA) in October 2008, the witnesses gave an account of their sighting plus the color photographs to what was the joint RAF/Royal Navy Headquarters at Pitreavie, near Dunfermline (which closed in 1996).”

Nick Pope mentioned the details of the Scottish sighting in his 1996 book “Open Skies, Closed Minds,” which prompted a British Parliamentary Question in July 1996 from Martin Redmond, Former Member of Parliament for Doncaster, about the incident:

“To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment his Department made of the photograph of an unidentified craft at Calvine on 4 August 1990; who removed it from an office in Secretariat (Air Staff) 2a; for what reasons; and if he will make a statement.”

Nicholas Soames, Minister of State for the Armed Forces, gave a written reply to the MP’s question:

“A number of negatives associated with the sighting were examined by staff responsible for air defence matters. Since it was judged they contained nothing of defence significance the negatives were not retained and we have no record of any photographs being taken from them.” (Hansard HC Deb., 24 July 1996, vol.282, col 39248W)

Journalist Dr David Clarke, who is also a member of UAP Media UK, was put in touch with retired RAF press officer Craig Lindsay. Craig was involved in the Calvine case back in 1990 as the go-between for the Daily Record and the MOD.

During his involvement in the case, Craig acquired an original print of the elusive photograph. Along with the photo, Craig also kept the original envelope containing the photograph sent by the Daily Record to the MOD.

In May 2022, David interviewed Craig in Scotland and was shown the original print. In June, Craig agreed to donate the photograph to the Sheffield Hallam University Archives, handing it to Dr. Dravid Clarke and Vinnie Adams. The image now resides in its new home at the Sheffield Hallam University folklore archives.

Authenticity of Calvine UFO Photo

Andrew Robinson, a senior lecturer in Photography at Sheffield Hallam University claims the authenticity of the 1990 Scottish highlands UFO photo. In his detailed analysis, he found the image showing no evidence of negative or print-based manipulation, and all visible signs suggest this is a genuine photograph of the scene before the camera. (Source)

Robinson concluded in his study:

•  The photograph is a color print from XP-1 or XP-2 chromogenic Black and White C41 film printed on a standard;
•  It is not possible to identify the object in the center of the frame. However, the evidence present suggests that this object was in front of the camera in the position shown when the photograph was captured;
• Thus it follows that this is either a genuine unidentified flying object in the sky OR that any construction or manipulation used to create this effect occurred in front of the camera and not in the capturing of the scene on film nor in the subsequent processing and printing of the image;
• The results of this analysis are consistent with, and support the claimed heritage of the print.

Check the video below by Nick Pope, speaking about how insiders view the Calvine UFO incident

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28-04-2024 om 18:08 geschreven door peter  

The pilot described the apparent UFO as "twice the size of a city"

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An airline pilot claims he saw a "UFO twice the size of a city" while flying over Mexico. Arturo Saucedo recounted his experience in this video for the No Es Contra Ti podcast.

En route to California, Saucedo claims he noticed strange lights over Queretaro in central Mexico. “Suddenly, we were plunged into total darkness with only the panels lit up,” he said on the podcast.

“I then saw a beam of light that I first thought was something from Starlink as I had seen some images about Elon Musk’s company, basically a line of satellites that shine brightly in the sky.”

If you can't see the video below, click here.

Despite the fact that the strange flying item was 35,000 below him, Saucedo was alarmed by how large it was, even from a big distance away. “I should clarify that a UFO is not necessarily alien, it is an unidentified flying object,” he continued. “We are used to seeing things that are common to see, but this was not at all common.”

Along with his flight captain, Saucedo decided to report the sighting. However, he was informed that there was no satellite launches scheduled for that day. The pilot, though, is conviced that the technology is human and not otherworldly in nature.

It was “human technology, some type of American technology that they didn’t report," he said. While observing the anomalous object, Saucedo said “it started moving quickly to the right.”

So quick was the supposed UFO that it flew towards the Gulf of Mexico “in a minute, minute and a half” before disappearing from sight.

There has been no confirmation on what the pilot alleges to have witnessed was. It may, like so many other UFO sightings, remain a mystery.

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28-04-2024 om 17:36 geschreven door peter  

Nevertheless, small spacecraft will need to be able to perform challenging propulsive maneuvers like achieving escape velocity, orbital capture, and other maneuvers that require significant acceleration (delta-v). The thrust required to perform these maneuvers – 8 km/s (~5 mps) of delta-v – is beyond the capability of current and commercially available propulsion technology. Moreover, low-cost commercial electric propulsion systems have limited lifetimes and typically process only about 10% of a small spacecraft’s propellant mass.

Similarly, secondary spacecraft are becoming more common thanks to rockets with excess capacity (enabling rideshare programs). Still, these are generally limited to scientific targets that align with the primary mission’s trajectory. Additionally, secondary missions typically have limited time to collect data during high-speed flybys. What is needed is an electric propulsion system that requires low power (sub-kilowatt) and has high-propellant throughout – meaning it is capable of using lots of propellant over its lifetime.

To meet this demand, engineers at NASA Glenn are taking many advanced high-power solar electric propulsion (SEP) elements developed over the past decade and are miniaturizing them. These elements were developed as part of NASA’s Moon to Mars mission architecture, with applications including the Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) of the Lunar Gateway. A SEP system was also part of the design for a Deep Space Transport (DST), the vehicle that will conduct the first crewed missions to Mars by 2040. The NASA-H71M system, however, is expected to have a major impact on small spacecraft, expanding mission profiles and durations.

According to NASA, missions using the NASA-H71M system could operate for 15,000 hours and process over 30% of the small spacecraft’s initial mass in propellant. This system could increase the reach of secondary spacecraft, allowing them to deviate from the primary mission’s trajectory and explore a wider range of scientific targets. By allowing spacecraft to decelerate and make orbital insertions, this technology could increase mission durations and the amount of time they have to study objects.

It’s also beyond the needs of most commercial LEO missions, and the associated costs are generally higher than what commercial missions call for. As such, NASA continues to seek partnerships with commercial developers working on small commercial spacecraft with more ambitious mission profiles. One such partner is SpaceLogistics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Northrop Grumman that provides in-orbit satellite servicing to geosynchronous satellite operators using its proprietary Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV).

This vehicle relies on Northrop Grumman NGHT-1X Hall-effect thrusters based on the NASA-H71M design. This propulsive capability will allow the MEV to reach satellites in Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO), where it will dock with customer’s satellites, extending their lives for at least six years. Through a Space Act Agreement (SAA), Northrop Grumman is conducting long-duration wear tests (LDWT) at NASA Glenn’s Vacuum Facility 11. The first three MEP spacecraft are expected to launch in 2025 and extend the lives of three GEO communication satellites.

Further Reading: 

• NASA

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28-04-2024 om 17:16 geschreven door peter  

The Intriguing UFO Encounter of a Japanese Fighter Pilot

In the vast expanses of our skies, where the blue meets the infinite, lies a mystery that has puzzled humanity for decades: Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs). Among the numerous accounts of encounters with these enigmatic phenomena, the story of Mamoru Sato, a retired Japanese fighter pilot, stands out for its compelling detail and the credibility of the witness.

Mamoru Sato, with a distinguished career spanning 34 years in the Japanese Air Defense Force, recounts a bewildering experience at Matsushima Air Base. During a routine training session, an anomaly in the clear sky caught the attention of a pilot under Sato’s command. A cigar-shaped object, defying the laws of aviation as we understand them, hovered eerily above. What makes Sato’s narrative particularly intriguing is the immediate effect the UFO had on the aircraft. The pilot struggled with the controls, a challenge unprecedented in his career, not due to a mechanical failure but seemingly caused by the proximity of the unidentified object.

The situation escalated when, upon attempting to land, the UFO reappeared, leading to a recurrence of the inexplicable loss of control, a phenomenon now witnessed by both the trainee and the instructor. This dual confirmation of the sighting under different circumstances adds a layer of depth to the encounter, suggesting a deliberate interaction, or at least an acknowledgment, from the unidentified entity.

Sato’s account contributes to a larger tapestry of UFO sightings by military personnel, a category that commands significant attention due to the expertise and reliability of the observers. These individuals, trained to identify and interact with various aircraft, lend a gravitas to their reports, pushing the boundaries of our understanding of the phenomena.

As stories like Sato’s emerge into the public domain, they fuel a growing interest in UFO sightings, transcending the confines of conspiracy theories to spark a genuine scientific curiosity. What are these objects? Where do they come from, and what is their purpose? These are the questions that haunt the minds of those who look to the skies and dare to wonder.

Mamoru Sato’s story is but a single thread in the intricate weave of UFO sightings, each account adding color and context to the ongoing investigation into the unknown. As we stand at the precipice of discovery, we are reminded that the universe is vast, and its secrets are waiting to be uncovered. The skies above are not just a frontier for our explorations but a canvas for the mysteries that dance just out of sight, inviting us to look up and wonder.

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28-04-2024 om 16:59 geschreven door peter  

Area 51 has ultra-secure 'base within a base' where dazzling secret aircraft are tested, says expert whose home was raided over website revealing 'truth' of Nevada UFO base

• Joerg Arnu has been digging into the mystery surrounding Area 51 since 1999
• He believes the Air Force is testing spy planes and drone-jamming technology
• However, these tests are being conducted at a fa

By MACKENZIE TATANANNI FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

The owner of a website compiling information about Area 51 believes the military is testing new technology at a covert 'base within a base' in the Nevada desert. 

Joerg Arnu has been running dreamlandresort.com since the early days of the Internet. The site was launched in 1999, complete with a forum for equally enthusiastic fans to trade theories about happenings at the Air Force facility.

Some of those who post on the site are former Area 51 staffers - and Arnu's home was recently raided by the Feds, convincing him that at least one user had shared the truth about what happens there. 

Area 51 has long been seen as a site where recovered alien technology is tested, with at least one former worker, Bob Lazar, saying they'd seen extraterrestrial aircraft on display. 

Skeptics say those incredible claims provide a useful distraction from the very real but extremely-secretive military aircraft that are definitely developed and tested there. 

Arnu, a self-branded 'Area 51 research veteran,' is one of roughly 50 people living in Rachel, Nevada, right on the outskirts of the military base.

And with 25 years of research under his belt, Arnu believes the real secrets are now being hidden in a new part of Area 51, which sits north of the existing runways and base buildings. 

'They have years and years and decades of experience hiding things,' Arnu told 8 News Now.

Joerg Arnu, the owner of dreamlandresort.com, believes the U.S. military is testing cutting-edge technology out in the Nevada desert

Joerg has been documenting the happenings around Area 51 since 1999  from his home in Rachel, located just on the outskirts of the base

The Air Force facility, located 120 miles outside Las Vegas, has been shrouded in a veil of mystery since its founding nearly seven decades ago

This bizarre-looking early stealth plane, named Tacit Blue, was developed in total secrecy in Area 51 in the early 1980s and only revealed in 1996, years after it had been decommissioned. It serves as a useful example of just how tightly Area 51 bosses keep their secrets to their chests 

The United States' new B-21 Stealth Raider was also likely developed at Area 51, and remained completely secret until its unveiling in 2021 

'Look at some of the exotic planes, like the Tacit Blue that was developed in total secrecy, was flown in secrecy, then all of a sudden, they put it in a museum and said, "yeah, we had this for a while".'

Arnu was referring to a bizarre duck-bill shaped Northrup jet that was an early stealth prototype, first tested at Area 51 in 1982, decommissioned in 1985 and finally unveiled 11 years later, in 1996. 

He said the fact that such a bizarre-looking plane could remain secret for so long gives a hint as to what else is kept far away from the public's eyes at Area 51's ultra-secret enclave. 

Area 51, located 120 miles outside Las Vegas, has been shrouded in a veil of secrecy since its founding in 1955, when it was established as part of the Nevada Test and Training Range complex.

Reports of 'unidentified flying objects' soon began to crop up. Those appeared to stem from testing of the U-2 aircraft, which could fly up to 50,000 feet higher than normal airliners at the time.

Since then, Area 51 has continued to serve as the testing ground for other stealth aircrafts like the F-117A, A-12 and Tacit Blue. The military's stunning new B-21 Stealth Raider was also likely developed and tested at Area 51. 

The military only acknowledged the base's existence in 2013, when a formerly classified document about the U-2 was obtained by the National Security Archive at George Washington University.

There were efforts to share more information about the facility before then. In the early 2000s, an Area 51 watchdog named Chuck Clark revealed that the military had placed sensors miles outside the base's boundaries, leading to a raid on his home.

And he wasn't the only one, as Arnu’s properties were swarmed by gun-toting counter-terrorism agents in November 2022.

He was in bed at his home in Rachel when around two dozen agents burst through the door, handcuffed him and led him outside for questioning.

But all the prying came at a price, as Arnu and his girlfriend, Linda Hellow, were targeted in an FBI raid in November 2022

According to a search warrant, Arnu was suspected to be in violation of Title 18 of the United States Code, accused of 'conspiracy' and 'photographing defense installations'

The webmaster believes cutting-edge military technology like drones and unmanned warplanes are being tested at Area 51

'The FBI wants to shut us down with unjustified raids and false accusations. Help us fight for our First Amendment Right!' reads a banner on the website

Over 100 miles away in Las Vegas, girlfriend Linda Hellow was similarly awoken by FBI agents who ordered her to come downstairs at gunpoint.

The agents seized four of Arnu’s computers, several hard drives, phones, cameras and a drone. They also swiped photos of his late parents and records containing personal information.

Arnu was handed a search warrant reviewed by DailyMail.com, which starts on page 40. The document indicates that Arnu violated Title 18 of the United States Code, accusing him of 'conspiracy' and 'photographing defense installations'.

He later learned that the raid was carried out by a joint team from the FBI and the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, a counter intelligence wing that investigates terrorist groups targeting the Air Force.

Nearly two years later, Arnu is unsure whether he will face jail time. However, the government's case against him - whatever it may be - hasn't stopped him from continuing his mission.

The webmaster said he suspects military technology like drones and unmanned warplanes are being tested at Area 51.

'They are flying drones, obviously,' Arnu said. 'The Russians and Chinese work on stuff to jam our drones, we work on stuff to jam their drones. The next step is how do we make drone communications more secure.'

However, the tests are being conducted under even greater secrecy, at a 'base within a base' that is only visible to those with their own satellite.

Arnu is unsure whether he will face jail time, but the raid did not deter him from continuing to dig into the mystery surrounding Area 51

The 'Area 51 research veteran' suspects drone-jamming technology is being tested out in the desert

He says the experiments are being conducted at a highly secure 'base within in a base' north of Groom Lake that is only visible to those with their own satellite

'They have a whole empty valley just north of Groom Lake, and they have the mountain range where they can pretty much play with anything they want,' Arnu explained.

All this information and more can be found at dreamlandresort.com, which has been running ad-free since March 2019.

A flashy banner on the site encourages people to donate to a GoFundMe, reading, 'Freedom of Speech under attack: The FBI wants to shut us down with unjustified raids and false accusations. Help us fight for our First Amendment Right!'

Arnu doesn't intend to abandon his mission soon, and doesn't believe the shadowy agents testing military tech in the desert plan to stop either.

'It’s booming out there,' Arnu said. 'Area 51 is not going anywhere.'

Area 51 sits within a huge exclusion zone near Rachel. Sensors have been planted in the ground to warn security of any unauthorized visitors and anyone who crosses the perimeter - which sits many miles from the base itself - faces felony charges.  

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28-04-2024 om 01:38 geschreven door peter  

The strange black obelisk-shaped object whizzed past the window causing confusion amongst those who saw it, travelling in the opposite direction to the aeroplane the footage was shot from

By Harry Thompson - News Reporter - James Liddell

After the unusual sighting, Michelle quickly reached out to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), as well as the National UFO Reporting Centre and the Enigma Labs, which collects reports of UFO sightings, to report what she had witnessed.

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• Alligators' permanently erect penises hidden inside their bodies leave boffins baffled

"The first thing I did was email the FAA to let them know what I saw," Michelle said. "Maybe it was a safety hazard, but unfortunately I haven't heard back from them, they didn't acknowledge my email."

Michelle even showed the footage to her father, a former US Navy serviceman, and he too was left scratching his head in confusion. Both dismissed thoughts that it might have been a drone because, according to Michelle, it "shouldn't've been that close to the aircraft", reports the Mirror.

The mum was left even more freaked out when she discovered another passenger had also claimed to have seen the UFO-like object. "It's a little nerve-wracking that someone else saw what I saw," she said.

UFO sleuth Ben Hansen weighed in on the show, agreeing that he too thinks the cylindrical object could be legit. "We've found no evidence that she [Reyes] faked this or hoaxed it... It's there. It's very clear, which is unusual," Hansen remarked.

This eerie sighting follows reports from plane enthusiasts who reckon they caught a UFO on film loitering above Air Force One in Los Angeles during President Joe Biden's trip on December 10, 2023. This unidentified object was described as spherical rather than cylindrical and coloured white or silver.

It was allegedly captured on camera multiple times over Los Angeles International Airport and seen by several onlookers, as reported by the Daily Mail. Some are speculating it's extraterrestrials eager for a chinwag with humans, while others reckon it's just a high-flying balloon.

Back in March, the Pentagon declared there was "no evidence" of aliens having a chinwag with Uncle Sam and suggested that supposed sightings were probably military drills. Still, they admitted their findings won't put a lid on the rampant alien chatter.

"The proliferation of television programmes, books, movies, and the vast amount of internet and social media content centred on UAP-related topics most likely has influenced the public conversation on this topic, and reinforced these beliefs within some sections of the population," the report read.

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28-04-2024 om 00:46 geschreven door peter  

Solar Sails are an enigmatic and majestic way to travel across the gulf of space. Drawing an analogy to the sail ships of the past, they are one of the most efficient ways of propelling craft in space. On Tuesday a RocketLab Electron rocket launched NASA’s new Advanced Composite Solar Sail System. It aims to test the deployment of large solar sails in low-earth orbit and on Wednesday, NASA confirmed they had successfully deployed a 9 metre sail. 

In 1886 the motor car was invented. In 1903 humans made their first powered flight. Just 58 years later, humans made their first trip into space on board a rocket. Rocket technology has changed significantly over the centuries, yes centuries. The development of the rocket started way back in the 13th Century with the Chinese and Mongolians firing rocket propelled arrows at each other. Things moved on somewhat since then and we now have solid and liquid rocket propellant, ion engines and solar sails with more technology in the wings. 

Solar sails are of particular interest because they harness the power of sun, or star light to propel probes across space. The idea isn’t knew though, Johannes Kepler (of planetary motion fame) first suggested that sunlight could be used to push spacecraft in the 17th Century in his works entitled ‘Somnium’. We had to wait until the 20h Century though before Russian scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky outlined the principle of how solar sails might actually work. Carl Sagan and other members of the Planetary Society start to propose missions using solar sails in the 70’s and 80’s but it wasn’t until 2010 that we saw the first practical solar sail vehicle, IKAROS.

 

The concept of solar sails is quite simple to understand, relying upon the pressure of sunlight. The sails are angled such that photons strike the reflective sail and bounce off it to push the spacecraft forward. It does of course take a lot of photons to accelerate a spacecraft using light but slowly, over time it is a very efficient propulsion system requiring no heavy engines or fuel tanks. This reduction of mass makes it easier for solar sails to be accelerated by sunlight but the sail sizes have been limited by the material and structure of the booms that support them. 

NASA have been working on the problem with their Next Generation Solar Sail Boom Technology. Their Advanced Composite Solar Sail System uses a CubeSat built by NanoAvionics to test a new composite boom support structure. It is made from flexible polymer and carbon fibre materials to create a stiffer, lighter alternative to existing support structure designs. 

On Wednesday 24 April, NASA confirmed that the CubeSat has reached low-Earth orbit and deployed a 9 metre sail. They are now powering up the probe and establishing ground contract. It took about 25 minutes to deploy the sail which spans 80 square metres. If the conditions are right, it may even be visible from Earth, possibly even rivalling Sirius in brightness. 

Source : 

• Solar Sail CubeSat Has Deployed from Rocket

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28-04-2024 om 00:31 geschreven door peter  

Major Marcel’s Secret Diary and the Roswell Enigma

In the vast expanse of the New Mexico desert, under the cloak of a 1947 stormy night, an event unfolded that would etch the name Roswell into the annals of extraterrestrial lore forever. This is not just a tale of unidentified flying objects or mere UFO sightings; it’s the story of Major Jesse Marcel and his secret diary, a narrative that could potentially redefine our understanding of the Roswell Incident.

Major Marcel, an intelligence officer at the Roswell Army Air Field (later renamed Walker Air Force Base), found himself at the heart of a mystery when a mysterious object crashed near the base. Initially reported as a “flying saucer” by the RAAF press officer, the story quickly changed to a mere weather balloon. Yet, the debris Marcel posed with for newspaper photos—a supposed weather balloon—didn’t align with his own account of materials “not of this world.”

Fast forward to decades later, a British investigator, Philip Mantle, and others have brought to light that Marcel might have kept a diary in coded language, detailing his true findings and observations from that fateful day. These revelations were brought into public eye through a History Channel series, “Greatest Mysteries,” featuring Marcel’s diary as a key piece of evidence. This coded journal, now in the possession of Marcel’s grandchildren, allegedly contains unknown clues and observations about the Roswell crash, suggesting that the object had extraterrestrial origins.

The story of Marcel’s secret diary invites us to question the official narratives and explore the possibilities of what truly happened in Roswell. It’s a testament to the enduring human fascination with the unknown and the lengths to which individuals and governments might go to guard their secrets.

For enthusiasts and skeptics alike, the Roswell Incident and Major Marcel’s diary serve as a beacon, guiding us through the murky waters of UFO sightings and alien encounters. As we continue to decode the past and scrutinize the skies, the saga of Roswell reminds us that the search for truth is never straightforward, and the mysteries of the universe are far from being unraveled.

This tale, rooted in the heart of UFO sightings lore, not only captivates but also challenges us to keep questioning, keep looking, and perhaps one day, uncover the truth that lies beyond our Earthly bounds. The story of Major Marcel and his secret diary isn’t just about UFOs; it’s about the pursuit of knowledge and the undeniable human desire to understand the cosmos and our place within it.

As we stand on the brink of new discoveries and cosmic revelations, let the story of Major Marcel’s diary guide us into a future where the unknown becomes known, and the mysteries of yesterday become the truths of today.

This approach, focusing on the enigma of Major Marcel’s secret diary and its implications on our understanding of the Roswell Incident, taps into the public’s perennial fascination with UFO sightings. By weaving together historical accounts, recent revelations, and the unending allure of the unknown, this article aims to capture the imagination of readers and engage those curious about the ever-evolving narrative of unidentified aerial phenomena.

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28-04-2024 om 00:15 geschreven door peter  

UFO Seen In Video Over New York City’s LaGuardia Airport

KAY SMYTHE - NEWS AND COMMENTARY WRITER

NewsNation’s Ashleigh Banfield interviewed a woman Wednesday who took a video of a UFO over New York City’s LaGuardia airport.

Michelle Reyes was flying into LaGuardia airport over NYC with her daughter when she saw something outside the window while taking a video on her phone, according to her interview on “Banfield.” Out of seemingly nowhere, a flat-ish cylindrical object bursts through the frame and flies — with seemingly no means of propulsion — through the skies and out over the city.

Reyes didn’t say specifically when she captured the footage. But the timing of it is sort of the smallest issue.

“Whatever it was, it was definitely outside the plane and it was flying on its own and it was really, really fast,” Banfield explained. The exact size of the UFO is unclear, though it looks more than big enough to bust a hole through a plane.

Reyes also noted this significant safety concern and sent the video to the Federal Aviation Administration but apparently never heard back.

• (RELATED: Stephen Hawking Had One Clear Warning About Aliens. Scientists Are Ignoring It)

While there are a lot of UFO videos that force me into a place of skepticism, this one is really weird. Like, extra weird. Whatever that thing is, it’s moving faster than any drone I’ve ever seen. It sort of looks like a flying robot vacuum cleaner.

Enigma Labs analyzed the footage to confirm its authenticity. The company told NewsNation that they found no evidence of Reyes having faked the footage. Whatever that thing is, it seems that it is really there. And that is kind of freaky.

The FAA did not immediately reply to requests for comment from the Daily Caller.

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26-04-2024 om 17:45 geschreven door peter  

• Sub has expansive 'bubble-like' window giving amazing views for paying guests
• READ MORE: Luxury super sub can hold 20 people underwater for four weeks

By JONATHAN CHADWICK FOR MAILONLINE 

James Bond memorably escaped beneath the waves aboard his adapted Lotus Esprit in the 1977 film 'The Spy Who Loved Me'. 

But an incredible new submersible shaped like a UFO looks even outside the capabilities of MI6's Q branch. 

The Triton 660 AVA has an expansive transparent 'bubble'-like' window that makes passengers feel at one with the ocean's depths.

While diving up to 656 feet (200 metres) below the water's surface, guests can enjoy dinner, share a bottle of champagne or even get married. 

However, with an eye-watering purchase price of $6.3 million (£5 million), the 660 AVA doesn't come cheap. 

Triton says the sub can be quickly reconfigured between dives, and can offer a variety of dive activities, including dining or cocktail dives, spa treatments, or even subsea gaming experiences

The Triton 660/9 AVA has been launched as the ultimate vessel for deep sea sightseeing according to maker Triton

The sub has been created by Florida-based firm Triton, perhaps best known for making the DSV Limiting Factor, a deep sea submarine that collided with the wreck of RMS Titanic in 2019. 

The company says on its website that its new 660 AVA provides 'entertainment-focused underwater experiences'.

The sub can be quickly reconfigured between dives and can offer a variety of dive activities, including dining or cocktail dives, spa treatments, subsea gaming experiences or even weddings. 

It describes the sub as 'the world’s most intimate place to tie the knot'. 

'Operators can take advantage of this space to provide never-before-possible experiences that will surprise and delight discerning guests, even when not sailing near a prime dive site,' it says. 

'These singular, expansive spaces afford you considerable flexibility to curate experiences hitherto unimaginable in a submersible, from cocktails and casinos to weddings and private dining.'

The intimate space comes with comfortable leather seating and even in-built mood lighting and a surround-sound audio system, so guests can enjoy music to match the deep sea.  

According to Triton, the sub's expansive window uses a patent-pending mix of acrylics, allowing strong but 'transparent hulls in new and irregular geometries'

It has been specifically designed for the cruise and hospitality sectors, with the ability to dive 656 feet (200 metres) below the surface

The craft has echoes of James Bond’s sea-diving Lotus Esprit in The Spy Who Loved Me, above, also known as Wet Nellie (pictured)

READ MORE 

• Super sub can hold 20 underwater for four weeks

The sub has a pool and wine cellar

According to Triton, the sub's expansive window uses a patent-pending mix of acrylics, allowing strong but 'transparent hulls in new and irregular geometries'. 

'A Triton AVA submersible typically offers two to three times the usable volume of traditional spherical hulls – space that can be used to create amazing experiences,' the firm adds. 

Triton 660 AVA also comes with a new and improved controller to operate the sub, called the Hammerhead. 

Working in tandem with the cockpit, the Hammerhead allows the submersible to be controlled wirelessly from any seat inside the cabin. 

So the pilot could move around the submersible while still operating it, or may even hand control of the submersible to a guest.

If this sounds too similar to the adapted PlayStation controller used to navigate the doomed Titan last June, everything about Triton's new vehicle has been apparently designed with safety in mind.  

According to the firm, each 660 AVA submersible comprises of thousands of constituent components, each of which is reviewed and tested to ensure it complies with requirements for certification by a third party. 

Florida-based Triton say their craft has been specifically designed for the cruise and hospitality sectors

 The Triton DSV Limiting Factor from Florida-based company Triton Submarines, which collided with the starboard hull breach of the Titanic wreck

Patrick Lahey, CEO and co-founder of Triton, said: 'There is a stark difference between the experimental aberration made by OceanGate and the thoughtfully designed and carefully engineered products created by legitimate builders like Triton.

'Fortunately, this message has been conveyed in the media and people now understand this important distinction. 

'Certified and accredited subs, like those Triton manufacture have a 40-year track record of perfect safety. 

'Certified subs are magical machines that allow people to safely visit and explore a part of our world they simply couldn’t see any other way.'

The privately-owned submersible Titan, created and operated by another US firm called OceanGate, suffered a 'catastrophic implosion' on the way to visit the wreck of RMS Titanic.

The five men on board died instantly, including OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, who had described a deep sea trip aboard Titan as 'safer than crossing the street'.

Titanic director James Cameron, who's renowned for his own deep-sea exploration missions, has said Titan had 'three potential failure points' and indicated that its 'Achilles heel' was the carbon fiber hull.

A luxury yacht that's perfect for high-flyers! Incredible 242ft yacht uses a foil system to 'fly' across the water – but it will set you back £70 MILLION 

A luxury 242ft-long yacht has not only been designed to take you on the high seas but also to 'fly' above the water - as long as you have a spare £70 million.

The impressive design concept called the Plectrum was released by the Rome-based Lazzarini Design Studio.

Built out of dry carbon fibres that make it extra light, it uses a foil system so it can rise above the waves and glide along the water at up to 75 knots (86mph). 

Italian creators at the Lazzarini Design Studio released images of their latest concept yacht called the Plectrum

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At the moment, the yacht remains a concept boat with no set date to arrive on to the market. 

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26-04-2024 om 16:54 geschreven door peter  

Angel Kenmore called the police after he and his family came face-to-face with what they described as 10ft tall 'demon creature' aliens in their back garden last year

Officers from the Metro Las Vegas Police Department were sent to the scene, and bodycam footage showed a strange bluey-green ball of light zipping through the night's sky that same night. The police received a second call 39 minutes after the first, with another resident claiming there were two unknown beings in his garden.

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Bodycam footage showed a strange bluey-green ball of light zipping through the night's sky 

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Speaking to NewsNation, Angel has opened up about how he has been plagued with paranoia since the spooky encounter. He also recalled what he saw in more detail.

"We were in the backyard, and then, out of nowhere, we just saw a big light fall down," he said. "[It] basically crashed in the backyard. And a couple of seconds later, I saw the big giant creature in front of me.

"It was moving and breathing. It was p*ssed off, like it wanted to do something looking at me." He described this first being as growling "like a dog".

Angel and his family's account of events hasn't changed since last year, despite people questioning them and accusing them of being hoaxers. He added: "They can think whatever they want. If I was doing it for fame, I would be on YouTube, making videos. I made no money off this. I don't need money. It was a really bad and traumatising experience."

He did share a video following the crash, explaining how the family had seen two beings in the garden. They were described as tall, thin and around 8ft to 10ft tall.

Inside Edition previously revealed how each member of the family drew a picture of what they'd seen. Angel's dad described the beings as "not human" with "green-grey" skin as well as antennas, large eyes and teeth.

26-04-2024 om 16:27 geschreven door peter