Dit is ons nieuw hondje Kira, een kruising van een waterhond en een Podenko. Ze is sinds 7 februari 2024 bij ons en druk bezig ons hart te veroveren. Het is een lief, aanhankelijk hondje, dat zich op een week snel aan ons heeft aangepast. Ze is heel vinnig en nieuwsgierig, een heel ander hondje dan Noleke.
This is our new dog Kira, a cross between a water dog and a Podenko. She has been with us since February 7, 2024 and is busy winning our hearts. She is a sweet, affectionate dog who quickly adapted to us within a week. She is very quick and curious, a very different dog than Noleke.
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30-09-2016
Ons heelal is rond en roteert niet
Ons heelal is rond en roteert niet
Tim Kraaijvanger
Ons universum is rond, dijt aan alle kanten even snel uit en lijkt niet te roteren. Dit beweren astronomen in een paper in het wetenschappelijke vakblad Physical Review Letters.
Wetenschappers onderzochten de kosmische achtergrondstraling. Dit is de warmtestraling die is uitgezonden tijdens de oerknal. Stel dat het heelal niet in alle richtingen even snel uit zou dijen, dan zouden er bepaalde patronen te zien moeten zijn in de achtergrondstraling. “Denk hierbij aan koude of hete plekken die een bepaalde as volgen of zelfs spiraalstructuren”, vertelt astronoom Daniela Saadeh.
“We hebben deze verwachtingen vergeleken met de daadwerkelijke situatie”, zegt onderzoeker Dr Stephen Feeney van het Imperial College London. “Dit was nog lastig, omdat het universum op heel veel manieren anisotropisch kan zijn. Je kunt gemakkelijk verdwalen in het doolhof van mogelijke universums.”
Er zijn geen patronen gevonden in de kosmische achtergrondstraling.
1 op 121.000 De kans dat het heelal een voorkeursrichting heeft is erg klein. Feeney en Saadeh beweren dat de kans 1 op 121.000 is.
Toch zijn er misschien wel andere heelallen die niet isotropisch zijn. “De algemene relativiteitstheorie van Albert Einstein laat de deuren open voor anistrope heelallen, die de ene kant sneller uitdijt dan de andere kant. Of die mogelijk roteren”, aldus Saadeh. “Het is goed nieuws dat het heelal aan alle kanten even snel uitdijt, omdat onze huidige kosmologische modellen hiervan uitgaan.”
Multiversum Andere heelallen? Ja, wetenschappers denken dat ons heelal niet uniek is. Wellicht zijn er veel meer universa in het zogenoemde multiversum. Sterker nog: in andere universa is er mogelijk een gunstiger klimaat voor leven, waardoor er meer (intelligent) leven voorkomt dan in ons eigen universum. De vraag is of we ooit naar een ander universum kunnen reizen. Misschien via een wormgat?
SpaceX onthult interplanetair ruimteschip om Mars te koloniseren
SpaceX onthult interplanetair ruimteschip om Mars te koloniseren
Tim Kraaijvanger
Elon Musk liet gisteren tijdens een uur durende presentatie zien hoe hij minimaal honderd mensen op Mars wil krijgen.
Tijdens een conferentie in Mexico onthulde Musk het Interplanetary Transport System, dat bestaat uit de meest krachtigste raket die ooit is gebouwd en een ruimtevaartuig dat mensen naar de rode planeet brengt.
Als alles volgens plan verloopt, zal het ITS de komende 50 tot 100 jaar een permanente, zelfvoorzienende kolonie stichten. “Ik wil (het koloniseren van, red.) Mars mogelijk maken”, zegt Musk. “Iets wat we kunnen we bereiken in ons leven en dat jij nog mee kan gaan.”
Musk beweert dat de reis naar Mars ongeveer tien miljard dollar per persoon kost met traditionele methoden. De oprichter van CEO wil deze kostprijs met een factor vijf miljoen (!!) verlagen. De reis naar Mars moet per persoon niet meer kosten dan de bouw van een woning.
Herbruikbare ruimtevaartuigen en raketten Daarvoor moet er het een en ander veranderen. Musk somt een aantal technieken op in zijn presentatie. Als er veel reizen naar Mars worden georganiseerd, dan moeten vrijwel alle elementen herbruikbaar zijn. Neem een Boeing 737. Dit luchtvaartuig kost negentig miljoen euro. Stel dat zo’n vliegtuig eenmalig wordt gebruikt door 180 mensen, dan kost een ticket 500.000 euro. Toch betaal je momenteel als consument niet meer dan enkele honderden euro’s voor een korte vlucht. Dit komt omdat het vliegtuig herbruikbaar is. SpaceX heeft al aangetoond goed op weg te zijn, want eind vorig jaar liet het bedrijf een raket op aarde landen.
Tanken in de ruimte Een ander belangrijk punt is dat er getankt moet worden in de ruimte. Een raket hoeft dan niet veel brandstof mee te nemen: alleen het beetje dat nodig is om de dampkring te verlaten. Minder brandstof betekent lagere kosten en dus een goedkopere lancering. Eenmaal boven het aardoppervlak kan de tank volgegooid worden.
Brandstof maken op Mars Daarnaast moet er op Mars getankt kunnen worden, want dan kunnen kolonisten ook weer enigszins makkelijk terug naar hun oorspronkelijke thuisplaneet. Dit vraagt om de juiste brandstofmix. De Raptor-raketmotor – die deze week werd getest – gebruikt een mix van methaan en zuurstof. SpaceX wil een fabriek op Mars bouwen waar koolstofdioxide en waterijs uit de lucht en de grond wordt gehaald. Middels zonne-energie worden deze stoffen omgezet in raketbrandstof: methaan en zuurstof.
Een reusachtige raket SpaceX’s raket is gemaakt van koolstofvezels, waardoor de raket licht en sterk is. In het rijtje van alle raketten torent de Mars-raket boven de Saturn V en de Falcon Heavy-raketten uit. Niet alleen qua lengte, maar ook als het gaat om ‘payload to LEO’. Dit betekent: hoeveel kilo kan de raket in een lage baan om de aarde (160 kilometer hoogte) krijgen. De Mars-raket kan 550.000 kilo tillen: tien keer meer dan de Falcon Heavy-raket en vier keer meer dan de Saturn V-raket (van de Apollo-missies).
42 Raptors Gisteren meldden we al dat de Raptor-raketmotor 300.000 kilo kan voortstuwen, terwijl een Merlin-raketmotor slechts 90.000 kilo kan optillen. We vroegen ons toen nog af: hoeveel van deze raketmotor gebruikt SpaceX voor de Mars-raket? Het antwoord gaf Musk tijdens de presentatie. Het gaat om 42 stuks: 21 Raptors in de buitenste ring, 14 in de binnenring en zeven raketmotoren in het centrum.
115 dagen naar Mars Het interplanetaire ruimteschip is bijna vijftig meter lang en kan 450 ton lading naar Mars brengen. In de toekomst moet ieder schip meer dan honderd passagiers meenemen. De gemiddelde tijd van de aarde naar Mars is 115 dagen. Dit hangt natuurlijk af van de afstand tussen de rode planeet en de aarde en die schommelt. Zo kan een reis naar Mars tachtig dagen duren (in 2035), maar ook 150 dagen in beslag nemen (in 2027).
Vanuit de interplanetaire ruimte valt het ruimteschip in de atmosfeer van Mars. Dankzij de aerodynamica van het schip en het hitteschild wordt het ruimtevaartuig afgeremd.
De prijs per ticket Het kostenplaatje ziet er dan als volgt uit. De Mars-raket kost 230 miljoen dollar om te fabriceren, maar gaat gemiddeld duizend keer mee. Per keer kost het 200.000 dollar om de raket op te lappen voor een volgende lancering. De totale prijs per Mars-trip is elf miljoen dollar. De tanker – het ruimtevaartuig dat de raket van brandstof voorziet in de ruimte – kost 130 miljoen dollar om te bouwen. De tanker gaat honderd keer mee en kost 500.000 dollar extra per lancering. Totale kosten per Mars-reis: acht miljoen dollar. Dan tenslotte het interplanetaire schip. Dit schip kost 200 miljoen dollar om te maken, gaat twaalf keer mee en het kost gemiddeld tien miljoen dollar per keer om opnieuw in te zetten. Per reis hangt er een prijskaartje aan van 43 miljoen dollar.
Als we alles bij elkaar optellen, dan komen we op een totaalprijs van 62 miljoen dollar voor honderd mensen om een enkele reis naar Mars te ondernemen. Op basis van het bovenstaande rekensommetje gaat een ticket 600.000 dollar kosten. Musk noemde in zijn presentatie een ander bedrag. “We gaan voor een ticketprijs van 200.000 dollar of minder”, aldus Musk. “Uiteindelijk kunnen we de ticketprijs onder de ton krijgen.”
SpaceX hoopt in de toekomst verder te reizen dan Mars, bijvoorbeeld naar de maan Europa van Jupiter.
Wie zal dat betalen, wie heeft zoveel geld? Het minst concreet is nog wel de manier waarop Musk aan geld gaat komen. SpaceX hoopt de winst van huidige en toekomstige projecten – denk aan het lanceren van satellieten, astronauten en lading naar het ISS – in het Mars-plan te steken. Daarnaast gaat het bedrijf Kickstarter inzetten. De grote vraag is of dit op korte termijn een flinke cashflow creëert. Dat is misschien nog wel het grote probleem van SpaceX en ruimtevaartorganisaties: er ontstaan allerlei eilandjes. Iedereen wil naar Mars, maar iedere ruimtevaartorganisatie lijkt het succes ook zelf te willen claimen. NASA investeert liever in het Orion-project, terwijl het verstandiger is om de krachten te bundelen met SpaceX. Musk heeft overduidelijk de juiste visie, NASA het geld. Misschien dat er in de toekomst wel het een en ander gaat veranderen. De Amerikaanse Senaat wil graag zo snel mogelijk een mens op Mars zetten. Misschien dat er in een later stadium wel wordt beslist dat NASA een minder groot budget krijgt en dat er een paar miljard dollar wordt vrijgemaakt voor SpaceX. Het is niet onmogelijk.
Wanneer? Op dit moment werkt minder dan vijf procent van alle medewerkers van SpaceX aan het ITS. Ieder jaar worden er enkele tientallen miljoenen dollars geïnvesteerd. Musk zegt dat er uiteindelijk een investering van tien miljard dollar nodig is. De visionair verwacht dat er over twee jaar jaarlijks 300 miljoen dollar geïnvesteerd kan worden in het project en dan gaat het hard. Misschien dat het ITS over tien jaar wel gelanceerd gaat worden. We kijken er nu al naar uit, maar zetten ook nog wel vraagtekens bij het ambitieuze project. Onderschat Musk het hele traject niet? Mensen naar Mars brengen is één, maar hoe gaan we ze daar in leven houden? Momenteel kunnen we maar één ding doen: afwachten! Sowieso zijn dit hele spannende ontwikkelingen en het is fijn dat er een frisse wind waait die een hoop stof doet opwaaien.
De missie van Rosetta komt later deze week tot een einde. Een mooi moment voor een terugblik op een waanzinnige missie.
Ruimtesonde Rosetta werd in maart 2004 gelanceerd. De bestemming? Komeet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, wiens naam naarmate de missie vorderde om begrijpelijke redenen steeds verder werd afgekort (67P/C-G en op het eind zelfs kortweg: 67P). Hoe de komeet er precies uitzag? We hadden geen idee. Hoe de komeet precies in elkaar stak? We hadden hypotheses. Er viel dus nog genoeg te ontdekken voor Rosetta.
WIST JE DAT…
…Rosetta eigenlijk komeet 46P/Wirtanen had moeten bezoeken? Vanwege problemen met de draagraket werd de lancering van Rosetta uitgesteld en moest een andere bestemming worden gekozen.
Komeet 67P: een kosmisch badeendje. Afbeelding: ESA / Rosetta / MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS / UPD / LAM / IAA / SSO / INTA / UPM / DASP / IDA.
Gearriveerd Begin augustus 2014 was het dan zover. Rosetta nestelde zich – na meer dan zes miljard kilometer te hebben afgelegd – in een baan rond 67P. Een historisch moment. Voor het eerst in de geschiedenis had een ruimtevaartuig zich bij een komeet gevoegd. En vanuit een baan rond 67P leverde Rosetta de ene na de andere prachtige foto af. Maar hoe mooi de foto’s ook waren, stiekem keken we natuurlijk allemaal uit naar het volgende historische moment. En dat zou zich enkele maanden later – in november – aandienen. Dan zou Rosetta komeetlander Philae naar het oppervlak van 67P bonjouren. De lander moest de missie een extra dimensie geven en op het oppervlak van de komeet informatie verzamelen en zelfs in de komeet gaan boren.
Philae Zenuwslopend was het: de tweede woensdag in november. De dag waarop lander Philae voet op komeet 67P moest zetten. De opluchting was groot toen Philae erin slaagde op de komeet te landen. Maar die opluchting sloeg al snel om in teleurstelling toen bleek dat de landing allesbehalve vlekkeloos was verlopen. Philae was in eerste instantie netjes op de gewenste plek op de komeet geland, maar stuiterde daarna nog even door, waardoor de lander uiteindelijk op een zeer ongewenste plek terechtkwam: in de schaduw van een klif. Het is een plek waar je een lander die draait op zonne-energie absoluut niet wilt hebben, maar er viel niks meer aan te veranderen. Na enkele dagen onderzoek viel Philae in slaap. In de zomer van 2015 werd er enkele malen met succes contact gezocht met de lander, maar na 9 juli 2015 werd er niet meer van Philae vernomen. Lang legde Rosetta nog het oor te luister in de hoop een signaal van de lander op te vangen, maar op 28 juli 2016 werd ook dat initiatief gestaakt. We zouden nooit meer iets van Philae vernemen.
De beelden laten duidelijk zien dat Philae ongelukkig is neergekomen op 67P. Afbeelding: ESA / Rosetta / MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS / UPD / LAM / IAA / SSO / INTA / UPM / DASP / IDA.” width=”1024″ height=”1018″ class=”size-full wp-image-130901″ /> Totale radiostilte sinds 9 juli 2015. En toch was Philae begin deze maand weer even wereldnieuws. Rosetta had de lander gefotografeerd! De beelden laten duidelijk zien dat Philae ongelukkig is neergekomen op 67P.
Afbeelding: ESA / Rosetta / MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS / UPD / LAM / IAA / SSO / INTA / UPM / DASP / IDA.
Perihelium Natuurlijk was het verlies van Philae een aderlating, maar de missie ging verder. Rosetta cirkelde immers nog altijd in goede gezondheid rond komeet 67P heen. We moesten vooruit kijken. En wel naar augustus 2015: perihelium. Het moment waarop de afstand tussen de zon en komeet 67P het kleinst was en de komeet ongetwijfeld zou gaan transformeren. Komeet 67P is namelijk een samenklontering van ijs en stof. En wanneer de komeet dicht bij de zon in de buurt komt, gaat dat ijs sublimeren (verdampen). Stromen gas ontsnappen van het oppervlak van de komeet en voeren stof mee. Astronomen wilden maar wat graag weten hoe een komeet zo’n perihelium doormaakt en zaten dankzij Rosetta op de eerste rij. We zagen krachtige straalstromen aan het oppervlak ontsnappen die soms zelfs de inkomende zonnewind wegduwden. En straalstromen die objecten van wel één meter groot de ruimte in slingerden (voor perihelium waren de grootste brokstukken die het oppervlak van 67P verlieten hooguit1 centimeter groot).
Een actieve komeet. Gas ontsnapt in straalstromen aan de komeet.
Afbeelding: ESA / Rosetta / MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS / UPD / LAM / IAA / SSO / INTA / UPM / DASP / IDA.
De oorsprong van 67P Gaandeweg verkregen we zo dankzij Rosetta steeds meer informatie over 67P. Zo ontdekte de sonde hoe kometen zoals 67P ontstaan. Rosetta ontdekte dat de ‘kop’ van de komeet zeer poreus is. Die porositeit wijst erop dat de komeet ontstond doordat vele kleine ‘kometesimalen’ met snelheden kleiner dan 1 meter per seconde tegen elkaar botsten. Die kometesimalen smolten daarop niet samen, maar ‘leunden tegen elkaar aan’. Inmiddels is in diepe putten op de komeet ‘kippenvel’ aangetroffen en de ‘bultjes’ waaruit het ‘kippenvel’ bestaat zijn ongeveer drie meter breed. Daarmee zijn ze qua grootte vergelijkbaar met de kometesimalen waaruit komeet 67P waarschijnlijk is opgebouwd. Wellicht zien we in deze putten dan ook de originele bouwblokken waaruit de komeet zo’n 4,6 miljard jaar geleden verrees.
HET BELANG VAN DE MISSIE
Een missie naar een stokoude komeet stond al lang bij wetenschappers op het verlanglijstje. Kometen zijn een soort tijdcapsules uit de vroege stadia van de vorming van ons zonnestelsel en kunnen dus meer vertellen over die tijd. Daarnaast kan komeetonderzoek meer inzicht geven in de oorsprong van het leven. Men neemt namelijk aan dat kometen verantwoordelijk zijn voor het leveren van water – een belangrijk ingrediënt voor leven – op aarde.
Rosetta heeft eigenlijk alle verwachtingen overtroffen. Maar helaas, ook deze ruimtesonde heeft het eeuwige leven niet. Komeet 67P haast zich weg van de zon en Rosetta zal steeds meer moeite krijgen om voldoende energie op te wekken. Bovendien moeten we natuurlijk ook niet vergeten dat de sonde – ondanks dat dezen nog maar een paar jaar onderzoek achter de rug heeft – al tien jaar door de ruimte heeft gedoold en al meer dan twaalf jaar oud is. ESA heeft dan ook besloten dat het tijd is om afscheid te gaan nemen van de sonde. En Rosetta krijgt een bijzondere laatste rustplaats: Ma’at, een regio op de kop van komeet 67P. Het is de bedoeling dat de sonde op 30 september zachtjes op de komeet landt. Aangenomen wordt dat Rosetta na de landing niet meer in staat is om met de aarde te communiceren. En daarmee komt een einde aan een prachtige missie.
Rosetta maakt een ‘selfie’. Op de achtergrond zie je komeet 67P.
'IF YOU KNEW WHAT WE DO, YOU WILL NEVER SLEEP AGAIN' - NASA DIRECTOR (video)
'IF YOU KNEW WHAT WE DO, YOU WILL NEVER SLEEP AGAIN' - NASA DIRECTOR (video)
Paul Hertz, Director of the Astrophysics Division of the NASA, shared at IMGUR this amazing statement about aliens.
We are never going to discover aliens, aliens are going to discover us and when they do it won´t be pretty. You can take that to the bank.
There certainly wont be enought time for press conferences about it. You probaly wont have the time to blink.
"Be carefull what you wish for. if you guys knew even a fraction of the shit we do, you will never sleep again. I promise you that"
Paul Hertz Director of the astrophysics divison at nasa.
Paul Hertz was named Director of the Astrophysics Division in the Science Mission Directorate at NASA in March 2012. He is responsible for the Agency’s research programs and missions necessary to discover how the universe works, explore how the universe began and developed into its present form, and search for Earth-like planets.
VIDEOVanmiddag, om twintig na één, is de missie van de Europese komeetsonde Rosetta tot een einde gekomen. Het ruimtetuig van het Europees Ruimteagentschap ESA werd twaalf jaar geleden gelanceerd om kometen te bestuderen. Vandaag, op 718 miljoen kilometer van de aarde, stortte Rosetta gecontroleerd neer op komeet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, waar ze al twee jaar rond cirkelde.
De snelheid van de impact was 19 centimeter per seconde, zowat de helft van een wandeltempo. Maar omdat Rosetta niet ontworpen was om te kunnen landen, was dat fataal voor heel wat instrumenten.
Vooraf werd de landingsplaats minutieus bepaald. De komeet is ongeveer 4 kilometer groot en ziet er een beetje uit als een zandloper. Hij zou ontstaan zijn door het botsen van twee kometen. Het oppervlakte is erg poreus en de temperatuur bedraagt er tot honderd graden onder nul.
Schat De missie van Rosetta kwam daarmee tot een einde en kostte 1 miljard euro. De beslissing om de missie af te breken werd genomen omdat de komeet bijna zo ver van de zon is, dat de zonnepanelen van Rosetta niet meer genoeg energie kregen om te blijven functioneren. Ook de bandbreedte voor het downloaden van wetenschappelijke data verminderde. Het ruimtetuig bleef wel tot het allerlaatste moment foto's in hoge resolutie maken en gegevens verzamelen over onder meer gassen, stof en plasma ronde steenbrok en die doorsturen naar de aarde. Dat moet nog een schat aan info opleveren. Het laatste contact was er 51 meter boven de komeet.
Succes "Het is gebeurd. Ik kan bevestigen dat de afdaling van Rosetta een volledig succes is", zei missieverantwoordelijke Patrick Martin, een paar minuten nadat om 13.19 uur Belgische tijd het signaal was weggevallen. "Adieu Rosetta, je hebt je werk goed gedaan", zei Martin in het vluchtleidingscentrum ESOC in Darmstadt. Daar was het tijdens de laatste minuten van de vlucht muisstil, totdat een wervelend applaus na de bevestiging van de landing uitbrak.
Reis
De sonde heeft bijna acht miljard kilometer afgelegd, is op haar reis in 2005 en 2009 drie keer rond de aarde gescheerd en één keer rond Mars (2007), terwijl ze twee keer een ontmoeting met een asteroïde had, Steins (2008) en Lutetia (2010). Het tuig vertoefde 31 maanden in gecontroleerde winterslaap.
Onderzoekers van de Koninklijke Sterrenwacht van België (KSB) hebben, op grond van nieuwe gegevens van de ruimtesonde Cassini, aangetoond dat de Saturnusmaan Dione een oceaan van vloeibaar water onder haar ijsoppervlak heeft. De Belgische studie verschijnt deze week in "Geophysical Research Letters".
Bij twee andere manen van Saturnus, Titan en Enceladus, en ook Europa, een maan van Jupiter, was men al vrij zeker dat er onder hun ijskorst grote oceanen waren, maar nu is er dus nog een "oceaanwereld".
De oceaan is enkele tientallen kilometers diep en omsluit een grote harde kern. Zo lijkt Dione erg op buur Enceladus, die ook bekend is omwille van de reusachtige stralen van waterdamp ("jets") die bij de zuidpool worden uitgestoten. Dione lijkt nu wel rustig, maar de littekens op haar oppervlak, in de vorm van grote ijskliffen, wijzen op een tumultueus verleden.
Leven De oceaan van Dione was er waarschijnlijk al van bij het ontstaan van de maan en dus mogelijk een goede omgeving voor microscopisch leven. "De contactzone van de oceaan met de harde kern komt het meest in aanmerking. Daar kunnen de voedingsstoffen en de energie aanwezig zijn, die nodig zijn voor leven", zegt co-auteur Attilio Rivoldini.
Het aantal "oceaanwerelden", de ijsmanen en planeten met een ondergrondse oceaan, wordt groter bij elke nieuwe missie naar de buitengebieden van ons zonnestelsel. Met drie "oceaanwerelden" bij Jupiter, drie bij Saturnus, en mogelijk één bij Pluto, is het geen exclusieve club meer.
Isostatische benadering Dankzij de nieuwe "isostatische" benadering kunnen deze werelden nu beter bestudeerd worden, zodra we hun vorm en gravitatieveld kennen. "Toekomstige missies zullen de manen van Jupiter bestuderen, maar ook de satellieten van Uranus en Neptunus zouden moeten onderzocht worden", vindt één van de auteurs, Mikael Beuthe.
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SpaceX onthult ruimteschip en raket voor kolonisatie van Mars - HLN.be
SpaceX onthult ruimteschip en raket voor kolonisatie van Mars - HLN.be
UPDATETijdens een livestream deed Elon Musk vanavond uit de doeken hoe hij met zijn ruimtevaartbedrijf SpaceX een missie naar Mars wil realiseren. Hij lichtte toe hoe SpaceX werkt aan een interplanetaire raket en capsule om grote aantallen mensen naar Mars te brengen met het ultieme doel de planeet te koloniseren. De gigantische SpaceX-raket moet per reis 100 passagiers plus vracht kunnen vervoeren.
De raket en het ruimteschip zijn veel groter dan de huidige Falcon 9 van SpaceX, die in totaal 122 meter hoog zullen zijn. De Falcon 9 is momenteel 70 meter groot.
De raket zal het ruimteschip op koers brengen en vervolgens terugkeren naar de aarde, waar ze weer moet landen op het lanceerplatform. Het is de bedoeling dat de raket daar een brandstoftank ophaalt om weer naar het ruimteschip te brengen.
De SpaceX-CEO ziet een toekomst waarin mensen een grote kolonie vestigen op Mars, maar voegde eraan toe dat de grootste moeilijkheid het aantrekken van voldoende vrijwilligers zal zijn. "Je kan geen zelfvoorzienende beschaving creëren als het prijskaartje per persoon 10 miljard dollar per persoon is," voegde hij eraan toe. "Ons doel is om het naar beneden te krijgen tot ongeveer het equivalent van een middelgroot huis in de Verenigde Staten, ongeveer 200.000 dollar". "Het kan 40 tot 100 jaren duren tot er een volledig zelfvoorzienende beschaving is op Mars," aldus Musk.
SpaceX, dat door Musk specifiek werd opgericht met het doel om Mars te koloniseren, is een van de verschillende initiatieven die door privaat en overheidsgeld gesponsord worden, om mensen en vracht naar de rode planeet en andere bestemmingen buiten de atmosfeer van de aarde te brengen.
Mars ligt op ongeveer 225 miljoen kilometer van de aarde. Het is een heel ambitieuze onderneming om mensen, na een reis van zes tot negen maanden, er te laten landen.
Steun van NASA
Musk zei niet hoeveel het hele project zou kosten. SpaceX is van plan om elke 26 maanden naar Mars te vliegen, wanneer de aarde en Mars in een gunstige positie tegenover elkaar staan. Musk hoopt om in 2024 de eerste mensen naar Mars te brengen.
De eerste Marsmissie van SpaceX moet plaatsvinden in 2018: daarvoor wil het bedrijf de onbemande capsule 'Red Dragon' naar het oppervlak van Mars brengen om de daling en landing van het tuig te testen.
De eerste bemande Marsmissie van NASA moet plaatsvinden rond 2034. NASA steunt het project van SpaceX en zal het bedrijf bijstaan met advies en relais-stations die communicatie in de ruimte en Mars mogelijk maken, in ruil voor data.
Op nieuwe foto's van Jupiters maan Europa, genomen met de Hubble-ruimtetelescoop, zijn mogelijk pluimen van waterdamp te zien. Eerdere waarnemingen deden al vermoeden dat de ijsmaan waterdamp uitbraakt. Dat zou eventuele toekomstige missies behoorlijk kunnen vergemakkelijken.
Astronomen vermoeden dat onder het ijzige oppervlak van Europa een enorme oceaan schuilgaat, die tweemaal zoveel water bevat als de zeeën op aarde. "De oceaan van Europa wordt gezien als een van de meest veelbelovende plaatsen in ons zonnestelsel die mogelijk leven kunnen bevatten", zegt Geoff Yoder van het Science Mission Directorate van NASA in een persbericht.
Maar die oceaan wordt afgedekt door een laag extreem koud en hard ijs. Hoe dik de ijslaag is, is niet geweten. Om het water op de maan te kunnen onderzoeken, zou er dus mogelijk door een kilometers dikke laag geboord moeten worden. "Maar als er inderdaad pluimen van waterdamp zijn, bieden die een andere mogelijkheid om de ondergrond van Europa te onderzoeken", klinkt het. Zo zouden er stalen verzameld kunnen worden zonder te moeten landen op of boren door het ijs.
Het onderzoeksteam, onder leiding van William Sparks van het Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, zag Europa tien keer voor Jupiter passeren. Driemaal werden er mogelijke waterpluimen waargenomen. Ze stegen naar schatting 200 kilometer boven het oppervlak, alvorens het materiaal weer naar beneden regende. Het onderzoek verschijnt eind deze maand in The Astrophysical Journal.
In 2012 waren er ook al vermoedens van waterpluimen op Europa. Een team van het Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio zag toen 160 kilometer hoge pluimen uitbarsten vanaf de zuidpool van de maan. Tot nu toe doen de observaties vermoeden dat de pluimen hoogst variabel zijn. Dat zou betekenen dat ze een tijdlang sporadisch uitbarsten, om dan weer stil te vallen.
Indien het nieuws bevestigd wordt, zou Europa de tweede maan in ons zonnestelsel zijn met waterpluimen. In 2005 ontdekte NASA's ruimtetuig Cassini wolken van waterdamp en stof boven het oppervlak van Saturnus' maan Eceladus.
SET in an eerily quiet suburb of Sydney, under the glow of a full moon, the scene resembles an ominous opening of a Hollywood sci-fi film.
But members and guests of the UFO & Paranormal Research Society of Australia (UFO-PRSA) don’t meet in the dark of the night simply for dramatic effect.
The western Sydney arm of the organisation comes together at this time, from 7-10pm, because most of them are professionals who have work commitments by day.
Among them are lawyers, scientists, public servants, retirees and students who claim to have had alien, UFO and paranormal encounters.
They say it’s the only place they can speak freely about the likes of alien abductions, UFO sightings, telepathy and other phenomena — including the ability to see internal human organs — without ridicule.
Some travel from Wollongong, which doesn’t have its own support group of the same nature, to be there.
The group is hosted by guest speakers including ufologists, authors and scientists in public meetings at the Campbelltown Arts Centre once a month.
At the September meeting, UFO-PRSA posters with pictures of aliens, ghosts and UFOs point attendees to the conference room on level one. Inside are rows of chairs, a snack table with biscuits, tea and coffee, and an overhead projector for presentations. About 16 people show up and pay three uniformed staffers the $15 entry fee
One of several posters at the September UFO society of Australia meeting in Campbelltown.:news.com.au
UFO Society of Australia members told news.com.au that aliens are typically grey, not green like those often shown on television and in books.
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Their experiences and backgrounds vary greatly but they all share one common belief: the truth is out there.
The members mingle before the presentations start. They’re unimpressed by the way, they feel, the mass media has portrayed abductees and believers.
For starters, the cliche “little green men” often parodied on television are actually grey, according to several attendees.
The UFO & Paranormal Research Society of Australia holds months meetings at night in the Campbelltown Arts Centre.
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One member tells news.com.au that proof aliens have already come to Earth is publicly available and that “all you have to do is look”.
“Through the military, the aircraft, the navy,” she says.
“We ought to know what’s going on instead of having the wool pulled over our eyes by the government.
“Astronauts and pilots are now coming out of the woodworks.”
She refers to late US astronaut Edgar Mitchell, who said he had never seen a UFO, but was outspoken in his belief that aliens had probably visited Earth and that the government covered up the evidence.
“He’s created freedom,” she says.
While the group condemns doubters, non-believers and detractors who label them “delusional” and “crazy”, they are often the first to poke fun at themselves. Some of them have “X Files” and extraterrestrial theme ringtones which prompt chuckles from the audience when they sporadically ring throughout the meeting.
‘IF ONE OF THESE REPORTS IS TRUE IT WILL CHANGE MANKIND FOREVER’
Nick Karma says he's captured evidence of UFOs in these photos taken at an undisclosed location in the Top End of Australia.
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UFO researcher and author Moira McGhee, one of two guest speakers on the night, tells news.com.au “there is humour in ufology”.
“If you don’t have humour it’s all going to get too much,” she says.
But according to her, there’s lots of “serious stuff” to cover too.
McGhee is there to talk about her latest book Contact Down Under: A century of UFO sightings in Australasia and the Western Pacific. She promises the audience they will be especially interested when she gets to the chapter about “alien sex”.
“We have reports of men being taken on aircraft and women having their way with them,” McGhee says.
“Usually they have a smile ear to ear those blokes.
“But there are a lot of cases of women having their eggs taken. They are suffering trauma. There are encounters and abductions that are made of absolute horror stuff.”
McGhee says none of it can be explained.
“I don’t know the answers,” she says.
“Any ufologist who tells you they know the answers is kidding themselves.”
UFO researcher and author Moira McGhee at the UFO society of Australia’s September 2016 meeting.
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McGhee says she’s received countless reports of alien encounters from people all over the world during her career. But that hasn’t made it any easier to determine the validity of each claim, according to her.
“A UFO is a flying object we cannot identify by conventional means,” she says.
“There is an interest in ufology right throughout the world so a lot of what reported is technology and not necessarily alien.
“It can be hoaxes, flares, aircraft, satellites, space junk, foreign spies and optical illusions.
“You start looking at every other explanation before you start looking at the improbable, the impossible, the mind boggling.
“You’ve got to wonder, is this person disturbed? Have they been exposed to too much UFO information that could colour what they’re saying? Is that person telling the truth?
“There are a lot of people who are very, very disturbed by what’s happened to them. And one has to be careful. Different researchers have different methods. You can do a lot of damage if you’re bringing these memories forward.”
A UFO filmed by Alan Ferguson over Acacia Hills in the Northern Territory. Picture: Alan Ferguson
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McGhee, who studied law before dedicating the best part of her life to UFO research, says she has found that most alien abductees are “chosen for their psychic abilities”.
“Poltergeist activity seems to go on around abductees,” she says.
“They might notice the microwave oven just exploded or the lights go on and off.”
According to McGhee, “blue beams” are one of several common descriptions in witness reports.
“We’ve got lots of reports from people about men in black and aliens with an oriental appearance,” she says.
“We get reports of disappearing people, missing time.
“I don’t agree with everything people say. There’s a lot of conspiracy stuff. You don’t know what’s true and what’s not. Maybe none of us have the right answer.
“But the worst thing a researcher can do is to close their mind.
“They need to believe anything is possible but have a big dose of scepticism too.
“If even one of these reports is true it will change mankind forever.”
‘I’VE BEEN VISITED BY ALIENS SINCE I WAS NINE YEARS OLD’
Sydney public servant *Jessie, 43, claims to have been visited by aliens since she was nine years old.
She doesn’t want to be identified publicly because of possible financial repercussions.
“I have a government job,” she says.
“I don’t want to lose that.”
She says she was first visited by an extraterrestrial being when she was a child living in Uzbekistan.
“I was at home in a room by myself and a grey humanoid about the same height as me appeared from behind the wardrobe,” she says.
“I wasn’t scared of it, it was my friend. He just wanted to be with me.
“I told my brother and sister and they went and checked and said there was nothing there. He was there with me all the time and then he left. He told me telepathically that he had to go but that he’d come back soon.”
Jessie says the alien delivered on its promise and returned to her when she was 14 years old.
“I woke up from a very loud noise when it was quite dark,” she says.
“I could see out the window what appeared to me like a huge helicopter with strange lights around it.
“(The UFO) was about 150m above. I could see every single little stone on the buildings. That light magnified everything. Then it disappeared. After the last surge of light everything just went black. There was no anything. And I went back to sleep.”
*Jessie described seeing ‘bright lights’ from a UFO, like this mock up illustration, shine down on buildings.
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A few months later she saw an article in the local newspaper that supported her story, she says.
“It was about a plane flying above Russia and the people in the plane saw exactly the same thing, dropping the lights down,” she says.
“I read the article and I understood ‘OK that’s what I saw.’”
But the strange occurrences didn’t end there, according to Jessie.
“After that things started to happen to me,” she says.
“I lied down on the couch after studying when I was 26 … The window was (opposite) the lounge. I saw an eye looking object, very big, about the size of the window and it started flying towards me. As it was flying towards me, it was like a red cherry colour hologram. There were some symbols inside. And it just stopped near my face. I was like, ‘OK, great I’ve got hallucinations from the study.’ I started to blink my eyes and it was still there. I put my hand in it and it just moved away from my hand. I looked at it and was like, ‘OK what do you want?’ It just stayed there not doing anything. I was buggered. I said to it: ‘I’m just very tired … I’m going to sleep … and you can stay, I don’t care who you are, what you are.’ I just lied down and switched off. It went back to the window and I just fell asleep.
“Two weeks after I started to see internal organs in humans.”
Jessie says it was these experiences that brought her to the UFO-PRSA meetings, which she attends every month.
“People don’t call me crazy here,” she says. “People don’t look at me like I’m cuckoo. I can get support from others and tell other people, ‘You’re not crazy.’”
ENCOUNTERS OF THE EXTRAORDINARY KIND
UFO-PRSA president Larraine Cilia says the group is made up of “like-minded people”.
“This is an open forum where they can tell their story in an environment that’s free of ridicule,” she tells news.com.au.
“Most people who come forward haven’t got anyone else to talk to because there’s still that ridicule factor attached.”
Cilia also offers individual counselling services “for people who have been traumatised not just by abduction scenarios but by poltergeist and paranormal experiences as well”.
“It’s all linked,” she says.
She says the organisation’s purpose is “to waken people up to what’s going on”.
“The media might have someone they’re interviewing on the TV like me, who is serious about the subject, and they’ll have little green men in spaceships on a screen behind them,” she says.
“They make light of it. We really need it to be looked at as a serious subject.
“It’s more common for people to have these encounters than most realise.”
Cilia says she is contacted by at least one new person per week who claims to have spotted UFOs or had alien encounters.
“People don’t go to the police about sightings anymore,” Cilia says.
“They go online and find out where they can report and go straight to the civil UFO groups.
“We get calls from all over Australia.”
She says she typically works through the process of elimination as a first step when responding to witness reports.
“First of all we have a look at the star chart and ask them where what they saw was situated to make sure it wasn’t a planet, meteor, plane or helicopter,” she says.
“Most people realise it’s not because the brain is like a computer. It will compute, ‘Oh my God, that’s not a plane, that’s not a star,’ and that’s when they say, ‘It’s something unusual I’m going to report that.’”
If no obvious explanation can be found she then encourages witnesses to fill out a sightings report on the organisation’s website.
‘I WAS ABDUCTED BY ALIENS. NOW WHAT?’ (FILL OUT A FORM)
A completed section on an Australian UFO Report form from the National archives of Australia.
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Witnesses are asked to include information on the Australian UFO Report form about where they “first observed UFO” and whether or not it had “seams, windows, lights, pulsating lights, antenna or appendages”.
An entire page is left blank for the witness to draw a UFO comfit, of sorts: “Please sketch the object including shape and colour of features”, the instructions read. Further details are sought as to the appearance of the UFO and how it moved. “Did it separate into two parts? Moved across the sky, hovered in the sky, hovered near the ground, rotated, moved in a straight line, moved erratically, changed direction, landed, and took off?”
Other things to consider include “possible disturbances of radios, television, engines, lights, animals or witnesses” and whether or not the witness suffered any physical effects like: “Illness, electromagnetic, imprints, residue, vegetation change, smoke, vapour trail, noise, vibrations, heat and other”.
A pile of the report forms is left on a desk for members and guests to take from the group’s monthly meeting.
‘NO LONGER IS LIFE POSSIBLE OUT THERE, IT’S VERY PROBABLE’
Ufologist Bryan Dickeson shows UFO society guests diagrams of aliens as described and sketched in witness reports.
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Scientist, author and ufologist Bryan Dickeson is there to give a presentation on the electronic UFO sighting databases he has developed for New Zealand and Australia. He shows diagrams of UFOs and aliens based on witness reports and newspaper articles.
“I’ve put it into electronic format so we can access it and search large masses of data and do this in a much more readily and accessible way,” he says.
“The information we’re getting up is very, very interesting. On average in New Zealand one UFO appears every six days. That’s 60 events per year. I’m not talking about lights in the sky. I’m talking about when people actually see something when they come down and it stays for a while then goes away.”
He’s also working on an Australian database and says he’s got “a lot of material”.
“There’s an awful lot of commotion there,” he says.
Ufologist Bryan Dickeson shows UFO Society guests diagrams of UFOs as described and sketched in witness reports.
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Dickeson, who has two science degrees, is a second generation ufologist. His parents were naval aerial photographers during WW2 before they founded a UFO group in New Zealand.
Since taking over their work he has investigated multiple reported UFO landing sites.
“There’s a difference of soil samples between the control area and the affected area,” Dickeson says.
“We take a series of controlled samples outside to compare with the altered sample. It’s very hard to actually detect. Sometimes you find different concentrations of irons, magnesium or calcium.”
But how is that linked to alien life?
“That’s a good question,” Dickeson says. “The thing is we don’t really know what we’re looking for.”
While Dickeson concedes he has more questions than answers, there’s one thing he says he knows for sure.
“No longer is life possible out there, it’s very probable,” he says.
‘THE ALIENS HAVE BEEN HERE FOREVER’
As the meeting draws to an end, the group discussion moves to how to cope with life after being abducted by aliens, and returned to Earth.
One woman in the audience raises her hand to share her knowledge.
“Once you start accepting what’s happened, you let go of the fears around you,” she says.
Another woman mentions that those who have been abducted and returned “get angry” when questioned about their experiences. Others agree.
“It’s important to find out how they feel in a general way without creating anxiety,” she says.
*Anna says she’s had extraterrestrial encounters all her life.
“Since I was a child I’ve been in contact,” she says.
“But I don’t speak publicly about it because of the ridicule factor that’s attached to it.
“I’m one of those who knows. I just know.”
What does she know?
“I don’t have to believe I know,” she reiterates without further explanation.
Know what exactly?
“That aliens have been here forever,” she says.
“I know where we come from. I just know a lot of things that I’ve never been taught. Some of it I’ve been told and some of it I’ve brought here with me. I’ve chosen to come here in this lifetime. I believe originally we came from Mars.”
Several other members nod knowingly and agree as Anna explains that the Orion star system and volcanoes on the red planet “line up with the Giza pyramids”.
“There’s too many coincidences,” she says.
*David, who doesn’t want to be named publicly for fear of ridicule, interjects:
“The photograph of the structures on Mars is a copy of Tor Hill in England,” he says.
“The structures on the mound around Tor Hill, in England are the same as on Mars.”
His girlfriend, *Kylie, adds: “There’s also buildings on Mars as well.”
And with that, the meeting is over and its members walk off into the yonder, under a twinkling night sky.
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Ambtenaar: “Ik word al sinds mijn negende bezocht door aliens”
Ambtenaar: “Ik word al sinds mijn negende bezocht door aliens”
De Australische UFO-gemeenschap bestaat uit advocaten, wetenschappers, ambtenaren en studenten die één ding gemeen hebben: ze hebben een UFO gezien of claimen in contact te staan met buitenaardse bezoekers.
De organisatie, de UFO & Paranormal Research Society of Australia (UFO-PRSA), komt eens per maand bijeen. De leden hekelen de manier waarop de massamedia abductees en believers afschilderen. Er wordt vaak gesproken van ‘kleine groene mannetjes’, maar volgens de leden zijn sommige aliens in werkelijkheid grijs.
“Het bewijs dat aliens al op aarde zijn geweest is publiekelijk beschikbaar,” zei één van de leden. “Via het leger, de luchtmacht en de marine. De overheid moet ons niet langer voor de gek houden. Diverse astronauten en piloten hebben zich al uitgesproken.”
Ze verwijst naar de Amerikaanse astronaut Edgar Mitchell, die zei dat aliens de aarde al hadden bezocht en dat de overheid bewijs hiervoor onder het tapijt heeft geveegd.
Enorme helikopter
Jessie (43), een ambtenaar uit Sydney, claimt al vanaf haar negende te worden bezocht door aliens. Ze zei dat ze voor het eerst werd bezocht door een buitenaards wezen toen ze in Oezbekistan woonde.
“Ik was alleen thuis toen er plotseling een grijs wezen achter de kast vandaan kwam,” zei ze. “Ik was er niet bang voor, het was mijn vriend. Hij wilde gewoon bij me zijn. Hij liet me door middel van telepathie weten dat hij moest gaan, maar spoedig weer zou terugkeren.”
Jessie zei dat de alien zich weer liet zien toen ze 14 jaar oud was. “Ik werd wakker van een hard geluid,” zei ze. “Ik zag vanuit het raam iets wat leek op een enorme helikopter met vreemde lichten.”
“De UFO hing 150 meter boven het huis,” zei ze. De hele omgeving was verlicht. Plotseling verdween het object en was alles weer donker. Er was niets meer te zien en ik ging weer slapen.”
Belachelijk
Voorzitter van de UFO-PRSA Larrain Cilia zegt mensen wakker te willen schudden. “Als de media iemand interviewen over dit onderwerp, laten ze op de achtergrond altijd kleine groene mannetjes in ruimteschepen zien,” zei ze. “Ze maken het onderwerp belachelijk, terwijl we er op een serieuze manier naar moeten kijken.”
Er zijn volgens haar veel meer mensen die dit soort dingen meemaken dan we denken. “Mensen gaan niet meer naar de politie als ze iets hebben gezien,” zei Cilia. “Ze gaan speuren op internet en sluiten zich aan bij UFO-groepen. We krijgen telefoontjes uit het hele land.”
Landingsplekken
“De informatie die we krijgen is zeer, zeer interessant,” zei wetenschapper Bryan Dickeson. Hij zegt al diverse UFO-landingsplekken te hebben onderzocht. Hij stuitte onder meer op verschillen in bodemmateriaal.
Anna zegt al haar hele leven contact te hebben met buitenaardsen. “Al van kinds af aan heb ik contact,” zei ze. “Maar ik spreek er niet openlijk over omdat ik bang ben voor gek te worden versleten.”
Gebouwen
Volgens Anna zijn aliens hier al sinds mensenheugenis. Ze denkt dat we oorspronkelijk van Mars naar de aarde zijn gekomen. “Het sterrenbeeld Orion en vulkanen op de rode planeet staan op één lijn met de piramides van Gizeh,” zei ze.
David voegde toe: “De structuren rond Tor Hill in Engeland worden ook op Mars gevonden.” Zijn vriendin Kylie reageerde: “Er zijn ook gebouwen op Mars.”
ENGELSE STAD OPGESCHRIKT DOOR VREEMD OBJECT IN DE LUCHT ( VIDEO )
ENGELSE STAD OPGESCHRIKT DOOR VREEMD OBJECT IN DE LUCHT ( VIDEO )
Tientallen mensen waren afgelopen zondagavond getuige van een vreemd vliegend voorwerp boven de Engelse stad Swindon.
De stad ligt overigens vlakbij de plek waar een helikopterbemanning enkele dagen eerder een onbekend voorwerp filmde met de infraroodcamera.
De plaatselijke krant in Swindon stond er vol mee en iedereen die het object had gezien wilde graag zijn of haar verhaal vertellen.
Zoals de voormalige telefoonmonteur Graham Woodward die samen met zijn 18-jarige zoon naar huis reed toen ze drie hele felle witte lichten in de vorm van een driehoek waarnamen. Een driehoek met een rood lichtin het midden.
Woodward is ervan overtuigd dat het geen drone of een vliegtuig was omdat er geen navigatielichten te zien waren.
Toen ze de auto stopten en de ramen opendeden, was er ook geen enkel geluid van motoren te horen. “Het ziet er in ieder geval totaal anders uit dan ieder ander vliegend object dat ik ooit heb gezien”, zo zei hij.
Het vreemde object bleef ongeveer drie minuten lang hangen, voordat het naar links afboog en uit het zicht verdween.
Woodward en zoon waren zo verbaasd dat ze onmiddellijk het alarmnummer van de politie belden.
De onderstaande video is gemaakt in Liden, een voorstadje van Swindon, door Richard Newton die het object zag rond dezelfde tijd als Woodward in Swindon.
Richard is er eveneens van overtuigd dat het geen drone of een vliegtuig was.
Ook andere getuigen zoals een echtpaar zeiden het volgende:
“Wij zagen ook die drie lichten rond een uur of half negen. Het waren absoluut drie felle witte lichten en het leek totaal niet op een vliegtuig”.
Alhoewel er natuurlijk altijd mensen zijn die de gebeurtenis proberen af te doen als een vliegtuig, zijn er dit keer toch teveel getuigen die allemaal volhouden dat de vreemde lichten die ze hebben gezien, niets met een vliegtuig te maken hebben.
Het toeval wil dat de Amerikaan Steven Barone over wie wij al vaker schreven en die naast de Nellis Airforce Base woont in Nevada ook iets dergelijks heeft waargenomen.
Wat Steven filmde zag er ongeveer zo uit:
Ook de waarneming van Steven vond plaats op zondagavond laat, maar vanwege het tijdsverschil toch zo’n zeven uur later dan die in het Engelse Swindon.
Volgens Steven bleef het object ongeveer een uur lang bewegingloos hangen, en bleef hij filmen totdat de batterij van zijn camera leeg was.
Het voorval lijkt eveneens veel op wat een gezin uit Australië de stuipen op het lijf joeg en waarover wij eerder schreven.
Buitenaards of een menselijk experiment zoals de TR-3B?
Bijzonder is natuurlijk wel dat er veel verhalen zijn over een buitenaardse basis onder Nellis Airforce Base. Een basis van de zogenaamde Tall White Aliens.
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A UFO book gathering interest and momentum at the moment is ‘UFOs OVER ROMANIA’. In the west, little is known about its author, Dan D. Farcas PhD. With that in mind, I recently took the opportunity to interview Dan in order to try and learn a little more about his interests and how he became involved in UFO research in his home country of Romania.
RL: How and when did you first become interested in the UFO phenomenon?
Dan D. Farcas PhD
DF: I should split the question into two. I’ve always been interested in extraterrestrial issues, but only relatively lately into UFOs. When I was 8 or 9 years old, one of the things I used to play at with my younger brother was to draw our imaginary adventures in a primitive type of comic book. I still have some of them. Most of these adventures took place in outer space, travelling from one planet to another. At the same period of time, I started to write a book on astronomy. In the forties, in Romania, there were no such books available.
When I was 25-35, I published several science fiction short stories, mainly on space travel and contacts with aliens. In these stories, I felt it was quite normal for an alien to appear suddenly, in human form, in an earthly environment, but I still had doubts about UFOs as extraterrestrial vehicles.
I published some popular science articles about extraterrestrial civilizations and, around 1980, I was invited to write a book about this topic. On this occasion, I thought it is normal to inform myself on the UFO phenomenon. Only then, I discovered, by reading some good books, how many well documented cases exist and how important they are.
The book, entitled “De ce tac civilizaţiile extraterestre” (Why cue the extraterrestrial civilizations), published in 1983, was a small bestseller. Then many people asked me about UFOs, so I continued to inform myself more seriously, and published a lot, especially after 1990.
RL: Have you ever had a personal experience with ‘high strangeness’?
DF: I have the memory of several “night visits”, before the age of 5 years. I argued then that they were not dreams. The only thing I remember now is a green hand disappearing behind my bed, somehow in to the wall. I even gave a name to this apparition, something like “that with the hand”.
I had also, in this period, some unexplainable phobias. I felt a terror if I get a glimpse of certain common objects. These reactions have disappeared with time.
RL: Has being an academic aided you in your research of the UFO phenomenon?
DF: I was trained in mathematics, physics and astronomy at a university level. This helped me not only to understand the size and structure of the universe, or what means spaces with more dimensions, but it also gave me a strong sense of sizes, such as differences between thousands, millions and billions of years, or light years. I noticed that, for many, this often means only “very much”, leading to serious confusions.
On the other hand, academic training in such domains, gives you a higher censorship toward certain facts that you hear reported. Among other things, this made me sceptical for a long time, that UFOs may be spacecraft. Of course, life has forced me, in many fields, to go beyond the dogmas learned in school.
Finally, the academic education and my life experience helped me to understand the limitations of some instruments considered “taboo” in our culture. I understood the limits of the scientific method, of the mathematics and logic. All these have relevance in investigating the UFO phenomenon.
RL: Whilst compiling your research for your new book UFO’s OVER ROMANIA you will have read many eye witness reports, did any one account stand out to you and why?
DF: For this book I used, mostly, investigations made by people that I have known and I had confidence in, but I gave also many pages to the cases that I investigated personally over the last 20 years. There were, on the one hand, strange accounts of military pilots, and on the other hand, unexplained encounters of just ordinary people. I was impressed most by the sincerity of all the witnesses and by their desire to find an explanation for what had happened. With the stories from civilians, I was most impressed by the mixture between the classical UFO lore and some characters or features I knew before only in folkloric or religious realms.
But to understand all the things that surprised me, I think it’s better to recommend reading the book, with all those stories.
RL: Has the language barrier been an obstacle in sharing Eastern European UFO reports?
DF: The language barrier is a very serious one. It was partially overcome in technical fields in which international cooperation is mandatory and where you use a limited vocabulary; but it is still a problem in many other areas, including ufology.
The ufological literature, in Romanian language, and about Romanian cases, is not very extensive, but even so, there are many interesting cases and developments which are not known abroad. The situation is, I think, similar in other Eastern European countries.
RL: You are the chairman of ASFAN. What is this organization?
DF: In 1998, Ion Hobana, a well known writer and ufologist, Harald Alexandrescu, astronomer, and myself, took the initiative of creating the Romanian Association for the Study of Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena (ASFAN), as an organisation of well established specialists in various disciplines relevant for active involvement in UFO research. It was and has remained the only non-governmental and non-profit organisation in Romania, with legal personality, dedicated exclusively to ufology. The legal permission for the establishment of ASFAN was obtained at the Court of the City of Bucharest on September 28, 1998, taking into consideration the approval of the Ministry of Research and Technology and that of the General Mayor of Bucharest. The offices of ASFAN were established in the building of the “Admiral Vasile Urseanu” Astronomical Observatory of the Municipality of Bucharest, Boulevard Lascăr Catargiu 21, Bucharest, property of the City.
For the 21 founding members (demanded by the law at that point in time), highly skilled individuals were selected: mathematicians, astronomers, engineers, specialists in radar, aeronautics, meteorology, photo-imaging, informatics, medicine, as well as interdisciplinary oriented personalities. The main aim was to have a multidisciplinary and pluralistic approach to the phenomenon. The initial elected board was: chairman Ion Hobana (1931-2011), Vice-chairman myself, and executive director Harald Alexandrescu Ph.D., mathematician and astronomer (1944-2005). Since 2011, I am the chairman.
At the beginning, ASFAN organised, for three years, public lectures on a monthly basis. A more complex, one day UFO Conference was organised in May 2014. We had also several other public encounters and actions. ASFAN members were invited to appear on virtually all of the main Romanian TV channels and radio stations for debates on current UFO events and related issues. Unfortunately, the funding and the time available for the members was always very limited, so the achievements of ASFAN were much lower than had been hoped, and in time most of members became inactive with no one to take their place.
ASFAN received and examined written reports, photos, video footage and other UFO data (far from all cases). The most interesting ones are available (in Romanian) on the website of the organization. There are no printed UFO publications in Romania, but some ASFAN members have or had permanent UFO columns or articles published in Romanian popular science magazines.
Ion Hobana kept in touch with many ufologists worldwide, he participated in international conferences and invited to Romania several ufologists from abroad. Other ASFAN members tried to maintain these contacts, making new ones too, with several UFO research organisations and specialists abroad.
RL: In UFOs OVER ROMANIA you discuss ‘hypercivilizations’. Could you just expand on what this is?
DF: In our Galaxy (the Milky Way), there are around 200 billion stars. Around 30 billion planets can host life. More and more specialists admit that the basic components of life are travelling throughout space, “infecting” immediately all appropriate planets upon contact. In ideal conditions, in three-four billion years of undisturbed evolution, the random game of mutations and the subsequent changing of the environment could produce on such a planet a complex life system, as we see on our Earth and, in some cases, even a “technological civilisation”, that means intelligent beings capable of building spaceships to travel to other inhabitable planets.
As I estimated that, in the history of our Galaxy, could come into being a number of technological civilizations, of which, only a few hundred survived the childhood diseases that we face now on Earth, and still exist. But these civilizations have not arisen simultaneously. The first may have been born a billion years ago, or even earlier. Therefore in our Galaxy, the surviving civilizations have appeared, most likely, one in a several million years. So, they are far apart from us not only in space, but also in time.
What will become of our civilization (if it will survive) over millions (or billions) of years? How would the inhabitants of a civilization that has outstripped us with millions of years look like? It is impossible for us to imagine. We can accept however that they have been transformed into something else, beyond our understanding; into something we can name as a “hypercivilization”.
If somebody considers that we were too optimistic and the intelligent beings are much scarcer, we should add that our Milky Way is only one of at least 150 billion, more or less similar, galaxies of the Universe accessible to our instruments. And we have strong reasons to believe that there are other Universes too, maybe “parallel” ones, maybe from other states of matter, or parts of a “Multiverse” etc. Therefore it is almost absolutely sure that in the Cosmos there are hypercivilisations.
School and science fiction, but not only, set our minds on patterns ignoring completely the possibility of hypercivilizations. There is a primitive extraterrestrial hypothesis, which assumes that all cosmic civilizations are more or less at the same level with us. Therefore it nurtures some false preconceptions as: very long and difficult cosmic voyages, landing on the lawn of White House, equal rights, conversation, invasion, intervention, aid, and so on.
This primitive view is completely implausible. If hypercivilizations exist (and they exist, with a probability of 99.999999…%) they exploited, in the smallest detail, our Galaxy, millions of years ago, so they have known, for a long time, about our existence. A difference of millions of years, or even hundreds of millions, is as huge as between us and a lizard or even an ant. If an entomologist would propose to study an anthill, he will try to disturb, as little as possible, its life. He could of course make experiments, examining or modifying some ants, or even taking them in remote laboratories, trying to create new “races” and so on, but will not “present credentials” to the queen of the ants. If the entomologist have the technology, he will create some robot ants, sending them in to the hill and watching from a safe place, for example “on the computer screen”, the data transmitted by them. Hypercivilizations might treat us in a similar way. Therefore no settlement, no destruction, on one hand and no official contact, conversation or substantial help, on the other hand, are to be expected from highly advanced cosmic civilisations, even if they are here now.
The arising of a technological civilization could be a very rare event in our Galaxy, occurring probably once in several millions of years. So it is normal for us to be of interest to the higher intelligences. But they will forbid any aid. This is not, only, because of human aggressiveness and xenophobia, making from all new technology new weapons, nor only to avoid a “cultural shock”, which could virtually destroy all our social, scientific, religious, economical, political, military and cultural structures. I suppose they have also some other reasons for that. Hypercivilisations could wait (and maybe harvest even now) our original ideas, viewpoints, creations (in art, science, philosophy, ethics etc.), or something else, produced as a result of millions of years of our independent evolution. And all that expected crop could be destroyed by a premature contact. Some old, apparently absurd, stories may be an indication of such an attitude: the punishment for the apple of the forbidden tree of knowledge, the chaining of Prometheus, or the fallen angels (from Book of Enoch), thrown into a pit full of fire, because they were taught earthlings different skills.
The higher intelligences may gather and store our lives in a kind of virtual reality; this could explain: channelling, “xenoglossia”, “walk-ins”, “reincarnation”, ghosts, etc. In such a super-memory it is possible to travel in the past, without changing the real past, or to see scenarios of the future (sometimes apocalyptical), without accepting fatality.
Of course, all the above is not a proof that the hypercivilisations are the explanation for everything strange and particularly for UFOs. It is only one hypothesis; but one which cannot be easily discarded. And we can speculate even further, supposing for example that the spiritual world was before, or that the material world is only a kind of a great virtual reality and so on. Also, the whole Universe (or rather the “Multiverse”) could be much older and much more complex than the part we can observe with our instruments. Was there something before the “Big Bang”? What is beyond the limits of our closed Universe (maybe in another dimension or another reality, maybe in a spiritual state of matter)?
RL: In your opinion, how do we keep moving forward with UFO research?
DF: UFOs exist! To understand them, first of all, we have to collect facts, focusing on the sincerity of the witnesses and on the honesty of the ufologists, avoiding: tricksters, deception, exaggeration, inventions, misinterpretation of natural phenomena, or of man-made vehicles, as well as deceptive mental phenomena.
In the same time, we have not to forget the great distance from reality to the stories reported about it, interposing (unconsciously!) images seen elsewhere, perhaps in a dream, screen memories, all embellished, filtered, rearranged in a logical and socially convenient order, to match beliefs or prejudices, self delusions, wishful thinking, compulsions or even sexual fantasies, all deeply embedded into the subconscious. These mechanisms are acquired starting with our earliest moments of life and continuing with language, family, religion, environment, social pressure, school, science, media etc. This can change completely what we perceive. Of course, that does not mean the witnesses have not seen anything! Behind their stories, most (if not all) of them went through real and strange experiences.
The scientific method brings additional issues. Science admits only truths that: persist over time and can be inspected by any interested person, possibly in an experiment. Often science also demands that the observations be quantifiable. But, around us, there are so many phenomena which do not meet these conditions. Sometimes we are “culturally hypnotized” to not see them.
Science often speaks of “laws of nature”. We do not know any of these laws, but only the laws of Newton, Maxwell, Einstein, etc. which are “falsifiable”, as underlined epistemologist Karl Popper. So statements like: “it was scientifically proven that X can not exist”, or “that Y must exist”, have no logical foundation. An example is that classical: “it is scientifically impossible, therefore please do not bother me with alleged facts”.
Ufology can not be entirely a science; it can not bring abductions in to the laboratory, nor can it present a UFO, on demand, to any sceptic. But the fact that ufology is not a science does not diminish its importance and also it would be desirable to not diminish its respectability. When people from different countries, cultures and religions, with different backgrounds and occupations, are reporting the same story, with dozens of details that are consistent – despite the fact that these persons have never known each other and have not read any of the dedicated UFO literature – that means we face no more a fantasy or pure coincidences but a real phenomenon. Applying appropriate statistical operations, ufology can try to strip the primary perception of observations by the many cultural veils placed on it, even if this endeavour will never be perfect.
In conclusion, UFO research should concentrate on: gathering as more testimonies as possible, developing methods of removing cultural filtering, and using good statistical instruments.
Another issue is that science is not the only way of knowing, even if it claims that. Science, religions, folklore, paranormal studies, ufology etc. touch, each by its own means and in its “light zone”, an extremely complex reality; and often one part denies the truths of the others. To overcome this limitation, we all must learn, in a pluralistic approach, to respect all truths, as long as we cannot refute them, by obvious facts, not only by theories. Therefore we all should accept the truths of others, even if they contradict our own truths. And we should remain always open to dialogue. It is the only way to ascend to the higher truths we are searching for.
RL: Dan, thank you for taking the time to answer my questions and good look (luck?) with your new book UFOs OVER ROMANIA.
Diamond UFO Over Trees Startle Onlookers In Veracruz, Mexico On Sept 29, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Diamond UFO Over Trees Startle Onlookers In Veracruz, Mexico On Sept 29, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Sept 29, 2016 Location of sighting: Veracruz, Mexico This diamond UFO was seen today over Mexico and surprised some eyewitnesses as you can see from the video. The UFO is staying low over the treetops to try to keep out of view, but still be able to scan and record its scientific data. Scott C. Waring
Crop Circle Found In Prudentópolis, Paraná, Brazil On Sept 27, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Crop Circle Found In Prudentópolis, Paraná, Brazil On Sept 27, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of discovery: Sept 27, 2016 Location of discovery: Prudentopolis, Parana, Brazil This crop formation was found in a farmers field in Brazil two days ago. Notice that the reeds are bent 100% flat and in the same direction. Most the time, formations have swirls in the flattened reeds, but not this one. This one is unique. These places could be the location of a ship landing and analysing the soil, seed and the genetic makeup of the seed, which may have been artificially made to grow more and make more profits. This could also be a message sent through subspace aimed to reach us and test our intelligence, to see if we are ready for contact. Sadly we don't have an arial view of the full crop formation...drone footage would be perfect. Scott C. Waring
Black holes are galactic monsters with voracious appetites: Once something crosses the monster's event horizon (the black center region in this computer-simulated image of a supermassive black hole), it doesn't come out.
Credit: NASA, ESA, and D. Coe, J. Anderson, and R. van der Marel (STScI)
There are some things in the universe that you simply can't escape. Death. Taxes. Black holes. If you time it right, you can even experience all three at once.
Black holes are made out to be uncompromising monsters, roaming the galaxies, voraciously consuming anything in their path. And their name is rightly deserved: Once you fall in, once you cross the terminator line of the event horizon, you don't come out. Not even light can escape their clutches.
But in movies, the scary monster has a weakness, and if black holes are the galactic monsters, then surely they have a vulnerability. Right?
Hawking to the rescue
In the 1970s, theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking made a remarkable discovery of a secret buried under the complex mathematical intersection of gravity and quantum mechanics: Black holes glow, ever so slightly, and given enough time, they eventually dissolve. [Hawking Wants to Power Earth With Mini Black Holes: Crazy or Legit?]
Wow! Fantastic news! The monster can be slain! But how? How does this so-called Hawking radiation work?
Well, general relativity, which describes how gravity behaves, is a supercomplicated mathematical theory. Quantum mechanics is just as complicated. It's a little unsatisfying to respond to "How?" with "A bunch of math," so here's the standard explanation: The vacuum of space is filled with virtual particles, little effervescent pairs of particles that pop into and out of existence, stealing some energy from the vacuum to exist for the briefest of moments, only to collide with each other and evaporate, returning to nothingness.
Every once in a while, a pair of these particles pops into existence near an event horizon, with one partner falling in and the other free to escape. Unable to collide and evaporate, the escapee goes on its merry way as a normal nonvirtual particle.
Voilà! The black hole appears to glow as particles and radiation escape. In doing the work to separate a virtual particle pair and promote one of them into normal status, the black hole gives up some of its own mass. Subtly, slowly, over the eons, black holes dissolve. Not so black anymore, huh?
Here's the thing: I don't find that answer especially satisfying, either. For one, that explanation does not appear in Hawking's original 1974 paper which unveiled the process, and for another, it's just a bunch of jargon that fills up a couple of paragraphs but doesn't really go a long way in explaining this behavior. It's not necessarily wrong, just … incomplete.
Let's dig in. It'll be fun.
The way of the field
First things first: "Virtual particles" are neither virtual nor particles. In quantum field theory — scientists' modern conception of the way particles and forces work — every kind of particle is associated with a fieldthat permeates all of space-time. These fields aren't just simple bookkeeping devices; they are active and alive. In fact, they're more important than particles themselves. You can think of particles as simply excitations — or "vibrations" or "pinched-off bits," depending on your mood — of the underlying field.
Sometimes, the fields start wiggling, and those wiggles travel from one place to another. That's what we call a "particle." When the electron field wiggles, we get an electron. When the electromagnetic field wiggles, we get a photon. You get the idea.
Sometimes, however, those wiggles don't really go anywhere. They fizzle out before they get to do something interesting. Space-time is full of the constantly fizzling fields.
What does this have to do with black holes? Well, when one forms, some of the fizzling quantum fields can get trapped — some permanently, appearing within the newfound event horizon. Fields that fizzled near the event horizon end up surviving and escaping. But due to the intense gravitational time dilation — which says that the faster you travel, the more time seems to slow down — near the black hole, they appear to come out much, much later in the future. [8 Ways You Can See Einstein's Theory of Relativity in Real Life]
In their complex interaction and partial entrapment with the newly forming black hole, the temporarily fizzling fields get "promoted" to become normal, everyday ripples — in other words, particles.
So Hawking radiation isn't so much about particles popping into existence near a present-day black hole, but rather the result of a complex interaction at the birth of a black hole that persists until today. You can think of that complex interaction as preventing the black hole from ever growing to its maximum possible extent — even at its birth it was doomed to disappear.
Patience, child
One way or the other, as far as we can tell, black holes do dissolve. I emphasize the "as far as we can tell" bit because, as I said at the beginning, generality is all sorts of hard, and quantum field theory is a beast. Put the two together, and there's bound to be some mathematical misunderstanding.
But with that caveat, we can still look at the numbers, and those numbers tell us we don't have to worry about black holes dying anytime soon. A black hole with the mass of the sun will last a wizened 10^67 years. Considering that the current age of our universe is a paltry 13.8 * 10^9 years, that's a good amount of time. But if you happened to turn the Eiffel Tower into a black hole, it would evaporate in only about a day. I don't know why you would, but there you go.
Learn more by listening to the episode "Do black holes die?" on the Ask A Spaceman podcast, available on iTunes and on the Web at http://www.askaspaceman.com. Thanks to Andy, Rowan H., @MarkRiepe, @ChattaboxReilly, and @Just_Rachel for the questions that led to this piece! Ask your own question on Twitter using #AskASpaceman or by following Paul @PaulMattSutter and facebook.com/PaulMattSutter.
The things most people know about helium are that it makes balloons float up and it makes your voice squeaky if you inhale some. But helium is more than just fun and games: it is also a scarce industrial resource with important uses in technology and medicine — and scientists are still learning more about its many strange properties.
So let's get this party started, with some of the most unusual applications and facts about helium.
Credit: NASA
1. Lighter than air
Helium is one of lightest and least dense of all the chemical elements, thanks to the chemical stability and extremely small size of single helium atoms. Helium's low density is what causes balloons filled with the gas to float, buoyed up by the denser surrounding air.
Credit: US Navy
2. Under the sea
Because helium is easily compressed and non-toxic, it is used in specialized "breathing mixtures" of gases for very deep scuba diving, as a replacement for the nitrogen that makes up about 75 percent of our air.
At high pressures, such as underwater below around 100 feet (30 meters), dissolved nitrogen can quickly build up in body tissues and cause fatal decompression illness, or dangerous bouts of "nitrogen narcosis," an effect similar to sudden and extreme drunkenness.
To get around the problems of breathing nitrogen, technical and commercial divers who plunge to depths of up to 400 feet (122 m) or beyond use breathing mixtures like "heliox," in which the fraction of nitrogen in the air has been replaced with helium.
Credit: NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory
3. Powering the sun
Helium takes its name from "Helios," the Greek god of the sun, which was where the chemical element was discovered in the 1860s, by astronomers studying the signature "gas absorption lines" of the color spectrum of sunlight.
Helium makes up around 45 percent of the mass of the sun, where it is formed at scorching temperatures by the fusion of hydrogen — the primary process that keeps the sun and all the stars burning.
In turn, atoms of helium are fused in stars to create the heavier elements, including carbon, oxygen and silicon.
Credit: NASA/Apollo 15
4. Over the moon
Most helium atoms have two proton and two neutron particles in the nucleus, an isotope called helium-4. But some form an isotope with two protons and just one neutron, called helium-3, which has been proposed as an ideal fuel for fusion power generation.
Helium-3 is almost unknown on Earth. But, it has been identified in large quantities on the moon, where helium from the solar wind has rained onto the lunar surface for billions of years. Several space agencies, including those in Russia, China and India, have suggested helium-3 could provide a potential payoff for lunar exploration.
Credit: Alfred Leitner
5. Super cool
Helium gas condenses into a liquid at extremely low temperatures, around minus 450 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 268 degrees Celsius) at atmospheric pressure, and starts to exhibit very strange behavior at even lower temperatures.
Below minus 456 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 271 degrees C), just a shiver above absolute zero, helium-4 becomes a so-called superfluid, with about 1/8th of the density of water and zero friction. Among the many curious properties of superfluid helium is its ability to quickly flow through any leak, and even upwards along the walls of a container, which means it's extremely difficult to keep it from escaping.
Credit: Jan Ainali
6. vision
Because helium easily liquefies at such low temperatures, it is used as a coolant for powerful superconducting electromagnets, such as the magnets used in the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, Switzerland.
Liquid helium is also used to cool the ring-shaped magnetic coils in hospital MRI scanners to temperatures of about minus 441 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 263 degrees C), which allows them to generate brief but intense magnetic fields.
The magnetic fields cause atoms inside the body to resonate with their own magnetic signatures, which can be detected by the scanner and used to build a detailed image of internal organs and tissues.
Credit: Bureau of Land Management
7. In short supply
It takes billions of years for pockets of helium to form in the Earth’s crust from the radioactive decay of uranium and thorium. This makes it hard to find, and for many years, the price of helium for applications like MRI scanners has been rising.
For many years, the world’s single main supplier was the Federal Helium Reserve near Amarillo, Texas, which was established after World War I to secure American supplies of helium as a lifting gas for military airships.
In the 1950s, during the Cold War, helium found a new use: purging and pressurizing the rocket engines of nuclear missiles and space missions.
Credit: Thomas Abraham-James/Helium One
8. Helium horde
In recent years, some natural gas producers in the U.S., Canada and Qatar have started to tap small concentrations of helium, which has eased the rise in price.
Recently, scientist announced the discovery of a major helium gas field at Rukwa, in the East African Rift Valley region of Tanzania, which may be even larger than the entire helium reserves of the United States.
This discovery and others like it may ease global demand, but scientists have warned that helium is the “ultimate non-renewable resource” – hard to find, difficult to keep, and impossible to recycle.
Researchers have found that Aboriginal Australians are some of the oldest living populations on Earth. Here, Eske Willerslev talks to Aboriginal elders n the Kalgoorlie area in southwestern Australia in 2012.
Credit: Preben Hjort, Mayday Film.
A group of humans migrating out of Africa some 40,000 to 70,000 years ago mingled with an as-yet unknown branch of humanity, researchers say.
Modern humans originated about 150,000 to 200,000 years ago in Africa. However, scientists have long debated when and how the modern human lineage spread out of Africa to nearly every corner of the globe. Nearly everyone outside Africa descended from an exodus that occurred between 40,000 and 70,000 years ago, but recent archaeological findings and climate models suggest that migrations of modern humans from Africa began at least 100,000 years ago.
One way to find out whether, in the past, modern humans dispersed from Africa in one wave or many — and to see if they intermingled with any other human lineages along the way — is to examine the genomes of present-day modern humans. [See Photos of Our Closest Human Ancestor]
We're interested in understanding how our species has come to be how it is through the lens of ancient DNA," said Swapan Mallick, bioinformatics director at Harvard Medical School in Boston and lead author of one of the three studies appearing in the Sept. 22 issue of the journal Nature.
Previous human genetic databases often sampled a relatively narrow range of populations, which could skew results or miss key details aboutthe migrations of modern humans out of Africa. Now, three studies have collected new, high-quality data from 787 human genomes from more than 280 geographically diverse populations around the world, including typically understudied and rapidly disappearing groups.
Among the understudied groups researchers looked at are African populations, which have considerable genetic, linguistic and cultural diversity. They also examined genomes from Australia, where previous research uncovered some of the earliest archaeological and fossil evidence of modern humans outside Africa.
New branch of humanity?
The genetic analyses revealed the genomes of present-day aboriginal Australians might harbor evidence of ancient interbreeding with an unknown human lineage.
"Who these people are, we don't know," said Eske Willerslev at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, and senior author of one of the three studies.
Recent work suggested that Denisovans have contributed about 5 percent of their DNA to the genomes of present-day people of the Pacific islands of Oceania. However, these new findings suggest that what seemed to be evidence of Denisovans in the Pacific were actually signs of an unknown human lineage.
"These guys were very distantly related to Denisovans, but by no means Denisovan," Willerslev told Live Science. "They were even more distantly related to Neanderthals, and they might have been even more distantly related to modern humans. We believe that they interbred with modern humans shortly before modern humans crossed into the ancient continent of Sahul — what is now Australia, New Guinea and Tasmania — some 50,000 to 60,000 years ago."
Leaving Africa
The new findings also shed light on the controversy over whether modern humans dispersed from Africa in a single exodus or in multiple distinct waves at different times. When it came to people from Papua New Guinea, "we could discover, in the genomes of the Papuan individuals analyzed here, small traces of an additional, early expansion out of Africa that was previously hypothesized only from archaeological remains," Mait Metspalu, an evolutionary geneticist at the Estonian Biocenter in Tartu, Estonia, and senior author of one of the three studies, told Live Science.
The researchers suggest that at least 2 percent of the Papuan genome harbors traces of an early migration that happened about 120,000 years ago. Previous research suggested that non-Africans largely descend from an exodus that happened between 40,000 and 70,000 years ago.
"Our results, while for the most part confirming the already accepted model of a single expansion out of Africa as the source event of all non-African populations, show that additional expansions were not as unlikely as we thought," Luca Pagani, a molecular anthropologist at the Estonian Biocenter and lead author of one of the three studies, told Live Science.
Oldest living population
The scientists also discovered that aboriginal Australians "are one of the oldest living populations on Earth, and have been in the same area for the past 50,000 to 60,000 years," Willerslev said.
There was a great deal of controversy "over whether or not aboriginal Australians directly descend from the first humans entering Australia," Willerslev said. "The answer to that question is yes — our data is completely consistent with aboriginal Australians descending from the first humans to enter Australia. It shows a very long connection between those people and the land. [How Did Life Arise on Earth]
"I can't think of any other place in the world where humans have been so long in the same spot as Australia," Willerslev said. "Yes, there are populations in Africa that are older, but we have no idea if they stayed in the same area in Africa for as long a time."
This is the first comprehensive population-level whole-genome study of human genetic diversity in Australia. "We found that because aboriginal Australians have spent such a long time in Australia, they are very genetically diverse," Willerslev said. "An aboriginal Australian from eastern Australia and one from southwestern Australia are almost as different genetically as an Asian is from a European."
The researchers noted that about 90 percent of aboriginal Australians speak languages belonging to a single linguistic family, "but some people in northwest Australia speak other language families," Willerslev said. "It'd be very interesting to see what the story is there when it comes to how they migrated to Australia."
5,000-Year-Old Swirling Rock Art in Scotland Remains a Mystery
5,000-Year-Old Swirling Rock Art in Scotland Remains a Mystery
By Owen Jarus, Live Science Contributor
The Cochno Stone, which dates back to around 3000 B.C., contains a type of artwork called "cup and ring marks."
Credit: University of Glasgow
Archaeologists in Glasgow, Scotland, briefly excavated and then reburied a 5,000-year-old slab of stone that contains incised swirling geometric decorations.
The Cochno Stone, which measures 43 feet by 26 feet (13 by 8 meters), contains swirling decorations, also called "cup and ring marks." The stone and its decorations have been known to people in the area since at least the 19th century. Decorations similar to these swirls have been found atother prehistoric sites around the world; however, the examples incised in the Cochno Stone are considered to comprise "one of the best examples" of such art in Europe, according to a statement by the University of Glasgow, which led the new study.
The stone slab was fully unearthed in West Dunbartonshire by Rev. James Harvey in 1887. By 1965, the stone had been vandalized with graffiti and damaged by the elements, so a team of archaeologists buried it beneath the dirt in order to protect the artwork . This summer's two-week re-excavation allowed archaeologists to use modern-day surveying and photography techniques to better record the artwork. [Gallery: Aerial Photos Reveal Mysterious Stone Structures]
For instance, digital-scanning and mapping experts from the Factum Foundation used cutting-edge 3D-imaging technology to make a detailed digital record of the site, according to the university statement.
The huge stone was recently unearthed in Scotland so that archaeologists could use modern techniques to study it.
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The re-excavation also revealed 19th- and 20th-century graffiti etched alongside the swirls, as well as painted lines intentionally made by an archaeologist named Ludovic Maclellan Mann, who worked at the site in 1937. Mann painted lines on the Cochno Stone to help measure the prehistoric artwork and see if there was a link to astronomical phenomena, such as eclipses.
Mann "was trying to prove that the symbols could predict eclipses and were marking movements of the sun and moon in prehistory," said Kenny Brophy, an archaeologist and senior lecturer at the University of Glasgow, in a video released by the university. He said that Mann's own data ended up disproving the archeologist's theory.
The meaning of the artwork is still unknown, said Brophy, adding that the vast amount of data gathered this summer may, in time, allow archaeologists to better understand the artifact. He said that the graffiti is also of interest and will help archaeologists better understand what people who lived in the local area thought of the artwork during the 19th and 20th centuries and how they incorporated it into their lives.
While archaeologists had to rebury the swirling prehistoric artwork in order to protect it, Brophy said he hopes that one day it will be possible to create an area where the rock art can be permanently revealed for both tourists and people in the local area to see. Funding will have to be obtained to build a protective area and visitors centre so that people can view the prehistoric artwork without damaging it.
"It is emotional when you have worked on a project such as this, touched it, walked on it and closely examined it, to then rebury it. But for now, that is what we have to do to protect it from the elements," Brophy said in the statement. "Perhaps in the future, this site could be turned into a major tourist attraction in Scotland, with a visitor center — who knows?"
Take a tour through the fascinating geologic record left behind by the major milestones in Earth's 4.5 billion years. Here, we focus on the events that shaped the planet's surface, such as giant impacts and its oxygen-rich atmosphere.
Credit: University of Copenhagen, Lars A. Buchhave
1. Earth forms
It's hard to know when the Earth first formed, because no rocks have survived from the planet's earliest days. While scientists disagree on the details, most researchers think Earth formed by a series of collisions that took place less than 100 million years after the solar system coalesced. More than 10 impacts with other bodies added bulk to our growing planet, according to most models of Earth's formation. By measuring the age of rocks on the moon, and meteorites found on Earth, scientists estimate the Earth consolidated by 4.54 billion years ago. The young planet had established an atmosphere and iron core, when …
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2. Boom! Earth-Moon collision
The final collision in Earth's timeline was with Theia, a rocky planetoid perhaps the size of Mars. This protoplanet sideswiped Earth, leaving our planet mostly intact but destroying itself and blowing away Earth's atmosphere. Theia's vaporized debriscondensed into Earth's moon. Some researchers think remnants of the pre-collision Earth still exist deep in Earth's mantle and outer core today. The mantle is the layer between the surface crust and the core.
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3. Magma ocean
The force of the moon-forming impact left Earth a churning hot magma blob. The hellish conditions meant Earth resembled Venus for a time, with a hazy, steamy atmosphere. But as the planet cooled, lava became rock and liquid water started to condense, forming Earth's first ocean. The oldest minerals found on Earth, called zircons, date back to this time and are 4.4 billion years old.
Credit: Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
4. First continents
Today, Earth is completely covered by giant tectonic plates of continental and oceanic crust. But the young Earth's first tectonic plates were much smaller. These protocontinents were recycled volcanic rock that had been remelted, or also buried and converted to metamorphic rock. These metamorphic belts often contain rich deposits of gold, silver, copper and other precious metals. The Earth's new crust grew rapidly, with about 70 percent of the crust formed by 3 billion years ago, researchers think. The earliest chemical markers of life also appeared with the first continents, about 3.8 billion years ago.
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5. Breath of life
The first whiffs of oxygen — from the evolution of photosynthesis — emerged in rocks about 3.5 billion years ago. Photosynthesis was one of.
After atmospheric oxygen levels spiked 2.4 billion years ago, not much happened on Earth for another billion years. Earth was so staid that scientists call this stretch of time the "boring billion." Things were pretty quiet tectonically, too: The continents were stuck in a supercontinental traffic jam for most of the boring billion. Many researchers think there's a link between the lack of tectonic activity and the boring billion — perhaps life needed a kick from drifting continents to drive evolution past photosynthesis, toward complex bodies
A bipartisan bill was passed by the U.S. Senate committee that oversees NASA space projects. The bill would allocate $19.5 billion in funds to NASA in 2017, but it has a critical mission for the space agency: send men to Mars.
FUNDS ARE ON THE WAY
It looks like Republican and Democratic senators alike are keen on safeguarding America’s space programs. With the potential chaos of a new president on the horizon, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation passed a bipartisan bill giving NASA $19.5 billion to continue working on a mission to Mars. It also includes support for the continuation of the program to send astronauts on private rockets to the International Space Station (ISS) from American soil no later than 2018.
“We have seen in the past the importance of stability and predictability in NASA and space exploration – that whenever one has a change in administration, we have seen the chaos that can be caused by the cancellation of major programs,” Republican Senator Ted Cruz, lead sponsor of the bill, commented. “The impact in terms of jobs lost, the impact in terms of money wasted has been significant.”
The NASA Transition Authorization Act of 2016 includes an overall authorization level of $19.508 billion for fiscal year 2017, but it still needs to be passed by the Senate as a whole, of course. The budget allotted is the same as what was approved by House appropriators and a bit more than the version released by the Senate Appropriations Committee. The Obama administration, likewise, proposed $19 billion in funding for NASA.
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MAKING IT RAIN, NASA-STYLE
The Senate is not giving NASA money just for the sake of exploration. It is also a challenge, a mandate, actually. The bill requires that NASA make it an official goal to send crewed missions to Mars in the next 25 years.
The bill allocates funds for different components: $4.5 billion on exploration, nearly $5 billion for space operations, and $5.4 billion for science. It also does not scrap NASA’s controversial plans to send men on asteroids and collect samples by 2021. It does, however, require the space agency to regularly send progress reports to Congress, justifying its $1.4 billion cost.
“Fifty-five years after President Kennedy challenged the nation to put a man on the moon, the Senate is challenging NASA to put humans on Mars. The priorities that we’ve laid out for NASA in this bill mark the beginning of a new era of American spaceflight,” said an optimistic Florida Sen. Bill Nelson, senior Democrat on the Commerce panel.
The bipartisan support behind the new bill shows that space exploration is an issue that all parties can agree is vital to our growth as a nation and a species. Now we just have to wait to see if it passes the Senate.
New Wind Turbine Tech Could Use a Single Typhoon to Power a Country For 50 Years
New Wind Turbine Tech Could Use a Single Typhoon to Power a Country For 50 Years
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IN BRIEF
Humanity pumps nearly 38.2 billion tons of carbon dioxide into the air each year because of fossil fuels, but one typhoon is equivalent to half the world-wide electrical generating capacity.
Now, Japanese engineer Atsushi Shimizu claims to have developed a way for humanity to harness this power.
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF EARTH
We are all farmilar with the tragedy of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, which was caused by an enormous tsunami that occurred back in 2011. It brought the nuclear power debate back to life.
Now, one Japanese engineer wants to harness the power of another potentially destructive force in order to generate energy. Atsushi Shimizu has created a wind turbine that can withstand the terrible force of typhoons, and it can gather their energy to provide clean power.
“For decades, Japan has brought in European-style wind turbines, not designed for typhoon zones, and installed them with no careful consideration—they’ve broken almost entirely,” Shimizu said to CNN. Now, that could all change.
There is tremendous potential in typhoon energy—it is estimated that one typhoon is equivalent to half the world-wide electrical generating capacity, and if we could harness all of its energy, Shimizu asserts he could power Japan for 50 years.
To that end, Shimizu has constructed a special turbine, one that looks like an eggbeater. It utilizes the Magnus effect to prevent the turbine from spinning out of control. The design helps it withstand unpredictable wind directions.
HARNESSING EVERYTHING
Taking advantage of typhoon energy may seem like a moonshot, but we already have structures that can withstand hurricane force gales.
And given our current climate crisis, its not like we can afford not to do it. The green revolution is all about harnessing the power of Mother Nature and moving away from fossil fuels in order to end the current mass extinction event and help protect our biosphere. Countries like Japan are regularly battered by typhoons, and this is one way of taking advantage of the situation.
But more than that, if we are to advance as a species, we will need this type of technology. Advancing to a Type I civilization in the Kardashev scale means being able to control the elements—sunlight, volcanoes, earthquakes, and yes, even typhoons.
This could be another step towards getting humanity beyond our Type 0 classification status.
Elon Musk unveiled SpaceX's plan on Tuesdayfor humans to colonize Mars by 2022. The idea is to load 100 people into a spaceship just smaller than the Washington Monument, blast them to the Red Planet in a matter of months, then land gingerly on the surface and set up a permanent settlement.
It's that last bit some scientists are a little squeamishabout.
Space agencies all over this world have meticulously protected other planets from Earth's germs for decades. NASA even has an entire department dedicated to the task, aptly named theOffice of Planetary Protection.
If we do find alien life, NASA wants to make sure it's actually alien, and not some Earthling (likely bacteria) that hitched a ride on one of its spacecraft. That's why you always see people building spacecraft wearing white plastic suits in cleanrooms making sure the spacecraft stays immaculate.
An illustration of the Interplanetary Transport System — the spaceship SpaceX plans to take humans to Mars in — refueling in orbit
Musk doesn't seem worried about infecting Martians — which he won't be at all surprised to find.
"There's really nothing on the surface of Mars, I think," the SpaceX CEO said during a press call Tuesday evening. "There may be subterranean, chemotrophic bacteria. I would expect they're pretty hardy, and there's not much that we could do to kick them out even if we wanted to."
As Emily Lakdawalla wrote for The Planetary Society, the organization Bill Nye heads that has proposed humans orbit Mars first and think about landing later, Earthlings are notoriously germy.
"If we keep our filthy meatbag bodies in space and tele-operate sterile robots on the surface, we'll avoid irreversible contamination of Mars — and obfuscation of the answer to the question of whether we're alone in the solar system — for a little while longer," Lakdawalla wrote in a 2015 blog post. "Maybe just long enough for robots to taste Martian water or discover Martian life."
What a human Mars mission could look like
An illustration of SpaceX's Interplanetary Transport System heading to Mars.
On the flip side, alien Martian life could be just as dangerous to humans as we could be to it, which is another argument scientists make for keeping missions sterile. NASA has beenplanning a human mission to Mars, and the agency has of course weighed the risks of contaminating astronauts, or the planet they might land on.
Agency scientists who studied the issue in 2005 concluded: "All operations of an initial human mission to Mars should include isolation of humans from any direct contact with materials from Mars for planetary protection purposes."
That means a NASA trip likely wouldn't look like the one in the 2015 blockbuster, "The Martian," with Mark Watney growing potatoes, suitless inside an oxygen-filled habitat, on the planet's surface.
The SpaceX colony would probably look a lot different, too, and be much more permanent. Musk spoke about the distant possibility of growing plants on the Red Planet if they change the atmosphere, or even creating oceans where water used to flow millions of years ago.
He wouldn't be the one to make the decision to change Mars so it looks more like Earth in a process called terraforming, though.
"Terraforming would take us a long period of time, and I think, would ultimately be the decision of the people on Mars. We have to get there in the first place," Musk said. "The larger point is creating a self-sustained civilization on Mars to provide insurance for life as a whole — life as we know it."
'Out there among the stars'
Elon Musk presenting SpaceX's human missions to Mars at the 67th International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico.SpaceX/YouTube
Musk kept repeating this phrase, "life as we know it," which seems to basically mean "not aliens." And that is the difference between Musk's ideas and those of scientists who want to keep space free of Earth's scourge — he's prioritizing "life as we know it."
"I think, really, the planet we should be considering for protection is Earth," he said. "We can bring life as we know it, and breathe life into Mars where it doesn't exist today, and ensure that if there is some kind of cataclysmic event on Earth, that life as we know it continues to exist."
Musk's defense for sending humans to colonize Mars may not convince some scientists, but it sure is poetic:
"I think a future where we are a space-faring civilization and out there among the stars is infinitely more exciting and inspiring than one where we are not."
Science, History, Religion, Knowledge, and the Truth - The Great American Myth
Science, History, Religion, Knowledge, and the Truth - The Great American Myth
"Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge." - Carl Sagan
"History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again." - Maya Angelou
"Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life." - Buddha
"To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge." - Nicolaus Copernicus
"It is a sad regret to have searched for the truth and settled for an answer." - Robert Brault
This piece will begin with an analysis of a debate between Dr. Jared Diamond, and one of his detractors. This will be followed by a broader analysis of the roles of Science, History, Religion, Knowledge, and Truth in human society. Dr. Diamond was born on September 10, 1937. He is an American scientist and author best known for his popular science books, The Third Chimpanzee (1991), Guns, Germs, and Steel (1997, awarded a Pulitzer Prize), Collapse (2005), and The World Until Yesterday (2012). Originally trained in physiology, Diamond is known for drawing from a variety of fields, including anthropology, ecology, geography and evolutionary biology. He is a professor of geography at the University of California, Los Angeles.
The debate centered around Dr. Diamond's, Guns, Germs, and Steel. This is followed by “History Upside Down,” in The New York Review of Books, by Dr. William H. McNeil, and Dr. Diamonds response to the review, also in The New York Review of Books, along with Dr. McNeil's secondary response to Diamond. Guns, Germs, and Steel, Dr. Diamond argued, was written to show how much environmental conditions have affected the development of human society. He offered many examples from around the world that showed how one society was dominated by another because of the advantages that their given environment offered them over the environment of the people’s that they dominated, i.e., the Maori over the Moriori. These were two peoples in the far southern reaches of Polynesia that were actually of the same line. Dr. Diamond is not a historian. He is a scientist, and so when he wrote his ‘World History,’ he looked for a broad pattern in history to explain how society came to be where it is. He analyzed his sources and developed, he argued, an all encompassing answer to the problem that he was faced with. Dr. McNeil, however, is a historian, and he reviewed Guns, Germs, and Steel from that perspective. Under such constraints, historical studies normally take a much narrower approach in their work. This was Dr. McNeil's chief complaint. He felt that Dr. Diamond's approach ignored critical cultural details that were important in understanding why certain human societies made the decisions that they did. Observe how Diamond approached the question that he was trying to answer, one offered to him by a New Guinea native, Yali, who wondered why white people were always the ones with the best ‘cargo.’ One of Dr. Diamonds answers as to why Westerners had this advantage was that their environment was more conducive to the early development of agriculture. The Eurasian continent had the highest concentration of domesticatable wild plant species in the world, whereas; people’s in the Americas, Africa, and Australia, despite having been in their environments for some time did not have the same advantages as the Eurasians because they did not have as many such wild plant species available to them, if they had any at all. The numerous amounts of wild plant species that were available for domestication in Eurasia made it possible for those people to settle into sedentary lifestyles much earlier than the peoples of the other continents.
Another one of Dr. Diamonds answers to Yali’s question was that the people of the Eurasian continent had a massive advantage over the peoples of other continents in the availability of big domesticatable wild animals. Of all the major domesticated ‘work’ animals in the world, and there were fourteen that he identified, thirteen of them were in a very localized area, North Africa to the Indus River Valley, centralized in the Mesopotamian River Valley. These domesticated animals offered the peoples of Eurasia several important advantages over other peoples. He discussed this situation by observing the mass extinctions that took place in the Americas, Australia, and the Polynesian Islands upon the arrival of humans. The big animals in Eurasia and Africa had an advantage over those of the Americas and the other continents, in that their evolution took place almost directly parallel to that of humans. They evolved with humans; and thus, they developed a healthy fear of humans, which gave them certain advantages that could help them either avoid human hunters as their hunting skills improved, i.e., the Gazelle that can jump up to thirty feet into the air in one leap, or develop a mutual relationship according to the needs of the humans that were working with them. The big animals in other portions of the world had no such advantage, and so, evolving independently of humans, they were unprepared for the onslaught of highly skilled human hunters, leaving them no possible chance for future domestication. Yet another of Dr. Diamond's answers to the question was directed towards geography, specifically, the orientation and location of the earth’s continents. Eurasia is orientated east to west, and combined, is much larger than any of the other contiguous continents. Africa and the Americas are orientated north to south and Australia is not only the world’s smallest continent but is also extremely isolated. Such conditions, as argued by Dr. Diamond, gave the peoples of Eurasia a greater advantage over those of the other continents. According to Dr. Diamond, the advantages that all of these conditions offered to the peoples of Eurasia were voluminous. The greater number of easily collected and domesticatable wild plant species allowed people to settle into stationary villages a lot sooner, which also facilitated the development of agriculture a lot sooner, allowed for denser populations, the development of skilled artisans that could be fed while not having to participate in the collection of food, and the earlier development of complex political structures. The wide variety of domesticatable animal species also gave these peoples the advantage in that they were able to get more done in less time, which gave skilled artisans the time to develop more advanced technologies, such as writing and weapons, as well. This also created more surpluses in food, which allowed for even denser human populations and even more complicated political structures that came to include slave labor and organized religion. Another unique advantage that these large domesticated species gave to Eurasians was germs. Coupled with the byproducts of sedentary living, living near or directly handling bodily waste, humans were exposed to multiple deadly germs when living or working around large animals. Those peoples who were not killed by the germs, lived to pass special immunities onto their offspring. Peoples on other continents were not so lucky. Another big advantage of these conditions, per Dr. Diamond, was the rapid spread of food production and other technologies along the east to west axis of Eurasia. This meant that not all peoples had to spend the inordinate amount of time required to develop the technologies themselves, and more people could gain the advantages of the technologies more quickly. The Americas were disadvantaged by their isolation from the center of production in Eurasia as were Australia, Polynesia, and Africa. Furthermore, Africa suffered because Eurasian crops could not survive in the jungle and could not cross the deserts. There was also a problem in the Americas with the spread of crops and technology north to south after Mesoamericans, and the peoples of South America, developed their own crops and technologies much later. Once again, it seems that Dr. McNeil’s main issue with Guns, Germs, and Steel was that Dr. Diamond excluded what he considered minor cultural details that were important in understanding why certain human societies made the decisions that they did. The first question is, “Is this judgment true?” For the most part, yes, Dr. Diamond did refrain from discussing extremely narrow cultural details, however; on occasion, he did discuss cultural developments, but only in relation to a particular environmental condition that allowed for their existence. The next question is this, “Did Dr. Diamond do this on purpose?” He most assuredly did, and he did so for a very major reason. Very honestly, from the approach that he took in the book, he had very little need to care about those minor cultural details. From the reading, it can be argued that Dr. Diamond was stating that if not for the proper environmental conditions, those narrow minor details would never have had the opportunity to develop, and humans could very possibly still be hunter-gatherers, never having produced the massive and complex world-wide society that exists today. It's fairly clear that this is a scientific look at how human civilization came to be where it now is in the Twenty-First Century. However, like Dr. McNeil, I take issue with Dr. Diamond's story. Dr. McNeil focused on criticizing the overlooking of certain cultural developments that were important to the rise of human civilization. I, however, take with issue with the fact that Dr. Diamond's entire premise seems to to carry a heavy bias from the very beginning. When Dr. Diamond refers to human civilization, exactly which human civilization is he referring to? It is pretty clear that he is referring to Western Civilization, or that part of human civilization that sprang from the Mesopotamian River Valley; in fact, he openly notes in his introduction that he is explaining why it was Western Civilization that mastered the globe first. My question would then be, "Where did he get his information?" He has clearly missed the mark on the development of human civilization; for, long before Rome could even be considered a regional power in Europe, Chinese trade fleets were trading with east Africa, all points in Asia, the Middle East, and points in the Pacific. Further, long before Columbus ever set foot on the eastern edge of the Caribbean, Chinese trade fleets had reached the West Coast of the Americas. Further, they have maps to prove their work. He also seems to have missed out on the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Century West African trade fleets that dealt with the tribes in South America and as far west as Mesoamerica. What can be seen here is that DR. Diamond used selectively tuned scientific data to promote the interests of one area of the human family over another. He did so at the expense of Asia, Africa, and the Americas, who in his work, were considered to be lagging behind Europe. Can our reality be so easily manipulated? Yes. If you are doubtful, ask yourself a little question. How secure is your understanding of US History? US History is based on a few foundational understandings. First, Europeans were the first to "Discover" the Americas. Second, when Europeans arrived in the Americas, the Natives were "Uncivilized" heathens. Third, the United States inherited the European banner in the Western Hemisphere by "Divine Right," and was tasked with spreading the gift of "Civilization" to the "Savages." The reality, as we have already seen to some extent, is much different. First, history, and the evidence that backs it up, has proven that both the Chines and West Africans made it to the Americas long before Columbus or any other European, for that matter; though, the Vikings did reach what is now Canada by A.D. 1000, almost five hundred years before Columbus. Of course, none of this accounts for the Inuit, who lived in the Arctic regions of the globe, traveling back and forth from Eurasia and North America over the ice sheets, long before any of these sea faring peoples. Second, when Columbus did begin the mass emigration of Europeans to the Americas, the peoples there were far from uncivilized, and they heavily defied Dr. Diamonds East to West paradigm. From the North going South, there was the Mississippian Culture that inhabited the center of the North American continent, the Aztecs, or the "Mexia," in what is now Central Mexico, the Maya in the Yucatan and the Northern reaches of the Central American Isthmus, the Inca, and several empires before them, situated on the Andes Mountains, and what archaeologists are beginning to uncover the remains of, a result of deforestation combined with modern satellite technology, a civilization that likely centered around the outer Amazon River Basis. On this last one, there is much work left to be done, though. So, the basic fundamentals of "American" History are a carefully collected bundle of Euro Facts and Illusionary Falsehoods assembled to ensure that Western Civilization is given credit for "Discovering," "Civilizing," and "Globalizing" an entire hemisphere that was already inhabited by advanced civilizations that had already long had contact with the Eastern world. So, it has now been shown that both science and history can be intentionally taken out of context to, essentially, say or support just about whatever the person handling the information wants it to say, even to the point of ignoring or discarding information that offers a glaring contradiction to the story that the person wants to push. Religion can do much the same thing. Take the primary religion of Western Civilization, Christianity, for example. The entire religion is based upon one of the greatest fallacies ever perpetrated by human kind. Jesus the Christ, the central most figure in the Christian religion, has absolutely no basis, whatsoever, in historical fact. There is nothing written of him in contemporary historical sources. His birth and life can be not accounted for in the contemporary records of the Jews, and even more importantly, there is no mention of a Yeshua bin Yosef, Jesus Son of Joseph, or Jesus the Christ, in the contemporary records of the Roman Empire. Neither, is there any ancillary mention of such a man in the records of the Parthian Empire. This means that during the time period in which the Christian bible reports he existed, 5 B.C. to 30 A.D., there is no evidence of the man's existence in one of the most heavily populated and most commercially mobile regions of the world. Two advanced civilizations could not account for a man that healed the sick, as if by miracle, and fed five thousand people with only two fish and three loafs of bread. The first actual mention of the Christ by any historical writer was made by Josephus in 92 A.D., sixty plus years after the Jesus figure would have died and ascended into heaven, another dramatic fact that cannot be corroborated. His work has long since been discredited because he had no sources to back up his references to the Christ. What is more likely, and several historians have offered remarks to this effect, is that the story of the Christ figure is based upon several figures that existed during the period in question. They were reporting to do similar things that are accorded to the Christ, claiming to be the coming Messiah, and promising freedom from Rome. As for the spiritual aspects of the figure, most historians agree that the life of Jesus is based upon the legend of the Egyptian god Horace. Some also believe that aspects of Zoroastrianism made their way into the mix. Many say that that this is what is responsible for the Book of Revelation. Regardless of where the various parts of the story come from, a religion was crafted upon this information that is now used to control the actions of billions of people around the world. What has just transpired was a brief display of what people can do when they mishandle or intentionally appropriate for nefarious purposes, two very important items, knowledge and truth. Knowledge can generally be referred to as facts, understanding, and skills acquired through research and experience. Knowledge can be pursued in many ways. The three listed, Science, History, and Religion, are but a view of the methods available. Truth is, quite simply, the most generally accepted interpretation of gathered knowledge. This is a generalized definition, but what it basically means is that truth can be just about anything, as long as it is accepted by the greater majority of a given society. It also means that whatever truth is accepted does not have to be as at all accurate. It can be as biased as a society is willing to push it. As such, there are three general "Truths" accepted by a general majority of the American population, which tend to formulate what can be most assuredly referred to as the "Great American Myth." These truths are that Western Civilization is the ascendant power in the world, supported by evolution, geography, and agriculture, and millions of year of "quality" scientific data; that Western Civilization, historically, has been able to master the needed technology to overcome the most difficult of obstacles in the their pursuit of "Civilization," and are thus, somehow entitled to the spoils of their conquests; and finally, Western Civilization is backed by the power of "Almighty God," so, anything that they do, no matter how gruesome, is justified, especially when their actions are committed against the mindless heathens that were not able to master what "God" gave them. These truths have been used to justify the conquest of the Americas, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Pacific by various European powers and the United States. It has been justified to economically enslave vast areas of globe in the name of profit and civilization. While these truths can be applied to the United States internationally, they have most glaringly been applied to the United States on the domestic front. So, the American Myth begins to take shape. A country has been formed on the North American continent that was established by white people, for white people, and is maintained by white people. They have established a scientific reason for their prominence, they have written history, such that it supports their way of life, and they have built a socio-religious culture that sanctifies the rule of the white man. This country was built on the backs of African slaves, whose descendants are still largely relegated to second class citizenship, if that. It has prospered on the backs of immigrants, who have been either forced to abandon their ancient cultural heritage to fit in to white culture, or who have now been deemed "Illegal," and it has been held up and justified by a religion that condemns all non-believers to the depths of hell, and more tragically, to social exclusion. The United States is still the land of the WASP, or the White Anglo-Saxon Protestant. Do you not think that this is the case? Attempt to challenge the power of the white man. Develop science that counters the pre-eminence of the white man, write history that minimizes the role of the white man, and create a religion that equalizes the soul of the white man with the rest of humanity; and then, watch your work be deemed pseudo science, revisionist history, or heresy. This is the reality in this country, and it is why it is so hard for anyone of color to break any barriers of any kind. This country was not designed to be their home. It was designed to be their prison. When Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address, he was not referring to all of the people in this country. Though, the text of his speech read, "that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the Earth;" what he really meant was, "and that government of white people, by white people, and for white people shall not perish from the Earth."
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RUSSIA ARMY OFFICER EUGENE GAVRILOV REVEALS ANTARCTIC SECRETS
RUSSIA ARMY OFFICER EUGENE GAVRILOV REVEALS ANTARCTIC SECRETS
News site kramola.info.russia interviewed the officer of the Russian army Eugene Gavrikov.
He tells about his experience in Antarctica and confirm that there really is a pyramid hidden in the midst of the icy mountains and there are traces of military infrastructure left by the Third Reich and signs of activity from the past.
Eugene also states that the U.S. are aware of what happens in Antarctica where satellites showed the Ozon hole which could not be attributed to human activities but by something more mysterious.
There are many mysteries around the Antarctic, theories which connect Operations Paperclip and High-Jump, to secret hidden bases and ancient technologies, human experimentation and discovered hidden entrances.
While the mainstream recently reported on further explorations in the Antarctica which they claim "holds the key" to mankind's future", what they do not do is connect the many dots which build a picture that appears to blur the lines between conspiracy and reality.
FLIR expert says UFO video caught by police in Wales is “peculiar”
FLIR expert says UFO video caught by police in Wales is “peculiar”
The National Police Air Service of St. Athan in Wales tweeted a video of an object caught on their helicopter mounted infrared camera that they could not see with their eyes. Apparently, they are baffled by the object and are asking their twitter followers for help identify the object. We spoke with a FLIR expert, and he agrees, the video is “peculiar.”
The video was posted on twitter on September 23, 2016. The comment with the tweet read, “Any suggestions?? Nothing seen by local [Air Traffic Control]??” The tweet included an alien face emoji.
The video shows a round object that appears to moving through the sky. It is black, meaning that the object is emitting heat. The infrared camera is made to pick up heat and it shows high heat sources as black.
When asked when the video was captured, NPAS responded, “It was on Saturday night about 21:30 and was spotted over the Bristol channel at approx 1000ft.”
It was suggested it was a balloon, but NPAS replied, “Only slight problem is the amount of heat and it was travelling into wind?”
As for the size, when asked, NPAS replied, “Really difficult to judge the size but we filmed it for just over 7 minutes as we were coming back into land.”
And when asked if it is a Chinese Lantern, NPAS said, “We really don’t know but doubt it was a lantern as it was going into the wind.”
A still from the NPAS St. Athan UFO video.
(Credit: NPAS St. Athan)
They also said they did try to capture the object with a daylight camera, but nothing showed up. Not being able to see the object is another indication it was not a Chinese Lantern, as it would have been glowing.
NPAS says the video they posted, which is a little over a minute long, is only part of the full video. They say the full video is seven minutes. When asked where it is, they say the police have it now. It appears the NPAS filmed a video screen with a cell phone in order to post it online. For a few frames, the person filming the videocan be seen.
A person can be seen filming in this frame.
The video is a bit reminiscent of another infrared UFO video caught by law enforcement in Puerto Rico in 2013. I reached out to David, an infrared camera expert who works on law enforcement systems. He alsoanalyzed the Puerto Rico UFO video for us. He found the NPAS video to be very “peculiar.”
A still image form the video captured by Homeland Security in Puerto Rico.
David wrote: “From what I could gather from the video, the FLIR they’re using is most likely a STAR HD from FLIR Systems Inc., which is a high-definition infrared system. They are flying in the dark, so the only video they got a good look at the object with was in the infrared (IR). It might have also had a Low-Light sensor on it, but it may or may not have been useful. I primarily work on these systems, and know them well.”
David is not so sure the object is moving, in fact he states, “This object doesn’t deviate in elevation hardly at all. The FLIR azimuth (left-right) travel is definitely moving, to which I can guess is because of the travel of the helicopter. However, the elevation travel only ranges from -8 to +6 degrees. This might also be due to the travel of the helicopter. In other words, it appears as if this object is stationary in the sky.”
“I see where they switched over to the day cam and got nothing but a black screen,” David continued. “Later, I see that they attempted to focus the object, as seen by the “slider bar” in the top left. They go through all of the Fields of View: wide, medium, narrow, super narrow, and ultra narrow. This system uses a ‘step-zoom’ that flips lenses into place.”
A closer shot of the UFO.
(Credit: NPAS St. Athan)
As for what the object might be, David is not too sure.
“Things I can immediate dismiss: types of balloons, bird, aircraft. I wouldn’t totally dismiss a drone out yet, but it would be very large, hot, and circular in appearance.”
Although David disagrees that the object might be moving, he finds that aspect puzzling.
“The strangest part of this video is what appears to be total lack of travel by the object. The twitchy nature of the video when the object is shown up close is due to the movement of the directional pad that steers the FLIR in azimuth and elevation.”
Map showing the location of St. Athan in Wales.
(Credit: Google Maps)
In the video, the object does appear to be moving. However, it could be the helicopter’s movement that causes that effect. As the helicopter moves, if the object is stationary, the background will move, making it appear the object is moving when it is not.
However, if the object is not moving, that would still be odd. A balloon or Chinese Lantern would move with the wind.
As for the distance, David says, “It seems to me that it is a good distance from the helicopter. Hard to tell, maybe a mile or two.”
Map showing the location of St. Athan and the local airstrips.
(Credit: Google Maps)
So the mystery continues.
The story is beginning to get attention from mainstream press. The latest being the UK paper The Telegraph. However, no one has come up with a solid idea of what the object might have been, yet.
David, who prefers I not use his last name, says he will show his colleagues the video and let us know if they come up with anything. OpenMinds.tv will let you know if they have more to add.
A Florida witness at St. Augustine reported watching a disc-shaped UFO hovering in the night sky before moving out over the ocean, according to testimony in Case 79397 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
The witness is a MUFON Field Investigator who was taking out the trash at 9:39 p.m. on September 25, 2016, when the incident began.
“As I watched my garage door go up, immediately in front of me was a UFO hovering in alignment over the house across the street, but farther behind it,” the witness stated. “See house photo which shows my neighbor’s house, but in daylight.”
Witness illustration of object.
(Credit: MUFON)
The witness immediately recognized the object as something unusual.
“My first thought was ‘OMG a UFO!’ It was way too big for a plane. A second later as the lights strobed and reflected off the body I realized the lights were a wrong color(too much blue) for a plane, and it was far too big and too slow to be a plane, slower than even a slow helicopter. My vision is about 20/35 without my glasses, so I ran inside to get my glasses. It was hovering at about 30 degrees in elevation and 10 degrees north.The sky was mostly clear with only a few clouds (cloud base 3,100-6,500 feet according to the weather report), wind northeast at 8 mph, temperature was 78 degrees and humidity was 78 percent.”
The witness described the object.
“It was disc-shaped, but had sharp points on the top and bottom. There was a larger oval, very bright, white light on the top point that blinked, not strobed. That light was so bright it hurt my eyes. Surrounding the object along its side were strobing multi-colored lights that strobed from white/blue/green/red/ yellow very quickly. They reflected off the body that seemed to be dull gray, but sometimes looked dull amber depending on the color of the lights strobing at the moment. Its speed was quite slow, slower than a slow helicopter.”
The neighbor’s house is used as a reference shot with illustration of UFO above it.
(Credit: MUFON)
The object also turned off its lights.
“Twice, all of its lights went out at once for about two seconds and then the lights came back on as it hovered in the same place. Initially it hovered for about two minutes over the house, (I counted 110 seconds after I retrieved my glasses) and then it headed east for about 10 seconds, stopped for 2-3 seconds, headed back west for about 10 seconds, stopped for 2-3 seconds, and then headed southeast.It had significant sideways movement as described, but its altitude did not change much other than slight wobbling.”
The object also moved into a cloud at one point.
“Once it went inside a cloud, the cloud lit up with the multi-colored lights and then it came out of the cloud, so its elevation was at least 3,100 feet, meaning it had to be pretty big to appear penny-size at arm’s length and 3,100 feet up.”
The object soon moved away.
“It moved slowly southeast of me and I lost sight of it when it was behind some woods. From its height and distance, it should have been over the Atlantic Ocean at that point. From the direction it moved, it may have been over downtown St. Augustine and/or St. Augustine Beach at some point, so I wonder if MUFON will get more reports. I watched it for a total of approximately six minutes. There were no animal or psychological effects and no missing time.”
View of St. Augustine, FL, from the top of a lighthouse on Anastasia Island.
(Credit: Wikimedia Commons)
St. Augustine is a city in northeastern Florida, the county seat of St. Johns County, population 13,679. MUFON Florida State Section Director Thomas Branham and Field Investigator Julie Taylor are investigating. Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.
HET MYSTERIE VAN DE VLIEGENDE BOLLEN GAAT VERDER ( UPDATE )
HET MYSTERIE VAN DE VLIEGENDE BOLLEN GAAT VERDER ( UPDATE )
Al jarenlang krijgen wij meldingen van mensen die vreemde oranje of witte bollen zien aan de hemel die zich voortbewegen zonder geluid te maken.
Ook nu krijgen wij weer prachtige opnames binnen en de vorm lijkt veel op een object dat onlangs is waargenomen bij de bosbranden in Californië.
Update: 28 september 2016:
Het gebeurt niet altijd dat we raadsels kunnen oplossen, maar vandaag iemand die ervan overtuigd is het raadsel van de mysterieuze objecten boven Malaga opgelost te hebben.
Het is een Youtube gebruiker met de naam Michael Capelle die bekend staat onder zijn pseudoniem: This adventurous world of mine.
In die avontuurlijke wereld komt Michael met de volgende oplossing:
Detail is wel dat de bewuste video uit Malaga ons is opgestuurd door een lezer die hem maakte en er dus helemaal geen sprake is van een copyright overtreding.
Goed gedaan Michael!
Origineel artikel: 20 september 2016
Wanneer je in onze database kijkt, dan zie je daar veel artikelen over de vreemde, vaak oranje of witte, bollen.
Mensen die bekendstaan als heel nuchter en soms ook persoonlijk bij ons bekend zijn, doen dit soort waarnemingen en zijn dan vervolgens in verwarring omdat ze niet kunnen begrijpen en/of thuisbrengen wat ze net hebben gezien.
De bollen kunnen of in formaties verschijnen of afzonderlijk, soms bewegen ze met hoge snelheid, andere keren bewegen ze weer langzaam en statig door de lucht en nog nooit is men verder gekomen met een verklaring dan de eeuwige Thaise ballonnen.
Wij ontvingen het volgende bericht van een lezer:
Laat ik mijn naam liever anoniem houden. Zelf ben ik sinds 2012 een trouwe lezer. De familie van mijn vader zijn kant wonende in Spanje, Torre del Mar (vlakbij Malaga), heeft mijn tante een foto en filmopname gemaakt op de avond van 17september waarbij er boven de zee (Middellandse zee) maarlieft circa 13 lichtbollen voortbewogen in een soort patroon.
Hiermee weten we dan ook dat de opnames echt zijn. Dat is heel belangrijk tegenwoordig, omdat het internet wordt vol geplempt met beelden die door oplichters zelf in elkaar zijn geflanst.
Wat is dat wat deze mensen daar zagen die avond op het Spaanse strand?
Vorige maand waren er uitgebreide bosbranden in de Amerikaanse staat Californië. Verslag daarvan werd onder andere gedaan op 19 augustus 2016 vanuit een helikopter van ABC News Channel 15.
En vanuit die helikopter zagen de verslaggevers een vreemd rond object onder zich doorschieten dat zich linea recta in de richting van bosbranden spoedde.
Ook hier weer de witte ronde vorm. Dit keer niet in formatie, maar alleen en duidelijk op weg naar een bepaald doel.
Bekend is dat er vaker UFO’s worden waargenomen bij bosbranden zoals ook vorig jaar in Mexico toen er een enorme cilindervormige UFO boven een bosbrand werd gezien.
Maar, ook hier weer de vraag: Wie zijn het en wat doen ze?
America uses other countries to test fly their top secret projects. Like the Aurora Project back in 1990s testing out the TR3B, or Dudly Dorito they called it in the UK. Well, the US has never stopped and test flights might have, but training pilots to fly them has continued, as you can see from this TR3B training flight. Scott C. Waring
News states: FOOTAGE of a mysterious flying object seen in Swindon’s skies by dozens of residents on Sunday has prompted more confirmed sightings and sparked speculation over what it could be. As reported in the Adver yesterday, former BT engineer Graham Woodward was driving home near Westcott Place with his son Stefan, 18, at 8.19pm when three ‘brilliantly white lights’ in the shape of a triangle with a red light in the centre appeared in the sky. The 62-year-old of Nelson Street is convinced it was not a drone nor a military or commercial aircraft as it had no blinking navigation lights. He could also not hear the sound of an engine when he wound his window down. “It certainly was unlike any flying object that I have ever witnessed before,” he said. The small aircraft only hovered for around three minutes before it veered to the left and vanished out of sight. Graham was so perplexed he even called police on 101 to report what he had seen. And yesterday Richard Newton shared a video with the Adver of what he describes as ‘strange lights’ hovering above Liden at the same time on Sunday as Graham spotted the mystery triangular object. “It was not a drone,” Richard said. However, after viewing the video Graham says what he saw was slightly different as the red light in the centre was not flashing but he noted the similarities of the three bright lights in a triangle. While an Old Walcot resident, who phoned the newsroom after reading the article about Graham’s sighting, said: “He’s not a crank, me and my wife saw it too. “We saw those three lights in the sky about 8.20pm coming back from West Swindon near Kingshill Road. It was definitely three bright white lights and it didn’t look like an aircraft.” Another added: “I saw something like that last year for several weeks in the Greenmeadow area while delivering newspapers at about 6am to 6.30am. It would just stay in one spot then it just vanished.” However, many have taken to the Adver’s Facebook page to dispel suggestions the video shows a UFO, instead some believe it was a C-17 Globemaster, which is a large military transport aircraft, possibly heading to Brize Norton. One person said: “My boyfriend is in love with planes and he said it's a c17 as it has a red flashing light.” Another added: “I can confirm from radar data that it was an RAF c17 at 8:20pm on Sunday night.” But Graham is not convinced. He said: “I definitely saw a triangular shaped craft over Westcott Place which is nothing like a Globemaster in shape. “Having just searched the internet there seen to be very many accounts and pictures of exactly what I saw last Sunday night.”
Locals Report A Suspected UFO Sighting In Turkey’s South
Locals Report A Suspected UFO Sighting In Turkey’s South
The unidentified flying object was observed in the sky over Turkey’s south from 8-11 a.m. The UFO reportedly traveled around 40 kilometers north and suddenly vanished. Witnesses immediately reported the sighting to the gendarmerie.
Local witnesses called the attention of their relatives living close to the area and urged them to check out the sky to see the strange event.
One of the witnesses said the unusual flying object was about the size of a minibus. The witness claimed to have been able to examine the UFO closely using his brother’s binoculars. He said it had a shape similar to a balloon. When he zoomed in, he noticed colorful particles, but still can’t identify the object.
Another group of witnesses informed the gendarmerie about the same flying object. The gendarmerie interviewed locals who claimed they spotted the suspected UFO, but the incident report has not been prepared.
Social media users posted photos of the unidentified object, with some theorizing that it was an unmanned balloon or aircraft.
Meanwhile, another local witness was able to capture the alleged UFO in the Aegean resort of Bodrum. She said two bright lights suddenly made an appearance in the sky on September 7. These objects reportedly made a turn and disappeared immediately.
The witness said that she had sent the video to a research center in hopes to shed light the identity of the UFO. She also claimed to have captured an image of a UFO in the same region
A sphere-shaped UFO was spotted and videotaped over Slippery Rock in Pennsylvania. According to the witness’ testimony, which is filed in Case 79259 of the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database, the object in question has similar size of basketball.
The unnamed witness, who is a student at Slippery Rock University, ruled out bugs, dust particles, and ball lightning as possible explanations. The mysterious event reportedly started at around 10:27 p.m. on 18 September 2016.
According to the report, the witness noticed a bright dot out of the corner of his eye while doing his homework. Then he heard a bark of a dog from his neighbor. When he turned his attention to the window, he spotted a dazzling, basketball-sized UFO in white or silver color. It was the first time the student spotted such orb in his life with a light humming sound.
The report says that the ball traveled from the woods to a lamp post while pulsating in about a minute. When the sphere came closer to the light post, the lights dim initially, and when the lights came back to normal, the ball began to dance somewhat around them.
While apparently dancing, the circle started to brighten. This time, the witness took out his phone and started recording it on video. A couple of seconds later, the witness waved his hands to try to get the orb’s attention, but it started to zigzag from one point to another, and all of a sudden disappeared moving to the left.
Coin and mysterious UFO The Black Knight Satellite
Coin and mysterious UFO The Black Knight Satellite
Published on Sep 28, 2016
Old European coin depict UFOs? These old coin commemorate the Great Comet of 1680. It was one of the brightest comets in history and was seen by multitudes across Europe from Scotland to France and Italy. BUT was it really a comet? These 1680 coins seem to depict a flying object constructed by some kind of intelligence rather than a comet.
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“Graancirkels onmogelijk allemaal door mensen gemaakt”
“Graancirkels onmogelijk allemaal door mensen gemaakt”
Monique Klinkenbergh geeft in Den Haag een overzicht van haar jarenlange onderzoek naar het graancirkelfenomeen. In 2012 was ze betrokken bij een documentaire van National Geographic.
Ze doorkruiste Wiltshire in Engeland, het wereldwijde ‘epicentrum’, en ging met een vliegtuig achter aanwijzingen aan, soms met succes. “Als je ’s ochtends vroeg in een verse graancirkel staat, dan voel je je alsof je gedachten worden opgetild,” zei ze.
Volgens de voormalig hoofdredacteur van een kunsttijdschrift kunnen al die duizenden graancirkels die sinds de middeleeuwen zijn verschenen, onmogelijk allemaal mensenwerk zijn. Ze kan zich voorstellen dat magnetisme sporen in het graan trekt of misschien is er een andere verklaring.
Indianenverhalen
Het doel van haar tentoonstelling is een juist beeld te scheppen van het graancirkelfenomeen. Dit beeld werd vertekend door de onjuiste maar breed geaccepteerde theorie dat graancirkels alleen door mensen worden gemaakt.
Monique Klinkenbergh
“Zonder interesse van de wetenschap kom ik niet verder,” legde ze uit. “Graancirkels worden sinds twee Britten 25 jaar geleden bekenden er zelf een aantal te hebben gemaakt, afgedaan als grap. Er zijn heel veel indianenverhalen. Maar het is een authentiek fenomeen.”
Groeit gewoon door
Het blijft haar verbazen dat het graan als regel gebogen of zelfs gevlochten is. “Terwijl graan breekt als je dat zelf probeert,” zei ze. In een authentieke graancirkel zijn de stengels van de planten gebogen. Als het gewas niet wordt vertrapt, groeit het gewoon door.
Graancirkels zijn veelal complexe geometrische patronen die in zeer korte tijd, met name ’s nachts, maar soms ook overdag, wereldwijd in allerlei soorten gewassen ontstaan. Inmiddels zijn er meer dan 7000 in ruim 60 landen geregistreerd. De grootte kan variëren van één meter tot enkele honderden meters in doorsnee.
Onbegrepen fenomeen
Hoewel het graancirkelfenomeen een eeuwenoud verschijnsel is, kwam onderzoek pas eind 1970 in Engeland op gang en leidde tot wereldwijde belangstelling. Klinkenbergh is van mening dat, naast door mensenhanden gemaakte graancirkels, er tevens sprake is van een authentiek maar onbegrepen fenomeen.
Meer informatie over de tentoonstelling vind je hier.
Gemaakt voor de goden? Mysterieuze ringvormige geogliefen ontdekt in Peru
Gemaakt voor de goden? Mysterieuze ringvormige geogliefen ontdekt in Peru
In de buurt van Quilcapampa in de Peruaanse regio Arequipa zijn tientallen ringvormige geogliefen ontdekt. De raadselachtige lijnen bevinden zich in de buurt van paden die in het verleden zijn gebruikt voor handel.
Geogliefen hebben onderzoekers altijd al gefascineerd. Aangenomen wordt dat de vreemde patronen op het aardoppervlak zijn gemaakt door Precolumbiaanse beschavingen zodat de goden ze vanuit de lucht konden zien.
De meest beroemde geogliefen zijn de Nazcalijnen, die op 400 kilometer ten zuiden van Lima in de Nazcawoestijn worden gevonden. Ze tonen dieren, planten en vreemde geometrische vormen.
Weinig over bekend
Deze geogliefen zijn tussen 500 voor Christus en 500 na Christus gemaakt en ruim 20 jaar geleden toegevoegd aan de werelderfgoedlijst van Unesco. Er zijn echter nog veel meer geogliefen in Peru waar nog maar heel weinig over bekend is.
“Wij brengen alle zichtbare geogliefen nu voor het eerst in kaart en kijken daarbij ook naar de omgeving en andere culturele eigenschappen,” vertelde curator van het Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto Justin Jennings aan IBTimes UK. “We zien dat bepaalde geogliefen naast elkaar liggen en kunnen aantonen dat de geogliefen verband houden met oude handelspaden.”
Verweven
De nieuwste geogliefen tonen individuele cirkels of cirkels die met elkaar verweven zijn. De ringen hebben bijna allemaal een doorsnee van twee tot vier meter, maar het hele patroon strekt zich uit over een gebied van 800 vierkante meter.
Naar de betekenis van de geogliefen kunnen we alleen maar gissen, aldus Jennings. De meeste lijken te zijn gemaakt in de periode 600 tot 1500 na Christus. De grootste geogliefen bestaan uit concentrische cirkels.
De onderzoeksresultaten worden binnenkort gepubliceerd in het Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports.
Edward Snowden Secret Alien UFO Drone Project Reviled! New Jersey Experiment!? 9/28/2016 Submitted To Thirdphaseofmoon: This is Patrick McCracken and you have covered a few of my videos in the past. UFO activity has really intensified over the past year. Im glad to say that the drones harassing me has gone way down and i stopped trying to get footage anymore. I found a old clip i thought maybe you could use. It was a nest of military drones i caught on tape on the Mantoloking bridge last spring. Im hoping the people are waking up to this treasonous program being run across the globe. A lot of people are mistaking the secret drone program as just regular ufos because they dont understand the technology the military industrial complex has from the secret space program. Original Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibXLQJ-rj-k
Submitted To Thirdphaseofmoon: KEPT SEE BEATZ The night of Aug. 24, 2016 in Puyallup Wa. I saw what I thought were Chinese lanterns, I even said it in the footage, but I kept the video Safe and did a lot of research come to find out 29 States ban the use of Chinese lanterns with Washington State being one of them because of wildfires here and there was NO special events except a death of a teen here but on that night after this was taken.. I called law enforcement and city hall.. Nothing was happening this particular day, now with that being said I want you to take a look and see for yourself what we saw. Here’s the video guys! Let me know what you think! Universal Love & Light to all! Original Linkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwVQSHsozYY
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A New York witness at Colonie reported watching and photographing three cigar-shaped UFOs that hovered overhead under the cloud cover before quickly disappearing, according to testimony in Case 79390 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
Cropped and enlarged witness image 1.
(Credit: MUFON)
The witness and a sister were driving along Central Avenue heading to Schenectady about 7:10 p.m. on September 11, 2016, when the incident began.
Cropped and enlarged witness image 2.
(Credit: MUFON)
“My sister observed a brilliant light in the sky,” the witness stated.“When I looked the light was steady, didn’t move for about three minutes. I quickly thought it was a UFO.”
The two decided to pull over for a better look.
Cropped and enlarged witness image 3.
(Credit: MUFON)
“It impacted us and my sister parked the car and I got my cell phone to take pictures, which are the ones attached. It looked like a cigar type.”
Then two more objects showed up.
Cropped and enlarged witness image 4.
(Credit: MUFON)
“Then the first UFO moved and then two more showed up and were steady for about a minute and then the three of them disappeared.”
Cropped and enlarged witness image 5.
(Credit: MUFON)
The witness submitted five images with the MUFON report, which was filed on September 25, 2016.Colonie is a town in Albany County, New York, population 81,591. New York Chief Investigator Nicholas Voulgaris is investigating.
Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.
Pennsylvania student videotapes sphere UFO size of basketball
Pennsylvania student videotapes sphere UFO size of basketball
A Pennsylvania witness at Slippery Rock reported watching and videotaping a sphere-shaped UFO the size of a basketball, according to testimony in Case 79259 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
The witness is a student at Slippery Rock University who ruled out ball lightning, dust particles and bugs. The event occurred beginning about 10:27 p.m. on September 18, 2016.
“I was doing my homework when suddenly I noticed a bright dot out of the corner of my eye followed by my neighbor’s dog barking like crazy,” the witness stated.“Upon noticing these things, I then turned towards the window and saw a very bright, basketball-sized, white/silver, beautifully uniquely shaped UFO (orb). This orb was like nothing I’ve ever seen or experienced before.”
Still frame taken from witness video.
(Credit: MUFON)
The witness said the object appeared to be angelic.
“Its shape was mainly spherical, but looked like it was a spherical shape hard to comprehend – like a two-dimensional creature seeing a three-dimensional sphere. It’s almost like it came from a higher dimensional plane, managed to somehow project to our plane, gave off a feeling of power and love, and was accompanied by a light humming sound.”
The witness has a theory.
“I hypothesize that mathematically, this type of ‘dimensional projection’ can be explained by mapping from a four-dimensional vector plane(their reality) onto a three-dimensional vector plane (our reality; linear algebra transformations). This would allow an orb of possibly a higher dimension to travel to lower dimensions and be visible to us three-dimensional creatures.”
Cropped and enlarged still frame from witness video.
(Credit: MUFON)
The witness described the object’s path.
“The orb’s travel path was linear, traveling from the woods (behind the back parking lot of my building) to a lamp post (in the back parking lot). While traveling, it was pulsating. Again, I was absolutely astonished by this object. The duration of time it took the orb to travel from the woods to the lamp post was approximately one minute. When the orb neared the light post, it caused the lights to dim initially. When the lights brightened, the orb started to almost ‘dance’ around them in some sort of way. The object appeared to be metallic and have some sort of electric and magnetic field around it. With that being said, it’s almost like the orb was trying to ‘charge’ itself by interacting its magnetic field against the electric field emitted by the light (this is explained by the solenoid-coil experiment to create a charge).”
The orb then became brighter.
“As the orb did this it started to brighten. After staring at this orb baffled, confused, and coming to the realization that I wasn’t seeing things, I took out my phone and started recording it. After a couple seconds of recording I waved my hands to try to get its attention. Upon seeing me, the orb started to zigzag from one point in space to another instantly (null geodesic) and then suddenly vanished instantly. Also, the object appears to disappear traveling to the left.”
Cropped and enlarged still frame from witness video.
(Credit: MUFON)
The witness included one video with the MUFON report, which was filed on September 19, 2016.
“I submitted the original unedited video I took, so if you want to see how the object actually takes off, slow down the time frames in the video at the time gap from 32s-36s. Thank you very much for taking the time to read this and watch the video. And as a junior physics and engineering student I ensure the accuracy of the theory and invite you to look into the physics/mathematical topics after watching the video to try to make sense of these UFOs and their nature. Hope to hear back from you soon.”
Pennsylvania State Regional Director Fred Saluga is investigating. Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.
The Beginning: UFO Encounters over Washington D.C.
Open Minds Magazine #1
Welcome to Open Minds Magazine. In this new monthly UFO news magazine show (view above), we will take a closer look at the mystery posed by Unidentified Flying Objects, in hopes to gain a better understanding of the nature of the phenomenon and how the government, including the military, and the public react to it.
Perhaps the most thorough examination into the UFO issue was conducted by the U.S Air Force. They began their investigation in 1948. It was called Project Sign, then changed its name to Project Grudge, and finally changed its name once again to Project Blue Book.
As a result of these investigations and studies and experience gained from investigating UFO reports since 1948, the conclusions of Project BLUE BOOK are:(1) no UFO reported, investigated, and evaluated by the Air Force has ever given any indication of threat to our national security;(2) there has been no evidence submitted to or discovered by the Air Force that sightings categorized as “unidentified” represent technological developments or principles beyond the range of present-day scientific knowledge; and(3) there has been no evidence indicating that sightings categorized as “unidentified” are extraterrestrial vehicles.
However, upon closer examination of the thousands of files released regarding the Blue Book investigations, it becomes apparent that the Air Force’s conclusions were not shared by everyone involved in the investigation, and that there were some truly fascinating cases that remain unsolved.
Often people say they will not believe in UFOs until they land on the White House lawn. Well, one of the most famous and mysterious Blue Book cases came close.
UFO sightings over Washington, DC in July 1952 made worldwide headlines and left the U.S. Air Force dazed and confused. The events spanned several days and included multiple radar identifications of unknown aircraft, some of which were correlated by witnesses on the ground. Many of the sightings caused the air force to scramble jet fighters, and in each of these cases, the UFOs outmaneuvered the jets. This all culminated into what may be the most important official U.S. Air Force UFO investigation of all time.
The U.S. Air Force’s investigation of the events in Washington, DC is best explained in a book written by the lead air force investigator, Captain Edward Ruppelt. Ruppelt—who was the head of the U.S. Air Force’s official UFO investigation department, Project Blue Book, from its inception in early 1952 until late 1953—published The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects in 1956.
The summer of 1952 was a busy time for the Blue Book investigators; Ruppelt referred to this period as, “The Big Flap.” Some of the most credible reports were coming from the Washington, DC area.
On July 10, a National Airlines crew reported a UFO over nearby Quantico, Virginia. They described the object as, “too bright to be a lighted balloon and too slow to be a big meteor.”
Then, on July 13, another commercial airline crew reported a UFO sixty miles southwest of Washington, DC. The crew was flying at 11,000 feet when they spotted a light below them. The object came up to their level, and when they turned on their headlights, it shot up in a steep climb.
The next day, on July 14, yet another commercial airline crew reported a UFO. This time it was during a flight from New York to Miami. While flying in the area of Newport News, Virginia, approximately 130 miles south of Washington, DC, the crew reported seeing eight UFOs.
Two days later, on the night of July 16, at around 9:00 p.m., a “high-ranking” scientist from the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics Laboratory at Langley Air Force Base reported seeing a UFO with a friend. They were standing near the ocean when they saw two amber-colored lights off to their right. The lights were silently moving to the north. The scientist said they were “much too large to be aircraft lights.”
Ruppelt and his investigators had decided that this object would have been too big to be a plane given the description of the lights, and they could not find an answer as to what the scientists and his friend had seen. Ruppelt said it was a moot point, however, because the scientist “was a very famous aerodynamicist and of such professional stature that if he said the lights weren’t airplanes they weren’t.”
On July 20, Ruppelt was flying to Washington, DC on unrelated business. His plane landed at Washington National Airport in the morning, and he grabbed a paper to catch up on the latest news. There he found in big, bold, capitalized font, “INTERCEPTORS CHASE FLYING SAUCERS OVER WASHINGTON, D.C.”
Washington National Airport control tower. (Credit: Jack Delano/Library of Congress/Wikimedia Commons)
Ruppelt immediately called his superior officer at the Pentagon, Major Dewey Fournet, who told Ruppelt there was an investigation happening at Bolling Air Force Base. Rupplet headed there and received a briefing from the intelligence officer. At the meeting, they learned that at 11:40 p.m. the previous night, seven objects were caught on radar at Washington National Airport. At first, the radar operators thought the objects were a formation of planes, but nothing like that was scheduled. The objects moved slowly at about 100 to 130 miles per hour, but then would streak across the scope in sudden bursts of speed. The targets had moved all over the area, including over prohibited areas, such as the airspace over the White House and the U.S. Capitol building. One of the objects was clocked at speeds of more than 7,000 miles per hour.
The targets appeared to have flown near commercial airliners, and soon thereafter reports of strange lights were being reported by pilots. The first sighting from a pilot was from a Capital Airlines flight leaving Washington National Airport. The control tower asked the pilots of that airplane to keep an eye out for strange lights. During the flight, the pilot yelled, “There’s one—off to the right— and there it goes.” The radar correlated that an object had been tracked on the plane’s right side. The pilot reported seeing six more lights in the next fifteen minutes.
Several similar incidents took place that night. However, one of the more notable incidents was when the Washington National Airport traffic controller called the Andrews Air Force Base tower to tell them they were tracking an object south of the base. The tower operators looked out of their windows to see what they described as a “huge fiery-orange sphere” hovering in the sky.
F-94 Starfire. One of the types of jets scrambled to intercept the unknown objects. (Credit: United States Air Force)
At the beginning of the excitement, once the Washington National Airport radar operators had determined their equipment was working properly, they began calling the air force to ask them to investigate. However, they didn’t receive a response. They called over and over, but the air force didn’t respond until daybreak the next morning. One interceptor checked out the area, but by then the UFOs were gone.
The events and the subsequent press coverage sent the U.S. Air Force into a state of pure confusion, complicated by bureaucratic bumbling. It was decided that Ruppelt would stay in Washington, DC to further investigate and formulate a response for the press, who was growing steadily impatient with the air force’s official “no comment” response. However, the USAF finance department would not improve the extension to his stay and sent him home.
Back in his office in Dayton, Ohio, Rupplet says he was too swamped with other UFO sightings to investigate the Washington DC incident. Several of these sightings also included jets being scrambled to check out the UFOs.
Then, exactly one week after the first major Washington, DC event, at about 10:00 p.m., Ruppelt received a call from Life Magazine’s UFO expert asking what the air force was going to do about that night’s UFOs. Ruppelt said, “I have no idea what the Air Force is doing; in all probability it’s doing nothing.”
He had heard anything about a new UFO event and guessed no one else in the air force had either. He called air force intelligence and the Pentagon, and he found out he was right. Several people from the Pentagon hurried out to Washington National Airport including the air force’s press chief Al Chop, Major Fournet, and a U.S. Navy electronics specialist assigned to the U.S. Air Force Directorate of Intelligence. All of them had a front row seat to the evening’s spectacular performance.
From left: Fournet, Chop, and Ruppelt.
Ruppelt had to wait until 5:00 a.m. the next morning to hear what had taken place. He was told at about 10:30 p.m. that Washington National Airport had once again picked up the slow-moving targets. The objects were in an arc surrounding the Washington, DC area. The objects spanned from Herndon, Virginia to Andrews Air Force Base. The same radar operators were present from the prior event, so they were prepared and worked quickly to mark and track the UFOs. They contacted Andrews Air Force Base who confirmed they were also tracking the objects.
At 11:30 p.m., it was decided to call in interceptors to check out the objects. Again they were slow to respond, but two Lockheed F-94 Starfires were in the air by midnight. At this point, reporters and photographers were asked to leave the radar room.
Ruppelt says the radar room was cleared because some of the air force officers thought this might be the night they got a good up-close look at a UFO.
Visibility that night was good. However, when the jets approached the targets, the objects disappeared from the radar screens. The jets returned to their base; however, a few minutes later, strange lights were seen near Langley Air Force Base. The lights were described as “rotating and giving off alternating colors.” The radar tower operators also saw the lights, so they called in an F-94 jet to check it out.
The jet pilot spotted the UFO’s lights and began moving towards it when the light disappeared. The pilot continued to fly around the area, and achieved a radar lock on an object, but whatever it was sped away. The same thing happened two more times.
Soon after the events near Langley Air Force Base, objects were again observed above Washington National Airport. Jets were scrambled again, but this time the objects stayed on radar as the jets approached. The tower controllers gave the jets the coordinates of the objects, but each time a jet closed in the objects would speed away.
This interaction continued for a few minutes until one object did not speed off. The F-94 pilot saw a bright light and hit his afterburners to try to pursue the object. However, as he got closer, the light just disappeared, and he could not get anything on his radar set.
The jets stayed in the area for twenty minutes, but finally ran low on fuel and had to return to the base. Dawn began to break, and soon the targets all disappeared.
The next day the press reported that fighter pilot, Lieutenant William Patterson, said,
I tried to make contact with the bogies below 1,000 feet, but [the radar controllers] vectored us around. I saw several bright lights. I was at my maximum speed, but even then I had no closing speed. I ceased chasing them because I saw no chance of overtaking them. I was vectored into new objects. Later, I chased a single bright light which I estimated about 10 miles away. I lost visual contact with it about 2 miles.
Ruppelt was informed that “everybody in the radar room was convinced that the targets were very probably caused by solid metallic objects. There had been weather targets on the scope too, he said, but these were common to the Washington area and the controllers were paying no attention to them.”
The papers were once again packed with headlines about the UFO chase. Ruppelt flew to Washington, and when he got to his hotel he was mobbed by reporters and photographers. With the help of a colleague he pushed his way to an elevator without making any comments.
According to Ruppelt, the U.S. Air Force was in a state of confusion. They all agreed that the UFO event should be investigated, but no one actually did anything about it. Unable to dodge the public’s fascination with the Washington events, on July 29, Major General Samford notified the press that he would have a press conference on the Washington UFO incidents. Ruppelt felt it a bit odd that none of the men in the radar room at Washington National Airport were involved in the press conference. Instead, the press conference was held by Major General Samford and another officer, neither of whom had been fully briefed.
Samford told the press that the UFO investigations had turned out to be mostly misidentifications, but that the other twenty percent of the reports that came in were from “credible observers of relatively incredible things.”
Edward Ruppelt (standing center) at July 29, 1952 Pentagon UFO press conference. Also pictured, Major Generals Roger Ramey (seated left), USAF operations chief, and John A. Samford (seated right), USAF director of intelligence. (image credit: Wikipedia)
He said the air force would continue to investigate those reports, but they suspect that the Washington, DC events may have been false radar readings due to temperature inversions.
According to Ruppelt, the actually investigation ruled out temperature inversions. In fact, he discovered that every single night of the UFO sightings in Washington, DC, there was indeed a temperature inversion but none of these had previously been mistaken for UFOs.
Ruppelt also discovered that UFOs were a common occurrence in Washington, DC that summer. On May 23, from 8:00 p.m. until midnight, fifty unknown targets had been tracked on radar. There were several similar incidents throughout the summer, including the night of the press conference. As a result, to Ruppelt the objects could only be designated as “unknowns.”
Alleged pictures and videos of this event can be found on the internet. However, they are all either reflections or recreations of the events. No pictures or video was actually captured. However, the cases remain unsolved.
Image often mistaken for 1952 UFO encounter. The lights in the sky are actually reflections from the lights on the posts.
Ruppelt says this case convinced many that that UFOs were interplanetary spaceships.
If the objects over Washington DC in 1952 could not be explained, it seems obvious that an incursion of this sort would pose a threat to national security.
In the government’s UFO files there is a memo that claims the cases that posed a real threat were not included in the Blue Book files, and researchers have been tracking where those cases went.
They have discovered that the U.S. Air Force has taken UFO incidents seriously after the closing of Blue Book in 1969. And the cases that made it to this high-level reporting system are even more fascinating and alarming than the events in 1952.
We’ll take a look at this reporting system and the cases that have been discovered to have prompted its use in the next episode of Open Minds UFO Magazine.
Het loopt zo langzamerhand de spuigaten uit met vreemde dingen die worden gevonden op de planeet Mars.
Van een gouden buitenaardse ring tot een slang en nog veel meer bizarre dingen die volgens NASA niet voorkomen op Mars.
Het begint nu toch wel een beetje belachelijk te worden met alle niet natuurlijke dingen die er worden aangetroffen op de foto’s die volgens NASA door de Rovers op Mars zijn gemaakt.
Wanneer die foto’s inderdaad gemaakt zijn op Mars, dan bewijst dit zonder meer buitenaards leven en wanneer ze niet op Mars zijn gemaakt, dan is het logisch dat er zoveel aardse voorwerpen worden gevonden.
Wat te denken van de volgende gouden ring die is aangetroffen op één van de foto’s? Het zal moeilijk worden voor NASA om dit te verklaren als een natuurlijk object.
Of wat te denken van een slang? Ook iets dat niet zou mogen voorkomen op een planeet die alleen uit rotsformaties zou bestaan.
Of hoe komt een volkomen natuurlijk gecrashte vliegende schotel terecht op het oppervlak van Mars? Deze ontdekking is gedaan de inmiddels bekende Youtubegebruiker Streetcap1.
In de hiernavolgende video zie je een compilatie van vreemde en bizarre ontdekkingen op de planeet Mars die er niet thuis horen.
Met dit alles wordt NASA zo langzamerhand aardig in een hoek gemanoeuvreerd, want ze moeten zo meteen of toegeven dat alle foto’s op aarde zijn gemaakt en ze nooit op Mars zijn geweest of ze moeten toegeven dat er buitenaards leven bestaat.
Het enige dat wij zeker weten op dit moment is dat ze liegen, want dat is tegenwoordig de norm.
HOELANG VOORDAT EEN METEORIET INSLAAT IN DE BEWOONDE WERELD? ( VIDEO )
HOELANG VOORDAT EEN METEORIET INSLAAT IN DE BEWOONDE WERELD? ( VIDEO )
Afgelopen zondagnacht werd de kust van het Australische Queensland opgeschrikt door een enorme lichtflits en huizen die trilden alsof er een zware aardbeving plaatsvond.
Later bleek dat het waarschijnlijk gaat om een meteoriet die net voor de kust is ingeslagen, maar hoelang duurt het voordat de bewoonde wereld wordt geraakt?
Ongeveer een week geleden schreven wij dat de aarde wederom aan een ramp was ontsnapt, omdat een aantal asteroïden rakelings langs de aarde scheerden.
En zo te zien is er nu weer iets dergelijks gebeurd, alleen dit keer kwam het brok ruimtepuin wél onze atmosfeer binnen en veroorzaakte totale paniek aan de Australische kust in Queensland.
Men weet op dit moment niet helemaal zeker wat er precies naar beneden kwam bij Turkey Beach in Queensland, maar het meest waarschijnlijke scenario is een meteoriet.
Het voorval vond plaats in de nacht van zaterdag op zondag en wat er gebeurde zag er uit zoals te zien op de volgende afbeelding:
De telefoonlijnen van de hulpdiensten waren overbelast vanwege ongeruste mensen die zeiden dat ze het gevoel hadden dat er een aardbeving plaatsvond omdat hun huizen op hun grondvesten stonden te trillen.
Honderden mensen rapporteerden ook een fel licht en volgens sommige berichten was er zelfs sprake van twee objecten en niet één.
Deze melding kwam van enkele mensen die in een boot aan het vissen waren en zeiden dat ze de drukgolf konden voelen in de boot waarin ze zaten.
De mensen die daar wonen hebben ontzettend veel geluk gehad, want volgens de berichten is de meteoriet in zee geland en heeft het geen verdere schade veroorzaakt.
Maar, niet alleen in Australië komen dit soort dingen voor want afgelopen vrijdag was er ook een dergelijke vuurbol bij ons te zien.
De volgende opname is gemaakt in het Engelse graafschap Kent.
Op het navolgende plaatje staan de meldingen zoals die zijn binnengekomen bij de American Meteor Society.
Meer dan 100 waarnemingen vanuit Duitsland, Nederland, België en Engeland.
Het gaat hier niet meer over incidenten, maar over een structurele toename van het aantal vuurbollen in de lucht.
Nogmaals de statistiek die we lieten zien in het eerdere artikel en daaruit blijkt dat er ieder jaar meer vuurbollen worden waargenomen.
In de afgelopen weken twee asteroïden die rakelings langs de aarde scheren zonder dat iemand deze heeft ontdekt en een meteoriet die inslaat net voor de kust van Australië.
Dat is in een periode van enkele weken drie keer dat de aarde aan een ramp is ontsnapt, dus wat is de kans dat dit zo blijft doorgaan en er niet vandaag of morgen een grote stad wordt geraakt? Dan kunnen ze de Russen daar de schuld weer van geven.
Light Entity Caught Over Slippery Rock, PA - September 18, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Light Entity Caught Over Slippery Rock, PA - September 18, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News
Date of sighting: Sept 18, 2016 Location of sighting: Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, USA News source: MUFON #79259 This is a light entity. They do not need ships to travel in and they move around very fast. In a blink of an eye they can make a 500 meter circle in the sky above you...yes, I have seen a a fleet of about 50 of them one night with my family, and yes, about 5 of them came back and did the circle thing above us for almost ten minutes. They see you faster than you will notice them. They think on a turbo charged level, meaning 10-50X our own speed and move equally with that, but their curiosity often gets them caught on camera. Scott C. Waring Eyewitness states: Hello, my name is [Name removed]. I'm currently a student at slippery rock university double majoring in physics/mechanical engineering, and this is my ufo story. Let me start off by saying: I usually try to rationalize things before I come to conclusions, but I can tell you that this wasn't ball lighting, dust particles, or bugs. I was doing my statics homework at 10:20-10:27pm Saturday September 18th when suddenly I notoced a bright dot out of the corner of my eye followed by my neighbors dog barking like crazy.
Upon noticing these things, I then turned towards the window and saw a very bright, basketball sized, white/silver, beautifully uniquely shaped ufo (orb). This orb was like nothing ive ever seen or experienced before. The best way I can describe it is somewhat angelic. It's shape was mainly spherical, but looked Like it was a spherical shape hard to comprehend(like a 2 dimensional creature seeing a 3 dimensional sphere). It's almost like it came from a higher dimensional plane, managed to somehow project to our plane, gave off a feeling of power and love, and was accompanied by a light humming sound. I hypothesize that mathematically, this type of "dimensional projection" can be explained by mapping from a 4 dimensional vector plane(their reality) onto a 3 dimensional vector plane(our reality) (linear algebra transformations). This would allow an orb of possibly a higher dimension to travel to lower dimensions and be visible to us 3 dimensional creatures. The orb's travel path was linear, traveling from the woods (behind the back parking lot of my building) to a lamp post (in the back parking lot). While traveling, it was pulsating. Again, I was absolutely astonished by this object. The duration of time it took the orb to travel from the woods to the lamp post was approximately 1 minute. When the orb neared the light post, it caused the lights to dim initially.
When the lights brightened, the orb started to almost "dance" around them in some sort of way. The object appeared to be metallic and have some sort of electric and magnetic field around it. With that being said, It's almost like the orb was trying to "charge" itself by interacting it's magnetic field against the electric field emitted by the light (this is explained by the solinoid-coil experiment to create a charge). As the orb did this it started to brighten. After staring at this orb baffled, confused, and coming to the realization that I wasn't seeing things, I took out my phone and started recording it. After a couple seconds of recording I waved my hands to try to get it's attention. Upon seeing me, the orb started to zigzag from one point in space to another instantly (null geodesic) and then suddenly vanished instantly. Also, the object appears to disappear traveling to the left. I submitted the original unedited video I took below so if you want to see how the object actually takes off, slow down the time frames in the video at the time gap from 32s- 36s.
Thank you very much for taking the time to read this and watch the video. And as a junior physics and engineering student I ensure the accuracy of the theory and invite you to look into the physics/mathematical topics after watching the video to try to make sense of these ufos and their nature. Hope to hear back from you soon.
Bright Disk Seen Over New York On Sept 11, 2016, Photos, UFO Sighting News
Bright Disk Seen Over New York On Sept 11, 2016, Photos, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Sept 11, 2016 Location of sighting: Colonie, New York, USA Source: MUFON #79390 UFOs are often seen around sunset due to the setting angle of the sun and the eyewitness to the event. Any cloak craft would become visible for a few minutes around this time, the orange from the craft is from the setting sun. Great catch, but wish we had video for the craft to show us how it moved and if it made any noise. Scott C. Waring Eyewitness states: On 9/11/2016 around 7:10pm I was with my sister driving by Central Avenue on Colonie NY on my way to Schenectady. My sister observed a brilliant light on the sky. When I looked the light was steady, didn't move for about 3 minutes. I quickly thought it was a ufo. It impacted us and my sister parked the car and I got my cell phone to take pictures, which are the ones attached. It look like a cigar type. Then the first ufo moved and then 2 more showed up and were steady for about a minute and then the 3 of them disappeared.
Some people would ask why aliens seem to don’t care about landing on the White House lawn. Many may be surprised to learn that UFOs created a panic in Washington, D.C. in 1952. Jets were scrambled when the Air Force noticed UFOs nearby, but jet pilots could not catch the unknown flying objects. These UFO incursions happened in multiple instances, and U.S. Air Force UFO investigators observed one of them from the control tower at Washington National Airport.
The U.S. Air Force investigation could be the most thorough examination of the UFO issue. They started their investigation in 1948, which was called Project Sign, then changed to Project Grudge, and finally called Project Blue Book.
As a result of these studies, the Air Force points three things:
(1) No UFOs has posed any threat to the national security;
(2) No technological developments or principles beyond the present-day scientific knowledge has been found from the sightings submitted to or discovered by the Air Force; and
(3) There has been no proof that sightings categorized as “unidentified” are extraterrestrial craft or vehicles.
However, it appears that not everyone involved in the investigations shared the same conclusions.
The head of Project Blue Book at the time stated that the July 1952 UFO sightings over Washington, D.C. had made headlines worldwide and confused the Air Force. The mysterious events lasted for several days that highlighted with many radar detections of unidentified flying objects, and many people from the ground witnessed some of the events. Jets were scrambled in many of the sightings and each of these incidents, the UFOs managed to outmaneuver the jets.
Various photos and videos about UFOs over Washington DC are all over the internet, but they are all either recreations or reflections of the incidents. No videos or pictures were captured, but the case remains unsolved.
Lead Air Force investigator Captain Edward Ruppelt, head of Project Blue Book from 1952 to 1953, explained the investigation of the events in Washington, D.C. in his book. Ruppelt wrote that many in the Air Force were convinced the UFOs were interplanetary spaceships.
Illinois: 5 floating orbs over Lake Michigan 27-Sep-2016
Illinois: 5 floating orbs over Lake Michigan 27-Sep-2016
Check out this amazing footage of a bright orbs hovering in the sky above Lake Michigan in US state Illinois. This was filmed yesterday (27th August 2016).
Witness report:
At 7:25 PM on 9-27-2016 I looked out my window to see 5 bright lights floating over Lake Michigan. Specifically in front of the South Street Beach area of Evanston,IL. They were initially in a linear formation and then moved to a T formation. Three of the orbs slowly broke away to form a triangle. After 30 minutes the orbs disappeared. A delivery driver coming to my home also saw the lights. There were planes flying past these lights. I have photos and video.
In 1900, the British physicist Lord Kelvin is said to have pronounced: "There is nothing new to be discovered in physics now. All that remains is more and more precise measurement." Within three decades, quantum mechanics and Einstein's theory of relativity had revolutionized the field. Today, no physicist would dare assert that our physical knowledge of the universe is near completion. To the contrary, each new discovery seems to unlock a Pandora's box of even bigger, even deeper physics questions. These are our picks for the most profound open questions of all.
Inside you’ll learn about parallel universes, why time seems to move in one direction only, and why we don’t understand chaos.
Editor’s Note: This list was originally published in 2012. It was updated in March, 2016 to include newer information and recent studies.
Credit: NASA
1. What is dark energy?
No matter how astrophysicists crunch the numbers, the universe simply doesn't add up. Even though gravity is pulling inward on space-time — the "fabric" of the cosmos — it keeps expanding outward faster and faster. To account for this, astrophysicists have proposed an invisible agent that counteracts gravity by pushing space-time apart. They call it dark energy. In the most widely accepted model of dark energy, it is a "cosmological constant": an inherent property of space itself, which has "negative pressure" driving space apart. As space expands, more space is created, and with it, more dark energy. Based on the observed rate of expansion, scientists know that the sum of all the dark energy must make up more than 70 percent of the total contents of the universe. But no one knows how to look for it. The best researchers have been able to do in recent years is narrow in a bit on where dark energy might be hiding, which was the topic of a study released in August 2015.
Credit: ESO/L. Calçada
2. What is dark matter?
Evidently, about 84 percent of the matter in the universe does not absorb or emit light. "Dark matter," as it is called, cannot be seen directly, and it hasn't yet been detected by indirect means, either. Instead, dark matter's existence and properties are inferred from its gravitational effects on visible matter, radiation and the structure of the universe. This shadowy substance is thought to pervade the outskirts of galaxies, and may be composed of "weakly interacting massive particles," or WIMPs. Worldwide, there are several detectors on the lookout for WIMPs, but so far, not one has been found. One recent study suggests dark mater might form long, fine-grained streams throughout the universe, and that such streams might radiate out from Earth like hairs. [Related: If Not Dark Matter, then What?]
Time moves forward because a property of the universe called "entropy," roughly defined as the level of disorder, only increases, and so there is no way to reverse a rise in entropy after it has occurred. The fact that entropy increases is a matter of logic: There are more disordered arrangements of particles than there are ordered arrangements, and so as things change, they tend to fall into disarray. But the underlying question here is, why was entropy so low in the past? Put differently, why was the universe so ordered at its beginning, when a huge amount of energy was crammed together in a small amount of space? [What's the Total Energy in the Universe?]
Astrophysical data suggests space-time might be "flat," rather than curved, and thus that it goes on forever. If so, then the region we can see (which we think of as "the universe") is just one patch in an infinitely large "quilted multiverse." At the same time, the laws of quantum mechanics dictate that there are only a finite number of possible particle configurations within each cosmic patch (10^10^122 distinct possibilities). So, with an infinite number of cosmic patches, the particle arrangements within them are forced to repeat — infinitely many times over. This means there are infinitely many parallel universes: cosmic patches exactly the same as ours (containing someone exactly like you), as well as patches that differ by just one particle's position, patches that differ by two particles' positions, and so on down to patches that are totally different from ours.
Is there something wrong with that logic, or is its bizarre outcome true? And if it is true, how might we ever detect the presence of parallel universes? Check out this excellentperspective from 2015 that looks into what "infinite universes" would mean.
The question of why there is so much more matter than its oppositely-charged and oppositely-spinning twin, antimatter, is actually a question of why anything exists at all. One assumes the universe would treat matter and antimatter symmetrically, and thus that, at the moment of the Big Bang, equal amounts of matter and antimatter should have been produced. But if that had happened, there would have been a total annihilation of both: Protons would have canceled with antiprotons, electrons with anti-electrons (positrons), neutrons with antineutrons, and so on, leaving behind a dull sea of photons in a matterless expanse. For some reason, there was excess matter that didn't get annihilated, and here we are. For this, there is no accepted explanation. The most detailed test to date of the differences between matter and antimatter, announced in August 2015, confirm they are mirror images of each other, providing exactly zero new paths toward understanding the mystery of why matter is far more common.
The fate of the universe strongly depends on a factor of unknown value: Ω, a measure of the density of matter and energy throughout the cosmos. If Ω is greater than 1, then space-time would be "closed" like the surface of an enormous sphere. If there is no dark energy, such a universe would eventually stop expanding and would instead start contracting, eventually collapsing in on itself in an event dubbed the "Big Crunch." If the universe is closed but there is dark energy, the spherical universe would expand forever.
Alternatively, if Ω is less than 1, then the geometry of space would be "open" like the surface of a saddle. In this case, its ultimate fate is the "Big Freeze" followed by the "Big Rip": first, the universe's outward acceleration would tear galaxies and stars apart, leaving all matter frigid and alone. Next, the acceleration would grow so strong that it would overwhelm the effects of the forces that hold atoms together, and everything would be wrenched apart.
If Ω = 1, the universe would be flat, extending like an infinite plane in all directions. If there is no dark energy, such a planar universe would expand forever but at a continually decelerating rate, approaching a standstill. If there is dark energy, the flat universe ultimately would experience runaway expansion leading to the Big Rip. Regardless how it plays out, the universe is dying, a fact discussed in detail by astrophysicist Paul Sutter in the essay from December, 2015.
Que sera, sera.
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7. How do measurements collapse quantum wavefunctions?
In the strange realm of electrons, photons and the other fundamental particles, quantum mechanics is law. Particles don't behave like tiny balls, but rather like waves that are spread over a large area. Each particle is described by a "wavefunction," or probability distribution, which tells what its location, velocity, and other properties are more likely to be, but not what those properties are. The particle actually has a range of values for all the properties, until you experimentally measure one of them — its location, for example — at which point the particle's wavefunction "collapses" and it adopts just one location. [Newborn Babies Understand Quantum Mechanics]
But how and why does measuring a particle make its wavefunction collapse, producing the concrete reality that we perceive to exist? The issue, known as the measurement problem, may seem esoteric, but our understanding of what reality is, or if it exists at all, hinges upon the answer.
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8. Is string theory correct?
When physicists assume all the elementary particles are actually one-dimensional loops, or "strings," each of which vibrates at a different frequency, physics gets much easier.String theory allows physicists to reconcile the laws governing particles, called quantum mechanics, with the laws governing space-time, called general relativity, and to unify the four fundamental forces of nature into a single framework. But the problem is, string theory can only work in a universe with 10 or 11 dimensions: three large spatial ones, six or seven compacted spatial ones, and a time dimension. The compacted spatial dimensions — as well as the vibrating strings themselves — are about a billionth of a trillionth of the size of an atomic nucleus. There's no conceivable way to detect anything that small, and so there's no known way to experimentally validate or invalidate string theory.
Physicists can't exactly solve the set of equations that describes the behavior of fluids, from water to air to all other liquids and gases. In fact, it isn't known whether a general solution of the so-called Navier-Stokes equations even exists, or, if there is a solution, whether it describes fluids everywhere, or contains inherently unknowable points called singularities. As a consequence, the nature of chaos is not well understood. Physicists and mathematicians wonder, is the weather merely difficult to predict, or inherently unpredictable? Does turbulence transcend mathematical description, or does it all make sense when you tackle it with the right math?
Moon Speck Captured in Stunning View of Saturn's Rings
Moon Speck Captured in Stunning View of Saturn's Rings
By Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Contributor
Saturn's rings part ways for the planet's moon Pan in this image taken July 2, 2016 by the Cassini spacecraft. The moon holds open the Encke Gap in Saturn's A ring, a 200-mile (325 kilometer) wide opening.
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A speck of a moon makes big waves in a new image of Saturn's rings taken by the Cassini spacecraft.
Captured July 2, 2016, the image shows Saturn's moon Pan inside the Encke gap, a 200-mile-wide (325 kilometers) space held open by the moon's orbit. Because the gravitational forces of Pan sweep most particles out of the gap, the moon is known as a "shepherd." The thin white lines seen in the gap are ringlets, mini-rings made of particles that Pan doesn't kick out of the gap, but does affect its orbit. [Latest Saturn Photos from Cassini's Orbiter]
Pan is only about 12 miles (20 kilometers) in diameter. Astronomers first inferred this tiny satellite's presence from gravitational disturbances captured by the Voyager program, which began in 1977, sending two spacecraft to the furthest reaches of the solar system. (Voyager has kept on chugging past that original mission: In 2013, NASA reported that the Voyager 1 spacecraft had become the first manmade object to make it tointersteller space, outside the bounds of the solar system.)
It wasn't until 1991, however, that scientists reported visual confirmation of Pan. Writing in the journal Nature, Mark Showalter, then of Stanford University, discovered that the moon was visible as a speck in images taken by the Voyager mission. Cassini's views are sharper: This image was taken by the spacecraft's narrow-angle camera in visible light when the spacecraft was about 840,000 miles (1.4 million km) from Saturn, according to NASA. Even so, Pan has been brightened by a factor of two so that it stands out against the dark of the Encke gap.
The Cassini mission is a partnership of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The spacecraft launched in 1997, carrying a probe called Huygens that landed on Titan, Saturn's largest satellite, in 2005. Cassini continues to orbit Saturn. Later this year, NASA plans to send the spacecraft into a set of orbits the agency is calling the Grand Finale, which will send Cassini circling the planet's poles just outside the outermost ring. The spacecraft will then shoot the gap between the innermost ring and the planet's atmosphere to measure Saturn's gravitational fields and even sample its outer atmosphere.
Best UFO Photo in the World Taken at Arenal, Costa Rica 45 Yrs Ago
Best UFO Photo in the World Taken at Arenal, Costa Rica 45 Yrs Ago
On September 4, 1971, the Costa Rican National Geographic Institute was taking aerial photos from 10,000 feet of Lake Cote, the small body of water that would later become the larger Lake Arenal, as part of preliminary studies for the future hydroelectric project, reported CRHoy recently.
The study was funded by the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) to determine water sources in the area for their planned hydroelectric project.
Photographer Sergio Loaiza, along with Costa Ricans Juan Bravo and Francisco Reyes, traveled on a twin-engine Canadian F680 with a special 100 lb map-making camera donated by the German government rigged onto the floor of the plane snapping a photo about every 13 seconds.
It was during this aerial inspection that what is considered to be the best photograph of a UFO in the world was taken.
As explained by ufoevidence.org:
“When the photographs were developed, one of the frames (with the time of 8:25 a.m.) showed what seemed to be a metallic disc about 160ft in diameter, which had just left, or was on the point of entering, the lake. It was giving off light, and had made a sudden manoeuvre at the instant the photo was taken. The object showed up on neither the previous frame of film nor the one afterwards. Checks on the negative eliminated tricks of the light as an explanation.
What the geographers had seen was an extraordinary but little-known phenomenon – a USO. Unidentified Flying Objects, or UFOs, have been reported for centuries. What few people realise is that USOs – Unidentified Submergible Objects – have been reported for almost as long. Sometimes, as in the mysterious incident at Lake Cote, a UFO can be seen transforming itself into a USO, or vice versa.”
Photographer Loaiza said that after the photographs were developed, and the object appearing in that one frame was discussed, he and his colleagues were forbidden from divulging any information about what the scientists on the ICE-Lake Arenal project considered to be a UFO.
In 1979, Ricardo Vilchez, one of the project team members, sent the photograph to an organization in the United States called Ground Saucer Watch (GSW) which analyzes these types of cases. GSW determined that the image was true and unadulterated, reported CRHoy.
After that, the photograph became public in the Costa Rican media.
“It’s one of the most compelling scientific confirmations that UFOs are real,” recounts Oscar Sierra, a UFO researcher based in Costa Rica.
Sierra said the photograph was analyzed in France and the United States by different organizations that studied the case, and all confirmed the object’s existence.
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Scientists To Uncover How Cosmic Dust Impacts Life on Earth
Scientists To Uncover How Cosmic Dust Impacts Life on Earth
A starry sky, with a bright column due to zodiacal light, illuminates the desert landscape around Cerro Paranal, home to ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT).
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IN BRIEF
Scientists develop a new method to learn more about the composition of cosmic dust
The development will not only lead to a better understanding of the cosmos, but also has practical applications here on Earth.
A DUSTY PLANET
Every year, as the Earth moves around the sun, it sweeps cosmic dust along its way. These dust particles are remnants left by passing comets and asteroids orbiting the sun. An estimated 5 to 300 metric tons (5.5 – 330 US tons) enter the Earth’s atmosphere each day.
Looking to further understand cosmic dust, atmospheric chemistry professor John Plane and a team of researchers from the University of Leeds in Great Britain developed a new experimental Meteoric Ablation Simulator (MASI).
“Only relatively recent advances in computing hardware and software have allowed us to address the precise timing and substantial computational requirements needed for MASI,” according to David Bones, one of the researcher’s in the team.
Current calculations of the evaporation of cosmic dust particles in the Earth’s atmosphere are largely theoretical, using evidence from field radar and optical observations. The model calculations developed in Leeds, however, were capable of simulating the evaporation of each elemental constituents of cosmic dust, such as silicon, iron, magnesium, sodium, calcium.
The researchers designed the MASI to confirm these calculations, using particles with similar composition to those in cosmic dust.
MORE THAN JUST DUST
“During a particle entry simulation that lasts about 12 seconds, we want to take 6,000 measurements while we are rapidly changing the temperature of the filament to flash-heat the particle with real-time feedback,” said Bones.
What they found was that their measurements for sodium and iron atmospheric evaporation or ablation confirmed the model, while the calcium ablation measurements did not. This could mean that ablation models need to account for other factors that happen when cosmic dust particles enter the Earth’s atmosphere.
Now, don’t imagine cosmic dust to be just useless floating particles forming dense clouds in space. Aside from giving us ideas about the atmosphere of other planets and their formation, cosmic dust particles affect radio communications, the climate, and even serve as phytoplankton fertilizers in the ocean.
Credits: ESO/Y. Beletsky
With tools like the MASI improving our knowledge of metallic ablation in cosmic dust, our understanding of the Earth’s upper atmosphere and the metal layers found there. The applications of this information include understanding the formation of planets and even more practical industrial use, such as particle heating in jet turbines.
“By better understanding the melting and ablation processes we can design ash-resistant jet engines that could fly without disruption through an ash cloud similar to that created when the volcano Eyjafjallajökull erupted in 2010,” Bones believes.
Police Thermal Cameras Reveal Invisible UFO Over UK
Police Thermal Cameras Reveal Invisible UFO Over UK
An unidentified flying object (UFO) that was invisible to the naked eye apparently capable of being seen in footage from a police helicopter.
Police officers piloting a chopper discovered the button-shaped aerial object zipping through the air over the Bristol Channel.
Details posted along with the video revealed that the air traffic control did not detect the mysterious shape, and it was only spotted on thermal cameras.
The cops dismissed obvious suggestions as to what it could be since the UFO had a heat signature and was traveling against the wind.
A police chopper based in St. Athan, a small village in South Wales, reportedly captured the footage, which was later uploaded to its Twitter account.
Information posted to its account revealed the strange craft was discovered flying around 1000 feet up at 9:30 pm on Saturday evening.
Multiple viewers said it was a balloon or Chinese lantern, but these explanations can be ruled out with the heat and movement of the UFO.
Without obvious answers as to what the chopper just recorded on video, many suggested it was aliens.
The police Twitter account indicated that it was not a lantern as it was going into the wind. It adds that they filmed it for over seven minutes, but it ‘s hard to judge the size.
The search for extraterrestrial life has so far assumed our cosmic neighbours are organic. What if we’re dealing with artificial intelligence?
By Richard Hollingham
For more than a century we have been broadcasting our presence to the cosmos. This year, the faintest signals from the world’s first major televised event – the Nazi-hosted 1936 Olympics – will have passed several potentially habitable planets. The first season of Game of Thrones has already reached the nearest star beyond our Solar System.
So why hasn’t ET called us back?
There are plenty of obvious answers. Maybe there are no intelligent space aliens in our immediate cosmic vicinity. Perhaps they have never evolved beyond unthinking microbial slime or – based on our transmissions – aliens have concluded it is safer to stay away. There is, however, another explanation: ET is nothing like us.
One theory is that the aliens that may have created intelligent algorithms are no longer with us
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“If we do find a signal, we shouldn’t expect it’s going to be some sort of soft squishy protoplasmic alien behind the microphone at the other end,” says Seth Shostak, senior astronomer for alien-hunting organisation Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (Seti).
Seti has been actively searching for signs of intelligent extraterrestrial life for more than half a century. Despite tantalising signals (such as this recent one), it has so far drawn a blank. But Shostak believes we should consider looking to our own future to imagine what aliens will be like.
“Perhaps the most significant thing we’re doing is to develop our own successors,” says Shostak. “If we can develop artificial intelligence within a couple of hundred years of inventing radio, any aliens we are likely to hear from have very likely gone past that point.”
The big question is whether the AI goes on to become conscious and define its own goals and decide it doesn’t need the biological creatures that developed it – Stuart Clark
“In other words,” he says, “most of the intelligence in the cosmos, I would venture, is synthetic intelligence and that may disappoint movie goers who expect little grey guys with big eyeballs, no clothes, no hair or sense of humour.”
The argument assumes that the creatures who built the first AIs – grey guys, hyper- intelligent pan-dimensional beings, sentient trees or whatever – are no longer around.
“Well they might be,” Shostak concedes, “but once you develop artificial intelligence you can use that to develop the next generation of thinking thing and so on – within 50 years you not only have a machine that’s far smarter than all the previous machines but certainly smarter than all humans put together.”
Anyone expecting the grey-skinned aliens from sci-fi films may be disappointed
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“The big question,” says astronomer and author of the Search for Earth’s Twin, Stuart Clark, “is whether the AI goes on to become conscious and define its own goals and decide it doesn’t need the biological creatures that developed it.”
From the self-aware death machines of the Berserker booksto the cyborgs of Battlestar Galactica or The Terminator, science fiction certainly has a rich seam of AIs taking over and wiping out their inferior biological creators. It is not, however, necessarily the inevitable path of any technological civilisation. Artificial Intelligence – truly thinking machines with synthetic super-brains – may not even be possible.
“It’s very unclear to me that this is inevitably going to happen,” says Clark. “But the key point is we are looking for something we imagine to be a bit like us and we’re limiting the search as a result.”
Seti could be looking for ET in the wrong place
Seti uses an array of radio telescope dishes in California to search for signals. The receivers are aimed at star systems where planets have been discovered by Earth or space telescopes such as Nasa’s Kepler observatory. These are planets which might have liquid oceans and life-supporting atmospheres – habitats that have made human evolution possible. But machine intelligences could live anywhere.
“That’s the whole problem,” says Shostak. “Not only could they be anywhere, it would make sense for them to go to places in the Universe where there were big sources of energy – if you’re going to do a lot of thinking, a lot of energy helps so maybe that’s the place to look.”
If this is the case, then Seti could be looking for ET in the wrong place. “Instead of having their own fields of radio telescopes,” says Clark, “maybe that money would be better spent equipping every observatory with piggyback equipment that looks at every signal that’s been received and look for repeating patterns.”
Should we be sending signals as well as listening for them?
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Whether every observatory would agree to host a Seti sensor is a matter for debate. The technology might, however, reveal some other surprising astronomical discovery. We now know that pulsars are rapidly rotating neutron stars. When Jocelyn Bell discovered the first of these oscillating signals in 1967, only half-jokingly did the University of Cambridge team label it LGM1 for Little Green Men.
In the short term, Seti is likely to continue its search for life on Earth-like planets. “But,” says Shostak, “over the course of time if we can come up with some ideas of where you might find synthetic intelligence, I think they’ll be more and more experiments aimed at doing that.”
Another approach would be to broadcast messages from Earth to target regions of the cosmos. It is a controversial strategy that Stephen Hawking has warned could leave the Earth vulnerable to attack and exploitation. "We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn’t want to meet,” he warned in 2010.
So are we any closer to discovering whether we are the lone intelligence – AI or not – in the Universe?
“I don’t agree,” Shostak says. “But Seti has no broadcasting capability and the other thing about broadcasting is that even if you do it, it might be a very long time before you get a response – depending how close the aliens are.”
So are we any closer to discovering whether we are the lone intelligence – AI or not – in the Universe? “I don’t think you can ever say there’s nothing there, you can’t prove that negative,” Shostak says. “What you can say is that there’s something wrong with our approach so, for me, it’s very, very early days to think about giving up.”
Clark agrees. “I think Seti should generalise its search as much as possible,” he says. “An answer to ‘yes there’s intelligent life in the Universe’ has profound implications for us and that alone qualifies Seti to carry on.”
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VIDEO: Conventionele wapens blijken compleet nutteloos tegen UFO boven Peru
VIDEO: Conventionele wapens blijken compleet nutteloos tegen UFO boven Peru
Uit een recente peiling blijkt dat 80 procent van de Amerikanen gelooft dat de overheid informatie over het bestaan van buitenaards leven verborgen houdt. Waarom wordt er dan zo weinig aandacht besteed aan berichten over buitenaardse bezoekers? Waarom houden de media en de overheid deze informatie achter?
Mensen eisen dat de overheden geheime stukken over buitenaards leven vrijgeven. Langzaam maar zeker wordt hier gehoor aan gegeven. Tot dusver hebben 40 landen documenten geopenbaard, waaronder Canada, Frankrijk, Engeland en Japan. Zelfs Amerika heeft een aantal stukken vrijgegeven.
Geabsorbeerd
Er zijn al veel piloten geweest die geconfronteerd werden met een UFO. In alle gevallen was het onbekende object de piloot te snel af. Het komt ook vaak voor dat hun instrumenten en wapens worden uitgeschakeld, meldt het programma Unsealed Alien Files.
In april 1980 kreeg een piloot de opdracht om een UFO neer te schieten boven La Joya in Peru. Het object was opgepikt door de radar boven verboden gebied. Toen de piloot het vuur opende op de UFO, was het net alsof de kogels van zijn boordkannon werden geabsorbeerd, aldus Nick Pope, die van 1998 tot 2006 voor het Britse ministerie van Defensie werkte.
Gloeilamp
Het object explodeert niet, lijkt de kogels volledig te negeren en vliegt vervolgens met hoge snelheid weg. De wapens die de piloot tot zijn beschikking had, waren compleet nutteloos tegen de UFO. Twintig minuten lang spelen de twee een kat-en-muis spelletje, waarna er iets onverwachts gebeurt.
De piloot weet dichterbij te komen en ziet dat de UFO de vorm van een gloeilamp heeft en voorzien is van een crèmekleurige koepel. Het object heeft geen vleugels en geen ramen.
Het ministerie van Defensie concludeerde dat de piloot het vaartuig onderschepte en onder vuur nam, maar geen schade toebracht. Wat heeft de piloot gezien?
De bemanning van een Engelse politiehelikopter is in verwarring omdat ze een vreemd vliegend object filmen voor de kust van Wales.
Daarnaast is er een boek opgedoken uit 1716 met op de voorpagina een retro UFO, compleet met wolken en bliksem, net zoals wij vandaag de dag overal zien.
Soms komen er in onze geschiedenis verrassende dingen boven water zoals een boek uit 1716 geschreven in Latijn en waarvan de omslag er meer dan interessant uit ziet. Met een accreditatie van een inauguratierede/oratie getiteld: Het Goddelijk wiskundig principe.
Het boek ziet er origineel zo uit:
Wanneer je het plaatje wat uitvergroot, zie je het volgende:
Over het wat en hoe van de afbeelding is verder weinig bekend, maar dat het erg doet denken aan een zogenaamde klassieke retro UFO lijkt wel duidelijk. Wat ook opvalt is de tekst die lijkt te verwijzen naar een bijbelvers Psalm 84 vers 12: "Want God, de HEERE, is een Zon en Schild; de HEERE zal genade en eer geven; Hij zal het goede niet onthouden degenen, die in oprechtheid wandelen". En de tekst boven de rots die vrij vertaald lijkt te zeggen: verdedig het goede.
Ook het tweede aspect, de wolken en de bliksem, zijn dingen die we tegenwoordig iedere keer terug zien en waarbij de kunstmatige wolken enerzijds grotere moederschepen verbergen en anderzijds kunnen fungeren als een soortdimensieportalen.
Bovenstaand zijn enorm belangrijke ontdekkingen, want we hebben met dat boek niet te maken met een fantast op Youbube die wat in elkaar knutselt, maar iets wat iemand in die dagen heeft waargenomen.
De kans dat een dergelijke afbeelding wordt gemaakt met deze vorm UFO en de bliksem die erbij hoort, berust op toeval, is te verwaarlozen. En daarmee vormt dit boek weer een puzzelstukje in het zo langzamerhand overweldigende bewijs dat er buitenaardsen op deze planeet waren in het verleden en er ook nu nog steeds zijn.
Tegenwoordig moet je er altijd rekening mee houden dat een dergelijke UFO ook door mensen gemaakt kan zijn. In het jaar dat het boek uitkwam, in 1716, was daar geen sprake van en mag je aannemen dat die UFO op die afbeelding van buitenaardse oorsprong is.
Toen waren de mensen in verwarring als ze iets dergelijks observeerden en wat dat betreft is er tegenwoordig niet zo gek veel veranderd.
Een Engelse politiehelikopter vliegt enkele dagen geleden boven het Bristol Channel wanneer hun infraroodcamera een rond object waarneemt.
Het voorval vond plaats afgelopen zaterdagavond rond half tien en het object vloog op een hoogte van ongeveer 300 meter (heel laag dus).
Ze dachten in eerste instantie te maken te hebben met een soort Thaise lampion, maar bedachten later dat dit niet mogelijk was omdat het object tegen de wind in bewoog.
De bemanning heeft geen enkel idee waar ze mee te maken hadden en hebben het object 7 minuten lang kunnen volgen. Ze hebben geprobeerd over te schakelen naar een daglicht-camera, maar daar was niets op te zien.
Het object was er wel degelijk omdat het hitte afgaf en daardoor werd geregistreerd door de infraroodcamera.
Ufoloog Scott Waring is ervan overtuigd dat deze UFO afkomstig is uit de zee, vanuit een buitenaardse basis aldaar voor de kust en dat wanneer de helikopter hem wat langer had gevolgd, ze deze waarschijnlijk in de zee hadden kunnen zien verdwijnen.
Kirk Michaels “last night at 10:25 pm last night on the Napa Vallejo line I just couldn’t come up with an explanation as to why a plane would be flying at what seemed like 5 mph.. I’ve been on planes many times in the day and at night and it didn’t seem like a plane”
Mark Video taken of a white sphere hoovering on top of trees in the park ( Mark, Vancouver, BC, Canada). On September the 23rd 2016 around noon, I was having cigarette before I go to the university. While sitting on the balcony ( approximately 12pm, noon and cloudy, raining day). After few seconds I realized that I see something very bright hoovering over the tees in the park. I looked around and believe me or not coming to this space to have a cigarette five times a day I know where all city lights usually are. Especially it was day time, you know how strong that light have to be in order to shine this way. First, I thought maybe its one of the lights coming from the bridge we have far down an that area but after fog cleared I see that that was not the spot where the bridge is, plus we never have lights working day time only at night. Coming back to its shine power, seriously it was emitting light like small star but during the day ( imagine how bright that would be at night)? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0hmL1nZ1dI
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A Missouri witness at O’Fallon reported watching and photographing a sphere-shaped object that was hovering and slow moving overhead at an undetermined altitude, according to testimony in Case 79276 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
Witness image 1.
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The reporting witness and his wife had a similar experience about one month ago, but were unable to capture the object with a camera. At 4:30 p.m. on September 19, 2016, a similar object appeared in the sky and the witness was able take photos.
“We were relaxing outside on our patio and I looked up,” the witness stated.“There was a white dot in the sky. It was pretty much stationary. I asked my wife to get my camera. It had not moved and I went back in to get my telephoto lens. A 55 to 300mm zoom. I took several pictures of the object.”
Cropped and enlarged witness image 2.
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Cropped and enlarged witness image 3.
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The witness could not determine the object’s size or altitude.
“Not having anything for size reference I could not determine the altitude that it was at. The sky was perfectly clear and what struck me interesting was that there was no air traffic the whole time we were outside. We were outside for approximately 45 minutes. We went into the house to prepare dinner. I checked on it several times and it was still visible. So the entire time it was directly overhead was probably an hour. I stopped looking at that time.”
Cropped and enlarged witness image 4.
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The witness described the object.
“It was silent and appeared to be stationary. It did move from the west to the east over the hour we watched it. If I were to estimate the distance it traveled in that timeframe, I would put it at one to two miles at the most. Our dogs were outside with us and showed no behavior change or even sensed what we were seeing. I used a Nikon 12 MP camera with the telephoto to take the pictures. I probably shot over 100. It was just so slow moving that I took several in hopes of getting some clear images. I thought it might have been a weather balloon. It moved so slowly that I felt it probably wasn’t a balloon. I am attaching several pictures for your review. Maybe it’s a balloon…maybe not.”
Cropped and enlarged witness image 5.
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O’Fallon is a city along Interstate 70 and Interstate 64 between Lake St. Louis and St. Peters in St. Charles County, Missouri, population 79,329. Missouri Chief Investigator Joe Palermo is investigating. The witness provided five images with the MUFON report, which was filed on September 19, 2016. Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.
A Missouri witness at O’Fallon reported watching and photographing a sphere-shaped object that was hovering and slow moving overhead at an undetermined altitude, according to testimony in Case 79276 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
Witness image 1.
(Credit: MUFON)
The reporting witness and his wife had a similar experience about one month ago, but were unable to capture the object with a camera. At 4:30 p.m. on September 19, 2016, a similar object appeared in the sky and the witness was able take photos.
“We were relaxing outside on our patio and I looked up,” the witness stated.“There was a white dot in the sky. It was pretty much stationary. I asked my wife to get my camera. It had not moved and I went back in to get my telephoto lens. A 55 to 300mm zoom. I took several pictures of the object.”
Cropped and enlarged witness image 2.
(Credit: MUFON)
Cropped and enlarged witness image 3.
(Credit: MUFON)
The witness could not determine the object’s size or altitude.
“Not having anything for size reference I could not determine the altitude that it was at. The sky was perfectly clear and what struck me interesting was that there was no air traffic the whole time we were outside. We were outside for approximately 45 minutes. We went into the house to prepare dinner. I checked on it several times and it was still visible. So the entire time it was directly overhead was probably an hour. I stopped looking at that time.”
Cropped and enlarged witness image 4.
(Credit: MUFON)
The witness described the object.
“It was silent and appeared to be stationary. It did move from the west to the east over the hour we watched it. If I were to estimate the distance it traveled in that timeframe, I would put it at one to two miles at the most. Our dogs were outside with us and showed no behavior change or even sensed what we were seeing. I used a Nikon 12 MP camera with the telephoto to take the pictures. I probably shot over 100. It was just so slow moving that I took several in hopes of getting some clear images. I thought it might have been a weather balloon. It moved so slowly that I felt it probably wasn’t a balloon. I am attaching several pictures for your review. Maybe it’s a balloon…maybe not.”
Cropped and enlarged witness image 5.
(Credit: MUFON)
O’Fallon is a city along Interstate 70 and Interstate 64 between Lake St. Louis and St. Peters in St. Charles County, Missouri, population 79,329. Missouri Chief Investigator Joe Palermo is investigating. The witness provided five images with the MUFON report, which was filed on September 19, 2016. Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.
World Scientist Warns Alien UFO Threat Is Real! Get Ready Something Is Happening! 9/24/2016
World Scientist Warns Alien UFO Threat Is Real! Get Ready Something Is Happening! 9/24/2016
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Streetcap1 caught this light as it rides the edge of a giant disk hidden in the cloud. Hessdalen is a small valley in the central part of Norway. Ever since 1981 residents of the Valley have been concerned and alarmed about strange, unexplained lights that appeared at many locations in the sky. Since then, thousands of lights were observed, but the Norway Gov refuses to investigate, probably due to them having an agreement with the aliens. Hessdalen is home to an alien base 3-5km deep below the surface, and they are sometimes seen during their exit and entrance into this base. Scott C. Waring Streetcap1 states: I thought these were the Northern Lights at first, maybe they are, but we are looking West from the webcam. I checked about a half hour later and there were no lights, just clear sky. I will link this so you can check live for yourselves and maybe catch something interesting. Streetcap1.
New video of UFOs over Las Vegas, Nevada 25-Sep-2016
New video of UFOs over Las Vegas, Nevada 25-Sep-2016
Here’s a new footage of a bright unknown object flashing in the sky above Las Vegas in Nevada. This was filmed on 25th September 2016.
Witness report:
I shot this video from my backyard in the Summerlin area of Las Vegas, Nevada on the night of September 25, 2016. It was another clear night last night. Very unusual because earlier the local news weatherman said we were experiencing wind gusts between 40 and 50 miles per hour. The wind wasn’t much of a problem at all on my side of town. I trained the camera on one spot and allowed it to film until the battery ran dead and this is the result. If I had to guess it looks as if there was an object that remained stationary for more than an hour while other objects tended to it for reasons unknown.
Police Thermal Cameras Reveal Invisible UFO Over UK
Police Thermal Cameras Reveal Invisible UFO Over UK
An unidentified flying object (UFO) that was invisible to the naked eye apparently capable of being seen in footage from a police helicopter.
Police officers piloting a chopper discovered the button-shaped aerial object zipping through the air over the Bristol Channel.
Details posted along with the video revealed that the air traffic control did not detect the mysterious shape, and it was only spotted on thermal cameras.
The cops dismissed obvious suggestions as to what it could be since the UFO had a heat signature and was traveling against the wind.
A police chopper based in St. Athan, a small village in South Wales, reportedly captured the footage, which was later uploaded to its Twitter account.
Information posted to its account revealed the strange craft was discovered flying around 1000 feet up at 9:30 pm on Saturday evening.
Multiple viewers said it was a balloon or Chinese lantern, but these explanations can be ruled out with the heat and movement of the UFO.
Without obvious answers as to what the chopper just recorded on video, many suggested it was aliens.
The police Twitter account indicated that it was not a lantern as it was going into the wind. It adds that they filmed it for over seven minutes, but it ‘s hard to judge the size.
New Book Details The English Woman Alien Abduction Experience
New Book Details The English Woman Alien Abduction Experience
A new book by renowned author and UFO expert Roy Dutton will detail a terrifying extraterrestrial experience that happened more than 20 years ago to an English woman.
The Moment Alien Abduction Took Place Valerie Walters revealed that her alien abduction experience happened at around 1:45 a.m. on July 16, 1981, when she was 26 years old. She was driving home together with two friends Vivienn and Rosemary from a night out in Sheffield, UK.
Walters and her friends began to get terrified after a strange light appeared in their view in the sky. Then they started to get panic after they spotted a huge craft hovering above their car. After that moment, Walters can’t exactly remember what took place next. She recalled hearing a beeping noise that made her sleepy.
How Aliens Abducted Walters Walters recalled that her friends were gone, so, she came out of the car to look for them. Strangely, the car suddenly vanished, and she heard an unusual voice telling her not to get afraid. After listening to the odd voice, Walters said that she felt like being vacuumed. The next thing she recalled was when she was in front of some strange beings.
Walters said that she was in a room, which she described as white and wedge in shape, with a male and female humanoid beings having shoulder length dark hair and blue eyes.
Walters stated that she and her friends reported their terrifying experience to the police, but the case wasn’t taken seriously. She also disclosed that her friends could not recall entirely what had transpired.
NASA’s Hubble Spots Possible Water Plumes Erupting on Jupiter's Moon Europa
NASA’s Hubble Spots Possible Water Plumes Erupting on Jupiter's Moon Europa
This composite image shows suspected plumes of water vapor erupting at the 7 o’clock position off the limb of Jupiter’s moon Europa. The plumes, photographed by NASA’s Hubble’s Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph, were seen in silhouette as the moon passed in front of Jupiter. Hubble’s ultraviolet sensitivity allowed for the features -- rising over 100 miles (160 kilometers) above Europa’s icy surface -- to be discerned. The water is believed to come from a subsurface ocean on Europa. The Hubble data were taken on January 26, 2014. The image of Europa, superimposed on the Hubble data, is assembled from data from the Galileo and Voyager missions.
Credits: NASA/ESA/W. Sparks (STScI)/USGS Astrogeology Science Center
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have imaged what may be water vapor plumes erupting off the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa. This finding bolsters other Hubble observations suggesting the icy moon erupts with high altitude water vapor plumes.
The observation increases the possibility that missions to Europa may be able to sample Europa’s ocean without having to drill through miles of ice.
“Europa’s ocean is considered to be one of the most promising places that could potentially harbor life in the solar system,” said Geoff Yoder, acting associate administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington. “These plumes, if they do indeed exist, may provide another way to sample Europa’s subsurface.”
The plumes are estimated to rise about 125 miles (200 kilometers) before, presumably, raining material back down onto Europa's surface. Europa has a huge global ocean containing twice as much water as Earth’s oceans, but it is protected by a layer of extremely cold and hard ice of unknown thickness. The plumes provide a tantalizing opportunity to gather samples originating from under the surface without having to land or drill through the ice.
The team, led by William Sparks of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore observed these finger-like projections while viewing Europa's limb as the moon passed in front of Jupiter.
The original goal of the team's observing proposal was to determine whether Europa has a thin, extended atmosphere, or exosphere. Using the same observing method that detects atmospheres around planets orbiting other stars, the team realized if there was water vapor venting from Europa’s surface, this observation would be an excellent way to see it.
"The atmosphere of an extrasolar planet blocks some of the starlight that is behind it," Sparks explained. "If there is a thin atmosphere around Europa, it has the potential to block some of the light of Jupiter, and we could see it as a silhouette. And so we were looking for absorption features around the limb of Europa as it transited the smooth face of Jupiter."
In 10 separate occurrences spanning 15 months, the team observed Europa passing in front of Jupiter. They saw what could be plumes erupting on three of these occasions.
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope took direct ultraviolet images of the icy moon Europa transiting across the disk of Jupiter. Out of 10 observations, Hubble saw what may be water vapor plumes on three of the images. This adds another piece of supporting evidence to the existence of water vapor plumes on Europa; Hubble also detected spectroscopic signatures of water vapor in 2012.
This work provides supporting evidence for water plumes on Europa. In 2012, a team led by Lorenz Roth of the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, detected evidence of water vapor erupting from the frigid south polar region of Europa and reaching more than 100 miles (160 kilometers) into space. Although both teams used Hubble's Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph instrument, each used a totally independent method to arrive at the same conclusion.
"When we calculate in a completely different way the amount of material that would be needed to create these absorption features, it's pretty similar to what Roth and his team found," Sparks said. "The estimates for the mass are similar, the estimates for the height of the plumes are similar. The latitude of two of the plume candidates we see corresponds to their earlier work."
But as of yet, the two teams have not simultaneously detected the plumes using their independent techniques. Observations thus far have suggested the plumes could be highly variable, meaning that they may sporadically erupt for some time and then die down. For example, observations by Roth’s team within a week of one of the detections by Sparks’ team failed to detect any plumes.
If confirmed, Europa would be the second moon in the solar system known to have water vapor plumes. In 2005, NASA's Cassini orbiter detected jets of water vapor and dust spewing off the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus.
Scientists may use the infrared vision of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, which is scheduled to launch in 2018, to confirm venting or plume activity on Europa. NASA also is formulating a mission to Europa with a payload that could confirm the presence of plumes and study them from close range during multiple flybys.
“Hubble’s unique capabilities enabled it to capture these plumes, once again demonstrating Hubble’s ability to make observations it was never designed to make,” said Paul Hertz, director of the Astrophysics Division at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “This observation opens up a world of possibilities, and we look forward to future missions -- such as the James Webb Space Telescope -- to follow up on this exciting discovery.”
The work by Sparks and his colleagues will be published in the Sept. 29 issue of the Astrophysical Journal.
The Hubble Space Telescope is a project of international cooperation between NASA and ESA (the European Space Agency.) NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, manages the telescope. STScI, which is operated for NASA by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy in Washington, conducts Hubble science operations.
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I have been to untold air shows and really enjoy the most exotic of aircraft and what I saw that friday evening frightened the hell out of me. I pointed it out to my girlfriend and she asked what it was, I replied, “looks like a friggin’ ufo to me babe!”. Just between hers and her neighbors house low in the northeastern sky from up here in the foothills an absolutely enormous v shaped craft was lazily headed due north, it’s lack of forward speed almost suggested a lighter than air vehicle if it was a reasonably sized craft, but I knew what I was seeing was either a distorted sense of scale, or this “v” had to be several hundreds of feet across minimum! There were numerous red lights visible from the lower rear three quarters degree view we had, so we were at it’s “8 o clock low” from it’s vantage.
As far as the number of lights I cannot say for certain. I am now uncertain if they lined the forward leading edge perimeter, or were line abreast, across the bottom surface, (ventral) at right angle to the center line on the v. There was a reddish glow emeinating or reflecting off of the bottom, almost a shimmering, with some intricate fine detail barely visible underneath through the reddish glow. I first attributed to reflection from the nearby forrest fire.
There were no visible meansof propulsion evident. I cannot stress the lumberingly slow movement of this object away from us and when it passed behind a neighbors leafless tree. I quickly sped 30 feet out of the driveway to gain a better unobstructed vantage again, away from the tree, no more than 5 seconds, it was gone! I could not see any possible obstruction that could have prevented visual re acquisition. It just vanished!
My girlfriend remembers being very aware then of numerous private and light commercial traffic in the sky, as there is always in the vicinity of the Van Nuys airport. I had this impression as well but feel it was a result of such intense target fixation observing the object then having no stimulus directly forward tends to widen your perception from the tunnel vison we experienced. We humans are preditors by nature with both eyes fixed forward for expanded depth perception, keyed to movement. I wish I could say I photographed my sighting, but there are seldom good cameras when you need them around. I did make a crude animated .Gif file the very next day to try and record the event to the best of my and my gf’s recollection. I didn’t come forward earlier because I have always scoffed and outwardly derided people who have claimed to have witnessed things like I now have. I didn’t want to be,”one of those people” but I I am now.
I’m not going to pilgramage out to roswell or anything or claim abduction stories, but I will share what I saw, and know to be seen by at least me and my girlfriend. Thank god she was there to back me up! Lastly, this was above a major population area of more than 1.8 million in the valley alone, within easy visual range of one of the busiest private avaition airports in the world, van nuys airport. it doesn’t add up?
Father-Of-Two Gardener Stunned To See A UFO Above The Clouds
Father-Of-Two Gardener Stunned To See A UFO Above The Clouds
A UFO allegedly soaring high over a busy tram stop stunned a gardener. A father-of-two Peter Lee was out with his daughters on Sunday when they spotted the circular silver shape hovering in the sky in broad daylight.
The trio were waiting to catch a tram when the UFO suddenly appeared at around 2 p.m. The unidentified object reportedly drifted into sight and left them in awe.
Peter, 57, said that they were watching planes flying overhead as they waited for a tram. Then there was a sudden appearance of the UFO to their view. Peter stated that it was flying higher than some planes, and was moving thousands of feet, very slowly up in the air.
So bizarre for them, Peter made sure he took multiple photos.
Some people who read the news and saw some of Peter’s pictures think it is a helium balloon. However, Peter doesn’t agree because balloons don’t go that high. Peter explained that looking at the pictures would tell that the UFO was right above the clouds.
Peter said that he always brings the Canon camera with him as he loves to take pictures of everything. The father believes he snapped a UFO because it is something that is unidentified and they don’t know its identity.
The 18th Century Book Is Believed To Carry Evidence On UFOs Visiting Mankind For Centuries
The 18th Century Book Is Believed To Carry Evidence On UFOs Visiting Mankind For Centuries
A Mathematics Latin textbook that was published in 1716 interestingly shows a UFO emerging from the clouds on the cover.
The UFO looks very similar to the reported unidentified flying objects above the Earth. Thedisc-shaped object is seen above rough seas and below the clouds that produce lightning. The book titled “Liber De Coloribus Coeli, Accedit Oratio Inauguralis De Deo Mathematicorum Principe,” (Amazon link) is written by Johann Caspar Funck.
The book has gained attention after it was republished on Google Books.
Writer Reid Moore shared his findings and speculated the disk shape on the cover is a UFO.
Legends of UFOs started even before the flying saucer stuff became popular.
In the early 20th century, mysterious airships spotted over Britain even prompted Winston Churchill to order a probe.
Moore wrote in his blog that the illustration depicts a classic UFO, and the similarity of it to the current consensus of flying objects makes it even more interesting. He pointed out particularly the rounded shape hovering in a dramatic effect – behind storm clouds and propelled by an electrical phenomenon.
Moore is aware that flying machines have been depicted for centuries in art. However, he still considers the UFO on the book cover unusual considering the 300-year-old date.
The image on the book cover may be the proof that flying saucer UFOs have been here on Earth since the early 1700s or at very least, it is evidence that some people in that time seem to have thought flying saucers visiting Earth, according to Moore.
Tennessee Man Witnesses A UFO That He Describes As Orange Line
Tennessee Man Witnesses A UFO That He Describes As Orange Line
A bright orange line in the sky was spotted by a man in Nashville in Tennessee. The orange line seemed to be two separate lights after zooming in the video recording.
The witness was on a work break when the incident took place. It was at three early in the morning on August 15, 2016, when he noticed a brilliant orange light in the sky, unlike anything he had ever seen in his usual spot for smoking. The brightness of the light caught his attention, as well as the color that appeared like a street light, but way too big.
His first thought was the moon behind cloud cover, but he noticed the moon was directly above him. Furthermore, there wasn’t cloud cover that time. Because it was very dark and the object was far away, the witness could not make out any features on it.
Even after a thorough look, the witness could still not find any details as the lights on the object appeared to cover it. The witness used his phone to record a video of it and after zooming in, he realized the lights were actually two separate lights with a small gap in between. After around a minute, the object started to shrink and turned pure white in a gradual manner. Two minutes later, the object faded away, and the witness lost sight of it.
The unnamed witness reported his sighting to MUFON, and it is filed under case 78626.
Mercury appears to experience quake-like activity as it shrinks, making it tectonically active just like Earth, scientists say.
Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/Carnegie Institution of Washington/USGS/Arizona State University
Mercury may still rumble with earthquakes, or "Mercuryquakes," according to a new study of cliffs on the planet's surface.
The finding suggests that Earth is not the only tectonically active planet, the authors of the research say.
Mercury is the smallest and innermost planet in the solar system, and was a mysterious world until NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft became the first probe to orbit Mercury in 2011. The only other visits it received were the flybys made by NASA's Mariner 10 probe more than 40 years ago. [Photos of Mercury from NASA's Messenger Spacecraft]
Mariner 10 discovered a vast array of large fault scarps, or cliffs, on Mercury, and MESSENGER revealed that the largest of these scarps are more than 600 miles (1,000 kilometers) long and more than 1.8 miles (3 km) high.
Long, steep cliffs (scarps) on the surface of Mercury hint at the possibility that the planet experiences earthquakes, or "mercuryquakes."
Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied PhysicsLaboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
Fault scarps form when rocks are pushed together and thrust upward along faults — or fractures — in a planet's crust. The most widely accepted model of the origin of the large fault scarps on Mercury is that they are essentially wrinkles that formed on the planet's surface as that world's heart cooled over time, leading Mercury to shrink in size. Previous research suggested that Mercury may have contracted by about 1.8 to 8.7 miles (3 to 14 km) in diameter.
During the last 18 months or so of the MESSENGER mission, the spacecraft descended closer to Mercury, helping it to snap pictures of its surface in greater detail. Now scientists have discovered small fault scarps that are less than 6 miles (10 km) long and only up to dozens of feet high.
The new analysis shows that the pristine appearance of these small fault scarps suggests that they are less than 50 million years old. Previous research suggests that older features would get pockmarked with craters from meteoroid impacts.
The young nature of these small fault scarps suggests that Mercury is still experiencing quakes that are likely driven by the continued cooling and shrinking of the planet, said study lead author Thomas Watters, a planetary scientist at the Smithsonian Institution's Center for Earth and Planetary Studies in Washington.
"These faults on Mercury have got to be accompanied by seismic activity," Watters told Space.com.
Comparable scarps are seen on the moon, and four seismometers set up on the moon by the Apollo missions detected moonquakes reaching up to magnitude 5 on the Richter scale.
"We might expect shallow seismic events of a comparable level on Mercury," Watters said. "We might even see events significantly greater than magnitude 5 with the older, larger scarps."
The seismometers on the moon detected 28 shallow moonquakes ranging from about magnitude 1.5 to 5 on the Richter scale between 1969 and 1977.
"Mercury has the potential for many more earthquakes than the moon, since it's contracted a lot more than the moon has," Watters said.
It remains a mystery how a planet as small as Mercury has not already cooled down completely and lost all its heat. Instead, Mercury remains warm enough to keep shrinking and to have a molten outer core that has supported a magnetic field for billions of years.
"The way that terrestrial bodies like Mercury, Earth and even the moon have evolved thermally is emerging as one of the puzzles that researchers need to solve in planetary science," Watters said.
The scientists detailed their findings online today (Sept. 26) in the journal Nature Geoscience.
This map, produced using data collected by the Planck satellite, shows a map of the light left over from the big bang. If the universe were not isotropic, scientists think they would find evidence in maps like this one.
Credit: ESA/Planck Collaboration.
The universe, it turns out, looks the same in every direction.
Of course, this isn't true on a "small scale" — the stars, galaxies, dark matter and interstellar gas that fill the universe are strewn about and clumped together in unique ways. But on a much size scale encompassing the entire universe, new research shows the cosmic landscape doesn't have any preferred direction — there's no axis of spin like the Earth, no massive asymmetries that would orient a cosmic traveler.
The new study appears to be the most in-depth attempt to answer this question, which confirms a long-held assumption in physics. In addition, it touches on the idea that Earth does not occupy a special place in the universe by showing that not only is no preferred location in the universe, there is no preferred direction.
Baking the universe
Some things in the universe look different depending on where you're standing when you look at them, or from which direction you view them. For example, the Milky Way galaxy is a disk that rotates around a central axis like a record on a turntable. The galaxy looks different depending on where its viewed from, so observers in different places see different things. But a galaxy is also anisotropic — that is, an observer in one location can look in different directions and will see something different. The stars located far out in the disk move faster as they whip around the center, compared with stars close to the middle. (This is true for an observer inside the galaxy or outside it).
It's that latter kind of variation that's addressed in the new research paper. If the universe looks the same no matter what direction its viewed from, it's isotropic. If it does have a large-scale dependence on direction, it's anisotropic.
If the large-scale structure of the universe is anisotropic — different depending on the direction it is viewed from — that feature would have been present from the get-go.
A tiny fraction of a second after the universe sprang to life in the Big Bang, scientists think the cosmos underwent a period of rapid inflation, like a loaf of bread expanding in the oven. Very small, random "fluctuations" (like air bubbles in the dough) made it so the matter in the universe didn't spread out evenly, at least on small scales; It clumped together to form stars, galaxies and galaxy clusters, while leaving some areas mostly empty. (This clumping is also observed in dark matter, the mysterious substance that makes up about 80 percent of mass in the universe).
But what if the entire loaf of bread was warped, and not just on small scales? For example, what if space-time, the fabric of the universe, was spinning when inflation began? That would certainly affect how a loaf of bread looked when it finished baking, and it would certainly influence how the universe looks today.
For example, the universe is still expanding, albeit slower than it was during inflation. That means new space is being created between stars and galaxies, so these objects are all moving away from each other. If scientists measured the rate of expansion and found that things were moving a little faster in one direction and a little slower in another direction, that would indicate that something was lopsided in the universal fabric. That would be evidence of anisotropy.
If the universe were anisotropic (did not look the same regardless of direction), it would leave an imprint in the cosmic microwave background. This map shows what one such anisotropy might look like (minus the small-scale fluctuations in the light).
Credit: D. Saadeh, S. M. Feeney, A. Pontzen, H. V. Peiris, J. D. McEwen
The universe expanding at different rates in different directions is the simplest way that anisotropy might play out, according to Daniella Saadeh, a graduate student in physics and astronomy at University College London and the lead author of a new research paper that shows the large-scale universe is, in fact, isotropic.
A map of the cosmos
Saadeh and colleagues looked for signs of anisotropy in data from the European Space Agency's Planck satellite, collected between 2009 and 2013, which maps of the oldest light in the universe — the cosmic microwave background, or the light left over from the Big Bang. If the universe were warped or twisted in some way, that light would likely bear some sign of it, according to the authors.
Mathematicians have already pointed out ways in which the universe could have been warped or twisted or formed in some way as to create a directional dependence. Those variations can be deduced from Einstein's theory of relativity. Saadeh and her colleagues used computer models to simulate all the ways the universe could be anisotropic, and what each of how each of those outcomes would leave an imprint on the light collected by the Planck satellite. In order to pull this off, Saadeh and colleagues needed both the high-quality data provided by Planck, as well as computer programs that could run through all the possible ways those tweaks could influence how the CMB looks over the span of the entire universe.
The left panel shows an anisotropic imprint on the cosmic microwave background; the middle panel shows the small-scale variations in the CMB; the right panel shows the combination of those two.
Credit: D. Saadeh, S. M. Feeney, A. Pontzen, H. V. Peiris, J. D. McEwen
"This is a serious challenge, as we found an enormous number of ways the universe can be anisotropic," said Stephen Feeney, a co-author on the paper, who at the time was a postdoctoral researcher at Imperial College London. "It's extremely easy to become lost in this myriad of possible universes — we need to tune 32 dials to find the correct one."
Because the finding is based on statistical analysis, the conclusion is actually expressed as a likelihood: There is a 1 in 121,000 chance that the universe is not the same in all directions. Saadeh says if anyone wants to improve on that number, they'll likely have to wait for another CMB space observatory that is superior to Planck, and nothing of that nature is under construction.
In a statement from the University College London, Saadeh notes that "universes that spin and stretch are entirely possible, so it’s important that we've shown ours is fair to all its directions."
But in fact, the rule book that modern physics follows ― known as the standard model ― assumes that the universe is isotropic, and has no major variations on large scales.
The standard model describes everything scientists know about the world — all the particles that exist in it, the forces that influence those particles, the laws that govern it all. The model also makes predictions; the discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012 had been predicted by the standard model about four decades prior. If Saadeh and colleagues had found evidence that the universe was anisotropic, that would have thrown a wrench in the standard model.
In some ways, that would have been extremely exciting, but Saadeh said in the release:
"We’re very glad that our work vindicates what most cosmologists assume. For now, cosmology is safe."
On Jupiter's Moon Europa, More Tantalizing Signs of Giant Water Plumes
On Jupiter's Moon Europa, More Tantalizing Signs of Giant Water Plumes
By Mike Wall, Space.com Senior Writer
A suspected water plume erupts from Jupiter's icy moon Europa (visible at the 7 o'clock position at lower left) in this composite image taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope on Jan. 26, 2014. NASA unveiled the image on Sept. 26, 2016.
Credit: NASA/ESA/W. Sparks (STScI)/USGS Astrogeology Science Center
Good news on the alien-life-hunting front: The towering plumes emanating from Jupiter's ocean-harboring moon Europa appear to be real.
In late 2012, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope spotted what seemed to be 125-mile-high (200 kilometers) geysers of water vapor erupting from Europa's south polar region. This news was exciting for astrobiologists and space geeks alike, for it suggested that a robotic probe may be able to sample Europa's huge global ocean — which lies beneath the moon's miles-thick icy shell — without even touching down.
The 2012 observation remained a tantalizing outlier for years, however; astronomers failed to find the plume again with Hubble despite repeated attempts. But that long-sought repeat detection has finally been made, scientists announced today (Sept. 26). [Possible Water Vapor Plumes On Europa Spotted by Hubble Again (Video)]
A team led by William Sparks of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore used Hubble to hunt for Europa plumes on 10 separate occasions over a 15-month span. They had success three times, spotting apparent plume activity in January, March and April of 2014.
"They appear to be real," Sparks said during a news conference today. "The statistical significance is pretty good, and I don’t know of any other natural alternative."
Still, Sparks stopped short of calling the repeat detection a definitive confirmation. The newly announced detections were made when Europapassed in front of Jupiter from Hubble's perspective, and plume material seemed to block ultraviolet light coming from the giant planet. The observations Hubble made are right on the edge of the iconic telescope's capabilities, Sparks said.
"We remain cautious," he said. "The problem is that there may be something we don't understand about the instrument, or about our model of the scene, or what Europa looks like in the ultraviolet light."
Analyzing the Hubble data is also a complex process, which explains why the team is revealing the detections now, more than two years after they were made, Sparks added.
Two images of Europa created in 2012 and 2014 by separate research teams using different observation methods reveal activity at a common location on Europa. The transit image on the left shows dark patches of light absorption in the same spot where researchers later found auroral emission from hydrogen and oxygen, the dissociation products of water.
Credit: NASA, ESA, W. Sparks (left image) L. Roth (right image)
The 2012 detection, which was actually announced in December 2013, was made by a different research group, one led by Lorenz Roth of the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. Roth and his colleagues used a different method to spot the apparent plume, but the two teams' observations dovetail nicely; both conclude that the plume is about 125 miles high and centered in Europa's southern reaches.
The plume's likely existence should influence the planning of NASA's Europa mission, which the agency aims to launch in the 2020s. This Jupiter-orbiting mission will make multiple flybys of the moon over the course of several years, in an attempt to learn more about Europa's ocean and its potential to support life as we know it.
"Today's results increase our confidence that water and other materials fromEuropa's ocean — Europa's hidden ocean, hidden under miles of ice — might be on the surface of Europa and available for us to study, without landing and digging through those unknown miles of ice,"said Paul Hertz, director of the Astrophysics Division at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
This illustration of ridges and fractures on Europa shows one possible way that water could reach Europa’s surface. Chloride salts in the underground ocean bubble up to the moon's frozen surface.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
The combined Hubble observations also show that the Europa geysers, if they exist, are intermittent phenomena. If scientists learn more about when and why the geysers erupt, it might even be possible for the as-yet-unnamed NASA mission to fly through a Europan plume.
"One of the biggest unknowns we have with these putative plumes is understanding their timing," said Curt Niebur, the Europa program scientist at NASA Headquarters. "And I think the more observations we can get with Hubble and with JWST [the James Webb Space Telescope, which NASA aims to launch in 2018] to better understand that, the better we can use that to construct a schedule for when we search for these plumes at close range from the Europa flyby mission."
Sparks and his team are publishing their results in the Sept. 29 issue of the Astrophysical Journal.
A researcher, seen through a window, prepares DNA in a laboratory at the Bioaster Technology Research Institute in Lyon.
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IN BRIEF
Skepticism is a fundamental doctrine for any scientist that asserts nothing should be accepted nor rejected without considerable evidence. Science denial, on the other hand, abjectly refuses to accept established facts.
THROUGH SQUINTING EYES
The exercise of critical thinking has always been one of the core principles in the study of the various scientific fields. It is a skill that is hammered into every aspiring scientist through years of training, mountains of literature, and heaps of experimental data. To this end, each scientist is expected to maintain a certain level of skepticism in performing experiments, and indeed, in the practice of science in general. By being skeptical, one eliminates complacency or bias in research, ideally leading to results that model the real world as closely as possible.
This principle does not apply only in the sciences. In fact, considering how powerful an impact scientific news makes on our day-to-day lives, it makes sense for everyone to adopt a healthy level of skepticism. This entails not only questioning the significance of the results but aspects of the studies themselves. How was it set up? Who conducted it?
It’s important to remember that every study conducted is only an attempt to simulate the real world and replicate things as they are. Since these are only simulations, there are bound to be factors that exist in the real world that are not taken into consideration in the study, and vice-versa — unavoidable errors that exist purely because of simulation.
THROUGH CLOSED EYES
Taken to the extreme, however, skepticism transforms into denial.
Science denial, says Dennis W.C. Liu from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, is the “systematic rejection of empirical evidence to avoid undesirable facts or conclusions.” Over the years, the list of contentious issues subject to science denial has grown to a vast list, which includes evolution, holes in the ozone layer, ill effects of genetically modified products, harm in cigarette smoking, etc.
Denialism in science obviously leads to more harm than good. Take Charlie as an example: Charlie doesn’t think that the universe is really 13.8 billion years old. He thinks it is just a few thousand years old. Even though it has been established through a plethora of evidence that the universe is far, far older thank Charlie thinks, Charlie denies this fact, and he reinforces his own beliefs by resorting to “evidence” that has not passed the peer review process. Charlie may even speak of collusions and say that people are covering up “real” evidence. Charlie cannot prove any collusion or coverups. Thus, Charlie rejects evidence provided by actual experts and supplements it with his own, private conclusions.
In short: Healthy skepticism demands evidence. Denialism rejects sound evidence when it is provided.
To this end, in general, we should favor the result with more evidence and choose the answer that has been intensively and repeatedly verified by many. At the same time, scientists and researchers should not favor provocative results over standard (and far more likely) ones.
A healthy level of skepticism in science is by no means easy to achieve, but it should be something towards which everyone strives.
Hubble ziet mogelijk waterpluimen op Jupiters maan Europa
Hubble ziet mogelijk waterpluimen op Jupiters maan Europa
Tim Kraaijvanger
De Hubble-ruimtetelescoop heeft foto’s gemaakt van de maan Europa van Jupiter. Op deze foto’s zijn mogelijk waterpluimen boven het oppervlak te zien. Dit is goed nieuws voor de zoektocht naar buitenaards leven.
Wetenschappers vermoeden al langer dat onder het bevroren oppervlak van Europa een flinke oceaan schuilt. “Mogelijk is er zelfs sprake van leven in deze oceaan”, beweert wetenschapper Geoff Yoder van NASA. Er zijn ideeën geopperd om een missie naar deze maan te lanceren, maar op dit moment zijn er geen concrete plannen (met uitzondering van de algemenere JUICE-missie, daarover meer in de laatste alinea). Een uitdaging is het feit dat de oceaan onder het oppervlak van Europa lastig te bereiken is. Stel dat er leven voorkomt, dan moet er eerst door het keiharde ijs geboord worden. Dit maakt een eventuele missie vrij kostbaar. Astronomen weten immers niet hoe hard en hoe dik deze ijskorst is.
Dat Hubble nu mogelijke waterpluimen ziet, verandert de situatie. Een ruimtevaartuig zou zo’n waterpluim vanuit de ruimte kunnen onderzoeken om te kijken of er leven is op Europa.
Flinke geisers De pluimen bereiken een hoogte van 200 kilometer. Daarna regent het materiaal op het oppervlak van Europa. “Deze pluimen maken het mogelijk om de grote oceaan onder het oppervlak van Europa op een andere manier te onderzoeken”, aldus Yoder. Astronomen vermoeden dat de oceaan onder het oppervlak van de Joviaanse maan twee keer zoveel water bevat als alle aardse oceanen bij elkaar.
Astronomen hebben de afgelopen vijftien maanden tien keer Europa zien passeren voor Jupiter. Drie keer zijn er mogelijke geisers gespot.
Missies naar Europa De onderzoekers grijpen de resultaten aan om een statement te maken voor een missie naar Europa. In 2014 maakte NASA wat geld vrij voor onderzoek naar een missie naar Europa en ook dit jaar is er geld gereserveerd voor meer onderzoek naar een missie naar Jupiters maan. Er zijn al enkele details bekend over de missie, zoals welke instrumenten er mee gaan en hoeveel scheervluchten er gemaakt gaan worden, maar mogelijk moet het hele plan herzien worden op basis van Hubble’s foto’s.
Overigens gaat ook ‘onze’ ruimtevaartorganisatie ESA naar Europa en de andere manen van Jupiter. De Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) vertrekt in 2022 en komt in 2030 bij Jupiter aan. Daar zal het ruimtevaartuig onderzoek doen naar de ijzige manen van Jupiter: Ganymedes, Europa en Callisto. Helaas gaat JUICE zich uiteindelijk in een baan om Ganymedes nestelen en niet om Europa.
Komende maandag houdt de Amerikaanse ruimtevaartorganisatie NASA een persconferentie om ‘iets’ aan te kondigen. Het heeft in ieder geval te maken met de maan Europa. Wat zou het kunnen zijn?
NASA laat weten dat de Hubble-ruimtetelescoop foto’s heeft gemaakt van Europa en dat daar iets bijzonders op te zien is. Waarschijnlijk is er doorslaggevend bewijs gevonden voor een oceaan onder het bevroren oppervlak van Europa. Wetenschappers vermoeden al langer dat de maan een ondergrondse oceaan heeft. Deze oceaan wordt gekneed door de getijdenkrachten van de planeet Jupiter.
Astronomen speculeren dat er wellicht buitenaards leven te vinden is onder het oppervlak van Europa. Waarschijnlijk wordt dit maandag niet door NASA aangekondigd, omdat er geen astrobioloog aan het woord wordt gelaten tijdens de persconferentie. Daarnaast is een ruimtemissie naar Europa nodig om het buitenaardse leven te spotten. Er zijn plannen voor een missie naar Europa, dus wellicht wordt deze maan ooit door een ruimtevaartuig bezocht.
Het is goed nieuws dat er nu iets is gevonden wat wetenschappers van de Amerikaanse ruimtevaartorganisatie prikkelt, want dan kan een missie naar Europa zomaar in stroomversnelling komen. Benieuwd wat het is? De persconferentie vindt maandag om 20:00 uur Nederlandse tijd plaats en wordt live uitgezonden via NASA TV.
Espace: la Nasa a détecté de possibles geysers de vapeur d'eau à la surface gelée d'une des lunes de Jupiter, sous laquelle se trouve un océan
Des astronomes de la Nasa ont annoncé lundi avoir détecté ce qui paraît être des geysers de vapeur d'eau à la surface gelée d'Europe, une des lunes de Jupiter, sous laquelle se trouve un océan.
Ces observations, effectuées à l'aide des émissions de rayons ultraviolets du télescope spatial Hubble, accroissent la possibilité de recueillir des échantillons de cette eau et glace sans avoir à poser un robot sur la surface d'Europe et à faire des forages.
"L'océan d'Europe est considéré comme l'un des endroits les plus prometteurs dans le système solaire, où la vie pourrait potentiellement exister", a souligné Geoff Yoder, directeur par intérim de la Nasa pour la science.
"Ces geysers, si leur existence est confirmée, pourraient offrir un autre moyen d'obtenir des échantillons de l'eau se trouvant sous la glace", a-t-il ajouté.
Ces jets atteignaient environ 200 kilomètres d'altitude, faisant retomber apparemment des matériaux sur la surface de la lune.
Au cours de dix observations du passage d'Europe devant Jupiter, effectuées sur une période de quinze mois, ces scientifiques ont pu apercevoir à trois reprises ce qui paraît être des geysers, ont précisé les scientifiques, dont William Sparks, un astronome du Space Telescope Science Institute à Baltimore.
Sans pouvoir affirmer avec certitude qu'il s'agit bien de jets de vapeur d'eau, ces astronomes jugent ces probabilités "substantielles".
En 2012, une autre équipe scientifique dirigée par Lorenz Roth, du Southwest Research Institute à San Antonio, avait déjà détecté de la vapeur d'eau jaillissant de la surface d'Europe dans la région du pôle sud, atteignant 160 km dans l'espace.
Les deux équipes ont utilisé le même instrument d'Hubble pour leurs observations, un spectographe, mais des méthodes totalement différentes, et sont arrivés à la même conclusion.
Si ces observations de geyser sont confirmées, Europe serait la deuxième lune dans le système solaire connue pour avoir de tels phénomènes.
En 2005, la sonde Cassini de la Nasa avait détecté des jets de vapeur d'eau sortant de la surface d'Encelade, une des lunes de Saturne.
Europe contient un vaste océan contenant deux fois plus d'eau que tous les océans terrestres réunis, mais il se trouve sous une croute de glace extrêmement froide et très dure, dont l'épaisseur est à ce stade inconnue.
Cette dernière observation sera publiée dans la prochaine édition de la revue américaine Astrophysical Journal.
Espace: la Nasa dévoilera de nouvelles "indications surprenantes d'activité" sur une lune de Jupiter pouvant confirmer la présence d'un océan
L'agence spatiale américaine doit dévoiler lundi de nouvelles "indications surprenantes d'activité" sur Europe, une lune de Jupiter, pouvant confirmer la présence d'un océan sous son épaisse couche de glace qui offrirait des conditions propices à l'existence de la vie.
Ces résultats d'une campagne d'observations avec le télescope spatial Hubble devaient être présentés lors d'une conférence de presse à partir de 18H00 GMT.
La Nasa n'a fourni aucun détail supplémentaire sur cette présentation très attendue à laquelle doivent notamment participer Paul Hertz, directeur de la division astrophysique de la Nasa, et William Sparks, un astronome au Space Telescope Science Institute de Baltimore.
Selon les scientifiques, Europe --l'une des 67 lunes de Jupiter-- est "l'endroit de notre système solaire où il est actuellement le plus probable de trouver de la vie" en dehors de la Terre.
De précédentes observations de la Nasa avaient déjà détecté sur cette lune jovienne des indices de la présence d'un océan d'eau liquide de près de cent kilomètres de profondeur sous une épaisse couche de glace, ouvrant la possibilité à l'existence d'une vie microbienne.
"Le cycle de l'oxygène et de l'hydrogène constitue un moteur important de la chimie de l'océan d'Europe et donc de la vie qui pourrait y exister, exactement comme sur la Terre", concluait Steve Vance du Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) de la Nasa, dans une étude publiée en mai par la revue américaine Geophysical Research Letters.
Ses recherches avaient permis de constater que les proportions de ces deux éléments clé pour l'apparition de la vie étaient comparables dans les océans terrestres et sur Europe. A savoir que la production d'oxygène est environ dix fois supérieure à celle d'hydrogène.
Les observations avec Hubble des rayonnements ultraviolets pourraient conforter ces conclusions, ainsi que des mesures effectuées pour évaluer la quantité de carbone, d'azote, de phosphore et de soufre sur Europe.
La Nasa avait annoncé en 2015 une mission robotique vers Europe d'ici 2020, et précisé en mai dernier la sélection de neuf instruments à bord du vaisseau spatial.
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Des scientifiques avaient aussi annoncé en 2015 avoir détecté, également grâce à Hubble, un vaste océan d'eau salée sous l'épaisse croûte glacée de Ganymède, la plus grosse des lunes de Jupiter.
La sonde américaine Galileo, qui avait exploré Jupiter et ses lunes de 1995 à 2003, avait détecté pour la première fois des indices de la présence de vastes océans sur Europe et sur Ganymède.
Cette découverte d'eau liquide multiplie les pistes de recherche de l'existence de vie extraterrestre dans le système solaire, soulignait alors la Nasa.
Selon les scientifiques, l'océan sub-glaciaire de Ganymède est profond d'une centaine de kilomètres, dix fois plus que ceux de la Terre, et est enterré sous une croûte de 150 kilomètres d'épaisseur formée pour l'essentiel de glace.
Dès les années 1970, les planétologues soupçonnaient que Ganymède, découverte en 1610 par Galilée, pourrait posséder un océan.
C'est en observant le mouvement des aurores boréales sur Ganymède et sur Jupiter que les scientifiques ont pu déterminer l'existence d'un vaste océan d'eau salé qui affecte le champ magnétique de cette lune.
Etant donné que l'eau salée est meilleure conductrice d'électricité que l'eau plate, le mouvement de l'océan influence le champ magnétique, expliquait la Nasa.
De son côté, l'Agence spatiale européenne (ESA) doit envoyer sa première sonde, baptisée Juice, en 2022 pour étudier Jupiter et ses lunes.
Juice (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) devrait être lancée par une fusée Ariane 5 depuis Kourou en Guyane française.
De Fin Mark Sawalha heeft op het maanoppervlak een ongewoon object gespot dat volgens hem zou kunnen wijzen op het bestaan van buitenaards leven. Op een foto, die is gemaakt door NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, lijkt een smalle structuur te staan.
“Dit zou de antenne van een ondergrondse buitenaardse basis kunnen zijn, omdat zich onder deze naald een plateau bevindt,” vertelde hij aan de Sun Online. “Ik denk dat er ook mijnbouw wordt gepleegd op de maan. Buitenaardsen gebruiken maanmineralen en hebben daar ook bases. Veel andere vondsten ondersteunen deze theorie.”
“De NASA is hiervan op de hoogte, maar kiest ervoor om dit soort dingen niet te publiceren,” vervolgde hij. “Dat is misschien ook de reden waarom ze sinds het Apolloprogramma geen nieuwe missies naar de maan hebben georganiseerd.”
Eerder dit jaar werd een soortgelijk object ontdekt op de maan, maar volgens een wetenschapper van de Lunar Orbiter-missie was dat een optische illusie.
De Britse oud-sportverslaggever David Icke suggereerde onlangs nog dat de maan in werkelijkheid een reusachtig ruimteschip is dat is achtergelaten door een oude beschaving. Hij zei dat de maan fungeert als een soort Ark van Noach en ooit misschien een hele beschaving huisvestte.
UFO Shows UP To Catch UK Air Show And Surprises Spectators, Photos, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Shows UP To Catch UK Air Show And Surprises Spectators, Photos, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: 2013 but reported Sept 25, 2016 Location of sighting: Scarborough, UK Source: MUFON #79384 This UFO was reported today at MUFON, but it occurred back in 2013. It shows a dark disk flying past a jet stream in the air, which seems to be analysing the pollutants from the jets. UFOs are often attracted to aircraft, because they have the newest in flight technology and seeing the jets show off their capabilities is of high interest to some aliens. This way they can accurately predict when we will have public space craft carrying us from planet to planet. Algorithms predicting the future...they rely on this too much, and one day, we may too. Scott C. Waring Eyewitness states: My father in law was watching an display team flying in formation over the north bay in Scarborough, UK. He took a few shots with his iPhone and when he reviewed them later that day he noticed the object in the picture. He did not notice it at the time and it did not show up in any other frames. I imported the picture into iPhoto on my Mac and was able to enlarge the image to show the approx size and shape in more detail. There was many other people watching the display and it is highly likely that this object was caught by another person with a camera.
UFO Giving Off Heat Signature Seen Flying Against Wind By Wales Police Helicopter, Sept 2016, Official Video, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Giving Off Heat Signature Seen Flying Against Wind By Wales Police Helicopter, Sept 2016, Official Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Sept 16, 2016 Location of sighting: Bristol, Wales, UK News source:NPAS Twitter account
I just got this over Twitter a few minutes ago. The police helicopter over Brisitol, Wales recorded a dark round UFO with infrared heat vision this week. It was confusing to them because it was moving against the wind and did have a heat signature. They even tried to switch to day time color camera, but it was not visible and could only be seen with the infrared camera. As I have said many times before, many UFOs have a cloak that can only be seen with an IR converted camera, the same ones that are seen on Ebay (click here to view). The UFO was seen over the Bristol Channel and probably came from below the water. I am confident if the police continued to follow it, they would see it disappear under the water to return to the alien base it came from. Scott C. Waring
Eyewitness states:
Any suggestion?? Nothing seen by local ATC... 👽?? Our clock is out by 1hr so it was pitch black. tried on day camera, nothing seen. this clip is just a small part of the vid. It was on Saturday night about 21:30 and was spotted over the Bristol channel at approx 1000ft Really difficult to judge the size but we filmed it for just over 7 minutes as we were coming back into land. Only slight problem is the amount of heat and it was travelling into wind? We really don't know but doubt it was a lantern as it was going into the wind..
Flying Saucers to Mind Control: 7 Declassified Military & CIA Secrets
By Denise Chow, Staff Writer
Credit: U.S. Air Force
INTRO: A secret history
Government and military secrets can range from terrifying to amusing to downright absurd, but most are nothing short of intriguing. From a secret U.S. Air Force project to build a supersonic flying saucer to a now-famous World War II-era research program that produced the first atomic bombs, here are seven declassified military or CIA secrets.
Credit: National Archives
1. Project 1794
In late 2012, the U.S. Air Force declassified a trove of documents, including records of a secret program to build a flying saucer-type aircraft designed to shoot down Soviet bombers. The ambitious program, called Project 1794, was initiated in the 1950s, and a team of engineers was tasked with building a disc-shape vehicle capable of traveling at supersonic speeds at high altitudes.
The declassified documents reveal plans for the plane to reach a top speed of Mach 4 (four times the speed of sound), and reach an altitude of 100,000 feet (30,480 meters). The project's estimated cost was more than $3 million, which in today's dollars would be more than $26 million.
Project 1794 was canceled in December 1961 after tests suggested the flying saucer design was aerodynamically unstable and would likely be uncontrollable at high speeds (let alone supersonic speeds).
In the 1960s, the U.S. Army embarked on a secret mission to build a series of mobile nuclear missile launch sites under the Greenland ice sheet. The objective was to house medium-range missiles close enough to strike targets within the Soviet Union.
The program was codenamed Project Iceworm, but to test its feasibility, the Army launched a cover research project called "Camp Century" in 1960. Under this guise, engineers built a network of underground buildings and tunnels, including living quarters, a kitchen, a recreation hall, infirmary, laboratories, supply rooms, a communications center and a nuclear power plant.
The base, which was kept secret from the Danish government, operated for seven years. The program was canceled in 1966 after shifting ice created unstable conditions. Today, the crushed remains of Project Iceworm are buried beneath Arctic snow.
During the Cold War, the CIA initiated Project MK-ULTRA, a secret and illegal human research program to investigate potential mind-control systems. The program's operators examined the effects of hypnosis, biological agents and drugs, such as LSD and barbiturates, on human subjects. Some historians suggest the program was designed to develop a mind-control system that could be used to "program" the brains of potential assassins. [The 10 Craziest Military Experiments]
In 1973, then-CIA director Richard Helms ordered that all documents from Project MK-ULTRA be destroyed, but a formal investigation into the program was launched several years later. The project became the basis for several movies, such as "The Manchurian Candidate" and "The Men Who Stare at Goats."
Credit: Public domain
4. Area 51
Almost no other site has garnered as much attention from conspiracy theorists and UFO-enthusiasts as Area 51, a remote desert tract near Groom Lake in Nevada, roughly 83 miles (134 kilometers) northwest of Las Vegas. The intense secrecy surrounding the base sparked peoples' imaginations, and Area 51 was commonly linked to paranormal activities, including pervasive theories that suggested Area 51 hid aliens and UFOs.
In July 2013, declassified documents from the CIA acknowledged the existence of Area 51 for the first time, and confirmed that the top-secret site was used to test a variety of spy planes, including the well-known U-2 reconnaissance aircraft.
While Area 51, which operates as a detachment of Edwards Air Force Base in neighboring California, has never been declared a covert base, the research and activities conducted there were some of the nation's most closely guarded secrets.
While Area 51 was not a top-secret base designed to study extraterrestrials, the U.S. Air Force did study the existence of UFOs. Project Grudge was a short-lived program launched in 1949 to study unidentified flying objects. The mission followed an earlier program, known as Project Sign, which published a report in early 1949 stating that while some UFOs seemed to be actual aircraft, there was not enough data to determine their origins. [Top 10 States for UFO Sightings]
Critics of Project Grudge said the program solely set out to debunk UFO reports, and very little actual research was conducted. In his book on the topic, Edward J. Ruppelt, Air Force Captain and director of Project Grudge, wrote: "[I]t doesn't take a great deal of study of the old UFO files to see that standard intelligence procedures were not being followed by Project Grudge. Everything was being evaluated on the premise that UFOs couldn't exist. No matter what you see or hear, don't believe it."
Credit: NASA
6. Operation Paperclip
In September 1946, President Harry Truman authorized a program called Operation Paperclip, which aimed to lure scientists from Nazi Germany to the United States following World War II. Officials at the Office of Strategic Services (the predecessor to the CIA) recruited German scientists to America to aid the country's postwar efforts, which would also ensure that valuable scientific knowledge would not end up in the hands of the Soviet Union or the divided East and West Germany.
One of the most well-known secret research programs is the Manhattan Project, which eventually produced the world's first atomic bombs. The project began in 1939, and was cloaked in secrecy as physicists investigated the potential power of atomic weapons. From 1942 to 1946, Major General Leslie Groves of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers led the Manhattan Project.
The first nuclear bomb was detonated at 5:30 a.m. on July 16, 1945, during the so-called Trinity test at the Alamogordo Air Base, 120 miles (193 km) south of Albuquerque, N.M. The explosion created a mushroom cloud that stretched 40,000 feet (12,200 m), and the bomb's explosive power was equivalent to more than 15,000 tons of TNT.
A month after the Trinity test, two atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan in the waning stages of World War II. To date, the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki remain the only uses of nuclear weapons in war.
WETENSCHAPHoe komt het dat sommige kleine aardbevingen uitgroeien tot grote en andere niet? Dat is een kwestie waar wetenschappers weer een iets beter beeld van hebben gekregen na een studie over de invloed van de maan en de getijden. Het onderzoek staat in het vakbladNature Geosciences.
De wetenschappers namen de periodes onder de loep waarin sprake is van 'hoge getijdenstress', een fenomeen dat twee keer per maand plaatsvindt tijdens volle maan en nieuwe maan. De zee komt dan het verst bij vloed en trekt zich ook het verst terug bij eb. Die bewegingen van die enorme hoeveelheid zeewater zet meer druk op breuklijnen.
Die druk kan een van de oorzaken zijn dat kleine aardbevingen heel groot worden. Kàn, want er spelen nog veel andere factoren mee. Maar de druk van de getijden kan een kleine breuk net dat kleine duwtje geven om uit groeien tot een enorme scheur, luidt de theorie.
De aardbevingen die enorme tsunami's veroorzaakten in 2004 in Zuidoost-Azië en in 2010 in Chili hadden een kracht van respectievelijk 9,1 en 8,8. Ze vonden allebei plaats nabij een volle maan, dichtbij de piek van de getijdenstress.
Eerdere studies suggereerden ook een invloed van de getijden op massief gesteente. Een onderzoek van eerder deze zomer wees op een mogelijk verband met kleine bevingen diep onder de grond langs de San Andreas-breuklijn in het Californische Monterey County.
Uiteraard zijn de getijdenkrachten niet de belangrijkste oorzaak van het ontstaan van aardbevingen. Die ontstaan voornamelijk doordat de tektonische platen van de Aarde tegen elkaar duwen en schuren. Daardoor neemt de druk toe op de breuklijnen, tot die zo hoog wordt dat hij plots vrijkomt in de vorm van een aardbeving.
Zo ontstaan ook veel aardbevingen wanneer er weinig druk is van de getijden, zegt Satoshi Ide, hoofdonderzoeker van de studie en professor seismologie aan Universiteit van Tokio. "Aardbevingen zijn bijna een willekeurig proces", aldus Ide. "Getijdenkrachten zijn slechts een element in een ingewikkeld proces. Er zijn nog veel andere factoren."
Een theorie gaat ervan uit dat alle aardbevingen klein starten op dezelfde manier. Of ze blijven groeien, hangt dan af van andere factoren die ze tegenkomen, zoals getijdenstress. Een andere theorie stelt daarentegen dat er een wezenlijk verschil is tussen het ontstaan van grote en kleine aardbevingen.
Het onderzoek kan niét helpen bij betere voorspellingen van het tijdstip en de plaats waar aardbevingen zullen toeslaan. Maar dergelijke studies kunnen wetenschappers wel helpen begrijpen hoe en waarom grote bevingen voorkomen.
En zo kunnen ze de snelheid en precisie van waarschuwingssystemen verbeteren die alarm slaan meteen na het ontstaan van een beving. De huidige systemen kunnen namelijk wel goed de impact van gematigde aardbevingen inschatten, maar schieten tekort voor de grote.
Het Japanse waarschuwingssysteem had de intensiteit van de aardbeving van 2011 in hoofdstad Tokio bijvoorbeeld onderschat. Een beter begrip van wat een aardbeving groot maakt, zou dus vooral meteen na het ontstaan ervan een grote vooruitgang zijn.
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U-2 Spy Plane Crash: Why 'Cold War' Aircraft Are Still Relevant Today
U-2 Spy Plane Crash: Why 'Cold War' Aircraft Are Still Relevant Today
By Jesse Emspak, Live Science Contributor
One of the U.S. Air Force's Lockheed U-2 Dragon Lady.
Credit: U.S. Air Force
A U-2 spy plane that crashed in northern California earlier this week, killing one of the two pilots, focused attention on a normally clandestine aspect of the U.S. military. The U-2 plane has a long and storied history that stretches back to the late 1950s, but how is the reconnaissance aircraft used today?
U-2 planes have been flown by the United States and other nations for more than 60 years, as both a spy plane and an instrument of science. They key to the aircraft's longevity is its robust and efficient design, said Richard Aboulafia, vice president of analysis at Teal Group Corp., which conducts research and analysis on the aerospace and defense industry. He added that Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, the man who designed the U-2, "got it right."
What sets the U-2 apart is its ability to fly higher than any other aircraft for long periods, which is what makes it a good spy plane, he said.
And spy planes are still relevant today, even in the age of satellites. "Satellites are an additional layer," Aboulafia said. "But they can't be retargeted quickly. They are in whatever orbit and they can't be moved, and they are easily blocked by bad weather." Spy planes, on the other hand, have a lot more flexibility. "They can be easily moved from one part of the Earth to another, at any time," Aboulafia said.
Spy in the sky
By the time the first U-2 flew in 1955, the problem of gathering intelligence was becoming more acute. Spy planes were in operation as far back as World War I, when aircraft were used to take photos of enemy positions. But during the Cold War, the U.S. government wanted a way to fly over what was then the Soviet Union without being detected or shot down.
In fact, the U.S. had been flying spy planes into the USSR as early as the 1940s, according to Gregory Pedlow and Donald Walzenbach, authors of "The Central Intelligence Agency and Overhead Reconnaissance: The U-2 and OXCART Programs, 1954-1974" (Military Bookshop, 2013).
Pedlow and Walzenbach said the USSR didn't have complete radar coverage of its borders or interior at that time, and modified B-47 bombers would fly in to take photos of sensitive targets, and then fly out. Moscow protested these flights but didn't shoot any down (though they fired warning shots). That changed in 1950, when the USSR shot down a U.S. plane over the Baltic Sea. Later that year, with the outbreak of the Korean War, Moscow adopted a policy of shooting down aircraft that violated its airspace. [Flying Saucers to Mind Control: 7 Declassified Military & CIA Secrets]
The U.S. Air Force asked aircraft companies to submit designs for a plane that could reach altitudes of 65,000 to 70,000 feet (20,000 to 21,300 meters), and just as important, be able to stay there for long periods. One of the changes to previous designs was that the plane didn't have to be equipped with the heavy armor or weaponry that were the hallmarks ofmilitary planes before, Pedlow and Walzenbach wrote. — Such specifications added weight, and made it more difficult to design a plane that could fly high enough.
It was Johnson's design that won out. To make the plane efficient at high altitudes, he adopted long and straight wings rather than a swept-back design, to improve lift at relatively low speeds (for a jet). The airframe also wasn't as strong or as heavy as the usual military-grade models, allowing for higher flight with less fuel. Johnson's design also dispensed with conventional landing gear and a pressurized cabin.
In operation
The U-2 was introduced into military service in 1957. Even after the USSR shot down one of the planes in 1960, the aircraft was still used in a number of conflicts such as the Vietnam War, providing intelligence to the U.S. and its allies. (The Christian Scence Monitor reported that a U-2 was even stationed in Cyprus in 2011, to monitor the no-fly zone established in Libya). In 1971, NASA started using U-2s as part of the agency's Earth Resources Aircraft program, flying the plane over the United States to gather scientific data. While NASA no longer uses the original U-2 model, a modified U-2, called the ER-2, still flies for the agency.
The first U-2s carried large-format cameras, but the sensors on board have grown much more sophisticated over the years, as have the controls. The engines, avionics and surveillance equipment have all been updated as technology has improved.
According to the U.S. Air Force, the U-2 carries an "electro-optical infrared camera, optical bar camera, advanced synthetic aperture radar, signals intelligence and network-centric communication" for reconnaissance flights.
But the U-2 is still a notoriously difficult aircraft to fly, Aboulafia said, even though the only remaining part from the 1950s version of the plane is the airframe.
The U-2 still conducts reconnaissance missions; there are two flying in the Middle East on any given day to monitor the Islamic State, reported the Los Angeles Times. The plane flies high enough to "peer in" to airspaces where they might not be allowed, as it's no longer a good assumption that radar can't detect the planes or that a surface-to-air missile can't hit them. (Although, the kind of missile that could reach a U-2 is more likely to be in the repertoire of a major military power than a small group of militants in a remote area, Aboulafia noted.)
In September 2015, 60 years after the U-2 was introduced, Lockheed Martin said it would unveil a replacement for the venerable spy plane, called the TR-X. According to a report from Defense News, the Air Force hasn't formally committed to it, though there is a plan to retire the U-2 in 2019. That may not happen, though, as the U-2 has already outlasted some of the planes that were supposedly more advanced, including theLockheed SR-71, which could reach similar altitudes and travel at 3.5 times the speed of sound. The SR-71 was retired in 1998 because it was too expensive to fly regularly.
Ancient Cult Site in Rugged Mountains Revealed with Drones
Ancient Cult Site in Rugged Mountains Revealed with Drones
By Charles Q. Choi, Live Science Contributor
Interpretation of where an ancient sites might be in an aerial drone photo taken in the Le Pianelle area.
Credit: A. Hamel.
Ancient Roman ruins that lie hidden below the surface at the Apennine Mountains of Italy have largely escaped discovery because the rugged terrain makes them difficult to spot by foot and dangerous to find by airplane.
Now, using small airborne drones, archaeologists have found that an ancient settlement in the Apennines was much more dense and organized than previously thought, a new study reveals. The study offered evidence that dronescould help uncover more unknown sites in mountains worldwide.
Scientists investigated the area of Le Pianelle in the Tappino Valley in the mountainous southern Italian region of Molise. This area was known as Samnium in antiquity. [7 Bizarre Ancient Cultures That History Forgot]
"The way this mountain society was organized remains poorly understood," said study author Tesse Stek, a Mediterranean archaeologist at Leiden University in the Netherlands.
Aerial drone photo of the Le Pianelle area in the Apennine Mountains of Italy. A grid of features is visible in the middle of the picture.
Credit: T.D. Stek.
Previously, construction accidentally unearthed two ancient temples in the area. However, "there was no good knowledge about other sites, such as villages, farms, villas, graveyards and so on, that could tell us more about the ancient inhabitants in the area that visited the cult sites," Stek told Live Science. "They seemed to be cathedrals in the desert, so to say." [5 Surprising Ways Drones Could Be Used in the Future]
One theory is that these temples served as road stations and places of commerce along routes where sheep, cattle, goods and information traveled. Another theory suggests that these temples marked the frontier of a large state, such as the territory of the ancient Samnites.
Looking for hidden ruins
Archaeologists might want to conduct aerial surveys to help discover anyruins hidden beneath the surface. These require slow, low-altitude flights where researchers can take pictures of sites from the right angles and with the right lighting reveal ancient complexes.
For instance, on farmland, ancient walls may present themselves "as stripes where the grain is lower," Stek said. "Sometimes this is hard to see from a distance, but it becomes especially visible when the sun is low, and shadow effects enhance the differences in corn height."
However, in rugged terrain, "flying low is very difficult, dangerous, and time-costly," Stek said. "In the mountainous, fragmented area where we work, previously normal aerial archaeology had not had success.
In 2013, 2014 and 2015, the researchers investigated Le Pianelle using small commercial DJI Phantom quadcopter drones with cameras capable of taking photos both downward and from the side. The scientists remotely programmed the drones with flight plans to examine areas where researchers had discovered artifacts on foot.
The main advantage of using drones "is that you can choose very precisely which angle to take photos at the time you want," Stek said. "You can wait for the exact right moment in a specific field, make a flight of, say, 10 to 20 minutes' length, and take photos from all directions. With a normal airplane, you would need to be very lucky to catch the right moment, or you'll fly too high for good visibility or resolution, or the moment may not be right."
Revealing Le Pianelle
The elements made drone-flying difficult at times. "We actually lost one drone during a long, automated flight due to strong winds in a narrow valley," Stek said.
Despite such challenges, the drones helped reveal what appear to be the remains of several likely related archaeological complexes. "I could not believe it at first, but as they showed up on the computer screen at our base camp, the whole team started to yell, 'Wow!'" Stek said. [Incredible Drone Photos: Contest-Winning Images from Above]
Artifacts previously found in the area suggest these ruins date from the Classical to Late Roman period spanning from about the fifth century B.C. to the seventh century A.D. The researchers found that settlements at Le Pianelle were "much more dense, organized and articulated than previously thought," Stek said.
"We have a very complete overview of the internal organization of the settlement, including its disposition along the road, storage spaces, domestic areas and so on."
These new findings suggest the temples that were previously discovered in this area were not located away from civilization, but were rather "actually located at the center of dense, rural communities," Stek said.
Drones will not replace traditional archaeology, Stek emphasized. "If you do not see anything on drone footage, it does not mean that there is nothing underneath," he said. "There are many different factors influencing the detectability of sites by drones, so other types of research, such as field surveys, geophysics and excavations, remain fundamental, too."
The scientists are talking with local authorities to excavate these sites. "Protecting the site from damage from agricultural use and robbing is the first priority now," Stek said.
Stek added that in the spring, "I plan an aerial campaign in which we aim to investigate a large swath of territory in two weeks." In addition, the scientists are experimenting with near-infrared cameras to detect even more hidden details, "with very good results," Stek said.
Stekdetailed his findings online July 4 in the Journal of Cultural Heritage.
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Big Bang
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Big Bang
By Paul Sutter, Astrophysicist
This map of the cosmic microwave background, the light released just 380,000 years after the Big Bang, was created using observations by NASA's WMAP spacecraft.
Unfortunately, the Big Bang theory can be a pretty contentious topic. You mention it in casual conversation (well, maybe you don't, but I drop it into as many inappropriate places as possible), and some folks get all up in arms and defensive.
When this happens, I take a long breath and recite my Big Bang Mantra: The Big Bang is not a theory of the creation of the universe, but a model of the history of the universe. Look, I'll even show you a baby picture!
And at this point I pull out my wallet. Instead of smiling kids or cozy family group shots, I've got the cosmic microwave background (CMB). It's about the right age: it's a photograph of the universe when it was only 380,000 years old, which is equivalent to a picture taken of a baby at the end of its first day. [Cosmic Microwave Background: Big Bang Relic Explained (Infographic)]
That image is solid evidence, a smoking microwave gun, in favor of the Big Bang theory. Scientists are some of the most critical people you'll ever meet, forever reluctant to accept a new idea. It took decades of developing theories and accumulating evidence before the Big Bang was even warmly thought of, but the detection of the cosmic microwave background forced even the most truculent astronomers to grudgingly accept it.
Free the light
The early universe was a hot and sweaty place, a seething mosh pit of electrons, protons and high-energy photons. The CMB was released when the universe cooled off juuuust enough that stable atoms could form, turning the entire universe transparent and letting that high-energy light go free. Over the eons that radiation has traveled the cosmos, stretching along with the expansion of the universe, shifting down from white-hot intensity to a feeble few Kelvin above absolute zero.
That leftover light is in the form of microwaves, and is incredibly, fantastically … boring. To one part in 10,000, it's exactly the same, from one end of the sky to the other.
But if you examine those minute differences, strange features appear. Some parts of the CMB sky are 0.0001 Kelvin hotter or cooler than others. There are big patches twice the width of the full moon, and many small bumps and wiggles overlying them. What's going on?
Seeing what the universe is saying
Those larger patches in the CMB are the early universe rocking out. In that hot dense plasma of the infant cosmos, gravitational pressures pulled gases in, and radiation pressure pushed those gases back out. This constant seesaw reverberated throughout the volume of the universe, echoing from one end to the other.
What we see in the CMB is a frozen moment in time, the drums in mid-beat, the cymbals in mid-crash, the guitar in mid-note. Once the radiation disconnected from the protons and electrons, the music couldn't go on, but an image of it remained. Caught in the act, some parts of the universe were slightly denser and hotter than others, and these patterns imprinted themselves on the radiation left behind.
So when we examine those 1-in-10,000 differences, we're really mapping out the state of the universe as it was just 380,000 years into the cosmic concert.
The beautiful technical term for this process is "baryon acoustic oscillations." Baryon = stuff. You and me are made of baryons. Acoustic: something to do with sound. Oscillations: something to do with waves. It's really a fancy way of saying "sound waves," but hey, what's the point of getting a Ph.D. if you can't say fancy things every once in a while?
Those bumps and wiggles in the CMB — those echoes of the crashing chaotic cosmic symphony — are a treasure trove of information. By studying the CMB, we are looking directly at the early universe, and we can use those glorious photons to deduce all sorts of juicy cosmological information.
For example, the global shape of the universe. The big patches in the CMB give us a very handy ruler for measuring shapes. It turns out it's really, really easy (well, OK, only sort-of easy) to figure out how big the patches ought to be. Sure, the universe back then was a crazy-hot plasma, but we're pretty good at figuring out how crazy-hot plasmas operate, especially when the universe was still young and hadn't developed complex structures yet.
We can compare how big those patches ought to be to how they look. If the universe was curved on a global scale (like, say, the surface of a sphere), light from the CMB would bend on its way to Earth, either converging or diverging — making the patches look bigger or smaller than they should.
The result: the scale of the largest patches is precisely what we would expect for a perfectly flat universe. Parallel light rays in our cosmos stay parallel. No hints of exotic geometry to report.
That's not all. The CMB teaches us about the composition of the early universe. Neutrinos zooming around? Dark matter lurking mysteriously? Exotic relics of even earlier epochs wreaking havoc? All those things affect the statistics of the bumps and wiggles in the CMB: how large the largest patches are, how many large versus small patches, the maximum or minimum temperatures, etc. We can toss in any ingredient we want and see how it affects the detailed structure in that ancient light pattern.
The result from decades of analysis of the CMB: We live in a flat universe, dominated by dark energy, with a healthy dose of dark matter, and a few floating bits of normal everyday matter to lighten things up.
We're still not exactly sure what dark matter and dark energy are, but no matter what, the overall picture of the Big Bang remains unchanged: At one time, the universe was small, hot, and dense, and it left us a postcard.
Pluto's heart holds clues about an underwater ocean on the dwarf planet.
Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI
A new simulation of how Pluto got its "heart" suggests that the dwarf planet most likely has a deep ocean beneath its surface.
Scientists have long suspected that Pluto has liquid water hidden underground. When NASA's New Horizons mission first set sail to the outskirts of the solar system, scientists were already planning to investigatewhether the dwarf planet harbors water.
When New Horizons flew past Pluto in July 2015 and beamed its observations back to Earth, scientists found evidence suggesting that Pluto had water at some point. However, they weren't sure whether Pluto's had an existing ocean, or if it had frozen solid over time.
In a new study, scientists have determined that Pluto's subsurface ocean probably does exist, and that liquid water beneath the dwarf planet's icy shell is at least 60 miles (100 kilometers) deep and about as salty as the Dead Sea on Earth. For perspective, the deepest part of Earth's ocean is about 7 miles (11 km) deep, and Earth is about 150 times the size of Pluto.
However, many details about this possible ocean remain elusive.
"Thermal models of Pluto's interior and tectonic evidence found on the surface suggest that an ocean may exist, but it's not easy to infer its size or anything else about it," Brandon Johnson, lead author of the study and an assistant professor at Brown University's Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, said in a statement. "We've been able to put some constraints on its thickness and get some clues about [its] composition."
Johnson and his team discovered this information about Pluto's ocean by simulating the huge asteroid impact that left the flat, icy patch called Sputnik Planum on Pluto's surface, the western half of Pluto's famous heart-shaped feature. But first, they had to look at Charon, Pluto's largest moon. Charon and Pluto are both tidally locked, so they always face each other with the same sides. Sputnik Planum is found on the side of Pluto that constantly faces Charon, and that positioning implies that the area is what scientists call a "positive mass anomaly," meaning it contains more mass than the rest of Pluto's surface, on average.
At first, this doesn't make any sense. The side of Pluto that faces Charon has a gigantic crater, which is "basically a hole in the ground," Johnson said. "You're taking a bunch of material and blasting it out, so you expect it to have negative mass anomaly. But that's not what we see with Sputnik Planum. That got people thinking about how you could get this positive mass anomaly."
That's where the asteroid simulation comes in. Brown and his team ran several simulations of a 200-km (125 miles) asteroid — the appropriate size for Sputnik Planum's 900-km (560 miles) basin — striking Pluto's icy surface with varying depths of liquid water underneath. During this major impact, the asteroid created a huge dent on Pluto. As the asteroid's remains bounced off of the surface, Pluto's interior bounced back, too.
During this rebound, Pluto's interior was pulled toward the surface at the impact site. If the moving material is dense enough, the weight could make up for the missing mass at the impact site and even out Pluto's weight distribution. So the side of the dwarf planet that appears as though it should be lighter actually weighs about the same as the other side. This process is called "isostatic compensation," and it appears to be the reason why Pluto's dented side is so heavy, the researchers said in the new study; after the asteroid took away Pluto's icy crust, denser water from Pluto's interior evened out the missing mass.
But what really tipped the scale for Pluto was the subsequent sea of nitrogen ice that filled Pluto's heart after the impact: The amount of nitrogen ice in Sputnik Planum doesn't weigh enough to explain the tidal locking alone, Johnson said.
"This scenario requires a liquid ocean," Johnson said. "What this tells us is that, if Sputnik Planum is indeed a positive mass anomaly — and it appears as though it is — this ocean layer of at least 100 kilometers has to be there. It's pretty amazing to me that you have this body so far out in the solar system that still may have liquid water."
Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking views a CGI alien civilization on the exoplanet Gliese 832c in this still from the new documentary "Stephen Hawking's Favorite Places."
Humanity should be wary of seeking out contact with alien civilizations, Stephen Hawking has warned once again.
In 2010, the famed astrophysicist said that intelligent aliens may be rapacious marauders, roaming the cosmos in search of resources to plunder andplanets to conquer and colonize. He reiterates that basic concern in "Stephen Hawking's Favorite Places," a new documentary streaming now on the CuriosityStream video service.
"One day, we might receive a signal from a planet like this," Hawking says in the documentary, referring to a potentially habitable alien world known as Gliese 832c. "But we should be wary of answering back. Meeting an advanced civilization could be like Native Americans encountering Columbus. That didn't turn out so well."
For what it's worth, some other astronomers believe Hawking's caution is unwarranted. Any alien civilization advanced enough to come to Earth would surely already know of humans' existence via the radio and TV signals that humanity has been sending out into space since 1900 or so, this line of thinking goes.
The alien musings are just a small part of "Stephen Hawking's Favorite Places." The 26-minute documentary shows the scientist zooming through the cosmos on a souped-up CGI spaceship called the "S.S. Hawking," making five separate stops.
Hawking observes the Big Bangthat created the universe, visits the monster black hole at the center of the Milky Way, journeys to Gliese 832c and tours Saturn in Earth's own solar system. Then, he makes a final stop in Santa Barbara, California, which Hawking calls "my home away from home."
"In 1974, Caltech [the California Institute of Technology] offered me a job in California," the Englishman Hawking says in the documentary. "I jumped at the opportunity. In the sun with my young family, it was a world away from the gray skies of Cambridge, [England]. I've traveled the globe, but I've never found anywhere quite like this."
You can watch a preview of "Stephen Hawking's Favorite Places," and learn how to subscribe to CuriosityStream, at the video service's website:www.curiositystream.com.
'Impossible' Cloud On Saturn's Moon Titan May Resemble Earth's Ozone Killers
'Impossible' Cloud On Saturn's Moon Titan May Resemble Earth's Ozone Killers
By Jesse Emspak, Space.com Contributor
Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is visible in front of the planet and its rings in this photo taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, shown in true color.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
A strange cloud on Titan that seems to appear out of nowhere may form through process similar to one that depletes the ozone layer at Earth's poles. This process involves reactions with solid crystals rather than vapor.
The weird cloud, which NASA officials described as "impossible" in a statement, is made of dicyanoacetylene (C4N2), which is one of several hydrocarbons that give Titan's atmosphere it's orange-brown hue. One cloud just like it was first seen by Voyager 1, which passed by Saturn in 1980. Strangely, though, there didn't seem to be enough dicyanoacetylene in Titan's atmosphere to make such a cloud — only 1 percent of the amount needed.
Observations of this newer cloud, taken by the Cassini orbiter currently exploring Saturn's system, yielded similar results: The spacecraft saw a high-altitude cloud, but there was not enough raw material to make one. At first, the scientists thought the problem was that the Voyager instrument wasn't sensitive enough to pick up the dicyanoacetylene. But when Cassini got the same result, that explanation was scrapped, researchers said in the NASA statement.
Clouds are usually formed via condensation; a gas will rise to a certain height before cooling enough to turn to liquid vapor. This is what water does on Earth, forming clouds, and what methane does on Titan.
In the upper atmosphere, the process differs slightly; in that case, warm air is pushed to the poles and then sinks, where it condenses into clouds.
Carrie Anderson, a planetary scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, led a team at Goddard and the California Institute of Technology that proposed a different model for those clouds' formation: reactions among solid ice particles.
Researchers think "solid state" chemistry similar to that on Earth's poles might help form the clouds on Saturn's moon Titan.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/GSFC
Under this process, crystals of another hydrocarbon, cyanoacetylene (HC3N), would condense as the gas moves downward through Titan's upper atmosphere. On the way, the crystals get coated by hydrogen cyanide (HCN). The little coated particles get hit with ultraviolet light from the sun, and the result is a reaction that forms dicyanoacetylene ice and hydrogen.
This process is similar to one on Earth involving clouds that sometimes form in the stratosphere and chlorine-bearing chemical pollutants. The chlorine chemicals stick to the ice crystals, react when hit with UV light and create ozone-destroying chemicals.
The study appears in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.
Cosmic 'Echoes' Reveal Stars Devoured by Black Holes
Cosmic 'Echoes' Reveal Stars Devoured by Black Holes
By Samantha Mathewson, Space.com Contributor
As a star is devoured by a supermassive black hole, it emits a bright stream of material called a tidal disruption flare.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
A doomed star falling into a black hole may produce a flare of light that "echoes" through nearby dust clouds, according to two new studies.
Monster black holes can be millions of times more massive than the sun. If a star happens to wander too close, the black hole's extreme gravitational forces can tear the star into shreds, in an event called "stellar tidal disruption."
This kind of stellar destruction may also spit out a bright flare of energy in the form of ultraviolet and X-ray light. The two new studies examine how surrounding dust absorbs and re-emits the light from those flares, like a cosmic echo, according to a statement from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). [Millions of Black Holes Seen by WISE Telescope (Photos)]
"This is the first time we have clearly seen the infrared-light echoes from multiple tidal disruption events," Sjoert van Velzen, a postdoctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University and lead author of one study, said in the statement.
The new studies use data from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). The NASA study led by van Velzen used these "echoes" to identify three black holes in the act of devouring stars. The second study, led by Ning Jiang, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Science and Technology of China, identified a potential fourth light echo.
Flares emitted from stellar tidal disruptions are extremely energetic and "destroy any dust" that is within the immediate neighborhood, according to NASA. However, a patchy, spherical web of dust that resides a few trillion miles (half a light-year) from the black hole can survive the flare and absorb light released from the star being gobbled up.
"The black hole has destroyed everything between itself and this dust shell," van Velzen said in the statement. "It's as though the black hole has cleaned its room by throwing flames."
The absorbed light heats the more distant dust, which in turn gives off infrared radiation that the WISE instrument can measure. These emissions can be detected for up to a year after the flare is at its brightest, the statement said. Scientists are able to characterize and locate the dust by measuring the delay between the original light flare and the subsequent echoes, according to the NASA study, which will be published in the Astrophysical Journal.
"Our study confirms that the dust is there, and that we can use it to determine how much energy was generated in the destruction of the star," Varoujan Gorjian, an astronomer at JPL and co-author of the paper led by van Velzen, said in the statement.
NASA: Activity Spied on Europa, But It's 'NOT Aliens'
NASA: Activity Spied on Europa, But It's 'NOT Aliens'
By Ian O'Neill, Discovery News
Artist's concept showing a simulated view from the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa, with the giant planet looming over the horizon.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
On Monday, NASA will host a teleconference "to present new findings from images captured by the agency's Hubble Space Telescope of Jupiter's icy moon, Europa."
If, like me, you were hopeful that this announcement might include hints of an extraterrestrial flavor, the space agency was keen to quickly nip any alien-related rumors in the bud:
Of course, any revelations about Europa's hypothetical alien inhabitants probably wouldn't have been a possibility; this is a Hubble-related astronomical discovery and we don't currently have a mission close enough to the enigmatic moon to seek out direct evidence for extraterrestrial life. But as noted in the NASA press release, the announcement is related to the "presence of a subsurface ocean on Europa," which is the key factor behind the moon's habitable potential.
There's already strong evidence that Europa possesses a sub-surface ocean cocooned inside a protective icy shell. Other studies suggest that the ocean circulates the crater-free surface, creating icy tectonics, absorbing chemicals from the surface into the ocean below. Interactions between Europa's hot, rocky core could make the water salty. All of these factors means that any hypothetical lifeforms in that ocean could have access to nutrients.
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Some of the more interesting hypotheses about Europa include the possibility that the ocean may not only be able to support basic microbial life, there could be enough dissolved oxygen to support the evolution of complex, multi-cellular life forms. If you're thinking Europan jellyfish, you're not alone.
In 2013, Hubble detected the presence of a plume of water vapor surrounding the moon, boosting hopes that geysers are blasting through Europa's thick crust, releasing some of the ocean's water to space. Europa became the second moon in the solar system, after Saturn's moon Enceladus, to be known to vent water through its icy crust. Not only does the presence geysers provide further powerful evidence of the existence of a liquid water ocean, venting it into space provides an opportunity for our robotic missions to directly sample the chemicals it contains. NASA's Cassini mission at Saturn has sampled Enceladus' briny water vapor and, after the 2013 Hubble find, hopes were high the same could be done for Europa.
However, the excitement was short-lived; Hubble couldn't repeat the observation, possibly indicating that the first vapor detection was in error, or a transient event like an asteroid impact.
Could this "surprising activity" on Europa announcement on Monday be related to the detection of another plume of water vapor? If so, it will be a veryexciting find, confirming the moon has an active sub-surface ocean that is released via geysers to space. And if this is the case, it will surely boost excitement for NASA's "Europa Clipper" concept as not only a mission that will study the moon up-close, but a sampling mission that could get a taste of Europa's sub-surface ocean to find out if it has the right ingredients for life.
A giant blob of gas and dust far off in the universe mysteriously glows bright green, and astronomers have finally
figured out why. Two huge galaxies were observed in the blob's core, and they're surrounded by a swarm of smaller galaxies in what appears to be the birth of a massive cluster of galaxies.
Astronomers spotted the blob's central galaxies using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and the Very Large Telescope at the European Southern Observatory in Chile. The glowing space blob was first discovered in 2000, and the source of its light has been a mystery ever since. Scientists created this video to zoom in on the space blob and reveal its inner galaxies.
Further observations by the Hubble Space Telescope and the Keck Observatory in Hawaii revealed the swarm of small, faint galaxies surrounding the bigger two in the heart of the blob. Here, galaxies are forming stars at 100 times the rate of the Milky Way.
A giant green "space blob" - called the Lyman-alpha blob LAB-1 - is seen in this composite of two different images taken by the Very Large Telescope in Chile. The LAB-1 space blob is 300,000 light-years across, making it one of the largest known single objects in the universe.
Credit: ESO/M. Hayes
"For a long time, the origin of the extended Lyman-alpha light has been controversial," Jim Geach, the study's lead author, said in a statement. "But with the combination of new observations and cutting-edge simulations, we think we have solved a 15-year-old mystery."
Lyman-alpha blobs
So-called "Lyman-alpha blobs" are some of the biggest things in space. This particular space blob, named SSA22-Lyman-alpha Blob 1 (LAB-1), is the largest of its kind. It measures about 300,000 light-years across, or three times the size of the Milky Way galaxy.
LAB-1 is located 11.5 billion light-years from Earth, so the light we observe from it is almost as old as the universe (13.8 billion years). This means that looking at LAB-1 provides a window into the early history of the universe.
Lyman-alpha blobs consist mainly of hydrogen gas and emit a particular wavelength of ultraviolet light called Lyman-alpha radiation. The light looks green to viewers on Earth, because its wavelength is stretched by the expanding universe during its long trip here.
This is a snapshot from a computer simulation of the evolution of a Lyman-alpha Blob similar to LAB-1. Gas within the dark matter halo is color- coded so that cold gas (mainly hydrogen) appears red and hot gas appears white. At the center of this system are two star-forming galaxies surrounded by hot gas and many smaller satellite galaxies that appear as small red clumps.
Credit: J. Geach / D. Narayanan / R. Crain
Simulating the blob
Once they had observed the sources of light from within the blob, the researchers created simulations of galaxy formation using NASA's Pleiades supercomputer. They wanted to show that ultraviolet light — a byproduct ofstar formation — scatters off hydrogen gas to create a bright, glowing mega-blob like LAB-1.
"Think of a streetlight on a foggy night — you see the diffuse glow because light is scattering off the tiny water droplets," Geach said in the same statement. "A similar thing is happening here, except the streetlight is an intensely star-forming galaxy and the fog is a huge cloud of intergalactic gas. The galaxies are illuminating their surroundings."
This diagram explains how a Lyman-alpha Blob, one of the largest and brightest objects in the uUniverse, shines.
Credit: ESO / J. Geach
The simulations also track gas and dark matter in the blob as it evolves into a galaxy. "Lyman-alpha Blob-1 is the site of formation of a massive elliptical galaxy that will one day be the heart of a giant cluster," Geach added.
The official 20 minute documentary about the Hessdalen phenomena. UFO's that scientists confirm are there.
Hessdalen Lights. UFO. Unexplained phenomena
Published on Jul 5, 2016
The Hessdalen lights are of unknown origin. They appear at night, and seem to float through and above the valley. They are usually bright white, yellow, or red and can appear above and below the horizon. The duration of the phenomenon may be from a few seconds to longer than an hour. Sometimes the lights move with enormous speed, and at other times, seem to slowly sway back and forth. On yet other occasions, they hover mid‑air. Some[who?] hypothesise that the light is ionised iron dust.
Unusual lights have been reported in the region since at least the 1930s.[2] Especially high activity occurred between December 1981 and mid-1984, at which point the lights were being observed 15–20 times per week, which attracted many overnight tourists.[3] As of 2010
100,000s of UFOs in Norway
Published on Aug 28, 2014
Mysterious UFO like lights have been spotted in Hessdalen, Norway as much as 500 times per year…
Mysterious lights have been reported in the sky of Hessdalen, Norway ever since the 1940s. This isn’t your average UFO phenomenon though, as the lights are observed…as witnessed in the year 1984, 15-20 times per week.
In fact, the mysterious lights appear so often that tourists used to and sometimes still do camp out to see the phenomenon in the sky. Since 1984, though, the lights are only observed 10-20 times per year.
The lights usually consist of a bright colored light – they can even take on any number of shapes or formations. They can last up to an hour.
The Hessdalen lights are a true 100% UFO. They remain completely unidentified.
Sometimes they even take on a metallic like appearance…leading some to believe they are alien in nature.
They have been recorded to even reach speeds of 30,000 kilometers per hour – which is much much faster than any human aircraft.
Norway even set up a permanent station to study the lights – but the exact cause of the lights is still a mystery.
Scientists have a variety of theories…one of the more prominent ones is that the lights are caused by earth acting as a giant battery of sorts….but this is one of many, many theories.
Just what could these lights be? Perhaps their explanation lies in interdimensional travelers…perhaps in a more scientific one…. Whatever the answer is, the mystery has yet to be solved – even after 70 years.
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ER IS GEEN ONTKOMEN AAN DE KOMST VAN NIBIRU
peter2011= = Heb besloten dit artikel toch te plaatsen! Onheilsprofetie? Of zit er toch een grond van waarheid in en wordt er veel voor ons verzwegen?
ER IS GEEN ONTKOMEN AAN DE KOMST VAN NIBIRU
Met iedere dag die verstrijkt komt er een mini zonnestelsel dichterbij de aarde en zal straks voor de nodige chaos zorgen.
Talloze experts beginnen nu alarm te slaan en treffen voorbereidingen om de komende roerige tijden te kunnen overleven.
Tot nog niet zo gek lang geleden werden wij volkomen voor gek verklaard omdat wij al jaren en jaren schrijven over de komst van een onbekende planeet.
Inmiddels is het ook een geliefd onderwerp geworden in de mainstream-media en is het duidelijk dat de bevolking wordt voorbereid op de komst van een bruine dwergster Nemesis, de kleine tweeling van onze zon, omringd door een aantal planeten en manen, waarvan Nibiru er één is. Men noemt dit zonnestelsel ook wel het Planet X complex.
Ook de bekende onderzoeker Marshall Masters maakt soortgelijke geluiden en we hebben onlangs kunnen zien hoe deonroerend goed markt voor rijken in Amerika volledig is ingestort, alsof zij iets weten dat wij (nog) niet weten.
De komst van dit Planet X complex zal gepaard gaan met een enorme toename van wat we noemen ruimtepuin. Asteroïden die in ongekende hoeveelheden door de krachten van dit stelsel onze kant op zullen worden geslingerd.
Enkele dagen geleden schreven wij al over de alarmerende toename van vuurbollen in de lucht. Dit is absoluut geen toeval en hoort bij de symptomen van de nadering van dit Planet X stelsel. Net zoals dat het geval is met veranderende weerpatronen door de zogenaamde wobble op het noordelijk halfrond, de spectaculaire toename van vulkaanuitbarstingen en andere tekenen van de nadering zoals aardbevingen, sinkholes en extreem weer.
Een voorbeeld van hoe sterk die vuurbollen in aantal toenemen. Volgens de American Meteor Society (AMS) was er in augustus van dit jaar sprake van 24 procent toename van het aantal vuurbollen ten opzichte van augustus vorig jaar.
Hieronder staat een video van Coast to Coast radio met een heel recent interview met Marshall Master. Wij willen iedereen aanraden om dat te gaan beluisteren omdat er veel waardevolle informatie in wordt gegeven.
Dit soort video’s wordt vaak weer snel off line gehaald en mocht dat met deze ook gebeuren, wij hebben hem gedownload en kan door ons dan op verzoek worden toegestuurd.
Masters legt duidelijk uit in die video dat we te maken hebben met een zonnestelsel, waarbij de donkere tweeling van onze zon, Nemesis, een passage zal maken ergens tussen Mars en Jupiter, waardoor het niet waarschijnlijk is dat deze ster tussen ons en de zon zal passeren.
Nibiru is de buitenste planeet van het zonnestelsel en zal wel tussen de aarde en de zon passeren, waardoor ook de drie dagen duisternis zullen ontstaan zoals die bijvoorbeeld in de bijbel voor komen.
Volgens Ed Dames zal de planeet Nibiru duidelijk voor iedereen zichtbaar zijn in december 2017 en wat er eigenlijk daarna gaat gebeuren en hoe snel, daar zijn de meningen nogal over verdeeld.
Interessant gegeven is ook dat wanneer je de periode neemt van 3.600 jaar voor een passage van dit zonnestelsel het eigenlijk niet helemaal klopt. Dit komt volgens Master omdat de auteur Zecharia Sitchin uit ging van de Gregoriaanse kalender zoals wij die hanteren, maar wanneer je de maankalender gebruikt wat hij eigenlijk had moeten doen en je gaat terugrekenen, kom je uit in de dagen van Exodus uit de Bijbel.
Navolgend eerst het interview met Marshall Masters en daaronder een deel van een onderzoek gedaan door Franklin ter Horst over de periode dat de Exodus zou hebben plaatsgevonden.
Zo was de situatie ten tijde van de vorige passage van het Planet X stelsel:
Een papyrustekst die bewaard wordt in de Ermitage in Sint-Petersburg in Rusland geeft ook een uiteenzetting van een ramp die zich in Egypte voltrekt.
Het land is volkomen verwoest er rest niets meer. De zon is versluierd en schijnt niet in de ogen van de mensen. Niemand kan meer leven. De rivier is droog en de aarde is tot ellende vervallen.
Aan de Rode zee op het Arabisch schiereiland bestaan overleveringen die vertellen dat een geweldige vloedgolf het land overspoelde en dat de mensen door zware stormen werden weggeslingerd. De aarde beefde hevig en daaraan gingen diverse natuurverschijnselen vooraf. Het toneel van deze gebeurtenissen staat bekend onder de naam "Idam "wat razernij betekent. De Arabische schrijvers van dit verhaal waren zich niet bewust van enigerlei verband tussen hun verhaal en de omschreven rampen in het boek Exodus.
In een geschrift met de naam "Ipoewer" beschrijft een Egyptische ooggetuige een serie rampen die direct doen denken aan de Bijbelse plagen. Dit geschrift is gevonden in Memphis in de omgeving van de piramide van Sakkara. In 1828 kwam de papyrus in het bezit van het museum van Leiden waar het in de catalogus staat vermeld als Leiden 1344. Het is een geschrift vol klaagliederen en een beschrijving van een ingrijpende natuurramp die vergezeld ging van aardbevingen en hevige stormen. De papyrus vertelt dat een uitzonderlijke krachtige westenwind zeven dagen duurde en dat al die tijd het land in een diepe duisternis gehuld was. Stofwolken kleurden het water rood als was het bloed en een alles verwoestende hagel sloeg enorme wonden in huid van mens en dier. De papyrus verhaalt de gebeurtenissen op de volgende wijze.
Voorwaar, het land draait rond als het wiel van een pottenbakker. De steden zijn verwoest. Opper Egypte is dor geworden. Alles ligt in puin. De residentie is in een oogwenk vernietigd. Er komt geen eind aan het rumoer. Pest heerst door het hele land. Bloed is overal, zelfs de rivier is bloed. Mensen huiveren het te drinken. Menselijke wezens, dorsten naar water. Dit is ons water, ons geluk, wat zullen we ten aanzien daarvan doen ? Alles is verwoesting, alle vissen zijn dood.
Dit onheilspellend gebeuren ging gepaard met verterend vuur en dit vuur verspreidde zich over het hele land.
Vuur schoot naar de aarde. En terwijl er vuur door de hagelbuien heenflikkerde, hagelde het buitengewoon zwaar. Voorwaar, poorten, zuilen en muren werden verteerd door vuur. Beneden-Egypte weent. Het gehele paleis van de Farao is zonder zijn inkomsten. Daartoe behoren tarwe en gerst, ganzen en vis. Voorwaar, het koren is aan alle kanten vergaan. Alles is vergaan wat gisteren nog werd gezien. Het land is aan zijn moeheid overgeleverd als afgesneden vlas.
De melding dat de oogsten te velde in een enkele dag werden verwoest sluit droogte, de gebruikelijke oorzaak van een slechte oogst uit. Alleen hagel en vuur konden akkers hebben achtergelaten als na het afsnijden van vlas. Bomen zijn vernield.Geen vruchten noch kruiden worden meer gevonden. Er heerst honger onder de overlevenden. Alle dieren, hun harten wenen. Het vee kermt. Zie, het overgebleven vee heeft zich verstrooid en er is niemand het te verzamelen. Voorwaar, de kinderen van de prinsen worden op de straat gesmeten. Niemand aanschouwde de doodsnood in de kerker, een kuil in de grond waarin gevangenen werden opgesloten, toen deze kerker door aardbevingen werd dichtgegooid. De gevangenis is verwoest. Het kermen dat door het land gaat is doortrokken van klaagzangen.
De ongeborenen, klaagt Ipoewer, gingen het eeuwige leven binnen nog eer zij het licht van de wereld hadden aanschouwd. Zelfs zwangere vrouwen op het punt te baren, kregen een miskraam en stierven omdat de verwoester rondwaarde en al wat hij vond verwoestte. Wanneer men een aantal van de voorvallen uit de papyrus vergelijkt met de Bijbelse plagen dan ontdekt men de volgende overeenkomsten.
UFO Caught In Early Morning Over India On Sept 25, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Caught In Early Morning Over India On Sept 25, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Sept 25, 2016 Location of sighting: India This UFO sometimes looks like a pentagon, and other times like a hexagon. It was seen over India this week in the early morning. A lot of aliens think that flying between 12 midnight and 5 am lowers the risk of being seen and allows them to do what they got to do. Scott C. Waring Eyewitness states: Early morning around 5 am 25 sept 2016 over India.
This UFO is very similar to the UFO seen on top of the World Trade Center Memorial light back on Sept 11, 2016. The shape and and size would match. It looks like a person in a white cloak and a hoodie looking down at the ground. Scott C. Waring
News states: Peter Lee, from Radcliffe, Greater Manchester, was out at 2pm on September 18 with his daughters when he spotted the circular silver shape hovering in the sky. The trio were watching planes fly overhead as they waited to catch a tram when the unidentified object drifted into sight and left them open mouthed. Mr Lee, 57, said: "We always look at planes as they fly over and then there it was - we all saw it. "It was thousands of feet up in the air, higher than some of the planes, and was moving very, very slowly. "It was so unusual looking I made sure I took a couple of pictures. "A lot of people have said it's a helium balloon, but they don't go that far.
"When you look at the pictures it's right above the clouds." It's like everything else, such as ghosts, you don't believe it until you see it. Keen amateur photographer Mr Lee said that his camera goes everywhere with him, much to his daughters' mirth. Mr Lee said: "My daughters take the mickey that I always have my Canon camera with me - it comes with me everywhere. "They laugh because I take pictures of everything - so they weren't surprised I took this." Declassified MOD files released in 2013 revealed that UFO reports had been made in several areas of Greater Manchester over the years, including Radcliffe.
Nan Madol is the only ancient city ever built upon a coral reef. It is comprised of a set of almost 100 stone and coral fill platforms atop artificial islands separated by narrow channels and enclosed by an outer seawall and includes the remains of stone palaces, temples, tombs and residential domains. Yet despite the enormity of the undertaking in building the city, no records exist as to when exactly it was built, where the enormous rocks came from, how they were transported there, and for what reason it was constructed on top of a reef.
UNESCO has finally paid attention to the immense historical significance of Nan Madol, a mysterious ancient coral reef city off the island of Pohnpei in Micronesia, by placing it on the World Heritage List. Describing it as a “globally significant masterpiece of creative genius”, Nan Madol is an engineering marvel, but it has not yet given up all its secrets.
Evidence of the early human activity on the islands dates back to the first or second century BC, but it is not known exactly when the construction of the artificial islets started. Theories range from the 5 th to the 11 th century AD, purportedly built as a ritual and ceremonial centre for the ruling chiefs of the Saudeleur Dynasty. UNESCO dates the site at 1200 to 1500 AD. The Saudeleur dynasty was the first organized government uniting the people of Pohnpei island, ruling from around 1100 to around 1628 AD. However, this era was preceded by the Mwehin Kawa (“period of building”) and Mwehin Aramas (“period of peopling”).
The name Nan Madol means “spaces between” and refers to the canals that criss-cross the ruins. However, its traditional name was Soun Nan-leng (Reef of Heaven), according to Gene Ashby in his book Pohnpei, An Island Argosy .
The total area of the enclosure is 75 hectares. The foundations of the islets were constructed of huge basalt boulders, on which walled enclosures were built using columnar basalt in a header and stretcher pattern in-filled with coral rubble. Walls were as high as 15 metres and up to 5 metres thick. The average weight of each stone is 5 tons, with some weighing as much as 50 tons and it has been estimated that the total weight of the columnar basalt that makes up the city’s construction is up to 750,000 metric tons.
Probable quarry sites around the island have been identified, but the exact origin of the stones used in the construction of Nan Madol is yet to be determined. No quarries exist in the immediate vicinity meaning that the stones must have been transported to their current location. What is even more incredible is that the builders managed to accomplish the task without pulleys, levers or metal to aid in the process.
Most Pohnpeians still believe the legend that Nan Madol began with the arrival of twin sorcerers Olisihpa and Olosohpa from the mythical Western Katau. The twins were said to be much taller than native Pohnpeians. The brothers sought a place to build an altar so that they could worship Nahnisohn Sahpw, the god of agriculture. The two sorcerers successfully built an altar at Nan Madol, where they performed rituals to levitate the huge stones with the aid of a flying dragon. When Olisihpa died of old age, Olosohpa became the first Saudeleur.
Historians and archaeologists have suggested that they huge rocks may have been floated via raft to the islets, however, the exact means of engineering with which the massive stones were moved from their distant quarries, over land and water, and erected on the reef complexes is still unknown.
According to UNESCO, Nan Madol represents a “globally significant masterpiece of creative genius” because it exhibits the most perfectly preserved habitation, leadership and ceremonial plan of an architectural ensemble of the Pacific region. In a statement published on their website, they write: “The huge scale of the edifices, their technical sophistication and the concentration of megalithic structures bear testimony to complex social and religious practices of the island societies of the period.”
Nan Madol housed the ruling elite caste of Saudeleur dynasty and was used as a political and ceremonial seat of power. As a means of control of their subjects, Saudeleur rulers forced local chieftains to leave their home villages and move to the city where their activities could be more closely observed.
The islets to the northeast, particularly Nan Douwas, were used for rituals and ceremonies, while over time all the seawall islets (nearly 60) functioned as burial places. Other islets were administrative and residential, and some served special purpose, such as food preparation, coconut oil production or canoe construction.
Plan of Nan Madol. May by Holger Beher (Wikimedia Commons)
Rule was maintained by one man, the Saudeleur, at Nan Madol. The land, its contents, and its inhabitants were owned by the Saudeleur ruler, who leased the land to landlord classes overseeing commoners harvesting the land. The commoners were required to present the ruler with frequent tributes of fruit and fish. The logistical difficulties of the site, which involved having no fresh water and no place capable of growing crops, were not a problem for the Saudeleur because the people of the islands brought everything that was needed.
The Saudeleur dynasty ruled the islands for more than a millennium, yet there is nothing left of them but legend and the crumbling black basalt ruins. No art, no carvings, no writing. The only knowledge that remains is that which has been passed down through oral history by the Pohnpeians, who describe the Saudeleurs as deeply religious, tyrannial and cruel, and the remains of their civilization are often viewed with fear and superstition by modern-day Pohnpeians.
According to local lore, the ultimate downfall of the Saudeleurs was their increasingly oppressive rule and centralised social system. The dynasty was toppled in 1628 by the semi-mythical warrior Isokelekel, who came from the island of Kosrae 530 km to the east, creating the modern Nahnmwarki system of tribal chiefdom that has existed in one form or another to this day in the island’s five municipalities.
There is great variation among sources for the exact events before, during and after the invasion of Nan Madol by Isokelekel; at least 13 different accounts of the war have been published and told by the the Pohnpeians. In most versions of the legend, the Saudeleur ruler had become oppressive and its lords had offended the Thunder God revered by the Pohnpeians. The Thunder God left Pohnpei for Kosrae, where he impregnated a human by feeding her a lime. This union produced the semi-divine Isokelekel, who in the womb knew his destiny of vengeance.
There are many accounts of Isokelekel’s battle with the Saudeleur ruler. In one version, Isokelekel's warriors are aided by hidden weapons that suddenly appeared. The tide of war reversed several times, but ended against the Saudeleur, who retreated with his army into the main island of Pohnpei. Legend recounts that the battle ended with the Saudeleur lord retreating uphill to a stream, where he transformed into a fish and remains today. Isokelekel took the title of Nahnmwarki and assumed the seat of power in Nan Madol as had the Saudeleur Dynasty before him.
When the period of the Nahnmwarkis began, the new rulers at first resided at Nan Madol but they could not depend on anyone regularly supplying them with food and water and eventually they moved back to their own districts, abandoning Nan Madol forever.
By any measure, the city of Nan Madol is impressive. The work required to build it was on such an enormous scale, yet the current inhabitants of Pohnpei live in humble grass huts. What accounts for this huge contrast? More importantly, how was the city built in the first place? The fact that there are no existing records on Nan Madol means that we may never know the secrets buried within the walls of this unique coral reef city.
China has lost control of its Tiangong-1 space station
China has lost control of its Tiangong-1 space station
China launched its prototype space station called Tiangong-1 back in September 2011. The name Tiangong-1 translates to mean Heavenly Palace 1, but 5 years on from that launch and there’s nothing heavenly about the state of China’s space palace anymore. In fact, they’ve had to admit control of the space station has been lost.
Rather than stating “we’ve lots control,” Chinese officials instead have said that Tiangong-1 will fall back to Earth at some point in late 2017. Some point is the best estimate we will get as China no longer has control of the station so it will come down when it’s good and ready.
The one concern about this situation is how much of Tiangong-1 won’t burn up in Earth’s atmosphere during its uncontrolled descent. Any parts that don’t will fall to Earth, and may fall on populated areas. The chances of that happening are small due to the sheer size of Earth and how much of our planet is covered in water, but the Chinese simply don’t know when re-entry will happen, so there’s no guarantees.
The last crew to visit Tiangong-1 departed in June 2013 and the station has been in sleep mode ever since while China continued to collect data about the health of its components. That data collection ended in March of this year, with the plan to perform a controlled descent and burn up in Earth’s atmosphere. But clearly something went wrong.
Meanwhile, China’s Tiangong-2 (Heavenly Palace 2) space station launched last week on September 15 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center located in the Gobi desert. Several manned missions are planned to visit the new station.
Scientists Simulating March Mission is long Hawaii for end-to-year in isolation
Scientists Simulating March Mission is long Hawaii for end-to-year in isolation
US, French and German volunteers have been living on freeze-dried food and trying to avoid personal conflicts on the red planet-like slopes of Mauna Loa
Six scientists are close to wrapping up a year of near isolation in a Mars simulation on a Hawaii mountain.
They manage limited resources while conducting research and working to avoid personal conflicts. Communication is delayed by 20 minutes, the length it would take to relay messages from Mars.
Kim Binsted, principal investigator for the Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (Hi-Seas), said this simulation was the second-longest of its kind after a mission that lasted 520 days in Russia.
“They’re doing OK, as far as we can tell,” Binsted said of the scientists.
Previous simulations in the Mauna Loa dome have lasted four to eight months. Mauna Loa soil is similar to what would be found on Mars. The area’s high elevation means almost no plant growth. Nasa funded the study run through the University of Hawaii.
The scientists will have access to fresh produce and other foods not available to them in the dome when the simulation ends on 28 August.
“They are clamoring to get into the ocean,” Binsted said. “I think they will enjoy having a beer as well.”
The current simulation has been the fourth and longest, with volunteers from France, Germany and the United States, including a soil scientist, an astronomer, a physicist and an astrobiologist, who have survived on freeze-dried foods for months. An eight-month simulation starts in January.
Crewmembers aboard the starship Enterprise on the iconic TV series "Star Trek" could "beam up" from planets to starships, making travel between great distances look easy. While these capabilities are clearly fictional, researchers have now performed "quantum teleportation" of laser pulses over several miles within two city networks of fiber optics.
Although the method described in the research will not replace city subways or buses with transporter booths, it could help lead to hack-proof telecommunications networks, as well as a "quantum internet" to help extraordinarily powerful quantum computers talk to one another.
Teleporting an object from one point in the universe to another without it moving through the space in between may sound like science fiction, but quantum physicists have actually been experimenting with quantum teleportation since 1998. The current distance record for quantum teleportation — a feat announced in 2012 — is about 89 miles (143 kilometers), between the two Canary Islands of La Palma and Tenerife, off the northwest coast of Africa. [10 Futuristic Technologies 'Star Trek' Fans Would Love to See]
Spooky action
Quantum teleportation relies on the bizarre nature of quantum physics, which finds that the fundamental building blocks of the universe, such as subatomic particles, can essentially exist in two or more places at once. Specifically, quantum teleportation depends on a strange phenomenon known as "quantum entanglement," in which objects can become linked and influence each other instantaneously, no matter how far apart they are.
Currently, researchers cannot teleport matter (say, a human) across space, but they can use quantum teleportation to beam information from one place to another. The quantum teleportation of an electron, for example, would first involve entangling a pair of electrons. Next, one of the two electrons — the one to be teleported — would stay in one place while the other electron would be physically transported to whatever destination is desired.
Then, the fundamental details or "quantum state" of the electron to be teleported are analyzed — an act that also destroys its quantum state. Finally, that data is sent to the destination, where it can be used on the other electron to recreate the first one, so that it is indistinguishable from the original. For all intents and purposes, that electron has teleported. (Because the data is sent using regular signals such as light pulses or electrons, quantum teleportation can proceed no faster than the speed of light.)
Now, two research groups independently report quantum teleportation over several miles of fiber-optic networks in the cities of Hefei, China, and Calgary, Alberta. The scientists detailed their findings online Sept. 19 in two independent papers in the journal Nature Photonics.
Futuristic tech
Quantum teleportation is the key to many potential future technologies. For instance, quantum cryptography could use quantum teleportation to transmit data securely between two points in a way that can automatically detect any intrusion. In addition, people could use quantum teleportation in a "quantum internet" to share data with quantum computers, which previous research suggested could run more calculations in an instant than there are atoms in the universe. [8 Ways You Can See Einstein's Theory of Relativity in Real Life]
"In the future, if you have a quantum computer, if users wanted to use it, they could send data to the quantum computer and get results, just like with modern cloud computation," Qiang Zhang, a quantum engineer at the University of Science and Technology of China and co-senior author of the Hefei work, told Live Science.
Each of the two quantum-teleportation experiments involved communication across up to 7.7 miles (12.5 km) between three distinct locations to mimic the structure of future quantum networks. The only previous experiment with such a three-lab setup involved distances of less than 0.6 miles (1 km).
Previous experiments involving a three-lab setup used pulses of visible light, which cannot travel great distances within optical fibers. In contrast, the new studies employed the kind of infrared light often used in everyday telecommunications networks, which can travel farther. They also used pre-existing fiber-optic networks in each city.
Long-distance quantum teleportation involves laser beams that are synchronized until they are indistinguishable from each other down to the level of single photons, even after zipping through several miles of fiber optics laid within changing environments. Both research teams benefited from recent improvements in single-photon detectors made by the telecommunications industry, the researchers said.
"We are proud that the results observed in field tests have not degraded compared with those observed in laboratory tests," Qi-Chao Sun, a quantum engineer at the University of Science and Technology of China and lead author of the Hefei study, told Live Science. "This means that our system is robust against noises arising from complex environments in the real world."
The Calgary experiment had a faster teleportation rate of about 17 photons per minute (or 1,020 per hour), compared to about two photons per hour for the Hefei experiment. However, the procedures the Calgary researchers carried out to accomplish these teleportation speeds limit its immediate practical applications, Frédéric Grosshans, a quantum information researcher at the University of Paris-Sud in France, said in a review of both teams' studies.
Both research teams also used a variety of methods to keep lasers synchronized with one another. Each group used a different technique, which suggests that elements from both strategies could be combined for even better results, Grosshans wrote in his review.
One future direction will be to extend quantum teleportation networks "to 100-kilometer [60 miles] scales, which will allow intercity quantum teleportation," Sun said. This will involve improving detector efficiency and suppressing sources of interference, Sun added.
NASA PICTURE THAT REVEALS POSSIBLE 'ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE' ON MARS (VIDEO)
NASA PICTURE THAT REVEALS POSSIBLE 'ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE' ON MARS (VIDEO)
Possibly a 'Archaeological Site' spotted in NASA "Global Mars Surveyor Mission" photo.
Mars Global Surveyor was the first successful U.S. mission launched to Mars since the Viking mission in 1976.
MGS arrived at Mars on September 11, 1997, and has contributed a multitude of findings, including signs of past, persistent water such as an ancient delta and currently active water features in the gullies of canyon walls.
It completed its primary mission in January 2001 and was in its third extended mission phase when, on 2 November 2006, the spacecraft failed to respond to messages and commands. A faint signal was detected three days later which indicated that it had gone into safe mode. Attempts to recontact the spacecraft and resolve the problem failed, and NASA officially ended the mission in January 2007.
From all the photos i have seen from Mars Global Surveyor this is probably the most intriguing photo I've seen on Mars, looks like a square fort ruins or an ancient city surrounded by huge walls made by a martian ancient civilization.
A ‘Star Child’ Speaks out: I can ‘heal water,’ calls for society to WAKE UP
A ‘Star Child’ Speaks out: I can ‘heal water,’ calls for society to WAKE UP
The young star child receives messages in languages ‘not from Earth’ and understands what they are saying to her. She says that they are important and humanity must wake up.
In recent years, people are starting to think about alien life on a whole other level. Thinking about life, we are coming to accept that it is possible that there are things in the universe that go beyond our current understanding. Life does not have to be physical in order to exist.
While the story might sound fascinating and unbelievable to some, people around the world are convinced that among us live Star Children, and Indigo children.
Previously we wrote about Boriska; a young boy said to have lived on Mars and reincarnated on Earth. According to reports Boris Kipriyanovich, who lives in Russia’s Volgograd region, reincarnated as an Indigo Child.
His knowledge and skills have fascinated not only his parents but researchers who have studied the young boy.
In this article, we take a look at another fascinating story which speaks of another Star Child.
According to an article from higher journeys, a nine-year-old star child claims she can heal water and is asking humanity to wake up finally.
While the story may sound ludicrous to some who do not believe in the existence of such beings, the text is written below (an Excerpt from the forthcoming book The New Human by Mary Rodwell) is certainly worth reading.
While many of us will remain skeptical about such claims, the article delivers a powerful message.
“Poor us. poor kids who come to volunteer; we have such a difficult time ahead of us, a real fight. I am here to help my family ‘wake up,’ EVERYONE is sleeping.”
According to the mother of a nine-year-old child, Cathy speaks ‘star languages’ that can heal WATER.
“My nine-year-old daughter speaks ‘star languages’ to heal water. I live in Northern Europe and have four children. At the time of my first pregnancy, a ‘voice’ told me my children were not mine. They would only come through me. These children belong to no one. It wasn’t until recently that I was aware there were such things as extra-terrestrials.”
“My nine-year-old daughter is a special girl who finds the conventional world and rules difficult. She asks me why isn’t she allowed to do things her own way. Cathy has healing abilities and dictated some healing words in an ET language to purify water. I noticed the water actually tasted different afterward. She says that Star languages are from a place outside of the Universe.”
Healing water? According to a researcher from Europe, there are ways we can energize water.
Dr. Ohlson States:
“As a scientist, the spiral formations I’ve been working with in my water research, such as loading energy back in water, helps healing recharges and strengthens the energy field, the aura. Healing works on a cellular level, whether you believe it or not. The healing from my hands affected the protein binding to a gene P53, which plays a role in turning genes on and off. Rightly used, it could be bliss for humanity in rebuilding our earth.”
Furthermore, Cathy describes how she has information passed on to her through (books, as she calls them) which she says contain valuable information for humanity:
The red book is about creation and our origins.
The brown one is about different planets and the life there.
The light green one is about nature, and how we can make contact with plants and animals and understand nature.
The dark green one is about the body, how it really works and how we get it to evolve.
The blue book is about light and truth.
The red-brown book she can’t open yet, because ‘a dragon took the key’ from her sometime in the 1700s.
The black book explains about darkness and evil and is dangerous.
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A TOP-SECRET, black budget Space program built with reverse-engineered ALIEN TECH
A TOP-SECRET, black budget Space program built with reverse-engineered ALIEN TECH
There is ample evidence to support theories that suggest there is a top-secret, black-budget space program built with reverse engineered alien technology. In fact, a 1997 US Senate report accurately describe the nature behind these as: “so sensitive that they are exempt from standard reporting requirements to the Congress.”
Does the existence of a top-secret, black-budget space program sound ludicrous? Well, to some it may seem so, but the truth is that there are a lot of things that most of us have absolutely no idea about.
Only in the past couple of years have researchers, former astronauts and military officials opened out about Alien life, UFO’s and otherworldly technology, helping us open our eyes to what is really out there.
The easiest things most of us can do is completely dismiss anything related to UFO’s and aliens thinking it’s a complete hoax.
The truth, however, is that there are things out there that deserve to be properly researched.
Even though there is an ample amount of evidence related to UFOs, Alien tech, and life elsewhere in the cosmos, society has continued to ignore the facts, undermining the idea we are not alone in the universe.
But interestingly, even though we have tried very hard to answer in the last couple of decades whether or not we are alone in the universe, the debate about Alien life isn’t something new to modern times.
Since recorded history, people have asked what if somewhere out there is life similar to that on Earth.
“To consider the Earth as the only populated world in infinite space is as absurd as to assert that in an entire field of millet, only one grain will grow.” – Metrodorus, Greek philosopher of the fourth century B.C.
The evidence is here, and we only have to be willing to read, research and think about it without prejudice.
“Intelligent beings from other star systems have been and are visiting our planet Earth. They are variously referred to as Visitors, Others, Star People, Et’s, etc…They are visiting Earth now; this is not a matter of conjecture or wistful thinking.” – Theodor C. Loder III, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire.
But perhaps one of the best people to say what’s really going on out there is Dr. Farouk El Baz, a NASA scientist who said that: “Not every discovery has been announced.”
But despite all of the above, society has remained cautious and skeptical when it comes to Alien life, Alien technology, and beings visiting us from elsewhere in the universe.
Why? Mostly because of a fake alien propaganda that has been ‘inducted’ into our lives; Little Green Martians, flying saucers, and the absurd amount of ‘hoaxes’ that circulate the internet.
The truth is that behind all of this, BIG things are happening without us even noticing.
Behind the scenes, high-ranking Air Force officers are soberly concerned about UFOs. But through official secrecy and ridicule, many citizens are led to believe the unknown flying objects are nonsense.” –Former head of CIA, Roscoe Hillenkoetter, 1960(source)
Professor Hermann Oberth is a German rocket expert considered as the founding father of the space age, rocketry and space travel.
In 1955, he was invited by Dr. Werner von Braun to the United States where he participated with the Army Ballistic Missile Agency and NASA. A year before that, Oberth showed an active interest in UFOs.
On one occasion he said:
It is my thesis that flying saucers are real and that they are space ships from another solar system. I think that they possibly are manned by intelligent ‘observers’ who are members of a race that may have been investigating Earth for centuries.
These so-called top-secret, black budget space programs are real and usually referred to as Special Access Programs (SAP).
While these programs do not exist publicly, they are there behind the scenes. Some call them ‘deep black programs.’
Interestingly, a 1997 US Senate report accurately describe the nature behind them as: “so sensitive that they are exempt from standard reporting requirements to the Congress.” (source)
Even more fascinating is the fact that in 1993, during a lecture at the UCLA Alumni Center, Ben Rich, former CEO of Lockheed Martin held a very interesting speech about technological advancements in space engineering in a period of forty years. He concluded his speech with the following quote: “
We now have the technology to take ET home.” – Ben Rich, CEO of Lockheed Skunk Works, 1993
Looking more into the subject of Alien technology and reverse-engineered alien technology we find that Jack A. Shulman, president of American Computer said that the invention of the transistor may have been inspired by the study of the remains of a crashed alien spacecraft, basically reverse engineered technology.
Alien Technology and humans reverse engineering it was first mentioned in 1997 when, American Computer Company (ACC) suggested the possibility that the study of the remains of a crashed alien spaceship in Roswell in 1947, or another crashed Alien spaceship might have been definitive for the development of the transistor, made in 1948 by Shockley, Bardeen and Brattain doctors in the Research Center of Electronic Circuits at Bell Laboratories.
Egyptoloog: “Piramides en Sfinx zijn veel ouder dan wetenschappers willen toegeven”
Egyptoloog: “Piramides en Sfinx zijn veel ouder dan wetenschappers willen toegeven”
In deze fascinerende vijf uur durende video lopen we een dag mee met Emmy-winnaar en egyptoloog John Anthony West, die samen met geoloog Robert Schoch de legendarische film ‘The Mystery of the Sphinx’ maakte.
In die film toonde het tweetal aan dat de Sfinx van Gizeh en de piramides veel ouder zijn dan mainstream wetenschappers willen toegeven. Na een korte introductie presenteert West de nieuwste ontdekkingen die zijn achtergehouden voor het volk.
Dr. Schoch zei begin jaren negentig al dat de Sfinx duizenden jaren ouder moet zijn dan algemeen wordt aangenomen. Hij baseerde zich daarbij op de erosiepatronen op de Sfinx en omliggende rotsen. Volgens hem dateert het bouwwerk mogelijk van 6000 tot 12.000 voor Christus.
Bij nadere inspectie ontdekte Schoch bovendien dat farao Khafre de Sfinx op een bepaald moment heeft opgeknapt. Door de tijd heen is het uiterlijk van het bouwwerk meerdere keren veranderd, zo zegt hij. Hij stelt dat de Sfinx oorspronkelijk een leeuw is geweest.
De van oorsprong Belgische ingenieur Robert Bauval en Graham Hancock hebben deze theorie voor een breder publiek toegankelijk gemaakt. In de video gaat West ook in op de zondvloed, de betekenis van magie, geometrie en de vele zaken die verborgen worden gehouden.
VIDEO: Student maakt per ongeluk revolutionaire batterij die een mensenleven meegaat
VIDEO: Student maakt per ongeluk revolutionaire batterij die een mensenleven meegaat
Nooit meer batterijen kopen! Wetenschappers van de Universiteit van Californië in Irvine hebben een batterij ontwikkeld die een mensenleven mee kan gaan. De meeste batterijen gaan maar 5000 tot 7000 cycli mee, maar de Amerikaanse onderzoekers hebben er één gemaakt die berekend is op 200.000 cycli.
Vijfdejaars student Mya Le Thai ontdekte bij toeval dat batterijen veel langer meegaan als je het medium in batterijen – elektrolyt – in gelvorm gebruikt. Elektrolyt in gelvorm blijkt namelijk uitermate geschikt als beschermlaag voor nanodraden, draden die duizend keer dunner zijn dan een menselijke haar en die heel goed elektriciteit kunnen geleiden.
Nooit vervangen
Mya Le Thai (UCI)
Le Thai ontdekte dat de nanodraden met gel veel flexibeler worden en niet zo snel kapot gaan. Zo stuitte de student onverwacht op een mogelijke manier om batterijen te maken die nooit hoeven te worden vervangen.
Wetenschappers experimenteren al geruime tijd met het gebruik van nanodraden in batterijen. Normaal gesproken zijn de draadjes extreem breekbaar. De wetenschappers losten dit probleem op door een gouden nanodraad te coaten in mangaanoxide en het geheel onder te brengen in een elektrolyt die is gemaakt van een plexiglas-achtige gel.
Experimenteel stadium
De technologie bevindt zich echter nog in een experimenteel stadium en er zijn dan ook nog geen producten op de markt. Het onderzoek is gepubliceerd in het tijdschrift ACS Energy Letters.
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RUIMTEVLOOT NABIJ ZON VERWIKKELD IN STARWARS? ( VIDEO )
RUIMTEVLOOT NABIJ ZON VERWIKKELD IN STARWARS? ( VIDEO )
Eerder deze week was een enorme ruimtevloot zichtbaar die zich in de buurt van onze zon bevond.
Nu duiken er opnames op, waarbij één van de grotere schepen een laserstraal lijkt af te vuren op een ander ruimteschip.
Er gebeuren op dit moment zonder enige twijfel vreemde dingen in ons zonnestelsel. Nadat in eerste instantie een grote vloot is gesignaleerd nabij de zon waarover wij eerder schreven, komt er nu weer een vreemde opname beschikbaar.
Het is dit keer niet de bekende Streetcap1 die de ontdekking heeft gedaan, maar een collega die eveneens dagelijks alle beelden bekijkt en die bekend staat onder de gebruikersnaam van Myunhauzen74.
De beelden zien er als volgt uit:
Zoals te zien op de beelden is er zoveel detail waarneembaar, dat we hiermee flares of ieder ander natuurlijk verschijnsel kunnen uitsluiten.
De video met meer beelden hieronder is getiteld: Star Wars, met andere woorden een oorlog die woedt in de ruimte.
Hij denkt dat het een soort straal is die door het grote moederschip wordt gebruikt om de kleinere ufo bij de zon weg te trekken. Zijn theorie is dat deze kleinere UFO’s naar de zon worden gestuurd om te tanken, waarna ze volgeladen met energie weer terugkeren naar het moederschip.
In een eerder artikel hebben ook wij al dergelijke beelden laten zien, zoals de volgende:
Oorlog of tanken bij de zon?
Misschien zijn er ook nog wel andere mogelijkheden, maar er is zonder twijfel een verhoogde buitenaardse activiteit waar te nemen in de buurt van onze zon.
HEBBEN BUITENAARDSEN AL VOLLLEDIGE CONTROLE OVER PLANEET AARDE?
HEBBEN BUITENAARDSEN AL VOLLLEDIGE CONTROLE OVER PLANEET AARDE?
Een voormalig bankier van Wall Street vraagt zich in alle ernst af of het grootste deel van de schulden op deze wereld in handen is van buitenaardsen.
De bankier die zich dit afvraagt, is niet dom, heeft elf jaar op Wall Street gewerkt en komt tot de conclusie dat er geld van deze planeet verdwijnt.
We weten dat de bewoners van deze planeet hopeloos gevangen zitten in een web van schulden, gecreëerd door de bij ons bekende financiële elite in de achtergrond.
Maar, houdt het daar op of gaat het nog verder, tot zelfs nog buiten onze planeet?
De schuld op deze wereld is zo groot dat het rekenkundig gezien volkomen onmogelijk is om die ooit terug betalen. De CIA is soms nuttig, want ze houden ook cijfers bij, zoals ook die van de totale schuld van de bewoners van deze planeet.
Zij schatten het totale schuldbedrag van de aardbewoners op 90 biljoen dollar oftewel 90.000 miljard dollar oftewel 90.000.000.000.000 dollar.
Die schuld is hoger dan het bedrag dat de gehele planeet in een jaar verdiend. Als we de productiviteit van iedere man, vrouw en kind van deze planeet bij elkaar optellen, komen we aan een bedrag van ongeveer 74.000 miljard euro.
Maar, wat niemand eigenlijk weet is: Aan wie is de wereld het bedrag verschuldigd dat groter is dan de complete aardse jaarproductie?
Wanneer we kijken naar landen zoals Griekenland die door de bankiers worden gedwongen om op een dusdanige manier te bezuinigen dat de complete maatschappij zo goed als instort, dan is het duidelijk dat het systeem van een valuta dat op schuld is gebaseerd, wordt gebruikt om landen te veroveren en van mensen slaaf te maken.
Het systeem van zogenaamd fiatgeld dat wij hebben is zo absurd, zo tegenstrijdig met menselijke vooruitgang, dat ieder zinnig denkend mens zich afvraagt waarom die enorme schuldenberg niet met één pennenstreek kan worden weggepoetst, waardoor de wereldeconomie weer opnieuw kan gaan groeien.
Het kan heel gemakkelijk worden afgeschreven zoals dat al werd geïmpliceerd door de voormalige Voorzitter van de Amerikaanse Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan.
Zo zei hij:
“De Verenigde Staten kan iedere schuld die ze hebben, betalen, want wij kunnen altijd meer geld bijdrukken om dat te doen. Dus, er is nul procent kans dat Amerika ooit in gebreke zal blijven met betalen.”
Met andere woorden, het geld, wat gelijk staat aan schuld, betekent helemaal niets. De enige waarde die het heeft komt van overheden wereldwijd die de wet en geweld der autoriteit gebruiken om hun burgers te dwingen om dit soort frauduleuze verplichtingen te betalen.
John Perkins die bekend staat als Economic Hit Man zegt het volgende:
“Ik dacht na over de basisgereedschappen die EHM (economic hit men) in mijn tijd gebruikten. Frauduleuze economie waaronder verdraaide financiële analyses, opgeschroefde projecties en vervalste boekhoudkundige cijfers: geheimhouding, misleiding, bedreigingen, omkoperijen en afpersing. Valse beloftes die we nooit van plan waren na te komen en het tot slaaf maken door schuld en angst. Deze zelfde gereedschappen worden vandaag de dag gebruikt”.
Voormalig Wall Street bankier en overheidsmedewerker Catherine Austin Fitts is na jaren en jaren onderzoek tot de conclusie gekomen dat het heel goed mogelijk is dat de wereldwijde schuld verschuldigd is aan entiteiten van buiten deze aarde.
Zo zegt ze:
“Is de aarde een open of een gesloten economie? Ik ben naar de business-school geweest, ik heb elf jaar op Wall Street gewerkt en weet je, ik ben mijn leven lang bezig geweest met economie en de hele tijd werd mij voorgehouden dat de aarde een gesloten economisch systeem heeft. Dus, als wij schuld creëren, dan zijn wij dit schuldig aan andere mensen. Als wij aandelen uitgeven, dan zijn andere mensen eigenaar van die aandelen.
Maar, als je kijkt naar al de economische ervaring die ik heb gehad in overheidsdienst, in het zakenleven en bij de bank, dan zal ik je vertellen dat ik, als je mij vraagt om het economische model op aarde te verklaren, het volgende zal zeggen: “De planeet aarde is een onroerend goed investeringsfonds, omdat we ieder jaar een dividend uitkeren en ik weet niet waar het naartoe gaat”.
Catherine weet het antwoord op die vraag ook niet, maar feit is dat er ieder jaar een fiks deel van de wereldproductiviteit in het niets verdwijnt. Het verdwijnt en wordt nergens verantwoord.
Zelfs overheidsinstanties die moeten bijhouden wat er met het geld gebeurt, kunnen deze vraag niet beantwoorden. Het geld verdwijnt eenvoudigweg, de schuld groeit exponentieel en niemand kan verklaren wie de begunstigde is.
Catherine zegt verder: “Ik was in staat om fantastische statistieken boven water te halen over wie de schuld had uitgegeven, maar wat ik ook deed, ik kwam er niet achter wie de eigenaar is van die schuld.
Ik weet dat ze controle hebben. En zij hebben controle door de schuld, want dat is hoe je op onzichtbare wijze controle krijgt over een bedrijf.
Wie is eigenaar van de schuld? Zijn het mensen of is het iets of iemand anders?”
“Sommige mensen zeggen dat goud de valuta is, waardoor wij over de hele planeet kunnen handelen, maar hoe ik ook probeer, ik kom er niet achter hoeveel goud er is op aarde. Jarenlang heb ik geprobeerd om dit uit te zoeken, maar het lukt mij niet.
In 2011 manipuleerde iemand de prijs van goud naar beneden en bracht toen de grootste goudhoeveelheid ooit in de open economie. Er is niemand op onze aarde die een dergelijk astronomisch grote transactie kan verklaren.
Dus, wie is er eigenaar van de schuld van de wereld? Wordt de zogenaamde elite van deze wereld op hun beurt ook bedolven onder schuldenlasten verschuldigd aan.....
Green Alien Walking On Post Office Roof Witnessed By Stephenville Police Officer, UFO Sighting News.
Green Alien Walking On Post Office Roof Witnessed By Stephenville Police Officer, UFO Sighting News
Photo recreation above, actual post office in Stephenville.
Date of sighting: 2000-2001 Location of sighting: Stephenville, Texas, USA Source: MUFON #54733 Here is a police officer report about him seeing a green glowing alien walking on the roof of the Stephenville post office. He held back this info until he was retired, which was probably a good idea, since his lively hood was at stake. Stephenville is also home of one of the move recent and mass sightings in the last 10 years...where a 300 meter rectangle UFO flew slowly over the city toward the US president Bush ranch...Bush was in office at the time, and its my personal belief that this UFO was piloted by Pres Bush himself since he has piloted other Navy jets and is a bit of a wild card...sky diving every year. So, if Bush found out about a secret gov project or alien base with a 300 meter UFO in it, what do you think would be the first think to cross his mind...thats right....I want to fly that thing! And nothing in hell or high would dare say no to that cowboy president. Scott C. Waring Eyewitness states: Back in 2000 -2001 I was employed at the Police department as the patrol night shift Sergeant with the Police Department,My shift was from 7pm - 7am. On this particular night,I had been at the police department for a short break.I walked out to my patrol car and left heading east. I drove one block over and noticed something on top of the post office that caught my attention.I stopped my patrol vehicle in the street between two vacant parking lots. The post office was located one block to my north of my position. This was a cloudless night and very clear. My driver side window was down and was in direct line and view of what I was observing.I first saw something light green getting larger as it was heading across the roof of the post office toward my direction. As I watched it, I began to realize it appeared to exactly resemble a person walking. It stopped at the edge of the flat roof of the post office on the side facing me and stopped. The best description I can give of the thing I saw is the following: It appeared to be about 8 foot tall. I base this by the height of the post office wall in porportion to the things height. The body of the thing had a regular build to its height,meaning what a person who have who was in good shape. Not fat or skinny. The most extrodinary item was the thing was transparent. The lines of the thing were flourecent green with gave it somewhat of a mass but was still transparent.The thing had great 3D detail. Every feature except for the height appreared to be human. The clothing appeared to be what I would describe as a jumpsuit. But again, it was all one color and made up by its green outlines.The thing appreared bald to the best of what I remember. The thing stood at the edge and put its hands on its hips and turned its upper body a began looking back off to the west as if it was observing something. It then turned and began looking off to the east for a few seconds. All I could think was that I cant believe what Im seeing and I hope it didnt see me. A few seconds later it looked down directly at me. I didnt feel fear. I dont know if I could actually see a smile or just had that feeling like it was smiling and saying, "Well you saw me." I never felt threatened. The thing turned and began walking back the way it came. I remember saying to myself, like hell your getting away. I drove to the back side of the post office (North side). The walls to the post office are about 25 foot tall on all sides. I knew it couldnt jump down. I called the fire departemnt which is located next to the police station and told them to bring a ladder truck over to the post office because I believed someone was on the roof. Another police unit left the police department and set up watching the opposite sides of the building.About 5 minutes later the fire department arrived. I told the others to stay down and I would check the roof. I climbed up on the roof and there was nothing. I searched the spot on the roof where it was standing and the path it walked and found nothing. I believ the roof was graveled but cant remember for sure. The officer and fire department personell Im sure thought I was nuts thinking someone was up there. I dared not tell them what I saw. So I sat on this for years and only told a few close friends about the experience. Since the internet has come out I have tried to research any other sightings such as this but have found nothing.I can say this with the utmost confidence. I know what I saw. There was too much detail in the thing. This was a very clear night. The thing had the dark sky behind it so it was easy to see, not to mention its size. I have been retired from the PD for 4 years now. I run my own business and do Private Investigations and Security Contracts. If you have had any other reports like this I would GREATLY appreciate a response. This has bothered me for years and I just would like to know what yall think I saw or what it could have been. Thanks in advance! If you need an exact time and date the police department should have made a call report on the incident.The month and day above are just a guess. I cant remember. But the year should be close.
A teardrop-shaped UFO with fins has made an appearance in Auburn, Washington, according to the witness who was driving to a family members’ home. He first noticed the object at 2:18 p.m. on September 4, 2016.
On the first look, he thought it was just a stealth-type plane, but the wings or fins on the side of the flying object were something he had never seen in aircraft. He described them as fins that looked like they had bat-like points on the ends. They looked like a bat symbol almost triangular or teardrop shape, he explained.
Moments later, the witness noticed a second anomaly behind the black object. It was a strange, small form that appeared to be glimmering/glittering, according to the witness. He added that it was super sparkly, but he wasn’t able to identify it at all.
The witness described the sky as clear blue, and the object was completely black while the other shape behind it was shiny and reminded the witness of sparkly mesh netting. He wasn’t sure if the one behind was pulling or following.
Then the object and the one behind it were quickly disappeared. He tried to look everywhere – behind, sides, up, and near the road – but he wasn’t able to see it again.
The witness reported his sighting to Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) and his testimony could be accessed in MUFON witness reporting database, case 78929.
Beings from other planets have long been suspected perpetrators when it comes to the mysterious appearance of crop circles.
A vintage video that shows apparent UFOs circling a remote field might just prove the theory correct, according to some enthusiasts.
In the video shot in 1989, near Oliver’s Castle in Wiltshire, little white dots can be seen flying in a random manner over a deserted cornfield.
As they fly around the field, circular formations start to appear in the cornfield.
The mystery dots suddenly disappear, leaving only the bizarre circles behind.
Many believe that crop circles are signs that extraterrestrials are trying to communicate with Earthlings.
However, several scientists don’t agree with this theory, and they discredit it by arguing that there is no evidence crop circles are alien made.
Believers claim that these scientists cannot prove the crop circle-alien theory scientifically as what National Institute of Aeronautics and Space research professor has said they come to agree that the thing can’t be scientifically proven.
The mystery, therefore, continues for many years and probably in years to come. Despite controversies, videos, like this one, may resurface again sometimes in the future.
Do aliens or extraterrestrial beings exist? According to alien researchers, more than 200 extraterrestrial species visit Earth on a regular basis.
Devon residents were baffled after seeing a UFO hovering over the area. An amateur video recorded just recently shows a strange light flying in the distance. Tanya Davis, 43, and her daughter, 15, took the footage from their home in Devon. The video appears to show a white light hovering smoothly in the distance.
According to the mother and daughter, the bizarre aerial thing stayed there for about two to three minutes before it slowly disappeared.
Friends told the mother and daughter duo that the light could have originated from a drone. However, the pair was convinced that it wasn’t from a drone because it was too big and the object was silent the entire time.
Struck with fear, the pair called the nearby Exeter Airport to get an explanation for their sighting, but officials were also clueless about the light or UFO in the area.
The news comes few days after an alleged UFO was noticed orbiting the sun.
UFO enthusiasts got thrilled with the discovery of the apparent four-pronged machine orbiting the fiery star.
Conspiracy theorists claim that the large spacecraft is getting energy from the sun to refuel.
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) cameras reportedly captured the mysterious space object. SOHO is a satellite with cameras on board, jointly ran by the European Space Agency and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Millennium Falcon Look-Alike UFO Spotted In Skies Above New York
Millennium Falcon Look-Alike UFO Spotted In Skies Above New York
A mysterious flying object was spotted in the sky over New York, and witnesses said it was definitely a UFO.
A man and his girlfriend were filming the sky when they accidentally captured a bizarre UFO on camera. The clip shows an alleged craft that has similarities to the Millennium Falcon of the Star Wars franchise.
Based on the description of the footage, the couple was coming home between 9 and 10 in the evening when they noticed a light to their left.
They described the thing as a complete lit surfaced craft. It wasn’t blinking lights, and the entire surface of it was lit up and glowing, they explained.
The video was reportedly recorded on August 4, but only recently it was shared on the Mutual UFO Network.
The man, assumed to be the one who took the footage, can be heard in the video asking his girlfriend of what was the object they just saw. The girl known only by the name Annette replied that she wasn’t sure about it, but confident that no planes fly that low.
They described the object as transparent and were certain it was a UFO watching them. The man said that the shape and the massive size of the object could not be a plane. Annette agreed to his boyfriend.
Incoming! New Warning System Tracks Potentially Dangerous Asteroids
Incoming! New Warning System Tracks Potentially Dangerous Asteroids
By Nola Taylor Redd, Space.com Contributor
On Feb. 15, 2013, a meteor exploded over the city of Chelyabinsk, Russia. Scientists created reconstructions of the meteor explosion, like this one by Sandia National Laboratory, to help refine models on the frequency of such asteroid impacts.
Credit: Sandia National Labs/Simulation: Mark Boslough, Rendering: Brad Carvey; Photo by Olga Krugolva/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
A new early warning system may help speed up calculations of when and where incoming asteroids could strike Earth.
By monitoring observations of newly reported space objects, a computer program called Scout can quickly identify potentially dangerous asteroids, then automatically call for follow-ups to calculate a more precise path for these bodies, researchers said.
"These are objects that observers have reported, and they suspect them to be asteroids," Paul Chodas, manager of NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object (NEO) Studies at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California, told Space.com. "They are most likely asteroids, but they need to be confirmed by other observers." [Images: Potentially Dangerous Asteroids]
While midsize asteroids are frequently identified well before they hit Earth, smaller objects can be more difficult to spot and classify ahead of time. Correctly classifying these objects and determining their orbits takes multiple observations, researchers have said. And, especially for potentially hazardous impactors, the sooner the better, the researchers said.
Immediate follow-up
On Oct. 7, 2008, an 80-ton rock plowed through Earth's atmosphere and exploded above a remote area in Sudan. The asteroid, known as 2008 TC3, was spotted just 19 hours before it reached the African desert, making this the first incoming object tracked before crashing into Earth.
But the short notice provided little time for astronomers to follow up. With this in mind, NEO researcher Davide Farnocchia, also at JPL, worked to create a program to automatically monitor new observations and alert fellow astronomers.
"If Scout had been in observation eight years ago, it would have given early warning to observers that the asteroid — eventually named 2008 TC3 — should be followed up immediately because it had the possibility of hitting Earth," Chodas said.
Another object, which crashed into Earth's atmosphere around New Year's Day in 2014, wasn't identified until after it had already collided, burning up in the air over West Africa.
"Those two events made it clear what was needed and how necessary it was to automate [the process]," Chodas said.
When astronomers spotted a 10- to 30-foot (3 to 9 meters) space rock in November 2015, Scout took only 45 minutes to determine that the object would brush past Earth without colliding, Farnocchia said at a conference earlier this year. The asteroid buzzed past Earth a day after being discovered. In contrast, 2008 TC3 wasn't confirmed as an impactor until 12 hours before it hit Sudan.
Thanks to Scout, when astronomers spot a new object, "we will know sooner that it's a hazardous object," Chodas said.
When an astronomer identifies an interesting object, he or she posts observations on a website hosted by the Minor Planet Center (MPC) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Other astronomers can use that information to study the object, learning more about it and its orbit. But all of that takes time; astronomers need to check the DPS website regularly, and if the observations were posted from different time zones, researchers might not see new ones for several hours. For objects about to collide with Earth, those hours can be critical.
Scout automatically reviews the MPC's website. When a new object is posted, it takes Scout about 10 minutes to calculate the object's potential paths. If the newfound rock has the potential to threaten the planet, Scout alerts participating astronomers by email and text of the need for follow-up observations.
Observers around the globe can then head to their telescopes, track the object and post their own updated observations on the MPC's page. Scout continues to review the page, refining its calculations of the object's orbit and continuing to send messages as long as the rock remains potentially harmful.
"In many cases, after a few more observations, we realize it's not high priority, because it's not going to come as close as suspected," Chodas said. "That happens quite often."
The warning time for an impactor varies based on how large it is and how early it is observed, Chodas. Larger objects are brighter and more likely to be picked upearlier by asteroid-search programs, he said.
At 13 feet (4.1 m) wide, 2008 TC3 was small enough to escape notice until just before it exploded over Sudan.
Some larger objects can escape notice if they follow certain paths through space. Scientists think the asteroid that exploded without warning over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk in February 2013, wounding more than 1,200 people, was about 65 feet (20 m) wide. The asteroid managed to avoid detection because it approached Earth from the sunward side and was therefore hidden by the sun's glare. [All You Need to Know About the Chelyabinsk Meteor Explosion (Video)]
Had the Chelyabinsk object been a bit larger, Chodas said, it could have potentially been detected months earlier, when it could have been seen on the nightside of Earth.
Chelyabinsk-size impactorsare rare, hitting Earth about once every 80 years or so, Chodas said. In contrast, smaller, 3-foot (1 m) objects come by fairly frequently, sometimes turning into bright fireballs as they burn up in Earth's atmosphere. Initial estimates of 2008 TC3 suggested that it had burned up completely, though these estimates were proven wrong as the asteroid rained down more than 600 chunks of rockinto the desert.
Scout tracks only objects whose status as asteroids has not yet been confirmed. Once the Minor Planet Center classifies a body as an asteroid, the object is moved to another page where it is monitored instead by a program called Sentry.
Sentry is a long-term impact-monitoring system that continues to track space objects. While Scout looks only about a month in the future, Sentry peers about a decade ahead. The newfound object should be confirmed and passed from Scout to Sentry fairly quickly, and the long-range program will then alert astronomers about future impacts, Chodas said.
"It doesn't get lost — none of the data gets lost," he said.
For pending impacts, NASA has contacts with the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency and other agencies to prepare for upcoming disasters.
"The key thing is to have a system that alerts us and alerts the observers," Chodas said.
Elon Musk Says SpaceX's New Spaceship Could Go 'Well Beyond Mars'
Elon Musk Says SpaceX's New Spaceship Could Go 'Well Beyond Mars'
By Mike Wall, Space.com Senior Writer
Artist’s illustration showing SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft landing on Mars.
Credit: SpaceX
"Mars Colonial Transporter" seems like a pretty cool name for a spaceship, but it wasn't quite ambitious enough for SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk.
"Turns out MCT can go well beyond Mars, so will need a new name," the billionaire entrepreneur said Friday (Sept. 16) via his Twitter account, @elonmusk, referring to the spaceflight system that SpaceX is building tocolonize the Red Planet.
Some of Musk's 5.24 million Twitter followers took up the challenge and offered their own suggestions, including "Indestructible II," "Millenium," "Booster McBoosterface" and "Heart of Gold." [SpaceX's Red DragonMars Mission in Images]
This last offering was also the name of a ship in Douglas Adams' iconic sci-fi novel "A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," which is apparently close to Musk's heart.
"That is my favorite fictional spaceship. Powered by improbability!" Musk tweeted Friday.
But, in a series of tweets on Saturday (Sept. 17), Musk announced that he had settled on "Interplanetary Transport System," or ITS. In one of those tweets, Musk reminded his followers that SpaceX will be unveiling details of the colonial transporter next week at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Guadalajara, Mexico.
That same tweet also provided what Musk described as a preview of the IAC talk: a link to a clip from 2014's "The Lego Movie" that showed the film's 1980s astronaut character building, and flying, his Lego spaceship with great enthusiasm. (The tiny yellow fellow yells "Spaceship!" quite a bit.)
Musk has said repeatedly that he founded SpaceX in 2002 primarily to colonize Mars and thereby make humanity a multiplanet species.
The company plans to launch an uncrewed mission to the Red Planet in 2018 using SpaceX's Dragon capsule and Falcon Heavy rocket, then follow that up with additional missions every 26 months for the foreseeable future, Musk has said. (Earth and Mars align to make launches feasible just once every 26 months.)
If all goes according to plan, the Interplanetary Transport System will launch people toward the Red Planet for the first time in 2024. And, based on the new name, SpaceX may also be planning to send astronauts even farther afield in the future. We'll all just have to wait and see what Musk says during his IAC talk, which is scheduled to take place Sept. 27.
NASA to Announce 'Surprising' Europa Discovery Monday
NASA to Announce 'Surprising' Europa Discovery Monday
By Mike Wall, Space.com Senior Writer
Jupiter's moon Europa, as seen by NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SETI Institute
NASA will announce new findings about Jupiter's ocean-harboring moonEuropa during a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT) on Monday (Sept. 26).
"Astronomers will present results from a unique Europa observing campaign that resulted in surprising evidence of activity that may be related to the presence of a subsurface ocean on Europa," NASA officials wrote in a media advisory Tuesday (Sept. 20).
The new information comes courtesy of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, agency officials said. You can follow the news conference live here at Space.com, courtesy of NASA.
The participants in Monday's briefing are:
Paul Hertz, director of the Astrophysics Division at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
William Sparks, astronomer with the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore.
Britney Schmidt, assistant professor at the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.
Jennifer Wiseman, senior Hubble project scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
Astrobiologists regard Europa as one of the solar system's best bets to host alien life. The 1,900-mile-wide (3,100 kilometers) moon harbors a huge ocean of liquid water beneath its icy shell; furthermore, astronomers think this ocean is in contact with Europa's rocky mantle, making possible all sorts of interesting chemical reactions.
Tuesday's media advisory offered no further details about what the researchers will announce on Monday, but the involvement of Hubble raises the possibility that Europa's elusive plumes may finally have been spotted again.
In December 2012, Hubble detected what appeared to be plumes of water vapor extending about 120 miles (200 km) into space from Europa's south pole. This news, which was made public in late 2013, caused a great deal of excitement in the astrobiology community, because it suggested that a robotic probe may be able to sample Europa's ocean without landing on the moon's surface.
The detection team has been eyeing Europa with Hubble extensively since that initial observation, but to date they have not been able to confirm the existence of the plume.
Ring-Shaped Geoglyphs Found Near Ancient Town in Peru
Ring-Shaped Geoglyphs Found Near Ancient Town in Peru
By Owen Jarus, Live Science Contributor
One of the complex circular geoglyphs the team mapped at Quilcapampa, in the Sihuas Valley in Peru, has at least six rings arranged in an irregular pattern.
Credit: Photo courtesy Justin Jennings
Dozens of circular geoglyphs, some comprising several intertwined rings, have been identified and mapped near the ancient Peruvian town of Quilcapampa, revealing that these earthen designs were created near ancient pathways used for trade.
Geoglyphs are designs, which often form shapes or images, on the landscape. They are found all over the world; the most famous examples are located at Nazca, where thousands of such designs — from real and imaginary creatures to geometric shapes — have been etched into the Peruvian desert.
The newly mapped geoglyphs may have had symbolic significance, possibly representing the flow of people and goods through the town at the time, according to Justin Jennings, a curator at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto who is one of the team leaders. [See Images of the Mysterious Geoglpyhs in the Ancient Town of Peru]
Earthen rings
Jennings and his colleagues mapped the geoglyphs at Quilcapampa, in the Sihuas Valley, using a combination of satellite imagery, unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) and ground surveys. The smaller geoglyphs are visible from the ground, while the larger ones can be better seen from above. The archaeologists are trying to map as much of the landscape as they can before the area is developed for agriculture.
Aerial photographs of geoglyphs and rock cairns located in the pampa directly above Quilcapampa.
Credit: Image courtesy Justin Jennings
They found that many of the geoglyphs there have simple one-ring designs, while others are more complex.
One geoglyph they mapped has at least six rings designed in an irregular pattern, with smaller circles embedded inside larger circles so that the overall design looks a little like a swirl. Also, some of the geoglyphs contain rock piles called cairns located beside or within them, the archaeologists said.
The size of the geoglyphs varies considerably. The one ring geoglyphs tend to be between two to four meters (6.6 to 13.1 feet) in diameter while the multi-ring geoglyphs can sprawl over 800 square meters, about the size of two NBA basketball courts put together.
Most of the geoglyphs were made "by removing surface stones to expose the sandy soil below," the archaeologists wrote in a paper set to be published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports.
The scientists dated many of these geoglyphs to the Late Intermediate Period (A.D. 1050 to 1400). During that time, Quilcapampa supported a 70-hectare (173 acres) settlement that was a hub for trade, Jennings said. [Images: 14 Strangest Sites on Google Earth]
Geoglyphs are not the only art the people of Quilcapampa were creating at that time. Numerous examples of rock art (called petroglyphs) that were etched onto the walls of cliffs have been documented near Quilcapampa in previous studies.
Why circles?
It's still a mystery why the people of Quilcapampa often used circles in geoglyph design; no writing system existed in Peru at that time to offer a possible explanation.
Jennings said that the team's mapping research shows that many of the geoglyphs are located beside or near pathways used in ancient trade.
During the period when Quilcapampa flourished, there was "much more interaction between the coast and the highland," Jennings said. The "circulation" of people and goods (including food) along these pathways was necessary for daily life — something the circular designs might symbolize, he added.
Filer’s Files #39 -2016 Ancient Aliens in Peru - PART I
UFO imaged over Florence, Colorado on September 16, 2016
Filer’s Files #39 -2016 Ancient Aliens in Peru - PART I
In special reports, this week’s file cover: Colonel Don Ware and UFOs, Peru Gave the World Wonderful Food, Peruvians Study UFOs, Black Budget Programs, and Nessie Loch Ness Monster Filmed.
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Missouri. New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, South Carolina, and West Virginia.
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over Brazil, Canada, France, India, Ireland, Norway, and England and Scotland in the United Kingdom.
The Filer Research Institute feels the scientific study of UFOs is for the benefit of humankind and is an important endeavor. The US Air Force investigated UFOs publicly for more than twenty years under Project Blue Book; and I continue this advanced research. I believe the God of the universe has spread life throughout the cosmos and UFO’s are visiting us in ever-increasing numbers.
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Colonel Don Ware and UFOs
Donald M. Ware, Lt Colonel USAF (Ret), ten years Florida State MUFON Director and former Eastern Regional Director — then 18 years as a Director of the International UFO Congress. He discussed Underground bases, Alien-Human Hybrids, and the levels of consciousness to contact alien spirits. In this presentation at 108.30 into his discussion, Col. Ware mentions that he knew Navy Commander Grahame Bethune, that Grahame had informed Ware that he had flown Admiral Byrd to Antarctica in 1945. Admiral Byrd was tasked with finding out what was going on down there – but was sent home early. Col. Ware further states that he thinks Byrd was able to negotiate for US scientists joining with German scientists – who were already there working at an underground base – on sharing advanced technologies!
Ware states earlier in his presentation that the Germans did have disc technology dating back to scientific breakthroughs in 1929 – however it was when the Germans weaponized the discs by putting machine guns and cannons on the bottoms of the craft that an intervention occurred. Off Planet Visitors interceded stating – that this technology violated a prime directive – that it could not be used for purposes of warfare. The Visitors told the Germans that they could keep this technology but not for war – they were given the option of moving the discs to a base that the Germans had built in Antarctica which is what the German High Command – with Hitler’s approval – did.
There is no incentive for advanced species to even mingle with savage man who are constantly at war. Savage man is predatory in nature that reflects weak spiritual abilities and strong left-brain capabilities which they think only matters in this world. Any sufficiently advanced species would be able to create matter from energy of space (not necessarily a sun) so they do not need a planet nor any resources anywhere else! Why go somewhere (to get resources) when you can manufacture anything you want?
Some groups that mess around with humans are there for exploitation, the same as western civilization exploited native people of foreign lands of yesteryear. They have much to gain in such interactions but also risk being exposed and defeated if they are not careful. Why do you think we have not seen a powerful actual alien in their ship? They do not want to be seen due to the risk of being “discovered” then potentially could risk their operations. A lot more misinformation, clouds the minds of the masses for good reason as to prove cover for the truth as few can really accept it. I.e. mentally and spiritually immature. Large numbers of intelligent beings on other planets.
This seems to me to be part of a disclosure campaign with both Navy and Army aviation involved. Most people are not aware yet that between 1943 and 1945 the US Government, with the help of our British and Canadian allies and the Ambassador from Venus and 450 of his trained engineers built 500 round-wing planes with gravity motors in a hidden 300 square-mile valley in British Columbia, Canada.
This is much more easily understood after people read John B. Leith’s CIA disclosure books published past their intended date: Genesis for the Space Race a few months ago and The Man with the Golden Swordpublished in November 2014. Both available at Website and both on Amazon, with the Golden Sword book also on Kindle. Thanks to Don Ware.
Peru Gave the World Wonderful Food
Ancient Andean Peruvian farmers domesticated and developed more than half the food the world eats today. More kinds of food and medicinal plants were systematically cultivated in Peru than any other area of the world. Among them are potatoes, tomatoes, beans, peanuts, squash, peppers, papaya, cashews, pineapples, chocolate, avocadoes, mulberries, and strawberries. Often plants had to grown on terraces built by the Peruvians. So many and varied plants were so long domesticated in the Old World it is hard to realize they actually originated in Peru. The potato was first domesticated in the region of modern-day southern Peru and extreme northwestern Bolivia between 8000 and 5000 BC. It has since spread around the world and become a staple crop in many countries. Spanish invaders of Peru in 1513 brought them to Spain. My question is “Did these foods originate from other worlds?”
How were such titanic blocks of stone brought to the top of the mountain from the quarries many miles away? How were they cut and fitted, raised and put in place? No one knows how they built huge structures. There are archaeologists, scientists, who would have us believe that the dense, hard andesite rock was cut, surfaced and faced by means of stone or bronze tools. Such an explanation is so utterly preposterous that it is not even worthy of serious consideration. No one ever has found anywhere any stone tool or implement that would cut or chip the andesite, and no bronze ever made will make any impression upon it.” Hyatt & Ruth Verrill —-America’s Ancient Civilizations.
Eric Von Daniken, in his series of books beginning with Chariots of the Gods theorized that the Andean stone-works were build by Alien/Gods who visited the earth long ago, bringing civilization to primitive man. The scientific community simply snickered. Whatever one thinks of his theories, he brought to the public an awareness of the many ancient monuments on earth that seem to defy rational explanation.
The Andean culture may be the oldest in the world. Royal runners and couriers linked the four corners of the empire by running short relays at top speed, moving messages and sometimes delicacies such as fresh fish for the emperor’s table – as many as 250 miles a day. The main north south highway alone stretched 3500 miles.At Nazca just north of Lake Titicaca are clear markings that can be seen from space pointing to key ancient cities. The complexity and technology of these advanced civilization is not easy to explain. The Incas came much later and took advantage of the knowledge left by the ancients.
Lord Viracocha, the ‘creator of all things resembles a gray who came from space The Nasca lines in Peru can be seen from space and point to key ancient cities on the west coast of South America such as Tiahuanaco, where sophisticated cities with huge blocks of stone weighing hundreds of tons were moved and carved. Some showed carvings of apparent space vehicles that were found along the Andes Mountains that seem to represent supply vehicles coming from space.
Many of the ancient leaders in Peru and Bolivia have exceptionally large heads, appear to be Caucasian and wore long robes that infer colonization from another planet or at the least a different species than the natives of South America. The exceptionally elongated crania on the ancient leaders known as Dolichocephaloids, suggest a far different past than the Indians of the Andes. Not only did they look different, they had advanced knowledge of astronomy, plant genetics biology and development, and construction techniques.
Some anthropologists suggest the elongated skulls were the result of the Peruvian Indian practice of head-binding. However, two mummies of babies less than a year old (analyzed in England) … belonged to the Aymaraes tribe had elongated skulls. Additionally, an unborn seven month old fetus enclosed in the womb of a mummy of a pregnant woman had an elongated skull! The possibility exists that these are a different species or alien life forms that came to Earth.
It goes unreported that tens of thousands of perfectly preserved mummies that have been recovered from Peru, Mexico, Bolivia and Chile, etc., are the remains of ethnic much taller European Caucasians with blond, red, auburn, dark brown and black hair The hair itself is, on average, 30% thinner than that of present-day Indians and is often “wavy” (a unique European trait). In terms of physical anthropology, the mummified people have the longer face dolichocephalic cranial index, whereas the Indian populations are classified as, predominantly Mongoloid. Some of extended skulls suggest visitors from space or at least a very unusual species.
The National Museum of the Archaeology in Lima, Peru has displays of ancient skulls that show evidence of brain surgery on beings with exceptionally large craniums. The museum claims the skulls are deformities, but these alleged deformities exist in an exclusive group of beings who were the leaders, pharaohs, kings, priests, and rulers all over the ancient world.
The Andean people claim these were the gods who came from outer space and became rulers and taught them advanced knowledge of medicine, biology, astronomy and advanced construction techniques. Archaeologists from Tiahuanaco have discovered an underground pyramid using ground-penetrating radar.
Professor Arthur Posnansky studied the area in the 1930‘s claims in his 50 year study “Tiahuanaco, is the cradle of American Man” that the site was occupied in 15,000 B.C. prior to Egypt and Samaria. He bases this on calculations of archeoastronomy and sculptures of prehistoric animals found at the site. The construction sites are littered with stones weighing hundreds of tons. Throughout the Andes are amazing towns that include pyramids, temples and fortifications. Around 8,000 BC much of Peru and Bolivia were at sea level and rose to height of over 12,500 feet.
Tiahuanaco (also called Tiwanaku) located near Lake Titicaca is a mystery because of its extreme age and its peculiar stone technology that may be older than Egyptian or Sumerian construction.
This stone technology plainly contradicts what official archaeology suggests about the general state of development of the ancient peoples of South-America. Conventional historians assign the age of buildings of Tiahuanaco at around 600 B.C., or even later believing that a pre-Inca civilization, without benefit of the wheel, modern tools or even a written language constructed these architectural marvels. The ancient city of Tiahuanaco, Bolivia contains a pyramid and strange architecture that was built with the clear understanding of astronomy and advanced construction techniques. Professor Arthur Posnansky studied the area in the 1930‘s before much of the early stones were carried off for building the Bolivian railway. Posnansky summed up his 50 year study in a four volume work entitled “Tiahuanaco, The cradle of American Man” first published in 1945. He explains his theories are based on his calculations of archeoastronomy claiming the site was occupied in 15,000 B.C. Paleontologists tell us that mankind was living in caves and hunting animals for food, while a sophisticated city according to Posnansky was being built by moving an cutting blocks weighting as much as 400 tons. Additionally, the extraordinary development of dozens of types of food suggests advanced genetics techniques or the plants were brought from other plants.
Miles-long geometric designs in the desert of Nazca, south of Lima, or a winged god in the north are evidence for Chamorro that past cultures not only mastered science and math, but had an inkling that space might hold more than the sun and moon.
The Nasca lines in Peru can be seen from space and point to key ancient cities on the west coast of South America such as Tiahuanaco, where sophisticated cities with huge blocks of stone weighing hundreds of tons were moved and carved. They showed carvings of apparent space vehicles that were found along the Andes Mountains that seem to represent supply vehicles coming from space.
Cahauchi Pyramid
Archeologists and anthropologists have studied the ancient Nazca culture and the complex to try to determine the purpose of the lines and figures. One theory is that the Nazca people created them to be seen by their gods in the sky. They can actually be seen from space and at least one Andes Mountain has been shaved off to allow for landings. Thousands of tons of earth and stone had to removed to create an apparent landing zone.
ported that tens of thousands of perfectly preserved mummies that have been recovered from Peru, Mexico, Bolivia and Chile, etc., are the remains of ethnic European Caucasoids with blond, red, auburn, chestnut-brown, dark brown and black hair The hair itself is, on average, 30% thinner than that of present-day Indians and is often described as “wavy” (a unique European trait). In terms of physical anthropology, the mummified people have the longer face dolichocephalic cranial index, whereas the Indian populations are classified as, predominantly, Mongoloid physiology with the brachycephalic cranial index. The elaborately prepared mummies are of people of much taller stature than the average amongst the Indian populations and their blood groups are those of ethnic Europeans. . Some of extended skulls suggest visitors from space or at least a very unusual species.
The National Museum of the Archaeology, Anthropology, and History in Lima, Peru has displays of ancient skulls that show evidence of brain surgery on beings with exceptionally large craniums. The museum claims the skulls are deformities, but these alleged deformities exist in an exclusive group of beings who were the leaders, pharaohs, kings, priests, and rulers all over the ancient world. The Andean people claim these were the gods who came from outer space and taught them advanced knowledge of medicine, biology, astronomy and advanced construction techniques.
Many of the ancient leaders in Peru and Bolivia had exceptionally large heads, and were able to withstand low temperatures and high altitude in the Andes. Professor Arthur Posnansky studied the area in the 1930‘s before much of the early stones were carried off for building a railway claims in his 50 year study “Tiahuanaco, The cradle of American Man” that the site was occupied in 15,000 B.C. prior to Egypt or Samaria. He bases this on calculations of archeoastronomy and sculptures of prehistoric animals found at the site. The construction sites are littered with stones weighing hundreds of tons. Throughout the Andes are amazing towns that include pyramids, temples and fortifications.
Peruvians Study UFOs
LIMA — The Herald of all the officers in all the armed forces of the world, perhaps none has a more unusual job than Peruvian air force Commander Julio Chamorro: to investigate — and perhaps prove — the existence of UFOs. As head of the Office to Investigate Aerial Phenomena, Chamorro directs a seven-member team in charge of studying what he calls “anomalies that could cause problems with aviation.” Ostensibly, the office investigates planes that veer off course and hang gliders that steer too close to military bases, but that’s not the crux of the work. Of the hundreds of calls received each month by the office, Chamorro says at least half are to report UFO sightings. And Chamorro believes many are credible. ”There are several mysteries that we believe are highly important and which merit our full attention.”
Chamorro said. “If we can arrive at definitive conclusions, our work will be highly beneficial to Peru and all of humanity. Just think about the technological advances if we can definitely prove the existence of spacecrafts.” Chamorro estimates that 60 percent of Peru’s population has seen an unexplainable event in the sky. Most of the calls he receives can be explained, but he says about a dozen each month are credible sightings with no easy explanation.
Example is the video taken in Chulucanas, Piura, at the end of 2001. Chamorro says it shows a huge ship sitting in the sky for nearly two hours. ”The ship made no noise and did not move. You can see the shape, which includes even windows,”
Chamorro said. Chulucanas has a long history of UFO sightings, he added. Chamorro’s office was officially organized seven years ago, but the Peruvian government’s interest in UFOs goes back decades, and there is archaeological evidence that ancient cultures were also hooked on other-worldly phenomena.
Chilca also has its own tiny piece of ancient UFO history. In the town’s museum, Rueda keeps a minuscule swath of Incan textile wrapped in brown paper for safekeeping. The textile depicts an oddly shaped nonhuman figure with antennas. Rueda says the figure is similar to the extraterrestrial being supposedly found in Roswell in 1947 and which forms the core of UFO attractions that put the town on the map. ”This proves that we are not the first people to sight UFOs here. The ancient Peruvians who inhabited Chilca also had sights and possibly contact,” he said.
Chamorro says sightings form part of Peru’s culture, and even the government has gotten in the act on and off over the years. In 1955, Carlos Paz founded Peru’s Institute for Inter-Planetary Relations to study UFOs. Paz is a mythical figure in the international UFO community and assumed the role of quasi-diplomat from Peru to civilizations beyond the solar system.
Black Budget Programs
Collective-evolution reports Edward Snowden; a former intelligence contractor has leaked documentation that proves the existence of clandestine black budget operations (programs that are extremely classified dealing with technology, information and more.) The United States has a history of government agencies existing in secret for years. The National Security Agency (NSA) was founded in 1952, its existence was hidden until the mid 1960’s. Even more secretive is the National Reconnaissance Office, which was founded in 1960 but remained completely secret for 30 years.
We are talking about Special Access Programs (SAP). From these we have unacknowledged and waived SAPs. These programs do not exist publicly, but they do indeed exist. They are better known as ‘deep black programs.’ A 1997 US Senate report described them as “so sensitive that they are exempt from standard reporting requirements to the Congress.”
The Washington Post revealed that the “black-budget” documents report a staggering 52.6 billion dollars that was set aside for operations in the fiscal year 2013. Although it’s great to have this type of documentation in the public domain proving the existence of these black budget programs, the numbers seem to be too low according to statements made by some very prominent people. There is a lot of evidence to suggest that these programs are not using billions of dollars, but trillions of dollars that are unaccounted for. Here is a statement given by Canada’s former Minister of National Defence, Paul Hellyer in 2008:
It is ironic that the U.S. would begin a devastating war, allegedly in search of weapons of mass destruction when the most worrisome developments in this field are occurring in your own backyard. It is ironic that the U.S. should be fighting monstrously expensive wars allegedly to bring democracy to those countries, when it itself can no longer claim to be called a democracy when trillions, and I mean thousands of billions of dollars have been spent on projects which both congress and the commander in chief no nothing about(2)
We are talking about large amounts of unaccounted-for money going into programs we know nothing about. There have been several congressional inquiries that have noted billions, and even trillions of dollars that have gone missing from the Federal Reserve System.
On July 16, 2001, in front of the house appropriations committee, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld stated:
The financial systems of the Dartment of Defense are so snarled up that we can’t account for some $2.6 trillion in transactions that exist, if that’s believable.We don’t really hear about black budget programs, or about people who have actually looked into them. However, the topic was discussed in 2010 by Washington Post journalists Dana Priest and William Arkin. Their investigation lasted two years and concluded that America’s classified world has: Become so large, so unwieldy and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employees, how many programs exist within it or exactly how many agencies do the same work.
Another person was aviation journalist Bill Sweetman. Within the Pentagon, he estimated that 150 special access programs existed that weren’t even acknowledged. These programs are not known about by the highest members of government and the highest ranking officials in the military. He determined that most of these programs were dominated by private contractors (Lockheed Martin, Boeing, etc.) and that he had no idea as to how these programs were funded.
These programs include advanced space ships craft like TR-3 Manta.
Dwight Eisenhower, former five stars U.S. general and President of the United States also warned us about secrecy and the acquisition of unwarranted influence within the “Department of Defense” with his farewell speech:
In the council of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential disaster of the rise of misplaced power exists, and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes.
The only other president that blew the whistle on secrecy beyond the government was President John F. Kennedy referring to the military industrial complex:
It appears some of these black budget programs deal with UFOs. Documents from the NSA prove that UFOs and extraterrestrials are of high interest to the agency and over whelming evidence suggest that these black budget programs deal with matters beyond our world. Garry McKinnon has also shed light on this fact, as have thousands of previously classified documents and statements from high level government and military personnel.
Nessie Loch Ness Monster
An amateur photographer visiting Loch Ness has captured an incredible image that some have said is the most convincing Nessie picture ever! A whisky warehouse worker by trade, Ian Bremner visited the legendary site in Scotland to snap a few photos of the area’s natural beauty. Similar to other Nessie ‘sightings,’ it was not until Bremner got home and looked closer at his photos that he spotted the incredible sight of three distinct humps emerging from the water. “When I saw it on my screen I said ‘what the hell is that?,'” he marveled to the website The Scotsman.Normally a skeptic that the legendary creature exists, Bremner conceded, “I’m starting to think there is something out there.” Indeed, the remarkable photo constitutes one of the best Nessie images ever taken. It provides a possible tantalizing glimpse of just what Nessie may be. Thanks to Website
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Filer’s Files #39 -2016 Ancient Aliens in Peru - PART II
Filer’s Files #39 -2016 Ancient Aliens in Peru - PART II
UFO Sightings in the United States
Alabama Lights
Huntsville— I was taking pictures of the Harvest moon on September 16, 016, when an image started to appear around the moon. It was really bright and started moving. I started snapping pictures and saw many images of fast lights and moving objects that I could not explain.
I do not know what was captured in the photos, but I do feel they are unexplained and may be useful for research. Thanks to MUFON CMS
California Triangle
Hollister— A dark shaped craft follows an airliner, and appears similar to what I witnessed on September 10, 2016
At 9:43 pm in Clayton, it is seen descending and appears to enter into the earth. https://youtu.be/0wlBFeAGprU Thanks to MUFON CMS
Colorado Disc
Florence — I was at Pathfinder Park with my wife and daughter, and took a photo of the landscape/on September 16, 2016. I framed my shot and saw a black spot on the photo preview within a couple seconds. I immediately returned my attention to the sky to try to see what it was I captured. My wife, daughter and I scanned the sky but none of us could find anything. My iPhone camera captured something. I also checked the lens to see if there was anything on it and it was clear. I also had my attention focused to this point in the sky and I should have seen birds or bugs flying around. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Florida Rocket Explosion
Cape Canaveral — September 01st, 2016, @ 0907 HRS. (EDT)—The Space X second stage missile caught fire and exploded, just as a very peculiar object, captured on video, is seen to move through the launch area. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed that the company has not ruled out an ‘unknown object’ as the cause of their recent rocket explosion.
At this writing, not much is known about the fast-moving object, but it appears to be very peculiar, and highly anomalous. A professional driver in Florida, who was carefully reviewing a CNN video in slow motion, and noticed the object streaking across the screen. The rocket’s payload, an Israeli-built communications satellite for Facebook due to launch on Saturday, was also destroyed,
In addition, preliminary photo analysis, provided to us by Mr. Gene Weed, of video footage he witnessed appears to be a solid, dimensional object. Mr. Gene Weed claims the object is a solid rounded rectangular object, with dark energy bands under the object. Study it carefully, and you can see a solid object above the dark bands. The object was observed flying away to the right after the explosion, in later frames. The publisher missed it. Thanks to Peter Davenport Website SpaceX film.
Hawaii Light
Kapaa — I was home alone reading and had an urge to go out and take photos of the sky on July 24, 2016. Weeks earlier I had seen some strange red lights in the sky but I had no phone. This time, I decided to take my phone and be ready. I could not see anything really clearly as it flickered and zipped back and forth. I have a series of photos of trails, but one shot, it came out really well. At the time I was unsure what I had seen and it was not until I went back inside and looked at the photos in the dark that something odd showed up. I have always wanted to see a UFO and I actually am thrilled that the photo turned out. . Yesterday I was doing my everyday Kawaihau walk before dinner and the sunset was great. I took a bunch of photos and it seems I caught something again. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Missouri Orb
Jonesburg — Received a phone call from my father that a friend had spotted what they believed to be a UFO in the sky on September 19, 2016
That person had witnessed it being stationary for hours and we did at work as well. Thanks to MUFON CMS
O’Fallon– Similar object photographed on September 19, 2016.
New Jersey Disks
Cologne— I was driving west on Cologne Port Republic Road, near NAAFAC in Absecon NJ and stopped to take pictures of a rainbow in the clouds on June 27, 2016.
There were also unusual cloud formations. I was looking through photos yesterday and never noticed these two shiny objects in the lower left quadrant before.
I can’t determine what they are or if they have any significance. If you have any opinions I would love to hear them. Thanks to MUFON CMS
New Mexico Orb
Espanola— I am an avid believer in ancient astronaut theory. On September 17, 2016,
I was reading Facebook posts about the strange light in the sky everyone in the area was talking about it. Fearful that I had missed my once in a lifetime opportunity to see a UFO. I ran outside and it was a stationary orb. I witnessed it change colors from blue to white to red to orange in disbelief. I called my husband at work and he told me it was real. Local news feed says it was a weather balloon that I could track. So I did but to my surprise the “path” recorded on the “weather balloon” was nowhere near northern New Mexico. Once again they are blaming a weather balloon but are we really going to buy that story again; let’s believe in the obvious and the proof. Thanks to MUFON CMS
New York Lights
New York City— This is a tourist photo taken with a mobile phone. I do not have any explanation to justify the strange lights on the top of the picture on August 27, 2016, at 9:50 AM EDT
Note: The lights appear to be a reflection. At this time it is not known if the photo was taken indoors or outdoors. This question has been submitted to the witness. Any updates will be posted. Thanks to William Puckett, Director Website
South Carolina Light
Myrtle Beach— I was sleeping and something woke me up at 3:30 am on September 4. 2016. I saw multi colors that I think it was a UFO. It came towards me, moved to the right, and then moved to the left, and backed up.
My hair was standing up on my neck, I was scared. I watched for over an hour, it was still there when I went back to sleep. Thanks to MUFON CMS
West Virginia Light
I was at Stonewall Resort, and three workers and I were heading to the top of the hill to get our machinery out for the morning job. It was pretty dark out and I looked up and noticed a bright light moving in the sky. I pointed it out asking what the heck it was, and one of our guys said it’s an airplane. I disagreed, airplanes have different lights. It looked like a solid light moving in a straight direction, but shifting side to side as well. I grabbed my phone and zoomed in as close as I could to get an image. We went back to work since the sun was coming up and this wasn’t my first UFO encounter. The single light was actually four lights, Thanks to MUFON CMS
Worldwide UFO Sightings
Brazil Orb
Sao Paulo – I was in a parking lot around 8 PM in Santo Andre and saw a clear beautiful full moon on September 17, 2016. So, before I entered my car, I decided to take a picture of the moon with my Nokia Lumia 1020 camera and adjusted ISO to 4000 and took two photos. In the first one, there was this object – not visible with the naked eye: huge, white, with a kind of different texture borderline, almost like a spiral. In the second picture it was simply not there.
Not sure what it was, but it really intrigued me. If anyone can, please, take a look and tell me if this is possible in a photo, I would really appreciate it. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Canada Sightings
Grand Forks, Alberta – My husband took a video of my sister climbing a tree on July 15, 2016. He recorded using a slow mode feature for comic reasons.
After watching the video afterward, a black disk could be clearly seen moving swiftly across the sky at lower right.
It’s reasonable to conclude that in ‘real time’ this disk must have been moving extremely fast! Hence, the reason we did not see it while we were recording my sister. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Scarborough, Ontario — On September 2, 2016, on afternoon work break in our parking lot I witnessed a slow bright white flashing ufo close to my position at about one thousand feet altitude. I was shocked after watching for thirty seconds of its brightness. I started to film it at 3:13 pm and after a minute yelled for a co-worker to see it. He ran up beside me and he saw it and we watched it head east flashing on and off. After three minutes we both lost sight of it. In reviewing the pictures, I found four that captured the intended object out of over 20 pictures illustrating this white flashing light was star shape. Thanks once again for Filer’s Files and I appreciate your time and interest into the matter. Thanks to Paul Shishis
France Three Orbs
Corbeil Essonne — I write this post to share one of my three UFO experiences in September 1996. When I was young in the 70s’ my dad told me about all the sightings he was reading in the newspaper and he always tell me there is life up there. I was 30 years old and was living in Paris and drove to Corbeil Essonne. As we arrive at the entrance of town at 6:00 PM, we were stuck in heavy traffic. Suddenly right in front of us is a several hovering dim lights that are way too low to be a plane. The dim light on left side became the same size of the first one and the one on the right became the same size. The three lights stood still for ten seconds, and the two lights on both sides dim out and disappear. Than the middle light becomes bigger and extremely bright and all the houses around us become lit up. The light became very small and starts moving at incredible speed and disappears in the clouds. The local newspaper, “Le Parisian Essonne edition” asks witnesses to come to their gendarmerie office and to testify the sighting. I am a CGI guy so I made a simulation of the sighting Thanks to MUFON CMS
India Disc
Jamnagar — My friend and I went to Lakhota Lake in the middle of the city and we sat on bench to click some pictures on May 24, 2016. No one reviewed the pictures until today the 16th of September 2016, when I saw something tiny above my head in the picture that I posted on Instagram. It was something round with silver like surface while its bottom was darker and a bit thicker.
It had no wings on it and I was stunned. It seems to be an UFO as it was hovering unlike any aircraft. There are no helipads in the city. Its shape is more like a UFO shown on TV. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Ireland Flying Object
I took the film with my car CCTV camera during travel on November 15, 2015.
The film was not converted and this is a true copy. The object is seen in slow motion and will be seen well in close pictures from the film. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Norway Disc
Gaustadtoppen – On July 8, 2016, two pictures were taken in Norway this summer at a place called Gaustadtoppen. It looks like someone may have been throwing a stone and taken a picture, but the reporter said that he did not.
Note: The object in the photo appears disk shaped, but enlargement shows it is not a perfect disk. The object could be a bird or insect that was found in the background of the photo and was not seen. Thanks to William Puckett, Director Website
UK/England Lights
Hergest Ridge, Kington Rural — There was a sighting shown in Colorado on George Filer’s Files web site today and the photo is included with these pictures. Attached are some of my pictures from a video of a similar object to that plus some of it when it was a diamond shape.
The diamond shape is not lens aperture as the diamond shapes do not occur central in the frame, they are at the top and in corners, which would not be possible if the shapes were not actually in these locations.
These were from March 2016, taken over the England and Wales border looking towards Hergest Ridge, which is a historic area.
Note: Only one image sent by the witness is included in this report. Some of the images sent by the witness look similar to the above photo taken in Silt, Colorado. The diamond shaped image is only included in this posting because the witness specifically references it in his report.
The witness is referring to the following sighting listed on George Filer’s Files #38 Nationalufocenter.com:
UK/Scotland
Kirkcaldy — Between 1 am and/2 am I went outside to look at the moon which was unusually bright on September 8, 2016. I see two objects about 5″ apart from my perspective with star-like appearance. They are moving apart but with the same trajectory towards the moon. They are almost directly above me and zigzagging at 90 degrees every second, but keeping the same trajectory from my perspective zigzagging by 1/2 mm.
I watched them for a few minutes then I went indoors. I have seen satellites and these were not them. They were very far away and very bright which would mean they were extremely large for me to see them. I don’t know if the moon was illuminating them. Thanks to MUFON CMS
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Delftse onderzoekers ontwikkelen dubbeldekkerdrone met één propeller
Delftse onderzoekers ontwikkelen dubbeldekkerdrone met één propeller
Tim Kraaijvanger
De delftAcopter is misschien wel de meest bijzondere drone van het jaar. Deze drone stijgt op als een helikopter, kantelt vervolgens 90 graden en vliegt verder als een vliegtuig. Hoe dat eruit ziet, zie je hier!
De drone maakt het mogelijk om makkelijker te landen en op te stijgen in een moeilijk gebied. Dit komt omdat de dubbeldekkerdrone één hoofdrotor heeft en een staart ontbreekt. “Verticaal opstijgen (of landen) en horizontaal verder vliegen is zeker niet nieuw, maar wel op deze elegante manier,” zegt onderzoeker Bart Remes van het Delftse MAVlab. “Doordat de staart is weg gelaten en het vliegtuig slechts één dubbeldekkervleugel heeft, kan het elegant rechtop blijven staan om te landen en op te stijgen.”
De drone is met een spanwijdte van 1,5 meter geen kleintje. Het beestje kan een snelheid van 100 kilometer per uur bereiken en vliegt maximaal zestig kilometer op één acculading. Daarnaast kan de drone stil in de lucht blijven hangen.
Nog een mooie innovatie: de delftAcopter vliegt zelfstandig van plek naar plek en hoeft dus niet bestuurd te worden. Daarvoor gebruikt de drone GPS en zijn zicht. “De drone gebruikt on-board vision om zelfstandig een landingsplek te kiezen,” laat Remes weten. “Zo zal hij volledig zelfstandig de meest veilige plek uitkiezen waar geen obstakels in de weg staan.”
De delftAcopter doet eind deze maand mee aan de UAV Medical Express Challenge. Elf teams proberen de zieke Outback Joe te redden met een onbemand vliegtuig. Remes: “De opdracht draait om het ‘redden’ van een persoon in een overstroomd gebied in Queensland. Outback Joe voelt zich niet lekker, en na overleg met zijn dokter is besloten om snel een bloedsample af te nemen en te onderzoeken. Joe kan zelf een sample nemen. De uitdaging voor ons is om dit sample snel naar een laboratorium te krijgen.” Dit laboratorium is dertig kilometer verderop. De delftAcopter moet zelf Outback Joe vinden, zo dicht mogelijk bij hem landen (maar niet dichterbij dan dertig meter) en het bloedmonster verzenden naar het laboratorium. En dat binnen een uur. “Het wordt heel spannend om te zien hoe ver we ermee komen.”
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Ons heelal is rond en roteert niet
Ons heelal is rond en roteert niet
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Ons universum is rond, dijt aan alle kanten even snel uit en lijkt niet te roteren. Dit beweren astronomen in een paper in het wetenschappelijke vakblad Physical Review Letters.
Wetenschappers onderzochten de kosmische achtergrondstraling. Dit is de warmtestraling die is uitgezonden tijdens de oerknal. Stel dat het heelal niet in alle richtingen even snel uit zou dijen, dan zouden er bepaalde patronen te zien moeten zijn in de achtergrondstraling. “Denk hierbij aan koude of hete plekken die een bepaalde as volgen of zelfs spiraalstructuren”, vertelt astronoom Daniela Saadeh.
“We hebben deze verwachtingen vergeleken met de daadwerkelijke situatie”, zegt onderzoeker Dr Stephen Feeney van het Imperial College London. “Dit was nog lastig, omdat het universum op heel veel manieren anisotropisch kan zijn. Je kunt gemakkelijk verdwalen in het doolhof van mogelijke universums.”
Er zijn geen patronen gevonden in de kosmische achtergrondstraling.
1 op 121.000 De kans dat het heelal een voorkeursrichting heeft is erg klein. Feeney en Saadeh beweren dat de kans 1 op 121.000 is.
Toch zijn er misschien wel andere heelallen die niet isotropisch zijn. “De algemene relativiteitstheorie van Albert Einstein laat de deuren open voor anistrope heelallen, die de ene kant sneller uitdijt dan de andere kant. Of die mogelijk roteren”, aldus Saadeh. “Het is goed nieuws dat het heelal aan alle kanten even snel uitdijt, omdat onze huidige kosmologische modellen hiervan uitgaan.”
Multiversum Andere heelallen? Ja, wetenschappers denken dat ons heelal niet uniek is. Wellicht zijn er veel meer universa in het zogenoemde multiversum. Sterker nog: in andere universa is er mogelijk een gunstiger klimaat voor leven, waardoor er meer (intelligent) leven voorkomt dan in ons eigen universum. De vraag is of we ooit naar een ander universum kunnen reizen. Misschien via een wormgat?
Lasers play many roles in our everyday lives, from optical storage to metal cutting to tattoo and hair removal. Laser technology is used in a wide range of other applications, including surgery and weaponry.
Now, researchers from the University of Michigan have developed a laser technique that uses blood to spot tumors in a human body. The new technique combines laser light with a fluorescent dye to observe cell structure and activity at the molecular level.
The researchers tested out the technique by shining a laser light into a cavity containing whole human blood mixed with Indocyanine green, an FDA-approved fluorescent dye used in diagnostic tests. By examining the light that was reflected back at them, they could observe cell structure and the changes happening to the cells at the molecular level.
The light could be amplified to spot the smallest changes in cells or bodily tissues. This could help in improving clinical imaging and better monitoring of tumors. Surgeons can use the new laser technique to spot the edge of a tumor and remove every last bit of cancer.
It could also be used during drug testing to monitor the changes that cells undergo when exposed to prospective new drugs.
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One-Country Space Race? Russia Starts Moon Landing Trials With Plans to Colonize by 2045
One-Country Space Race? Russia Starts Moon Landing Trials With Plans to Colonize by 2045
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IN BRIEF
While other countries are looking for new planets for humans to inhabit, Russian cosmonauts have started preparing for a planned colonization of the Moon. This perhaps shortsighted plan aims to put the first Russians on the surface of the Earth's lone satellite between 2025 and 2045.
It’s like the space race of the ’60s and ’70s all over again. Not only is Russia trying to figure out how easy it would be for their cosmonauts to walk on the Moon’s surface, they’re using 1970s Selen technology to do it.
Russian state-backed space agency Roscosmos has revealed that it plans to send manned missions to the Moon some time between 2025 and 2045. By then, more than 60 years will have passed since Apollo 11 and Neil Armstrong’s “one giant leap for mankind” ended the space race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
Roscosmos has revealed plans to send a manned mission to the moon between 2025 and 2045Credit: Roscosmos
The Russians are, of course, not relying entirely on Soviet-era tech. The European Space Agency (ESA) is reportedly assisting Russia on the mission, and Roscosmos claims that it is working with RSC Energia to develop new and better spacesuits to facilitate walking on the Moon.
At a time when much of space technological development is geared towards intergalactic colonization, Russia decides to take a rather unusual course that some criticize as being outdated, including Russian Academy of Cosmonautics member Yury Karash, who thinks the plan will only serve to “emphasize Russian technological backwardness.”
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Boffins are using 1970s tech to discover how easy it would be for their cosmonauts to walk on the lunar surface
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RSC Energia are working on a new spacesuit to make moon walking easier
A professor from UC Berkeley has put forward a new theory about time. He believes that the flow of time is concurrent with the current expansion of space. This theory would make time travel a physical impossibility.
Professor Richard Muller has put forward a theory that the progression of time is a direct result of the expansion of space
(Credit: UC Berkeley)
CREATING NEW “NOWS”
The study of time is a somewhat barren field. It became the focus of many scientists after Einstein bound the concept of time to the concept of space (creating spacetime). However, physicists have found it challenging to probe further into how time works.
But one physics professor is stating his mind when it comes to time. Professor Richard Muller of UC Berkeley has published NOW: The Physics of Time, which explains his view of how and why time flows. It all started with one question: Why does the arrow of time flow inexorably toward the future, constantly creating new “nows”?
Muller’s theory on the flow of time merges two ideas: the expansion of the universe, and the concept of spacetime. The universe is expanding, but not because the stars are flying away from each other. Instead, the fabric of spacetime is expanding, while the stars stay put.
Just let that sink in a moment.
Space has been expanding ever since the Big Bang. Muller theorized that, as space is expanding in the universe, so is time. “Every moment, the universe gets a little bigger, and there is a little more time, and it is this leading edge of time that we refer to as now,” he writes.
STUCK IN THE PRESENT
This concept has some interesting consequences. First, it invalidates travel to the future, since there is actually no future yet to travel to. Travel to the past is also next to impossible, since you would have to destroy some space in order to turn back time. This does occur when a black hole evaporates or a star explodes, but the impact is so small that it wouldn’t matter.
Essentially, Muller is killing all of your childhood science fiction dreams.
Muller’s theory even led to a collaboration with Caltech theoretician Shaun Maguire and a paper that proposes a way to test the theory using LIGO. If the scientists are right, then when two black holes merge and create new space, they should also create new time (one millisecond, to be exact) which would delay the gravitational wave signal LIGO observes from Earth. Muller is optimistic that in the next few years LIGO will verify or falsify his theory.
“I think my theory is going to have an impact on calculations of the very early universe,” Muller said. “I don’t see any way that it affects our everyday lives. But it is fascinating.”
Les pilotes de ligne craignent toujours de signaler leurs observations d’ovnis dans le ciel
WASHINGTON— Les pilotes de ligne voient des objets volants non identifiés mais très peu les signalent à cause du ridicule. Selon le NARCAP (Centre national d’information sur les phénomènes anormaux de l’aviation) Il y a eu plus de 3 500 observations de « Phénomènes Aériens Non identifiés » par des pilotes militaires, commerciaux et civils. Mais selon le Capitaine Jim Courant, pilote commercial depuis plus de 31 ans, il y a beaucoup plus d’observations qui ne sont tout simplement pas signalées. « Le nombre de personnes qui sont au courant du sujet est presque incroyable » a-t-il dit, s’exprimant devant l’audience citoyenne sur la divulgation au National Press Club à Washington, DC le 3 mai. Courant fait des recherches et étudie le phénomène ovni depuis des années. Il a amassé plus de 3000 livres sur les ovnis et les extraterrestres et a accueilli une série télévisée sur la question intitulée «Nouvelles perspectives » qui a duré trois ans. Il vole toujours pour une compagnie aérienne commerciale et en raison de son exposition à la télévision, il est reconnu comme une autorité en matière d’OVNIS et de rencontres. Il a été contacté et l’est toujours, par de nombreux pilotes de compagnies aériennes commerciales et militaires qui sont heureux de discuter en privé de leurs rencontres avec des OVNIs, mais ne veulent pas parler publiquement, craignant le ridicule et dans certains cas des représailles. «Ils ont peur, » non pas tant pour leur statut ou leurs prestations de retraite, mais « ils ont plus peur pour leurs familles », a-t-il dit.
Il a décrit l’expérience d’un pilote qui était aux commandes d’un 747 au dessus du Pacifique en 1980, quand il est tombé nez à nez avec un OVNI en face de lui. « Vous ne croirez pas ce que nous avons vu, »avait dit le pilote, selon Courant. « Cette chose était plus grande qu’un 747. » Courant déclare que le pilote arrivé à sa destination au Japon, fit un compte rendu et on lui dit de ne jamais en reparler. »
Courant a raconté à l’audition sa propre rencontre avec un ovni. En 1995, il volait près d’Albuquerque, Nouveau Mexique, lorsque avec son co-pilote, ils ont vu une forme ovale bleu vert s’approcher en provenance de la gauche. « Dans un flash de lumière blanche aveuglante, l’objet a soudainement monté à un angle de 45 degrés » a-t-il déclaré à l’audition. Quatre autres pilotes on signalé à la tour de contrôle qu’ils avaient aussi vu l’objet. « Un pilote a dit que cela devait être un météore, » s’est souvenu Courant, ajoutant, « je suis rentré dans la conversation et j’ai dit « depuis quand les météores remontent-ils ? » Quand on l’a questionné sur la réaction de son co-pilote dans une conversation téléphonique après l’audition, Courant a déclaré « Il a refusé d’en discuter et n’a plus jamais volé avec moi ».
Courant dit que les pilotes ont rapporté avoir vu une variété d’engins qui apparaissent soudainement et se déplacent à des vitesses impossibles pour la technologie actuelle. Les signalements incluent des engins en forme de cigare, des engins triangulaires, et d’autres qui sont de la taille d’un porte-avions ou plus. Il dit que les pilotes de ligne sont « très sérieux dans leur profession » et non susceptibles de faire des exagérations.
Le site web NAPCAR, co-fondé en 1999 par le Dr Richard F. Haines, un spécialiste reconnu en matière d’ovnis et un ancien responsable scientifique au centre de recherche de la NASA de Ames a été efficace pour apporter des preuves des observations, mais Courant dit que plus doit être fait.
Les observations d’ovnis ne sont que « la pointe de l’iceberg » en terme de ce qui a été vécu et de ce qui est connu à propos des extraterrestres selon lui. «
» Je suis au courant de certaines choses, mais je ne peux pas rentrer dans le sujet ici, » a-t-il déclaré à l’audition. Courant a dit qu’il était temps pour le gouvernement américain d’être honnête avec les preuves fournies et acquises par ses agences à travers des décennies de rencontres extraterrestres. Les pilotes de ligne savent ce qu’ils ont vu, dit-il et devraient être en mesure d’en parler sans crainte du ridicule.
Patrick Frost witnessed 8 lights in the sky over Hastings
REMARQUE : L’image ci-dessus est une illustration.
4 mindboggling astronomical mysteries that SCIENTISTS can’t solve
4 mindboggling astronomical mysteries that SCIENTISTS can’t solve
Even though the moon is magnetically inert, in the distant past, it was surrounded by a mystery ‘shield’ that protected it from harmful solar winds and asteroids. Now it’s gone —mysteriously— and researchers cannot explain it. In addition to that, it turns ou that there are SEVERAL so-called ALIEN MEGASTRUCTURES spotted around two stars, another discovery that has created confusion among experts. It turns out the universe is full of unexplained discoveries.
Everyone is fascinated with space. Simply put, we all love to read about the universe, the origin of life, chances of alien civilizations existing elsewhere, planets like Earth and everything in between. With each discovery, more profound questions are asked by experts, but some of them remain a profound mystery, as researchers are unable to explain them rationally.
Here we bring you some (five) fascinating astronomical discoveries that still remain a mystery.
The Mystery Island of Titan.
Titan is the largest moon of Saturn and one of the most similar to places to Earth in our solar system, with an atmosphere, liquid water, wind, rain and apparently geological activity. In 2007, Cassini snapped some images of a region called Ligeria Sea with no apparent oddities. Six years later, the same area was photographed, but it showed a land was in an area where there was previously only ocean.
Shortly after, a new photographic record verifies that the island vanished without a trace.
An asteroid with… wings… uhmmm I mean rings
Are asteroids supposed to have rings? Well, not exactly.
It turns out that in our solar system there are four planets with rings: Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn, and Neptune.
That’s why it was very strange for scientists to find an asteroid that also has rings. With 250 kilometers in diameter, it has a ring system made of (apparently) space debris which scientist have never before seen and it is of an unknown origin.
The moon’s magnetic field
Even though our moon is magnetically inert, some four million years ago the moon was surrounded by a magnetic shield that protected it from solar winds and space objects. Well, it turns out that Science cannot explain how this magnetic field was greater than the Earth (it was apparently) being that the mass of the moon is significantly lower. Its origin, as the reasons why the magnetic field disappeared, remains a profound mystery.
Actually, the mystery behind the moon’s magnetic field is just one of the many enigmas that surround our natural satellite. As it turns out, the moon is one of the most mysterious objects in our solar system.
The Alien mega structure, or should I say MEGASTRUCTURES?
Apparently, there is a massive ‘alien’ megastructure located surrounding KIC 8462852, aka Tabby’s star.
Strangely, it isn’t the only one as scientists have discovered another one –apparently.
One of the most amazing stars in our galaxy, KIC 8462852, aka Tabby’s star, has been the subject of debate in recent months.
The main reason? Well, the star has some really strange fluctuations in brightness that could be the ultimate evidence of the existence of an alien megastructure –a Dyson Sphere— constructed by a highly advanced alien civilization around the star, in order to harness energy from it.
Forbidden History: There was a fourth BLACK PYRAMID at Giza
Forbidden History: There was a fourth BLACK PYRAMID at Giza
According to a Danish naval captain and explorer, there was a fourth BLACK PYRAMID at Giza. During the 1700’s, Frederic Norden made extensive notes, observations, and drawings of everything around him, including people, pharaonic monuments, architecture, installations, maps, etc., All of which was published in the posthumous Voyage d’Egypte et de Nubie.
You can download a copy of the book at the end of the article.
We all have been completely fascinated by the Ancient Egyptians and their extensive history and incredible architectural achievements thousands of years ago.
Whenever you talk about ancient Egypt, you cannot avoid thinking about the Pyramids located at the Giza plateau and the mysteries behind these fascinating ancient structures.
While today we know there are three main pyramids at the Giza plateau, the truth is that according to ancient texts there was a FOURTH pyramid located at Giza plateau, made of “…of a stone more black than the common granite, and at least as hard…”
During the 1700’s, Frederic Norden, a Danish naval captain, and explorer, made extensive notes, observations, and drawings of everything around him, including people, pharaonic monuments, architecture, installations, maps, etc., All of which was published in the posthumous Voyage d’Egypte et de Nubie.
In this fascinating ancient book, the Danish explorer describes a FOURTH Giza main Pyramid, specifically drawing it on the map.
On page 120 of his book Voyage d’Egypte et de Nubie (Travels in Egypt and Nubia) Norden describes the mysterious Pyramid:
“The principal pyramids are at the east, south-east of Gize …..There are four of them; that deserve the greatest attention of the curious,; for tho we see seven or eight others in the neighborhood, they are nothing in comparison to the former. ……. ……..The two most northerly pyramids are the greatest and have five hundred feet perpendicular height. The two others are much less, but have some particularities, which occasion their being examined and admired.”
It is s without coating, closed and resembles the others, but without any temple like the first. It has however, one particular deserving remark; which is, that its summit is terminated by a single great stone, which seems to have served as a pedestal…the fourth pyramid has been made, upwards above the middle, of a stone more black than the common granite, and at least as hard. Its summit is of a yellowish stone. I shall speak elsewhere of its top, which terminates in a cube. It is, moreover, situated out of the line of the others, being more to the west…it makes a series with the three others.”
Early illustration shows the Pyramid actually existed:
Researchers and Egyptologists, however, tend to dismiss the notion of a fourth BLACK Pyramids at Giza suggesting that he could have mistakenly taken one of the so-called ‘stallite’ pyramids of Menakure as a fourth Pyramid.
However, this is contradictory as Norden precisely describes the Pyramid being made of a stone BLACKER and HARDER than granite. The satellite pyramids are all made of sandstone.
Interestingly, the description and illustrations of Norden are of superb quality, and they position the fourth, black pyramid at some distance from the three pyramids of Giza.
In his book, Norden also describes and indicates the existence of seven (possibly even eight) lesser pyramids at the Giza plateau.
(video) ACCORDING TO THE MACUXI INDIANS OF THE AMAZON THERE'S AN ENTIRE WORLD INSIDE OUR PLANET
(video) ACCORDING TO THE MACUXI INDIANS OF THE AMAZON THERE'S AN ENTIRE WORLD INSIDE OUR PLANET
The Macuxi Indians are indigenous people who live in the Amazon forest in South America.
According to their ancestral legends, they are descendants of the children of the sun, the creator of Fire and disease and they are the protectors of the “Hollow Earth.” Their oral legends speak of an entrance into Earth.
Until the year 1907, the Macuxies would enter a cavern, and travel from 13 to 15 days until they reached the interior of the Earth.
According to the Macuxies they were given the task to be the guardians of the entrance and to keep strangers from entering the “Hollow Earth.”
What if Jules Verne’s classic “Journey to the Center of the Earth” is actually true? And down there, an entire new world is waiting to be explored, a place where somehow, living beings inhabit the depths of planet Earth, a place that ancient cultures and civilizations knew existed, or still exists today.
Expert concludeert na 37 jaar onderzoek: “Aliens zijn onder ons”
Expert concludeert na 37 jaar onderzoek: “Aliens zijn onder ons”
Buitenaardse bezoekers bestaan en zijn al onder ons. Dat stelt expert Malcolm Robinson in gesprek met de Britse krant The Courier.
Het is vandaag precies 20 jaar geleden dat zich in Schotland een inmiddels beroemd UFO-incident voltrok. Op 23 september 1996 zagen twee volwassenen en twee tieners in de buurt van Newton of Falkland een groot driehoekig ‘schip’ en een aantal kleine grijze ‘wezens’.
Het ‘Fife-incident’ zoals het wordt genoemd, haalde het wereldnieuws en werd onderzocht door vele ufologen en experts. Toch is het mysterie tot op de dag van vandaag onopgelost gebleven.
Erg betrouwbaar
Driehoekig schip (The Courier)
Robinson heeft uitgebreid onderzoek gedaan naar het incident en interviewde twee van de vier getuigen. Hij zegt dat de getuigen erg betrouwbaar overkwamen.
Hoewel Robinson zelf een scepticus is, gelooft hij dat de getuigen 20 jaar geleden iets onverklaarbaars hebben gezien. Na 37 jaar onderzoek is hij ervan overtuigd dat er al honderden zo niet duizenden jaren een buitenaardse intelligentie is op aarde.
“We interviewden de moeder en de zoon en waren overtuigd van hun oprechtheid,” zegt hij. “Ze hebben mij zeker overtuigd.”
Afgewezen
Grijze wezens
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Robinson eiste per brief antwoord van de Britse overheid op vragen over UFO-waarnemingen. Het verzoek tot een overheidsonderzoek werd afgewezen omdat de ‘objecten geen bedreiging vormden voor de veiligheid van Groot-Brittannië’.
De getuigen zagen naar eigen zeggen een zwart, driehoekig object in de lucht. Plotseling kwamen uit het object lichtstralen die de weg verlichtten. De getuigen zetten de auto aan de kant en waren onder de indruk. Ze knipperden met de koplampen en het object deed hetzelfde, om vervolgens weg te schieten.
Op de terugweg zag het viertal een soortgelijk object in de lucht. Het bewoog zich zo snel voort dat één van de tieners schreeuwde: “Het gaat neerstorten!” Eenmaal thuisgekomen zagen ze plotseling rode, blauwe en groene lichten. Bij de bomen zagen ze blauwe mist.
Meer vragen dan antwoorden
Rode, blauwe en groene lichten
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Toen de blauwe mist was opgetrokken stonden ze oog in oog met honderden grijze wezens met zwarte, amandelvormige ogen en peervormige hoofden. Ook zagen ze nog een aantal grotere wezens.
Ze renden terug naar de auto, toen één van hen riep dat er een wezen bij de auto stond. Plotseling werd het hele gebied verlicht en verdwenen de wezens. Ook in de avonden erna werden er nog vreemde objecten gezien.
Robinson zegt nog steeds sceptisch te zijn, maar voegt daar gelijk aan toe dat zijn onderzoek door de jaren heen meer vragen dan antwoorden heeft opgeleverd. “Ik ben er heilig van overtuigd dat we te maken hebben met een buitenaardse intelligentie, die hier waarschijnlijk al honderden zo niet duizenden jaren is,” zegt hij.
“Ze zijn al vaak gezien en staan onder meer op schilderijen uit de renaissance,” voegt hij toe. “De vraag is alleen waarom ze hier zijn. Daar heb ik niet echt een antwoord op. Er is genoeg bewijs waaruit blijkt dat er iets groots aan de hand is.”
“Er zijn negen dimensies die naar andere universa leiden”
“Er zijn negen dimensies die naar andere universa leiden”
Een theorie suggereert dat er geen drie, maar negen dimensies zijn en dat we die extra dimensies kunnen bereiken via zwarte gaten. Dat betekent dat zwarte gaten mogelijk poorten zijn naar andere universa.
Wetenschappers speuren met de Large Hadron Collider (LHC) naar bewijs voor het bestaan van andere universa. Extra dimensies zouden antwoord kunnen geven op vragen over de kwantumfysica en zwaartekracht.
De zogeheten braantheorie stelt dat de andere dimensies zich schuil kunnen houden in extra universa. “De braantheorie is onderdeel van de snaartheorie,” legt dr. Chris White van de Queen Mary University in Londen uit. De snaartheorie probeert de fundamentele natuurkrachten in één allesomvattende theorie onder te brengen.
Andere mensen
Snaren bevinden zich in een negendimensionale ruimte. Als je tijd meetelt als een dimensie, is er sprake van 10 dimensies. Hoe ziet dat er in de praktijk uit? “Zwarte gaten linken branen aan elkaar middels een buis van verstoorde ruimtetijd,” legt dr. Christophe Galfard uit.
“Je vraagt je af of er misschien andere mensen zijn die in die branen leven,” gaat hij verder. “Zijn er zwarte gaten die een doorgang zijn van onze wereld naar de hunne?”
Met de LHC zoeken wetenschappers naar tekenen van extra dimensies. Als er extra dimensies zijn, zou de LHC piepkleine zwarte gaten moeten kunnen produceren, aldus dr. White. Dergelijke zwarte gaten zouden snel verdwijnen, maar tegelijkertijd een stralingspiek veroorzaken.
Niet bekend
Waarom is de zwaartekracht zoveel zwakker dan alle andere krachten? Een koelkastmagneet kan een elektromagnetische kracht opwekken die groter is dan de aantrekkingskracht die de aarde uitoefent.
Volgens één theorie komt dat omdat de zwaartekracht zich uitspreidt over meerdere dimensies. Deze dimensies kunnen in theorie andere universa bevatten. Wanneer de LHC bewijs hiervoor zal vinden is niet bekend.
“We kunnen niet voorspellen wanneer we resultaten kunnen tonen,” zei een woordvoerder van CERN. “Maar je kunt er zeker van zijn dat we de wereld op de hoogte brengen als het zover is.”
Colorado witness describes black helicopters chasing UFO
Colorado witness describes black helicopters chasing UFO
A Colorado witness at Fountain reported watching a sphere-shaped orb UFO silently moving at the treetop level followed by three black helicopters, according to testimony in Case 79232 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
The Fountain, CO, witness looked to the sky after first hearing what sounded like an airplane. Pictured: Fountain, CO.
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The witness had just pulled into his driveway on September 19, 2016, and was outside his vehicle when the sound of an airplane was heard overhead.
“Living by an airport I know that no flights came in so late,” the witness stated.“So I stood in my driveway to see what kind of airplane it was. Suddenly I see a white orb of light going over the roof tops and over the trees. Not far behind were threeblack helicopters in a triangle-shaped flight pattern following the craft at very high speeds.”
The witness kept his eyes on the unusual looking craft.
“The craft then made a left hand turn towards the mountains. That’s when I see one of the helicopters intercept the craft, getting in front of it. That’s when I lose sight of the craft over the roofs of nearby houses.”
Witness illustration 1.
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The witness stood to listen to the helicopters to see if they were still in the area.
“I know that this wasn’t an airplane or helicopter due to the fact that it had no blinking lights or defined shape, and made no sound at all.”
The witness attempted to capture the event on his cell phone.
“When I took my cell phone out to record video the sky was too dark. Beforehand, my cell phone was around 20 percent about a minute or two before I saw the craft. But when I took it out to try and record the video I noticed my battery life was on 2 percent.”
The witness is sure that the object was something unusual.
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“I’m a very open minded person. I’ve seen threeUFOs in my life, so when I first saw the craft I looked to see a defined shape or lights which I seen neither. I know it was something strange when I saw the three black helicopters following. I could easily see the shape of the helicopters because of how clear of a night it was. I felt curious and wanted to follow the craft, but I know no one would believe me. That is why I reported it to MUFON.”
The witness included two illustrations with the MUFON report, which was filed on September 18, 2016.
Fountain is a Home Rule Municipality located in El Paso County, Colorado, population 28,846. Colorado Field Investigator Jeffrey Hastings is investigating. Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.
Alabama witness recalls alien abduction during UFO event
Alabama witness recalls alien abduction during UFO event
An Alabama witness at Orange Beach reported stepping into a blue beam of light after seeing UFOs in the sky and recalling an abduction experience, according to testimony in Case 79097 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
The Orange Beach, AL, witness believes UFO are commonly spotted there.
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The events began at 8:20 p.m. on August 20, 2016.
“UFOs are commonly seen in this area, especially if you’re outside at night like I am,” the witness stated.“The island is close to a military base and we’ve been seeing the UFOs here for years. What makes this time different is they didn’t just dart around the night sky like usual, but actually seemed to be looking for something, or someone.”
The events started when the witness simply stepped outside.
“I remember going outside and looking up at the sky. I saw the orbs, at least a dozen, which is far more than I’ve ever seen before. They always flash random colors, and sometimes if you shine a bright light at them, their color pattern will change. Usually it’s red, green, white, blue. This time though, they were darting like crazy around the sky and my boyfriend freaked out.”
The witness stepped outside and was engulfed in a beam of blue light. Pictured: Orange Beach, AL.
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The boyfriend wanted to leave, but their vehicle was not working.
“So I just stood there and stared up at the sky. The next thing I know, there’s a blue beam of light and I’m paralyzed. After that, I remember being on a table with these creatures looking at my leg. I had been in a terrible car accident a few months prior, and I was told I would probably never walk right again. But these creatures; they did something and told me my leg would be fine.”
The witness wanted to believe it was all a dream.
“When I came too, I tried to tell my boyfriend there was a UFO outside and he needed to come see it. I heard a voice in my head say, ‘No, we can’t let you do that’ and then I blacked out again. It’s been a few weeks now,and while there were never weird marks left on me, I do suddenly have two moles where the aliens cut into my leg. Which is doing much better. I don’t need to walk with a cane anymore. If I keep improving, I might even be able to walk normally within a year. I only believed in UFOs after seeing them with my own eyes. Now I’m convinced they’re not just a light in the sky. They’re here, with us. And they’re not all bad either.”
The witness has memory of an alien abduction event. Pictured: Orange Beach, AL.
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Orange Beach is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, population 5,411. Alabama State Director Richard Hoffman is investigating. No photos or videos were included with the MUFON report, which was filed on September 12, 2016.
Project SIGMA Secret Government PAWNING Your Genome to Aliens! Secret UFO Agenda! 9/23/2016
Project SIGMA Secret Government PAWNING Your Genome to Aliens! Secret UFO Agenda! 9/23/2016
Strong Evidence of Alien Abductions! Secret Government is Selling Your Genome to the Aliens!? Agent 1 Insight The Biggest Cover Up In Human History! Underground Base Area 51 Exposed!
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Aliens Gather Energy At Earths Sun In NASA Photo, Sept 21, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Aliens Gather Energy At Earths Sun In NASA Photo, Sept 21, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of discovery: Sept 21, 2016 04:06 Location of discovery: Earths Sun This UFO was found by MyUnhauzen74 of Youtube. He keeps an eye on SOHO images and videos and posts videos of his discoveries almost daily. Here he has found a UFO that has a beam moving toward a small round UFO closer to the suns surface. The beam may be a weapon, but I believe its a tractor beam to pull the UFO away from the sun. These smaller UFOs may be harvesting drones that gather a particular type of energy and then deliver it to the mothership for transporting. Do you notice the small round UFO that is in the lower part of the beam? This is evidence to that theory. Scott C. Waring
Animal mutilations have never stopped, but have only faded in the eyes of the news so we see it less. Its still an epidemic worldwide and no explanations have ever been found, but UFOs have been seen in the area, some of which even have shot out lasers at the animals (witnessed by a farmer). Perhaps its experimentation about how pollution (water, air, food) affects the biology of living things, but I don't think there is a link with human alien hybrids. Alien experiment on humans directly, they don't take any low road with cattle when scientific discoveries for integrating other alien races to adapt to Earths environment are at stake. Scott C. Waring
News states: Why are thousands of cows with surgical-like incisions being found at specific sites only? The cattle's vital organs have not only been removed, but the bodies have also been drained of blood. After removing carcasses from farms, the cattle seem to be getting brought back and dumped on their left side. Chuck Zukowski, 58, UFO hunter who has been on the search for 30 years, says that this is probably the work of aliens. He was earlier a microchip engineer, but switched to investigating over 1,000 paranormal incidents. He explains: "Since 1967, there have been over 10,000 cases reported across the US, and out of those no person has ever been caught or sent to jail. There are no tracks around the animals and they appear to have been dropped from a great height. There is no evidence of a predator attack or humans. The probability of aliens doing this is more than the probability of not, that's what I say. This is not old news either, it is happening right now." But the first known incident happened two centuries ago, on April 21, 1897, Alexander Hamilton, a well-known statesman, narrated that he was woken at night by "loud humming noises" from his cattle yard. He went outside with two men and observed an "airship" in his yard. "It consisted of a great cigar-shaped portion possibly 300 feet long, with a carriage underneath. The carriage was made of glass or some other transparent substance alternating with a narrow strip of some material. It was brilliantly lighted within and everything was plainly visible. It was occupied by six of the strangest beings I ever saw. They were jabbering together, but we could not understand a word they said. It seemed to pause and hover directly over a two -year old heifer, which was bawling and jumping, apparently fast in the fence. Going to her, we found a cable about a half-inch in thickness made of some red material, fastened in a slip knot around her neck, one end passing up to the vessel, and the heifer tangled in the wire fence. We tried to get it off but could not, so we cut the wire loose and stood in amazement to see the ship, heifer and all, rise, slowly, disappearing in the northwest. Neighbor Thomas Link (four miles away) found the hide, legs, and head in his field the next day and no tracks in the soft ground, which mystified him." The most recent case of mutilation was reported in Nevada on August 30. A couple of cows were found dead on their left side. Those who had been around reported that there were balls of light in the sky then. Later, they witnessed four helicopters with searchlights beaming on the spot, looking for "carnage". Chuck Zukowski has an explanation that sounds quite ghastly. "It may be that their blood is being used to build alien-human hybrids. Or aliens may be monitoring the environment here because there have also been goats, sheep and dogs found too. About the helicopters, it appears the US Government has a secret investigation going on, there has been no trace of them afterwards. These cows are the ranchers' livelihoods and they are scared their families are going to get mutilated." He denies that humans could be doing it, because most of the humans in the farms where the animals were found were pretty taken aback. His probes are being examined in a new book 'The 37th Parallel', which was released last week. Zukowski says: "Every animal is being taken from location A to location B and back to location A. Colorado law allows ranchers to shoot people who steal their cattle on their land. So to steal cows in the first place is brave but to take the carcasses back again? You just wouldn't do it." It is also noted that a number of the UFO sightings and cattle mutilation cases across the US points to a highway being used by aliens on the 37th latitude or parallel. Zukowski explains: "I think there is a pattern, many of the mutilation cases happen on or near the 37th latitude or parallel and near water. It seems to be a highway which the aliens are using, from east to west. For some reason aliens like water, I think it may be for the hydrogen." It is not just in the last few years either, Zukowski added. Even the native Indians refer to "star travellers". Spiritual sites, Chaco Canyon and Cahokia Mounds, have also been discovered on the same line of latitude. However, the sceptics have some explanations too. Chris O'Brien, researcher of cattle mutilations for two decades, disagrees with Zukowski. "Why would some non-human intelligence come light years to the pastures of the planet to gather ingredients for lip and testicle stew?" he asked. "It just doesn't make sense." He believes the killings are by some agency to prevent Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, or the "Mad Cow Disease". Another Colorado-based vet, Truman Smith, is convinced that it is the work of animal predators. However, UFO supporters counter: "Predators don't drink 11 pounds of blood and leave the carcasses intact."
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The ‘Impossible’ Quantum Space Engine That Breaks the Laws of Physics is About to be Tested in Space
The ‘Impossible’ Quantum Space Engine That Breaks the Laws of Physics is About to be Tested in Space
A couple of years ago, researchers at NASA’s Johnson Space Centre discovered a thruster system which actually generates thrust, despite requiring absolutely no propellant. The implications of this discovery are far-reaching; applications for space flight and other technologies which require propulsion could one day become far cheaper, allowing space exploration to expand exponentially. The existence of this technology also further validates the fact that energy can be derived from tapping into the quantum vacuum, also known as “zero-point.”
Bottom line is that space is not empty, and the energy which lies within it can be used. This was experimentally confirmed when the Casimir Effect illustrated zero point or vacuum state energy, which predicts that two metal plates close together attract each other due to an imbalance in the quantum fluctuations(source)(source).
The propellant-less thruster is called the Cannae Drive, invented by Guido Fetta, and was tested by NASA over an eight day testing campaign that took place in August of 2013. It’s also known as the EM drive. It showed that a small amount of thrust was achieved inside a container, again, without the use of any fuel. The results were then presented at the 50th Joint Propulsion Conference in Cleveland, Ohio in July the next year.
You can access the paper (titled “Numerical and Experimental Results for a Novel Propulsion Technology Requiring no On-Board Propellant”) that was presented at the conference here and inventor Guido Fetta’s paper here.
Now, it’s about to be launched into spacee, and, according to many, like ScienceAlert.com, the EM “is as controversial as it gets, because while certain experiments have suggested that such an engine could work, it also goes against one of the most fundamental laws of physics we have.
It’s a law that Issac Newton derived, called the law of conservation of momentum, which states that an equal and opposite reaction must stem from an action. In order for something to gain momentum it must expel some kind of propellent in the opposite direction, but not the EM drive, this invention taps into the ‘zero-point’ field of energy/electromagnetic waves, creating thrust by microwave photons bouncing around inside a cone shaped metal cavity. The cone shaped metal cavity is what accelerates it into the opposite direction.
This is exciting, because it basically proves that we have a limitless resource of energy to tap into and utilize for space travel. This is currently the biggest barrier for modern day space travel and exploration.
IT’S TIME FOR THE LAWS OF PHYSICS TO BE CHANGED
We knew the Earth was flat, we knew that we were the centre of the universe, we knew that a man made heavier than air peace of machinery could not take flight. Through out human history, intellectual authorities have pronounced their supremacy by ridiculing or surpressing elements of reality that simply didn’t fit within the framework of accepted knowledge – Terje Toftenes (taken from the film, The Day Before Disclosure)
Science needs to be careful and stray for from getting caught up in the grip of scientific dogma. History has constantly shown us, especially within the realms of science, that what we accept as real always changes at another point in time. Our understanding and knowledge regarding the nature of our reality is constantly changing. “There is nothing new to be discovered in physics now. All that remains is more and more precise measurement.” This statement (worldview statement) was made by Lord Kelvin in 1900, which was shattered five years later when Einstein published his paper on special relativity. This one great, out of many.
Today, engineers are inventing power generators that utilize these concepts, like Paramahamsa Tewari .
These laws need to be refined to account for the fact that space is not empty,
What we currently accept as fact is going to have to change, and developments like the EM drive, or electrical generators that used these concepts, are going to have to be acknowledged soon. Throughout history, new developments in fields such as energy have always taken their time to find it into the market place. In today’s world, there’s always a lot of Red Tape you’re going to have to go through, unfortunately.
Below is a short clip of former NASA astronaut and Princeton Physics Professor Dr. Brian O’leary speaking about these energy concepts:
Mars in high resolution: these pictures of the Red Planet will leave you breathless
Mars in high resolution: these pictures of the Red Planet will leave you breathless
Mars in high resolution: these pictures of the Red Planet will leave you breathless
The high resolution camera HiRISE (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) located on board the spacecraft Mars picked spectacular photographs of the surface of the Red Planet with a quality never seen before. Enjoy your geography and beauty from another perspective in the following images.
1. Cráter Victoria
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Opportunity Mars Rover vehicle, which moves across the surface of Mars, ran into this crater which is 730 meters wide located in the plain Meridiani Planum.
2. Frozen dunes
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Hundreds of sand dunes cover the Martian plains. Over the winter, these begin to defrost and lose their solid carbon dioxide cover.
3. Noctis Labyrinthus
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It is located on the western edge of Valles Marineris, north of Syria Planum. It consists of large blocks of fractured terrain and several guns .
4. Layers erosion crater
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The deposit is observed which forms a series of ridges due to the erosive power of wind.
5. Rockiness Ganges Chasma southwest
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Ganges Chasma is a deep canyon on the eastern edge of the large Valles Marineris system.
6. Fractured rocks
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The photograph was taken north of the Argyre region, southwest of Hale crater.
7. Juventae Chasma
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This huge canyon approximately 250 kilometers long and 100 kilometers wide, north of Valles Marineris, is partially covered by dunes.
8. Dust Devils
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These eddies of sand moving the thin layer of dust from the Martian surface exposing a dark region. Blue footprints correspond to brands that leaves behind this phenomenon.
9. Rock layers north of Meridiani Planum
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This region is a plain located 2 degrees south of Mars Ecuador.
10. Dunes of Meridiani Earth tones
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This region of Mars was formerly known as Sinus Meridiani , name given in late 1870 by the French astronomer Camille Flammarion.
11. Dunefield
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Dozens of small dunes in the region Aonia Terra , in the southern hemisphere of the planet.
12. Glaciar
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In the image it was reduced lighting to accentuate the lines that cross , extending from Mount Euripus Mons.
Disclosure of classified X documents and archaeological Aztec origin objects found in Ojuelos de Jalisco, Mexico.
Disclosure of classified X documents and archaeological Aztec origin objects found in Ojuelos de Jalisco, Mexico.
The Aztecs came long after the Maya. The Mexican government had agreed to disclose to the public several archaeological objects that have remained hidden for decades, from the time they were discovered.
A helmet-shaped head of Alien, etched in stone tablets of gold and silver, which can be recognized in engraved details – how astronauts that traveling in space ships with other ships scenes actually looks like. Also you can observe comets and planets there.
Front View
The Mexica or Aztecs were a people of the Nahuatl culture that existed in the area of Mesoamerica from the twelfth to the sixteenth century. These people are called themselves Mexica (pronounced meshicas) or tenochcas (inhabitants of Tenochtitlan). The Aztec word meaning ‘from Aztlán’ and was their tribal name. In just 70 years, the owners would greatest empire that had existed in Mesoamerica.
A lost culture and never seen until now. They are objects filled with details of the lives of these characters in our remote distant and forgotten history, which until now had remained hidden.
Frontal View
Back Side
Several families of Ojuelos city in the province of Jalisco, Mexico, have been collecting for about 50-60 years a total of 400 artifacts extraordinary, with the dream of one day open his own museum, and publicize to the the public such an amazing objects.
HERE SOME OF THE APPROXIMATELY 400 OBJECTS FOUND
Medallion.
Back of the medallion.
Offerings to the gods.
Family of Aliens with two babies and a son, under a ship.
Head of the figurine – front view.
Same statuette – back view.
Bracelets and rings:
Other objects of interest found, some with precious stones, carved in silver and gold
Sarcophagus and tomb.
Prints, sculptures, rings, pendants. It seems that this former American culture had contact with eyes elongated creatures who lived with them over time and represented their craft in the skies. The same figures Alien contacted many say seeing them today. Or at least it seems.
Conclusions.
Scientific analysis by Ma Luisa Trujillo of the two objects found:
Based solely on the interpretation of all we have, chemical analysis, we can infer that the person who drew up the pieces did not know the process covers and glazes as is now known, whereby the characteristics do not match 100% with some type of nail Today, we might think that used in the composition principles of stoneware but at a lower temperature which completely changes the finish.
Covers or stoneware glazes give good results with oxidizing or reducing atmospheres, generally used to initiate a reducing atmosphere and at the end a neutral or oxidizing atmosphere on assessed pieces oxidizing atmosphere was used.
NASA to Announce 'Surprising' Europa Discovery Monday
NASA to Announce 'Surprising' Europa Discovery Monday
By Mike Wall, Space.com Senior Writer
Jupiter's moon Europa, as seen by NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SETI Institute
NASA will announce new findings about Jupiter's ocean-harboring moonEuropa during a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT) on Monday (Sept. 26).
"Astronomers will present results from a unique Europa observing campaign that resulted in surprising evidence of activity that may be related to the presence of a subsurface ocean on Europa," NASA officials wrote in a media advisory Tuesday (Sept. 20).
The new information comes courtesy of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, agency officials said. You can follow the news conference live here at Space.com, courtesy of NASA.
The participants in Monday's briefing are:
Paul Hertz, director of the Astrophysics Division at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
William Sparks, astronomer with the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore.
Britney Schmidt, assistant professor at the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.
Jennifer Wiseman, senior Hubble project scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
Astrobiologists regard Europa as one of the solar system's best bets to host alien life. The 1,900-mile-wide (3,100 kilometers) moon harbors a huge ocean of liquid water beneath its icy shell; furthermore, astronomers think this ocean is in contact with Europa's rocky mantle, making possible all sorts of interesting chemical reactions.
Tuesday's media advisory offered no further details about what the researchers will announce on Monday, but the involvement of Hubble raises the possibility that Europa's elusive plumes may finally have been spotted again.
In December 2012, Hubble detected what appeared to be plumes of water vapor extending about 120 miles (200 km) into space from Europa's south pole. This news, which was made public in late 2013, caused a great deal of excitement in the astrobiology community, because it suggested that a robotic probe may be able to sample Europa's ocean without landing on the moon's surface.
The detection team has been eyeing Europa with Hubble extensively since that initial observation, but to date they have not been able to confirm the existence of the plume.
Jeff Bezos Just Revealed His Ambitious Plan For Colonizing Our Solar System
Jeff Bezos Just Revealed His Ambitious Plan For Colonizing Our Solar System
Futurism / ET
IN BRIEF
In an interview with the Washington Post, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos reveals what he thinks will be the future of humanity when we eventually colonize space. Nuclear reactors in space, populations in the millions, and more.
DEVELOPMENTS UNVEILED
While Elon Musk’s SpaceX is the public face of the private space industry, there are other major players trying to bring humanity closer to the stars. Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic has been working on its own rocket technologies, and Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, has been revealing more on the work they’re doing over at Blue Origin.
The previously secretive Blue Origin has been announcing more of its milestones in its space ambitions. It successfully landed the same rocket four times in a row, with the end goal of reusable rockets that will lower space travel costs.
The company has unveiled its own rocket, the “New Glenn,” which dwarfs any of the rockets being developed today. Bezos announced that the Glenn will be ferrying astronauts by the end of the decade.
Blue Origin
Along with the engineering developments Blue Origin has announced, Bezos has also shared his predictions on human colonization of space, in an interview with The Washington Post.
A GRAND VISION
In the interview, Bezos sees humans spreading out across the Solar System. He envisions “millions of people working and living in space.” But to do this, Bezos notes that we will have to figure out how to extract and manage the resources we can get from space, since Earth alone won’t be able to provide the materials for space colonization.
Bezos also says we will have to figure out how to harness nuclear technology in space, citing it as a viable alternative to solar power that will dim out as you move farther from the Sun. In fact, moving out into space would not just be a dream, but an imperative. We will have to move heavy industry outside of Earth, in order to preserve it. He envisions the Earth being “zoned” as residential and light industrial.
But does he think we will see space colonization in our lifetime? “Not in the near term… Eventually Mars might be amazing. But that’s a long way in the future.”
A Cheaper Form of Spaceflight: Soon, Balloon-Based Rocket Launches Could Be Bringing You To Space
A Cheaper Form of Spaceflight: Soon, Balloon-Based Rocket Launches Could Be Bringing You To Space
Zero2Infinity
IN BRIEF
Spanish company Zero2infinity has devised a system to launch small satellites via balloons. Called the Bloostar, a balloon would carry a small rocket up to near-Earth orbit, then launch them.
ANOTHER WAY TO FLY
Even with new and exciting ways being dreamed up to launch rockets into space, using expendable rockets is still the norm. This process is pretty wasteful. In fact, more than 90% of the craft’s mass and fuel is expended a few minutes into launch. Companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin are doing their best to recycle rockets in hopes of more sustainable and cost-efficient space travel, but there may be another solution on the horizon.
The company currently provides ballooning services, taking payloads 99% up into the Earth’s atmosphere. It launches near-Earth satellites up to 28 kilometers (17 miles) above the surface of the Earth. Zero2infinity recently lofted Aistech’s first satellite into the upper atmosphere, aboard its Sub-Orbital Platform in Near Space balloon system.
UP, UP, AND AWAY
Leveraging their knowledge in near-space ballooning, Zero2infinity devised their Bloostar system, which would have balloons take small rockets up to near-Earth, and have them launch satellites from there.
Their Bloostar system envisions rockets a mere fraction of the size of current rockets. These would have three booster rings, toroid-shaped, nestled one inside the other like Russian nesting dolls.
Universe Today
This small size frees up space to transport larger payloads, possibly even dispensing with the folding and unfolding common with satellites.
Zero2infinity is targeting micro and nano satellite launches, anticipating an increase in demand in the coming years. Indeed, over 2000 nano/micro-satellites under 50 kg will need to be launched by 2020 according to a 2014 SpaceWorks study.
Other than developing the balloon-launch concept, the company is looking at other upgrades to the system. One is reusability, with fuel choice and the overall shape of the rockets opening the possibility of reusing the rockets.
The company expects to test Bloostar by 2018, with first commercial launches by 2019, according to Universe Today.
What makes a science fiction story? What's the big deal about science fiction? How can we use storytelling to explore questions about the future of the human race?
Futurism is all about the science and technology that will shape humanity’s future. What better way to dive into the future than through science fiction? But what exactly is science fiction? If you go into a book store, you’ll almost always see science fiction and fantasy lumped into the same category. So what differentiates the two? What really makes science fiction what it is?
UFOs have been visiting Earth for at least 300 years, shows a 1716 book
UFOs have been visiting Earth for at least 300 years, shows a 1716 book
An 18th century Mathematics book shows a flying saucer on its cover. Isn't this a clear indication that aliens have been visiting the Earth for centuries?
UFO depicted on the cover of an 18th century book (Photo : UFOCON.blogspot.com)
Did you think that UFOs decided to suddenly begin to hit the Earth only in the 20th century, since the 1940s, when they were spotted? Does that mean that life elsewhere made its appearance here only recently? No, UFOs were callers much earlier.
The evidence is out on that one. Even in the beginning of the last century, "mysterious airships" could be seen over UK. That spurred Winston Churchill to order a probe into it.
Here is another 18th century Mathematics book, whose cover shows a UFO emerging from the clouds and racing over the sea, surrounded by lightning bolts.
It is a Latin book on Mathematics, titled 'Liber De Coloribus Coeli, Accedit Oratio Inauguralis De Deo Mathematicorum Principe', written by Johann Caspar Funck, published 1716. Recently, the book got republished on Google Books.
Now why does the cover depict the flying saucers---disc-shaped objects that look exactly like the ones that have been seen recently?
It was the Blogger Reid Moore who spun the theory that the cover image is that of a UFO. In a blog on culture website niume, Moore wrote: "The illustration depicting what is generally considered to be a 'classic' UFO shape bears more scholarly investigation. But it does support the theory that UFOs have been witnessed and chronicled throughout history. What is unusual in this case is the similarity to the 'modern' consensus of what unidentified flying objects look like."
He explained that the "aerodynamically rounded shape" of the saucer, as well as the dramatic effect of the UFO emerging from storm clouds and going forward through "electrical phenomenon, most likely a magnetic propulsion system" are all indicative of something closer to modern sightings.
He added that strange flying machines have been exhibited in art for centuries. However, what makes this image stand out is the 'classic' UFO shape. Considering that it is 300 years old, it makes us draw our conclusions.
"Is it proof that flying saucer UFOs have been visiting Earth since the early 1700s? At the very least, it's evidence that some people in the past seem to have thought so," he wrote.
Certainly, the clues do point in that direction. Moreover, this is 'only' 300 years old. Perhaps flying saucers have been hitting the Earth much earlier, though they were never depicted?
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Many times people ask, “If aliens are here, why don’t they land on the White House lawn?” Well, you may be surprised to know, in 1952, Washington, D.C. was buzzed by UFOs. Jets were scrambled, but, according to the jet pilots, they could not catch the mysterious objects. These UFO incursions took place on several occasions, and on one of them, U.S. Air Force UFO investigators were prepared to observe the whole affair. Sure enough, they witnessed one of these events from the control tower at Washington National Airport.
Perhaps the most thorough examination into the UFO issue was conducted by the U.S Air Force. They began their investigation in 1948. It was called Project Sign, then its name was changed to Project Grudge, and finally changed once again to Project Blue Book.
As a result of these investigations and studies and experience gained from investigating UFO reports since 1948, the conclusions of Project BLUE BOOK are:(1) no UFO reported, investigated, and evaluated by the Air Force has ever given any indication of threat to our national security;(2) there has been no evidence submitted to or discovered by the Air Force that sightings categorized as “unidentified” represent technological developments or principles beyond the range of present-day scientific knowledge; and(3) there has been no evidence indicating that sightings categorized as “unidentified” are extraterrestrial vehicles.
However, upon closer examination of the thousands of files released regarding the Blue Book investigations, it becomes apparent that the Air Force’s conclusions were not shared by everyone involved in the investigation, and that there were some truly fascinating cases that remain unsolved.
UFO sightings over Washington, D.C. in July 1952 made worldwide headlines and left the Air Force dazed and confused, according to the head of Project Blue Book at the time. The events spanned several days and included multiple radar identifications of unknown aircraft, some of which were correlated by witnesses on the ground. Many of the sightings caused the Air Force to scramble jet fighters, and in each of these cases, the UFOs outmaneuvered the jets. This all culminated into what may be the most important official Air Force UFO investigation of all time.
The investigation of the events in Washington, D.C. is best explained in a bookwritten by the lead Air Force investigator, Captain Edward Ruppelt, the head of Project Blue Book from its inception in early 1952 until late 1953.
The summer of 1952 was a busy time for Blue Book investigators. Ruppelt referred to this period as “The Big Flap.” Some of the most credible reports were coming from the Washington, D.C. area.
On July 20, Ruppelt was flying to Washington on unrelated business. His plane landed at Washington National Airport in the morning, and he grabbed a paper to catch up on the latest news. There he found in big, bold, capitalized font, “INTERCEPTORS CHASE FLYING SAUCERS OVER WASHINGTON, D.C.”
Ruppelt immediately called his superior officer at the Pentagon and was briefed on the incident later that day at Bolling Air Force Base. At 11:40 p.m. the previous night, seven objects were caught on radar at Washington National Airport. At first, the radar operators thought the objects were a formation of planes, but nothing like that was scheduled. The objects moved slowly at about 100 to 130 miles per hour, but then would streak across the scope in sudden bursts of speed. The targets had moved all over the area, including over prohibited areas, such as the airspace above the White House and the U.S. Capitol building. One of the objects was clocked at speeds of more than 7,000 miles per hour.
One week later, it happened again. However, this time the Air Force was ready. As soon as reports began coming in, several people from the Pentagon hurried out to Washington National Airport.
At about 10:30 p.m., Washington National Airport had once again picked up the slow-moving targets. The objects were in an arc surrounding the Washington, D.C. area. The same radar operators were present from the prior event, so they were prepared and worked quickly to track the UFOs. They contacted Andrews Air Force Base who confirmed they were also tracking the objects.
At 11:30 p.m., it was decided to call in interceptors to check out the objects. Two Lockheed F-94 Starfires were in the air by midnight. At this point, reporters and photographers were asked to leave the radar room. Ruppelt says the radar room was cleared because some Air Force officers thought this might be the night they would get a good up-close look at a UFO.
The next day the press reported that fighter pilot Lieutenant William Patterson said:
I tried to make contact with the bogies below 1,000 feet, but [the radar controllers] vectored us around. I saw several bright lights. I was at my maximum speed, but even then I had no closing speed. I ceased chasing them because I saw no chance of overtaking them. I was vectored into new objects. Later, I chased a single bright light which I estimated about 10 miles away. I lost visual contact with it about 2 miles.
The papers were once again packed with headlines about the UFO chase. Ruppelt flew to Washington and when he got to his hotel, was mobbed by reporters and photographers.
According to Ruppelt, the Air Force was in a state of confusion. Unable to dodge the public’s fascination with the Washington events, on July 29, Major-General John Samford notified the press that he would have a press conference on the Washington UFO incidents. Ruppelt felt it a bit odd that none of the men in the radar room at Washington National Airport were involved in the press conference. Instead, the press conference was held by Major General Samford and another officer, neither of whom had been fully briefed.
Samford told the press that Air Force UFO investigations had turned out to be mostly misidentifications, but that the other 20 percent of the reports that came in were from “credible observers of relatively incredible things.”
He said the Air Force would continue to investigate those reports, but they suspected that the Washington, D.C. events may have been false radar readings due to temperature inversions.
According to Ruppelt, the actual investigation ruled out temperature inversions.
Alleged pictures and videos of this event can be found on the internet. However, they are all either reflections or recreations of the incidents. No pictures or video were actually captured. However, the case remains unsolved.
Ruppelt said this case convinced many in the Air Force that UFOs were interplanetary spaceships.
For a longer version of this article, visit OpenMinds.tv.
The alleged UFO crash at a ranch in Roswell, New Mexico has opened the doors to alien existence. Today, many conspiracy theorists consider the Roswell incident as one of the conspicuous evidence that US government has covered up the truth about extra-terrestrial life’s presence on Earth. Following the crash, several whistleblowers have given their respective testimonies indicating that corpses, alien technological artifacts, and debris were being recovered and that they were transported to Hangar 18 situated in Area B of the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, just northeast of Ohio.
For additional information, the Wright-Patterson AFB was established since 1948 through a merger of Wright and Patterson Fields. These two are the sites of experimental flights conducted by the Wright brothers, Wilbur, and Orville. The said base was believed to be a place where the highly-classified defense projects take place. According to the rumors that spread widely, Hangar 18 is the most restricted installation area in the country because it is where the alien corpses and debris were recovered from the incident. UFO believers claimed that such debris and corpses were transported to Hangar 18 in a secret and exclusive manner. Several whistleblower testimonies have corroborated these beliefs.
Due to their testimonies, the authorities have been suspected to have been covering up the details. At first, the media mentioned the recoveries of corpses, but later on, the authorities withdrew the information. However, the alien researchers believed that fake debris was sent to Fort Worth, but the genuine alien bodies were stored inside Hangar 18.The authorities then distracted the media with photos of weather balloon debris. Despite the concealment, several eyewitnesses, both military and civilian, have given testimonies since the incident in 1947. According to Lt. Robert Shirkey and Sgt. Robert Smith, the crashed object was a lightweight craft made from an aluminium-looking material. Despite the substantial evidence, U.S. authorities still deny the allegations that they are covering up extraterrestrial evidence. However, alien researchers insist that the USAF program is a species of cover-up claims. According to the researchers, the Project Blue Book files, which were released online was not complete.
Devon and Cornwall Police was forced to deny UFOs were spotted in the areaPuerto Rico UFOs
Devon and Cornwall Police has proved the truth is out there after reported UFO sightings in south-west England. But before believers head down to Dartmoor they should note the facts are not always as exciting – or far-fetched – as the type Mulder and Scully chased in The X-Files.
The Torquay and Herald Express reported how after a flood of reported sightings of extraterrestrial activity in skies over West Devon on Tuesday night (20 September), an officer from the force took to Twitter to update residents on the strange lights and flashes.
But, in what will come as a disappointment to conspiracy theorists, the officer named as Resource Deployment Officer Garry shot down the UFO theory and confirmed the lights were caused by a source closer to home and planet Earth.
"I can confirm there are no #UFOs over #Okehampton. @BritishArmy have an exercise ongoing with flares.. Countless 999 calls now... #WordsFail" he tweeted.
Dartmoor is used mainly for training exercises by Royal Marines and other forces based in the south-west including the territorial and reserve forces.
The Ministry of Defence used to record alleged sightings of flying saucers but a hotline was shut down after 50 years in 2009. Between 2000 and 2007 the MoD received an average of 150 reports a year.
The files are stored at the National Archives in Kew and feature correspondence to officials including one in 2008 to the then prime minister Gordon Brown. "Dear Gordon Brown," it says, "Do you believe the British people have the right to know if our world has been contacted by alien civilisations?"
On September 18, 2016 Frankie Lucena of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, photographed an enormous sprite over the Caribbean Sea. For a split-second, the sky was illuminated by a mushroom-shaped flash:Oscar van der Velde, a member of the Lightning Research Group at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, explains what Lucena photographed:
Image credit: Frankie Lucena.
“This type of sprite is often called ‘jellyfish’ or ‘A-bomb,’ and ranks as the largest type of sprite in both horizontal and vertical dimensions,” he says. “It consists of a bright halo approximately 85 km above Earth’s surface surrounding sprite elements with long tendrils reaching down as low as 30 km above ground level.”
“This kind of sprite tends to be triggered by a very impulsive positive cloud-to-ground flash,” van der Velde said to spaceweather.
The curious thing is, Lucena did not observe an instigating lightning bolt. Instead, just before the sprite appeared, he recorded a bright point-like flash of light. “Was it a cosmic ray hitting the camera?” wonders Lucena. Another possibility: The point-like flash could have been a cloud-to-ground strike mostly eclipsed by intervening clouds.
If Lucena did photograph something new triggering a sprite, perhaps it shouldn’t come as a big surprise. The field is relatively new. Although sprites have been seen for at least a century, most scientists did not believe they existed until after 1989 when sprites were photographed by cameras onboard the space shuttle. There is still much to learn.
500 meter of ongeveer de lengte van vijf voetbalvelden achter elkaar: dat is de doorsnede van een nieuwe telescoop die China deze week klaar wil hebben en waarmee het land verder en sneller de ruimte in zal kunnen kijken dan ooit. Eén van de doelen: buitenaards leven vinden.
Wetenschappers zijn door het dolle heen over de nieuwe telescoop, die verscholen zit in een vallei in het zuidwesten van China en de naam Aperture Spherical Telescope of FAST kreeg. Zondag zou hij operatief moeten zijn en zijn eerste beelden moeten maken van het heelal.
En die zullen indrukwekkend zijn, want de telescoop kan tot twee keer zo veel zien als de Arecibo-telescoop in Puerto Rico, die de afgelopen 53 jaar de grootste enkelvoudige schotel ter wereld was. Tien jaar lang werd gezocht naar de beste locatie om hem op te stellen. Die werd gevonden in een holle berg, beschermd voor mogelijke radiostoringen. Vijf jaar en 165 miljoen euro later is het laatste van de 4.450 driehoekige panelen gelegd waaruit de gigantische schijf is opgebouwd.
Sterrenstelsel De panelen kunnen elk apart bewegen, zodat de telescoop heel precies op bepaalde punten op de hemel te richten is. Onderzoekers hopen er onder andere meer mee te weten te komen over het ontstaan van het universum. Dat zal gebeuren door het in kaart brengen van de verspreiding van waterstof, het meest voorkomende element in ons sterrenstelsel en daarbuiten.
De kans om buitenaardse beschavingen te vinden zal vijf tot tien keer hoger liggen dan met de huidige apparatuur
Peng Bo, directeur van het NAO Radio Astronomy Technology Laboratory
Maar waar de meeste mensen naar uitkijken is wat de telescoop kan betekenen voor de zoektocht naar buitenaards leven. En daar is de recente ontdekking van drie planeten waar de omstandigheden voor het ontstaan van leven goed zijn, niet vreemd aan. FAST zou nóg meer exoplaneten in kaart kunnen brengen dan tot nu toe mogelijk was. "De kans om buitenaardse beschavingen te vinden zal vijf tot tien keer hoger liggen dan met de huidige apparatuur", aldus Peng Bo, directeur van het NAO Radio Astronomy Technology Laboratory. "FAST kan verder kijken en donkerder planeten zien."
Beperkingen
Toch heeft de nieuwe telescoop ook beperkingen. Zo kan hij het traject van kometen en asteroïden niet voorspellen. "FAST zal ons dus niet kunnen waarschuwen als er asteroïden op de aarde afkomen die mogelijk onze beschaving kunnen vernietigen", aldus Douglas Vakoch, de directeur van METI International, een organisatie die zich toelegt op het opsporen van buitenaardse intelligentie.
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Discussie barst los: Hebben astronomen de planeet van de Anunnaki ontdekt?
Discussie barst los: Hebben astronomen de planeet van de Anunnaki ontdekt?
In januari maakten astronomen van het California Institute of Technology bekend dat ze een reusachtige planeet aan de rand van ons zonnestelsel hadden ontdekt. Niet alleen wetenschappers volgen de ontwikkelingen op de voet. Ook een groep mensen die speuren naar de verloren planeet Nibiru mengt zich in de discussie.
“Het was erg spannend om te zien dat wetenschappers een andere planeet in ons zonnestelsel hadden gevonden,” zei Janet Sitchin, wiens oom Zecharia Sitchin het bestaan van Nibiru voorstelde.
“Het is spannend omdat sceptici dachten dat zo’n grote planeet niet onopgemerkt zou kunnen blijven,” vertelde ze aan FoxNews.com. “Dit zijn vooral mensen die zelf geen astronoom zijn en niet weten hoe groot de ruimte is.”
Anunnaki
Zecharia Sitchin, die in 2010 op 90-jarige leeftijd overleed, stelde in zijn boek ‘De 12de planeet’ uit 1976 dat de Soemerische en Babylonische mythologie wees op het bestaan van zo’n planeet en dat de inwoners ervan, de Anunnaki, de aarde rond 600 voor Christus hebben bezocht.
Sitchin claimde dat de planeet ver voorbij Neptunus stond en iedere 3600 jaar in de buurt van de aarde kwam, zodat de Anunnaki de mensen konden bezoeken.
De Anunnaki wonnen goud in de Perzische Golf en het zuidelijke deel van Afrika, zei Janet Sitchin tijdens een uitzending van de Slooh Community Observatory die aan Nibiru was gewijd. “Ze vonden het werk te zwaar en creëerden de mens. Dit schreven de oude Soemeriërs.”
Aardig idee
Tot frustratie van de NASA en prominente astronomen raken steeds meer mensen door het nieuws over Planeet X geïnteresseerd in Nibiru. “We hebben een aardig idee van wat zich in ons zonnestelsel bevindt,” zei Jim Green van de NASA. “Er bestaat niet iets zoals Nibiru.”
Green ontkende dat NASA de waarheid over Nibiru verborgen houdt. “Dat heeft vast te maken met het feit dat mensen niet in de wetenschap geloven,” zei hij. “Er zijn ook mensen die niet geloven dat we op de maan zijn geland, ook al hebben we foto’s gemaakt van de dingen die we hebben achtergelaten.”
Andere planeet
Harold Levinson van het Southwest Research Institute acht het onmogelijk dat het om Nibiru zou kunnen gaan. “Het is wetenschappelijk gezien onmogelijk dat de Soemeriërs iets wisten over dit object, of dat daar iets zou kunnen leven,” schreef hij in een e-mail.
De nieuwe planeet, die 10 keer zwaarder is dan de aarde, staan 20 keer verder van de zon dan Neptunus en doet tussen de 10.000 en 20.000 jaar over een rondje om de zon. “Tenzij deze berekeningen niet kloppen, strookt dit niet met wat de Soemeriërs schreven over Nibiru,” zei Janet Sitchin.
Ze blijft ervan overtuigd dat Nibiru bestaat. “Het kan zijn dat die berekeningen niet 100 procent accuraat zijn,” vertelde ze aan Slooh. “Ik hoop dat we gaan ontdekken dat het Nibiru is of misschien is er nog een andere planeet die Nibiru blijkt te zijn en is dit een andere.”
Nieuwe documentaire ‘bewijst dat we niet alleen zijn in het universum’
Nieuwe documentaire ‘bewijst dat we niet alleen zijn in het universum’
Er wordt momenteel hard gewerkt aan de documentaire ‘Unacknowledged: An Exposé of the Greatest Secret in Human History’. De film, die in 2017 moet uitkomen, zal ‘het beste bewijs voor buitenaards contact ooit’ presenteren. Dat contact vindt naar verluidt al tientallen jaren plaats.
De makers van de productie hebben meer dan 100 uur topgeheim materiaal, documenten, UFO-beelden en getuigenissen van klokkenluiders uit onder meer de inlichtingenwereld bestudeerd.
UFO-geheimen
Tijdens de film wordt gekeken waar Amerika’s UFO-geheimen worden bewaard en hoe men probeert dit soort dingen onder de pet te houden. Hierover zal voormalig geheim agent van de Amerikaanse luchtmacht Richard Doty een boekje opendoen.
Regisseur Michael Mazzola richt zich in zijn film op dr. Steven Greer, arts en oprichter van de werelwijde Disclosure Movement. Greer heeft contact gehad met vele hooggeplaatste overheidsfunctionarissen, waaronder de CIA-directeur, admiraals en generaals in het Pentagon en congresleden, aldus Mazzola.
Niet alleen
Greer spreekt van een historische documentaire die duidelijk maakt dat we niet alleen zijn in het universum. “Het is tijd dat de waarheid naar buiten komt,” zei hij.
“Dr. Greer heeft al vaak schokkende onthullingen over UFO’s, technologie en overheidsgeheimen gedaan,” voegde Paul Davidson van filmdistributeur The Orchard toe. “We zijn verheugd met hem samen te werken.”
Buitenaards leven? NASA heeft ‘bewijs voor verrassende activiteit op Jupitermaan Europa’
Buitenaards leven? NASA heeft ‘bewijs voor verrassende activiteit op Jupitermaan Europa’
De NASA geeft maandag een persconferentie over nieuwe bevindingen die zijn voortgekomen uit beelden van Jupitermaan Europa, gemaakt door ruimtetelescoop Hubble.
De ruimtevaartorganisatie spreekt van ‘bewijs voor verrassende activiteit die mogelijk verband houdt met de aanwezigheid van een oceaan onder het oppervlak van Europa’.
Buitenaards leven
Het oppervlak van de maan bestaat uit een dikke laag ijs, waaronder al langer een vloeibare oceaan wordt vermoed. Nu zou de NASA daar bewijzen van hebben. Er wordt dan meteen ook gedacht aan de mogelijkheid van buitenaards leven.
Onderzoekers van NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory concludeerden eerder dit jaar al in een artikel inGeophysical Research Letters dat de ondergrondse oceaan van Europa de juiste energiebalans heeft om het bestaan van leven mogelijk te maken.
Vergelijkbaar
De energiebalans van de oceaan is volgens geologen vergelijkbaar met die in de oceanen op aarde, en ook zonder warmteproductie door vulkanische activiteit is er genoeg energie beschikbaar om biologische processen gaande te houden.
De resultaten zullen worden gepresenteerd tijdens een zogeheten teleconferentie. Onder andere astronomen en wetenschappers Paul Hertz, William Sparks, Britney Schmidt en Jennifer Wiseman zullen aan het woord komen.
ENORME RUIMTEVLOOT ONDERWEG NAAR AARDE ? ( VIDEO )
ENORME RUIMTEVLOOT ONDERWEG NAAR AARDE ? ( VIDEO )
Of je het nu de opname/rapture noemt of het weghalen van mensen door buitenaardsen, er zijn veel aanwijzingen dat een deel van de mensheid van deze planeet zal verdwijnen.
We hebben onlangs kunnen zien hoe de datum van de eindtijd steeds dichterbij komt en is het dan vreemd dat er een enorme vloot ruimteschepen wordt gesignaleerd?
We zijn de laatste weken behoorlijk actief geweest met berichten over de eindtijd en dan in het bijzonder de begindatum daarvan, gebaseerd op een bepaalde vrij unieke stand van planeten aan de hemel.
Iets wat onlosmakelijk verbonden is met de eindtijd is iets dat christenen “de opname” noemen en wat door anderen vaak in verband wordt gebracht met het redden van een deel van de mensheid door middel van enorme ruimteschepen, toebehorend aan buitenaardsen.
Ter achtergrond, eerst een deel uit een eerder artikel, waaruit blijkt dat er mensen zijn die dromen dat er medemensen worden opgehaald door ruimteschepen. Die misschien nu al onderweg zijn naar de aarde, maar daarover zo meteen meer.
Zoals wij regelmatig berichten, gaat de aarde zodanig tekeer dat je haast niet anders kunt stellen dan dat wij ons wat dat betreft in een eindtijd bevinden.
Dat is ook precies één van de tekenen van de eindtijd zoals die in de bijbel wordt voorspeld:
En overal ... zal de aarde beven. (Matteüs 24:7)
Voor de christenen onder ons zijn er dan spannende tijden aangebroken, want zoals het er nu uitziet op de wereld komt de lang voorspelde opname naderbij.
De christipedia geeft de volgende verklaring voor de opname.
De opneming of opname van de gemeente, ook wel kortweg de Opname (Eng. rapture; Zuid-Afrikaans: wegraping) genoemd, is een toekomstige, door de Bijbel voorzegde gebeurtenis, waarbij ware gelovigen in de hele wereld in een oogwenk door Jezus van de aardbodem zullen worden weggehaald (1 Cor. 15:50v; 1 Thess. 4:16-17).
De Engelse term 'rapture' is ontleend aan de Latijnse Vulgaat-vertaling van de Bijbel.
Zover is het echter nog niet volgens de bijbel, want eerst zal er nog een (wereld)oorlog komen:
Jullie zullen berichten horen over oorlogen en oorlogsdreiging. Laat dat je dan niet verontrusten, die dingen moeten namelijk gebeuren, al is daarmee het einde nog niet gekomen. (Matteüs 24:6)
Het ene volk zal tegen het andere ten strijde trekken en het ene koninkrijk tegen het andere... (Matteüs 24:7).
Maar, wanneer dan die opname komt voor de christenen, vertoont dat opvallend veel overeenkomsten met de droom van een lezer zoals wij die onlangs hebben geplaatst.
De eerste droom was dat er rechthoekige ufo's vanuit de lucht neerdaalden ze leken op oorlogstanks maar dan zonder loop en rupsbanden,je zag ze overal naar beneden komen, Ik had nog nooit wat gezien of gelezen over rechthoekige UFO's( dacht altijd dat ze rond waren ,had me er nooit in verdiept , na deze dromen wel ;-)
De volgende beelden in die droom waren dat ik met nog een groepje van zo'n 25 man aan het rennen waren , heel gehaast er was paniek, we kwamen bij een open veld en ik zag honderden of misschien wel duizenden mensen schreeuwend op ons afrennen van alle kanten , heel beangstigend. In die droom begreep ik niet waarom ze op ons afkwamen en dan ook nog zoveel..
We kwamen aan bij een soort voertuig dat net boven de grond hing en we moesten een metalen trap op een soort zigzag trap ,dus eerst een stukje dan een plateautje en dan haaks daarop weer een stuk trap , .Bovenaan stond een man van een jaar of 30 /35 qua uiterlijk met een handgebaar te wijzen dat we snel naar binnen moesten Hij sprak niet. Eenmaal binnen zag ik een soort van koven /openruimten aan de zijkanten waar strakke precies erin passenden moderne lig/rust bedden zaten . Alles was grijs getint, er liep een wat dikkere man op het gangpad voor die koven en mopperde wat , ik zei nou misschien zijn we wel voer , die grap kon hij niet waarderen ,en zei nou mooi is dat.
De bovenstaande droom zou je een niet christelijke versie van de opname kunnen noemen. Mensen die van de aarde worden gehaald in grote ruimteschepen en op die manier worden gered voor de rampen die de aarde ten deel zullen vallen.
Wat de bijbel beschrijft als opname is waarschijnlijk exact hetzelfde als wat de lezer in de droom ervaart.
Dat betekent dat er een bepaald punt zal komen, waarbij wij als mensen voor een groot deel zullen worden gered door onze hemelse vader. Voor de niet gelovigen zullen dat niemand minder dan de Anunnaki zijn die wonen op de planeet Nibiru die nu met rasse schreden dichterbij komt.
Zij zijn degenen die ons ooit hebben geschapen als een slavenras om voor hen goud te delven in de Zuid Afrikaanse mijnen en nu komen ze terug.
Ook zij weten dat de passage van hun planeet een vernietigende uitwerking zal hebben op de aarde en dat veel mensen dit niet zullen overleven. Is het dan zo’n vreemde gedachte om te veronderstellen dat ze op een gegeven moment hier zullen zijn met enorme ruimteschepen om een deel van de mensheid te evacueren?
We ontvingen nog een interessante mail van een lezer (dank!).
Met veel interesse heb ik de afgelopen dagen de artikelen op jullie site gelezen. Voornamelijk over het "ophalen" van mensen door een moederschip en het artikel "leven wij onder een koepel?"
Het feit wil namelijk dat ik circa 15 jaar terug tweemaal een droom heb gehad dat ik opgehaald werd door een groot schip uit de ruimte. Dit omdat er een planeet richting de Aarde kwam.
Echter ben ik beide keren niet aan boord gegaan. De eerste keer omdat mijn droom abrupt stopte, de tweede keer omdat ik in mijn droom mijn kat niet kon vinden. En zonder mijn dieren vertrek ik nergens naartoe.
Deze dromen ben ik nooit vergeten omdat ze zo enorm echt leken dat ik bijna had verwacht tijdens het ontwaken dat er een schip in mijn tuin geparkeerd zou staan.
Dan het artikel over de koepel. Mijn moeder zei vroeger dat de lucht 's nachts lijkt op een soort van deksel. Dat wij in een kijkdoos leven en de sterren de gaatjes zijn waar het licht doorkomt. Dit vond ik een hele goede vergelijking omdat ik zelf heel vaak het gevoel had dat ik gevangen zat.
Ik kon simpelweg niet geloven dat "dit het was", dat er buiten die lucht alleen maar duister zou zijn met wat zwevende planeten. En ik heb dan ook vaak gedacht "ik wil hier uit". Met de komst van een vaste baan, partner, de nodige feestjes etcetera heb ik eigenlijk nooit meer deze gedachte gehad. Totdat ik 2,5 jaar terug ontwaakte uit de matrix.
Under the Dome van Stephen King gaf mij dan ook een flink stuk herkenning. En wederom heb ik dikwijls het onbehaaglijke gevoel dat ik eruit wil, dat ik gevangen zit en dat er veel meer is dan dat ik nu ken en weet.
En dan passeert er afgelopen week een grote vloot ruimteschepen de zon. Het is er niet één, maar een complete vloot die ergens naartoe onderweg is en misschien wel de aarde. Op de volgende foto zie je de vloot zoals die eruit ziet op de Soho beelden van de NASA telescoop.
De vloot bestaat uit een enorm groot moederschip met daarom heen een aantal kleinere schepen.
Op de foto hierna zie je naast het grote moederschepen nog drie kleinere (geel omcirkeld). Daar omheen zwerven een tiental kleine schepen (rood omcirkeld).
Wanneer je naar de grootte kijkt van deze schepen, dan zijn ze werkelijk enorm. In de video hieronder is te zien hoe groot ze zijn in vergelijking met de zon. Er passen ongeveer 1,3 miljoen aardes in de zon.
Een vloot zoals hierboven zou heel goed in staat zijn om een groot deel van de mensheid op aarde op te nemen. In feite is die vloot een soort miniwereld op zich.
Waarom zou een dergelijke vloot onze zon passeren? Dat betekent dat ze hier ergens in de buurt moeten zijn als onderdeel van hun missie.
De ontdekking is gedaan door de bekende Youtubegebruiker Streetcap1 en hoewel hij over het algemeen vrij nuchter is over zijn soms spectaculaire ontdekkingen, is hij deze keer er zeker van dat we hier te maken hebben met een grote buitenaardse vloot.
Tja, en als deze vloot onderweg is naar de aarde om mensen op te halen, dan is natuurlijk de grote vraag wie er straks mee mogen en wie moeten achterblijven op aarde.
Mochten er mensen zijn die hier uitgesproken ideeën over hebben, dan horen we dat graag.
Glowing UFO Over Forest In UK Drains Camera Battery In Minutes, Sept 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Glowing UFO Over Forest In UK Drains Camera Battery In Minutes, Sept 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Sept 14, 2016 Location of sighting: Berkshire forest, UK Here is a great catch by a eyewitness in the UK of a glowing UFO over a forest area. Often alien have an interest in all life on Earth, including the forest animals and plants. They were probably doing some scientific investigations. It is common to have electrical devices drained when close to such UFOs. Scott C. Waring Eyewitness states: A petrified dog walker has captured eerie footage of three shining orbs floating above a UK forest. The 32-year-old man, who wished to remain anonymous, said he kept noticing the UFOs as he walked his dog through the hills near Great Shefford in Berkshire. On Monday he decided to take a camera with him to capture the mysterious objects in a bid to discover what they were. But after less than two minutes of filming the UFOs his camera suddenly died - despite being fully charged.
This is an excellent capture of a UFO over New York and has a lot of similarities to the Security Guard Video of a UFO over the sea in Turkey back in 2007. UFOs are no stranger to New Yorkers, but are actually seen ever few years. Scott C. Waring News states: A couple captured the incredible footage of a UFO moving through the skies near New York. Bizarrely the mysterious object was a dead ringer for the Millennium Falcon from the Star Wars franchise. Shocked, they can be heard remarking in the clip “there is no way that is a plane, look at the shape of it, look how big it is”. The latest strange UFO sighting comes as an age-old book has been uncovered which features an illustration of a flying saucer on the cover. Experts have also warned UFO-linked aliens could be attacking the world”s livestock in a deranged bid to create animal-human hybrids. But the world”s questions about aliens could be set to be answered as NASA is poised to make a shocking announcement about alien life next week.
Jupiter with its moon Io on the left above its Great Red Spot and Europa on the right
The space agency has sparked excitement by announcing plans to present findings from images captured from the Hubble telescope.
Nasa said: “Astronomers will present results from a unique Europa observing campaign that resulted in surprising evidence of activity that may be related to the presence of a subsurface ocean on Europa.”
NASA will broadcast its hotly anticipated live statement on Europa at 7pm UK time, which is 2pm local time in the US, on Monday.
What is Europa?
Europa is the most famous of the 67 moons that orbit Jupiter, which is the solar system’s biggest planet.
Jupiter’s sixth-closest moon was discovered by Galileo in 1610 and named after Zeus' lover Europa, mother of King Minos of Crete.
It is believed that there is water on Europa, which means that theoretically it could be home to alien life.
A recent NASA study, released in May, suggested that “the necessary balance of chemical energy for life could exist there”.
The space agency said: “Europa is strongly believed to hide a deep ocean of salty liquid water beneath its icy shell.
“Whether the Jovian moon has the raw materials and chemical energy in the right proportions to support biology is a topic of intense scientific interest.”
Mystery of huge 'blob' in deep space finally SOLVED... and the findings are INCREDIBLE
MYSTERY surrounding huge ‘blob’ in deep space which has baffled astronomers for the best part of two decades has finally been unravelled – and the truth is even more mind-blowing than scientists expected.
Astronomer Chuck Steidel, of the California Institute of Technology, and his colleagues first spotted the glowing entity in the 1990s and could not figure out what it was.
The team were trying to study distant galaxies, but as Mr Steidel says, "but we also saw these big blotchy things.”
The massive clouds, which were up to 10 times the diameter of the Milky Way galaxy, around one million light years, were found to be vast clouds of hydrogen gas, which the team ultimately named ‘Lyman-alpha blobs’, which Mr Steidel says were meant to be "like the blob from outer space or something like that.”
Nonetheless, what baffled the experts was that they could not understand what was making the blobs glow.
Mr Steidel: "There was no obvious source that could be illuminating that blob.”
However, a new set of astronomers have looked at the clouds and discovered something that was not expecting.
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The 'blobs' can be up to 10 times the diameter of the Milky Way
Inside one of the huge clouds, which was studied by experts using Chile’s ALMA telescope – the world's largest array of radio telescopes – was found to be two large galaxies which are producing stars at a never before seen rate.
Each of the galaxies inside the clouds was producing the equivalent of 100 new stars a year, according to University of Hertfordshire’s Jim Geach.
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The largest known single object in the universe, the Lyman-alpha blob LAB-1
A new report in the Astrophysical Journal states that the galaxies couldn’t be seen originally as they were being obscured by dust.
Mr Geach likened the lighting effects of the galaxies in the cloud to a streetlight on a gloomy night.
He said: "You see a sort of halo around the streetlight because the light from the central streetlight is scattering off water droplets in the fog. It's kind of analogous to what we're seeing with these Lyman-alpha blobs
Russian politician claims he would be good because he gets advice from outer space
Russische politicus beweert dat hij goed zou zijn, omdat hij advies krijgt vanuit de ruimte
Een Russische politicus maakte een wanhopige laatste wanhopige poging om stemmen te trekken door te beweren dat hij een goede MP zou maken, omdat hij kreeg advies van een buitenaardse beschaving.
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Vasilliy Dmitrienko heeft appealled aan de kiezers door de onthulling dat hij krijgt beleidsadvies van vreemdelingen
En ongelooflijk Vasiliy Dmitrienko, 69, van ver-Oost-Russische regio Chabarovsk Krai was nog steeds gezien de steun van zijn partij, die zei dat waar zijn ideeën vandaan kwamen, ze waren duidelijk goede ideeën voor de regio.
Dmitrienko liep voor een zetel bij de parlementsverkiezingen in Rusland die afgelopen zondag werd gehouden op 18 september tijdens welke hij vertegenwoordigde oppositie liberaal-democratische partij "Yabloko" die democratische waarden ondersteunt en verzet zich tegen Poetin politiek.
Hij werd een online Internet beroemdheid na zijn promotie-clip werd uitgezonden op de lokale televisie en werd online gedeeld.
Het toont Vasiliy Dmitrienko, een grijze man in glazen in zijn late jaren zestig maken wat lijkt op het eerste gezicht een nogal saaie speech zijn.
Hij zegt: "Laten we verenigen onze inspanningen om de regio te ontwikkelen Wij zullen er problemen op te lossen met een nieuw parlement."
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De heer Dmitrienko kreeg de steun van zijn partij na de buitenaardse vordering
Maar dan verandert hij plots tack gezegde: "Het fundamentele verschil tussen mij en de andere kandidaten is dat ik een specialist in het leveren van telepathische videocommunicatie tussen alle levende wezens op aarde en een hogere intelligentie."
Ik ben een specialist in het leveren van telepathische videocommunicatie
Politicus Vasiliy Dmitrienko
Zijn verzoek werd snel reposted door een aantal Russische media.
Blijkbaar weet Yabloko partijfunctionarissen niet zien geen kwaad in het hebben van een dergelijke "getalenteerde" kandidaat onder de partijleden.
Igor Khovanskiy, hoofd van de regionale afdeling van de Yabloko partij zei:.. "Ik denk niet dat clips zoals deze reputatie van de partij zou kunnen schaden Hij besloot om zijn verkiezingscampagne te bouwen op deze manier om meer supporters te trekken Ik denk dat dit een PR- stunt als je wil. Hij is zeer geschikt als we niet zal worden rekening houdend met zijn woorden over telepathie ".
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Igor Khovanskly van de Yabloko partij denkt Dmitrienko's video is een PR-stunt
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De 69-jarige wordt uitgevoerd voor de verkiezingen in de regio Chabarovsk Krai
De uitslag van de verkiezing wordt pas bekend op vrijdag, hoewel enquêteurs voorspellen dat de last-minute bod voor stemmen niet te vertalen naar de goedkeuring in het stemhokje.
Internet gebruiker Aleksandr Brodskiy ', verwijzend naar de kandidaat en implicerend dat hij zou kunnen hebben drug-geïnduceerde hallucinaties, zei: "Kunt u mij het nummer van uw drugsdealer, alstublieft?'
Een andere gebruiker van internet, 'alaricy2', zei: "Hij zou moeten lopen voor het presidentschap."
'Maria Gamova' zei op social media: "Dit is de coolste verkiezing promotionele clip ik ooit heb gezien!"
Geamuseerd 'Farida Ibragimova' geplaatst online gegaan om te zeggen: ". Op deze manier heb ik geleerd dat de verkiezingen ook hilarisch kan worden"
When he took his dog for a walk through a UK forest, he never thought that three shining orbs in the sky were going to be the highlight of his evening. Still, they were. The 32-year-old did get struck by them, and they did follow him through the hills near Great Shefford in Berkshire.
He had already seen them four times, so on Monday he took his camera because he wanted to capture the mysterious orbs and examine them closely. However, the camera refused to take his side after he captured some footage. Then the camera suddenly died even though it was fully charged.
The lighted orbs baffled the citizens of the leafy village in West Berkshire, as they were seen over the forest many times by different people in the past three months.
However, the dog-walker managed to capture some of the scenes, shooting the shiny orbs floating over the sky on Monday at around 7.45pm.
The man said: "There is no pattern as to when they appear - it's not a particular day or time but I've seen them about four times now. They have always been in the same position and the most lights I've seen at one time was six. They stay in the sky for a maximum of 15 minutes and then just disappear.
The comments that followed the article trod the usual trail. The readers were neatly divided over whether it was a UFO or not. While one reader said that it was a Chinese lantern, another said that it was a helicopter. The rare commentator called it a UFO---and asked the others to "do some research" on their UFOs.
What could the lights be? Different camera shots have captured different sights---mostly in the sky. Most of them were lights, mysterious objects shaped like spaceships, cigars, doughnuts or saucers.
It certainly looks like the aliens love Hollywood too!
Mars' own Grand Canyon, Valles Marineris, is shown on the surface of the planet in this composite image made aboard NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft. The image was taken from a video featuring high-resolution images from Arizona State University's Thermal Emission Imaging System multi-band camera on board the spacecraft. (NASA/Arizona State University via Getty Images)
NASA's Mars 2020 Rover, which is targeted to launch in July 2020, will conduct geological examinations on its landing site on Mars. It aims to determine if the Red Planet provides a habitable environment and whether there had been past or even present extraterrestrial life on the planet.
However, one of the aims of the Mars 2020 is to lay the foundation for future human exploration with its MOXIE, Mars Oxygen In-situ Resource Utilization Experiment. The device will produce oxygen from the carbon dioxide atmosphere of the Red Planet at a rate of an estimated 0.35 ounces (10 grams) per hour.
"The object is not to produce a lot of oxygen. The object is to show that the process works on Mars. MOXIE produces only about 10 [grams] per hour of oxygen, less than one percent of full scale," saidDonald Rapp, one of the designers of the device. He added that MOXIE is just one of nine devices on the Mars 2020 Rover, but it's the most essential for human exploration.
According to previous data gathered from Mars, its atmosphere is 96 percent carbon dioxide. So, MOXIE is tasked to inhale carbon dioxide and exhale oxygen, just like what plants and trees do on Earth. Basically, the device will gather carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, store it and will electrochemically divide the molecules into carbon monoxide and dioxygen.
Meanwhile, scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a novel spectroscopic technique that may help the Mars 2020 Rover to locate and find signs of present or past extraterrestrial life on the Red Planet.
The technique will help the rover analyze and identify sediments from the planet without compromising its pristine condition. This will allow scientists to identify signs of former life. Maintaining the original composition of sediments is important to make sure data is not altered and the sediments are of their original composition.
"This may help in deciding what samples the 2020 rover will archive. It will be looking for organic matter preserved in sediments, and this will allow a more informed selection of samples for potential return to Earth," said Roger Summons, professor of earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences at MIT.
We delve into the force's X-Files, which feature hovering shapes and an unusual space ship request
‘Dazzling’ green lights, mysterious hovering shapes and even a call asking for a space ship to be sent – these are just some of the intriguing features of UFO reports made toCheshire Constabulary .
Seven such reports were logged by call handlers between 2012 and 2015, according to information released to the Chronicle by the force following a request under the Freedom of Information Act.
Supposedly unexplained figures flying in the skies above Cheshire seem to have led some callers to question ‘is it a bird, is it a plane?’ before ultimately deciding it must be something out of this world and go on to report their suspicions to police.
Police received one report in 2012, none at all in 2013, three in 2014 and three last year, and of the seven in total two relate to Ellesmere Port , two to Northwich and one toChester .
The Chester caller reported having a close encounter outside their own home in April 2014.
One of the Ellesmere Port callers said they saw a ‘dazzling green round light bigger than aeroplane, not a firework and not a plane’ two days after Christmas in 2014.
While another Ellesmere Port resident believed they spotted three UFOs flashing white and blue in the sky 11 months later, last November.
But the strangest log of all was courtesy of one Northwich caller who requested a very unusual mode of transport.
Cheshire police’s records reveal: “Caller not making any sense has asked operator for a space ship.”
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) closed its UFO desk and hotline in 2009 because it was not deemed to serve any defence purpose, and resources devoted to it could be used on more valuable defence-related activities.
After it was disbanded, police forces and air traffic control centres were told not to refer UFO sightings to the MoD any more.
Columnist Cheryl Costa discusses UFOs reported on Sept. 11, 2001.
After making our presentation of the “Nationwide UFO Magnitude Study” at the 2016 Mutual UFO Network Symposium, we demonstrated that we could drill down into the data for a specific day during the sample years of the study (2001-2015). Our presented example of this ability was the Fourth of July sighting chartspublished on this blog in July. During the presentation’s question-and-answer period, we were asked if we’d done a specific day table for Sept. 11, 2001, which we hadn’t. Interestingly, a fair number of people in the audience expressed a desire to see this data. So here is the New York State chart showing the counties and tallies for UFOs on 9/11.
On 9/11, only five counties had sighting reports in the both the MUFON and NUFORC databases. Sixteen UFO sightings were assigned to specific counties, and three had no city reported, therefore there wasn’t any county information. Of the 16 county UFO reports, 12 were assigned to Manhattan.
As an analyst, I must caution readers that an unusual amount of daily UFO sighting reports must be weighed in the context of the emotion and panic of 9/11; something government UFO researchers and debunkers used to call “war nerves.” The other thing that must be clearly pointed out from an analysis view point is correlation does not equal causation.
As a UFO researcher, I point out another unique window of time associated with 9/11: after the attacks. The United States air space was shut down for three days.Nobody was flying on September 12, 13, and 14, 2001.
While the database reports no UFO sighting reports for Sept. 12 and 14, 2001, there were four UFO sighting reports in various parts of New York state on Sept. 13, as evidenced by the chart above.
The question arises: Were there UFO sighting reports in the rest of the United States during the post 9/11 air space shut down? At present, I don’t know, but I promise to get back to you in the near future after I compile the numbers, because to be honest with you, I’m intrigued at what I might find.
Location of event: Area S4, Inside Area 51 Date of event: 1988-1989
Lazar admitted that he worked inside Area S4, a small section of Area 51, and yet he was ridiculed by skeptics. Anyone that doesn’t believe Lazar clearly has no grasp on the subject of UFOs at all. He is legit. I looked into back in 2009 and wrote about him in my book UFO Sightings of 2006-2009. I vouch for him. Scott C. Waring
News states: Robert “Bob” Lazar (born January 26, 1959) is a controversial individual who claims qualifications as a scientist and engineer and alleged that he worked with extraterrestrial technology at a site called S4 near the Area 51 test facility. Lazar claimed to have worked in 1988 and 1989 as a physicist at S4 allegedly located at Papoose Lake southwest of top secret Area 51 near Groom Dry Lake, Nevada. According to Lazar, S4 serves as a hidden military location for the study and research of extraterrestrial spacecraft, or flying saucers using reverse engineering.
Lazar says he saw nine different extraterrestrial vehicles there and has provided detailed information on the mode of propulsion and other technical details of a disc-shaped vehicle he called the sport model. Lazar’s credibility was challenged after it was discovered that “schools he was supposed to have attended had no record of him, while others in the scientific community had no memory of ever meeting him.”[2] Lazar’s supporters counter that Lazar’s credentials and history were sabotaged to create the very questions of credibility his critics have emphasized.
Lazar first appeared in the media in the late 1980s. He appeared on television on a local Las Vegas news program discussing his experience at S4 and Area 51. He was also featured in the Los Alamos Monitor in a story dealing with a jet car he claimed to have built with help from a NASA researcher. The car was built from a jet engine modified and placed on an existing car model.[3] The article stated that Lazar was “a physicist at the Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility”.
In the race to discover a proposed ninth planet in our Solar System, Carnegie’s Scott Sheppard and Chadwick Trujillo of Northern Arizona University have observed several never-before-seen objects at extreme distances from the Sun in our Solar System.
Sheppard and Trujillo have now submitted their latest discoveries to the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center for official designations. A paper about the discoveries has also been accepted to The Astronomical Journal.
The more objects that are found at extreme distances, the better the chance of constraining the location of the ninth planet that Sheppard and Trujillo first predicted to exist far beyond Pluto (itself no longer classified as a planet) in 2014.
The placement and orbits of small, so-called extreme trans-Neptunian objects can help narrow down the size and distance from the Sun of the predicted ninth planet, because that planet’s gravity influences the movements of the smaller objects that are far beyond Neptune. The objects are called trans-Neptunian because their orbits around the Sun are greater than Neptune’s.
In 2014, Sheppard and Trujillo announced the discovery of 2012 VP113 (nicknamed “Biden”), which has the most-distant known orbit in our Solar System.
At this time, Sheppard and Trujillo also noticed that the handful of known extreme trans-Neptunian objects all cluster with similar orbital angles. This led them to predict that there is a planet at more than 200 times our distance from the Sun. Its mass, ranging in possibility from several Earths to a Neptune equivalent, is shepherding these smaller objects into similar types of orbits.
Some have called this Planet X or Planet 9. Further work since 2014 showed that this massive ninth planet likely exists by further constraining its possible properties.
Analysis of “neighboring” small body orbits suggest that it is several times more massive than the Earth, possibly as much as 15 times more so, and at the closest point of its extremely stretched, oblong orbit it is at least 200 times farther away from the Sun than Earth. (This is over 5 times more distant than Pluto.)
“Objects found far beyond Neptune hold the key to unlocking our Solar System’s origins and evolution,” Sheppard explained. “Though we believe there are thousands of these small objects, we haven’t found very many of them yet, because they are so far away.
The smaller objects can lead us to the much bigger planet we think exists out there. The more we discover, the better we will be able to understand what is going on in the outer Solar System.”
August 2016 - Saturn, 746 million miles from Earth - We just received a new leaked video from one of our contacts in the Russian Space Agency and this new video is very hot ! This short video footage shows Russian cosmonauts reaching orbit of Saturn and exploring with space shuttle fleet the moon Titan. Our contact informed us that they just reached Saturn after a nearly seven-year old space journey.
Watch this amazing VIDEO HERE !there other than ourselves.
The most distant of the planets obviously visible to the naked eye, Saturn is the sixth planet in the solar system. Because it travels in an elliptical path rather than a circular one, it doesn't always lie the same distance from the sun as it wanders through the sky.
The distance to Saturn from our planet is constantly changing as both of the planets travel through space. When the two are closest, they lie approximately 746 million miles (1.2 billion kilometers) apart, or eight times the distance between the Earth and the sun. At their most distant, when they lie on opposite sides of the sun from one another, they are just over a billion miles (1.7 billion km) apart, or 11 times the distance between the Earth and the sun.
Space travel is rarely a matter of moving in a straight line. Spacecraft often take advantage of planets, moons, and even the sun to gain speed with the use of little fuel. As such, older missions may have taken less time to reach outer planets than those with more modern propulsion systems.
Pioneer 11 took the first look at Saturn. Launched in April 1973, the craft passed Saturn over six years later, in September 1979.
The Voyager spacecrafts took advantage of an optimal lineup to explore the outer planets. Launched in September 1977, Voyager 1 used a gravitational assist from Jupiter to swing by Saturn in November 1980, only three years after leaving Earth. Although Voyager 2 launched a month earlier than its twin, it took a longer, more circular route and arrived in August 1981, taking a full four years to reach Saturn.
The Cassini mission, which left Earth in October 1997, twice used Venus for gravitational assists, slingshoting off of the cloudy planet. It also made a flyby of Jupiter, imaging the gas giant as it passed by. After almost seven years, the craft entered orbit around Saturn in July 2004, where it intends to study the planet until at least 2017. Among other things, the mission has studied lightning in Saturn's atmosphere.
The New Horizons mission, headed to the dwarf planet Pluto, launched in January 2006. Traveling at the fastest launch speed to date, it passed by Mars and Jupiter, then skimmed by Saturn in June 2008, taking only a year and a half to reach the ringed giant.
As you can see, the question of how long it takes to reach Saturn depends significantly on the path selected for the mission, as much if not more than the speed of the spacecraft itself.
Recently NASA scientists have identified an unexpected high-altitude methane ice cloud on Saturn's moon Titan that is similar to exotic clouds found far above Earth's poles.
This lofty cloud, imaged by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, was part of the winter cap of condensation over Titan's north pole. Now, eight years after spotting this mysterious bit of atmospheric fluff, researchers have determined that it contains methane ice, which produces a much denser cloud than the ethane ice previously identified there.
"The idea that methane clouds could form this high on Titan is completely new," said Carrie Anderson, a Cassini participating scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and lead author of the study. "Nobody considered that possible before."
Methane clouds were already known to exist in Titan's troposphere, the lowest layer of the atmosphere. Like rain and snow clouds on Earth, those clouds form through a cycle of evaporation and condensation, with vapor rising from the surface, encountering cooler and cooler temperatures and falling back down as precipitation. On Titan, however, the vapor at work is methane instead of water.
The newly identified cloud instead developed in the stratosphere, the layer above the troposphere. Earth has its own polar stratospheric clouds, which typically form above the North Pole and South Pole between 49,000 and 82,000 feet (15 to 25 kilometers) -- well above cruising altitude for airplanes. These rare clouds don't form until the temperature drops to minus 108 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 78 degrees Celsius).
Other stratospheric clouds had been identified on Titan already, including a very thin, diffuse cloud of ethane, a chemical formed after methane breaks down. Delicate clouds made from cyanoacetylene and hydrogen cyanide, which form from reactions of methane byproducts with nitrogen molecules, also have been found there.
But methane clouds were thought unlikely in Titan's stratosphere. Because the troposphere traps most of the moisture, stratospheric clouds require extreme cold. Even the stratosphere temperature of minus 333 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 203 degrees Celsius), observed by Cassini just south of the equator, was not frigid enough to allow the scant methane in this region of the atmosphere to condense into ice.
What Anderson and her Goddard co-author, Robert Samuelson, noted is that temperatures in Titan's lower stratosphere are not the same at all latitudes. Data from Cassini's Composite Infrared Spectrometer and the spacecraft's radio science instrument showed that the high-altitude temperature near the north pole was much colder than that just south of the equator.
It turns out that this temperature difference -- as much as 11 degrees Fahrenheit (6 degrees Celsius) -- is more than enough to yield methane ice.
Other factors support the methane identification. Initial observations of the cloud system were consistent with small particles composed of ethane ice. Later observations revealed some regions to be clumpier and denser, suggesting that more than one ice could be present. The team confirmed that the larger particles are the right size for methane ice and that the expected amount of methane -- one-and-a-half percent, which is enough to form ice particles -- is present in the lower polar stratosphere.
The mechanism for forming these high-altitude clouds appears to be different from what happens in the troposphere. Titan has a global circulation pattern in which warm air in the summer hemisphere wells up from the surface and enters the stratosphere, slowly making its way to the winter pole. There, the air mass sinks back down, cooling as it descends, which allows the stratospheric methane clouds to form.
"Cassini has been steadily gathering evidence of this global circulation pattern, and the identification of this new methane cloud is another strong indicator that the process works the way we think it does," said Michael Flasar, Goddard scientist and principal investigator for Cassini's Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS).
Like Earth's stratospheric clouds, this methane cloud was located near the winter pole, above 65 degrees north latitude. Anderson and Samuelson estimate that this type of cloud system -- which they call subsidence-induced methane clouds, or SIMCs for short -- could develop between 98,000 to 164,000 feet (30 to 50 kilometers) in altitude above Titan's surface.
"Titan continues to amaze with natural processes similar to those on the Earth, yet involving materials different from our familiar water," said Scott Edgington, Cassini deputy project scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. "As we approach southern winter solstice on Titan, we will further explore how these cloud formation processes might vary with season."
The results of this study are available online in the journal Icarus.
Will We Ever Find Alien Life? NASA and SETI Just Weighed in
Will We Ever Find Alien Life? NASA and SETI Just Weighed in
Futurism / ET
IN BRIEF
NASA and SETI experts discussed the question of life outside our own planet during an event celebrating Star Trek. Is extraterrestrial life possible? If so, what form will it take and how close are we to finding it?
Are we alone?
This question has been the subject of science fiction literature since H. G. Wells, and has popped up in films, video games, and more. But how close are we to truly finding life out there?
A panel of experts spoke on this topic during an event celebrating Star Trek’s 50th anniversaryin NYC. NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Bobak Ferdowski, together with Dan Werthimer, University of California Berkeley’s Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) chief, led the discussion.
Let’s dive into their answers to two of the most intriguing questions from the discussion.
Ferdowski and Werthimer. Credit: Marshall Honorof/Space.com
IF WE DO FIND LIFE, WILL IT BE PRIMITIVE OR INTELLIGENT?
Intelligent life does not necessarily equate to technological life. For example, dolphins are intelligent, but you don’t see them building VR devices (that we know of, anyway). It will most like be some time before we find intelligent life. Primitive extraterrestrial life, on the other hand, could be discovered in the next 20 to 30 years, according to Ferdowski and Werthimer.
They pointed out the potential for life on Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons. “Europa [may be] completely covered in water. That’s great for primitive life, but if you want technology, you’ve got to have some land surfaces as well,” Werthimer explains. We may find primitive life there, “but it won’t necessarily evolve into something more complex than single-celled life” he points out.
If extraterrestrial technological life does exist, the beings may not be interested in contacting us. The panelists contrasted two popular theories — the Drake Equation and the Fermi Paradox. The former posits that intelligent life should be a fairly common occurrence in the universe. The latter questions why alien life, if it was indeed possible, is not observable in a universe teeming with it.
The panelists answered by assuming an extraterrestrial version of Star Trek’s “Prime Directive:” this technological life may be prohibited to mingle with less advance cultures. Or maybe some just aren’t explorers by nature.
WILL EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE RESEMBLE HUMANITY?
“If it’s exactly the same as us, that probably doesn’t mean there were two independent origins of life,” says Ferdowski. If extraterrestrial life does exist, and resembles human beings in basic biology, that could prove there was a common precursor of life in the cosmos, a theory known as panspermia.
Werthimer concluded:
“It’s a profound question either way […] If we find out we’re alone, that means we’d better take incredibly good care of the precious life here on Earth.”
The panelists may not have come to a definitive answer, but they did leave us a lot to consider when we look at our own galactic existence.
NASA geeft maandag aanstaande een telefonische persconferentie over nieuwe bevindingen die voortspruiten uit beelden van Europa, geschoten door ruimtetelescoop Hubble. Europa is in dit geval niet het werelddeel waarin wij leven, maar een van de manen van de planeet Jupiter.
De ruimtevaartorganisatie heeft het over "bewijs van verrassende activiteit die mogelijk verband houdt met de aanwezigheid van een oceaan onder de oppervlakte van Europa". De oppervlakte van de maan Europa bestaat uit een dikke laag ijs, waaronder al langer een vloeibare oceaan werd vermoed, maar nu zou de NASA daar dus bewijzen van hebben. Meteen wordt dan ook gedacht aan de mogelijkheid van buitenaards leven.
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Rabbi: “Nibiru zorgt voor extreme weersverschijnselen op aarde”
Rabbi: “Nibiru zorgt voor extreme weersverschijnselen op aarde”
Doemvoorspellingen blijven populair op internet. Er is op dit moment veel te doen rond de potentiële dreiging van Nibiru. Rabbi Alon Anava zei afgelopen week dat de dwergster verantwoordelijk is voor extreme weersverschijnselen op aarde.
Blogger Menachem Robinson wist bovendien aan Breaking Israel News te vertellen dat Nibiru de komende weken zijn dichtste punt tot de aarde zal bereiken.
Na een recente lezing over de komst van de Messias, linkte rabbi Anava het toenemende aantal tsunami’s, aardbevingen, vulkaanuitbarstingen en andere extreme gebeurtenissen aan de komst van Nibiru.
Verschillende hemellichamen
Hij zei dat de Amerikaanse overheid al voorzorgsmaatregelen heeft getroffen door het hoofdkwartier van de Federal Reserve en de CIA te verplaatsen.
“Decennialang geloofden astronomen dat er een tiende planeet in ons zonnestelsel moest zijn,” zei Robinson, die al veel over Nibiru heeft geschreven. “De tiende planeet werd Planeet X genoemd. X is het Romeinse cijfer 10. Nibiru en Planeet X zijn echter twee compleet verschillende hemellichamen en bevinden zich niet eens in hetzelfde zonnestelsel.”
Volgens rabbi Anava is het ook mogelijk dat er niets gaat gebeuren. “Er zijn profetieën die spreken van brandende rotsen, maar elke profetie kan ongedaan gemaakt worden.”
Vaticaan
Het zijn niet alleen joodse denkers die speuren naar Nibiru. Volgens Robinson is ook het Vaticaan geïnteresseerd in de dwergster. “Het Vaticaan is geïnteresseerd in Nibiru als de ster die de Messias brengt, en de ster van Jakob in Numeri,” legde hij uit.
“Ik zal hem zien, maar nu niet; ik zal hem aanschouwen, maar niet nabij. Er zal een ster voortkomen uit Jakob, en er zal een scepter uit Israël opkomen; die zal de palen der Moabieten verslaan, en zal al de kinderen van Seth verstoren.” – Numeri 24:17
Rabbi Anava zei dat het Vaticaan 500 jaar geleden is begonnen met de zoektocht naar Nibiru. Volgens hem baseerden astronomen van de Heilige Stoel zich op joodse bronnen, waaronder de boeken van Ezechiël, Jeremia en de Zohar, die verhalen over een planeet van vuur die voor de komst van de Messias verschijnt.
Volgens Robinson kan Nibiru binnen nu en enkele weken zijn dichtste punt tot de aarde naderen. Rabbi Anava noemt geen specifiek tijdstip.
Wetenschapper: “Kernexplosies op Mars waren bedoeld om al het leven uit te roeien”
Wetenschapper: “Kernexplosies op Mars waren bedoeld om al het leven uit te roeien”
Er zijn in een ver verleden tot twee keer toe nucleaire ontploffingen geweest op Mars. Dat heeft dr. John E. Brandenburg gezegd tijdens de conferentieAIAA Space 2016van het American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
“We hebben bewijs voor twee grote nucleaire explosies op Mars,” zei Brandenburg. “De plekken bevinden zich ten noorden van Cydonia Mensa en Galaxias Chaos.”
Het gezicht op Mars
Hij voegde toe dat op beide plekken mogelijk archeologische artefacten kunnen worden gevonden. Nieuwe foto’s van het gezicht op Mars (Cydonia Mensa) tonen namelijk ogen, een neus, mond en een helm, aldus de fysicus.
Doelbewuste pogingen
In 2014 werd er voor het eerst aandacht besteed aan de bevindingen van de plasmafysicus. Hij liet weten dat hij zijn werk heeft laten analyseren door het Amerikaanse ministerie van Defensie. Na een half jaar gaf het Pentagon hem toestemming om zijn onderzoek te presenteren tijdens AIAA Space 2016 in Californië.
Tijdens het congres vertelde hij dat de twee nucleaire ontploffingen in de Marsatmosfeer hebben plaatsgevonden en dat het lijkt te gaan om doelbewuste pogingen om al het leven op de rode planeet uit te roeien.
Enorme schokgolven
De ontploffingen waren volgens hem zwaar genoeg om een enorme catastrofe te veroorzaken en het klimaat op Mars drastisch te veranderen. Omdat er geen kraters zijn gevonden, moeten ze in de atmosfeer hebben plaatsgevonden, aldus Brandenburg.
Aangezien zijn werk zorgvuldig is bestudeerd door het Pentagon, lijkt dr. Brandenburg over bewijs te beschikken dat er kernwapens zijn gebruikt op Mars. Isotopen wijzen op twee enorme schokgolven in de noordelijke regio’s op Mars, veroorzaakt door nucleaire wapens.
A New York witness between Florida and Goshe reported watching and videotaping a cylinder-shaped UFO where the entire object was lit, according to testimony in Case 79187 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
Cropped and enlarged still frame from witness video.
(Credit: MUFON).
The witness and his girlfriend were driving home between 9 and 10 p.m. on August 4, 2016, when the incident occurred.
“We saw a light to our left,” the witness stated.“This thing was a complete lit-surfaced craft. It wasn’t blinking lights. The entire surface of craft was lit up and glowing.”
Cropped and enlarged still frame from witness video.
(Credit: MUFON).
One piece of video was included with the report, which was filed on September 16, 2016. New York Field Investigator Joseph Flammer and Chief Investigator Nicholas Voulgaris are investigating.
Cropped and enlarged still frame from witness video.
(Cred it: MUFON).
Please be cautious of UFO video until an investigation is complete. Most UFO reports can be resolved as something natural or man-made. Florida is a village in Orange County, New York, population 2,833.
Een man gaat wandelen met zijn hond en filmt een aantal vreemde objecten, waarna opeens de batterij van zijn camera leeg is.
En twee politieagenten slagen erin om opnamen te maken van een vreemde cilindervormige UFO.
We schreven gisteren over het voortdurende mysterie van de oranje bollen en ook vanuit Engeland komt daarover nu een interessant verhaal.
De waarneming werd enkele dagen geleden gedaan door een man die zijn hond uitliet in de plaats Great Shefford in Berkshire.
Terwijl ze daar samen liepen, zag hij drie glinsterende objecten boven de bomen hangen. Helaas had hij geen camera bij zich en kon hij dus ook niets opnemen. Een dag later ging hij terug naar hetzelfde gebied, dit keer wel gewapend met een camera, in de hoop dat hij dit keer wat interessante opnames zou kunnen maken.
Hij had geluk, want dezelfde objecten die hij de dag ervoor had gezien, waren nu wederom zichtbaar. Hij begon met filmen, maar het plezier duurde niet al te lang, want na twee minuten stopte de camera omdat de batterij dood was,ondanks dat deze volledig was opgeladen.
Buurtbewoners in het dorpje vertelden aan de plaatselijke krant dat ook zij volledig in het duister tasten omtrent de identiteit van de objecten. De afgelopen drie maanden zijn deze vreemde oranje fenomenen door diverse bewoners van het dorp in West Yorkshire waargenomen.
De man met de hond vertelde dat hij ze tot nu toe vier keer had gezien, maar dat ze niet op bepaalde vaste tijden verschenen.
Het hoogste aantal objecten dat hij heeft waargenomen, bedraagt zes en de maximale tijd dat ze zichtbaar waren, is ongeveer een kwartier.
Ook hier echter weer geen antwoorden.
We blijven nog even in Engeland waar enkele politiemensen ook een vreemd object op film wisten vast te leggen.
Deze waarneming vond plaats in een heel ander deel van Engeland en dat was in het plaatsje Consett in County Durham.
Het betrof een sigaarvormige UFO die ongeveer 30 minuten zichtbaar was. Het voorval vond plaats op klaarlichte dag en men zag dat de UFO verticaal om zijn eigen as draaide.
Volgens UFO experts bevindt het object zich op een hoogte van ergens tussen de 350 en 1750 meter en men schat de lengte ervan op ergens tussen de 70 en 150 meter.
Er worden natuurlijk wel vaker cilindervormige UFO’s waargenomen, maar je ziet ze niet zo dikwijls in een verticale positie.
This is interesting. Streetcap1 found an armada passing by our sun this week. There is a main mothership, three medium ships (yellow circle), and 10 tiny craft (red circles) following it. Look how the long thin nose of the medium craft (above) is the same as the nose on the mothership below it. It looks like they are traveling together, because there is safety in numbers...especially for the smaller craft. Also the medium craft flying behind them has a triangle shape. Scott C. Waring
Streetcap1 states: This is a quite complicated looking piece with possibly two or more items meeting in space. As we say here, you couldn't make it up and guess what, I don't. PS. Notice the circle next to the main craft has a small craft at the center. Standard alien greetings approach formation with the boss in the center. How do I know this, I just do.Streetcap1.
Huge Jellyfish UFO Over Caribbean Caught By NASA, Sept 18, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Huge Jellyfish UFO Over Caribbean Caught By NASA, Sept 18, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Above is original, below is negative.
Date of sighting: Sept 18, 2016 Location of sighting:Caribbean Its plain to see there is a giant jellyfish UFO hiding inside this could, and its soaking in the power of the electricity causing lightning all around it. Some ships deliberately create these storms just so they can feed off of them, regardless of the damage they may cause the public. NASA is trying to call these sprites, but its a new field especially created to deliberately misinform the public about these UFOs so they can keep them secret. NASA was created not to find alien life, but to appease the publics curiosity, but giving them crumbs of information. Thus they can say they are doing their job, when in all reality, they are holding the public back. Scott C. Waring Eyewitness states: This is a copy and paste from the Nasa website spaceweather.com: 'A-BOMB' SPRITE OVER THE CARIBBEAN: On Sept. 18th, Frankie Lucena of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, photographed an enormous sprite over the Caribbean Sea. For a split-second, the sky was illuminated by a mushroom-shaped flash:Oscar van der Velde, a member of the Lightning Research Group at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, explains what Lucena photographed: "This type of sprite is often called 'jellyfish' or 'A-bomb,' and ranks as the largest type of sprite in both horizontal and vertical dimensions," he says. "It consists of a bright halo approximately 85 km above Earth's surface surrounding sprite elements with long tendrils reaching down as low as ~30 km above ground level." "This kind of sprite tends to be triggered by a very impulsive positive cloud-to-ground flash," van der Velde adds. The curious thing is, Lucena did not observe an instigating lightning bolt. Instead, just before the sprite appeared, he recorded a bright point-like flash of light. "Was it a cosmic ray hitting the camera?" wonders Lucena. Play the entire video to see the flash. Another possibility: The point-like flash could have been a cloud-to-ground strike mostly eclipsed by intervening clouds. If Lucena did photograph something new triggering a sprite, perhaps it shouldn't come as a big surprise. The field is relatively new. Although sprites have been seen for at least a century, most scientists did not believe they existed until after 1989 when sprites were photographed by cameras onboard the space shuttle. There is still much to learn.
Gigantic UFO With Multiple Arms Spotted Near The Sun In SOHO Images Captured In Three Different Years
Gigantic UFO With Multiple Arms Spotted Near The Sun In SOHO Images Captured In Three Different Years
An image of the Sun showing an apparent giant alien UFO flying through the inner solar system raises speculations about NASA hiding evidence of alien presence. Cameras on board the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) captured the image on September 11, 2016.
UFO researchers have been spotting this UFO flying close to the Sun-Earth L1 gravitational balance point in the solar system. SOHO cameras also captured similar flybys in 2011, 2012, and 2016. NASA and the European Space Agency jointly managed the SOHO satellite, which is stationed in a halo orbit around point L1. Its primary purpose is to transmit almost real-time data of solar activity to Earth, which helps in predicting space weather.
The UFO discovered in the image from SOHO LASCO C2 camera has multiple long arms, which according to UFO hunters, could be communication antennae.
Some UFO hunters say that the UFO has three long appendages and a fourth arm that is two times longer than the higher arms. All four arms are believed to be solid objects and not just trails. Other UFO researchers say that the UFO actually has 5-7 arms. They also point out that the arms were not smoke trails or vapor from the engine exhaust, but solid appendages.
The UFO has repeatedly been spotted stationing near the Sun in SOHO images. Alien and UFO hunters suggest that the unidentified flying object follows a fixed route that regularly passes the Sun to refuel by sucking energy from the hot atmosphere of the star.
Alien hunters are now challenging NASA to explain why the mysterious object is present in two images taken on the same day by different SOHO cameras, making it impossible to be just an accidental flaw in the digital image.
Louisville, Kentucky: UFO followed by a smaller UFO fleet 19-Sep-2016
Louisville, Kentucky: UFO followed by a smaller UFO fleet 19-Sep-2016
Here’s one interesting footage of some kind of a UFO fleet flying across the sky above Louisville, Kentucky. This was filmed on 19th September 2016.
Witness report:
watching the night sky with a NV-IR device, i captured a UFO traveling N to NE, when it disappeared above garage i noticed there was a ufo fleet behind it, they flew too fast to be birds and moving very quick in formation at night following a ufo?i don’t think it was birds because they were at the same altitude as the first UFO (main object).
Tennessee Man Witnesses A UFO That He Describes As Orange Line
Tennessee Man Witnesses A UFO That He Describes As Orange Line
A bright orange line in the sky was spotted by a man in Nashville in Tennessee. The orange line seemed to be two separate lights after zooming in the video recording.
The witness was on a work break when the incident took place. It was at three early in the morning on August 15, 2016, when he noticed a brilliant orange light in the sky, unlike anything he had ever seen in his usual spot for smoking. The brightness of the light caught his attention, as well as the color that appeared like a street light, but way too big.
His first thought was the moon behind cloud cover, but he noticed the moon was directly above him. Furthermore, there wasn’t cloud cover that time. Because it was very dark and the object was far away, the witness could not make out any features on it.
Even after a thorough look, the witness could still not find any details as the lights on the object appeared to cover it. The witness used his phone to record a video of it and after zooming in, he realized the lights were actually two separate lights with a small gap in between. After around a minute, the object started to shrink and turned pure white in a gradual manner. Two minutes later, the object faded away, and the witness lost sight of it.
The unnamed witness reported his sighting to MUFON, and it is filed under case 78626.
Pluto and its largest moon Charon are classified as a binary system because the central point of their orbits lies beyond Pluto's surface.
Credit: NASA-JHUAPL-SWRI
Astronomers may have found the first binary planets ever observed beyond our solar system.
The two objects straddle the dividing line between gas giants and odd "failed stars" known as brown dwarfs in terms of mass, researchers said. The newfound bodies are also similar to each other in size and age.
"They're probably brother and sister," Daniella Gagliuffi told Space.com. Gagliuffi, a graduate student at the University of California, San Diego, found the objects amid a cloud of stars about 65 light-years from Earth. [Gallery: The Strangest Alien Planets]
"It's a little incestuous," said Gagliuffi, who presented her research at the American Astronomical Society's summer meeting in San Diego in June.
The pair lie within a dense cluster of stars that would normally be expected to strip objects away from one another. However, observations suggest that the two objects are so close that interactions with other stars would instead push them closer together, Gagliuffi said.
Planets or failed stars?
Galaxies are filled with stars, but they also include faint drifting objects with characteristics that make their status debatable. Such objects can be classified either as planets or as failed stars, given a blurry dividing line between the two.
That's the case for the two objects Gagliuffi identified in a search for failed stars known as brown dwarfs. Gagliuffi sought brown dwarfs that could help her probe the lower boundary of what makes a star.
Unlike stars, brown dwarfs fail to fuse "normal" hydrogen in their interior. But these odd objects are apparently capable of fusing deuterium, or "heavy" hydrogen, a feat that kicks in when a body is around 13 times as massive as Jupiter.
The newfound pair weigh in at roughly 15 and 14 times the mass of Jupiter. But the error bars associated with those estimates are wide enough that they may actually be in the planetary range.
"Their mass is straddling the deuterium-burning limit," Gagliuffi said.
So, the twins could be a pair of planets dancing around a central point of mass (in which case they would be the history-making exoplanet binary), but they could also be a pair of brown dwarfs, or a brown dwarf hosting a massive gas giant planet.
To complicate the matter, both brown dwarfs and young gas giants produce light so weak that it is difficult to study their composition or differentiate them from one another.
And massive young planets produce heat from within, slowly cooling over their lifetimes. Gagliuffi's studies show the pair are between 200 million and 300 million years old — young enough to confuse the issue.
A rare find
Pairs of brown dwarfs are abundant throughout the Milky Way galaxy, but young binaries are not so common, Gagliuffi said. If the siblings turn out to be failed stars, they could provide intriguing insights into their family's formation history.
Binary worlds also are thought to be rare. Our solar system is considered by some to host one pair of planets. The dwarf planet Pluto and its largest moon Charon orbit a point of mass outside the boundaries of each, making Pluto-Charon a binary system. No other binary planets are known outside of the sun's orbit.
The newfound twin worlds drift through what Gagliuffi calls "a whole zoo of different stars," only about 926 million miles (1.49 trillion kilometers) apart. While that sounds like an enormous distance — it is 10 times the distance between the Earth and the sun, after all— it's actually extremely close for worlds from two different systems. She and her colleagues think it's unlikely that the pair are just drifting close to one another by chance.
Pluto
Pluto, the most famous dwarf planet in our solar system, underwent a well-publicized (and somewhat controversial) reclassification that took away its title as the ninth and most distant planet from the sun. So, how well do you know this fascinating world?
"Given that they're so close, it's extremely likely that they're bound," Gagliuffi said.
It's possible that the pair is connected to a third, more distant star that they orbit together. No such star has been identified, but many binary systems are actually triples, and Gagliuffi will look for a parent star as she continues this work.
Of course, the pair may also be drifting alone without adult supervision.
Does an Earth-Like Alien Planet Orbit the Sun's Closest Neighbor?
Does an Earth-Like Alien Planet Orbit the Sun's Closest Neighbor?
By Mike Wall, Space.com Senior Writer
Hubble Space Telescope image of the red dwarf Proxima Centauri, which lies just 4.25 light-years from the sun.
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA
Astronomers have found a rocky and possibly Earth-like planet circling the star closest to the sun, according to the German magazine Der Spiegel.
On Friday (Aug. 12), Der Spiegel reported that the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) La Silla Observatory in Chile had spotted evidence of a rocky, potentially habitable world orbiting Proxima Centauri, a small, dim star that lies just 4.25 light-years from the sun.
Scientists with the ESO will announce the find later this month, according to Der Spiegel, which cited an unnamed astrophysicist on the discovery team as its source. [In Images: The 1st Earth-Size Alien Planets Ever Found]
ESO officials neither confirmed nor denied the report.
"We were surprised to see the article in Der Spiegel and do not know the source," ESO spokesman Richard Hook told Space.com via email. "ESO has no further comment to make at present."
Proxima Centauri is a red dwarf, a star much smaller and cooler than the sun. About three-quarters of all stars in the Milky Way galaxy are red dwarfs.
Proxima Centauri lies just 0.24 light-years from the two stars of Alpha Centauri, and many astronomers regard the red dwarf as part of the latter system.
In 2012, astronomers announced that La Silla's High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher instrument, or HARPS, had spotted a rocky, roughly Earth-size planet around Alpha Centauri B. This world, known as Alpha Centauri Bb, circles its host star once every 3.2 days, and is therefore much too hot to support life, discovery team members said at the time.
However, a 2015 study found that the detected signal of Alpha Centauri Bb was merely an artifact and that the planet almost certainly does not exist.
To date, astronomers have discovered more than 3,200 confirmed alien planets, with NASA's Kepler space telescope responsible for about two-thirds of the finds. Kepler's work suggests that, on average, every star in the Milky Way hosts at least one planet.
We think we understand how stars form, live, and die, but sometimes looking out in the universe we discover things that don’t like to behave as they should. This is the case of SAO 244567, a star 2,700 light-years away that has undergone a sudden rebirth.
This object has been visibly evolving for the last 45 years, changing its temperature by almost 40,000°C (72,000°F). And new Hubble observations performed by an international team suggest that the star is now cooling again, going back to the original evolutionary sequence.
In a paper, published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, the team looked for confirmation of the rare helium-shell flash scenario they proposed in 2014. This is when the pressure in the star is suddenly enough to fuse helium around the core, expanding and brightening the star.
“SAO 244567 is one of the rare examples of a star that allows us to witness stellar evolution in real time,” said lead author Nicole Reindl from the University of Leicester, UK, in a statement. “Over only twenty years the star has doubled its temperature and it was possible to watch the star ionizing its previously ejected envelope, which is now known as the Stingray Nebula.”
A helium flash occurs in about one-quarter of low-to-medium-mass stars. When a star becomes old, its core runs out of hydrogen and the star turns into a red giant. The star then burns the helium at its core until it becomes depleted too, and hydrogen in the other shells start fusing. When all this material is spent, the helium around the core is suddenly and rapidly ignited, creating the helium flash.
Shown is how the star's rebirth is predicted to play out.
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“The release of nuclear energy by the flash forces the already very compact star to expand back to giant dimensions – the born-again scenario,” Reindl said. Although there have been a couple of observations of similar objects, this is the first time the heating and cooling phase of a star have both been observed.
“We need refined calculations to explain some still mysterious details in the behavior of SAO 244567,” added Reindl. “These could not only help us to better understand the star itself but could also provide a deeper insight in the evolution of central stars of planetary nebulae.”
Cosmic 'Echoes' Reveal Stars Devoured by Black Holes
Cosmic 'Echoes' Reveal Stars Devoured by Black Holes
By Samantha Mathewson, Space.com Contributor
As a star is devoured by a supermassive black hole, it emits a bright stream of material called a tidal disruption flare.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
A doomed star falling into a black hole may produce a flare of light that "echoes" through nearby dust clouds, according to two new studies.
Monster black holes can be millions of times more massive than the sun. If a star happens to wander too close, the black hole's extreme gravitational forces can tear the star into shreds, in an event called "stellar tidal disruption."
This kind of stellar destruction may also spit out a bright flare of energy in the form of ultraviolet and X-ray light. The two new studies examine how surrounding dust absorbs and re-emits the light from those flares, like a cosmic echo, according to a statement from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). [Millions of Black Holes Seen by WISE Telescope (Photos)
"This is the first time we have clearly seen the infrared-light echoes from multiple tidal disruption events," Sjoert van Velzen, a postdoctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University and lead author of one study, said in the statement.
The new studies use data from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). The NASA study led by van Velzen used these "echoes" to identify three black holes in the act of devouring stars. The second study, led by Ning Jiang, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Science and Technology of China, identified a potential fourth light echo.
Flares emitted from stellar tidal disruptions are extremely energetic and "destroy any dust" that is within the immediate neighborhood, according to NASA. However, a patchy, spherical web of dust that resides a few trillion miles (half a light-year) from the black hole can survive the flare and absorb light released from the star being gobbled up.
"The black hole has destroyed everything between itself and this dust shell," van Velzen said in the statement. "It's as though the black hole has cleaned its room by throwing flames."
The absorbed light heats the more distant dust, which in turn gives off infrared radiation that the WISE instrument can measure. These emissions can be detected for up to a year after the flare is at its brightest, the statement said. Scientists are able to characterize and locate the dust by measuring the delay between the original light flare and the subsequent echoes, according to the NASA study, which will be published in the Astrophysical Journal.
"Our study confirms that the dust is there, and that we can use it to determine how much energy was generated in the destruction of the star," Varoujan Gorjian, an astronomer at JPL and co-author of the paper led by van Velzen, said in the statement.
Hubble Telescope Snaps Best-Ever Views of a Comet's Disintegration
Hubble Telescope Snaps Best-Ever Views of a Comet's Disintegration
By Calla Cofield, Space.com Staff Writer
Comet 332P/Ikeya-Murakami is breaking apart as it orbits the sun. Images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope captured building-size chunks of debris as they fell behind the main comet body.
Credit: NASA/ESA and D. Jewit (UCLA)
Building-size chunks of rock were photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope in January as they broke free from a disintegrating comet zooming around the sun. The relatively rare images are providing insight into how these icy space rocks die.
The new images show a large, bright speck of light — the solid core of Comet 332P (short for 332P/Ikeya-Murakami) — trailed by a parade of smaller bluish-white dots. Over the course of three days, those small dots can be seen falling farther behind the comet's main body.
Comet 332P is currently about the length of five football fields, but observations going back to 2010 show that its size has been deteriorating for some time. The comet and its debris trail are visible because they are made partly of ices that reflect sunlight. As comets approach the sun and temperatures start to rise, those frozen materials can vaporize, and the comet itself essentially becomes unglued. Currently, Comet 332P has a debris trail stretching about 3,000 miles (4,800 km) behind it, scientists said. [5 Amazing Facts about the Comet-Chasing Rosetta Spacecraft]
The new images of 332P are fascinating for scientists because there aren't many clear, direct observations of this type of cometary death; the photos make up "one of the sharpest, most detailed observations of a comet breaking apart," according to a statement from the Space Telescope Science institute (STScI) in Baltimore, which manages Hubble's science operations.
The images of the comet breaking apart were taken when the space rock was just outside the orbit of Mars, about 150 million miles (240 million km) from the sun, and only 67 million miles (108 million km) from Earth, researchers said.
A sequence of Hubble Space Telescope images taken over three days in January 2016 shows the slow migration of building-size fragments of Comet 332P/Ikeya-Murakami. The pieces broke off the main nucleus in late 2015 as the icy, ancient comet approached the sun in its orbit.
Credit: NASA/ESA and D. Jewit (UCLA)
Comet 332P is estimated to be about 4.5 billion years old, or about the age of Earth and the other bodies in the solar system. Comets originate in the Kuiper Belt, the sphere of rocky, icy objects beyond the orbit of Neptune. At some point, gravitational disturbances pushed Comet 322P much closer to the sun, where the additional heat began to write its destruction. (The comet currently circles the sun once every six years.)
"We know that comets sometimes disintegrate, but we don't know much about why or how they come apart," David Jewitt, a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of California at Los Angeles, said in the statement. "The trouble is that it happens quickly and without warning, and so we don't have much chance to get useful data. With Hubble's fantastic resolution, not only do we see really tiny, faint bits of the comet, but we can watch them change from day to day. And that has allowed us to make the best measurements ever obtained on such an object."
Jewitt is lead author on a paper analyzing the Hubble observations that appeared today (Sept. 15) in the Astrophysical Journal Letters. He and his colleagues applied to have Hubble turn its eye on the comet after other observations showed that it might be breaking apart.
In the new images, the larger bright spot of Comet 332P's nucleus (the rocky core of a comet) is estimated to be about 1,600 feet long (490 meters), with a debris trail. But observations in 2015 by the Pan-STARRS (Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System) telescope in Hawaii showed that there might be another chunk of rock very close to the comet's nucleus and almost the same size, suggesting 332P may have split nearly in half at some point in the past.
With the new observations, scientists are observing this rocky destruction as it happens. The chunks of rock visible in the Hubble images range in size from about 65 to 200 feet wide (20 to 60 meters), and are moving away from each other at "a few miles per hour," according to the statement, or "about the walking speed of an adult."
A view of Comet 332P/Ikeya-Murakami, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope and annotated to show the pieces of the comet that have broken off from the comet nucleus.
Credit: NASA/ESA and D. Jewit (UCLA)
Observations of comets like Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko show that when icy comet materials heat up and turn into vapor, they can spray out of cracks and crevices in the comet's surface, creating jets. In Comet 332P, the jets of material act like engines that get the comet spinning faster and faster. The uptick then loosens chunks of material that fall off the comet.
"In the past, astronomers thought that comets die when they are warmed by sunlight, causing their ices to simply vaporize away," Jewitt said in the statement. "Either nothing would be left over or there would be a dead hulk of material where an active comet used to be. But it's starting to look like fragmentation may be more important. In Comet 332P we may be seeing a comet fragmenting itself into oblivion."
Scientists have previously captured images of debris breaking free of a comet, but the new Hubble observations are notable because they followed the comet long enough to show the "evolution of the fragments over time," Harold Weaver, a research professor of physics and astronomy at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, and an author on the new paper, said in the statement.
Comet 332P may not be long for this world (at least on the scale of a typical comet lifetime). The authors of the new paper estimate that another 25 outbursts will break the comet's nucleus apart completely.
"If the comet has an episode every six years, the equivalent of one orbit around the sun, then it will be gone in 150 years," Jewitt said. "It's the blink of an eye, astronomically speaking. The trip to the inner solar system has doomed it."
Now that the smoke has died down surrounding the incident, Elon Musk’s company has announced a new timeframe for launching another rocket.
“We’re anticipating getting back to flight, being down for about three months, and then back to flight in November, the November timeframe,” said Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX’s president at a meeting for World Satellite Business Week in Paris yesterday. “We’ll launch on the east coast from pad 39A in that timeframe, and then Vandenberg will be available for our customers.”
While it is unclear which SpaceX rocket will be launched in two months, we do know it won’t be taking place at Cape Canaveral where the explosion occurred.
Instead, the launch site will be pad 39A, which is located at the Kennedy Space Center.
As technology improves, the possibility that our world may be a simulated one is becoming more and more probable, argues Universe Today founder Fraser Cain. But can we ever prove that we live in a simulation of a reality?
A simulation of the impact a cosmic ray has on entering the atmosphere
(credit: AIRES package/Chicago University)
RED PILL OR BLUE?
All the world’s a stage. Or is it a simulation?
The idea that what we consider reality is actually a simulation was first proposed by scientistNick Bostrom, and it is frequently addressed in fiction (e.g., “The Matrix” trilogy) and by innovators and educators such as Elon Musk, who brought up the topic at the 2016 Code Conference.
Those who believe that we live in a simulation often cite Bostrom’s argument regarding what he calls ancestor simulations. “One thing that later generations might do with their super-powerful computers is run detailed simulations of their forebears or of people like their forebears,” write Bostrom. “Because their computers would be so powerful, they could run a great many such simulations.”
That prediction is becoming more and more a possible reality. Today’s computers are powerful enough to simulate things that we never witnessed, such as the Big Bang or the creation of the planets. Currently, scientific simulations seem to be better, though, with large-scale situations.
But will we ever know for sure if we live in a simulation?
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CRACKING THE CODE
According to Fraser Cain from Universe Today, there is one way to find out, and that is to detect tricks that the simulation uses to approximate a reality that it can never copy exactly. A computer in a simulation will not have the same processing power as the computer that’s running the simulation, Cain explains, so there will be inconsistencies or tell-tale signs, perhaps glitches, that reveal the underlying grid on which our world or universe runs.
Computer model of the Milky Way and its smaller neighbor, the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy.
Image by Tollerud, Purcell and Bullock/UC Irvine
A team of scientists from the University of Washington, for example, believe that we can detect the resolution that our simulated world is running on by observing the energy limitations of ultra-high cosmic rays in the universe.
At this point, Cain argues, we can’t really tell, sort of like with the Kantian phenomenon/noumenon dichotomy. We’ll just have to “live our lives as if we’re real, until better evidence comes along, or our simulations get so good, their inhabitants start questioning their own existence,” says Cain.
Or maybe until someone offers you the red pill. If they did, would you take it?
The Kardashev Scale Type 0: Why Earth is a Level Zero Civilization
The Kardashev Scale Type 0: Why Earth is a Level Zero Civilization
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To measure the level of a civilization’s advancement, the Kardashev scale focuses on the amount of energy that a civilization is able to utilize. Notably, the amount of power available to a civilization is fundamentally linked to how widespread the civilization is (you obviously can’t harness the power of a star if you are confined to your home planet). In a previous article, we offered an overview of the various civilization types, Subglobal Cultures, Galactic Cultures, Multiverse Cultures etc.
Today, I want to talk about what it would be like to live in a Type 0 Civilization—A Subglobal Culture.
This might seem like a rather strange topic for discussion. After all, we are a subglobal culture. So couldn’t I just say, “What you are doing right now is living in a subglobal culture. Congratulations. Look out your window or something.” Wouldn’t that give you a much better understanding of this civilization type than any explanation that I could give? No.
UNDERSTANDING OUR WORLD
Based on our energy use, in 1973 astronomer Carl Sagan estimated that Earth represented a Type 0.7 civilization, more current assessments put us at about 0.72. What does this mean? We’ve had 4.5 billion years and we still haven’t made it to a Type 1 civilization.
So there’s a lot more to a Type 0 civilization than simply what you see when you look out your window. What about what came before? And what will come next?
On our own planet, at the lowest civilization type (Type 0.1) you would be a proto-human. You would use sticks and other basic tools to hunt and forage for your food. You probably wouldn’t wear any clothes. Many of your fellow proto-humans would be eaten by proto-lions (which would not be terribly pleasant, I’m afraid).
Civilized man: We’re still working on it… (See a larger image here)
However, as an individual in a proto-society, you’d have to fight to earn mating rights, protect your hunting territories, and establish leadership through a strength based dominance hierarchy…so your fellows getting eaten by proto-lions might actually work to your advantage. Warm showers would (of course) be out of the question. You’d have to rely entirely on natural resources such as hot springs, fires set by lightning, and your own muscle power.
But eventually a proto-human in your proto-society would start carving stones into tools. Thus, your little world would evolve into the Stone Age (how exciting for you!).
Proto-technology at its best (Author Unknown)
At this point, as you move to a Type 0.2 civilization and beyond, you figure out how to manipulate fire and use it to your advantage (like making roasted proto-lion). You also start wearing clothing and other items that protect you from the natural environment. Eventually, you harness animals and use them to herd and transport material (proto-Lassie and proto-Mister Ed).
You might use smoke signals to communicate to distant tribes as you expand across the planet. And so you would slowly evolve from relying on natural forms of energy to manipulating resources for use.
An advanced civilization = having an advanced way of killing other civilizations
As your culture continues to develop, you will begin metalworking. But moving from the Stone Age into the Metal Ages takes time…a lot of time (the Stone Age on Earth lasted some 3.4 million years). But eventually you’ll stop using those ruddy stones, and you’ll progress through the Copper, Bronze, and Iron Ages, where metal tools replace previous devices (and you make swords to stab your enemies, which will be of great assistance as you continue to fight to earn mating rights, protect hunting territories, and establish leadership through an economic based dominance hierarchy). Better fuels, such as coal or oil secured from local tar pits, will replace wood in campfires (just be careful with your herds around those tar pits; if one of your animals slips in, it probably won’t be seen again until some bloody scientist from a Type 0.7 civilization unearths it in a few millennia).
As you form into a more advanced community, you develop large structures that allow you to harness water power and wind power. Populations around rivers and other water systems surge and cities begin to truly develop (which makes plague spreading a snap and sewage removal a serious problem). Assuming your civilization isn’t wiped out by dysentery (it’s caused by fecal contamination of food and water), you will plateau here for a bit, at about Type 0.4.
The large structures created to harness wind and water energy are really only capable of producing a tiny amount of energy. So slowly, ever so slowly, you transition into widespread use of fossil fuel burning. And as we all know, a tiny bit of oil or natural gas goes a long way: Cue the industrial revolution!
Of course, steam and electricity are soon to follow.
Once you have electricity, your subglobal culture will evolve at an amazing rate. With electricity comes the advent of instantaneous global communication systems, amazingly fast transportation systems (which enable people to traverse the planet on a whim), global markets and planetary trade activities…and the dawn of a global culture is at hand.
At this level, you begin to truly understand the processes that create the planet and cosmos (your archaeologists delve into the deep recesses of tar pits and learn much about the herding practices of your ancestors). Nuclear energy is soon to follow and, as the energy released by nuclear fission is a million times greater than that released in chemical reactions, it fuels industry and technology even further, bringing society ever closer to breaching the bounds of the planet.
AND HERE WE HAVE THE MAJOR TEST
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Nuclear energy isn’t all fun and games. Sure, you can use it to power cities and expand world markets. But you can also use it to obliterate your enemies (and much of the planet in the process) as you continue to fight to earn mating rights, protect hunting territories, and establish leadership through an economic based dominance hierarchy.
If you pass the test, you will harness the power of your planet and advance to a Type 1 civilization—a united global society that is capable of harnessing all the solar energy that reaches your world, manipulating planetary weather systems, and you’ll start to pull energy from other objects in the cosmos. If you fail, you will quite literally bomb your society back into the Stone Age (assuming, of course, that you don’t completely obliterate every living member of your civilization).
Scientists Are Sending A Tiny Satellite Propelled By Water To Orbit The Moon
Scientists Are Sending A Tiny Satellite Propelled By Water To Orbit The Moon
Kyle Doyle/Provided A rendering of the Cislunar Explorers CubeSat separating after deployment.
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IN BRIEF
A team from Cornell is out to prove that water is all you need to send an aircraft flying in space. They will attempt to send a CubeSat, a tiny satellite no bigger than a cereal box, to orbit the moon.
EYES ON THE PRIZE
Say ‘hello’ to a new way to travel the solar system.
As part of the Cube Quest Challenge, sponsored by NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate Centennial Challenge Program, students from Cornell are attempting to be the first to send a CubeSat to orbit the moon. Even more impressive is that they’re powering the spacecraft using only water.
Cornell’s CubeSat model Credit: Cislunar Explorers
A CubeSat is a tiny satellite about the size of a cereal box, and weighs approximately 1.3 kg. It is usually made out of off-the-shelf electronic materials only.
The Cornell team, known as the Cislunar Explorers, is mentored by Mason Peck, a former NASA official and now an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Cornell. The team will win $5.5 million if they conquer the NASA-sponsored challenge, which is: designing, building and delivering flight-worthy, small satellites capable of advanced operations near and beyond the moon, as mentioned in the Cornell Chronicle.
GOALS BEYOND WINNING
The Cislunar Explorers will still have a sense of satisfaction even if they don’t complete the challenge. In an interview with the Cornell Chronicle, Peck said, “Of course, we’d like to be the first CubeSat to orbit the moon, but even if we don’t, if we can successfully demonstrate that water is all you need to travel in space, we’ve gone a long way toward achieving some important goals.”
Water isn’t the only element necessary to the CubeSat’s success, though. It will also harness the sun’s energy to electrolyze the water in its tanks into hydrogen and oxygen gases, which will propel the aircraft forward through a series of timed combustion.
Aside from the challenge, Peck has been striving to make ‘massless’ space exploration a reality.
“A lot of the mass we send into orbit these days is in the form of rockets – the only way we get anything into space. But what if we could use what’s already there? If we could do that, if we could refuel spacecraft while they’re already in space, that means that we could go farther, probably faster, probably accomplish a lot more, and we wouldn’t rely on Earth for supplies.”
The apparent UFO sighting occurred at around 10am on Friday morning.
A self-confessed sceptic, Carole is aware there may well be an alternative explanation for the sighting, but remains baffled by what she saw.
Now a separate spotter has added fuel to the fire saying he, too, saw something in the sky he struggles to explain.
The man, who asked not to be named, says he was looking at the skyline above the V&A Museum on Tuesday afternoon when he spotted something “thin and oblong”.
He said: “I do a bit of bird watching so always carry a small pair of binoculars.
“I was looking towards the V&A when something caught my eye.
“I saw this very slow-moving object with white lights which were rotating round it.
“It looked as if it was flying from Fife towards Dundee.”
The spotter does not believe the object was either a plane or a drone, saying it was flying too high to be either.
“It had no distinguishing wings,” he said.
“It was a small thin oblong shape and it was definitely above the clouds.
“A jet flew past at the same time and it was lower down and left a vapour trail — this didn’t.
“It was a decent size.
“A drone I don’t think could go above the cloud base, so I don’t believe it was that.
“It disappeared and I stood for 20 minutes trying to catch sight of it again, but I didn’t see it again.”
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Montrose woman spots saucer-shaped UFO
Montrose woman spots saucer-shaped UFO
The mysterious object was spotted heading towards the beach. Image Credit: CC BY-SA 2.0 Gary Turner
Two witnesses described seeing a large circular craft flying above a Scottish beach on Friday morning.
Carole Coull and her husband first spotted the mysterious object from their home at around 10am.
"It definitely wasn't a plane, a helicopter or a hot-air balloon, so what else could it have been?" she said. "If it was just me then my husband would probably have said I was off my head, but he saw it too. It was all over in a minute, but it flew right towards the beach. Someone else must have seen it."
Grabbing her camera, Carole attempted to capture a photograph of the object but to her dismay the device malfunctioned despite having never been a problem before.
"There probably is an explanation for it, but it was the strangest thing I have ever seen," she said.
"As soon as I saw it I said it looks like a flying saucer - like something out of the movies."
As we push toward a space settlement future, some of the earliest safety questions will regard deadly radiation. How will people live safely in space for extended periods of time amidst the ocean of cosmic rays that surrounds our planet and permeates space beyond the protective bubble of Earth’s magnetosphere? What methods of protection will the people living and working in space colonies need, and how capable are we of providing those protections now?
Surprisingly, the question of radiation is a relatively short term one. It is thought that around six feet of soil or around two meters of water works as an effective radiation shield[1], and the citizens of a large scale space colony would have a great deal more mass than that between them and the invisible rays bombarding their home. The risk of radiation is one that the earliest pioneers would have to face: the asteroid miners, construction workers, and architects working and living in the orbital equivalent of pre-fab offices and living spaces.
Solar Radiation
A coronal mass ejection captured by the SOHO satellite
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There are several kinds of radiation that threaten the early settlers of space. Solar radiation is the most common and is one of the easier threats to negate. The more problematic elements of solar radiation come from coronal mass ejections. These massive solar events happen fairly frequently, around once every five days. They see the Sun shudder off intense solar weather; this solar wind carries an incredible amount of charged particles that could be dangerous to any insufficiently shielded humans, or even computers, in space.
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have experienced these ejections countless times, and by and large they have been relatively uneventful. There is a procedure in place whereby astronauts are to retreat to heavily shielded areas of the ISS (such as the Discovery module, or the Zarya module), close the window shutters and wait out the solar storm. Similar tactics could be utilized by the builders and miners living in space – their short term homes could be constructed with a central radiation shelter, reinforced with crushed rocks and metals or a layer of water.
Cosmic Rays
Galactic cosmic rays are a wholly different story. Mysterious beams of charged particles from far off supernovae moving with more energy than those launched by the Large Hadron Collider, cosmic rays stand as one of the most severe barriers to orbital colonization. These charged particles are notoriously difficult to shield against and some shielding can actually increases the amount of radiation exposure[2]. It’s thought that exposure to these rays alone would increase an adult’s chance of lethal cancer by 10-17% over the span of 3 years[3].
Anything above the Van Allen Belts gets a lot of cosmic rays. Actually, a lot of cosmic rays penetrate the belts and even the atmosphere. For example, airline pilots can develop eye problems due to higher doses of cosmic rays at 30-40,000 feet. – Al Globus, National Space Society (NSS) Board Member
Interestingly, the spurts of increased solar weather brought on by coronal ejections may actually help protect ourhypothetical pioneers. Due to an observed, but not entirely understood effect known as a Forbush Decrease, coronal mass ejections seem to ‘deflect’ galactic cosmic rays that can provide a window of reduced exposure. This, combined with a series of mechanical and biological radiation protection could prove invaluable to the future workers of space.
The risks posed by these rays are not solely biological. Cosmic rays can cause EMP-like effects on electronics and cosmic rays are thought to have caused damage to the Voyager 2 probe in 2010. Cosmic rays and radiation can cause ‘soft errors’ in sensitive electronics, such as corrupted data, unusually CPU performance, and other issues. As transistors shrink in size, these issues are becoming a concern for ground-level electronics. Several solutions for these issues already exist, with most space-borne electronics being ‘rad-hardened’ to avoid many of the issues. Research is still ongoing, with more advanced concepts, such as Intel’s proposal for including a ‘Cosmic Ray Detector’ in future processors, which would resend commands when a cosmic ray is detected.
Solutions
These rays may seem unbeatable, but conventional shielding can reduce exposure significantly. Assuming construction of thicker radiation shielding is made a priority by any mining or construction mission, the threat becomes more manageable. The reason radiation is viewed as a roadblock to space exploration is not due to the impracticality of constructing effective material shielding, but due to the vast expense of launching the shielding itself, with launch costs around $10,000/lb ($4,545/kg), it just isn’t feasible to launch a ship with several tons of shielding. A construction crew could utilize in situ materials to construct far more effective shielding than it would ever be cost effective to launch from Earth.
A concept design of an actively shielded space craft utilizing high temperature superconductors
(Credits: NASA).
Finally, a more advanced form of radiation shielding could provide the perfect defense against both cosmic rays and solar radiation: electromagnetic shielding. Large superconducting magnets could, in theory, be attached to smaller colonies and project a powerful magnetic blanket over the exterior of the habitat, warding off a significant amount of radiation. This, combined with a layer of water or some other material shielding, would protect against almost any imagined assault by radiation. Active Shielding is currently being explored by many groups, such as NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts program, but, as Shayne Westover of the Johnson Space Center puts it – “The concept of shielding astronauts with magnetic fields has been studied for over 40 years, and it remains an intractable engineering problem. [But] superconducting magnet technology has made great strides in the last decade.”
Radiation and Space Colonies
Even with the material shielding and artificially generated magnetic fields, radiation creates a huge risk for any long term human presence in space. Stations and habitats of the future have been designed with this in mind, and have included large amounts of shielding in their engineering. Most design their central living spaces within a layer of rock and dirt, gathered from nearby asteroids or the lunar surface, providing the required 5-10 tons/m2 of mass required to simulate Earth’s protective atmosphere.
A cut away of Kalpana One. Note the central tube where the emergency radiation shelter would be housed
(Credits: NASA Ames Research Center).
Island Three, one of Gerard O’Neill’s designs, is angled as to ensure solar radiation has to pass through a large, shielded ‘cap’ before it reaches inside the colony, with large shielded mirrors tilted to provide sunlight to the inhabitants. In Kalpana One, a settlement designed by Al Globus of the NSS, colonists can take refuge inside a central swimming pool during extreme solar storms, taking advantage of the added protection provided by the water.
While the prohibitive issue of mass and launch costs stop any Earth-borne space mission from constructing the sorts of extensive radiation shielding discussed above, such restrictions would not apply to a colony or work camp constructed in space. Utilizing asteroids and lunar minerals to construct as much shielding as required to properly protect the workers and colonists is the ultimate construction solution.
Despite all of these options, radiation still poses a threat to humanity’s future in space. Many of the solutions rely on a small established presence in space to begin with, therefore the earliest workers will be taking a large risk in constructing these footholds. The threat of radiation is, however, a threat we can understand and overcome – the technology to do so already exists for the most part, the problem, once again, is financial.
Radiation even provides an additional reason why space colonization is so vital to our efforts as a species. With an established space colony, construction on a truly safe, deep space-faring ship would be trivial compared to building one on Earth. With no concerns for launch costs, the radiation shielding and safety measures would be unconstrained and future exploration of the solar system could be a much safer affair.
For an introduction to the Living in Space series click here.
[1] Water in this instance would prove a more effective shielding method, as the water can also be used for coolant
[2] For example, high atomic-number materials such as lead works very well against photons, but can produce body-harming X-Rays when interacting with beta particles.
[3] Based on an estimate from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on a manned mission to Mars (Radioactivity in the Environment (vol 7, p 894))
CITY FOUND 360 FEET BELOW MISSOURI CITY, GIANT HUMAN SKELETON FOUND
CITY FOUND 360 FEET BELOW MISSOURI CITY, GIANT HUMAN SKELETON FOUND
Coal miners in the city of Moberly, Missouri mining a shaft 360 feet deep, enter into a cavern finding “a wonderful buried city,” sources reported in 1885.
Incredible style masonry and artifacts have been identified. Including a stone fountain that flowed with “perfectly pure water”.
“Lying beside the fountain were parts of a human being and from measurement of the bones it concluded that when alive the figure was three times the size of an ordinary man“, according to the St Paul Daily Globe.
Over 1000 accounts of seven-foot and taller skeletons have reportedly been unearthed from ancient burial sites over a two-hundred-year period in North America.
Newspaper accounts, town and county histories, letters, scientific journals, diaries, photos and Smithsonian ethnology reports have carefully documented this.
These skeletons have been reported from coast to coast with strange anatomic anomalies such as double rows of teeth, jawbones so large as to be fit over the face of the finder, and elongated skulls, documented in virtually every state.
Waarom de Sovjets een expeditie naar een koninkrijk in de holle aarde financierden
Waarom de Sovjets een expeditie naar een koninkrijk in de holle aarde financierden
In december 1923 kwamen twee reizigers aan in Darjeeling in India om te zoeken naar een ingang naar Shambhala, een rijk dat zich in de holle aarde zou bevinden. Zij werden vergezeld door Sovjet-spionnen, westerse occultisten en Mongolische rebellen, schrijft Atlas Obscura.
De twee reizigers, Nicholas en Helena Roerich, kwamen uit Rusland, maar reisden onder Amerikaanse vlag. Shambhala is volgens boeddhisten en hindoes een koninkrijk in de Himalaya dat zich zowel in het fysieke als het spirituele rijk bevindt.
Duizenden jaren speelde de legende over een ondergronds koninkrijk een belangrijke rol in de Tibetaanse traditie. Uiteindelijk bereikten geruchten over Shambhala ook het Westen.
Geïnteresseerd
Nicholas Roerich
Helena Roerich had het invloedrijke esoterische werk van Helena Blavatsky vertaald. Die presenteerde Shambhala als eerste als korte weg naar verlichting. Roerich claimde telepathische instructies te hebben gekregen van ‘meester Morya’, die het stel aanspoorde om op zoek te gaan naar de stad.
In de 20e eeuw werden buitenlanders echter niet toegelaten in Tibet. Daar kwam nog bij dat de expeditie waarschijnlijk jaren zou duren omdat het tweetal een afstand van ruim 25.000 kilometer zou moeten overbruggen.
Uit onderzoek blijkt dat diverse overheden – waaronder de Chinese, Mongolische, Japanse en Britse – ook waren geïnteresseerd in de verborgen stad. Eén van de redenen was een oude profetie die stelde dat de mensheid uiteindelijk in verval zou raken terwijl het materialisme zich verspreidde.
De mensen zouden, onder aanvoering van een kwaadaardige koning, Shambhala aanvallen. De heerser van Shambhala zou echter de kwaadaardige koning verslaan en een nieuw tijdperk van vrede en harmonie inluiden.
Geheime Sovjetpolitie
Sommige overheidsfunctionarissen geloofden er heilig in dat ze toegang konden krijgen tot de mystieke wapens van het verborgen koninkrijk. Een machtige man die in de profetie geloofde was Gleb Bokii, de baas van de geheime Sovjetpolitie.
Bokii was ervan overtuigd dat de verborgen stad hem toegang zou verschaffen tot geavanceerde wapens en technieken om mensen te hersenspoelen. Hij wist zijn meerderen ervan te overtuigen hier onderzoek naar te doen. Hij besloot samen te werken met Nicholas en Helena Roerich.
Hoogstwaarschijnlijk hebben de Roerichs een ontmoeting gehad met Georgi Tsjitsjerin, de Sovjet-Russische minister van Buitenlandse Zaken. De Sovjets besloten de expeditie te financieren.
Het stel doorkruiste 35 bergpassen, de Gobiwoestijn en bracht tientallen Alpentoppen in kaart. Ze werden geconfronteerd met extreem weer, rebellengroepen, bewapende bandieten en giftige planten.
Vreemde verschijningen
Hoe dichter ze de verborgen stad in de holle aarde naderden, hoe vager hun teksten worden omdat Shambhala niet in woorden kan worden gevat, zo is de gedachte. In zijn boek Shambhala the Resplendent schreef Nicholas over vreemde verschijningen, branden en lichten boven hun kamp.
Toen de Sovjets zich terugtrokken, begon het vreemdste deel van de reis. In de zomer van 1927 verdwenen de expeditieleden een jaar lang van de kaart. Daarna doken ze weer op in India.
President Roosevelt ondertekent het Roerich-pact
Uit de dagboeken van Nicholas blijkt dat ze in de vallei van Uimon in het Altajgebergte de ingang naar het ondergrondse koninkrijk kregen te zien, die inmiddels was afgesloten met stenen. De inwoners van Shambhala zullen op een dag terugkeren, zo verzekerde iemand hen.
De regering van Franklin D. Roosevelt, een vriend van Helena, sponsorde de volgende expeditie van het stel in 1933. Roerich maakte van de kans gebruik om te blijven zoeken naar Shambhala. De regering staakte de expeditie echter vroegtijdig onder druk.
Nicholas werd drie keer genomineerd voor de Nobelprijs voor de Vrede en in 1969 werd er zelfs een planeet vernoemd naar de Roerichs. Ze waren ook verantwoordelijk voor het Roerich-pact, een verdrag dat bedoeld is om tijdens oorlogen culturele monumenten te vrijwaren van vernietiging.
Het bizarre overheidsexperiment met tijdreizen en teleportatie waar ‘Stranger Things’ op is gebaseerd
Het bizarre overheidsexperiment met tijdreizen en teleportatie waar ‘Stranger Things’ op is gebaseerd
De populaire serie Stranger Things doet sterk denken aan een Amerikaans overheidsexperiment dat ook wel het Montauk Project wordt genoemd.
De experimenten werden gedaan op Camp Hero oftewel Montauk Air Force Station in Montauk, Long Island. Er gaan al sinds de jaren tachtig verhalen rond over de experimenten. Die waren gericht op onder andere tijdreizen, teleportatie en mind control. De serie zou in eerste instantie Montauk gaan heten.
Thrillist schrijft over een man genaamd Preston Nichols, die claimt te hebben deelgenomen aan een experiment dat de Montauk Chair werd genoemd. Het experiment was gericht op het versterken van psychische krachten.
Monster
“Het eerste experiment werd The Seeing Eye genoemd,” herinnert Nichols zich. “Met een haarlok of ander voorwerp kon helderziende Duncan Cameron zich op een persoon concentreren en door zijn of haar ogen kijken, door zijn of haar oren horen en door zijn of haar lichaam voelen. Hij kon letterlijk door iedereen heen kijken.”
Dit doet erg denken aan het experiment met Eleven voordat ze de poort opent in Stranger Things. Nichols schrijft ook over een monster dat door Duncan wordt opgeroepen terwijl hij op de Montauk Chair zit:
“We hadden genoeg van het hele experiment. Het noodprogramma werd geactiveerd door iemand die Duncan benaderde en fluisterde dat het tijd was. Op dat moment liet hij een monster uit zijn onderbewuste los. Het was een groot, harig, hongerig en naar monster. Het verscheen ergens op de basis en at alles op wat hij kon vonden. Verschillende mensen zagen het, maar vrijwel iedereen omschreef een ander monster.”
MK-ULTRA
Het Montauk Project hangt nauw samen met een aantal geheime experimenten op een marinebasis in Philadelphia om schepen onzichtbaar te maken voor radar. De marine heeft nooit toegegeven dat deze experimenten hebben plaatsgevonden, maar volgens complottheoretici werd tijdens een experiment in 1955 een marineschip geteleporteerd.
In Stranger Things komt ook een ander bestaand project aan bod: Project MK-ULTRA, een geheim, illegaal programma van de CIA dat gericht was op mind control. Tijdens de Koude Oorlog experimenteerde de CIA met drugs als LSD op nietsvermoedende proefpersonen.
Volgens sommigen worden de experimenten met verruiming van het menselijk bewustzijn en toekomstige technologie tot op de dag van vandaag ergens op aarde voortgezet.
A Nevada witness at Denio reported watching and videotaping two objects that could not immediately be identified, according to testimony in Case 75146 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
The witness first saw flashing light in the sky at a camp ground in Denio, NV.
(Credit: Wikimedia Commons)
The witness arrived at a campground in northwest Nevada shortly after dark September 24, 2015, on a clear night and set up a campsite, sitting by the fire about 20 minutes before the incident began.
“Something flashed out the corner of my eye and made me turn my head looking to the west,” the witness stated.“I could kind of see an outline of some hills/mountains to the west as I looked to where the flashes drew my attention. Two bright yellow arcs appeared over the top of the hill/mountain.”
Cropped and enlarged witness screen shot taken from the original video.
(Credit: MUFON)
The witness first thought the light was two objects.
“At first I thought it was two objects. I think now it was just one moving so fast it left a trail. It made two arcs flying above the hill/mountain then diving down then back up I guess. It was a bright yellow object,no flames/jets. The object itself was glowing yellow,strangest yellow, kind of like a spark shooting up out of a fire. The spark is burning and leaving a trail as it shoots up. I had never seen anything like this.”
Cropped and enlarged witness screen shot taken from the original video.
(Credit: MUFON)
The witness then went to his truck and retrieved his phone to videotape the event.
“I grabbed my chair and was moving it away from the fire to try and sit and get some video if it flew out from behind the hills/mountains. I wanted to be ready to catch it on video. As I was moving the chair and keeping an eye to the sky, I saw a bright orange sphere. It was also to my west,more to the south of the first object. I held up the phone to get video of the orange sphere and may have gotten a second or two of it on video before it disappeared. But as soon as it disappeared a strange white streak appeared and was gone in a second. I couldn’t tell if the white streak was the orange sphere moving incredibly fast or if it was something else.”
Cropped and enlarged witness screen shot taken from the original video.
(Credit: MUFON)
The first object then appeared again.
“But as the white streak faded, the first object came out from behind the hill/mountain heading south kind of towards where the orange sphere was. The bright yellow object did not leave a trail this time. It was solid yellow from what I could see with my eyes. It appeared to skip,but after looking at the video a thousand times, it was actually zig zagging,but from my point of view it headed south past where the orange object was and then appeared to flash many times and fade from sight.”
Cropped and enlarged witness screen shot taken from the original video.
(Credit: MUFON)
The witness learned more from watching the video.
“On video you can see an object flying into or out of the bright yellow object,but it’s moving so fast I can’t tell which way it’s going, I’m only able to catch it on one frame. After watching the video, I was able to see that after it went south past where the orange sphere was, then it actually went west away from me fading out of sight. I kept the video going a few minutes after everything was out of sight in case something else appeared. After all of them were out of sight my knees actually buckled and I finally started to breathe again. I sat with my phone in hand in the chair watching the sky for maybe an hour before trying to sleep.”
The video was not included in the original MUFON report, which was filed on March 12, 2016. Nine screen shots from the video were included with the report.
Cropped and enlarged witness screen shot taken from the original video.
(Credit: MUFON)
Denio lies on the Nevada-Oregon state line in Humboldt County, Nevada, population 47. Nevada Field Investigator Steve Wachholtz is investigating. Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.
MEER INFORMATIE OVER DATUM OVER BEGIN BIJBELSE EINDTIJD ( VIDEO )
MEER INFORMATIE OVER DATUM OVER BEGIN BIJBELSE EINDTIJD ( VIDEO )
Ook al zijn wij oneindig bewustzijn en als zodanig onsterfelijk, het lijkt er toch op dat we hier op aarde te maken zullen krijgen met een eindtijd.
Die eindtijd zoals die wordt voorspeld in de Bijbel en waar de gelovigen reikhalzend naar uitkijken, schijnt toch behoorlijk dichtbij te zijn.
Iets meer dan een week geleden publiceerden wij een artikel over het verband tussen de stand aan de hemel van bepaalde planeten en het begin van de eindtijd zoals dat wordt omschreven in de Bijbel en dan in het bijzonder Openbaringen 12.
Zij die dat bewuste artikel niet hebben gelezen, willen wij aanraden om dat wel te doen, alvorens hier verder te lezen.
Wij hebben het publiek gevraagd mee te denken om zo te proberen wat meer duidelijkheid te krijgen over wat er dan zoal staat te gebeuren. Het grootste deel van die reacties volgt hierna. Wij willen iedereen heel hartelijk bedanken voor het meedenken!
Het zijn gedachten van lezers, soms bepaalde theorieën die zij geloven en tips voor het verkrijgen van meer informatie.
De eerste:
Graag zou ik wat aanvullende informatie geven mbt het Openbaring 12 teken wat ik reeds 5 jaar bestudeer.
Het teken aan de hemel in 2017 vindt plaats op het feest der bazuinen en markeert het midden van Daniël's 70ste jaarweek.
Het moment dat dit teken aan de hemel verschijnt, verschijnt er ook een 2e teken aan de hemel, namelijk een grote rode draak, deze kennen wij inmiddels als planet-X.
God's oordelen d.m.v. deze rode draak zien wij terug in het boek openbaring 6 het 6e zegel en openbaring 8.
Mocht u meer info willen mail mij gerust, en ook heb ik 2 facebookgroepen voor extra info
De tweede:
Leuk dat jullie een artikel schrijven over de Bijbelse eindtijd, 23 september 2017 wanneer er een speciale constellatie in de kosmos is. Sinds begin dit jaar is dat een onderwerp waarover ik op mijn seminars regelmatig spreek. In de attachment vinden jullie een bijbelstudie uit 1986 die daarop mooi aansluit. Wellicht interessant om eens te lezen en je te verbazen hoe 30 jaar geleden al voorspellingen werden gedaan over deze tijd.
De derde, Bert, de man die dikwijls occulte zaken ontrafelt, maar ook de nodige kennis heeft over de Bijbel.
…heb ik enige kennis van de bijbel maar er zijn mensen die hier heel diep in gaan en vele jaren lang enkele passages uit de bijbel proberen te verklaren. Ik heb hier een clip van een persoon die dit ook doet en deze gozer had dus ook al de datum 23-09-2017 ontrafeld.
Het is jammer genoeg in het Engels maar het is meest waanzinnig en voor mij in ieder geval de beste uitleg die ik ooit heb gehoord.
De draak is de NWO en de vrouw is Israël. De zoon die zij baart is de kerk, de kerk zijn de echte gelovigen en niet de religieuze gelovigen. Deze kerk is de verlichaming van Jesus, dus niet de paus. Het is dus een zeer actuele uileg, helemaal als je in beschouwing neemt dat Netanyahu laatst ook alle joden in de wereld heeft opgeroepen om naar Israël te komen. Persoonlijk ben ik geen fan van Israël echter god noemt Israël zijn oogappeltje. Ik hou op, hier de clip.
Via een andere lezer kregen wij dezelfde video opgestuurd, maar wel Nederlands ondertiteld,dus bij deze:
Ik had nog een kleine toevoeging. De man uit de clip spreekt mij mede erg aan door zijn opmerking dat we al in de tribulation zitten. Volgens mij heb ik dit ook al eens aan jullie geschreven.
Het is eigenlijk zo simpel als wat. De tribulation zal 7 jaren duren en er zal 75% van de mensheid sterven, met name het tweede gedeelte zal vele verschrikkingen met zich mee brengen. Het eerste gedeelte is the beginning of sorrows en het tweede gedeelte the great tribulation. Tevens wordt aangegeven dat in het eerste gedeelte de olie en wijn niet mogen worden beschadigd, dit is een cruciale opmerking. De olie en wijn staan voor de rijken, in onze tijd dus de westerse wereld.
Zie wat er de laatste drie jaar is gebeurd. De bijbelse landen, Syrie, Egypte, Griekenland en Irak hebben heel veel ellende mee gemaakt. Als je mensen in Syrie vraagt of de tribulation is begonnen zal elke gelovige daar dat beamen en de olie en wijn (westerse wereld) is niet beschadigd maar kent wel degelijk de beginning of sorrows( vluchtelingen, isis, aardbevingen, vulkanen en niet te vergeten rumors of war).
Alles ...maar dan ook alles begint op zijn plaats te vallen, echter het is niet de eindtijd. Vele mensen zullen de komende ellende nooit gaan koppelen aan het bijbelse verhaal om de dood simpele reden dat ze gewoon niet de kennis hebben en dat het ver van hun vandaan wordt gehouden. Mocht de rapture gebeuren op 23-09-2017 dan zullen we het niet krijgen te horen.
We zitten dan waarschijnlijk in een derde wereldoorlog of de welbekende killshot is net geweest waardoor er geen communicatie mogelijk is of.. what ever. Dit is namelijk het spel (the matrix) waarin we zitten, het spel tussen god en satan, twee entiteiten uit de vijfde dimensie die ons universum hebben gemaakt en er vele spelletjes spelen, spelletjes om bio energie of iets dergelijks.
De vierde:
Al een tijdje geleden heb ik jullie geïnformeerd over de komst van Nibiru. Toen heb ik aangegeven dat eind september/begin oktober deze langs de Aarde zou scheren. De eindtijd zoals die vermeld wordt is geen eindtijd maar een begin van alle ellende die Nibiru zal veroorzaken. Echter ben ik van mening dat er geen poleshift komt. Iets of beter genoemd een anomalie zorgt ervoor dat dit niet gebeurd. Wat dat is, weet ik nog niet, daar doe ik nog onderzoek naar.
Het verhaal en de video over de vrouw (sterrenbeeld Virgo/maagd) is al een tijdje bekend en het geeft mij een zeer vredig gevoel, misschien omdat ik zelf dat sterrenbeeld heb. Een paar dagen geleden heb ik jullie gevraagd of jullie wisten wie de antichrist is. Welnu ik zal dat uitleggen.
De elite vereerd Satan/Lucifer, als je dan logisch nadenkt en de tekst uit de openbaring 12 neemt en je zie daar de naam Michael staan kom je maar op 1 tegenhanger genaamd Gabriel. Alles je alles op een rijtje zet kom je tot de ontdekking dat Michael de figuur Enki is, de beschermer der mensheid en zet je Satan/Lucifer op een rijtje kom je op Ba'al = Gabriel = Enlil.
Was het niet Evert Jan Poorterman als ik mij niet vergis, die laatst vertelde dat Enlil het blanke westerse sub ras wou vernietigen.
Toevallig en dat is wel heel vreemd is er ooit een film gemaakt over een vrouw die een kind baarde midden in de woestijn Hierin komen Gabriel en Michael voor. Michael die de vrouw en het kind beschermt en Gabriel die het kind wil vernietigen. Ook stikt het van de Zombies in deze film. De film heet Legion (2010) en dit is de trailer
Zoals ik al zei het is een kwestie van logisch nadenken omdat er niet moet worden vergeten dat veel teksten uit de Bijbel nog van voor de Soemeriers stammen en er is uiteraard veel aangepast en vervangen. Zo eenvoudig is het, maar men maakt het zich vaak veel te moeilijk.
De vijfde:
Dan hebben we een lezer die verwijst naar de website van Wim Jongman, zo te zien iemand die zich al heel lang met deze materie bezig houdt en verder de twee volgende Nederlands ondertitelde video’s bijvoegt.
De zesde:
Deze sterren stand is eerder voor gekomen, n.l. tijdens de geboorte van Christus en dat was op 11September 3 BC, dus drie jaar voordat onze jaartelling begon.
En wanneer we de Bijbel goed lezen weten we dat Christus na twee duizend jaar zal terug keren, n.l. op de derde dag. Zei de Apostel Petrus niet, een dag is voor God als duizend jaar en duizend jaar voor God als een dag. Heel de Bijbel spreekt van deze derde dag, Christus stond op de derde dag op.
Na twee dagen oftewel tweeduizend jaar pakt God de draad weer op met Zijn volk Israël. Maar voordat dit zover is hebben we eerst nog te maken met de laatste zevenjaar weken waarover gesproken wordt in Daniël. Gedurende de eerste drie en half jaarweek zal er rust en vrede zijn voor Israël, daarna wordt de gruwel der verwoesting opgericht en het verbond wat Israël met de naties had gesloten verbroken en dit luid de volgende drie en een half jaar in waarbij iedereen wordt verplicht om het beest te aanbidden en ja de hele wereld.
En pas daarna keert Christus terug om Zijn volk Israël te redden. Dus ook dan vergaat de aarde nog niet, want dan vestigt Christus Zijn duizendjarig Koninkrijk op aard. Hij zal dan heersen en geen enkel ander mens. Wanneer deze tijd aanbreekt is nooit precies te zeggen, maar dat de twee duizend jaar praktisch om zijn is wel zeker en dat is ook voor ons wel duidelijk waarneembaar, gezien de situatie waarop wij ons dit moment bevinden. Ik geef hierbij maar een korte toelichting, het is in werkelijkheid nog veel uitgebreider.
Maar de aarde vergaat voorlopig nog niet en bestaat nog zeker duizend jaar langer. Israël zal nog totaal vernietigd worden, maar God geeft ontsnapping aan hen die in Hem geloven en ook de rest van de wereld zal getroffen worden door Gods gerichten.
Maar wees van een ding overtuigd, God zal iedereen redden en laat geen mens verloren gaan, want een hel bestaat niet zoals zoveel mensen geloven. God heeft gezworen dat Hij iedereen zou redden omdat iedereen zijn of haar knie zich vrijwillig voor Hem buigt en dan wordt Hij alles in allen. En dat is pas een blijde boodschap.
Ik weet niet wat jullie hiermee doen, maar het zou mooi zijn als je ook zoiets eens plaatste.
Misschien geeft dit bericht sommige mensen weer hoop dat niet alles verloren is, want hoop doet toch leven en het geld voor een ieder of je nu in God gelooft of niet.
De zevende:
Bij deze wilde ik reageren op u oproep om suggesties te doen. Volgens mijn bescheiden mening kan de einddatum berekening niet kloppen om de volgende reden:
Eerst zal de mens der wetteloosheid zich moeten openbaren, de Antichrist. Deze zal zich in de Derde tempel installeren voor een periode van zeven jaar, naar die zeven jaar Komt de Heer Jezus terug op aarde om een ieder naar zijn werken te oordelen. Zowel de Antichrist als de derde Tempel zijn nog niet verschenen. wel zijn achter de schermen mensen druk doende op het allemaal in gereed te brengen.
Volgens Wolfgang Eggert, zie you tube filmpje (2 uur 55min) moet volgens de Kabballa (!) de Antichrist in Joodse jaar 5777 verschijnen, onze jaartelling 2017. Het Joodse Jaar begint op 3 Okt 2017 en eindigt op 3okt 2018. Gezien de instorting van de wereld economie en het vol proppen van illigale zou het wel eens zo kunnen zijn dat in dat jaar wereldwijd chaos uitbreekt die kan escaleren in de derde wereldoorlog.
Het getal 7 schijnt voor satanisten/kabbalisten een heel belangrijk nummer te zijn, misschien weet u nog de occulte toepraak van Cristin lagarde.
Wat zou betekenen dat de antichrist al ergens rondloop.
Het bijbel boek Openbaringen is niet in een chronologische volgorde geschreven maar bepaalde zaken toch wel, zoals de twee getuigen ewn een wereldregering, wereldreligie, antichrist etc.
Ik lees graag jullie site en kan mij in heel veel dingen vinden, maar buiten aardse zijn voormij gevallen engelen. En ik vind het ook spijtig dat jullie anti-israel zijn.
Een ieder die de steen Israël heft zal zich zelf deerlijk verwonden. Ik zelf zoek ook al mijn hele leven naar de waarheid, heb de hele bibliotheek uit gelezen in de gevangenis. En uiteindelijk, sinds een jaar geleden heb ik mij zelf in stilte en eenzaamheid aan De Vader en de Zoon opgedragen. Ik geloof naar heel veel wikken en wegen en een innerlijke strijd die zijn weerga niet kent dat de Bijbel werkelijk GOD's woord is.
En niet voor het een of ander maar ik heb werkelijk alles gedaan wat GOD verboden heeft, ook gemoord.
De achtste:
Aangaande de barensweeën zou het niet kunnen dat één van de sterren in het sterrenbeeld onstabiel is(barensweeën).
Als dat zo is en ze ontploft slingert ze de straling(gamma ray)en haar stof mogelijk richting aarde(draak).
Als dat zo is en we zitten in het vizier van zo een ster zal door de straling veel leven vernietigd worden.
De negende:
Ik zat ook van de week een filmpje te kijken over de eind tijd
De uitlijning waar de man het over had in uw artikel in Exacte datum Bijbelse eindtijd ontdekt (video) van Maandag, 12 september 2016 15:40
Schijnt 1 keer eerder te zijn voorgekomen zie filmpje.
Ik vond het erg interessant, af min 19.40 zie dat er nog een datum is geweest dat dit is voorgekomen, op op 5 augustus -3915 BC.
De tiende:
Met betrekking tot het bericht "Breaking: exacte datum bijbelse eindtijd ontdekt" het volgende.
Iemand die daarmee al langere tijd mee bezig is, vanuit een Bijbels perspectief, is Mark Chiswell.
Het feit dat hij dit doet vanuit een Bijbels perspectief is een niet onbelangrijk gegeven. En in feite de enige manier om met iets waardevols tevoorschijn te komen.
Deze Mark Chiswell is via NASA universum programmatuur 7000 jaar terug gegaan en 1000 jaar vooruit ten opzichte van de huidige tijd om te zien of de stand van Jupiter én de verschijnselen daarmee uniek zijn op 23 september 2017.
Het unieke is dat alleen op die datum het einde is van de "Jupiter in Retrograde" gebeurtenis. Hij legt dat uit in de URL die hieronder is toegevoegd.
In een Excel sheet heeft hij deze gegevens over 800 jaar verzameld en laat zien dat alléén op dié datum dié unieke gebeurtenis gaande is.
Dit komt dan overeen met hetgeen in Openbaring 12:1-2 beschreven staat. Vooral die Excel sheet is uniek.
Openbaring 12 staat tussen twee hoofdstukken in waarin de beroemde periode van drie en half jaar een hoofdrol speelt. Het gaat om de roemruchte Bijbelse "grote verdrukking" die over het land van Israël zal komen. In hoofdstuk 11 is sprake van twee getuigen die gedurende 1260 dagen op het tempelplein profeteren. In Hoofdstuk 13 lezen we van het Beest dat 42 maanden lang godslasteringen uitspreekt.
Een tweede sterke aanwijzing voor de identiteit van de vrouw vinden we in het gegeven dat ze wordt geassocieerd de zon, de maan en twaalf sterren. Dat herinnert aan de droom die Jozef ooit had. Vader Jakob had geen moeite met de uitleg. Hij begreep direct dat dit betrekking had op het huis van Jakob.(Israël) (Niet de huidige zionistische staat) Genesis 37:9,10
Misschien dat dit een stuk bij jullie zoek tocht kan helpen.
De twaalfde:
Een reactie op uw artikel ‘breaking: Exacte datum bijbelse eindtijd ontdekt’
In de eerste plaats wil ik opmerken, dat vanuit hetzelfde Stellarium programma al eens een andere datum bekend gemaakt is waarop het beeld dat Openbaring 12 schetst te zien zou zijn. De Schepper van hemel en aarde is groter dan een computer programma van de Nasa. En ja, de precieze datum is bekend, maar alleen bij Hem.
Alle referenties hieronder zijn uit bijbelboeken, dit zijn slecht verzen ik raad u aan om het verband waarin de verzen staan te lezen voor een goed beeld.. En bedenk: Openbaring is een ingewikkeld boek moeilijk te begrijpen zonder kennis van de rest van de bijbel (als ik zonder enige voorkennis begin met het wetenschappelijk studiemateriaal Wiskunde begrijp ik er ook niets van). Het linkt o.a. aan de Oudtestamentische boeken van Daniël en Ezechiël.
Openbaring 12 is verbonden met Daniel 12 en Jezus Christus haalt deze aan in Mattheus 24. Het gaat om een periode die de Benauwdheid van Jacob (Israel) of de Verdrukking wordt genoemd. Deze periode van 7 jaar is verdeeld in 2 perioden van elk 3,5 jaar. Openbaring 12 schetst het midden van de periode van 7 jaar (Openbaring 11 doet dit ook).
Op het moment van het beeld in de hemel van de vrouw en de draak zal de antichrist in de tempel in Jeruzalem (deze moet dus nog gebouwd worden, want is er nu nog niet) zich laten vereren als god. Deze persoon is de belichaming van de duivel en zal 3,5 jaar met een extreem dictatoriaal systeem de mensen op aarde beheersen. Er zal niet meer gekocht of verkocht worden zonder zijn merkteken op hoofd of hand. Mensen die het merkteken niet hebben geaccepteerd zullen massaal worden vermoord. Er zullen hevige natuurrampen komen, oorlogen en ziekten en een groot deel van het leven op aarde zal sterven. De ware Joden zullen door God geholpen vluchten naar de woestijn en daar de 3,5 beschermd wonen (Openbaring 12: 6 en 14).
U vraagt in uw artikel: ‘Hoe dan verder?’
Deze vraag zou ik liever anders formuleren: ‘Hoe kunnen we deze tijd vermijden?’
Er is één oplossing gegeven in diezelfde bijbel waardoor mensen niet door deze tijd van ellende hoeven te gaan: Geloof in Jezus Christus (Johannes 3: 16, 36).
Nu is de bijbelse definitie van geloof anders dan de onze: Het gaat om overgave en vertrouwen. Het gaat dus om meer dan het aannemen dat Jezus Christus bestaan heeft. De mens zal de illusie van zijn eigen godheid (de leugen van satan in het paradijs) moeten opgeven en zich afhankelijk moeten tonen aan het offer dat Jezus Christus heeft gebracht aan het kruis 2000 jaar geleden. Hij heeft met Zijn dood voor de zonde betaald, voor de arrogantie van jou en mij.
Jezus zelf vergelijkt de tijd die in Openbaring wordt beschreven met de tijd waarin Noach leefde. God verwoestte het leven op aarde, omdat de mensen zelf bepaalden wat goed en kwaad was, zij waren hun eigen maatstaf, hun eigen god. Alleen Noach die vertrouwde op de Schepper werd gered in de ark. Jezus Christus is, zoals de ark het redmiddel was voor het water, het enige Redmiddel voor de tijd die gaat komen. Hij zal de gelovigen voor de Verdrukking wegnemen van de aarde. Dit is waar jullie ook wel eens over geschreven hebben de Opname of wegrukking (Mattheus 24: 37-41 Thessalonicenzen 4:13-18). Maar het gaat hierbij dus alleen om de mensen die zich door geloof met de Zoon van God, Jezus Christus hebben verbonden!
Maar om jullie vraag toch te beantwoorden: ‘Hoe dan verder?
Aan het eind van de 3,5 jaar verdrukking door de satan (antichrist) zal Jezus Christus terugkomen op aarde en de antichrist verslaan. De draak van Openbaring 12 (satan) zal voor 1000 jaar gevangen gezet worden en Jezus Christus zal vanuit Jeruzalem 1000 jaar regeren op aarde (Genesis 49:9,10 (Juda is de menselijke stamvader van Jezus, zie ook Openbaring 5:5) Openbaring 20: 1-6). Deze tijd zal lijken op de tijd van voor de keus van Adam en Eva om zelf ‘te worden als god’ (Genesis 3)en zal paradijslijk zijn (Jesaja 11:6,7)
Na dit alles zal de draak/satan nog één keer zijn gang kunnen gaan (Openbaring 20:7,8) en de mensen verleiden om zich tegen de Schepper af te zetten. In het gevecht, dat daaruit komt (Armageddon) zal de satan definitief vernietigd worden(Openbaring 20:10). Daarna zal God Zelf de mensen oordelen naar hun werken. Er is dan geen zonde meer (alles dat voortkomt uit het zelf god (maatstaf) willen zijn van de mens) en de scheiding tussen de onzichtbare woonplaats van God (hemel) en de aarde wordt weggenomen (Openbaring 21).
Ik zou willen afsluiten met het volgende: Iedereen kan zich richten op de tijd die gaat komen en beschreven staat in Openbaring en dat is goed. Maar bedenk, dat je vanmiddag onder een auto kunt komen en vervolgens voor de Schepper komt te staan en verantwoording moet af leggen over je geleefde leven… Zoals Petrus (discipel van Jezus) in Handelingen 2: 40 ‘Laat u behouden uit dit verkeerd geslacht!’
De dertiende:
De bijbelse eindtijd (cyclus) voorspelling klopt niet. Het is en blijft een giswerk voor de Mensheid. Het uitleg van vergelijking tot de twee teksten en stellarium kent nog vragen. 12 sterren èèn kroon? Negen van de èèn en drie aparte! De vrouw onder èèn kroon? Niet uitgelicht! Stellarium is een analogische programma. D.w.z. deze geen anomalieën kent.
• Als de bijbelse eindtijd de waarheid is dan zal de uitspraak van dat de Mensheid deze niet zal kennen analistis ook de de waarheid zijn. •
• De vier bijbelse teksten vertaald. De tijd blijft in het ongewisse.
1 Toen was er iets heel bijzonders in de hemel te zien. Ik zag een vrouw (VENUS), stralend als de zon. Ze had de maan (MOON) onder haar voeten en een krans van twaalf sterren (DARK TWIN) om haar hoofd. 2 Ze was in verwachting. Ze schreeuwde van pijn, omdat haar Kind (......?) geboren ging worden.
3 Er was nog iets in de hemel te zien: een grote rode draak (PLANET X) met zeven koppen en tien horens. Op elke kop had hij een kroon. 4 Met zijn staart sleepte hij een derde deel van de sterren (METEOREN/STENEN) van de hemel mee en gooide die op de aarde.
Dit ook een "hypothese ".
Dit is een bijzondere tijd, het NU. De transitie na de IJzeren tijdperk (100 jarige leeftijd) naar de bronzen tijdperk (1000 jarige leeftijd). (zie foto met aantekeningen uit 2014).
Met vriendelijke groet en plezier in deze Spel.
De veertiende:
Het ziet er toch enigszins uit dat dit de komende anderhalf jaar allemaal gaat plaats vinden, volgens mij duid het teken slechts het begin aan van hetgeen staat te gebeuren. Door Ed Dames wordt gesteld dat we een half jaar last van Nibiru zullen hebben, dan is het dus ongeveer Pasen (pass-over). Zo kan wellicht Palmpasen / Palmzondag (intocht in Jeruzalem) te maken hebben met wanneer Nibiru/Nemisis ons zonnestelsel is binnen gekomen. Zelf alvast een aardig stukje voorbereid, al ben ik geen echte prepper.
Ben wel erg benieuwd wanneer de grote massa eens gaat wakker worden en ziet dat er zoveel niet klopt van wat hun wordt voorgeschoteld. Wanneer dat gebeurd wil je eigenlijk ook niet in de dicht bevolkte gebieden rondwandelen.
Nog even over Openbaring 12, even een aantal van mijn gedachtenspinsels:
Jupiter wordt benoemd als het kind dat geboren wordt (door de maagd heen reist). De vuurrode draak zou dat Nemisis kunnen zijn met 7 koppen (planeten) en 10 hoorns (manen) de kronen ben ik nog niet over uit.
En met zijn staart (spreekt voor zich) sleepte hij een derde van de sterren op aarde (astroiden vanuit de staart van Nibiri of Nemisis).
De draak ging voor de vrouw staan (Nibiri/Nemisis komt tussen de Maagd en ons te staan). De oorlog met Michael en de Engelen zou kunnen duiden op dicht langs of in botsing met een andere planeet komen en zal hierdoor niet meer in ons zonnestelsel terug komen dus een laatste ontmoeting met het stelsel.
Tot zover de reacties.
Iedereen nogmaals bedankt voor het insturen van gedachten en/of theorieën. Er staat hierboven voldoende stof om over na te denken en mochten er andere/nieuwe inzichten tevoorschijn komen dan horen wij die graag.
Ongetwijfeld zullen er richting de bewuste dag van 23 september 2017 nog de nodige aanvullingen komen.
HET MYSTERIE VAN DE VLIEGENDE BOLLEN GAAT VERDER ( VIDEO )
HET MYSTERIE VAN DE VLIEGENDE BOLLEN GAAT VERDER ( VIDEO )
Al jarenlang krijgen wij meldingen van mensen die vreemde oranje of witte bollen zien aan de hemel die zich voortbewegen zonder geluid te maken.
Ook nu krijgen wij weer prachtige opnames binnen en de vorm lijkt veel op een object dat onlangs is waargenomen bij de bosbranden in Californië.
Wanneer je in onze database kijkt, dan zie je daar veel artikelen over de vreemde, vaak oranje of witte, bollen.
Mensen die bekendstaan als heel nuchter en soms ook persoonlijk bij ons bekend zijn, doen dit soort waarnemingen en zijn dan vervolgens in verwarring omdat ze niet kunnen begrijpen en/of thuisbrengen wat ze net hebben gezien.
De bollen kunnen of in formaties verschijnen of afzonderlijk, soms bewegen ze met hoge snelheid, andere keren bewegen ze weer langzaam en statig door de lucht en nog nooit is men verder gekomen met een verklaring dan de eeuwige Thaise ballonnen.
Wij ontvingen het volgende bericht van een lezer:
Laat ik mijn naam liever anoniem houden. Zelf ben ik sinds 2012 een trouwe lezer. De familie van mijn vader zijn kant wonende in Spanje, Torre del Mar (vlakbij Malaga), heeft mijn tante een foto en filmopname gemaakt op de avond van 17september waarbij er boven de zee (Middellandse zee) maarlieft circa 13 lichtbollen voortbewogen in een soort patroon.
Hiermee weten we dan ook dat de opnames echt zijn. Dat is heel belangrijk tegenwoordig, omdat het internet wordt vol geplempt met beelden die door oplichters zelf in elkaar zijn geflanst.
Wat is dat wat deze mensen daar zagen die avond op het Spaanse strand?
Vorige maand waren er uitgebreide bosbranden in de Amerikaanse staat Californië. Verslag daarvan werd onder andere gedaan op 19 augustus 2016 vanuit een helikopter van ABC News Channel 15.
En vanuit die helikopter zagen de verslaggevers een vreemd rond object onder zich doorschieten dat zich linea recta in de richting van bosbranden spoedde.
Ook hier weer de witte ronde vorm. Dit keer niet in formatie, maar alleen en duidelijk op weg naar een bepaald doel.
Bekend is dat er vaker UFO’s worden waargenomen bij bosbranden zoals ook vorig jaar in Mexico toen er een enorme cilindervormige UFO boven een bosbrand werd gezien.
Maar, ook hier weer de vraag: Wie zijn het en wat doen ze?
Tennessee Man Witnesses A UFO That He Describes As Orange Line
Tennessee Man Witnesses A UFO That He Describes As Orange Line
A bright orange line in the sky was spotted by a man in Nashville in Tennessee. The orange line seemed to be two separate lights after zooming in the video recording.
The witness was on a work break when the incident took place. It was at three early in the morning on August 15, 2016, when he noticed a brilliant orange light in the sky, unlike anything he had ever seen in his usual spot for smoking. The brightness of the light caught his attention, as well as the color that appeared like a street light, but way too big.
His first thought was the moon behind cloud cover, but he noticed the moon was directly above him. Furthermore, there wasn’t cloud cover that time. Because it was very dark and the object was far away, the witness could not make out any features on it.
Even after a thorough look, the witness could still not find any details as the lights on the object appeared to cover it. The witness used his phone to record a video of it and after zooming in, he realized the lights were actually two separate lights with a small gap in between. After around a minute, the object started to shrink and turned pure white in a gradual manner. Two minutes later, the object faded away, and the witness lost sight of it.
The unnamed witness reported his sighting to MUFON, and it is filed under case 78626.
Two police officers claim to have recorded on video their close encounter with an unidentified flying object (UFO).
The off-duty duo observed the cigar-shaped UFO moving slowly in the sky above North East of England. The sighting, which took place near Consett in County Durham, lasted for about 30 minutes and many viewers of the video believe it is genuine, including former police detectiveGary Heseltine.
Heseltine said that the sighting took place on a bright clear day, and the mysterious object was observed rotating on its axis vertically.
Garry, UFO Truth Magazine editor, added that the object was approximately at 1,000-5,000 feet in altitude with estimated dimensions of 200 to 400 feet in length. Heseltine also noted that the sun was glinting off an apparent metallic surface as it rotates.
Gary, 56, has been collecting and studying police sightings dating back to 1901, including the reported two security officers’ sighting of a football field-size cylindrical metallic UFO above the house in North Yorkshire in Spring 1981. Feeling alarmed, one officer pulled out his gun, but his colleague prevented him from doing so.
Another case was the sighting of two uniformed officers of a large black silent triangle UFO, about the size of three football pitches, flying over the A40 in Northolt in Middlesex.
A Brief Explanation of the Kardashev Scale: How Far Can Humanity Really Advance?
A Brief Explanation of the Kardashev Scale: How Far Can Humanity Really Advance?
Let’s be honest, we have our fair share of problems on planet Earth: war, floods, disease, poverty, environmental destruction, Justin Bieber (the list goes on and on, really). But we also have a lot of things going for us: the Alcubierre Warp Drive, invisibility cloaks, the Mars rovermissions, the discovery of the Higgs (the list goes on and on, really).
How can we weigh all the exciting and inspiring scientific discoveries against all the destruction and chaos? We have an ever expanding list of catastrophes that is coupled with (indeed, that parallels) our unrelenting march towards technological perfection. With such a coupling of unimaginable horrors and magnificent advancements, how can we possibly measure our status as a civilization?
One of the easiest ways to answer this question is to form a scale that will allow us to scientifically measure our technological *abilities* against the technological *possibilities.* Or in layman’s terms, something that will allow us to measure our awesomeness against the total possible awesomeness. Fortunately, there are several ways of conducting such measurements.
If you just want to understand the basics of this scale, you can read the following paragraph and skip the more technical section, which is helpfully marked “The TLDR Part”
Essentially, to measure a civilization’s advancement (awesomeness), the Kardashev scale focuses on the amount of energy that a civilization is able to utilize. Notably, the amount of power available to a civilization is linked to how widespread the civilization is (whether it populates a planet, galaxy, or an entire universe).
THE TLDR PART
The Kardashev scale exists because of a Russian astrophysicist known as Nicolai Kardashev (I bet you’ll never guess where the scale got its name from).
In 1964, Kardashev came up with the idea that the status of a culture, as a whole, depends on two primary things: Energy and technology. He theorized that a civilization’s technical advancement runs parallel to the amount of energy that the civilization is able to harness and manipulate. Essentially, the more energy that a society can produce, the more technologically advanced they are (this was originally just tied to energy available for communications, but has since been expanded).
In other words, according to this theory, a culture’s development (in the very widest sense) is a product of energy and of technology: Through technology, energy is harnessed, and as social systems are expressions of this technology, the status of a culture rests upon (and is determined by) the amount of energy that is harnessed.
The scale has a number of different categories (levels of classification…or levels of awesomeness). In recent years, scientists have expanded this scale to measure hypothetical civilizations—civilizations that are galactic, intergalactic, and even multiverse in nature.
Are you ready to find out where humanity falls? Then press on!
CIVILIZATION TYPES
• Type 0: Subglobal Culture—
This civilization extracts its energy and raw-materials from crude organic-based sources such as wood, coal, and oil. Any rockets utilized by such a civilization would necessarily depend on chemical propulsion. Since such travel is so pitifully slow, a civilization at this level would be (for the most part) confined to its home planet. Unfortunately, this is about where we are. We haven’t quite made it to Type I yet :c
• Type I: Planetary Culture—
This civilization would be slightly more advanced than those found on Earth. They would be capable of utilizing all available resources on their home planet, skillfully harnessing the energy output of an entire world (10^15 watts). With any luck (if we don’t blow ourselves to oblivion, or turn the Earth into an uninhabitable wasteland) we will reach this stage in 100-200 years. So maybe your grandkids will be around to see it; there’s some hope in that (assuming you have kids).
Star Trek Rendering of a Type II Civilization
• Type II: Stellar Culture—
This civilization would be far more advanced than we are (a few thousand years beyond our stage of evolution). Such a society would be able to harnesses all the energy of its star (in our case, about 10^26 watts). This culture might resemble the Federation of Planets, as seen on Star Trek; or the civilization might be like a majority of the humanoids in the Mass Effect universe, such as the Asari, Salarians, and Turians.
• Type III: Galactic Culture—
This civilization would be able to harnesses the energy output of a galaxy (about 10 billion times the energy output of a Type II civilization, and about 100,000 to 1 million years more advanced than we are). They have colonized the galaxy itself, extracting energy from hundreds of billions of stars, traveling across interstellar space, and populating innumerable worlds. This civilization may resemble the Borg (but hopefully not as mean and “resistant-is-futile-like”), or perhaps they would resemble the Empire from Star Wars (but hopefully not so Darth-Vader-choke-hold-like), or maybe they would be more like the Reapers from Mass Effect (but hopefully not so break-your-body-down-into-biogoop-like)…did anyone else notice that the civilizations at this level all seem to be evil and horrid?
Artist Rendering of a Type IV Civilization
• Type IV: Universal Culture—
This civilization would be an intergalactic culture, spanning the breadth and width of the Universe. They would travel across the cosmos, commanding the power of a billion trillion suns. These societies would be capable of attempting projects of gargantuan, superhuman proportions, such as changing the structure of space-time or the deliberate slowing of entropy (or even its reversal) to achieve ultimate immortality. (Or, said civilizations may ultimately become capable of living INSIDE the event horizon of extra-massive black holes!) For humanity, such accomplishments might be forever beyond our reach. This level may be achievable only by incorporeal beings, such as members of Star Trek’s Q Continuum, or the Gallifreyans from Doctor Who.
• Type V: Multiverse Culture—
This civilization will have transcended their universe of origin. It would be capable of universe-scale manipulation (jumping between multiverses that contain varied forms of matter, physics, and space-time). A civilization such as this would be home to beings of unimaginable power and ability.
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE
I admit, it is a little disheartening that we haven’t even reached Type I yet. I would like to say something inspiring, like “given our lowly position, there’s nowhere to go but up!” Yet, it is entirely possible that some major catastrophe (be it natural or human induced) will send us spiraling back into the Stone Age.
So, what’s the ultimate take away from all of this?
If we want to advance beyond a Type 0 civilization, we’re going to need to play nice with one another (and maybe invest in science and education; that helps too)
In its early life, the Earth would have been peppered nearly continuously by asteroids smashing into our young planet. These fiery collisions made our world what it is today. It may seem like things have changed since then, given the vast assortment of life and wide blue oceans—and things have indeed changed. At least in some respects. However, Earth still receives thousands of tons of matter from space, but this is in the form of microscopic dust particles (as opposed to recurrent, energetic collisions).
Fortunately, in modern times, a large asteroid colliding with the surface of the Earth happens only very rarely. Nevertheless, it does happen from time to time.
As most are probably already aware, it is widely believed that an asteroid initiated the dinosaurs’ extinction some 65 million years ago. And more recently, the Russian Chelyabinsk meteor hit our planet in February of 2013. It entered at a shallow angle at 60 times the speed of sound. Upon contact with our atmosphere, it exploded in an air burst. The size of this body of rock (before it burned up and shattered) is estimated to be around 20 meters (across) and it weighed some 13,000 metric tons.
This isn’t large by any means, but it was enough to injure over a thousand people and damage nearly 20,000 buildings.
But what would happen if we were faced with a truly major threat today? Could we survive?
Well, it depends on the size of the object and where it hits, but in short…no. Unless an asteroid was very small, we wouldn’t be able to destroy it or vaporize it—this is simply beyond our technological capabilities (at the moment). We also don’t have the technology necessary to deflect the asteroid or veer it off course.
WHY WE NEED TO LEAVE EARTH
This is a bit of a problem because, assuming that humanity plans on sticking around for awhile, it is almost inevitable that we will have to face a large asteroid at some point. Of course, asteroids aren’t the only threat. There are a host of deadly diseases, volcanic eruptions, or other catastrophes that could bring about the end of civilization as we know it (and maybe even all life).
This is why it makes sense to transition into a multi-planet species as soon as possible.Blogger Tim Urban recently had a rather apt metaphor to illustrate why we need to leave our planet and venture out into the cosmos: Picture the Earth as a kind of hard drive. And on this hard drive we have saved everything. Every song. Every book. Every thought that has been thought and every word that has been uttered. Every memory.
And that’s not all: It also houses every single species. All of it is stored in a word document saved on that hard drive.
Oh, and the hard drive has broken before, and when it happened, we lost nearly everything. It got a virus and…that’s it, two-thirds of the population gone. It smashed into something and, alas, there goes another batch of data.
Blank pages. File corrupted.
So it makes sense to make a backup. As Urban puts it, “Now—if you owned a hard drive with an extraordinarily important Excel doc on it, and you knew that the hard drive pretty reliably tended to crash every month or two, with the last crash happening five weeks ago—what’s the very obvious thing you’d do? You’d copy the document onto a second hard drive.”
That is why we need to leave Earth. We need to have another plan. A safeguard.
Of course, we should also do it for exploration and discovery, but we need to do it for life itself. And that is one of the primary reasons that Elon Musk wants to head to the Red Planet. It is a way of ensuring humanity’s continued existence (assuming that we think the document is worth saving). And ultimately, it’s why he doesn’t want to go with just a select set of scientists and experts.
He wants to take a significant portion of the data on our hard drive—Musk would like to send 1 million people to Mars.
At the Wall Street Journal’s D: All Things Digital Conference in 2013, Musk explained his feelings, stating, “Either we spread Earth to other planets, or we risk going extinct. An extinction event is inevitable and we’re increasingly doing ourselves in. The goal is to improve rocket technology and space technology until we can send people to Mars and establish life on Mars.”
Of course, this will be no simple task. Mars is, currently, a wasteland of dirt and sand.
“Mars is a fixer-upper of a planet,” Musk said. “But we could make it work.” And honestly, even if we can’t make it work, it seems that we have no real choice but to try. Musk concludes, “I agree this is an unlikely outcome, but if we don’t keep improving technology every year, we won’t get there.”
Later this year, via his rocket firm SpaceX, Musk plans to disclose a spacecraft designed to transport as many as 100 people at a time to Mars.
White House Science Chief: We Are Not Prepared for a Major Asteroid Event
White House Science Chief: We Are Not Prepared for a Major Asteroid Event
Artist's concept of an asteroid striking Earth.
Credit: NASA/Don Davis
IN BRIEF
Asteroids pose a major threat to the Earth, but NASA is on its way to figuring everything out about these space rocks. NASA will launch the Asteroid Redirect Mission, sending a robotic probe to deflect the asteroid from its dangerous path.
IT HAPPENED BEFORE, IT CAN HAPPEN AGAIN
An asteroid impact is still the prime culprit behind the dinosaurs’ extinction. Since then, asteroids have done a good job of avoiding the Earth.
We can’t be that lucky forever though, right? Should we ready ourselves for similar disasters? After all, asteroids still find their way here and manage to pass through our atmosphere, causing major damage.
In 1908, a meteorite explosion occurred near the Tunguska River in Russia. The impact didn’t kill any humans, but cleared 2,070 square kilometers (800 square miles) of the Siberian forests. A more recent explosion happened last 2013 in Chelyabinsk city in Russia. The meteorite fell on a populated area, injuring about 1,200 people
These events are rare and are unlikely to happen again any time soon, but it does pay to be ready.
NO NEED TO PANIC
Image Source: IGN
John Holdren, director of the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy, shared that NASA is on the lookout for the asteroids that are most likely to hit the earth. “We are not fully prepared, but we are on a trajectory to get much more so,” says Holdren.
By 2021, NASA aims to launch the Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM), a robotic mission sending a space probe to visit a near-Earth asteroid. The robotic probe will explore the asteroid and look for the best way to change its path, aiming to send the asteroid orbiting our moon. Upon returning to Earth, the probe will bring with it samples of the asteroid for more studies.
The ARM cost $1.25 billion. But it’s all worth it if we can learn more about how to deal with meteor explosions, however rare they maybe. “If we are going to be as capable a civilization as our technology allows, we need to be prepared for even those rare events, because they could do a lot of damage to the Earth,” says Holdren.
Essentially, we have to be smarter than the dinosaurs.
August 2016 - Saturn, 746 million miles from Earth - We just received a new leaked video from one of our contacts in the Russian Space Agency and this new video is very hot ! This short video footage shows Russian cosmonauts reaching orbit of Saturn and exploring with space shuttle fleet the moon Titan. Our contact informed us that they just reached Saturn after a nearly seven-year old space journey.
Watch this amazing VIDEO HERE !there other than ourselves.
The most distant of the planets obviously visible to the naked eye, Saturn is the sixth planet in the solar system. Because it travels in an elliptical path rather than a circular one, it doesn't always lie the same distance from the sun as it wanders through the sky.
The distance to Saturn from our planet is constantly changing as both of the planets travel through space. When the two are closest, they lie approximately 746 million miles (1.2 billion kilometers) apart, or eight times the distance between the Earth and the sun. At their most distant, when they lie on opposite sides of the sun from one another, they are just over a billion miles (1.7 billion km) apart, or 11 times the distance between the Earth and the sun.
Space travel is rarely a matter of moving in a straight line. Spacecraft often take advantage of planets, moons, and even the sun to gain speed with the use of little fuel. As such, older missions may have taken less time to reach outer planets than those with more modern propulsion systems.
Pioneer 11 took the first look at Saturn. Launched in April 1973, the craft passed Saturn over six years later, in September 1979.
The Voyager spacecrafts took advantage of an optimal lineup to explore the outer planets. Launched in September 1977, Voyager 1 used a gravitational assist from Jupiter to swing by Saturn in November 1980, only three years after leaving Earth. Although Voyager 2 launched a month earlier than its twin, it took a longer, more circular route and arrived in August 1981, taking a full four years to reach Saturn.
The Cassini mission, which left Earth in October 1997, twice used Venus for gravitational assists, slingshoting off of the cloudy planet. It also made a flyby of Jupiter, imaging the gas giant as it passed by. After almost seven years, the craft entered orbit around Saturn in July 2004, where it intends to study the planet until at least 2017. Among other things, the mission has studied lightning in Saturn's atmosphere.
The New Horizons mission, headed to the dwarf planet Pluto, launched in January 2006. Traveling at the fastest launch speed to date, it passed by Mars and Jupiter, then skimmed by Saturn in June 2008, taking only a year and a half to reach the ringed giant.
As you can see, the question of how long it takes to reach Saturn depends significantly on the path selected for the mission, as much if not more than the speed of the spacecraft itself.
Recently NASA scientists have identified an unexpected high-altitude methane ice cloud on Saturn's moon Titan that is similar to exotic clouds found far above Earth's poles.
This lofty cloud, imaged by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, was part of the winter cap of condensation over Titan's north pole. Now, eight years after spotting this mysterious bit of atmospheric fluff, researchers have determined that it contains methane ice, which produces a much denser cloud than the ethane ice previously identified there.
"The idea that methane clouds could form this high on Titan is completely new," said Carrie Anderson, a Cassini participating scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and lead author of the study. "Nobody considered that possible before."
Methane clouds were already known to exist in Titan's troposphere, the lowest layer of the atmosphere. Like rain and snow clouds on Earth, those clouds form through a cycle of evaporation and condensation, with vapor rising from the surface, encountering cooler and cooler temperatures and falling back down as precipitation. On Titan, however, the vapor at work is methane instead of water.
The newly identified cloud instead developed in the stratosphere, the layer above the troposphere. Earth has its own polar stratospheric clouds, which typically form above the North Pole and South Pole between 49,000 and 82,000 feet (15 to 25 kilometers) -- well above cruising altitude for airplanes. These rare clouds don't form until the temperature drops to minus 108 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 78 degrees Celsius).
Other stratospheric clouds had been identified on Titan already, including a very thin, diffuse cloud of ethane, a chemical formed after methane breaks down. Delicate clouds made from cyanoacetylene and hydrogen cyanide, which form from reactions of methane byproducts with nitrogen molecules, also have been found there.
But methane clouds were thought unlikely in Titan's stratosphere. Because the troposphere traps most of the moisture, stratospheric clouds require extreme cold. Even the stratosphere temperature of minus 333 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 203 degrees Celsius), observed by Cassini just south of the equator, was not frigid enough to allow the scant methane in this region of the atmosphere to condense into ice.
What Anderson and her Goddard co-author, Robert Samuelson, noted is that temperatures in Titan's lower stratosphere are not the same at all latitudes. Data from Cassini's Composite Infrared Spectrometer and the spacecraft's radio science instrument showed that the high-altitude temperature near the north pole was much colder than that just south of the equator.
It turns out that this temperature difference -- as much as 11 degrees Fahrenheit (6 degrees Celsius) -- is more than enough to yield methane ice.
Other factors support the methane identification. Initial observations of the cloud system were consistent with small particles composed of ethane ice. Later observations revealed some regions to be clumpier and denser, suggesting that more than one ice could be present. The team confirmed that the larger particles are the right size for methane ice and that the expected amount of methane -- one-and-a-half percent, which is enough to form ice particles -- is present in the lower polar stratosphere.
The mechanism for forming these high-altitude clouds appears to be different from what happens in the troposphere. Titan has a global circulation pattern in which warm air in the summer hemisphere wells up from the surface and enters the stratosphere, slowly making its way to the winter pole. There, the air mass sinks back down, cooling as it descends, which allows the stratospheric methane clouds to form.
"Cassini has been steadily gathering evidence of this global circulation pattern, and the identification of this new methane cloud is another strong indicator that the process works the way we think it does," said Michael Flasar, Goddard scientist and principal investigator for Cassini's Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS).
Like Earth's stratospheric clouds, this methane cloud was located near the winter pole, above 65 degrees north latitude. Anderson and Samuelson estimate that this type of cloud system -- which they call subsidence-induced methane clouds, or SIMCs for short -- could develop between 98,000 to 164,000 feet (30 to 50 kilometers) in altitude above Titan's surface.
"Titan continues to amaze with natural processes similar to those on the Earth, yet involving materials different from our familiar water," said Scott Edgington, Cassini deputy project scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. "As we approach southern winter solstice on Titan, we will further explore how these cloud formation processes might vary with season."
The results of this study are available online in the journal Icarus.
Inside Noah’s Ark: Suppressed video shows what was found inside
Inside Noah’s Ark: Suppressed video shows what was found inside
Do you believe the Great Flood really existed? What about Noah and the Ark? Well, according to many ancient texts and a fascinating VIDEO, the great Deluge did happen, and Noah’s ark is real. This suppressed video even shows what’s inside.
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An explorer looks at wooden beams inside a compartment of a structure that his team claims might prove the existence of Noah’s Ark, on Mount Ararat
Noah’s Ark and the Great Flood is without a doubt one of the most important and famous stories present in many ancient texts.
If we look back in ancient literature, we will find that three are two main descriptions of Noah’s Ark. However, the strange thing is that neither of those descriptions satisfies basic naval engineering standards, deeming the Ark completely unseaworthy.
Nevertheless, the Ark did exist, and the great deluge described in numerous ancient cultures dis swipe across the planet in the distant past.
According to a group of researchers from China, not only did Noah’s ark exist, but it rests on a mountain in Turkey.
Said to rest on top of Mount Ararat in Turkey, the discovery made by Asian researchers was heavily disputed ever since the alleged finding was made ten years ago.
Regrettably like many other fascinating discoveries on Earth, this discovery was also ‘suppressed my most media.’
After a decade, the alleged Ark discovered on top of Mount Ararat remains a profound mystery.
“To make a long story short: this is all reported to be a fake,” said Randall Price, director of Judaic Studies at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va.
“This is not Noah’s Ark,” adds Bob Cornuke of the Bible Archaeology Search and Exploration Institute. “This is a fake. It’s a fraud and it’s of the highest caliber according to what I can assess from the evidence and talking to eyewitnesses and people from Turkey.”
Chinese explorers wearing protective gear while inside the ‘Ark’.
But what kind of flood could have transported the ark to the top of Mount Ararat? According to many scientists, the idea of such a flood existing goes against ALL geological studies since, according to many, we lack empirical evidence to support a worldwide flood had occurred, wiping out plants, animals, and most traces of human civilization.
Interestingly the story about Noah is what fascinates most scholars. Noah was the tenth of the pre-flood (antediluvian) Patriarchs. His father was Lamech, and his mother is unknown but is thought to be either Adah or Zillah, wives of Lamech. When Noah was five hundred years old, he begat Shem, Ham, nd Japheth (Genesis 5:32)
Noah died 350 years after the flood, at the age of 950, the last of the extremely long-lived antediluvian Patriarchs. The maximum human lifespan, as depicted by the Bible, diminishes rapidly thereafter, from almost 1,000 years to the 120 years of Moses. (Genesis 6:3; Deuteronomy 31:22; 34:37
But even though there is plenty of written evidence to support the Great Flood did occur, many scholars believe Noah’s accounts of the flood are mythical in nature, others believe that the story of Noah’s Ark and the Flood was inspired by legendary floods of stories in Ancient Mesopotamia, particularly “The Epic of Gilgamesh”.
Centuries before Noah appeared in the bible, ancient narratives were passed down from one generation to another in many cultures around the globe.
“The earlier Mesopotamian stories are very similar where the gods are sending a flood to wipe out humans,” said biblical archaeologist Eric Cline. “There’s one man they choose to survive. He builds a boat and brings on animals and lands on a mountain and lives happily ever after? I would argue that it’s the same story.”
Whether or not this discovery is real remains a mystery. There are many reasons why it may be another hoax, while some claim there are plenty reasons to suggest the discovery is real.
RETIRED US SOLDIER CLAIMS HE HAS SPENT 17 YEARS BATTLING ALIENS ON MARS
RETIRED US SOLDIER CLAIMS HE HAS SPENT 17 YEARS BATTLING ALIENS ON MARS
A FORMER US marine has sensationally claimed that he has spent more then a decade battling ALIENS on Mars.
The ex marine, who goes by the name of Captain Kaye, says that there are five human colonies on the Red Planet and he has spent 17 years fighting to protect them against martians that seek to expel them from the planet .
He received training on a secret moon base called Lunar Operations Command, as well as on Saturn’s moon Titan and in deep space fleet.
The EDF operated three different types of light combat craft and three different types of bombers as well as other crafts. If that thing is real, are we to expect a massive disclosure from government and military officials?
We don't think so, at least not yet.
The truth is out there and we will keep searching for it, watch video below and learn more ab out this interesting subject.
(VIDEO)NASA FOOTAGE PROVES: A GIGANTIC FOUR ARMED MOTHERSHIP VISITED OUR SUN IN 2011, 2012 AND 2016
(VIDEO)NASA FOOTAGE PROVES: A GIGANTIC FOUR ARMED MOTHERSHIP VISITED OUR SUN IN 2011, 2012 AND 2016
An Angel Of Fire? An Inferno Jet? Something Crazy Just Flew Past The Sun. Once again! Whether you believe in extraterrestrial life, unidentified flying objects, or any kind of alien conspiracies or theories, there is no denying these photos that have shown up via the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) only earlier this week have caught something truly bizarre. If you would direct your attention to the below picture , you will see exactly what has UFO hunters around the globe buzzing.
According to UFO hunters that routinely watch for pictures to be uploaded via NASA's SOHO observatory, all sorts of UFOs seem to be drawn towards our sun during their travels. Said theorists also believe that this is because the alien craft can use the sun to refuel themselves somehow, via the heat, solar energy, or even radiation that the sun produces.
It doesn't take more than a quick Google search to find more of these bizarre images that have appeared on NASA's very own website. Crafts with what appear to be long wings or arms, sometimes up to six jutting out from the sides. What is making alien enthusiasts even more suspicious is NASA's complete silence towards answer anyone's inquiries about what these images could represent. Even if it were something as simple and coverup sounding as a meteorite or satellite, it would be reassuring if NASA would acknowledge the anomalies on the images they so proudly host on their very own site.
As technology gets more and more advanced it's getting harder and harder to think we are truly alone in the universe as more and more pictures like these turn up in space due to NASA telescopes such as this one and the fact that every other person has a phone with a camera capable of capturing crisp HD pictures. It's only a matter of time until the picture evidence stacks up so high that it becomes impossible to deny the existence of something else out
67P/Tsjoerjoemov-Gerasimenko is een periodieke komeet waarvan de omlooptijd rond de zon 6,44 jaar bedraagt.
De komeet werd in 1969 ontdekt en men stelde vast dat dit object af en toe een merkwaardige omloopbaan heeft gevormd.
In een artikel uit 2014 schreven wij het volgende over deze komeet en de missie van de ruimtesonde Rosetta.
Er is een reden dat de Europese ruimtesonde Rosetta een gedetailleerd onderzoek gaat uitvoeren naar komeet 67P.
Volgens een ESA (European Space Agency) klokkenluider ontving NASA al twintig jaar geleden vreemde radiosignalen van deze komeet; die er niet uitziet als een komeet.
Enkele weken geleden schreven wij een artikel over de Europese ruimtesonde Rosetta en de komeet die deze moet gaan onderzoeken.
“Rosetta is een ruimtesonde die wordt gefinancierd door de ESA. Zij zal zich in 2014 in een baan om de komeet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko plaatsen en deze bestuderen.
De sonde Rosetta kwam op 6 augustus aan bij de komeet 67P. Zij aan zij vliegen ze richting de zon. Dat is nooit eerder gedaan.
De verkenner Philae moet het komende jaar onder meer gaan boren in het oppervlak, om vast te stellen waaruit de komeet bestaat.”
In hetzelfde artikel lieten wij foto’s zien van een witte cirkelvormige ufo boven het oppervlak van deze komeet.
Er schijnt echter nog veel meer aan de hand te zijn met deze komeet.
De bekende videomaker op Youtube BP Earthwatch ontving een e-mail met het volgende nogal schokkende bericht:
Het bericht is afkomstig van iemand die werkt binnen ESA (European Space Agency). Deze zegt dat de belangstelling voor deze komeet zo’n twintig jaar geleden werd gewekt doordat NASA radiosignalen ontving, afkomstig van deze komeet.
Dat niet alleen, maar ergens in de afgelopen twintig jaar schijnt 67P ook van koers te zijn veranderd.
Veel wetenschappers hebben ook al hun verbazing uitgesproken over het uiterlijk van deze komeet omdat men een soort sneeuw en ijsklomp had verwacht. Iets waarbij in het geval van 67P absoluut geen sprake is.
Besloten werd volgens de klokkenluider om deze “komeet” met een bezoek te vereren. Om de aandacht af te leiden en dit zo geruisloos mogelijk te doen, werd een samenwerking aangegaan tussen NASA en ESA, waarbij de laatste een missie zou organiseren onder de noemer van onderzoek naar een komeet.
De klokkenluider zegt verder: "Jullie zijn toch niet zo gek om te geloven dat ze deze Rosetta missie die al in 2004 werd gelanceerd en miljarden Dollars kost, zomaar gaan doen om een stukje rots in de ruimte te onderzoeken? Nee, ze doen dit omdat er iets aan de hand is met 67P en omdat ze vandaar radiosignalen hebben opgevangen".
Wat 67P ook moge zijn, volgens de klokkenluider is het zeker dat het geen komeet is.
Ook schijnt hij bij de e-mail een aantal onbewerkte foto’s te hebben meegestuurd waaruit duidelijk zou blijken dat we hier met wat anders dan een komeet van doen hebben.
Zo is er op een deel van de “komeet” een soort toren zichtbaar en iets dat lijkt op een gebouw.
Een komeet die er niet uitziet als een komeet, waarop vreemde constructies te zien zijn én een ufo en waar ESA miljarden aan spendeert om hem van dichtbij te kunnen bekijken.
En dan wordt er nu door een oplettende internetgebruiker iets ontdekt op één van de door ESA gepubliceerde foto’s dat verdacht veel lijkt op een antenne.
Zou dit de antenne zijn die twintig jaar geleden is gebruikt om een radiosignaal vanaf de komeet te versturen?
Er zijn meer opvallende dingen ontdekt op deze komeet zoals een soort vreemd uitziend rotsen die in een formatie liggen die exact overeenkomt met die van de piramides van Gizeh.
Kortom, alle tekenen wijzen erop dat P67 iets meer is dan een kaal uitziend rotsblok dat door de ruimte zweeft.
100% Proof That Bob Lazar Did Work In Area S4 On One Of Eight Alien Disks, UFO Sighting News.
100% Proof That Bob Lazar Did Work In Area S4 On One Of Eight Alien Disks, UFO Sighting News.
Location of event: Area S4, Inside Area 51 Date of event: 1988-1989 Lazar admitted that he worked inside Area S4, a small section of Area 51, and yet he was ridiculed by skeptics. Anyone that doesn't believe Lazar clearly has no grasp on the subject of UFOs at all. He is legit. I looked into back in 2009 and wrote about him in my book UFO Sightings of 2006-2009. I vouch for him. Scott C. Waring News states: Robert "Bob" Lazar (born January 26, 1959) is a controversial individual who claims qualifications as a scientist and engineer and alleged that he worked with extraterrestrial technology at a site called S4 near the Area 51 test facility. Lazar claimed to have worked in 1988 and 1989 as a physicist at S4 allegedly located at Papoose Lake southwest of top secret Area 51 near Groom Dry Lake, Nevada. According to Lazar, S4 serves as a hidden military location for the study and research of extraterrestrial spacecraft, or flying saucers using reverse engineering. Lazar says he saw nine different extraterrestrial vehicles there and has provided detailed information on the mode of propulsion and other technical details of a disc-shaped vehicle he called the sport model. Lazar's credibility was challenged after it was discovered that "schools he was supposed to have attended had no record of him, while others in the scientific community had no memory of ever meeting him."[2] Lazar's supporters counter that Lazar's credentials and history were sabotaged to create the very questions of credibility his critics have emphasized. Lazar first appeared in the media in the late 1980s. He appeared on television on a local Las Vegas news program discussing his experience at S4 and Area 51. He was also featured in the Los Alamos Monitor in a story dealing with a jet car he claimed to have built with help from a NASA researcher. The car was built from a jet engine modified and placed on an existing car model.[3] The article stated that Lazar was "a physicist at the Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility".
Fully Charged Camera Went Empty After Recording A Video Of Shining UFOs For Less Than Two Minutes
Fully Charged Camera Went Empty After Recording A Video Of Shining UFOs For Less Than Two Minutes
A man’s camera battery went empty even though it was fully charged after he tried to record a spooky event in the sky over Great Shefford, Berkshire.
The man was walking his dog when he noticed three shining orbs hovering above a UK forest. The thirty-two-year-old dog walker kept seeing them through the hills near Great Shefford in Berkshire.
The next time he went back to the area, he had a camera with him in a bid to capture the strange objects. He was hoping to identify the bizarre objects after he viewed them thoroughly in the video. However, after less than two minutes of video recording, his camera stopped to operate all of a sudden despite being fully charged.
Fellow residents of the forest village in West Berkshire revealed that they also left baffled about the identity of the orbs after they have been observed many times over the past three months. The video shows unusual objects hovering in the sky at around 7:45 pm on Monday.
The witness, who chose not to be named, said there’s no pattern of the time of their appearance, but he had seen them about four times already.
He saw them in the same position, and there was a time when the lights became six at most. He added that these lights usually stayed for a maximum of 15 minutes before disappearing.
Bright orb flying over Southfield, Michigan 24-Jun-2016
Bright orb flying over Southfield, Michigan 24-Jun-2016
Here’s one interesting footage of a bright unidentified flying object flying across the daytime sky above Southfield (northern suburb of Detroit), Michigan. This was filmed on 24th July 2016.
Witness report:
During a break at work, I noticed an object hovering above a nearby tree. After approximately 15-20 seconds of observation, I pulled out my phone and started recording. I knew that what I was seeing was unidentifiable to me. The object looked very fuzzy at times and nearly transparent, other times it looked like a large white bag that was filled about 75% and slowly tumbling in the air. The object appeared to pulse light on its surface or reflect flashes of sunlight. The top of the tree in the video is about 125-150 feet from my position.
Black Hole 'Engine' Cloaks Itself in Exhaust Fumes
Black Hole 'Engine' Cloaks Itself in Exhaust Fumes
By Ian O'Neill, Discovery News
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Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF; D. Berry/Skyworks
Many supermassive black holes in the centers of galaxies possess a thick ring of material known as a torus. Appearing like a supersized doughnut, astronomers have long thought that these features were created by churned-up material from the galactic core itself, falling into the black hole's gravitational well.
However, according to powerful new observations by the the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile, this conventional model is, apparently, far too simple.
While studying the environment surrounding the supermassive black hole in the core of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1068 47 million light-years away, ALMA was able to track clouds of material being flung outwards by the black hole, creating its own torus rather than material falling in.
WATCH VIDEO: The Race To See The Black Hole At Our Galaxy's Core
"Think of a black hole as an engine," said astronomer Jack Gallimore, of Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, in a statement. "It's fueled by material falling in on it from a flattened disk of dust and gas. But like any engine, a black hole can also emit exhaust."
Black holes consuming matter possess accretion disks, which are basically flat and hot features that swirl around the black hole's event horizon. The innermost section of the accretion disk is so hot that it generates X-ray and ultraviolet radiation, but further out, the disk is cooler and emits infrared and millimeter wavelength radiation. ALMA is very sensitive to the latter, allowing the observatory to track the motion of the gases in the outermost portion of NGC 1068's accretion disk.
ALMA image of the central region of galaxy NGC 1068. The torus of material harboring the supermassive black hole is highlighted in the pullout box. This region, which is approximately 40 light-years across, is the result of material flung out of the black hole's accretion disk.
Credit: Gallimore et al.; ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO); B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF)
While following cool clouds of carbon monoxide gas inside this cooler accretion disk region, Gallimore's team saw the clouds lift off the disk. As they become ionized by the superheated portion of the accretion disk, the clouds started to interact with the black hole's powerful magnetic field. The gas was then flung away from the accretion disk at high speed, far faster than the rotational speed of the disk itself.
"These clouds are traveling so fast that they reach 'escape velocity' and are jettisoned in a cone-like spray from both sides of the disk," said Gallimore. "With ALMA, we can for the first time see that it is the gas that is thrown out that hides the black hole, not the gas falling in."
The vast majority of galaxies are known to contain supermassive black holes in their cores. They have a symbiotic relationship and the activity of black holes are known to have a powerful influence over the galaxies as a whole, even impacting the rate of star formation. Now, with observatories like ALMA, we're beginning to see the intricacies of this relationship and their impact on the hearts of galaxies.
This artist's conception shows the giant impact that created Earth's moon. New research suggests the impact was powerful enough to vaporize a large portion of the young Earth.
Credit: Dana Berry/SwRI
NASA lifts off to visit an asteroid, an asteroid (unexpectedly) visits Earth, "Star Trek" celebrates a milestone, and the state of commercial spaceflight is probed — it's Space.com's best space stories of the week!
An explosion's shock waves
Friday's (Sept. 1) explosion of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket came as a shock; it happened during preparations for a test, days before a scheduled launch. The incident destroyed Spacecom's Amos-6 satellite, and Falcon 9 downtime could affect other commercial satellite ventures as well. [Full Story: SpaceX Falcon 9 Explosion Could Have Ripple Effects Across Space Industry]
NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, along with Russian cosmonauts Oleg Skripochka and Alexey Ovchinin, returned from the International Space Station this week. Williams set a new record for the most cumulative time spent in space by an American. (This time around, all three returning astronauts spent 172 days in orbit.) [Full Story: Record-Setting Astronaut Lands with Two Cosmonauts from Space Station]
Surprise visitor
A school-bus-size asteroid whipped past Earth Wednesday (Sept. 7) at more than 18,000 mph (29,000 km/h), passing safely just 23,900 miles (38,463 kilometers) over Earth's surface. [Full Story: A Bus-Size Asteroid Just Gave Earth a Close Shave]
Farewell to a scientist-astronaut
Duane Graveline, one of NASA's first scientist-astronauts, has died at the age of 85. Graveline was a medical doctor and resigned from the astronaut program after just six months. He extensively researched weightlessness deconditioning over the course of his career and wrote 15 books, including works of nonfiction, science fiction and memoir. [Full Story: Duane Graveline, Scientist-Astronaut Who Resigned from NASA, Dies at 85]
A cluster both old and young
The star cluster Terzan 5 has two different kinds of stars, with ages 7 billion years apart. This shows that the cluster formed from a very large cloud of gas with enough raw materials to produce both sets. The cluster may offer a glimpse into the assembly process that built the Milky Way's central bulge. [Full Story: Oddball Star Cluster Provides Window Into Young Milky Way]
Named for a legend
An asteroid has been named for Freddie Mercury, the singer of the band Queen, who died in 1991. Another former Queen band member, astrophysicist (and lead guitarist) Brian May, announced the renaming on Twitter and in a video. [Full Story: Asteroid Named for Rock Star Freddie Mercury]
Spacefarer delays
A new report from the NASA Office of Inspector General described technical delays for SpaceX and Boeing, pushing off the possibility of the companies flying regular crewed flights until late 2018. The two companies partnered with NASA to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station; right now, the only craft that can carry crew there is Russia's Soyuz. [Full Story: Report Warns of Additional Commercial Crew Delays]
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Unity space plane took a test flight under the wing of its "mothership" over Mojave, California. This was the first airborne test of a SpaceShipTwo since Virgin Galactic's first spacecraft broke apart during a crewed test in 2014. [Full Story: Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Unity Takes 1st Flight with Mothership]
To the asteroid!
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Thursday (Sept. 8), blazing a path to pluck a sample from asteroid Bennu. The craft will arrive at the space rock in 2018 and should make it back to Earth, asteroid dust in tow, by 2023. [Full Story: Next Stop, Bennu! NASA Launches Bold Asteroid-Sampling Mission]
The first detection of Pluto in X-rays has been made using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory in conjunction with observations from NASA’s New Horizon spacecraft.
Credits: X-ray: NASA/CXC/JHUAPL/R.McNutt et al; Optical: NASA/JHUAPL
A team studying data from NASA's Chandra Observatory has detected X-ray light coming from Pluto. This finding indicates a complex interaction between Pluto's leaking atmosphere and the solar wind coming from our Sun.
UNEXPECTED X-RAYS
Since we stopped calling Pluto a planet, we continue to discover more and more about it. Findings from the New Horizons probe and other studies on Pluto have already reshaped our ideas of the favorite dwarf planet.
The team used data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory — which pointed at Pluto a total of four times from February 2014 to August 2015 — and detected low energy photons of X-ray light.
“We’ve just detected, for the first time, X-rays coming from an object in our Kuiper Belt, and learned that Pluto is interacting with the solar wind in an unexpected and energetic fashion,” said Carey Lisse, team leader of the study, in a statement.
The amazing thing is the X-rays aren’t of the regular solar variety. If X-rays from the Sun were simply bouncing off Pluto’s atmosphere, they would have a temperature of several million Kelvin.
Instead, the low-energy photons might come from solar wind passing through an escaping atmosphere. The mix of nitrogen, carbon, and oxygen could be stripping away photons of the solar wind, creating an X-ray flare.
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DEEPER MEANINGS
The X-ray detection also provides new insights into how Pluto works. If the X-rays are born out of a disintegrating atmosphere, it means Pluto’s atmosphere is slowly burning into space.
The findings could also show a new way of looking at X-ray radiation in general. The discovery could help explain much — if not all — of the X-ray “background noise” we detect in the Universe.
These X-rays from Pluto reveal the complex systems at play for even the smallest members of our cosmic neighborhood. If Pluto is harboring secrets, who knows what else we could find in Kuiper belt.
Dwarf planet Pluto, as seen by the Chandra x-ray telescope.
VIDEO: NASA-beelden tonen ‘buitenaards ruimteschip’ dat energie van de zon opzuigt
VIDEO: NASA-beelden tonen ‘buitenaards ruimteschip’ dat energie van de zon opzuigt
De NASA heeft er opnieuw flink van langs gekregen van alien-jagers. Die stellen dat het Amerikaanse ruimteagentschap de aanwezigheid van ruimteschepen bij de zon verdoezelt, meldt het Russische staatspersbureau Sputnik.
Het zonneobservatorium SOHO heeft volgens de alien-jagers een gigantische UFO vastgelegd die energie onttrekt aan onze ster. Een soortgelijk object werd in 2011, 2012 en eerder dit jaar ook al vastgelegd door de NASA.
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De ruimtevaartorganisatie weigert commentaar te geven op de beelden. Is het simpelweg een artefact of ruimtepuin? Hoe dan ook is het object in de afgelopen vijf jaar meermaals gespot door camera’s van SOHO.
SOHO is een ruimtetelescoop die de zon observeert. Het is een samenwerkingsproject van de ESA en de NASA. Er zijn ook al meer dan 1000 kometen met SOHO gevonden.
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De beelden van de mysterieuze UFO werden eerder deze week op YouTube geplaatst door UFO-jager Streetcap1. “Waarom blijft de NASA deze foto’s vrijgeven zonder een verklaring te geven voor deze onregelmatigheden?” vraagt hij zich af.
Sommigen menen dat het gaat om een buitenaards ruimteschip dat in een baan om de zon draait om energie op te ‘zuigen’ en zich op die manier te vermenigvuldigen. Deze theorie doet denken aan voormalig NASA-wetenschapper Norman Bergrun die stelt dat buitenaardse ruimteschepen energie halen uit de ringen van Saturnus om zich te vermenigvuldigen.
AARDE WEDEROM OP HET NIPPERTJE AAN RAMP ONTSNAPT ( VIDEO )
AARDE WEDEROM OP HET NIPPERTJE AAN RAMP ONTSNAPT ( VIDEO )
Terwijl ons land volkomen was afgeleid door een stel brabbelende en puberende Turkensuisde een asteroïde rakelings langs de aarde.
Niemand had asteroïde opgemerkt, terwijl deze een fiks deel van de mensheid had kunnen wegvagen.
Het was de tweede keer binnen een maand dat een fikse asteroïde rakelings de aarde schoot en niet één van alle wetenschappelijke programma’s op aarde was in staat dit naderende object te detecteren.
Hiermee wordt pijnlijk duidelijk dat als het een keer mis gaat, de slachtoffers waarschijnlijk nooit zullen weten hoe ze van het ene op het andere moment in de hemel terecht zijn gekomen.
NASA heeft de afgelopen week een missie gelanceerd om te proberen een gigantische meteoor onschadelijk, waarvan wetenschappers vermoeden dat die ergens in de komende 150 jaar voor een massavernietiging van de mensheid op aarde zou kunnen zorgen. Dat is natuurlijk prachtig en de mensen die over 100 jaar op aarde wonen zullen daar ook heel blij mee zijn, maar de objecten die ons nu bijna raken zien ze niet.
De asteroïde die ons dit keer bijna raakte, passeerde de aarde op een afstand van ruim 38.000 kilometer en in ruimtetermen spreken we dan van rakelings. Dit is ongeveer de afstand van de communicatiesatellieten die om de aarde cirkelen en deze asteroïde was de meest gevaarlijke sinds mensenheugenis.
De asteroïde heeft de grootte van een touringcar en reist met een snelheid van 29.000 kilometer per uur door de ruimte.
Te bedenken dat het de tweede keer binnen een maand is dat de aarde is ontsnapt aan een ramp.
In beide gevallen kwam de wetenschappelijke wereld er pas achter nadat de objecten de aarde rakelings hadden gemist.
Naast asteroïden die steeds vaker gevaarlijk dicht bij de aarde komen, hebben we nog een toenemende dreiging vanuit de ruimte en dat zijn de meteorieten, ook wel vuurballen genoemd omdat de meeste opbranden op het moment dat ze de atmosfeer van de aarde binnen komen.
Anderen exploderen zoals we enkele jaren geleden hebben kunnen zien boven Rusland en weer andere komen op aarde terecht.
Deze vuurballen nemen jaar na jaar toe, zoals te zien is op de volgende grafiek die van de afgelopen jaren het verloop van vuurballen laat zien in de periode januari tot augustus.
Een toename die door de wetenschap en de mainstreammedia niet wordt genoemd. Niet zo vreemd natuurlijk als je weet dat de toename van dit soort objecten samenhangt met de komst van een mini zonnestelsel.
Dit zonnestelsel zwiept als het ware een enorm veld van ruimtepuin voor zich uit, waarin wij nu zo’n beetje terechtkomen.
Zo kan het bijvoorbeeld dat NASA op 27 augustus meldde dat ze op één dag 200 vuurballen hadden waargenomen in één nacht, terwijl het gebruikelijke aantal ergens tussen de 15 en 45 ligt. Deze vuurballen vormden geen onderdeel van een bekende meteorenregen, ze waren er gewoon, van het ene moment op het andere.
Het zal dan ook niet voor niets zijn dat er de afgelopen tientallen jaren miljarden euro’s en/of dollars zijn uitgegeven aan het bouwen van ondergrondse schuilplaatsen.
Aangezien ze bij ons klaarblijkelijk volledig zitten te slapen voor wat betreft gevaarlijke asteroïden is het dan ook niet zo vreemd dat in China dit soort objecten wel worden ontdekt.
Of de asteroïde waar in onderstaande video over wordt gesproken en waarvoor waarschuwingen schijnen te komen uit China daadwerkelijk een groot gevaar is, is op dit moment niet geheel duidelijk.
Wat wel met de dag duidelijker wordt, is dat we de komende jaren nog veel meer onverwachte dingen uit de ruimte om de oren zullen krijgen.
Aliens Abduct Man In Puerto Rico And Reveal Meteor About To Wipe Out Earth, 1988, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Aliens Abduct Man In Puerto Rico And Reveal Meteor About To Wipe Out Earth, 1988, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of contact: 1988 Location of contact: Puerto Rico This is a sighting...that pushing me in the back of my mind. Its inspiring to know that aliens abducted many individuals from many location and taught them together about the future fate of the world. None of the other abductees have ever been identified, and probably tried to hide the experience from all others, but not this brave guy in Puerto Rico. He not only reported it, he got some great photos of military jets making fly bys of the UFO when he got off. Check out his video below...it will change how you see things. Scott C. Waring
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How did a guy from Puerto Rico who claimed he was abducted by aliens know about a New World Order in 1988? An abduction tale that included a post-Apocalyptic Earth one world government run by aliens living on an artificial island in the middle of a dark, dirty black sea. The video posted below is a 1991 interview with a man named Amaury Rivera Toro--we'll call him 'Rivera'--who claimed he was abducted by aliens in Puerto Rico on May 14, 1988. Rivera was interviewed in 1991 by Jim Cunningham at the First international UFO Conference at the Riveria Hotel in Las Vegas. Along with his fantastical tale of an alien abduction including half-human demon-like beings, an 'extraterrestrial human' and holographic projections Rivera produced photos of a UFO and a fighter jet Rivera claimed he took immediately after his Close Encounter of the Third Kind. Along with the video we found a written account from Rivera that revealed more details.
Is Rivera's alien abduction tale false and the photos a hoax? In the video a UFO investigator claimed he spoke with other Puerto Ricans who claimed they came in contact with a 'Man in Black' similar to the one in Rivera's close encounter.
If we were conspiracy theorists we'd wonder whether Rivera's close encounter was with humans who planted, in 1988, the seeds of a False Flag alien invasion; evil humans bent on building a one world government, New World Order. If we believed in Biblical prophecies we'd wonder if the 'beings' Rivera encountered were demons and fallen angels; one of the holographic 'projections' Rivera saw, a vision of a post-Apocalyptic future-a 'New World Order' run by the Antichrist from a island located in a Hades type sea. Rivera, in the 1991 video interview: "I encountered two small beings, two small strange men which I didn't think were men from outerspace. Rivera's written account was posted at the Phantoms and Monsters website. Rivera claimed he came across a thick blanket of fog while driving home at 4:30 am on a lonely stretch of a country backroad: "Suddenly I heard what I initially thought were the sounds of hooves on the paved road. Calves? The sound was coming from the left side, the driver's side, my side. I turned my head towards where the sound was emanating from and to my great surprise what I saw in that moment changed my whole sense of reality. Jogging alongside my old car was a... midget? child? "What the ____ is it?", I remember thinking to myself. My mind was going wild. I didn't know what to think. Demons? "Oh, my God, it's a demons," I thought. I was scared beyond description. Rivera claimed the 'being' wore a small, olive-green, one piece suit. A being 3-4 ft. tall with white skin, a huge head and black bulging eyes. Rivera claimed a second identical being approached the passenger side of his car. Rivera claimed he pissed in his pants then passed out.
Video interview: "They took me somewhere where there were other people besides myself. The other human people like from Puerto Rico I guess." In Rivera's written account Rivera claimed he and his car wound up in what he described as an underground parking lot: "When I woke up I had no idea of my whereabouts. I was still seated in my car but I was no longer on the road. I found myself in a strange place where there were other cars. These other cars were empty. I distinctly remember looking around for a sign that would read "Exit." There were none in this place that looked like an underground parking lot. There were no doors that I could see; no windows either. The colors of the walls were a non metallic light gray." Rivera claimed he saw one of the beings who reached out and touched Rivera's forehead with it's 'tiny hand' rendering Rivera unconscious. Rivera awoke in a room with 14 other terrified people; a light grey illuminated room. Out of nowhere the 'man in black' and two beings appeared. Video interview: "From here another human being showed up, he claimed to be from a distant planet. He was dressed in black, had dark skin but he was not a Negro. He had a long black hair to the shoulders and he spoke to us with the mouth, verbally. And no telepathic speaking. " Written account: "This man was dressed in a black shirt and black pants. His shoes were of the same color. His skin was a dark tan complexion. Like the skin color of an Arab or a Hindu. He did not appear to be tall; maybe 5 feet 7 inches or so. He stood before us and the two small beings situated themselves — one to his right, the other to his left. This man with long black shoulder length hair spoke to us in perfect Spanish. He claimed to be as human as we are but from a different planet, another world which rotates around an alien star (sun)." Rivera claimed the "extraterrestrial human", the man in black, showed the terrified humans 'projections':
Whistleblowers Claims: Alien Corpses and Roswell UFO Allegedly Stored In Hangar 18
Whistleblowers Claims:Alien Corpses and Roswell UFO Allegedly Stored In Hangar 18
The alleged UFO crash at a ranch in Roswell, New Mexico has opened the doors to alien existence. Today, many conspiracy theorists consider the Roswell incident as one of the conspicuous evidence that US government has covered up the truth about extra-terrestrial life’s presence on Earth. Following the crash, several whistleblowers have given their respective testimonies indicating that corpses, alien technological artifacts, and debris were being recovered and that they were transported to Hangar 18 situated in Area B of the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, just northeast of Ohio.
For additional information, the Wright-Patterson AFB was established since 1948 through a merger of Wright and Patterson Fields. These two are the sites of experimental flights conducted by the Wright brothers, Wilbur, and Orville. The said base was believed to be a place where the highly-classified defense projects take place. According to the rumors that spread widely, Hangar 18 is the most restricted installation area in the country because it is where the alien corpses and debris were recovered from the incident. UFO believers claimed that such debris and corpses were transported to Hangar 18 in a secret and exclusive manner. Several whistleblower testimonies have corroborated these beliefs.
Due to their testimonies, the authorities have been suspected to have been covering up the details. At first, the media mentioned the recoveries of corpses, but later on, the authorities withdrew the information. However, the alien researchers believed that fake debris was sent to Fort Worth, but the genuine alien bodies were stored inside Hangar 18.The authorities then distracted the media with photos of weather balloon debris. Despite the concealment, several eyewitnesses, both military and civilian, have given testimonies since the incident in 1947. According to Lt. Robert Shirkey and Sgt. Robert Smith, the crashed object was a lightweight craft made from an aluminium-looking material. Despite the substantial evidence, U.S. authorities still deny the allegations that they are covering up extraterrestrial evidence. However, alien researchers insist that the USAF program is a species of cover-up claims. According to the researchers, the Project Blue Book files, which were released online was not complete.
The Sign of Alien Presence: Roswell Incident, Cattle Mutilations, and UFO Sightings
The Sign of Alien Presence: Roswell Incident, Cattle Mutilations, and UFO Sightings
Recently, Ben Mezrich wrote a book about the Social Network film and mentioned how turned his attentions to the UFOs. He also said about the military have been covering up. Months ago, US presidential aspirant Hilary Clinton had promised to uncover the secrecy of alien documents, if there are any, to the general public, provided there be no threat to national security. Even though some people argue that Hilary was just using the files for her campaign, a conclusion about the possibility of life on other planets was made.
The writer believed on the statements thrown by Hilary. During the previous years, he was not a UFO believer because he came from a family of scientists. Even though there exists life on other planets, owing from the different objects seen every day, an infinite number of stars, and among others, the idea of flying objects and extraterrestrial vessels seems silly to seriously contemplate. However, his beliefs were reversed when he met the protagonist of his latest book entitled “The 37 Parallel” (Amazon link) from Chuck Zukowski.
Until the summer of 2010, Chuck was used to be a microchip engineer and sheriff’s deputy (part-time reserve only). Unfortunately, he was fired while investigating a cattle mutilation on a ranch in Colorado. The trend of cattle mutilation is one of the most mysterious at the same time far-reaching stories brought in this modern age. For the past 70 years, more than 10,000 horses and cows have been mutilated and killed in a brutal fashion. The cattle were lying on their sides, and their organs were removed in precise wounds. What is more mysterious is the organs removed from the animals are tongues, hearts, eyes, and lungs. To worst scenario is the carcasses found that have been completely drained of blood.
Despite the petitions and investigations for ten years involving agents, they found absolutely nothing. Since no suspect was found, no probable cause to arrest a particular person. To this end, no conclusions have been found and so the case remains a mystery. Chuck is beginning to wonder if the mutilation he was investigating was a result of the UFO’s activity. After all, a strange sighting was quite common in Colorado. He is indeed entitled to his opinion, and should be forgiven. After all, strange sightings have been seen by different people all over the world.
Ancient Aliens – Shiva the Destroyer History Channel, Season 11 Episode 15 2nd September 2016
Of the millions of Hindu gods, none is more important than Shiva–the great destroyer. Ancient Astronaut theorists suggest this powerful being that possessed flying machines, incredible weapons, and had supernatural abilities may, in fact, have been the leader of an extraterrestrial faction that came to Earth wielding advanced technology. And the evidence, they say, comes not just from the incredible stories of the ancient Vedic texts, but is also carved in stone throughout the Hindu world. The megalithic Kailasa Temple dedicated to Lord Shiva is carved from a single rock cliff, and it is said that it took just 18 years to chisel out the estimated 400,000 tons of rock excavated in its construction. But how was this accomplished over a thousand years ago when modern engineers say such a feat is not even possible with today’s technology?
The Apollo Program officially ended in 1972 with the Apollo 17 being the last mission to the Moon and back.
However, NASA had planned three more missions, Apollo 18, Apollo 19 and Apollo 20. According to conspiracy theorists, the Apollo missions had discovered ancient artificial structures on the Moon and wanted to explore them without public knowledge.
Apollo 20 is considered one of the most controversial UFO cover-up in history. In 2007, several videos were uploaded to YouTube and the user who provided them claimed they were footage from Apollo 20.
The Cigar-shaped UFO recorded by the Apollo 20 astronauts (reconstructed from 6 video frames - more images available below)
The grainy videos were apparently caught on 16 mm film and show the inside of the Apollo 20 command module as well as what appears to be the intricate architecture of a long-deserted lunar city.
He identified himself as former astronaut William Rutledge and according to him, the mission took place in 1976 as a secret Soviet-American joint venture.
He was chosen to be part of the team due to being an atheist, which was a rarity among astronauts in the 1970’s.
Why would NASA require someone who didn’t believe in God for this mission? Would a believer have lost his faith?
Rutledge said that the Apollo 14 mission had passed over the southern polar region of the Moon, observing numerous abandoned space ships and cities comprised of towering structures.
The Apollo 20 landed near the Delporte Crater and its mission was to explore a cigar-shaped mother ship that had been abandoned for 1.5 million years.
The following pictures are available to us thanks to Ramistrip.com
The alien Spaceship on the Moon is estimated to be 11056 ft (3,370 meters) long:
Click here for more images of the UFO, taken by the Apollo 20 module before landing
Once inside it, the astronauts found two alien bodies. The male was dead but preserved so they recovered the female, dubbed Mona Lisa.
She had a humanoid body, six fingers and her features were similar to those of a human, although she had no nostrils.
Rutledge described her as being in a state of suspended animation, neither dead nor alive. She was attached to the pilot controls of the spaceship, with several tubes going into her body and she was covered in a wax-like substance.
She was brought back to Earth and he suspects that she was revived and is kept somewhere secret to this day. The male was also brought to Earth and an autopsy was performed on him.
The astronauts recovered what technology they could and started their trip home.
William Rutledge is 78 years old and currently living in Rwanda. Due to his age, he says he no longer feels threatened by the secrecy he was sworn to at the time of the mission.
He also stated that it’s not up to NASA or anyone for that matter to keep things of this magnitude hidden from the rest of the world.
The following three videos are allegedly from the Apollo 20 mission (in the first video we are seeing the ruins of an abandoned city on the Moon, in the second video the cigar-shaped UFO, and in the third video the bodies of two humanoid extraterrestrials: a well-preserved deceased male and a female that is still alive, but in suspended animation and covered by a waxy substance):
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THE MOST AMAZING UFO CAUGHT ON VIDEO 2016
THE MOST AMAZING UFO CAUGHT ON VIDEO 2016
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Ik geef jullie deze video mee, maar persoonlijk stel ik mij wel vragen bij de beelden en vraag me af of dit geen hoaxen en trucages zijn... Wat vinden jullie ervan?
I give you guys this video with it, but personally I do ask at the images and wonder if this is no hoaxes and effects special ... What do you guys think of it?
Je vous les gars donner cette vidéo avec elle, mais personnellement je fais poser les images et me demande si si ce sont pas de canulars et des effets spéciaux... Que pensez vous des types de celui-ci ?
How Close Are We To Bringing Star Trek Technologies to Life?
How Close Are We To Bringing Star Trek Technologies to Life?
Star Trek
IN BRIEF
We see the marvels of science and technology every day. But where do we stand? From tricorders to holograms to warp drive, here's a look the gadgets and gizmos in Star Trek and how close they are to reality.
The Dawn spacecraft used futuristic ion engines to fly between the asteroid Vesta and the dwarf planet Ceres. Ion drives are one of many "Star Trek" technologies NASA is pursuing.
Credit: NASA
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While clearly in the realm of fiction, the technologies and equipment presented in Star Trek inspired generations. Who didn’t want their own Holodeck or personal communicator?
But now, real life advancements in computing and robotics have become so robust that we are anticipating the “Singularity,” and NASA has actively been pursuing projects like warp ships. So, just how excited should you be about all of this work? Is the world of Star Trek really that far off?
In 1976, NASA’s space shuttle Enterprise rolled out of the Palmdale manufacturing facilities and was greeted by NASA officials and cast members from the ‘Star Trek’ television series. Credit: NASA
In some respects, we have actually surpassed the gizmos producer Gene Roddenberry and the writers of the show originally thought up. Our cellphones, laptops, and tablets can stream video, images, and text. Moreover, our network of satellites means that, thanks to things like Skype, you can have an instantaneous video call with anyone anywhere on the planet.
In contrast, the crew’s communicators could only do verbal reports. True, their larger computers were capable of a lot more, but as far as handheld devices go, our cell phones are a lot more than what the early creators of Star trek seemed to imagine.
Similarly, the handheld, portable tricorder from Star Trek was essential to the crew. It was able to scan and record biological data from almost anything, and (like the communicators) it could do it anytime and anywhere.
Ultimately, recent technology seems to have been pulling the device out of science fiction and turning it into reality. Take, for example, the tech developed by British company Oxford Nanopore Technologies, which aims to bring portable DNA sequencing into everyday reality. They have made significant advancements in processing the information contained within an object’s genetic code, but while the early work is notable, we’re not there yet. Known as the MinION, production was a disappointment to many scientists due to manufacturing delays, inaccurate results, and lack of truly significant features (but we’re taking baby steps).
And what about warp drive? Well, to begin, the core idea behind this travel is not the propulsion we are familiar with. You don’t accelerate at all. Instead, this method utilizes the flexibility of the fabric of space itself.
The most practical design thus far has been a ring built around a smaller craft that could expand space behind it and shrink it in the front. This essentially creates a warp bubble that would shift space-time around the craft. From the inside, it would appear as though you were racing through space, when in fact there would be no acceleration whatsoever!
But there are problems. Sean Carroll, a theoretical cosmologist famous for his popular science books, went on record saying;
The Alcubierre warp drive is a very interesting arena for thought experiments to try to better understand general relativity and quantum field theory, but it should give you zero hope for actually building a spaceship some day. Some of the many problems are discussed on Wikipedia.
In short, it requires negative energy densities, which can’t be strictly disproven but are probably unrealistic; the total amount of energy is likely to be equivalent to the mass-energy of an astrophysical body; and the gravitational fields produced would likely rip any ship to shreds. My personal estimate of the likelihood we will ever be able to build a “warp drive” is much less than 1%. And the chances it will happen in the next hundred years I would put at less than 0.01%.
And, of course, there is more. Take technology like the Holodeck. Arthur C. Clarke’s Third Law says, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” But, as NASA notes, “we can’t assume every magical feat could be accomplished, given sufficiently advanced technology. Holograms are images that appear to have three-dimensional structure. We can’t yet imagine a way to assemble matter in the same way as the light in a hologram.”
While many Star Trek technologies are in the works in one way or another, we still haven’t got around to making the big stuff real. Warp and ion drives, Mr. Data, fusion engines…and a whole lot of other major projects are still major engineering challenges. In fact, even sending signals over astronomically short distances (like to Mars) still results in lag—while they may be based on shreds of actual math, subspace communications of the Star Trek Variety are still rather impossible.
But as was noted, a number of these technologies are already in the works, and we have surpassed Star Trek in several different areas. So although we might not have Klingons and interstellar travel, we have instantaneous global communication; we have computers that we speak to, and they speak back; we have people living in space…so in some ways, we already are living in a Star Trek-esque world.
And it’s that combination of real science and creative imagination that keeps us all coming back to Roddenberry’s world.
Ten Incredible Unexplained Mysteries - Video, Photos
Ten Incredible Unexplained Mysteries - Video, Photos
Unsolved ancient mysterieshave captivated man for centuries. For most of us these enduring mysteries might unlock some secrets from our ancient ancestors. For others, including the worlds greatest minds, the challenge of deciphering these ancient codes and mysteries is an enigma that could lead to great fame and possibly fortune.
Other are convinced that our ancient ancestors had access to incredible knowledge and technologies that have been lost over time and will not be gained again until man reaches a higher consciousness. Whatever you believe, these remain ten of the greatest mysteries still unsolved.
1. Damacus Sword
Mesmerizing Damascus Sword
The remarkable characteristics of Damascus steel became known to Europe when the Crusaders reached the Middle East, beginning in the 11th century.
They discovered that swords of this metal could split a feather in midair, yet retain their edge through many a battle with the Saracens. The swords were easily recognized by a characteristic watery or ”damask” pattern on their blades.
Such blades were reputed to be not only tough and resistant to shattering, but capable of being honed to a sharp and resilient edge.
The original method of producing Damascus steel is not known. Due to differences in raw materials and manufacturing techniques, modern attempts to duplicate the metal have failed.
2. Pillar of Delhi
Mysterious Noncorroding Pillar of Delhi
Standing at the center of the Quwwatul Mosque the Iron Pillar is one of Delhi's most curious structures. Dating back to 4th century A.D., the pillar bears an inscription which states that it was erected as a flagstaff in honour of the Hindu god, Vishnu, and in the memory of the Gupta King Chandragupta II (375-413). How the pillar moved to its present location remains a mystery. The pillar also highlights ancient India's achievements in metallurgy. The pillar is made of 98 per cent wrought iron and has stood 1,600 years without rusting or decomposing.
3. Costa Rican Spheres
The incomprehensible Spheres of Costa Rico
Hundreds of stone spheres have been documented in Costa Rica, ranging in size from a few centimeters to over two meters in diameter. Almost all of them are made of granodiorite, a hard, igneous stone. These objects are not natural in origin, unlike the stone balls in Jalisco, Mexico that were described in a 1965 National Geographic article. Rather, they are monolithic sculptures made by human hands.
The spheres have been endangered since the moment of their discovery. Many have been destroyed, dynamited by treasure hunters or cracked and broken by agricultural activities. At the time of a major study undertaken in the 1950s, fifty balls were recorded as being in situ. Today, only a handful are known to be in their original locations. Theories abound about who made them and how but the bottom line is no one really knows.
4. Baigong Pipes
Captivating and very mysterious Baigong Pipes of China
Local legend speculates that Mt. Baigong in the Qinghai Province of China is an ancient extraterrestrial laboratory. Aside from the mysterious pyramid that crowns the mountain, three triangular entrances at the mountain’s base lead the way to hundreds of decrepit metal pipe-like structures of unknown origin.
The rusty tubes, ranging from needle-size to 16 inches in diameter, reach from deep inside the mountain to a saltwater lake 260 feet away. Many of the hollow pipes are uniform in size and seem to be placed purposefully. The ancient objects are embedded deep enough into the mountain wall and floor to preclude modern human handling. The inhospitable environment surrounding the mountain sees only the occasional nomad. Unless these wanderers developed secret advanced metallurgy skills, the pipes were not formed by 'human' hands.
What is astonishing is inside for there is a half-pipe about 40 centimeters in diameter tilting from the top to the inner end of the cave. Another pipe of the same diameter goes into the earth with only its top visible above the ground. At the opening of the cave there are a dozen pipes at the diameter between 10 and 40 centimeters that run straight into the mountain in what appears to be a sophisticated mounting technique. About 80 meters away from the caves is the shimmering Toson Lake, on whose beach 40 meters away, many iron pipes can be found scattered on sands and rocks. They run in the east-west direction with a diameter between 2 and 4.5 centimeters. Oddly there are pipes located in the lake, some reaching above the surface and some remain buried below, scattered across the beach are similar pipes with the same shape and thickness.
5. Antikythera Mechanism
An exacting modern replica of the Antikythera Mechanism
The Antikythera Mechanism is one of the world's oldest known geared devices. It has puzzled and intrigued historians of science and technology since its discovery. It was recovered in 1900–01 from the Antikythera wreck, a shipwreck off the Greek island of Antikythera. The device seemed to have a range of interlocking gears made of bronze and a hand crank to give a turning movement to the geared mechanism, plus a display that showed information about the moon, sun and planets against a background of stars. Taking all the available facts into account, the prevailing theory at the moment is that the device was a clockwork-like mechanism designed to display the progress and positions of the sun, moon, and probably all five of the other planets known at the time (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn) over a period of 19 years. In other words: it’s an analog astronomical computer. It had apparently been built several years before the shipwreck - most likely in 82 B.C.
The levels of precision and astronomical understanding necessary to the functionality of the antikythera Mechanism perhaps attest to the strong possibility that this example of ancient genius in mechanics and science was not unique and that its designers and fabricators were capable of producing other examples of such, or similar, instruments.
6. Voynich Manuscript
A language that is not understood and drawing of plants that don't exist at least on earth
The Voynich manuscript has been studied by many professional and amateur cryptographers, including American and British code-breakers from both World War I and World War II.No one has yet succeeded in deciphering the text, and it has become a famous case in the history of cryptography.
The mystery of the meaning and origin of the manuscript has excited the popular imagination, making the manuscript the subject of novels and speculation. None of the many hypotheses proposed over the last hundred years has yet been independently verified.
While each page displays plants, none of them has been identified but a more interesting aspect of this mystery is that the manuscript contains astronomical content.
One series of 12 diagrams depicts conventional symbols for the zodiacal constellations. Each of these has 30 female figures arranged in two or more concentric bands. Most of the females are at least partly naked, and each holds what appears to be a labeled star or is shown with the star attached by what could be a tether or cord of some kind to either arm. The last two pages of this section were lost, while Aries and Taurus are split into four paired diagrams with 15 women and 15 stars each. Some of these diagrams are on fold-out pages. The Voynich Manuscript is a true historical mystery but of what time and place is unknown.
7. Egyptian Mummies
Ancient Mummies in for modern day drug testing - they failed
Scientists found hashish, cocaine and tobacco in 9 Egyptian mummies, however, tobacco was unknown in the Old World until the Spanish brought it back from the Americas in the Sixteenth Century.
"Apart from an ongoing investigation of hallucinogenic drugs in ancient societies, this preliminary study reports the identification of cocaine, hashish, and nicotine in Egyptian mummies. We took samples of soft tissue, bone, and hair from nine mummies. Drugs were detected by radio-immunoassay and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry."
Ancient Egypt has confounded the experts for centuries and this discovery within the mummies only adds one more element of intrigue.
8. Bagdad Lights
The carvings show ancients using electricity that defy logic but make perfect sense.
One of the great mysteries of ancient Egyptian architecture is how were so many things built without electricity. Pyramids, tombs and temples had a vast network of hallways and tunnels, many were lined with painting and carvings. Was it all done in the dark? That is not very likely.
Some have speculated that it was done with a series of mirrors or copper that reflected light into the vast array of pitch black corridors. To the logical mind that is pretty far fetched.
Many still believe today that the only form of light the Egyptians used came from oil lamps, candles and torches. Well if that's the case where is the soot. Conspicuous by it absence is the soot or black grime or residue that these primitive forms of light emitted. So, how did they do it? Easy, electricity A Norwegian electrical engineer noticed that the object shown on the relief in the photo just above could work as a lamp. An Austrian scientist was able to construct a working model, and two well known authors in the AAS, Peter Krassa and Rainer Habeck, could even work out a real theory based on it. What we see is without question a form of bulb, with two arms reaching into it near its thick end, and a sort of cable at the other end, from where a snake is leaping out to touch the arms on the other side. The whole ensemble really looks like a lamp.
9. San Pedro Mountain Mummy
The San Pedro Mountain Mummy - Known as the Tiny People Eaters
Oral traditions of many Native American tribes, including the Arapaho, Sioux, Cheyenne, and Crow, tell of "little people” who stand from just 20 inches to three feet tall. In some tribes they are known as "tiny people eaters,” in others they were known to have been spirits and healers, and some believed them to be magical, similar to leprechauns or fairies. In any event, the legends were well known among Indians across the nation, long before the Europeans set foot upon the Americas.
Though many believe these "little people” to be only the stuff of legends, several discoveries point to the contrary, the most significant of which, was a 14” inch fully formed mummy found in 1932. Called the Pedro Mountains Mummy, he was discovered when two men were digging for gold in the San Pedro Mountains about 60 miles southwest of Casper,Wyoming .
Many screamed hoax and scientist assembled to perform test. Anthropologists would soon be surprised to see that x-rays displayed a perfectly formed, manlike skeleton. The examines also showed that the mummy had been killed violently, as the spine was damaged, a collarbone broken, and the skull had been smashed in by a heavy blow. The soft substance at the top of the head exposed brain tissue and congealed blood. After the tests were complete, the scientists estimated that the mummy was a full grown adult who was approximately 65 years old at the time of his death. One odd finding was that its teeth were overly pointed, having a full set of canines.
10. Man Made City of Nan Madol
The man made city of Nan Madol - were the building stone levitated into place as legend says?
If Nan Madol was anywhere else on the planet it would attract thousands of visitors a day. There truly is no other place on Earth like it. It is located in Micronesia in the western Pacific Ocean. The city, constructed in a lagoon, consists of a series of small man-made islands linked by a network of canals.
According to Pohnpeian legend, Nan Madol was constructed by twin sorcerers Olisihpa and Olosohpa from the mythical Western Katau, or Kanamwayso. The brothers arrived in a large canoe seeking a place to build an altar so that they could worship Nahnisohn Sahpw, the god of agriculture. After several false starts, the two brothers successfully built an altar off Temwen Island, where they performed their rituals. In legend, these brothers levitated the huge stones with the aid of a flying dragon.
The technologies of ancient civilizations continue to baffle scientific explanation. Nan Madol is a ruined city that lies off the eastern shore of the island of Pohnpei and was the capital of the Saudeleur dynasty until about AD 1500. The Megalithic city consists of a series of small artificial islands linked by a network of canals and is often called the "Venice of the Pacific". The name Nan Madol means "spaces between" and is a reference to the canals that crisscross the ruins.The original name was Soun Nan-leng (Reef of Heaven).
Nan Madol required a tremendous effort and expertise so that the great number of stones, weighing anywhere from five to fifty tons, could be moved and raised to where they were needed. To erect walls 10 feet wide and up to 37 feet tall, 250 million pieces of rock(700 000 metric tons) had to be logged in from the quarry on the opposite side of the island. The locals say that the ancient builders used magic. A powerful magician living in the well inhabited region on the northwest of the island was solicited, With "sounds of varying pitch" he made basalt logs fly through the air like birds and settle down in their appointed places.
Reagan had two UFO sightings, the US president spoke the the United Nations about an alien invasion, UFO Sighting News.
Reagan had two UFO sightings, the US president spoke the the United Nations about an alien invasion, UFO Sighting News.
President Ronald Reagan said he had two UFO sightings, both in a plane, where he told the pilot to follow it, which they did for a few minutes. He constantly thought about this and had inside info from the CIA about the existence of aliens. He knew things...and his subconscious would never stop pushing him to tell the public the truth...but remember what the CIA did when Kennedy pushed the CIA to reveal to NASA the truth...he was killed one week later from the signing of a memo about it. Reagan tried to warn us of a alien invasion. He succeeded. Scott C. Waring Video states:
There were four persons aboard the plane: pilot Bill Paynter, two security guards, and the governor of California, Ronald Reagan. As the airplane approached Bakersfield, California, the passengers called Paynter’s attention to a strange object to their rear. “It appeared to be several hundred yards away,” Paynter recalled. “It was a fairly steady light until it began to accelerate. Then it appeared to elongate. Then the light took off. It went up at a 45-degree angle-at a high rate of speed. Everyone on the plane was surprised. . . . The UFO went from a normal cruise speed to a fantastic speed instantly. If you give an airplane power, it will accelerate-but not like a hot rod, and that’s what this was like.”
A week later Reagan recounted the sighting to Norman C. Miller, then Washington bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal. Reagan told Miller, “We followed it for several minutes. It was a bright white light. We followed it to Bakersfield, and all of a sudden to our utter amazement it went straight up into the heavens.” When Miller expressed some doubt, a “look of horror came over [Reagan]. It suddenly dawned on him . . . that he was talking to a reporter.” Immediately afterward, according to Miller, Reagan “clammed up.”
Reagan has not discussed the incident publicly since.
If you can't believe a US president when he say he saw a UFO, than you can't believe anyone. He risked a lot by telling everyone about this sighting and having it go on record, and yet, he didn't care about the risk. Thats cool. Scott C. Waring
News states: In October 1969, a young Georgia politician was leaving a fundraiser when he spotted a large object glowing in the sky. Four years later, in September 1973, he formally filed a UFO sighting report with the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP). That politician was Jimmy Carter, who went on to become the United States' 39th president. A new episode of NASA’s Unexplained Files, which airs Tuesday at 9 p.m. on the Science Channel, explores Carter’s UFO filing. Author William J. Birnes said in the episode: "When he looks up in the sky and he sees an object, it is bigger than the moon. He says to himself, 'That is the darndest thing I ever saw.'" There is no reasonable explanation for what Carter saw that October night, but it continued to occupy his mind. During Carter’s 1976 presidential campaign, he brought up his UFO encounter. He promised that if he was elected, he would encourage the government to release “every piece of information” about UFOs to the public. While Carter did win the election, he later backed away from his promise, saying that the release of such documents would cause national security “defense implications." In a 2007 interview with CNN, Carter was asked about his UFO sighting, to which he replied: “It was unidentified as far as we were concerned, but I think it’s impossible in my opinion — some people disagree — to have space people from other planets or other stars to come to us. I don’t think that’s possible.”
Ex-NASA astronaut says aliens are ‘in the universe’ and here’s why we haven’t found them
Ex-NASA astronaut says aliens are ‘in the universe’ and here’s why we haven’t found them
A former astronaut thinks he has exposed the truth about life on other planets.And as it turns out, the creatures are all over our universe – he believes.LeroyChiao, 56, from Milwaukee, – who logged nearly 230 days in space – has revealed the secret to finding them.
Mr Chiao said: “I have had the privilege of flying to space and I have gazed down at our home planet.”
OUTTA THIS WORLD: Aliens do exist all over the universe the boffin claims / GETTY
“I believe there is life all over our universe”
“My view on alien life may be surprising to most.
“But so what?
“I believe there is life all over our universe, since it would be the height of arrogance to think that we are alone.”
And the top boffin lifted the lid on why the human race hasn’t managed to hunt down aliens.
SPACE MAD: Mr Chaio has logged nearly 230 days in space / GETTY“I believe that life is always starting out in some parts of the universe at the same time that it is dying out in others,” he wrote on The Christian Science Monitor.“We don’t know about each other, simply because the distances are so vast.“We won’t easily find evidence of alien life around another star, especially those that are hundreds of millions of lightyears away, or more.”Boffins were excited by the new alien world on Earth’s cosmic doorstep, a planet orbiting Proxima Centauri, the closest neighbouring star to the Sun.
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IS THIS REALLY A CLOSE ENCOUNTER? Off duty cops claim to have filmed a UFO in the skies above England
IS THIS REALLY A CLOSE ENCOUNTER? Off duty cops claim to have filmed a UFO in the skies above England
The sighting lasted around 30 minutes and shows the object move slowly across the sky.
THIS is the moment two police officers claim to have captured their close encounter with a UFO on camera.
The duo watched as the cigar shaped object moved slowly across the sky over the North East of England.
Two police officers say they had a close encounter with a UFO – and even managed to capture the unexplained phenomena on camera
The UFO was said to be filmed by two off-duty police officers near Consett, in County Durham.
The sighting, which lasted around 30 minutes, is one of hundreds made by police officers over the past 115 years.
Former police detective Gary Heseltine has studied the footage and believes it is genuine.
He said: “It was filmed by two off-duty police officers near Consett, in County Durham. On what was a bright clear day, the object was seen to rotate on its own axis in a vertical position.”
Gary added: “They object was estimated to be at an altitude of approximately 1,000ft to 5,000ft with dimensions of 200 to 400 feet in length. Note the sun glinting off what appears to be a metallic surface as it rotates.”
Gary, 56, has collected and studied more than 500 police sightings dating back to 1901 involving around 1,000 officers.
And he has revealed how two security officers, who were guarding one of Margaret Thatcher’s key Cabinet members, witnessed a cylindrical metallic UFO the size of a football field over the house in North Yorkshire in Spring 1981.
One officer was so alarmed he pulled out his gun but his colleague warned him not to fire.
Another case involved two uniformed officers who saw a huge black silent triangle the size of three football pitches fly over the A40 in Northholt in Middlesex.
Revealing another incident, Gary, who now edits UFO Truth Magazine, said: “Three uniformed police officers parked up in a rural area when they saw a bright flash on the horizon near Long Crendon, Bucks.
“Several minutes later a huge object ‘appeared’ in front of them, the size of a football field, and was shining a wide beam of light across the terrain that was the width of a football field.
“Approximately six other small objects were seen flying around the larger craft akin to a ‘mothership’ type scenario. After several minutes the craft simply disappeared from view in the blink of an eye.”
Former policeman Gary Heseltine
Gary Heseltine has collected and studied more than 500 police sightings dating back to 1901 involving around 1,000 officers.
The retired cop, who was heavily involved in the Selby rail disaster in 2001, believes the truth really is out there after he witnessed a UFO as a teenager.
Gary, who is married with two daughters, said: “I had my own sighting as a 16 year old boy in Scunthorpe, Lincs, in 1976 when I was walking a then girlfriend home.
“As we walked along a dark narrow path we saw a bright white light that appeared to trigger several power grid failures. I then rode home and was able to predict almost to the very second where there would be another power cut after the object passed over my home.”
In 2002 Gary set up the Police Reporting UFO Sightings (PRUFOS) database to log reports from serving and retired officers. He started with just a handful but it has grown to 500 from 1,000 officers dating back to 1901.
In 2013, he decided to retire early to become a full-time UFO detective.
He said: “During my police service I had two off duty sightings, one seeing three bright objects holding an arrowhead shape formation high in the sky against a backdrop of night stars and a daytime sighting where I saw with binoculars a silver metallic looking sphere as it passed parallel to my home.”
Gary, who lives in Scholes, West Yorkshire, is writing a book called ‘UFOs – Through Police Eyes’.
He recently called on the Defence Minister Michael Fallon to make a new statement about the infamous Rendlesham Forest incident of 1980 when military personnel saw UFOs over the twin airbases of RAF Woodbridge and RAF Bentwaters in Suffolk.
A spokesman from the MOD said: “In over 50 years no UFO report has ever revealed anything to suggest a military threat to the UK.”
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Pentagon officials are funding a secretive UFO-hunting operation… in the heart of London
Pentagon officials are funding a secretive UFO-hunting operation… in the heart of London
AMERICAN-FUNDED UFO hunters are apparently scouring space for signs of alien life – from a secretive base in the heart of London.
The Ministry of Defence was set to axe its UFO department back in 2009, when officials from the American secret service stepped in to save the obscure MoD operation.
And apparently, Pentagon bosses decided that the best spot to continue the hunt for alien life was in Soho, right next to the HQ of film giant 20th Century Fox.
The secretive London office can be found in Soho Square, where British and American UFO-hunters scan the skies for proof that we are not alone.
Funded largely by US tax dollars, the office includes a small team of Brits alongside the largely American workforce, with the secretive department overseen by an American colonel.
The base was accidentally mentioned in an MoD magazine, according to a serving military source
A serving military source told The Express: “There was pressure from a similar unit in the Pentagon which wanted to incorporate the MoD unit.
“It was decided to move the unit to Soho Square and I understand that it now has a number of American personnel.
“The relocation was even accidentally published in the MoD’s magazine, though few noticed.
“The operation took on a new role overseen by the Pentagon. It does, however, report directly to the MoD.”
Conceptual visualization of an alien or extraterrestrial life.
British and US analysts are apparently operating from a secret UFO-hunter HQ in Soho.
Although the bulk of the operation deals with the militarisation of space, the search for alien life is still included in the team’s brief.
Although the MoD refuses to discuss individual units, Liz Quintana, director of military sciences at the Royal United Services think tank, said: “Britain has maintained its interest in space and the issue of UFOs.
“It would not surprise me if the UK and US had an office here.
“Space is becoming increasingly contested and congested. Some of this is peaceful, some of it has dual use and some distinctly nefarious. Russia and China particularly are active.”
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The Mystery of Rh-Negative Blood
The Mystery of Rh-Negative Blood
What Does the absence of Rhesus monkey factor mean?
No solid scientific explanation exists as to how or why Rh- blood came about. It is presumed to be the result of a random mutation. Have you ever felt you were weird or different? It may be due to your DNA … 85% of humans have the monkey gene (RH+) and 15% do not (RH-) and maybe have an alien gene instead. RH- people are characterized by higher IQs, sensitive vision, lower body temperatures, sensitivity to heat and sunlight, psychic power, ability to stop watches and electrical appliances and having extra vertebrae…
Of the human blood types, O is the most common. It is a universal blood type. Blood types are further broken down into two groups, negative and positive. This is called the RH factor. The RH factor is the Rhesus (rhesus as in monkey) blood factor. If your blood tests positive for this, you have the factor in your blood. If you test negative, you do not have the factor in your blood. The RH factor is a protein found in the human blood that is directly linked to the Rhesus Monkey.
When blood type is inherited from your parents, it is known that this factor element of the blood is the most consistent human or animal characteristic passed on to the off spring. There are VERY few aberrations. It rarely changes.
Most people, about 85%, have RH-positive blood. That could support the idea that humans evolved or were derived from Primates. 15 % of humans have RH-negative blood. If blood type is one of least mutable human characteristic, where did the RH negative come from? This question has puzzled scientists for years. There is some evidence that suggests the RH-negative blood group may have appeared about 35,000 years ago. And the appearance was regional and seemed to, originally, be connected with certain groups/tribes of people.
Northern Spain and Southern France is where you can find some of the highest concentration of the RH-negative factor in the Basque people. Another original group were the Eastern/Oriental Jews. In general, about 40 – 45% of Europeans have the RH-negative group. Only about 3% of African descendent and about 1% of Asian or Native American descendent has the RH-negative group. Due to the larger European numbers, it is a safe bet that was where it was introduced into the human genetic code. Could this also be where the Caucasian was introduced? Is the introduction of Caucasian related to the RH-blood factor.
If the RH-negative factor is a ‘normal’ presentation of blood, then why is there a problem when a mother of the RH-negative blood group gives birth to an RH-positive blood group baby. This Hemolytic disease, actually an allergic reaction, can cause death when the two different blood groups are mingled during pregnancy. When the antigenic substances attack the negative blood group it can destroy the blood cells. So why does the human body produce antigens to this blood type? Is the blood group alien?
The only other time this occurs in nature is, as an example, when donkeys and horses are crossed to produce mules. This is not ‘natural’ because left alone in the wild, these animals would never cross breed. Only with intervention would this happen. Was there a cross breeding of two human like beings, similar but genetically different?
People with RH-negative blood group have certain characteristics that seem to be common among the majority. Here is a brief list of the most common.
¨ Extra vertebra. ¨ Higher than average IQ ¨ More sensitive vision and other senses. ¨ Lower body temperature ¨ Higher blood pressure ¨ Increased occurrence of psychic/intuitive abilities ¨ Predominantly blue, green, or Hazel eyes ¨ Red or reddish hair ¨ Has increased sensitivity to heat and sunlight ¨ Cannot be cloned ¨ Alien Abduction and other unexplained phenomenon
So what does this mean? What can be concluded?
The appearance of RH-negative blood did not follow the usual evolutionary path. In fact, evolution would seem to be ruled out as a possible cause of the anomaly. It has been proven that blood is the least likely to mutate. There are no other blood mutations. The introduction of the RH-negative blood type was not a naturally occurring part of human evolution.
This would lend credence that the RH-negative factor was introduced from an outside source. Could the source be from human like beings from another planet? Or maybe we are just as alien as they are, in that, we are a product of their manipulation and interference. Could they have come here and manipulated life forms already present on earth to create modern man?
Many ancient texts, including, the Bible, do support this theory. Many stories in the ancient texts, especially pre-Christian texts, do tell about a race that from the Heavens to the Earth Came. And they created man in their image. Man saw them as gods, living long lives and performing miracles. Flying about in the sky ships and shooting fire and creating ear-shattering booms. The humans watched as these gods built massive and glorious houses and created beautiful cities for themselves. From man’s primitive point of view, they were gods. But that was early man’s point of view.
Who were the gods? The ancient stories tell us a lot about these gods. They obviously had advanced technology capable of space travel and air travel. They knew about aviation, metallurgy, the universe, the cosmic progression, medicine and evidently genetics. They knew about atomic energy and weapons and used them. Evidence of this can be found on Earth. They knew about agriculture and how to create more nutritious grains and other food staples. All of the basic grains that humans rely on for food have been determined to have all appeared at the same time spanning roughly a 10,000 year period. A very short time, geologically speaking. And no new grain has since been developed.
Our ancient texts tell us they began to take humans for their spouses. The Bible says, and the gods looked upon woman and found her pleasant to behold and took her as their wives. They had children, many children. But not all humans were a result of interbreeding. The first human was a result of scientific research combining primates with the gods’ genes. The first humans were not a product of interbreeding. But small portions of humans are a result of this interbreeding and their blood type can support this.
In the first part of this article, I described to you what happens when two species who similar but genetically different interbreed. They produce hybrids. The example I gave was about horses, donkeys, and mules. Mules are the hybrid, the product of a union between a horse and a donkey. However, mules are born sterile because there is no genetic relationship between the horse and the donkey.
When humans were first created, they were a product of two genetically similar but not related species.
The combination of the DNA of the primates and the gods was produced ‘artificially’ in a lab. If the gods have the technology to create a new species, they would have no problem overcoming the problem of the hybrids being sterile. A little genetic manipulation and it would no longer be an issue.
Three proto types of humans were created. Each one successively more advanced. Two types by design and the last by chance.Neanderthal Man is suspected of being an early humanoid created by the gods but Cro-magnon was definitely a product of their intervention. The next type is whom we call pre-human and then we have modern man. Modern man was a result of interbreeding between the gods and pre-humans. This interbreeding for the most part created no problems in the resulting offspring, except for a line that inherited, from their godly parents, the RH-negative blood type.
This is supported by the fact that these humans did not inherit the protein found in the blood that is directly linked to the Rhesus Monkey. They did not inherit it because one of their parents did not have the monkey protein. This protein is present only because combining primate DNA with DNA from the gods created the original human proto-type that carried the monkey protein. So in conclusion, I suggest that man is a creation of a highly technological race of human like beings that From the Heavens to the Earth came. I suggest that these advanced beings are still among us today and are still very active in the affairs of man. To what end, I can only suggest.
Global Blood suppliers managed to infect or kill 90% of Hemophiliacs in world by providing them with tainted blood. If Hemophiliac is the “Royal Disease”, woe to generations of boys, who could not be king. Worldwide, over 120,000 men, women and boys…a true “genetic holocaust”…are now infected with HIV worldwide…due to tainted blood transfusions At least 25,000 have died.
In some areas, the Rh-Negative blood factor is referred to as “Blood Royale” or “Royal Blood”. For centuries, European royalty have been inflicted with Hemophilia or “bleeders disease”. Apparently, Queen Victoria was a “carrier” of Hemophilia and gave it to all of her children who then intermarried and infected the bloodlines of very throne in Europe during the 1800s and 1900s.
As a direct result, Hemophilia became known as the “Royal Disease”. To keep this in perspective, only about 5% of all “royalty” have Rh-Factor negative blood…which means “less than the general population. That would indicate that the vast majority of “rulers” and “monarchs” are NOT Rhesus-factor negative. Is this by chance? or by genetic engineering called “arranged marriages”?
For all practical purposes the cultural group with the highest rates of Rh-negative blood are the “Berbers” of Morocco. In an earlier meme, i indicated that the highest concentration of Rh-Factor Negative was from Iraq. It seems that the Berbers may actually have originated thousands of years ago, from the border of Syria and Iraq.
If European royalty are no disposed to intermarriage with Rh-Negs, it may be because they are avoiding the “arab” bloodline? Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. It appears that the Basque Rh-neg factors come from ancient Berber sea farers as early as 8,000 BC! Perhaps, many of the “cave paintings” may be attributed to “strangers” of great artistic ability that migrated into the area.
Is “hyper-creativity” a “symptom” of Rh-Negative Blood? Artists? Entertainers? Who knows…but if European Royalty refuse to marry into the Rh Negative blood line it means one thing…Rh-Neg people are a “competing royal line”.
How do you get rid of it once and for all? Although the British would love for you to think that Victoria was the world’s first carrier…don’t be confused. It was he Hapsburg’s disease. Was Victoria a Hapsburg?
The unofficial motto of the Hapsburg family was “Bella gerunt alii, tu, felix Austria, nubes!” (”Where others must fight wars, you, fortunate Austria, marry!).
It’s curious that “marriage” can be a “dynastic” undertaking but it can also be a perverse form of “bio-warfare” or “genetic warfare”. In fact, the disease was much more ancient.
The “Father of Surgery” was El Zarhawi or Albucasis, 1013-1106. Albucasis described a family where only males died from blood loss after the most trivial of injury.
His full name was Abul Qasim Khalaf ibn al-Abbas al-Zahravi. He was born and brought up in Zahra (zorro?) , the royal suburb of Cordova (Arabic Qurtuba), the capital of Muslim Spain. As we know from the history, Zahra competed in grandeur and magnificence with Baghdad. Al-Zahravi served in the capacity of the court physician to King Al-Hakam-II of Spain. After a long and distinguished medical career he died in 1013 C.E.
As an inventor of many surgical instruments, Al-Zahravi is famous for developing instruments for internal examination of the ear, internal inspection of the urethra and for applying or removing foreign bodies from the throat. He introduced such new procedures as cauterization of wounds, crushing stones inside the bladder, the vivisection and dissection.
He applied cauterization procedure to as many as 50 different operations. In addition, Al-Zahravi discussed the preparation of medicines and the application of such techniques as sublimation and decantation. He prescribed the use of diuretics, sudorifics, purgatives, the absorption of pure wine and hot baths. Al-Zahravi was the first to give detailed description hemophilia and was the first to use silk thread for stitching wounds.
So, you begin to wonder if the good doctor was treating an “Arab” family in Moorish Spain for the disease. Then you begin to wonder just where a supposed blue blood like Victoria got her “Arab Royalty Disease”??? Was it a disease of Spanish Royalty?
In other words, was marriage to Victoria’s daughters a way to kill or weaken future “non-Hapsburg” kings…since mostly males only contract the disease from their mothers? Still, Hemophilia was in Royalty long before Victoria.
Victoria’s daughters passed the disease into the Spanish, German and Russian Royal lines and threatened the thrones of all of Europes major powers. It would appear that Victoria is actually a direct descendant of Ferdinand of Castille, who retook he city of Castille in 1236, where the surgeon Abulcasis had counseled King Hakam II about a family who’s sons died easily.
As you can see the vast majority of RH- people come from the Basque people of France and Spain, and then Europe has the second highest percentage. We can surmise that the RH- blood type originates out of Europe and has spread over to other countries that contain European ancestry heritage. The RH- recessive alleles (+/-) make up approximately 60% of the Basque people and 40% of the Europeans, so that means that a higher percentage of RH+ people in Europe are carrying the genetics of the RH- factor in their DNA.
“No one has tried to explain where the Rh negative people came from. Most, familiar with blood factors, admit that these people must at least be a mutation if not descendants of a different ancestor. If we are a mutation, what caused the mutation? Why does it continue with the exact characteristics? Why does it so violently reject the Rh factor, if it was in their own ancestry? Who was this ancestor? Difficulties in determining ethnology are largely overcome by the use of blood group data, for they are a single gene characteristic and not affected by the environment.
The Basque people of Spain and France have the highest percentage of Rh negative blood. About 30% have (rr) Rh negative and about 60% carry one (r) negative gene. The average among most people is only 15%-Rh negative, while some groups have very little. The Oriental Jews of Israel, also have a high percent Rh negative, although most other Oriental people have only about 1% Rh negative. The Samaritans and the Black Cochin Jew also have a high percentage of Rh negative blood, although again the Rh negative blood is rare among most black people.
************************************************************************************************* The Basque people are also known for having the oldest language in Europe, and the origins of the Basque language are unknown. The languages in neighboring countries in Europe show no resemblance to the Basque language, so this has become a real mystery to the linguist.
The Celtic people of Ireland and Great Britain also have high incidences of the RH- factor and it has recently been proven that there is a genetic link between the Basque and the Celts. This research proves that the Celtic people came from the Basque regions of France and Spain and a group must have migrated over to the islands of Great Britain. With this research I can surmise that my family got this distinct blood type from our French and Irish ancestry roots.
The Welsh and Irish Celts have been found to be the genetic blood-brothers of Basques, scientists have revealed.
The gene patterns of the three races passed down through the male line are all “strikingly similar”, researchers concluded.
‘Statistically indistinguishable’
He and his colleagues looked at Y-chromosomes, passed from father to son, of Celtic and Norwegian populations. They found them to be quite different.
“But we also noticed that there’s something quite striking about the Celtic populations, and that is that there’s not a lot of genetic variation on the Y-chromosome,” he said.
To try to work out where the Celtic population originally came from, the team from UCL, the University of Oxford and the University of California at Davis also looked at Basques.
“On the Y-chromosome the Celtic populations turn out to be statistically indistinguishable from the Basques,” Professor Goldstein said.
Why are people calling RH negatives “blue bloods”? Well, again a peculiar thing happens between an RH- mother and a second RH+ baby. As you may remember an RH- mother builds up antibodies against the RH+ baby, and this means that the babies blood will start to agglutinate. Before the rhoGAM shot, babies were born blue and they needed to have blood transfusions to survive.
Blue blood is an expression from the Spanish phrase “sangre azul,”indicating noble birth or descent. This is said to derive from the fact that the native Spanish had fairer skin, which displays veins more prominently, than people of Arab origin. After the Moorish occupation of Spain, intermarriage occurred. The result seems to have been that the aristocracy, particularly certain families inCastille, who would not mix with the Moors, showed rather bluer blood vessels (in, for example, the back of the hand) than the ordinary folk.
So the phrase blue blood came to refer to the blood which flowed in the veins of the oldest and most aristocratic families. The phrase was taken over into English in the 1830s. By the time Anthony Trollope used it in The Duke’s Children in 1880, it had become common.
Normaal gezien duurt het proces van de wedergeboorte van een ster veel langer dan een mensenleven, maar toen astronomen SAO 244567 ontdekten, zagen ze meteen dat het geen gewoon hemellichaam was. Ze slaagden voor het eerst in om het opwarmen en afkoelen van een ster tijdens haar wedergeboorte te observeren.
SAO 244567 bevindt zich op 2.700 lichtjaren van de aarde, waarbij 1 lichtjaar gelijk is aan 236 miljoen rondjes rond de aarde ter hoogte van de evenaar. De afgelopen 12.000 jaar warmde de ster langzaam op, waarbij ze steeds kleiner werd en van een grote gele bol evolueerde naar een blauw-witte stip.
De oorspronkelijke gele bol was ongeveer 152 keer zo groot als de zon en had een temperatuur van 3.500 graden Celcius. In 2002 bereikte de opwarming haar hoogtepunt en had de blauw-witte stip nog maar een derde van de omvang van de zon en was de temperatuur gestegen tot maar liefst 60.000 graden Celcius.
Gigantisch Nieuwe observaties hebben echter getoond dat de ster intussen weer aan het uitzetten is - de hergeboorte - en intussen al weer twee derde van de omvang van de zon heeft en 'afgekoeld' is tot 50.000 graden Celcius. De komende honderden jaren zal de ster nog verder uitzetten en afkoelen tot ze haar gigantische proporties weer heeft aangenomen.
Explosie De observatie van die wedergeboorte zou ook meer info geven over wat de wedergeboorte in gang zet: een explosie van heliumresten buiten de kern van de ster, waardoor nucleaire energie vrijkomt. Daar is wel nog heel wat onderzoek naar nodig. Dankzij SAO 244567 kunnen wetenschappers die observaties voor het eerst wel in 'real time' doen, in plaats van simulatiemodellen te moeten gebruiken.
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Zijn aliens al hier op aarde? Sheriff stuit op ‘omvangrijk complot’
Zijn aliens al hier op aarde? Sheriff stuit op ‘omvangrijk complot’
Bestseller-schrijver Ben Mezrich duikt in het boekThe 37th Parallelin het leven van een man die op zoek ging naar buitenaards leven. Voormalig sheriff Chuck Zukowski speurt in het hart van Amerika naar paranormale gebeurtenissen en stuitte op een ‘omvangrijk complot’, meldt AOL News.
Met de 37th parallel (37e breedtegraad) wordt een corridor bedoeld in de Verenigde Staten waarbinnen de meeste UFO-waarnemingen worden gedaan en de meeste gevallen van veeverminking worden gemeld. Er worden vaak vreemde lichten en mysterieuze helikopters gezien in de lucht. Het is een soort ‘UFO-snelweg’ die door onder meer Colorado, New Mexico en Utah loopt.
Ontslagen
“Daar gebeuren al sinds de jaren veertig veel dingen,” zegt Mezrich in het ontbijtprogramma CBS This Morning. “Er zijn meer dan 10.000 koeien en paarden gevonden die organen misten en volledig waren ontdaan van bloed. Niemand weet wat er precies aan de hand is.”
Zukowski was werkzaam als sheriff, maar werd ontslagen toen hij onderzoek begon te doen naar veeverminking. Hij dacht dat hij werd gevolgd en voelde zich bekeken. Dat klinkt misschien als paranoia, maar hier is veel meer aan de hand, weet Mezrich.
Geheimen
De oud-sheriff stortte zich volledig in de UFO-wereld en kwam achter de nodige geheimen. “Er is een enorme stapel bewijs,” zegt Mezrich. “Mainstream wetenschappers en journalisten kijken niet naar UFO’s omdat ze dan hun baan kunnen kwijtraken.”
“Er is veel bewijs voor cover-ups,” benadrukte hij. “Zo is er inmiddels voldoende bewijs waaruit blijkt dat er sprake is van een cover-up rond Roswell.”
Archeoloog Sam Osmanagich blijft achter zijn uitspraken staan. Volgens hem bevinden zich in Visoko in Bosnië en Herzegovina liefst vijf piramides.
Osmanagich, die in 2008 zijn doctoraat behaalde aan de Universiteit van Sarajevo, was onlangs in Singapore voor een conferentie waar hij over de piramides sprak, meldt de krant The Straits Times.
De 55-jarige Osmanagich claimt dat hij ‘het grootste piramidecomplex ter wereld’ heeft ontdekt, dat bestaat uit vijf piramides die allemaal met elkaar zijn verbonden door middel van ondergrondse tunnels.
Status quo
De grootste piramide, de Zonnepiramide, is volgens hem meer dan 220 meter hoog. Dat zou de piramide een stuk hoger maken dan de 147 meter hoge Grote Piramide. “Het zijn niet alleen de oudste piramides in Europa, maar ook de grootste ter wereld,” zei hij. “Dit komt voor veel archeologen als een schok omdat de meeste mensen graag de status quo willen behouden.”
Tien jaar geleden begon Osmanagich opgravingen te verrichten in Visoko. Sindsdien heeft hij een netwerk van ondergrondse tunnels blootgelegd. Hij zegt plantenresten op de piramides te hebben gevonden die 34.000 jaar oud bleken te zijn. De resten ondersteunen zijn claim dat de Zonnepiramide de oudste piramide ter wereld is, aldus de krant.
Belangrijke vragen
Experts zijn sceptisch. Zij denken dat de piramides niets meer zijn dan heuvels. “2500 jaar geleden kon men niet zulke bouwwerken realiseren,” zei professor Curtis Runnels van de Universiteit van Boston.
Dr. Osmanagich denkt echter niet aan opgeven. Hij hoopt er ooit achter te komen wie de piramides heeft gebouwd. “De Egyptische piramides worden al 200 jaar onderzocht door egyptologen, maar nog steeds blijven belangrijke vragen onbeantwoord,” zei hij.
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Filer’s Files # 38 -2016 Cosmonuats Claim UFOs Real - PART I
UFO taken over Tri-Cities area in Michigan on September 9, 2016.
Filer’s Files # 38 -2016 Cosmonuats Claim UFOs Real - PART I
In special reports, this week’s files cover Russian Cosmonaut General confirms UFOs are real, Mystery of the Black Triangles, UFO Flying Crosses Seen from Michigan, Ohio to Germany, Mysterious Cattle Mutilations by Aliens Are Real, The Super Spies, and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Has Not Ruled Out a UFO Causing Explosion, SpaceX Rocket Explosion.
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, New York, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, Washington and Washington D.C.
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over Canada, China, Eire, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain and England in the United Kingdom.
The Filer Research Institute feels the scientific study of UFOs is for the benefit of humankind and is an important endeavor. The US Air Force investigated UFOs publicly for more than twenty years under Project Blue Book; and I continue this advanced research. I believe the God of the universe has spread life throughout the cosmos and UFO’s are visiting us in ever-increasing numbers.
George A. Filer III
New Jersey State Director
MUFON Eastern Region Director
Www.nationalUFOcenter.com. Now receiving 3 million hits a month
Special Reports
Russian Cosmonauts and Generals confirm UFOs are real
During his lecture at the International UFO Congress in Laughlin/NV on Michael Hesemann presented filmed interviews with four Soviet Cosmonauts and four high-ranking Soviet Generals. COSMONAUT MAJOR GENERAL VLADIMIR KOVALYONOK: Saljut VI Mission 1981
Many cosmonauts have seen phenomena which are far beyond the experiences of earthmen. For ten years I never spoke on such things. “The encounter you asked me about happened on May 5, 1981, at about 6 PM, during the Saljut Mission. At that time we were over the area of South Africa, moving towards the area of the Indian ocean. I just made some gymnastic exercises, when I saw in front of me, through a porthole, an object which I could not explain. It is impossible to determine distances in Space. A small object can appear large and far away and the other way around. Sometimes a cloud of dust appears like a large object. Anyway, I saw this object and then something happened I could not explain, something impossible according to the laws of Physics. The object had this shape, elliptical, and flew with us. From a frontal view it looked like it would rotate in flight direction.
It only flew straight, but then a kind of explosion happened, very beautiful to watch, of golden light. This was the first part. Then, one or two seconds later, a second explosion followed somewhere else and two spheres appeared, golden and very beautiful. After this explosion I just saw white smoke, then a cloud-like sphere. Before we entered the darkness, we flew through the terminator, the twilight-zone between day and night. We flew eastwards, and when we entered the darkness of the Earth shadow, I could not see them any longer. The two spheres never returned.” Thanks to Michael Hesemann
Mystery of the Black Triangles
If there is a UFO reality, then why has no one blown the whistle? Informants in the U.K. have been talking about UFO’s and Flying Triangles because they see them every day. These magazines try to use a more down to earth approach as to which UFO’s are extra terrestrial and which aren’t. In the British UFO Magazines there is no question as to whether or not UFO’s exist. Britain has always been the center of “paranormal” anomalies with strange structures, ghosts, crop circles and numerous UFO reports.
One man in particular is Nick Pope, who joined the British Ministry in 1985 and was appointed to a new post at Whitehall Secretariat Air Staff, Department 2A. I guess you could call it the equivalent of the “X-files.” As with any classic “I don’t belong here” story Pope did not believe in the UFO hysteria, and was very skeptical about the Paranormal. After dealing with the reports from the “UFO” desk Pope was slowly changing his mind on the issue. After 3 years at the “UFO” desk Pope declared that UFO’s were a reality. He concluded that there was plenty of evidence to prove their existence. Pope was officially supposed to investigate whether or not these strange aircraft posed a threat to the UK’s defense. Unofficially he was expected to dismiss their existence. Pope decided it was up to him to tell the truth about UFO’s. Pope claims that his peers and the department labeled him a loose cannon and found him to be very suspicious.
They lost trust in him. But Pope stood by his story, analyzing all the data, and claiming that it all added it up to a case for the existence of UFOs. After all of the ridicule, and after claiming that he felt UFOs posed a major threat to our defense systems, Pope was moved in 1994 from the M.O.D. to the financial department. Since 1990 there have been over 4000 sightings of what is known as the “Flying Triangle” or “Silent Vulcan” Over Britain. In the early 90’s there were a similar number over Belgium, France, Holland and Germany, with fighters being sent up to intercept this unknown craft? With people seeing aircraft “as big as a football field and hovering silently” to “hovering craft that shoot off silently.” Another claim was the sighting of “a huge black triangle rising out of the water” it is one of Europe’s most enduring waves of sightings. Nick Pope wrote a book about many of these sightings including one over several Army bases in one night.
One of the more controversial cases is the Bentwaters -Woodbridge UFO case. The Bentwaters-Woodbridge bases are leased to the United States Air Force under NATO terms. The case is one of the creepiest ones I have ever heard. There were at least 30 witnesses who came forward to tell the story of what happened to USAF personnel and British Military in the Rendlesham Forest between the two bases, in December of 1980. The incident began when two USAF security personnel spotted unusual lights hovering over Rendlesham forest. The security staff was worried that a small plane was crashing in the heavily wooded area. According to SSgt. Larry Warren, who was stationed at Bentwaters, who was the first to release the story. It looked like the plane hit and a fire was smoldering in the forest. A group of men set out to find the strange red glowing area. What the men came upon was a triangular UFO. Airmen Steve Roberts and James Archer said that the UFO had a red light on top of it and blue and white lights at the middle and bottom. Archer then claimed he saw occupants inside the strange craft. He claimed that they did not appear human. There were also reports of Jeeps and several High-powered “Light all’s” abruptly died. SSgt’s. Larry Warren and Adrian Bustinza said that the energy just drained out, the animals were going crazy, and the men mentioned a yellow mist in the air. There was another strange anomaly in the area away from the clearing. It was transparent, elliptical like a see through aspirin tablet. It then filled with a bright pulsating mist and it emitted a rainbow of colored lights. There was film shot of the incident. And audio tapes made. However it was later confiscated and flown to Ramstein Air Force Base in West Germany.
NOTE:The above image is a rendering. Thanks to Ken Pfeifer MUFON NJ Website
A report in the magazine Nature, 90-169 a Mr. Charles Smith writes that, at Chisbury, Wiltshire, England, he saw something in the sky. “That was unlike anything I had ever seen before” “Although I have studied the skies for many years, I have never seen anything like it.” He saw two stationary dark patches upon clouds, but the extraordinary part, they were stationary upon clouds that were rapidly moving. They were triangular, and varied in size, but kept the same position upon different clouds as cloud after cloud came along. For more than a half hour Mr. Smith watched these dark triangles on April 8, 191, from The Book of the Dammed by Charles Fort.
In Los Angeles, numerous eyewitnesses report an extremely large triangular object with white lights on the ends; it flew overhead at 200 feet, at a reported 25 mph. This report was from May of 1942. Triangles are also common in the Bluebook files, according to J. Allen Hynek, they account for 11 percent of the unknowns, up till 1968, when Bluebook stopped keeping records. I did a quick search of the 701 unknowns on file and found a few good sightings of triangles.
In September 14, 1952; North Atlantic, between Ireland and Iceland military persons from several countries aboard ships in the NATO in the “Operation Mainbrace” exercise saw UFOs. A blue-green triangle was observed while three objects in a triangular formation gave off white light exhaust all flying at 1,500 m.p.h.
On June 24, 1953; over Simiutak, Greenland at 11:30 a.m. a weather observer A/2c R.A. Hill saw a red triangle hovering for 15 seconds, that then climbed for 5 minutes.
On October 14, 1947; north of Cave Creek, Arizona at noon ex-AAF fighter pilot J.L. Clark, and civilian pilot Anderson, with a third man watched a “flying wing”-shaped object, which looked black against the white clouds and red against the blue sky, flew straight southeast at an estimated 380 m.p.h., at 8-10,000 feet.
On August 25, 1951 in Albuquerque, New Mexico at 9:58 p.m. at Sandia Base Security Guard Hugh Young and his wife saw a flying wing-shaped craft pass over their heads at an estimated 800-1,000 feet altitude with no sound. Size was estimated at 1.5 times the wingspan of B-36 bomber, or 350 feet. There were dark, chord wise stripes on its underside, and 6-8 pairs of soft, glowing lights on the trailing edge of the wing. Speed was estimated at 300-400 m.p.h.
On November 24, 1951 in Mankato, Minnesota at 3:53 p.m. an Air National Guard pilots W.H. Fairbrother and D.E. Stewart in their P-51 Mustangs chased a milky white object shaped like Northrop flying wing slightly swept-back wing with no fuselage or tail.
Another classic “triangle” case would be the Lubbock Lights of 1951. On an August night in 1951, several college professors sitting outside on a porch saw a formation of blue lights fly quickly overhead. Later that evening, they observed the lights again. That same night, a Lubbock woman also spotted the blue lights. The lights framed the tail end of an enormous, “wing like” craft. A few days earlier, an employee of the Atomic Energy Commission saw a wing-shaped” object with blue lights at Albuquerque base, By the end of August, there was another sighting of the object in Matador, Texas, , as well as photographs of the blue lights taken by Texas Tech freshman Carl Hart, Jr. Before the lights disappeared two weeks later, dozens of people in North Texas reported seeing blue lights darting from one end of the horizon to the other.
An investigation into the phenomenon for Project Bluebook–a 1950s and ’60s Air Force study into the possible existence of UFOs–came up with two explanations for the sightings. One theory was that the lights were plovers, West Texas birds with shiny white breasts that could have reflected the city’s glow as they flew overhead; another theory was that the lights were actually a result of Lubbock’s newly installed mercury-vapor street lamps that gave off a bluish haze. However, neither of these explanations accounted for the lights’ immense speed or their sudden disappearance. The Air Force ultimately categorized the Lubbock Lights sightings under the inconclusive heading of “unidentified,” making it one of the most famous–and widely witnessed–UFO incidents in history.
Another example of triangular aircraft would be the famous Phoenix lights of 1997. On March 13th 1997, at least 2 huge triangular shaped objects flew over Phoenix, Arizona; the government says it was an F-16 fighter dropping flares. Witnesses agreed that 1. It was enormous. The most conservative estimate describes it as three football fields long. Computer analysis puts it at 6,000 feet, or more than a mile. 2. It made no sound. 3. It moved slowly over Phoenix, cruising at 30 mph. Several times it hovered in place in the sky. So, as you can see we have been visited by triangles before, now all we need to do is figure out what they are and who they belong to…
UFO Flying Crosses
The best UFO Sightings were posted on You Tube iufosightings channel.
All four crosses were flying horizontal.
The crosses emit cloudlike vapors and energy auras.
Flashing lights and mysterious movies are creating waves and catching attention virtually everywhere as UFOs are becoming the eye candy. However, believers appear to be lesser in number when compared to disbelievers. Every time an apparent alien being observed in the skies, there is always a debate of whether they are indeed UFOs or just birds and ordinary aircraft. Ben Mezrich latest book “The 37th Parallel” could likely make waves in the UFO community. According to Mezrich, cattle mutilation is one of many pieces of evidence about aliens. He wrote that there had been more than ten thousand horses and cows have been found without life and mutilated over the past seventy years. These mutilated animals usually left lying on their sides with organs being removed through what Mezrich describes as precise, circular wounds.
Most mutilated animals have missing lungs, tongues, eyes, and hearts. And, according to Mezrich, this isn’t even the worst part. Nearly all carcasses have been recovered completely drained of blood, Mezrich wrote. As a third-generation cattle rancher in Colorado, Tom Miller knows a lot about raising cattle. What he doesn’t know is what has periodically been mutilating and killing selected animals in his herd since 1999. “There are so many things I don’t understand about it, and no one seems to be able to explain it either,” Miller says on the Sept. 4 episode of the “The Unexplained Files,” a Science Channel series airing Wednesdays. Thousands of cattle mutilations have been reported in the U.S. since the early 1960s, but Miller was still shocked when it began happening to his herd 14 years ago. “First, I thought the cow had died naturally, and then I got closer to it and I could see it wasn’t natural,” he said. “The eyes were gone, the tongue was gone. The ears were gone. The sex organs were cut out. It was just kind of weird.” Miller remains perplexed about other aspects of the mutilations as well: The animals are cut with precision, like with a laser, and there has never been a trace of blood around the animals or body parts strung about. Note: Google Alien Cattle Mutilations has tons of info to read, Ken Pfeifer Mufon NJ Www.Worldufophotos.Org
The Super Spies
The Super Spies by Andrew Tully reveals some interesting information about the intelligence agencies of the United States. They are much larger than most people realize and literally spend billions of dollars protecting the country. Most of the money goes not to the CIA but to Defense Department and the National Security Agency (NSA), and the intelligence agencies of the Army, Navy, and Air Force. NSA has interception stations around the world
Also members of the national intelligence community is the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) its work is considered some of the finest in the intelligence field. The State Department’s INR is often the first intelligence agency to pick up indications of a military buildup in foreign nations. INR discovered that areas were being cleared in Cuba for Soviet missiles, bombers, fighters, and four battle groups of ground forces armed with tactical nuclear weapons. Often most of the personnel in embassies are INR intelligence agents rather than diplomats. The INR analyzed that Khrushchev was likely to try to arm Cuba and set up watch teams at the ports. INR reported that equipment and Soviet personnel were arriving in Cuba on ships with great secrecy and unloaded at night. Large crates were being unloaded and moved inland. U-2 and other reconnaissance aircraft were then alerted to fly over Cuba collecting intelligence on the now opened crates.
INR throughout history has made important discoveries concerning intelligence. They analyze the key leaders in countries around the world noting what is the likely motivation and future actions of various leaders. Foreign intelligence units analyze our leaders, and our likely leaders. Many countries pour millions of dollars to influence the outcome of elections. While I was working in Air Force intelligence we received highly classified daily messages from the State Department indicating the likely threat to our aircraft or terrorist actions.
INR often picks up dissension within various governments such as within China and the Soviet Union that no other spy agency has the resources to pick up. They are often able to get high level personnel in foreign governments to reveal secret operations. For example the Soviet Union and China in the late 60s and early 70s were having serious border fighting between the two countries. The US was not aware of fighting until INR agents in China discovered the border war fighting.
Super Spies states, “America’s spies in the sky, including those “flying saucers” that get lost, provides more intelligence in a single day than any number of secret agents prowling the alleys and boulevards of the world.”
INR warned before the March 2003 of the Iraq invasion about the political and ethnic turmoil that was likely in postwar Iraq. The INR has a vast portfolio, with responsibilities ranging from WMD proliferation and cyber warfare to illegal drugs and human trafficking. Their work covers every inch of the map, and plays a key role in drone strikes. When they’re wrong, terrible things happen—so they make sure they’re never wrong.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Has Not Ruled Out UFO
In illuminating series of tweets from SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed that the company has not ruled out an ‘unknown object’ as the cause of their recent rocket explosion.
In a remarkable display of transparency, the billionaire entrepreneur detailed how the mysterious Falcon 9 disaster constitutes “the most difficult and complex failure we have ever had in 14 years.”
He explained that there are a number of aspects surrounding the explosion which have left the company baffled.
According to Musk, the incident occurred during a routine operation to supply the rocket with fuel and that “there was no apparent heat source.”
Additionally, he told his Twitter followers that the company was “trying to understand the quieter bang sound a few seconds before the fireball goes off” and that they are not certain what produced the distinct sound.
The event has proven to be so puzzling that Musk actually publicly asked NASA, the FAA, and the Air Force for their help solving the mystery.
He also requested that anyone with additional footage of the explosion to submit the material to SpaceX for further study.
But what may be most eyebrow-raising comment among Musk’s tweets was his response to a query regarding the online videos that claim “something hit the rocket.”
Although the question did not invoke the dreaded ‘UFO’ acronym, it was clearly an allusion to the conspiracy theory which has percolated since the event.
Asked if there was “any reality” to the idea, Musk cryptically replied, “we have not ruled that out.”
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Filer’s Files # 38 -2016 Cosmonuats Claim UFOs Real - PART II
Filer’s Files # 38 -2016 Cosmonuats Claim UFOs Real - PART II
UFO Sightings in the United States
Alaska Cylinder
Palmer — On August 30, 2016, I was touring the State Fair in Wasilla, Alaska. As an amateur photographer I take photos of interesting events. About 3:00 pm. I took some pictures of unique garden art known as “Bee Happy” which displays flowers/plants in bees and honeycomb shape. The camera I was using was a Canon 40D. The next day while “developing” my RAW image I noticed a dark image in the sky that doesn’t look like any aircraft I have seen. If it isn’t a civilian or military aircraft, then what is it, a UFO? I hope you can enlighten me. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Arizona Light
St Johns— My husband saw the light first, and got my daughter and I to look. We all agreed there were two airplanes seen in the east heading north and a strange object. I took out my iPhone and camera and took a few fuzzy photos and videos (most show the UFO between 5 and 7 seconds into the video). This was identical to the one reported on August 26, 2016, in a different part of the sky. Thanks to MUFON CMS
California Object
Crockett — My girl friend saw it directly as we were driving along Carquinez Scenic Drive towards Port Costa on September 9, 2016. It was clear sky and I heard the sound of jets over the bay. Gemma exclaimed as we looked towards the sound that was slightly above eye level. A black jet like object silently zoomed by. I saw the rear that had two v shaped large black wings with no lights. It travelled so fast and flew east low out of sight in two seconds. I saw very large wings from the rear. Within a few seconds, a black helicopter was apparently chasing after it. I have seen the jets fly over me such as the Blue Angels, and this object was five times faster. I drew this picture Thanks to MUFON CMS
Colorado Lights
Silt — I was forced to leave my hunting camp near Buzzard Creek where my friends and I had been archery hunting for elk. I have an old back injury from my time in the U.S. Army and it had become very painful because of riding an ATV in search of an elk. I awoke at 11 PM on August 27, 2016, sweating profusely thinking I had a gall stone.
I’m a registered nurse and told my friends I had to go to the hospital. I drove north on the Silt Cutoff towards I-70, a remote mud road that drops into a valley with steep canyons. Near tall oaks, I saw a hovering object about 350 yards away with multiple lights with colored windows, It slowly tilted as I stepped out of my truck and filmed it for 23 seconds of good footage. This is the second time I’ve seen a UFO, so I wasn’t nervous. I couldn’t stand the pain anymore and decided to continue to get help. I could see it was a solid structure surrounded by flashing and changing lights. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Florida Light
Loxahatchee — My friend is the one that saw the UFO; I just wanted you guys to see the video and tell me if you know what it is.
He captured the moving object on July 1, 2016.
Thanks to MUFON CMS
Cape Canaveral — I videotaped, using my Samsung Note 4 phone at full zoom, 50 miles from launch site at 1810 hours on September 8, 2016.
I did not notice object until I viewed the video. At first I thought it was a booster coming off rocket, but it is clearly well above the rocket when it first appears so it can’t be a booster falling.
When viewing video the object appears above rocket traveling from north to south until object is out of frame of my video. I emailed some still shots to a NASA rep who told me he didn’t kmow what object is either.
Thanks to MUFON CMS
Hawaii Plane and UFO Below
Nanakuli — My son took a picture of an airplane with his IPhone while I was taking him to school on September 19, 2016.
He only saw a plane in the sky but when he looked at the picture, there appears to be an object some distance below it. I looked at his camera lens and there is was no dust on it.
Thanks to MUFON CMS
Maine Orb
I was outside on my porch swing smoking a cigarette and noticed a shiny object on September 13, 2016. I immediately focused on it, as there was no vapor trail, nor sound. I watched it slowly descending without wings, so I zoomed in with my camera to confirm it was not a plane. I lost sight of it going down into the trees. A minute later, a second one appeared with the same exact qualities and path as the first. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Michigan Flying Objects
Tri-City Area — The entire area surrounding my house in Bay City, in all directions are UFOs. My security cameras started acting up and would detect motion in the front of my home and then sense back yard motion afterwards. It took me a couple days to realize spot lights were scanning my neighborhood. That’s when I noticed the the objects in the sky that I thought were drones. The second night, the later it got, the more UFOs appeared with spot lights. Each light was at a different level of brightness. A friend and I noticed that they would scan the neighborhood, and stop directly by my windows.
We watched until they disappeared. The following night, my security camera caught many orb figures repeatedly all night long. I’m extremely freighted and feel invaded for five days. I have video recordings of these object both inside and outside my home. I opened my door to literally thousands of microscopic pieces of the UFOs. It looked as if dust particals were falling from all around. I was able to notice them due to the color change to blue, red, green and clear. I discovered them throughout my entire bedroom and took footacge of them each day. Last night, I was home alone and saw a definable body figure. I’ve seen the attacks they have had on family’s including children. Last nights live stream took place on September 9, 2016 at 11 pm. Thanks to MUFON CMS
New York Cigar
Webster — My girlfriend and I were walking out of the grocery store when I decided to take a scenic picture of the American flag and the open sky on September 1, 2016.
I took several pictures seconds apart but didn’t notice anything. After reviewing the photos the object was discovered in one of the photos indicating it was not an airplane. The object seemed to warp into its position, since it was not in any other pictures. It is cigar-shaped solid object in the picture with no stabilizers, fins or wings. I was shocked when discovering the object since it was not in any other photos. I truly believe this is a genuine unidentified flying object spotted in this photo. Thanks to MUFON CMS
North Dakota Orb
Litchville — Visiting for a wedding I was staying on a farm taking pictures of the farm and took a picture of the Sun.
I did not see anything in the sky other than clouds and the sun when I took the picture.
There is a white orb above the trees.with three lights in it beneath the sun. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Ohio Object
Toledo — I was driving to work at around 7:20 am on September 11, 2016, and saw an object that I thought was a satellite or a missile. I was driving east and the cigar shaped object was flying straight up with red markings. Other people also observed the object. The airport was west of my car and the object was east so I’m not really sure where it was launched from. When I arrived at work about 1/2 mile from where I saw the object I looked back to look for it again and it was gone. I did film the object for about 10 seconds. Thanks to MUFON CMS
South Carolina Lights
I put my video camera on a tripod in my front yard at a 45 degree angle and programmed it to record 15 seconds every 15 minutes on September 10, 2016. The enclosed video has the objects at actual speed, at slow motion, a still shot and a close up of the still. I schedule recordings 3 to 4 times a week. I believe these objects are in flying rod and orb categories. The objects seem to ascend in evening, fly level in the middle night and descend in the early mornings.
Note: Possible insects flying near camera. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Washington Lights
Olalla–- I live on the water. and see quite a bit of military aircraft that fly between Bremerton and Joint Base Lewis-McChord. I saw several big helicopters and a fighter jet fly over at 5 PM on September 8, 2016. At 8:21, I saw two sets of three lights blinking together over where the fighter jet flew earlier today. I grabbed my cell phone and got some pictures and video.
Note: It is difficult to determine the background of the video. I don’t believe that the lights were ground lights as they were blinking. The photo above clearly shows airborne lights. Thanks to William Puckett, Director Website
Washington DC Disc
On Tuesday, August 30, 2016, I was house sitting for a friend and I stepped outside at 7:35 pm and I noticed a very bright star but realized it was too bright. At this point, it blinked off and on twice and a secondary orb came out of the primary orb. The two orbs began to gyrate and move around each other. Once they ‘found’ their positions both orbs proceeded to emit to each other plasma energy. The secondary orb sprays plasma at a slightly upward angle toward the primary orb forming a perfect circle of red lights.
I saw a disc shaped craft (UFO) where the orbs had been with blinking colored lights around the edges. It began to ascend slowly and then hovered with lights blinking. I found barely useful binoculars and could see very random patterns and colors. I saw airplanes that flew lower than the UFO and a jet preparing to land at the National Airport. At 10 pm, before I went to bed, the craft had been there for 2 hours and 15 minutes hovering over the Washington National Cathedral. The next morning I went out on to the patio to see a formation of three helicopters flying towards the area where the craft had been hovering. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Worldwide UFO Sightings
Canada Portal
Central Ave, Ontario — I was sitting in the car in the local mall on September 9, 2016, waiting for my husband to come out of the store. When I noticed a large storm cloud approaching and felt we were going to be in for a thunder storm.
Then I noticed a small cloud moving in the opposite direction. This was odd, so I pick up my husband’s camera and took a photo. As I did a blue UFO came out of what looked like a portal. It then disappeared as if turning on a cloaking device.
Thanks to MUFON CMS
China Orb
Fangchenggang, Guangxi— We were walking along the bay and noticed two objects together, then one, and finally the last. A photo and two videos taken on September 6, 2016. Orbs were caught at the top and bottom of the photo..
The orbs disappeared very fast into dark clouds in the sky.
This is the 2nd of the same submission. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Eire Bright Light
Galway — I was looking out the window, on a grey dull overcast wet evening, which is often the case here in the West of Ireland on May 27, 2016. I’ve lived here for 18 years and always enjoy watching the sunset over the lake, but with these weather conditions I knew there’d be no visible sunset. So you can imagine my surprise when this sun like object appeared in front of the clouds. I was confused, as it was a strange sight; and the sky was completely covered in a blanket of cloud. So how could I see a sunset happening? I grabbed my phone and took some photos and video, I thought it was very strange and my husband witnessed it as well, Thanks to MUFON CMS
Israel Cloud
Tel Aviv — While working in the office, I saw a huge symmetric object in the sky on April 24, 2004. Looks like a cloud but was so symmetric and stable that its just can’t be a cloud.
Thanks to MUFON CMS
Mexico: UFOs Cause Accidents on Yucatán Roads
Calotmul — There are UFOs whose powerful lights have caused highway accidents in the Yucatan. One of them occurred five years ago on the Tizimín-Calotmul highway. Strange as it may seem, a driver from the Yucatan claims having been driven off the Tizimin-Calotmul highway after seeing a UFO with a powerful beam of light in front of him. He was blinded and forced to skid off the road. It was only a few days ago that he was able to bring himself to tell the uncanny situation to Mr. Héctor Garrido Poot, a native of Merida. This is what he said: “At the time I traveled once a week to the eastern part of the state to sell cleaning products. I remember well that it was a Tuesday, around nine o’clock at night. I was on my way to Calotmul when I suddenly saw a powerful light coming toward me in the distance. I thought it was a trailer. However, it was on me in a minute. It was so bright that I made a hard turn off the road. All I remember is that it rose into the air as it approached, making no noise whatsoever,” he said. “Fortunately, I didn’t fall into a ditch and nothing happened to my car, since I was driving slowly. It took me weeks to say anything about it because I know that no one would believe me. It didn’t occur to me, in fact. Neither my wife nor relatives believed me. It’s only been now that I decided to go public, although perhaps no one will believe me now.” Ken Pfeifer MUFON NJ Website
Cancun — My friend was visiting the pyramids in Mexico and taking photographs and discovered a strange object in one of the photos hovering above the site.
(The object was not seen in person at time of pictures were taken on August 21, 2016.
Object is at the top of the image. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Netherlands Orb
Tilburg— My Brother was smoking near the opened window with his neighbor and noticed two small green light objects on July 25, 2016. They were hovering and flying in the circle pattern above the ground right under the nearest trees. He thought they might be small drones, but these two objects were flying slowly above the grass for over 25 minutes then ascended up at terrifying speed to about 200 feet and hovered. He realized what these objects were and managed to take a few pictures. One light split into two light balls and one flew away with amazing speed. The two remaining balls exploded turning into a green mist-cloud that started to “regenerate” and turned into a bigger green light which released many smaller lights that formed a huge triangle which flew away. Whole situation was completely noiseless. The picture shows the moment of turning into that “mist”, releasing the lights starting to form a triangle. Thanks to MUFON CMS
New Zealand Triangle
I was looking west out our dining room window quite high up on Cashmere Hill and saw a quarter moon shape glowing about eye level. After viewing this object for about 20 minutes I asked my wife to get the video camera and filmed for ten minutes. It somehow turned to a circular light ‘jumping all over. with an object below it. I said to my wife, “It’s getting bigger and coming our way.” We have a rock face that this craft passed over. It was huge triangular shaped with a light blue discs on rear and a blue discs in front; because of the angle this is all I could see. There was no noise. The craft was about 120 feet long and I could see the struts quite clearly passing over on November 12, 1990.
I got in touch with a local UFO club here and visited by three men in suits who interviewed me. One guy pushed a book with an alien head and asked me to lie on a bed and said. “I was burnt?” I have not seen or heard from them since then. I am now 71 years old of very sound mind but my health has been a problem. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Spain Disc
Cieza — As I notice the disc, I tried to take some more photos on April 9, 2016, and nothing. Thanks to MUFON CMS
UK/England Lights
Newcastle upon Tyne— I was sat in my hot tub in my back garden and at 8:15 PM I heard fighter jets nearby, fifteen minutes later some lights appeared, they could swallow each other up and then spit them out. They stayed for about 45 minutes from 8.30-9.15 pm, on September 13, 2016. Thanks to MUFON CMS
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NASA plans to develop a submarine to explore Titan’s frigid oceans.
Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, is more similar to the Earth than any other body in the solar system, especially its atmosphere, which has layers just like our planet.
Conversely, Titan is extremely cold, with the average surface temperature around 94 degrees Kelvin (minus 179 C, or minus 290 F). Titan is so cold that water is frozen as hard as granite. It also has oceans of liquid methane and no water, but scientists still wonder if life based on methane could exist on Titan.
An autonomous submarine will explore the depths of Titan’s oceans and search for signs of life
The submarine will carry all the required instruments to measure the chemical composition of Titan’s oceans, the currents, tides, and the structure of the ocean floor.
The submarine will be fully autonomous. It will be packed with all kinds of meteorological tools, sensors, cameras, radars, and sonar equipment to facilitate a complete exploration. The submarine would be able to communicate with the Earth as well.
The project is still in the conceptual stage. A first mission has been tentatively scheduled for 2038 when Earth and Saturn are aligned properly.
Nidhi Goyal
Nidhi is a gold medalist Post Graduate in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. You can also find Nidhi on Google+.
Er is iets bijzonders aan de maan vanavond - nieuwsblad.be
Er is iets bijzonders aan de maan vanavond - nieuwsblad.be
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We krijgen vanavond een ‘superoogstbloedmaan’ te zien. Drie natuurfenomenen vallen samen en zullen de maan een uitzicht geven dat we pas in 2024 opnieuw zien.
In de ‘Super Harvest Blood Moon’ (superoogstbloedmaan) komen drie fenomenen samen.
Ten eerste een oogstmaan.
Dat is wanneer een volle maan dicht bij de equinox valt. Dit jaar valt de equinox, wanneer dag en nacht precies even lang zijn, op 22 september. De zon gaat dan onder op hetzelfde moment als als de maan opkomt. Daardoor krijgt de maan een vollere gloed. Het werd vroeger de oogstmaan genoemd, omdat landbouwers door het extra maanlicht meer tijd kregen om hun oogst binnen te halen.
Ten tweede een supermaan.
Doordat de maan in een elips rond de aarde draait, staat ze soms verder of dichter bij de aarde. Als de volle maan opkomt terwijl ze dicht bij de aarde staat, lijkt ze groter.
Ten derde een bloedmaan.
Die krijg je wanneer de aarde tussen de maan en de zon komt te staan. Daardoor werpt ze een schaduw op de maan, die daardoor een meer gedempte kleur krijgt. Doordat het licht van de zon door de atmosfeer van de aarde passeert voor ze op de maan valt, kan die zelfs een oranje tot rode glans krijgen.
De laatste keer dat die drie fenomenen samenvielen was in 1982, de volgende keer zal het pas in 2024 gebeuren. Let dus vanavond op de grote (1) maan met volle gloed (2) en roodachtige kleur (3).
A Quick Rundown: The Five Closest Exoplanets That Could Potentially Support Life
A Quick Rundown: The Five Closest Exoplanets That Could Potentially Support Life
A star system known as TRAPPIST-1 has three potentially Earth-like planets in its orbit. This is an artist's impression of the TRAPPIST-1 star system as seen from one of the three alien planets.
Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser
Credit: PHL @UPR Arecibo
M. Kornmesser/European Southern Observatory
IN BRIEF
In our quest for life beyond our little blue planet, Astronomers have identified five other planets (aside from the nearby Proxima b) that can potentially support life.
THE HIGH FIVE
Artist interpretation of Proxima b. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser
Astronomers have long been seeking an Earth-like planet that could support some form of life. One prominent discovery is the Proxima Centauri b, also known as Proxima b, which was found in the habitable zone of the red dwarf star, Proxima Centauri.
Despite these discoveries, there’s still a lot to learn.
“We know very little about these [types of] planets,” Thomas Barclay, senior research scientist and director of the Kepler and K2 missions, told Space.com.
So let’s go over what we do know about five of the closest Earth-like planets to us.
Wolf 1061c
Located in the habitable zone of Wolf 1060 in the Ophiuchus constellation, this exoplanet is 4.3 times as large as the Earth, and is believed to have a rocky surface. It is also the second-nearest known exoplanet to us at 13.8 light-years from Earth, second only to Proxima b.
This is an artistic representation of the potentially habitable exoplanet Gliese 832 c compared to Earth. Gliese 832 c is represented here as a larger, temperate world covered in clouds.
Credit: PHL @UPR Arecibo
Gliese 832c
At five times the size of the Earth, astronomers identified Gliese 832c as a “super-Earth.” It was found 16 light-years away and revolves around Gliese 832 in just 36 days.
Gliese 667Cc
Located 22 light-years away in the Scorpius constellation, Gliese 667Cc is also a super-Earth (3.9 times larger than Earth). It takes only 28 days for it to revolve around Gliese 667C.
TRAPPIST-1d
40 light-years away from Earth in the Aquarius constellation, TRAPPIST-1d is one among three Earth-like planets orbiting the dwarf star TRAPPIST-1.
Gliese 163c
Located 49 light-years away in the Dorado constellation, Gliese 163c is also a super-Earth at a whopping seven times that of the Earth. It takes 26 days for it to orbit Gliese 163.
What a tidally locked habitable Proxima b might look like.
Beau.TheConsortium/Wikia (CC-BY-SA)
MILLIONS OF CHANCES FOR LIFE OUT THERE
Using the Kepler Space Telescope, NASA has discovered more than 2,000 planets that could possibly support life, but there’s still so much mystery surrounding these alien worlds. “For some of them, we know an approximate mass or an approximate radius, and we know roughly how far they are from their star — but that’s really all we know.” said Barclay.
And while living on these exoplanets may be possible, it will be an entirely different experience as life forms would have to adapt differently to its unique temperature, climate and environment. On Proxima b, for example,
“The light also isn’t the bright white-yellow light we get from the sun. It would be much more red. So, you would expect biology to evolve differently,” Barclay said, adding that solar flares from red dwarfs could also have a large impact on exoplanets orbiting them.
In the end, we won’t be packing our bags anytime soon to settle on one of Earth’s closest neighbors.
VIDEO: Mysterieuze UFO vliegt tussen de wolken door in Peru
VIDEO: Mysterieuze UFO vliegt tussen de wolken door in Peru
Een cameraman claimt tijdens het maken van een timelapse-video een ruimteschip te hebben vastgelegd in de lucht boven Peru. Beelden van een donker object in de wolken werden door de Mexicaanse groep Misterio Canal op YouTube geplaatst.
Volgens sommigen doet het object denken aan een ruimteschip uit de Star Wars-films. Anderen denken dat het gewoon een wolk is.
Misterio Canal schreef: “Schokkend, als dit waar is bevestigt dit dat we worden beschermd door een buitenaardse intelligentie of bestaande experimenten die gerelateerd zijn aan dit soort technologie op onze planeet.”
Witte objecten
Volgens de groep zou het kunnen gaan om een moederschip, schrijft de Daily Mail. De beelden zijn in augustus gemaakt in de noordwestelijke regio La Libertad. In dit gebied zijn onlangs nog witte objecten gefilmd, aldus Misterio Canal.
Onder het filmpje wordt druk gediscussieerd. Volgens Luis Antonio Marrega is het object mogelijk teruggereisd in de tijd om iets te verzamelen of een bepaalde gebeurtenis te voorkomen.
Gespiegeld
Misterio Canal legt uit: “We publiceren materiaal dat wij interessant vinden. Het eindoordeel ligt bij de kijker. Laten we onze geest open stellen.”
Er zijn ook mensen die zeggen dat het filmpje nep is of dat het gewoon een donkere wolk is. Segaheaddy15 schreef dat het object compleet gespiegeld is, terwijl Nekoman zei dat het een wolk is.
An Arkansas witness at Bella Vista and his wife rushed to a bedroom window after hearing “jet-like” sounds and watched a triangle-shaped object just 100 feet over the rooftop, according to testimony in Case 79100 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
The object was moving slowly 100 feet over the rooftop. Pictured: Bella Vista, AR.
(Credit: Google)
The witness was lying in bed about 10 p.m. on September 11, 2016, when the incident began.
“I heard what sounded like an airplane about to crash or flying super low,” the witness stated.“We rushed to the bedroom window and saw a huge triangle-shaped aircraft flying about 100 feet above the house.”
The object moved away, but quickly returned as though it was looking for something. Pictured: Bella Vista, AR.
(Credit: Google)
The witness and his wife moved outside.
“We watched it flying slowly and still very low. It seemed to have vanished in the tree line, but then came back out like it was looking for something. We saw red, blue, and white lights on a huge black triangle-shaped craft. We stood in the driveway and watched it as it left our sight. Every animal in the neighborhood was going crazy and just like that, it was gone.”
The MUFON report indicated that the witness was less than 500 feet from the object and that it was moving along at the tree top level. The report was filed on September 12, 2016. No images or videos were included with the report. Arkansas Assistant State Director Lynn Travis McCullough is investigating.
Belle Vista, AR, is about 120 miles northeast of Tulsa, OK.
(Credit: Google)
Bella Vista is a city in Benton County, Arkansas, population 27,999. Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.
Official Alien Contact And Humanity’s Path To The Universe
Official Alien Contact And Humanity’s Path To The Universe
There is a clear defined reason why the Elite of this world do not want us to have Extra-terrestrial Disclosure and it is the same reason why our so-called leaders will not tell us the truth – they do NOT want to lose the Control over us!
As long as the friendly Aliens want to play nicely with us, disclosure of their existence will bring with it a possible doorway to the Universe, an opportunity for us to explore the darkness between the stars and beyond. No longer will planet earths borders between countries appear necessary or relevant, and our world leaders and religious leaders would not appear so significant in our lives, in many aspects they may even come across as ‘fakes’ and ‘un-important’. And THIS is what the elite who manipulate this planet are afraid of.
The Elites end of days?
UFO sightings are dramatically on the rise and have been for a while (please click HERE for more). The ET’s want and need to be seen and many people believe that the Alien Beings are trying to force their own disclosure. Hand in hand with the increased ‘clear’ UFO sightings, is a world-scaled awakening throughout the Human race, it is no longer a case of “are we alone in the Universe” but instead the question is “when will we discover who the Aliens are and what do they want?”.
The Elite are more than aware of this Global awakening so have put into place plans with other agencies/corporations ways of ‘delaying’ disclosure and in some cases ‘drip feeding us with disclosure’ perhaps for when the Aliens force their own disclosure, so our world leaders etc can turn around and tell us “that we did try telling you!”.
We are quite often TEASED by NASA about the existence of life in the Universe, by means of news headlines about ‘Life On Mars’ (please click HERE) and in some cases even delayed acceptance statements of there being other advanced life forms out there in the Universe. We have recently been informed by NASA that they will discover Alien life forms in the next ten years, which appears to be a fantastic delay tactic in itself (please click HERE for more info on this). “We are on the cusp of discovering alien civilizations”, NASA’s top scientists have said. They have very recently predicted that we are just one generation away from finding something in our Milky Way neighborhood, which is bustling with environments conducive to life…….let the Drip Feeding of Disclosure begin!
‘We will discover Alien life by 2025’ – Dr. Ellen Stofan from NASA helping to ‘drip feed the truth’
The list could go on and on of the ways that the elite are drip feeding us all with disclosure, from adverts to Astronauts and even the US President getting heavily involved in this incredibly important subject matter, but all of this in the greater scheme of things is irrelevant – The Aliens are already HERE and have been for a long time and those who used to control us are soon to become surplus to requirement, BIG exciting changes are coming for us all!
What Will The Aliens Bring?
No matter which way you look at it this planet is in turmoil, what with conflicts and tensions between countries going on all around the world, created by war-mongering power hungry leaders! Planet earths natural resources are being drastically drained daily for money and ‘control’, a divide amongst different religions and races is being ridiculously encouraged by the Elite (again to CONTROL us) and on top of all this the people of this world appear to brainwashed into submission that money, TV and who owns the best gadgets is what is important in life.
BUT, there are big changes ahead, something which many of us have opened our minds up too, and these changes are going to inevitably happen across the planet when the Extra-terrestrials officially announce their presence to us all.
The Aliens aren’t coming, they are already HERE!
At first you will have a clear divide amongst the masses on planet earth, of those who welcome our ET friends, and those who are threatened by them. Of course the world powers will try to get the people on side to fear these unknown ‘demons’ from the sky and with this will come violence from certain fractions of humanity. Some religious groups will oppose the ET’s and try to discourage the world from uniting with them. Those who have a false sense of security and have been absorbed by the Elites brainwashing will potentially go up in arms and be untrusting of our ET visitors.
The ET’s (as long as it’s the good ones that appear) will probably first announce themselves to the world of who they are and where they are from, and their reasons for their official contact with Planet Earth. As soon as the vast majority of the Human race accept who are out ET visitors are and why they are here, a sudden worldwide ‘full’ awakening will start to begin and the universe will suddenly be deemed as a new playground of discovery for the people of this world.
Our technology will become obsolete in comparison to what the Aliens use and have further knowledge of. It has been discussed by many leading researchers that in the greater scheme of things in the Universe the Human Race is a mere type ZERO civilisation, due to the fact that we are still very dependable on fossil fuels and have not yet quite understood the full benefits of using our local star as a true energy resource. Compared to MANY other ET Beings out there who have been around in the Universe a lot longer than what we have, we would be pretty much prehistoric-like in comparison to them!
We Are a Mere Type 0 Civilization – Against Types I, II, III, IV And V, ALIEN Civilizations believes many leading researchers around the world. If there are planets out there with life on it that has been around the Universe for millions of years over what we have, it is obvious that their technology and Science knowledge would be FAR superior to our own. The ‘Kardashev scale’ has been developed as a way of measuring a civilization’s technological advancement based upon how much usable energy it has at its disposal – hence we are classed as a Type o Civilization. Many leading researchers believe that as the populations grows and expands outwards its energy requirements will increase dramatically, what with the requirements of its various technological machines. This is why the Kardashev Scale was created, a way of measuring a civilization’s technological advancement based upon how much usable energy it has at its disposal.
Please see below a chart to the types of civilisations out there in the Universe:
U.I.P SUMMARY
– As you can clearly see from the chart above our Extra-terrestrial visitors could bring with them not just a wealth of knowledge, technologies and cures for diseases, they could also offer us the chance to explore strange new worlds out there in the unknown infinite Universe (s) – this is something that the Elite fear and have become scared of, as these exciting changes in our lives will make money appear insignificant and the restrictions of our borders unnecessary!
If we give our ET visitors the chance to unite with us, this could be our chance to learn from them and free ourselves from these invisible but very much there chains around our necks which limits us on a daily basis from progressing. There is a world wide awakening happening right now and a lot of you reading this article are already very much awake and ready for the great/exciting changes ahead that the ET’s may bring with them.
Our corrupt leaders and the 1% elite on this planet are fearful of losing their control over us, but it is inevitable and critically important that we unite with those ET Beings out there that want to unite us with our Galactic/Universal Brothers and Sisters!
It is exciting yet challenging times for the Human Race, but one worth fighting for! I often watch films like Star Wars etc and imagine the wonders and mysteries that lie beyond, perhaps one day soon we will all find out what is out there and part of the same Universe we are ALL part of.
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The UFO That Travelled At 120 Miles In 8 SECONDS – Confirms Radar Operator
The UFO That Travelled At 120 Miles In 8 SECONDS – Confirms Radar Operator
Recently two former radar operators have publically revealed how a UFO travelled 120 miles in less than EIGHT SECONDS during Britain’s most famous close encounter.
Ike Barker and Jim Carey have not so long ago given their first in-depth interviews since the incident at RAF Bentwaters, in Suffolk – hailed as the world’s best documented case, also known as the Rendlesham Forest! (please click HERE for more).
The two were on duty in the air traffic control tower at the time when the unidentified target was tracked on radar during a spate of bizarre sightings in late December 1980.
It was then back in December 26, a small team of security police officers at the time reported seeing a strange triangular shaped craft land in Rendlesham Forest, just outside the base.
Ike Barker described the UFO as looking like a ‘basketball’
And, two nights later, Deputy Base Commander Lt Col Charles Halt and several other USAF personnel observed strange flashing lights moving through the woods.
The military team watched in awe/shock as the mysterious glowing object fired some kind of a laser beam of light on the ground near their feet before it flew away.
Meanwhile, reports came in over their radios that the UFO was firing beams into the weapons storage bunkers, which housed the biggest stockpile of nuclear missiles in Europe at that time.
Halt, who made a recording of the incident on a pocket tape recorder, later filed an official report to the UK Ministry of Defence – dubbed the ‘Halt Memo’ – giving details about the case, which was released under the US Freedom of Information Act.
Ike Barker has given his first in-depth interview about the Rendlesham incident
But surprise surprise, some sceptics have tried debunking the sightings as merely satellites, meteors or even the Orfordness lighthouse a few miles away!? A LIGHTHOUSE!!???
But speaking in a new documentary called UFOs and Nukes: The Secret Link Revealed, the retired USAF air traffic controllers say the craft they tracked was not man-made.
Col Charles Halt reported UFO incident to the UK Ministry of Defence
Ike Barker said:
“It wasn’t like any radar target I’ve ever seen.
“It was travelling at an extremely high rate of speed. It passed over the control tower and then it stopped. I’ve never seen anything like the manoeuvrability that happened with this object.
“It was orange in colour and it popped into my mind that somebody was flying a basketball out here. There were lights around the centre but not like navigation lights.
“It was more like portholes, as if you were seeing the lights from the inside coming out. It hovered momentarily, reversed its course and went back out a high rate of speed”
The UFO is said to have shone a beam of light into the nuclear weapons bunker
Carey, a tech sergeant with the 2164th Communications Squadron, said the unknown target made a sharp right angle turn at high speed before it left the area.
He said:
“It was just phenomenal to see it go that fast. I said that can’t be one of ours. No jet can make an immediate right hand turn.”
The radar experts, who did not report the sighting to their superiors over fears it could ruin their careers, are among more than 150 military witnesses who have reported UFO activity at nuclear weapons laboratories, test areas, storage depots and missile sites since the 1940s – this was an incredible mass sighting by military personnel that SHOULD NOT be ignored!
Declassified US government and KGB documents from the former Soviet Union have also revealed how missile launch systems have mysteriously malfunctioned, causing panic among military chiefs during the Cold War.
American researcher Robert Hastings, who has produced the documentary and written a book on the ominous incidents, believes these incursions are a warning to humanity.
He said:
“My opinion is that those who pilot UFOs are visitors from elsewhere who engage in provocative actions against American and Russian nuclear missile sites to send us a message that we humans are playing with fire – that to engage in nuclear warfare is essentially suicide.”
Robert Hastings has produced the documentary UFOs and Nukes: The Secret Link Revealed
Retired UK police detective Gary Heseltine, who now edits the UFO Truth ezine, said: lighthouse.
“Their testimony clearly highlights that UFOs were interested in the base and that beams were shone down into the nuclear storage bunkers.
“Every high school child, politician and university college student should be shown this documentary.”
This exciting new evidence has come to light as Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager John Podesta told CNN News that the American people “can handle the truth” about UFOs – LET THE DRIP FEEDING OF DISCLOSURE CONTINUE – THESE ARE EXCITING TIMES!!
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The Rendlesham Event is in fact probably THE most important sighting in UFO history. It was a sighting witnessed by many official figures, from soldiers to British police officers in the local area at the time. All of this ‘snippets’ of information into the public domain just confirms that ‘something’ DEFINITELY happened in Rendlesham all those years ago.
Interestingly Rendlehsam to this day is still an intriguing Police with many strange goings on, from inter-dimensional beings to British military helicopters confronting strange Orb like objects above the forest – please see links below:
Although this is a sighting from two years ago, it hit the news this week. I have never reported it and it before, so here it goes. UFOs don't just come in bright white light or single colors. They come in all colors. Some of the best photos of a UFO were of a bright orange glowing craft. Its very possible that if a cloak is activated, that it may cause a florescent glow at times, as seen in the photos here. Back in 2013, a similarly cloaked UFO was accidentally seen due to the fact it chose to hide in the green glow of the Aurora Borealis (click here to view). Scott C. Waring
News states: France is known for many things rich culture, delicious food, historical landmarks, romantic getaways, and, alien sightings? The country made UFO news after a mysterious flying object was spotted during a sunset at Aixe-sur-Vienne last Sunday. The object appeared to be shrouded in what seems to be a cloud although its speed suggests otherwise. The object measuring about half a kilometer long, left a visible trail as it moves through the red palette of the sunset. According to UFO Sightings Daily, Charles and Danielle Barbanes were about to enjoy their regular Sunday night. That was when things took a turn for the paranormal. The retired couple witnessed strange lights crisscross in the evening sky for 40 seconds to their shock, standard UFO news fare. Charles Barbanes recounted “I was outside when suddenly saw a light south around the size of a half moon.” “I believed in a probe, then she started to move inexplicably.” He added. He immediately called his wife, who was still inside their home, to see the strange phenomenon unfold. Danielle Barbanes still has trouble believing what she saw that day. “A kind of ball which emanated a yellow light came” she described the experience. She later the recounted that the strange object made a parabola, the light later fell to the other side of the bank of Aixe-sur-Vienne. A total of five mysterious balls of light passed by the Barbanes’ home in approximately 40 seconds. The objects made no noise as they made their way, nothing that can be attributed to aircraft or drones. Two of the objects even remained motionless before shooting vertically up into the sky. Due to the lack of other eye witnesses or video proof, paranormal experts are unable to provide an explanation. It could be phenomena such as St. Elmo’s fire or merely the elderly couple’s vision playing tricks on them. Either way there has been an increase of UFO news and sightings in Europe. Could the sightings be proof of increased alien activity here on Earth?
I found a pyramid shaped UFO that was coming out of the mouth of the volcano. The UFO looks similar to the cloud, and probably exited the volcano trying to look like smoke, but its visible to the naked eye. Popocatepetl is known for having a alien base 4-5 miles below its surface. Local mountain climbers have even seen men three meters tall scaling the sheer sides of the volcano toward the mouth with no tools at incredible speed, and then disappear. Scott C. Waring
Ancient Aliens – The Returned History Channel, Season 11 Episode 14 26th August 2016
Thousands of people from every part of the world have reported being abducted by aliens, including even a world leader–President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov of the Russian Republic of Kalmykia, who announced in 2007 that he had been taken aboard an extraterrestrial ship. Could the alien abduction phenomenon be true? But if so, why are people being taken? And perhaps more importantly–why are they being returned? Stories of human abduction by otherworldly entities can be found in mythologies dating back thousands of years, and the abductees often return to Earth with new knowledge or instructions for mankind. In modern times, researchers of alleged alien abductions have found extraterrestrial objects implanted just under the skin, strange patterns in genetic mutations, and knowledge of entire alien languages from abductees. Is it possible that extraterrestrials are secretly manipulating mankind through these abduction events?
Pluto's largest moon Charon has a red spot at its north pole that may be caused by the atmosphere of Pluto, scientists announced on Sept. 14, 2016. This view shows a view looking down on Charon's red spot as seen by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft during its flyby in July 2015.
Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute
Pluto may be sharing its atmosphere with its largest moon, Charon, creating the visually striking red spot at the satellite's north pole.
New research suggests that conditions on the two worlds over the past few billion years would allow Pluto's traveling atmosphere to freeze out on the frigid moon Charon, while radiation would quickly transform the methane and nitrogen ices to a sticky residue known as tholins.
"Methane is volatile enough that it can only stick to the surface during the long, cold polar winters," Will Grundy, lead author of the new study, told Space.com by email. Grundy, a planetary scientist at the Lowell Observatory in Arizona, is part of NASA's New Horizons mission that made a historic flyby of Pluto in July 2015. After modeling conditions on Charon over the past few billion years, he and his colleagues found that, after methane from Pluto froze, radiation stripped away the hydrogen. (Methane is made up of hydrogen and carbon.) The carbon left behind joined with other molecules to make heavier fragments of materials able to stick around even after temperatures warmed [Amazing Pluto Flyby Photos by NASA's New Horizons]
"As more and more fragments join up, they build progressively bigger and more carbon-rich, complicated molecules until they are so complex that we don't even try to give them chemical names, just describe them with generic terms like 'organic molecules' or 'tholins,'" Grundy said. "These are what produce the reddish color."
The research was published online Sept. 14 in the journal Nature.
Based on early measurements taken by the New Horizons spacecraft, Grundy and many othersimmediately speculated that the red spot was made of tholins created by the transfer of Pluto's atmosphere to Charon. They theorized that some of the material could freeze and that, later, radiation could convert it to tholins.
Pluto's small size means that it has trouble holding on to much of an atmosphere; many scientists questioned whether much of an atmosphere would remain by the time New Horizons made its visit. Observations revealed that Pluto manages to hold on to much of the gas around it, but some still escapes the dwarf planet's grasp.
The red spot on Pluto's moon Charon can be clearly seen in this enhanced color image captured by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft during just before its closest approach to Pluto on July 14, 2015. The reddish area is informally named Mordor Macula.
To measure the probability that Pluto's captured atmosphere became Charon's red spot, Grundy and colleagues modeled how temperatures changed over the moon's history. Charon's winters are cold, with polar temperatures only a few degrees higher than absolute zero (minus 459.67 degrees Fahrenheit, or minus 273.15 degrees Celsius) at coldest. Because the winters last so long — well over 100 Earth-years — the imported atmosphere has enough time to freeze.
"For the most part, Charon's surface is too warm for methane to stick, so the methane molecules that make it to Charon's surface just bounce around there until they either escape back to space again or find a place cold enough to stick," Grundy said. "The winter pole does get cold enough for methane to stick; so methane will accumulate there, but only until the sun rises again in the spring and warms it back up."
Winter on Charon
During Charon's long winters, radiation from the sun and galactic cosmic rays convertedthe atmosphere to heavier material that does not evaporate rapidly when temperatures rise. When the winter pole tilted back toward the sun, ushering in spring, the remaining methane and nitrogen evaporated, leaving behind material that gradually changed to the reddish organics spotted at the surface. Grundy and his team estimate that about 30 centimeters (12 inches) of tholins would be produced at the poles over Charon's billion-year lifetime. The process should continue in the winter poles today, with material slowly building up its red spot.
Although Charon's southern pole was shrouded in darkness during the flyby, the researchers analyzed the light reflecting off of the dayside of Pluto to identify a slow dimming unrelated to the illumination, suggesting that the south pole may also boast its own spot.
"We don't have any color data to say that it's red, but in the black-and-white images lit by Pluto shine, it does show a darkening that is similar in darkness and size to what's seen around the northern pole," Grundy said. "The two poles take turns being the winter pole, just like on Earth."
While much of the cosmos remains mysterious and unexplored, we know this much is true: space is big. Very big. To quantify the vastness of the cosmos, astronomers often refer to things being a certain number of light-years away. What does that really mean?
Though seemingly contrary to how it sounds, a "light-year" is a measure of distance, rather than time. A light-year is the distance light travels in a year. Specifically, the International Astronomical Union defines a light-year as the distance light travels in 365.25 days.
In a similar vein, you could describe 60 miles as a car-hour (the distance a car travels in an hour on a highway). In fact, we often tell people distances in terms of time – "I'm 10 minutes away," for instance. The term "light-year" was invented because, simply put, the equivalent distances in miles, meters or kilometers were huge. [The Biggest Unsolved Mysteries in Physics]
How huge? Light moves at 186,282 miles per second, or 299,792.5 kilometers per second. That's 670.6 million miles an hour. The distance to the nearest star is 4.3 light-years, or 25.3 trillion miles (40.7 trillion km).
The first mention of light-years dates back to 1838 and a German scientist named Friedrich Bessel. He measured the distance to a star called 61 Cygni, and got a distance of 660,000 times the Earth's orbital radius. He noted that light would take about 10 years to get there, but he didn't like the term "light-year." (One reason was that at that time, it wasn't clear that light's speed was a fundamental constant of nature). In 1851, the term made a first appearance in Germany, in an astronomical publication known as Lichtjare. Later, astronomers adopted it and "light-years" are now a popular unit of measurement even in the scientific literature.
The light-year competes with the parsec, which stands for parallax-second, and is equal to 3.26 light-years. A parallax-second is the number of arcseconds (1/3600th of a degree) that a star's apparent position shifts when measuring its distance. British astrophysicist Arthur Eddington, a prominent scientist in the early 20th century, preferred the parsec, calling the light-year "inconvenient." His was a losing battle, however.
Light-years can be divided into light-days, light-hours or even light-seconds, though those units are used less often. The sun is 8 light-minutes away, which means it takes light from the sun 8 minutes to reach Earth. [Quiz: How Well Do You Know Our Solar System?]
All this depends on knowing the speed of light, and that turns out to be hard to measure because it goes so fast. Galileo attempted it in 1638, and he described an experiment in which one person covers a lantern while another on a tower some distance away tries to time when the light gets there. The experiment failed, and Galileo could only answer that however fast light was, neither human reflexes nor the clocks at the time were speedy enough to catch it. (He did come up with an estimate of at least 10 times the speed of sound, but that was very much a guess.)
Danish astronomer Ole Rømer was able to make an estimate in 1676, using the timing of eclipses of Jupiter's moon Io. Later, in 1729, James Bradley used a phenomenon called stellar aberration, in which the apparent positions of stars in the sky seem to change slightly depending on the movement of the Earth, to get a closer estimate of light's velocity. Scientists kept refining these estimates, and by the 1860s, Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell showed that electromagnetic waves travel at a certain speed in a vacuum. That speed is a constant, and at the time, most physicists thought of light as a pure wave. (We know now that it isn't – it can be a particle, too).
Finally, in 1905, Albert Einstein's theory of special relativity posited that light always travels at the same speed no matter where it is observed from. This was a big step because suddenly, the speed of light became one of the constants of the universe – and thus, more useful for measuring distances.
VIDEOWorden mama en papa in de toekomst overbodig om baby's te maken? Experimenten op muizen doen vermoeden dat het op een dag mogelijk zal zijn om een baby te krijgen zonder eicel, zo blijkt uit een studie in Nature Communications.
Het is de eerste keer dat aangetoond werd dat sperma met iets anders dan een eicel gecombineerd kan worden om baby's te maken. Wetenschappers van de universiteit van Bath misleidden zaadcellen door beginnende embryo's van muizen om te vormen tot pseudo-eicellen.
Die pseudo-eicellen hebben veel gemeen met gewone cellen, zoals huidcellen. Op dit moment is er nog wel een eicel vereist om een embryo te creëren, zeggen de onderzoekers, maar in de toekomst kan het misschien mogelijk zijn om ook embryo's te creëren met andere cellen.
Zonder vrouw En dat zou betekenen dat er - in de verre toekomst - geen vrouw meer nodig is in het voortplantingsproces. "Misschien kunnen we dan gewone cellen in het lichaam combineren met sperma om een embryo te vormen", zegt onderzoeker Tony Perry aan de BBC.
Op die manier wordt het mogelijk dat twee mannen samen een kind krijgen, of zelfs dat een embryo gecreëerd wordt met de cellen en sperma van één man.
Maar zulke scenario's zijn op dit moment nog zeer voorbarig, benadrukken de onderzoekers. Hun bedoeling is in eerste instantie meer te weten te komen over de bevruchting zelf, want de exacte processen die plaatsvinden wanneer een zaadcel en eicel samenkomen zijn nog altijd een beetje een mysterie.
De kans op een succesvolle zwangerschap bij de experimenten was overigens 1 op de 4. De jongen waren gezond, hadden een normale levensverwachting en kregen nadien zelf gezonde jongen.
Ander onderzoek Eerder dit jaar slaagden Chinese wetenschappers erin sperma te creëren uit stamcellen, en daarmee een eicel te bevruchten om gezonde muizen te kweken. Een studie die met belangstelling opgevolgd werd door Perry. Door beide onderzoeken te combineren, worden zowel sperma als eicellen in de toekomst mogelijk overbodig om baby's te maken, zegt hij.
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Live Mice Are Bred from Artificially Developed Egg
Live Mice Are Bred from Artificially Developed Egg
By Kacey Deamer, Staff Writer
Mice born from parthenogenotes, along with their offspring.
Credit: Toru Suzuki et al., 2016/Nature Communications
For the first time, live baby mice have been successfully produced by injecting sperm into a modified, inactive mouse embryo rather than from a fertilized egg cell, according to scientists.
Mammalian eggs that are not fertilized can be "tricked" into starting the development process toward becoming an embryo, previous research has shown. These unfertilized, slightly developed embryos are called parthenogenotes, but they die soon after they are created, due to the lack of sperm input, which triggers developmental processes.
In the new research, the scientists took these inactive embryos and injected sperm directly into them, which resulted in the birth of healthy baby mice with a success rate of up to 24 percent.
"It had been thought that only an egg cell was capable of reprogramming sperm to allow embryonic development to take place," Perry said. "Our work challenges the dogma, held since early embryologists first observed mammalian eggs around 1827 and observed fertilization 50 years later, that only an egg cell fertilized with a sperm cell can result in a live mammalian birth."
In order to keep the parthenogenotes from perishing as they normally would, the researchers exposed them to a salt compound calledstrontium chloride (SrCl2). Previous research had shown that this salt encourages parthenogenetic embryos to begin normal cell division, despite not having been fertilized. The chemically modified parthenogenotes were then injected with the sperm and implanted intosurrogate mothers.
The research upended the notion that mammalian sperm cells could only transform into mature sperm cells when they were within an egg — it was thought that only the egg provided the environment for division to begin, and a complex organism to develop. But the new experiment has shown that a parthenogenote can serve the same function as an egg — under the right conditions.
The mice born from the experiment were seemingly healthy, the researchers said. Their life expectancies were similar to those of control mice that were bred traditionally, and they were able to reproduce.
However, the mice born from the parthenogenote experiment had different epigenetic signatures in their DNA, compared to mice born from traditional fertilization. Epigenetic signatures are chemical modifications that are made to a DNA code, outside of the DNA "letters" themselves. The researchers suggest that this means that different epigenetic pathways can lead to the same developmental destination.
As the research continues, reproduction techniques that use parthenogenotes and sperm could be applied to conservation efforts in the breeding of endangered animals, and help treat infertility and other reproductive issues, the researchers said.
"This is an exciting piece of research which may help us to understand more about how human life begins and what controls the viability of embryos, mechanisms which may be important in fertility," Paul Colville-Nash, from the Medical Research Council (MRC), which funded the work, said in the statement. "It may one day even have implications for how we treat infertility, though that's probably still a long way off."
The study was published online Tuesday (Sept. 13) in the journal Nature Communications.
Four years later, in September 1973, he formally filed a UFO sighting report with the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP).
That politician was Jimmy Carter, who went on to become the United States' 39th president.
A new episode of NASA’s Unexplained Files, which airs Tuesday at 9 p.m. on the Science Channel, explores Carter’s UFO filing.
Author William J. Birnes said in the episode: "When he looks up in the sky and he sees an object, it is bigger than the moon. He says to himself, 'That is the darndest thing I ever saw.'"
There is no reasonable explanation for what Carter saw that October night, but it continued to occupy his mind.
During Carter’s 1976 presidential campaign, he brought up his UFO encounter. He promised that if he was elected, he would encourage the government to release “every piece of information” about UFOs to the public.
While Carter did win the election, he later backed away from his promise, saying that the release of such documents would cause national security “defense implications."
In a 2007 interview with CNN, Carter was asked about his UFO sighting, to which he replied: “It was unidentified as far as we were concerned, but I think it’s impossible in my opinion — some people disagree — to have space people from other planets or other stars to come to us. I don’t think that’s possible.”
Tune in to NASA’s Unexplained Files Tuesday at 9 p.m. on the Science Channel.
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MASSIVE STONES: Evidence of Highly Advanced civilizations of Giants in Russia?
MASSIVE STONES: Evidence of Highly Advanced civilizations of Giants in Russia?
According to reports, it is estimated that some of the megalithic blocks of stones weigh around three to four thousand tons.
As if the massive size of the stones isn’t mindboggling, during one of the expeditions to the site, compasses of the geologists behaved very strangely and for some unknown reason, their arrows were deviating from the megaliths. (source)
Do you believe it’s possible that all of those ancient texts mentioning giants walking on Earth are more than folklore and mythology?
What if in the distant past, before written history and the rise of our civilization, advanced civilizations of ‘beings’ inhabited Earth?
What if hundreds of thousands of years ago life flourished on a much different Earth than what we see today?
Is it possible that these MASSIVE rocks found all over the planet from South America, Central America, and even Russia indicate that in the distant past, pre-human civilizations existed on Earth? And were destroyed by cosmic events causing civilization on Earth to reset several times?
Some of the stones found in Russia are even bigger than the largest block located in Baalbek.
These massive stone blocks are nested deep within the Siberian mountains. Located precisely in southern Siberia on Mount Shoria, there are huge blocks of stone with flat surfaces, mindboggling angles, sharp corners and other clues which according to many are the ultimate evidence of cyclopean masonry.
According to preliminary reports, it is estimated that some of the massive stones at Mount Shoria weigh around three to four thousand tons.
No matter where we go and at what ancient culture we look at, it seems that ‘Ancient Giant Beings’ were present on Earth before ‘ancient history,’ a time that corresponds to a period in the long history of planet Earth, where, according to mainstream scholars civilizations and mankind were totally undeveloped and perhaps, didn’t even exist.
Is it ludicrous to think advanced civilization existed on Earth before our civilization arose? According to mainstream scholars, it is impossible, but there are numerous pieces of evidence scattered around the globe which clearly seem to indicate a different time on Earth.
If we look at the Genesis, we will come across plenty of evidence indicating Giants may have existed on Earth.
Genesis: 6:2: That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair, and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Genesis: 6:4: There were Giants (in Hebrew Bible Nephilim) in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
Is it ludicrous to think that that just as ancient texts tell us, perhaps thousands of years ago in the distant past, beings unlike any we see today were present on the surface of Earth, and some of the huge megalithic sites were erected by them?
The few scientists that have taken the time to research this megalithic site have proposed that this rock formation is the result of geological processes associated with the intense weathering of the rock comprising Mountain Shoriya.
Natural formations or the result of cyclopean masonry, what do you think?
On the Brink of Discovering Alien Life? SETI to search Red Dwarf radio signals
On the Brink of Discovering Alien Life? SETI to search Red Dwarf radio signals
Are we on the brink of discovering the existence of extraterrestrial life in the universe? SETI is set to search Red Dwarf Radio Signals in order to find out whether or not we are alone in the Universe.
Previously, SETI researchers excluded RED Dwarfs harboring Alien life since their habitable zones were extremely small, so the chances of discovering Alien life was very little. However, researchers now say that older star systems, like Red Dwarfs, have more time to produce Intelligent Alien species.
It seems the SETI scientists are stepping up their game in the search for Alien life after releasing a statement saying that they will star searching for extraterrestrial radio signals in 20,000 red dwarf solar systems.
The two-year project sill studies the stars and cosmic bodies located around them. To achieve this, scientists will use the SETI Institute’s Allen Telescope Array in northern California, which is a group of 42 staggering antennas that can observe up to three stars at the same time.
SETI aims to look for ‘deliberately produced radio signals’ anywhere in the vicinity of the 20,000 red dwarf stars since they believe there could be numerous highly advanced alien civilizations there due to the stars’ age.
‘We’ll scrutinize targeted systems over several frequency bands between 1 and 10 GHz,’ said SETI scientist Gerry Harp.
‘Roughly half of those bands will be at so-called ‘magic frequencies’ – places on the radio dial that is directly related to basic mathematical constants,’ he added.
Previously, SET researchers have given little attention to Red Dwarfs “because researchers made the seemingly reasonable assumption that other intelligent species would be on planets orbiting stars similar to the Sun,” according to the institute’s engineer Jon Richards.
An artist’s depiction of a Red Dwarf
In previous searches, little attention was given to the areas around the Red Dwarf systems due to the fact they are located closer together than much brighter stars like our sun.
This means that eventual planets would have much closer orbits to their host star, which in turn means that there are slim chances of life as we know it developing there.
However, according to new research, some of the planets orbiting Red Dwarf systems have been found with oceans and atmospheres which could mean large parts of the planets could be habitable.
Interestingly, according to Seth Shostak, „Significantly, three-fourths of all stars are red dwarfs.“
“That means that if you observe a finite set of them – say the nearest twenty thousand – then on average they will be at only half the distance of the nearest twenty thousand Sun-like stars.”
Shostak added: „Red dwarf stars are the oldest in the universe, with every red dwarf ever own throughout the history of time still going strong.“
This would mean that any potential alien civilization would be much more advanced than we are today.
Dr. Shostak continued: “This may be one instance in which older is better.
“Older solar systems have had more time to produce intelligent species.”
In other interesting projects, NASA will launch its James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) in 2018 to analyze the atmosphere of nearby ‘Super-Earth’ alien planets.
Strange video from NASA shows UFO mothership refueling at the sun
Strange video from NASA shows UFO mothership refueling at the sun
September 2016 - Space, Sun, distance of about 150 million kilometers from Earth - Watch this intriguing video. NASA filmed what seems to be an alien mothership refueling at the sun. The video footage is spectacular.
Recently NASA was being called upon to explain the presence of a mysterious giant black square or “cube” spotted apparently in orbit around the Sun in an image taken by the Solar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft on May 2, 2016.
According to the UFO Blogger Scott Waring, who reported the discovery in a post to his blog on May 2016, NASA was using a black cube (see image below) to cover up an alien spacecraft that appeared in a SOHO image of the Sun.
Alien hunters say that the giant black cube covering a section of the image is yet another evidence of NASA scheming to hide evidence of alien UFO spacecraft.
This is not the first time that alien hunters claim to have caught NASA red-handed concealing evidence of UFOs behind black squares and cubes. Waring spotted a black patch in a SOHO image of the Sun earlier in 2011. And because he could tell that the black patch was not a UFO, he concluded it was the product of effort by an artless NASA technician to hide an alien UFO spaceship orbiting our Sun.
Video: Tennessee witness describes UFO as ‘orange line’
Video: Tennessee witness describes UFO as ‘orange line’
A Tennessee witness at Nashville reported watching a “bright orange line in the sky” that appeared to be two separate lights when videotaping zoomed in, according to testimony in Case 78626 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
Daylight photo from the witness perspective while videotaping the object.
(Credit: MUFON)
The witness went outside during a work break at 3 a.m. on August 15, 2016, when the incident began.
“I walked to my normal spot for smoking and noticed a very bright orange light in the sky unlike anything I had ever seen before,” the witness stated.“The brightness of it was what got my attention, the way it was glowing and the color made it look like a street light, but I’ve never seen one that way and this thing looked way too big for that.”
Still frame from the witness video.
(Credit: MUFON)
The witness searched for a rational explanation to the light.
“My first thought was that it may be the moon behind cloud cover, but the moon was almost directly above me at the time and there was no cloud cover that night. I still haven’t thought of anything else it might be. I couldn’t make out any features on the object, as it was very dark and the object was far enough away that I wouldn’t be able to see any details on it.”
The witness described the object.
“The lights on it seemed to cover up any details I might have noticed. I had my phone out and was recording video of it, and when I was zoomed in I noticed it looked like two separate lights with a small gap in between them. The whole time it was here, it never moved. After about a minute, the object began to shrink and gradually turned pure white. After about two minutes, the object faded away and I lost sight of it.”
The witness felt different prior to the sighting.
“A couple hours before the sighting, while in the office I started feeling uneasy. It felt like something was watching me from just out of sight, and I felt like I was in danger, and that something bad had happened, or was about to happen. I have never felt like that at work before and ignored it and followed my usual routine. This feeling persisted from roughly 9 p.m. to around midnight. When I saw the object, my first reaction was that feeling of fear, but it was quickly replaced by a feeling that I needed to record as much of this as I possibly could.”
Still frame from the witness video.
(Credit: MUFON)
The witness was calm after the sighting.
“After the object disappeared, I felt strangely calm and peaceful for the rest of the night. I lost sight of the object when it slowly faded away roughly two minutes after I first saw it. I’m not sure if it was still there but out of sight, or how long it had been there before I saw it. Shortly after it disappeared, I heard several loud popping noises in quick succession from its direction, but I am not sure if the sounds are related to the object or not. Do note that the video I have attached contains profanity, and I do not know anything about editing videos.”
Tennessee MUFON Chief Investigator Angelia Sheer and Field Investigator Roy Messer closed this case as an Unknown. Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.
A District of Columbia witness reported watching two orb UFOs “exchanging plasma” while a craft appeared and hovered for more than two hours, according to testimony in Case 79086 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
The witness was house sitting and stepped out onto the front porch at 7:40 p.m. on August 30, 2016, when the incident began.
“I was just relaxing and enjoying the nice evening,” the witness stated.“I was looking out over the horizon (to the west) overtop a couple of buildings. Straight ahead of me, just over the buildings, I noticed what, at first, I thought to be a star but then realized it was a bit too bright and I thought it must be Venus.”
See witness Exhibit 1.
Witness Exhibit 1. Credit: MUFON)
“At this point, ‘Venus’ blinked off and on twice. I immediately knew that something was not right. I will now, for clarity, refer to ‘Venus’ as the ‘primary orb’. Almost immediately after the blinking off and on, a secondary orb came out of, or came out from behind, the primary orb. So now I’m staring at two orbs. I’m shocked and my mind is not processing this because I just don’t know what this is.”
The witness described the orbs.
“The orbs appeared to be visually closer than they actually were as if I was looking through an invisible pair of binoculars. The two orbs began to gyrate and move as if vying for some particular position in relation to one another like two boxers bobbing and weaving in the ring. I had a very distinct feeling from that that they were trying to get something accomplished. Once they ‘found’ their positions both orbs proceeded to emit to one another some kind of plasma energy. I’m using the term ‘plasma’ because it’s the only word I can think of that best can describe what I was seeing. This plasma met between them and joined the two orbs together. This lasted a couple of seconds and then each orb took back the plasma it emitted and they were no longer connected.”
See witness Exhibit 2.
Witness Exhibit 2. (Credit: MUFON)
“At that point, the primary orb stretches out plasma to the secondary orb. They connect once again and then the plasma from that retracts back to the primary orb.”
See witness Exhibit 3.
Witness Exhibit 3.
(Credit: MUFON)
“As if things could not get any stranger, the secondary orb now sprays plasma at a slightly upward angle toward the primary orb. Imagine a garden hose tilted at an upward angle and seeing the individual water streams come down. These were plasma streams coming down on to the primary orb.”
See witness Exhibit 4.
Witness Exhibit 4.
(Credit: MUFON)
“When these streams hit around the primary orb they formed a perfect circle of dots of red light with the primary orb centered in the middle.”
See witness Exhibit 5.
Witness Exhibit 5.
(Credit: MUFON)
“After about three seconds, the circle of red dots disappeared, but the primary orb was still there. Now I’m absolutely perplexed and I don’t know what I’m seeing. I rubbed my hands on my eyes for about two seconds and when I pulled them away there was a craft (UFO) where the orbs had been. From where I was, it looked like it could be disc-shaped or cigar-shaped. The color of the craft itself seemed to match the background sky. There were lights around the edges that blinked randomly (white and a variety of other colors I could not determine at that point).”
See witness Exhibit 6.
Witness Exhibit 6.
(Credit: MUFON)
“As soon as I realized it was a craft, it began to ascend slowly as if going up in an elevator. It then stopped and hovered there with lights blinking. It did not move at all as if it was sitting on a shelf.”
See witness Exhibit 7.
Witness Exhibit 7.
(Credit: MUFON)
“I’m staring at it and then see a bright flash of light to my left. I look up to the left and there is a cloud and as I look at it a bright flash of circular light shines down through it. This flash happens twice more. Each flash about a second long with three seconds in between each one. I’m looking at the craft, then the cloud and wondering if these are connected. The flashes did not look like lightning to me and the weather that evening did not call for rain or storms. Because I was caring for someone, I needed to go back in the house. I went back inside at about 7:45p.m. I was able to find some old and barely useful binoculars. I went back out several times to look through the binoculars. I could see very random patterns and colors. Because of the poor quality of the binoculars it was hard to get any more detail than the random patterns of lights. Sometime between 8:30p.m. and 9:30p.m., I saw an airplane coming from the north. It did not alter its path. It flew a little to the east (closer to me) and a little lower than the UFO. It may have been a passenger jet preparing to land at National Airport. Whoever was piloting that plane had to have seen the UFO hovering there.”
See witness Exhibit 8.
Witness Exhibit 8.
(Credit: MUFON)
“At 10p.m., before I went to bed, I checked to see if the craft was still there. It was. It had moved maybe a few hundred feet to the north.”
See witness Exhibit 8a.
Witness Exhibit 8a.
(Credit: MUFON)
“Some clouds were starting to come in but I could still see the lights flashing. My observation point for this sighting was about .5 to .75 mile east of the craft. I estimate it was hovering over the area of the Washington International School. This craft had been in view for 2 hours and 15 minutes and in very close proximity to the Washington National Cathedral and the U.S. Naval Observatory.”
The witness believes there have to be additional witnesses.
“I find it hard to believe that I could be the only person to have witnessed this. As a last note, the next morning I went out onto the patio just in time to see a formation of three helicopters (there might have been more but maybe I just missed them) flying to the left of where I had been observing the craft the night before. They were flying quite low and right towards the area where the craft had been hovering. They were identical to one another and I did not see N numbers on any of them. Where they flew by is not a helicopter flight path.”
District of Columbia MUFON is investigating. Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.
De Europese astronomiesatelliet Gaia heeft al meer dan een miljard sterren met grote precisie in kaart gebracht, een prestatie zonder voorgaande in de sterrenkunde. Dit heeft het Europese Ruimtevaartbureau ESA vandaag, 1.000 dagen na de lancering, bekendgemaakt.
Tijdens zijn streven om de meest gedetailleerde driedimensionale kaart van onze Melkweg te maken, heeft de Gaia al de exacte positie en helderheid van 1.142 miljoen sterren bepaald. Dat is ongeveer één procent van de sterren in ons sterrenstelsel.
Daarbovenop realiseerde de satelliet een driedimensionale film omtrent de afstanden en de bewegingen van meer dan twee miljoen van de helderste sterren in onze omgeving. De Gaia deed ook metingen van meer dan drieduizend variabele sterren (sterren wiens helderheid schommelt) en bracht duizenden objecten buiten de Melkweg in kaart.
De 740 miljoen euro kostende satelliet bevindt zich op een positie van ongeveer 1,5 miljoen kilometer van de Aarde. Zijn camera kan mutatis mutandis een muntstuk van een cent op de Maan zien. Wetenschappers hopen meer te leren over de geschiedenis van de Melkweg en rekenen met de ontdekking van duizenden nieuwe planeten.
Belgische inbreng België draagt twintig miljoen euro bij aan de missie. Zo wijden er zowat 45 mensen (minstens een deel van) hun tijd aan de missie. Zestig procent werkt bij universiteiten, of de Koninklijke Sterrenwacht in Ukkel. Er waren ook zowat twintig private bijdragen aan de satelliet, onder andere van het Luikse bedrijf Amos, Thales Alenia Space Belgium en Spacebel.
Als een voorhamer die een watermeloen raakt: dat moet volgens nieuw chemisch bewijs zowat de impact geweest zijn waardoor onze maan werd gevormd, nadat de nog jonge aarde in botsing kwam met een ander ruimteobject ter grote van Mars. Jarenlang dachten wetenschappers dat die impact 4,5 miljard jaar geleden een stuk minder indrukwekkend was geweest.
Dat de maan ooit voor een stuk deel uitmaakte van de aarde is een alom aanvaarde theorie, maar de manier waarop ze van onze planeet werd afgesplitst, bleef voer voor discussie. Het gebeurde ongeveer 20 tot 100 miljoen jaar nadat ons zonnestelsel werd gevormd. Theia, een object met de grootte van Mars, botste met de zich nog ontwikkelende aarde. De impact op onze planeet zou meegevallen hebben, maar het grootste deel van Theia versmolt met de oppervlakte en de kern van de aarde. Uit het stof en het puin dat in een baan rond de aarde werd geworpen, werd de maan gevormd.
50 jaar lang werd aangenomen dat de aarde en Theia elkaar eerder hadden geschampt dan voluit hadden geraakt. Het zou onder meer verklaren waarom de maan zo groot is en een verschillende rotatiegraad heeft van onze planeet. Er was maar één probleem met die hypothese: de maan had dan voor 60 tot 80 procent uit materiaal van Theia moeten bestaan.
Apollomissie Maar nieuwe en betere chemische analyses op stalen die werden meegebracht door de Apollomissies in de jaren 70 toonden aan dat de rotsen op de maan en de aarde bijna identiek in samenstelling waren. En de kans dat Theia en de aarde ooit uit hetzelfde materiaal bestonden, was erg onwaarschijnlijk.
Meer nog: er werd maar één isotoop gevonden in de maanrotsen dat niet was terug te leiden naar de aarde, namelijk zwaar kalium. En dat kon alleen voorkomen als de rotsen aan een extreem hoge temperatuur waren blootgesteld. Wat onderzoekers tot de conclusie bracht dat de impact van de botsing tussen de aarde en Theia veel groter geweest moest zijn dan oorspronkelijk gedacht.
Gewelddadig Volgens de auteur van de nieuwe studie - Kun Wang, een geochemicus aan de universiteit van Washington in St. Louis - was de botsing extreem gewelddadig en werden de aarde en Theia bijna volledig verpulverd. De twee hemellichamen zouden daarna samengesmolten zijn in een dichte atmosfeer, die dan condenseerde in onze planeet en haar maan.
Niet iedereen is evenwel overtuigd van die these. Het grootste punt van kritiek is de representativiteit van de (amper) zeven maanstalen waarop de analyse werd uitgevoerd.
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(VIDEO) GERMAN SPY REVEALS SECRET US HOLLOW-EARTH-PACT
(VIDEO) GERMAN SPY REVEALS SECRET US HOLLOW-EARTH-PACT
A truly astonishing Federal Security Service rumour circulating in the Kremlin today on the Foreign Intelligence Service arrested yesterday by Germany’s National Intelligence Service for spying states that this German national has given to Russian officials “Hot evidence” that the United States has entered into a “secret pact” with “forces” inhabiting our Earth’s interior regions for the purpose of ruling the world.
According to the media sources, the Germany National Intelligence Service arrested a man named as Manfred K. age 60. Because he wanted to give the information to the Foreign Intelligence Service.
Manfred K. was a civilian worker at the United States NATO Ramstein Airbase that is the command and control for the Western missile defence forces in Europe, where he had access to this top secret information including maps from the Nazi regime 1930/1945.
Watch the video below to learn more about this bizarre story.
Ancient Structure In Japan Similar To Structure On Mars, Sept 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Ancient Structure In Japan Similar To Structure On Mars, Sept 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News
Date of discovery: unknown Location of discovery: Mars Google Earth: 36° 7'45.64"N 139°28'52.95"E Google Mars: 6° 3'57.07"N 92° 4'13.22"E These structures were discovered about two years ago, but recently I was wondering if this is proof that aliens came from Mars after the destruction of their planet. The Japanese do a lot of things different than other cultures...in a way that creates unity among its people more than other countries. It may be possible they are direct descendants of the ancients from Mars. Scott C. Waring News states: A massive structure appears isolated on a flat empty plane. The sides of the structure appear to have straight edges that run down to a large circular 'dot' formation at its base. NASA says the straight edges may be the result of fractures, related to fractures or a hill that was lifted up by the faulting and its current shape was the result of the surrounding terrain having been eroded down over billions of years. The same formation as on Mars, has also been found in Kofun in Japan. The Kofun era lasted from AD250 -538.
Fleet of UFO seen over Salt Lake City during sunset on Aug 11, 2016, Photos, UFO Sighting News.
Fleet of UFO seen over Salt Lake City during sunset on Aug 11, 2016, Photos, UFO Sighting News
Date of sighting: August 11, 2016 Location of sighting: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Source: MUFON #78355 These photos reveal a dark disk over Salt Lake City last month. The disk was seen alone, then with several others, and then alone again. Thats how cloaking devices work. It was seen right after sunset, when the cloaks of the ships are most vulnerable, that is when they saw many. Later, there was just one. Aliens do this for several reasons. One, they want a scout up ahead, that is being watched by humans, so the others wont be seen if their cloak is not working. Two, they want to see, feel the reactions of those who see it, so they know what precautions they must take next to insure they don't frighten humans. Scott C. Waring
Eyewitness states: My family and I ( myself 37 years of age, sister 24, brother 27 and my two boys 10 and 8) were driving up interstate 15 in utah just south of salt lake city. I was the first to notice a black object in the sky which seeemed to be about 3 miles away, about 1500 feet off the ground. I made a joke to my boys to look there was a ufo. My sister said its just a cloud to which I responded " I know I'm just trying to trick the boys". I did think it was wierd that there was a single black cloud low in the sky and not all that far away. We watched it for a few minutes still talking about it going back and forth weather it was a cloud because as we got closer so it seemed it seemed more defined edges and solid. I decided to take pictures half thinking I was just taking pictures of a single solid black cloud. The pictures did not turn out well because it was with a cell phone a little past sun set and zoomed to the max. After taking several pics and looking threw what I took I looked up and there were now 3 black classic ufo shape objects. Then two and then one again. I did not see them seperate or come back together if that is infact how there became three and then one. It then seemed to pick up speed continuing north towards ogden. Within seconds it was gone. My brother and I both thought the object was about 500 yards across and about half that tall. We all at first were not excited about what we were watching but slowly realized it was no cloud and then when there were three horizontally and evenly spaced apart about 600yards we became real excited and kids a little scared. I don't know what it was but I know it was unusual. There was never a light on the objects. Just black.
Controversial Black Military Projects – Philadelphia Experiment, The Montauk Project, UFO Technology and the CERN Hardon Collider
Controversial Black Military Projects – Philadelphia Experiment, The Montauk Project, UFO Technology and the CERN Hardon Collider
Insightful author and publisher Alexandra Bruce sits down once again with dark journalist Daniel Liszt for a breaking interview on dimensional doorways, UFOs, MILAB, timeline manipulation. CERN Hadron Collider is believed to be responsible for opening dimensional doorways.
Alexandra shares her discoveries during a comprehensive investigation of the Philadelphia Experiment and the Exotic Invisibility Technology, which the Navy supposedly developed to confuse enemies.
Her probe eventually led to the bizarre revelations of a Black Budget research laboratory called The Montauk Project, located at Montauk Air Force Station on Long Island, New York. The research lab is believed to be the place of the extension or continuation of the so-called Philadelphia Experiment on October 28, 1943.
The original classic book “The Montauk Project,” by Alexandra, has made awareness to the public of the tales of Energy Manipulation, Time Travel, Astral Travel, Psychic Consciousness, Remote Viewing and Alternate Dimensions.
She claimed to have found witnesses who were part of a UFO Crash Retrieval team. These witnesses, according to Alexandra, were being used on black project experiments, particularly merging Human DNA with Alien technology.
She also claimed of interviewing a teenager whom his consciousness had been put in a younger vehicle after living many years as a soldier in Vietnam.
Some say that it was just a military psychological mission or operation. However, many believe that those experiments really took place.
The connection among The Montauk Project, the Philadelphia Experiment, CERN Hardon Collider and UFO Technology could suggest that an exchange system with an alternate dimension is being developed through the technological continuum.
The investigation could be a breakthrough into a dark black military project, which involves human testing and experiments.
Ancient Aliens – Beyond Roswell History Channel, Season 11 Episode 13 19th August 2016
The U.S. military has long denied that the infamous 1947 Roswell crash was anything other than a weather balloon, but FBI files released in 2011 include a memo to J. Edgar Hoover regarding the recovery of not one, but three “flying saucers.” Could the U.S. government really have extraterrestrial crafts in their possession? Ancient Astronaut theorists say yes, and claim that Roswell is just the tip of the iceberg. Over a dozen other UFO crashes were reported all across the world around the same time as Roswell, and it is rumored that the wreckage from these incidents was retrieved and hidden away at secret military bases like Area 51 in Nevada, Kapustin Yar in Russia, Pine Gap in Australia, Rudloe Manor in England, and even in the remote hills of China. But if true, what happened to these alien spaceships?
Blue Origin's Huge New Rocket Heats Up Billionaire Space Rivalry
Blue Origin's Huge New Rocket Heats Up Billionaire Space Rivalry
By Mike Wall, Space.com Senior Writer
Blue Origin's newly announced New Glenn heavy-lift rockets will feature reusable first stages. The two- and three-stage versions will stand 270 feet (82 meters) and 313 feet (95 m) tall, respectively.
Credit: Blue Origin
The competition between billionaire space entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos has reached new heights.
On Monday (Sept. 12), Bezos announced that his company Blue Origin is developing a family of heavy-lift rockets known as New Glenn, after John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth. With a maximum height of 313 feet (95 meters), New Glenn will be taller than the 230-foot (70 m) Falcon Heavy, which Musk's SpaceX is building.
The Falcon Heavy will be more powerful, however, generating 5.1 million pounds of thrust, compared to New Glenn's 3.85 million pounds. [Blue Origin's Private Spaceships in Photos]
The first stages of the Falcon Heavy (including the two strap-on boosters, which will be derived from Falcon 9 first stages) and New Glenn will be reusable, in keeping with the priorities of SpaceX and Blue Origin; both companies aim to slash the cost of spaceflight by landing and reflying their rockets multiple times.
The two companies' parallel efforts to develop this technology spawned aminisquabble between Musk and Bezos in November 2015, after Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket landed during a suborbital test flight, becoming the first booster ever to do so.
Musk congratulated Bezos via Twitter at the time, but also stressed that bringing a rocket back during an orbital launch — as SpaceX had been trying to do with its Falcon 9 — was a much more difficult task. (New Shepard is a suborbital rocket designed to take paying customers and science experiments on brief jaunts to space, while the Falcon 9 launches payloads to orbit.)
An artist's illustration of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket at Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Credit: SpaceX
Bezos then pushed back, saying that SpaceX was trying to recover just the Falcon 9's first stage, which never makes it to orbit.
"The second point that I would make is that the SpaceX first stage does an in-space deceleration burn to make their re-entry environment more benign," Bezos said during a news conference in November. "So if anything, the Blue Origin booster that we just flew and demonstrated may be the one that flies through the harsher re-entry environment. And then finally, the hardest part of vertical landing and reusability is probably the final landing segment, which is the same for both boosters."
SpaceX succeeded in landing a Falcon 9 first stage in December 2015, during the launch of 11 satellites for the company Orbcomm. Since then, SpaceX has landed five more Falcon 9 first stages, some of them on terra firma near the launch pad and some on robotic "drone ships" stationed offshore.
And Blue Origin has successfully launched and landed the same New Shepard first stage four times to date, most recently in June of this year.
In his Monday announcement, Bezos said that the company's goal is to have New Glenn — which will have a two-stage variant and a three-stage version — up and running by 2020. Meanwhile, SpaceX representatives had said that the maiden flight of the Falcon Heavy should take place later this year, but that timeline may be in doubt as the company continues to investigate theexplosion of a Falcon 9 during a routine prelaunch test on Sept. 1.
Bezos and Musk aren't the only billionaires reshaping the spaceflight landscape. For example, Virgin Galactic was founded by British entrepreneur Richard Branson in 2004, and in 2011 Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen formed Stratolaunch Systems, which will launch satellites (and, eventually, crew-carrying vehicles) beneath the biggest airplane that has ever flown.
De afgelopen maanden zijn er diverse kraters ontstaan in Siberië. Wetenschappers hebben mogelijk een verklaring gevonden hoe deze kraters zijn gevormd. De vinger wijst in de richting van klimaatverandering als hoofdverdachte.
Op 19 juli voerden onderzoekers, onder leiding van Andrei Plekhanov van het Scientific Centre for Artic Studies, een onderzoek uit bij de Yamal-krater die eerder die maand is ontstaan. Zij troffen opvallend veel methaan aan. Nabij de bodem van de krater bestond de lucht voor 9,6% uit methaan. En dat terwijl de lucht gemiddeld voor 0,000179% uit methaan bestaat.
Gesmolten permafrost Plekhanov en zijn team denken dat er sprake is van een connectie tussen het ontstaan van de krater en de opvallend hete zomers in de omgeving van de krater in 2012 en 2013. De gemiddelde temperatuur was vijf graden Celsius hoger dan normaal. De wetenschappers suggereren dat de bevroren permafrost is ontdooid en in elkaar is gestort. Hierbij kwamen grote hoeveelheden methaan vrij. Andere wetenschappers denken dat er sprake is van een langduriger effect. Zij wijzen er op dat de permafrost op een diepte van twintig meter de afgelopen twintig jaar met twee graden Celsius is opgewarmd.
Verder onderzoek De wetenschappers gaan graag terug naar de krater om meer onderzoek te doen. Ze willen graag de hoeveelheid methaan in de wanden van de krater meten. Maar, het is zeer gevaarlijk werk. De krater is minstens zeventig meter diep. Daarnaast brokkelen de randen dagelijks verder af door opwarming.
Zorgen Hoewel de krater in onbewoond gebied is gevonden, maken de onderzoekers zich zorgen. Wat als er meer kraters ontstaan in bewoonde gebieden of in gasvelden? Gaan dit soort gaten mensenlevens opeisen?
De grootste maan van Pluto heeft een vuurrode noordpool. Dit wordt veroorzaakt door bevroren methaan, zeggen Amerikaanse wetenschappers.
De baan van Pluto rondom de zon is niet rond, maar ovaalvormig. Aangezien de omlooptijd van deze dwergplaneet 248 jaar is, kennen Pluto en Charon winters die niet enkele maanden, maar vaak meer dan honderd jaar duren.
Tijdens zo’n lange winter vangt Charon methaan dat ontsnapt uit de atmosfeer van Pluto. Dit methaan vriest vast aan het oppervlak van de dwergplaneet. Naarmate de temperatuur stijgt, verkleurt het methaan en krijgt het gebied een rode gloed.
De bovenstaande theorie is niet nieuw, maar tot nu toe bleef het bij speculaties. Will Grundy en zijn collega’s van het Lowell observatorium hebben de gegevens van de New Horizons-ruimtesonde gebruikt om modellen van het oppervlak van Pluto en Charon te bouwen. De modellen bevestigen alle speculaties, waardoor het zeer aannemelijk is dat het rode gebied ook daadwerkelijk op deze manier is ontstaan.
Op weg naar het volgende doel De scheervlucht langs Pluto is alweer een jaar ten einde en dat betekent dat de ogen zijn gericht op het volgende doel: 2014 MU69. New Horizons komt in januari 2019 aan bij dit Kuipergordelobject. Een lange reis nog te gaan!
Nieuwe stof gebruikt zon en wind om apparaten van stroom te voorzien
Nieuwe stof gebruikt zon en wind om apparaten van stroom te voorzien
Tim Kraaijvanger
Wetenschappers van het Georgia Institute of Technology hebben een stof ontwikkeld die zonne-energie en windenergie opvangt. Misschien kan dit textiel in de toekomst gebruikt worden om GPS-systemen of smartphones op te laden.
De onderzoekers gebruikten een weefmachine om zonnecellen van polymeervezels met vezelachtige tribo-elektrische nanogenerators te weven. Deze tribo-elektrische nanogenerators gebruiken een combinatie van het tribo-elektrische effect (materialen wisselen bij contact elektrische lading uit) en elektrostatische inductie om een mechanische beweging (roteren, schuiven of vibreren) om te zetten in stroom.
De nieuwe stof is 320 micrometer dik en bestaat voor een groot deel uit wol. De onderzoekers beweren dat de stof geïntegreerd kan worden in tenten, gordijnen en kleding. “Het materiaal ademt, is flexibel, weegt bijna niets en kan overal voor gebruikt worden”m concludeert professor Zhong Lin Wang. Zijn paper staat deze week in het wetenschappelijke vakblad Nature Energy.
Straks heeft jouw horloge geen batterijtje meer nodig. Misschien kan de stof wel gebruikt worden als horlogebandje?
Daarnaast is het materiaal niet prijzig om te maken. “De polymeervezels zijn niet duur en goed verkrijgbaar”, zegt Wang. “Daarnaast zijn ze milieuvriendelijk. De elektroden zijn ook niet kostbaar om te produceren, waardoor massa-productie een mogelijkheid is.”
Aardige opbrengst De onderzoekers hingen een lapje stof ter grootte van een A4’tje uit een autoraam. Toen de auto bewoog werd energie opgevangen, ook al was het die dag bewolkt. Een stukje stof van vier bij vijf centimeter laadde een condensator binnen een minuut op tot twee volt, met dank aan wind en zonlicht.
Vervolgonderzoek De grote vraag is nu: hoe lang gaat het materiaal mee? Wetenschappers richten zich de komende tijd op deze vraag. Het zou natuurlijk jammer zijn als jouw nieuwe trui van dit materiaal binnen een paar weken uit elkaar valt.
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Earth Vulnerable to Major Asteroid Strike, White House Science Chief Says
Earth Vulnerable to Major Asteroid Strike, White House Science Chief Says
By Mike Wall, Space.com Senior Writer
Artist's concept of an asteroid striking Earth.
Credit: NASA/Don Davis
The world is still vulnerable to a potentially catastrophic asteroid strike, according to President Barack Obama's chief science adviser.
NASA has made substantial progress in finding the asteroids that pose the biggest threat to Earth, but there's still a lot of work to do, said John Holdren, director of the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy.
"We are not fully prepared, but we are on a trajectory to get much more so," Holdren said today (Sept. 14) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, during a discussion of the agency's planned Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM). [Images: Potentially Dangerous Asteroids]
Holdren cited the February 2013 meteor explosion over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk and the 1908 Tunguska airburst as reasons to take the asteroid threat seriously.
The Chelyabinsk strike, which injured about 1,200 people, was caused by an object that is thought to be about 65 feet (20 meters) wide. The Tunguska event was much more powerful; a space rock perhaps 130 feet wide (40 m) exploded over a mostly unpopulated region of Siberia, flattening 800 square miles (2,070 square kilometers) of forest. Both strikes caught the world completely by surprise.
"We know that this does happen," Holdren said.
Strikes such as the Chelyabinsk impact are thought to happen once every hundred years, he added, while Tunguska is regarded as a once-in-1,000-years event.
But, Holdren said, "if we are going to be as capable a civilization as our technology allows, we need to be prepared for even those rare events, because they could do a lot of damage to the Earth."
"This is a hazard that, 65 million years ago, the dinosaurs succumbed to," he added. "We have to be smarter than the dinosaurs."
ARM can help educate us, Holdren said. In late 2021, NASA aims to launch a robotic probe toward a near-Earth asteroid; the current target is a 1,300-foot-wide (400 m) rock called 2008 EV5, but that’s not set in stone, agency officials said.
After it arrives at the asteroid, the spacecraft will pluck a boulder off its surface and then fly along with the space rock for a while, investigating the potential of a deflection strategy known as the "enhanced gravity tractor." (The standard gravity-tractor method calls for nudging a potentially hazardous asteroid off course over the course of years or decades, using the subtle gravitational tug of a tag-along robotic probe; this effect will be "enhanced" by the addition of the boulder's mass.)
The probe will then head back toward Earth, eventually placing the boulder in orbit around the moon. Astronauts aboard NASA's Orion space capsule will visit the purloined rock in the mid-2020s, agency officials have said.
The $1.25 billion ARM mission should help researchers learn more about asteroids and the resources they possess; demonstrate many of the technologies needed to get astronauts to Mars (which NASA aims to do before the end of the 2030s); help the agency practice human operations in deep space; and hone some of the skills that will be needed to deflect a potentially dangerous asteroid one day, Holdren said.
"The asteroid-retrieval mission makes sense in about five different ways," he said.
While smaller asteroids can do great damage on a local scale, experts think that space rocks must be at least 0.6 miles (1 km) wide or so to threaten human civilization. NASA scientists estimate that they have found at least 90 percent of these mountain-size, near-Earth asteroids, and none of them pose a threat for the foreseeable future.
Gravity tractors aren't the only possible defense against incoming asteroids. For example, dangerous space rocks could also be knocked off course by "kinetic impactors" (a series of spacecraft that slam into them). Some researchers have also proposed destroying asteroids with nuclear bombs; this is usually regarded as a last-resort strategy, to be used with space rocks that are discovered too late to deflect via gravity tractors and/or kinetic impactors.
Unlimited Energy: Physicists Assert We Already Have a Viable Model of a Fusion Device
Unlimited Energy: Physicists Assert We Already Have a Viable Model of a Fusion Device
IN BRIEF
One of the biggest challenges in the fusion energy development is finding the best shape for the device to contain the plasma, but physicists in the United States believe they may have found a new kind of nuclear fusion device that could be the most commercially viable design yet.
HOLY GRAIL
Physicists around the world are on a mad dash to build a nuclear fusion machine that can replicate the Sun’s atom-fusing process and provide everyone with a low-cost, sustainable energy resource—effectively ending our dependence on fossil fuels.
Replicating how the sun and stars create energy through fusion is essentially like putting “a star in a jar,” although there is no “jar” in existence that is not only capable of containing superhot plasma, but also low-cost enough that it can be built around the world—although it’s not for lack of trying.
In fact, physicists are working on a new kind of nuclear fusion device that could be the most commercially viable design yet.
In a new paper published in Nuclear Fusion, physicists working at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) assert that a model for such fusion device “already exists in experimental form – the compact spherical tokamaks at PPPL and Culham, England.”
Test cell of the National Spherical Torus Experiment-Upgrade with tokamak in the center. (Photo by Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications)
SPHERICAL TOKAMAKS
Current designs for this so-called “jar” essentially call for doughnut shaped objects that come complete with powerful magnetic fields which suspend the plasma inside it, called tokamaks. It’s incredibly expensive to make and also hard to maintain, which is why physicists continue to develop new designs that will, hopefully, keep the cost down.
So far, there are two advanced spherical tokamaks in various stages of development. The first is the Mega Ampere Spherical Tokamak (MAST), which UK expects to be completed soon; the other is the National Spherical Torus Experiment Upgrade (NSTX-U) at PPPL, which went online last year.
“We are opening up new options for future plants,” said Jonathan Menard, lead author and program director for the NSTX-U.
But the devices, described in the 43-page paper, still have a long way to go. They must first be able to control the turbulence created after the plasma particles are subjected to electromagnetic fields, and also control how the superhot plasma particles interact with the device’s walls to avoid possible disruptions, which can happen if the plasma becomes too impure.
PPPL Director Stewart Prager said these two reactors, “will push the physics frontier, expand our knowledge of high temperature plasmas, and, if successful, lay the scientific foundation for fusion development paths based on more compact designs.”
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World First: New Nanofish Will Change the Way We Deliver Medicine
World First: New Nanofish Will Change the Way We Deliver Medicine
Credit: Small (2016). DOI: 10.1002/smll.201601846
Randy Patton, Ohio State University
IN BRIEF
Researchers have created the world's first nanofish using gold, nickel, and silver. Each Segment is just 800 nm long. The fish could be key to better ways of delivering medicine and manipulating cells.
SWIMMING ROBOTS
Drug delivery technology is currently experiencing a sort of Renaissance. From delivery using ultrasonic vibrations to ingestible electronics, we are currently developing many ways to effectively deliver medicine in a safer, more targeted way.
But who would have thought that included injecting swimming nanomachines into our body?
Researchers at U.C. San Diego have created the world’s first nanofish, small robots that swim like fishes, created with drug and medicine delivery in mind.
While creating nanomachines is no new feat, current models are more akin to submarines, spinning with a corkscrew-like propeller. While this has enabled them forward movement, it is not the most efficient way of propelling these tiny machines.
TARGETING DELIVERIES
Instead, the new study, to be published in Nano Small Micro, proposes a fish-like movement. Essentially, the robot will sway its tail back and forth using electromagnetism. The small nanomachines are made up of 800 nanometer-long gold and nickel segments connected by silver.
An external magnet controls their movement, making the nickel sway back and forth. By altering the strength and orientation of the magnets used, the speed and direction of the machines can be controlled. This allows the researchers to tell the fish when and where to go, opening the possibility of pushing drugs to their intended target. The ultimate goal is targeted delivery, or even the possibility of manipulating single cells.
Currently, the researchers are working on several improvements, according to New Scientist. These include tackling the challenge of how to get the machines out of the body. One solution would be making the robots biodegradable. But that doesn’t solve all the issues. The fish would also be extremely expensive because of the precious metals used in the design. Thus, it may be a while before we have schools of fish solving all of our interior medical issues.
Imagine charging your phone or portable device with your shirt or your jacket. A group of researchers may have made it possible with a technology that has been in the works for two years now. And all it takes is a bit of movement and sunshine.
CUT FROM… WELL, A CLOTH
A lot can be said of mobile batteries, but “long-lasting” isn’t a phrase that comes to mind. Thus, the birth of power banks and power-saving options in mobile OS devices. Well, things may be about to change.
A group of US and Chinese researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta have worked for the past two years to develop an electricity-producing fabric. The super-thin material generates electricity through movement and sunlight.
This smart fabric is made using “solar cells fabricated from lightweight polymer fibers into micro cables are then woven via a shuttle-flying process with fibre-based triboelectric nanogenerators,” according to the article published in Nature Energy.
A CUT ABOVE THE REST
The applications of such a technology are limited only by what you can weave. “A single layer of such fabric is 320 μm thick and can be integrated into various cloths, curtains, tents and so on,” the study claims. And it can be charged as you move wearing the cloth, or as the wind blows it around.
Lead researcher Professor Zhong Lin Wang explains: “If you’re walking [and] your jacket is flicking back and forwards, you can harvest this kind of motion energy to charge your cell phone.” The researches demonstrated this using a 4 cm by 5 cm piece of the cloth and it was enough to power “a 2 mF commercial capacitor up to 2 V in 1 min under ambient sunlight in the presence of mechanical excitation.”
Credits: Professor Zhong Lin Wang
With the rise of wearable tech, this fabric already has market potential — from mobile to medical technology, and infrastructure monitoring to GPS. The researchers have received a number of inquiries from people in these industries.
In two years, the fabric may be available on the market.
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First-Ever Discovery: Complex Organic Molecules Found on Rosetta’s Comet
First-Ever Discovery: Complex Organic Molecules Found on Rosetta’s Comet
This false-color four-image mosaic comprises images taken from a distance of 28.7 km from the center of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on 3 February 2015. The mosaic measures 4.2 x 4.6 km. Image
credit: ESA / Rosetta / NAVCAM / CC BY-SA IGO 3.0.
IN BRIEF
The ESA's Rosetta comet orbiter has found complex, solid organic molecules in dust particles that came of the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, lending credence to the theory that organic compounds, or even life itself came from the stars.
ONE LAST FIND
Over the past few months, the ESA’s Rosetta orbiter has been feeding us valuable data on comets: where they come from, what they’re made of, how they work, and so on. But its time is nearly at an end, with a kamikaze dive towards the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko scheduled for later this month.
But just before it dies, it has one more surprise up its sleeve.
The scientists behind Rosetta report that the probe has found complex, solid organic matter in the dust particles of the comet, the kind we’ve never expected to find. Previous missions could not collect these solid organic molecules, since these missions were merely flybys. Ultimately, they crafts moved too fast, disrupting the particles too much for a proper characterization.
MORE SOLID EVIDENCE
But Rosetta has the ability to lower its speed so that such information can be gathered. By slowing down, it was able to collect 27,000 dust particles, enough for its COSIMA mass spectrometer to get a proper reading.
What it found was nearly 200 particles of note, which are being studied to determine their organic structure. In a paper published in Nature, the scientists present seven representative particles, particularly two named Kenneth and Juliette.
Nature
“Our analysis reveals carbon in a far more complex form than expected,” remarked Hervé Cottin, one of the authors of the paper, in a statement. “It is so complex, we can’t give it a proper formula or a name!”
Comparison of the spectra determined for Kenneth and Juliette with the composition of organic matter in a chondritic meteorite found on Earth. Red lines indicate cometary dust grains while black lines indicate the meteorite.
Image: ESA/Rosetta/MPS for COSIMA Team
These results are more extraordinary given that previous results from the Philae Lander and Rosetta itself saw only light, gaseous organic molecules, very different from the ones detected by this study.
“These particles have remained pristine and untouched for billions of years…” says senior author Martin Hilchenbach, in the same statement. “The results add to the growing picture that Comet 67P/C-G contains some of the most primitive material from our Solar System’s early history.”
VIDEO: Apollo-astronauten zagen mysterieuze lichten op de maan
VIDEO: Apollo-astronauten zagen mysterieuze lichten op de maan
Vlak voor de landing van Apollo 17 zag astronaut Jack Smith iets vreemds op of boven het maanoppervlak. “Ik zag net een flits op het maanoppervlak,” zei hij. “Het was een felle flits bij die krater.”
Het object werd ook gezien door astronaut Eugene Cernan. De waarneming door het tweetal stelt experts al tientallen jaren voor een raadsel.
Te fel en te blauw
In het programma The Unexplained Files wordt een foto getoond waarop mogelijk het object is te zien dat Smith tijdens zijn ruimtereis zag. Er werd namelijk een mysterieus blauwgekleurd object vastgelegd boven het maanoppervlak, zo laat astronoom Marc D’Antonio zien.
“In de bovenhoek bevindt zich een heel vreemd driehoekig object,” zegt hij, toevoegende dat hij niet weet wat het is. De drie blauwe lichten zijn te fel en te blauw om een planeet of sterrenbeeld te kunnen zijn.
Geen officiële verklaring
Astronaut Alfred Warden heeft een mogelijke verklaring voor het object. Tijdens een eerdere missie had hij een mini-satelliet in een baan om de maan gebracht. Hij zegt dat de twee astronauten wellicht die satelliet hebben gezien.
Het is onmogelijk om met zekerheid te zeggen wat Cernan heeft gezien. Sommigen speculeren dat Smith meteoren zag die insloegen op de maan. NASA heeft geen officiële verklaring voor deze UFO-waarneming.
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Breakthrough Starshot : en route vers Proxima du Centaure ?
Breakthrough Starshot : en route vers Proxima du Centaure ?
Financé par l’entrepreneur russe Yuri Milner et avec la bénédiction de Stephen Hawking, le projetBreakthrough Starshot a pour objectif d’envoyer une sonde vers le système stellaire le plus proche, où l'on vient de découvrir une planète, en une génération seulement.
Lee Billings. Traduction de William Rowe-Pirra
Alpha Centauri, le système stellaire le plus proche du Soleil, est la cible du projet Breakthrough Starshot, qui vise à y envoyer des nanosondes propulsées par laser.
Pour Yuri Milner, l’entrepreneur russe et philanthrope milliardaire qui finance les prix scientifiques les plus richement dotés et la recherche de vie extraterrestre, le ciel n’est pas la limite – et le Système solaire non plus. Soutenu par le physicien Stephen Hawking et d’autres appuis de poids, Yuri Milner a annoncé début 2016 son investissement le plus ambitieux à ce jour : 100 millions de dollars pour un programme de recherche visant à envoyer des sondes robotiques vers le système stellaire le plus proche en seulement une génération.
« L’histoire de l’humanité est faite de bonds en avant », avait déclaré le milliardaire russe peu après l’annonce de son investissement. « Il y a 55 ans, Yuri Gagarine est devenu le premier humain à aller dans l’espace. Aujourd’hui, nous nous préparons pour le prochain grand saut – vers les étoiles.»
« Breakthrough Starshot », le programme financé par Yuri Milner, a pour objectif de faire rentrer tous les composants d’une sonde robotique – les cameras, les détecteurs, les propulseurs de manœuvre et l’équipement de communication – dans une « nanosonde » de l’ordre de quelques grammes. Celle-ci serait suffisamment petite pour être accélérée à des vitesses très élevées, à l’aide de technologies également en développement : un réseau de lasers terrestres de taille kilométrique, capable d’émettre des impulsions de 100 gigawatts pendant plusieurs minutes à travers l’atmosphère ; impulsions qui frapperaient des « voiles solaires » de quelques atomes d'épaisseur et plusieurs mètres de large et les propulseraient vers les étoiles. Chaque photon de l'impulsion laser délivrerait une petite quantité de mouvement à la voile et à son chargement, mais dans le vide et l'apesenteur de l'espace, le torrent de photons libéré par un laser de l’ordre du gigawatt amènerait la nanosonde à des vitesses relativistes. « Sans de nouvelles méthodes de propulsion, nous ne pouvons tout simplement pas aller très loin, » a expliqué Stephen Hawking lors de l’annonce. « La lumière est la technologie la plus accessible. »
Lancées par milliers depuis un vaisseau mère mis en orbite autour de la Terre, chaque nanosonde déploierait sa voile et profiterait d’une impulsion laser pour accélérer à 20 % de la vitesse de la lumière – soit quelques 60 000 kilomètres par secondes. En utilisant un système d'optique adaptative sophistiqué (des miroirs qui se déforment en temps réel) pour conserver la cohérence et la précision de chaque impulsion malgré les turbulences de l’atmosphère, chaque impulsion posséderait une énergie équivalente à celle d'une fusée au décollage. Le réseau de lasers pourrait ainsi propulser une nanosonde par jour.
Ce réseau devrait être construit à haute altitude, dans un environnement aride, et dans l’hémisphère Sud – peut-être au sommet d’une montagne du Chili, d’Afrique du Sud ou même d’Antarctique –, quelque part où l'on voit directement la cible du projet Breakthrough Starshot : l'étoile double Alpha Centauri qui, à 4,37 années lumières, forme avec Proxima du Centaure le système stellaire le plus proche du nôtre. La Nasa a déjà envoyé cinq sondes sur des trajectoires qui les conduisent au-delà des limites du Système solaire, mais même la plus rapide d’entre elles mettrait plus de 30 000 ans à atteindre Alpha du Centaure. Les nanosondes du projet Breakthrough Starshot accompliraient ce même voyage interstellaire en seulement 20 ans. Dépourvue de système de freinage, elles récolteraient brièvement des informations sur les éventuelles planètes du système Alpha Centauri, qu’elle nous enverrait avant de s'enfoncer plus profondément dans l'obscurité de l'espace interstellaire, hors de portée de toute communication.
Pour Yuri Milner, « si cette mission se concrétise, elle nous en apprendra autant sur nous mêmes que sur Alpha Centauri ». Breakthrough Starshot est le concept le plus récent des initiatives Breakthrough, un ensemble de projets multidisciplinaires qui mobilisent des fonds privés pour tenter de répondre à des questions sur la vie dans l’univers. En 2015, toujours avec Stephen Hawking, Yuri Milner avait annoncé Breakthrough Listen, un projet à 100 millions de dollars s’étalant sur 10 ans, qui consiste à écouter plus d’un million d’étoiles et une centaine de galaxies pour tenter de déceler les signaux d’une potentielle civilisation extraterrestre. Il avait aussi annoncé le projet à 1 million de dollars Breakthrough Message, dont l’objectif est de composer des communiqués à diffuser vers l’espace à destination de toute éventuelle civilisation extraterrestre attentive. Comme Breakthrough Starshot, qui représente la plus grosse somme d’argent jamais dédiée exclusivement aux recherches sur le voyage interstellaire, ces autres initiatives constituent un tournant dans le financement de ces champs de recherche qui, en raison de leur nature particulièrement spéculative, ont longuement végété dans les tréfonds des financements scientifiques publics.
Grands projets, petites sondes
Les plans sérieux pour ce projet ont débuté il y a environ un an, quand Yuri Milner a consulté des experts qui ont réfléchi concrètement aux options envisageables pour rendre le voyage interstellaire possible. L’un d’entre eux, Avi Loeb, astrophysicien à l’université de Harvard et nouveau président du conseil consultatif de Breakthrough Starshot, a déjà proposé des idées étonnantes pour rechercher la vie extraterrestre.
Avi Loeb et ses collègues consultants ont souligné que nous sommes déjà capables chaque jour d’accélérer des particules subatomiques à une vitesse proche de celle de la lumière et que plus une sonde est petite, plus elle pourra voyager vite. « Si vous retirez la coque et l’interface d’un iPhone, ses composants électronique, y compris la caméra et les dispositifs de communications, ne pèsent que quelques grammes, » explique Avi Loeb. « C’est presque tout ce dont vous avez besoin pour une nanosonde et nous sommes sur le point de l’avoir grâce à la miniaturisation de l’électronique. »
Après avoir considéré, puis rejeté, des options aussi exotiques que des fusées propulsées par l’annihilation d’antimatière ou par la fusion nucléaire, les consultants se sont intéressés aux voiles solaires propulsées par laser, un concept apparu pour la première fois dans les années 1960. Ils se sont concentrés sur les travaux récents de Philip Lubin, un physicien de l’université de Californie à Santa Barbara, qui venait juste de mettre au point la « feuille de route » pour développer de minuscules sondes interstellaires propulsées par laser, dans le cadre d’une étude modestement financée par la Nasa. Après quelques modifications, ces plans ont fourni un modèle pourBreakthrough Starshot et Philip Lubin est désormais l’un des membres clés du projet.
« Le problème du voyage interstellaire peut-être abordé de deux manières, explique Lubin. Les fusées à antimatière ou à fusion nucléaire font partie d’une approche "réelle". Les lois physiques connues indiquent que ce sont des solutions réalistes, même si nous ne savons pas encore bien comment les mettre en pratique. La propulsion par distorsion de l'espace-temps ou par les trous de ver font partie d’une approche plus "imaginaire" – ce que j’appellerais des solutions fictives, parce que personne n'a la moindre idée de comment les réaliser. » Le concept de propulsion laser est, selon lui, une approche tout à fait réelle parce qu’il est à la fois « réaliste et réalisable ».
La feuille de route de Philib Lubin énonce les nombreux obstacles qu’une mission interstellaire à propulsion laser devra surmonter, tel que la synchronisation d'une multitude de petits lasers en un réseau de taille kilométrique et la fabrication d’une voile légère et fine comme une toile d’araignée, mais capable de résister à des impulsions laser de l’ordre de plusieurs gigawatts. Un autre problème sera de convaincre les responsables politiques d’autoriser la construction d’un tel système laser qui pourrait, en principe, être utilisé comme une arme. Les sondes devront transmettre leurs observations à la Terre en utilisant des lasers embarqués d'une énergie de quelques watts seulement – un problème potentiellement soluble en utilisant le réseau laser terrestre comme récepteur. Mais l’obstacle le plus important est simplement une question de prix : à un coût estimé d’environ 10 dollars par watt, la construction du réseau de laser à 100 gigawatt de Breaktrough Starshot coûterait 1000 milliards de dollars.
Mais si élevé cela que puisse paraître, il faut se souvenir que les prix du marché d’il y a 10 ans auraient rendu le projet 100 fois plus cher. Poussé par la forte demande des systèmes de télécommunications et par les projets de défense, le coût des technologies nécessaires à un réseau de lasers géant est divisé par 2 tous les 18 mois, selon Philip Lubin. Cette baisse exponentielle des coûts suggère que d’ici 10 ans, le prix des lasers pourrait passer de 10 dollars par watt à seulement 10 centimes. « Le projetBreakthrough Starshot consiste au fond à améliorer et à développer à une échelle bien plus grande des technologies critiques, en examinant ce qui permet ou empêche ce changement d'échelle », explique le physicien. « Si les prix ne bougent pas dans les 30 prochaines années, nous aurons de gros problèmes pour mener à bien ce projet. »
Selon Avi Loeb, il existe un autre obstacle, plus subtil, de l’ordre du phénomène social : le « facteur dérision », c’est-à-dire la tendance des gens à se moquer de concepts avant-gardistes. « Toute révolution scientifique ou technologique passe par une première phase durant laquelle elle est moquée, » développe Avi Loeb. « Parfois, la moquerie est issue de critiques valides, mais parfois elle n’existe que parce que le projet est différent et peut paraître étrange… Ce qui est sûr, c’est que la majeure partie de la communauté scientifique qui travaille sur des sujets dont on n'est pas censé se moquer – des sujets dont le facteur dérision est de zéro – font eux même une grande erreur en se moquant. » « Nous sommes sérieux, poursuit Avi Loeb. Nous découvrirons si, oui ou non, ce projet est réalisable et s’il ne l’est pas, nous l’admettrons et passerons à autre chose. »
Le rêve Centauri
Suivant la feuille de route modifiée de Philib Lubin, une grande partie des 100 millions de dollars de Yuri Milner serviront à financer le développement de solutions à une vingtaine d’obstacles techniques majeurs identifiés. Ces solutions pourraient ensuite donner naissance à un prototype, qui pourrait peut-être être construit pour quelques centaines de millions de dollars de plus. Du moment que les prix des technologies électroniques et photoniques continuent de baisser et que leurs performances continue d’augmenter, l’assemblage d’un système pleinement fonctionnel nécessiterait un financement de la même échelle que celui du Grand collisionneur de hadrons ou du télescope spatial James Web, c'est-à-dire plusieurs milliards de dollars – que Yuri Milner ne pourrait pas fournir seul. Les gouvernements ou bien des collectifs de philanthropes milliardaires pourraient alors participer. Avec Yuri Milner et Stephen Hawking, le troisième membre du conseil de direction de Breakthrough Starshot est d'ailleurs Mark Zuckerberg, le fondateur et président de Facebook.
« Cela doit être vu comme un effort collectif, parce que c’est seulement de cette façon que nous y arriverons », déclare Yuri Milner. « Il serait très excitant que nous y parvenions au cours de notre vie, comme nous l’espérons, mais si ce n’est pas le cas, nous transmettrons ce projet à la génération suivante – pas simplement comme une idée, mais comme une feuille de route et une technologie développées. Nous ne sommes pas à des centaines d’années d’accomplir cela, seulement à quelques décennies. Ces 100 millions de dollars ont pour objectif de servir pendant les prochaines années, pour permettre de se concentrer sur chaque obstacle que nous avons mis en lumière et de voir jusqu’où nous pouvons repousser la limite. »
En dehors du manque de matériel et de financement, l’une des craintes majeures des auteurs du projet était qu’aucune planète n’avait encore été observée dans le système Alpha Centauri à l’époque. Heureusement, une exoplanète vient d'être découverte en orbite autour de Proxima du Centaure,l’étoile la plus proche parmi les trois astres du système triple Alpha Centauri. Et quand bien même, selon Pete Worden, ancien directeur du centre de recherche Ames de la Nasa et directeur du projet Breakthrough Starshot, les nanosondes propulsées par laser pourraient aussi servir à plus long terme à explorer d'autres systèmes stellaires.
En plus de faire du voyage interstellaire une réalité, Breakthrough Starshot pourrait aussi avoir des applications plus directes pour nous, explique Peter Worden. Le réseau laser pourrait servir à détecter et à caractériser des astéroïdes potentiellement dangereux pour la Terre, et son réseau de miroirs déformables pourrait servir de télescope géant pour capter la lumière stellaire plutôt que de focaliser des lasers. Les lasers pourraient aussi propulser des sondes en direction des planètes de notre propre système solaire et envoyer des messions vers Mars en quelques heures ou vers Pluton en quelques jours pour quelques centaines de milliers de dollars par tir.
« Une fois que nous aurons lancé ces sondes et que nous aurons obtenu des images d'une planète orbitant autour d’une autre étoile, cela nous forcera à définire l'humanité comme un tout et ouvrira la voie à notre avenir commun, » pense Pete Worden. « C’est un projet qui, s'il fonctionne, nous amènera à repenser notre existence en tant qu’espèce mais aussi en tant qu’habitants d’une planète. »
Le lancement de Breakthrough Starshot permet déjà aux fondateurs desBreakthrough Initiatives de revoir leurs autres projets, tel que Breakthrough Listen. Si nous cherchons des planètes potentiellement habitables dans d’autres systèmes stellaires et utilisons des lasers pour y envoyer des flottilles de sondes miniaturisées les explorer, nous n’avons pas de raison de penser que nous sommes les seuls à le faire. Les sondes en elles-mêmes seraient invisibles : un vaisseau interstellaire de quelques grammes pénétrant la haute atmosphère terrestre à une vitesse de 20 % celle de la lumière dégagerait une énergie d’à peine une kilotonne, impossible à distinguer de celle des quelques météorites de l'ordre d’un mètre qui pénètrent notre atmosphère chaque année. L’un des lasers propulsant une telle sonde pourrait être détecté s’il achevait sa course dans l’un de nos télescopes les plus performants. La plus grande partie des efforts du projet Breakthrough Listen consiste à rechercher des signaux radios de communications extraterrestres, mais le projet s’intéresse aussi à tout potentiel signal lumineux en provenance de l’espace interstellaire.
Lors de la conférence annonçant le projet, Stephen Hawking a expliqué qu’il soutenait ce projet moins pour l'avancée scientifique que pour une question de survie. « La Terre est un endroit merveilleux, mais elle pourrait bien ne pas durer éternellement, » explique-t-il. « Tôt ou tard, nous devrons nous tourner vers les étoiles. Breakthrough Starshot est un premier pas prometteur sur cette route. »
Avi Loeb est du même avis : « Un jour, il faudra qu’on trouve une alternative à la vie sur Terre, et comme pour n’importe quel grand voyage, celui-ci doit commencer par un premier petit pas – on ne peut pas juste abandonner. Rappelez-vous ce que disait Oscar Wilde : " Nous sommes tous dans le caniveau, mais certains d’entre nous regardent les étoiles. ". Quand je regarde les étoiles, la nuit, elles ont l’air de petites lumières dans un grand vaisseau qui voyagerait à travers l’espace. Et à chaque fois je me pose la même question : y a-t-il d’autres passagers à bord de ce vaisseau, près de ces petites lumière ? Si ce projet se concrétise, nous pourrons leur rendre visite et découvrir la vérité.
UFO Sightings Have Doubled – The ET’s Creating Their Own Disclosure?
UFO Sightings Have Doubled – The ET’s Creating Their Own Disclosure?
In the month of June 2015 UFO sightings were dramatically on the up by a 100%. Some are saying that this is the summer of “Alien Disclosure”
Dare we mention their name but MUFON had double the amount of sightings in June compared to may, up from 600 to a staggering 1,179 sightings! With this better summer weather and clear sky’s around many parts of the world, all this going hand in hand with many leading events throughout the world, could this be the time for the Aliens to start forcing their very own disclosure!?
But guess what people, MUFON have declared that this means nothing and the only reason for the dramatic increase in sightings is due to the fact that they have shared their footage recently with the History Channel for a TV series called ‘ Hangar 1: The UFO Files’
Roger Marsh, MUFON’s Director of Communications, recently confirmed to another UFO Research site called ‘Openminds‘ that:
“We feel [it] was directly related to the final two episodes of Season 2 of ‘Hangar 1: The UFO Files,'” he told the alternative news site Open Minds.
“A very high percentage of the June UFO report surge were historical cases,” Marsh added.
“People were watching our show and decided they finally discovered a place where they could report their encounter.
“Some of these are very, very interesting and compelling cases currently under investigation.” Roger Marsh said
Like as we stated above one thing that we agree with MUFON is that Roger also stated that due to people being outside a lot more in this good weather and probably appreciating the night sky more, then this will add to the amount of UFO sightings being seen! BUT this does not explain the increase of sightings compared to last years amount of UFO sightings (please see table below).
A graph table showing the dramatic increase in sightings!
It is clear as we have highlighted many times before on our website and on our FB/Twitter page that we are clearly being ‘Drip Fed’ with Disclosure on a weekly basis pretty much, so could this all possibly go hand in hand with the dramatic increase in UFO sightings and could this also mean that the Aliens are possibly growing impatient and want Disclosure Now?
Are the ET’s forcing their very own ‘Disclosure’ ?
It of course is impossible to confirm at this moment in time, but its important to remember some of the exciting stories we have read in the papers recently and the things that leading space agencies and Scientists have confirmed. We have had the European Space agency mentioning about potentially discovering life on a comet one of their space landers have not so long ago landed on. We have also had it confirmed that even in our very own Galaxy, the Milky Way, we could be surrounded by‘Billions of Habitable planets’ (as a child I was taught that we were alone in the Universe). ‘Alien seeds and space Bugs being found above the Earths atmosphere’ by leading scientists etc etc the list goes on with the amount of Alien headlines we have had recently! On top of all this headline news about Aliens we are also now seeing more and more UFO sightings appearing in the media too, ESECIALLY in June 2015!
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All of this VERY much goes hand in hand together! We are very much not alone in the Universe and being visited pretty much daily and the world leaders and the media are working together to ‘educate’ the masses…..Whether Official Disclosure happens this year or next….Disclosure is coming people, whether the people of this world like it or not, and THIS is why we are now seeing more sightings as it is all one big build up to what is to come!!
Yes there will always be hoaxes and fakes but sightings are on the up and ‘Extra-terrestrial’ interest is on the up…The world is shifting in to a new level of consciousness, its a new ‘Awakening’ for Planet Earth! But there will always be those that will be against the acceptance of life beyond planet earth, hence the ‘Drip feeding’ of Disclosure by the world leaders! (But the Aliens may be running out of patience!?).
Please see below some of the ‘few’ recent headline sightings from around the world.
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Huge Cigar UFO and Orbs above California – Just one of the MANY UFO images appearing in the media nowadays!
This intriguing shot from Stonehenge:
There appears to have been something in the air in June. According to an international group of alien hunters, the number of UFO sightings doubled last month. High-profile sightings last month included one of a ‘flying saucer’ UFO which visited Stonehenge!
Suspected mass sightings seen in space too recently:
They're Here! Mass UFO Sightings & The Covert Campaign Against Ufology! 6/19/16
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Roswell UFO breakthrough? Investigators claim development after BIZARRE desert discovery
Roswell UFO breakthrough? Investigators claim development after BIZARRE desert discovery
Alien hunter websites have been sent into overdrive after the mysterious discovery was made on Google Maps. The claimed ‘crash site’ is around 70 miles from Roswell in New Mexico, where UFO legend has it that a flying saucer crashed in July 1947, and the US military covered it up.
There are several long-standing conspiracy theories about Hitler and the Nazis experimenting with the occult and making contact with aliens in secret bases, including in the Antarctic, which have fuelled speculation about the new discovery.
Pseudo-science and archaeology website Ancient Origins has picked up on the images.
Its website said: “People have claimed that the enigmatic symbol found near Roswell is the result of Nazi occultism and even alien worship, due to its proximity to Roswell, where one of the most famous UFO sightings in history occurred.”
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Is this a swastika or sign of Buddha?
But Ancient Origins concluded the patterns were more likely made by the US Air Force as target practice for bombers.It would not be the first time this has happened.
In 2007, the US Navy was forced into an embarrassing apology after satellite imagery exposed how the Coronado Naval Amphibious Base in San Diego had been designed in the swastika shape.
But others believe the Roswell symbols have been there much longer.
Ancient Origins added: “However, this theory isn’t widely accepted by everyone, as there are many people who believe that the enigmatic symbols spread across the land of New Mexico, date back hundreds of years.”
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Some of the markings appear like ancient runes
Adding to the mystery is the fact the patterns are also close to the top-secret Area 51 US military base in the Nevada desert – where alien conspiracy theorists claim the “Roswell crashed UFO” was hidden away in 1947.Scott C Waring, editor of UFOsightingsdfaily.com, is not one to sit on the fence when it comes to proof of aliens.
In a blog posting he took the leap from speculation to say it was a sign pointing out a hidden underground alien base.
While others wondered why a hidden base would have such an unusual “X marks the spot” highlighting it, he said it was to warn oil drillers to steer clear and avoid the cavernous dwelling.
He blogged: “This is not a symbol of Hitler’s Nazis, but is the ancient buddha symbol that means pure goodness.
“Also in the writing in the rectangle above is alien symbols, very similar to those found at the Roswell UFO crash on small metal beams and parts.
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Travis Walton UFO Abduction
Travis Walton UFO Abduction
Travis Walton (born February 10, 1953) is an American logger who was allegedly abducted by a UFO on November 5, 1975, while working with a logging crew in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest in Arizona. Walton could not be found, but reappeared after a five-day search.
The Walton case received mainstream publicity and remains one of the best-known instances of alleged alien abduction. UFO historian Jerome Clark writes that “Few abduction reports have generated as much controversy” as the Walton case. It is furthermore one of the very few alleged alien abduction cases with some corroborative eyewitnesses, and one of few alleged abduction cases where the time allegedly spent in the custody of aliens plays a rather minor role in the overall account.
UFO researchers Jenny Randles and Peter Houghe write that “Neither before or since has an abduction story begun in the manner related by Walton and his coworkers. Furthermore, the Walton case is singular in that the victim vanished for days on end with police squads out searching … it is an atypical ‘Close Encounter: Fourth Kind’ (CE4) … which bucks the trend so much that it worried some investigators; others defend it staunchly.
Background
The case began on Wednesday, November 5, 1975. Then 22 years old, Walton was employed by Mike Rogers, who had for nine years contracted with the United States Forest Service for various duties. Rogers and Walton were best friends; Walton dated Rogers’ sister Dana, whom he later married. Others on the crew were Ken Peterson, John Goulette, Steve Pierce, Allen Dallis and Dwayne Smith. They all lived in the town of Snowflake, Arizona.
Rogers was hired to thin out scrub brush and undergrowth from a large area (more than 1,200 acres) near Turkey Springs, Arizona. The job was the most lucrative contract Rogers had received from the Forest Service, but the job was behind schedule. As a result, they worked overtime to fulfill the contract, typically from 6 a.m. until sunset.
The Search
About 7:30 p.m., Peterson called police from Heber, Arizona, near Snowflake. Deputy Sheriff Chuck Ellison answered the telephone; Peterson initially reported only that one of a logging crew was missing. Ellison then met the crew at a shopping center. They related the tale to him — all the men distraught, two of them in tears — and though he was somewhat skeptical of the fantastic account, Ellison would later reflect “that if they were acting, they were awfully good at it.”
Ellison notified his superior — Sheriff Marlin Gillespie — who told Ellison to keep the crew in Heber until he could arrive with Officer Ken Coplan to interview the men. In less than an hour, Gillespie and Coplan arrived, and they heard the tale from the crew. Rogers insisted on returning to the scene immediately to search for Walton, with tracking dogs, if possible. No dogs were available, but the police and some of the crew returned to the scene. Crew members Smith, Pierce and Goulette were too upset to be of much help in a search, so they elected to return to Snowflake and relate the bad news to friends and family.
At the scene, the law enforcement officers became suspicious of the story related by the crew, mainly because there was nothing in the way of physical evidence to back up the account. Though more police and volunteers arrived to search the area, they found not a trace of Walton. Winter nights could be bitterly cold in the mountains, and Walton had worn only jeans, a denim jacket and a shirt; police were worried that Walton could fall victim to hypothermia if he were lost.
Rogers and Sheriff Coplan went to tell the news to Walton’s mother, Mary Walton Kellett, who lived on a small ranch at Bear Creek, some 10 miles (16 km) from Snowflake. Rogers told her what had happened, and she asked him to repeat the account. She then asked calmly if anyone other than the police and the eyewitnesses had heard the story. Coplan thought her reserved response was odd; this factor contributed to the growing suspicion among police that something other than a UFO was responsible for Walton’s absence. On the other hand, Clark noted that Kellett was known as being generally guarded, and had furthermore raised six children largely by herself under often trying circumstances, which “had long since taught her to not to fly to pieces in the face of crises and tragedies. Yet in the days ahead, as events overwhelmed her, she would show emotion before friends, acquaintances and strangers alike — a fact that would go unmentioned in debunking treatments of the Walton episode.”
About 3 a.m., Kellett telephoned Duane Walton, her second-oldest child. He left his home in Glendale, Arizona, and drove to Snowflake.
By morning on November 6, officials and volunteers had scoured the area around the scene where Walton went missing. No trace of him was discovered, and police suspicions were growing that the UFO tale was concocted to cover up an accident or homicide. Saturday morning, Rogers and Duane Walton arrived at Sheriff Gillespie’s office “explosively angry” because they had returned to the scene and found no police there. By that afternoon, police were searching for Walton with helicopters, horse-mounted officers, and jeeps.
Publicity
By Saturday, word of Walton’s disappearance had spread internationally. News reporters, ufologists and the curious began travelling to Snowflake. Among the visitors was Fred Sylvanus, a Phoenix UFO investigator, who interviewed Rogers and Duane Walton on Saturday, November 8. While repeatedly expressing worry for Walton’s well-being (and criticizing what they saw as a halfhearted search effort by police), both men would make statements that would return to haunt them, when seized upon by critics.
On the recordings made by Sylvanus, Rogers noted that because of Walton’s disappearance and the subsequent search, he would be unable to complete his contract with the Forest Service, and he hoped the search for his missing friend would mitigate the situation. Duane Walton reported he and Walton were quite interested in UFOs, and that some twelve years earlier, Duane had witnessed a UFO similar to the one witnessed by the logging crew. Duane reported that he and Walton had both decided that if they had a chance, they would get as close as possible to any UFO they might see. Duane also suggested that Walton would not be injured by the aliens, because “they don’t harm people”. Without intending to do so, Rogers and Duane Walton had laid “the foundations for an alternative interpretation of the case” with their statements. Walton would later report that he never had a “keen” interest in UFOs, even after his supposed abduction, but the tape recorded statement of his brother Duane, while Walton was still missing, runs contrary to Walton’s statements.
Shortly after the Sylvanus interview, Snowflake town marshal Sanford Flake announced that the entire affair was a prank engineered by Duane and Travis. They had fooled the logging crew by lighting a balloon and “releasing it at the appropriate time”. Flake’s wife disagreed, suggesting that her husband’s story was “just as farfetched as Duane Walton’s”.
In the meantime, Police officers were making repeated visits to Kellett’s home; Duane once returned there to find her in tears as she was being questioned in her living room. Duane told the police to leave unless they had something new to relate, or to ask. Duane suggested that she speak with police only on the front porch, which would allow her to end the interview anytime she chose by simply going inside. She did exactly that after Marshal Flake arrived to relate a message, which Clark notes, contributed to the feeling among skeptics that Kellett was “hiding something. Or someone”.
Duane also spoke with William H. Spaulding of Ground Saucer Watch. Spaulding suggested that if Walton ever returned, GSW could provide a doctor to examine him in confidence.
Polygraph
On Monday, November 10, all of Rogers’ remaining crew took polygraph examinations administered by Cy Gilson, an Arizona Department of Public Safety employee. His questions asked if any of the men caused harm to Walton (or knew who had caused Walton harm), if they knew where Walton’s body was buried, and if they told the truth about seeing a UFO. The men all denied harming Walton (or knowing who had harmed him), denied knowing where his body was, and insisted they had indeed seen a UFO.
Excepting Dallis (who had not completed his exam, thus rendering it invalid), Gilson concluded that all the men were truthful, and the exam results were conclusive. Clark quotes from Gilson’s official report: “These polygraph examinations prove that these five men did see some object they believed to be a UFO, and that Travis Walton was not injured or murdered by any of these men on that Wednesday”. If the UFO was fake, Gilson thought, “five of these men had no prior knowledge of it”.
Following the polygraph tests, Sheriff Gillespie announced that he accepted the UFO story, saying “There’s no doubt they’re telling the truth.”
In 2009, Walton was a participant on game show The Moment of Truth. When asked if he was abducted by a UFO in 1975, he responded, “Yes”, an answer which the polygraph examiner determined to be deceptive prior to taping. Walton, in response to this outcome, said that polygraphs are 97% accurate, even in the best of cases.
Walton in the news
By Tuesday afternoon, word of Walton’s return had leaked out to the public. Duane took a telephone call from Spaulding, and told Spaulding not to bother the family again. Clark writes that after this telephone call, “Spaulding became a sworn enemy in the case.”[3]:663
Among the other telephone calls after news of Walton’s return was one from Coral Lorenzen of Aerial Phenomena Research Organization (APRO), a civilian UFO research group. She promised Duane that she could arrange an examination for Walton by two medical doctors — general practitioner Joseph Saults and pediatrician Howard Kandell — at Duane’s home. Duane agreed, and the exam began at about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday.[3]:636
Clark writes that “between Lorenzen’s call and the physicians’ examination, another party would enter, and hugely complicate, the story”. Lorenzen was telephoned by an employee of the National Enquirer, an American tabloid newspaper known for its sensationalistic tone. The Enquirer employee promised to finance APRO’s investigation, in exchange for APRO’s “cooperation and access to the Waltons”. Since the Enquirer’s financial resources were far greater than APRO’s, Lorenzen agreed to the arrangement.
The medical examination revealed that Walton was essentially in good health, but they did note two unusual features:
A small red spot at the crease of Walton’s right elbow that was consistent with a hypodermic injection, but the doctors also noted that the spot was not near a vein. Analysis of Walton’s urine revealed a lack of ketones. This was unusual, given that if Walton had indeed been gone for five days with little or no food as he insisted (and as his weight loss suggested), his body should have begun breaking down fats in order to survive, and this should have led to very high levels of ketone in his urine. Critics would argue this inconsistency is evidence against Walton’s story. Walton would later speculate that he had gotten the mark on his elbow in the course of his logging work; critics would speculate that the mark showed where Walton (or someone else) had injected drugs into his system. Clark dismisses this possibility of drugging as most unlikely, given that the medical doctors found no sign of it, but he also notes that perhaps “more difficult to explain is the absence of bruises, which one might expect in the wake of Walton’s alleged beam-driven collision with the ground.
Walton in the UFO
In his survey of UFO abduction literature, Terry Matheson writes that “Walton’s experience stands out by virtue of its not being particularly bizarre as far as abduction accounts go.”
Walton reported that after approaching the UFO near the work site, the last thing he remembered was being struck by the beam of light. When he woke, Walton said he was on a reclined bed. A bright light shone above him, and the air was heavy and wet. He was in pain, and had some trouble breathing, but his first thought was that he was in a normal hospital.[citation needed]
As his faculties returned, Walton says he realized he was surrounded by three figures, each wearing a sort of orange jumpsuit. The figures were not human. Walton described the beings as typical of the so-called Greys which feature in some abduction accounts: “shorter than five feet, and they had bald heads, no hair. Their heads were domed, very large. They looked like fetuses […] They had large eyes — enormous eyes — almost all brown, without much white in them. The creepiest thing about them were those eyes … they just stared through me.” Their ears, noses and mouths “seemed real small, maybe just because their eyes were so huge.”
Walton related that he feared for his safety and got to his feet, and shouted at the creatures to stay away. He grabbed a glasslike cylinder from a nearby shelf and tried to break its tip to create a makeshift knife, but found the object unbreakable, so instead waved it at the creatures as a weapon. The trio of creatures left him in the room.[citation needed]
Matheson finds this portion of the narrative troublingly inconsistent, noting that “despite his ‘weakened’ condition, ‘aching body’ and ‘splitting pain in his skull’, maladies [sic] for which no cause is suggested, he has no trouble jumping up from his operating table, seizing a conveniently placed glasslike rod, and, assuming a karate ‘fighting stance’, frightened them with this display of macho aggression, enough at least to cause them to run away.”
Walton then left the “exam room” via a hallway, which led to a spherical room with only a high-backed chair placed in the centre of the room. Though he was afraid there might be someone seated in the chair, Walton says he walked towards it. As he did, lights began to appear in the room. The chair was empty, so Walton says he sat in it. When he did, the room was filled with lights, similar to stars projected on a round planetarium ceiling.[citation needed]
The chair was equipped on the left arm with a single short thick lever with an oddly shaped moulded handle atop some dark brown material. On the right arm, there was an illuminated, lime-green screen about five inches square with black lines intersected at all angles.
Aftermath
In 1978, Walton published The Walton Experience, in which he outlined his own narrative of the event and its aftermath. The same year, Bill Barry published The Ultimate Encounter, in which he argues that the various debunkers, especially Klass, did not make persuasive cases and that Walton and others alleging similar experiences related events more or less as they believed they had happened.
Matheson argues that Walton’s book makes a few fundamental errors that severely harm his case. While Walton “proclaims self-righteously” that he intends only to relate events and not “interpret” them, Matheson writes, “the reader will see almost immediately that large sections of the book are nothing more than highly speculative, purely imaginative recreations on his part”.For example, after he is knocked unconscious by the blue beam, Walton offers precise, novelistic dialogue describing the conversations of his fellow crew workers after they drove away in a panic. Yet Walton never mentions whether he is paraphrasing their words based on what they related to him, if he interviewed the others to determine who said what, or if he simply assumed what they said. Matheson argues that this represents a “lack of concern for literal accuracy that the reader cannot help but suspect is characteristic of the entire work”.
After the initial furor subsided, Walton remained in Snowflake and eventually became the foreman at a lumber mill; he married Dana Rogers and they had several children. Beyond the film based on his encounter, Walton has occasionally appeared at UFO conventions or on television specials.
Fire in the sky
In 1993, Walton’s book was adapted into a film, Fire in the Sky, directed by Robert Lieberman and starring D. B. Sweeney as Travis Walton, Robert Patrick as Mike Rogers and Scott MacDonald as Walton’s brother Dan Walton. Clark writes that the film found “Moderate success, mixed reviews, and ufologists’ complaints about its inaccuracies and exaggerations.”Especially inaccurate was the portion of the film detailing his time on the UFO; it bears almost no resemblance to the original narrative. Screenwriter Tracy Tormé even sent letters to many ufologists, claiming that the changes were requested by studio officials, and apologizing for making such substantial alterations to Walton’s narrative. (Randles and Hough, 188)
Walton and Mike Rogers made a few promotional appearances to support the film; they debated Klass on Larry King Live. At one point, Klass lost his temper and called Rogers a “goddamned liar.”In his book, Clark does not offer any background context to explain Klass’s remark on Larry King Live.
In the renewed publicity generated by the motion picture, Walton, Mike Rogers and Allen Dallis agreed to take polygraph examinations at the behest of “a skeptical ufologist, Jerry Black”.[3]:650 Again, the tests were conducted by Cy Gilson, and the men all asserted that the events as they related them were true. Gilson concluded that all three men were truthful in regard to their responses about the events of November 5, 1975.[citation needed]
At the time of the film’s release, Walton re-issued The Walton Experience under the same title as the film; expanding it to include text rebutting Klass’s commentary.
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Washington witness describes UFO with fins
Washington witness describes UFO with fins
A Washington witness at Auburn reported watching a teardrop-shaped UFO with fins, according to testimony in Case 78929 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
The witness was driving to a family members home when the object was first noticed at 2:18 p.m. on September 4, 2016.
Witness illustration.
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“I thought it was one of those stealth-type planes, but I noticed the wings/fins on the side of it didn’t normally match the ones that I had previously seen before,” the witness stated.“They looked like they had bat-like points on the ends of them. Think of the bat symbol almost on a triangle/teardrop shape.”
The witness then noticed a second anomaly.
“Behind the black object was a weird, small shape that looked like it was glimmering/glittering. It was super sparkly, but I wasn’t able to identify it at all.”
The witness described a second object behind the first one that may have been pulled by the first object over Auburn.
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The witness described the weather conditions and the object itself.
“The sky was a clear blue and the object was completely black/dark and the object it was either pulling or following was shiny and reminded me of sparkly mesh netting. At first when I noticed it I thought it was one of the stealthy/army planes since I’ve seen those around here and there, but the wings on the side of it didn’t match any of the kind I had seen before, plus the weird sparkly spider-web behind it made it seem really out of place.”
The witness was not sure of the relationship between the two objects.
“It was completely black and flying in a straight line while ‘pulling’ (it didn’t look attached to the actual flying object, it looked like it was being pulled though) this incredibly shiny, glittery mesh that reminded me of a spider web when it gets water droplets on it and sparkles. It wasn’t driving in any weird path or anything like that. It was moving completely straight as was the object behind it.”
The witness said the object just disappeared. Pictured: Auburn, WA.
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The object then quickly disappeared.
“I don’t like saying ‘it just disappeared’ because it sounds cliché, but that is exactly what it did. It was there one moment and then gone the next. The object being pulled behind it was gone as well. While at a red light I looked everywhere. Everywhere. Behind me, to the sides of me, in the air, near the road, and it was completely gone. When I reached my destination I looked everywhere then too, but I was not able to see it again, which kind of freaked me out.”
Auburn is a city in King County, WA, population 70,180.
The witness provided one sketch with the MUFON report which was filed on September 4, 2016. Washington Chief Investigator Maryanne Snyder is investigating. Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.
Op 8 september hangt er na een warme dag een grote onweersbui boven het Franse eiland Corsica.
Een man staat te filmen en naast de indrukwekkende bliksemflitsen legt hij nog iets anders vast.
Tijdens zijn laatste avond op Corsica aan het einde van zijn vakantie ziet een man dat er zich een onweersbui aan het ontwikkelen is en besluit te gaan filmen om zo te proberen een aantal van de indrukwekkende lichtflitsen vast te leggen.
Het is ongeveer negen uur in de avond wanneer hij begint met filmen, waar later meer op de beelden blijkt te staan dan alleen wat bliksemflitsen.
Het resultaat zijn niet alleen prachtige opnames van onweerswolken, maar ook zijn er diverse UFO’s waar te nemen.
Bij één daarvan zie je dat deze wordt getroffen door de bliksem en waarschijnlijk is dat ook de bedoeling. Het is natuurlijk zo langzamerhand een bekend feit dat er veel UFO’s rondom onweersbuien worden waargenomen.
Afgezien van dat dat in sommige gevallen te maken heeft met zogenaamde dimensieportalen, schijnen UFO’s de energie bij onweersbuien te gebruiken als een soort vorm van brandstof.
Waarschijnlijk vergelijkbaar met de grote UFO’s die soms worden waargenomen bij de zon om daar energie te tanken.
Hoe dan ook, het zijn prachtige opnames van UFO’s en onweersbuien.
This UFO was seen during sunset in France last Sunday. It is making its own cloud, but moving faster than a cloud, so its making a slight trail behind it. This is a medium size disk, about 500 meters across and are seen all around the world, but usually coming from the ocean area. Scott C. Waring
French News states: Charles and Danielle Barbanes have had a paranormal experience at home Sunday night. In the air, strange lights crisscrossed the sky. It was a Sunday night that resembled many others for this retired couple from Aixe-sur-Vienne. But for about forty seconds, their life changed in the paranormal ... "I was outside, when suddenly I saw a light south round the size of a half moon. I believed in a probe, then she started to move inexplicably "recounts Charles Barbanes. Random trajectories The latter immediately called his wife, then inside. It also still has trouble believing what she saw. "A kind of ball which emanated a yellow light came. She made a kind of parable, before falling to the other side of the bank of Vienna, "says Danielle. A total of five balls of this type are passed near their home in less than a minute. "It made no noise, there was no aircraft noise or drone. There are even two who remained motionless in the sky before climbing vertically. " For now, these unidentified flying objects in the sky Aachen found no rational explanation and the retired couple is the only known to have been observed. The police did its part not been informed of such a supernatural phenomenon Sunday night. As to the control tower at Limoges airport, she found no abnormal activity in the sector. Mystery…
This is an awesome find in Argentina. This meteorite was found this week and fell about 4,000 years ago. Made of iron and nickel, its extremely heavy, which makes it near impossible to burn up in the atmosphere as it falls. Meteors like this pass Earth every day, some of them are 20-100X its size, but most pass the distance of our moon, while others pass between Earth and our satellites in orbit. Makes you wonder if the NEO (Near Earth Object) gov organisation will tell us or not if a big one is about to come. Scott C. Waring
News states: Some meteorites are so big they need a name. Meet the Gancedo meteorite, a gigantic space rock extracted from the ground over the weekend using heavy machinery. It was found near the village of Gancedo in Argentina in an area known as Campo del Cielo ("Field of Heaven"). Ancient miracle meteorite saved from Australian outback 'Sword of Heaven' katana blade forged from meteorite Campo del Cielo is rife with iron meteorites estimated to have fallen around 4,000 years ago. What makes Gancedo unusual is its massive size, with a weight estimated at around 68,000 pounds (31,000 kilograms). News organization Compacto Nea posted a video of the meteorite extraction on YouTube Monday. It was a complicated affair requiring excavation equipment, chains, cables and plenty of heavy lifting to remove it from its impact crater. Parts of the iron meteorite have a rusty orange hue. The largest meteorite ever uncovered sits in southern Africa. The Hoba meteorite is estimated to weigh more than 132,000 pounds (60,000 kilograms). It's so big, it hasn't been moved and is now a tourist site. Argentinian news source Norte says the Gancedo meteorite is the second largest ever discovered.
Famous Author Says Aliens Have Something To Do With Cattle Mutilation
Famous Author Says Aliens Have Something To Do With Cattle Mutilation
Jeering public and skeptical authorities buried UFO sightings, disclosed Ben Mezrich, an acclaimed author of books that were the base for Oscar winner movies “The Social Network,” and “21.”
Flashing lights and mysterious movies are creating waves and catching attention virtually everywhere as UFOs are becoming the eye candy. However, believers appear to be lesser in number when compared to disbelievers. Every time an apparent alien being observed in the skies, there is always a debate of whether they are indeed UFOs or just birds and ordinary aircraft.
Ben Mezrich latest book “The 37th Parallel” could likely make waves in the UFO community. According to Mezrich, cattle mutilation is one of many pieces of evidence about aliens.
He wrote that there had been more than ten thousand horses and cows have been found without life and mutilated over the past seventy years. These mutilated animals usually left lying on their sides with organs being removed through what Mezrich describes as precise, circular wounds.
Most mutilated animals have missing lungs, tongues, eyes, and hearts. And, according to Mezrich, this isn’t even the worst part. Nearly all carcasses have been recovered completely drained of blood, Mezrich wrote.
Michio Kaku: ‘This Has To Be An Alien Super Structure!’
Michio Kaku: ‘This Has To Be An Alien Super Structure!’
Well respected Top Theoretical Physicist Michio Kaku believes that the recent announcement about a potential Alien Super structure being found next to a star “1,500 light years away” could actually be “the biggest story in the past five-hundred years!”
He also believes that has to be proof of an advanced Alien civilization.
We recently posted an article about this very same subject (please click here) and it now appears that many leading figures are getting behind this exciting theory, that there is a potential ‘Alien superstructure’ around star KIC 8462852″ which was first discovered in 2009.
Michio Kaku who has written many intriguing books and appeared on many TV shows with his exciting views on things, appears VERY excited about this latest discovery!
KIC 8462852 (pictured), located 1480 light-years away, and has produced a series of bizarre light fluctuations researchers have not been able to conclusively explain.
“This could be the biggest story in the past five-hundred years,” Michio Kaku explained.
Kaku said went on to say that “this star is breaking all the rules” and that “we would have to rewrite astronomy text books” to think anything different.
“Basically if a planet eclipses a Mother Star, goes in front of the Mother Star, starlight drops maybe one percent at maximum–however starlight has been dropping at twenty-two percent,” Kaku explained.
“There is a colossal, humongous, object of some sort blocking the starlight from this star. We’ve ruled out all of the usual suspects; rouge planets, comets, asteroids” and the only thing left is an ‘alien superstructure’ of some type.
“We’re talking about what’s called a Type Two Civilization that could build a gigantic [Dyson Sphere] sphere possibly bigger than Jupiter to absorb starlight, to produce energy and is right out of science fiction.”
U.I.P SUMMARY – Kaku went on to state the below which makes some extremely valid points and puts our very own existence in the Universe very much into perspective:
We here on Earth are “what’s called a Type Zero Civilization” because “we get our energy from oil and coal.”
“Type one would be like Buck Rodgers” and imagine we are talking Type II. Next we are going to focus our radio-telescope to see if we can eavesdrop” on them, Kaku said.
We want to “see if there is any regular radio emissions from that planet.”
KIC 8462852, located 1480 light-years away, and has produced a series of bizarre light fluctuations researchers have not been able to conclusively explain.
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I recently read an interesting article about the different civilizations out there, which really does make you think about how far behind we probably are from other ‘older’ more advanced species out there in deep space (and possibly other dimensions).
Please have a read of the below about the Kardashev Scale:
The Kardashev Scale
The scale was initially made in 1964 by the Russian astrophysicist, Nikolai Kardashev (who was searching for signs of extraterrestrial life within cosmic signals). It has 3 base classes, each with an energy usage level: Type I (10¹⁶W), Type II (10²⁶W), and Type III (10³⁶W).
Other astrophysicists have prolonged the scale to Type IV (10⁴⁶W) and Type V (the energy accessible to this kind of civilization would equal that of all energy accessible in not just our cosmos, but in all universes and in all time-lines).
These additions reflect both energy access as well as the amount of knowledge the civilizations have access to.
Initially, it is significant to note that the human race is not even on this scale yet. Since we still sustain our energy requirements from dead plants and animals, here on Earth, we are a poor Type 0 civilization (and we have a LONG way to go before being promoted to a type I civilization).
Kaku inclines to believe that, all things taken into concern, we will reach Type I in 100 – 200 years time. But what does each of these classes really stand for in literal terms?
A Type I title is a given to species who have been capable of harnessing all the energy that is obtainable from a nearby star, collecting and storing it to meet the energy demands of a growing population.
This means that we would need to increase our current energy production over 100,000 times to reach this status. Though, being capable of harnessing all Earth’s energy would also mean that we could have control over all natural forces.
Human beings could control volcanoes, the weather, and even earthquakes! (At least, that is the impression.)
These types of achievements are hard to believe, but compared to the advances that may still be to come, these are just basic and basic levels of control (it’s completely nothing comparative to the abilities of societies with higher rankings).
The next step up – a Type II civilization – can harness the power of their whole star (not just converting starlight into energy, but controlling the star). Numerous methods for this have been suggested. The most popular of which is the hypothetical ‘Dyson Sphere.’
This device, if you want to call it that, would include every single inch of the star, collecting most (if not all) of its energy output and transporting it to a planet for later use.
Instead, if fusion power (the mechanism that powers stars) had been mastered by the race, a reactor on a truly enormous scale could be used to fulfill their requirements. Nearby gas giants can be utilized for their hydrogen, gradually drained of life by an orbiting reactor.
What would this much energy mean for a species? Well, nothing known to science could wipe out a Type II civilization.
Take, for instance, if humans lived long enough to attain this status, and a moon sized object arrived our solar system on a crash course with our little blue planet – we’d have the capability of vaporizing it out of existence.
Or if we had time, we could move our planet out-of-the-way, totally dodging it. But let’s say we didn’t want to move Earth… are there any other options? Well yes, since we’d have the ability to move Jupiter, or another planet of our choice, into the way – pretty cool, right?
So we’ve gone from having control over a planet, to a star, which has resulted in us harboring enough “disposable” energy to fundamentally make our civilization immune to extinction.
But now, onto Type III, where a species then becomes galactic traverses with knowledge of everything having to do with energy, resulting in them becoming a master race.
In terms of humans, hundreds of thousands of years of evolution – both biological and mechanical – may result in the populations of this type III civilization being extremely different from the human race as we know it.
These may be cyborgs (or cybernetic organism, beings both biological and robotic), with the offspring of regular humans being a sub-species among the now-highly advanced society. These completely biological humans would possibly be observed as being disabled, poorer, or unevolved by their cybernetic colleagues.
At this stage, we would have developed colonies of robots that are proficient of ‘self replication’; their population may upsurge into the millions as they spread out across the galaxy, inhabiting star after star.
And these being might build Dyson Spheres to encapsulate each one, making a huge network that would carry energy back to the home planet. But extending over the galaxy in such a manner would face numerous difficulties; namely, the species would be constrained by the laws of physics. Chiefly, light-speed travel.
That is, except they develop a working warp drive, or use that spotless energy cache to master wormhole teleportation (two things that remain theoretical for the time being), they can only get so far.
Artistic interpretation of Advanced Alien structures in deep space
Kardashev believed a Type IV civilization was ‘too’ advanced and did not go beyond Type III on his scale. He thought that, confidently, this would be the extent of any species’ capability. Many think so, but a few believe there is a further level that could be achieved.
(I mean, surely there is a limit?) Type IV civilizations would almost be capable of harnessing the energy content of the whole universe and with that, they could traverse the accelerating expansion of space (additionally, advance races of these species may live inside supermassive black holes).
To previous methods of producing energy, these kinds of feats are considered impossible. A Type IV civilization would require to tap into energy sources unknown to us using strange, or currently unknown, laws of physics.
Type V. Yes, Type V might just be the next possible advancement to such a civilization. Here beings would be like gods, having the knowledge to manipulate the universe as they please. Now, as I said, humans are a very, very long way from ever reaching anything like this.
But it’s not to say that it cannot be achieved as long as we take care of Earth and each other. To do so, the first step is to preserve our tiny home, extinguish war, and continue to support scientific advances and discoveries.
All of the above shows how potentially far we are behind the rest of the Universe! Like us guys always state here at U.I.P “In an infinite Universe, comes INFINITE possibilities!”
These are exciting times – but how much are they ‘truly’ going to tell us about!?
Source info on the Kardashev Scale – Article Originally Published on FQ2Q Author: Joe Garland Source idea: Independent online – via U.I.P.
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Russia “UFO’s are real and we know how to Summon them!”
Russia “UFO’s are real and we know how to Summon them!”
Russians have claimed that they can predict when UFOs will appear and that they can even willingly summon them. They claim that UFO activity is increased when large scale weapons testing is taking place and have been measuring UFO activity by doing so. According to Vasily Yeremenko, a Major General of FIB in reserve, academician of the Academy of Security, Defense and Law Enforcement:
“We can say that we learned to summon UFOs in Vladimirovka. To do this, we dramatically increased the number of military flights and movement of the equipment. If the intensity on our side increased, UFOs appeared with the probability of 100 percent.”
The Russians have come to three main conclusions:
Modern science is not yet able to identify such phenomena.
The UFOs could be US or Japan surveillance drones.
The UFOs could be extraterrestrial activity.
According to Svobodnaya Pressa, a news website, the Russian Navy have now declassified records of encounters with unidentified objects that technologically surpass anything ever built by humanity.
A special Navy group headed by Deputy Navy Commander Admiral Nikolay Smirnov collected information on reports of unidentified objects, delivered by submarines and military ships.
According to Vladimir Azhazha, a UFO researcher and former Navy officer:
“Fifty percent of UFO encounters are connected with oceans. Fifteen more – with lakes. So UFOs tend to stick to the water.”
According to one report, a nuclear submarine on a combat mission detected six unknown objects pursuing them. After failing to lose the objects, the captain ordered the submarine to surface – the objects followed, departed from the water and flew away at high speed.
In 1982 a group of military divers training at Baikal saw a group of humanoid beings dressed in silvery suits. Despite the divers trying to catch them, three of them died whilst the other four were injured.
According to Captain 1st rank Igor Barklayof Navy Intelligence:
“Ocean UFO’s often show up wherever our or NATO’s fleets concentrate. Near Bahamas, Bermudas, Puerto Rico. They are most often seen in the deepest part of the Atlantic Ocean, in the southern part of the Bermuda Triangle, and also in the Caribbean Sea.”
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Robot Life on Mars! Meet the Machines Exploring the Red Planet Today
Robot Life on Mars! Meet the Machines Exploring the Red Planet Today
By Hanneke Weitering, Staff Writer-Producer
Credit: The Viking Project/NASA
Mars: Home of the Robots
Mars may be a barren desert with no alien life (that we know of), but the Red Planet certainly isn't lifeless. Thanks to Earth's ambitious space programs, several robotic scientists explore the Martian surface as well as its skies. Read on to find out about all the spacecraft that are actively exploring Earth's neighboring planet.
NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) orbiter has been circling the Red Planet since 2014. The spacecraft is studying Mars' atmosphere to help scientists figure out how the planet transitioned from a world that holds water to a barren, desert wasteland. So far, MAVEN has revealed that particles emanating from the sun, or solar wind, stripped Mars of its atmosphere. Additionally, data from MAVEN suggests that about half of Mars' atmosphere may have been lost to interstellar clouds of gas and dust. When Mars still had all of its atmosphere, the planet was warm enough to retain liquid water. Today, the planet is much colder and drier. [Photos: NASA's MAVEN Mission to Mars]
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Odyssey
NASA's Odyssey spacecraft has spent more than 15 years orbiting Mars, and the craft continues to hold the record for the longest Mars mission duration in history. The spacecraft arrived at Mars orbit in 2001, where it has been searching for evidence water and ice on the Red Planet. The orbiter's full name is 2001 Mars Odyssey, after a famous novel written by Arthur C. Clarke in 1968 titled "2001: A Space Odyssey." With high-power cameras on board, Odyssey keeps a close watch on the Martian weather conditions, like dust storms that could potentially damage rovers on the ground. [Mars Odyssey: Pictures from Longest Mars Mission]
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) arrived at Mars in 2006 with a mission to search for evidence that water previously existed on the planet. The orbiter bears the most powerful camera and spectrometer of any spacecraft at Mars. MRO's six science instruments study the atmosphere and the Martian surface while searching for possible underground deposits of water and ice. These instruments allow MRO to monitor the daily weather on Mars. MRO's camera also scopes out the Martian surface for potential landing sites for future Mars missions. [Latest Photos from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter]
Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell.
Opportunity (& Spirit)
NASA's twin rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, launched back to back in the summer of 2003 and landed on Mars by parachute in January 2004. These two robotic geologists both found evidence of ancient Martian environments that contained water and were potentially habitable. Unfortunately, Spirit got stuck in a sand dune and ran out of power in March 2010. But Opportunity is still roving, and it now holds the record for the longest-running Mars rover ever — both in terms of time and distance covered. The rover is beginning to show its age with memory problems, but it's still exploring the Red Planet nonetheless. [Latest Mars Rover Photos from Opportunity & Spirit]
Credit: ESA, C. Carreau
Mars Express
The European Space Agency (ESA) sent its Mars Express orbiter out to the Red Planet in 2003. It was the first time the ESA sent a spacecraft to explore another planet. Mars Express brought along a lander, named Beagle 2, but the little spacecraft didn't survive its plunge down to the surface. Mars Express carried on without its partner, however. The spacecraft made its first discovery before even getting settled into Mars orbit, spotting water ice on the planet's south pole. Just a few weeks later, Mars Express foundmethane on Mars — a sign of active geological processes deep inside the planet, and possibly methane-burping microbes living underground. [Photos: Red Planet Views from Europe's Mars Express]
Credit: ISRO
Mars Orbiter Mission
India's first interplanetary spacecraft joined the party on Mars in 2014. The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also known as Mangalyaan (meaning "Mars craft" in Sanskrit), arrived at Mars orbit just two days after NASA's MAVEN orbiter. Officials with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) have said that the mission was primarily a technology demonstration, but MOM is still doing plenty of science as it whizzes around the Red Planet. The craft's small,15-kilogram (33 lbs.) payload contains five scientific instruments, including a color camera, for studying Mars' atmosphere. The spacecraft's mission was originally planned to end after six months, but the little orbiter is still going strong. MOM could even last long enough to meet its little sister, Mangalyaan 2, which is scheduled to launch in 2020. [India's First Mars Mission in Pictures]
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Texas A&M University
A spacecraft graveyard
Mars is littered with dead spacecraft. Some of their missions ended as planned, while others ran out of power, got stuck on Mars' terrain or were demolished in not-so-smooth landings. About a dozen spacecraft have died on Mars. Pictured here is NASA's Phoenix lander, which died when it ran out of power during a winter dust storm in 2008. Find out more about the lifeless spacecraft on Mars in this gallery: Mars: The Spacecraft Graveyard.
Elusive Planet? See Mercury at Its Best This Month
Elusive Planet? See Mercury at Its Best This Month
By Joe Rao, SPACE.com Skywatching Columnist
On Sept. 28, Mercury will rise at 5:30 a.m. local time, well before the sun, and shine brightly against the predawn sky. The planet will be at its maximum angle away from the sun on this date. The waning crescent moon will sit about 10 degrees above the planet; the duo is shown here at 6 a.m.
Credit: Starry Night Software
Mercury has a reputation for being hard to spot. Indeed, the planet is known in some circles as the "elusive planet."
I've used this nickname before in our Space.com forum, and it perfectly captures the general feeling about this rocky, little world. In his book "The Solar System and Back" (Doubleday, 1970), the famed scientist and author Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) argued that Mercury "is hardly ever visible when it is truly dark."
Mercury "will be seen only near the horizon in dawn or twilight, amid haze and sun glare," Asimov added. "I suspect, in fact, that many people today (when the horizon is dirtier and the sky much hazier with the glare of artificial light than it was in centuries past) have never seen Mercury." [10 Strange Facts About Mercury (A Photo Tour)]
From this description, I get the distinct impression that Asimov may never have laid eyes on Mercury. And yet, beginning on Sept. 19, people living north of the equator will have a great opportunity to view the planet in the early morning sky. On that day, the solar system's smallest planet will begin a three-week stretch during which it will be readily visible to anyone who has a clear and unobstructed view of the eastern horizon and is out looking about 45 minutes before sunrise.
On Monday (Sept. 12), Mercury moved through inferior conjunction — when the planet passes between Earth and the sun — and entered the morning sky. Mercury will quickly move out of the glare of the sun in subsequent days and will brighten rapidly.
Dual identity
In the pre-Christian era, Mercury actually had two names, as skywatchers then did not realize the planet could alternately appear on one side of the sun and then the other. Mercury was called Mercury when in the evening sky but was known as Apollo when it appeared in the morning. It is said that the famous Greek mathematician Pythagoras pointed out in the fifth century B.C. that Apollo and Mercury were one and the same.
In old Roman legends, Mercury was the swift-footed messenger of the gods. The planet is well-named, for it is the closest world to the sun and therefore the fastest-orbiting: Mercury travels at an average speed of 108,000 mph (174,000 km/h) and completes one orbit every 88 Earth days.
Interestingly, the time it takes Mercury to rotate once on its axis is 59 days, so all parts of the planet's surface experience periods of intense heat and extreme cold. Although Mercury's mean distance from the sun is just 36 million miles (57.9 million kilometers), the planet experiences by far the greatest range of temperatures: from 800 degrees Fahrenheit (427 degrees Celsius) on Mercury's dayside, all the way down to minus 280 degrees F (minus 173 degrees C) on the planet's nightside.
Photograph of Mercury via the American spaceonde MESSENGER - Foto: NASA
"Surprisingly easy"
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Mercury is called an "inferior planet" because its orbit is nearer to the sun than the Earth's. Therefore, Mercury always appears from an Earth-bound vantage point to be in the same general direction as the sun (as Asimov indicated).
After Monday (Sept. 12), Mercury rises before the sun for the rest of this month and will be surprisingly easy to see from Sept. 19 through Oct. 11. All you have to do is look low above the eastern horizon during morning twilight, about 45 minutes before sunrise. Mercury will appear as a bright, yellowish-orange "star."
Mercury will be at its greatest elongation (or greatest angular distance) west of the sun on the morning of Sept. 28. Greatest elongation will occur only 110 minutes after Mercury reaches perihelion (its closest point to the sun in space), so the planet's angular separation on this date is the minimum possible at a greatest elongation: just 17.85 degrees from the sun. (Your fist held at arm's length measures about 10 degrees across.)
Yet for observers in midnorthern latitudes, this elongation in the dawn sky is nearly vertical, placing Mercury due east and rising 90 minutes ahead of, and directly above, the sun. Mercury will rise as dawn breaks on Sept. 28 and shine at magnitude -0.4, making this the planet's best morning apparition of 2016. (Negative magnitudes represent brighter objects on the astronomers' scale; for comparison, Saturn's maximum brightness is magnitude 0, while that of Sirius, the Dog Star, is about -1.)
Mercury, like Venus and the moon, appears to go through phases. When Mercury makes its first appearance on Sept. 19, the planet will appear as a slender crescent, just 11 percent illuminated. At its greatest elongation, nine days later, Mercury will appear half-illuminated, and the amount of its surface illuminated by the sun will continue to increase thereafter. By Oct. 11, Mercury will be 91 percent illuminated. So although it will begin to turn back toward the sun's vicinity after Sept. 28, Mercury will continue to brighten steadily, which should keep it in easy view for another couple of weeks. [Visible Planets, September 2016: When, Where & How to See Them]
This view shows Mercury's north polar region, colored by the maximum biannual surface temperature, which ranges from hotter temperatures in red to lower temperatures in purple. Image released March 16, 2015.
A visit from the moon and Jupiter
On Sept. 29, skywatchers will get a bonus: The slender sliver of a waningcrescent moon, just 2 percent illuminated by the sun, will slide just over a degree to the lower left of Mercury. Once again, look low to the east about 45 minutes before sunrise for Mercury shining like an amber jewel to the upper right of the lunar sliver. Binoculars will enhance the view.
Mercury starts October still readily visible, approaching magnitude -1, surpassing the brilliance of every star in the sky with the exception of Sirius (the brightest of all stars). But the planet will also be getting noticeably lower in the dawn twilight. At the same time that Mercury is going down, Jupiter is coming up.
When October opens, Jupiter can be seen low in the east, midway through the morning twilight. But each morning thereafter, the king of planets rises earlier and climbs higher in the east. Finally, on the morning of Oct. 11, the biggest and smallest planets will rise side by side, separated by only 0.75 degrees, with Jupiter on the right and Mercury on the left. Look for them 5 degrees above the horizon about a half hour before sunrise.
That will be Mercury’s grand finale; thereafter, it will disappear into the glare of the sun.
This view of Mercury shows two craters. The one on the left has a sharp rim for about one-quarter of its circumference (at the right side).The other three quarters consist of a broad terrace, created by slumping and inward movement of material, the cause of which is unknown. Image released March 9, 2015.
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Joe Rao serves as an instructor and guest lecturer at New York's Hayden Planetarium. He writes about astronomy for Natural History magazine, the Farmer's Almanac and other publications, and he is also an on-camera meteorologist for News 12 Westchester, N.Y. Follow us @Spacedotcom,Facebook or Google+. Originally published on Space.com.
Ancient Aliens – Russia’s Secret Files History Channel, Season 11 Episode 12 12th August 2016
Russia is a vast country, spanning over 6 million square miles of some of the most rugged terrain on Earth, much of which is uninhabited and largely unexplored. It is also the home of ‘cosmism’ — a belief that human civilization originated in the cosmos and is destined to return to space. But many believe the rise of communism led to a wall of secrecy surrounding ancient and modern extraterrestrial contact in Russia. Ancient astronaut theorists suggest that otherworldly visitations predate the establishment of the Russian nation, and point to the ancient settlement at Arkaim as evidence–a centuries-old megalithic site that, like Stonehenge, is oriented along astronomical lines. In addition, tiny metal coils and springs recovered 30 feet beneath the Ural Mountains may indicate the presence of advanced technology on Earth thousands of years ago.
There’s No Up: New Study Reveals That The Cosmos is Completely Directionless
There’s No Up: New Study Reveals That The Cosmos is Completely Directionless
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IN BRIEF
Researchers have determined that it's almost certain that our Universe is not expanding in one preferred direction. This closes the debate on whether the Universe is really homogeneous and reinforces our standard model of cosmology as never before.
DIRECTIONLESS UNIVERSE
Every day, we are learning more about our great and wonderful Universe (like that it’s actually a lot smaller than we thought, for example). But underneath all of that is one rather solid fact: that the Universe is expanding, and it’s expanding everywhere, and it’s expanding ever faster. The key to all of this is that the distribution and expansion are equal all over—that things are roughly homogeneous.
However, one idea seeks to shatter that homogeneity. It’s known as the anisotropic hypothesis, where the Universe is expanding along a preferred axis or direction. That idea, if proven, would shatter all the models we have built of the expansion of the known universe and put our standard model of cosmology into question.
What principle would cause the cosmos to have a specific direction? Ultimately, we don’t know. However, if true, this idea could provide solutions to Einstein’s field equations (specifically, it lends weight to the Bianchi models).
But before we get to the viability of the idea, let’s back up a bit.
The anisotropic hypothesis was born when it was realized that galaxies and star clusters are scattered randomly. If the Universe was so homogeneous and isotropic, then why is matter not evenly distributed, why is star system formation random?
This theory was strengthened back in the 2000s, when NASA’s Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) spacecraft found strange ‘bumps’ in the universe’s background radiation. In fact, astronomers have found a place where these ‘cosmic bumps’ line up so much that they called it the “axis of evil.”
All of these contrarian finds spurred researchers from the University College London in the UK to look at the cosmic microwave background (CMB) in order to see whether the anisotropic hypothesis actually holds up.
Now, it seems that the anisotropic/isotropic debate may be coming to a close.
The cosmos has no special direction that might be used to define a universal "up," according to a new study.
PUT TO THE TEST
The team probed the CMB for evidence that the Universe expands at different speeds along different axes, or whether gravitational waves distorted the Universe, stretching it in one direction and compressing it in another. Cosmologists breathed a collective sigh of relief when the study of the Universe’s background radiation showed (seemingly once and for all) that the cosmos is expanding everywhere uniformly, just as our models predicted.
An isotropic (A) and anisotropic (B) Universe. Science
The study used a supercomputer to search for these patterns in the utter randomness of the CMB. They determined that there is one-in-121,000 chance that the Universe is heading in a preferred direction. This is the most conclusive study of its kind to date, and it seemingly puts a lid on the question once and for all, proving that it’s just one aimless ride for all of us.
There’s no direction. There’s No preferred place…which may be less than stellar for the Bianchi models, but it’s good for our standard model of cosmology.
NASA Scientist Claims Space Mining is Possible With Today’s Tech
NASA Scientist Claims Space Mining is Possible With Today’s Tech
Concept image of a harvester for Deep Space Industries.
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IN BRIEF
A new report explains how the world is ready for space mining. A fraction of NASA's budget investing over the next few decades would have the ability to transform Earth's industry.
A SELF-SUSTAINING INDUSTRY
Former NASA researcher and current University of Central Florida professor Dr. Phil Metzgerpresented a proposal stating that mining and manufacturing outside of our planet is currently possible with the technology we have today, and it would be advantageous to Earth, as well (as opposed to a money drain).
Surprisingly enough, the biggest challenge to humanity taking this next step isn’t money or the lack of technology. According to Dr. Metzger, “The main challenge for this concept, is neither technology nor cost but simply convincing people it is realistic.” He estimates making this goal a reality would take up about 3-12% of NASA’s budget each year for the next few decades.
Image credit: Dassault Systèmes
Space mining of the moon and nearby asteroids would allow for greater access to hydrogen, carbon, silicon, metals, and other materials that may be overmined on this planet. Metzger’s vision does not involve launching entire mining and manufacturing infrastructures to these distant bodies. Fortune reports, “He projects that only 12 tons (<11 tonnes) of initial assets on the Moon could build themselves out into 150 tons (136 tonnes) of equipment (close to the amount that has been deemed necessary for a lunar colony) using local resources.” This method is referred to as a Self-sufficient Replicating Space Industry (SRSI).
MORE THAN MINING
The Earthly benefit of a SRSI is far more inclusive than just industrial gains. Space mining and manufacturing will also ease some of the burden current mining practices put on the planet. Taking resources from space will help to keep from depleting the limited resources left.
Some space mining critics claim an economic focus of such a plan would take important funding and attention away from scientific pursuits. However, Metzger also explains that there are more celestial bodies near Earth than we would ever have funding to reach. Bringing along industrial interests could multiply the monetary resources dedicated to space study. This way, mining in space can benefit humans both economically and scientifically.
Boston Dynamics has just released a video of its Atlas robot balancing on a piece of wood. Just like a regular human, you can watch it shift, shake, and move to stay on the beam.
One of the primary challenges with bigger robots is making them move without falling over. Big, human-sized robots either can’t walk at all, or they walk like a one-legged man having a seizure. Balance, stability, grace—these are the things we have yet to see in a humanoid robot.
Now, we may finally have a contender. Boston Dynamics has been working on the Atlas robot, and it looks like it can balance on a piece of wood as well as any person can.
In the video, we can see Atlas balancing on a thin piece of wood for thirty seconds. But its not just the balancing part that’s awesome—its seeing a robot move, shift its weight, and react like an actual person.
Notably, its original specs were meant to make it humanoid. It has a height of approximately 1.8 meters (6 feet) and a weight of 150 kg (330 pounds). It’s also fairly robust—it’s made of aircraft-grade titanium and aluminum with blue LED lights mounted inside its chest.
Remarkably, its reaction when it finally loses to gravity even mimics how a person would when taking a tumble, twisting its torso in the opposite direction.
A black hole weighing around 140 million Suns, will be sucked up by the most massive black hole known in the universe—the OJ 287—weighing around 18 billion Suns. The violent impact caused by this collision will unleash a power that will rival 20,000 supernovae explosions in the same spot.
10,000 years into the future, mankind will witness what may be the most spectacular devastation in our entire existence. Proven to be inevitable, two massive black holes are set to have the ultimate collision of all time.
One of these black holes weighs around 140 million suns. Massive, right? Think again. Its competitor, the OJ 287, is determined to be the most massive black hole in the known universe—weighing around 18 billion Suns. That’s about 130 times bigger than it’s contender! Quite the bully don’t you think?
The smaller one currently orbits the OJ 287, on its way to being sucked up. As mentioned earlier, the smaller black hole has no chance of escape. Energy leaches away from the binary orbit, bringing the pair closer together and making each cycle around the behemoth a little shorter than the last.
When black holes merge, the bigger one either banishes the smaller one out of its galaxy or eats it up like a midnight snack. In this case, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) in the U.S. has offered us a mini preview of the event.
In the end, the violent impact caused by this collision will unleash a flood of ultraviolet radiation, releasing as much energy as 20,000 supernovae explosions in the same spot.
This Eerie New Drone Comes With Spider-Like Grasping Arms
This Eerie New Drone Comes With Spider-Like Grasping Arms
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A Japanese company first revealed their newest drone model. The upgrade will give the flying machine a set of arms built to lift up to 10 kg.
The proliferation of drone technology has certainly been beneficial to users, albeit whileannoying some others. One manufacturer is about to start producing the next evolution of the technology.
At the InterDrone show in Las Vegas, Japanese drone manufacturer, Prodrone claims that the PD6B-AW-ARM is “the world’s first dual robot arm large-format drone.” Prodrone has taken its previous PD6B-AW model and upgraded it with 5-axis grasping arms. It can carry up to 10 kg (22 lb). The PD6B-AW-ARM also has a stabilizing feature that balances the aircraft while the arms carries and moves stuff around.
Image credit: Podrone
The drone will have an maximum flight time of up to a half-hour per charge. The drone can also clock in with forward speeds of 60 km/h (37 mph) and fly up to an altitude of 5,000 m (16,404 ft) This likely doesn’t account for the extra force of lugging its cargo. Grabbing and lifting isn’t all the arms can do. As New Atlas reports, “Along with the obvious grasping and carrying of cargo, the company’s suggested uses…also include attaching or joining items, cutting cables, flicking switches, delivering lifesaving buoys, or retrieving hazardous materials.”
The company has yet to announce a release date for the upgraded drones. Pricing is also forthcoming.
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NASA’s Curiosity Captures Astonishingly Detailed Photos Of Mars
NASA’s Curiosity Captures Astonishingly Detailed Photos Of Mars
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IN BRIEF
NASA just released detailed colored images of Mars like never before. The agency plans on releasing more photos as Curiosity explores more of our Earth's neighbor.
NASA spent a fortune on the Curiosity rover — and it’s a good thing they didn’t hold back on the on-board camera. The agency just released incredibly detailed photos of Mars that make us feel like we’re there.
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“Curiosity’s science team has been thrilled to go on this road trip through a bit of the American desert Southwest on Mars,” shared Ashwin Vasavada, a Curiosity project scientist.
The images captured by the rover were snapped just last September 8. They show sharp and colorful photos of the Murray Buttes region, inside the Red Planet’s giant Gale crater.
According to Vasavada, the Curiosity scientists learned that ancient sand dunes in Mars were “formed and were buried, chemically changed by groundwater, exhumed and eroded to form the landscape that we see today.”
The photos released are just teasers. NASA plans to show us more as Curiosity explores extensive mountains and rockier terrains. If they keep this up, it might not be long before we have a full view of our sister planet.
Nieuwe metingen hebben het bestaan bevestigd van drie door onder meer astronomen van de Luikse universiteit ontdekte exoplaneten bij dwergster TRAPPIST-1. Dit meldt astronomie.nl op gezag van het vakblad Astrophysical Journal Letters.
In mei meldde een team onder leiding van wetenschappers van de ULg drie levensvatbare exoplaneten te hebben gevonden.
De astronomen ontdekten het planetair systeem met de TRAPPIST-robottelesoop in het Chileense La Silla. De drie planeten draaien rond een ster die veel kleiner, kouder en roder is dan onze Zon. Het hemellichaam, 2MASS J2062928-0502285 alias TRAPPIST-1, is nauwelijks iets groter dan "onze" Jupiter. Dergelijke ultra-koude dwergsterren komen in onze Melkweg zeer frequent voor, meer dan sterren die op onze Zon gelijken. Voorheen waren er rond dergelijke dwergsterren geen planeten gevonden.
De planeten zouden qua afmetingen en samenstelling veel overeenkomsten vertonen met de Aarde.
Ter bevestiging hebben Amerikaanse astronomen met een speciale camera op de Gemini South Telescope, eveneens in Chili, gezocht naar de aanwezigheid van een mogelijke begeleider van TRAPPIST-1. Als die op kleine afstand gezelschap zou hebben van een tweede dwergster - dat zou een rode of een bruine dwerg kunnen zijn -, zouden de eerdere metingen misschien te verklaren zijn door diens aanwezigheid en gedrag.
Maar het nieuwe onderzoek geeft aan dat TRAPPIST-1 geen dubbelster is. Nu het bestaan van een begeleidende dwergster is uitgesloten, is de laatste mogelijke twijfel rond de ontdekking van de drie "Belgische" exoplaneten weggenomen, luidt het.
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VIDEO: Is hindoegod Shiva een buitenaards wezen?
VIDEO: Is hindoegod Shiva een buitenaards wezen?
Bij de stad Aurangabad in de Indiase staat Maharashtra bevinden zich de grotten van Ellora. Grot 16, beter bekend als de tempel van Kailasa, is gewijd aan hindoegod Shiva.
De tempel is twee keer zo hoog als het Parthenon in Athene. Archeologen vermoeden dat het bouwwerk van boven naar beneden uit de rotsen is gebeiteld. Sommige historici hebben gezegd dat er tijdens de bouw in totaal 400.000 ton rots is verwijderd. De tempel zou in slechts 18 jaar zijn gebouwd.
“Zelfs met de technologieën die vandaag de dag beschikbaar zijn, is zoiets niet mogelijk,” zegt oprichter van Phenomenal Places Praveen Mohan.
Moeilijk te geloven
Ingenieur A.V. Srinivasan vindt het moeilijk te geloven dat de tempel in slechts 18 jaar is gebouwd. “Zelfs nu is dat moeilijk voor te stellen. Op basis van de hoeveelheid rots die is weggehaald zou je verwachten dat het hele proces ongeveer een eeuw in beslag heeft genomen,” zegt hij.
Een ander opmerkelijk feit is dat de honderdduizenden tonnen rots die verwijderd zouden zijn nergens zijn teruggevonden, aldus professor Deepak Shimkhada van de Claremont School of Theology. “Waar is al dat materiaal gebleven?” vraagt hij zich af.
Machine
Mohan wijst erop dat in de Veda’s wordt gesproken over een machine waarmee rots letterlijk kon worden veranderd in lucht. Onder de grotten van Ellora bevinden zich tunnels die volgens de lokale autoriteiten leiden naar een enorme ondergrondse stad.
Sommige theoretici menen dat deze oude stad ooit een buitenaardse basis was en dat de Indiase god Shiva een buitenaards wezen is.
Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system and is known for the absolute hellish conditions that exist on it.
With its acid thunderclouds, its atmosphere which is a mixture of poisonous sulfuric acid and carbon dioxide, atmospheric pressure that would crush your bones, and above all, the absence of water, it is one of the most uninviting places in the entire solar system.
However, some scientists insist this was not always the case, and they have mounting evidence that Venus was once habitable.
Scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York created models of what Venus may once have looked like, considering the speed at which it may have rotated and how much sunlight it received. Their research suggests that planet Venus may have had a shallow liquid-water ocean and habitable surface temperatures anywhere between 2.9 billion and 715 million years ago.
As per Michael Way, a researcher at GISS, “Many of the same tools we use to model climate change on Earth can be adapted to study climates on other planets, both past and present. These results show ancient Venus may have been a very different place than it is today.”
Scientists consider that Venus might once have been habitable, having a similar atmosphere to Earth’s and flowing water on its surface. Although Venus has an ozone layer, owing to the runaway greenhouse effect and the lack of a magnetic field, the temperature of the planet increased rapidly, and water disappeared. Its atmosphere got thicker and trapped heat, and eventually led to the hellish Venus of today.
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Nearly Soot Free Combustion
Nearly everyone has seen the out-of-control “fire tornadoes” or “fire whirls” thought to have been made worse and more intense by global climate change. Scientists have been thinking for years about how these “fire whirls” might be used for constructive purposes.
Now a group of scientists has developed a high-efficiency, low-emissions combustion process it calls “blue whirls.” A paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) details the findings.
When the team studied “fire whirls” over oil-contaminated water, they stumbled upon what could become a highly efficient, nearly soot free method of cleaning up oil spills. Another type of flame, known as a yellow flame, produces significantly higher emissions and is more turbulent.
For more pictures & videos of blue whirls, visit UMD.
The following video of the blue whirl is provided by UMD’s A. James Clark School of Engineering.
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Here, an image from the Grolier Codex, a Mayan text that researchers now say is authentic.
Credit: Justin Kerr
The authenticity of the Grolier Codex has been disputed for the last four decades. A group of researchers who revisited the rare Maya text now argue that there's no way it could be a forgery.
If the 800-year-old Grolier Codex is indeed authentic, it would be the oldest known paper manuscript from the Americas, and one of just four Maya codices that are known today.
The calendar spans 104 years, meaning the codex could have been used by at least three generations of calendar priests or "day-keepers," the authors of the new study wrote. For the Maya, Venus was an omen for unfortunate events, and the different cycles of the planet were linked to particular gods—most of whom are depicted in the Grolier Codex as dangerous, holding weapons like spears, darts and knives used for beheading.
Shady provenance
When it surfaced in the 1970s, the codex was eyed as a possible forgery. Those suspicions arose in part because of the manuscript's shady collecting history; it was not discovered by archaeologists, but looters, who sold it to a Mexican private collector JosuéSáenz in the late 1960s.
Sáenz presented what many scholars thought was an outlandish story about how he had acquired the manuscript. He said he was taken in a light plane to a remote airstrip in an undisclosed location in the Mexican state of Chiapas. There, the looters allegedly showed him the codex —along with other Maya artifacts, including a wooden mask and a child's sandal—and told him that the objects had been found in a cave.
According to the research consortium Trafficking Culture, Sáenz allowed archaeologist Michael Coe to display the text at theGrolier Club in New York (hence the name of the codex) where it gained international attention. It then apparently sat for years in the basement of the Mexican National Museum of Anthropology.
"It became a kind of dogma that this was a fake," study researcher Stephen Houston, an archaeologist at Brown University, said in a statement. "We decided to return and look at it very carefully, to checkcriticisms one at a time."
Evidence of authenticity
Coe, Houston and two other researchers have just published their 50-page reassessment of Grolier Codex in the journal Maya Archaeology.
Among the supporting evidence they present are radiocarbon dates that show the manuscript dates back to the 13th century. This would suggest the text was created toward the end of the early post-Classic period (A.D. 900–1250), when both Chichen Itza in Yucatan and Tula in Central Mexico were falling into decline, and the authors say that the Grolier Codex contains imagery similar to what's been found at those two archaeological sites.
Skeptics had previously argued that a hoaxer could have created a forgery using genuinely ancient Maya paper. But the researchers also argue that the codex bears features that Mayanists in the 1960s didn't fully understand, and so a forger wouldn't have been able to create such features. The manuscript, for instance, contains images of deities that hadn't yet been discovered, the authors write, and some of the paintings are rendered in a pigment known as "Maya blue," which hadn't been accurately synthesized in a lab until the 1980s.
"A reasoned weighing of evidence leaves only one possible conclusion: four intact Maya codices survive from the pre-Columbian period, and one of them is the Grolier," the authors wrote.
The three other Maya codices —which are much longer and in better condition than the Grolier Codex —are the Dresden Codex, the Madrid Codex and the Paris Codex, each named after the city where the text is housed. It's not that the Maya didn't produce many written records. But many texts were written on organic material like strips of paper made from the inner bark of fig or mulberrytrees, and they likely disintegrated under the wet conditions of Central America. Still, others were deliberately destroyed by European Christians who saw the manuscripts as heretical works.
Some book burnings were even described in colonial accounts that would make any historian's heart sink. For example, one 16th-century Spanish Franciscan friar named Diego de Landa wrote about finding a large number of Maya books that contained "nothing in which there was not superstition and lies of the devil," so, he and his fellow missionaries burned them all, which the Maya, unsurprisingly, "regretted to an amazing degree."
This artist’s concept of NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft in orbit above the moon. LADEE scientists announced the discovery of a ring of tiny dust particles around the moon in 2015; now, scientists have discovered even smaller dust particles around Earth's largest satellite.
Credit: NASA Ames / Dana Berry
The moon is shrouded by an unstable cloud of "nanodust" kicked up by cosmic impacts, and lit up by sunlight, a new study finds.
Similar clouds of teeny dust particles may envelop other airless bodies, researchers say.
Airless space objects such as the moon are surrounded by tenuous layersknown as exospheres, which are made of particles gravitationally bound to those bodies. Unlike the particles of thicker atmospheres, like that of Earth, which regularly collide with each other, those in exospheres rarely collide.[The Moon: 10 Surprising Facts]
The particles in exospheres may originate in part from the way airless bodies are worn down by their environment — for example, by meteoroid impacts or storms of high-energy particles from the sun. As such, analyzing exospheres can shed light on these "space- weathering" events.
Last year, researchers reported that the probe had detected a permanent asymmetric exosphere made of dust particles as small as 300 nanometers, or billionths of a meter in diameter, about the same width as a wavelength of orange light. The particles in this exosphere are not permanently aloft — rather, forces acting on the moon's surface sporadically kick up a certain amount of dust, said study co-author Amanda Cook, a lunar scientist at NASA Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, California.
Now, scientists analyzing LADEE data have found evidence in the exosphere of much smaller nanodust that is nonetheless dense enough to detect via the sunlight it scatters. And this smaller-grain dust appears to come and go with meteoroid streams.
"We weren't actually looking for a fluctuating exosphere," Cook told Space.com. "It's just something that came out of the data."
The researchers examined two sets of data from the shadowed side of the moon, which yielded the best conditions for low-light observations. One set of data was taken near the peak of Quadrantid meteoroid stream impacts to the moon in January 2014, whereas the other set was captured three months later during a time of relatively weak meteoroid activity.
During the meteoroid stream, the spacecraft saw scattered sunlight, which is consistent with dust grains less than 60 nanometers wide. Less such light was detected during the quieter period.
This artist's concept shows the lunar dust exosphere surrounding the moon, discovered by the LADEE spacecraft. That discovery was announced in 2015. The craft's trajectory around the moon is also shown.
Credit: University of Colorado Boulder/Daniel Morgan/Jamey Szalay
A changing nanodust cloud
The nanodust cloud may envelop the moon and vary over space and time, depending on meteoroid impact rates, the researchers suggest.
"This result is exciting because if the detected signal is indeed originating from nanodust, then there seems to be much more of it than we expected to see, by several orders of magnitude," study lead author Diane Wooden, a lunar scientist at NASA Ames Research Center, told Space.com.
Increasingly, observations of other airless bodies in the solar system, such as the asteroids and Mercury, "indicate that very small particles are present in their exospheres as well," Wooden said.
Future study of these small dust grains could reveal details about the meteor showers, solar flares or the solar wind that propelled them, Wooden said, as well as details about magnetic anomalies on planetary surfaces.
Reference: Guiana Space Center: Europe's Spaceport
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Guiana Space Center: Europe's Spaceport
By Elizabeth Howell, Space.com Contributor
Ariane 5 on the launch pad.
Credit: Arianespace
The Guiana Space Center is a facility used by the European Space Agency and the French government to launch satellites into space. The center is located near Kourou in French Guiana.
The French government began launching satellites there in 1964, and offered to share it with the European Space Agency when the latter was created in 1975. ESA contributes two-thirds of the spaceport's annual budget every year. The spaceport has also been used for launches for the United States, Japan, Canada, India and Brazil, among other countries.
Location and summary
Like many launch sites worldwide, Kourou is located near the equator. Its latitude is 5 degrees 3 minutes north, ESA says, which makes it a good location to launch missions that will operate at or near the equator. That's because the Earth's rotation acts as an extra source of propulsion for the rocket as it brings the satellite into space, saving fuel and money. It also allows for satellites to be heavier since less fuel is required.
French Guiana is also only lightly populated, with about 90 percent of the country covered by forests rather than human habitations. It's in a zone that is not prone to earthquakes or hurricanes, and its launch angle of 102 degrees allow for several kinds of missions to launch to the east or the north.
In 1962, the French space agency (CNES) started to look for a launch site close to the equator. Fourteen sites were considered among several selection criteria. Some of those criteria included political stability, the existence of a port and an airport, and enough geographical area to ensure launch security, CNES said on a webpage written in French.
On April 14, 1964, Prime Minister Georges Pompidou officially chose Guiana due to numerous attributes, such as its location near the equator, its small population, its excellent access to the Atlantic Ocean, its stable climate and the fact that there was already some infrastructure in place that could be expanded for a future space site.
The spaceport's first mission was in April 1968, when the liquid-propellant French Veronique sounding rocket lifted off, according to launch provider Arianespace. Other missions followed, with the Diamant B launch vehicle (starting in 1970) and the European Europa launcher (1971). After the Europa program ended, European launch programs continued with the Ariane series (which is ongoing today).
Ariane initially operated from the ELA-1 Launch Complex (the same complex that Europa used) between 1979 and 1989, during which time 25 Ariane vehicles were launched. (The facility is now being repurposed for Arianespace's forthcoming Vega set of lighter rockets.) ELA-2 saw 116 launches of the Ariane 2, 3 and 4 launch vehicles between June 1998 and February 2003.
ELA-3 began operations in 2008 for heavy-lift Ariane 5 launches. The program is still ongoing and is well-known for launching all five Automated Transfer Vehicle cargo ship to the International Space Station between 2008 and 2014. Arianespace's medium-launch Soyuz rocket also began operations at Guiana in 2011.
The Soyuz launch site at Europe's spaceport near Kourou, in French Guiana.
Credit: ESA/S. Corvaja
Recent notable launches
Excluding launches of various new rocket types by Arianespace, here are some of the notable missions that took place in the past few years (or will very shortly) after a launch at the Guiana Space Center.
March 2, 2004: An Ariane rocket launched the Rosetta mission that made its way to Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, arriving in August 2014. After three months mapping the surface, Rosetta deployed the lander Philae that touched down on Nov. 12, 2014. Philae was supposed to hook into the comet's surface, but the harpoons failed to deploy after a decade of being in space. The solar-powered lander bounced several times and landed in a shady area, using its dwindling battery power to do just over 60 hours of work on the surface. Rosetta remains in orbit. The mission's milestones not only include the first comet landing, but finding organic molecules and a different kind of water on the comet than on Earth.
March 9, 2008: The first Automated Transfer Vehicle (named Jules Verne) left for the International Space Station. This series of five cargo vehicles was not only used to bring cargo to the orbiting complex, but also was studied to improve future space mission design. For example, sensors were used in the last mission, Georges Lemaître, which deorbited in 2015. Scientists were interested in seeing how the spacecraft broke up as it re-entered the atmosphere, and planned to use the information for future landing vehicles.
May 14, 2009: The Herschel and Planck space telescopes were brought into space together on an Ariane 5 rocket. Both observatories operated until 2013. Herschel, an infrared telescope, discovered molecular oxygen in space and also did studies of deuterium in the comet Hartley 2. The findings suggested some comets share the same kind of water as Earth. Planck mapped the cosmic microwave background, which is the leftover glow of the energy of the Big Bang.
October 2018: The James Webb Space Telescope is expected to launch from the center. The telescope is a next-generation successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, and will be most powerful in infrared wavelengths. JWST's mission is to uncover the origins of the universe, including when the first galaxies formed. The telescope is also able to examine exoplanets and perhaps probe the atmospheres of some of the closer and larger ones, which would be a huge boon to that field of science since atmospheric studies are mainly theoretical right now.
Artist's impression of the Colossus telescope, the successor to PLANETS telescope undergoing fundraising right now.
Credit: PLANETS Foundation
If there's anything we've learned from scouring thousands of planetary candidates over the past decade, it's that finding life beyond Earth is an intensive search.
We've got observatories in space and observatories on the ground. We've got plenty of evidence of rocky planets in the habitable regions of their respective stars. What we're missing, though, is information about these planets' atmospheres. Is there oxygen or other life-friendly elements?
A group of astronomers now hope to fill this gap in our knowledge. They are raising money for a nearly $4 million project called the Polarized Light from Atmospheres of Nearby ExtraTerrestrial Systems (PLANETS) telescope. If funding, site approvals and construction all line up, they hope to have the 1.85-meter telescope ready by mid-2018.
The ultimate goal is to create a $600-million Colossus telescope with 60 independent off-axis 8 meter telescopes, all in a single structure, but that's down the road. First things first: the PLANETS telescope has less than a million dollars of funding to go before construction can begin.
The PLANETS Foundation has a team of astrophysicists and imaging experts on board, as well as several institutions and they are hoping to convince the astronomy community that they can make a valuable contribution to looking at potentially habitable planets. Jeff Kuhn, the leader of the consortium, talked about the recent discovery of a planet around Proxima Centauri as one example worthy of study.
Artist's impression of the planet around Proxima Centauri.
Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser
"One of the interesting questions that we're all faced with is this planet around Proxima is very close to the star, and there's a lot of interest in understanding whether planetary atmospheres can exist in those conditions," said Kuhn, who is also a professor at the University of Hawaii's institute of astronomy, in an interview with Discovery News.
For a ground-based telescope, light is both an enemy and a friend. It can see light from distant stars and planets, but the atmosphere tends to scatter the light and make those objects more difficult to see. Telescopes themselves can also scatter light, even while collecting it.
The PLANETS telescope has an optical design that is supposed to minimize scattered light by eliminating a secondary mirror that often contributes to this problem. The mirrors are also intended to be lightweight and flex according to the light it receives from the star.
The off-axis telescope has several scientific targets, including atmospheres of planets in the solar system, atmospheres of exoplanets, protoplanets being born, and biosignatures (chemical signatures of life) on potentially habitable exoplanets.
Site approvals are currently being sought for an existing building on Hawaii's Haleakala, a location also known for hosting observatories such as Pan-STARRS and the Zodiacal Light Observatory. For more information on the project, visit the PLANETS Foundation website.
Are we living in a hologram? Energy fields are decoded by our brains into a 3D picture, to give the illusion of a physical world.
Despite its apparent materiality, the universe is a kind of 3-D projection and is ultimately no more real than a hologram. And some recent scientific discoveries support the conclusion that the universe is one big holographic projection.
The building blocks of reality are behaving in ways which are inexplicable and can only make sense if we think of the universe in terms of a holographic field, not an empty container filled with objects. A recent study published in Nature suggests that the universe may be one big projection, according to their simulations.
As the paper states: In 1997, theoretical physicist Juan Maldacena proposed [1] that an audacious model of the Universe in which gravity arises from infinitesimally thin, vibrating strings could be reinterpreted in terms of well-established physics.
The mathematically intricate world of strings, which exist in nine dimensions of space plus one of time, would be merely a hologram: the real action would play out in a simpler, flatter cosmos where there is no gravity.
It provided physicists with a mathematical Rosetta stone, a ‘duality’, that allowed them to translate back and forth between the two languages, and solve problems in one model that seemed intractable in the other and vice versa (see ‘Collaborative physics: String theory finds a bench mate‘).
But although the validity of Maldacena’s ideas has pretty much been taken for granted ever since, a rigorous proof has been elusive.
In two papers posted on the arXiv repository, Yoshifumi Hyakutake of Ibaraki University in Japan and his colleagues now provide, if not an actual proof, at least compelling evidence that Maldacena’s conjecture is true.
In one paper [2], Hyakutake computes the internal energy of a black hole, the position of its event horizon (the boundary between the black hole and the rest of the Universe), its entropy and other properties based on the predictions of string theory as well as the effects of so-called virtual particles that continuously pop into and out of existence.
In the other3, he and his collaborators calculate the internal energy of the corresponding lower-dimensional cosmos with no gravity. The two computer calculations match.
“It seems to be a correct computation,” says Maldacena, who is now at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey and who did not contribute to the team’s work.
In other words, our world is a projection of infinitesimally small vibrating strings which gives rise to the appearance of a physical world. Our world is a shadow of the real world where the activity is actually taking place.
As an article in Discover Magazine states reports, physicist Brian Greene believes that properties at the black hole’s surface — its event horizon — suggest the unsettling theory that our world is a mere representation of another universe, a shadow of the realm where real events take place.
Even weirder than a holographic universe is the idea that we live in massive computer simulation. We’ve seen the Matrix, right?
Nick Bostrom, a philosophy professor at the University of Oxford, argues that we are almost certainly living within a computer simulation. Right now we have been able to produce very tiny simulations of the universe.
To that end, they’ve created an ultra-small version of the universe that’s down to the femto-scale. Interestingly, the researchers consider their simulation to be a forerunner to more powerful versions in which molecules, cells, and even humans themselves might someday be generated.
Here is an interview with physicist and NASA consultant Tom Campbell talking about why he believes the virtual model of reality best explains our universe:
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Video – Impossible vanishing stars could be signs of advanced alien life
Video – Impossible vanishing stars could be signs of advanced alien life
It’s a cosmic game of hide-and-seek. A team of astronomers say that the next search for advanced extraterrestrial civilisations should look for stars – or even galaxies – that have vanished without a trace, as anything so unexplainable could only be due to life far more intelligent than us.
Beatriz Villarroel at Uppsala University in Sweden says this crazy idea has been gnawing at her since her first year of graduate studies. Now she and two undergraduates have finally taken the plunge. They scoured multiple surveys of the night’s sky by eye in order to see if any of nearly 300,000 light sources disappeared from one survey to the next.
So far the results are mixed. The team found one interesting artefact that looks like it might have vanished, but they can’t be sure. “It was a depressing case in the sense that we neither could reject it and neither could we say that it was a real candidate,” says Villarroel. Although the team checked for so-called false positives, throwing out hundreds of similar disappearing objects, this one withstood all tests – but only just.
Even if the disappearance is real, there could still be an astrophysical explanation. Quasars – the bright centres of galaxies powered by supermassive black holes – can shut down in less than a decade and drop drastically in brightness. Stars, too, can be highly variable.
Video – Impossible vanishing stars could be signs of advanced alien life
That’s why Villarroel and her colleagues plan to search for this missing object (and any others found in the future), on the largest telescopes. If it is still not visible, then they will be able to rule out most astrophysical phenomena and say with more likelihood that it has vanished. Only then will they begin speculating about extraterrestrial causes
“I think it’s a very reasonable thing to do,” says Jay Olson at Boise State University, Idaho. “It’s a deliberate search for something very unusual, which could be hiding in existing data across time. At this stage of the game, it’s a very limited search, but it illustrates well what can be accomplished.”
Unlike Tabby’s Star, a baffling star that dips in brightness and made headlines last year when astronomers suggested that “alien megastructures” could be the culprit, these objects would have no physical culprit behind their sudden disappearance – it’s just not possible for something to suddenly vanish from the universe without a trace. Instead, Villarroel and her colleagues invoke Arthur C. Clarke’s third law: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
So while other teams search for possible signatures of astro-engineering like the one suspected around Tabby’s star, Villarroel and her colleagues are searching for things that seem impossible. If they confirm a star that has vanished without an accompanying supernova explosion or a galaxy that has disappeared from view, there’s simply no physical explanation – save for aliens.
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Video – A UFO destroys Israeli weaponised satellite on the launch pad
Video – A UFO destroys Israeli weaponised satellite on the launch pad
…this time the “smoking gun” is a foo fighter and energy weapon…it seems not everyone “out there” believes Greater Israel is a galaxy-wide proposition…
[Editor’s note:The event depicted in the photographs below is not our conspiracy theory. The UFO destruction theory of the “facebook” satellite, now that’s a conspiracy theory if I ever heard one, comes from NASA.
From their notes:
A. UFO
B. Airborne Laser weapons test on third stage booster?
C. Small nuclear explosion caused by lithium ion batteries shorting out. Or other nuclear source in the third stage guidance unit.
D. Not a kerosene or hydrogen fuel fire as initial cause. The satellite and its geosynchronous booster were intact until it is seen collapsing and producing a secondary explosion. Everything else is a kerosene fuel fire.
Either we have 3 UFO’s in the photos or they are aircraft landing lights???(referring to last set at the bottom)
This is what they believe and, being who we are, they couldn’t simply let it go without pullingthe tail as it were. We agreed, as we are inclined to do, to aid them in this task. g]
Launchpad explosions of rockets is a fairly common thing, after all, a rocket is really a bomb waiting to go off and even with very careful handling, they do sometimes blow up due to technical issues.
This explosion however is something altogether different. This was no mere explosion of a rocket while being fueled, this was a deliberate act of destruction.
Note that the explosion occurs near the top of the rocket, where there aren’t any fuel tanks, the explosion is also far hotter than would be caused by rocket fuel – note the bright white blob on the video bright enough to cause a lens flare (the four diagonal streaks). The rocket fuel burning comes several frames later and is quite different looking – the colours are reds and oranges with black and grey smoke, this is a secondary explosion where the rocket fuel was ignited by the primary explosion further up the rocket.
Now for the really shocking bit – the craft responsible for this destruction was caught in the video – a small spherical object that flies from right to left on the screen and appears to have fired some kind of laser or beam weapon at the rocket.
So now the big question is this: Just what had the Israelis built into that satellite that someone decided had to be destroyed before it could be placed in orbit? Our working theory is that it was some kind of weapon, quite possibly a laser as we received intelligence some time ago that a space based laser had been used to cause several mysterious explosions in Iran.
This is a story we will be delving further into and will report on further as we uncover more.
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Utah witness takes multiple photos of disc UFO
Utah witness takes multiple photos of disc UFO
A Utah witness at Salt Lake City reported watching a “black, disc-shaped” object that split into three objects, moved back as one object, and then quickly flew out of sight, according to testimony in Case 78355 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
Witness image #1.
(Credit: MUFON)
The witness, age 37, his sister, age 24, a 27-year-old brother and two sons, ages 8 and 10, were driving along I-15 just south of Salt Lake City at 9:20 p.m. on August 11, 2016, when the incident occurred.
“I was the first to notice a black object in the sky which seemed to be about three miles away, and about 1,500 feet off the ground,” the witness stated.“I made a joke to my boys to look there was a UFO.”
Witness image #2.
(Credit: MUFON)
At first the adult family members thought that the object was a cloud.
“My sister said it’s just a cloud, to which I responded, ‘I know. I’m just trying to trick the boys.’ I did think it was weird that there was a single black cloud low in the sky and not all that far away. We watched it for a few minutes still talking about it going back and forth and whether it was a cloud because as we got closer, it seemed to have more defined edges and was solid.”
While still thinking it may be a cloud, the witness decided to start shooting photos.
Witness image #3.
(Credit: MUFON)
“The pictures did not turn out well because it was with a cell phone a little past sunset and zoomed to the max. After taking several pictures and looking through what I took,I looked up and there were now three black classic UFO-shaped objects. Then two and then one again. I did not see them separate or come back together if that is in fact how they became three and then one.”
Witness image #4.
(Credit: MUFON)
The object then began to quickly move away.
“It then seemed to pick up speed continuing north towards Ogden. Within seconds it was gone. My brother and I both thought the object was about 500 yards across and about half that tall. We all at first were not excited about what we were watching, but slowly realized it was no cloud and then when there were three horizontally and evenly spaced apart about 600yards we became real excited and kids a little scared. I don’t know what it was, but I know it was unusual. There was never a light on the objects. Just black.”
Witness image #5.
(Credit: MUFON)
Five photos were included with the MUFON report, which was filed on August 12, 2016.
Field Investigators Dean Troili and Nathan Cowlishaw are investigating for Utah MUFON. Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.
“WOW” UNEXPLAINED UFO MILITARY QUANTUM ENERGY TEST!? TOP SECRET INSIDER EXPLAINS! 9/10/2016
“WOW” UNEXPLAINED UFO MILITARY QUANTUM ENERGY TEST!? TOP SECRET INSIDER EXPLAINS! 9/10/2016
UNEXPLAINED UFO MILITARY TEST Energy Plasma Sphere!? TOP SECRET INSIDER EXPLAINS! 9/10/2016 #1 Most Viewed UFO Youtube Channel Thirdphaseofmoon Shares Your Incredible UFO Videos To the World! Upload your UFO Video To Youtube, Then Copy Paste The Link To My Email!cousinsbrothersproductions@gmail.com Keep Your Eyes on the Skies! We are not Alone!
USOs Turn INTO UFOs Over [Twin Lake Washington] Father Daughter UFO Encounter! 9/7/2016
USOs Turn INTO UFOs Over [Twin Lake Washington] Father Daughter UFO Encounter! 9/7/2016
USO/UFO Video Twin Lake Washington! What Family Captures Will Amaze You! 9/7/2016 [Testimony from Mengwei It’s called Twin Lake. There is trails there and we where on the mountains above the twin lake… I don’t think the individual mountain have a name to my knowledge The place is in Washinton State near at the Pacific Northwest. I don’t know if you can see it clearly, but it’s that little golden flashy orb between the mountains.
#1 Most Viewed UFO Youtube Channel Thirdphaseofmoon Shares Your Incredible UFO Videos To the World! Upload your UFO Video To Youtube, Then Copy Paste The Link To My Email!cousinsbrothersproductions@gmail.com Keep Your Eyes on the Skies! We are not Alone!
UFO Appears In clouds Over Peru Showing Powerful Ship, Aug 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Appears In clouds Over Peru Showing Powerful Ship, Aug 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News
Date of sighting: Aug 2016 Location of sighting: Peru This video looks legit, and its 100% proof that UFOs do hide within clouds of their own making. This UFO looks like its made from the same non reflective black buildings I and others have found on every planet and moon in our solar system in NASA photos. This UFO also seems to be similar to another seen in a cloud over china this year (click here to see post). Scott C. Waring News states: Shocking, if true would confirm that we are guarded by extraterrestrial intelligence or existing experiments related to this type of technology on our planet. A cameraman left his video equipment recording the sky to generate a power timelapse effect. The passage of a time to pick up your computer for a previous edition discovered what could be a mother ship that appears out of the clouds. Mysterious video that comes from Freedom, Peru. Mysterious phenomenon in an area where others had recently been recorded sightings of white objects floating in the sky. Recorded in August 2016 by Marcos. The last word you have.
UFO Over Ancient Pyramid In Mexico, Builders Returning? Aug 2016, Photos, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Over Ancient Pyramid In Mexico, Builders Returning? Aug 2016, Photos, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Aug 21, 2016 Location of sighting: Cancun, Mexico Source: MUFON #79114 The shape of this craft is unique, but not unexpected. I have found similar UFOs (click here) in the NASA archives. The fact that the UFO was not seen at the time is not a big surprise, since you can see people in the lower left corner of the photo, and none of them are looking up. Excellent catch, and it looks like the creators of these pyramids have returned home out of sentimental reasons. They be the ones who originally built they pyramids. Scott C. Waring Eyewitness states: My friend was visiting the pyramids in Mexico and taking photographs and discovered a strange object in one of the photos hovering above the site. (Was not seen in person at time of pictures were taken)
A UFO That Becomes Three Baffles A Utah Witness At Salt Lake City
A UFO That Becomes Three Baffles A Utah Witness At Salt Lake City
A black, disc-shaped object was spotted splitting into three objects, moving back as one, and flying out of sight quickly, according to a witness in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The witness, 37, was with his sister, 24, brother, 27, and two sons, ages 8 and 10, driving along the I-15 south of Salt Lake City on August 11, 2016, at 9:20 pm when the sighting took place.
The reporting witness stated he was the first to see the flying black object, which appeared to be around three miles away, and approximately 1,500 feet off the ground. The UFO thing was initially a joke as he told his boys to look what he just noticed.
His adult companions thought the thing was just a cloud. He initially agreed as he was just trying to trick the boys when he referred it a UFO. While still thinking it may be a cloud, he decided to begin snapping some photos.
According to the witness, the photos were in low quality as he was just using his cell phone while zooming to the max at a time when it was a little past sunset. After taking multiple photos, he was shocked to see there were already three black classic UFO-shaped objects. Moments later, he saw two and then one again. The witness said that he did not notice them separate or come back together, wondering how they became three and then one.
The reporting witness then observed it picked up speed towards the north, heading to Ogden. Just a few seconds, it disappeared. His brother estimated the object to be approximately 500 yards across and around half that tall.
According to the reporting witness, they were not excited about what they were watching at first, but slowly realized it wasn’t a cloud when they saw three horizontally and evenly spaced apart around six hundred yards. He added that they saw no light on the objects, just black.
He then reported their sighting to Mutual UFO Network and his testimony along with the photos was filed in Case 78355. Utah MUFON investigators are still investigating the case.
Ancient Aliens – Space Station Moon History Channel, Season 11 Episode 11 29th July 2016
It was mankind’s finest hour, the greatest technological achievement of the 20th Century–the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon. But the Apollo program was short-lived, and after Apollo 17 in 1972, we never went back. Could it be that we encountered something–or someone–on the Moon? Did the Apollo astronauts witness more than NASA wants us to know? The Moon is the most visible celestial body in the night sky and is essential to life on Earth. But what if the Moon is not the natural object we believe it to be? Unidentified lunar objects in NASA photography may point to extraterrestrial structures on the moon, and possibly evidence of what lies beneath the surface. Some Ancient Astronaut theorists have even suggested that the Moon is actually an artificial object, placed in its current position by otherworldly beings thousands of years ago.
AMAZING UFO activity over Henderson, Nevada 3-Sep-2016
AMAZING UFO activity over Henderson, Nevada 3-Sep-2016
Here’s one really interesting video of a huge unidentified flying objects in the sky above Henderson, Nevada. This happened on 3rd September 2016.
Witness report:
What a strange night! My wife is coming home tonight after spending seventeen days in Europe with her brother and sister. Her airplane doesn’t land until 11:20 pm so I thought I would get some UFO hunting in even though it was really windy. I left the camcorder inside and only took the night vision camera out because it does much better than the camcorder in windy conditions. I was filming numerous lights over at Nellis Air Force Base when all of a sudden I noticed some bright lights over in Henderson. As a matter of fact it was the same spot I filmed last night. This time, all I had was the night vision camera and what it caught was astonishing. I captured four UFOs in a bunch that were moving slowly to the left and moving around each other. This was extremely exciting for me because I don’t really have any night vision footage like this from that location. There is also a lot of regular air traffic which includes airplanes and helicopters but the UFOs will be easy for you to spot. I truly believe this video cannot be debunked.
Social media users on Facebook have been offering wild speculations after a UFO sighting video was posted to the popular social networking website. The footage shows an unidentified flying object moving strangely across the sky during a lightning storm and while wind funnel whipped through the storm.
While the storm brings havoc to the residents nearby, a UFO suddenly appeared at the bottom of the video frame moving across the sky as a bolt of lightning rages the area.
However, the origin of the footage is yet to be known. Still, many social media users giving speculations about the identity of the UFO after the clip was shared thousands of times. Puzzled viewers have speculated it could have been an aircraft, but some are convinced it was an alien spacecraft. Others suggested it might be just a bird.
The latest footage of mysterious UFO surfaced just a few days a UFO of about the same size of a car was caught on camera as it hovered above a family home in Cheshire.
A father-of-four Chris Henry caught on video a black object above the sky in Manchester. He recorded the video while waiting for his friend to arrive and pick him up from his Macclesfield home.
A Star Trek shaped UFO spotted flying in the sky above Yorkshire moorland. A family claimed to have snapped a photo of a dark gray object that seems to have a halo around it. Nicole Smith, 19, used her smartphone to capture pictures of the scenery during a family outing in Bronte waterfalls in West Yorkshire.
Nicole was with her parents Catherine and Shane when she accidentally caught the UFO on one of her photos. Catherine, 49, said that the family went for a day out in Haworth and decided to travel to the moor and stopover near a footpath leading to the waterfalls.
From where the car was parked, it was approximately two and a half mile walk.
On their way back from the falls, Nicole was snapping random photos of the scenery and sheep at around 5:30 p.m. using her mobile phone.
It was only when they were home Nicole noticed the strange object in the picture as she was scanning through the photos.
American optical physicist Bruce Maccabee, formerly employed by the U.S. Navy and now a leading UFOlogist, said that the image is tiny to get a good resolution.
The fact that it wasn’t seen at the time of capture, no information on distance can be obtained. Maccabee suspects that it could be some insect within ten feet from the camera.
Philip Mantle, former British UFO Research Association director, saw no evidence of any tampering or fakery of the photo. However, the object could be something very small that is too close to the camera lens because it has a type of halo around it.
Considering the location where the photo was taken, Mantle thinks the object could be a grass pollen or a bug.
Crash! Early Collision Could Explain How Earth Kept its Carbon
Crash! Early Collision Could Explain How Earth Kept its Carbon
By Sarah Lewin, Staff Writer
New research into the ratio of elements in Earth's mantle suggests that the planet's carbon might have come from a collision with a planet embryo around 4.4 billion years ago.
Credit: Image by A. Passwaters/Rice University based on original courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech
The early Earth could have been hit by a Mercury-like planet embryo deep in its past, letting the planet keep hold of the carbon necessary for life, a new study suggests.
The Experimental Petrology Rice Team — who study the origin, composition and structure of rocks at Rice University in Texas — re-created conditions inside Earth in the lab to help solve a long-standing mystery: how carbon-based life could have developed on Earth when early carbon would have boiled away or sunk to the planet's core.
"The challenge is to explain the origin of the volatile elements like carbon that remain outside the core in the mantle portion of our planet," Rajdeep Dasgupta, a co-author on the new study and petrologist at Rice, said in a statement. [What Is Earth Made Of?]
Dasgupta's group previously investigated how carbon would have fared on the early, molten Earth: Even if the carbon didn't vaporize into space, it would have been drawn into the metallic core after bonding with iron-rich alloys,Dasgupta said.
How Earth's merger with a potentially Mercury-like planetary embryo might have transferred carbon and sulfur to Earth's mantle.
Credit: Rajdeep Dasgupta
Researchers have postulated that carbon and other elements now present on Earth came from meteorites or comets hitting the planet.
"One popular idea has been that volatile elements like carbon, sulfur, nitrogen and hydrogen were added after Earth's core finished forming," the study's lead author, Yuan Li, now a staff scientist at Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, said in the statement. "Any of those elements that fell to Earth in meteorites and comets more than about 100 million years after the solar system formed could have avoided the intense heat of the magma ocean that covered Earth up to that point.
But the real-life proportions of elements on Earth don't seem to match up with comets and meteorites: "The problem with that idea is that while it can account for the abundance of many of these elements, there are no known meteorites that would produce the ratio of volatile elements in the silicate portion of our planet," he added, referring to a main component of rocks in Earth's mantle, the 1,800-mile-deep (2,890 kilometers) soup of magma and rock between the crust and core.
The researchers' experimental setup re-created the high-temperature and high-pressure interior of Earth by squeezing rocks with hydraulic presses. This method can emulate conditions about 250 miles (400 km) below Earth's surface, in the planet's mantle. The investigators decided to test whether the elements silicon or sulfur — found in the cores of Mercury and Mars, respectively — had any impact on the amount of carbon that would be bound up within Earth's core.
The scientists found that when sulfur bonded with iron under intense pressure — like that in Earth's core — it kept carbon from bonding with the molecules in the core as strongly, the researchers said in the statement. (In the paper,published in the journal Nature Geoscience on Sept. 5, the scientists said that "in reduced or sulfur-rich bodies, carbon is expelled from the segregating core.") In that scenario, the carbon could remain higher up, in Earth's mantle, and be available later on for the development of life instead of being locked away, the study said.
The researchers then compared the concentrations of carbon that emerged during the experiments with the concentrations of elements in Earth's actual mantle.
"One scenario that explains the carbon-to-sulfur ratio and carbon abundance is that an embryonic planet like Mercury, which had already formed a silicon-rich core, collided with and was absorbed by Earth," Dasgupta said. "Because it's a massive body, the dynamics could work in a way that the core of that planet would go directly to the core of our planet, and the carbon-rich mantle would mix with Earth's mantle.
"In this paper, we focused on carbon and sulfur," he said. "Much more work will need to be done to reconcile all of the volatile elements, but at least in terms of the carbon-sulfur abundances and the carbon-sulfur ratio, we find this scenario could explain Earth's present carbon and sulfur budgets."
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Unity Takes 1st Flight with Mothership
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Unity Takes 1st Flight with Mothership
By Tariq Malik, Space.com Managing Editor
A Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo space plane took to the air under the wing of its massive mothership Thursday (Sept. 8), marking the first flight test for the private space travel company since a tragic accident in 2014.
Virgin Galactic's second SpaceShipTwo spacecraft, the Virgin Spaceship Unity, soared over Mojave, California, in a captive carry test flight with its WhiteKnightTwo carrier aircraft, the Virgin Mother Ship Eve. Although the Unity spacecraft remained attached to its carrier plane for the entire flight, the test did mark Virgin Galactic's first return to airborne trials of SpaceShipTwo since the company's first spacecraft — the VSS Enterprise — broke apart during a rocket-powered test on Oct. 31, 2014.
"Yesterday's flight was a culmination of years of hard work by our dedicated team, past and present, to build a company and build a beautiful spaceship," Virgin Galactic's billionaire founder Sir Richard Branson said in a statement today (Sept. 9). "Our tireless and dedicated team makes me so proud: Their commitment to the program, to safety, to our founding astronauts, and to our vision to open access to space led us to this first flight test." [See our full slideshow of VSS Unity's first captive carry flight]
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo vehicles are designed to carry two pilots and six passengers on launches into suborbital space. The spacecraft cannot orbit the Earth, but it's expected to provide passengers several minutes of weightlessness and expansive views of the Earth from space before re-entering the atmosphere and gliding to a runway landing. Virgin Galactic is selling tickets for the experience at $250,000 per seat.
Virgin Galactic's second SpaceShipTwo, the VSS Unity, takes its first flight with its carrier plane Eve as they soar over Mojave, California on Sept. 8, 2016.
Thursday's test flight took off from the Mojave Air and Space Port, with the VMS Eve carrying the VSS Unity to an altitude of about 50,000 feet (15,000 meters). That's the target altitude for the separation between a carrier plane and SpaceShipTwo during an actual launch. From takeoff to landing, the test flight lasted 3 hours and 43 minutes.
"Today's flight test is going well," Virgin Galacticrepresentatives wrote on Twitter during the flight. "It'll be longer than a typical mission, in part to test what happens when Unity gets very cold."
The test flight also marked another milestone for Virgin Galactic, Branson added.
"Any time a new vehicle is tested in the air is a big deal," Branson wrote. "The significance of yesterday's flight is that it is the first flight of a spaceship built entirely by The Spaceship Company and operated by Virgin Galactic."
Virgin Galactic unveiled the VSS Unity spacecraftearlier this year, on Feb. 19. The spacecraft was already under construction by The Spaceship Company — a Mojave, California-based subsidiary of Virgin Galactic — at the time of the October 2014 accident.
The Enterprise was in the midst of a rocket-powered test flight when it broke apart over the Mojave Desert, killing co-pilot Michael Alsbury and seriously injuring pilot Peter Siebold. An investigation into the crash by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board found that Alsbury deployed the space plane's "feathering" re-entry system — twin tail booms designed to rotate upward during descent to increase drag and stability — too early. Virgin Galactic and The Spaceship Company subsequently built new safeguards into VSS Unity to prevent the type of accident that doomed Enterprise.
Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity space plane and its carrier plane, the Virgin Mothership Eve, take off on their first captive carry flight from the Mojave Air and Space Port in California on Sept. 8, 2016.
Credit: Virgin Galactic
The memory of that 2014 accident seemed to be fresh on the collective mind of the Virgin Galactic team, based on the company's statements.
"Today's an emotional day for us all. So grateful to our families, customers, & friends for sticking with us," Virgin Galactic representatives wrote on Twitter Thursday afternoon. "Couldn't open space without you."
According to Virgin Galactic, Thursday's captive carry test flight is the first in a rigorous series of upcoming trials for VSS Unity. But the company stressed that it will only move forward after a thorough analysis of this week's test.
"With this flight in the books, our team will now analyze a mountain of flight data, learning what worked well and what could be improved for our next flight test," Virgin Galactic representatives wrote. "Only when that analysis is done, along with detailed vehicle inspections, some already-planned work, and potentially more captive carry flights, will we be ready to move into the next phase of test flight."
The office work is overseen by a US colonel who visits regularly from Washington
When the Ministry of Defence announced its decision to axe its UFO department, the Americans quickly stepped in to preserve it.
And Pentagon officials knew just where to site offices for the new programme – neighbouring the UK headquarters of 20th Century Fox, famous for producing the sci-fi classics Alien, Independence Day, The Martian and Star Wars.
Largely funded by US tax dollars, the office established in 2009 boasts a team of mainly American analysts, though it does include a small British contingent, who carry out their clandestine work as tourists outside enjoy the oasis of the square’s park.
Its work is overseen by a US colonel who visits regularly from Washington.
“There was pressure from a similar unit in the Pentagon which wanted to incorporate the MoD unit,” said a serving military source last night.
“It was decided to move the unit to Soho Square and I understand that it now has a number of American personnel,” he added. “The relocation was even accidentally published in the MoD’s magazine, though few noticed.
CLASSIFIED: Area 51
“The operation took on a new role overseen by the Pentagon. It does, however, report directly to the MoD.”
While X-Files form part of its work, its main purpose is grounded in stark reality: the militarisation of space.
Of particular interest to the US is Project Condign, a highly classified MoD intelligence study of UFOs.
Research by British scientists suggested some UFO sightings might be attributable to atmospheric plasmas and, further, that a better understanding of this might lead to some “novel military applications” including Star Wars-style energy beams.
Nick Pope, who formerly ran the MoD’s UFO project, confirmed that Britain has no evidence of extra-terrestrial life.
But he added: “That’s not to say that we didn’t have some fascinating cases in our files.
“Of around 12,000 sightings that the programme investigated, around five per cent remain unexplained.
And Project Condign would have certainly grabbed the attention of Pentagon officials.
“Atmospheric plasmas may or may not be at least a partial solution to the UFO mystery,” he said.
“The weaponisation aspect of the phenomenon is exactly the sort of thing that might have caught the attention of the US government.
“When the MoD's UFO project was axed in 2009 a much more narrowly focused research effort may have taken its place, following up on Project Condign's recommendations that further work should be done on the potential for novel military applications.
“An office undertaking such work might be regarded as sufficiently different from what went on before to avoid counting as misleading parliament, as it could be regarded as a new, standalone initiative.”
Liz Quintana, director of military sciences at the Royal United Services think tank said: “Britain has maintained its interest in space and the issue of UFOs and it would not surprise me if the UK and US had an office here.
“Space is becoming increasingly contested and congested. Some of this is peaceful, some of it has dual use and some distinctly nefarious. Russia and China particularly are active.”
Asked about the unit at 7 Soho Square, a spokesman at the Ministry of Defence said: “We don’t discuss individual units.”
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The Ancient Egyptians Knew How to Unleash the Power of the Pineal Gland
The Ancient Egyptians Knew How to Unleash the Power of the Pineal Gland
The Ancient Egyptian civilization was ahead of many other civilizations around the globe when it flourished on the edges of the River Nile thousands of years ago. These two videos explore the connection between sacred geometry, the Pineal Gland and the ‘sacred, now lost’ knowledge obtained by the Ancient Egyptians which allowed them to achieve fascinating things thousands of years ago.
Among their knowledge in astronomy, engineering, architecture, medicine, the ancient Egyptians had a very special place for religion and spirituality, knowing exactly how important it was in everyday life.
The Pineal Gland, aka the third eye, is a small cone-shaped part in our brain that is responsible for producing serotonin derivative melatonin which directly deal with our hormones which in turn modulate sleep, wake patterns, and our seasonal functions.
Located near the central part of our brain, the pineal gland occupies a small area between our two hemispheres.
It is considered by many as a portal that connects the physical and spiritual world in human. When activated, the pineal gland offers a sensation of euphoria, and oneness that hills the person mind, offering a sense of knowledge and enlightenment. The pineal gland is considered as a way of traveling between dimensions, referred by many as astral projection or remote viewing.
Curiously, if we look at the Pineal Gland and the Eye of Horus we will find a fascinating similarity.
The Eye of Horus is a symbol that represents protection, royal power, and health. The Eye is usually personified in the goddess Wadjet, and is also referred to as the ‘Eye of Ra’.
Here below are two videos that explore Schwaller de Lubicz’s work, The Temple of Man. The videos aim to demonstrate that the builders of the Luxor temple did in fact use Sacred Geometry which in turn is also reflected are the exact proportions of the human body.
The videos offer clues that the ancient Egyptian civilization sued altered states of consciousness with the help of the Pineal Gland which was used by that ancient to explore the realm of the spirits.
6th Man to walk on the Moon TESTIFIED to Alien CONTACT
6th Man to walk on the Moon TESTIFIED to Alien CONTACT
In the last couple of years, the number of astronauts, scientists, military officials and government representatives who have come forward openly speaking about alien life is STAGGERING.
“We are not alone in the universe. They have been coming here for a long time…” –Edgar Mitchell
One of them is Dr. Edgar Mitchell, the sixth man who walked on the surface of our moon.
The former Navy Captain and author, who had a Bachelor of Science from Carnegie Mellon University, a Postgraduate Science degree from the U.S. Naval School and Doctor of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT made fascinating comments about extraterrestrial life.
De. Mitchell was the founder of the Institute of Noetic Sciences and the co-founder of the Association of Space Explorers meaning that he was surrounded by people with valuable information.
During the SIRIUS documentary created by Dr. Steven Greer from the Disclosure Project, Dr. Mitchell gave some very interesting comments, highlighting the reality of the Alien phenomenon and technological implications surrounding the phenomenon.
Not only has Dr. Mitchell spoken out about alien lifeforms and UFO, but he also testified to the existence of the phenomenon which has become a crucial part of society.
In 1971, Dr. Mitchell said: “We all know UFO’s are real, all we need to ask is where to they come from and what do they want?”
In numerous occasions Dr. Edgar Michell was quoted saying:
“Yes, there have been ET visitations. There have been crashed craft. There have been material and bodies recovered. There has been a certain amount of reverse engineering that has allowed some of these craft, or some components, to be duplicated. And there is some group of people that may or may not be associated with government at this point that have this knowledge. They have been attempting to conceal this knowledge. People in high level government have very little, if any, valid information about this. It has been the subject of disinformation in order to deflect attention and create confusion so the truth doesn’t come out.”― Edgar D. Mitchell, The Way of the Explorer: An Apollo Astronaut’s Journey Through the Material and Mystical Worlds (source) (source)
“Read the books, read the lore, and start to understand what has really been going on here, because there is no doubt that we are being visited.” (source)
“I happen to be privileged enough to be in on the fact that we have been visited on this planet, and the UFO phenomenon is real.” (source)
So when I learned that aliens really do exist, I wasn’t too surprised. But what did shock me when I started investigating extra-terrestrial reports a decade ago is the extent to which the proof has been hushed up. It isn’t just the US government which has kept quiet about alien visits. It would be arrogant of an American like myself to assume that ETs would only choose to visit my country. Indeed, I’ve heard convincing stories about governments all over the world that know of alien visits – including the British government. (Source)
PRINCE PHILIP: HERE IS WHY HE BELIEVE IN UFOS AND ALIENS
PRINCE PHILIP: HERE IS WHY HE BELIEVE IN UFOS AND ALIENS
Prince Phillip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, is best known for his constant and embarrassing public gaffes and being worshipped as a god on a small island in the South Pacific. Other than that, the public does not know a great deal about the Queen’s Consort who is very much a private figure. However, interesting news has emerged about the prince’s hinterland. Apparently, he is obsessed with UFOs and extra-terrestrial life.
PRINCE PHILLIP SEEKS MOD FILES TO FEED HIS UFO OBSESSION
The prince has a subscriber of several UFO magazines for many years. The proprietor of Flying Saucer Magazine has made the claim that he has counted Prince Phillip as a customer since the 1950s. His subscription began around the same time that there was such an upsurge in UFO sightings across the world that the former Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, set up an inquiry into the phenomenon. In addition to reading voraciously about UFO’s, the Prince apparently has a map of UFO sightings pinned on his wall in his lavish home at Buckingham Palace.
There have been rumours that the prince has sought out personal meetings with people who claim to have seen UFOs and met aliens but the meetings have been derailed and cancelled for fear that they would cause embarrassment to the British Royal Family. Now it appears that the prince is so ravenous for information about extra-terrestrial life that he has even requested access to Ministry of Defence files about close encounters with aliens, which are classified as top secret.
According to the prince’s former aide, Peter Horsley, aliens are interested in the prince as well. He claims that he had his encounter with an extra-terrestrial being who referred to himself as Mr Janus. The otherworldly creature expressed his interest in meeting Prince Phillip, referring to him as ‘a man of great vision’.
Stephen Hawking: God did not Create us, Aliens exist, and we’ll live on the moon
Stephen Hawking: God did not Create us, Aliens exist, and we’ll live on the moon
Stephen Hawking has made some very interesting comments regarding the future of humanity. In fact, the world-renowned researcher has spoken about God, Aliens, our place in the universe and how the 21st century will be a milestone in space exploration.
Among the numerous subjects discussed in public, Professor Hawking has spoken out about God, our place in the universe, our goals as a civilization and the general future that awaits mankind.
Interestingly, Stephen Hawking has even spoken out about aliens saying that alien life is real, and humans should refrain from making contact.
The world-renowned scientists stated that there are around 100 billion galaxies in the universe, and each one contains MILLIONS of stars. Taking this into account, it is VERY unlikely that Earth is the only place in the VAST universe where life has evolved. Making contact with Advanced Alien beings may be catastrophic for our civilization.
Speaking about God, Stephen Hawking also said that God did not create the universe and the “Big Bang” was the inevitable consequence of the laws of physics.
In “The Grand Design”, which was co-written with American physicist Leonard Mlodinow, Hawking says according to a new series of theories, it is superfluous to think of a creator of the universe.
“The universe began with the Big Bang, which simply followed the inevitable law of physics,” Hawking writes. “Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the universe exists, why we exist.
However, Professor Hawking also said that he expects mankind to go far in the near future.
In fact, Hawking predicts that in the next fifty years, we should be living on the Moon and by the end of this century, we are most likely going to be settling on Mars.
Professor Hawking argued that the 21st century will be a milestone in space exploration.
“In 50 years we will have created bases and homes on the Moon. The same will happen on Mars by the end of the century,”says Hawking, who believes that if we fail to colonize other planets, humanity will be in danger of extinction.
“Our planet is an old world that is threatened by the continued human population growth and the depletion of the Earth’s resources.”
“We must take account of these factors and make up a plan B. If we want to survive the next hundred years, even if not talking about the next thousand years, it is imperative to colonize other worlds away from Earth. If we follow this path I am sure that the next century will be characterized as a true space age,” said Hawking.
I guess it’s the right time for us to take on the moon once again, after all, technology today is far more advanced than when the Apollo missions visited the moon.
Scientists in Australia PROVE time travel is POSSIBLE
Scientists in Australia PROVE time travel is POSSIBLE
The idea that time travel is possible has captured the interest of countless researchers for decades. There are some who firmly argue that time travel is in fact possible. A team of scientists has concluded that the grandfather paradox –which demonstrates how time travel is not possible— can be resolved.
A team of researchers from the University of Queensland, Australia, have simulated how time-travelling photons might behave, indicating that at least on a QUANTUM LEVE, the grandfather paradox –which demonstrates how time travel is not possible— can be resolved.
“The properties of quantum particles are ‘fuzzy’ or uncertain to start with, so this gives them enough wiggle room to avoid inconsistent time travel situations. Our study provides insights into where and how nature might behave differently from what our theories predict,” said co-author Professor Timothy Ralph.
Explaining the curious situation, the daily mail indicates:
“In the simulation, the researchers examined the behavior of a photon traveling through time and interacting with its older self. In their experiment, they made use of the closely related, fictitious, case where the photon travels through normal space-time and interacts with another photon that is stuck in a time-travelling loop through a wormhole, known as a closed timelike curve (CTC). Simulating the behavior of this second photon, they were able to study the behavior of the first – and the results show that consistent evolutions can be achieved when preparing the second photon in just the right way.”
When talking about the idea of time travel and whether or not it’s possible, scientists point to Albert Einstein and his well-tested theories of special and general relativity which according to many can prove mankind is able to travel through time.
This theory indicates that time can slow down or speed up depending on how fast you are moving, relative to another object.
The theory of general relativity indicates that it’s possible to travel back in time by following the so-called space-time path.
In 2012, Serge Haroche and colleague physicists David Wineland shared the Nobel Prize award as they demonstrated how “quantum weirdness” can exist at a subatomic micro-world level, but also on a MACRO level.
“The question of time travel features at the interface between two of our most successful yet incompatible physical theories – Einstein’s general relativity and quantum mechanics. Einstein’s theory describes the world at the very large scale of stars and galaxies, while quantum mechanics is an excellent description of the world at the very small scale of atoms and molecules,” said Martin Ringbauer, a PhD student at UQ’s School of Mathematics and Physics and a lead author of the paper.
But not everyone in the scientific community agrees that time travel is possible. In fact, in a documentary released by the BBC, award-winning astrophysicist Stephen Hawking states that it is IMPOSSIBLE to go back in time.
The Genesis Project: Bringing life and accelerating evolution on other planets
The Genesis Project: Bringing life and accelerating evolution on other planets
A new study contemplates the possibility of sending unmanned micro spacecraft to uninhabited planets elsewhere in the universe and seeding life on them.
In miniature spacefaring genetic laboratories, researchers propose we should seed life on uninhabited exoplanets. But if we are contemplating today on ‘seeding’ life on uninhabited exoplanets in the universe, is it not possible that life on Earth is the result of a similar Alien project, millions of years ago?
In an essay to be published in Astrophysics and Space Science, Claudius Gros a theoretical physicist at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University raises the possibility of bringing life to other planets.
Is it right for humans to play ‘God’?
What if we could seed life on other planets and help accelerate evolution?
From a scientific perspective, this possibility is exciting, but how about from a social viewpoint? Would something like that be ‘right’?
It is often presumed, that life evolves relatively fast on planets with clement conditions, at least in its basic forms, and that extended periods of habitability are subsequently needed for the evolution of higher life forms. Many planets are however expected to be only transiently habitable. On a large set of otherwise suitable planets life will therefore just not have the time to develop on its own to a complexity level as it did arise on earth with the cambrian explosion.
The equivalent of a cambrian explosion may however have the chance to unfold on transiently habitable planets if it would be possible to fast forward evolution by 3-4 billion years (with respect to terrestrial timescales). We argue here, that this is indeed possible when seeding the candidate planet with the microbial lifeforms, bacteria and unicellular eukaryotes alike, characterizing earth before the cambrian explosion. An interstellar mission of this kind, denoted the `Genesis project’, could be carried out by a relatively low-cost robotic microcraft equipped with a on-board gene laboratory for the in situ synthesis of the microbes.
In recent years, we have identified very different types of exoplanets, some fo them relatively nearby, while others are hundreds, and even thousands of light years away.
“It is therefore certain that we will discover a large number of exoplanets which are inhabitable intermittently but not permanently. Life would indeed be possible on these planets, but it would not have the time to grow and develop independently”,says Gros.
It turns out that we already have technology that could help us achieve something like this.
From a technical point of view, a Genesis mission could be achieved in a few decades with the help of unmanned interstellar micro spaceships that could be accelerated and slowed down passively.
Upon arrival –to an alien world— an automated genetic laboratory would synthesize a selection of unicellular organisms with the ultimate goal of establishing an exosphere of such organisms on the exoplanet of choice.
Later on, these organisms could develop autonomously and even possibly develop into complex lifeforms.
“In this way, we could jump the approximately four billion years which had been necessary on Earth to reach the Precambrian stage of development out of which the animal world developed about 500 million years ago,” explains Gros.
The researcher further explains that in order to not endanger potential lifeforms on other planets, Genesis spacecraft would only be sent to planets that are uninhabited.
Furthermore, Gros explains that the actual duration of the mission is entirely irrelevant to the project since the time scales for an evolutionary development of a geo-targeted planets can range from a few tens of millions of years to hundreds of millions of years.
In other words, the Genesis project would not have any benefit –currently— for mankind and our civilization.
“However, we would give something back to life,” says Gros.
Gros questions whether biological incompatibilities should be expected in the event of a second Earth fully developing regarding evolution. “That seems, however, at present to be highly unlikely,” says the physicist, dampening any too high expectations.
But if we are already contemplating on ‘seeding’ life and accelerating evolution on currently uninhabited alien planets, would it not be possible that tens of millions of years ago, a highly sophisticated alien race did the same thing here on earth?
How can we be sure that we are not the result of a similar ‘Alien Genesis project’?
It is interesting actually. If we look at Professor Gros’ Genesis project from a scientific level, it is an exciting future project that could expand life throughout the universe.
However, if we step back a little and question life on Earth, the scientific community would call it ludicrous to think life on Earth is the result of a similar ‘alien project.’
If we can achieve something like this today, it is entirely possible and cannot be excluded that in the distant past, advanced alien civilizations seeded life on Earth and helped life evolve to our current stage.
Is there an underground UFO base at Scammonden Dam? Latest sighting was just last week
Is there an underground UFO base at Scammonden Dam? Latest sighting was just last week
BYLAUREN BALLINGER
It's rumoured to be a hotbed of UFO activity
M62: Stock image
Scammonden is a UFO spotters’ paradise - and the latest sighting happened just last week.
A mum and daughter were been left terrified after spotting a UFO in the sky above theM62 near the dam.
The mum filed a report on www.uk-ufo.co.uk on Tuesday after spotting the craft last Wednesday at 9.30pm near junction 22 at Rishworth Moor.
She said: “Strangely my daughter began a conversation asking me what are ‘extraterrestrials’ and infinite universes.
“I thought she was talking nonsense really, and didn’t pay much attention. Five minutes later we exited junction 22 towards Halifax. It was a clear night, and on the moors there were no road lights, completely pitch dark.
“Suddenly as I am driving on the road to my left a very bright light appeared over the moor above us. Disc shaped, with green and red light slowly moving across the road high above our car.
“My daughter also noticed two blue lights as well on the rim of the flying object. The craft also spun slowly.
“We were in absolute shock. I kept driving and it made its way across the valley towards the m62. As we watched, in a blink of an eye it totally vanished
“My daughter tried to take a photo, and we think in the distance we caught the craft.
“Although we literally were terrified and were panicking. The first photo is as the craft was across the valley, and in the final photos all the camera took were several frames of what looks like a orange light in the sky.”
It’s not the first time unidentified flying objects have been spotted in the area.
Scammonden is known as a UFO hotspot - and several reports of sightings around the village and dam appear online.
Here are some of the best:
• Outlane grandmother Sue Sill says she was abducted in 2010 - and believes Huddersfield is a UFO hotbed. She says she’s filmed UFOs all around the town, including Scammonden. Her videos can be seen at www.examiner.co.uk .
• One person reported seeing an object floating over the dam for 10 minutes before descending down inside it
• Several people have claimed to see flying triangles silently hovering in the sky, before flying off at speeds far beyond any kind of military jet
• A couple stated they were driving along the country road next to the dam when they saw a triangular craft enter the dam, then a classic saucership craft exit the dam. Moments later a mist formed out of nowhere and the next thing they knew they were driving in the wrong direction on the road running parallel to the road they were originally on. Over the following months, they came to believe they had been abducted
• Writing for UFO Magazine, Mark Gibbons, former director of investigations for British Earth and Aerial Mysteries Society, whop was with the couple at the time, says he also witnessed the hovering triangle. He added: “The object was motionless and quiet in the sky. “We observed it for 20 minutes then decided to leave. The craft began to follow us. We speeded up and the craft also speeded up. It was a clear night then out of nowhere a large cloud appeared and the craft entered it. The cloud then seemed to disappear, and the craft with it. In my mind there is something going on up at Scammonden, be it alien or military. I am sure that there is an underground base at the dam, as it is the only dam in the country with a steel reinforced base under the concrete base.”
• Outlane grandmother Sue Sill says she was abducted in 2010 - and believes Huddersfield is a UFO hotbed.
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Bevindt zich bij deze dam in Engeland een ondergrondse UFO-basis?
Bevindt zich bij deze dam in Engeland een ondergrondse UFO-basis?
De Scammonden Dam in Engeland is een ware UFO-hotspot. Afgelopen week nog spotten een moeder en haar dochter daar een UFO in de lucht. “Vreemd genoeg vroeg mijn dochter me wat buitenaardsen en oneindige universa zijn,” zei de moeder.
“Ik dacht dat ze maar wat bazelde en schonk er verder geen aandacht aan,” ging ze verder. “Het was een heldere avond en pikkedonker. Plotseling zag ik recht boven ons een zeer helder licht. Schijfvormig, met groene en rode lichten, hoog boven onze auto.”
“Mijn dochter zag ook twee blauwe lichten aan de rand van het vliegende object,” zei ze. “Het vaartuig draaide langzaam rond. We waren in shock. Het verplaatste zich over de vallei richting de snelweg. Terwijl we toekeken verdween het ineens in een oogwenk.”
Driehoeken
Het is niet voor het eerst dat er ongeïdentificeerde vliegende objecten zijn gespot in het gebied. Sue Hill, die claimt in 2010 ontvoerd te zijn, zegt UFO’s te hebben gefilmd bij Scammonden. Een ander zegt een object boven de dam te hebben gezien dat 10 minuten later in de dam afdaalde.
Verschillende mensen hebben in het gebied vliegende driehoeken gezien die geruisloos door de lucht vlogen. De objecten schoten vervolgens weg in het niets.
Ondergrondse basis
Een stelletje zag een driehoekig object de dam binnengaan en vervolgens een vliegende schotel uit de dam tevoorschijn komen. Kort daarna ontstond er uit het niets mist, waarna ze plotseling op een andere weg reden. In de maanden daarna is het stel gaan denken dat ze zijn ontvoerd.
Mark Gibbons van UFO Magazine zag naar eigen zeggen ook een zwevende driehoek. “Het object bewoog niet en hing stil in de lucht. We bleven 20 minuten kijken en besloten toen weg te gaan. Het vaartuig begon ons te volgen. Uit het niets verscheen een grote wolk waar het schip in verdween. Er is iets aan de hand bij Scammonden, of het nu aliens zijn of militaire projecten. Ik ben er zeker van dat zich bij de dam een ondergrondse basis bevindt.”
ROODHARIGE LANGGEREKTE BABYSCHEDEL GEVONDEN IN PERU
ROODHARIGE LANGGEREKTE BABYSCHEDEL GEVONDEN IN PERU
Eigenlijk verbazingwekkend dat zo’n groot deel van de bevolking nog steeds de geschiedenisboeken gelooft die wij op school krijgen voorgeschoteld.
Keer op keer worden er dingen gevonden die in de normale geschiedenis niet kunnen en toch zijn ze er.
Wat weten wij eigenlijk zeker voor wat betreft onze geschiedenis? Eigenlijk bar weinig en dan alleen nog van de laatste paar duizend jaar.
Wij leren altijd dat de Columbus Amerika ontdekte en dat de Spanjaarden veel van de Zuid- en Midden Amerikaanse landen veroverden in de 16e eeuw.
Over wat er daarvoor gebeurde in die landen weten wij weinig en volgens de Wikipedia kwamen er voor het eerst mensen voor rond 9.000 voor Christus.
Al jarenlang schrijven wij over het feit dat er in Zuid Amerika regelmatig schedels opduiken van een nogal afwijkend formaat. De zogenaamde langgerekte schedels die veel overeenkomsten vertonen met buitenaardse schedels, maar waarvan de geschiedenis ons vertelt dat deze misvormd zijn omdat ze op jeugdige leeftijd strak werden verbonden (zoals de Chinezen dat met meisjesvoetjes pleegt te doen).
De volgende schedel is ongeveer 1950 jaar oud en werd gevonden in Peru. Het is van een baby die is gestorven op een leeftijd van ergens tussen de 18 en 22 maanden.
Niet alleen is de vorm van de schedel heel bijzonder, ook het rode haar toont aan dat het kind niet toebehoorde aan één van de rassen die volgens de geschiedenisboeken in die tijd in Peru woonden.
Op de volgende foto zie je hoe de schedel er uitziet in vergelijking met die van een “normale” baby die ongeveer rond dezelfde leeftijd is gestorven.
Het kind heeft dus wel menselijk DNA, maar misschien is het, gezien de vorm van de schedel, een soort hybride tussen mens en buitenaards. Het toont in ieder geval aan dat er kennelijk mensen in Zuid Amerika waren van Europese afkomst die er volgens de geschiedenisboeken niet kunnen zijn.
Bij eerdere DNA tests op langgerekte schedels in Zuid Amerika werd ook niet menselijke DNA aangetroffen, zoals wij in een eerder artikel schreven. En geloof het of niet, zelfs op Mars zijn langgerekte schedels gevonden.
In de zomer van 2012 schreven wij een artikel over Brien Foerster en de langwerpige schedels in een klein museum in Peru.
Brien Foerster, bekend van de Discovery Channel serie “Ancient Aliens” werkt op dit moment samen met een piepklein museum in Peru. Hier liggen een aantal overblijfselen van mensen met een langgerekte schedel.
Sommige historici stellen dat deze schedels zijn ontstaan door het “afbinden” van het hoofd, waardoor de vreemde vorm zou zijn ontstaan. Er zijn echter een aantal aanwijzingen waaruit valt af te leiden dat dit wellicht niet het geval is.
Zo schijnt het dat de schedels een indicatie zijn dat er een grotere hersencapaciteit aanwezig was dan bij normale schedels. In het museum bevindt zich ook een baby met een langwerpige schedel. Nu is het al niet aannemelijk dat een schedel bij een jonge baby gevormd zou zijn door “afbinden” van het hoofd.
Bovendien is er nog een merkwaardigheid. De baby heeft elf ribben, terwijl de mens 12 ribben hoort te hebben. Ook de verbinding tussen het lichaam en het hoofd laat zien dat deze dikker is dan bij doorsnee mensen. Bovendien ziet de schedel er volkomen natuurlijk uit en laat totaal geen sporen zien van enige misvorming.
Bij wijze van grote uitzonderding heeft Brien van de curator van het museum toestemming gekregen om DNA-monsters te nemen van deze baby, tesamen met een ook daar aanwezige foetus.
Dit DNA zal dan in de zeer nabije toekomst moeten uitwijzen of het hier inderdaad om een menselijke baby gaat of wellicht toch een buitenaardse.
In de onderstaande video kun je zien hoe het nemen van het DNA monsters in zijn werk ging.
Inmiddels zijn in ieder geval een deel van de resultaten van het door Brien Foerster uitgevoerde onderzoek bekend en het zal weinigen verbazen dat de schedels die gevonden zijn in Paracas in Peru in 1928 niet menselijk DNA bevatten.
Nu naar Mars waar deze week op een NASA foto iets is ontdekt dat verdacht veel lijkt op de soort langwerpige schedels uit Peru.
Eigenlijk niet meer dan logisch; buitenaardsen die zich ooit op aarde bevonden zullen ongetwijfeld ook op Mars zijn geweest.
MARS UITDAGING VOOR ALLE KRITISCHE NEDERLANDERS EN BELGEN
MARS UITDAGING VOOR ALLE KRITISCHE NEDERLANDERS EN BELGEN
Het wordt zo langzamerhand tijd om voor eens en voor altijd een einde te maken aan de discussie of er mensen of buitenaardsen zijn (geweest) op Mars.
Opnieuw is er een onbekend object aangetroffen op Mars en bij deze dagen wij de Nederlandse en Belgische bevolking uit om te komen met een verklaring voor wat het is.
Dat onderzoekers die keer op keer dingen aantreffen op Mars die volgens de gangbare normen niet kunnen, uitgemaakt worden voor gekke Gerrit is niet alleen beledigend, maar ook een blijk van oogkleppen bij de mensen die dat roepen.
Als er inderdaad dingen worden aangetroffen op Mars die niet natuurlijk zijn ontstaan zoals de mainstream wetenschap onder aanvoering van NASA ons wil doen geloven, dan heeft dit verregaande consequenties.
Want als er zich daar objecten bevinden die niet natuurlijk zijn, dan betekent dat op zijn minst dat er ooit leven is geweest op Mars.
Dat feit alleen al zal het beeld zoals de bulk van de bevolking dat heeft op dit moment volledig op zijn kop zetten. Want als er leven is geweest op Mars, dan kunnen wij ook onze eigen geschiedenisboeken herschrijven.
Daarom willen wij het Nederlandse volk bij deze vragen mee te doen aan een onderzoek. Dat zich zal toespitsen op een door NASA op hun website gepubliceerde foto die genomen is door één van de Rovers.
Het NOS journaal hield zich zaterdagavond ook bezig met mooie foto's op Mars. Alleen was er op die foto's van de NOS niet zoveel bijzonders te zien. De nieuwslezer deelde vol trots mee dat het karretje van NASA erin was geslaagd om mooie opnames te maken van het heuvelachtige landschap.
Wij hebben ook een foto die door zo'n Marskarretje is gemaakt:
Wanneer je de foto wat uitvergroot, zie je het volgende vreemde object:
Voor diegenen die het niet kunnen vinden op de originele foto, kijk naar de volgende afbeelding en de pijl.
Wat het object is, weten wij ook niet. Het ziet eruit als een soort metaalachtig object en is misschien ooit onderdeel geweest van een motor of iets dergelijks.
Wat honderd procent zeker is voor ons, is dat we hier niet te maken hebben met een natuurlijk gevormd object. Ook hebben we hier niet te maken met de restanten van een door mensen gestuurde raket van NASA of iets dergelijks, want dan zouden ze deze vondst in geuren en kleuren bekend hebben gemaakt.
Wij willen bij deze graag het publiek de kans geven om ons en de andere lezers ervan te overtuigen dat het iets natuurlijks is dat thuis hoort op Mars en dat het geen teken is dat er eerder menselijke of buitenaardse activiteiten geweest zijn op Mars.
Er zijn ondertussen zoveel mensen in Nederland die ons hebben uitgemaakt voor zweefkezen, aluhoedjes, rijp voor opname in het gesticht en nog wat van die complimenten, dat er tussen dat publiek vast wel mensen zijn die in staat zijn om bovenstaand raadsel op te lossen.
Wij wachten vol spanning af, succes!
We gaan er voor wat bovengenoemd verhaal betreft vanuit dat de Rovers van NASA inderdaad beelden doorsturen van Mars en dat ze niet rondrijden op een onbewoond eiland ergens in het noorden van Canada. Want dat zou ook zomaar kunnen.
Human beings have long searched for extraterrestrial life. With all the technological advances we've made, and all the planets we've discovered, we haven't even come close to finding these aliens. Maybe, just maybe, we are alone in this vast universe.
WHAT ARE THE CHANCES?
With at least 1023 planets in the observable universe, there has got to be at least one with intelligent life in it…right? But by the looks of it, we aren’t even close to finding one.
Some astronomers believe that we aren’t alone in this universe, that since there are billions of planets out there similar to our little blue world capable of maintaining life, at least some of them should. Still, it’s just wishful thinking, because humans are still in the dark about how the origin of life even came about.
Is anybody out there? Four antennas of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). Credit: ESO
Biologist Christian de Duve thinks that life is a “cosmic imperative.” But unless we figure out how specific chemicals came together to form life, we can’t even begin to hope to determine the probability that life has also begun in another world.
There’s also the theory that life is not a product of random chemicals coming together but of self-organization, that nature itself will find a way to form life. This may seem like a solid theory as well, if we could ever find evidence supporting it.
FOREVER ALONE
Organizations dedicated to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) have their hands full with the recent discovery of extrasolar planets. Perhaps they will find clues from these new planets, perhaps not.
Paul Davies of the University of Alabama isn’t very optimistic on the topic. He writes that we need not look any farther than our own planet for confirmation. He writes, “If life really does pop up readily…then it should have started many times on our home planet. If there were multiple origins of life on Earth, the microbial descendants of another genesis could be all around us, forming a possible shadow biosphere.”
Of course we’re not speaking in absolute terms and realize that any attempts made to discover life elsewhere can help to discover how it formed here. Even looking at why it didn’t form on other Earth-like planets can lead to new ways of thinking about why Earth was so well situated.
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IN BRIEF
An astronomer from the UK has determined the odds at which John Ball's 1973 "Zoo hypothesis" can actually be plausible. Computer models show what would need to happen for aliens to unilaterally agree to avoid humans.
ZOO HYPOTHESIS
Searching for extraterrestrial life has always been one of the focuses of astronomy. Many models and theories have been created just to explain how alien civilizations would work and why we may not have found them yet.
An astronomer just put one of those theories into question. Duncan Forgan at the University of St. Andrews in the United Kingdom has come up with a model that establishes how hard it is for the “zoo hypothesis” to be plausible.
Back in 1973, John Ball, a radio astronomer at MIT, explained why we haven’t come into contact with aliens yet. He postulated that alien civilizations could be unilaterally avoiding us. Keeping Earth as a part of some kind of intergalactic zoo. So, in a sense, we’d be left alone because of alien “Don’t Touch The Animals” signs.
Image credit: Space Studies Institute.
ASSUMPTIONS
Forgan starts from the assumption that several alien civilizations must have talked with one another and decided on the zoo rule, like how the UN gets together and sets policies.
Key to that set-up would be intergalactic communication, limited by the speed of light. Therefore, civilizations must exist long enough for the messages to go from sender to receiver and vice versa. Once again, assuming that alien communication would be limited by the speed of light.
Also, life can only be sustained in a galaxy-wide habitable zone, the two-dimensional annular stretching between six kiloparsecs and 10 kiloparsecs from the galactic center.
Using these assumptions, the computer program then places civilizations randomly in the galactic map and calculates the possibility for any two civilizations to actually meet, communicate, and come to an agreement.
The computer determined that at least 500 civilizations must exist for the zoo hypothesis to be possible. Any less and there are too many groups of civilizations too far from each other for a consensus to be made.
Then the computer determined how old the civilizations must be for an effective agreement to be made. It saw that if civilizations last less than a million years, there also be many civilizations groups, same as above. But if they last over 1 million, a single galactic club can be achieved.
Therefore, the galaxy must have at least 500 civilizations that exist for more than a million years for the zoo hypothesis to work. Pretty stiff odds, if we’re honest.
A century from now, it will be well known that: the vacuum of space which fills the universe is itself the real substratum of the universe; vacuum in a circulating state becomes matter; the electron is the fundamental particle of matter and is a vortex of vacuum with a vacuum-less void at the center and it is dynamically stable; the speed of light relative to vacuum is the maximum speed that nature has provided and is an inherent property of the vacuum; vacuum is a subtle fluid unknown in material media; vacuum is mass-less, continuous, non viscous, and incompressible and is responsible for all the properties of matter; and that vacuum has always existed and will exist forever….Then scientists, engineers and philosophers will bend their heads in shame knowing that modern science ignored the vacuum in our chase to discover reality for more than a century.
The quote above comes from Paramahamsa Tewari, Inventor of what’s called the Reactionless AC Synchronous Generator (RLG).
What he says above has been the subject of discussion within the realms of physics and astronomy for decades. At the turn of the nineteenth century, physicists started to explore the relationship between energy and the structure of matter. In doing so, the belief that a physical, Newtonian material universe that was at the very heart of scientific knowing was dropped, and the realization that matter is nothing but an illusion replaced it. Scientists began to recognize that everything in the Universe is made out of energy.
Quantum physicists discovered that physical atoms are made up of vortices of energy that are constantly spinning and vibrating, each one radiating its own unique energy signature. This is also known as “the Vacuum” or “The Zero-Point Field.”
What’s even more fascinating is that the “stuff” within this space can be accessed and used. This was experimentally confirmed when The Casimir Effect illustrated zero point or vacuum state energy, which predicts that two metal plates close together attract each other due to an imbalance in the quantum fluctuations(source)(source). You can see a visual demonstration of this concept here. Before Casimir, these pockets of “nothing” were thought to be voids.
Unfortunately, when contemplating the nature of our reality and what we perceive to be our physical world, the existence of the vacuum and and what lies within what we call “space” is very much over-looked. I find it amusing how we’re still searching for the ‘God’ particle when a large amount of evidence points to the idea that most of what we refer to as “reality” is actually something we can’t perceive with our physical senses!
No point is more central than this, that space is not empty, it is the seat of the most violent physics – John Wheeler
It’s quite confusing, which is why I am posting the video below of someone (out of many people) who spends their life researching and experimenting with these cool concepts.
Below is a video of Nassim Haramein giving a TEDx talk at USCD. Nassim currently leads teams of physicists, electrical engineers, mathematicians and other scientists to explore the frontier of unification principles and their implications. Haramein’s lifelong vision of applied unified physics to create positive change in the world today is reflected in the mission of The Resonance Project Foundation. He shares the developments of his research through scientific publications and educational offerings through the Resonance Academy.
Currently Nassim is focused on his most recent developments in quantum gravity and their applications to technology, new energy research, applied resonance, life sciences, permaculture, and consciousness studies. Nassim currently resides in Kauai compassionately raising his two young sons, and surfing the sunlit swells on the shores of the magnificent Hawaiian islands.
HERE is an example of some of his published research, with co authors, one of whom is Elizabeth A. Rauscher, an American physicist. She is a former researcher with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the Stanford Research Institute, and NASA.
“Space is actually not empty and it’s full of energy…The energy in space is not trivial there’s a lot of it and we can actually calculate how much energy there is in that space and that reality might actually come out of it. Everything we see is actually emerging from that space.”
A couple of years ago, researchers at NASA’s Johnson Space Centre discovered a thruster system which actually generates thrust, despite requiring absolutely no propellant. The implications of this discovery are far-reaching; applications for space flight and other technologies which require propulsion could one day become far cheaper, allowing space exploration to expand exponentially. The existence of this technology also further validates the fact that energy can be derived from tapping into the quantum vacuum, also known as “zero-point.”
Bottom line is that space is not empty, and the energy which lies within it can be used. This was experimentally confirmed when the Casimir Effectillustrated zero point or vacuum state energy, which predicts that two metal plates close together attract each other due to an imbalance in the quantum fluctuations(source)(source).
The propellant-less thruster is called the Cannae Drive, invented by Guido Fetta, and was tested by NASA over an eight day testing campaign that took place in August of 2013. It’s also known as the EM drive. It showed that a small amount of thrust was achieved inside a container, again, without the use of any fuel. The results were then presented at the 50th Joint Propulsion Conference in Cleveland, Ohio in July the next year.
You can access the paper (titled “Numerical and Experimental Results for a Novel Propulsion Technology Requiring no On-Board Propellant”) that was presented at the conference here and inventor Guido Fetta’s paper here.
Now, it’s about to be launched into spacee, and, according to many, like ScienceAlert.com, the EM “is as controversial as it gets, because while certain experiments have suggested that such an engine could work, it also goes against one of the most fundamental laws of physics we have.
It’s a law that Issac Newton derived, called the law of conservation of momentum, which states that an equal and opposite reaction must stem froman action. In order for something to gain momentum it must expel some kind of propellent in the opposite direction, but not the EM drive, this invention taps into the ‘zero-point’ field of energy/electromagnetic waves, creating thrust by microwave photons bouncing around inside a cone shaped metal cavity. The cone shaped mental cavity is what accelerates it into the opposite direction.
This is exciting, because it basically proves that we have a limitless resource of energy to tap into and utilize for space travel. This is currently the biggest barrier for modern day space travel and exploration.
It’s Time For The Laws Of Physics To Be Changed
We knew the Earth was flat, we knew that we were the centre of the universe, we knew that a man made heavier than air peace of machinery could not take flight. Through out human history, intellectual authorities have pronounced their supremacy by ridiculing or surpressing elements of reality that simply didn’t fit within the framework of accepted knowledge – Terje Toftenes (taken from the film, The Day Before Disclosure)
Science needs to be careful and stray for from getting caught up in the grip of scientific dogma. History has constantly shown us, especially within the realms of science, that what we accept as real always changes at another point in time. Our understanding and knowledge regarding the nature of our reality is constantly changing.
“There is nothing new to be discovered in physics now. All that remains is more and more precise measurement.” This statement (worldview statement) was made by Lord Kelvin in 1900, which was shattered five years later when Einstein published his paper on special relativity. This one great, out of many.
Today, engineers are inventing power generators that utilize these concepts, like Paramahamsa Tewari .
These laws need to be refined to account for the fact that space is not empty,
What we currently accept as fact is going to have to change, and developments like the EM drive, or electrical generators that used these concepts, are going to have to be acknowledged soon. Throughout history, new developments in fields such as energy have always taken their time to find it into the market place. In today’s world, there’s always a lot of Red Tape you’re going to have to go through, unfortunately.
Below is a short clip of former NASA astronaut and Princeton Physics Professor Dr. Brian O’leary speaking about these energy concepts:
It’s called quantum entanglement, it’s extremely fascinating and counter to what we believe to be the known scientific laws of the universe, so much so that Einstein himself could not wrap his head around it. Although it’s called “quantum entanglement,” though Einstein referred to it as “spooky action at a distance.”
Recent research has taken quantum entanglement out of the theoretical realm of physics, and placed into the one of verified phenomena. An experiment devised by the Griffith University’s Centre for Quantum Dynamics, led by Professor Howard Wiseman and his team of researchers at the university of Tokyo, recently published a paper in the journal Nature Communications confirming what Einstein did not believe to be real: the non-local collapse of a particle’s wave function. (source)(source), and this is just one example of many.
They did this by splitting a single photon between two laboratories, and testing whether measurement of it in one laboratory would actually cause a change in the local quantum state in the other laboratory. In doing so, researchers were able to verify the entanglement of the split single photon.
Researchers have since replicated this experiment over and over again, with results of entanglement seen at kilometres of distance. Below is a great visual depiction of what quantum entanglement from the film, “What The Bleep Do We Know.”
“Space is just the construct that gives the illusion that there are separate objects” – Dr. Quantum
Sure, there are a lot of philosophies regarding what all of this stuff actually means, but, as Dr. Elizabeth Rauscher puts it, it’s a pre-curser to realizing that everything is connected, and that everything in the universe is one. What happens in what we call reality, is effecting something else in that same reality, it’s all “touching.” (source)
What’s happening here is that, either we are witnessing the transfer of ‘information’ at a speed far greater than the speed of light, or even better, something completely instantaneous.
If all points in space are connected, that means vast distances between places are simply an illusion. Furthermore, quantum entanglement challenges Einsteins theory of relativity, but theories are developed to be tweaked and changed. Unfortunately, our world is plagued with secrecy, and you can learn more about that in an article about the black budget linked at the bottom of this article.
The Lockheed Executives Comments On Space Travel
Rich was the second director of Lockheed Skunkwork’s from 1975-1991. He’s been called the Father of Stealth, having overseen the development of the stealth fighter, the F-117A nighthawk. Before his death, Rich made several shocking open statements about the reality of UFOs and extraterrestrials.
“We already have the means to travel among the stars, but these technologies are locked up in black projects, and it would take an act of God to ever get them out to benefit humanity. Anything you can imagine, we already know how to do it.” (1)
“We now have technology to take ET home. No it won’t take someone’s lifetime to do it. There is an error in the equations. We know what it is. We now have the capability to travel to the stars.” (1)
“There are two types of UFOs — the ones we build and the ones ‘they’ build.” (1)
Where Quantum Entaglement Comes In
When Rich was asked how UFO propulsion worked, he said, “Let me ask you. How does ESP work?” The questioner responded with, “All points in time and space are connected?” Rich then said, “That’s how it works!”
Interesting to think about, isn’t it? Perhaps the vast distances that exist between planets, solar systems and more isn’t really as much of a barrier as we thought it was.
What Are The Sources For These Quotes?
One of the sources is aerospace journalist, James Goodall, who wrote for publications such as Jane’s Defense Weekly, Aviation Week and Space Technology, and Interavia. He is an accomplished speaker specializing in the history, development, and operations of the world’s only Mach 3 capable, manned air breathing aircraft, the SR-71 family of aircraft. (1) (source)(source)(source)
He is also an author, as well as the Associate Curator at the Pacific Aviation Meseum, HI. He was also the restoration manager at the Museum of Flight in Paine Field, Everett, WA.
Goodall interviewed many from the classified black budget world (read more about that world here.) He claimed that some of his contacts told him that “we have things out there that are literally out of this world, better than Star Trek or what you see in the movies.” (1)
From his work alone, James Goodall knew Ben Rich well. In a video interview, Goodall stated that he spoke to Rich approximately 10 days before he died:
“About ten days before he died, I was speaking to Ben on the telephone at the USC Medical Center in LA. And he said, ‘Jim, we have things out in the desert that are fifty years beyond what you can comprehend. They have about forty five hundred people at the Lockheed Skunk works. What have they been doing for the last eighteen or twenty years? They’re building something.’” (1)
Another source comes from John Andrews, who was a legendary Lockheed engineer. He had written to Rich, stating his own belief in UFOs, both manmade and extraterrestrial. Andrews has asked Rich if his own beliefs covered extraterrestrial as well as manmade UFOs. Rich’s reply was as follows:
“Yes, I’m a believer in both categories. I feel everything is possible. Many of our man-made UFOs are Un-Funded Opportunities. There are two types of UFOs, the ones we build, and the ones they build.” (1)
In Rich’s reply, he underlined the U, F, and O in “unfunded opportunities.”
Thirdly, Jan Harzan, a senior executive with IBM, along with Tom Keller, an aerospace engineer who has worked as a computer systems analyst for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, discusses a talk Ben gave some time ago. On March 23rd, 1993 at a UCLA School of Engineering talk where he was presenting a general history of Sunk Works, he said this:
“We now know how to travel to the stars. There is an error in the equations, and we have figured it out, and now know how to travel to the stars and it won’t take a lifetime to do it. It is time to end all the secrecy on this, as it no longer poses a national security threat, and make the technology available for use in the private sector. There are many in the intelligence community who would like to see this stay in the black and not see the light of day. We now have the technology to take ET home.” (1)
Here is a video of Jan telling the story:
What’s Remarkable About The ET/UFO Phenomenon
It’s quite remarkable how many verified statements we have regarding UFOs (unidentified flying objects) and extraterrestrials from people who have held the highest positions possible within the government, military, academia, politics and more. To be honest, it’s overwhelming, and when you put all of those statements together with all of the previously classified documentation that has been released over the past few years, it paints a startling picture. Anybody who has done even a fair amount of research, and adheres to the philosophy of “condemnation without investigation is the height of ignorance,” would not be able to deny this, and I have yet to come across someone who has done the research that still subjects this topic to the “conspiracy theory” realm.
To view a fraction of some verified quotes, and documents, and more, you can sift through theexopolitics section of our website and browse through our heavily sourced articles there.
Below is an example, and a video I’ve used many times before, as it is an extremely powerful statement. I apologize if you’ve seen it before, but it really hits home. There really is an “abundant amount of evidence.”
Want to Learn More About The Secret Space Program?
Below is a great lecture given by researcher Richard Dolan. A great place to start. I apologize if you’ve seen this content before, but we always have new readers visiting our site, so it’s important to constantly put this information out there for those new eyes.
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Gaan we binnenkort een planetoïde vangen?
Gaan we binnenkort een planetoïde vangen?
Tim Kraaijvanger
NASA is van plan om in het volgende decennium een stukje van een planetoïde te vangen. Deze ruimtesteen wordt vervolgens in een baan om de maan uitgezet. Als het project doorgaat, is het een ambitieuze missie.
Oorspronkelijk was de Amerikaanse ruimtevaartorganisatie van plan om een hele planetoïde te verplaatsen. Deze planetoïde stoppen astronauten in een soort gigantische boterhamzak om vervolgens verplaatst te worden. Dit plan gaat helaas niet door. In plaats van het verplaatsen van een hele planetoïde kiest NASA ervoor om een stukje planetoïde te verplaatsen.
Als de Asteroid Redirect Mission groen licht krijgt, dan wordt het ruimtevaartuig in december 2021 gelanceerd. De ruimtesonde reist mogelijk naar de asteroïde 2008 EV5. Deze asteroïde heeft een diameter van 400 meter. Naast 2008 EV5 zijn er nog een aantal alternatieven, waaronder Itokawa, Bennu en Ryugu. Itokawa is een oude bekende. Deze aardappelvormige planetoïde is in 2005 bezocht door de Japanse Hayabuse-ruimtesonde. In 2019 wordt het uiteindelijke doelwit bepaald.
Supergrote grijpmachine Het ruimtevaartuig landt op de asteroïde, grijpt een vier meter grote steen vast en stijgt vervolgens op. De grijparmen boren zich in de steen, waardoor er sprake is van een stevige grip. Het is geen kermisgrijpertje, dat in 99% van alle gevallen het pluchen beertje uit zijn armen laat glippen. De lading in de ruimte verliezen betekent dat miljarden dollars door de figuurlijke wc worden gespoeld. Dat kan en mag niet gebeuren. Stel dat het ruimtevaartuig de ruimtesteen ergens nabij de aarde verliest, dan is dit overigens geen risico voor ons aardbewoners. Een steen van dit formaat verbrandt volledig in de atmosfeer.
Eenmaal de steen te pakken? Dan brengt de ARM-ruimtesonde de steen in een stabiele baan om de maan. Rond 2025 zal het brokstuk in de juiste baan om onze natuurlijke satelliet draaien. In 2026 wordt de asteroïde bezocht door vier astronauten. Dit wordt de Asteroid Crewed Redirect Mission genoemd. Astronauten koppelen de Orion-module aan het ruimtevaartuig en voeren verschillende ruimtewandelingen uit. Zij verzamelen stukjes van de planetoïde en brengen deze naar aarde.
De video hieronder geeft de hoogtepunten van de missie goed weer. Let op: sommige stukken zijn flink versneld, zoals het optillen van de steen op het oppervlak van de asteroïde.
De eerste stap naar Mars De missie is ambitieus, maar ook zeer belangrijk voor de toekomst van de ruimtevaart. In de toekomst wil de Amerikaanse ruimtevaartorganisatie astronauten op Mars laten landen. Dit betekent dat astronauten een lange reis van zes tot negen maanden afleggen van onze planeet naar de rode planeet. Tijdens deze reis worden zij blootgesteld aan kosmische straling en elektrisch geladen deeltjes van de zon. Wat zijn de gevolgen? NASA is bezig met de ontwikkeling van een nieuw ruimtepak, dat astronauten beschermt op Mars en in de ruimte. Dit pak kan al getest worden in de omgeving tussen de aarde en de maan tijdens de Asteroid Crewed Redirect Mission.
Geavanceerde ionenmotor Om volledig afhankelijk te worden van de aarde zijn nieuwe voortdrijvingsmechanismen nodig. HetAsteroid Redirect Mission-ruimtevaartuig gebruikt geen ouderwetse (en achterhaalde) brandstoffen om van A naar B te vliegen. Er wordt gebruik gemaakt van Solar Electric Propulsion. De SEP-technologie gebruikt elektriciteit van de zonnepanelen (50 kW) om ionen met hoge snelheid af te stoten. Hierbij maakt de motor gebruik van het Hall-effect, waarbij elektronen worden gevangen in een magnetisch veld. Deze ionenmotor verbruikt tien keer minder brandstof (xenon) dan traditionele chemische raketten en is drie keer zo krachtig als eerdere modellen. Daarnaast is er sprake van een efficiëntie van 50%.
De asteroïde wordt in een baan om de maan geplaatst. Het ARM-ruimtevaartuig blijft aan de asteroïde vastzitten, zodat toekomstige ruimtevaartuigen gemakkelijk aan de ARM-sonde kunnen koppelen.
Afwenden van gevaarlijke asteroïden Ook niet onbelangrijk is het feit dat NASA de koers van de asteroïde 2008 EV5 wil aanpassen. Het ruimtevaartuig gebruikt zijn eigen gewicht (achttien ton) en zijn lading (de vier tot zes meter grote ruimtesteen) om met zijn zwaartekracht de baan van de asteroïde te veranderen. Deze technologie kan in de toekomst gebruikt worden om gevaarlijke asteroïden – bijvoorbeeld objecten die op ramkoers liggen met de aarde – te verplaatsen. Hoe deze zogenoemde ‘gravity tractor’ werkt is hieronder te zien.
Nog even afwachten Gaat deze missie echt door? Het is even afwachten, maar op dit moment gaat de missie moeiteloos door verschillende fases heen. Momenteel buigt NASA zich over de ontwikkeling en het ontwerp van het robotische ruimtevaartuig. Voor de ontwikkeling van het ruimtevaartuig is 1,4 miljard dollar vrijgemaakt, maar daar komen de kosten van het lanceersysteem en de kosten na de lancering nog bij.
Extraterrestrial Treaties with Majestic 12 Dating Back to 1958? | The TAU-IX Treaty Conference for The Preservation of Humanity
Extraterrestrial Treaties with Majestic 12 Dating Back to 1958? | The TAU-IX Treaty Conference for The Preservation of Humanity
(Stillness in the Storm Editor)The following is a series of articles from Dan Burisch's website from the mid-2000s. It details a narrative that corresponds to other secret space program whistleblowers in regard to extraterrestrial alliances that were formed and maintained throughout the latter half of the 20th Century. However, like most attempts to reconcile insider testimony, there are divergences that present themselves. Burisch's information describes a series of beings he calls the J-Rods which is actually a branch of human beings from a future timeline, according to his testimony. They negotiated a series of agreements with the infamous Majestic 12 group in the 1950s, along with a race he terms the Orion "Talls."
Corey Goode is another secret space program whistleblower and insider, whose testimony has been regarded as some of the most credible. Goode claims that there are a vast number of secret government projects, all of which are heavily compartmentalized. Unacknowledged Special Access Programs are given a mandate by congress to hide their often nefarious activities from the public, at all costs. These programs will often concoct elaborate cover stories for people within the program so as to ensure the truth remains hidden, even from those working within it. Goode claims that one of these false narratives supplied to lower-level secret space programs is that extraterrestrials, which resemble human beings, are actually a future version of us. From an investigator's perspective, reconciling testimony requires that all facts presented are analyzed and cross-referenced, revealing a tapestry of connections and inconsistencies. Regarding the notion of future humans, we have a point of correspondence between Burisch and Goode's testimony. Namely that what Burisch regards as future humans, Goode's narrative would explain as a false compartmentalization story supplied by higher-level programs. Goode's testimony also refers to some of the higher-level programs appearing to humanity with advanced technology as if they were non-terrestrial. Finally, Goode also states that ancient breakaway civilizations have existed below the surface of the Earth for thousands—and in some cases—millions of years. These inner-Earth beings appear to be human with fantastic psychic abilities an untrained eye would associate with extraterrestrials—or in this case—future humans. To be clear, Burisch's testimony was provided some 10 years prior to Goode's revelations. And Goode has never explicitly stated that the J-Rods mentioned by Burisch are either inner-Earth beings or a covert part of other secret space programs. But what Goode does say, and seems to be accurate given the inconsistencies provided by alleged insiders, is that assets within programs are given false narratives specifically to befuddle researchers and assets who dare to discover what the whole truth is. The following provides the avid investigator another side of the story regarding the hidden exopolitical history of the past century. In our desire to know the whole truth, it is helpful to consider all points of view. The more complete and replete our knowledge, the greater our capacity to discern the ultimate truth—so long as we remain steadfast in our dedication to research all possible sources of information.
Or CotM as it is often abbreviated... membership lists available to the DULY-ELECTED representatives of the 110th Congress of the United States. Squabbling, narrow-minded and egotistical ufologists are advised to pound sand in the meantime.
The Committee of the Majority allegedly came into being sometime during the mid-1960’s. One alleged briefing for black-operations (Majestic) agents holds that it occurred in 1967, whenNikita Khrushchev threatened to with-hold his signature from the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty unless President Johnson opened up the secrets of Majestic 12 to an international group.
In this he was supported by both UN Secretary-General U Thant and Indira Ghandi, prime minister of India.
The x-factor was the fear that this time around, Mr. Khrushchev might not back down as he had in October of 1962 over the missiles in Cuba. More importantly, there was a fear that the Soviet Unionwould create their own version of MJ-12 and sign an independent treaty with one or both factions of the zeta reticulans. Faction 'A' of the zetans subtly encouraged this line of thought, as it would encourage cooperation among the planet's superpowers.
The obvious problem with this time-line is that Khruschev was ousted in a coup in 1964 and the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty was signed in 1963. If we were to move the year to 1963, then it would have been Pres. Kennedy, prior to his assassination [allegedly at the hands of a complex plot organized by MJ-12 itself, a decision solidified by Kennedy sharing secrets with America's ‘enemies’].
In addition, the Prime Minister of India that year was Jawaharlal Nehru, not Indira Ghandi. Hence, there is conflicting information about exactly when the CotM was officially formed.
This writer’s personal opinion is that it would have occurred during 1963, and its formation is connected with Pres. Kennedy’s assassination, the signing of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, and the aftermath of the Cuban missile crisis.
[Editor's note: recent events appear to confirm the year of formation was indeed 1963.]
The Committee is formed of 33 of the most powerful men on the planet, allegedly drawn primarily from the ranks of the Trilateral Commission and containing many of the most powerful people in the world. The original core group of Majestic 12 maintained direct authority and oversight of all extraterrestrial matters, and the remainder of the CotM coordinated international relations and the cover-up of the ET subject.
The Committee is primarily a Masonic group, and as such was home to several factions of the legendary and elusive "Illuminati". This group , known by the slang term ‘illumes’ by majestic operatives, is primarily European, and as such is tied to the concept of a united Europe and its "euro" currency, much as Majestic is tied to its monetary unit, the American dollar. See the Illuminati for further details.
Sometime between the months of May, 2003 and November, 2003, the CotM was disbanded, allegedly at the instigation of a leading member of MJ-12 and to a lesser extent the influence of Dr. Burisch. It is this writer’s conjecture that it may have had to do with the internecine warfare between the Majestic and Illuminati elements within the Committee and their competing agendas.
One issue that appears to be a precipitating factor concerned the Ganesh Particle that had been discovered by Dr. Burisch, for which a Lotus model was to be constructed that would enable them to be produced at will. This "model" was to have been made ready by March 15, 2003.
On May 18, 2003, the famous "Rancher Memo" was signed by the POTUS, instructing that the oversight of Dr. Burisch’s Projects Lotus and Staarflower be removed from MJ-12 and placed under the oversight of the Committee.
The ‘bird and clock issues’ refer to alien (extra-terrestrial) and time-travel/knowledge-of-future-events (see DCTP) issues.
Throughout the saga of the search for Dr. Burisch, several former Committee members contacted this writer and made known their support for the Doctor and his work. Certain of these members were also treaty negotiators at the Tau-IX Treaty Conference for the Preservation of Humanity (above report), before the disbanding of the CotM, and as such are believed to have done their best in the interests of mankind.
History will soon record whether they have done so.
MJ-12’s full title is the Majestic-I2 Special Studies Project of the National Security Council.
Since late 2000, it has referred to itself as the "Working Group", possibly as a reference to the presidential selection of that year. It is referred to as MJ-I2 for short, but only informally and never in internal documents. MJ-12 is so secret and highly compartmentalized that only those at the top understand what it is they are protecting.
The majority of MJ-12 personnel are security personnel involved in covering up the UFOs’ activities on Earth as well as the government’s complicity with them. Most of the rest are technicians and scientists involved with finding applications for the UFOs’ gifts of technology and intelligence.
A tiny percentage are involved in directly negotiating with the Ultra-terrestrials, receiving their technology and intelligence, and setting MJ-12 policy.
’Historic’ MJ-12 image source unknown
The element that binds the diffuse elements of MJ-I2 together is MAJIC clearance.
Anything related to the U.S. government’s contact with the Ultra-terrestrials (extraterrestrials from our future - see J-RODS) is classified MAJIC material requiring MAJIC-level clearance for access.
MAJIC-level clearance is the highest security classification available in the United States government, and makes the holder a "super-user" in the intelligence community. MAJIC clearance holders are able to access information and enter facilities no matter what organization the MAJIC clearance holder belongs to, or which intelligence agency has the information or operates the facility.
Former members of MJ-I2’s inner circle retain MAJIC clearance after they leave government service and even certain extremely wealthy and influential private citizens have acquired MAJIC clearance. MJ-12 is diffuse.
Its membership, facilines, intelligence files, and budget are spread out among the CIA and the various branches of the Department of Defense.
MJ-I2’s current membership is confined to select members of:
the NSC
the CIA
the DIA
the NSA
the NRO
the U.S. Space Command
the Air Force Intelligence Agency
the Army Intelligence and Security Command
and above all, the Office of Naval Intelligence
The last one is alleged to be the principal intelligence agency in authority over projects that take place at the legendary Area 51 facilities as well as the Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratories in New Mexico involving the extra-terrestrial guests. It is alleged that over the years the CIA has been losing its influence in MJ-12 due to encroachment by the NSA, DIA, and the military intelligence branches.
The Department of Defense controls the lion’s share of MJ-12’s resources and personnel, while careful attention is paid to maintaining separate status.
Dan Burisch: I was unaware until a few years ago of the Masonic connection to Majestic, that in fact they were also connected to the so-called Illuminati.
DONDEP: I’m familiar with the entrances at 1733 and 2800 on 16th street to the hallowed halls
Dan Burisch: I am aware of the Temples. Dan Burisch: 1733 and 2800, addresses? Dan Burisch: Only been to one of them. Dan Burisch: and was driven there.
DONDEP: Yes, to 1789. You don’t think they go in the front door, did you?
Dan Burisch: I was taken in down a long line of sphinxes... The subculture within the MJ community let me in on all that Illuminati stuff.
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Photo: Toni Jannelli 1982 Masonic Temple on 16th St., NW. Washington. D.C
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FINNISH UFO HUNTER FOUND A BIZZARE 'ALIEN ANTENNA' ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOON
FINNISH UFO HUNTER FOUND A BIZZARE 'ALIEN ANTENNA' ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOON
There have been continual hints towards humans and those on Earth that aliens do exist, and they do have an agenda of their own. There have been continual findings by ufologists and fanatics of the topic. However there has been one new finding that could solidify the long-debate argument.
One hunter of aliens is believed to have found a unique discovery on the moon in an antenna. Mark Sawalha, A UFO hunter in Finland states he noticed a strange spike in a NASA photo. Sawalha claims it is an alien antenna, and it is the antenna connected to an alien base. Therefore the location is most likely underground.
Zoomed in the photo, it appears to be a slightly curled nail-like object sticking up from the ground. It looks like a nail for hanging pictures and holding things in place; however, there would be no reason for something like that on the moon. Therefore it must be something else.
It is believed aliens are using the materials on the moon and have several other bases on the moon. Sawalha states that NASA knows about this as well, but prefers not to publish them.
Another expert is refuting this believe of an antenna poking through the moon. He states that it is a mere optical illusion, and this perceived spike through the ground is nothing more shadows from a hill from behind that creates this illusion.
Earlier in the year, another theory came out about this sighting. This theory entails the idea that it is a launching pad for aliens. However another researcher who works with NASA states that it is simply a crater within another crater.
Another theory is that the spire was built for a very large vessel. This theory too, however, has been shut down and heavily disagreed with. Researchers told the Huffington Post that it is just a bunch of craters.
The sun was low on the horizon as well, so this could have put a shadow along the east side of the moon, which may have created this illusion of an antenna.
Elon Musk ‘sluit niet uit’ dat SpaceX-raket werd geraakt door UFO
Elon Musk ‘sluit niet uit’ dat SpaceX-raket werd geraakt door UFO
SpaceX-directeur Elon Musk heeft gezegd dat onderzoekers niet kunnen uitsluiten dat een ongeïdentificeerd vliegend object de explosie van een Falcon-testraket heeft veroorzaakt.
De Amerikaanse raketbouwer heeft het publiek nu om hulp gevraagd bij het verklaren van de oorzaak van de ontploffing eerder deze maand in Cape Canaveral in Florida. Bij de ontploffing ging ook de 200 miljoen dollar kostende Israëlische telecomsatelliet Amos-6 verloren.
Meest complexe en moeilijkste ongeluk
Op YouTube verschenen al snel filmpjes waarin een mysterieus object te zien is dat vlak voor de crash langs de raket vliegt. In reactie op iemand die vroeg of het klopt dat de raket door iets is geraakt, antwoordde Musk: “We kunnen dat niet uitsluiten.”
Het is nog volkomen onduidelijk waardoor de raket van het ruimtevaartbedrijf vorige week op het lanceerplatform ontplofte. Musk zegt dat de explosie ‘het meest complexe en moeilijkste ongeluk’ is dat hij heeft meegemaakt in 14 jaar ruimtevaart.
De Falcon 9-raket explodeerde twee dagen voor de lancering tijdens een test van de motoren. Volgens Musk waren de motoren op dat moment niet ingeschakeld en was er ook geen andere hittebron.
Musk zegt verder dat er enkele seconden voor de vuurbal een kleinere knal te horen was. Het is nog niet duidelijk waar dat geluid door werd veroorzaakt. Het ongeluk wordt onderzocht door een team van 20 mensen. SpaceX krijgt hulp van onder meer de NASA, de Amerikaanse luchtvaartautoriteit en de luchtmacht.
Vorig jaar ontplofte een Falcon 9-raket tijdens de lancering. Toen moest het bedrijf het werk zes maanden neerleggen om naar de oorzaak te zoeken.
Een lezer uit Enschede neemt een vreemd object waar in de lucht enkele dagen geleden wanneer hij een raam open zet om een sigaret te roken.
Iets dat klaarblijkelijk eerder door andere mensen in het land is waargenomen en waarvan niemand nog weet wat het is.
Op 7 september rond tien uur in de avond ziet een lezer vanaf de 8ste verdieping van een flatgebouw iets vreemds in de lucht.
Hij omschrijft het als volgt (dank!):
Ik moest vandaag tot 22:00 uur werken. Thuis gekomen wat gegeten. Daarna mijn keuken raam open gezet om nog even over de stad te kijken en een sigaret te roken. Ik woon 8 hoog. Mijn oog viel toen op een helder licht.
Ik dacht eerst dat ik in de straal motoren keek van een stijgend vliegtuig. Mede doordat ik het zag knipperen.
Maar het licht werd niet kleiner wat normaal wel gebeurd met een vliegtuig. Daarna dacht ik dat het wel eens een planeet zou kunnen zijn, dus gegoogled welke planeet het dan zou kunnen zijn. Maar kwam er al snel achter via verschillende sites dat er op dit moment geen planeet aan de hemel is te zien.
Daarna op sterren gegoogled, omdat sommige sterren knipperen. Dat was het ook niet want het licht had zich verplaatst ten opzichte van de andere sterren.
Het knippert wit,rood en groen. Ik heb het door een kleine verrekijker bekeken, en het is net of het groen en rood om het wit circelt. Helaas niet echt een goede verrekijker. Ik zag het om 22:50, om 0:00 zag ik het nog. Tis nu 0:10 nu zie ik het niet meer.
Mijn vraag is of meer mensen dit hebben gezien. Het ging van west naar noord. Heb al zelf gegoogled en kom er achter dat in 2014 mensen dit licht al hebben gezien. Mijn vraag is of er meer mensen dit hebben gezien. 07-09-2016. Het vloog langzaamen in een rechte lijn.
Het lijkt op een object dat iets meer dan twee jaar geleden ook is waargenomen, op 11 maart 2014, eveneens boven Enschede:
Ik was met mijn vriendin een sigaret aan het roken in de gang, toen ik het object in de lucht zag hangen. Het was veel feller dan het de sterren en het leek lager te hangen in de lucht maar toch te ver weg om de vorm van het object goed waar te nemen.
Het bleef eerst heel lang op 1 plek zweven en ging langzaam steeds meer naar beneden en trok toen naar het noorden.
Dit object bleef ik van 22:30 tot aan 23:45 volgen. Ik ben toen naar bed gegaan en de volgende dag(vandaag) begon het mij toch te knagen. Ik deed research op het internet en kwam op deze website terecht, waar ik al gelijk een vergelijkbaar ervaring heb gevonden en heb gelezen
Het was net iets groter dan de sterren in de hemel. Het had rode en groene (soms oranje) fel knipperende lichten. Ik ging in de tuin staan maar hoorde totaal geen geluid. De hoogte is moeilijk in te schatten. Het leek heel laag te hangen maar doordat het vergelijkbaar was met de sterren, heb ik het gevoel dat het heel ver weg was. Ook hoorde ik geen enkel geluid. De snelheid was zeer langzaam en het had een rare koers van vliegen. Eerst vloog hij heel langzaam in een rechte streep naar beneden en later vloog het object steeds verder naar het noorden toe.
Mijn vriendin heeft het ook gezien en ook zij kon geen vliegtuig of ster herkennen dat zo vel was en een onmogelijke manier van vliegen had.
Er reageert dan een dame uit Geldrop die zegt dat zij op diezelfde avond hetzelfde object heeft gezien, wat er na uitvergroting uitziet als volgt:
Wat is het en hebben meer mensen op/rond 7 september iets gezien wat lijkt op bovenstaande?
Giant UFO Near Earths Sun Puts Up Force Field To Protect It From Solar Radiation And Heat, Sep 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Giant UFO Near Earths Sun Puts Up Force Field To Protect It From Solar Radiation And Heat, Sep 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Sept 10, 2016 Location of sighting: Earths Sun This was found by BPEarthWatch of youtube this week and its just amazing. The large black curved line is a enforced force field that protects the giant disk behind it. BPEarthWatch states, "Guys, this is something strange. It looks like a spinning disk, with snmething out in front of it." Then nn goes onto say, "when looking at the front, its closer to a shield or a cloaking device." He is spot on about that. Also know, BPEarthWatch has deleted the last big UFO video about Nibiru for unknown reasons. Probably got nervous of the US gov, so you might want to make a back up of this amazing video for your own records. Scott C. Waring www.ufosightingsdaily.com And yes, I did hit my keyboard on my desk trying to get it to work just now. :(
This structure found in Tycho crater was discovered by Streetcap1 of Youtube. Its actually very detailed and you can see many sections of this structure, as well as archways along the side of a connector tunnel between buildings. This is actually important not just for UFOlogy, but for humanity in general. If this is an abandoned alien base, the Streetcap1 may have just found the perfect location for the next NASA mission. Imagine an entire base of structures 5-7 miles across! It would be a crime not to utilise such a useful waypoint in space that could save humanity from extinction. Scott C. Waring www.ufosightingsdaily.com
Many UFOs Seen During Lightning Storm Over Corsica On Sept 8, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Many UFOs Seen During Lightning Storm Over Corsica On Sept 8, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Sept 8, 2016 Location of sighting: Corsica, ? UFOs are frequently seen during lightning storms, often shooting about at incredible speed and can only be seen by taking video, then slowing it down to catch them. I believe they cause the lightning storms and they also use them to feed off the lightning. Scott C. Waring www.ufosightingsdaily.com Eyewitness states: 09/08/16 - That night was my last night in Corsica, just before the end of vacations. A beautiful thunderstorm surprised tourists, around 21 : 00 pm. A lot of people gathered to witness the huge lightning bolts crossing the dark sky. As the house I rented was close to this nice place, I quickly took my camera and tried to catch a few lightning strikes. I sat down and put my elbows on my knees to be as stable as possible. I was not looking at the screen while recording, fortunately: I noticed strange lights falling down the sky just after the lightning twice. I immediately thought about a previous video I shot in summer 2014 ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwoFi... ) that showed almost the same thing. I checked the videos on my computer, and indeed saw an orange light falling down the sky on two of the seven videos I recorded this night. I was pretty satisfied of what I had caught, but I wanted to be sure I didn't miss anything else. After checking the five other videos, to find nothing... I came back to the two interesting videos, and found many other weird things. On the first recording that is shown in this video, I noticed a total of four individual lights near the lightning bolt. They look exactly like my previous video. Probably some rare ball lightning phenomena, as many said in my previous video... But I'm not convinced. One of the lights seems hit by the lightning, and creates some kind of electric discharge. The object then falls off the sky, and looks like it's burning. I then noticed two big "explosions" in the second lightning bolt. I first thought "Nothing impressive, probably the lightning bolt's normal pattern". But after viewing the footage in slow-mo, I saw a kind of fast "light" going in the storm direction. The object went straight through the lightning bolt, causing the strange "electrical explosion". Right now, I can't explain this phenomena, I have no idea of how that is possible. Another explosion of this type is visible at 2:41, but I don't know if it's related to the first one. Who knows. But I'm sure there's a link between the group of orange lights and this "explosion". After checking the second video and spotting the same "falling UFO" and four / five other lights aligned above the lightning bolt, I started opening my editing program to type explanations on the videos. When zooming in to show some closeups, I noticed a suspect stationary object next to the storm. On the video, it really looks metallic, due to the lightning reflecting on its side. I'm even more confused about this one. Maybe some type of craft spying the area? Man-made or not, this object is really weird too. My guess is that the two falling objects are UFOs (any object) hit by the strikes, burning and falling while being consumed in mid-air. Probably the same thing for the very first object. (@ 1:33) The explosions are either "normal" and part of the lightning bolt... Or come from the moving light. Are all these objects linked together? And what about that fast moving light? Anyway, tell me what you think about these recordings in the comments, I need your opinion. :)
Jim Marrs at the 2016 Ozark Mountain UFO Conference: REMOTE VIEWING ALIENS
Jim Marrs at the 2016 Ozark Mountain UFO Conference: REMOTE VIEWING ALIENS
Jim Marrs continued his presentation REMOTE VIEWING ALIENS at the 2016 Ozark Mountain UFO Conference in Eureka Springs, Arkansas! Remote Viewing, a psychic technique developed and utilized by the U.S. Army, may have been instrumental in ending the Cold War. This practice has since been used to take a look at the different extraterrestrial species interacting with the people of Earth.
Star-like UFO spotted above the sky in Revere, Massachusetts traveling at the tree top level. It was about the size of basketball, according to the reporting witness’ testimony filed in Case 78541 of Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
The strange event reportedly took place around 10:30 in the morning on May 26, 2016.
He was in his living room upstairs when he happened to glance out his window. He noticed a white and gray angular object flew silently in a straight line in front of the trees, coming from some power lines.
He described the object as a little bigger than a basketball and appeared like a star. He found no wings, propellers or any propulsion that can be seen in an airplane. Though he was stunned to witness the mysterious incident, he had not felt any threat, the witness claimed.
Unfortunately, he didn’t have the time to get his camera and record the unusual activity because the UFO flew quickly out of sight, according to the witness in his report. He chose not to tell his neighbors about the encounter as he believed they would not understand and think he was crazy.
UFO Flying Above A House Baffles A Father In Macclesfield
UFO Flying Above A House Baffles A Father In Macclesfield
Chris Henry may have written multiple books about the UFO subject, but claims he has never seen anything like the one he just spotted before.
A father-of-four is looking for an answer after he saw a mysterious UFO from his kitchen window.
Macclesfield resident on Mayfield Avenue, Chris Henry, was waiting for a friend to pick him up at around 7 pm on August 25, Thursday, when a strange object appeared in the sky. He managed to record the object on video, but could not explain what he just witnessed.
He described it as like an egg-timer shape. Chris, 27, who has written books on UFOs, claimed that he had watched hundreds of videos showing UFOs, but the one he spotted was unlike anything he has witnessed before.
Chris filmed it from his doorstep, and it was only when he reviewed it back home and zoomed in the video that he saw how strange was the object.
When he posted the video on Facebook, people suspected it could be a hot air balloon or a drone, but he disagreed because it was too high up – it was flying at a plane level in miserable weather.
e doesn’t believe it is a droneeither because the object does not have wings and propellers.
The Heat Is On: Search Begins for 'Alien' Life Beneath Earth
The Heat Is On: Search Begins for 'Alien' Life Beneath Earth
By Charles Q. Choi, Live Science Contributor
Geogemma barossii takes the record for tolerating the hottest temperatures of any catalogued life-form. The single-celled organism was found in a deep-sea hydrothermal vent along the Endeavor segment of the Juan de Fuca Ridge (shown here). But can life survive even hotter conditions? Scientists hope to find out.
Credit: NOAA
By exploring the limits of life deep beneath the seafloor, an upcoming international research mission will seek to discover what scorching levels of heat may be too extreme for life on Earth — and maybe alien life on distant worlds.
The public can also take part in an online contest to guess the hottest temperature at which life can exist.
On Sept. 12, scientists are heading out for a 60-day quest aboard the state-of-the-art Japanese drilling vessel Chikyu to the Nankai Trough, about 75 miles (120 kilometers) off the coast of Japan. The ocean is about 2.9 miles (4.7 km) deep there, and the expedition will drill down 0.75 miles (1.2 km) beneath the seafloor to collect samples. All in all, the distance from the ocean's surface to the sample depth is equivalent to the height of about 20 Eiffel Towers. [Infographic: Explore Earth from the Tallest Mountain to the Deepest Ocean Trench]
New life-forms?
The Nankai Trough is located near the superhot border of two clashing tectonic plates, where underwater volcanoes bubble like cauldrons. The samples that researchers will collect may reach temperatures of 266 degrees Fahrenheit (130 degrees Celsius). Gathering such hot samples in other areas would require drilling to about 2.5 miles (4 km) below the seafloor, rather than the 0.75 miles currently planned, the researchers said.
"We may discover some unknown life-forms that can survive or adapt to the extremely challenging deep and hot sedimentary environment," Fumio Inagaki, the expedition's co-chief scientist and a researcher at the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, told Live Science. "The nature and extent of the deep sub-seafloor biosphere is still largely unknown."
Analyzing such deep-sea microbes could help scientists inthe search for alien life. "We have already known, based on previous DNA-based studies, that most microbes living in marine subsurface sediments are evolutionarily distinct from known life in the Earth's surface biosphere," Inagaki said. "In this sense, we may have already seen alien life in the different world on our planet," since they are distinct from life on the surface, he noted.
"Our study will provide some clues to understand habitability of deep life not only below the ocean floor of our planet, but also inside of other celestial bodies," Inagaki added. A deeper understanding of how life might live in extreme places on Earth could shed light on whether or not it could exist in similarly extreme places elsewhere.
A globular, single-celled organism called Geogemma barossii tolerates the highest temperatures of any catalogued life-form on Earth. The microbe was discovered in 2003, in deep-sea hydrothermal vents at the Juan de Fuca Ridge off the northwest U.S. coast, where it withstands temperatures of about 250 degrees F (120 degrees C). The new samples that scientists hope to collect as part of the International Ocean Discovery Program's (IODP) Expedition 370 may yield microbes that break the current record for the hottest temperature at which life on Earth can exist. [Axial Seamount: Images of an Erupting Undersea Volcano]
Like a trip to outer space
Chikyu is the world's largest scientific research ship, measuring 689 feet long, 125 feet wide and 393 feet high (210 by 38 by 120 m), Inagaki said. A system of thrusters and GPS sensors also makes the ship quite stable, "enabling the vessel to keep at the same position for deep drilling under strong currents," he added.
To search for the temperature limit for Earth-style life, scientists aboard the Japanese drilling vessel Chikyu will head to the Nankai Trough.
Credit: Deep Carbon Observatory
Indeed, an ordinary research vessel wouldn't suffice for such an extreme mission.
"This expedition is as complex as a mission to outer space might be," Kai-Uwe Hinrichs, a researcher at the University of Bremen in Germany and lead author of the scientific proposal behind the expedition, said in a statement.
"It requires the technology to 'land' the coring bit on the right spot in over 4-kilometer-deep water, drill through ancient ocean sediments to collect samples far below the ocean floor, bring them back onboard intact, then transport them by helicopter to the super-clean geomicrobiology laboratory to ensure no contamination," Hinrichs added. "Like a space mission, this expedition is fraught with complexity, danger and vast opportunity for discovery."
After the samples are collected, they will be sent on a 1-hour helicopter ride to a superclean lab onshore (to prevent contamination), where scientists will investigate them further. The researchers will analyze the qualities of the sediments and count minuscule and sparse cells, looking for as few as 100 cells per 0.06 cubic inches (1 cubic centimeter), or about the equivalent of 100 sand grains floating in an Olympic-size swimming pool.
"Looking for life in core samples is like looking for a needle in a haystack," Yuki Morono, the expedition's co-chief scientist and a researcher at the Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research in Japan, said in the statement. "At the surface, the sediments are teeming with microbial cells, but in samples from deeper in the core, the cells become far more sparse."
The aim of the expedition is to define the limits to deep-dwelling life by exploring the so-called biotic fringe, the boundary where current knowledge predicts that no living cells persist. The mission will examine whether this boundary is sharp, diffuse or exists at all.
"We have the extraordinary opportunity to explore the depth at which sediments and rocks become too hot for life, even for microbes that can live at temperatures greater than 85 degrees C [185 degrees F]," Verena Heuer, the expedition's co-chief scientist and a researcher at the University of Bremen in Germany, said in the statement.
"The gradual increase in temperature from approximately 30 degrees C to 130 degrees C [86 to 266 degrees F] in the sampled sediments will give us the opportunity to explore how microbial life changes with increasing temperatures and ultimately ceases to exist," Heuer added. "Is this lower boundary of the sub-seafloor's habitable zone like a rigid brick wall, or is it like a leaky fence?"
The researchers will also use DNA-sequencing technology to determine the ancestry of deep-sea microbes and how they adapt to such extreme environments. During the cruise, they will share their experiences via blogs and the Expedition 370 website.
The public is also invited to guess the heat limit of deep life via an online contest.
10 Futuristic Technologies 'Star Trek' Fans Would Love to See
10 Futuristic Technologies 'Star Trek' Fans Would Love to See
By Elizabeth Howell, Live Science Contributor
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INTRO: To boldly go
Though the TV show first debuted in the 1960s, "Star Trek" has sometimes seemed ahead of its time, particularly when it comes to the technologies featured on screen. From crewmembers toting communicators long before cell phones were ubiquitous to the automatic sliding doors aboard the Starship Enterprise, the show's innovation has delighted its fans for decades. This year, "Star Trek celebrates its 50th anniversary, and though some of the technologies from the show now have real-life counterparts, there are some aspects of the show that are still squarely in the realm of science fiction.
From the tech that lets the Starship Enterprise explore the universe to the devices that enable crewmembers to rapidly send information and people across great distances, here are 10 futuristic technologies Trekkies would love to have.
FIRST UP: Going faster than light ...
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1. Warp drive
In "Star Trek," when the crew of the Enterprise wanted to set out for another star, they were able to use warp drive to zip across great cosmic distances (something that's particularly helpful if you need to rescue a Starfleet crew that's fighting off Romulans).
Unfortunately, the physics of warp drive doesn't quite add up, though faster-than-light travel does have a basis in real science. Part of the problem has to do with Albert Einstein's theory of relativity. Simply speaking, as a spacecraft approaches the speed of light, the ship also becomes infinitely massive, which ultimately prevents it from breaking the barrier. Until scientists find a way of getting around that cosmic speed limit, we'll have to putter around closer to home. [Warped Physics: 10 Effects of Faster-Than-Light Travel]
NEXT UP: Beam me up
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2. Transporters
Ah, to be able to commute from Los Angeles to New York City in the blink of an eye. Transporters were a device commonly used in "Star Trek" to beam people (and objects) between the Starship Enterprise and the surface of a planet or moon (and in some cases, between two spaceships).
Real-life teleportation for people is far from a reality, but in the bizarre world of quantum teleportation, there have been some advancements. Quantum teleportation is governed by the nature of quantum physics, which says the fundamental building blocks of the universe can exist in two or more places at the same time. Quantum teleportation involves capturing the so-called quantum states of an object and transmitting that information instantaneously to another location, recreating the exact object someplace else. In 2015, scientists teleported photons (packets of light) across a spool of fiber optics 63 miles (102 kilometers) long. This quadrupled the previous record, and also opens the possibility that such technology could help improve encryption, the researchers said.
NEXT UP: "Printing" food ...
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3. Replicators
"Tea, Earl Grey, hot" is perhaps the best-ever example of product placement in a space-based TV show. Whenever Captain Jean-Luc Picard, from "Star Trek: The Next Generation," was back in his quarters, he often sought a way to relax in between the stressful duties of leading the crew of a starship. On the show, replicators were machines that functioned as molecular assemblers, essentially rearranging subatomic particles into molecules to create virtually anything out of thin air. Crewmembers aboard the Enterprise most commonly used replicators to make food or water.
The closest real-life version of a replicator is a 3D printer, which uses a computer's digital instructions to print plastic, ceramic or metal objects right before your eyes. We're still a long way from being able to make real food in space, but simple tools are now available on the International Space Station, thanks to Made In Space's 3D printer. Over time, Made In Space plans to open final-frontier printing to private clients, and even university students.
Time travel is a very common device in the "Star Trek" world, especially as a way to make commentary on how backward human societies were in the 1960s or 1980s. In the 1986 film "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home," time travel was used as a device to poke fun at LSD, destroying the environment and even punks on buses with boom boxes.
While time travel devices are common in science fiction, scientists haven't figured out yet how to do it — that is, except in a very special, small way. We do know that people moving closer to the speed of light age slower than people back on Earth. On a smaller scale, even astronauts who have lived aboard the International Space Station and travel at 17,150 miles per hour (27,600 km/h) age ever so slightly slower than they would have on Earth. But unlike true time travel, these differences are mere moments. [The 7 Silliest Time Travel Concepts in Science Fiction]
UP NEXT: Virtual reality
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5. Holodecks
The holodeck was one of the great inventions of the TV series "Star Trek: The Next Generation." In the holodeck aboard the USS Enterprise, Captain Jean-Luc Picard could explore simulated environments or perform virtual and interactive exercises and training simulations without having to leave the ship. But what makes this technology challenging in real life is that scientists don't yet know how to create three-dimensional figures that you can interact with in real time. Light is tricky that way, after all.
The closest thing to a holodeck that exists right now is a virtual reality device that you can strap on your head. While you're not in a physical space that simulates reality, the smaller device can let you do things such as fly in space or visit your favorite archaeological site. VR devices are even being used on roller coasters to let people fight epic alien battles while experiencing real-life G-forces.
UP NEXT: Futuristic medicine
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6. Tricorders
If a character on "Star Trek" got sick or injured on another planet, tricorders were devices that could temporarily patch them up. A crewmember could wave the device over a person's body and get an instant diagnosis. In some cases, the device could cauterize simple wounds or do other basic medical work, too.
A competition called the Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE, launched in 2014, aims to create devices that can at least diagnose some conditions in the field. It is expected that these devices will be of great help in isolated areas on Earth, such as in the far north or in rural areas that are far from medical access.
UP NEXT: Now you see me ...
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7. Cloaking devices
One of the most menacing forms of Klingon combat comes when their "Bird of Prey" ships hide in wait for enemy ships to pass by. These ships sit there, immune to radar or other forms of detection and then uncloak just when they're swooping in for the kill.
In the real world, scientists have created cloaking devices with metamaterials — arrays of small electronic devices — that work together to change the reflection and refraction of light that we are used to. But NASA's David Allen Batchelor recently wrote that this technology can only go so far. "New varieties of metamaterials undoubtedly will produce new, strange effects, but they don't seem capable of providing complete invisibility," hewrote in a NASA blog post about the science of "Star Trek."
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8. Universal translators
In the 2016 film "Star Trek: Beyond," Captain James T. Kirk was approached for help by someone who didn't speak English. She eventually stood in a small chamber that automatically translated her words into something Kirk and his superiors could understand.
You could argue that we're already making progress towards a reality where languages can be translated on the fly, although current technologies are mostly catered to written speech instead of spoken speech. Google Translate and Bing Translate both allow for instant translation on the web, and Bing even provides Klingon translations for Trekkies. Google Goggles, a mobile app developed by Google with image recognition capabilities, is an emerging technology that aims to translate street signs and other text seen in the real world.
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9. Subspace communications
How often have you seen Uhura (or your favorite "Star Trek" communications officer) hailing distant planets or Starfleet bases using a so-called "subspace communications" system? This tech lets the Enterprise crew talk with people on the other side of a galaxy as though they were sitting in the same room, without any time delays.
To date, the only real-world example of this is in the microscopic world, particularly the phenomenon sometimes known as "spooky action at a distance." This happens at the quantum level when an effect on one particle appears to instantaneously affect a paired particle, enabling the entangled particles to instantly communicate. Scientists are still trying to figure out why this happens, and what this means for our understanding of time. But practically? We can't send communications this way, as far as scientists can tell.
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10. Androids
While many people own android phones, these are mobile devices that are nowhere near as capable as the robotic android Data was in "Star Trek: The Next Generation." Data could not only process information quickly (as a computer does), but his systems were capableof hosting an emotion chip. Data gladly accepted the challenge of living with fear or anger because he wanted to be more human.
While robots aren't quite as sophisticated as Data was, we have seen examples of talkative bots in space. In 2013, a talkative Japanese robot named Kirobo embarked on an 18-month mission to the International Space Station. The bot, designed to help researchers study human-robot interactions, chatted with Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata; at the time, its designers speculated it could be used to help lonely seniors who can't leave the house much.
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Filer’s Files # 37 – 2016 Alien Signals Detected - PART I
UFO taken over Osceola, Indiana on August 28, 2016
Filer’s Files # 37 – 2016 Alien Signals Detected - PART I
In special reports, this week’s files cover. Possible “Alien” Signal Detected, SpaceX Rocket Explosion, Company Has Permission to Land on the Moon, UFO Cosmic Revenge, Soviet KGB Had Contact with ET for 20 Years, Navy Destroyer’s Close Encounter in the Bering Sea, and Anomalies Found in Background Photo of Moon.
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, and Pennsylvania.
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over Argentina, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, New Zealand, Portugal, Switzerland, and England in the United Kingdom.
The Filer Research Institute feels the scientific study of UFOs is for the benefit of humankind and is an important endeavor. The US Air Force investigated UFOs publicly for more than twenty years under Project Blue Book; and I continue this advanced research. I believe the God of the universe has spread life throughout the cosmos and UFO’s are visiting us in ever-increasing numbers.
George A. Filer III
New Jersey State Director
MUFON Eastern Region Director
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Special Reports
Possible “Alien” Signal Detected From 95 Light Years Away.
A “strong signal” detected by a radio telescope in Russia that is scanning the heavens for signs of extraterrestrial life has stirred interest among the scientific community.
“No one is claiming that this is the work of an extraterrestrial civilization, but it is certainly worth further study,” said Paul Gilster, author of the Centauri Dreams website which covers peer-reviewed research on deep space exploration. The signal is from the direction of a HD164595, a star about 95 light-years from Earth. The star is known to have at least one planet, and may have more. The observation is being made public now, but was actually detected last year by the RATAN-600 radio telescope in Zelenchukskaya, Russia, he said.
Experts say it is far too early to know what the signal means or where, precisely, it came from.
“But the signal is provocative enough that the RATAN-600 researchers are calling for permanent monitoring of this target,” wrote Gilster.
The discovery is expected to feature in discussions at the 67th International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico, on September 27.
“Working out the strength of the signal, the researchers say that if it came from an isotropic beacon, it would be of a power possible only for a Kardashev Type II civilization,” Gilster wrote, referring to a scale-system thatindicates a civilization far more advanced than our own.
“If it were a narrow beam signal focused on our Solar System, it would be of a power available to a Kardashev Type I civilization,” indicating one closer to Earth’s capabilities.
Gilster, who broke the story on August 27, said he had seen a presentation on the matter from Italian astronomer Claudio Maccone. “Permanent monitoring of this target is needed,” said the presentation.
Nick Suntzeff, a Texas A&M University astronomer told the online magazine
“I would follow it if I were the astronomers, but I would also not hype the fact that it may be at SETI signal given the significant chance it could be something military.” Thanks to William Puckett, Director Website Read more at: Website
Dramatic Video Shows Huge Scale of SpaceX Rocket Explosion
Mike Wall, Space.com Writer reports: The explosion of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket this morning September 1, 2016, was caught on video, and viewing it is quite an experience.An unidentified flying object possibly two were seen moving near the rocket just prior to and during the explosion.
Loss of Falcon vehicle during propellant fills operation originated around upper-stage oxygen tank. Cause is still unknown. SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk said yesterday via his Twitter account, @elonmusk.
Another report claims the two-stage Falcon 9 and its payload, a communications satellite called Amos-6, were destroyed during an engine test Thursday, which was part of the standard protocol to prepare for a planned Saturday (Sept. 3) launch from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
“The anomaly originated around the upper-stage oxygen tank and occurred during propellant loading of the vehicle,” The rocket’s upper stage exploded at 9:07 a.m. EDT (1307 GMT), setting off a dramatic, fiery cascade captured on video by U.S. Launch Report, a nonprofit that helps disabled veterans experience launches. (The explosion occurs at the 1-minute, 11-second mark in the video.)
The initial fireball quickly fills the entire left half of the video’s field of view; a few seconds later, Amos-6 falls to the ground, setting off another series of explosions.
SpaceX rocket Explosion
Video is from CNBC covering SpaceX rocket explosion on launch pad 40 on 9/1/16 at 0907. Slowing down the video, you can see an orb-like object come into view from the right of the right tower, near where the tower grid work stops and the pole starts. Rocket has not yet exploded. This is at the 3 second mark. Next frame: Object is now just left of the middle tower at the same height and the explosion starts. Next frame: 4 second mark – Object is a little more to the left of the middle tower. It is almost halfway between the middle tower and the rocket. Next frame: Object is between the rocket and left tower and has picked up speed. Next frame: The object slows down and is just right of the left tower. It is still at the same height. Next frame: The object is now at the left edge of the frame and is going out of the frame. Next frame: It is out of the frame. Next frame: Still out of the frame. Next frame: The object re-enters the frame from the left and is low and left of the left tower. Next frame: The object shoots up at approximately a 45º angle toward the middle of the rocket. Next frame: Object is behind the left tower. Next two frames seem to freeze. Next frame: Object is on the right of the left tower and continues to head for the middle of the rocket. A second object appears to the left of the middle tower, between the tower and the rocket. Next frame: The first object continues toward the rocket. The second object disappears behind the rocket nose cone.
Several more frames as the object continues toward the middle of the rocket. Next frame: The object disappears behind the explosion. 3rd frame: The object appears to come out from behind the explosive fireball and continues to climb to the right. It’s now between the fireball and the middle tower. Next frame: The object is now just left of the middle tower. Next frame: The object reverses direction on a dime, climbs and is now just above the rocket nose cone. Next frame: A second object appears between the right and middle towers. The first object is still over the nose cone. Next frame: The first object is hovering over the nose cone, while the second object reverses direction and climbs. Next frame: The first object continues to hover, while the second object continues gaining altitude and is located between the middle and the right tower. Next frame: The second object disappears while at the same time, the first object doubles in size. 5 second mark: Next two frames freeze. Next frame: The first object rises. Next two frames freeze. Next frame: The first object continues to rise slowly. Next two frames freeze. Next frame: The first object continues to rise slowly. Next two frames freeze. Next frame: The first object continues to rise slowly. Next frame: The object hovers and moves slightly left. Next several frames show the object hovering, while moving slowly to the left. 6 second mark: The object disappears behind the fireball, not to be seen again. SpaceXRocketExplodesOnLaunchpadPowerLunchCNBC.mp
The explosion marks the second loss of a Falcon 9 in the last 14 months. On June 28, 2015, a Falcon 9 broke apart less than three minutes after launching SpaceX’s robotic Dragon cargo capsule on a resupply mission toward the International Space Station for NASA. That accident was traced to a faulty steel strut in the rocket’s upper stage.
The Amos-6 satellite was owned by the Israeli-based company Spacecom and co-funded by Facebook. The spacecraft would have provided internet access to parts of sub-Saharan Africa.
The public was warned not to pick up any debris from the explosion, suggesting some type of radiation might be present.
Note: The explosion may be an accident or a warning from the UFO present at the time of the explosion. Allegedly, we were warned to stay off the Moon.
For The First Time Ever, A Private Company Has Permission To Land On The Moon.
The U.S. government has officially approved the planned 2017 robotic lunar landing of Florida-based Moon Express, which aims to fly commercial missions to Earth’s nearest neighbor and help exploit its resources, company representatives announced today (Aug. 3).
“This is not only a milestone, but really a threshold for the entire commercial space industry,” Moon Express co-founder and CEO Bob Richards told Space.com. [Images: Moon Express’ Private Lunar Lander.
For the first time ever, a private company has permission to land on the moon by the State Department and Department of Defense.
The U.S. government has officially approved the planned 2017 robotic lunar landing of Florida-based Moon Express, which aims to fly commercial missions to Earth’s nearest neighbor and help exploit its resources, company representatives announced. Eventually a base would be established with a thirty man mining team. Moon Express’ MX-1 lunar Lander could also perform a variety of other functions in space, company officials say such as planetary defense.
“This is not only a milestone, but really a threshold for the entire commercial space industry,” Moon Express co-founder and CEO Bob Richards told Space.com. [Images: Moon Express’ Private Lunar Lander
UFO “Cosmic Revenge”
After Mikhail Gorbachev dissolved, in 1991, the KGB top secret intelligence administration, a lot of material from that department found their way abroad, in particular to the CIA. As reported by the authoritative magazine Canadian Weekly World News, U.S. intelligence obtained a 250-page file on the attack by a UFO on a military unit in Siberia. The file contains not only many documentary photographs and drawings, but also testimonies by actual participants in the events. One of the CIA representatives referred to this case as “a horrific picture of revenge on the part of extraterrestrial creatures, a picture that makes one’s blood freeze.” According to the KGB materials, a quite low-flying spaceship in the shape of a saucer appeared above a military unit that was conducting routine training maneuvers. For unknown reasons, somebody unexpectedly launched a surface-to-air missile and hit the UFO. It fell to earth not far away, and five short humanoids with “large heads and large black eyes” emerged from it.
It is stated in the testimonies by the two soldiers who remained alive that, after freeing themselves from the debris, the aliens came close together and then “merged into a single object that acquired a spherical shape.” That object began to buzz and hiss sharply, and then became brilliant white. In a few seconds, the spheres grew much bigger and exploded by flaring up with an extremely bright light. At that very instant, 23 soldiers who had watched the phenomenon turned into stone poles. Only two soldiers who stood in the shade and were less exposed to the luminous explosion survived. He KGB report goes on to say that the remains of the UFO and the “petrified soldiers” were transferred to a secret scientific research institution near Moscow. Specialists assume that a source of energy that is still unknown to earthlings instantly changed the structure of the soldiers’ living organisms, having transformed it into a substance whose molecular composition is no different from that of limestone. A CIA representative stated: “if the KGB file corresponds to reality, this is an extremely menacing case. The aliens possess advanced weapons and technology. They can stand up for themselves if attacked. ` Website of Lord Weÿrdgliffe: http://www.geocities Reprint from The Newspaper Ternopil Vechirniy. .
KGB Had Contact with ET for 20 Years
Russia is believed to have knowledge of extraterrestrial beings for over 20 years, and retried high rank officials have been trying to expose this secret, but to no avail. The media seemingly managed to intervene each and every time, thus preventing them from spreading the desired information on a serious manner, or even discredit or ridicule them Soviet era had the Ministry of Defense work on really daring projects that would give soldiers superhuman abilities. During these trials, a team of researchers encountered a signal coming from intelligent life forms from outside of the Earth. The story became known after the man in charge of this top-secret program revealed numerous details to the Russian media. Backing up his claims, Alexey Savin, member of the Natural Sciences Academy, and current lieutenant-general in reserve, has stepped forward and shared his knowledge regarding a group of Russian scientists from the late 80s who could constantly get in touch with representatives of an intelligent species of extraterrestrials.
However, the first man to take action by revealing these shocking facts to the press was Vasily Yeremenco, a now-retired major-general who claims to have used special military technology to retrieve alien intelligence from UFOs encounters. He admits that information originating from these otherworldly sources was abundant at that point in time, and it helped the Russians shape the future of their country. In fact, his goals were to suppress any conflicts that would arise between Russia and other alien civilizations. In 1984, the KGB was involved in an ample study documenting unexplained phenomenon near the area of Vladimirovska, a place that hasn’t been randomly picked because most UFO encounters were known to be drawn by dangerous spots where weapons of mass destructions were deployed.
He states that, because of this, the KGB didn’t have to pursue UFOs anymore. They have instead learned how to summon them on their grounds. “We can say that we learned to summon UFOs in Vladimirovska,” Savin said in a news report. “To do this, we dramatically increased the number of military flights and movement of the equipment. If the intensity on our side increased, UFOs appeared with the probability of one hundred percent.” General Vasily Yeremenko
The trials were subdued after about half a year of constant UFO summoning. The Russians concluded that science, at least back then, was unable to make a difference between a UFO and a conventional aircraft. At the best, and because of the constant threat of unfinished war, the otherworldly crafts would be confused with new technology tested by either the US or Japan. Yaremenko discovered that on his own ‘comrades’. “The UFO topic today is ubiquitous,” he said in a press release after his retirement. “Precisely because of its scandalous nature, serious scientists are not willing to identify their position on this issue. Pilots often see such objects, but they have a veto on this topic, so do astronauts. In confidential conversations they talk about their experiences meeting with UFOs, but they are afraid to speak publicly about this.” In his acceptance, the UFO topic shouldn’t be taken lightly because it represents a matter of global security.
He further revealed a classified technique used by the KGB to control the human brain by triggering superhuman abilities through it. Proof of the existence and continuity of this project stands DARPA, with its daring plan to create ‘future soldiers’ using futuristic chips implanted inside the brain. “In the process of research, we came to the conclusion that a human was an energy and information system that receives information from outside. This is precisely why a human can manifest paranormal abilities,”Savin revealed.
Besides the military personnel and scientific crew, a team of woman was assembled to carry out some of the crucial tasks. Furthermore, Savin explained how they had achieved a way to communicate with extraterrestrial civilizations using the functions of the human brain that acted as a radio beacon through space, thus allowing the Russians to receive extraterrestrial messages. “We wanted to make a contact with representatives of other civilizations. And we did it. We had to tune energy-contour of the human brain to a particular wave, like a radio.”
No chemicals or drugs were used on subjects during testing, and the scientists also came up with a way to tell if individuals were making progress or just hallucinating. What happened next was astounding. Six individuals were privileged to actually touch extraterrestrial beings and one member of the team was even granted access to one of their spaceships.
Alien Planet
The aliens did give away some information about the structure of their society, but left out important parts like any military details. They supposedly left knowledge of medical procedures that could cure most diseases. Savin told journalists that the human race is so precariously evolved that the aliens would easily compare us to infants. According to him, “our civilization is too young to be of interest to them as a subject for a dialogue. Because we are also a part of the universe, we may harm ourselves and other civilizations with our foolish actions, so they are looking out for us. ”
In 1993, politics came in the way, the whole project was abandoned and the team disbanded, but the brain manipulation method remained in use at the Gagarin Academy, where a core team of scientist continued to develop and improve the scheme, and it’s no secret anymore that these techniques kept secret by the Russian military are used by the Americans as well.
“Four years ago we tried to repeat the experiment, and we were successful,”Savin said.“Brains and talented people are still present in the defense industry. Why hide something from people? Instead, they need to prepare for new challenges.”
If the aliens come in peace and only want to monitor us for our own good, why is Savin considering that we should be taking this matter seriously, more like a possible global threat, and less like our guardian angels?
For five decades, American agencies have stockpiled information on UFOs. So did their counterparts behind the iron curtain. Soldiers, scientists and spies all paint a disturbing picture of the KGB’s secret campaign. The UFO encounter that almost sparked a nuclear war. The pair of MiG fighters that tried to shoot down a UFO – both jets blown out of the sky! Stunning proof that the Soviets recovered something not from this earth! Amazing film footage smuggled out of Russia. This exclusive investigation into one of the most compelling events of our time is hosted by Roger Moore. The producer paid $100,000 to a KGB general to obtain much of the footage for the film.. Some of the best gun camera film was not used. Video
3,538 Planets Found
Scientists at a Kepler science conference Monday said they have found 833 new candidate planets with the space telescope, bringing the total of planets they’ve spotted to 3,538, but most aren’t candidates for life. Scientists now estimate billions of earth like planets in the Milky Way Galaxy.
Navy Destroyer’s Close Encounter in the Bering Sea
Bering Sea, Near Alaska I was aboard the USS Williamson (Destroyer) in March 1943 during WWII. The weather was clear with calm seas. At the time of the sighting, we were patrolling the Bering Sea north of the Alaskan Peninsula, bearing north at about 20 knots on a dark night was very black. I was on watch at the starboard 20mm gun, on the galley deck. It was. My gun turret was above the deck house and there were no obstructions hindering my field of vision, allowing me to have a clear 360 degree view of the sea around the ship around 2300 hours. There were four of us together at the starboard gun (I can get crew names and captain’s name). The attention of both port and starboard gun crews was drawn to a row of red lights off the port side, traveling parallel to and slightly forward of the bow.
I did not see the lights when they first approached so do not know the direction from which they came, or if they came out of the sea. There were at least eight lights in a row, evenly spaced, canted at about 15 degrees to horizontal. I would estimate the lights were no more than 100 yards from the ship. The lights held their relative position to one another throughout the sighting, and appeared to be about 10 feet apart. I would say that the light closest to the water (the lights were canted diagonal to horizontal at approximately 15 degrees) appeared to be about 30 feet above the water. I estimate that it would require a cantaloupe held at arm’s length to cover a single light. I could not see a structure associated with the lights as there was nothing but blackness between the lights. The lights were a very deep red and did not cast a beam. The lights moved parallel to our ship, holding their position relative to the ship throughout the entire sighting. The lights continued to pace the ship as I watched. This continued for at least one hour. I was relieved from watch at 2400. When I went below the lights were still visible. I was too tired to stay on deck and went below to sleep. The next day, the midnight gun crew said that the captain turned the ship and “tried” to chase the lights. I don’t know the outcome of this maneuver. I don’t know what the circumstances were when the lights disappeared. But I do know that I have not seen anything like this before or since.
Anomalies Found in Background Photo of Moon
In looking at Filer Files # 36, I saw in the Ohio Photo “Anomaly Found in Background of Photo of Moon”. While I was in Maryland a couple of weeks ago, I was taking pictures of the moon and these similar anomalies showed up in my photos.
I thought that you might comment.
Love and Light, Thanks to Dan
Note: A series of photos show various objects near the moon. Sometimes there is one or two objects like those above. They could be light colored birds or UFOs.
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Filer’s Files # 37 – 2016 Alien Signals Detected - PARTY II
Filer’s Files # 37 – 2016 Alien Signals Detected - PARTY II
UFO Sightings in the United States
Arizona Blinking Orb
Kirkland — I was getting into my vehicle to go to work and looked up at the sky on August 30, 2016, at 4:30 am. The light first seemed to be an airplane but it didn’t move. I also noticed that this star was blinking so I took out my cell phone to take a picture. I thought it was a planet but planets don’t change colors and was pretty big for a start. It was blinking, seemed close but it was right below Orion at the eastern horizon. It changed colors from green and then orange-red in this pattern over and over again, not moving but stationary in the sky. During the observation, I took a video and pictures of the blinking circle. It seems awfully close
Thanks to MUFON CMS
California Blinking Lights
Redwood Valley — Four odd stars came up over the hills on September 9, 2016, at 4 AM. When looking at the one that seemed to be a different colored star, it moved side to side. It also had several lights almost like a satellite. It hovered and would move like a helicopter or drone. This lasted all night. The other ones came up over mountain together but had moved same as the first. I can still see the last one that was brightest after sun can up and is still there with blinking lights. One stayed bright that’s still visible.
Florida Disc
Clearwater — This is a huge phenomenon that I’m extremely interested in, since I too have had a couple of UFO sightings. My wife was headed west on Court Street on August 24th, 2016. She called me to tell me she was taking a picture of the beautiful sunset and megaphone pointing to the sky. So while we’re on the phone, I heard her exclaim. “Nick!! I got a picture of an alien!!” The interval between the first picture and second was 16 seconds apart. She came home and we reviewed the pictures. She said it was actually moving as a single object in a northwesterly direction. She described it as if the sky was blowing a bubble and this UFO appeared. She also stated it was blurry, even in plain sight. I read that UFOs are caught during sunrise and sunset due to the refraction of light and their cloaking technology. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Illinois Circular Lights
Pittsfield — We found circular lights in several sunset pictures that we took on August 27, 2016.
We did not see them as we took the pictures, but only as we reviewed them.
Note:The lights resemble “flying saucers,” but are probably not real and are due to reflection. However, I am not sure what would cause the reflections. Thanks to William Puckett, Director Website
Indiana Cylinder
Osceola – There was a lightning storm over our house on August 28, 2016. I was out in the yard trying to video lightning when I noticed an extremely fast flying object cross the screen. I have been having trouble sending the video to people. It seems to be sent at a lower pixel quality. I have posted the video on Utube under; UFO. I used my name and it has 130 hits so for.
Thanks to MUFON CMS
Massachusetts Portal
Everett – I was watching several surveillance craft flying around from my back porch on September 2, 2016. Allot of these have been in my area lately. I can describe it as a portal like light that shows up in frame. Then a slight beam of light goes through it.
Then an object shoots down along the same path as beam and portal like light down to what I expect to be the ground somewhere! Thanks to MUFON CMS
Nebraska Lights
Hastings – I was on a Ferris wheel at our county fair on July 23, 2016.
I took a picture for Snapchat and only noticed the lights in the photo after I had taken it.
When I looked back out into the sky, the lights were gone. Thanks to MUFON CMS
New Jersey Orb
Manahawkin— I saw a dark odd shaped object hovering in the sky on September 2, 2016. I ran into my house to get my phone and when I returned the object was still there. I took some pictures then started video.
The object started to move slowly to the southwest. In less than two minutes the object was out of view low on the horizon and behind a house. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Mantua — Triangular UFO hovered over route 45 in NJ and turned on its side over the road and then flew sideways towards Philadelphia at 10 mph. I have never encountered any aircraft like this in my life. It made no noise and it seemed to have multicolored lights rotating inside one light. If anyone else witnessed this at 9:40 pm on June 10, 2016, please report it. Thanks to MUFON CMS
New Mexico Orb
Vaughn — We first spotted the orb 30 miles south of Phoenix on September 1, 2016 traveling south to Roswell. The orb stayed on our left N NW for 45 minutes. Then it began to move overhead. So we stopped and started taking pictures. At that point it seemed to stop moving. We began back on the road and it started moving again. We drove onto Vaughn NM and stopped at last store. I went inside and asked the man working to see it. He and his wife and several others saw the orb. As we travelled on to Roswell we could see it as it became star-like in the distance. We have many pictures and video. Thanks to MUFON CMS
New York Streak
Rochester – An object was moving very slowly and I noticed an odd “cloud” or something in the early morning sky on August 4, 2016. I assumed it was a jet and looked a few seconds later and it hadn’t move very far. This streak or cloud took my eye because of its color and the fact that it seemed to move so slowly. There was just something odd about it so I took a few shots. I put the shots on my computer and found no plane. It looks human-made but would very much like to know what it is. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Ohio Light
Akron— My co-worker was taking a photo of the full moon in the parking lot of a retail store on August 17th, 2016. About 10 PM while we were working on an overnight job. He took one photo of the moon and noticed a faint light above it. The light grew brighter and moved to the right.
He took another photo of the brighter light then two more lights appeared above the moon.
He took another photo of the three lights and the lights disappeared. I have not posted the first photo of the faint light as of yet. Thanks to William Puckett, Director Website
Oregon Light
Portland— A man saw a white ball of light spinning in the sky on August 30, 2916. The light stayed stationary for about five minutes. The light appeared to change shape. Then the light got brighter, smaller and appeared to eject another sphere of energy. The light was seen over the West Hills of Portland on the east side of the Willamette River. Skies were cloudy at the time of sighting. The witness took several photos.
Note: Apparently the witness has seen this same light on a previous night. Skies were not completely cloudy according to observations at Portland Airport. There were a few clouds measured at 5,000 feet and 9,000 feet. There were also a few clouds at 25,000 feet. Thanks to William Puckett, Director Http://www.UFOsnw.com
Pennsylvania UFO
Philadelphia — I saw a ufo over my house as I looked out my bedroom window on September 3, 2016, It lasted for 3 minutes and 45 seconds but felt like it was 3 hours in time that went by I was frozen in place I am not joking I seen something and it was not human made
Worldwide UFOs
Argentina Lights
Desvio Arijon — So it was that we received a message from Leandro Castro on Facebook, detailing the sighting of an object that he was also able to photograph on February 9, 2016.
“I’m Leandro Castro; in the Province of Santa Fe where you can see something flying over the Coronda River. It was spectacular on account of its lights and how close it was! We took some photos with our cell phones and they cannot be seen clearly. I was able to pull out a little digital camera and take two shots; just as the battery turned off…It almost seemed deliberate. The photo shows a disk with three pairs of lights and some smaller ones among the larger lights. The lights define the shape!” Ken Pfeifer MUFON NJWebsite
Australia Water Object
Coffs Harbor — Taking pictures of Solitaire Islands, I see this amazing object breaking the surface in the image.
I didn’t see it with my eyes only after looking at the pictures of the whitewater visible around the object. It looks to have a periscope and hollow underneath. It is very strange and definitely not photo shopped. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Canada Lights
Toronto,Ontario — I attended the Black Sabbath Concert at the Molson Amphitheatre on August 29, 2016. I had a clear view of the sky looking southwest.
Within minutes I looked to the southern sky and saw this bizarre coloured ‘red’ light never seen before in it’s colour tone. I watched it approach heading straight north where I stood waiting to see if it would go over. It then just stopped a quarter mile away and remained stationary for about four- five minutes. I took out my camera and took two still shots at 9:22 pm. I told my son to look over there, he watched and said watch the show
He seemed embarrassed amongst the crowd to talk UFO’s. After five minutes it flew quite fast west in a straight flight. Stopped and returned. Later it moved back towards the south Lake Ontario at well over 100 MPH. Thanks to Paul Shishis video at Video
Denmark Orbs
Viborg — I was outside my apartment having a cigarette with my neighbor and her friend when the event took place. It was a very peaceful evening, good weather, scattered clouds, which made it an ideal day for looking at the stars. I caught a fast moving object out of the corner of my eye. Originally I thought this object was military aircraft, as NATO is doing aircraft exercises in the area with no sound. The object(s) in question is composed of a V-shaped formation, several (9-1) orbs or star-like balls of light. It was moving at tremendous speeds estimated at Mach 5-10, depending on 50,000 to 100,000 feet. This formation had a solid V-shape, however, two other objects orbited around the solid formation in a very unnatural manner. The main formation moved in a straight line of flight, with the orbiting objects following it the entire way. I observed NO from this object. My feelings during this event were sheer disbelieve and amazement. I lost sight of the object when it went behind the clouds. I have observed seven UFOs since moving to Denmark. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Germany Light
Heilbronn.Baden-Werttembe — I was walking home when I saw this object 300 to 500 feet over my head with a beam in the middle and a light in the center of the beam. It was flipping around and the light was blinking in the middle. It stopped as if it knew I was looking at it.
The light stayed over my head and others also saw this UFO such as a man on a bicycle. I watched for over ten minutes before it flew up and away. I saw another black spear going west at 500 feet above this white silver round object with a tube structure going across the middle with a blinking light dead center no sound. Planes were flying nearby as Stuttgart Airport is 20 minutes away. This has been the fifth UFO I’ve seen since 2011 in Germany. I think I was abducted in Orlando, Florida in 1971 as a child. I’m a UFO Hunter! Our Brothers and Sisters are watching us always. Thanks to MUFON CMS
New Zealand Glowing Ball
Coromande — I always look skywards as I did on the night of September 1, 2016. The birds were saying goodnight and an odd car would pass every 1/2 hour as the town I live in is so small. This time as I walked outside I noticed this very big bright glowing ball. It was huge compared with the stars, so I ran and got my camcorder and filmed it for 17 minutes. The mother ship was opening a platform and smaller craft were taking off at all angles plus also exiting from below. There were definitely six smaller craft, there was also a red orb beneath which one of the smaller ships attached itself to. The distance to the ships was about two miles away. This was amazing footage; but when I downloaded this to my laptop in four different places I lost some. I sent the video to family and friends. However nobody received it, as somebody had hacked into it. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Portugal Lights
Monchique— On September 3, 2016, there was a fire in Serra de Monchique and we could see it from our house. We took pictures of the fire and suddenly we saw this very strange line in the sky. The orbs were there last week, because I was constantly zooming in with my camera on the fire and could not see anything else. The only similar I found on internet was in 2014 strange zigzag lines above Hawaii. Last week I saw two very bright orbs above the Serra de Monchique, moving very slowly. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Switzerland Triangle
Neuchatel – I was sitting together with my wife in the living room of my apartment at Rue de la Cote in March 2011. My wife sat under a side window of the room from where you can see the Rue Auguste Bachelin.
It was already dark outside and there was little traffic. We were watching TV and I saw a huge triangle with three lights under each corner. It was 15-20 meters wide and maybe 1, 5 meters high. The edges were rounded and there were no windows or anything to see. The object was flying/hovering maybe 10 meters or lower going east following the street. From my window I was able to see it around 10-20 seconds. The speed was very low and seemed to me like it was searching for something. It was not a helicopter. I am a FPV Drone Pilot myself and I know how a helicopter flies and they make a lot of noise when flying so low. Surface was black matte and it looked exactly like the Belgium UFO Wave” from 1989 but without the red light in the middle. Thanks to MUFON CMS
UK/England Grey Dot
Camberley – I had a barbecue with friends on August 28, 2016 and was following some floating embers when I noticed a small grey dot in the sky passing over a passenger jet aircraft. It was difficult to focus on because it was just so high, and travelled in a dead straight line travelling 20 times faster than the plane. It was grey with a dull reflected light and ten times smaller than the aircraft but substantially higher.
I would assume they were similar in size. It’s possible it was a satellite but it did not shine as they do when they reflect the sun, Thanks to MUFON CMS
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They say that love makes the world go around and that may well be true. But when you look at things on a much larger scale — say the size of galaxies — love just isn't enough. And, for that matter, neither are the stars of the galaxies themselves. In fact, what makes galaxies go around is a kind of matter that has never been directly observed. That undiscovered "stuff" is called dark matter, and an amazing new measurement was recently announced that is causing the scientific world to rethink long-held thoughts.
The most recent contribution to our knowledge of dark matter was made by the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) collaboration. LUX is a vessel consisting of a third of a ton of liquid xenon and it is the most powerful dark-matter detector ever constructed. Located at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF), this dark-matter laboratory sits nearly a mile under the Black Hills, near Lead, South Dakota. It is designed to occasionally detect the vaporous wind of dark matter that is thought to waft through the solar system. [6 Cool Underground Science Labs]
And the thing is, it didn't detect anything. That non-discovery is what's causing physicists to rethink how they think about dark matter.
Holding up galaxies
Dark matter is an answer to a nearly century-old problem. In the early 1930s, shortly after astronomers realized that the universe consisted of countless galaxies, scientists turned their attention to understanding the dynamics of how stars orbited within the galaxies — essentially, how galaxies rotate. Dutch astronomer Jan Oort applied Newton's laws of motion and gravity to the observed matter in our own Milky Way and found that our galaxy rotated faster than he had calculated. It appeared that the Milky Way had twice the mass that astronomers had estimated. Of course, this was in an era in which precise galactic astronomy was coming into existence and a disagreement between calculation and measurement of only a factor of two was considered excellent agreement.
A violent collision of galaxy clusters formed the Abell 520 galaxy cluster. False-color maps superimposed on the image reveal the highest concentration of mass in the cluster (blue), which scientists say is dominated by dark matter.
Credit: ASA, ESA, CFHT, CXO, M.J. Jee (University of California, Davis), and A. Mahdavi (San Francisco State University)
However, shortly after Oort's measurement, Bulgarian-Swiss astronomer Fritz Zwicky was studying the Coma Cluster, a large group of more than a thousand galaxies that were bound together by their mutual gravity in an enormous structure. When he measured the velocity of the galaxies, he found that they, too, were moving far too fast for gravity's gentle tug to hold them together. By all rights, the cluster should have torn itself apart. But it didn't. He calculated that the cluster held 400 times more matter than could be seen by ordinary telescopes. Modern measurements have reduced that number, but the discrepancy still is thought to be a factor of 100. Zwicky proposed that there was a type of unseen matter holding together the cluster that he called "dunkle Materie," or dark matter. [TED-Ex Talk: How Does Dark Matter Explain a Star's Speed?]
In the 1970s, astronomer Vera Rubin was trying to find a noncontroversial topic to study when she turned her attention to the rotation curves of galaxies. This is a measure of the orbital speed of stars in galaxies as a function of their distance from the center. She found that the measurements agreed with predictions very well at the center of the galaxy and even approaching the periphery. But, in the very outskirts of the galaxy, stars were orbiting far faster than could be accommodated by the known laws of physics and the observed matter. It looked like Zwicky's dark matter might be showing up in the interiors of galaxies as well. (Clearly, Rubin failed epically in her attempt to find a noncontroversial topic.)
Over the decades, several ideas have been proposed to explain an extensive array of astronomical mysteries, from the possibility that Newton's laws of motion might not apply when accelerations become small, to the idea that both Newton and Einstein were wrong aboutgravity. These hypotheses have not survived rigorous testing. Another idea was that perhaps there exist types of matter in the universe that do not emit electromagnetic energy … this was Zwicky's dark matter.
But, even here, there were many possibilities. The most plausible option was that the universe was home to a menagerie of black holes, brown dwarfs, rogue planets and other dark objects that consisted of the same kind of ordinary matter that makes up the visible component of the universe. These objects are massive and compact and cold enough that they don’t emit light like stars. Some objects like these were found, but not enough to solve the mystery. And so, astronomical surveys in the 1990s completely ruled out this idea, too. Taking a page from Sherlock Holmes in “The Sign of Four,” in which he said, “When you have ruled out the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth,” scientists have been forced to conclude that a new form of invisible dark matter permeates the universe. Perhaps even more surprising, there appear to be five times more dark matter than ordinary matter.
The properties of dark matter
We have never directly observed dark matter, but we know a great deal about what it must be: It must be massive (because it affects the rotation of galaxies); it must be electrically neutral (because we can't see it); it must be different from ordinary matter (because we see no evidence for it interacting with matter in the usual ways); and it must be stable (because it has existed since the dawn of the universe). These properties are unequivocal.
However, we don't know exactly what it is. In the most popular generic theory, the dark-matter particle is called a WIMP, for weakly interacting massive particle. WIMPs are kind of like heavy neutrons (but definitely not neutrons), with a mass of 10 to 100 times heavier than a proton. They were created in great quantities during the Big Bang and a small relic remainder persists to this day.
When cosmologists add the WIMP idea to their ideas of the Big Bang, they can calculate how it would interact. They find that in the earliest stages of the universe, WIMPs were a dominant form of matter, but, as the universe expands and cools and the interaction rate drops to zero, the relic amount of WIMPs is about five times as massive as ordinary matter. Combined with the fact that the WIMP idea can also explain a pressing theoretical mystery of why the Higgs boson particle has such a small mass, scientists call this the "WIMP miracle," in view of the fact that the WIMP idea seems to answer so many questions.
A dark non-discovery
So this brings us back to the LUX experiment. It is simply the latest and most powerful experiment designed to detect WIMPs. The idea is that the detector will sit underground for a long time, say a year or more, and a rare WIMP will bump into a xenon atom and be detected. (The detector is buried underground to protect it from cosmic rays, which would bump into xenon atoms and fake a dark matter detection. Being half a mile or a mile underground stops nearly all cosmic rays.)
The above volume, part of the Large Underground Xenon collaboration, will be filled with liquid xenon and any interaction with the xenon can be detected, possibly revealing the identify of dark matter.
So that's not actually that surprising. There have been dozens of experiments that have looked for dark matter and found nothing. In this sense, LUX has joined a venerable group. But LUX is also far more capable. It was expected to have a better shot at finding WIMPs than any other apparatus.
But it didn't.
So does that mean that the WIMP idea is dead? No, not really. Dark matter detectors are optimized to be most sensitive to certain masses, kind of like how a particular microphone might pick up tenor voices better than they hear soprano or bass ones. LUX was optimized to find a WIMP with a mass of a few tens of times heavier than a proton. In fact, it ruled out a WIMP having a mass 50 times of a proton with impressive rejection. However, LUX doesn't do so well at detecting WIMPs with a mass below 10 times that of a proton. And, if WIMPs exist and have a mass of 1,000 times heavier than a proton, this is also not LUX's optimum range for investigation. So there remains a range of masses where a WIMP might exist.
Axions, dark life and dark charge
Even so, WIMPs were simply the most popular idea for dark matter. There are other hypotheses. One hypothesis points to a particle called a sterile neutrino, which is a cousin of the more familiar neutrino generated in nuclear reactions. In fact, neutrinos from the biggest nearby nuclear reactor (the sun) are constantly barraging the Earth. Unlike regular neutrinos, which are ultralight and interact via the weak nuclear force, sterile neutrinos are heavy and don't experience the weak force. It is the heavy mass and non-interacting qualities that make the sterile neutrino an ideal dark-matter candidate.
Another possible dark-matter particle, the axion, was proposed in 1977 as a way to ensure that the strong nuclear force treated matter and antimatter on equal footing (so as agree with observations). The axion is a very light, but still massive, hypothetical particle. The LUX detector is not designed to study axions.
Then, of course, there is the even more creative hypothesis, which suggests that dark matter isn't a single, neutral, non-interacting particle. After all, ordinary matter is pretty complicated. At the quantum scale, we have quarks and leptons and four forces. At the macro scale, we have you and me and sugar and stars and volcanoes and all the various ways they interact. Ordinary matter has all sorts of interactions and constituents. Why not dark matter? [7 Strange Facts About Quarks]
Under this hypothesis, dark matter might have a "dark charge," or dark matter's form of electrical charge. In the same way that dark matter doesn't experience dark charge, maybe ordinary matter doesn't experience dark charge. This dark charge would interact with dark photons, or the dark twins of ordinary light particles.
And, even more daring, perhaps dark matter experiences many forces and there is an entire complex dark sector, with dark atoms and dark molecules and perhaps even dark life. We are able to set constraints on these possible dark interactions; for instance, we know enough to rule out dark stars and planets, but dark asteroids are possible. Again, LUX is silent on these new ideas.
It's not fair to say that the LUX measurement leads to a crisis in particle physics and cosmology. But it certainly gives scientists pause and suggests that maybe we should take another look at this WIMP thing. Maybe other ideas need to be revisited. On the other hand, scientists who want to continue to pursue the WIMP idea still have something to look forward to as technology advances. LUX uses a third of a ton of liquid xenon. In 10 or 15 years, scientists are planning to build detectors that might contain 100 tons, providing even more chances of capturing that rare WIMP interaction. These are heady times to be a dark-matter scientist.
But, in the end, we still don't know. We just know that the capabilities of LUX are good enough that maybe it's time to broaden our thinking. In the words of the rock band Buffalo Springfield, "There's something happening here. What it is ain't exactly clear..."
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Visit to 'Armageddon Asteroid' Could Save Future Earth from Impact
Visit to 'Armageddon Asteroid' Could Save Future Earth from Impact
By Nola Taylor Redd, Space.com Contributor
An artist's impression of asteroid Bennu, the target of NASA's OSIRIS-REx sample return mission.
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The asteroid-sample-return mission that launched into space yesterday (Sept. 8) may help protect Earth from future life-threatening impacts by rogue space rocks.
The target of the OSIRIS-REx mission is an asteroid known as Bennu, which circles the sun just inside the orbit of Mars (occasionally crossing Earth's orbital path). Although Bennu is unlikely to collide with the planet, understanding its composition could help scientists figure out how to deflect other rocky bodies that may be on a crash course with Earth.
"I think that's the whole reason we have missions like OSIRIS-REx — to go out and see what we really know about asteroids," Lindley Johnson, director of NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office, said at a news conference Wednesday (Sept. 7). [NASA's Mission to Asteroid Bennu: OSIRIS-REx Complete Coverage]
Defending Earth
After the sun formed, leftover dust and rock circled the newborn star in a disk. The material smashed together, building planetary embryos. Some bits of debris hurled down on the young planets, while some material was cast out of the solar system forever. Over time, the fiery rain slowed as the population of dust and rock dwindled.
As life evolved on Earth, bits of remaining debris occasionally crashed down — at times, wiping out plants and animal species. While most of the largest rocks have already collided with planets or have left the solar system, enough leftover material remains to pepper our planet.
"Over a hundred tons of material fall to Earth every day," Johnson said.
Most of that is dust, but occasionally, a solid chunk of rock makes it to the ground (a meteorite). Those meteorites can be chunks that have broken off of asteroids, but they also may be debris that was once part of a planet or the moon and was blown off in an early collision. For example, Earth is covered in meteorites that were once part of the moon and Mars — places humans have been able to study up close with various probes, rovers and (in the case of the moon) human missions.
But asteroids are more challenging. The sample of Bennu that scientists are aiming to return in the OSIRIS-REx mission will help scientists better understand the composition of other asteroids and space debris if they were to prove threatening.
The size of asteroid Bennu, which is 1,614 feet (492 meters) wide, is compared with the Empire State Building and Eiffel Tower in this NASA image.
Credit: NASA
During the OSIRIS-REx mission, scientists also will study how the sun affects the orbital paths of small rocky bodies. As sunlight strikes a rotating asteroid, the radiating heat provides a tiny thrust that can change the orbit of the rock — a process known as the Yarkovsky effect.
"We can't just determine where an asteroid is going to go just by orbital dynamics," said Alex Young, a heliophysics scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. "We have to account for this Yarkovsky effect."
Observing how the sun ever so slightly redirects Bennu will help scientists to improve their models of other asteroids and their potential to impact Earth.
On top of all that, guiding OSIRIS-REx into orbit around Bennu will help NASA learn more about manipulating a spacecraft around small bodies.
"NASA's gotten very skilled at going to Mars, Saturn, through multibody systems," said NASA Chief Scientist Ellen Stofan. But smaller objects are different, and maneuvering OSIRIS-REx is a step toward landing humans on asteroids and the moons of Mars, she said.
Debris from the early solar system still floats between the planets. While most of the largest objects have been identified, NASA estimates that only half of the rocks the size of Bennu have been spotted.
"We've got to find them first before we can do anything about them," Johnson said.
For that, planetary defense researchers turn to NASA's NEOWISE, a repurposed telescope mission to identify near-Earth objects. The instrument has helped scientists to build a catalog of rocks near the planet, some passing closer than satellites.
Observation isn't the only tool for planetary defense. In partnership with the European Space Agency, NASA is working on the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART). The two agencies plan to send a spacecraft to rendezvous with an asteroid and its moon. By deliberately crashing into the tiny moonlet, DART will shift its course by "a fraction of a percent"according to NASA. The mission will test the ability of the space agencies to deflect an asteroid years before it collides with Earth.
Johnson described DART as "a kinetic impactor that would impact the moon of Didymos, which we affectionately call Didymoon."
Another upcoming project is planning to bring a boulder-size asteroid sample to the moon, where astronauts can remove samples to carry back to Earth. After traveling to an asteroid and selecting a hunk to take home, the Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) will attempt to change the path of the asteroid by using its mass as what Johnson called "a natural tug rope."
"Gravity will pull the asteroid off its natural orbit," he said.
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Of course, NASA doesn't have a mission ready to deflect incoming danger. Johnson told Space.com that it will take somewhere from five to 10 years to launch a mission that will effectively deflect a specific threat.
Earth-threatening asteroids aren't prolific in the solar system. Johnson said that serious impacts that might be worth deflecting happen only about once every couple of centuries.
"It's not something I worry about a lot on a regular basis," he said.
But that doesn't mean we should become complacent.
"Since we don't know everything that's out there, it's something that could happen almost any day," he said.
He suggested that the best way to avert disaster is to improve the ability to identify potentially hazardous objects. The sooner large, dangerous objects are identified, the more time humans on Earth have to take the necessary steps.
"We need to improve our capabilities to detect and find them further out in space so we have time to prepare," he said.
De ruimterobot Curiosity heeft nieuwe kleurenfoto's gestuurd vanop Mars. Op de filmische beelden zijn enorme rotsformaties te zien. De foto's zijn opmerkelijk scherp en gedetailleerd. De Curiosity rijdt al een maand rond in de 'Murray Buttes' om de regio in kaart te brengen. De foto's moeten wetenschappers tonen hoe het huidige landschap van de rode planeet ontstond.
De Amerikaans raketbouwer en -uitbater SpaceX heeft het publiek gisteren om hulp gevraagd voor het uitklaren van de oorzaak van de ontploffing eerder deze maand van een Falcon-9 draagraket op Cape Canaveral in Florida.
Op 1 september explodeerde een Falcon-9 van SpaceX naar aanleiding van een "statische test" op het lanceerplatform. Het Californische bedrijf heeft nu iedereen met foto's, video's en geluidsopnames gevraagd die over te maken "omdat die elementen van nut kunnen zijn bij het onderzoek" naar de oorzaak.
Eerder heeft topman Elon Musk van SpaceX gezegd dat dit onderzoek het "meest complexe" is uit de veertienjarige geschiedenis van zijn bedrijf.
De draagraket had twee dagen later moeten vertrekken.
Bij de ontploffing, op het niveau van de tweede trap, ging ook de 200 miljoen dollar kostende Israëlische telecomsatelliet Amos-6 verloren.
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Monique Klinkenbergh in RTL Late Night over het ontstaan van graancirkels: “Je mond valt open”
Monique Klinkenbergh in RTL Late Night over het ontstaan van graancirkels: “Je mond valt open”
Monique Klinkenbergh doet al bijna 10 jaar onderzoek om de waarheid over graancirkels naar boven te krijgen. In eerste instantie ging ze kijken wat er overeind blijft staan van alle verhalen over dit fenomeen, zo zegt ze in RTL Late Night.
“Je moet het met je eigen ogen zien en beleven,” zegt Klinkenbergh. “Ik ben ’s nachts in de velden gaan zitten [in Wiltshire]. Dan hou je alles in de gaten, er staan overal camera’s en we hebben contact met elkaar. Je ziet niets, je hoort niets en dan komt de zon op en ligt er gewoon zo’n graancirkel.”
Heel merkwaardig
Ze merkt op dat de graancirkels meestal ’s nachts verschijnen, maar ook wel eens overdag. “En dat is heel, heel merkwaardig,” aldus de graancirkelonderzoekster.
Ze legt verder uit dat er onverklaarbare en verklaarbare graancirkels zijn. Die laatste zijn onder te verdelen in twee groepen: graancirkels die worden ‘besteld’ voor commerciële doeleinden en daarnaast heb je een netwerk van hoaxers, mensen die graancirkels maken en ze vervolgens claimen.
Grote bollen
Tijdens een filmpje van lichtbollen die over een veld zweven en een graancirkel lijken te creëren, zegt Klinkenbergh: “Deze grote bollen zijn twee meter en worden waargenomen en op camera vastgelegd. Dat zet je toch aan het denken: wat is hier aan de hand? En waarom wordt het niet onderzocht?”
Over de grootte van graancirkels zegt ze: “Dat varieert. Een graancirkel kan een meter zijn, maar ze kunnen ook vier voetbalvelden groot zijn.” Ze voegt toe dat er inmiddels meer dan 7000 zijn geregistreerd in 60 landen. “Je mond valt open,” klinkt het nog.
Travis Walton Abducted by Aliens in Fire in the Sky - FULL FREE VIDEO
Travis Walton Abducted by Aliens in Fire in the Sky - FULL FREE VIDEO
Published on Mar 20, 2012
This is the full presentation from Travis Walton's 2011 appearance at the International UFO Congress in Fountain Hills, Arizona.
Travis Walton claims that in 1975, while working as a logger in Arizona, he and several co-workers came across a UFO in the forest which shot a beam of light at Travis. Frightened, his friends fled the scene. When they returned Walton was gone. Walton recalled waking up on the side of the road; he thought only a few hours had past, but he had actually been missing for 5 days. He later recalled being on the craft and the strange creatures that were there with him.
Travis Walton is the subject of the Paramount Studios movie, Fire in the Sky, based on his book of the same name. His close encounter has become recognized as the best documented case of alien abduction ever recorded. Mr. Walton speaks to audiences and media around the world to share what it has been like living through the ordeal of the experience and its aftermath. He presents the evidence for the incident and takes wide ranging questions from the audience, which usually results in bringing out new perspectives and bits of information previously overlooked.
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Travis Walton Abducted by Aliens in Fire in the Sky - FULL FREE VIDEO
Travis Walton Abducted by Aliens in Fire in the Sky - FULL FREE VIDEO
Published on Mar 20, 2012
This is the full presentation from Travis Walton's 2011 appearance at the International UFO Congress in Fountain Hills, Arizona.
Travis Walton claims that in 1975, while working as a logger in Arizona, he and several co-workers came across a UFO in the forest which shot a beam of light at Travis. Frightened, his friends fled the scene. When they returned Walton was gone. Walton recalled waking up on the side of the road; he thought only a few hours had past, but he had actually been missing for 5 days. He later recalled being on the craft and the strange creatures that were there with him.
Travis Walton is the subject of the Paramount Studios movie, Fire in the Sky, based on his book of the same name. His close encounter has become recognized as the best documented case of alien abduction ever recorded. Mr. Walton speaks to audiences and media around the world to share what it has been like living through the ordeal of the experience and its aftermath. He presents the evidence for the incident and takes wide ranging questions from the audience, which usually results in bringing out new perspectives and bits of information previously overlooked.
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World War 3 in SPACE: Superpowers engineering battle-ready laser-armed cosmic tech
World War 3 in SPACE: Superpowers engineering battle-ready laser-armed cosmic tech
Superpowers across the world have tasked military boffins to develop weaponry which can be deployed to space in the break out of a global conflict.Earth’sorbit will become a battlefield featuring laser armed spacecraft, kamikaze satellites, orbital strike platforms, cyber warfare stations, and war-ready robotics.Experts predict this new dimension of war will also change the battlefields of earth, as electronic warfare destroys communications satellites and leaves planet-bound armies stumbling blind in a devastating conflict.ORBITAL STRIKE: Unmanned probes will battle in space and rain fire on Earth
American modern warfare specialist Peter Singer told Daily Star Online: “He who controls the heavens likely controls what plays out on planet earth.”
He added: “If the major states were to go to war on planet earth in the 21st century, their battles would likely reach into space.“The major powers depend on space systems greatly, which offers a lure for trying to take it away from the other side.“Russia, China, and the US have tested various types of anti-satellites weapons, but no one has permanently deployed them there, as far we know.”
The space weapons expert also added space warfare could plunge earthbound conflict into darkness as communications and GPS systems are knocked out.
BLAST: Orbital platforms could fire energy weapons down onto Earth
America used to be the world’s top space power, but Bob Work, deputy US secretary of defense, said:“We see several nations developing capabilities that threaten to erode our long-assured technological overmatch and our ability to project power.”Work also warned Russia and China could be developing bionic drug-fuelled super soldiers for the battlefield.
The Pentagon has begun training Air Force crews in a program called “Space Mission Force” to develop “space warfighters for tomorrow”.
General John Hyten, commander of Air Force Space Command, said: “Securing our right to use space is simply an extension of an age old principle to guarantee use of global commons.”
One of their bits of tech in development is the X-37B, an unmanned space plane to replace the shuttle.
Secure World Foundation, an organisation promoting peace in space, said “could be used to rendezvous and inspect satellites, either friendly or adversarial, and potentially grab and de-orbit satellites
SECRET: The X-37B has flown a number of mystery missions – what is it doing up there?The United States pointed the finger at China was becoming the world’s leading space power as the nation is “pursuing a broad array of counterspace capabilities” in an annual report to Congress.The report penned by top US diplomats warned China’s “space program is expanding and accelerating rapidly as many other nations’ programs proceed with dwindling resources and limited goals”.Beijing – with which the United States has strained tensions because of a dispute in the South China Sea – is said to have “systems consisting of a satellite armed with a weapon such as an explosive charge, fragmentation device, kinetic energy weapon, laser, radio frequency weapon, jammer or robotic arm”.
China is set to launch 20 space missions this year and are investing in anti-satellite weapons as their analysts say the US relies on them for up to 80% of their intelligence – rendering the US blind the advent of war.Beijing is developing a Space Force within the People’s Liberation Army which will include nuclear weapons, electronic warfare and strike vessels.
A hypersonic strike vehicle named the DF-ZF is currently undergoing tests in the People’s Republic which could carry a nuclear payload and also carry out non-nuclear precision strikes.
Rick Fisher, a Chinese military affairs expert, said the force’s objective is “to achieve control of low earth orbit in order to defeat the United States on Earth”.
HYPERSONIC: The DF-ZF is said to be able to travel at 7,000mph
Russia meanwhile is also dedicated to creating anti-satellite weaponry and satellite based electronic jammers.
Vladimir Putin is determined to follow China in create a futuristic weapons which would “guarantee for Russia the fulfilment of space defence tasks for the period until 2020”.
Laser weapon capabilities are already in the hands of Russia – some which are already set to be deployed on their most advanced sea-going warships.
Admiral Cecil D. Haney, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, said: “Russia, has demonstrated the ability to perform complex manoeuvres in space.”
Putin’s boffins are currently developing a hypersonic strike bomber capable of launching nuclear weapons from space.
The Russian leader also announced an ambitious plan to “conquer the moon” earlier this year.
Chubby dictator Kim Jong-un also has his eye on the moon as he tasked North Korea’s infant space programme to turn his hermit kingdom into a galactic empire.
However, Earth orbit becoming a battleground with manned star-fighters and hefty capital ships like something out of Star Wars is someway off, Mr Singer adds.
He said: “The human is likely the weak link given all the ways you’d have to design a ship solely around keeping them alive” so most space combat will likely be with unmanned robotic vehicles.
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PEOPLE WITH RH NEGATIVE BLOOD MAY BE DESCENDENTS OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS OR ATLANTEANS
PEOPLE WITH RH NEGATIVE BLOOD MAY BE DESCENDENTS OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS OR ATLANTEANS
Do you know your blood-type? Every human on this planet has either blood type O, A, B, or AB, and within these types, you either have RH positive or RH negative blood. The Rhesus (Rh) factor refers to a specific antigen in the blood. If your blood lacks the Rh antigen, you are Rh-negative.
If your blood has the antigen, you are Rh positive. About 85% of the population has the antigen. 15% does not, and are considered ‘Rh- Negatives’
Negative blood types are one of the most fascinating subjects I’ve ever researched. In the study of genetics, we find that we can only inherit what our ancestors had; except in the case of mutation. We can have any of numerous combinations of traits inherited from all our ancestors.
Nothing more and nothing less. Therefore, if man and ape had evolved from a common ancestor, their blood would have evolved the same way. Blood factors are transmitted with much more exactitude than any other characteristic. All other earthly primates also have this Rh factor.
So, if all mankind evolved from the same ancestor, their blood should be compatible. Do you get what I’m saying? If we had all evolved from the same ancestor, we would all have the same blood.
We don’t! RH Positive blood can be traced back to the Rhesus monkey and all other primates, but RH negative blood CANNOT. In fact, it cannot be traced anywhere else in nature.
Another strange thing.. When the mother is Rh negative and the father is Rh positive, the baby can inherit the Rh factor from the father. Thus making their offspring Rh positive as well. If that happens, an RH negative Mother may abort the baby. Why?
For the same reasons you can’t mate a Mule with a Mule to create another Mule. Just like you can’t breed a pair of Ligers to produce another Liger. All animals and other living creatures known to man can breed with any other of their species. Size and color makes no difference. But, you cannot breed two mixed species together.
If you do, you get something called Haemolytic disease. This is the same allergic reaction that occurs when an Rh negative mother is carrying a Rh positive child. Her blood builds up antibodies to destroy an ALIEN substance (the same way it would a virus), thereby destroying the infant. Why would a mother’s body reject her own offspring? Nowhere else in nature does this occur naturally. This fact alone points to the distinct possibility of a cross-breeding between two similar, but genetically different species.
The thing is, hardly anyone has tried to explain where the Rh negative people came from. Most people familiar with blood factors, assume these people must be a mutation if not descendants from a different ancestor. If Rh negatives are a mutation, what caused the mutation?
Why does it continue with the exact same characteristics? Why does it so violently reject the Rh factor, if it was in their own ancestry? Who was this ancestor? Difficulties in determining ethnology are largely overcome by the use of blood group data, for they are a single gene characteristic and not affected by the environment.
The Basque people of Spain and France have the highest percentage of Rh negative blood. About 30% have Rh negative blood and about 60% carry one RH negative gene. The average among most people is only 15%-Rh negative, while some groups have very little.
The Oriental Jews of Israel, also have a high percentage of Rh negatives in their population, although most other Oriental people have only about 1% Rh negative.
The Samaritans and the Black Cochin Jew also have a high percentage of Rh negative blood, although again the Rh negative blood is rare among most African peoples. And as of yet, the origin of the Basques is unknown.
Their language is unlike any other European language. Some believe that Basque was the original language of the book of Genesis. Some believe it was the original language of the world and possibly, of one of the ancient ET races. Even Edgar Cayce commented on this, and explained how they came from Atlantis. You can read an interesting article about that HERE.
RH Negatives also tend to have strange characteristics about themselves that are uncommon to most other people in society, such as:
A feeling of not belonging
Truth seekers
Sense of a “Mission” in life
Empathy & Compassion for Mankind
An extra rib or vertebra
Higher than average IQ
ESP Ability
Love of Space & Science
More sensitive vision & other senses.
Increased of psychic/intuitive abilities
Lower body temperature
Higher blood pressure (some say lower)
Predominantly blue, green, or Hazel eyes
Red or reddish tint to hair color
Increased sensitivity to heat & sunlight
Unexplained Scar
Empathetic Illnesses
Ability to disrupt electrical devices
Experience strange unexplained phenomenon
Psychic Dreams
Prone to Alien Abductions
Cannot be cloned
Here are some other commonly found Personality Characteristics. (According to the Japanese who discuss blood type personalities a lot more often in their culture than we do, a person’s RH factor makes no difference when it comes to personality characteristics.. So, even RH Positive blooded people, especially with those who have the recessive gene, may also exhibit the same personality characteristics of RH Negative people with the same blood type.)
Type O– You want to be a leader, and when you see something you want, you keep striving until you achieve your goal. You are a trend-setter, loyal, passionate, and self-confident. Your weaknesses include vanity and jealously and a tendency to be too competitive.
Type A– You like harmony, peace and organization. You work well with others, and are sensitive, patient and affectionate. Among your weaknesses are stubbornness and an inability to relax.
Type B– You’re a rugged individualist, who’s straight forward and like to do things your own way. Creative and flexible, you adapt easily to any situation. But your insistence on being independent can sometimes go too far and become a weakness.
Type AB– Cool and controlled, you’re generally well liked and always put people at ease. You’re a natural entertainer who’s tactful and fair. But you’re standoffish, blunt, and have difficulty making decisions.
I have always had a strange life. I have been able to see ghosts and UFO’s since I was a kid. I’m also a bit clairvoyant, I can astral project, and I share many of the other characteristics mentioned above. When I first read about RH Negative humans, I sensed I was RH negative too.
When I started researching the personality characteristics of RH negative people, I was even more sure of it.
My personal thoughts- I wanted to share my beliefs on this subject since it’s one of my favorites to discuss. Many people believe RH negatives are the survivors of Atlantis and Lumeria. (It would also explain the Basques and RH negative Egyptian mummies) and that is certainly possible.
The personality characteristics of people with O, B and AB blood sounded nothing like me whereas the RH A negative characteristics sounded just like me. I intuitively knew I was RH A Negative, but I had to be sure. So, I donated blood. 3 weeks later, I found out that I am INDEED, A Negative. I had 94% chance of being wrong, and yet I knew what I was. How strange is that?
In closing, I’d like to leave you a little more info if you’d like to know more. Next week I’m also going to cover ‘Eating Right for your Bloodtype’, where we will discuss how each blood-type tend to thrive on a particular diet.
This video shows the history of man from a Sumerian point of view. It also shows the connection of man’s history with the RH blood type anomaly.
Additional Info:
I know some of you are going to laugh off some of this, like the part about being prone to alien abductions.. But there is evidence to back it up! Have a look! Blood Groups of Abductees and Contactees
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What Is A Starseed? Could You Be From The Stars?
What Is A Starseed? Could You Be From The Stars?
What is a Starseed? Starseeds are beings who have come from a far distant star system and galaxies. They are highly evolved souls who have incarnated into a human body, carrying a whole variety of knowledge and they have specialized abilities.
Every starseed is encoded with a dna activation or wakeup call which unlocks at a predetermined time. The activation unlocks the potential of these starseed beings; this may happen through spiritual awakening.
Going through life most starseed’s feel like outcasts on planet Earth, they have the sense of emptiness within them and feel homesick, longing to go back to their true home. Then again there are many who have made Earth their home and are helping and guiding people with their spiritual knowledge.
What are the Starseeds Types?
There are many different types of starseeds here on Earth… Listed below are some of the most common starseed types.
Andromedan Starseeds
The Andromedan starseeds are from our neighboring galaxy andromeda. Andromedan beings are freedom seekers; they will always change jobs, homes and relationships to find their freedom. They are seekers and never comfortable being in one place for too long and often have feelings of being trapped.
They love to travel and they thrive on many types of realities. They have a passion for cars and enjoy driving fast, or even flying in airplanes. Their passion stimulates their subconscious memories of their home.
Apollonian starseeds
Apollonian starseeds thrive on learning, they love the idea of improving their abilities in any way they can. They have varied interest in taking classes to develop their skills. Simply Apollonian’s don’t allow themselves to be limited to anything. They hate being labeled or limited in their roles.
Apollonian starseeds know they have work to do on Earth; they have taken on a healing approach mainly because of their deep connection to earth and her needs. They have early recognition of energy fields, auras and spirits; they are very much drawn to spiritual learning as way to find answers and information
Arcturians Aliens
Arturians aliens are deep thinkers; they are the ones with strong personalities and deep inner strength. On the surface they appear hard, but they are very capable and powerful. They have a feeling that they have a important purpose in their life.
Arcturians don’t seem to have many close friends, or intimate relationships but instead they have casual friends. However if they were to accept you as their close friend, know that you have been carefully considered.
Lyran starseed
Lyran starseeds are all about their mission here on Earth. They are interested in space travel and astronomy or science fiction. Often Lyran starseeds are master at healing and are the ones who founded Lemurian civilization.
Lyran beings often see other people’s potential. People are attracted to them and acknowledge their authority. They appear confident, chilled and sometimes they can be serious. They don’t like keeping their family and friends close, they seem to be very independent.
Pleiadians and Sirians
Pleiadians and sirians have been here on Earth for a long time. The pleiadians are very ancient, they have traveled many places in the universe, pleiadians are a humanoid type of race. Pleiadians are very sensitive, loving and compassionate. They always carry pleasant and gentle energy. They want everyone to be happy and be at peace.
Sirians have deep connection with Earth and the energies of nature. Many Sirians have had numerous lives as American indians and they maintain close ties and memories of these lives. Sirians are very intuitive and visual; they have the ability to see things which others do not.
The Many Starseed Physical Symptoms
Now that we have gone through the list of many known starseeds, you may resonate with some of the descriptions. Maybe you have already known where you are from. You have felt lonely and sometimes felt home sick, yes the Earth’s energies can feel foreign to many of the starseeds here and as a result they face many physical symptoms. Here some of the common starseed physical symptoms.
1. You feel like you are in a pressure cooker or in overwhelming energy; you feel stressed. This is a symptom that you are adjusting to a higher vibrational state and you will at some point adjust. Your old behaviors, patterns and beliefs are coming to the surface so there is a lot going on inside of you.
2. A feeling of disorientation, you feel like you don’t know where you are, a loss of sense of place. After the activation you move into higher vibrational frequency or higher dimension.
3. There may be some unusual aches and pains throughout your body. Your body is purifying and releasing blocked energy.
4. You are waking up at night between 2 and 4 am. Much is going on in your dream state. You can’t seem to be there for a long time and need a break.
5. There are some periods of deep sleeping. You are just resting from all the acclimating and you are integrating, and building up for the next phase.
6. You are sensitive to your surroundings. Crowds, noise, foods, tv other human voices are barely tolerable. You also tend to overwhelm very easily and become over stimulated. You are just tuning up.
7. You don’t feel like doing anything at all. Your body is in a rest period and knows what it needs.
8. You can’t tolerate low vibrational energy, either in conversations, attitudes, social set ups, healing modalities etc. They practically make you feel sick inside. You are in a higher vibrational and your energies are no longer in alignment.
Conclusion
We now know what a starseed is and the different types of starseeds that are incarnating here on Earth; each one having their own unique purpose and characteristics. We know the physical symptoms that starseeds go through here on Earth. If you resonate with any of the starseeds let us know, we love hearing from you.
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Advanced alien civilisations PROVED by maths: ‘Humans not the first and not the last’
Advanced alien civilisations PROVED by maths: ‘Humans not the first and not the last’
Scientists say it’s ridiculously unlikely that we are universe’s first intelligent culture.
A calculation gives odds of less than one in 10 billion trillion that aliens haven’t developed technology like ours.
Which means that – either now or in the past – numerous advanced civilisations must have existed on worlds besides our own.
Professor Adam Frank from the University of Rochester, who co-authored the new paper, said our experience on earth was far from unique.
“One in 10 billion trillion is incredibly small,” he said. “To me, this implies that other intelligent, technology producing species very likely have evolved before us.
“Before our result you’d be considered a pessimist if you imagined the probability of evolving a civilisation on a habitable planet were one in a trillion.
“Now even that guess implies that what’s happened here on Earth with humanity has in fact happened about a 10billion other times over cosmic history.”
RIVAL WORLD: Even a modest estimate would give 10billion civilisations existed
The odds were arrived at by adjusting the Drake equation from the 1960s, which calculates the likelihood that alien civilisations exist.
It’s a sum that examines the number of habitable planets in the universe and then the likelihood of civilisation arising on them.
But the new equation removes one of the big unknowns from its predecessor, how long advanced cultures will likely exist.
It also dispatches with the question of how probable it is for civilisation to arise on habitable planets.
Instead it tries to calculate how unlikely it is that we would be the only technological species ever.So the question becomes how many alien societies have ever arisen on other worlds, instead of how many exist now.And thanks to new data from NASA’s Kepler mission, among others, we can almost certainly say we are not the only ever advanced culture.Professor Frank and his co-author, Professor Woodruff Sullivan, even worked out the odds of there having been another civilisation in our galaxy.
BREAKTHROUGH: Woodruff Sullivan, left, and Adam Frank, right, co-authored the new study
If the odds are better than one in 60billion, then there likely is or was a developed alien society in the Milky Way.But we might never be able to contact them, because even if there have been a thousand in our galaxy, all might have collapsed already.Professor Sullivan said: “If they live only as long as we have been around — roughly ten thousand years — then all of them are likely already extinct.“Others won’t evolve until we are long gone. For us to have much chance of success in finding another active technological civilization, they must last much longer than we so far have.”
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09-09-2016
Could a 'Star Trek'-Like Genesis Device Transform Alien Worlds?
Could a 'Star Trek'-Like Genesis Device Transform Alien Worlds?
By Elizabeth Howell, Space.com Contributor
This artist's concept depicts one possible appearance of the planet Kepler-452b, a near-Earth-size world found in the habitable zone of a star similar to the sun. A new paper proposes a plan to help life get started on planets that are hospitable to life.
Credit: NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle
A theoretical project could help to turn marginally habitable planets into rich environments capable of hosting microbes, a new paper argues. The project is reminiscent of a fictional machine called "the Genesis Device," which appeared in two 1980s "Star Trek" films, but the author told Space.com that the resemblance is mostly coincidental.
In the film "The Wrath of Khan" (1982), the Genesis Device was accidentally deployed and created a whole new planet in a time span of just days or weeks. The real-world device would be used to plant terrestrial lifeforms on an existing planet that has some of the ingredients of habitability, but not all of them.
An idea for a sort-of real-world version of that fictional device, called the Genesis project, is described in a new paper by Claudius Gros, a professor who studies complex system theory and simulated robotics at Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany. [10 Exoplanets That Could Host Alien Life]
In the new paper, Gros argues that it would be possible to terraform planets(effectively make them more like Earth), using robotic probes that would carry terrestrial organisms and deposit them on the surface of the alien planet. However, the technology for such probes is not even in the design phase, making it uncertain when such a project could come to light.
"The Genesis project is about giving life [the chance] to evolve all by itself on other planets," said Gros in an e-mail to Space.com. "This process is robotic only in the sense that the initial seeds will be transported by robotic interstellar probes."
Gradual evolution
Upon deployment, a probe would send down "nano-size re-entry capsules" that would carry an array of terrestrial organisms. Ahead of deploying it, scientists would decide which terrestrial organisms might be best suited to the chosen planet's particular environment. Over time, the scientists would watch how the planet reacts to the arrival of the new organisms.
If scientists find a planet that is generally hospitable to life and seed it with the right kind of organisms, Gros says there could very likely be "global-scale ecological disasters" in the first while, such as "uncontrolled blossoming of unicellular algae." But, he said, the planet would be expected to stabilize in a few thousand years. Whether or not the newly deposited life-forms survive, or even thrive, will depend on several factors, such as how much carbon dioxide is in the planet's atmosphere, the average temperature of the planet, and how much sunlight reaches the surface (or if the life-forms must rely on another energy source, likehydrothermal activity).
Of course, once a real-world planet is "seeded" with life, things won't play out the way they do in the movie "The Search for Spock" (1984): evolution will proceed at a normal pace. And unlike the film, the planet wouldn't age rapidly, either.
Scientists have strong evidence that life appeared on Earth about 1.2 billion years after the planet's formation, but there are also hints that organisms may have appeared only half a billion years after the planet's birth. Multicellular animals and planets only appeared with the Cambrian explosion, close to 550 million years ago. While something like the Genesis project could jump-start this process on another planet, Gros said, it would depend on the specifics of the planet; for example, it would still take at least 10 million to 100 million years for the terrestrialorganisms to produce oxygen and have it accumulate in the planet's atmosphere, making way for more advanced life-forms. "Enough time to watch more than a few 'Star Trek' movies," he joked.
Gros added that he thinks the technology needed to send these terraforming probes to other planets should be available in 50 to 100 years. But he said his outlook will be influenced by the success of a project called Breakthrough Starshot, which aims to send postage-stamp-size probes to the star system nearest to Earth, using a massive laser to kick-start the probe on its journey. The Starshot project was just announced in April; its leadership includes famed physicist Stephen Hawking and billionaire investor Yuri Milner.
"The Genesis project is quite unique in the sense that there will be no tangible benefit for humanity," he added. "There is, however, no doubt that the project will be realizable both scientifically as well as economically in the not too far future. Personally I find the thought of life flowering elsewhere in the universe very appealing."
As described in the paper, two of the reasons that Gros feels the device could be feasible at some point are the success of exoplanet searches in finding small, rocky planets that could have some characteristics that make them potentially hospitable to life, and early-stage studies on robotic interstellar travel (including the Breakthrough Starshot proposal). However, it is unclear exactly when a device like the one described by Gros could be ready, as much of the work in these fields is in the early stages.
Ethical questions
Should Genesis be deployed, Gros acknowledges an ethical dilemma with the situation. If some form of life already exists on the planet (something the scientists who launched Genesis didn't notice), it's possible the newly introduced life-forms would wipe out the native life-forms.
Gros writes that there are two general points of view for planetary protection, which contrast the scientific benefit for humanity with the idea that independently evolved life has "value per se." Gros advocates balancing these options in each individual situation to figure out what the best solution is.
Gros' research has been accepted in the journal Astrophysics and Space Science, and is available now on the pre-publishing site Arxiv.
Why NASA Picked Space Rock Bennu for Its Asteroid-Sampling Mission
Why NASA Picked Space Rock Bennu for Its Asteroid-Sampling Mission
By Mike Wall, Space.com Senior Writer
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — What's so special about Bennu?
NASA had literally thousands of potential targets for its asteroid-samplingOSIRIS-REx mission, which is scheduled to launch Thursday (Sept. 8) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station here. But the agency decided on a space rock named Bennu, because the asteroid checks off three important boxes.
"Bennu's size, primitive and carbon-rich composition and orbit make it one of the most fascinating and accessible asteroids, and that is why it was ultimately chosen as the target asteroid for the OSIRIS-REx mission," Christina Richey, OSIRIS-REx deputy program scientist at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C., said during a news conference Tuesday (Sept. 6). [Osiris-Rex: NASA's Asteroid Sample-Return Mission in Pictures]
The main goal of the $800 million OSIRIS-REx mission (whose name is short for Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer) involves learning more about the role asteroids may have played in seeding Earth (and perhaps other worlds) with the building blocks of life.
NASA’s Deep Space Network antenna in Goldstone, California, captured these radar images of asteroid Bennu in 1999, when the space rock was still known as 1999 RQ36.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
If all goes according to plan, OSIRIS-REx will arrive at Bennu in August 2018, grab at least 2 ounces (60 grams) of asteroid material two years later and return this sample to Earth in September 2023.
Snagging samples from an asteroid in deep space is a tricky operation under any circumstances, but it's especially difficult when the space rock is less than 660 feet (200 meters) or so wide, Richey said. That's because small asteroids rotate fast — sometimes fast enough to fling material off the surface, leaving little stuff for a visiting probe to grab.
"Furthermore, it's difficult [for a spacecraft] to match the rotation speed of a rapidly rotating object," Richey said.
But Bennu is nearly 1,640 feet (500 m) in diameter, and it rotates just once every 4.3 hours — slowly enough that OSIRIS-REx should be able acquire samples via a "safe, smooth, slow high-five" of the surface, she added.
The nearly spherical asteroid is also quite accessible, thanks to a relatively Earth-like orbit. Bennu completes one lap around the sun every 1.2 years and comes into Earth's neighborhood every six years, Richey said. In addition, the asteroid's orbit is inclined by just 6 degrees compared to that of Earth.
"So it really is optimal for accessibility, for the spacecraft to go to and then return from" in a relatively short amount of time, Richey said.
Then there's the composition.
Bennu "has a very dark, black surface that we think indicates high concentrations of carbon, and hopefully in the form of organic material," OSIRIS-REx principal investigator Dante Lauretta, of the University of Arizona, told Space.com last month.
"We're really interested in bringing back a pristine sample of the early solar system," he added. "Did these kinds of bodies [like Bennu] deliver organic material and water, in the form of hydrated minerals like clay, to the surface of our planet that created the habitability and the environments that may have led to the origin of life?"
But Bennu wasn't the only asteroid that met all of these necessary criteria. In fact, the OSIRIS-REx team eventually identified five suitable finalists, Lauretta said.
"We selected asteroid Bennu as the final target of OSIRIS-REx because it was so well characterized, with the radar data and telescopic data, that we felt that really reduced risk to the mission profile," he said during Tuesday's news conference.
Indeed, Bennu, which was discovered in 1999, is the best-understood near-Earth asteroid that has never been visited by a spacecraft, Richey said.
Bennu offers some bonus perks as well. It's classified as a potentially hazardous asteroid, and there's aslight chance it could slam into Earth in the late 22nd century, scientists have said. OSIRIS-REx's observations will allow researchers to fine-tune their understanding of Bennu's orbit, and thus the threat it poses to Earth, Lauretta said. The mission should also shed light on the forces that can nudge an asteroid this way and that along its trajectory, Lauretta said.
One such force comes from the solar energy that asteroids radiate away as heat, in a phenomenon known as the Yarkovsky effect.
"When that happens, it acts like a thruster and changes the trajectory of the asteroid," Lauretta told Space.com in August. "If you want to be able to predict where an object like Bennu is going to be in the future, you have to account for this phenomenon, and we're going to provide the best-ever scientific investigation of this fascinating concept."
Research Reveals That Hundreds of Black Holes May be Hiding in our Galaxy
Research Reveals That Hundreds of Black Holes May be Hiding in our Galaxy
NASA
IN BRIEF
New research, using advance computer simulations, on a galactic globular cluster reveals a slight change in our understanding of how black holes are formed. It may be possible for one globular cluster to host several hundred black holes — an occurrence previously thought to be impossible.
Globular clusters are collections of stars that orbit around a galactic center. Most are ancient and generally considered uneventful, remnants of a star system’s early, first few billion, years. A team of researchers from the University of Surrey, however, thinks there may be more to these clusters than we can actually see.
Using advance computer modeling, researchers Miklos Peuten and Mark Gieles chose to study a globular cluster called NGC 6101 — mainly because this ancient cluster showed a less concentrated distribution of stars, unlike younger clusters.
What they discovered when mapping NGC 6101 over its lifetime of 13 billion years might change our understanding of how black holes are formed.
RIDDLED WITH HOLES
It turns out, NGC 6101’s less concentrated distribution of stars may be due to the large population of black holes within the cluster itself.
Black holes are not observable via telescope, because no light escape from of them. “In order to find them, we look for their gravitational effect on their surroundings. Using observations and simulations, we are able to spot the distinctive clues to their whereabouts and therefore effectively ‘see’ the un-seeable”, explains Peuten.
Image source: University of Surrey
Originally, a black hole was thought to be expelled from its parent cluster during its supernova explosion. NGC 6101 shows that it may not entirely be the case. It seems that it’s possible for black holes to stay within their parent cluster. This is the first time such a population of black holes existing within a globular cluster was detected.
In 2013 astrophysicists discovered that some individual black holes can stay within globular clusters, a phenomena possible because a companion star donates material to the black hole.
To Bennu and Back: NASA Just Launched the First-Ever Asteroid Return Mission
To Bennu and Back: NASA Just Launched the First-Ever Asteroid Return Mission
OSIRIS-REx will travel to near-Earth asteroid Bennu on a sample return mission. Credits: NASA
IN BRIEF
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has launched aboard an Atlas V 411 rocket. It's headed towards the asteroid Bennu, which could hold some pretty incredible secrets about our origins. It's so incredible that the principle investigator of the mission already has plans for a second trip.
We just had our first ever landing on a comet in 2014 (and we finally found Philae this week!). Now, we’re going to an asteroid and coming back. Can you believe it?
Tonight, the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft launched aboard an Atlas V 411 rocket. But it has quite the journey ahead of it—it’s not slated to reach its target until 2018.
Just what is that target? A Near-Earth asteroid called Bennu.
NASA
OSIRIS-REX
The OSIRIS-REx mission hopes to answer some of the biggest questions about our existence: Where did humans come from? How did the Earth form?
It might seem strange that we’re heading to an asteroid for the answer, but scientists expect that Bennu may hold clues to the origin of the Solar System and the source of the water and organic molecules that may have made their way to Earth.
As previously mentioned, this won’t be a quick trip. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has an approximately two-year cruise to reach Bennu. Upon arrival, OSIRIS-REx will spend another two years conducting surface mapping and sample site reconnaissance operations before performing the sampling maneuver in 2020. OSIRIS-REx will then deliver the pristine sample of Bennu back to Earth in 2023.
The craft comes equipped with many instruments vital to exploring Bennu, such as the OSIRIS-REx Camera Suite (OCAMS), whicha system consisting of three cameras. Additionally, the spacecraft has two systems that will enable the sample collection and return, including the Touch-And-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism (TAGSAM), which isan articulated robotic arm with a sampler head to collect a sample of Bennu’s surface. Fun Fact: the design for the TAGSAM began as a red solo cup and some compressed gas in one of the scientist’s driveways.
This is an artist's concept of NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid-sample-return spacecraft arriving at the asteroid Bennu.
Credits: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab
This is an artist's concept of the impact that created the asteroid Bennu. Scientists think Bennu formed when some of the rubble from a collision like this coalesced under its own gravity.
Credits: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab
WHY BENNU?
There’s a few reasons scientists chose Bennu over the more than 500,000 other known asteroids in our Solar System. First, did we mention that Bennu is one of the most potentially hazardous asteroids out there? According to NASA, there’s a relatively high probability that good old Bennu will collide with Earth (but not until late in the 22nd century, so a problem for future generations).
Still, scientists are being proactive. OSIRIS-REx will help determine Bennu’s physical and chemical properties, which will be critical to know in the event of an impact mitigation mission.
Bennu is also in close proximity to Earth. The closest asteroids to Earth are called Near-Earth Objects (NEOs). As the name suggests, NEOs are objects that orbit within 1.3 AU of the Sun. (1 AU = the distance between Earth and the Sun, or ~93 million miles) For a sample return mission like OSIRIS-REx, the most accessible asteroids for a spacecraft to reach are located between 1.6 AU and 0.8 AU. The ideal asteroid has an Earth-like orbit with low eccentricity and inclination—just like Bennu.
Another reason scientists chose Bennu was because asteroids like it contain natural resources such as water, organics, and precious metals. In the future, we could mine these. In fact, asteroids may one day fuel the exploration of the solar system by robotic and manned spacecraft.
“What could you do with that material to go farther in space? That’s where I see the real possibility,” says Dante Lauretta, Principal Investigator for OSIRIS-REx. Lauretta has big hopes for the craft, as well as Bennu. “I fully expect Bennu will be visited again after OSIRIS-REx,” says Lauretta.
WETENSCHAPIn de data die in 2012 het bestaan van het Higgsboson hebben bevestigd, zijn signalen van een nieuw elementair deeltje gevonden, zo hebben meerdere gespecialiseerde websites bericht. Het ding kreeg de voorlopige naam Madala.
Het signaal kwam voor het eerst naar boven tijdens experimenten in de gigantische deeltjesversnelker LHC bij het Centrum voor Nucleair Onderzoek (CERN) in Genève. Zij bevestigden het bestaan van het door de Schot Peter Higgs, en de Belgen François Englert en Robert Brout, een halve eeuw daarvoor voorspelde Higgsboson dat het sluitstuk vormt van het standaardmodel omtrent het wezen van de materie. Het geeft alle andere deeltjes hun massa.
In 2015 en 2016 zagen wetenschappers van de Universiteit van Witwatersrand (Zuid-Afrika) opnieuw het signaal van dat mogelijk nieuw deeltje. Eenmaal er bevestiging komt van zijn bestaan, kan dit veel bijdragen tot de kennis over de plaats van de mysterieuze donkere materie in het heelal.
Niettegenstaande het Higgsboson het standaardmodel deed kloppen, kan het nieuwe deeltje het bestaan of gedrag van die donkere materie immers niet verklaren. Het zwaardere Madala lijkt volgens de wetenschappers immers met donkere materie in interactie te zijn, in tegenstelling tot het Higgsboson dat enkel in interactie is met de gekende materie die slechts vier procent uitmaakt van de massa en de energie in de kosmos.
Het Higgsboson heeft een massa van ongeveer 126 GeV (gigaelektronvolt), het hypothetische Madala zou zich rond 270 GeV situeren.
Overigens leverden de experimenten in 2015 en 2016 aanwijzingen op voor een nog zwaarder boson.
VIDEODe NASA heeft gisterenavond de sonde OSIRIS-REx naar asteroïde Bennu gelanceerd. De sonde moet stalen van de asteroïde meenemen om terug te brengen naar de Aarde. De terugkeer van de sonde wordt in 2023 verwacht.
De OSIRIS-REx van zes meter lang en 2.100 kilogram werd om 19.05 uur (vrijdag 01.05 uur Belgische tijd) bij een heldere hemel gelanceerd vanaf Cape Canaveral. "Ons ruimtevaartuig OSIRIS-REx is onderweg, en alles verloopt volgens schema", zo zei de NASA op Twitter.
Het is de eerste keer dat NASA stalen gaat afnemen op een asteroïde. Daarvoor zal de OSIRIS-REx eerst nog foto's nemen en andere onderzoeken doen met behulp van vijf wetenschappelijke instrumenten en camera's.
Gevaarlijkste bekende asteroïde Bennu, met een diameter van ongeveer 490 meter, werd in 1999 ontdekt en wordt als de gevaarlijkste bekende asteroïde beschouwd. Wetenschappers achten het immers mogelijk dat Bennu in de 22ste eeuw de aarde zal raken. Al is die kans slechts 1 op de 2.700, de impact ervan zou ongeveer 80.000 keer krachtiger zijn dan de atoombom op Hiroshima, aan het einde van de Tweede Wereldoorlog.
De OSIRIS-REx moet Bennu bereiken in augustus 2018 en zou in 2020 met een robotarm een staal tussen 60 gram en twee kilogram moeten kunnen nemen, om in 2023 terug te keren naar de aarde. In totaal zal het ruimtetuig meer dan 650 miljoen kilometer afleggen.
De missie zal wetenschappers helpen de impact die asteroïden hebben op de aarde beter te begrijpen. Daarnaast zullen ze ook meer te weten komen over de geschiedenis van Bennu van de laatste 4,5 miljard jaar en over de evolutie van het zonnestelsel.
Een historisch manuscript van de Maya's dat dateert uit de dertiende eeuw, werd als sinds de ontdekking ervan in de jaren 1960 beschouwd als een vervalsing. Nu blijkt dat het om met oudste bestaande manuscript uit Amerika gaat.
Sinds de ontdekking van de Grolier-codex in de jaren zestig, bestaat er veel controverse rond het document. Plunderaars vonden het manuscript in een grot in Chiapas in Mexico, samen met zes andere voorwerpen, waaronder een offermes.
Hoewel wetenschappers de authenticiteit van de andere voorwerpen konden bevestigen, bestond er in het academische milieu twijfel over de echtheid van het manuscript. Onderzoekers suggereerden dat de plunderaars mogelijk genoeg afwisten van het Mayaschrift en de gebruikte materialen om het boek zelf te fabriceren. Verzamelaar Josué Sáenz opperde bovendien dat het document verschilde van andere exemplaren uit de Mayacultuur.
"Het werd een soort van dogma dat het vals was," vertelt onderzoeker Stephen Houston van Brown University in Rhode Island die aan de studie meewerkte. "We besloten om terug te keren en het grondig te onderzoeken, om alle kritieken een voor een te checken. Nu brengen we een definitieve kopie van het boek uit. Het lijdt geen twijfel dat de Grolier-codex authentiek is."
Dankzij koolstofdatering kon vastgesteld worden dat de Grolier ouder is dan de andere gekende Maya-codices, waardoor het exemplaar het oudste bestaande manuscript is.
"Een beredeneerde afweging van het bewijs laat maar ruimte voor één mogelijke conclusie: uit de Precolumbiaanse periode blijven vier intacte Maya-codices over en een daarvan is de Grolier. [De studie] is een bevestiging dat het manuscript, in tegenstelling tot sommige beweringen, echt is," zo luidt de verklaring van de onderzoekers. Het team is ervan overtuigd dat de plunderaars vijftig jaar geleden niet in staat waren om een dergelijke overtuigende vervalsing te maken.
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Astronauts and 'Star Trek': How a TV Show Inspired Real Space Travelers
Astronauts and 'Star Trek': How a TV Show Inspired Real Space Travelers
By Elizabeth Howell, Space.com Contributor
NASA astronaut Terry Virts took this image from the International Space Station in 2015 to honor Leonard Nimoy, who had recently died. The gesture is one of many astronaut connections to "Star Trek."
Terry Virts was halfway through an International Space Station mission when the lifelong Trekkie received some sad news: Leonard Nimoy, who played the beloved Vulcan character Spock, had died at age 83.
During a busy day on Feb. 28, 2015, Virts, an Expedition 42-43 spaceflyer, received an email with the news from a friend in NASA's astronaut office. Virts wanted to commemorate Nimoy's passing; with time on the space station often scheduled in 5-minute increments, however, he had only moments to reflect.
"The idea came to me: I'll do the Vulcan 'live long and prosper' sign with Earth in the background," Virts told Space.com in an interview. "So I ran and tweeted it in literally a few minutes. That was the only time I had."
The Twitter post generated more than 38,000 retweets and was widely covered by worldwide media. Coincidentally, the picture was taken over Nimoy's birthplace of Boston. While this is one of the most famous examples of "Star Trek" influence reaching into orbit, astronauts and "Star Trek" have intersected in many ways over the past 50 years.
Early influences
When "Star Trek" first aired, on Sept. 8, 1966, the American human space program was only four years old. NASA was practicing rendezvous, docking and spacewalks in the agency's Gemini program. The Apollo moon landingswere still three years away, and the space shuttle was only just being designed.
It was an exciting time for future American astronauts, including Virts, Tom Jones and Mike Massimino. All three would become shuttle and space station astronauts, and they told Space.com that the 1960s space program highly inspired them as children. "Star Trek" was a lesser influence, they said.
"I really liked the original series, but I don't think it was an inspiration," said Massimino, 54, who participated in two Hubble Space Telescope repair missions. He said he remembers sitting in kindergarten knowing he would watch the series with his older brother that night. He caught the show again in reruns, but he said his real inspiration came from Neil Armstrong — the first moonwalking astronaut — and "those guys" from the Apollo program.
Tom Jones, 61, said he remembers watching the original series when he was about 11. At the time, he was already following the "space race" between the United States and the Soviet Union to the moon in newspapers and on television, he said.
"When they brought out a new series like 'Star Trek,' it was an additional push toward space as a career possibility," Jones said, but he added that he caught the space bug from several sources. Still, he said he would run home from his Boy Scout meetings three blocks away to catch the opening moments of the show on Friday nights.
Actress Nichelle Nichols (Uhura in Star Trek) toured Johnson Space Center in Houston on March 4, 1977, while Apollo 12 lunar module pilot and Skylab II commander Alan Bean showed her what it felt like inside the Lower Body Negative Pressure Device and showed her how the Shuttle Procedures Simulator operated.
Credit: NASA
Appearing on the show
Virts, 48, said he recently found a picture of himself from his elementary school years, wearing a yellow "Star Trek" shirt. He used to watch reruns of the show at his father's house and think of how cool it would be to have a communicator — just like the smartphone version he uses today, like for the Space.com interview, he joked.
"Star Trek" continued as a constant through his early career, Virts said, adding that he remembers discussing Captain James T. Kirk's leadership style in classes at the U.S. Air Force Academy. The first "Star Trek" movie, in 1979, also resonated with Virts, he said, because it mentioned a real-life space mission called Voyager.
While Virts was a fan of "Star Trek" and "Star Wars," he said he considered the series about "dreaming what was possible in a cool way that was more sparking the imagination." That's why he said the science-fiction series were only a partial influence, because he could see NASA doing real things as they proceeded through the Apollo, Skylab and early shuttle programs.
Virts got a surprise invitation to be on the very last "Star Trek: Enterprise" episode in 2005 after being a mission backup for Mike Fincke, an Expedition 9 astronaut. Fincke, for his part, spoke with Scott Bakula (who played Captain Jonathan Archer on "Enterprise") during his time in space.
Scott Bakula, who played Captain Jonathan Archer on Star Trek: Enterprise, stands with astronauts Terry Virts and Mike Fincke on set. The two astronauts made guest appearances on the series finale episode “These Are The Voyages …” March 2005.
Credit: NASA
After Fincke's flight, he and Virts were at NASA contractor meetings in Los Angeles when they were invited on the set of "Enterprise" and eventually given a short cameo. Their appearance put the astronauts in a select group of "Star Trek"-appearing spaceflyers; the first was Mae Jemison, who appeared on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" in 1993.
Virts' "Star Trek" connection persisted for years afterward. In 2009, Virts recorded a special feature for a "Star Trek" DVD set. And recently, Virts sat at a table with the original series' George Takei (who played Hikaru Sulu) during a charity event led by Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin.
"I showed him the Spock Vulcan symbol [tweeted from space], and he told me some cool stories about Leonard Nimoy," Virts recalled. "It was surreal. [I thought], 'When I was little, I watched you in reruns, and now I'm having dinner with you.' Having been to space myself, I am having dinner with Mr. Sulu. It was really amazing."
These days, Virts is working on a space photography book that should be published next fall. No word yet on if the Vulcan salute will be part of the collection. [Star Trek's George Takei Talks with Space.com (Video)]
Inspiring the next generation
Massimino is now the senior advisor for space programs for the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, an attraction housed on an aircraft carrier in New York City. The museum is hosting the traveling "Trek"-themed exhibit "Star Trek: The Starfleet Academy Experience" on the adjacent pier.
"Star Trek" has some potential to inspire kids, but it's not necessarily a way to educate them, Massimino said. He added that he is working to educate people in other ways — through his new book coming out Oct. 4, by teaching at Columbia University and also spending time at the Intrepid.
Jones — who has written several books for the public in the past few years — pointed out that even though "Star Trek" and real spaceflight are not exactly the same, some things from the series have already come true. One highlight of his shuttle career was working directly with the Russians — mirroring the cooperation shown in the show — on the International Space Station. (On his last flight, on STS-98 in 2001, his crew delivered the U.S. Destiny Laboratory Module to the orbiting complex.)
"We were in the pioneering stages of space exploration, even in the shuttle era," Jones said. "We didn't expect to live life according to the 'Star Trek' model, but it was fun to see what parallels were there."
The Dawn spacecraft used futuristic ion engines to fly between the asteroid Vesta and the dwarf planet Ceres. Ion drives are one of many "Star Trek" technologies NASA is pursuing.
Credit: NASA
"Star Trek" technologies are starting to become a reality in our everyday lives; just ask anyone who owns a cellphone or tries a virtual reality headset. But how real are these "Star Trek" technologies in space today, 50 years after the iconic science fiction series' TV debut? While the tech for warp drives and transporters remains elusive, NASA is using some technology in space that would be at home on the starship Enterprise.
Five-year mission planning
One key way NASA is emulating "Star Trek" is by finding ways for humans to spend years in space without requiring constant resupply missions from Earth, said Jason Crusan, NASA's director for advanced exploration systems. This means using the International Space Station as a test bed for technology that can extend an astronaut's stay in space and thus could be used one day on the long journey to Mars.
"Humans have a lot of salt in our waste," Crusan told Space.com. So, in late June, NASA awarded Paragon Space Development Corp. a $5.1 million contract to create a Brine Processor Assembly for flight in 2018. This assembly is expected to remove brine and recover up to 94 percent of the water from urine, NASA officials said in a statement.
Ongoing technology developments also allow astronauts to manufacture their own tools using 3D printing and to use atmospheric monitors to check the air in the cabin environment for contaminants. Those monitors shrink huge gas chromatography mass spectrometry units, which identify different substances in test samples, to about the size of a toaster.
All of these are important considerations in sending a future crew to Mars in an Orion spacecraft, along with one to three other habitat modules attached to provide extra room, Crusan said. This "Orion plus" spacecraft would likely have solar electric propulsion capability — engines that ionize noble gases to give a small amount of thrust and run for long periods of time, Crusan said.
"Humans have a lot of salt in our waste," Crusan told Space.com. So, in late June, NASA awarded Paragon Space Development Corp. a $5.1 million contract to create a Brine Processor Assembly for flight in 2018. This assembly is expected to remove brine and recover up to 94 percent of the water from urine, NASA officials said in a statement.
Ongoing technology developments also allow astronauts to manufacture their own tools using 3D printing and to use atmospheric monitors to check the air in the cabin environment for contaminants. Those monitors shrink huge gas chromatography mass spectrometry units, which identify different substances in test samples, to about the size of a toaster.
All of these are important considerations in sending a future crew to Mars in an Orion spacecraft, along with one to three other habitat modules attached to provide extra room, Crusan said. This "Orion plus" spacecraft would likely have solar electric propulsion capability — engines that ionize noble gases to give a small amount of thrust and run for long periods of time, Crusan said.
Batchelor recently republished a list of "Star Trek" technologies used in real life; this list has been available in different versions on NASA's website since 1993, and he is asked to update it every once in a while, he told Space.com.
Indeed, there have been several recent additions to that list. Lasers have been used to send test communications to the moon. NASA is simulating its new space transportation system using supercomputers. "Super-telescopes," such as Kepler and the Hubble Space Telescope, are discovering and exploring strange new worlds from a distance. And there are even androids (of a sort) on Mars.
"Although they're not shaped like Mr. Data, the Curiosity rover and rovers like that are actually robotic," Batchelor said. "They are autonomous, and they do things according to a plan, without [immediate] human intervention."
Fire safety
The Mir space station, which operated from 1986 to 2001, experienced a serious fire late in its operational phase, so NASA and its Russian partners on the International Space Station are well aware of the danger that fire poses to human lives in space. But fire behaves much differently in microgravity, and of course, no one wants to conduct tests near astronauts. Understanding how to mitigate fire is one of the biggest ways to keep astronauts safe for long periods of time.
"Fire is really bad in space, obviously, and we also don't understand it," Crusan said. NASA's solution is to set a fire inside the Cygnus spacecraft after it undocks from the station, in a mission called the Spacecraft Fire Experiment (Saffire) series. The first experiment in the series ran in June on a single 16-by-37-inch (41 by 94 centimeters) fiberglass and cotton cloth, known as a SIBAL cloth. (SIBAL is short for "Solid Inflammability Boundary at Low Speed.")
Saffire-II will look at nine smaller segments, and Saffire-III will have a large sample again. By the fourth, fifth and sixth increments, NASA plans to bring a combustion product monitor along to monitor the experiment — it's an advanced version of a smoke detector, Crusan said. It uses lasers to look at the chemical compounds emitted even before humans are aware there is smoke.
NASA employees continue to see "Star Trek" as inspiration for more "Star Trek" space exploration technologies, Batchelor added. "There are certainly plenty of NASA employees that are 'Star Trek' fans," he said, adding, "People do try to make it happen."
Creating warp drive
During a "Trek Talk" panel discussion at "Star Trek": Mission New York on Sept. 4, 2016, Michelle Thaller, deputy director of science communications at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, discussed how the advanced technologies of "Star Trek" are being explored in modern physics labs today.
"You can't invent something if you haven't imagined it," Thaller said, in reference to warp drives and transporters used in "Star Trek."
The idea behind being able to change the nature of space-time to travel faster than the speed of light — the fundamental concept behind a warp drive — "may turn out to be the real foundation of the next phase of modern physics," Thaller said.
For example, scientists have had success with experiments involving quantum teleportation, which is the process of "teleporting" very small atoms or molecules from one location to another. These particles never travel; rather, they stop existing in one place and start existing in another, Thaller explained. (It's the quantum information about the object that goes from one place to another.)
"Quantum teleportation, we believe, probably works because every particle in the universe is connected to every other particle by a wormhole — by some sort of tie through space-time that we are only just becoming aware of now," Thaller said. "It is still theoretical at this point, but we believe that our experiments really require that to be true."
Now, scientists are exploring the separation between space and time, Thaller said. "There may be a very deep, underlying, physical connection that we can use to make a warp drive or teleporter. That [idea] is real; it is what is actually going on in modern physics right now."
Additional reporting by Samantha Mathewson, Space.com staff writer, from New York City. Follow Elizabeth Howell @howellspace, or Space.com@Spacedotcom. We're also on Facebook and Google+. Original article onSpace.com.
Ovnis : «10 % des phénomènes demeurent inexpliqués»
Ovnis : «10 % des phénomènes demeurent inexpliqués»
Jean-Paul Aguttes a été responsable des avant-projets de satellites au CNES./Photo Frédéric Maligne, Cnes
Hier soir, Jean-Paul Aguttes, responsable du Geipan, l'organisme du Cnes qui étudie les phénomènes aérospationaux non identifiés, était l'invité d'un repas de passionnés d'Ovnis àToulouse. L'occasion de faire le point sur les activités du Geipan.
Quel est l'objectif du Geipan ?
Le Geipan est chargé d'apporter une réponse aux personnes qui sont témoins de phénomènes insolites visuels ou sonores dans le ciel qu'ils ne comprennent pas. Nous essayons de trouver une explication.
Comment traitez-vous ces témoignages ?
Le témoin peut d'abord se documenter sur notre site sur les méprises les plus courantes, et souvent trouver lui-même une explication à ce qu'il a vu, ce qui fait un premier tri. S'il ne trouve pas de solution, il remplit un questionnaire qui nous est soumis. Si la première étude du témoignage ne nous permet pas d'identifier le phénomène, nous menons une enquête sur le terrain. Nous rencontrons le témoin et faisons des mesures et des reconstitutions sur le site. Quand on n'arrive toujours pas à identifier le phénomène, un collège d'experts se réunit. Il comprend des spécialistes de nombreuses disciplines : sciences humaines, astronomie, météorologie, plasma, rayonnements, aéronautique.
Quelle part de phénomènes rapportés reste inexpliquée ?
Environ 10 % des phénomènes sont classés comme non identifiés sur les 250 dossiers qui nous sont soumis en moyenne chaque année.
Quelles sont les méprises les plus fréquentes ?
Ce qui relève de l'aéronautique - les avions, les ballons et les lanternes thaï - représente 40 à 50 % des dossiers. Les lanternes thaï sont tellement fréquentes que nous avons mis en ligne toute une documentation pour permettre aux témoins de les identifier et de réduire le nombre de dossiers. En seconde position, il y a les phénomènes astronomiques : étoiles, planètes, etc. Puis les satellites, et les phénomènes atmosphériques comme les nuages.
Les signalisations augmentent-elles ?
Après une croissance ces deux dernières années du fait des lanternes thaï, ça tend à se stabiliser.
Les drones font-ils augmenter ces signalisations ?
Ce n'est pas encore vraiment le cas, mais les drones nous préoccupent. Ils se développent rapidement et sont difficilement identifiables parce qu'ils peuvent prendre des aspects très variés que l'on peut confondre avec les phénomènes inexpliqués : des phénomènes très fugitifs, qui bougent beaucoup dans le ciel. Donc on se renseigne sur eux, leurs formes, ce qu'ils peuvent faire ou ne pas faire. Mais on pense que les signalisations devraient augmenter en raison du développement des drones.
Certains des phénomènes inexpliqués peuvent-ils avoir une origine extraterrestre ?
Si on étudie ces phénomènes, c'est qu'on considère que ça fait aussi partie des hypothèses, mais avec une vraisemblance très faible, et parmi beaucoup d'autres. Mais on doit rester ouvert sur ces domaines-là. Au Geipan, on explique ce qu'on peut expliquer dans les limites de la connaissance actuelle. Quand on ne trouve pas d'explication, parmi les explications possibles, il y a des explications conventionnelles qu'on finit par trouver avec de nouvelles connaissances, et pourquoi pas l'hypothèse extraterrestre, mais c'est vraiment par défaut.
Les phénomènes du département
En 2015, 14 phénomènes aérospatiaux insolites constatés en ex-région Midi-Pyrénées ont été signalés au Geipan. La moitié d'entre eux ont été observés en Haute-Garonne. Sur ces sept cas, un a été parfaitement identifié, cinq probablement identifiés et un autre a été classé non identifiable faute d'informations. Le dernier cas non identifié en Haute-Garonne remonte à août 2011. Un étudiant ingénieur avait alors déclaré avoir vu à Toulouse, depuis son balcon, le déplacement silencieux d'un engin volant triangulaire. Le Geipan estime que le témoin est crédible, mais que faute d'autres témoins et de trace enregistrée, le cas est de type non identifié, mais de «consistance faible».
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UFOs: I KNOW WHAT I SAW - 2016 Best UFO HD Movie UFOTV®
UFOs: I KNOW WHAT I SAW - 2016 Best UFO HD Movie UFOTV®
Published on Dec 3, 2014
UFOTV® Accept no Imitations! (Please vote thumbs up!) What people say about I KNOW WHAT I SAW - "Compelling" - Steven Spielberg, "The Real Close Encounters - Larry King, CNN. "The most compelling film on the subject to date." - Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut. Government and Military Officials reveal the truth about UFOs. The most credible UFO witnesses from around the world tell stories that challenge reality in I KNOW WHAT I SAW, a documentary guaranteed to change the way we see the universe. Director James Fox brings together the testimony of Air Force generals, astronauts, military and commercial pilots, government and FAA officials from seven countries; their accounts reveal the reasons those involved at the highest levels have chosen government secrecy over public disclosure in I KNOW WHAT I SAW here on UFOTV®.
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THE SECRET INTERSTELLAR STAR-FLEET - HIDDEN FROM HUMANITY
THE SECRET INTERSTELLAR STAR-FLEET - HIDDEN FROM HUMANITY
Footage captured by Jose Escamilla has sparked hot debate in circles of space enthusiasts, as it appears to depict images of a secret interstellar Starfleet. For some theorists, this footage could confirm the rumours that Earth has established an enormous military presence in space. This theory has been growing in popularity in recent years and has attracted some high-profile proponents such as Robert O. Dean and Garry McKinnon.
NEW FOOTAGE APPEARS TO SHOW AN INTERSTELLAR STAR FLEET FROM EARTH
Rumours have been circulating about the United States military developing interstellar technology for years now with grave suspicions that they were assisted with sinister pacts with an alien species. The theory goes that while the United States has had the technology to design and construct an interstellar fleet of star ships for years, they have had to conceal the technology from the general public as part of their agreement with the alien species how furnished them with the knowledge. More recently, it has been suspected that the United States’ closest military ally, the United Kingdom, has joined the United States in creating secret and advanced space technology. This video has confirmed for many that believe this theory that the UK and the USA are currently patrolling the edges of our solar system.
The reason for these patrols is unknown at this point. Some believe that Earth is displaying their military prowess on the edges of the solar system to deter some alien threat. Others say that it may even be possible that Earth has been involved in some inter-galactic war over the past couple of decades without the knowledge or consent of the general public.
Sceptics have been quick to pour cold water on this speculation. Many have said that the images simply depict normal man-made satellites, and that humanity is years from developing the kind of space technology referred to in these theories. However, the objects depicted in the video footage are far larger than the satellites and space shuttles that NASA has ever released for public viewing, which seems to contradict the sceptics somewhat.
UFO - SPACESHIP with ALIENS in Forest filmed by Hikers - Poland !!! May 2016
UFO - SPACESHIP with ALIENS in Forest filmed by Hikers - Poland !!! May 2016
May 2016 - Poland, Bialowieza Forest. Very rare footage from hikers who filmed UFO/spaceship with aliens in Forest.
Watch the VIDEO HERE !
Emilcin Abduction was a supposed alien abduction of farmer, Jan Wolski in May 1978. There was little media attention at the time. A monument was subsequently erected in Emilcin, Poland, at the site where the abduction is said to have taken place.
an Wolski (29 May 1907 – 8 January 1990) was out driving a horse-drawn cart early on 10 May 1978 when he says he was jumped by two "short, green-faced humanoid entities" about 5 feet (1.5 m) tall. The two beings jumped onto Wolski's cart and, according to Wolski, sat next to him and started to speak in a strange language. Originally he had mistaken them for foreigners because of their "slanted eyes and prominent cheekbones." Wolski drove his cart, with the two beings aboard, to a clearing where he says a large object was hovering.
According to Wolski, a purely white unidentified flying object, about 14.75 feet (4.5 m) – 16.5 feet (5.0 m) in height and "as long as a bus," hovered in the air at an altitude of about 16 feet (4.9 m). There were no notable external features of the craft (i.e. lights, joints, etc.). Wolski mentioned that there were four objects on the craft made of a black material that appeared to be drill-like in appearance, which generated a humming sound. An elevator-like platform attached to the hovering craft descended to the ground.
Wolski then claims that he was taken aboard the ship with two additional entities he met near the flying object. He was then gestured to "dress down" (take off his clothes). There were about eight or ten benches situated around the craft, each the size for one person to sit in. There were some rooks in front of the door which was moving its legs and wings but seemed to be immobilizied. Wolski claims that he was then examined with a tool that resembled two dishes or "saucers." After this, he was ordered to redress, and it was then that he noticed there were no lights or windows on the craft, only the daylight coming through the craft's door. Entities ate and offered him something like icicles but he refused. The craft's interior was described as black with a greyish tint, similar to that of the creatures' outfits.
Afterwards, Wolski returned home to his family and notified them of what had just happened, urging them to come see the floating craft. He notified his sons who called to other neighbours, and together they went to investigate the site. The grass where the craft had been had signs of usage in it, being "trodden down covered with dew and paths coming in all directions." Wolski returned home, leaving the rest of the neighbours and family at the site. Wolski's sons claim that there were footprints left behind by the beings, though they did not detail whether the footprints were larger or smaller than their own.
A six-year-old boy claims to have witnessed a bus-like craft hover over a barn, then climb high into the sky and vanish.
Wolski explained these memories in an interview with Henryk Pomorski and Krystyna Adamczyk in July 1978, two months following the incident. The audio tape of the interview was kept in a private archive for a long time before being released to the public.
In 2005, a memorial was constructed in Emilcin at 51°8′2.63″N 22°2′16.16″E to commemorate the alien abduction of Jan Wolski. The text in Polish, read: "On 10 May 1978 in Emilcin a UFO object landed. The truth will astonish us in the future".
Russian Pilot reported close encounter with Two UFOs !!!
Russian Pilot reported close encounter with Two UFOs !!!
July 2016 - Russia, Kursk area - 60,000ft. Russian military pilot reported a close encounter with two UFOs, they were filmed by on-board camera.
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UFOs over RUSSIA
The Russians approached the subject of UFOs with the utmost seriousness and attention to detail. Boris Sokolov, a retired Russian colonel ran an in-depth study in 1980. "For 10 years," Sokolov said, "the entire Soviet Union became one gigantic UFO listening post."
There were 40 cases where pilots encountered UFOs, explained Sokolov. Initially, they were commanded to chase, then shoot the UFO. But when the pilots engaged, the UFO would speed up. On two occasions, pilots gave chase, lost control and crashed, with the crew killed on impact. After these unfortunate incidents, the pilots received another order: When they saw a UFO they should change course - and get out.
On October 5, 1983 Sokolov received an order from his commander to leave immediately for the Ukraine. A report from the base commander to the Chief of the General Staff claimed that the day before, from 4 until 8 in the evening, a UFO had been observed near the base. During that time, the missile launch codes had mysteriously been enabled. How this happened has never adequately been explained.
Dr Rimili Avramenko, a Russian scientist revealed that during the Vietnam War, a massive UFO flew over Hanoi. Although every major weapon in that city had its sights set on the craft, it didn't budge.
UFO sightings by Soviet cosmonauts are not uncommon. Unlike American astronauts' reluctance to talk about the subject, Soviet references to UFOs were reported from the very beginning, with Yuri Gagarin himself. In documents, Gagarin is quoted as saying UFOs are real, they fly at incredible speeds and that he would tell more about what he had seen in orbit - provided he be given permission to do so.
According to Cosmonaut Mus Manarov on the 1991 Mir Mission: “It happened during a visit mission, when all our attention was focused on the slowly approaching space capsule… It is possible that it was a kind of UFO.”
Yuri Andropov, the former Soviet leader and long-time head of the KGB, had an acute personal interest in UFOs and ordered a 13-year programme that required every soldier in the military to monitor sightings over Russian territory.
Through Andropov's personal interest, in 1978, two committees were established to investigate UFOs, one military and one civilian. Andropov ordered four million Soviet soldiers to file detailed reports of incidents.
According to some sources, the programme led to hundreds of thousands of sightings being recorded in the 13 years before it was abandoned with the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1990.
However, most cases had a 'rational explanation and were mainly linked to technical issues like missile launches'.
Waarom landen UFO’s niet in de voortuin van het Witte Huis?
Waarom landen UFO’s niet in de voortuin van het Witte Huis?
Amerikaanse miljardairs weigeren het UFO-fenomeen serieus te nemen, maar doneren wel aan het SETI-instituut. Er was echter één uitzondering, schrijft directeur van de Indian Society for Extraterrestrial Studies (INSETS) Sabir Hussain voor de krant The New Indian Express.
Filantroop en miljardair Laurence Rockefeller (1910-2004), de vierde zoon van John D. Rockefeller, richtte in 1993 het UFO Disclosure Initiative op. Hij drong er bij president Clinton op aan om alle informatie die de CIA en de luchtmacht sinds de jaren veertig hadden verzameld over UFO’s, vrij te geven.
Bill Clinton en Laurence Rockefeller in 1995
Een jaar later gaf Clinton opdracht miljoenen geheime stukken te openbaren. In Frankrijk resulteerden de inspanningen van Rockefeller in 1999 in het beroemde Cometa-rapport. De miljardair financierde ook het onderzoek van de bekende Harvard-professor dr. John Mack, die een bestseller schreef over buitenaardse ontvoeringen, en het Disclosure Project van dr. Steven Greer.
Systematisch mishandeld
Hussain schrijft dat UFO’s sinds de jaren veertig duizenden individuen hebben benaderd en uitgebreide informatie hebben gegeven over de planetenstelsels waaruit zij afkomstig waren. ‘Contactees’ kregen vooral te horen dat de mensheid de aarde systematisch mishandelt, met ecologische crises tot gevolg.
Iedere keer als mensen over hun ervaringen spreken worden ze voor gek versleten of uitgelachen door de mainstream media, de wetenschappelijke gemeenschap, inlichtingendiensten en de luchtmacht, aldus Hussain.
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En waarom landen ze niet in de voortuin van het Witte Huis? Hij merkt op dat er in 1952 UFO’s zijn verschenen boven het Witte Huis en het Capitool, maar dat de Amerikaanse luchtmacht hierover heeft gelogen door te zeggen dat de waarnemingen waren veroorzaakt door ‘temperatuurinversie’.
De luchtmacht gaf piloten opdracht de objecten uit de lucht te schieten. Frank Feschino schreef er een boek over, getiteld Shoot Them Down – The Flying Saucer Air Wars of 1952.
Belangrijker nog is dat de Amerikaanse president helemaal niet spreekt namens het menselijk ras. Hij spreekt namens de olie-industrie, de wapenindustrie en de multinationals, aldus Hussain. Iedere keer dat ze verschijnen, sturen we onze gevechtstoestellen op ze af.
‘De fout ligt in onszelf’
De UFO’s hebben vervolgens twee mogelijkheden: de straaljagers neerschieten (zoals ze in 1976 boven Teheran hebben gedaan), of het gebied verlaten, wat ze meestal doen.
Shakespeare schreef in Julius Caesar: “De fout, beste Brutus, ligt niet in onze sterren, maar in onszelf.”
“Op dezelfde manier ligt de fout niet in UFO’s, maar in onszelf,” besluit Hussain. “Door onze naïeve, luie, ongeïnteresseerde en schaapachtige houding stellen we een kleine groep mensen in staat om de grootste gebeurtenis in de menselijke geschiedenis verborgen te houden voor de rest van de wereld.”
Bright ORB changing colors over California 7-Sep-2016
Bright ORB changing colors over California 7-Sep-2016
Here’s one new footage of a huge bright orb changing colors. This video was recorded near a place called Marysville in California on Wednesday, 7th September 2016.
Check out this new footage of a multiple unidentified flying objects or orbs flying across the night sky above Los Angeles in California. This was filmed on 7th September 2016.
More than 100 people are said to have seen a UFO fleet make a triangle formation.
Yesterday Express.co.uk exclusively revealed how a female pilot claimed she and her boyfriend were left with a "life-changing" experience after seeing "four UFOs" in the desert during the Contact in the Desert conference in the Joshua Tree National Park, California, which is one of the world's biggest ET conferences.
The woman, who is also a lawyer and has yet to be named, said the possible alien spacecraft appeared on Saturday evening during a special skywatch event in a report to the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) which investigates UFO cases across the globe.
Now a second report about the incident has been filed with MUFON, claiming there were MORE UFOS, and that more than 100 people witnessed the strange triangle formation.
Kristie Cowans has filed a report to MUFON, claiming there was an attempt by the skywatchers known as CE-5 contact, to summon the presence of UFOs through meditation, before the phenomenon.
She said it took place at 10pm local time on Saturday and she had stargazing binoculars and a green laser.
She pointed out there was a small airport to the south and a Marine Base north-east of them, but all the "UFO" activity came from the west going due east.
She wrote: "As we began I was able to spot many stars, planets, planes and satellites as part of the process of really looking at what was above us-then the unexpected happened.
"There was a parade of seven orbs/UFOs flying faster than satellites and as high as planes & helicopters from west over the mountains and disappearing to the east.
"The colours of the orbs were bright, but a diffused soft green, diffused soft red, and diffused soft lilac blue, with the blue one being larger than the others."
CONTACTINTHEDESERT
Contact in the Desert is attended by 1000s of UFO buffs.
There was a parade of seven orbs/UFOs flying faster than satellites and as high as planes & helicopters from west over the mountains and disappearing to the east.
UFO witness Kristie Cowans
"The type of glow was unlike anything I have ever seen in my research on military drones as my skeptical mind considered this possibility.
"They did not look like drones - I saw no structures connected to the glowing lights, the glowing light floated independent of any structure."
The unnamed pilot previously independently reported seeing five of the coloured UFOs.
She described how the first UFO zipped overhead, followed by a third, fourth and fifth, the three of which then formed a triangle formation.
The woman and her boyfriend said they have been left profoundly affected by what they saw and estimated around 30 people in total would have witnessed the event.
Contact in the Desert is a four-day annual event held in the remote desert with several UFO and alien expert speakers and the opportunity for skywatching.
Their sighting and a short video showing the triangle formation is now being investigated by MUFON.
In her report to MUFON, the woman said: "We are both highly educated, professional people with an interest in UFOs.
"He is a Management Consultant and I am an attorney. I am also a private pilot."
She said the pair queued for about an hour for the "Night Vision Experience" which involved scouring space with military grade night vision goggles from around 10pm local time.
She said: "There was a yell from another participant.
"We swung our goggles to look in the northerly direction. I focused on a white, glowing object which looked like a ball of light with fuzzy edges coming over the horizon rather fast, traveling west to east and then slowly disappearing.
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The formation was said to be similar to this one previously snapped by UFO chasers.The Truth Is Out There: 150 years of UFOs
"Process of elimination set in: Not a plane, helicopter because no blinking lights.
“Fuzzy edges, ball shaped.
“Not a satellite because too low on the horizon and moving too fast. These objects were large enough and bright enough to be seen with the naked eye."
She said as they watched, a second object, blue in colour, "came out of the west and traveled rapidly to the east”.
It was ball shaped, glowing, with fuzzy edges, and slowed down, she said.
She added: "The third object then came from the west, this time green in colour. Same shape, characteristics as above. This one slowed down also.
"The fourth, object, I'm uncertain about the colour as people were now very excited and many thoughts were racing through my mind.
"Now, the second, third and fourth object had slowed to a triangle formation. With the apex of the triangle facing up. They did not stop but kept moving to the east."
"Ever since that evening, my boyfriend and I have been processing this event.
"Since then, we have not stopped thinking about what we saw. We are both logical, sane people.
"Neither one of us has ever experienced anything like it in our lives.
"We cannot stop thinking about what we saw at Joshua Tree."
Sceptics suggest that at events where many people attend, particularly when they want to see something, mass hysteria can kick in, an the memory becomes distorted or embellished.
Others have said that drones could be the cause of the sighting, and with it being a UFO conference taking place, it could have been pranksters flying them overhead at the time of the skywatch.
The Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) has been sent a video clip by a stunned unnamed witness who claims to have recorded the fabled craft flying over a major highway.
TR-3B is alleged by conspiracy theorists to be a secret "black project" spy craft of the US Government that can be flown into space.
The allegations are that these crafts are created at top-secret military bases like Area 51 in Nevada, by reverse engineering alien technology.
Others claim they are actual UFOs flown by aliens visiting Earth.
In the video, which lasts nearly two minutes, an apparent black triangle shape is seen slowly moving silently in the sky. It appears to have large pulsating red and green lights, like many previous alleged TR-3B sightings.
Dude, look at this thing, it is not even f***ing moving. Dude, it's f***ing triangular. Holy s*** dude, that is some wicked s***.
TR-3B witness
In a brief report to MUFON, which is the world's largest UFO investigation organisation based in the US, the witness said: "Triangular UFO hovered over route 45 in Mantua, New Jersey, and turned on its side over the road, and then flew sideways towards Philadelphia."
He described the craft as flying extremely slowly, at just around 10 miles per hour.
He said: "I have never encountered any aircraft like this in my life.
"It made no noise and it seemed to have multicoloured lights rotating inside one light.
"Did anyone else witness this at approximately 9:40 pm on June 10th 2016?"
Conspiracy theorists have long claimed the TR-3B Black Mantra is an alleged stealth reconnaissance nuclear-powered triangular shaped craft.
Previous conspiracists have claimed the Black Mantra was developed by the US under a cloud of secrecy in the 1970s, but its existence has never been proved.
Over the years, there have been dozens of reported sightings of mysterious-shaped aircraft in Antelope Valley in the Californian desert - an area known to attract Black Mantra hunters as it is near several military research and testing zones.
But, until now, no clear video footage had been captured.
Conspiracists believe the TR-3B Black Mantra is not the first of its kind and is, in fact, a successor to an earlier TR-3A craft.
There are longstanding rumours about the existence of reconnaissance airplanes of the US Air Force under so-called "black projects".
According to conspiracy theorists, the TR-3A Black Manta is a subsonic stealth spy plane designed by Northrop Gruman and was allegedly used in the Gulf War to guide F-117A Nighthawk bombers.
However, there is no proof or direct evidence of the existence of any of the alleged spy planes.
Last June YouTube UFO channel Secureteam 10 released a video claiming to have found a Black Mantra craft sitting in a crater on the moon in images obtained from a camera mounted on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft.
Earlier that month, Secureteam also posted a video claiming they had found similar craft in NASA images of Dwarf planet Ceres.
But the were widely panned as being an odd-shaped rocks.
MUFON confirmed it is investigating the new footage.
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Our Universe Is Not A Hologram. Alien or Otherwise. Here Is Why!
Our Universe Is Not A Hologram. Alien or Otherwise. Here Is Why!
Sometimes science gives us mind-blowing results that fundamentally force us to revise our perception of the universe we inhabit. From discovering that Earth is a sphere to the theory of special relativity, science has readjusted our grasp of reality time and again. This is not one of those times.
Over the years I have seen many claims that the Universe is a hologram. Vast bands of pseudoscience enthusiasts think they have worked it all out. They believe that the entire universe is a holographic projection. That it is our thought energy that provides the (laser beam) energy to manifest the holographic image we call reality. We, each and every one of us, is a holographic plate (film). And just like a holographic plate, each of us contains all the information in the universe. Because of this, we are literally connected to everything, and, everything is connected to everything else.
In this vast sea of gibberish, they believe their theory of holography accounts for why prayers, meditations, healing, miracles, and instant communication over unlimited distances actually has the power to influence our reality.
This daffy idea even has some supporters in the halls of academia. Nick Bostrom, professor of Philosophy at Oxford University and the Director of the Future of Humanity Institute has offered the theory that we may not actually be what we think we are. We may, in fact, be a holographic program generated by banks of supercomputers created by an alien species.
Since it is coming from an Oxford professor some people may be fooled into thinking it is a smart hypothesis. Mr. Bostrom is a Philosophy professor. One of the superstars of philosophy is Friedrich Nietzsche. He is known to have said some strikingly dumb things such as ‘What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger.‘ Just think about that for a second. Billions of things don’t kill us that don’t make us stronger.
In pop culture, one influence above all others has fed this idea into our collective consciousness. The Matrix movie trilogy. I blame the Wachowski brothers for ruining more minds than syphilis.
But what is the real story?
That “our Universe is a hologram” is perhaps one of the greatest physics-related misconceptions of recent decades. Let me write a clarification in bold so that it will be absolutely clear:
No, our Universe is NOT a hologram! There is ZERO evidence to support this assertion.
It’s just a metaphor used to describe some property we think the universe might have. It has absolutely nothing to do with actual holograms.
Okay, now that we’ve got this covered, let me explain what the holographic principle actually means.
Get ready for some science… I’m going to science the s**t out of this…
The entropy of a black hole is given by the area of its horizon, divided by 4. Now, imagine that you have some volume of space with some matter in it, not necessary a black hole. Is there a similar limit to the total entropy in that volume?
Well, let’s think about it. Intuitively, you can put more and more matter inside that volume of space, thus increasing the entropy within it. But at some point, there will be so much matter inside that it will inevitably collapse into a black hole. In other words, we cannot increase the entropy of a volume of space indefinitely; we can only increase it until it is equal to the surface area of the volume, divided by 4.
Now, entropy is a measure of information; the more information you have, the more entropy you’ll get. So it appears that there is a principle, the holographic principle, which roughly says that the total amount of information inside a volume of space cannot be larger than the amount of information that can be encoded on the boundary of that volume.
The word “principle” here means that it is a principle that you must follow when you try to formulate a theory of quantum gravity. This means that any potential theory of quantum gravity must either be shown to follow this principle or have a very good reason to violate it, otherwise, it is not compatible with the intuitive picture I gave above.
Note that the holographic principle is just a principle with which to formulate certain scientific theories, and not a scientific theory by itself, so it does not have any predictions that can be tested experimentally. So the mere existence of the principle doesn’t mean that “our universe is a hologram” or that our universe actually obeys the holographic principle.
To be perfectly clear: whether our universe obeys the holographic principle or not is a statement that must be tested empirically, but it cannot be tested until we have an actual theory of quantum gravity, which we do not have.
So if someone tells you that “the universe is a hologram”, you can be sure they don’t know what they’re talking about.
The misleading and incorrect articles that frequently appear in the media citing “evidence” that “the universe is a hologram” are usually talking about something called the AdS/CFT conjecture. Let me first make another very important clarification in bold:
The AdS/CFT conjecture suggests a purely mathematical relation between two completely unrealistic theories, one on the “AdS” side and one on the “CFT” side, and it says absolutely nothing whatsoever about the real universe that we live in.
The AdS/CFT conjecture gives a mathematical model in which the holographic principle seems to work. As I said above, this mathematical model is not a realistic one, and it has nothing to do with our own universe.
Why do we study it if it’s not realistic? There is a concept called a “toy theory”. A toy theory is a theory that we know is not realistic in any way, but we study it mainly for three reasons:
It is a very simple model, so we can perform calculations on it that we can’t do in more realistic models; and/or
We have no realistic model, so we make do with what we have.
Give us a reason to stand in front of our whiteboards and look deep in thought.
Okay, now, what does the AdS/CFT conjecture actually say? Without going too much into the technical details, it basically talks about some object described by string theory called a D3-brane (but the name doesn’t matter).
You can look at this brane from two different “perspectives”. From one perspective it looks like a theory of (quantum) gravity in 5 dimensions (“AdS”), and from the other perspective, it looks like a theory without gravity in 4 dimensions (“CFT”).
But the brane is still a brane, and it should act the same way no matter from which perspective you look at it. In other words, we can perform calculations either in the 5-dimensional theory or in the 4-dimensional theory and we’ll get the same results.
This duality of two different descriptions is extremely useful for doing calculations. This is because if something is too hard to calculate from the gravity perspective you can calculate it from the non-gravity one, or vice versa.
In addition, and more relevantly to the present context, this duality provides a concrete, if unrealistic, model in which the holographic actually works. This is because the 5-dimensional theory “encodes the same information” as the 4-dimensional theory.
I say AdS/CFT is a conjecture because it has not actually been proven. There are many pieces of evidence that the conjecture might be true. These basically come from calculating the same thing from both perspectives and checking that the results agree. But there is still no proof that the results always agree.
So whenever you read an article saying that “physicists found evidence that our universe is a hologram”, what it actually means is that physicists did some more calculations and found that they agree with the AdS/CFT conjecture. But it doesn’t say anything about our universe, only about a very unrealistic model.
Why is the model unrealistic? For many reasons:
The model is built using string theory. Despite the impression you might get from popular media, string theory is really a “toy theory”; it doesn’t actually describe our own universe. It describes an imaginary universe which turns out to be similar to our own universe in some ways, but very different from it in other ways.
The perspective of a theory of gravity is called AdS because it describes a universe which has a special geometry called “Anti de Sitter”. However, our universe does not have this geometry. In fact, it is (asymptotically) described by the exact opposite of Anti de Sitter, which is called “de Sitter”. So the AdS perspective definitely does not describe anything even remotely close to our universe.
The perspective of a theory without gravity is called CFT because it describes a universe which has a special symmetry called “conformal symmetry”. So the theory is called aConformal Field Theory. However, our universe does include gravity and does not have conformal symmetry. So the CFT perspective also definitely does not describe anything even remotely close to our universe.
In conclusion, AdS/CFT is a conjecture offering a model of an imaginary, unrealistic universe which is certainly not our universe, in which the holographic principle is mathematically realized. It’s a very important conjecture and has many applications, but it says absolutely nothing about our own universe, which is neither AdS nor CFT.
However, unlike the specific unrealistic model of AdS/CFT, the holographic principle as a general principleis something that we think should apply to the real universe that we live in.
As I mentioned above, the validity of the holographic principle in our universe is something that must ultimately be determined empirically once we have a working theory of quantum gravity. Don’t hold your breath on that one.
I have full confidence that we will discover the grand unification theory that has been so elusive for over a century. Which the theory of quantum gravity is a huge part of. I am also confident that when all is said and done that the holographic principle will not be a part of it. The true nature of reality obeys laws. Science does not claim to know all the laws and limits imposed on us by the Universe, but we do have a slight inclination. This inclination all points to the falsity of the holographic principle as being any part of the building blocks of reality.
But.. what do I know? I am just an explorer of this thing we call reality. I always at all times reserve the right to be wrong.
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Breakthrough ‘Madala Boson’ Could Unlock the Mysteries of Dark Matter
Breakthrough ‘Madala Boson’ Could Unlock the Mysteries of Dark Matter
CERN
Scientists are seen working on the inside of the ATLAS cryostat.
Credit: Claudia Marcelloni/CERN
IN BRIEF
The Higgs' boson helped us understand known matter, but scientists at the High Energy Physics Group (HEP) of the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg believe they have the necessary data to discover a new boson, called the Madala boson. Its discovery may help us explore more about what dark matter is and how it interacts with the universe.
This diagram reveals changes in the rate of expansion since the universe's birth 15 billion years ago. The more shallow the curve, the faster the rate of expansion. The curve changes noticeably about 7.5 billion years ago, when objects in the universe began flying apart as a faster rate. Astronomers theorize that the faster expansion rate is due to a mysterious, dark force that is pulling galaxies apart.
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DISCOVERING THE MADALA BOSON
Discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012 at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) has contributed heaps to our understanding of modern physics. But theHiggs boson only explains mass that we can see, touch and smell. Known matter only makes up 4% of the Universe’s mass and energy. Scientists predict the discovery of a new boson which interacts with dark matter, which makes up 27% of our universe.
Using the same data that led to Higgs’ discovery, the bright minds at the High Energy Physics Group (HEP) of the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg have come up with the Madala hypothesis, which they believe will help them discover the new Madala boson.
The Madala boson team isn’t lacking in scientific minds, as they have around 35 students and researchers to brainstorm and help understand data from the experiments. They also have the support from Wits University, such as theorists Prof. Alan Cornell and Dr. Mukesh Kumar and Prof. Elias Sideras-Haddad’s assistance in detector instrumentation.
Image credit: Taylor L; McCauley T/CERN
DARK MATTER MATTERS
Man’s understanding of physics keeps on evolving. Professor Bruce Mellado, team leader of the HEP group at Wits says we are now at a point similar to when Einstein formulated relativity and to when quantum mechanics came to light. We found classic physics lacking as it failed to make sense of plenty of phenomena. When the Higgs’ boson was discovered, the Standard Model of Physics was completed, but we have still only scratched the surface. Modern physics still can’t explain other phenomena including dark matter.
The discovery of the new Madala boson puts man in a good position to learn more about our universe. Perhaps there are even more particles tobe discovered aside from this new boson. The future of modern physics has never been brighter.
UFOs and giant structures filmed in NIGER by US helicopter !!! Sept 2016
UFOs and giant structures filmed in NIGER by US helicopter !!! Sept 2016
September 2016 - Niger, desert - US forces of USAFRICOM reported mysterious giant structures and UFOs in the desert.
Watch the VIDEO HERE !
Only 8,000 years ago, rocks were sculpted in the Tassili plateau of Sahara, depicting what appeared to be human beings but with strange round heads (helmets ? Or "sun" heads on human bodies ?).
Archeologists usually refer to the paintings at Tassili n-Ajjer in southern Algeria as prehistoric "masked figures". Though there is evidence that the people of the Sahara influenced the cultures of both the Nile Valley and West Africa, there is no stylistic similarity between the "masks" in Tassili and those from West Africa. Scholars are not certain of the meaning of these paintings because they still haven't deciphered the hieroglyphic language engraved on the rocks next to them. Dating these figures is difficult even with radiocarbon techniques, yet they are roughly divided into several periods ranging from the beginning of human occupation at Tassili, around 5500 B.C. when the Sahara was much wetter, continuing sporadically until the fifth century B.C.
The faceless (aniconic) figures are found in both the early and middle periods. The smaller figures engraved in shelters are believed to be contemporary with the oldest paintings in Tassili. Either before or shortly after these cave paintings were made, an enormous "masked" figure was painted on the side of a cliff. This large figure is nearly eighteen feet high, outlined in dark purple and shaded with broad planes of color. It has a helmet-type device that encircles the head and rests directly on the shoulders.
This large figure was dubbed "theGreat God Mars" by critic and art historian André Lhote in his 1950 Treatise on Figure Painting.
FROM TASSILI......SAHARA DÉSERT......NORTH AFRICA.........SOURCE UFO SIGHTING SHOTSPOT.BLOGSPOT.FR.............This cave painting is from Tassili, Sahara Desert in North Africa. It dates back to 6000 B.C. The figures do not look human. Notice the flying disk in the sky.
De ‘onmogelijke’ raketmotor gaat de ruimte in: tijd om de EmDrive te testen
De ‘onmogelijke’ raketmotor gaat de ruimte in: tijd om de EmDrive te testen
Binnenkort wordt voor het eerst een werkende EmDrive gelanceerd. Dan zal blijken of het mogelijk is om een raketmotor aan te drijven zonder enige vorm van brandstof.
De controversiële EmDrive is gebouwd door de Amerikaanse uitvinder en ingenieur Guido Fetta. Hoewel uit diverse experimenten is gebleken dat een dergelijke motor werkt, lijkt het apparaat in strijd te zijn met een fundamentele natuurwet.
Nanosatelliet
De derde wet van Newton zegt namelijk dat krachten altijd in paren optreden. Veel natuurkundigen zeggen dat de EmDrive in strijd is met die wet. De motor lijkt aangedreven te worden zonder brandstof. En dat niet alleen: met zo’n motor kunnen we in slechts 70 dagen naar Mars reizen.
Fetta is de bedenker van de Cannae Drive, een raketmotor die gebaseerd is op het oorspronkelijke ontwerp van de EmDrive. Hij heeft nu aangekondigd dat hij de motor gaat gebruiken om een 6U CubeSat, een nanosatelliet, te lanceren.
Opschieten
Popular Mechanics meldt dat ongeveer een kwart van de satelliet ter grootte van een schoenendoos zal bestaan uit de Cannae Drive, die tenminste zes maanden om de aarde zal draaien. “Hoe langer hij in een baan om de aarde blijft, hoe meer de satelliet zal laten zien dat hij wordt aangedreven zonder brandstof.”
Er is nog geen lanceerdatum bekend, maar verwacht wordt dat de satelliet binnen nu en zes maanden in de ruimte wordt gebracht. Fetta mag wel opschieten, aangezien Chinese ingenieurs en de uitvinder van de oorspronkelijke EmDrive Roger Shawyer ook werken aan lanceerbare EmDrives.
RUSSISCH DORP OPGESCHRIKT DOOR ENORME UFO ( VIDEO )
RUSSISCH DORP OPGESCHRIKT DOOR ENORME UFO ( VIDEO )
Het is een bekend gegeven dat UFO’s zich graag verbergen in/als wolken, want dat is voor hen de manier om onzichtbaar te blijven voor de bevolking.
Keer op keer zijn er nieuwe verhalen en beelden van enorme UFO’s die zich voordoen als een wolk, zoals dat ook onlangs gebeurde in Rusland.
Dat UFO’s zich dikwijls vermommen in de vorm van een wolk, werd al in 1957 vastgelegd door een Amerikaanse soldaat uit Virginia.
Hij zag in eerste instantie een ringvormige ufo, die later stukje bij beetje veranderde in een wolk.
Ook vandaag de dag komen ze in alle soorten en vormen voor, zoals onlangs boven een dorp in Rusland.
Op 27 augustus 2016 schrokken de inwoners van een klein Russische dorpje dan ook behoorlijk, toen ze bovenstaande “wolk” zagen.
Ook hier zien we weer een veel voorkomend kenmerk. Een wolk die eigenlijk niet thuis hoort in het bestaande wolkenlandschap.
UFO’s gebruiken ook dikwijls vulkanen als ingangen naar ondergrondse basis, zoals duidelijk wordt uit de vele beelden uit Mexico, waarbij UFO’s bij de bekende vulkanen af en aan vliegen en soms in de kraters verdwijnen.
Een dergelijke vulkaan is er ook in Japan en dat is Mount Fuji. Volgens Scott Waring is onderstaande opname ook een voorbeeld van hoe buitenaardsen hun UFO’s verbergen en waarschijnlijk in dit geval dit soort wolken gebruiken om het vertrek en de aankomst van UFO’s bij de basis onder de vulkaan wat minder opvallend te maken.
Wolken die er op het eerste gezicht vrij normaal uitzien, maar bij nader inzicht totaal niet in het landschap passen. Wolken die naast vermomming van ruimteschepen, waarschijnlijk ook kunnen fungeren als een soort dimensieportaal, waarbij UFO’s van het ene op het andere moment enorme afstanden kunnen afleggen.
Dit is één van de meest spectaculaire ontdekkingen van de laatste tijd en de wereldpers zwijgt in alle toonaarden.
Het afgelopen jaar is er wat ons betreft veel meer duidelijk geworden over hoe buitenaardsen zich bewegen door ons universum.
Hoe zij in staat zijn om in korte tijd enorme afstanden te overbruggen. Dit heeft alles te maken met dimensies. Wanneer je je van de ene naar de andere dimensie kunt begeven dan zijn de mogelijkheden om door het universum te reizen natuurlijk eindeloos.
Dat is precies wat er lijkt te gebeuren met de UFO’s die wij in grote getale waarnemen.
Het meest spectaculaire bewijs daarvan is de opname uit Mexico waarbij een sigaarvormige UFO met grote snelheid in een wolk verdwijnt en er niet meer uitkomt aan de andere kant. Een wolk wat geen wolk is, maar een soort combinatie van dimensieportaal en moederschip van waaruit de UFO’s die wij op aarde zien, aankomen en vertrekken.
In Nederland zijn we gelukkig genoeg geweest om dit ook mee te mogen maken in Friesland eind vorig jaar en ook ontvingen wij meldingen uit andere landen.
Nu zijn er nieuwe opnames beschikbaar gekomen uit Mexico die het bovenstaande verder ondersteunen.
Er wordt door iemand daar een vreemdsoortige wolk gefilmd die een beetje de vorm heeft van een UFO moederschip. Van daaruit, wat eigenlijk een dimensieportaal is, komen de UFO’s tevoorschijn zoals je kunt zien op de volgende afbeelding.
Aan de linkerkant schiet een witte ronde UFO naar buiten. Op de afbeelding hierna is zichtbaar dat het aan beide kanten van het dimensieportaal gebeurt.
Hiermee zouden politici door mensen bestookt moeten worden. Voor onze ogen zien we UFO’s verschijnen en weer verdwijnen in wat een vreemdsoortige wolk lijkt. Het komt steeds vaker voor en zeker ook in ons land.
Je zou verwachten dat mensen antwoorden zouden willen hebben. Klaarblijkelijk kunnen er zich echter de meest vreemdsoortige taferelen afspelen in het luchtruim en interesseert het het gros van de bevolking niet.
In Noorwegen zijn zeker 320 wilde rendieren gedood door de bliksem. Een jachtopziener vond de dieren, die dicht bij elkaar lagen.
Een groot deel van van de Hardangervidda-hoogvlakte, het gebied waar de dieren werden gevonden, maakt deel uit van een nationaal park. Er leven zo'n 10.000 wilde rendieren. Het is ook een populair wandelgebied.
Bij een paar rendieren zijn de hersenen verwijderd om onderzoek te doen naar CWD, een soort gekkekoeienziekte. Die ziekte komt voornamelijk voor in Amerika, maar is ook bij een paar rendieren in Noorwegen gevonden.
In Noorwegen zelf waren ze wat preciezer met het aantal dode dieren, want daar kwamen ze uit op 322.
Hier hebben we weer zo’n verhaal, waarbij iemand zegt dat die dieren zijn gedood door bliksem en wat dan vervolgens door de hele wereld klakkeloos wordt nageblaat.
Er is helemaal niets dat er op wijst dat deze 322 zijn getroffen door de bliksem. Meer dan 300 dieren getroffen door bliksem en niet één vertoont zelfs maar een schroeiplekje.
Ter vergelijking een foto van een man die door de bliksem is getroffen. Niets van dat alles te zien bij de rendieren.
Dan volgt er nog een vreemd verhaal over de ontbrekende koppen bij een aantal dieren. Volgens staatsomroep NOS zouden bij enkele dieren de hersenen zijn weggehaald om onderzoek te doen naar gekke koeienziekte.
In Noorse publicaties wordt weer een ander verhaal verteld, namelijk dat de koppen van alle volwassen dieren verwijderd zouden zijn voor onderzoek.
Een kenmerk van situaties waarbij men de werkelijkheid verborgen wil houden, is dat de verhalen vaak veranderen. Ze worden aangepast aan de situatie of aan de zich ontwikkelende gebeurtenissen.
Zoals net na de gebeurtenis wordt overal gesproken over een aantal van 322 dieren, toevalligerwijze het getal van de beruchte Skull & Bones society. Nadat dit enkele mensen begint op te vallen, wordt in alle verdere verhalen opeens het aantal dode dieren op 323 gezet.
Aangezien er geen uiterlijke kenmerken zijn van dieren die door de bliksem getroffen zijn, is er wel iets anders dat hun dood zou kunnen verklaren:
Microwave radiation could have caused it. Microwaves cook from the inside out. So maybe a new Russian microwave particle beam weapon was tested....
Dan komen we terecht op het gebied van wapens die dit zouden kunnen veroorzaken. Om aan te tonen dat die wapens wel degelijk bestaan, hieronder een bekende video van de Russische politicus Zjirinovski die daar het één en ander over vertelt.
Echter, wanneer je denkt dat HAARP in Alaska groot is, bedenk dan dat ze op dit moment met een Europese HAARP installatie bezig zijn in hetzelfde land als waar de dode rendieren zijn aangetroffen, Noorwegen.
Deze installatie staat bekend onder de naam EISCAT 3.
Zouden de experimenten die daar worden uitgevoerd, iets te maken kunnen hebben met de mysterieuze dood van meer dan 300 rendieren?
Enkele jaren geleden zagen we volgende bizarre beelden uit Noorwegen.
Precies boven het gebied waar zich de installaties van EISCAT 3 bevinden, verscheen de bizarre spiraalvorm in de nacht van 9 december 2009. De verklaring die door de hele wereld zoet werd geslikt was dat het een mislukte lancering was van een Russische raket.
Een aantal dode rendieren die op vreemde wijze om het leven zijn gekomen, maar absoluut niet door een blikseminslag. Het aantal van 322 wijst naar een donkere occulte club en ook het getal 323 dat later wordt gebruikt, verwijst volgens sommigen naar een soort occulte feestdag.
Verder zijn er bijna complete boekwerken geschreven over de occulte relatie tussen de Skull & Bones club en rendieren, waardoor wat er is gebeurd op die Noorse hoogvlakte weinig meer te maken heeft met een onfortuinlijke natuurlijke gebeurtenis.
Voor de liefhebbers, de volgende video gaat wat dieper in op eventuele numerologische verbanden en andere occulte aanwijzingen.
Four-Minute Clip Shows Strange Flying Objects In The Sky Above Wycombe
Four-Minute Clip Shows Strange Flying Objects In The Sky Above Wycombe
UFO followers have been in a frenzy in social media after a video showing four strange objects floating above High Wycombe surfaced online.
Some Wycombe residents are speculating extraterrestrial beings visited the town. The footage appears to have been shot from West Wycombe Hill, looking towards Downley.
Laura Manser recorded the four-minute clip at around 8:30 pm on Monday night. It shows two bright balls of light hovering in the sky above the town. Moments later, two more become visible just below the first two.
The UFOs then create different patterns while moving around the sky.
After her strange encounter, Ms. Manser then shared it along with the video on Facebook, creating speculations from Wycombe residents as to what the objects could be. Some suggest that they could be war planes, a laser show, Chinese lanterns or alien UFOs.
She said the strange lights remained visible in the sky for about thirty minutes.
At first, she and her friends were joking around that the lights were extraterrestrial UFOs, but as time went on, they were somewhat convinced those were indeed flying objects from other planets.
What do you think the objects in the video could be? Leave your thoughts below.
Giant Triangular UFO Hovers For About Half An Hour
Giant Triangular UFO Hovers For About Half An Hour
Atherton Tablelands, Northern Australia – A young family claimed to have spotted a massive triangular UFO that is allegedly 100 times bigger than a plane. The unidentified flying object emerged on the Tablelands on September 3, 2016, Saturday.
Kyle Mathiot was with his two young boys and partner Deborah Price playing with sparklers in the front yard of their home in Herberton on the weekend about 7:30 pm when they noticed something unusual in the distance.
Mr. Mathiot recalled that he saw one light up in the sky and for him, it was way too large to be a star.
He decided to get his partner’s phone to take pictures of the light. Moments later, he noticed another two lights, making a triangle shape with the first light.
This time, Mr. Mathiot started to realize that it was a triangle UFO with three bright lights. He then snapped multiple photos of the UFO as it hovered in the same spot for around thirty minutes before it disappeared.
He said that it was zipping weird and fast like no drone or plane can ever do. The lights were reportedly about two centimeters apart in the sky. Mr. Mathiot thinks it had to be an enormous aerial object.
A spokesman for Australian Defense Force stated there was no proof of military aircraft at the time of sighting in the Herberton area.
UFO researcher Alec Brimacombe confirmed that Mr. Mathiot’s pictures appeared to show a triangular object. He said that if the witness was telling the truth about the object being spotted with the naked eye, then it could not be just a photographic anomaly.
Rosetta maakt foto van omgevallen komeetlander Philae
Rosetta maakt foto van omgevallen komeetlander Philae
Tim Kraaijvanger
De komeetlander Philae is teruggevonden op de komeet 67P/Churyuov-Gerasimenko. Kort na de landing in november 2014 verbrak Philae het contact, omdat de batterij van de lander leeg was. Nu zien we waarom. Philae is omgevallen.
Het verhaal van Philae zou eigenlijk verfilmd moeten worden. De lander daalde op 12 november 2014 af naar het oppervlak van de komeet 67P/C-G. Kort na de landing weigerden de harpoenen – waarmee Philae zich aan het oppervlak vast moest maken – dienst, waardoor de komeetlander de ruimte in stuiterde. Uit gegevens blijkt dat Philae drie keer landde (en dus twee keer stuiterde), namelijk om 16:33 uur, 18:26 uur en 18:33 uur.
De onfortuinlijke komeetlander kwam uiteindelijk op z’n zij in een kloof terecht. De zonnepanelen kregen niet genoeg stroom, waardoor de accu na 64 uur uitviel. Wetenschappers hoopten dat het tij later zou keren, omdat de komeet de zon naderde en er dus steeds meer zonlicht op de panelen zou vallen. De maanden erna werd er opnieuw contact opgenomen met Philae. Met succes! In juni 2015 vonden er drie contactmomenten plaats.
Komeet 67P. We zoomen in…
Kijk eens naar rechts. Daar ligt Philae!
De lander ligt op z’n kant in een kloof.
Helaas bleef het daarbij. Alle pogingen die in de maanden erna gedaan werden om in contact te komen, liepen op niets uit. In februari 2016 besloten wetenschappers van ESA om geen commando’s meer naar Philae te sturen. “Het zou heel verrassend zijn als we nu nog een signaal ontvangen”, reageerde projectmanager Stephan Ulamec toen.
Eindelijk gevonden Het is fascinerend dat we Philae nu eindelijk zien. De foto is gemaakt op een afstand van 2,7 kilometer van het oppervlak van Rosetta’s komeet. De resolutie bedraagt vijf centimeter per pixel, dus Philae – met een grootte van één meter – is duidelijk te zien.
Vaarwel Rosetta Eind deze maand landt de Rosetta-ruimtesonde op de komeet en daarmee eindigt deze bijzondere missie. Nu Philae terecht is, kan het ruimtevaartuig zich focussen op de crash. Rosetta zal een laatste rustplaats vinden op de kop van het kosmische badeendje. Dit gebied heet Ma’at’. Hier zijn actieve putten te vinden: dieper gelegen gebieden waaruit gaspluimen ontsnappen. Als alles volgens plan verloopt, landt Rosetta om 12:30 uur Nederlandse tijd op het oppervlak.
'Leven op aarde ontstond dankzij botsing met Mercurius-achtige planeet'
'Leven op aarde ontstond dankzij botsing met Mercurius-achtige planeet'
Caroline Kraaijvanger
De botsing trakteerde de aarde op een flinke hoeveelheid koolstof en maakte de weg vrij voor het leven zoals wij dat kennen.
Dat stellen onderzoekers in het blad Nature Geoscience. Het is een hypothese die wellicht een eind maakt aan een groot mysterie. Dat mysterie draait om: koolstof. Eén van de zes scheikundige elementen waaruit alle levensvormen op aarde zijn opgebouwd.
Mysterie De aarde bestaat uit een kern, mantel, korst en atmosfeer. De mantel, atmosfeer en korst wisselen voortdurend elementen uit, waaronder de elementen – zoals koolstof – die nodig zijn voor leven. En dat is eigenlijk een beetje vreemd. Want hoe komt koolstof in de mantel, korst en atmosfeer terecht? Talloze onderzoeken hebben namelijk aangetoond dat het grootste deel van de oorspronkelijke hoeveelheid koolstof op aarde al vroeg in de geschiedenis van onze planeet in de kern werd opgenomen of in de ruimte verdween. “De uitdaging is om de oorsprong van vluchtige elementen zoals koolstof, die zich buiten de kern, in de mantel van onze planeet bevinden, te verklaren,” stelt onderzoeker Rajdeep Dasgupta. Want als de oorspronkelijke hoeveelheid koolstof op aarde in de ruimte verdween of in de ijzeren kern werd opgeslagen, waar komt dan de koolstof in de mantel en biosfeer vandaan?
Botsing Die hoeveelheid koolstof moet later op aarde zijn beland. En wel door toedoen van een enorme botsing, zo denken Dasgupta en collega’s. Zo’n 4,4 miljard jaar geleden zou een Mercurius-achtige planeet met een koostofrijke buitenlaag op onze aarde zijn geklapt. “Een scenario dat de verhouding tussen koolstof en zwavel en de grote hoeveelheid koolstof (op aarde, red.) kan verklaren, is een scenario waarin een jonge Mercurius-achtige planeet die reeds een siliciumrijke kern had in botsing kwam en geabsorbeerd werd door de aarde,” stelt Dasgupta. “De kern van die planeet zou direct in de kern van onze planeet verdwijnen en de koolstofrijke mantel zou zich mengen met de mantel van de aarde.”
Een schematische weergave van de botsing met een Mercurius-achtige protoplaneet. Afbeelding: Rajdeep Dasgupta.
Afgaand op de hoeveelheid koolstof en zwavel op aarde lijkt het scenario aannemelijk. In de toekomst zal echter moeten blijken of het scenario ook overeenkomt met de verhouding waarin andere elementen vandaag de dag op aarde voorkomen.
Bronmateriaal:
"Earth’s carbon points to planetary smashup" - Rice University De afbeelding bovenaan dit artikel is gemaakt door A. Passwaters / Rice University, gebaseerd op beelden van NASA / JPL-Caltech.
NASA's OSIRIS-REx Asteroid-Sampling Mission Ready to Launch Thursday
NASA's OSIRIS-REx Asteroid-Sampling Mission Ready to Launch Thursday
By Mike Wall, Space.com Senior Writer
NASA's OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.— NASA's first-ever asteroid-sampling spacecraft is poised for an on-time liftoff Thursday evening (Sept. 8), and mission team members said they can't wait.
There are no issues with the OSIRIS-REx probe's United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket or the range at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, just down the road from here, NASA officials said today (Sept. 6).
"The Atlas V rocket and range equipment are ready, and the combined government and contractor launch team is prepared to launch this fantastic asteroid sample-retrieval mission, OSIRIS-REx," Tim Dunn, NASA launch manager at Kennedy Space Center, said during a news conference today. [Osiris-Rex: NASA's Asteroid Sample-Return Mission in Pictures]
Mother Nature should cooperate as well; Air Force weather forecasters are predicting an 80 percent chance of good conditions. Furthermore, there is no foreseen fallout from the dramatic explosion of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket at a neighboring Cape Canaveral pad. That accident occurred Sept. 1 during a routine test ahead of the planned Sept. 3 launch of a communications satellite.
"Our Atlas V vehicle, as well as OSIRIS-REx, are safely buttoned up and secure inside the VIF," said Scott Messer, program manager for NASA missions at ULA, referring to the Vertical Integration Facility, where rockets are stacked ahead of launch. "We haven't identified any damage or any concerns as a result of the incident last week."
The $800 million OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer) mission is scheduled to lift off Thursday at 7:05 p.m. EDT (2305 GMT). There is some margin for error in case of a delay; the launch window is 115 minutes long.
If all goes according to plan, OSIRIS-REx will rendezvous with a 1,640-foot-wide (500 meters) asteroid named Bennu in August 2018, grab a sample of space rock material two years later and return that material to Earth in September 2023.
Bennu is thought to harbor carbon-containing organic molecules, the building blocks of life as we know it. So the mission should shed light on the role space rocks like Bennu may have played in helping life get a foothold on Earth, NASA officials have said.
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, enclosed in a payload fairing, is positioned atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Aug. 29, 2016.
Credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis
That's the primary goal. But OSIRIS-REx's observations should also help scientists better understand the threat the potentially dangerous Bennu poses to Earth. The mission should also clarify the forces acting on asteroids in deep space, leading to improved orbit predictions for space rocks in general, mission team members have said.
Principal investigator Dante Lauretta, who's based at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, has been working on OSIRIS-REx since 2004, when the mission was just a concept. He said he can hardly believe the spacecraft is finally about to get off the ground.
"It's something I've dreamed about since I was a little kid," Lauretta said. "To be able to climb around on the Vertical Integration Facility and see a rocket getting stacked that's got my spacecraft on top of it that we're about to send off to an asteroid — sometimes I have to just pinch myself to convince myself that I'm not dreaming all of this."
Ice Volcanoes and More: Dwarf Planet Ceres Continues to Surprise
Ice Volcanoes and More: Dwarf Planet Ceres Continues to Surprise
By Mike Wall, Space.com Senior Writer
Icy Volcanoes Speculated To Be The Source Of Ceres’ Bright Spots
Lecture: Unveiling Dwarf Planet Ceres
Flight Over Dwarf Planet Ceres
The dwarf planet Ceres is a complex and active world unlike any other place in the solar system, new research suggests.
Observations by NASA's Ceres-orbiting Dawn spacecraft indicate that "ice volcanos" have erupted on the dwarf planet in the recent past and that Ceres' crust is an odd ice-rock mixture that has never been observed before, scientists reported in a series of six new studies published online today (Sept. 1) in the journal Science.
"When we got to Ceres, we were expecting to be surprised, and we have been in many ways," Dawn principal investigator Chris Russell, a professor of geophysics and space physics at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), told Space.com. [Watch: An Ice Volcano on Ceres]
"Ceres has been active during its history inside; the interior has been changing, evolving, much like the Earth's interior changes with time," added Russell, lead author of one of the new Science papers and co-author on the other five. "It's in the transition between the smaller asteroids and the Earth, in that it changes, and has changed, over the years from the time that the material initially came together."
NASA's Dawn probe captured this high-resolution image of the Ceres mountain Ahuna Mons. Image width is 19 miles (30 kilometers).
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Eyeing the queen of the asteroid belt
Dawn launched in September 2007 on a $467 million mission to study the two largest objects in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter — the 330-mile-wide (530 kilometers) protoplanet Vesta and Ceres, which is about 590 miles (950 km) across.
Dawn orbited Vesta from July 2011 through September 2012, when the probe departed for Ceres. The spacecraft arrived at the dwarf planet in March 2015, in the process becoming the first probe ever to orbit two different bodies beyond the Earth-moon system.
Scientists already knew a bit about Vesta, based on analyses of rocks that were blasted off the object long ago and have fallen to Earth as meteorites. Dawn's work confirmed suspicions that Vesta is basically "frozen in time," Russell said.
"It formed early and cooled off rapidly, and has just been a very solid body that was battered by impacts," he said.
Ceres was more mysterious, because no meteorite "family" is associated with the dwarf planet. But Dawn has discovered that Ceres is an altogether different beast than its asteroid belt neighbor, as the six new Science papersshow.
Perspective view of the Ceres mountain Ahuna Mons in false color derived from Dawn’s framing-camera data. The bluish color of the mountain’s flanks probably represents a compositional change. Ahuna Mons is 2.5 miles tall and 10.5 miles wide (4 by 17 kilometers).
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
An active world
For example, the surface of Ceres is much more diverse and complex than that of Vesta, possessing extensive linear structures, lobed features caused by flowing material and a 2.5-mile-high (4 km) mountain (in addition to numerous craters).
This massif, known as Ahuna Mons, resembles the dome-shaped mountains created by volcanism here on Earth, researchers reported in one of the new studies. And Dawn team members said they think Ahuna Mons was indeed created by a volcano, but one that spewed out cold, molten ice rather than hot, liquid rock.
The researchers — led by Ottaviano Ruesch, of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland — said they aren't sure exactly what Ceres' "cryomagma" is made of, but they suggested it could be a mix of chlorine salts and water ice.
Furthermore, Ahuna Mons appears to be quite young, the researchers said. Analyses of crater counts suggest that the mountain formed in the last 200 million years or so, study team members said. (Like the rest of the solar system, Ceres itself formed about 4.56 billion years ago.)
In another one of the new studies, a team led by Debra Buczkowski,,of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, identified other dome-shaped features that also appear to be products of cryovolcanism (though not all of it as recent as the activity responsible for Ahuna Mons). Buczkowski and her colleagues also concluded that some of Ceres' linear features likely represent subsurface faults.
Ceres doesn't experience tidal heating; its insides are never churned and heated by another object's powerful gravitational pull, because Ceres never gets close enough to a giant planet. So the energy driving geological activity such as cryovolcanism must come from the dwarf planet's internal heat, Russell said — primarily the heat left over from the object's long-ago formation, with some contribution from radioactive decay processes.
"Ceres is cooling down, but it hasn't cooled down yet," he said.
Ceres is probably similar in this respect to Pluto, another dwarf planet that hasremained geologically active into the recent past. (The powerful ice geysers that blast from the south polar region of the Saturn moon Enceladus, on the other hand, are driven by tidal heating.)
Astronomers know, based on Ceres' measured density, that the dwarf planet harbors a large amount of water. Over the years, there's been some speculation that a subsurface ocean such as the one on Enceladus may exist on Ceres.
If Ceres ever had such an ocean, it's probably gone now, Russell said. But the dwarf planet may still be able to support life as we know it, he added.
"We now know that there is water, and there is enough heat in the interior that that water can be in liquid form," Russell said. "There's certainly water, or brine, that can flow through the system and reach the surface." [Dwarf Planet Ceres' Intriguing Features Seen in New Detail (Video)]
Perspective view of the Ceres mountain Ahuna Mons in false color derived from Dawn’s framing-camera data. The bluish color of the mountain’s flanks probably represents a compositional change. Ahuna Mons is 2.5 miles tall and 10.5 miles wide (4 by 17 kilometers).
Credit: Ruesch et al Science (2016)
Ceres' odd crust
Before Dawn got to Ceres, most astronomers thought the dwarf planet's crust consists primarily of water ice. But another one of the new Science studies, which is based on a detailed analysis of Ceres' many craters, suggested that's not the case.
Water ice is fairly soft, at least compared to rock. So if Ceres had a primarily icy shell, the dwarf planet's craters would tend to "relax," or flatten out, on relatively short timescales: 10 million to 100 million years or so, the researchers said. But study leader Harald Hiesinger, of the University of Munster in Germany, and his colleagues didn't find the expected relaxation.
Instead, Ceres' crater morphology suggests that the dwarf planet's crust is a strange mix of perhaps 60 percent rock and 40 percent ice, Russell said.
"This is something that we haven't seen before," he said.
"It's a new material to us — something that, if you hit it really hard, it will melt and flow, but you don't have to warm it up to the temperature of lava," Russell added. "We have many, many different areas where the material has flowed across the surface after having been hit by perhaps a meteorite or something of that nature." [Take a Trippy Trip Over Dwarf Planet Ceres (Video)]
Another of the new studies, this one led by Russell, suggested that Ceres may possess a thin atmosphere; such an "exosphere" could explain Dawn's observations of the solar wind interacting with the dwarf planet, the researchers wrote.
One of the other Science papers reported the probable detection of water ice, likely unearthed by an impact or landslide, at the bottom of a crater named Oxo. Another paper concluded that Ceres' surface was likely substantially altered by water at some point in the past, based on the widespread distribution of clay minerals (which only form in water).
These two studies were led by Jean-Philippe Combe (of the Bear Fight Institute in Winthrop, Washington) and Eleonora Ammannito (of UCLA), respectively.
(The new papers don't touch much on Ceres' famous bright spots, which appear to be composed largely of carbonates, Dawn team members recently reported.)
More discoveries to come
Dawn should help astronomers refine their understanding of Ceres even more in the future; NASA recently extended the spacecraft's mission by an additional two years.
For the past eight months or so, Dawn has been studying Ceres from an altitude of just 240 miles (385 km). But on Friday (Sept. 2), the probe will begin spiraling out to a higher orbit, one that lies 910 miles (1,460 km) above the dwarf planet's surface.
The move will allow Dawn to save fuel, NASA officials said. In addition, Dawn should be able to make better targeted observations from the more distant orbit, Russell told Space.com.
During the remainder of the mission, the Dawn team will look hard for changes in Ceres' surface over time, to get a better handle on the dwarf planet's geological activity and processes, Russell said.
The team is particularly interested in better understanding how often material makes it from Ceres' subsurface onto the surface, he added.
"We know that there is liquid inside Ceres," Russell . "Does it come out on a regular basis, or does it just leak out as vapor? Or are there outgassing events?"
A possible outgassing event occurred several years ago on Ceres: In January 2014, researchers reported that Europe's Herschel Space Observatory had detected a transient cloud of water vapor around the dwarf planet. Dawn is not equipped to detect water vapor directly, but the probe may be able to spot a plume by indirect means, Russell said.
The Herschel detection "suggested that there were times when there was more atmosphere than others," he said. "We would love to be able to check that out."
NASA to Launch Asteroid-Sampling Mission Next Week
NASA to Launch Asteroid-Sampling Mission Next Week
By Mike Wall, Space.com Senior Writer
NASA's asteroid-sampling OSIRIS-REx spacecraft being prepared for encapsulation in its payload fairing inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Credit: NASA/Glenn Benson
The launch of NASA's first asteroid-sampling mission is less than a week away and won't be affected by a nearby SpaceX rocket explosion that occurred yesterday (Sept. 1), space agency officials say.
On Thursday, Sept. 8, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is scheduled to launch from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, kicking off a two-year journey to a near-Earth asteroid named Bennu. Lift off of the probe's Atlas V rocket is set for 7:05 p.m. EDT (2305 GMT) and remains on track despite the explosion of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at a nearby launchpad yesterday.
"@OSIRIS-Rex remains on Sep. 8," NASA officials wrote on Twitter after the rocket explosion yesterday. "Initial assessments show @ulalaunch rocket & spacecraft healthy and secure, 1.1 miles from @SpaceX's pad," SpaceX is investigating the cause of the explosion yesterday. Meanwhile, launch provider United Launch Alliance is preparing its own Atlas V booster for the OSIRIS-Rex launch. [Osiris-Rex: NASA's Asteroid Sample-Return Mission in Pictures]
If all goes according to plan, OSIRIS-REx will rendezvous with the 1,650-foot-wide (500 meters) Bennu in July 2018, grab a hefty chunk of asteroid material two years later and return that sample to Earth in September 2023.
The main goal of the $800 million mission — whose name is short for Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer — involves better understanding of the role carbon-rich asteroids such as Bennu may have played in delivering the building blocks of life to Earth, OSIRIS-REx team members have said.
"Bennu has what we believe to be some of the most primitive, organic-rich material that exists in our solar system," Daniel Scheeres, leader of the mission's radio-science team, said in a statement.
"We think it was initially distilled out of gas during the dawn of the solar system, which is the main reason it was chosen for the mission," added Scheeres, an aerospace engineering professor at the University of Colorado Boulder.
NASA Set To Launch Asteroid-Sampling Mission
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OSIRIS-REx's observations will also help scientists refine their understanding of the threat Bennu poses to Earth. (There's a slight chance the space rock could hit the planet in the late 22nd century.)
"By visiting Bennu, we can very precisely determine its orbit, determine the physical forces affecting it and do a much better job of predicting where it will be in the next couple of hundred years," Scheeres said. "By then we should know if we need to start building a giant space tugboat."
The mission will also investigate the resources Bennu possesses, providing information that may prove useful to future asteroid miners, NASA officials have said.
OSIRIS-REx is NASA's first asteroid-sampling mission, but it's not the first one in history. Japan's Hayabusa mission sent home tiny pieces of the asteroid Itokawa in 2010, and Hayabusa 2 launched in December 2014 to snag samples from a different space rock.
NASA has mounted other types of sample-return missions in the past. The Apollo astronauts brought hundreds of pounds of rocks home from the moon, for example, and the robotic Genesis and Stardust spacecraft grabbed particles from the solar wind and a comet, respectively.
The possibility of life in outer space has always been a popular topic in science and science fiction alike. Now, a professor at Goethe University Frankfurt suggests that we may need to play a more active role in the creation of this life.
FINDING LIFE
It is no secret that one of the projects that has kept space agencies the most busy is the search for the existence of life beyond Earth. This has largely been done through the search for exoplanets (planets that exist outside of our solar system) that fit the basic requirements for life as we know it.
Success on this front is not lacking. We have found a universe full of worlds both great and small. However, one scientist from the Institute of Theoretical Physics at the Goethe University Frankfurt thinks that simply being “Earth-like” may not be enough.
Dr. Claudius Gros’ theory appears in a paper published at the scientific journal Astrophysics and Space Science.
In short, Gros asserts that many seemingly habitable exoplanets may not be capable of sustaining life in the long run.”It is therefore certain that we will discover a large number of exoplanets that are inhabitable intermittently but not permanently. Life would, indeed, be possible on these planets, but it would not have the time to grow and develop independently,” the physicist argues.
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“MAKING” LIFE
So, what to do? How to get complex alien life?
In his research, Gros proposes that we provide what is necessary to jump-start life on these habitable planets, and then work as we can to sustain this life. Gros aptly calls this effort The Genesis Project (Star Trek, anyone?).
The necessary conditions to make life happen can be recreated (via terraforming), but the Genesis Project proposes to take this further by creating these conditions on discovered exoplanets that are already suitable for life as we know it. This means taking a shortcut of…well, billions of years.
Technologically, Gros argues that it can be done with current technologies, using small, unmanned interstellar ships that will build automated gene laboratories to engineer single-celled organisms on the target exoplanet. This ecosphere would, ideally, develop into more complex life, similar to the Earth’s experience. The only difference is, this time, we would have a hand on it.
Contributing to life in space would be an achievement unparalleled in space exploration.
The possibility of life in outer space has always been a popular topic in science and science fiction alike. Now, a professor at Goethe University Frankfurt suggests that we may need to play a more active role in the creation of this life.
FINDING LIFE
It is no secret that one of the projects that has kept space agencies the most busy is the search for the existence of life beyond Earth. This has largely been done through the search for exoplanets (planets that exist outside of our solar system) that fit the basic requirements for life as we know it.
Success on this front is not lacking. We have found a universe full of worlds both great and small. However, one scientist from the Institute of Theoretical Physics at the Goethe University Frankfurt thinks that simply being “Earth-like” may not be enough.
Dr. Claudius Gros’ theory appears in a paper published at the scientific journal Astrophysics and Space Science.
In short, Gros asserts that many seemingly habitable exoplanets may not be capable of sustaining life in the long run.”It is therefore certain that we will discover a large number of exoplanets that are inhabitable intermittently but not permanently. Life would, indeed, be possible on these planets, but it would not have the time to grow and develop independently,” the physicist argues.
NASA
“MAKING” LIFE
So, what to do? How to get complex alien life?
In his research, Gros proposes that we provide what is necessary to jump-start life on these habitable planets, and then work as we can to sustain this life. Gros aptly calls this effort The Genesis Project (Star Trek, anyone?).
The necessary conditions to make life happen can be recreated (via terraforming), but the Genesis Project proposes to take this further by creating these conditions on discovered exoplanets that are already suitable for life as we know it. This means taking a shortcut of…well, billions of years.
Technologically, Gros argues that it can be done with current technologies, using small, unmanned interstellar ships that will build automated gene laboratories to engineer single-celled organisms on the target exoplanet. This ecosphere would, ideally, develop into more complex life, similar to the Earth’s experience. The only difference is, this time, we would have a hand on it.
Contributing to life in space would be an achievement unparalleled in space exploration.
Philae Found! Lost Lander Finally Spotted on Comet’s Surface
Philae Found! Lost Lander Finally Spotted on Comet’s Surface
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IN BRIEF
Rosetta Mission team announces that Philae, the little space robot thought to be lost since 2014, has been finally found. Tucked away in the crack of the comet and eternally in shadow, researchers can rest knowing the lander is not lost forever.
In May 2015, the European Space Agency lost all contact with its Rosetta mission’s lander, Philae.
Now, less than a month before the mission of comet-orbiter Rosetta was set to end, its high resolution camera manages to capture an image that shows Philae’s final resting place wasn’t going to remain a celestial mystery.
Philae was meant to land on a comet called 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The challenging task was (nearly) pulled off in November 2014. Unfortunately, upon landing, the lander bounced twice and landed in a shadow. Unable to get enough sunlight to charge its solar panels, Philae went through its power supply within 57 hours and fell silent—resulting in the Rosetta teamlosing contact with the lander altogether.
Still, as the comet approached the sun six months later, Philae managed to gather enough power to signal home with a few inconsequential blips. Nothing was from heard from it since.
Image Credit: European Space Agency
On September 2, 2016, Rosetta took images of the comet from a distance of 2.7 kilometers (1.67 miles) from its surface. Upon closer inspection of the photographs, the three-legged probe was finally spotted. In the image, Philae was seen wedged into a crack on the surface of the comet.
While spotting the lander isn’t going to put it back in commission, the find can help researchers decipher the images it was able to transmit before shutting down. Also, let’s not forget the sense of closure researchers can feel now knowing Philae’s final resting place.
Nog een megastructuur? Astronomen ontdekken tweede ‘Dysonbol’-ster
Nog een megastructuur? Astronomen ontdekken tweede ‘Dysonbol’-ster
Opnieuw zijn er vreemde ‘dipjes’ waargenomen in het licht van een ster. De ster, EPIC 204278916 geheten, wordt sinds 2014 nauwgezet gevolgd door het Max Planck-instituut voor buitenaardse natuurkunde in Duitsland.
Net als KIC 8462852, ook wel Tabby’s ster genoemd, neemt de ster zo af en toe sterk in helderheid af. Astronomen onder leiding van Simone Scaringi hebben ontdekt dat de ster zeer onregelmatige helderheidsvariaties vertoont. Over een periode van 79 dagen werd de ster 25 achtereenvolgende dagen tot wel 65 procent zwakker.
Grote hoeveelheid materie
Wat zorgt ervoor dat er zoveel licht wordt tegengehouden? Een enorme planeet, een stofwolk, een kometenwolk of misschien een buitenaardse megastructuur of Dysonbol? In ieder geval cirkelt er een grote hoeveelheid materie in compacte formatie om de ster.
De astronomen zeggen dat EPIC 204278916 niet ouder kan zijn dan 11 miljoen jaar. De ster is bovendien slechts half zo zwaar als onze zon. Er zou zich rond de ster dus nog een zogeheten protoplanetaire schijf, voorlopers van planetaire systemen, kunnen bevinden. Jonge sterren zijn vaak omgeven door een rommelige schijf van stof en puin.
Mysterieuze gedrag
Kepler staat nog niet zo lang gericht op EPIC 204278916, en dus er zijn meer waarnemingen nodig om duidelijkheid te krijgen en het mysterieuze gedrag van de ster te kunnen verklaren. Het onderzoek is gepubliceerd op de website arXiv.
De andere merkwaardige ster die op onvoorspelbare momenten forse helderheidsveranderingen vertoont, KIC 8462852, werd in oktober vorig jaar ontdekt. Er wordt serieus gekeken naar de mogelijkheid dat de verduisterende objecten van kunstmatige aard zijn.
Reference: SETI & the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
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SETI & the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
By Nola Taylor Redd, Space.com Contributor
The Universe - Search for Extraterrestrial Life
The billions of stars in the night sky can give rise to the question, are we alone in the universe? The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) seeks to answer that question by hunting for signs of advanced civilizations in the cosmos.
The term SETI can be applied in two ways. The first characterizes the quest itself, the search for other advanced lifeforms undertaken by people around the world. The SETI Institute, the second application, leads the charge in the pursuit of broadcasts from life beyond Earth.
The SETI Institute
The largest player in the hunt for advanced life beyond the solar system, the SETI Institute is made up of scientists, engineers, technicians, teachers, and other support staff. In 1988, NASA began funding a strategy to sweep all directions of the sky in the hunt for life. Observations began in 1992, on the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' arrival in the New World. However, within a year, Congress terminated funding.
The SETI Institute then sought private funding to continue the hunt for advanced life in the universe. Donations from the enthusiastic public have helped continue the hunt for signals from other worlds. According to its website, the Institute has over 100 active projects, spanning astronomy and planetary sciences, chemical evolution, the origin of life and climate change.
Project Phoenix continued the targeted search initially instituted by NASA. The program carefully examined regions around a thousand nearby sun-like stars with the world's largest antennae.
In a joint project with the University of California, Berkeley, the Institute built 42 individual telescopes that function as a single massive instrument. TheAllen Telescope Array, named for benefactor Paul Allen (co-founder of Microsoft), began observations in 2007. According to the SETI Institute, the array should allow scientists to examine as many as 1 million nearby stars in the next two decades.
Hunting for advanced life
Extraterrestrial life can be roughly grouped into two categories. The first is the broad classification of life itself, a process that includes microbial and other simple forms. Without civilization and technology, life cannot produce the advanced signals that travel across the galaxy. However, many scientists continue to investigate atmospheres and other characteristics of worlds both in and out of the solar system as part of the search for life beyond our planet.
The search for extraterrestrial intelligence looks beyond this broad category in an effort to find advanced civilizations. Most SETI searches focus on the hunt for radio or optical signals that can signify highly evolved alien life.
Because life on Earth arose within 100 million years after the planet was habitable, many scientists think that life should evolve on planets with the right characteristics. With billions of stars in the galaxy, each thought to host at least one planet, there are numerous opportunities for life to evolve. The wealth of planets revealed by NASA's Kepler space telescope have produced a slew of potentially habitable worlds for SETI scientists to target.
According to SETI Institute astronomer Seth Shostak, there are three ways to find life on other worlds. The first is to go and look, a process only feasible within the solar system. The second is by studying light from the planet to investigate its atmosphere, currently under way with instruments like NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The third is to search for signals that could indicate intelligence.
"That's what SETI does," Shostak said in a broadcast.
Most SETI searches focus on radio signals, and most of these hunt for narrow-band signals, radio emissions that cover only a small portion of the radio spectrum. Natural objects blanket the spectrum with signals, so finding a signal that only dominated a small region would be suggestive of an artificial source.
Scientists also focus on optical searches for advanced civilizations. These hunts involve looking for very brief flashes of light that last only nanoseconds.
Messages from other worlds could be deliberately beamed or they could be accidental. Earth has been broadcasting signals since World War II, when radio communications became more common. SETI searches also look for intentional messages transmitted into space. More recently, the SETI hunt has begun to look for communications between two worlds along Earth's line of sight; messages beamed toward a planet or moon in the system couldcontinue on toward Earth.
Whether or not humans would be capable of understanding the message is another story. If a civilization is deliberately beaming a message into space, they may seek to distill it to its simplest form. However, if the message is accidentally broadcast or is a message for another world, it is possible that scientists will never be able to decode it.
According to the SETI Institute, the signal will reveal a few things about the civilization producing it. Scientists will be able to pinpoint its origination, and changes can help determine how the planet is rotating and moving.
"But even though this information is limited, the detection of an alien intelligence will be an enormously big story," the SETI Institute said on its website.
"We'll be aware that we're neither alone nor the smartest thing in the universe."
Having found the signal, the institute envisions that enthusiasm on Earth will spur humans to build larger dishes more capable of receiving weak signals.
It is unlikely that Earth and an advanced civilization far from the sun will engage in much communication. That's because it can take years for a signal to travel from one planet to the other. The closest star, Alpha Centauri, is only 4.3 light-years away. If an advanced civilization exists on a (yet-unseen) planet around the star, it would take over eight years for a signal to travel from Earth to that world and back.
In addition to accidental broadcasts, Earth has sent a handful of messages into space. In 1974, a simple message was transmitted from Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. Both NASA and Russia have since sent a handful of brief, deliberate signals into space since then, according to the SETI Institute.
Verify and confirm
When an interesting signal is detected, scientists must first verify it came from beyond Earth. By confirming observations with another radio telescope, they can make sure they have not picked up a human-created signal. Even if the original detector determines that the source didn’t come from Earth, additional instruments provide “duplication,” an important part of the scientific process.
"Once an artificial signal is confirmed as being of extraterrestrial intelligent origin, the discovery will be announced as quickly and as widely as possible," said the SETI Institute.
"There will be no secrecy, and indeed getting the word out quickly is important as there would be an urgent need to have astronomers world-wide monitor any detected signal 24 hour a day."
Other seekers
While the SETI Institute is easily the most well-known seeker of signs of advanced civilizations, they are not the only ones. The University of California, Berkeley has several SETI programs under way, including one using the Arecibo Observatory. Italy's University of Bologna also has a radio SETI search in progress. Both Berkeley and Harvard University in Boston have optical SETI searches in progress.
In a 2014 presentation to Congress, Shostak predicted that life would be found on worlds other than Earth in the near future.
"It's unproven whether there is any life beyond Earth," Shostak said. "I think that situation is going to change within everyone's lifetime in this room."
Even if no sign of an advanced civilization is found, the SETI Institute remains optimistic.
According to their website, "We are just scratching the surface of what a modern search can do. Failure to find a signal wouldn’t prove that we’re the only thinking beings in the Galaxy. After all, absence of evidence is not evidence of absence."
"The SETI Institute intends to press the search. Needless to say, the march of technology and new scientific discoveries will influence future SETI strategies. But giving up is not in the cards. Christopher Columbus did not turn around simply because he failed to find any new lands during his first few days at sea."
Researchers created a 3D-printed replica of the skull from an Egyptian mummy.
Credit: Varsha Pilbrow and Gavan Mitchell, University of Melbourne
An Egyptian mummy's head and face have been reconstructed with forensic science and 3D printing, offering scientists a tantalizing glimpse of the individual's life and death.
The mummified head was discovered by accident in the collections of the University of Melbourne in Australia. A museum curator happened upon the remains during an audit and, concerned about the state of the specimen, sent it for a computed tomography(CT) scan.
"Turns out, [the skull] is actually quite intact; it has got bandages and looks well on the inside," said Varsha Pilbrow, a biological anthropologist in the University of Melbourne's Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience. "Of course, that then allowed us to think what to do next." [In Photos: Egypt's Oldest Mummy Wrappings]
With the help of an imaging specialist, Pilbrow and her team used the scans to create a 3D-printed replica of the mummy's skull. Then, the scientists studied the specimen's facial-bone features, such as the size and angle of the jaw and characteristics of the eye sockets, to determine that the head belonged to a female. The researchers are calling the specimen Meritamun. They say she was probably not more than 25 years old at the time of her death and was important enough to be mummified.
"It is quite fascinating that we did all of this without destroying the specimen in any way, and that is important from a museum curatorial point of view," Pilbrow said.
The true origins of the mummified head are still unknown, though. Scientists think it belonged in the collections of Frederic Wood Jones, a professor who conducted archeological work in Egypt before joining as the head of anatomy at the University of Melbourne in 1930. From the distinctive style of the linen bandaging and embalming of the specimen, the researchers think Meritamun was mummified in Egypt and that she may have lived at least 2,000 years ago. They will now use radiocarbon dating to date the specimen more precisely, the scientists said.
Meanwhile, the CT scans and 3D-printed replica of the skull are revealing other details about Meritamun, including her dental abnormalities and diseases she might have had.
"We noticed that the top of her skull is very thin. It is extremely porous," Pilbrow told Live Science. "It suggests that she would have suffered from severe anemia."
A deficiency of hemoglobin and oxygen would have led to the swelling of bone marrow — as it tried to produce more red blood cells — and thinning of the skull bone, Pilbrow said.
"Anemia and dental pathologies were quite prevalent among Egyptian populations," Pilbrow said.This provides just one possible clue about how Meritamun died, but Pilbrow and her co-workers are continuing to dig into other factors that may have cost the young woman her life.
The research has yet to be published in a peer-reviewed journal.
The more interested you are in a topic, such as politics or sports, the more likely you may be to form "false memories" about events related to that topic, according to a new study.
In the study, people were asked whether they remembered certain events, including some that really happened and some that didn't. The researchers found that only 10 percent of people in the study said they remembered an event that did not really happen — or in other words, they had a false memory — in relation to topics that they were not interested in. In contrast, 25 percent of people in the study had false memories about events in relation to topics they were interested in.
"Most people are pretty confident in their own memory for events, but this research shows that false memory is a lot more frequent than many people realize," said study co-author Ciara Greene, a psychologist at the University College Dublin in Ireland. [5 Strange Facts About Memory]
"In terms of daily life, the take-home message here may be to understand that someone who remembers an event differently from you isn't necessarily lying — someone's memory may be faulty, and it might be yours," Greene said.
In the study, the researchers asked 489 people to rank seven topics from the most to the least interesting. Those topics were football, politics, business, technology, film, science and pop music, according to the study, which the researchers will present on Thursday (Sept. 1) in Barcelona, Spain, at a meeting of the British Psychological Society.
The researchers asked each person to read four news stories about events that were related to the topic they ranked as the most interesting, and four stories about events related to the topic they rated as the least interesting. In each case, three of these events really did occur, but the fourth one was made up. For example, in the "science" category, the fictional story was about recent rediscovery of a supposedly extinct bird species in Senegal. However, in truth, the species is very common in that country and is in no danger of extinction.
The researchers then asked the people to indicate if they remembered each of the four news events by choosing one of the following options: "I remember this," "I remember this differently" or "I do not remember this."
It turned out that people tended to remember the stories from the topics they said they were more interested in, compared with topics they were not interested in. However, the participants also tended to store more false memories related to the topics they were interested in, compared with topics they were not interested in, the researchers found.
This finding "is counterintuitive, interesting and definitely worthy of further scientific examination," said Elizabeth F. Loftus, a psychologist and false-memory expert at the University of California, Irvine, who was not involved in the study.
Moreover, the researchers found a similar effect if a person knew a lot about a certain topic, rather than just being interested in it. In that case, he she or was also more likely to form false memories about the subject, compared with topics that he or she did not know much about. [Top 10 Mysteries of the Mind]
It is not clear why having a strong interest or deep knowledge of a topic is linked to a greater risk of forming false memories about the subject. However, the more people know about a topic, the more memories related to this topic they have stored in their brains, the researchers said. Therefore, when a person encounters new information on this topic, that information may trigger traces of similar memories that are already stored in the brain, Greene said.
"This can result in a sense of familiarity or recognition of the new material, leading to the conviction that the information has been encountered before and is in fact an existing memory," Greene told Live Science. In other words, this new material or information may "feel" familiar and therefore the person may assume it must be true, he said.
Learning more about how false memories work may help protect against the harmful effects of them, such as when eyewitness accounts of crimes are faulty, the researchers said.
VIDEO: Oud-agent zegt hard bewijs te hebben voor buitenaardse ontvoeringen
VIDEO: Oud-agent zegt hard bewijs te hebben voor buitenaardse ontvoeringen
Vele duizenden mensen van over de hele wereld claimen te zijn ontvoerd door aliens. Onder hen is zelfs een wereldleider: in 2007 kondigde de toenmalige president van de Russische autonome republiek Kalmukkië Kirsan Iljoemzjinov op tv aan dat hij aan boord van een buitenaards schip was geweest.
Al duizenden jaren gaan er verhalen rond over mensen die worden meegenomen door buitenaardse wezens. Vaak keren de ontvoerden terug naar de aarde met nieuwe kennis of instructies voor de mensheid.
Olieachtige substantie
Voormalig politieagent Derrel Sims uit Texas verzamelt al 30 jaar bewijsmateriaal dat is achtergelaten op plekken waar mensen ontvoerd zouden zijn. In sommige gevallen wordt straling gemeten in gebieden waar een UFO is geland of komen mensen terug met littekens of implantaten, claimt hij.
Sims laat een foto zien van een vrouw uit Chili die na aanraking door een alien brandwonden zou hebben opgelopen. Hij vermoedt dat een olieachtige substantie afkomstig uit het lichaam van de alien hier verantwoordelijk voor is geweest.
Echt bewijs
De oud-agent toont verder vermeende buitenaardse implantaten die zijn geanalyseerd door verschillende laboratoria. Uit het labonderzoek bleek dat het materiaal waar de implantaten uit bestaan, afkomstig is uit meteorieten.
“Deze objecten zijn ingebracht bij mensen,” legde Sims uit. “Er is iemand die dit doet. Dit is gerelateerd aan entiteiten. We hebben hier te maken met echt, feitelijk bewijs.”
Fascinating Video reveals The Truth About The Nephilim
Fascinating Video reveals The Truth About The Nephilim
Ancient texts detail how the Nephilim lived on Earth and created chaos and destruction. At one point in history, they began having prophetic dreams of Armageddon, as fear swept through their hearts. According to the texts, the first of the Nephilim to have such prophetic dreams was Mahway, the Titan son of the angel Barakel.
According to his dream, a huge tablet was submerged under water, as the tablet surfaces only three names are left. This is believed to symbolize the Great Flood and eventual distribution of all but Noah’s sons.
What are your thoughts about the Nephilim and the so-called fallen Angels? Do you believe they are just mythological creatures created by mankind’s imagination? Or is it possible as many ancient texts indicate, that the Nephilim and fallen Angels were real, and roamed the Earth in the distant past?
Starting from the beginning, we must understand that even today in the 21st century, the word ‘Nephilim‘ is not entirely understood. Throughout the years, scholars have proposed a number of etymologies, among them: ‘The Fallen, ‘Apostates’, and even ‘those that cause others to fall.’ But regardless of their name and the meaning, the enigmatic Nephilim have long been considered the giant beings that inhabited our planet in the distant past.
In recent years, many authors would argue that based on numerous ancient texts we may conclude that the Nephilim could have been an ancient Alien species that inhabited Earth in the distant past.
This theory, while heavily opposed by skeptics has become accepted by many people in recent years.
Many argue that based on several texts and interpretations of these mysterious beings, the Nephilim were, in fact, mysterious beings that dominated over the planet before the Great Flood.
In many ancient texts, they are referred to as giants and some ancient texts suggest these mystery beings are in fact the descendants of the Fallen Angels.
In the Hebrew Bible, the word ‘Nephilim’ occurs on two occasions, both times in the Torah, the first one being in Genesis 6:1-4, just before the story of Noah’s ark, and the second is Numbers 13:32–33 when spies sent to Canaan reported seeing ‘fearsome giants’.
2 Samuel 21:20 even offers a detailed description as to how the enigmatic beings looked like: „…And there was again war at Gath where there was a man of great stature who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot; twenty-four in number and he also was descended from the giants.“
But perhaps the most important ‘archaeological’ evidence supporting the existence of these beings is the2,000-year-old Book of Giants which is said to describe how these beings were destroyed.
The enigmatic and somewhat controversial book of giants was discovered over 50 years ago. It was found at the Qumran Caves among thousands of antique scrolls that offered extremely important insight into our past.
But in addition to the numerous texts and articles we can watch and read about the Nephilim, this documentary offers a fascinating insight into one of the most debated subjects in the last couple of decades.
Nephilim were offspring of the “sons of God” and the “daughters of men” before the Deluge according to Genesis 6:4; the name is also used in reference to giants who inhabited Canaan at the time of the Israelite conquest of Canaan according to Numbers 13:33. A similar biblical Hebrew word with different vowel-sounds is used in Ezekiel 32:27 to refer to dead Philistine warriors.
Surveillance camera in Peru films ‘ Alien entity ’ at Pachacamac
Surveillance camera in Peru films ‘ Alien entity ’ at Pachacamac
A surveillance camera at a service station near Pachacamac Peru has filmed what many are calling an alien entity from another dimension. So far, the video recording has appeared on numerous television programs, and no one seems to be able to explain what the enigmatic ‘alien creature’ actually is.
Surveillance cameras from a service station on the Panamerican Highway South district of Pachacamac, Peru, show an alleged alien creature about half a meter in height as it appears in the early hours of Monday, August 22.
In the video recording posted on YouTube, you can see four workers from the service station talking when the mysterious ‘alien being’ appears.
The workers fail to understand what the mysterious creature is as they follow the entity across the highway while filming the encounter on their mobile phones.
One of the workers, identified as Juan Mauricio Morales approached the ‘alien entity’ as it floated away. A bus apparently intercepts the alien entity but nothing happens, as the creature continues disappearing.
The mysterious encounter with the alien entity has already been discussed on numerous television shows in Peru as people fail to understand what the mysterious creature may have been.
Was it an actual alien entity? Or is it possible e that workers of the service station confused it with something else?
Interestingly it isn’t the first time that such an entity has been caught on camera.
Could this mysterious encounter be evidence of the alleged other dimensional beings mentioned by one of FBI’s documents which indicate we are being visited by beings not from Earth, and not from this dimension?
It is noteworthy to mention that Pachacamac is precisely where one of the most fascinating archaeological sites in Peru is located. The site located some 40 kilometers southeast of Lima Peru in the Valley of the Lurin River has numerous buildings and temples which were built sometime between 800 and 1,450 AD.
Archaeologists have discovered numerous pyramids on the site (at least 17), and many of them are irreversibly damaged by the weather phenomenon of El Niño.
NASA Promises To ‘Find Alien Civilizations By 2025’ – The Drip Feeding Of Disclosure?
NASA Promises To ‘Find Alien Civilizations By 2025’ – The Drip Feeding Of Disclosure?
“We are on the cusp of discovering alien civilizations”, NASA’s top scientists have said. They have very recently predicted that we are just one generation away from finding something in our Milky Way neighbourhood, which is bustling with environments conducive to life…….let the Drip Feeding of Disclosure begin!
The NASA Scientists made their comments at a panel discussion Tuesday, the scientists predict that the first discoveries will definitely come within a decade. Chief scientist Ellen Stofan believes we’ll have “definitive evidence within 20 to 30 years,” as “in most cases we have the technology, and we’re on a path to implementing it. And so I think we’re definitely on the road.” Ellen Stofan has been asked about UFO’s and Aliens before but always kept quiet when asked….
“I think we’re one generation away in our solar system, where it’s on an icy moon or on Mars, and one generation [away] on a planet around a nearby star,” former astronaut John Grunsfeld said at the session.
“Sometime in the near future, people will be able to point to a star and say, ‘that star has a planet like Earth’,” said Sara Seager, professor of planetary science and physics at MIT.
“Just imagine the moment, when we find potential signatures of life,” concurred Matt Mountain, a top space telescope boffin. “Imagine the moment when the world wakes up and the human race realizes that its long loneliness in time and space may be over – the possibility we’re no longer alone in the universe.”
“I think in the next 20 years we will find out we are not alone in the universe,” added NASA astronomer Kevin Hand.
NASA has made some huge strides in both spotting distant worlds and analysing their chemical composition. Stofan said: “We know where to look.” Indeed, the Kepler mission has found no shortage of rocks that could support life, while icy moons in our own galaxy have long been suspected to hold incredible secrets deep beneath their own icey crust – among them Jupiter’s enigmatic moons – especially Europa, where a gargantuan body of water rages beneath the thin surface and water vapour’s are literally sprayed 200 km upward, giving clues to life-supporting minerals beneath. This while Ganymede is thought to have more water than all of Earth’s oceans combined!
Simulated View from Europa’s Surface (Artist’s Concept)
(Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
The same can also be said of Saturn’s satellite Enceladus. Scientists found evidence to suggest that, like our more distant galactic neighbours, Mars also harboured entire oceans, the cracks and scars on its surface appearing to be made by raging water currents full of salt. All of these scenarios makes the Milky Way quite “a soggy place,” according to the director of NASA’s Astrophysics Division, Paul Hertz.
“We can see water in the interstellar clouds from which planetary systems and stellar systems form,” he says. “We can see water in the disks of debris that are going to become planetary systems around other stars, and we can even see comets being dissipated in other solar systems as [their] star evaporates them.”
The now well known Mars rover Curiosity, which is actually stationed on the Red Planet, continues to dazzle scientists daily with intriguing new finds. Just two weeks ago, it discovered organic molecules containing carbon and “fixed” nitrogen – elements which are central to ALL known life. The mars Rover has also got many people talking about NASA hiding images from Mars which prove that there was once life on the Red Planet!
The Mars Rover ‘Curiosity’ Searching for life on Mars!
The Kepler mission’s amazing success has also been a godsend – its lens measuring the very tiniest changes in the light intensity of a star, as a planet passes by it. With its robotic eye, it showed us that life and rocky worlds should be far more common in our galaxy than the likes of gassy Saturn and Jupiter!
Numerous advances in both technology and our ability to implement it means that we are also accelerating the pace more than ever. One US company has recently just been given a grant for its plasma rocket to reach Mars in JUST 39 days, while NASA itself is already hard at work on developing a new Mars lander that resembles a Flying saucer and promises to make it possible to “safely land heavier spacecraft” on alien planets!
NASA’s Flying Saucer style Craft
It has become very clear that Humanity is now facing two major separate challenges in space: the first one is finding signs of intelligent life, the other is identifying potentially habitable environments. While one may rush to tie the two together, the latter is a considerably easier proposition to make.Stofan is all but certain the manned mission to Mars will emerge with spectacular discoveries, which kind of confirms the conspiracy theories that are going around about their being signs of ancient civilizations on Mars, something which NASA has been accused of trying to cover up: “I’m a field geologist; I go out and break open rocks and look for fossils,” she said. “Those are hard to find. So I have a bias that it’s eventually going to take humans on the surface of Mars — field geologists, astrobiologists, chemists — actually out there looking for that good evidence of life that we can bring back to Earth for all the scientists to argueabout.”
Dr. Ellen Stofan
Europa will see us much sooner than that. As soon as 2022, our $2.1 billion will get to work on probing the mysteries of its oceans. And then there are the water vapours, spotted in the region next to the southern pole….Could there be life lurking under those deep under the Ice Oceans?!
Water, methane and carbon monoxide have been detected in the atmosphere of exoplanet HR 8799 b
These exciting discoveries are accompanied by huge strides in lens technologies NASA says will be central to finding alien life within at least two decades. Already there are several contenders for the next King of telescopes, their tech specs threatening to leave the famed Hubble far behind; among them the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which cost the space agency a fat $8.8 billion. The technology on-board the impressive Telescope is strong enough to peer at distant ‘super-Earths’ and analyse the possible chemical composition of those worlds, the gasses they spew out being strong indicators of life. For direct signs, however, we still need to take good old photos of the rocks, according to Hertz. That is why NASA is hard at work on the next generation of telescopes – one that will feature a coronagraph. The device is invaluable for blocking out the glare of the host stars of the exoplanets, giving us a clear view of the celestial bodies. It’s set to launch sometime in the mid-2020s….just imagine being able to stare out at and see other potential civilized worlds buzzing with life, but if we can see them one things for sure, somebody out there has already seen us!
The OFFICIAL Drip Feeding Of Disclosure ~ U.I.P Summary
Well here it is people the news that we all wanted to hear, NASA admitting firstly that there IS Alien life out there and secondly confirming that we will find ‘where’ the Aliens are!
This piece of important news gets the alarm bells ringing with people shouting out loud “Disclosure Disclosure!” and yes this is a great piece of Drip Feeding Disclosure, building us up to the inevitable that Aliens exists not too far from us (in the greater scheme of things!). It’s clear to many of us that we are being visited by Alien Beings, and if we know and have seen like a lot of us have NASA know this very well too! NASA and the Governments of this world know A LOT more than they are letting on…..do you think it’s a coincidence that Aliens are making the News nowadays? NO! Is it a coincidence that Scientists are firing up the Large Hadron Collider again? NO! These two key areas are VERY important in discovering the Truth!
It is clear that NASA and the Scientists of this world KNOW that we are not alone…and are seeking ways to travel beyond the stars just like our ET friends……but at what risk to mankind!?
These are exciting times and as we always state here at U.I.P Science Fiction is now becoming Science FACT! So lets keep digging for the truth.
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Huge UFO flying over Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia 30-Aug-2016
Huge UFO flying over Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia 30-Aug-2016
Here’s one new interesting footage of a bright unidentified flying object or orb in the sky above Royal Palm Beach Resort in Queensland, Australia. This happened on 30 August 2016.
Video Apparently Shows Evidence Alien Responsible For Space X Rocket Explosion
Video Apparently Shows Evidence Alien Responsible For Space X Rocket Explosion
Last week, Elon Musk’s Falcon 9 Space X rocket exploded moments before a test launch. The incident left massive financial and technological loss for the company. It was blamed to a faulty rocket engine that made a spark and eventually explosion of the entire system, including the launchpad.
The company has issued an official statement concerning the incident. They are reportedly investigating the exact cause of the explosion with the help of the Federal Aviation Administration, the US Air Force, and NASA. The next generation space rocket was supposedly designed to be incorporated into a NASA crew flight in 2017.
Meanwhile, alien enthusiasts believe they know the reason for the explosion saying that a UFO shot a laser beam that resulted in the destruction of the Space X rocket. These self-proclaimed UFO researchers point out the video evidence showing an unidentified flying object over the rocket moments before the explosion. Furthermore, they also refer an anomaly on the launchpad following an explosion.
They dismissed the idea that the black flying object in the video was just a bird or a bug, arguing that it must have been a UFO moving at hypersonic speed. They explained that if between the left and right tower there’s at least a quarter mile, the so-called bug is traveling 3,600 mph at a minimum because it beamed from one end to the other in just 0.25 second.
UFO enthusiasts further suggesting that the UFO is behind the tower and not in front of the camera lens, dismissing once more the possibility of a bug. They stressed that the left tower hides the UFO behind it.
Elon Musk Wants to Change How (and Where) Humans Live
Elon Musk Wants to Change How (and Where) Humans Live
Making spaceships and electric supercars isn’t enough for Elon Musk. Meghan Daum meets the entrepreneur who wants to save the world.
The name sounds like a men’s cologne. Or a type of ox. It sounds possibly made up. But then, so much about Elon Musk seems the creation of a fiction writer—and not necessarily one committed to realism. At 44, Musk is both superstar entrepreneur and mad scientist. Sixteen years after cofounding a company called X.com that would, following a merger, go on to become PayPal, he’s launched the electric carmaker Tesla Motors and the aerospace manufacturer SpaceX, which are among the most closely watched—some would say obsessed-over—companies in the world. He has been compared to the Christian Grey character in Fifty Shades of Grey, though not as often as he’s been called “the real Tony Stark,” referring to the playboy tech entrepreneur whose alter ego, Iron Man, rescues the universe from various manifestations of evil.
The Iron Man comparison is, strangely, as apt as it is hyperbolic, since Musk has the boyish air of a nascent superhero and says his ultimate aim is to save humanity from what he sees as its eventual and unavoidable demise—from any number of causes, carbon consumption high among them. (As it happens, he met with Robert Downey, Jr., to discuss the Tony Stark role, and his factory doubled as the villain’s hideaway in Iron Man 2.) To this end he’s building his own rockets, envisioning a future in which we colonize Mars, funding research aimed at keeping artificial intelligence beneficial to humanity, and making lithium-ion electric batteries that might, one day, put the internal-combustion engine out to pasture.
There are signs that he’s succeeding. Despite its average price tag of $100,000 and the inherent complications of owning an electric vehicle, Tesla’s Model S is now among the best-selling luxury sedans in North America (a sport-utility vehicle called the Model X has been breathlessly awaited for years and will be introduced September 28th). Musk’s detailed concept for a high-speed transportation system dubbed the Hyperloop, which could conceivably move passengers between Los Angeles and San Francisco in 30 minutes, has become a source of great public anticipation and fascination—even though it remains largely theoretical at this point. A very real energy-service company called SolarCity, which Musk helped get off the ground and for which he serves as chairman, has been described as a possible existential threat to big utility companies.
Of all his ventures, though, it’s SpaceX, which Musk founded because he was frustrated with the pace and cost of government-sponsored space exploration, that feels the grandest and, by definition, the most otherworldly. Even with a string of setbacks (most recently the doomed launch of the Falcon 9 cargo rocket, which blew apart shortly after takeoff last June—on Musk’s forty-fourth birthday, no less), the company seems poised to grow into a major force in the aerospace industry. This is thanks largely to a pair of contracts with NASA totaling up to $5.7 billion to deliver cargo (which SpaceX has done seven times) and eventually crew members to the International Space Station.
The entrepreneur, photographed in the engineering model of the SpaceX Crew Dragon, the company’s first manned craft, due for launch in 2017.
Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, Vogue, October 2015
“From a financial perspective, SpaceX is probably the most secure of his companies,” says New York Times business writer and longtime Musk observer Andrew Ross Sorkin. “And that is because the government is handing over real hard cash for it to do what it does. Even if it turned out to be a company that just worked for the government, could it be the next Lockheed Martin? It’s not out of the realm of possibility.”
I meet Musk in his office pod in the nearly 500,000-square-foot, white slab of a building in Hawthorne, California, that houses SpaceX’s headquarters and factory. Dwarfed only by the looming presence of nearby LAX airport, the facility is a paean to the discipline required to maintain the clean lines of minimalism while also running a mega-scale manufacturing operation. The factory floor is a gleaming, grinding explosion of moving pieces. Work happens around the clock, with robots zinging tirelessly back and forth on assembly lines, 3-D printers carving out metal sections for rocket engines, and engineers sitting at monitors in a mission-control room preparing for upcoming launches. There are 3,500 employees here and a discernible air of secrecy. No photos are allowed. Outside in the lobby, every time a visitor or employee presses through the glass doors, a watchful janitor steps in to wipe away any print marks.
Musk’s physical presence is a bit like the building’s—blocky and imposing, tidy without being fussy. Well over six feet tall, he’s broad in the shoulders, giant in the hands, and appears not just clean shaven but thoroughly scrubbed. He’s dressed in jeans and a black T-shirt. His desk, which is made of a polished aerospace-grade aluminum, is immaculate and uncluttered save for photos of his five sons from his first marriage, to Justine Musk—eleven-year-old twins and nine-year-old triplets. (His current wife is the English actress Talulah Riley.)
“Hopefully when they grow up we’ll be in the process of becoming a multiplanet civilization,” he says of his boys. “Hopefully we’ll have a small base on Mars. . . . Going there slowly would take six months. I think we can shorten that journey to three.”
This is how Musk talks—like a science-fiction writer, or at least the science-fiction fan he was as a kid and remains today (current reading: the late Scottish writer Iain M. Banks). Friends and observers often talk about him operating on a massive scale, as though his life’s perimeter exceeds normal human bounds.
“He is the most impressive out-of-the-box thinker I know,” says the writer Walter Isaacson, president of the Aspen Institute. “There’s no shortage of people with a vision for the future,” adds Bill Gates. “What makes Elon exceptional is his ability to make his come true.”
The outsize visions Musk entertains make an odd juxtaposition with his manner, which is soft-spoken, precise, and, above all,considered. Though he sometimes comes across as not entirely comfortable in his own skin—he fidgets when not engaged in deeply concentrated work—he appears to be remarkably at ease with silence and will take long pauses to think before he speaks.
The pauses are especially long when the conversation turns to his private life. His marriage to Riley, whom he wed in 2010, divorced in 2012, and remarried in 2013, almost came to an end yet again when the couple filed for divorce last New Year’s Eve. But they reunited over the summer, just days before the divorce was finalized. “Right under the wire,” Riley says when I speak to her. “We told the lawyers we’d changed our minds. It was the same lawyers we’ve had all along, so I think they’re used to us by now.”
A recently published biography by tech writer Ashlee Vance, which Musk participated in reluctantly and minimally, has drawn attention for portraying Musk as Asperger’s-ish in his interpersonal dealings (on the subject of dating, Vance wrote that Musk asked him, “How much time does a woman want a week? Maybe ten hours?”) and occasionally tyrannical as a boss. One ex-employee claimed Musk upbraided him in an email for missing work in order to attend the birth of his child. Musk tells me he did no such thing and that the employee has never been able to produce the alleged email.
“If anything, I’ve always been incredibly supportive of people having children,” Musk tells me. “Before the companies grew so large, I actually personally wrote notes of congratulations to employees who had babies.” Musk also takes issue with the book’s depiction of the way his former assistant left the company—“It seems I summarily fired her after twelve years, and that simply is not true”—and is in the process of composing a response, possibly for The Huffington Post, setting the record straight.
Amid the chatter around the biography, Musk’s first wife, Justine, posted an observation to the Web forum Quora that quickly went viral: “Extreme success results from an extreme personality and comes at the cost of many other things.” There was little doubt about whom she was writing, and the media buzzed with speculation into Musk’s personal affairs. But Musk has no quarrel with her basic premise. “You’re not going to create revolutionary cars or rockets on 40 hours a week,” he tells me. “It just won’t work. Colonizing Mars isn’t going to happen on 40 hours a week.”
That Musk has managed to parlay a tableau of boyhood fantasies—cars, rockets, the idea of life on other planets—into a billion-dollar enterprise is, of course, integral to his mystique. So is the fact that in 2008, when both companies were in free fall during the stock-market crisis and auto bailout, he shocked investors and the tech world by pouring his entire personal savings into rescuing Tesla. Despite a firm rooting in the Silicon Valley ecosystem—Tesla’s factory is in Fremont, California, and Musk spends two to three days a week in the Bay Area—his interests occupy a notably different sphere from the market-driven preoccupations of many tech entrepreneurs.
“He gets tagged as the industrialist,” says SpaceX COO Gwynne Shotwell, who’s been Musk’s right-hand woman at the company nearly since its inception. “But he never starts out saying, ‘I want to make a billion dollars.’ He says, ‘We have to fix the fossil-fuel industry.’ He is all about making a world—and not necessarilythe world—better for humans.”
As we strive for enlightenment, we better understand what questions to ask about the universe. It seems like there’s a fundamental good in that
As with most comic book–hero origin stories, Musk’s childhood was shadowed in some measure of darkness. Growing up in apartheid-era South Africa, he was profoundly intelligent and ambitious—at age fifteen, he started an arcade business with his brother and cousin; they got it all the way to the city zoning phase before their parents found out and pulled the plug—but also socially awkward at school. He had a terrible time with bullies and was once beaten up so badly that he was taken to the hospital.
“South Africa was quite a violent place,” he says. “There was a level of violence growing up that wouldn’t be tolerated in any American school. It was like Lord of the Flies. There were a couple of gangs that were pretty evil, and they picked their victims and I was one of them. I think part of what set them off was that I ended up sticking up for this one kid who they were relentless on. And that made me a target.”
His parents divorced when he was nine, and Musk and his brother, Kimbal, eventually went to live with their father, Errol, an engineer. (His sister, Tosca, remained with their mother.) Though Kimbal told Vance that their father gave them “a very emotionally challenging upbringing,” the Musks keep discussions about Errol to a minimum.
“Everyone has tough parents,” Kimbal tells me from his home in Boulder. “The public seems interested in our experience with our father, but people should let it go. We’ve let it go. We’ve gotten past it.”
Asked what Elon was like as a child, his mother, Maye Musk, says only that he was “happy” and “a normal boy with his siblings and cousins.”
Musk himself tells a different story, saying that he was in an “existential crisis” from roughly the ages of eleven to fifteen, struggling with “What’s the point of it all?” kinds of questions. “I read a lot of books, and it didn’t sound like anything really had the answer to what’s the meaning of life,” Musk says. “And then it’s like, ‘Is it all meaningless?’ I was reading Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, and it was terrible. No one should read them. It’s too depressing. They were not happy people.”
The answer eventually came (as it does for many disaffected teenage boys, even those not reading Nietzsche) through the cult 1979 novel The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams, a writer known, perhaps not coincidentally, for his interest in both environmental conservation and fast cars.
“I thought Adams was actually quite good because he was making the point that the question is the real difficulty,” says Musk. “The universe is essentially the answer, so what’s the question? As we strive for enlightenment, we better understand what questions to ask about the nature of the universe. It seems like there’s a fundamental good in that. So that seemed like a good way to apply my efforts—to strive for greater enlightenment.”
In 1989, Musk left South Africa for Canada, where he attended Queen’s University in Ontario before transferring to the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied economics and physics. At Penn he roomed with Adeo Ressi, now also a highly successful entrepreneur and investor. Eager to escape their barracks-like student housing, they rented a large house and, in order to pay the rent, turned it into a nightclub that attracted as many as 1,000 patrons. Ressi says that although Musk was already a capable businessman, his interest in the parties themselves was often negligible.
“There were some nights where I’d be like, ‘Where’s Elon?’ and I’d go up to his room and pound on the door and he’s in there alone playing a video game,” Ressi recalls. “And I’m like, ‘There are 500 people out there who need our attention!’ I’m not even sure that he was aware that the party was going on.”
After Penn, Musk entered a Ph.D. program at Stanford in applied physics but dropped out after two days to join his brother in starting Zip2, the online city directory whose proceeds would beget X.com, which in turn would beget him the rest of his life.
But unlike Christian Grey, who lets it be known to his bonny submissive that he earns around $1 million a day (hearing this, Musk asks, “That’s all?” and collapses into a protracted fit of laughter, saying, “I’m joking! I’m joking! That was a joke!”), Musk has a relationship to money that is, like many of his relationships, notably aloof. When he arrived in Silicon Valley in 1995, he says, he was more interested in “figuring out how to be part of building the Internet” than in getting rich. Besides, no one was getting rich yet.
“I think he always just assumed the money would come,” says Justine Musk, whom he met during his stint at Queen’s University and married in 2000 and who is, fittingly, not your average ex-wife of a mogul. A novelist and prolific blogger, she speaks of Musk with equal measures of frankness and fondness, calling him “not the most demonstrative person” and “certainly not a normal father” but a committed parent who’s deeply interested in his kids. “He’s not taking them to soccer games,” she says. “He’s taking them to Shanghai. Even though there are all of these advantages and he has this very unusual lifestyle, I think they see what he does for a living and how difficult it is.”
During their early courtship, Justine recalls, “the brilliance was obvious,” but Musk’s personality bore traces of the social obtuseness that had dogged him in childhood. She says he had a habit of calling her and letting the phone ring endlessly if she didn’t answer. Then he’d hang up and call right back. Every Valentine’s Day he sent her red roses with a note that read, “I like you.”
“People have always referred to him as robotic,” Justine says. “My best friend in college would always comment about how he didn’t really know how to hug. She’d try to hug him goodbye and he’d just kind of stand there. He’s since learned to be a better hugger.”
A set of twins and a set of triplets—all boys, no less—is in many ways a quintessentially Elon Musk kind of brood. But it was tragedy that shaped the family’s trajectory. The Musks’ first baby, a boy named Nevada, died at ten weeks of a SIDS-related incident. After he spent three days on life support, the Musks made the decision to turn off the machines. Devastated yet determined to get pregnant again as quickly as possible, Justine sought fertility treatments that eventually resulted in the twins. She and Elon were thrilled.
“After that we were like, ‘Yes, let’s do it again!’ ” Justine says. “We didn’t expect to get triplets. That was our attempt to get one girl. It didn’t work that way. . . . But there are a lot of boys in his family. I think he’s a Y-chromosome kind of guy.”
When Musk became less than satisfied with the schools his sons were attending, he created a new one for them last year. With an enrollment of fifteen elementary-age kids, the school, called Ad Astra (“to the stars”), has three teachers and is situated in a house he purchased a few years ago.
“It has all these funny nooks and crannies and cute cupboards,” says Musk. “It also feels quite like a little schoolhouse on the prairie—except in Bel-Air on a golf course.”
Though none of his kids are reading Schopenhauer—“I’d never introduce anyone to Schopenhauer!”—Musk says one of the nine-year-olds is reading books of poetry as well as Flannery O’Connor and Charles Dickens. He’s about to take them camping for the weekend, he tells me in a slightly weary voice, admitting he’d never go camping of his own volition. “I do it because I think they should have occasional arduous things. They have to cook and clean up: camping things.”
A week later, Musk is in Silicon Valley, where he’s just addressed Tesla’s shareholders at the annual meeting. The shareholders, not all of whom actually own the vehicles, represent a cross section of well-heeled, progressive types. The mood in the room is palpably earnest. He takes a question from a young man identifying himself as a tenth-grader who, “due to some pretty fortunate investments,” has been able to purchase a Tesla. His question has to do with autopilot software the company is currently testing and whether it will effectively turn the car into a self-driving vehicle so that passengers can relax. The boy’s precociousness produces a titter from the audience, but Musk answers the question as though he were talking to any adult. He explains that the autopilot isn’t designed to be used without human oversight, at least not yet.
“Several years from now,” he says, “there will be a fail operational autopilot with redundant sensors and everything that’s needed for someone to actually literally go to sleep and wake up at their destination.” Next question.
“I just treat all questions equally,” Musk says a few hours later. He’s in a private dining room in the restaurant of a luxury golf resort in Menlo Park. He orders a cappuccino and an enormous spread of food—flatbreads, cheeses, tuna ceviche. I carefully broach the subject of his recent romantic history with Riley, whom he first met on a trip in London in 2008, noting that he was wearing a wedding band at the shareholders’ meeting, though he didn’t have it on when we met last week, nor does he have it on now. He tells me he tends to fidget, so he puts it in his pocket so he doesn’t lose it.
I ask if I can see it and he takes it out of his pocket and hands it to me for inspection. It’s a simple titanium band, practically weightless. This is when he reveals to me for the first time that he and Riley are not officially divorced yet and, in fact, are kind of back together. He then puts the ring back in his pocket.
“I’m the flighty one; I’m the one who does all the leaving and divorcing,” Riley says when I call her later. “But we are now totally solidly together.”
All the drama aside, Riley may in fact be the perfect partner for Musk. They plan to have kids, she says, but she’s also prepared to let her husband go to Mars someday if he needs to. It’s a trip that would likely require being gone for two years at a minimum.
“If Elon gets everything up and running, I can’t imagine him not going,” she tells me. “We joke around the house all the time about who’s going to Mars first and who will take care of the kids while the other person is gone. I kind of jestingly say, ‘No, you can’t go,’ but this is his life’s work. I wouldn’t want to stop him.”
As far as Musk is concerned, this decision isn’t that far off on the horizon.
“I hope we’ll be able to send the first people to Mars in about ten years,” he says.
The first settlers, he explains, would be scientists and engineers building some kind of pressurized dome. Terraforming, or making the planet’s surface and climate inhabitable by humans, would be the next step, though it could take centuries.
“You can only go there every two years because the orbital synchronization of Earth and Mars is about every two years,” he says. “But I think it would be an interesting way for the civilization to develop. People would meet each other and be like, ‘What orbital synchronization did you arrive on?’ ”
A wave of recently declassified UFO files and statements of high rank officials are slowly turning the UFO phenomenon into reality.
Believing that we are the only civilization in the physical Universe – which scientifically speaking is infinite – shows not only an immense ego, but also an unfathomable ignorance. But what happens when high rank officials
On December 2012, the Russian prime-minister Dimitri Medvedev gave a live interview aired simultaneously on five television channels. After that, the Russian ex-president revealed to a journalist that every leader of the Kremlin is handed two folders with classified information regarding the visit of extraterrestrial beings.
At that time, Medvedev’s statement was a worldwide premiere, since it was the first time when a high level official publicly acknowledged the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations during the presidential mandate.
A riveting news article was published in 1980 in the “Sputnik” magazine about the perceptions and experiences of UFOs. This article contains reports from ten Soviet and American astronauts. Only one of these astronauts refused the possibility of UFOs getting in and out of our galaxy.
Ievgheni Krunov declared that it’s actually impossible to deny the presence of UFOs, and we should admit that these are more than simple optical illusions, even some of their characteristics like the rapid change of flight course at a 90 degrees angle offers us a lot of food for thought.
Astronaut Ghenadi Strekalov mentioned that he witnessed numerous strange and inexplicable phenomena, but hesitates to classify these events in any way. Still, he described a phenomenon observed on September 28 1980, during his day shift on the Mir space station: a flying sphere above the Earth, at an altitude of 20-30 km, around Newfoundland. The atmosphere was clear and the visibility was perfect, so he could watch for about 10 seconds how the sphere was shifting beautiful vivid colors, and afterwards disappearing almost instantly.
Strekalov remembered that the UFO had a perfect oval shape. He claimed that he reported the event to the Mission Control Center, but it did not classify as a UFO, concluding that he must be more precautious in the relation with his superiors.
According to publicly released documents, in the year of 1952 alone have been checked and confirmed over 100 UFO phenomena with no logical explanation, that were registered and labeled in the CIA archives as “inexplicable”.
“Almost 100 believable confessions remain inexplicable at the moment. However, the CIA monitoring will continue and no reports will be made public.”, the report notes.
To the disappointment of ufologists around the world, the declassification of those 10 documents coincides with the relaunch of the “X Files” series and apparently those documents do not contain any information regarding crashed UFOs, encounters or kidnappings.
According to the CIA spokesman, the organization believes that the public will find the information extremely fascinating:
“We have decided to release to publicity a few files that even the most skeptical individuals will find appealing. Five of these files are fit for “X Files” agent Fox Mulder, but the other 5 files are perfect for his skeptical partner, agent Dana Scully.”
Conspiracy theorists believe that CIA’s decision to make these documents public does not coincide with the relaunch of the new X Files series, but rather are an attempt to warm-up the audience for later disclosures.
“Apparently, the CIA used the rebirth of the X Files franchise to remind the people that the agency has agents investigating these cases.”, declares Stephen Basset, executive director of Paradigm Research Group, an organization that militates at the White House in order for the government of the United States to admit that aliens are real.
If the world will eventually accept the UFO reality we are yet to find out, but hopefully it won’t take long until our governments will spill the beans about the existence of extraterrestrials.
“I think it’s happening again,” the farmer named Miller said nervously on Aug. 8, 2011.
“I’ll be right there,” Zukowski reassured him.
The 58-year-old alien investigator threw on his tactical vest, jumped into his black Ford truck and sped over to Miller’s farm two hours away in Trinidad, Colo.
The spooked cattleman greeted Zukowski with a solemn stare and pointed toward the carcass of a cow plopped in the dirt.
The mutilated red angus was missing its ears, tongue and genitals, similar to the previous two incidents at Miller’s ranch.
Each body part was dissected in a clinical way, leaving cauterized surgical wounds, but the earth surrounding it was left completely undisturbed.
Zukowski had no doubt that this was the work of aliens. And they were once again operating on the 37th parallel.
“I started to realize the cattle mutilations, UFO sightings and major events like Area 51 all lined up,” Zukowski said, referring to the 37th degree of latitude, which forms the borders between Utah and Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico, and Kansas and Oklahoma.
The true believer had investigated more than 1,000 paranormal incidents over 30 years — and 200 of them landed on the 37th parallel.
“It’s America’s paranormal highway,” the self-described “UFO nut” proclaimed.
Zukowski believes the aliens have a predilection for places with a proximity to underground water and a high level of hydrogen, which they use for energy.
He became fascinated with ETs as a kid, but began to get serious about his “research” in the late 1980s.
On weekends, he’d pile his three kids and his wife, Tammy, 56, into a beat-up RV to go UFO hunting. Like the “Ghostbusters,” Zukowski is always fully strapped for action.
Modal TriggerIn 1995, Zukowski took this photo of a streak in the sky over Area 51 in Nevada, which he claims is probably a UFO.
“I never go anywhere without a tactical vest, a gun, a full-spectrum camera, a handheld metal detector, binoculars, a range finder and glass tubes for samples,” boasted Zukowski, who also works as a microchip designer.
When he moved his family out to Colorado Springs in 1998, he latched onto the phenomenon of mutilated animals.
“They all look as if someone has cut them up with a surgical knife,” he said.
‘Over the course of my research, I’ve determined it’s incredibly likely that we have been visited by aliens at least once.’
- Ben Mezrich
Zukowski sharpened his investigative skills while working for the El Paso County, Colo., Sheriff’s Department, earning him the nickname “Mulder of El Paso,” after the “X-Files” character Fox Mulder.
But eight years later, he was booted from the squad for his paranormal leanings.
“They thought it hurt the integrity of the department and were embarrassed,” he said.
Not so for writer Ben Mezrich, whose book “The Accidental Billionaires” was adapted into the movie “The Social Network.”
When Mezrich caught wind of Zukowski’s quest “to find the truth,” he flew to Colorado to meet the subject of his forthcoming book “The 37th Parallel: The Secret Truth Behind America’s UFO Highway” (Atria Books), out Friday. The movie rights have been snapped up by New Line Cinema.
“He swept me up from the airport, gave me a bulletproof vest and a gun and said, ‘Let’s go investigate UFOs!’ ” Mezrich said of his first encounter with Zukowski. “I was blown away by his obsession.”
Lots of people ridicule UFO researchers, but Mezrich was infatuated with Zukowski’s commitment to finding aliens.
For the following six months, Mezrich dove head-first into Zukowski’s theory.
“Over the course of my research, I’ve determined it’s incredibly likely that we have been visited by aliens at least once,” he said.
1. Area 51 — Lincoln County, Nev. (37.6150857, -115.8593802)
This US Air Force facility about 90 miles north of Las Vegas has been shrouded in mystery since the late 1940s. UFO investigators believe alien remains and spacecraft are kept at Area 51 — including a wrecked spacecraft and alien remains supposedly found in 1947 in Roswell, NM. Chuck Zukowski got his first look at Area 51 in 1995, when he hired a guide to take him to Tikaboo Peak. From there, he could view Area 51 from 20 miles away. During his visit, he snapped a photo of what he believes was a flying saucer. “I was ecstatic,” he said.
2. Dulce underground base — Dulce, NM (36.939465, -107.000368)
Many believe an underground military and alien base exists under the small New Mexican town. Since 1979, a number of people have come forward claiming to have worked at the facility. One released a bundle of documents — known as “The Dulce Papers” — purporting to contain details about the base. Numerous area residents have reported seeing alien spacecraft. Zukowski has visited Dulce several times over the last decade, and has spoken with members of the Jicarilla Apache Nation about their experiences with aliens. “It doesn’t matter who you speak with — everyone agrees there is an underground base nearby,” Zukowski said.
3. Taos hum — Taos, NM (36.414099, -105.572145)
A mysterious humming noise is said to have plagued the town of Taos since the early 1990s. Zukowski is among those who believe the hum comes from construction of an underground human and alien base. Residents find the noise annoying. Some claim it causes dizziness, insomnia, sleep disturbance and headaches. Researchers determined that about 2 percent of the population in Taos were “hearers.” However, there has been no evidence to prove that the humming really exists. Zukowski visited the town in 1996, but he and his family were unable to hear the hum. “Even though we didn’t hear it, I was able to speak with a few residents who did,” he said.
4. Miller mutilation — Trinidad, Colo. (37.16940, -104.2110)
On Aug. 8, 2011, Zukowski was called to the Miller ranch to investigate the grisly mutilation of a 5-year-old cow. The cow was missing its udder and teats, tongue and left ear and had oval-shaped holes between its forelegs and rear. The dirt surrounding the animal seemed undisturbed and there were no footprints to be found, according to Zukowski. “What was particularly odd about this one was when I came back a few weeks later, I noticed the bottom ribs were cracked. The only explanation is that it was dropped on the ground from a high distance,” he said. The Las Animas County sheriff investigated the death, but was unable to determine a cause.
5. Sanchez mutilation — San Luis, Colo. (37.07373, -105.27406)
Zukowski investigated a spine-tingling mutilation on Manuel Sanchez’s ranch on Nov. 17, 2009. A 5-month-old calf had its guts completely hollowed out, its legs broken and bent backwards, and its body twisted like a corkscrew. It was the fourth calf on Sanchez’s ranch viciously mutilated over the previous three weeks. “The rancher was so distraught, that he took the rest of his calves to auction,” Zukowski said. He figured selling them was better than losing more to mutilation.
Photo: Chuck Zukowski
6. Garren mutilation — Walsenburg, Colo. (37.6242, -104.7803) On March 22, 2009, rancher Jim Garren found his 2-year-old chocolate brown cow with its udder sliced off. Garren immediately called Zukowski to investigate the disturbing incident; he found no blood in the area and the ground untouched. “I don’t see how any human could have possibly done this,” Garren told Zukowski. “It looks to like she just laid down and died.”
An anonymous Wichita resident claimed to see a UFO “radiating its own light” on May, 29, 2011. “I saw a light in the sky. The only way I can describe it is the light was different from a star,” the man told the National UFO Reporting Center. He spotted the peculiar light around 2 a.m. while he was outside smoking a cigarette a few miles from McConnell Air Force Base. “I studied it for about 10 minutes and noticed it was oscillating slightly and making very small, rapid movements,” he continued.
Since February 1973, hundreds of Piedmont residents have reported seeing flying objects and mysterious lights in the sky. A local high school basketball team supposedly witnessed a bright shaft of light beaming down from the atmosphere and noticed an object hovering in the distance. As the sightings continued, residents started to gather at a nearby landfill to watch the lights together, according to Zukowski. Zukowski has visited the area numerous times and has talked to locals about what they saw. “The most recent time I was there, I talked to two women who actually saw the craft,” he said.
A Baptist minister was called to an apparent plane crash in 1941 to perform last rites for the deceased. But at the crash scene, the minister supposedly didn’t see humans at all. Instead, he saw a disc-shaped object surrounded by tiny gray people. After the minister prayed for them, he was escorted away by the FBI. Zukowski believes he has discovered the crash site, which is now a gravel pit. “The gravel pit had destroyed any topography evidence of a crash,” he said.
Capt. Thomas Mantell was pilot for the Kentucky National Guard in 1948 when he received orders to fly after an unusual aerial object. The 25-year-old pilot took off after the craft in a P-51 Mustang fighter plane. Supposedly he crashed and died as he pursued the UFO. Believers say Mantell reported by radio that he could see tiny creatures in the mysterious aircraft. The Air Force announced that his death was a result of oxygen deprivation and that he was chasing after the planet Venus. Zukowski believes the announcement was a government attempt to “keep real information from the public.”
On Dec. 10, 2010, a Roanoke resident reported seeing a disc-shaped orb zipping through the clouds. The witness was seeking a shortcut down a country road that turned out to be a dead end. As the car retraced the route, its passenger saw the mysterious aircraft “moving westward at a very fast pace.” The object also gave off a “light blue aura and moved up and down without sound,” the report to the National UFO Reporting Center reads.
A Falcon 9 rocket set to take a satellite into space on Labor Day weekend exploded during testing days before.
Courtesy of http://www.uslaunchreport.com/. (USLaunchReport)
As SpaceX prepared to test fire the powerful engines of its Falcon 9 rocket, an explosion rocked its launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Thursday morning, blowing up the rocket, making it the second the company has lost in a fireball in just over a year.
There were no humans on board, and no one was hurt. But the massive explosion could be felt for miles and a plume of dark, thick smoke hung over the coastline as emergency officials scrambled to assess the damage.
The accident came at a pivotal moment for SpaceX, the upstart company founded by Elon Musk that has for years been flying commercial satellites to orbit and cargo to the International Space Station for NASA.
Along with Boeing, SpaceX is now preparing to ferry astronauts for the first time to the station under a contract with NASA. The mission was slated to take place as soon as next year, but some officials say Thursday’s explosion is likely to prompt new scrutiny. The explosion came on the same day a government watchdog reported that human flights to the station could be delayed because of technical issues with the companies’ spacecraft designs.
Last year, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket—which would also be used to fly astronauts—blew up a couple minutes after liftoff during a cargo mission.
“This will always raise questions and possible delays, and certainly people redoubling their efforts on safety,” said Lori Garver, the former deputy NASA administrator.
The explosion occurred at 9:07 a.m. as SpaceX was preparing to test fire the rocket’s engines ahead of the launch of a commercial satellite, reportedly valued at $195 million, that had been scheduled for early Saturday morning. The Falcon 9, towering some 230 feet high atop Launch Complex 40, was being fueled, when a fireball ignited around the upper stage oxygen tank, Musk said on Twitter. It was unclear what caused the mishap. Video of the incident shows a series of ignitions that engulfed the launch pad in flames.
In a statement issued Thursday afternoon, NASA officials said they "remain confident in our commercial partners and firmly stand behind the successful 21st century launch complex that NASA, other federal agencies, and U.S. commercial companies are building on Florida’s Space Coast."
Musk, the billionaire tech entrepreneur who also runs Tesla Motors, has laid out huge aspirations for his space company on an incredibly ambitious timeline. He plans to launch an uncrewed spacecraft in 2018 that would land on the surface of Mars, a planet he intends to colonize. At a space conference next month, he is scheduled to provide further details on how the company plans to get humans there by as early as 2025.
The company also hopes to launch by the end of the year the Falcon Heavy, a much more powerful rocket than the one that exploded Thursday. And it plans to fly for the first time one of the rockets it had recovered earlier this year in a landing.
But now SpaceX will be temporarily grounded while the investigation begins into what caused the explosion and repairs begin on the launch pad. After the explosion last June, SpaceX recovered quickly, returning to flight six months later. On that launch, it pulled off the first of its rocket landings.
In an interview in June, Musk said that as it works to get to Mars, “we’re going to make mistakes along the way.” The company has enjoyed tremendous support from people inspired by its successes, but he said that“when we occasionally fall down, we want their support. . .Support us when the chips are down. Fair weather friends are easy to come by. But the ones that really matter are the ones that support you when the chips are down.”
This year, the SpaceX successfully launched several more rockets, as it worked to churn through its growing backlog. And SpaceX was getting its momentum back, restoring confidence not just in the company, but in the notion that private companies, and not just governments, were capable of safely ferrying passengers to space.
Garver, the former NASA deputy administrator, said that after NASA’s setbacks, the country “continued to persevere, and I think in this case they will as well.”
She pointed out that NASA hired two companies—SpaceX and Boeing—to fly astronauts to the station so that it would have a backup in case something went wrong.
“We were always aware that both companies could see setbacks,” she said.
Separately on Thursday, NASA’s Inspector General released a report that said NASA’s “commercial crew” program to outsource human flights to the space station “continues to face multiple challenges,” this time because of concerns with the companies’ spacecraft designs. The IG said the issues “will likely delay the first routine flight carrying NASA astronauts to the ISS until late 2018 – more than 3 years after NASA’s original 2015 goal.”
Given the delays, the report said that NASA has had to extend its contract with Russia, which currently flies U.S. astronauts to the station, through 2018 at an additional cost of $490 million.
John Logsdon, the former director at George Washington University’s Space Policy Institute, said it was too early to say what the fallout of the explosion would be “because we don’t know what happened or why it happened and how long it’s going to be before they launch again.”
No matter what the cause, “it is certainly unfortunate for the broader future plans for SpaceX,” he said.
Some in the space industry said they thought SpaceX could recover quickly, especially if the problem was not with the rocket.
“We’re disappointed by what happened,” said Eric Stallmer, the president of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation. “But we’re confident they’ll find the root of the problem, and they’ll be back to flying soon.”
In a statement, Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) said: “As we continue to push the frontiers of space, there will be both triumphs and setbacks. But at the end of the day, I’m confident that our commercial space industry will be very successful.”
The satellite that SpaceX was planning to launch Saturday was the AMOS-6, which would have been used in Facebook’s first attempt to provide the Internet to rural areas from space.
A witness in Arizona has reported sighting and filming orb-shaped bright light UFOs that conducted multiple low altitude flights over the city of Chandler in Maricopa County, during a three-hour period on the night of August 19-20, 2016.
The unnamed witness, in a report filed with the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) as Case 78571, expressed conviction that crafts of extraterrestrial origin may have conducted five separate reconnaissance flights over Chandler on the night of August 19 and in the early hours of August 20.
He believed that the crafts may have been alien UFOs because they were unlike anything he had ever seen.
He recorded and submitted to MUFON three separate video clips showing strange UFO activity over the city of Chandler, Open Minds TVreports.
The first sighting occurred at about 9:15 p.m. PST, northeast of the city. He was in the company of friends when the sighting that lasted about seven minutes occurred. He and his friends watched as a UFO with a very bright light hovered in the night sky.
Two smaller UFOs with lights appeared below the first moments later. The three mysterious UFOs assumed a triangle formation in the sky.
“The first event occurred northeast of Chandler, Arizona, where I, along with two of my friends, noticed an extremely bright light radiating in the sky,” the witness told MUFON. “As we positioned ourselves better to see what was going on, we noticed two smaller lights below the larger one in the shape of an equilateral triangle.”
The mysterious UFO lights hovered in the sky over the same spot for some minutes before one of the smaller crafts — the one on the left — disappeared. The other smaller UFO — the one on the right — disappeared moments later, leaving only the UFO with a large bright light.
After the second smaller UFO disappeared, the lone UFO with a bright light began drifting in the sky westward until it also disappeared.
“After a few minutes of hovering without movement, the light on the bottom left disappears, followed by the bottom right light, leaving only the larger light, which slowly began moving and creeping towards the west until it too disappeared after a minute,” the witness reported.
The witness and his friends were so awed during the first sighting that it did not occur to them to try to record it on video.
“We were in absolute awe over what we just saw, that is until one hour later when it returned.”
UFO shines a light in the sky. [Image via Shutterstock]But the strange UFO light appeared about an hour later and the witness was able to capture two videos of the sighting that lasted about five minutes, from 10:22 p.m. to 10:27 p.m. PST. He admitted the videos were of poor quality.
The mysterious UFO returned as a single bright light about 20 minutes later and was visible in the sky from about 10:47 p.m. to 10:52 p.m. PST, according to the witness.
The witness was able to record a clearer video during the third sighting.
The third video, taken during the third sighting, shows an airplane flying overhead with blinking navigational lights visible in the night sky. The mysterious UFO appears as a single bright light at a lower altitude, moving slowly westward.
The witness attempted to zoom in on the mysterious lights on multiple occasions during filming, but resolution was very low.
“None of the videos were edited, altered, or tampered with in any way.”
Alien lands to survey a local area. [Image via Shutterstock] “You can see in the beginning a plane flying overhead, clearly moving faster and with the lights blinking like a normal plane, yet the object below is either hovering, or just moving slowly to the west,” the witness reported.
“At 0:56, I zoomed into the object, but the craziest part was at 1:04 when the light flashes then changes from a whole orb into an eerie, doughnut-shaped circle,” he continued.
The witness pointed out that he was not attempting to zoom in on the UFO at the time it transformed into a doughnut-shaped circle of light, so the change in shape was not due to the object going out of focus while he was attempting to zoom in.
He did not notice the change in shape at the time he was filming. He first noticed it when he was reviewing the video later.
The UFO appeared once again 30 minutes later, from 11:09 p.m. to 11:12 p.m. This time it was accompanied by another UFO. He “missed recording the sighting” but did not explain why.
The two UFOs hovered side-by-side in the air for several minutes, according to the witness. And after two minutes, one began moving in circles behind the other and then disappeared.
The UFO returned an hour later and was visible from 12:11 a.m. to 12:13 a.m. PST on August 20.
The witness was baffled and at the same time intrigued by the sightings.
“I’ve been searching online all day today trying to find other people who witnessed one or more of the events,” he reported.
He was convinced that he may have witnessed extraterrestrial crafts conducting multiple flights over Chandler.
“I truly want to believe that what I saw was extraterrestrial, however, I can’t for sure prove that it was,” he reported.
MUFON said that its representatives in Arizona were investigation the sightings.
[Image via Shutterstock]
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Astronomers Found A Binary System With Two of the Closest-Orbiting Stars Ever Seen
Astronomers Found A Binary System With Two of the Closest-Orbiting Stars Ever Seen
Caption: Artist’s conception of the binary system with three giant planets discovered in this study. One star hosts two planets and the other hosts the third. The system represents the smallest-separation binary in which both stars host planets that has ever been observed.
Image is courtesy of Robin Dienel.
IN BRIEF
A peculiar binary system has been spotted by American scientists, one with the tightest embraace of its kind, and a slew of other unique properties.
TWIN STARS
Looking for Earth-like alien planets (or exoplanets) seems to be all the rage nowadays. Humanity has invested much in searching for planets that may harbor life, or civilizations that may be broadcasting their signals.
But searching just for planets that look like Earth isn’t going to answer some of the questions we have about our Universe.
Luckily, there are a number of fellows who look for things that are decidedly unEarth-like. To that end, American scientists have located a unique binary system, and both stars are harboring remarkably large planets. Notably, these stars are locked in the tightest embrace ever discovered.
The scientists, who were using the Planet Finder Spectrograph mounted at Carnegie’s Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, were trying to find Jupiter-sized planets in order to better understand how they impact star systems. Actually, the broader goal of their study is to look at how unique our Solar System is by finding these Jupiter-sized planets and then comparing their orbits to those in our own system.
But what they found was is truly wild.
UNIQUENESS
This particular system is far more unique more than the usual binary system. One of the stars, HD 133131A , has two planets, and the other, HD 133131B, has one. For that class of system, these stars are the closest to each other: 360 Astronomical units, or 54 billion kilometres (33 billion miles).
Carnagie Science
And these planets are definitely huge: HD 133131A has one planet 1 and a half times Jupiter’s mass, and the other just half of Jupiter. HD 133131B’s planet is 2.5 times Jupiter’s mass.
But the uniqueness doesn’t stop there. These stars are “metal-poor”, being made-up mostly of hydrogen and helium. In contrast, other stars with giant planets have heavier elements. They are also not exactly identical, having slightly different compositions. This suggests the stars have consumed smaller planets before.
RUIMTEVAARTDe Europese ruimterobot Philae, waarmee alle contact verloren was na diens turbulente landing in november 2014 op de komeet Tchouri, is door een hogeresolutiecamera van de ruimtesonde Rosetta gelokaliseerd. Dat heeft het Europese Ruimtevaartagentschap ESA vandaag meegedeeld.
De kleine robot had sinds de zomer van 2015 niets meer van zich laten horen. Sinds 27 juli had Rosetta geen pogingen meer ondernomen om weer met Philae in contact te komen.
Philae werd bijna twee jaar geleden door Rosetta op de komeet gedropt. Nog geen zestig uur na de landing viel de landingsrobot stil omdat de batterij leeg was.
De komeetlander stuurde in 2014 korte tijd foto's en data over zijn locatie. Ook vorig jaar gebeurde dat, maar de onderzoekers konden aan de hand daarvan niet achterhalen waar de robot zich precies bevond. Vandaag verscheen Philae ineens voor de camera van Rosetta, die in een baan rond komeet 67P Tchouri zweeft. "We zijn zo blij dat we Philae eindelijk hebben gevonden", zegt een onderzoeker van ESA. De komeetlander is net op tijd gevonden: over een maand wordt ruimtevaartsonde Rosetta buiten dienst gesteld.
Philae was de eerste robot in de geschiedenis die een gecontroleerde landing uitvoerde op een komeet. De bedoeling was dat de lander monsters uit de bodem zou nemen. Maar de batterij was al snel na de landing leeg. De robot is alleen in de zomer van 2015 nog twee keer kort aan geweest. Onherstelbaar beschadigd De komeetlander is onherstelbaar beschadigd en keert niet meer terug naar de aarde. De robot bleek nog maar twee van de drie poten te hebben. Ook andere onderdelen zijn kapot gegaan door de extreem lage temperaturen in de ruimte.
Toch zijn de onderzoekers blij dat ze weten wat er met Philae is gebeurd. Nu ze weten waar de komeetlander ligt, kunnen ze de data en foto's die de robot tijdens zijn korte dienstverband stuurde beter in kaart brengen.
Ruim 130 mensen hebben vrijdagavond gemeld dat ze een enorme vuurbal hadden gezien aan de nachtelijke hemel in Oregon en Washington, aan de westkust van de Verenigde Staten. Het licht verscheen even voor middernacht en was een tiental seconden te zien, terwijl het van west naar oost schoot.
De waarnemingen kwamen uit het gebied tussen Port Angeles, Washington in het noorden en Medford, Oregon in het zuiden. Maar zelfs in Canada werd de mysterieuze vuurbal gespot. De meeste waarnemingen werden gedaan aan de kust van Oregon en in de Willamette Valley.
Meteoor Het is nog niet duidelijk of het om een meteoor gaat of resten van ruimtetuigen. "De vuurbal was heel fel en bewoog vrij snel. Hij had een helder witte tot blauwe kleur en leek uiteen te vallen in kleinere stukken", aldus Jim Todd, directeur van de afdeling ruimtevaart van het Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. "Als er nog stukken op de aarde terecht zijn gekomen, moet dat in de Rocky Mountains geweest zijn."
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New research points to Planet Nine: There is something massive out there
New research points to Planet Nine: There is something massive out there
Scientists searching for Planet X have found a number of new objects in the confines of the Solar System leading to believe the search for Planet X, Planet Nine may soon conclude successfully.
According to experts, the presence of these celestial bodies at extreme distances from the sun may help experts determine the exact position of the alleged, massive planet, lurking the edges of our solar system.
Last January, scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena (USA) reported their suspicions based on mathematical calculations, of the existence of a ninth world hidden in the confines of the solar system, known popularly as Planet X or Planet 9.
Even though the news stormed the world by surprise, the idea of the existence of such a planet isn’t new.
In 2014, researchers Scott Sheppard and Chad Trujillo, of the Carnegie Institution, had already pointed to the potential existence of a giant planet whose gravity affected the orbits of smaller bodies, a group of Transneptunian objects –whose orbits around the sun are beyond Neptune— that had similar orbital angles. The hypothetical planet would be several times larger than Earth and would be located some 200 times the distance from the sun.
When Sheppard and Trujillo proposed this theory, they were nearly tagged as being crazy and their hypothesis was rejected by the scientific community.
However, today their theory is reinforced by the discoveries made by their colleagues at Caltech who are searching for Planet X like never before.
While they have still not discovered the alleged massive planet, they have detected a bunch of smaller celestial bodies with anomalous orbits, located at extreme distances from the sun.
“If you want to put a number on it, I’d be somewhere like 80 percent sure that there’s a Planet X out there,” Sheppard told Space.com. “I don’t think it’s a slam dunk; it’s not 100 percent, because it’s such low-number statistics. But there are a lot of strange things that seem to be going on that would be explained quite well with there being some kind of massive planet out there.”
However, if we look back in history, we will notice that numerous other times in the past, scientists found indications that such a planet may in fact exist.
According to the Washington Post:“A heavenly body possibly as large as the giant planet Jupiter and possibly so close to Earth that it would be part of this solar system has been found in the direction of the constellation Orion by an orbiting telescope aboard the U.S. infrared astronomical satellite… ‘All I can tell you is that we do not know what it is,’ said Gerry Neugebauer, chief IRAS scientist.”
An article published in Newsweek on July 13, 1987, NASA disclosed that there may be a 10th planet orbiting our Sun. According to NASA research scientist John Anderson, Planet X might be out there, but nowhere near our planets.
The article from Newsweek states: “if he is right, two of the most intriguing puzzles of space science might be solved: what caused mysterious irregularities in the orbits of Uranus and Neptune during the 19th Century? Moreover, what killed off the dinosaurs 26 million years ago.”
While the new discoveries point to the fact that its very likely that there is in fact as massive planet lurking the outer edges of our solar system, its still to early to party. Scientists believe that our understanding of whats really happening out three, at the outer edges of our solar system is at best rudimentary.
“Objects found far beyond Neptune hold the key to unlocking our Solar System’s origins and evolution,”Sheppard explained in a statement released Monday.
“Though we believe there are thousands of these small objects, we haven’t found very many of them yet, because they are so far away. The smaller objects can lead us to the much bigger planet we think exists out there. The more we discover, the better we will be able to understand what is going on in the outer Solar System.”
Alien megastructure mystery deepens for Tabby’s Star (KIC 8462852)
Alien megastructure mystery deepens for Tabby’s Star (KIC 8462852)
In 2011 and 2013 the light shining from a distant star dropped by an unprecedented 20 percent.
Some say the star’s brightness has been gradually dimming over the last century. Other suggest large comets, huge dust cloud or a massive ‘alien megastructure’ could be blocking the light.
There is something very, very big blocking Star KIC 8462852, also known as ‘Tabby’s Star’, from Earth’s view. But nobody knows what.
KIC 8463852 is located in the Cygnus constellation, about 1,480 light years from Earth.
Some say the star’s brightness has been gradually dimming over the last century. Others suggest that large comets or a huge dust cloud could be blocking the light. A number of people think a massive ‘alien megastructure’ is to blame.
New study, new questions
Results from a new study that observed Tabby’s Star over four years confirmed that the star has dimmed continuously. But this new study also reveals some new mysteries.
Astronomers Ben Montet and Joshua Simon recorded a slight decrease in light from the star at first before a dramatic plummet of 2.5 percent in just 200 days – after which the drop in light returned to a steady fade.
And astronomers couldn’t believe their eyes: The part that really surprised me was just how rapid and non-linear it was. We spent a long time trying to convince ourselves this wasn’t real. We just weren’t able to.
Tabby’s star continues to defy easy explanation.
These intriguing new findings suggest that none of the considered phenomena can alone explain the observations. Of course, the star doesn’t have to abide by our hope for a single explanation. In the end, figuring out this puzzle may require accounting for a combination of effects.
BASIAGO AND EISENHOWER CONFIRMED THE EXISTENCE OF A SECRET HUMAN SURVIVAL COLONY ON MARS
BASIAGO AND EISENHOWER CONFIRMED THE EXISTENCE OF A SECRET HUMAN SURVIVAL COLONY ON MARS
We get interesting news about the Red planet, Mars, from time to time always with new evidence of it being a world similar to Earth in terms of sustaining lifeforms and with a nice breathable atmosphere.
SECRET HUMAN COLONY ON MARS REVEALED
But could all of these news be a way to coverup what's really going on out there? Giving people the impression that scientists and researchers are still on their genesis of studying the planet? Conspiracy tells of Mars being habitable, terraformed and colonized for a few decades now without the public knowing.
Witnessed by Laura Magdalene Eisenhower, great-ganddaughter of Ex United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower, she tells of government recruitment to a Mars colony accessed via advanced teleporting technology.
The colony is a means to insure the survival of the human genome in the case of a cataclysm that could wipe out all life on Earth.
100 keer hoger dan Mount Everest: Twee reusachtige structuren ontdekt op 3000 kilometer diepte
100 keer hoger dan Mount Everest: Twee reusachtige structuren ontdekt op 3000 kilometer diepte
Diep in de aarde zijn twee reusachtige structuren ontdekt. De twee structuren, die elk zo groot zijn als een continent en 100 keer hoger dan de Mount Everest, bevinden zich op bijna 3000 kilometer diepte.
Wetenschappers van de Arizona State University suggereren dat deze structuren uit ander materiaal bestaan dan de rest van de mantel. Ze schrijven over de ontdekking in het wetenschapsblad Nature Geoscience.
Belangrijke inzichten
“Hoewel we nog niets weten over de herkomst en samenstelling van de enorme bollen, vermoeden we dat ze belangrijke inzichten kunnen geven over de vorming van de aarde,” zei hoofdonderzoeker Edward Garnero.
De bollen kunnen mogelijk helpen verklaren hoe vulkaanuitbarstingen ontstaan en hoe de platentektoniek precies werkt. De ene kolossale structuur bevindt zich onder de Grote Oceaan, de andere is gelegen onder Afrika en de Atlantische Oceaan.
Heel weinig bekend
De bollen zijn warmer dan het overige mantelgesteente en hebben ook een andere chemische samenstelling. Er is op dit moment nog maar heel weinig bekend over de enorme structuren.
“Als een neurowetenschapper een onbekende structuur in het menselijk brein zou vinden, zouden hersenwetenschappers gelijk onderzoek doen naar de rol ervan in de rest van het brein,” besloot Garnero. “We hopen dat andere aardwetenschappers op dezelfde manier het mysterie achter deze structuren gaan ontrafelen.”
GREEN UFO ORB, Angels Among Us? Animal totem? WOLF SPIRIT? SPOTTED IN WOODS ENGLAND 2016, UFO Sighting News.
GREEN UFO ORB, Angels Among Us? Animal totem? WOLF SPIRIT? SPOTTED IN WOODS ENGLAND 2016, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Sept 2016 Location of sighting: England Here is an interesting photo of a green alien behind the dog on the trail. I say alien, because it has been seen before, running along someones house a few years back. I was in personal contact with them back then, and she said it was a small running creature that disappeared...sinking into the ground. I saw her photos and they look similar to this. Scott C. Waring www.ufosightingsdaily.com
This documentary has been on my mind a lot, so I want to share it with you. You may like it as much as I did. Its informative and enlightening. Scott C. Waring www.ufosightingsdaily.com
What happens when a UFO crashes? Some experts claim that the UFO wreckage and even the pilots are transported to a top-secret facility in Dayton, Ohio called Hangar 18 located on Wright Patterson Air Force Base. Declassified Government documents prove that the disk from the famous Roswell event and fragments of other mysterious crashes were shipped to Wright Patterson. Hear stories involving elected officials, UFO researchers, and former base employees, some of whom are going on the record regarding Hangar 18. They spin a tale of flying saucer debris, alien bodies, cryogenic chambers and a vast underground network that may hold the secrets to the UFO mystery. Is there a conspiracy to hide UFO evidence from the highest branches in the U.S. Government, or is it all just a myth?
Jim Marrs at the 2016 Ozark Mountain UFO Conference, Psychic Techniques The US used, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Jim Marrs at the 2016 Ozark Mountain UFO Conference, Psychic Techniques The US used, Video, UFO Sighting News
Date of conference: Sept 2016 Location of conference: Ozark Mountain, Arkansas, USA
I really wish I attended this conference. It had lots of great speakers attending. Here is Jim Marrs, talking about how the US has trained psychic warriors to both gain information, and to kill. Scott C. Waring www.ufosightingsdaily.com Video states: Jim Marrs continued his presentation REMOTE VIEWING ALIENS at the 2016 Ozark Mountain UFO Conference in Eureka Springs, Arkansas! Remote Viewing, a psychic technique developed and utilized by the U.S. Army, may have been instrumental in ending the Cold War. This practice has since been used to take a look at the different extraterrestrial species interacting with the people of Earth.
Witness Claims UFOs Performed Multiple Late Night Reconnaissance Flights Over A City In Arizona
Witness Claims UFOs Performed Multiple Late Night Reconnaissance Flights Over A City In Arizona
Orb-shaped bright light UFOs were spotted in the sky conducting multiple low-altitude flights. The incident reportedly took place over Chandler City in Maricopa County, Arizona in a three-hour period on the evening of August 19-20, 2016.
The unnamed witness reported the sighting to Mutual UFO Network, which filed it as Case 78571. He believes that the spaceships of alien origin may have performed five separate reconnaissance flights over the city on the evening of August 19 and early hours of August 20. The two UFOs may have been extraterrestrials as they were not something he had ever witnessed.
The witness recorded his encounter and submitted a report to MUFON along with three separate videos showing strange aerial activity in the sky.
The first sighting took place at around 9:15 p.m. PST, northeast direction. He was then with friends during the sighting that lasted approximately seven minutes. Together with friends, he watched the UFO hovered in the night sky very brightly.
As they tried to get abetter position to see what was just transpired, they noticed two smaller lights below the larger UFO.
The strange UFO lights hovered on the same spot for few minutes before one of the smaller objects disappeared. The other smaller UFO also vanished moments later, leaving only the unidentified flying object with a large bright light in the sky.
The remaining lone UFO then started to drift in the sky towards west until it also vanished, according to the reporting witness.
Because they were apparently overwhelmed on their first sighting, it did not come to their mind to record it on video.
They saw the same UFO about an hour later and this time, the witness managed to record two videos of the sighting that lasted approximately five minutes, but, as the witness admitted, they were of poor quality.
Fortunately, the witness was able to record a better video on the third sighting. The third clip shows an airplane flying with blinking navigational lights at first and then the mysterious UFO becomes visible. The strange object appears to fly at a lower altitude than the plane as it moves slowly westward.
As he tried to zoom in the object, the orb UFO changed into a doughnut-shaped circle. After the UFO had disappeared, it reappeared again after 30 minutes and accompanied this time by another UFO. But, he missed recording the sighting on video and did not give any reason in his report.
Jupiter's Wild North Pole, Southern Auroras Photographed for 1st Time
Jupiter's Wild North Pole, Southern Auroras Photographed for 1st Time
By Mike Wall, Space.com Senior Writer
NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this image of Jupiter’s north pole on Aug. 27, from a distance of 120,000 miles (195,000 kilometers).
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS
NASA's Juno spacecraft has beamed home the first-ever photos of Jupiter's north pole, and scientists can hardly believe their eyes.
Juno captured the images on Aug. 27, when the probe skimmed just 2,600 miles (4,200 kilometers) above Jupiter's cloud tops during the first of three dozen close flybys of the solar system's largest planet.
"First glimpse of Jupiter's north pole, and it looks like nothing we have seen or imagined before," Juno principal investigator Scott Bolton, of the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, said in a statement. [Photos: NASA's Juno Mission to Jupiter]
This view of Jupiter's north pole — captured by NASA's Juno probe on Aug. 27, 2016, from a distance of 48,000 miles (78,000 kilometers) — shows storms and weather systems unlike any seen elsewhere in the solar system.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS
"It's bluer in color up there than other parts of the planet, and there are a lot of storms," Bolton added. "There is no sign of the latitudinal bands or zone and belts that we are used to; this image is hardly recognizable as Jupiter. We're seeing signs that the clouds have shadows, possibly indicating that the clouds are at a higher altitude than other features."
Saturn has a huge hexagonal storm swirling at its north pole. But Jupiter lacks such a vortex, the new photos show.
"There is nothing on Jupiter that anywhere near resembles that," Bolton said. "The largest planet in our solar system is truly unique. We have 36 more flybys to study just how unique it really is."
The $1.1 billion Juno mission launched in August 2011 and reached Jupiternearly five years later, on July 4 of this year. But Juno's instruments were turned off on this latter date, because mission team members wanted to focus on executing the make-or-break, 35-minute orbit-insertion burn.
NASA’s Juno probe took this image of Jupiter’s south pole on Aug. 27, 2016, from a distance of 58,700 miles (94,500 kilometers).
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS
So the Aug. 27 approach marked the first opportunity for the Juno team to photograph Jupiter up close and make detailed measurements with its suite of eight science instruments. (The spacecraft is currently in a highly elliptical, 54-day orbit around the planet.)
One of these instruments, the Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM), captured views of Jupiter's north and south poles in infrared light, revealing hot spots that had never been seen before, mission scientists said.
Juno captured this infrared image of Jupiter’s southern lights on Aug. 27, 2016. Such views are not possible from Earth.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/ASI/INAF/JIRAM
Like Earth, Jupiter has auroras — dramatic light displays that dance above the planet's north and south polar regions. JIRAM got unprecedented looks at the powerful Jovian southern aurora, Juno team members said.
"We were amazed to see it for the first time," JIRAM co-investigator Alberto Adriani, of the Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali (Institute of Astrophysics and Space Planetology) in Rome, said in the same statement.
"No other instruments, both from Earth or space, have been able to see the southern aurora," he added. "Now, with JIRAM, we see that it appears to be very bright and well-structured. The high level of detail in the images will tell us more about the aurora's morphology and dynamics."
Juno also managed to "hear" Jupiter's auroras, using the spacecraft's Radio/Plasma Wave Experiment (also known as Waves).
Spectacular aurora lights up Jupiter’s North Pole
Jupiter's Wild North Pole, Southern Auroras Photographed for 1st Time
"Waves detected the signature emissions of the energetic particles that generate the massive auroras which encircle Jupiter's north pole," said Waves co-investigator Bill Kurth, a research scientist in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Iowa. "These emissions are the strongest in the solar system. Now we are going to try to figure out where the electrons come from that are generating them."
Next month, Juno is scheduled to perform another engine burn that will shift the probe into a 14-day-long orbit. The spacecraft will continue gathering data — especially during its close flybys over the planet's poles — before ending its mission with an intentional death dive into Jupiter's atmosphere in February 2018.
These 10 images show Jupiter growing and shrinking in apparent size before and after NASA's Juno spacecraft made its close approach to the planet on August 27, 2016.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS
Juno's observations should help scientists better understand Jupiter's composition and structure, including whether the giant planet harbors a core of heavy elements. This information should, in turn, shed light on the formation of Jupiter, the solar system and planetary systems in general, NASA officials have said.
Reference: Van Allen Radiation Belts: Facts & Findings
Van Allen Radiation Belts: Facts & Findings
By Elizabeth Howell, Space.com Contributor
Two giant swaths of radiation, known as the Van Allen Belts, surrounding Earth were discovered in 1958. In 2012, observations from the Van Allen Probes showed that a third belt can sometimes appear. The radiation is shown here in yellow, with green representing the spaces between the belts.
Credit: NASA/Van Allen Probes/Goddard Space Flight Center
Earth is surrounded by giant donut-shaped swaths of magnetically trapped, highly energetic charged particles. These radiation belts were discovered in 1958 by the United States' first satellite, Explorer 1. The discovery was led by James Van Allen at the University of Iowa, which eventually caused the belts to be named after him.
Van Allen's experiment on Explorer 1, which launched Jan. 31, 1958, had a simple cosmic ray experiment consisting of a Geiger counter (a device that detects radiation) and a tape recorder. Follow-up experiments on three other missions in 1958 — Explorer 3, Explorer 4 and Pioneer 3 — established that there were two belts of radiation circling the Earth.
This simple picture of the radiation belts persisted for decades until 2012, when a pair of probes was launched to study them in detail. This was the first time that two spacecraft simultaneously studied the radiation belts, trading information with each other to build a bigger picture.
Early probe findings
Part of the interest in the Van Allen belts comes from where they are located. It is known that the belts can swell when the sun becomes more active. Before the probes launched, scientists thought the inner belt was relatively stable, but when it did expand its influence extended over the orbit of the International Space Station and several satellites. The outer belt fluctuated more often.
The Van Allen Probes (formerly known as the Radiation Belt Storm probes)have several scientific goals, including discovering how the particles — ions and electrons — in the belts are accelerated and transported, how electrons are lost and how the belts change during geomagnetic storms. The mission was planned to last two years, but as of August 2016 the probes were still operating at double the expected mission lifetime.
Usually scientists take a few months to calibrate their instruments, but a team with the Relativistic Electron Proton Telescope asked that their instrument be turned on almost immediately (three days after launch). Their reasoning was they wanted to compare observations before another mission, SAMPEX (Solar, Anomalous, and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer), de-orbited and entered Earth's atmosphere.
"It was a lucky decision," NASA said in February 2013, noting that a solar storm had already caused the radiation belts to swell as soon as the instrument was turned on. "Then something happened no one had ever seen before: the particles settled into a new configuration, showing an extra, third belt extending out into space," the agency added. "Within mere days of launch, the Van Allen Probes showed scientists something that would require rewriting textbooks."
An artist's depiction of the two Van Allen probes orbiting Earth.
Credit: JHU/APL
Protective shield
Data gathered by the probes also showed that the radiation belts shield Earthfrom high-energy particles. "The barrier for the ultrafast electrons is a remarkable feature of the belts," study lead author Dan Baker, of the University of Colorado in Boulder, said in a statement.
"We're able to study it for the first time, because we never had such accurate measurements of these high-energy electrons before." [Gallery: NASA's Van Allen Probes]
Complex configuration
This new information helped scientists model the belts' changes. But there was more information to come. In January 2016, scientists revealed that the shape of the belts depends on what type of electron is being studied. This means the two belts are much more complex; depending on what is being observed, they can be a single belt, two separate belts or just an outer belt (with no inner belt at all.)
"The researchers found that the inner belt — the smaller belt in the classic picture of the belts — is much larger than the outer belt when observing electrons with low energies, while the outer belt is larger when observing electrons at higher energies," NASA wrote at the time. "At the very highest energies, the inner belt structure is missing completely. So, depending on what one focuses on, the radiation belts can appear to have very different structures simultaneously."
What is still poorly understood, however, is what happens when particles from the sun hit the belts during a geomagnetic storm. It is known that the number of electrons in the belts changes, either decreasing or increasing depending on the situation. Also, the belts eventually return to their normal shape after the storm passes. NASA said it isn't clear what kind of storm will cause a specific type of belt configuration. Also, the agency noted, any previous observations were done only with electrons at a few energy levels. More work needs to be done.
Luckily, scientists got the chance to observe a storm up close in March 2015, when one of the Van Allen probes happened to be situated inside the "right" spot in Earth's magnetic field to see an interplanetary shock. NASA describes such shocks as similar to when a tsunami is triggered by an earthquake; in this case, a coronal mass ejection of charged particles from the sun creates a shock in specific areas of the belts.
"The spacecraft measured a sudden pulse of electrons energized to extreme speeds — nearly as fast as the speed of light — as the shock slammed the outer radiation belt," NASA wrote at the time. "This population of electrons was short-lived, and their energy dissipated within minutes. But five days later, long after other processes from the storm had died down, the Van Allen probes detected an increased number of even higher energy electrons. Such an increase so much later is a testament to the unique energization processes following the storm."
The shape of the Van Allen belts can vary widely depending on how energetic the individual electrons are, and general conditions in the Earth’s magnetic environment. During geomagnetic storms (4), all three regions in the belts can balloon.
Credit: NASA GODDARD/DUBERSTEIN
Designing better spacecraft
The Van Allen Probes are specially radiation-hardened to withstand the intense environment of the belts. Some spacecraft, however, are more vulnerable — especially when a solar storm hits. At worst, spacecraft can short out due to an electrical overload. Communications can also be disrupted. Fortunately, sometimes instruments can be turned on or off on a spacecraft during a solar storm.
Radiation, of course, also poses a human risk. Astronauts are subject to lifetime radiation limits from their time in space, to reduce any risk of cancer. Since only a few dozen people have spent six months or longer in space, however, it will take decades to understand the long-term effects of radiation on humans.
The astronauts on the ISS do not regularly spend time inside the belts, but from time to time solar storms expand the belts to the orbit of the space station. In the 1960s, several Apollo crews went through the Van Allen belts on their way to and from the moon. Their time in that radiation-intensive region, however, was very short, in part because the trajectory was designed to pass through the thinnest known parts. With more study, astronauts can be better protected for long-term stays in Earth orbit.
"We study radiation belts because they pose a hazard to spacecraft and astronauts," said David Sibeck, the Van Allen Probes mission scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, in an August 2016 NASA statement. "If you knew how bad the radiation could get, you would build a better spacecraft to accommodate that."
That recently detected 'alien signal' is actually just a terrestrial disturbance
The Allen Telescope Array in California. Credit: SETI Institute
That recently detected 'alien signal' is actually just a terrestrial disturbance
The call came from inside the house.
Researchers working with the Ratan-600 radio telescope in Russia have confirmed that the reported 'strange signal' that's been making headlines lately is nothing more than a terrestrial disturbance caused by a Soviet satellite.
The signal was originally detected back in May 2015, and was thought to be coming from the star HD 164595. The fact that it was so unusually strong hinted at the fact that something odd was going on here. But the only strange thing here is that the signal wasn't coming from space at all - it was coming from Earth.
"We indeed, discovered an unusual signal. However, an additional check showed that it was emanating from a Soviet military satellite, which had not been entered into any of the catalogues of celestial bodies," team member Alexander Ipatov, from the Russian Academy of Sciences, told the Russian news agency TASS.
In case you missed it, a few days ago, word of an intriguing signal started to make headlines across the world after popular astronomy writer Paul Gilster wrote about it on his blog Centauri Dreams.
The signal, which was supposedly detected last year by the Ratan-600 telescope in Russia, was extremely strong, with a 2.7 centimetre (1.06-inch) wavelength with an 11 GHz frequency, which is comparable to a digital TV signal.
The find was made all the more interesting by the fact that HD 164595 - the star the signal appeared to be coming from - is a lot like our Sun.
HD 164595 is only 1 percent lighter than the Sun, 100 million years younger, has a similar temperature, and is even composed of the same elements.
All of this added up to a whole lot of hype. So much so, that researchers from the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) observed the area, which lies in the constellation Hercules some 94 light-years away, using the Allen Telescope Array, but they didn’t find anything interesting.
Now the researchers who originally found the signal have set the record straight by announcing that it was nothing more than a terrestrial disturbance.
"There have been no scientific results within the framework of this research so far. Some time ago, in the spring of this year, an unusual signal was received but its analysis showed that it was most likely a terrestrial disturbance."
This means that the signal was coming from a Soviet satellite and somehow got mixed up in their findings, which would explain its unusual strength.
Right now, the team says they're going to be preparing an official statement thatwill be sent out shortly.
While the news is definitely a bummer for those of us who dream of finding intelligent life somewhere in the Universe, it’s pretty cool to see how the scientific community pulls together almost overnight when an intriguing signal is picked up.
Hopefully, with so many astronomical organisations working together around the world, if there are signals from intelligent life beaming out across the galaxy or beyond, we'll be equipped to find them. But today is not that day.
Heel vaak zijn de opnames die mensen maken van vreemde vliegende objecten in onze lucht vaag en onduidelijk.
Maar soms komen er beelden tevoorschijn die thuis horen bij de mooiste opnames van het jaar zoals de hiernavolgende.
De volgende UFO waarneming is gedaan door een man op 12 augustus 2016 in de plaats Bayonne in de Amerikaanse staat New Jersey.
Er was net een felle bui geweest en de man stapte naar buiten om wat foto’s te nemen van de mooie wolkenluchten.
Wanneer hij later de foto’s op zijn computer zet, ontdekt hij in één ervan een grijze streep.
Maar, wanneer je die grijze streep wat verder uitvergroot dan zie je iets dat misschien wel bij de mooiste UFO opnames van dit jaar hoort.
Een prachtige retro UFO, de klassieke vliegende schotel, waarbij je zelfs de ramen ziet.
Zelden zie je opnames die zo duidelijk zijn als de bovenstaande.
Scott Waring van Ufo Sightings Daily heeft de kleuren wat verbeterd en dan ontstaat het volgende.
Deze UFO in New Jersey lijkt heel veel op degene die Scott heeft ontdekt in 2012 op Google Earth.
De afbeelding is genomen bij Kaap de Goede Hoop en laat ook dezelfde mooie retro vorm zien. Maar, na de publicatie van deze afbeelding duurde het niet lang voordat deze wasweg gepoetst door Google.
UFO’s bestaan tenslotte niet, dus als ze wel ergens voorkomen, dan moeten we heel snel maatregelen nemen om ervoor te zorgen dat ze dan verdwijnen.
Interstellar Space Travel: 7 Futuristic Spacecraft To Explore the Cosmos
Interstellar Space Travel: 7 Futuristic Spacecraft To Explore the Cosmos
By Tom Metcalfe, Live Science Contributor
Credit: Adrian Mann
INTRO. To the stars
Astronomers recently announced strong evidence of an Earth-like alien planet around Proxima Centauri, the star closest to our sun, making it the closest exoplanet found to date. Though the star system is our cosmic neighbor, it is still located 4.2 light-years, or 25 trillion miles, away from Earth. At such distances, could we ever visit the newfound planet?
Even the nearest stars would takes tens of thousands of years to reach using conventional spacecraft, such as the robotic probes being used now to explore the solar system. These spacecraft are driven by a combination of chemical rockets, low-thrust ion drives and gravity-assisted trajectories — including so-called "slingshot maneuvers" around the sun or large planets that give them a big burst of speed.
But if we're going to travel beyond our solar system, we're going to need something a little faster than that — perhaps something like the giant Project Daedalus fusion rocket, shown here to scale with NASA’s Saturn V rocket in an illustration by graphical engineer and space artist Adrian Mann, whose work is featured in this countdown of futuristic space technologies. Here are seven ways that robots, or even human explorers, could visit the Proxima Centauri system or other cosmic neighborhoods.
Credit: Adrian Mann
1. Project Daedalus
Project Daedalus is a concept design for an interstellar probe, developed in the 1970s by a group of technical specialists for the British Interplanetary Society. The target destination was Barnard’s Star — a red dwarf about 6 light-years away, in many ways similar to Proxima Centauri, where astronomers now report they have found signs of apotentially habitable planet. When Project Daedalus was conceived, some astronomers thought a gas giant planet might be in orbit around Barnard's Star, but since then, no planets have been found in the star system.
The result of the five-year project was the design of the Daedalus spacecraft, a two-stage, 54,000-ton nuclear rocket that would boost a 400-ton robotic probe to around 12 percent of the speed of light. This would enable the probe to make the 6-light-year journey to Barnard’s Star in around 50 years.
The rockets of the Daedalus spacecraft would be powered by nuclear fusion, using electron beams to detonate a stream of pellets of fuel such as helium-3, which could be mined from the surface of the moon. Even so, the engines would consume tens of thousands of tons of fuel to get the spacecraft up to its top speed in about 4 years — and because there wouldn’t be any fuel left to slow down, the end result of the 50-year journey would be just a 70-hour flyby of the destination system, before the spacecraft speeds past into interstellar space.
The Daedalus would be much too large to lift off from the Earth’s surface, so it would have to be built in orbit, which means spacecraft like this couldn’t be built without a capacity for construction in space that doesn’t exist today, said space scientist Ian Crawford, a professor of planetary science and astrobiology at Birkbeck College in the United Kingdom.
While Crawford thinks the science behind the Project Daedalus concept is better understood now than when the spacecraft was designed, he said the immense cost and enormous technical challenges likely mean it would be more than 100 years before something like the Daedalus sets out for the stars.µ
Credit: Adrian Mann
2. Project Icarus
The Project Daedalus concepts from the 1970s are the inspiration for Project Icarus, an ongoing joint project by the British Interplanetary Society and the Icarus Interstellar organization, an international network of scientists, engineers and enthusiasts who hope to develop the capabilities for interstellar spaceflight by the year 2100.
Project Icarus is designed to reach any star within 22 light-years of Earth that has a potentially habitable exoplanet, meaning if a planet is confirmed around Proxima Centauri, it could become a target destination.
Project Icarus aims to update the Daedalus design with new technologies and ideas. Among the refinements proposed are fusion rocket engines that use a different nuclear fuel, which would be detonated by lasers instead of electron beams — a technology that could draw from recent advances in laser-ignition fusion at the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, Crawford said.
The Icarus probe could also be smaller than the 400-ton probe envisioned for Project Daedalus, thanks to advances in electronic miniaturization and robotics, and future nanotechnologies — which would mean the spacecraft would need to carry less fuel to reach its full speed.
Credit: Adrian Mann
3. Light sail
Our best bet for interstellar travel may be to not use a rocket at all, Crawford said. Light sails, which use the pressure of light to propel a payload, are already being considered for interplanetary space probes, and in 2010 Japan’s experimental IKAROS spacecraft successfully used its 60-foot-wide (20 meters) light sail to maneuver during a six-month journey to Venus.
But although light sails driven by sunlight are already an effective way to explore the solar system, they are not fast enough to cover interstellar distances in a reasonable amount of time.
Crawford said the answer may be to use powerful lasers to push the light sail to very high speeds with bursts of light at the start of the journey, until the spacecraft is too far from the laser source to gain more thrust from the light beam.
Since the driving lasers would be built on Earth or in orbit, interstellar light-sail spacecraft would not need to carry fuel for the journey, and so the mass of the spacecraft could be kept small.
Laser-driven light sail spacecraft are the basis of the Breakthrough Starshot project that was announced this year by investor Yuri Milner and physicist Stephen Hawking. The project aims to build a working prototype by 2036 at a final mission cost of around $10 billion dollars.
The project envisages a swarm of around 1,000 stamp-size "StarChip" spacecraft, each weighing a few grams and attached to a light sail measuring 13 feet (4 m) across, which would be deployed from a "mothership" in orbit before being accelerated by ground-based lasers to speeds of around 15 to 20 percent the speed of light.
This would allow the spacecraft to make the 4-light-year journey to the Alpha Centauri system — a triple-star system that includes the star Proxima Centauri and its possible planet — in between 20 and 30 years.
The concepts behind the Breakthrough Starshot project have been studied by Philip Lubin, a professor of cosmology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, who says the biggest challenge remaining is to create sufficiently powerful lasers to drive the light sail spacecraft.
Credit: Adrian Mann
4. Bussard ramjet
The Bussard Ramjet concept, proposed by physicist Robert Bussard in 1960, combines the high thrust of fusion rockets with the low fuel requirements of light sails.
Instead of carrying its own fuel, a Bussard Ramjet would scoop up the very thin traces of gas and dust found in interstellar space, known as the Interstellar Medium, using a vast funnel-shaped electromagnetic field that extends for thousands of miles in front of the spacecraft.
Hydrogen from the Interstellar Medium would then be compressed and used as fuel in a fusion rocket at the rear of the spacecraft that drives it forward.
In theory, a spacecraft driven by a Bussard Ramjet could continue to accelerate as long as there is enough interstellar gas in its path to provide enough thrust, and could reach a high fraction of the speed of light.
As a result, the venerable Bussard has seen long and honorable service in many works of science fiction, notably Larry Niven’s "Known Space" series of novels and short stories, including the "Ringworld" books; and the 1970 Poul Anderson novel "Tau-Zero" (Doubleday, 1970), in which an interstellar crew push their stricken Bussard spacecraft to relativistic speeds to avoid destruction.
Unfortunately, the Interstellar Medium around our solar system and the nearby stars is especially thin, and scientist have calculated that there’s just not enough hydrogen there to fuel a Bussard Ramjet. "It's not the ideal part of the galaxy," Crawford said.
But he explained that several ideas have been proposed to get around this limitation, including a concept known as a “Ram Augmented Stellar Rocket”, which uses collected matter as reaction mass to drive the spacecraft forward, using energy beamed to it by a laser; and an "Interstellar Runway," which would use deposits of fuel positioned in advance in the path of an accelerating Bussard spacecraft.
Credit: Adrian Mann
5. Antimatter rocket & black hole drive
Beyond light sails, giant lasers and fusion rockets, a few even more exotic options for interstellar travel have been proposed, such as rockets powered by the extremely violent (and supremely efficient) annihilation reaction of matter and antimatter.
"Antimatter would be an excellent rocket fuel, because its energy density is so high," Crawford said. "But, of course it doesn't exist in nature, we have to make it. And it's very difficult and expensive to make, and very dangerous once you've made it — so who knows whether it could ever be used as a rocket fuel?"
Another proposal for using exotic physics to drive a spacecraft is the "Schwarzschild Kugelblitz" drive, which would use a microscopic, artificial black hole contained within its engines as its power source.
One idea for a ship equipped with the so-called "SK Drive," shown above, would trap Hawking radiation from the rapid and extremely violent decay of the tiny black hole, and convert it to energy that can be used it to propel the spacecraft.
Each of the artificial black holes would only survive for a few years, so new black holes would need to be created on demand, possibly by compressing pellets of matter with gamma-ray lasers.
According to a 2009 research paper, an SK-drive starship powered by a microscopic black hole with the mass of a modern supertanker could accelerate to 10 percent of the speed of light within 20 days. The black hole would last around 3.5 years before it decayed entirely, and would output more than 160 petawatts, or 160 quadrillion watts, of power in its lifetime.
Credit: Adrian Mann
6. Human "Slow Boats"
Even with super-fast rockets traveling at speeds of 10 percent or more of the speed of light, it would take many human lifetimes to reach all but the very nearest stars. And although Crawford is an advocate of human exploration of the solar system, he said that interstellar distances are too vast to make a human voyage conceivable within the next few hundred years.
"I think humans can explore the planets more effectively than robots, and I also think there are cultural reasons for sending humans into space, to broaden our range of experiences and enrich human culture," he said. "Now, it’s true that all of that would apply on the interstellar scale as well — it’s just that the distances are so large and the technical difficulties so great that advocating it at this stage is almost inconceivable."
Even so, several ideas exist for what are known as "Slow Boat" concepts that might one day take humans to the stars, including:
Sleeper Ships, in which human crewmembers are kept in a state of "deep sleep" or "suspended animation" for the duration of the very long voyage. This idea has featured in several science fiction movies, including Stanley Kubrick’s "2001: A Space Odyssey" made in 1969, Ridley Scott's "Alien" in 1979 and James Cameron's "Avatar" in 2009.
World Ships, also known as generation ships or interstellar arks, would be giant self-contained space habitats carrying large populations of humans and other species from Earth on a relatively leisurely journey to colonize exoplanets — journeys that would take many centuries to complete. Entire generations would live and die during the voyage, and only the descendants of the original population would arrive at the destination.
Embryo Shipswould send cryogenically frozen embryonic humans, instead of sleeping or living humans, to a distant colony planet, where they would be "hatched out" and educated on their mission by a crew of protective robots.
Credit: Adrian Mann
7. Faster than light?
Wherever astronomers look in the universe, the Theory of Relativity holds fast. As Albert Einstein showed, it's not possible to accelerate a mass to the speed of light in space, nor past it.
But Einstein's equations may yet hold a few tricks that could someday let science do an end-run around the known laws of physics and achieve faster-than-light (FTL) travel — a Holy Grail for generations of science fiction fans.
The best known scientific concept for FTL travel is the Alcubierre drive, proposed by theoretical physicist Miguel Alcubierre in 1994.
The proposed drive operates by using intense gravitational forces, generated by two rotating rings of dense exotic matter, to shrink the physical dimensions of space in front of the spacecraft while expanding the space behind it, at a rate that could appear to exceed the speed of light.
In Alcubierre's proposal, which requires a type of exotic matter for the rings that is not known to exist, the spacecraft inside the "warp bubble" created by the drive would never travel faster than light in its local space, and so would not violate the laws of relativity.
Other speculative ideas for FTL travel include using trans-dimensional wormholes — also theoretically possible, but not known to exist — to travel between entangled but distant regions of space; or to daringly skim the edges of a large, spinning black hole, as depicted in Christopher Nolan’s 2014 movie "Interstellar."
But Crawford notes that the concept of faster-than-light travel is rife with unknowns and apparent contradictions, such as violating the principle of causality, in which events are caused by other events that happened earlier in time, and not the other way around. So, it's likely the proposals would prove impossible, even if they were technologically feasible to attempt.
"I don't want to sound overly pessimistic, because I can see huge benefits of being able to travel to the stars, but the laws of physics are the laws of physics, and it is going to be really difficult," Crawford said.
Engineers Are 3D Printing Coral Reefs to Help Save Our Oceans
Engineers Are 3D Printing Coral Reefs to Help Save Our Oceans
BARTHOLOMEW COOKE
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One island is turning to 3D printing to help preserve the region's fragile coral reefs. The island's Harbour Village Beach Club has teamed up with ocean preservationist Fabien Cousteau to bring the 3D printing technology to our waters.
Some 3D printing trends may come and go, but this latest effort—much like Fred the tortoise’s new shell—is sure to stick for life. The trend we’re referring to is 3D-printed corals.
Coral reefs, as we all learned in science class, are remarkably important. They contain the most diverse ecosystems on Earth, and they also protect coastlines from waves and tropical storms, among other things. Sadly, coral reefs are in danger of disappearing, thanks to the combination of diseases, and damage that is caused by climate change, pollution, and other human acitivies
Such is the case in the Caribbean Island of Bonaire, which is turning to additive manufacturing for help to preserve the region’s fragile coral reefs.
3D-PRINTED REEFS
The island’s Harbour Village Beach Club has teamed up with ocean preservationist Fabien Cousteau to bring the 3D printing technology to Bonaire’s coasts. Cousteau is the grandson of the late oceanographer Jacques Cousteau, who made scuba diving possible.
For this project, the younger Cousteau will help the island plan and print pieces of artificial coral that will bear the same shape, texture, and even chemical makeup of organic corals to attract floating baby coral polyps and other species that rely on coral reefs for protection, including algae, crabs, and other fish species.
“This technology is less labor-intensive than current coral restoration processes, creating a larger impact in a shorter amount of time,” Cousteau told the Caribbean Journal.
This isn’t the first time that 3D printing has been used to save the threatened coral reefs. In 2012, Australian organization Reef Design Lab implanted the first artificial reef using low carbon footprint sandstone material in Bahrain’s Reef Arabia.
“We can achieve a very ‘organic’ appearance, and produce far greater complexity, caves and tunnels compared to traditional moulding techniques—this can translate to greater biodiversity and biomass,” RDL said in its website.
VIDEODe Amerikaanse ruimtevaartorganisatie NASA heeft een primeur te pakken. Ze kon voor het eerst de noordpool van de planeet Jupiter gedetailleerd op foto vastleggen. De afbeeldingen werden genomen door de ruimteverkenner Juno en dit weekend door de NASA vrijgegeven.
"Het lijkt op niks dat we ooit eerder hebben gezien", zegt Scott Bolton van het Southwest Research Institute (Texas). Ook de zuidpool van de gasreus werd vereeuwigd, maar het is vooral de noordpool die de aandacht van de onderzoekers trekt. Ze kleurt immers blauwer dan de rest van het hemellichaam en het is er schijnbaar veel stormachtiger dan verwacht.
De ruimtesonde maakte ook infraroodbeelden van de grootste planeet van ons zonnestelsel. Zo is op een van de foto's het morgenrood op de zuidpool te zien.
Juno stuurde eerder al foto's van Jupiter door naar de aarde, maar de afbeeldingen die de NASA onlangs op haar website plaatste, zijn veel scherper.
De verkenner vloog vorige week 'dicht bij' de planeet op een afstand van circa 4.000 kilometer. Er volgen de komende maanden nog tientallen vluchten rond de gasreus om meer data te verzamelen. In 2018 is de missie afgelopen en zal Juno vergaan in de atmosfeer.
Ruimtesonde Dawn van de Amerikaanse ruimtevaartorganisatie NASA bestudeerde de berg op Ceres de afgelopen maanden. De vulkaan is half zo hoog als de Mount Everest. De laatste uitbarsting vond vermoedelijk honderden miljoenen jaren geleden plaats.
"Het is onwijs cool en onverwacht", zei Christopher Russell van de University of California vandaag. Ceres stond ooit te boek als een volwaardige planeet, maar werd later gedegradeerd tot asteroïde. Tegenwoordig valt Ceres in de categorie dwergplaneet, net als Pluto.
Ruimtesonde Dawn is de eerste die de dwergplaneet van dichtbij observeert. De sonde cirkelt als sinds maart 2015 rond Ceres.
Deze keer zijn ze er honderd procent zeker van dat ze het bewijs hebben dat we niet alleen zijn in het heelal. Ufospotters hebben op YouTube een filmpje gedeeld waarop het internationaal ruimtestation ISS te zien is. Op de beelden is plots twee keer een lichtgevend object waar te nemen dat passeert.
De beelden zouden afkomstig zijn van de NASA volgens StreetCap1, de ufojagers die het filmpje hebben gedeeld. Het ruimtestation is immers 24 uur per dag te volgen via een livefeed van de ruimtevaartorganisatie. Je kan de Russische Progress Capsule zien, die zich aan het ISS heeft vastgemaakt voor bevoorrading. Achter de capsule is tot twee keer toe een lichtbol waar te nemen.
Volgens Scott Warring van de website UFO Sightings Daily gaat het om het ultieme bewijs dat buitenaardse wezens het ruimtestation in de gaten houden. Onder het filmpje - dat intussen al 15.000 keer werd bekeken in enkele dagen tijd - zijn nog meer enthousiaste commentaren te lezen. En af en toe een kritische noot van iemand die er niets van gelooft en de spotters een dokter aanraadt.
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(video)NICARAGUAN WOMAN CLAIMS THAT SHE WAS KIDNAPPED BY GOBLINS!
(video)NICARAGUAN WOMAN CLAIMS THAT SHE WAS KIDNAPPED BY GOBLINS!
Everyone knows all about the "Alien abduction" phenomena and there have been countless stories regarding that topic. People who have been abducted by short little green men or even other humanoid looking creatures.
However some bizarre abductions aren't just exclusive to extraterrestrial origin. One account by a woman living in a village near Monte Escuro, Nicaragua, claimed being kidnapped by evil goblin creatures when she was a little girl. She was in a cave for six days before her family came to rescue her with the aid from a witch.
Locals tell of many supernatural and strange creatures living on the hills surrounding that region. Creatures like goblins and fairies are said to be common and are sighted occasionally.
Many accounts of similar "little people" are spoken around many of our world's cultures and legends. Who knows, perhaps the "Little Green Men" from space have always been little magical goblins.
AMAZING! STRANGE ALIEN CREATURE LURKING CAUGHT ON CAMERA!
AMAZING! STRANGE ALIEN CREATURE LURKING CAUGHT ON CAMERA!
On the depths of our world's oceans or even on the smallest of lakes we can spot some terrifying things. From there in the dark waters beyond the penumbra, lurks mysterious creatures that mankind will barely witness on their lifetime.
We know very well of the Lochness monster tale, the idea of a giant sea dragon or an aquatic dinosaur hiding somewhere on the lake is mindblowing. Or the stories of colossal Krakens that terrified our ancestors when journeying through the seas.
There are also conspiracy theories regarding Aliens who seem to roam the depths on their USO's (unidentified submerged objects) and have established underwater bases and cities.
A lot of myths and legends concerning our world's mysterious aquatic regions have been around since ever, however, there's little evidence to prove any of this to be true.
But recently a man from Leyland, Lancashire, has caught something surreal on camera.
Studie: Buitenaardse groepen houden aarde mogelijk bewust in isolement
Studie: Buitenaardse groepen houden aarde mogelijk bewust in isolement
Er is een nieuwe studie verschenen waarin wordt gespeeld met het idee dat aliens ons er bewust van weerhouden om contact met ze op te nemen.
Volgens de dierentuinhypothese bestaat er superintelligent buitenaards leven, maar kiest het ervoor om geen contact met het leven op aarde op te nemen om ons ongemerkt te bestuderen of om de menselijke beschaving zo de kans te geven zich te ontwikkelen.
Dergelijke ideeën zijn het meest aannemelijk als er een universele entiteit zou bestaan die zijn wil aan andere buitenaardse beschavingen kan opleggen. Volgens de hypothese is een voldoende geavanceerde beschaving in staat om de handhaving van regels effectiever af te dwingen dan de mensheid gewoon is.
Strijdende groepen
Astrofysicus Duncan H. Forgan van de Universiteit van St Andrews heeft een model gebruikt waaruit blijkt dat beschavingen in zo’n scenario meer geneigd zijn om groepjes te vormen in plaats van één grote galactische club.
Als alle beschavingen ongeveer tegelijkertijd zijn ontstaan en al meer dan een miljoen jaar bestaan, dan zou zo’n club volgens Forgan kunnen bestaan. Het is zijns inziens waarschijnlijker dat er meerdere strijdende groepen beschavingen zijn die het niet met elkaar eens kunnen worden over een universeel beleid.
Impasse doorbreken
“Het is goed mogelijk dat de aarde zich bevindt in een deel van de ruimte dat wordt bezet door een conservatieve groep die geen contact wil,” valt te lezen in zijn paper. “Nu we steeds beter in staat zijn om onbewuste signalen van zowel bestaande als vergane beschavingen te kunnen detecteren, zouden we deze impasse moeten kunnen doorbreken.”
Family spot UFO while walking on Yorkshire, England, Sept 2016, UFO Sighting News.
Family spot UFO while walking on Yorkshire, England, Sept 2016, UFO Sighting News
Date of sighting: Sept 2016 Location of sighting: Yorkshire, England News source:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1721172/family-spot-ufo-shaped-like-star-treks-starship-enterprise-while-walking-on-yorkshire-moors/ Here is a great photo of a UFO with two long appendages on its right and left size. Some say it looks like the Enterprise, I think it looks like a sideways disk. England is however one of two testing grounds for secret alien tech from the USAF. So, is this ours or is it alien? Scott C. Waring www.ufosightingsdaily.com News states: A FAMILY out walking on a Yorkshire moorland claim to have captured a Star Trek-shaped UFO flying overhead. The dark grey object, which appears to have a halo around it, was snapped by Nicole Smith, 19, on her smartphone during a family day out to Bronte waterfalls, in West Yorkshire. She was with her parents Catherine and Shane at the time and was shocked when she discovered the UFO on one of her photos. Her mum Catherine, 49, from Normanton, said: “We went for a day out in Haworth and decided to drive to the moor and parked near a footpath leading to Bronte waterfalls.
“It was a good two and a half mile walk from where the car was parked. “My daughter was taking random pictures of the sheep and scenery on our way back from the falls. It was around 5.30pm when she took the picture on her mobile phone. “It was only when we were on our way home she was scanning through the photos she had taken, she noticed the object in the picture.” The picture has been studied by an American optical physicist formerly employed by the US Navy. Dr Bruce Maccabee, who is now a leading Ufologist, said: “I’m not aware of anything that looks like this. The image is too small for good resolution. “It was not seen at the time so no information on distance. It might be some sort of insect within ten feet from the camera.”
UFO Fleet Caught Passing Over A Suspected Alien Base
UFO Fleet Caught Passing Over A Suspected Alien Base
Incredible footage of multiple massive UFOs has emerged recently – bringing the theory of an alien base anew. A suspected alien spaceship moves through the clouds over the Yellowstone National Park in the U.S. The space vessel is believed to be over 100 meters across.
A gigantic super-volcano is a notable natural structure in the Yellowstone National Park. While staying dormant for 70,000 years, a potential eruption of this massive volcano could kill 90,000 people and spark a nuclear winter, experts have warned.
Flying saucers were seen in a live camera observing the park. YouTube user Jeanette Forestershared the video to the video sharing site. She regularly posts short videos of the park, but this is the first time she posted a clip of her UFO sighting, which she describes as once in a lifetime.
Many space alien enthusiasts believe the U.S. knows about an active alien base or bases in the Yellowstone Park because the government allotted 3,468 miles of land for the park.
It doesn't take much to convince people that they've seen an experimental missile or a UFO. A funny-looking cloud or an exceptionally bright planet will usually do the trick. Here, our top 7 things that drive space-related hoaxes.
Credit: NOAA
7. Lightning
Mysterious UFO sightings may go hand-in-hand with a natural weather phenomenon known as sprites flashes high in the atmosphere triggered by thunderstorms. Sprites suddenly appear when lightning from thunderstorms excites the electric field above the storm, producing dancing flashes of bright light.
Sprites can take the form of fast-paced balls of electricity, although they can also form streaks or tendrils. "Winter sprites" are common in the northern hemisphere during winter months.
In December 2009, a spectacular spiral light show appeared in the sky above northern Norway: A giant spiral, with a green-blue beam of light shooting from its center, lit up the sky in a raindrop-ripple effect pattern.
It looked like a wormhole to another dimension, but it turned out that the lights were caused by a Russian missile that failed just after launch, according to Russia's defense ministry. The botched Bulava ballistic test missile spun out of control, thus creating the mysterious rotating spiral effect.
5. Weird Cloud Formations
Balloons in the Sky UFO Test
UFO SIGHTING OR BALLOON? AN EXAMPLE OF MISIDENTIFYING A BALLOON FOR A UFO
Last October, footage of a giant halo in an overcast sky over Moscow surfaced on YouTube. The video had everything needed to ignite UFO rumors. It's grainy. At one point, a dark pointy object appears to bolt out of the ring. There's even a panicked-sounding Russian radio broadcast in the background.
Cool-headed meteorologists were quick to put the story to bed: It was just an optical illusion, the cause of sunlight hitting a cloud disturbed by wind or plane traffic in just the right way. Most likely it was what is known as a hole-punch cloud. These occur in cirrus or cirrostratus clouds, which are often composed of ice crystals and super-cooled water droplets water that is below freezing temperature, but still in liquid form. The physical properties that hold these clouds together are delicate, and when disturbed by a jet plane, wind or even cloud seeding efforts the droplets can freeze instantly or evaporate, the latter of which will form the hole.
3. Venus
The planet Venus often gets mistaken for a UFO. To viewers on Earth, the second planet from the sun appears as a bright light that hangs in the sunset sky, seeming to slowly hover in the twilight as it outshines every star except for the sun. Because Venus orbits the sun inside our own orbit, from our perspective it constantly darts out on the either side of the sun, which people often mistake for a moving UFO.
Here's proof that anything funny-looking in the sky can cause an uproar. This past Monday, most of the U.S. woke up to reports that a mystery missile had launched off the coast of California. The sightings were spurred by video of a condensation trail, or contrail, streaking through clouds lit up by the rising sun. No one could conclusively say what it was at the timeofficials at the Department of Defense reported no scheduled missile launches, NORAD and USNORTHCOM detected no foreign activity and the FAA hadn't cleared any commercial space launches in the area. After a thorough investigation, many experts now believe that the streak was a wait for it a run-of-the-mill jet aircraft contrail that happened to hang around longer than usual. Contrails appear most vivid around sunrise or sunset, and it's not uncommon that one showing up in an unexpected location will generate whispers of a UFO or experimental military aircraft.
Lights in the sky, especially when viewed by pilots, can also cause a stir, but are almost always revealed to be running lights of other aircraft, or flares dropped by weather research craft.
Credit: Local ABC7
1. Military Experiments
The late 1940s and early 1950s were a great time for spotting UFOs and aliens in New Mexico, primarily because that's where the Air Force was conducting some of its top-secret research. One such program was known as Project Mogul and involved floating microphone-carrying balloons to high altitudes in an attempt to pick up the sound waves generated by Soviet atomic bomb tests. The Air Force has since confirmed that a 1947 crash of one of those balloons created the debris that birthed the Roswell UFO Incident.
Another military experiment provided the bodies for that UFO. In the 1950s, Air Force scientists dropped several dozen anthropomorphic dummies from planes to test new high-altitude parachutes and determine whether the bodies would enter a dangerous spin as they fell. Results from these studies contributed to designs for the parachutes and pressurized suits that fighter jet pilots and early astronauts would wear. The Air Force was more than happy to allow Russian spies to think New Mexicans were a little kooky than to reveal the true military origin of the sightings.
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SETI Team Investigating Mysterious Signal from Star 94 Light-Years Away
SETI Team Investigating Mysterious Signal from Star 94 Light-Years Away
By Mike Wall, Space.com Senior Writer
The SETI Institute's Allen Telescope Array (ATA) is hunting for radio signals from hypothetical intelligent alien life in our galaxy.
Credit: SETI Institute
A powerful signal has been spotted coming from the vicinity of a sunlike star, and now astronomers are trying to figure out what it means.
In May 2015, researchers using a radio telescope in Russia detected a candidate SETI (search for extraterrestrial intelligence) signal that seems to originate from HD 164595, a star system that lies about 94 light-years from Earth, the website Centauri Dreams reported over the weekend.
The astronomers have not yet published a study about the detection; they plan to discuss it next month at the 67th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Guadalajara, Mexico, according to Centauri Dreams' Paul Gilster, who wrote that one of the team members forwarded him the IAC presentation. [13 Ways to Hunt Intelligent Alien Life]
HD 164595 is known to harbor one planet — a roughly Neptune-mass world that orbits too close to the star to support life as we know it. However, it's possible that other worlds lurk undiscovered in the system, said astronomer Seth Shostak of the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, who is not part of the detection team.
To be clear: Nobody is claiming that aliens beamed out this signal. But that is one of the possible scenarios at the moment, Shostak told Space.com.
The scientists who made the detection are respected researchers, and the signal is strong enough that it's probably not just random noise, Shostak said. Furthermore, the signal is consistent with something an alien civilization might send out — and if aliens did indeed do it, they are certainly far more advanced than we are, he added.
Based on the received signal's characteristics, aliens would have to generate about 100 billion billion watts of energy to blast it out in all directions. And they'd still have to produce more than 1 trillion watts if they beamed it only to Earth for some reason, Shostak said.
"The first number is hundreds of times more than all the sunlight falling on Earth," he said. "That's a very big energy bill."
The SETI Institute focused the Allen Telescope Array (ATA), a system of radio dishes in Northern California, at HD 164595 Sunday night (Aug. 28) and plans to do so again tonight (Aug. 29), Shostak said. He certainly hopes the ATA finds something that would suggest ET is behind the signal, but he said he suspects there's a more prosaic explanation.
For example, it's possible that interference by an Earth-orbiting satellite or something else close to home is responsible, Shostak said. Indeed, he said that such "terrestrial interference" would be his bet, if we ever do learn what caused the signal.
But, sadly, it's very possible that we'll never know. The Russia-based team apparently observed the HD 164595 system 39 different times and only detected the signal once, Shostak said. If nobody sees it again, it will probably remain a mystery, much like the famous "Wow!" signal of 1977.
SETI Team Investigating Mysterious Signal from Star 94 Light-Years Away
SETI Team Investigating Mysterious Signal from Star 94 Light-Years Away
By Mike Wall, Space.com Senior Writer
The SETI Institute's Allen Telescope Array (ATA) is hunting for radio signals from hypothetical intelligent alien life in our galaxy.
Credit: SETI Institute
A powerful signal has been spotted coming from the vicinity of a sunlike star, and now astronomers are trying to figure out what it means.
In May 2015, researchers using a radio telescope in Russia detected a candidate SETI (search for extraterrestrial intelligence) signal that seems to originate from HD 164595, a star system that lies about 94 light-years from Earth, the website Centauri Dreams reported over the weekend.
The astronomers have not yet published a study about the detection; they plan to discuss it next month at the 67th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Guadalajara, Mexico, according to Centauri Dreams' Paul Gilster, who wrote that one of the team members forwarded him the IAC presentation. [13 Ways to Hunt Intelligent Alien Life]
HD 164595 is known to harbor one planet — a roughly Neptune-mass world that orbits too close to the star to support life as we know it. However, it's possible that other worlds lurk undiscovered in the system, said astronomer Seth Shostak of the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, who is not part of the detection team.
To be clear: Nobody is claiming that aliens beamed out this signal. But that is one of the possible scenarios at the moment, Shostak told Space.com.
The scientists who made the detection are respected researchers, and the signal is strong enough that it's probably not just random noise, Shostak said. Furthermore, the signal is consistent with something an alien civilization might send out — and if aliens did indeed do it, they are certainly far more advanced than we are, he added.
Based on the received signal's characteristics, aliens would have to generate about 100 billion billion watts of energy to blast it out in all directions. And they'd still have to produce more than 1 trillion watts if they beamed it only to Earth for some reason, Shostak said.
"The first number is hundreds of times more than all the sunlight falling on Earth," he said. "That's a very big energy bill."
The SETI Institute focused the Allen Telescope Array (ATA), a system of radio dishes in Northern California, at HD 164595 Sunday night (Aug. 28) and plans to do so again tonight (Aug. 29), Shostak said. He certainly hopes the ATA finds something that would suggest ET is behind the signal, but he said he suspects there's a more prosaic explanation.
For example, it's possible that interference by an Earth-orbiting satellite or something else close to home is responsible, Shostak said. Indeed, he said that such "terrestrial interference" would be his bet, if we ever do learn what caused the signal.
But, sadly, it's very possible that we'll never know. The Russia-based team apparently observed the HD 164595 system 39 different times and only detected the signal once, Shostak said. If nobody sees it again, it will probably remain a mystery, much like the famous "Wow!" signal of 1977.
The Kardashev Scale Type 0: Why Earth is a Level Zero Civilization
The Kardashev Scale Type 0: Why Earth is a Level Zero Civilization
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To measure the level of a civilization’s advancement, the Kardashev scale focuses on the amount of energy that a civilization is able to utilize. Notably, the amount of power available to a civilization is fundamentally linked to how widespread the civilization is (you obviously can’t harness the power of a star if you are confined to your home planet). In a previous article, we offered an overview of the various civilization types, Subglobal Cultures, Galactic Cultures, Multiverse Cultures etc.
Today, I want to talk about what it would be like to live in a Type 0 Civilization—A Subglobal Culture.
This might seem like a rather strange topic for discussion. After all, we are a subglobal culture. So couldn’t I just say, “What you are doing right now is living in a subglobal culture. Congratulations. Look out your window or something.” Wouldn’t that give you a much better understanding of this civilization type than any explanation that I could give? No.
UNDERSTANDING OUR WORLD
Based on our energy use, in 1973 astronomer Carl Sagan estimated that Earth represented a Type 0.7 civilization, more current assessments put us at about 0.72. What does this mean? We’ve had 4.5 billion years and we still haven’t made it to a Type 1 civilization.
So there’s a lot more to a Type 0 civilization than simply what you see when you look out your window. What about what came before? And what will come next?
On our own planet, at the lowest civilization type (Type 0.1) you would be a proto-human. You would use sticks and other basic tools to hunt and forage for your food. You probably wouldn’t wear any clothes. Many of your fellow proto-humans would be eaten by proto-lions (which would not be terribly pleasant, I’m afraid).
Civilized man: We’re still working on it… (See a larger image here)
However, as an individual in a proto-society, you’d have to fight to earn mating rights, protect your hunting territories, and establish leadership through a strength based dominance hierarchy…so your fellows getting eaten by proto-lions might actually work to your advantage. Warm showers would (of course) be out of the question. You’d have to rely entirely on natural resources such as hot springs, fires set by lightning, and your own muscle power.
But eventually a proto-human in your proto-society would start carving stones into tools. Thus, your little world would evolve into the Stone Age (how exciting for you!).
Proto-technology at its best (Author Unknown)
At this point, as you move to a Type 0.2 civilization and beyond, you figure out how to manipulate fire and use it to your advantage (like making roasted proto-lion). You also start wearing clothing and other items that protect you from the natural environment. Eventually, you harness animals and use them to herd and transport material (proto-Lassie and proto-Mister Ed).
You might use smoke signals to communicate to distant tribes as you expand across the planet. And so you would slowly evolve from relying on natural forms of energy to manipulating resources for use.
An advanced civilization = having an advanced way of killing other civilizations
As your culture continues to develop, you will begin metalworking. But moving from the Stone Age into the Metal Ages takes time…a lot of time (the Stone Age on Earth lasted some 3.4 million years). But eventually you’ll stop using those ruddy stones, and you’ll progress through the Copper, Bronze, and Iron Ages, where metal tools replace previous devices (and you make swords to stab your enemies, which will be of great assistance as you continue to fight to earn mating rights, protect hunting territories, and establish leadership through an economic based dominance hierarchy). Better fuels, such as coal or oil secured from local tar pits, will replace wood in campfires (just be careful with your herds around those tar pits; if one of your animals slips in, it probably won’t be seen again until some bloody scientist from a Type 0.7 civilization unearths it in a few millennia).
As you form into a more advanced community, you develop large structures that allow you to harness water power and wind power. Populations around rivers and other water systems surge and cities begin to truly develop (which makes plague spreading a snap and sewage removal a serious problem). Assuming your civilization isn’t wiped out by dysentery (it’s caused by fecal contamination of food and water), you will plateau here for a bit, at about Type 0.4.
The large structures created to harness wind and water energy are really only capable of producing a tiny amount of energy. So slowly, ever so slowly, you transition into widespread use of fossil fuel burning. And as we all know, a tiny bit of oil or natural gas goes a long way: Cue the industrial revolution!
Of course, steam and electricity are soon to follow.
Once you have electricity, your subglobal culture will evolve at an amazing rate. With electricity comes the advent of instantaneous global communication systems, amazingly fast transportation systems (which enable people to traverse the planet on a whim), global markets and planetary trade activities…and the dawn of a global culture is at hand.
At this level, you begin to truly understand the processes that create the planet and cosmos (your archaeologists delve into the deep recesses of tar pits and learn much about the herding practices of your ancestors). Nuclear energy is soon to follow and, as the energy released by nuclear fission is a million times greater than that released in chemical reactions, it fuels industry and technology even further, bringing society ever closer to breaching the bounds of the planet.
AND HERE WE HAVE THE MAJOR TEST
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Nuclear energy isn’t all fun and games. Sure, you can use it to power cities and expand world markets. But you can also use it to obliterate your enemies (and much of the planet in the process) as you continue to fight to earn mating rights, protect hunting territories, and establish leadership through an economic based dominance hierarchy.
If you pass the test, you will harness the power of your planet and advance to a Type 1 civilization—a united global society that is capable of harnessing all the solar energy that reaches your world, manipulating planetary weather systems, and you’ll start to pull energy from other objects in the cosmos. If you fail, you will quite literally bomb your society back into the Stone Age (assuming, of course, that you don’t completely obliterate every living member of your civilization).
A Brief Explanation of the Kardashev Scale: How Far Can Humanity Really Advance?
A Brief Explanation of the Kardashev Scale: How Far Can Humanity Really Advance?
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Let’s be honest, we have our fair share of problems on planet Earth: war, floods, disease, poverty, environmental destruction, Justin Bieber (the list goes on and on, really). But we also have a lot of things going for us: the Alcubierre Warp Drive, invisibility cloaks, the Mars rovermissions, the discovery of the Higgs (the list goes on and on, really).
How can we weigh all the exciting and inspiring scientific discoveries against all the destruction and chaos? We have an ever expanding list of catastrophes that is coupled with (indeed, that parallels) our unrelenting march towards technological perfection. With such a coupling of unimaginable horrors and magnificent advancements, how can we possibly measure our status as a civilization?
One of the easiest ways to answer this question is to form a scale that will allow us to scientifically measure our technological *abilities* against the technological *possibilities.* Or in layman’s terms, something that will allow us to measure our awesomeness against the total possible awesomeness. Fortunately, there are several ways of conducting such measurements.
If you just want to understand the basics of this scale, you can read the following paragraph and skip the more technical section, which is helpfully marked “The TLDR Part”
Essentially, to measure a civilization’s advancement (awesomeness), the Kardashev scale focuses on the amount of energy that a civilization is able to utilize. Notably, the amount of power available to a civilization is linked to how widespread the civilization is (whether it populates a planet, galaxy, or an entire universe).
THE TLDR PART
The Kardashev scale exists because of a Russian astrophysicist known as Nicolai Kardashev (I bet you’ll never guess where the scale got its name from).
In 1964, Kardashev came up with the idea that the status of a culture, as a whole, depends on two primary things: Energy and technology. He theorized that a civilization’s technical advancement runs parallel to the amount of energy that the civilization is able to harness and manipulate. Essentially, the more energy that a society can produce, the more technologically advanced they are (this was originally just tied to energy available for communications, but has since been expanded).
In other words, according to this theory, a culture’s development (in the very widest sense) is a product of energy and of technology: Through technology, energy is harnessed, and as social systems are expressions of this technology, the status of a culture rests upon (and is determined by) the amount of energy that is harnessed.
The scale has a number of different categories (levels of classification…or levels of awesomeness). In recent years, scientists have expanded this scale to measure hypothetical civilizations—civilizations that are galactic, intergalactic, and even multiverse in nature.
Are you ready to find out where humanity falls? Then press on!
CIVILIZATION TYPES
• Type 0: Subglobal Culture —This civilization extracts its energy and raw-materials from crude organic-based sources such as wood, coal, and oil. Any rockets utilized by such a civilization would necessarily depend on chemical propulsion. Since such travel is so pitifully slow, a civilization at this level would be (for the most part) confined to its home planet. Unfortunately, this is about where we are. We haven’t quite made it to Type I yet :c
• Type I: Planetary Culture —This civilization would be slightly more advanced than those found on Earth. They would be capable of utilizing all available resources on their home planet, skillfully harnessing the energy output of an entire world (10^15 watts). With any luck (if we don’t blow ourselves to oblivion, or turn the Earth into an uninhabitable wasteland) we will reach this stage in 100-200 years. So maybe your grandkids will be around to see it; there’s some hope in that (assuming you have kids).
Star Trek Rendering of a Type II Civilization
• Type II: Stellar Culture —This civilization would be far more advanced than we are (a few thousand years beyond our stage of evolution). Such a society would be able to harnesses all the energy of its star (in our case, about 10^26 watts). This culture might resemble the Federation of Planets, as seen on Star Trek; or the civilization might be like a majority of the humanoids in the Mass Effect universe, such as the Asari, Salarians, and Turians.
• Type III: Galactic Culture —This civilization would be able to harnesses the energy output of a galaxy (about 10 billion times the energy output of a Type II civilization, and about 100,000 to 1 million years more advanced than we are). They have colonized the galaxy itself, extracting energy from hundreds of billions of stars, traveling across interstellar space, and populating innumerable worlds. This civilization may resemble the Borg (but hopefully not as mean and “resistant-is-futile-like”), or perhaps they would resemble the Empire from Star Wars (but hopefully not so Darth-Vader-choke-hold-like), or maybe they would be more like the Reapers from Mass Effect (but hopefully not so break-your-body-down-into-biogoop-like)…did anyone else notice that the civilizations at this level all seem to be evil and horrid?
Artist Rendering of a Type IV Civilization
• Type IV: Universal Culture —This civilization would be an intergalactic culture, spanning the breadth and width of the Universe. They would travel across the cosmos, commanding the power of a billion trillion suns. These societies would be capable of attempting projects of gargantuan, superhuman proportions, such as changing the structure of space-time or the deliberate slowing of entropy (or even its reversal) to achieve ultimate immortality. (Or, said civilizations may ultimately become capable of living INSIDE the event horizon of extra-massive black holes!) For humanity, such accomplishments might be forever beyond our reach. This level may be achievable only by incorporeal beings, such as members of Star Trek’s Q Continuum, or the Gallifreyans from Doctor Who.
• Type V: Multiverse Culture —This civilization will have transcended their universe of origin. It would be capable of universe-scale manipulation (jumping between multiverses that contain varied forms of matter, physics, and space-time). A civilization such as this would be home to beings of unimaginable power and ability.
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE
I admit, it is a little disheartening that we haven’t even reached Type I yet. I would like to say something inspiring, like “given our lowly position, there’s nowhere to go but up!” Yet, it is entirely possible that some major catastrophe (be it natural or human induced) will send us spiraling back into the Stone Age.
So, what’s the ultimate take away from all of this?
If we want to advance beyond a Type 0 civilization, we’re going to need to play nice with one another (and maybe invest in science and education; that helps too)
NASA Director claims that UFO life may be discovered in the next 10 years. Also names a few planets that are inhabited by extraterrestrial life.
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In the words of the hit science fiction television show "X-Files," the truth is out there. In fact, aside from truth out in space, there could also be extraterrestrial life forms. NASA Director of Planetary Science James Green claims the discovery of alien life could be possible in 10 years.
"The data that we're receiving is really exciting in telling us, forcing us to think about this in new and exciting ways. I believe we're on the right track...If we answer it, and it's positive, then life is everywhere in the solar system. Just think about that-we might not be alone," stated Green.
Aside from predicting that alien life would be discovered in the next 10 years, the NASA director also named four planets where extraterrestrials may inhabit. These include Mars, Saturn's Moon Enceladus, Jupiter's Moon Europa and Saturn's Moon Titan.
It isn't hard to visualize Mars being inhabited by alien life as it's just a few months ago when NASA discovered signs of liquid water in its craters. In order to survive, water is a vital element, which is why scientists concluded the red planet could be inhabited by life forms or may be able to sustain life.
As for the moons of the ringed planets, Jupiter and Saturn, this is not the first time that a NASA director has claimed extraterrestrial life exists. Normal Bergrun, a NASA scientist, stated that "living alien UFO spaceships" have been proliferating on Saturn's rings.
"What I found out is, these things inhabit Saturn, that's where I first discovered them, and they're proliferating. You can [also] find them around Uranus and Jupiter. Wherever you see some rings, that is where I see the crafts, I call them a ringmaker," stated Bergrun in his book, "Ringmakers of Saturn."
While Bergrun is focused on the ringed planets, Green states that planets which contain liquid water, energy and organic material are enough to sustain life.
"But recent observations have changed all of that. It's now turning our attention to the right places for us to take a deeper look and start to answer our life question. So when look out into the solar system, where are the possibilities?" stated Green.
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03-09-2016
Alien abductions at Area 51 army base: Ex-soldier reveals secrets from inside joined HQ
Alien abductions at Area 51 army base: Ex-soldier reveals secrets from inside joined HQ
Bill Brooks joined the army in 1968 and claims he was subjected to an alien abduction while serving at the nuclear weapons base at Sennelager, Germany.But this incident was just the tip of the iceberg in a lifetime of contact with extraterrestrials which began when he was a boy.Incredibly he did not realise what had been happening to him until he experienced a “memory download” when he was 44 years old.A professional musician after leaving the army, he claimed to have had an encounter with a UFO when returning from a gig and then just two hours later a flood of memories was triggered – reminding him of seemingly mind-wiped UFO experiences as a child and disturbing encounters in the military.UNSUSPECTING: Bill Brooks joined the army when he was 18The ex-squaddie revealed he was told the Sennelager base was shared with a detachment of American agents who were from Area 51 – the infamous alien-sighting base.The now 66-year-old claims he witnessed a “mass abduction” event as soldiers on the base walked mesmerised into a bright light.He said he was dozing on top of a Saracen military vehicle when he came too and realised what was happening.ABDUCTION: Bill was told to ‘go into the light’ at gunpointThe soldier said he was then held at gunpoint by an agent and forced to follow his comrades who were marching in a trance-like state across the base.Brooks described him as a “man dressed in black, with chiseled blonde hair, who probably was American, wearing a little blue patch on his right sleeve”.The man told him “walk towards the light” and cocked his gun, so Bill was left with no choice but to obey – which is the last thing he remembers of that night.When he regained consciousness he was instructed by top military brass not to talk about what he had seen to his comrades or anyone else – being forced to sign a second non-disclosure agreement.
Brooks claims he was also subjected to a series of mind-control experiments in the army at secretive government military science base Porton Down near Salisbury.
He was claims he was fed mysterious substance on a sugar lump, which he believes was LSD, and began to have psychedelic episodes – he had never used drugs before.
The experiments featured a large black spiral moving on a white wall while the two captors shouted out him as he felt he was being drawn into the spinning object.
Feelings of hyper-aggression gripped Brooks after the experiments.
He believes he unknowingly signed up to the programme after getting into trouble for “scrapping with the lads” and being told if he agreed to join the experiments it would “all go away” and he would get two weeks extra leave.
Brooks reveals his lifetime of experiences in his new book called ’44: Based on an Ex-Soldier’s True Story of Life-Long Encounters Involving Alien Abduction’ – which is avaliable now.
It was co-authored by alien abductee expert Joanne Summerscales, founder of the ET Newsroom – a UK based project which offers support for experiencers.
Summerscales focuses on helping those who have had alien encounters of any kind or who have undergone mind control experiments.
She said: “His whole life is incredible. The most amazing thing is someone can live two thirds of their life, until they are 44, without realising what has happened to him.
“It was like a near death experience, he saw every detail of these things that happened to him, and it seemed to come out of nowhere.”
Brooks said he is “really not sure” of the relationship between aliens and world governments, but he thinks those in the know are “frightened of what they can do”.Mr Brooks added: “I only know what has happened to me, and I do feel I’ve been used, and that makes me angry.”The trooper also believes the secret services knew about his experiences with aliens as a child – despite he himself not being aware due to having his mind wiped.When asked if extraterrestrial races pose a threat to mankind, he said “I haven’t got the foggiest idea in reality, but why the secrecy?”.
Mr Brooks’ first major encounter with alien life came in 1960 while lying in a crop of corn.The then 10-year-old witnessed the creation of a crop circle before he was approached by a family of four Nordics – tall blonde humanoid aliens which are commonly described by alien abductees.The Nordics told him “Earth was in trouble” and asked “would he help?” before taking him for a ride on their ship.The younger aliens showed him how to use his mind to command movement of small spheres, which he did, and then the adults showed him the propulsion system and tried to explain it to him.THREAT: Bill does not know what the alleged visitors want with humanity
He also had a dramatic encounter with grey aliens while working as a truck driver after he had left the army.Brooks was eating fish and chips in his van and preparing to bed down for an overnight stop when he noticed a light in a field – looking over to see a cow being levitated by an alien craft.But when the aliens noticed him, surrounding his van and taking him up through an orange light, passing through the windscreen as if it were not there.When he was aboard the craft he saw the greys were dumping the cow, fearing for his life the one grey told him “No, you’re human”.
After being subjected to experimentation aboard the craft, Bill awoke the next day with no memory of what had happened to him.
Dumped behind the van, parked in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, was the butchered corpse of a cow – showing trademark signs of the cattle mutilation phenomena which is often linked to alien experimentation.
After getting home to his wife, he discovered he had “lost a day” during the incident and had been left without his wedding ring.
He also had two implants in his nostril and mouth which he expelled – only for them to disappear during another UFO event the following night.
STRANGE: Sketches of the implants Bill expelled after the abduction at AbingdonBrooks also recounts another paranormal experience he had after leaving the army and living in Germany in which he was shown a foreshadowing of where serial killers Fred and Rosemary West tortured their victims by mysterious wraith-like beings.The soldier said he did not believe in any type of extraterrestrials or the paranormal until he had the download event when he was 44.He said: “Sometimes I do get angry, because I feel I’ve been used. But sometimes, I also wonder whether these experiences have been ultimately for good or ill of humankind, I know it has screwed up my life, so I’m more likely to believe the latter.”
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The Kardashev Scale – Type I, II, III, IV & V Civilization
The Kardashev Scale – Type I, II, III, IV & V Civilization
We have reached a turning point in society. According to renowned theoretical physicist Michio Kaku, the next 100 years of science will determine whether we perish or thrive. Will we remain a Type 0 civilization, or will we advance and make our way into the stars?
Experts assert that, as a civilization grows larger and becomes more advanced, its energy demands will increase rapidly due to its population growth and the energy requirements of its various machines. With this in mind, the Kardashev scale was developed as a way of measuring a civilization’s technological advancement based upon how much usable energy it has at its disposal (this was originally just tied to energy available for communications, but has since been expanded).
MEET THE KARDASHEV SCALE
Credit: Chris Cold
The scale was originally designed in 1964 by the Russian astrophysicist Nikolai Kardashev (who was looking for signs of extraterrestrial life within cosmic signals). It has 3 base classes, each with an energy disposal level: Type I (10¹⁶W), Type II (10²⁶W), and Type III (10³⁶W). Other astronomers have extended the scale to Type IV (10⁴⁶W) and Type V (the energy available to this kind of civilization would equal that of all energy available in not just our universe, but in all universes and in all time-lines). These additions consider both energy access as well as the amount of knowledge the civilizations have access to.
First, it is important to note that the human race is not even on this scale yet. Since we still sustain our energy needs from dead plants and animals, here on Earth, we are a lowly Type 0 civilization (and we have a LONG way to go before being promoted to a type I civilization). Kaku tends to believe that, all things taken into consideration, we will reach Type I in 100 – 200 yearstime. But what does each of these categories actually stand for in literal terms?
A Type I designation is a given to species who have been able to harness all the energy that is available from a neighboring star, gathering and storing it to meet the energy demands of a growing population. This means that we would need to boost our current energy production over 100,000 times to reach this status. However, being able to harness all Earth’s energy would also mean that we could have control over all natural forces. Human beings could control volcanoes, the weather, and even earthquakes! (At least, that is the idea.) These kinds of feats are hard to believe, but compared to the advances that may still be to come, these are just basic and primitive levels of control (it’s absolutely nothing compared to the capabilities of societies with higher rankings).
A Dyson Sphere (Credit: Slawek Wojtowicz)
The next step up – a Type II civilization – can harness the power of their entire star (not merely transforming starlight into energy, but controlling the star). Several methods for this have been proposed. The most popular of which is the hypothetical ‘Dyson Sphere.’ This device, if you want to call it that, would encompass every single inch of the star, gathering most (if not all) of its energy output and transferring it to a planet for later use. Alternatively, if fusion power (the mechanism that powers stars) had been mastered by the race, a reactor on a truly immense scale could be used to satisfy their needs. Nearby gas giants can be utilized for their hydrogen, slowly drained of life by an orbiting reactor.
What would this much energy mean for a species? Well, nothing known to science could wipe out a Type II civilization. Take, for instance, if humans survived long enough to reach this status, and a moon sized object entered our solar system on a collision course with our little blue planet–we’d have the ability to vaporize it out of existence. Or if we had time, we could move our planet out of the way, completely dodging it. But let’s say we didn’t want to move Earth… are there any other options? Well yes, because we’d have the capability to move Jupiter, or another planet of our choice, into the way – pretty cool, right?
A Cyborg (Credit: Justin Lee)
So we’ve gone from having control over a planet, to a star, which has resulted in us harboring enough “disposable” energy to essentially make our civilization immune to extinction. But now, onto Type III, where a species then becomes galactic traversers with knowledge of everything having to do with energy, resulting in them becoming a master race. In terms of humans, hundreds of thousands of years of evolution – both biological and mechanical – may result in the inhabitants of this type III civilization being incredibly different from the human race as we know it. These may be cyborgs (or cybernetic organism, beings both biological and robotic), with the descendants of regular humans being a sub-species among the now-highly advanced society. These wholly biological humans would likely be seen as being disabled, inferior, or unevolved by their cybernetic counterparts.
At this stage, we would have developed colonies of robots that are capable of ‘self replication’; their population may increase into the millions as they spread out across the galaxy, colonizing star after star. And these being might build Dyson Spheres to encapsulate each one, creating a huge network that would carry energy back to the home planet. But stretching over the galaxy in such a manner would face several problems; namely, the species would be constrained by the laws of physics. Particularly, light-speed travel. That is, unless they develop a working warp drive, or use that immaculate energy cache to master wormhole teleportation (two things that remain theoretical for the time being), they can only get so far.
An artist rendering of such a civilization (Credit: Sid Meier’s Civilization IV)
Kardashev believed a Type IV civilization was ‘too’ advanced and didn’t go beyond Type III on his scale. He thought that, surely, this would be the extent of any species’ ability. Many think so, but a few believe there is a further level that could be achieved. (I mean, surely there is a limit?) Type IV civilizations would almost be able to harness the energy content of the entire universe and with that, they could traverse the accelerating expansion of space (furthermore, advance races of these species may live inside supermassive black holes). To previous methods of generating energy, these kinds of feats are considered impossible. A Type IV civilization would need to tap into energy sources unknown to us using strange, or currently unknown, laws of physics.
Type V. Yes, Type V might just be the next possible advancement to such a civilization. Here beings would be like gods, having the knowledge to manipulate the universe as they please. Now, as I said, humans are a very, very long way from ever reaching anything like this. But it’s not to say that it cannot be achieved as long as we take care of Earth and each other. To do so, the first step is to preserve our tiny home, extinguish war, and continue to support scientific advances and discoveries.
Remarkably Strange Object Found Orbiting Backwards Beyond Neptune
Remarkably Strange Object Found Orbiting Backwards Beyond Neptune
A new object past Neptune has been found orbiting the Sun, nearly perpendicular to the planets in the Solar System. The newly found object, named Niku, was discovered by a team of astronomers using the Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) telescope in Haleakala, Maui. And it has astronomers scratching their heads.
“I hope everyone has buckled their seat belts because the outer solar system just got a lot weirder,” Michele Bannister, an astronomer at Queens University, Belfast tweeted.
Niku, which is around 200 kilometers (124 mi) in diameter, isn’t conforming to the Solar Systems norms: it’s not moving from East to West, but upwards. It orbits the Sun on a plane tilted 110 degrees above the orbital plane of the planets in the Solar System. But the weirdest thing about this finding is that this object is not only tilted, but also orbiting backwards, opposite the orbital direction of the planets. This is abnormal because the rest of the planets and objects in the Solar System orbit the sun counter-clockwise, or prograde.
“Angular momentum forces everything to have that one spin direction all the same way,” says Bannister. “It’s the same thing with a spinning top, every particle is spinning the same direction.”
Two planets in the Solar System, however do not follow this norm either. Venus and Uranus were believed to have been hit by another celestial body, thus altering their rotation. Initially, a similar collision was suspected to have caused Niku to orbit the sun backwards, which would also explain the object’s 110-degree inclination.
But while Niku could have easily been dismissed as just another collision victim, additional findings have astronomers throwing that logic out the window and scratching their heads even more. They found that Niku is not alone. Apparently, Niku is a part of an entire group of objects orbiting the Sun in this inclination, and in this direction.
THEORIES?
The mysterious and still mythical (as of now) Planet Nine was also a primary suspect to the alteration, but further scrutiny concluded that Niku is too close to the center of the Solar System—beyond a hypothetical Planet Nine’s gravitational reach.
“It suggests that there’s more going on in the outer solar system than we’re fully aware of,” Matthew Holman, a senior astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center told The New Scientist.
So do scientists have any hypotheses as to what, how, and why these objects are moving around us the way they do?
“We don’t know the answer,” says Holman.
Although there are no solid explanations at the moment, and the study is still up for peer review, astronomers are very excited.
“Whenever you have some feature that you can’t explain in the outer solar system, it’s immensely exciting because it’s in some sense foreshadowing a new development,” says Konstantin Batygin at the California Institute of Technology.
Bannister enjoys the confusion that comes with it: “It’s wonderful that it’s so confusing,” she says. “I’m looking forward to seeing what the theoretical analysts do once they get their hands on this one.”
Free Science: NASA Just Opened Its Entire Research Library to the Public
Free Science: NASA Just Opened Its Entire Research Library to the Public
NASA is opening up its research library to the public in the newly launched web database PubSpace…and it’s absolutely free.
From here on out, any NASA-funded research articles in peer-reviewed journals must comply to its new policy. This requires that papers be published and uploaded to the portal within one year of publication so that they are freely accessible to anyone. The only exception is studies that involve patents and material governed by personal privacy, proprietary, or security laws.NASA Chief Scientist Ellen Stofan believes that this move will benefit fellow scientists and engineers and accelerate innovation. “Making our research data easier to access will greatly magnify the impact of our research,” she said. “As scientists and engineers, we work by building upon a foundation laid by others.”
Ellen Stoffan, chief scientist. NASA.
“At NASA, we are celebrating this opportunity to extend access to our extensive portfolio of scientific and technical publications,” NASA Deputy Administrator Dava Newman says in a press release. “Through open access and innovation we invite the global community to join us in exploring Earth, air, and space.”
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VIDEO: Ontploffing SpaceX-raket veroorzaakt door UFO?
VIDEO: Ontploffing SpaceX-raket veroorzaakt door UFO?
Er zijn beelden opgedoken van een object dat langs het lanceerplatform in Cape Canaveral in Florida vliegt op het moment dat daar een Falcon-testraket van SpaceX ontploft. Dat melden Britse media.
SpaceX sprak op Twitter van ‘een anomalie’ op het lanceerplatform. Deze term wordt door overheden vaak gebruikt voor UFO’s. Volgens sceptici is het gewoon een insect of een vogel.
De Falcon 9 had een satelliet voor Facebook moeten lanceren. De satelliet kostte 195 miljoen dollar en was gemaakt door Israel Aerospace. Facebook wil in de toekomst internettoegang aanbieden in afgelegen en arme delen van Afrika. Dat project heet internet.org.
Tot in de wijde omgeving waren grote zwarte rookpluimen te zien. Gebouwen stonden te schudden op hun grondvesten van de zware klap. SpaceX is het belangrijkste commerciële ruimtevaartbedrijf. Tegen betaling brengt het satellieten in een baan rond de aarde. Daarnaast brengt het voorraden naar het internationale ruimtestation ISS.
Druk gediscussieerd
De explosie is een nieuwe tegenslag voor SpaceX. In januari viel vlak voor een lancering een raket om. Ook werden lanceringen regelmatig uitgesteld door problemen.
Het filmpje waar het allemaal om te doen is, werd door Graphics King op YouTube geplaatst en is inmiddels ruim 100.000 keer bekeken. Onder de video wordt druk gediscussieerd over de herkomst van het mysterieuze object.
VIDEO: Is element 115 het geheim achter de buitenaardse voortstuwing?
VIDEO: Is element 115 het geheim achter de buitenaardse voortstuwing?
Het Amerikaanse leger heeft lange tijd ontkend dat in 1947 iets anders dan een weerballon is gecrasht nabij Roswell. In 2011 openbaarde de FBI echter een memo gericht aan J. Edgar Hoover over de berging van drie ‘vliegende schotels’, zo meldt tv-zender History.
Sommigen zeggen dat Roswell slechts het topje van de ijsberg is en dat wereldwijd nog veel meer UFO’s op aarde zijn neergekomen. De wrakstukken zouden verborgen worden gehouden op geheime legerbases zoals Area 51 in Nevada, Kapoestin Jar in Rusland, Pine Gap in Australië, Rudloe Manor in Engeland en zelfs in afgelegen gebieden in China.
In 2013 bevestigden wetenschappers van de Universiteit van Lund in Zweden het bestaan van een nieuw element. De Zweedse onderzoekers voerden experimenten uit die hen in staat stelden de ‘vingerafdruk’ van het nieuwe, zeer zware element waar te nemen.
Negen buitenaardse ruimteschepen
Element 115
Het nieuwe element kreeg de naam ununpentium mee, maar die naam – die refereert aan de 115e plaats in het periodiek systeem – is slechts tijdelijk. Hoewel wetenschappers nog maar weinig weten over dit element, lijkt het verband te houden met plutonium, dat onder meer gebruikt wordt voor experimentele raketbrandstof.
In mei 1989 verklaarde een man genaamd Bob Lazar op de Amerikaanse televisie dat hij in Area 51 had gewerkt aan de ontmanteling van UFO’s. In één van die UFO’s ontdekte hij naar eigen zeggen het geheim van de buitenaardse voortstuwing: element 115, een voor aardse fysici toen nog onbereikbaar onderdeel van het periodiek systeem.
Enkele jaren later, in mei 1993, zei Lazar tijdens een bijeenkomst dat de Amerikaanse overheid negen buitenaardse ruimteschepen in bezit had, waarvan er tenminste één operationeel was.
Speciaal soort metaal
Eind 2015 ontwikkelden wetenschappers van de Universiteit van Californië een speciaal soort metaal dat extreem sterk en tegelijkertijd extreem licht is. Het metaal is bovendien erg flexibel en bestand tegen extreme hitte.
Volgens sommigen vertoont dit metaal veel gelijkenis met het metaal dat tijdens de Roswell-crash zou zijn verzameld door majoor Jesse Marcel. “De meeste voorwerpen waren buitengewoon licht. Het ging om erg dun en sterk materiaal dat vrijwel niets woog,” zegt de Canadese kerngeleerde Stanton Friedman.
“De Amerikaanse overheid liegt al zeven decennia over Roswell,” verklaart de Canadese oud-minister van Defensie Paul Hellyer. “De Verenigde Staten doen nog steeds alsof het hen niet interesseert en ze er niets over weten. Niets is minder waar.”
Basketball-sized UFO crosses witness property at tree line
Basketball-sized UFO crosses witness property at tree line
A Massachusetts witness at Revere reported watching a star-like UFO about the size of a basketball moving along at the tree top level, according to testimony in Case 78541 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reportingdatabase.
Witness illustration.
(Credit: MUFON)
The incident occurred about 10:30 a.m. on May 26, 2016.
“I was in my upstairs living room when I happened to glance out my window,” the witness stated.“I noticed a white and grey angular object fly silently by in front of the trees in a straight line, coming from the direction of some power lines.”
The witness said the object was moving at the tree top level and was silent as it moved through Revere, MA.
(Credit: Google)
The witness described the object.
“It was a little bigger than a basketball and shaped like a star. It had no wings, propellers or any kind of propulsion that I could see. I was stunned by the sight, but did not feel threatened.”
The object was fast-moving.
“It flew quickly out of sight and I did not have time to grab my camera. I did not tell the neighbors because I didn’t think that they would understand. They would say that I was crazy.”
The fast moving object did not allow the witness to capture a photograph or video. Pictured: Revere, MA.
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Revere is a city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, population 51,755.
No photos or videos were included with the MUFON report, which was filed on August 19, 2016. The witness did submit one illustration of the object. Massachusetts Field Investigator Eric Hartwig is investigating. Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.
An Arizona witness at Chandler reported watching a sphere-shaped UFO appear and disappear five times over a three-hour span, according to testimony in Case 78571 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
The object appeared five times over a three-hour period. Image is a cropped and enlarged still frame frame from the witness video.
(Credit: MUFON)
The witness broke down the three sightings and provided three video clips from the events that began about 9:15 p.m. on August 19, 2016.
“Sighting #18/19/16 (around 9:15p.m. -9:22p.m. PST) – no video,” the witness stated.“The first event occurred northeast of Chandler, Arizona, where I, along with two of my friends noticed an extremely bright light radiating in the sky. As we positioned ourselves better to see what was going on, we noticed two smaller lights below the larger one in the shape of an equilateral triangle.”
Image is a cropped and enlarged still frame from the witness video.
(Credit: MUFON)
The witness described movements of the lights.
“After a few minutes of hovering without movement, the light on the bottom left disappears, followed by the bottom right light, leaving only the larger light, which slowly began moving and creeping towards the west until it too disappeared after a minute.”
Image is a cropped and enlarged still frame from the witness video.
(Credit: MUFON)
The witness did not record the first event.
“We were in absolute awe over what we just saw, that is until one hour later when it returned.”
The witness recounts the second encounter.
Image is a cropped and enlarged still frame from the witness video.
(Credit: MUFON)
“The following is a description of each video I recorded, along with time stamps for verification. Sighting #2 8/19/16(10:22p.m. -10:27p.m. PST). I recorded two videos of the second sighting. Unfortunately, I did a fairly poor job recording this particular event, but I have two videos of even #2 where you can definitely see the object. Sighting #3 8/19/16 (10:47p.m. -10:52p.m. PST). Okay, this is where you can really start seeing the weird that’s going down. You can see in the beginning a plane flying overhead, clearly moving faster and with the lights blinking like a normal plane, yet the object below is either hovering, or just moving slowly to the west. At 0:56, I zoomed into the object, but the craziest part was at 1:04 when the light flashes then changes from a whole orb into an eerie, doughnut-shaped circle (I did not change the zoom at the moment it changed shape and turned from a single orb into its doughnut-shape).”
The witness did not notice the change.
“I didn’t even notice the doughnut shape until I watched it afterwards since I was holding the phone above my head. During the last minute or so it had moved out of my line of sight so I’m pretty sure the blinking object during or around 4:20 was just a plane.”
Image is a cropped and enlarged still frame from the witness video.
(Credit: MUFON)
The witness details the next sighting.
“Sighting #4 8/19/16 (11:09p.m. -11:12p.m. PST). Almost 30 minutes later it came back, except unlike with Sightings #2 and #3, there was a second light.They hovered side-by-side for a couple minutes. Unfortunately for this one, I missed recording the craziest part, when after two minutes of hovering still, one of the lights suddenly orbits behind the other, and then disappears. Sighting #5 8/20/16 (12:11a.m. -12:13a.m. PST). An hour later, the light returned, but this time back as one light again. We wanted to get a better view so we walked around the neighborhood to find a better angle. None of the videos were edited, altered, or tampered with in any way. I’ve been searching online all day today trying to find other people who witnessed one or more of the events. I truly want to believe that what I saw was extra-terrestrial, however, I can’t for sure prove that it was. I would love to know if anyone else has recordings, an idea of what this was, or can help breakdown this footage to provide a more rational explanation.”
Arizona MUFON Field Investigator Kristine Wulf is investigating. Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.
Humanity has a long history with reports of odd things seen in Earth’s skies. For decades, reports of unidentified flying objects have captured the public imagination, with particular emphasis on descriptions of things likened to “flying saucers”, and more recently, large, ominous triangle-shaped craft that occasionally plod their way through the night sky at fairly low altitudes.
Sputnik I, the first artificial Earth satellite. Launched by the USSR on October 4, 1957.
(Credit: NASA)
Harkening back to the early days of modern UFOlogy, there were reports of other things, as well. Beginning in the early 1950s, astronomers began to detect a number of unusual satellites circling the Earth, some of which moved against the natural spin of the planet in a retrograde orbit.
Today, the observation of such satellites is quite commonplace, and on any clear night, one can step out into a field or other area relatively free from city lights, and observe any number of objects reflecting sunlight as they traverse the sky overhead. However, until the launch of Sputnik I by the Russian space agency in 1957, there were no artificial satellites believed to have been launched into orbit, let alone any rockets powerful enough to carry one into space. Despite this, a number of odd observations occurred in those early days of the Space Age, many of which remain unidentified to this day.
The mystery all seemed to have begun around 1954, with a number of newspapers that featured stories quoting UFO proponent Donald Keyhoe, who around that time had overheard that the U.S. Air Force was monitoring two mysterious satellites orbiting Earth. Granted, at the time there shouldn’t have existed any technology capable of launching such a satellite into orbit; some further assert that Keyhoe’s statements had merely been in support of a new UFO book he had published. This might seem plausible, if not for the fact that Keyhoe revisited the “mystery satellite” cases from the 1950s in 1973, with the publication of his book Aliens From Space: The Real Story of Unidentified Flying Objects, which examined in greater depth the various observations of mystery satellites. In other words, it seems unlikely that Keyhoe brought up or borrowed the notion of mystery satellites purely as a publicity stunt.
Close-up of the infamous “Black Knight” satellite.
(Credit: NASA)
Long-time UFO researcher and NICAP member Fran Ridge is also one who has taken note of these odd reports, discussing them in a lengthy article last year at the NICAP website. “At first there were reports in the 1950’s,” he said, “followed by reports in 1960, and more recently the reports of a Dark Star Satellite.” This “Dark Star” Ridge refers to here is, of course, the infamous “Black Knight Satellite”, an object that has appeared in many NASA photos over the last few years. Many continue to assert that the object is something akin to a 13,000 year old alien “probe” placed in Earth orbit by extraterrestrials long ago, with intent of studying the proceedings of human evolution as it ensued below. However, much to the chagrin of its proponents as a “genuine” alien vessel, the object that is commonly referenced as evidence of a “Black Knight Satellite” is well known to have been identified as a discarded thermal blanket from one of NASA’s EVA missions.
SWASTIKA GRAANCIRKEL AANWIJZING VOOR KOMST NIBIRU ( VIDEO )
SWASTIKA GRAANCIRKEL AANWIJZING VOOR KOMST NIBIRU (VIDEO )
Alhoewel de meeste mensen onmiddellijk de asocoatie maken met Hitler bij het zien van de swastika als symbool, staat het in werkelijkheid voor heel iets anders.
De swastika als pictogram staat voor de Schwarze Sonne met zijn vier planeten, oftewel de rode dwergplaneet waar omheen vier planeten dansen.
Eerder deze week publiceerden wij een artikel over een graancirkel in de vorm van een Swastika zoals die is gevonden in Engeland vorige week.
Het ging om de volgende graancirkel:
Naar aanleiding hiervan ontvingen wij van Evert Jan Poorterman, onbetwist uw Nibiru specialist, het volgende:
De swastika is door de Nazi’s gebruikt omdat ze kennis hebben van de betekenis. In één van mijn afleveringen haal ik dat ook aan. De swastika als pictogram staat voor de Schwarze Sonne met zijn vier planeten, ofwel de rode dwergplaneet waaromheen vier planeten dansen.
Het ‘hakenkruis’ is opgebouwd uit die twee ‘essen’- SS. Alle volken in alle culturen en beschavingen zijn op de hoogte van de aanwezigheid van die tweede ster met zijn planeten.
Ik struikel sinds ik het weet met regelmaat over de vele vele aanwijzingen (getuige al dat materiaal voor zo veel afleveringen).
Helemaal onderaan een gewas formatie uit 2015 in Engeland (nabij Ox drove - geen toeval uiteraard want een Ox is een Os en dat is een Stier en dat heeft weer alles met de stierster te maken)...
De Nazi’s wisten vast en zeker dat de ster in aantocht was maar het was nog niet hun tijd om de wereld over te nemen...
Dat willen/moeten de Chazaren ook, dus werden de Duitsers twee maal in een vernietigende oorlog gezogen en vernietigd...
Der is meer maar met onze nieuwe inzichten waren de ‘deutschers’ en dan doel ik op de leiders misschien helemaal niet zo fout als wij denken en moeten we de ellende van twee wereldoorlogen zoeken bij de Chazaren die zich voordoen als de Joden maar dat niet zijn...
Vergeet niet dat de Nederlanders/Duitsers de taal van de Anunnaki spreken.
Dat is geen toeval omdat de blanken het laatste door Enki verbeterde subras zijn. Wij zijn zijn zaad en daarom wil Enlil alles wat blank is nu definitief uitwissen.
Dat zal en moet nu gebeuren. Handlangers bovengronds zoals eerder aangehaald; de Chazaren. Die worden al in boek Genesis genoemd voor er sprake is van de twaalf stammen Israëls (die wij ook zijn).
Ze hebben haast en eigenlijk weten ze al dat ze het niet redden... en daarom roepen ze; ‘Wir schaffen das’!
AUSTRALISCH GEZIN SCHRIKT ZICH EEN HOEDJE DOOR EEN ENORME UFO (VIDEO)
AUSTRALISCH GEZIN SCHRIKT ZICH EEN HOEDJE DOOR EEN ENORME UFO (VIDEO)
Een vader is op een vroege avond met zijn twee zoontjes aan het spelen in de tuin, wanneer ze opeens een enorm object in de lucht zien hangen.
Volgens de omschrijving van de man uit Queensland in Australië was het object driehoekig van vorm en 100 keer groter dan een vliegtuig.
Een afgelegen en wild gebied is de hoogvlakte Atherton Tableland in de Australische deelstaat Queensland.
Het Atherton Tableland is een hoogvlakte ten zuidwesten van Cairns in de Australische deelstaat Queensland. De hoogte van het Atherton Tableland bedraagt tussen de 600 en 900 meter. Het Atherton Tableland maakt deel uit van het Groot Australisch Scheidingsgebergte, dat parallel aan de Australische oostkust loopt. De belangrijkste rivier in het gebied is de Barron river, met een stuwdam waarachter het Tinaroomeer ligt.
Kyle Mathiot en zijn partner Deborah wonen met hun twee kinderen in het plaatsje Herberton in Queensland.
Kyle was afgelopen zaterdagavond rond een uur of half acht in de tuin met zijn twee zoontjes toen ze iets vreemds ontwaarden in de lucht.
“We zagen opeens een vreemd licht in de lucht en dat was veel te groot om een ster te kunnen zijn”, zei Kyle.
“Ik greep de telefoon van mijn partner en begon met het nemen van foto’s en toen plotseling waren er nog twee lichten in de vorm van een driehoek met voorop een groot licht en twee andere aan het einde.
Het object bleef ongeveer een half uur stil hangen in de lucht en dat gaf Kyle de gelegenheid om nog wat foto’s te nemen.
“Het object vloog heen en weer zoals een vliegtuig of een drone dat nooit zou kunnen doen. In de lucht leken de lichten een paar centimeter van elkaar verwijderd. Het was absoluut geen drone en het was wel honderd keer groter dan een vliegtuig”.
Kyle zegt dat hij volkomen overdonderd was door de grootte van het object. Iets dat in de slechte kwaliteit foto’s niet tot hun recht komt omdat er referentiekaders ontbreken.
Volgens het Australische ministerie van Defensie was er op dat moment geen enkel toestel van hen in die regio in de lucht.
De plaatselijke UFO organisatie die een onderzoek instelt, heeft ook geen verklaring, behalve het feit dat de waarneming echt is omdat alle getuigen dit ook met het blote oog hebben gezien.
UFO’s hoeven niet altijd buitenaards te zijn, ze kunnen ook afkomstig zijn uit geheime militaire, aardse (reversed) technologie.
Misschien betreft het bovenstaande geval wel de TR3B Astra.
De mysterieuze vliegende zwarte driehoek wordt waargenomen op verschillende locaties over de hele wereld.
Videobeelden van de TR3B Astra boven Parijs
Veel mensen verwarren dit vliegend object met een UFO, terwijl het dat niet is, wel zit er UFO technologie in verwerkt.
Van de TR-3B wordt algemeen aangenomen dat het een product is van het "Aurora" zwart-project. Volgens verschillende bronnen is dit de top van de geheime projecten. Dit geheime project van de V.S. kost $ 3 miljard per object en onlangs zijn er 3 TR-3B Astra’s aan Israel verkocht.
De TR-3B is een nucleair aangedreven vliegende driehoek, in staat tot fenomenale snelheden. Het toestel kan door reactieve elektrische stimulatie van kleur en van uiterlijk veranderen en een andere vorm aannemen of onzichtbaar worden voor het menselijk oog.
De TR-3B Astra bevat een plasmaveld versneller annex magnetisch veld verstoorder ('disruptor') , waardoor de massa van het toestel incl. inzittenden met 90% verkleind zou kunnen worden, zodat de zwaartekracht nauwelijks invloed heeft op de prestaties van het toestel.
Mede hierdoor zou de snelheid boven Mach 50 uit komen, ter vergelijking: de meeste gevechtsvliegtuigen hebben Mach 2. (Mach 1 is gelijk aan de snelheid van het geluid).
Daarnaast zou de Astra uitgerust zijn met een deeltjesversneller/pulselasers, 'scalaire' wapens (waardoor de vijand zo verward wordt, dat men vrijwillig de wapens neerlegt) en tevens 40 neutronenbommen.
Menselijk of buitenaards, het gezin in Australië is zich een hoedje geschrokken.
Alien UFO DESTROYS Space X Rocket On Launch Pad, Sept 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Alien UFO DESTROYS Space X Rocket On Launch Pad, Sept 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Sept 1, 2016 Location of sighting: Space X launch site A UFO was seen above the Space X rocket, upon there very second of its massive explosion. The UFO had no wings and looks similar to a car size disk. If aliens are responsible for destroying this rocket, you can sure as heck believe its for a higher level reason. This makes me wonder if Elon Musk has betrayed the publics trust by allowing the US gov to load a spy satellite or weapons satellite on board this rocket. You know, when you see aliens involved in an explosion of a rocket, that the rocket could have had massively bad implications on humanities future. It looks like Space X is becoming an arms dealer of weapons of mass destruction. Just lucky the aliens destroyed it, before it started WWIII. Scott C. Waring www.ufosightingsdaily.com Steve Svensson states:
It appears that SpaceX may have been shot by a very fast moving drone, or possibly an explosive in the satellite was triggered? We all know people love to hate Elon Musk.
UFOs Over New Jersey Caught In Photo During Sunset, Aug 2016, UFO Sighting News.
UFOs Over New Jersey Caught In Photo During Sunset, Aug 2016, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Aug 12, 2016
Location of sighting: Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
Source: MUFON #78837
Here is a great close up of a metallic classic disk, which are common among the W56 alien base at Rocca Pia, and also was seen at Cape of Good Hope, all the way to a UFO I found in an Apollo 14 NASA photo.
UFOs are often seen during sunset, due to the angle of the sun and the eyewitness, but this one was also seen in a storm cloud, which could mean it was causing the storm itself from its propulsion.
I was on my deck, right after a rain storm, taking pictures of the skyline. I didn't see anything until I uploaded my photos and noticed a gray streak in one of the pictures. I enlarged the area and was amazed by what I saw. It was a clear image of what looked like a flying saucer. You could see three lights/windows on the top of the craft.
UFOs often try to cloak in plain site by making themselves appear as clouds...which some are...but then...others are not. Its possible that these UFOs came from within the mouth of Fuji volcano and began forming a disk cloud around them to wait for other UFOs to exit Fuji. Once all UFOs have exited and all are cloaked, they will slowly move off and up until out of sight. The UFO themselves are not as big as the cloud around them...instead they are usually about 5-10% the size of these large clouds, but the clouds sometimes continue to expand around them until they decide the comfortable size to hide within. Scott C. Waring www.ufosightingsdaily.com
Eyewitness states: A baby cloud had born at dawn. The baby cloud had grown bigger and bigger than before. When it came the time of the morning glow, It had grown to many huge lenticular clouds. It looked like UFO formation.
A UFO enthusiast from Lewisham, who saw unidentified flying objects moving towards the Thames Barrier, is hoping to find open-minded sky gazers to help him identify what he saw in the heavens.
Andrew Burlington of Cliffview Road saw the fleet of UFOs on the horizon heading towards Charlton on August 12. Burlington, 40, was on a family outing when the incident took place.
The computer technician was with his two young nephews at the time, but his parents Les and Sandra Burlington, 70 and 69, were not around as they bought a parking ticket.
Andrew initially thought those objects as balloons as they were spherical and some had something small hanging from them.
However, when they were soon out of view, the last object in the fleet seemed to lose altitude and flash many times before slowly turning invisible.
Andrew believes that a UFO mothership was above the Thames Barrier releasing smaller flying objects because a long mysterious object shoots across the sky at the beginning of the clip.
It wasn’t the first time Andrew spotted strange things in the sky. In 2013, he released several videos on a YouTube channel under the name of Victor Nevada. It was the first experience of his nephews Ewan and Finley, 11 and 8, though.
Andrew captured the phenomenon on video using his digital camera. When he played the footage in slow motion, he noticed a different type of flying object traveling very quickly. He did not know if it was a long insect or a cigar-shaped UFO.
He also spotted a smaller, darker object flying around in all directions at the start of the video. Andrew could not rule out a bird, but it could be a black triangular or V-shaped UFO.
Andrew is hoping that more witnesses would help him find out more about what they witnessed.
3.7 Billion Year Old Fossils Found in Greenland Bring Us Closer to Life’s Origin
3.7 Billion Year Old Fossils Found in Greenland Bring Us Closer to Life’s Origin
Allen Nutman/University of Wollongong
IN BRIEF
Scientists have found the oldest, known fossils in Issua, Greenland, at 3.7 billion years old. Although still in the process of confirming, this discovery will raise the chances of life for desolate planets, like Mars, eons ago.
ORIGINS OF LIFE
When did life on earth begin? For years, we’ve been digging deeper and deeper through geologic records to answer this question. Now, with some thanks to global warming, scientists may have found the oldest known evidence of life, pushing its origin another 220 million years to 3.7 billion years into the past.
Fossilized within the rocks of Isua in Greenland, researchers found tiny, conically topped, flat based, layered structures of about one to four centimeters tall, on the rocks’ surface.
After thorough examination, scientists claim that these structures were the work of a swarm of microorganisms called stromatolites. This bacteria is usually present in ancient rocks previously found on the planet—pushing back the origin of life when Earth’s skies were still orange and its oceans green.
Photo credit: Allen Nutman
SURVIVING THE HELLSCAPE
The discovery was actually made 4 years ago, but the team wanted to be absolutely sure before announcing the find. The general scientific community will need some more convincing, but as for co-author Martin Van Kranendonk, of the University of New South Wales, he’s “absolutely convinced.” This discovery will show that life on the planet may have taken form quicker and easier, than once thought, after the planet’s birth—raising the chances of life, eons ago, for other seemingly desolate planets, like Mars.
“This indicates the Earth was no longer some sort of hell 3.7 billion years ago,” lead authorAllen Nutman, of the University of Wollongong, told Reuters of the findings that were published in the journal Nature. “It was a place where life could flourish,” he added. Similar early life on Mars now seem less of a long shot.
It’s understandable to doubt the origins of life beginning 3.7 billion years ago, given the conditions on Earth. At that time, oceans were frozen, and rains of cataclysmic meteorites kept on turning Earth’s surface into molten lava. These hellish conditions, even on their own, could have prevented life from flourishing. These findings could be the proof that they didn’t.
As Dr. Abigail C. Allwood, of the California Institute of Technology, wrote, “life is not a fussy, reluctant and unlikely thing…Give it half a chance, and it’ll run with it.”
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3.7 Billion Year Old Fossils Found in Greenland Bring Us Closer to Life’s Origin
Allen Nutman/University of Wollongong
IN BRIEF
Scientists have found the oldest, known fossils in Issua, Greenland, at 3.7 billion years old. Although still in the process of confirming, this discovery will raise the chances of life for desolate planets, like Mars, eons ago.
ORIGINS OF LIFE
When did life on earth begin? For years, we’ve been digging deeper and deeper through geologic records to answer this question. Now, with some thanks to global warming, scientists may have found the oldest known evidence of life, pushing its origin another 220 million years to 3.7 billion years into the past.
Fossilized within the rocks of Isua in Greenland, researchers found tiny, conically topped, flat based, layered structures of about one to four centimeters tall, on the rocks’ surface.
After thorough examination, scientists claim that these structures were the work of a swarm of microorganisms called stromatolites. This bacteria is usually present in ancient rocks previously found on the planet—pushing back the origin of life when Earth’s skies were still orange and its oceans green.
Photo credit: Allen Nutman
SURVIVING THE HELLSCAPE
The discovery was actually made 4 years ago, but the team wanted to be absolutely sure before announcing the find. The general scientific community will need some more convincing, but as for co-author Martin Van Kranendonk, of the University of New South Wales, he’s “absolutely convinced.” This discovery will show that life on the planet may have taken form quicker and easier, than once thought, after the planet’s birth—raising the chances of life, eons ago, for other seemingly desolate planets, like Mars.
“This indicates the Earth was no longer some sort of hell 3.7 billion years ago,” lead authorAllen Nutman, of the University of Wollongong, told Reuters of the findings that were published in the journal Nature. “It was a place where life could flourish,” he added. Similar early life on Mars now seem less of a long shot.
It’s understandable to doubt the origins of life beginning 3.7 billion years ago, given the conditions on Earth. At that time, oceans were frozen, and rains of cataclysmic meteorites kept on turning Earth’s surface into molten lava. These hellish conditions, even on their own, could have prevented life from flourishing. These findings could be the proof that they didn’t.
As Dr. Abigail C. Allwood, of the California Institute of Technology, wrote, “life is not a fussy, reluctant and unlikely thing…Give it half a chance, and it’ll run with it.”
Filer’s Files #36 – 2016 Mysterious Flying Triangles - PART I
UFO taken over Bayonne, New Jersey on August 12, 2016
Filer’s Files #36 – 2016 Mysterious Flying Triangles - PART I
In special reports, this week’s files cover: Belgian General Claims Triangle UFOs Exist, Flying Triangle Mysteries, Air Traffic Controller Saw Numerous UFO’s, 8 Billion Earth like Planets, William Tompkins, and 1374 UFO Sightings in July.
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over Arizona, California, Florida, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington.
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over Australia, Canada, Germany, Honduras, Spain, and England in the United Kingdom.
The Filer Research Institute feels the scientific study of UFOs is for the benefit of humankind and is an important endeavor. The US Air Force investigated UFOs publicly for more than twenty years under Project Blue Book; and I continue this advanced research. I believe the God of the universe has spread life throughout the cosmos and UFO’s are visiting us in ever-increasing numbers.
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Special Reports
Belgian General Claims Triangle UFOs Exist
My name is Wilfried De Brouwer. I am a retired Major General of the Belgian Air Force and I was Chief Operations in the Air Staff when an exceptional UFO wave took place over Belgium. Indeed, during the evening of 29 November 1989, in Eastern Belgium, 140 UFO sightings were reported. Hundreds of people saw a majestic triangular craft with a span of approximately 120 feet, powerful beaming spot lights, moving very slowly without making any significant noise but, in several cases, accelerating to very high speeds. The following days and months, many more sightings would follow. The UFO wave would last more than one year during which a Belgian UFO organization conducted more than 650 investigations and recorded more than 400 hours of audio witness reports. On one occasion, a photograph revealed the triangular shape and four light beams of the object. In my function of Chief Operations, I was confronted with numerous questions about the origin and nature of these craft.
In the first instance, and in consultation with other NATO partners, 1 could confirm that no flights of stealth aircraft or any other experimental aircraft look place in the airspace of Belgium. In addition, the Civil Aviation Authorities confirmed that no flight plans had been introduced and the object(s) committed infractions against the existing aviation rules
In any case, the Air Force has arrived to the conclusion that a certain number of anomalous phenomena have been produced within Belgian airspace. The numerous testimonies of ground observations compiled in this Society of Belgian Studies of Celestial Phenomena [SOBEPS] book, reinforced by the reports of the night of March 30-31 [1990], have led us to face the hypothesis that a certain number of unauthorized aerial activities have taken place.
A mystery that continues to the present, but it exists, it is real, and that in itself is an important conclusion. Major-General Wilfred de Brouwer, Deputy Chief, Royal Belgian Air Force, “Postface” in SOBEPS’ Vague d’OVNI sur la Belgique -1991.
Flying Triangle Mysteries
After disc- or saucer-shaped UFOs, the most reported shape for these elusive objects is that of a black triangle or deltoid. Sometimes they are described as V-shaped or similar to a boomerang, but the triangular structure is the most commonly reported of this type. More often than not, they have bright lights at each corner and a larger one at the centre, although some are described as having rows of lights along the edges.
It is often said that Triangle sightings began in the 1940s and peaked in the late 1980s and 1990s, but they have been reported throughout history. Cave paintings, frescoes and woodcuts have all depicted triangular objects, as well as the more common discs, cigars and circles/spheres.
The 1561 celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg, Germany was a mass sighting of celestial phenomena orunidentified flying objects (UFO). The phenomenon has been interpreted by some modern UFO enthusiasts as an aerial battle, possibly of extraterrestrial origin. Around dawn on April 14, 1561, residents of Nuremberg saw what they described as an aerial battle, followed by the appearance of a large black triangular object and then a large crash outside of the city. According to witnesses, there were hundreds of spheres, cylinders and other odd-shaped objects that moved erratically overhead. A broadsheet news article with a woodcut engraving was printed later that month by Hans Glaser, describing the event.
Two triangles were observed manoeuvring close to the Moon on July 3, 1882. For 45 minutes the residents of Lebanon, Connecticut, were treated to a bizarre lunar display: “Two pyramidal luminous protuberances appeared on the moon’s upper limb. They were not large, but gave the moon a look strikingly like that of a horned owl. These points were a little darker than the rest of the moon’s face. They slowly faded away a few moments after their appearance. About three minutes after their disappearance two black triangular notches were seen on the…lower half of the moon. These points gradually moved toward each other along the moon’s edge, and seemed to be…obliterating nearly a quarter of its surface, until they finally met, when the moon’s face assumed its normal appearance.”
Bermuda — The Royal Gazette, states that, at about 8:30 a.m., on September. 8, 1885, there was observed by Mrs. Adelina D. Bassett, “A strange object in the clouds, coming from the north.” She called the attention of Mrs. L. Lowell to it, and they were both somewhat alarmed. However, they continued to watch the object steadily for some time. It drew nearer, it was of Triangular shape. What followed this sighting was a strange statement similar to modern attempts at debunking, a General Lefroy of the U.S. Army, gives us a terrestrial explanation for this 1885 sighting, He states it was a balloon that had escaped from France or England. If so it was the first aerial object of terrestrial origin to ever cross the Atlantic Ocean, and would have held that record for another 35 years…
1915 During World War I various shaped UFOs were reported over England. Most were reported as dirigibles as flown by the Germans; but after the war the Germans claimed only a few missions were actually flown over England as Kaiser Wilhelm didn’t want to upset his relatives of the British Royal family. The frequent UFO triangle and cylinder reports were often reported by military personnel.
It was the post-war years, though, that saw an explosion in triangle sightings. Not all triangles are described as ‘black’, with some appearing metallic or luminous. It has been suggested, with merit, that the triangles sighted after the end of World War II may actually be top-secret aircraft flown by our governments. This theory is supported by the various delta-winged aircraft that were developed, as well as the numerous ‘flying wing’ planes like the Northrop YB-35 and YB-49.
Kenneth Arnold’s famous sighting of 1947 could be counted as a triangle sighting, although the objects he saw were described as ‘crescent-shaped’. His description (see photo) was very reminiscent of the Horton Ho-229 fighter, although these Nazi-designed aircraft were unable to achieve the 1200-1700 mph calculated by Arnold for the craft he observed. There are valid reports that after the war the Canadians built craft in the far west based on German technology.
Although described as a ‘flying disc’ in the official press release, the downed Roswell craft has been depicted by various witnesses as a triangular, winged vehicle. Based upon these descriptions, forensic artist, William Louis McDonald published his technical diagrams of the craft.
They created such a stir that model kit firm, Testors, added it to their range of successful scale models.
It is curious that both of the UFO incidents that kick-started the modern age of ufology have craft that are decidedly triangle shaped. Over the following decades, more triangle sightings occurred.
In March, 1965, near the village of Skeeby, North Yorkshire, England nine triangular objects, each about 100-feet long and flying in a V-formation, were witnessed by a man driving his 1951 Ford. His engine sputtered and died and he climbed out to investigate the fault. It was then that he saw a large object moving about 100-feet above the moor. As he watched, it shot skywards and joined eight other, identical, objects.
In 1969, the British Petroleum (BP) oil tanker, British Grenadier, was sailing through the Gulf of Mexico. Suddenly, a triangular UFO appeared over the ship, described at the time as being like an ‘arrowhead’. It remained above the tanker for the next three days, appearing dark blue during daylight hours and silver at night.
According to the ship’s log, on the first day, at one minute past midnight, the engines shut down and only emergency lighting and steering were operational. Launched in 1962, the tanker was only seven years old and pretty much state-of-the-art for the time. The engines were restarted, but only after a full manual shutdown and restart of the pumps.
On the second day, the food refrigerators failed. No reason was found for this. The third day of the sighting was the most dramatic. At one minute after midnight again, the engines shut down. It was discovered that the starter motor for the engines had been dismantled and the parts laid out as though for examination. Twelve hours later, the craft vanished.
A crewman passed through an open door into the nearby crew quarters was shocked to discover that the same door had been welded shut before the tanker had left port because of a fault. How could it have been open at the time of the second engine shutdown?
In the 1970s, there was a spate of TRIANGLE sightings over France. In June, 1976, an aircraft mechanic in Pierre-de-Bresse saw a triangular craft with flickering orange and white lights and the forward point and bright, white lights to the rear. The witness observed it moving slowly and silently for five minutes before it disappeared to the north.
A few months later, military personnel saw a similar object over Marseille and just days after that another was spotted over Saint-Nazaire-d’Aude, this time with a red light at the centre.
In December, 1977, a triangle with yellow lights at the tips and a red light at the centre was seen near Brettnach in north-eastern France. The craft moved slowly and silently before angling to 45-50 degrees and vanishing ‘as though into fog’.
On the last day of December, 1981, a retired police officer from Kent, New York, saw several lights to the south. At first he thought that a plane was in trouble, but as it drew closer, he realized that this was no conventional aircraft. It became apparent that the lights were attached to a triangular structure and he was amazed that it was travelling so slowly and almost silently, save for a low hum.
Drawings made of Hudson Valley craft
More sightings came in and in March, 1983, a telephone hotline was opened, receiving three hundred reports on its first night! That same night, the police switchboard in Yorktown, New York, was also swamped and a road became blocked as motorists pulled over to watch a triangle flying overhead. Between 1982 and 1986 over 5,000 reports came from the Hudson Valley area.
The Hudson Valley wave led into what is probably the most famous flap of triangle sightings – the Belgian UFO Wave. On November 29th, 1989, two police officers driving between Eupen and Kettenis in eastern Belgium saw a ‘dark solid mass in the form of an isosceles triangle’ over a field beside the road. The object had bright, white lights at each corner and a red light at the centre. They reported what they had seen and discovered from the Belgian military that no aircraft were in the area. A little over an hour later, they saw it again hovering over a watch tower on the nearby Lake Gileppe. They watched it for over two hours before it ascended in a spiral flight path and disappeared. Over 150 reports came in that night from police officers and members of the public.
On March 30th, 1990, a triangle was seen over the city of Glons, Belgium by a police captain. He reported it to the military and two F-16 fighters were scrambled to intercept. They encountered the UFO and managed to attain a radar lock. The footage of this encounter is now world famous. The jets played cat and mouse with the object for over an hour. Each time they got a lock, the craft would quickly move away. The pilots reported that the UFO executed manoeuvres that were impossible for them to replicate. At one point, the craft descended from 10,000 feet to 500 feet in only five seconds.
An investigation of the incident by the Belgian Air Force concluded they were unable to identify the nature nor the origin of the phenomena. The man who signed the official report, Colonel Wilfred de Brouwer (now Major General), agreed to write a post face at the end of the Belgian Society for the Study of Space Phenomena’s (SOBEP’s) report into the sightings. His conclusions were:
The day will undoubtedly come where the phenomenon will be observed with technological means of detection and recording which will not leave any doubt of the triangle origin. This should raise part of the veil which covers the mystery for a long time.
More sightings were reported over the following months. One photograph has become synonymous with the triangle phenomenon.
It depicts the underside of a triangular object with a bright light on each corner and another at the centre. In all over a thousand reports have come from Belgium and triangle sightings continue to this day.
The Sunday Telegraph’s report of 30 July 2000 that, on 18 June, “two large triangular objects were seen flying over Charlesville-Mézières and Villers-Semeuse in eastern France. They made a loud, strange engine noise and swooped down to roof height. They had metallic bars beneath the engines, with lights at either end. Half an hour earlier and about 200 miles…south-west, Thierry Garnier was… on the outskirts of Gasny when he saw a strong white luminous flash approaching from the east.”
Three years to the day after the Belgian F-16 encounter, the UK had its own triangle mystery. Known as the Cosford Incident, it was investigated in an official capacity by Nick Pope for the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and, for him, remains as one of the best cases in the government’s files.
Since 1990 there have been over 4000 sightings of what is known as the
“Flying Triangle” or “Silent Vulcan” Over Britain. In the early 90’s there were a similar number over Belgium, France, Holland and Germany, with fighters being sent up to intercept this unknown craft? With people seeing aircraft “as big as a football field and hovering silently” to “hovering craft that shoot off silently.” Another claim was the sighting of “a huge black triangle rising out of the water” it is one of Europe’s most enduring waves of sightings. Nick Pope wrote a book about many of these sightings including one over several Army bases in one night.
On March 30th, 1993, reports came in of triangular craft from locations as far apart as Somerset and Staffordshire. At RAF Cosford in Shropshire, an RAF police officer reported a craft fly over the base at an altitude of about a thousand feet with no engine noise. A meteorological officer from nearby RAF Shawbury saw a large craft shining beams of light down to the ground before moving quickly away to the horizon.
Nick Pope made out a report that concluded that what was seen was of ‘considerable defence significance’. His superior officer agreed and stated in a memo to the Assistant Chief of Air Staff that ‘there would seem to be some evidence on this occasion that an unidentified object (or objects) of unknown origin was operating over the UK’.
Washington State— I was outside, walking our dog, about 10:30 p.m. and heard a strange vibration overhead that was 500 feet above our house and moved east, following the river upstream. I could make out the triangular shape of it and also noted that the three lights were there, but they did not illuminate anything as it passed right over. I did notice some red lights that were constantly in the rear. It might be some military plane. But what propulsion it used is beyond me. I asked my wife if she heard the vibrations when I returned to the house and she said she had. It might be a military vehicle stationed at nearby McChord Air Base.
No doubt triangle sightings will continue into the future, alongside all the other shapes and sizes of the UFO phenomenon. Are they extra-terrestrial? Are they Top Secret aircraft? As they have been sighted since before the advent of powered flight, this would suggest that they are not the latter. We all know that there are some very weird and exotic aircraft being developed by our governments, but can they be testing craft that can perform ‘impossible’ aerobatic manoeuvres? Why would they be testing them in areas where they can be detected on radar, witnessed by hundreds of people and entering busy commercial air corridors?
As Major General de Brouwer said it is “a mystery which thus remains whole. But it exists, it is real, and this is already an important conclusion. About a hundred triangle sightings were reported in July 2016. Thanks to UFO Data Magazine)
Air Traffic Controller Saw Numerous UFO’s
I was an air traffic controller at Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB) Idaho from 1973 through 1976 and saw numerous UFO’s, but knew it was a waste to report them. I had no desire to go to the base hospital and enter into a conversation as to whether I loved my mother.
FAA Certification
In addition, casual conversation with pilots of the F-111 Tactical Fighter Bombers there indicated they too had witnessed the same, but didn’t want an official inquiry into their sanity.
Additional Comment from Witness: I have experienced a lot of skepticism in the past.
Updated Aug 28, 2016:The veteran provided documentation that he was an air traffic controller for the Air Force at Mountain Home AFB. (Note that the date on the certificate is Sep 18, 1973. This provides good evidence that he was stationed at Mountain AFB in the time period noted on his report.) Two documents were provided. The first document lists his certification as a controller. The second document provides his FAA certification and shows that he was at Mountain Home AFB. Thanks to William Puckett, Director Http://www.UFOsnw.com
Astronomers Calculate at Least 8 Billion Earth like Planets
WASHINGTON — Space is vast, but it may not be so lonely after all: A study finds the Milky Way is teeming with billions of planets that are about the size of Earth; orbit stars just like our sun, and exist in the Goldilocks zone — not too hot and not too cold for life. Astronomers using NASA data have calculated for the first time that in our galaxy alone, there areat least 8.8 billion stars with Earth-size planets in the habitable temperature zone. The study was published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. For perspective, that’s more Earth-like planets than there are people on Earth. As for what it says about the odds that there is life somewhere out there, it means “just in our Milky Way galaxy alone, that’s 8.8 billion throws of the biological dice,” said study co-author Geoff Marcy, from the University of California.
Selected by Extraterrestrials
Mr. Tompkins has extensive experience in advanced space research relating to spacecraft and space missions. It includes four years in naval intelligence studying extraterrestrial threats, twelve years as engineering section chief at the Douglas Missile and Space Division, four years as corporate director of North American Advanced Space Research, founder and chairman of the Advanced Space Concept Staff at the think tank within the TRW Space Systems, four years as program director of the 2020 advanced Anti-Sub Warfare program and was a member of the corporate headquarters Red Team at General Dynamics Corporation. This experience has led to his membership in the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), and he has done extensive research into extraterrestrials and unidentified flying objects.
He is preparing a six-volume autobiographical study on the subject to be released soon to be entitled
Selected by Extraterrestrials. He states that our planet has been a battleground for warring extraterrestrial cultures for thousands of years. The result has been wars, destruction and attempts to hinder progress by some, but also recently a great spike in technical innovation due to help from others. He believes that perhaps he and many other uniquely talented people, have been gifted with skills that more closely reflect what human intelligence is capable of when not held back by outside forces.
Mr. Tompkins has taken on this subject with the same energy and detail he put into building his fleet of model ships, so this highly technical document should make for a very interesting read.
Bill has also spent 47 years in the Navy League of California and was founding chairman and president of the Southern Oregon Navy League Council as well as State vice president of the Oregon Navy League.
On the August 29, 2016 Jeff Rense Radio show Bill Tompkins who worked at NASA revealed the Apollo program was not only designed to visit the Moon but there were plans to construct a base on the Moon that would eventually hold 10,000 men. German Paperclip scientists ran NASA for its first twenty years. All astronauts after the first couple were Freemasons as was George Washington. All base names are Freemason and the astronauts put Freemason flags on the Moon Friendly extraterrestrials (ET) Nordics helped us go to the Moon. Bill had attractive female Nordics working with him who would give us the answers telepathically to difficult technological questions. The Moon was actually put in place by ET in the distant past and is controlled by ET Reptilians who have
bases and mining operations there. Photographs of mile high buildings on the moon exist and some appear to be actually floating a couple miles above the surface. NASA film allegedly shows UFO craft in formation with Apollo 11 astronauts.
Once we visited the Moon after several missions the ET Reptilians told us not to come back the project was closed down and some 400,000 Apollo engineers and technicians were laid off. Reptilians are allegedly dropping gasses on Earth to restrict our brain power. Several aviation companies continued building space ships such as North American Aviation who launched craft from Australia and participated in commercial trade with other ET civilizations. We are exploring the planets orbiting the closest twelve stars and are building bases on them. German Paperclip scientists helped the development of the US Navy’s ‘Solar Warden’ that is a plan to build space ships.
Official US Navy image
We have eight Naval Groups in space and the Reptilians have sixty Groups and are carrying out operations to control much of the Galaxy. We are attempting to help the Nordics and other extraterrestrials. They are interested in Earth because it is a wonderful planet that is in a strategic place in the Galaxy and is a kind of oasis for obtaining key food stuffs, water, and materials for propulsion.
We’re essentially working with Nordics and friendly extraterrestrials. Mars structures have been smeared out and indications of a catastrophe are apparent. Bill Tompkins reveals the big picture of a parallel world of secret space programs and extraterrestrial alliances. The full disclosure of secret space programs and extraterrestrial alliances will unshackle the chains of deception holding humanity back from reaching its highest potential as galactic citizens. There are billions of earth like planets. The closest ones can be reached in surprisingly short periods of time using speeds above light speed and wormholes.
Bill Tompkins claims there are very large underground facilities in the Western United States particularly in the mountains with Nordic extraterrestrials living in them. Nordic aliens are said by self-describedcontactees and as a group of humanoidextraterrestrials who resemble
Nordic–Scandinavians. They have built tunnels four times larger than ours. A system of tunnels from Palm Springs to China Lake exists. Research is going on by hundreds of technicians and experts doing research on the extraterrestrials. Tunnels go underground to Vandenberg AFB, California where several launch sites exist. Various aviation companies such as Lockheed, Douglas, and TRW have extraterrestrial workers. ET has been here for thousands of years and we have been working together with Nordics for at least forty years. The Nordics are trying to help us and taking individuals and assisting us technically.
Next week I’ll discuss the KGB classified Information Exchange Program with an Alien Civilization and Soviet concerns with flying triangles.
Thanks to Jeff Rense Radio Show that I usually appear on the first Tuesday of each month at 10 PM Eastern.
1374 UFO Sightings in July
MUFON CMS continues to amass sighting reports from around the globe. In July 2016 there were 710 sightings reported to MUFON through CMS from the following countries; US 520, Canada – 59, Uk-30, India – 10, Russia -8, Germany -7, Australia and Iran 5 each. National UFO Reporting Center had 654 reports in July 2016.and more than fifty were triangles.
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Filer’s Files #36 – 2016 Mysterious Flying Triangles - PART II
Filer’s Files #36 – 2016 Mysterious Flying Triangles - PART II
Sightings of UFOs in the United States
Arizona Orb
North Scottsdale — After taking several pictures of the clouds and the sunset in the moment of doing so I noticed a green unidentified object in one of the pictures on August 16, 2016. While taking the picture and focusing on the Sunset and clouds I thought there was something in the corner of my eye. I kept focused on the image I was taking. After taking the picture I noticed something strange was in part of the picture I had taken. It was a round green sphere that had some kind of spikes of light all around it. I saw it with my naked eye right after I took the picture.
My first thought was that it was the light in my camera reflecting from the sun but some sort of weird object was out there. Thanks to MUFON CMS
California Orbs
Grass Balley — As with previous attempts my normally operational iPhone locks up when sending images of the orbs and I am of the belief the orbs are affecting the transmission. Please if you receive this report call me immediately for further details and advice on what to do and for further investigation.
I am being affected psychologically as these entities seem to be aware of my attempts to share imagery and info about their presence. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Florida Light
Pensacola — These lights were in the same spot for a long time. I captured video as they started defending and disappearing behind the tree line and trailer. There was one then two and the second one kept dimming out and reappearing. Even the big one dims out a couple times as you’ll see in the video. This happened in Pensacola, Florida about 8 PM.
Note: The video isn’t included as it doesn’t show much more detail than the still image. The light does go up and down behind the tree line as described by witness, but it never moves much. Thanks to William Puckett, Director Http://www.UFOsnw.com
New Jersey Sightings
Bayonne — I was on my deck, right after a rain storm, taking pictures of the skyline. I didn’t see anything until I uploaded my photos and noticed a gray streak in one of the pictures. I enlarged the area and was amazed by what I saw.
It was a clear image of what looked like a flying saucer. You could see three lights/windows on the top of the craft. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Ocean City— I had a sighting on Friday night August 19, 2016, I was a block away from the ocean at my condo, and was sky watching, I was looking at stars and I saw an aircraft coming. But I noticed the lights were strange, so I followed it all the way to me, that’s when I saw the lights were wrong. One light was red, in front, and crazily strobes, small multi- colored blink king many colors in rear of air craft. It was oval, with short bump in front. No wing lights. The speed was slow I froze, ran in and told wife and daughter. Thanks to John Marz.
North Carolina Triangle
Fayetteville— At the time I was 10 my sister was 13, in 1992, and a light brighter then the sun came through the window. The light felt like it scanned the whole house. When the beam left the house it felt like it took everything with it like it snatched my soul! She said, “Gabriel what was that? Gabriel look.” I looked up and saw the most beautiful thing I ever seen in my life, right above the tree tops.
I saw a triangular object rounded at the points hovering over our house. There was a very bright orange light in the middle with different color little lights going around the triangle. They moved around changing color and had a hypnotizing effect with a bluish hue. The craft slowly started to move and we lost time and when we woke up we were both propped up in our seats, People around the trailer park said they saw it. I feel we were taken and dreamt I was on a craft and in a hospital bed. I saw weird creatures walking around, so I jumped into an elevator, and when the doors opened they were waiting for me and I woke up, Thanks to MUFON CMS
Ohio Anomaly
Cleveland — I am sending a picture to you that my daughter took on August 17, 2016! She was taking a shot of our beautiful full moon and nothing more.
Please look at the moon to the right of the moon.
Can you please tell me what you think this might be! Can you please text me as there are a lot of us shaking our heads right now! Thanks to William Puckett, Director Http://www.UFOsnw.com
Oregon Lights
Portland — The two objects hovered before a third one showed up next to them on August 19, 2016.
The lights were very bright and were stationary. The third light started to move away slowly before just flat out disappearing.
Thanks to MUFON CMS
Pennsylvania Disc
Havertown — My experience happened sometime around 1955, when I was about 12 years old. I don’t know why I’ve ignored my very real experience all these years. But perhaps due to the Ancient Aliens TV show. I would like to now share my experience. I saw a rotating disk with windows lit up in a yellow tone. Aside from the rotation, it hung still in the air, about 15.20 stories up. I thought that at any moment someone/thing would show up in a window. I called my dad who also saw it. After a minute or so, the object shot up the hill and disappeared…with no noise. A couple minutes later, cop cars went flying up the hill with sirens on. The incident was reported in the next day’s Delaware County News. It was reported that cops chased an advertising helicopter. I still see it clearly in my mind’s eye. I’m a management consultant, practicing out of Haddonfield since 1974. Thanks to Jim Mc/
Texas Cylinder
Wichita Falls – I was out taking pictures of a plane flying around with a banner on August 27, 2016. On the last picture I noticed something over the plane.
I enlarged that area and have never seen anything like this. It was silver-reflecting sunlight-above a small plane. There was -no noise other than the plane. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Vermont Orb
Sheldon— I saw a storm cloud coming from the north with lightning flashing around inside it on March 10, 2015. As it got closer I noticed it’s not just white flashes but red and white that caught my attention. As it passed over my car you could see into the cloud for a couple of seconds. It was some kind of large craft with red and white lights flashing around on it. I would judge the size to be about 1000 feet long. You could see one end out of the driver’s window and the front of it out of the passenger’s window. A very bright red beam was flashing down on the ground and like it was searching for something. The craft was using a cloud like screen to conceal itself and until it went right over you couldn’t see the lights inside the cloud. The cars ahead and behind me slowed to a crawl when the craft went over. This is the third time I have witnessed strange craft that are not made on this planet. NOTE: The above image is CGI. This case is under investigation by State Director Ken Pfeifer of MUFON Vermont.
Virginia Triangle
I had my Go-pro outside filming the sky using a night lapse like any other night on August 28, 2016. The object moved as fast as a shooting star but had a strange shape.
I pulled it up on a still frame and just happened to catch it hovering. I film every night and this blew my mind. I have never seen anything like this. It moved at light speed.
Thanks to MUFON CMS
Washington Disc
Parkland — I was taking pictures of the Thunderbird Air Show at McChord AFB. The black object to the right was not visible to the naked eye.
I was viewing the air show from Washington High School.
I noticed the object when reviewing the pictures.
Thanks to MUFON CMS
Worldwide UFO Reports
Australia Lights
Port Macquarie — I was at my parent’s house, having a cigarette on the back deck on August 22, 2016 and saw lights. I have seen these things more than once before. I often see them late at night in the distance. They look as if they have a part that separates from the main light, which always has flashing blue, green and red lights. You can clearly see it separate and then retract back into the main part. I have observed them with binoculars and have attempted to take photographs with a long lens on my digital SLR camera which was sitting on the tripod to help eliminate camera movement. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Canada Strange Lights in the Sky
London— I looked up into the night sky at 9 13 pm on August 25 and noticed a fast moving star. The light did not flash like the planes in the area did so. I ran into the house to get my wife to have a look. She agreed that it didn’t resemble a shooting star or an airplane and was very high in the sky. I tried to get video. Its flight path was east for about 30 seconds, and then it lost elevation. Then it continued east faster than before until it disappeared from sight. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Germany Cross
Regensburg — My family and I were driving home from Bayern Park with my dad driving the car on August 27, 2016. I decided to take some pictures out my open window. When I got home I looked at the pictures and noticed these objects. I was stunned when I found them in my pictures using my Samsung Galaxy Note 4. The pictures are zoomed in but nothing else. The 4th object looks like a cross flying straight up and the 5th picture seems like a ufo cube inside a bush. Thanks to MUFON CMS
Honduras Disc
We were on vacation, swimming with dolphins and took many photos during this time and none had any artifacts. I’ve uploaded three photos. The first includes the UFO, above the dolphin. The second was taken a second later and the 3rd is a zoomed in version of the first photo.
It doesn’t appear to be a bug since there are no bugs there and the shape is too perfect to be anything else I can think of.
Thanks to MUFON CMS
Spain Lights
Cala Blanca Menorca — I was sitting at the balcony of the hotel and checked my photos of the day on November 19, 2015. It was a strange noise like an infra-sound. Suddenly two objects came from the sea level and went first flew straight and then into not reproducible flight curves. I made photos of the objects that were partly covered with this black dust in the atmosphere. The objects after several minutes changed into red stars. My camera was not working after the first photograph. The red stars were to be seen for minimum
UK/England Lights
Darlington— I was travelling east along the A66 approx 8 miles from Scotch Corner when I noticed a cluster of lights on the southwest horizon on March 23, 2014, I think looking towards Skelton. At first I thought the closest resemblance I could think of was a squadron of helicopters with lights on. I managed to take a photograph and video. It wasn’t a great day for visibility and I couldn’t make anything else out other than the lights. I was mystified. Lanterns, flares etc have all been suggested but the absolute lack of movement still leaves me skeptical of this explanation. I eventually lost sight as I passed over a hill.
Manchester — I was on the campus of The University of Manchester, as I was walking down Oxford Road, I happened to glimpse this weird object flying low on August 23, 2016. The object looks almost like a humpback whale, with no markings, no windows. It also had no noise coming from said object. It was too big to be a drone and flying too low to be an aircraft. What appeared to be wings were way too small. It flew out of range. I recorded the object on my Samsung s6 Edge Plus. All in all it was very strange. Thanks to MUFON CMS
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Drijvende afvalemmer slurpt afval uit de oceanen
Drijvende afvalemmer slurpt afval uit de oceanen
Caroline Kraaijvanger
Een Spaanse organisatie werkt aan een afvalemmer voor op het water. De drijvende emmer slurpt water op, filtert het afval eruit en spuwt het water weer uit.
Consumptie aanpakken De aanpak van dit probleem dient tweeledig te zijn. Zo moeten we ervoor zorgen dat er minder plastic in de oceanen belandt. Steeds meer overheden zien dat ook in en het leidde in diverse landen – waaronder Nederland – onder meer tot een verbod op de gratis plastic tas. Een verbod dat werkt, zo suggereren cijfers uit Groot-Brittannië. Sinds het winkelend publiek daar moet betalen voor een plastic tasje worden er miljarden tasjes minder mee naar huis gesleept.
Opruimen Maar de plastic-consumptie aanpakken, is maar een deel van het verhaal. Daarnaast moeten we ook het plastic dat reeds in de oceaan is beland en in de toekomst het water nog weet te vinden, opruimen. Maar hoe kun je dat nu het beste doen? Een organisatie op Mallorca komt met een verrassend eenvoudige oplossing. Een afvalemmer voor op zee. “We hebben afvalemmers voor op het land, dus waarom eigenlijk voor op zee? Dat was een beetje de gedachte,” vertelt Pete Ceglinski, mede-oprichter van The Seabin Project aan Scientias.nl.
Seabin Samen met enkele andere enthousiastelingen bedacht hij de Seabin. Een soort drijvende afvalemmer, speciaal ontwikkeld om water te ontdoen van plastic en allerlei ander afval. “Water wordt er van bovenaf in getrokken en glijdt door een net,” vertelt Ceglinski. In dat net blijft al het afval achter. “Vervolgens wordt het water er aan de onderzijde weer uitgepompt. Het is eigenlijk heel simpel.” Maar kan deze eenvoudige afvalemmer echt het verschil gaan maken? “Elke emmer zal naar schatting zo’n 1,5 kilo afval per dag vangen. In een jaar tijd kan zo’n emmer meer dan een halve ton afval verzamelen.” Overigens verzamelt de emmer naast plastic (tot wel 2 millimeter kleine deeltjes) en allerlei andere soorten afval ook olie.
Een ander voordeel van de Seabin: deze moet regelmatig geleegd worden en dat kan een educatief momentje zijn voor bijvoorbeeld scholieren. Vandaar dat ook zij bij het project betrokken worden.
Afbeelding: Seabin.
Dicht bij de consument Seabin is natuurlijk lang niet het enige initiatief dat erop gericht is de oceanen van plastic te bevrijden. Maar de emmer onderscheidt zich volgens Ceglinski duidelijk van die andere plannen. Dat begint al met de plek waar deze wordt ingezet. Niet op volle zee, maar in havens. “Dicht bij de bron van het afvalprobleem: de consument op het land.” Daarnaast is Seabin volgens Ceglinski een vrij goedkope en eenvoudige oplossing. En van het plastic dat gevangen wordt, kunnen nieuwe Seabins worden gemaakt: dan is het cirkeltje weer rond.
Enthousiasme Het enthousiasme rond de Seabin is in ieder geval groot. Ceglinski en zijn collega’s ontvangen naar eigen zeggen dagelijks honderden berichten van mensen wereldwijd die een Seabin willen bestellen. Ook de crowdfunding-campagne die aan de ontwikkeling van het prototype voorafging, was een groot succes. In korte tijd werd er meer dan 260.000 dollar door het publiek gedoneerd. Toch blijven Ceglinski en zijn collega’s nuchter. Ze stellen dat de Seabin alleen de oceanen niet van al het afval kan bevrijden. Daartoe zal toch vooral het gedrag van mensen moeten veranderen. En daarbij kan de Seabin helpen. Bijvoorbeeld door scholieren te betrekken bij het legen van de afvalemmers in hun eigen omgeving. Dan wordt namelijk pijnlijk duidelijk hoe groot het probleem is én blijkt het bovendien geen ver-van-mijn-bed-show te zijn.
Momenteel werkt Seabin Project aan een prototype dat later getest zal worden voor de kust van Mallorca en in de haven van het Franse La Grande Motte. Als alles volgens plan gaat, kan de Seabin begin volgend jaar al op de markt komen. Aan havens, jachtclubs, eigenaars van boten en overheden aan zee dan de taak om de Seabin aan te schaffen. Wat dat precies gaat kosten, is nog onduidelijk. Dat wordt later dit jaar bekend.
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Deze ruimtetrein kan je binnen 3 minuten op de maan brengen (maar stopt nooit)
Deze ruimtetrein kan je binnen 3 minuten op de maan brengen (maar stopt nooit)
Caroline Kraaijvanger
Ontwerpers presenteren de Solar Express: een trein die door de ruimte raast met een snelheid van zo’n 3000 kilometer per seconde (oftewel 1 procent van de snelheid van het licht).
De Solar Express is bedoeld om mensen, voorraden en mineralen van het ene hemellichaam of ruimtestation naar het andere te vervoeren. De trein bestaat uit een aantal cilinders die elk zo’n vijftig meter lang zijn.
Nooit stoppen De trein dendert continu voort en stopt nooit. Dat lijkt misschien een beetje gek, maar is eigenlijk heel logisch. In de ruimte kost versnellen en afremmen veel brandstof en dus geld. Eenmaal op snelheid valt de energieconsumptie van een ruimtevaartuig alles mee. Vandaar dat de bedenkers van Solar Express er bewust voor kiezen hun ‘ruimtetrein’ maar één keertje te versnellen. Dat gebeurt in eerste instantie met behulp van raketten en de zwaartekracht van hemellichamen (zie kader). Eenmaal op snelheid heeft de trein slechts zo af en toe een klein beetje brandstof nodig om op koers te blijven.
Voorraden worden losgekoppeld van de Solar Express.
Afbeelding: Boris Schwarzer / Imaginactive.org.
Versnellen door gebruik te maken van de zwaartekracht van een hemellichaam. Dat is op zichzelf niets nieuws. Ruimtesonde Juno deed het bijvoorbeeld in 2013. De sonde scheerde toen langs onze planeet om voldoende snelheid te krijgen om Jupiter te bereiken.
Koppelen Leuk bedacht, maar hoe stap je in, in een trein die nooit stopt? Het idee is dat je plaatsneemt in een kleiner ruimtevaartuig dat zich aan de Solar Express koppelt op het moment dat deze voorbijraast.
Ver weg De bedenkers zien het al helemaal voor zich. Er zou een Solar Express kunnen zijn die in een grote cirkel door het zonnestelsel beweegt en mensen naar verre planeten brengt. Maar er zou ook een Solar Express kunnen zijn voor kortere ritjes door de ruimte. En natuurlijk gaan ze allemaal heel hard. Volgens de bedenkers moet een snelheid die in de buurt komt van 1 procent van de snelheid van het licht haalbaar zijn. Met zo’n snelheid (3000 kilometer per seconde) ben je binnen drie minuten op de maan en binnen een paar dagen bij Jupiter (ter vergelijking: ruimtesonde Juno deed daar vijf jaar over!).
Afbeelding: Boris Schwarzer / Imaginactive.org.
Ideetje Natuurlijk is het nog maar een idee, zo erkent bedenker Charles Bombardier op zijn site. En natuurlijk moet er nog wel over het één en ander worden nagedacht. Bijvoorbeeld: hoe houd je zo’n complex voertuig in bedwang? “Solar Express is een basaal idee en we zouden graag meer willen weten om het te kunnen verbeteren,” stelt Bombardier.
En daarmee blijft de Solar Express dus nog even een fantasie. Maar wie weet, is het ooit doodgewoon om met de trein naar de maan te gaan en daar iets meer dan twee minuten na vertrek op aarde al aan te komen.
It's literally epoch-defining news. A group of experts tasked with considering the question of whether we have officially entered the Anthropocene – the geological age characterised by humans' influence on the planet – has delivered its answer: yes.
The British-led Working Group on the Anthropocene (WGA) told a geology conference in Cape Town that, in its considered opinion, the Anthropocene epoch began in 1950 – the start of the era of nuclear bomb tests, disposable plastics and the human population boom.
The Anthropocene has fast become an academic buzzword and has achieved a degree of public visibility in recent years. But the more the term is used, the more confusion reigns, at least for those not versed in the niceties of the underpinning science.
Roughly translated, the Anthropocene means the "age of humans." Geologists examine layers of rock called "strata," which tell a story of changes to the functioning of Earth's surface and near-surface processes, be these oceanic, biological, terrestrial, riverine, atmospheric, tectonic or chemical.
The chart features a hierarchy of terms like "system" and "stage;" generally, the suffix "cene" refers to a geologically brief stretch of time and sits at the bottom of the hierarchy. We have spent the past 11,500 years or so living in the so-called Holocene epoch, the interglacial period during which Homo sapiens has flourished.
If the Holocene has now truly given way to the Anthropocene, it's because a single species — us — has significantly altered the character of the entire hydrosphere, cryosphere, biosphere, lithosphere and atmosphere.
The end of an era?
Making this call is not straightforward, because the Anthropocene proposition is being investigated in different areas of science, using different methods and criteria for assessing the evidence. Despite its geological ring, the term Anthropocene was coined not by a geologist, but by the Nobel Prize-winning atmospheric chemist Paul Crutzen in 2000.
Comparing these changes to those occurring during the Holocene, they concluded that we humans have made an indelible mark on our one and only home. We have altered the Earth system qualitatively, in ways that call into question our very survival over the coming few centuries.
Crutzen's group talks of the post-1950 period as the "Great Acceleration," when a range of factors — from human population numbers, to disposable plastics, to nitrogen fertiliser — began to increase exponentially. But their benchmark for identifying this as a significant change has nothing to do with geological stratigraphy. Instead, they ask whether the present period is qualitatively different to the situation during the Holocene.
Rocking out
Meanwhile, a small group of geologists has been investigating the stratigraphic evidence for the Anthropocene. A few years ago a subcommission of the ICS set up the Anthropocene working group, which has now suggested that human activity has left an indelible mark on the stratigraphic record.
The major problem with this approach is that any signal is not yet captured in rock. Humans have not been around long enough for any planet-wide impacts to be evident in Earth’s geology itself. This means that any evidence for a Holocene-Anthropocene boundary would necessarily be found in less permanent media like ice sheets, soil layers or ocean sediments.
The ICS has always considered evidence for boundaries that pertain to the past, usually the deep past. The WGA is thus working against convention by looking for present-day stratigraphic markers that might demonstrate humans’ planetary impact. Only in thousands of years' time might future geologists (if there are any) confirm that these markers are geologically significant.
In the meantime, the group must be content to identify specific calendar years when significant human impacts have been evident. For example, one is 1945, when the Trinity atomic device was detonated in New Mexico. This and subsequent bomb tests have left global markers of radioactivity that ought still to be evident in 10,000 years.
Alternatively, geographers Simon Lewis and Mark Maslin have suggestedthat 1610 might be a better candidate for a crucial human-induced step change. That was the year when atmospheric carbon dioxide dipped markedly, suggesting a human fingerprint linked to the New World colonists' impact on indigenous American agriculture, although this idea iscontested.
Decision time
The fact that the WGA has picked a more recent date, 1950, suggests that it agrees with the idea of defining the Great Acceleration of the latter half of the 20th century as the moment we stepped into the Anthropocene.
It's not a decision that is taken lightly. The ICS is extremely scrupulous about amending the International Chronostratigraphic Chart. The WGA's suggestion will face a rigorous evaluation before it can be scientifically accepted by the commission. It may be many years before it is formally ratified.
Elsewhere, the term is fast becoming a widely used description of how people now relate to our planet, rather like the Iron Age or the Renaissance. These words describe real changes in history and enjoy widespread use in academia and beyond, without the need for rigorously defined "boundary markers" to delimit them from prior periods.
Does any of this really matter? Should we care that the jury is still out in geology, while other scientists feel confident that humans are altering the entire Earth system?
Writing on The Conversation, geologist James Scourse suggests not. He feels that the geological debate is "manufactured" and that humans' impact on Earth is sufficiently well recognised that we have no need of a new term to describe it.
Clearly, many scientists beg to differ. A key reason, arguably, is the failure of virtually every society on the planet to acknowledge the sheer magnitude of the human impact on Earth. Only last year did we finally negotiate a truly global treaty to confront climate change.
In this light, the Anthropocene allows scientists to assemble a set of large-scale human impacts under one graphic conceptual banner. Its scientific status therefore matters a great deal if people worldwide are at long last to wake up to the environmental effects of their collective actions.
Gaining traction
But the scientific credibility of the Anthropocene proposition is likely to be called into question the more that scientists use the term informally or otherwise. Here the recent history of climate science in the public domain is instructive.
Even more than the concept of global warming, the Anthropocene is provocative because it implies that our current way of life, especially in wealthy parts of the world, is utterly unsustainable. Large companies who make profits from environmental despoliation — oil multinationals, chemical companies, car makers and countless others – have much to lose if the concept becomes linked with political agendas devoted to things like degrowth and decarbonisation. When one considers the organised attacks on climate science in the United States and elsewhere, it seems likely that Anthropocene science will be challenged on ostensibly scientific grounds by non-scientists who dislike its implications.
Sadly, such attacks are likely to succeed. In geology, the WGA's unconventional proclamation potentially leaves any ICS definition open to challenge. If accepted, it also means that all indicators of the Holocene would now have to be referred to as things of the past, despite evidence that the transition to a human-shaped world is not quite complete in some places.
Some climate contrarians still refuse to accept that researchers can truly distinguish a human signature in the climate. Similarly, scientists who address themselves to the Anthropocene will doubtless face questions about how much these changes to the planet are really beyond the range of natural variability.
If "Anthropocene sceptics" gain the same momentum as climate deniers have enjoyed, they will sow seeds of confusion into what ought to be a mature public debate about how humans can transform their relationship with the Earth. But we can resist this confusion by recognising that we don't need the ICS's imprimatur to appreciate that we are indeed waving goodbye to Earth as we have known it throughout human civilisation.
We can also recognise that Earth system science is not as precise as nuclear physics or geometry. This lack of precision does not mean that the Anthropocene is pure scientific speculation. It means that science knows enough to sound the alarm, without knowing all the details about the unfolding emergency.
The Anthropocene deserves to become part of our lexicon — a way we understand who we are, what we're doing and what our responsibilities are as a species — so long as we remember that not all humans are equal contributors to our planetary maladies, with many being victims.
This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read theoriginal article. Follow all of the Expert Voices issues and debates — and become part of the discussion — on Facebook, Twitter and Google +. The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher. This version of the article was originally published on Live Science.
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VIDEO: Vreemde lichtgevende objecten vastgelegd bij internationaal ruimtestation ISS
VIDEO: Vreemde lichtgevende objecten vastgelegd bij internationaal ruimtestation ISS
Het internationale ruimtestation ISS heeft weer pottenkijkers over vloer gehad. Een camera van het ruimtestation heeft vreemde lichten vastgelegd bij het ISS, schrijft de Daily Mail.
Volgens sommige UFO-jagers zijn de lichten bewijs dat aliens het ruimtestation nauwgezet in de gaten houden. De lichtgevende objecten zoemen langs de Progress-capsule van het ISS. De lichten verdwijnen vervolgens plotseling, wat er volgens sommigen op wijst dat de NASA het beeldmateriaal heeft bewerkt.
Onzichtbare muur
“Het lijkt op een gigantisch ruimteschip dat passeert, maar de rest van het object wordt tegengehouden door een soort onzichtbare muur,” aldus één van de UFO-jagers.
Er wordt al langer beweerd dat UFO’s het ISS in de gaten houden. Ook wordt de NASA er geregeld van beschuldigd het beeld op zwart te zetten als er iets vreemds gebeurt bij het ruimtestation.
Buiten bereik
In april reageerde het Amerikaanse ruimteagentschap voor het eerst op de theorieën. “Het station valt regelmatig buiten het bereik van de Tracking and Relay Data Satellites (TDRS) die worden gebruikt om video, stem en telemetrie te versturen en ontvangen,” vertelde NASA-woordvoerster Tabatha Thompson aan ValueWalk. “Een blauw scherm of storingsbeeld betekent dat er geen signaal is.”
Op de vraag of NASA de livefeed wel eens uitzet, antwoordde ze ‘nee’. De vreemde lichten die worden vastgelegd zijn volgens haar reflecties. Sceptici aanvaarden deze uitleg niet en blijven de livestream van het ISSnauwgezet volgen.
Media says strong signal from space may be alien, scientists say probably not
Media says strong signal from space may be alien, scientists say probably not
The media has been ablaze with the story of a strong signal from space detected by a team of Russian astronomers last spring that the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute recently trained their telescopes on to attempt to detect. However, despite the hype, scientists are not hopeful that this was a message from E.T.
The attention on the Russian discovery began on August 27, 2016 with an article on a website called Centauri Dreams. It is ran by an amateur astronomer, Paul Gilster, who writes about peer-reviewed research on deep space exploration.
Wide view of the RATAN-600 radio telescope.
(Credit: Wikimedia)
Gilster claimed he recently received a document that was being circulated by Aelxander Panov, a Physicist at Lomonosov Moscow State University. The document details the discovery of “a strong signal in the direction of HD164595″using the RATAN-600 radio telescope in the village of Zelenchukskaya, in the Karachay–Cherkess Republic of Russia on May 15, 2015.
Gilster points out, “No one is claiming that this is the work of an extraterrestrial civilization, but it is certainly worth further study.”
SETI scientists agreed and began further study on the possible signal, while the media set to tell the world about the potential signal from an extraterrestrial civilization.
On August 29, Seth Shostak, Senior Astronomer for the SETI Institute, wrote an article to clarify their view on the signal and to outline the steps they were taking to investigate. He wrote: “the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) was swung in the direction of HD 164595 beginning on the evening of August 28.” However, thus far, they have not been able to detect a signal. He explained the RATAN-600 radio telescope was capable of detecting a much broader bandwidth, so it would take more time for the Allen Array to scan the entire band.
SETI’s Allen Telescope Array
(Credit: SETI)
Shostak also pointed out some interesting notes about the signal’s detection and the nature of HD 164595. He explained, “[HD 164595 is] a solar system a few billion years older than the Sun but centered on a star of comparable size and brightness.” It does have a Neptune-sized planet, but the planet has too tight of an orbit to likely be capable of hosting life, as we know it.
Seth Shostak
According to Shostak, even if the signal were sent by an extraterrestrial civilization in HD 164595, if the signal was broadcast everywhere for anyone in any direction to hear, it would require hundreds of times the amount of energy that falls on Earth from our sun to send. Even if the signal is being directed straight at Earth, it would still require an amount of energy “comparable to the total energy consumption of all humankind.”
“Both scenarios require an effort far, far beyond what we ourselves could do, and it’s hard to understand why anyone would want to target our solar system with a strong signal. This star system is so far away they won’t have yet picked up any TV or radar that would tell them that we’re here,” says Shostak.
The manner in which the Russians went about revealing their findings also concerned Shostak. The SETI protocol is to alert others in the SETI community immediately if a potential extraterrestrial signal is detected so that others can attempt to train their telescopes on the area and confirm the signal. Instead, they waited more than a year to share information about the signal.
However, recent information may suggest the Russians never suspected the signal was extraterrestrial in the first place. The SETI project which captured the signal is ran by the Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics of Lomonosov Moscow State University along with the Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SAO RAS). Telescope researcher Yuri Sotnikova of SAO RAS posted an official comment on the signal on their website. She says, although an “interesting radio signal” was detected, “subsequent processing and analysis of the signal revealed its most probable terrestrial origin.”
Close-up of the huge RATAN-600 radio telescope panels.
(Credit: Konstantin Malachev/Wikimedia)
She continued, “As for the other objects of the RATAN-600 survey, it is too early to claim about any reliable scientific results. Using the obtained measurements, we are only able to estimate the upper limit of the detection of the studied areas. It can be said with confidence that no sought-for signal has been detected yet.”
In their story regarding Sotnikova’s comments, the TASS Russian News Agency interviewed Alexander Ipatov, Director of the Institute of Applied Astronomy at RAS, regarding a signal detected during a similar program conducted in the Soviet-era.
“We, indeed, discovered an unusual signal. However, an additional check showed that it was emanating from a Soviet military satellite, which had not been entered into any of the catalogs of celestial bodies,” Ipatov told TASS.
This statement has lead to some confusion, as some have reported that this comment was regarding the signal discovered in May, 2015, but, of course, the was long after the Soviet-era, so it seems Ipatov was referring to a different signal.
Shostak has updated his article regarding their findings at the Allen Array. They were not able to find a signal coming from HD 164595. He also noted in his original article that the Russians only found the signal once in 39 tries.
Although this one does not seem to be the message we are looking for, in a short YouTube video released by the SETI Institute yesterday (seen below), Shostak tried to reassure his fellow alien hunters. He told viewers, “No detection yet, but you can’t always be cynical. If a signal looks promising, we are going to check it out.”
Location:Chateauguay, Quebec Date: August 22 2016 Submitted by nahavic
Witness report:
Taken on Friday, August 22 2016 @8:23 p.m. in Chateauguay, Quebec. Chateauguay is on the South Shore of Montreal and about a 20 minute drive from the city. Saw a “cluster” of UFO’s from the corner of my eye while I sitting on couch flying in a Northerly direction.. Grabbed my iPad which luckily I was charging nearby. I am an avid skywatcher who has never seen anything like this, but have seen many “cluster UFO” videos online. After many viewings, I noticed a fourth object/orb appear below the tree line around the .35 second mark right around the time the third object “disappears” (right hand side of screen below roof). I didn’t notice the 4th object at all. I was keeping my iPad trained on the night sky to see if the other three would reappear. No visible red landing lights that would indicate a plane or helicopter. No idea what it was. In fact, in the all the years I’ve searched the skies to find a UFO, I have never seen one. Were it not for my dog changing the couch she normally lies on, I would have missed it altogether. We usually sit on the couch with our backs to the bay windows. That night she chose the couch to the side of the windows, enabling me to see out the windows and spot the objects over the neighbour’s house.
Eye Island Found On Google Maps Evokes Speculations Of Secret UFO Base In Argentina
Eye Island Found On Google Maps Evokes Speculations Of Secret UFO Base In Argentina
UFO researchers are pumped up with the discovery of a mysterious eye island in Argentina viaGoogle Maps. They are now clamoring for more information regarding what appears to be an unusual anomaly or riparian anomaly as some may call it. The anomaly seems to be an island in a river environment. Some say it might hide something subterranean.
The so-called unlikely structure is a circular island surrounded by water. It looks like an eye, which creates suggestion that it might be the entrance to a massive hidden UFO base.
Lead by Sergio Neuspillerm, a film production team made the discovery of the eye island six months ago while looking for a good location for a film about paranormal incidents, such as alien and ghost sightings, in the Parana River Delta area. The mysterious island, which appears round, provides the appearance of floating within a watery socket. It is formerly a solid terrain in the marshy Parana River data, according to witnesses.
Located at Campana and Zarate in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, the island can be found in Google Maps at 34°15’07.8’S 58°49’47.4″W coordinates.
The discovery of the eye island raises speculations about it being connected to many UFO sightings in Argentina. They say Argentina has more UFO sightings than the rest of the world, and this could be attributed to the hidden alien base in the area. They suggest that the entrance is big enough to fit a hundred meter UFO through it.
A Kickstarter campaign has been launched by Neuspillerm in hope to get finances for an expedition to the eye island.
Costa Rica UFO Sighting 45 Years Ago – Best In The World Photographs
Costa Rica UFO Sighting 45 Years Ago – Best In The World Photographs
Members of the Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN) – National Geographic Institute – took what have been considered the best photographs in the world when it comes to UFO sighting. The pictures show a UFO sighting on September 4, 1971, at 8:25 in the morning.
The IGN was in the process of creating a map to determine the source of water for the acquisition of land to work out the Arenal dam project.
Sergio Loaiza, Juan Bravo, and Francico Reyes were flying in a Canadian made F680 Aero-Commander. Loaiza was in charge of aerial photography on that day. An NRK 100 lbs. 15-23 camera was mounted on the floor of the plane.
The camera shot every 13 seconds while the plane was flying at 10,000 feet.
While photos were taken, no one realized anything odd. It was just later when IGN employees noticed something strange while performing a study to connect Arenal Lagoon and Lago De Cote.
Loaiza was also in charge of reviewing the photos of that time. While he enlarged the images and examined the negatives carefully, they noticed what had been pictured.
Loaiza claimed that they were banned completely from talking about it at the time.
In 1979, Ricardo Vilchez sent the pictures to Ground Saucer Watch (GSW). In the same year, Costa Rica media published the photos. About ten years later, the images were featured in the Journal of Scientific Exploration.
Costa Rica-based UFO researcher Oscar Sierra said the photographs were considered to be real after being analyzed in the France and the U.S.
According to Loaiza, Omar Ariana, who piloted the plane, was an experienced pilot. He also revealed that the camera, which was donated by Germany to the Geographic Institute, was exceptional to the point that it would not work if there had been a speck of dust between
Questions Arise As NASA Releases Videos Of Strange UFOs
Questions Arise As NASA Releases Videos Of Strange UFOs
Conspiracy theorists went buzzing after NASA recently released videos of mysterious UFO encountered during its several missions, including Gemini, Apollo 16, and ISS. Posted on YouTube channel Explore the World, the videos have induced more questions on the existence of aliens and government cover-ups.
The move of NASA to make their videos of UFO sightings public shocked the world because it was the first time the U.S. space agency became transparent on unidentified flying objects in space. Conspiracy theorists were wondering as to the reason behind NASA’s decision to release videos of the UFOs just recently despite the fact that most of the sightings were taken a long time ago.
The internet has been bombarded with various conspiracy theorists about the existence of alien and NASA cover-ups for years. On August 8, Wednesday, a strange cube shape that appeared to be larger than the moon, seemingly orbited the Sun. Interestingly, images of square pixels were caught on two separate cameras within a timeframe of 25 hours.
The two pictures were taken at different wavelengths, but the square pixel still on the same spot. Conspiracy theorists suggest that the square-shaped UFO wasn’t a pixel glitch, but NASA’s standard procedure to hide UFOs from the public.
English Version of an Italian documentary describing the extraordinary Italian case of alien contact with a group of men. It contains an apparent real recording of a message of friendship given by them to us.
It had been kept secret for half a century, but only just recently came to light after the death of one the men involved (Bruno Sammaciccia had asked for it to be kept secret until after his death).
In Pescara, during the 50s to 70s, a group of extraterrestrials had contacted a number of unsuspecting people directly. This project was called ‘Amicizia – Friendship.’
These men would be brought to their (etheric) ‘bases’ located on earth and apparently on board the UFOs. The people involved were of high social and cultural status, among them was the notable Console Alberto Perego.
This is a collection of testimonials from them, which also shows excellent quality footage and photography of the phenomena, as well as apparent ‘messages’ (of love and goodwill) given to us from these beings
It caused a great media sensation. Mass UFO sightings.
People wanted to know what was happening but no one could penetrate the mystery. Now after 50 years of silence, insider witnesses have decided to speak. A UFO contact case that has been kept secret for decades is now revealed.
Humans working together with extraterrestrials in secret. Hundreds of people were involved. Countless pieces of evidence remain. Only now can the truth be known.
This is the unbelievable true story about ‘The Friendship Case.’
As you may remember, I first published the following on 31st March 2003:
Other countries are going to join in. Syria will be the first. The birthplace (country) of Jesus will tremble.
Internal rebellion will occur in the number one on the top (Vulturite side) which will eventually fall and will be humiliated and punished.
The road to Damascus will lead to many places.
Bloodshed everywhere will cover the whole earth, streaming far and long.
All heads will turn as they witness the horrific end of mankind.
Humanity in transit will not rest in peace.
The voice of Old will scream out and be heard for miles around.
Those who caused the grim will find no place to hide. They will cringe in fear and be breathless. Their hearts will fly out in fear and numbness. Their days of Old will catch up with them. They will cry but no tears will come, they will scream but none will hear them, they will cry for help and forgiveness but none will be given to them. The gnashing of teeth and the tearing out of their hair will signal the end of the bloodthirsty tribe of Aaron.
“Mountains” will turn over to crush the evil ones. The mountain of giants will advance in numbers never witnessed before and march towards “Golgotha” and together the wind of fate will gather strength and push eastwards, northwards, southwards and even to the west. The land of Zion will cry and then will be no more. Hosanna in the highest all will shout but there will be none to hear or sing the song “Hosanna, Hosanna.”
After this article was published, many wrote to me expressing their interpretations of parts of the writing. Consistently, everyone interpreted: “Other countries are going to join in. Syria will be the first . . .” to mean that Syria would join forces in resisting the U.S. led coalition invasion of Iraq.
I explained parts of the revelation in Aliens and the Super Powers. However, there have been so many requests for further elucidation that I have decided to further explain it.
While Iraq was under Saddam Hussein’s leadership, it was primarily a Reptilian stronghold with pockets of Vulturite resistance within and without. For more than two decades, the Vulturite-influenced nation of Syria has been in conflict with Iraq, and there has been tension between the two countries.
It is understandable why readers had presumed that Syria would change its position and support its rival, Iraq, after the U.S. invasion of that country. This is because people were using physical-mind reasoning to interpret the writing and viewing the conflict as a regional matter. On 1st May 2005, Syria announced its plans to restore diplomatic relations with Iraq at the earliest possible time, according to reports by Syria’s official news agency, SANA.
However, the restoration of ties has been strongly influenced by the alien alliances of the two countries (Vulturite). Ironically, Syria and Iraq are now in alliance with the U.S.A. As I recently said, “Iraq will fall over and many will bow to the rule of the conquering Vulturites.” See: Anunnaki War Plans.
On the physical level, oil appears to be the main issue behind the U.S. invasion of Iraq. However, it goes far deeper than that. The holding of Babylon is not just about oil. Babylon was an ancient city founded by Anunnaki Remnants, who were closely tied to the powerful Anunnaki Elite who fled the Earth. A long time ago, the Anunnaki Remnants secretly built an extensive aperture near Babylon. Inter-dimensional travel was available to certain ones through this aperture, but due to a severe earthquake, the aperture was damaged.
Babylon is also situated near an energy source similar to the one that was operating until 15 years ago in Tasmania, Australia. As I have mentioned many times before, there is an energy shortage in this Virtual Reality, and those who are aware of it are desperately fighting over energy sources. There are a few major contestants competing for this energy source. Some are non-Anunnaki aliens from other systems. At this time, however, the main contestants are the Anunnaki Reptilians and the Vulturites.
In order for any contestant to get to the energy source, they must first locate the aperture and thereafter reconstruct it. It is a case of catch-22 as to which comes first, the energy source or the aperture. It is for this reason that Iraq is being ravaged. One of the reasons that museums were allowed to be “raided” early on in the occupation of Iraq was to see if there were any clues in those buildings. The “looting” was not committed by ordinary looters. What the Vulturites do not realize is that it was a mobile aperture, and it has since been relocated.
The reason that “The birthplace (country) of Jesus will tremble” is because Israel is under Reptilian influence. This means that it will not have the full support of its main ally, the U.S.A., which is now under Vulturite influence. Further, Israel is surrounded by a group of Vulturite-influenced states. Thus, it becomes clear that, apart from natural and artificially-induced disasters, there is a lot of turmoil in store for Israel.
“The gnashing of teeth and the tearing out of their hair will signal the end of the bloodthirsty tribe of Aaron” pertains to the priestly class who instigated the murder of Jesus. The priests who were responsible for the murder of Jesus were heavily promoting animal sacrifices, and took this up a level by offering up Jesus to their God. Hence, Jesus became known as the sacrificial lamb.
The priests – the tribe of Aaron – have been replaced with Christian clergy. While there are some good people in the clergy who are used to bolster its collective image, the bulk of the clergy are part of the “bloodthirsty tribe of Aaron.” Ata-i-lek, the new Reptilian Pope, sits at the head of the tribe at this time.
The clergy regularly lead their congregations in the so-called “Holy Communion”, known as the Eucharist. In fact, this unholy communion represents the symbolic re-enactment of the murder of Jesus, including the grotesque symbolic cannibalistic Anunnaki behaviour of eating the flesh of Jesus, and the vampiric Anunnaki practice of drinking his blood. Thus, the modern-day priests of the Christian clergy do indeed belong to the bloodthirsty tribe of Aaron.
One day, some of them will realize the gravity of their misguided involvement in Anunnaki religious practices, which offer up as a sacrifice the Loving Lamb of the True-Light God to the vengeful Anunnaki God of Hate and Jealousy.
Since unwittingly trapping himself in the white apparel of a pope, it appears that Ata-i-lek was too busy to change attire when he came snooping around my residence a few days ago. It was a little after midnight when I was attending to an animal near the house and heard a noise in the air. As I looked to the side, I caught a glimpse of Ata-i-lek, who was retreating and disappearing, but some of his robe was showing as he “dissolved” into space.
His recent visit reminded me of the time when he checked on me while I was in Mexico a few years ago. Near Mt. Popocateptl, there is a mountain that has a huge alien mask carved into its face. The locals claimed that the face suddenly appeared a few years earlier.
Before visiting Mexico, I had “seen” five images of Greys sculpted into the mountains during my “travels”. As I looked down from a great height, it was very clear to me that the faces were clearly marked entrances into the mountain. I have also seen space craft’s flying into these faces. From the ground, only one of these faces can be easily seen. However, if you look carefully at the photo (above), you can see the other faces.
The Greys have always been active in Mexico, but now they are in alliance with the Reptilians. This means that, for the time being, Mexico will remain under Reptilian influence. But, as I explained in The New Revelation of John the Divine, when the Vulturites appear to have been vanquished, the Greyswill come to their aid.
Ata-i-lek, the new Pope, will try to revive the Church. Will he be the one sponsoring the “sacred” cross mentioned below, or will it be sponsored by the New World Order? Here is another revelation from me for you to ponder:
The rising of the East will face the blazing Sun that scorches the Earth.
When the air is filled with the stench of sulphur and blood, Golgotha will cry with vengeance of old but the coldness will smother the screams.
Beware of the “sacred cross” that will be proclaimed across the lands and seas. It is a proclamation of absolute deception.
Who are the Men in Black? What are the Men in Black?
Weeks before Kenneth Arnold described seeing strange crafts flying ‘…like saucers skipping on water.’ there was another incredible claim of a UFO sighting coming from the dark, frigid waters of Puget Sound.
It was in June of 1947 when Fred Crisman and Harold Dahl were out patrolling the harbor near Maury Island in Puget Sound. Both of the men, including a few other hands-on-deck, looked towards the sky and noticed six doughnut-shaped objects hovering silently above their boat. Chrisman and Dahl stood completely transfixed at the bright lights above them.
Unable to move or speak, much less instruct their crew on what to do next. As their story goes, one of the doughnut-shaped objects began to dump strange material that “…resembled lava or white metal.” According to the patrolmen, some of the material hit their boat, breaking the arm of one of the crewmen and killing a dog.
Crisman and Dahl’s claims in 1947 became known as the Maury Island Incident. However the reason I bring it up is because it is also the first reported case of a visitation by the menacing Men In Black. It was shortly after the incident in Puget Sound that Harold Dahl claimed that he had been warned to not speak about the alleged UFO sighting he and his crew encountered by a man in a dark suit.
A few years after that, in the 1950s and 60s, the prominent researcher John Keel began to write about the strange encounters with these darkly clad men they would have after having witnessed something unexplainable in the sky. Way before the Jiggy-fication of the Men In Black by Will Smith, the MIB were seen as ominous figures.
How credible are the stories about the witnesses that are being silenced and having their stories buried? What do we say to those who claimed to have encountered these dark, pallbearer figures that exist in the world of UFOs?
There are those who claim that the MIB sometimes appear non-human. As if somehow extraterrestrial beings were secretly working with some cryptic U.S. government agency. Take Dan Akroyd’s account for example. Here’s a man who has done some tremendous work in the field of Ufology claiming that in broad daylight, on 8th and 42nd, smack-down in a busy Manhattan street, some strange and unusual people were watching his every move:
“…I was outside and Britney Spears had called me because she wanted me to appear on SNL with her. I was outside having a cigarette, the phone rang…’oh, sure Britney, how you been?’ when I turned away like this, there was a black Ford across the road.”
“…I was outside and Britney Spears had called me because she wanted me to appear on SNL with her. I was outside having a cigarette, the phone rang…’oh, sure Britney, how you been?’ when I turned away like this, there was a black Ford across the road.”
Hours after Mr. Akroyd’s strange encounter he goes on to learn that someone had pulled the plug on his SyFy Channel show. That after being given the green light and having taped and edited several episodes someone changed their mind. Possibly under threat. Possibly not. The only thing we know is that those few episodes never aired and the strange story Mr. Akroyd tells.
Sure, television shows get canceled all the time. Some even get canceled before the first episode even airs. However when your subject matter is full of hard, factual evidence it goes without saying that someone out there will want to silence you. Especially if you begin to prod into incidents like the Rendlesham Forest incident or anything pertaining to the Majestic 12.
Are aliens and agencies working together to silence those who dare speak out? If so, what don’t they want us to know? What are we to make of those credible reports of the fabled Men In Black?
Arkansas witness describes fast moving circular UFO
Arkansas witness describes fast moving circular UFO
An Arkansas witness at Little Rock reported watching an “intense white, spiraling, flat, circular light that moved at incredible speed, according to testimony in Case 78598 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
The witness saw the light while traveling along Lindsey Road approaching the FedEx facility, pictured.
(Credit: Google)
The witness was westbound along Lindsey Road at 1:01 a.m. on August 21, 2016, under cloudy skies when the incident occurred.
“I was at the curve in the road, approaching the FedEx facility when out my driver’s side window I saw an incredibly intense white, spiraling light streaking across the sky at an incredible speed,” the witness stated.“Picture the spiral from Hitchcock’s ‘Vertigo.’ I would say the light reminded me of LED lighting, but much more intense.”
The witness described the light.
“In the slightly dimmer parts within the spiral, I may have picked up some very faint yellow, somewhat ‘pixelated’ lights. The object was at about 45 degrees in the sky, moving from northwest to southeast. It appeared to be slightly ascending, by approximately 5 degrees in the short time I saw it. When people count using ‘1 Mississippi,’ my sighting would have been more like ‘1M,’as it was moving so fast.”
The object was the size of a watermelon at arm’s length. Pictured: Lindsey Road in Little Rock, AR.
(Credit: Google)
The witness estimated the size of the object.
“From my vantage point, it was the size of a typical watermelon. It did not appear to be very high in the sky. I had my radio on, but did not hear the sounds or feel the slight vibrations one feels when a plane flies low overhead. I heard nothing and felt nothing. It appeared to me that this spiraling light was the undercarriage of an object, but all my eyes could detect was the light.”
The observation area is near an airport.
“This road is directly south of Little Rock Airport (Clinton Airport). When I got home, I checked the flight schedules. It did not show the departing flights. The last arriving flight was around two hours before my sighting. This airport doesn’t have much air traffic late at night.”
The object was moving at an incredible speed. Pictured: Lindsey Road in Little Rock, AR. (Credit: Google)
There is also a local air force base.
“I also looked up types of lighting on aircraft, but didn’t see anything similar to what I had seen. Little Rock AFB does do maneuvers at Little Rock Airport runways and in their airspace, but it is a C-130 base. Of course there could be jets from other places from time to time at LRAFB. This object was moving at least as fast as a fighter jet, if not faster. If the object did come from the airport, it seemed to be departing, based on its direction of travel. I have traveled this road for the past eight years and have never seen anything like this. I actually don’t ever see a lot of air traffic even during the day when going to work. I do occasionally see planes at night, but never this late, and they are always easily recognizable as planes. I just would really like to know what I saw.”
No images or videos were included with the MUFON report, which was filed on August 21, 2016. Arkansas MUFON Chief Investigator Jerry Cabiness is investigating. Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.
Een SpaceX's Falcon 9 raket, die dit weekeinde gebruikt zou worden om een satelliet van Facebook te lanceren, is vanmiddag ontploft. Er ontstond een grote explosie op een lanceerplatform op Cape Canaveral in Florida.
Nasa bevestigde meteen dat er op het lanceerplatform een grote explosie is geweest. SpaceX was bezig met een routinetest van de motoren van de onbemande raket. Getuigen zien een enorme vuurbal met zwarte rookwolken tot gevolg. Diverse onderdelen vlogen door de lucht. Gebouwen in de wijde omgeving schudden op hun grondvesten.
Zaterdag zou de Falcon 9 een communicatiesatelliet in een baan om de aarde brengen, een satelliet voor Facebook. Facebook wil in de toekomst internettoegang aanbieden in afgelegen en arme delen van Afrika.
De vernietigde satelliet is de Amos-6, gebouwd door Israël Aerospace Industries, het staatsbedrijf dat zich primair bezighoudt met het ontwikkelen en bouwen van materieel voor de Israëlische Defensie.
De satelliet is vernoemd naar de profeet Amos waarvan volgens een christelijke website de boodschap was:
De boodschap van Amos was en is duidelijk: jullie hebben de narigheid aan jezelf te danken!
Maargoed, Amos zal voorlopig niet boven onze hoofden zweven, omdat ergens misschien iemand, al dan niet buitenaards, het toch niet zo’n goed idee vond.
Of die UFO kwam toevallig langs, dat kan natuurlijk ook.... yeah right!
UFO Shoots Past Distracting Man From Alien In Tree Top, Aug 28, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Shoots Past Distracting Man From Alien In Tree Top, Aug 28, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Aug 28, 2016 Location of sighting: Osceola, Indiana, USA Source: MUFON #78854 The eyewitness caught more than just a UFO. He also caught an alien entity hiding in the tree. There is a yellow-green creature crouched over in the tree top as the UFO shoots past. Its obvious that the UFO was a distraction to keep the mans eyes away from the alien in the tree. Like a magician, trying to get you to focus on his right hand, when the left hand actually is changing items in it. Scott C. Waring www.ufosightingsdaily.com Eyewitness states: Was a lightning storm over our house. Was out in front yard trying to video lightning bolts. Was taking videos in 30 second increments. When watching videos later. Noticed extreamly fast flying object cross screen. Have been having trouble sending the video to people. Seems to be sent at a lower pixel quality. I have posted the video on utube under. UFO. Used my name. Has @130 hits so for.
THE BRITISH ROSWELL Retired cop calls on government to reveal ‘truth’ on infamous Rendlesham Forest UFO incident
THE BRITISH ROSWELL
Retired cop calls on government to reveal ‘truth’ on infamous Rendlesham Forest UFO incident
New evidence from two retired radar operators has led to fresh claims of a cover-up 36 years after the incident
EXCLUSIVE
BY LAUREN FRUEN
A FORMER police detective who probed the 7/7 London terror bombings is aiming to crack Britain’s most famous UFO case.
Gary Heseltine who was heavily involved in major rail disasters including Hatfield and Great Heck, is now investigating the so-called Rendlesham Forest incident.
Brit UFO tapes released
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Former policeman Gary Heseltine is now investigating the so-called Rendlesham Forest incident
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The Rendlesham Forest incident took place in December 1980 and has been dubbed Britain's Roswell
The 56-year-old believes new evidence from two retired radar operators, who claim they tracked a UFO travelling 120 miles in eight seconds, should be taken seriously by the Ministry of Defence.
The MOD closed its 'UFO desk' in 2009 and no longer officially investigates reports.
But Gary, who retired three years ago after 24 years in the force, mainly as a detective constable, is calling on Defence Secretary Michael Fallon to reveal the truth.
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He enlisted his local MP Jason McCartney to ask the defence chief to make a statement after new information came to light from Ike Barker and Jim Carey.
The two radar operators were on duty in the air traffic control centre at RAF Bentwaters, in Suffolk, when an unidentified target was tracked on radar during a spate of bizarre sightings between 26 and 28 December 1980.
On December 26, a small team of security police officers reported seeing a strange triangular shaped craft land in Rendlesham Forest, just outside the base.
Two nights later, the Deputy Base Commander Lt Col Charles Halt and several other USAF personnel observed strange flashing lights moving through the trees.
The military team were shocked when a beam of light hit the ground just a few feet away. And, even more bizarrely, there were reports that beams were being fired into the weapons storage bunkers at the NATO base.
Col Halt went on to write a memo detailing what happened which he sent to the MOD but defence chiefs said the incident was of "no defence significance".
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Despite an MOD investigation the Rendlesham Forest incident remains unexplained (stock image)
Gary (left) with Deputy Base Commander Lt Col Charles Halt who encountered the UFO
Colonel Charles Halt confirming UFO shone a beam at RAF Brentwaters
The UK and US government have always had a policy of neither confirming nor denying that weapons of mass destruction were at the base. If the base did have nukes, it could have contravened UK/US armament treaty obligations of the day.
But Gary claims Col Halt told him "there were more nuclear weapons in the Bentwaters Weapons Storage Area than anywhere else in Europe."
In a response to Gary's MP, the MOD stated it no longer investigated UFO reports adding: “All historic MOD files relating to UFO sightings, including Rendlesham Forest, have either been released, or are in the process of being released to The National Archives.”
The Rendlesham Forest incident: Britain’s most famous UFO sighting
The Rendlesham Forest incident took place in December 1980 over a series of at least two nights. On December 26, 1980, military personnel at the twin bases of RAF Bentwaters and RAF Woodbridge in Suffolk saw a strange light in Rendlesham Forest, which lies between the two bases. Three men were sent out to investigate where two of them encountered a small, triangularshaped craft. One man, Jim Penniston, got close enough to touch the side of the object. He and another of the airmen present, John Burroughs, made sketches of the craft for witness statements Two nights later Deputy Base Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Charles Halt and his team then encountered the UFO. He said later: "Here I am, a senior official who routinely denies this sort of thing and diligently works to debunk them, and I'm involved in the middle of something I can't explain." Despite an MOD investigation the Rendlesham Forest incident remains unexplained.
Gary, who lives in Holmfirth, near Huddersfield, thinks there is still a cover-up 36 years after the incident - dubbed the British Roswell.
He said: “For them it is clear the Rendlesham Forest incident is a closed issue despite whatever new information arises.
“The MOD’s response is a classic case of dismissing any legitimate questions about UFOs and in particular those about the Rendlesham Forest incident.
“How can it not be of defence significance that two radar controllers have come forward publically to say that they observed a UFO over the base, moving at fantastic speeds as well as being seen visually on the base radar?
“How can it be that people have confirmed that a UFO shone a beam down in the weapons storage area nuclear bunkers, that this act is not of acute defence significance? How can it be that the MOD are not interested when it is confirmed that there were ‘more nuclear weapons’ in the Bentwaters WSA than anywhere else in Europe?”
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UFO trail sign at Rendlesham Forest, where new evidence from two retired radar operators has emerged
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A copy of the USAF (United States Air Force) report on the sighting of a UFO near bases at RAF Woodbridge RAF Bentwaters in Suffolk
Mr McCartney, who represents Colne Valley, Yorkshire, said: “All I’ve got to say is I asked the question of the Minister on behalf of my constituent as I do on many issues for those I represent.”
Since 2002, Gary has collected a database of more than 425 UFO cases involving 940 British police officers.
The MOD has been contacted for comment.
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HAARP will open its doors to the public for one day
HAARP will open its doors to the public for one day
Is this the moment when conspiracy theories about HAARP will finally end? The facility which has been recently acquired by the University of Alaska will open its door to the public.
For decades, people around the globe believed that there is a secret facility in Alaska through which the government controls the climate, creating storms, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, and other disasters.
All of this made possible with a remote controlled weapon of mass destruction.
This, however, is considered by many as a conspiracy theory, while many people around the globe believe such facility doest exist and is control of climate change.However, this Saturday anyone who wants to take a look what HAARP is really about can do so without hassle.
While HAARP has been a source for numerous conspiracy theories, it is only because most people find it hard to believe and don’t understand it completely.
“We hope that people will be able to see the actual science of it,” said Sue Mitchell, spokesperson for UAF’s Geophysical Institute, which operates the facility. “We hope to show people that it is not capable of mind control and not capable of weather control and all the other things it’s been accused of.”
There are only three other facilities similar to HAARP around the world.
HAARP which stands for High-Frequency Active Auroral Research Program is currently operated and owned by the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The goal of the ‘open house’ is to prove that the facility isn’t capable of climate control and is not used for warfare as many suggest.
The facility opened in the 1990 and is one of the few centers for high-power and high-frequency study of the ionosphere on the planet.
In order to achieve its goal and study the ionosphere, HAARP utilizes 180 high-frequency antennas which are spread across a staggering 33 acres of land.
During the open house, one of the facilities scientists will be available to the public and will answer all questions about the facility.
According to Sue Mitchell, “Other features include an unmanned aircraft “petting zoo” and various interactive displays about space weather and other subjects, Mitchell said. There will also be an opportunity for visitors to tour UAF permafrost and seismic stations that are not part of HAARP but within walking distance, she said.”
A couple of years ago, the United States Air Force together with the Pentagon completed its last research at HAARP and was about to close the facility for good.
However, members of the state university offered to keep it active and used it in the future.
CONFIRMED: CO-INTEL OPERATIVES LINKED TO THE UFO SUMMER OF '47
CONFIRMED: CO-INTEL OPERATIVES LINKED TO THE UFO SUMMER OF '47
The U.S. Intelligence Personnel Stopped The Public Finding Out About UFOs in 1946 and 1947. In 1946 and 1947 a wave of UFO sightings was reported. The summer of 1947 went on to become known as the "UFO Summer." Analysts and conspiracists have studied the events ever since. The first question is always whether the sightings can be revealed as hoaxes and then the second question if they can't be explained whether the government is involved in the events in any way.
LEAKED MEMO PROVES THE GOVERNMENT IS COVERING UP ALIENS
Most sightings are unexplained, so what did the government do about it and were they involved? One of the analysts of the unexplained events is a writer called James Carrion. In a blog post he has cited declassified documents to demonstrate that an intelligence officer asked the Federal Bureau of Investigation for help investigating flying saucers.
In his blog post, Carrion says the following quote, "This July 21, 1947, FBI memo is extremely important. It unequivocally documents the connection between US strategic deception planners and early UFO events by relating how Colonel Carl Goldbranson petitioned FBI assistance in investigating UFO events. Goldbranson was a WW2 member of Joint Security Control and one of its principal deception planners."
Why would deception be important? A special unit for deception was assembled, titled the Joint Security Control Special Section. Military advantage is one clear reason for deception. Would the government create the unexplained events themselves for their own benefit? It seems clear the government was involved but to what extent and the reason why certainly needs a lot more investigation realistically the truth will never fully come out.
Sections of history like this throw up other questions too. Isn't it funny how UFO sightings peak in the summer? Not just on this occasion but generally over the course of history, they have peaked in summer months. It is well-known lots of so-called UFOs are not real. Maybe the humans behind the fake events only like to come out in the warmer climate! One thing is for sure, for some of the sightings the government is involved, do you have a theory why?
SECRET ARMY OF UFOS IS PLOTTING WAR AGAINST US FROM UNDER THE SEA
SECRET ARMY OF UFOS IS PLOTTING WAR AGAINST US FROM UNDER THE SEA
The UFO phenomena has been a controversial topic and it is being discussed for more than a century now.
The fact remains that unidentified flying objects roam Earth's sky every day and in various shapes and forms. We have a small percentage of disclosure regarding the UFO situation, and beware those that dwell deeper into the rabbit hole because we know (or at least slightly heard about) that some people have suffered the consequences.
Another similar myshttp://www.disclose.tv/terious phenomena that is being studied for a while is not from the air but deep on our World's very oceans The term USO, meaning "unidentified submersible object", is exactly the same as an UFO, but much less noticed my people. Sailors, fishermen, any kind of person that interacts most of the time with the sea, have an easier time finding strange mysterious underwater objects.
There are secret reports from the Soviets and present day Russian Navy that suggest a war has been happening deep in the Ocean for years now.
ANONYMOUS RELEASE NASA DOCUMENTS PROVING SOMETHING UNBELIEVABLE
ANONYMOUS RELEASE NASA DOCUMENTS PROVING SOMETHING UNBELIEVABLE
Members of the AnonSec hacking group have released more than 276GB of data after allegedly spending months inside NASA’s internal network.
The collection of files, provided to Infowars by AnonSec admin Dêfãult Vírüsa prior to being made public Sunday, include 631 videos from aircraft and weather radars, 2,143 flight logs as well as the names, email addresses and phone numbers of 2,414 NASA employees.
A “zine,” or self-published paper detailing the hack, dubbed “OpNasaDrones,” reveals everything from AnonSec’s motives to the specific technical vulnerabilities that enabled the extensive breach.
“NASA has been breached more times than most people can honestly remember… However, this hack into NASA wasn’t initially focused on drones [sic] data and upper atmosphere chemical samples. In fact the original breach into NASA systems wasn’t even planned, it was caught up in a gozi virus spread,”the hackers write, referring to an infamous Trojan that has infected more than 1 million computers to date.
The data reveals information about NASA’s connection to weather modification (CHEMTAILS) research in a log of a DC-8 jetliner.
The Hack
After purchasing an “initial foothold” from a hacker with knowledge of NASA servers over two years ago, the group says it began testing how many machines it could “break into” and “root” – a term referring to an account with complete control over a computer or network.
Brute forcing an administrator’s SSH password, which reportedly only took “0.32” seconds due to the credentials being left as default, AnonSec gained further access inside – allowing them to grab even more login data with a hidden packet sniffer (tcpdump).
The hackers say while some members mapped the network, others analyzed the “different missions, airbases and aircraft” listed by the agency. Public missions like “OIB – Operation Ice Bridge” and drones such as the “Global Hawk“ were among those mentioned.
Deleting records of their presence as they hacked deeper into the agency’s system, AnonSec, who even hacked security cameras and uncovered the schematics to one base’s camera layout, then infiltrated the networks at “Glenn Research Center, Goddard Space Flight Center and Dryden Flight Research Center.”
Once inside, the group says it began noticing numerous systems and networked devices “popping up in scans that were not previously visible…”
After sniffing a password belonging to the system administrator, the hackers say they were eventually able to gain full root access to three network-attached storage (NAS) devices tasked with compiling backups of aircraft flight logs.
“Now we had all 3 NAS devices automatically making copies of the logs as they are uploaded from the drones and renaming them to look like semi ordinary index files,” the group writes, mocking the system administrator responsible for protecting the data ( via anonews.co ).
Hackers Attempt to Crash Drone into Pacific Ocean
As the information began flowing unsuspectingly to an AnonSec-controlled server outside of the NASA network, analysis of the data yielded what the hackers described as “weird traffic.”
SETI Astronomers are investigating an exciting NEW ‘Alien’ Signal
SETI Astronomers are investigating an exciting NEW ‘Alien’ Signal
A fascinating ‘strong radio signal’ originating from a Star much like our sun has astronomers baffled who are checking whether or not this signal is evidence of an advanced extraterrestrial civilization nestled in the Constellation Hercules.
A Russian Observatory intercepted a mysterious signal; Its origin is unknown.
The newly found signal –which originated from a distant sun-like star— has SETI researchers excited.
Even though the enigmatic signal discovered by scientists at Russia’s RATAN-600 radio telescope — located in Zelenchukskaya, southern Russia— was intercepted in May of 2015, for an unknown reason the discovery was not made public until recently. Interestingly, according to SETI’s leading astronomer Seth Shostak is extremely interesting.
During an interview with GeekWire, Shostak explained that the ideal scenario when intercepting such a signal would be for another independent telescope to confirm the discovery.
The Search For Extra Terrestrial Intelligence is gathering its ‘troops’ who will investigate the enigmatic star known as HD 164595 in the constellation Hercules with the Boquete Optical SETI Observatory in Panama.
While extraterrestrial intelligence cannot be excluded at the moment, another more plausible scenario is that the signal is the result of ‘microlensing’ a phenomenon that occurs when a star’s gravity focuses singles that originated elsewhere.
However, if it is Aliens –which we still don’t know— then we could be looking at an extremely advanced alien civilization, one that cannot be compared to ours, at least not technologically speaking.
According to Paul Gilster who reported the discovered on Centauri Dreams:
Paul Gilster, who reported the find on Centauri Dreams, says, “Working out the strength of the signal, the researchers say that if it came from an isotropic beacon, it would be a power possible only for a Kardashev Type II civilization. If it were a narrow beam signal focused on our Solar System, it would be a power available to a Kardashev Type I civilization.”
While many people want the signal to be of extraterrestrial origin, Shostak warns we must remain cautious, not jumping to conclusions.
“The signal may be real, but I suspect it’s not ET,” he told GeekWire.
According to newsweek.com, the International Academy of Astronautics’s SETI Permanent Committee will discuss the research at a meeting scheduled for September 27, during the 67th International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Speaking to Ars Technica, Nick Suntzeff, a Texas A&M University astronomer says: “God knows who or what broadcasts at 11 GHz, and it would not be out of the question that some sort of bursting communication is done between ground stations and satellites,” he told Ars Technica, explaining that the signal was observed in the radio spectrum used by the military. “I would follow it if I were the astronomers, but I would also not hype the fact that it may be at SETI signal given the significant chance it could be something military.”
All of the above means that while the signal is of extreme interest to astronomers, it is very likely –as always— that there is a far more ‘terrestrial’ explanation than extraterrestrial as many are hoping.
Afgelopen week kondigden wetenschappers de ontdekking aan van Proxima b, een exoplaneet die op vier lichtjaar rond Proxima Centauri draait. Vrijwel meteen werd er gediscussieerd over de vraag of er leven mogelijk is, meldt het Amerikaanse techblog CNET.
Tientallen jaren geleden werd al geclaimd dat aliens van een planeet in het Proxima Centauri-stelsel de aarde hadden bezocht. Deze aliens, genaamd Cenos, zouden 2,6 meter lang zijn en vijf keer sterker dan mensen. Ze bezochten een aantal oude beschavingen op aarde en werden voor het laatst gezien in Taiwan:
Vanaf 1957 hadden psychologen uit Californië zeven jaar lang contact met een vriendelijke alien uit de buurt van Alpha Centauri. Het wezen was ‘liefdevol en kinderlijk en beschikte over een enorm koepelvormig lichaam met acht handen’, schrijft Susy Smith in ESP and Hypnosis.
Dolfijnen
Het wezen, dat om die reden ‘Handen’ werd genoemd, was al die jaren geleden niet fysiek aanwezig, maar communiceerde via een jonge vrouw onder hypnose. In 1976 publiceerden onderzoekers Lee Gladden en Peggy Williams een boek over hun onderzoek en de vele gesprekken met Handen.
Handen onthulde dat hij in contact stond met een handvol andere intelligente soorten, waaronder mensen, dolfijnen en de Cenos van een planeet rond Proxima Centauri. Volgens natuurkundige dr. Barry Warmkessel was de alien die enkele jaren terug in Taiwan werd gespot ‘mogelijk een Cenos’.
Geen meningsverschillen
Hij heeft een theorie ontwikkeld die hij Astro-Metrics noemt en die gaat over telepathische wezens die door de ruimte reizen. “Was een alien uit het Alpha Centauri-stelsel al die jaren terug betrokken bij de hypnosesessies?” vraagt CNET zich af. We weten nu dat er een potentieel bewoonbare planeet rond Proxima Centauri draait, waar volgens Handen de Cenos vandaan komen.
Handen vertelde de Amerikaanse psychologen dat de Cenos grijze pakken en helmen dragen en dat de vrouwen tot wel 20 kinderen kunnen krijgen. Ze kennen geen ziektes en worden tot 120 jaar oud. Ze bezochten de aarde in de Tweede Wereldoorlog en hebben geholpen bij de bouw van de Sphinx, de Maya-piramides en andere bouwwerken.
Volgens dr. Warmkessel wordt hun kennis opgeslagen in ‘persoonlijke geheugenmodules’ die voor iedereen beschikbaar zijn. Daardoor functioneren ze als ‘supergroep’, worden besluiten genomen door een groepsbewustzijn en zijn er geen meningsverschillen, aldus de fysicus.
VIDEO: Mysterieus ronddraaiend eiland ontdekt in Argentijns moeras
VIDEO: Mysterieus ronddraaiend eiland ontdekt in Argentijns moeras
In een moeras in de buurt van de Argentijnse hoofdstad Buenos Aires is een mysterieus ronddraaiend eiland ontdekt. Het eiland, dat ook wel ‘het oog’ wordt genoemd, bevindt zich in een gat met een doorsnee van 120 meter.
Het raadselachtige eilandje is gelegen in een aftakking van de rivier de Paraná. Je kunt het zelf bekijken door in Google Earth de volgende coördinaten in het zoekscherm te plakken: 34°15’07.8″S, 58°49’47.4″W.
Het water rond het eiland is helder en koud, in tegenstelling tot het omliggende moeras. Filmmakers die het eiland ontdekten zijn een crowdfundingcampagne gestart om een wetenschappelijke expeditie te organiseren naar de plek met als doel de mysteries rond het eiland te ontrafelen.
Paranormale activiteit
Het eiland werd ontdekt tijdens het filmen van een horrorfilm in het gebied. De film zou gebaseerd zijn op waargebeurde verhalen over UFO’s, mysterieuze lichten, buitenaardsen, geesten en andere vormen van paranormale activiteit.
De verhalen speelden zich af in een gebied ten zuiden van de Paraná. Op één van de plekken stuitte het team op het ronddraaiende eiland. “We noemen het eiland ‘het oog’,” zei de Argentijnse filmmaker Sergio Neuspiller.
Moeilijk geloven
Aangezien het eiland bijna perfect cirkelvormig is kan hij maar moeilijk geloven dat het om een natuurlijke formatie gaat. Het kostte het team acht uur om het eiland te voet te bereiken.
“Het is een extreem vreemde plek,” zei Neuspiller. “We zagen dat het water ongelooflijk helder en koud is, iets wat erg ongewoon is in het gebied. De bodem is hard, in tegenstelling tot het omliggende moeras.”
Pablo Suarez van de Universiteit van Boston spreekt in de video van een buitengewoon intrigerende vondst. Hij hoopt dat het mogelijk is om het eiland vanuit de lucht te monitoren en instrumenten op het eiland te plaatsen.
NASA-astrofysicus: “Het aantal bewoonbare planeten is groter dan het aantal mensen op aarde”
NASA-astrofysicus: “Het aantal bewoonbare planeten is groter dan het aantal mensen op aarde”
Al jaren zijn wetenschappers op zoek naar een planeet die net als de aarde leven kan herbergen. Mission Centaur, een nieuw project, richt zich op het Alpha Centauri-stelsel. Volgend jaar hopen de onderzoekers achter deze ruimtemissie hun eigen telescoop te lanceren.
“We zijn super enthousiast over het nieuws rond Proxima b,” zei Brett Marty van Mission Centaur. Samen met en aantal andere wetenschappers maakte hij de documentaire The Search for Earth Proxima.
Sciencefiction
“Als je op het zuidelijk halfrond woont is Alpha Centauri één van de helderste sterren aan de hemel,” aldus Marty. “Maar als je op het noordelijk halfrond leeft, zul je hem nooit zien.”
Voor de film interviewde Marty een aantal onderzoekers, waaronder NASA-astrofysicus Ruslan Belikov. “Twintig jaar geleden werden exoplaneten bestempeld als sciencefiction,” legt Belikov uit in de documentaire. “Nu is het één van de populairste onderzoeksvelden binnen de astronomie.”
Eén op de twee
“Rond één op de twee sterren draait een potentieel bewoonbare planeet,” vervolgt Belikov. “Het aantal potentieel bewoonbare planeten in ons sterrenstelsel is groter dan het aantal mensen op aarde, en het heelal bevat een slordige 100 miljard sterrenstelsels.”
Er is op dit moment echter nog weinig bekend over Proxima b. “De planeet is indirect gedetecteerd en met de huidige technologie kunnen we er weinig over te weten komen,” legde Marty uit.
UFOs near astronauts during Olympic Torch show, on space station, Sept 1, 2016. UFO Sightings Daily.
UFOs near astronauts during Olympic Torch show, on space station, Sept 1, 2016. UFO Sightings Daily.
Date of sighting: Sept 1, 2016 Location of sighting: Earths orbit at space station LOL, when the Russian astronaut sees the two-three UFOs fly in front of him as he holds the GoPro camera, he totally loses it and fumbles to the right trying to pull away from the UFOs and keep his balance. Also, notice the two brighter UFOs get frightened by his sudden movement and they both make a 135 degree sharp turn, and head downward. Kinda cool, and impossible for a floating piece of debris to preform, but easy for a living creature or alien drone to do.
See the Olympic torch in the photo below.
This was a live broadcast on Youtube and lasted for about 25-30 minutes, the was placed on an eternal loop. I quickly spotted many white entities moving about. I say entities, not UFOs because they looked small, drone size, but others were tiny...bee size and a few zigzagged which should be impossible in space for a non living or non controlled object. Thus, they were evidence of life. There are only two small clips of these white UFOs in this video below, then the last 6-7 minutes is dedicated to the the Russians display of the Olympic Tourch, which kinda looks like a Klingon bat'leth. Oh...Youtube lets you do full screen and up the clarity to HD 750 or higher, also put it in slow mode...this way you see those little white buggers. Scott C. Waring www.ufosightingsdaily.com
BENZINEPOMPBEDIENDEN JAGEN BUITENAARDS WEZEN WEG ( VIDEO )
BENZINEPOMPBEDIENDEN JAGEN BUITENAARDS WEZEN WEG ( VIDEO )
In ons land is het bij zo goed als alle benzinepompen tegenwoordig gebruikelijk dat je zelf je tankt vult met brandstof.
In landen als Peru is dat niet zo en wachten pompbedienden geduldig tot de volgende klant komt tanken, maar dan opeens….
Het mooie van beelden van beveiligingscamera’s is dat je bijna zeker weet dat er niet mee is geknoeid.
Deze camera’s registreren eenvoudigweg wat er gebeurt en soms is dat heel spannend.
Op een avond of nacht staan er onlangs enkele pompbedienden geduldig te wachten bij een benzinestation ergens in Peru rond drie uur in de ochtend op 22 augustus 2016.
Er zijn in totaal 10 personeelsleden aanwezig, waaronder bewapende beveiligingsbeambten, wanneer een paar bedienden plotseling een vreemd iets waarnemen.
Niemand weet wat voor wezen dit is. Aangezien het een nog nooit eerder gezien schepsel betreft, krijgt het al snel de naam alien.
Het is niet groot, ongeveer één meter hoog. Het heeft zo te zien meer dan twee benen, maar ook verschillende lichten, het loopt, maar kan ook zweven.
En zo kwam het op een gegeven moment richting benzinepomp zweven. Dan probeert het personeel het wezen weg te jagen, wat in eerste instantie lijkt te lukken.
Volgens ooggetuigen wordt het dan geramd door een vrachtwagen, maar die gaat er als het ware dwars doorheen.
Het laat zich ook niet echt wegjagen, maar blijft op veilige afstand de zaak verder observeren.
Dus, de vraag is dan ook: Waar hebben we hier mee te maken?
Gas Station Attendants In Peru Chase Alien Away On Security Cam, Aug 22, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Gas Station Attendants In Peru Chase Alien Away On Security Cam, Aug 22, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Aug 22, 2016
Location of sighting: Peru
This alien entity was both walking and floating over the ground near a gas station in Peru. We can see that the alien was near some bushes watching what the people were doing, and then it moves away, only to be chased by a few of the gas station workers...who wondered what the hell it was? The entity tries to keep a safe distance, but also continues to watch them...clearly not in much of a hurry to get away.
Security camera no. 4 Extraordinary video recorded on Monday August 22 at 3:30 a.m. hours by a group of night workers in Peru. According to preliminary data, and according to the testimony of the witnesses, a strange creature or robot less than a meter high, with several legs, a sort of upper dome, different lights, walking and "floated" to a group faced 10 workers, among which there were armed security personnel. Then in anticipation of workers the company went away, and crossed the road apparently being "rammed" by a huge cargo truck, which practically "crossed" inexplicably. Research is in charge of Dr. Anthony Choy, national coordinator of the Peruvian Association of Ufology - APU. Email: ovniperu333@yahoo.com We have the following personal accounts of Anthony Choy
Living on the Red Planet: NASA Astronauts Emerge From Year-Long Mars Simulation
Living on the Red Planet: NASA Astronauts Emerge From Year-Long Mars Simulation
Sian Proctor/NASA HI-SEAS
IN BRIEF
The longest-running NASA experiment (HI-SEAS) of its kind designed to simulate living conditions on Mars has come to an end, with six volunteers emerging from a year-long stay in a dome in Mauna Loa, Hawaii.
LIVING UNDER NO SIMPLE CIRCUMSTANCES
For an entire year, the Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) six-person crew, had to live under a small, (366) square-meter (1,200 square-foot), two-story, dome, located on the barren slopes of Mauna Loa, to simulate Mars’ natural environment—with its rocky and sparse terrain sharing a huge similarity to the Red Planet.
Funded by NASA, this experiment tested how a group of strangers would cope with the extreme, and long-term isolation that astronauts would undoubtedly endure during an actual, and real-life Mars mission—having several restrictions such as only being able to leave if they have a spacesuit on; and only being able to eat either canned or powdered food. The team consisted of a French astro-biologist, a German physicist and four Americans – a pilot, an architect, a journalist and a soil scientist.
During the experiment, the crew had to almost entirely be self-sufficient, having only a limited supply of food and other necessities at their disposal. Moreover, even online communication was subjected to a 20-minute delay to mimic the present limitations of the Mars-to-Earth communication.
FUTURE OF HI-SEAS
Fortunately, despite the challenging conditions of the experiment, the test showed the team can maintain performance, resource gathering, and social graces while spending long periods in the relative isolation necessary for a Mars mission—whether it’s a temporary stay or a full-fledged colony, according to Engadget.
While a success, this mission doesn’t mark the end for HI-SEAS. NASA has offered grants that will keep the experiment going through 2019. In fact, the researchers have already started planning the next Mars simulations—with the recruitment of 2017’s and 2018’s mission participants already underway.
“I can give you my personal impression which is that a mission to Mars in the close future is realistic,” Cyprien Verseux, a crew member from France, told journalists. “I think the technological and psychological obstacles can be overcome.”
New Kid on the Block: “Extreme” Objects Found May Lead to Proof of Planet Nine
New Kid on the Block: “Extreme” Objects Found May Lead to Proof of Planet Nine
Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC)
IN BRIEF
Two years after proposing the existence of Planet Nine, Chadwick Trujillo and Scott Sheppard have published more evidence that the planet exists. They found more objects beyond Neptune that seemed to be influenced by something else—their orbits are consistent with previous evidence of Planet Nine's trail.
THE TRAIL GOES ON
Throughout the year, evidence of a ninth rogue planet, imaginatively dubbed, Planet Nine, has been increasing. Astronomers have been following a trail of clues that would potentially lead to pinpointing its location in hopes of proving its existence.
Carnegie Institute astronomers Chadwick Trujillo and Scott Sheppard were the first to propose the existence of a ninth planet in 2014 based on “extreme KBOs (Kuiper Belt Objects)” that did not seem to be influenced by Neptune, unlike normal KBOs. Instead, these “trans-Neptunian objects” seem to be uniformly gravitating towards something else: “[the gravitational behavior] suggested that something—an unknown giant planet—is shepherding them into similar orbits,”Sheppard said.
And now, the same astronomers that led a worldwide hunt for the elusive Planet Nine are adding more to the mounting evidence. They published their latest discoveries demonstrating more objects with orbital characteristics consistent with those believed to have been herded by Planet Nine.
The evidence so far. Image by Robin Dienel.
NOT ENOUGH, BUT EXCITING NONETHELESS
Sheppard says more evidence is still needed to understand the structure of the Outer Solar System: “Right now we are dealing with very low-number statistics, so we don’t really understand what is happening in the outer Solar System,” he said. “Greater numbers of extreme trans-Neptunian objects must be found to fully determine the structure of our outer Solar System.”
He adds that the quest for Planet Nine is comparable to the older eras of planet discoveries, when we used to only know a few: “we are now in a similar situation as in the mid-19th century when Alexis Bouvard noticed Uranus’ orbital motion was peculiar, which eventually led to the discovery of Neptune.”
As astronomers continuously find and follow the hypothetical Planet Nine’s trail we hope to eventually be able to corner it. At that distance from the Sun, it wouldn’t be moving fast but with such a vast sky to search, it is an absolute challenge…but fortunately an entertaining one: “It’s exciting to go through,” Sheppard says. “Every image—you never know what you’re going to get. It could be the image with the super-Earth in it.”
'Stranger Things': How Realistic Are Parallel Worlds?
'Stranger Things': How Realistic Are Parallel Worlds?
By Tia Ghose, Senior Writer
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WARNING: This article contains spoilers for the Netflix original series "Stranger Things."
The hit new series "Stranger Things" is more than just the 1980s throwback we've all been waiting for. The show centers on a group of kids who are trying to solve a string of mysterious disappearances in their small town, but they soon realize that not all is as it seems. In fact, the kids soon realize that the spooky occurrences may actually be stemming from interactions with an alternate world.
While a sinister parallel universe like the one on the show "Stranger Things" may not be hovering over our own, the basic idea of an alternate world echoes concepts of multiverses that theoretical physicists have proposed for decades, experts say. [Top 5 Reasons We May Live in a Multiverse]
The idea of two parallel worlds that are slightly different, and can even interact, has been a mainstay of physics theories that have sought to explain quantum mechanics, gravity and other unexplained aspects of the natural world, researchers say.
That's not to say that there are definitely alternate worlds teeming with monsters, but the basic premise "is not necessarily in conflict with the laws of physics," said Brian Greene, a theoretical physicist and author at Columbia University in New York City.
However, most people should be skeptical of multiverse theories because there is no evidence supporting their existence, Greene added.
Stranger than fiction
On "Stranger Things," the inhabitants of Hawkins, Indiana, live in uncomfortable proximity to a universe called the Upside Down, which is filled with death, decay and mysterious slimy green moss. A monster infiltrates the bucolic small town from a similar, barren version of the world, and Hawkins residents can travel to the alternate universe through a tree stump or communicate between the two worlds by flicking lights on and off in a house. Also, there are psychic powers, Soviet spies and lots of '80s nostalgia.
Though the show is pure, shiver-inducing fiction, its conception of parallel worlds does seem to have taken at least one page from a legitimate physics theory: Hugh Everett's "many-worlds" interpretation of quantum mechanics. In fact, in one episode, the teacher, Mr. Clarke, even references Everett's mind-bending theory.
Everett, who was a physicist in the 1950s and 1960s, proposed that whenever someone "measures" something in the universe – for instance, if you look at your shoes and notice whether or not a speck of dirt is on them – two separate realities branch out from there. [The 9 Biggest Unsolved Mysteries in Physics]
"The universe winds up branching into many copies of itself," said Bill Poirier, a physicist and quantum chemist at Texas Tech University in Lubbock.
However, unlike our world and the Upside Down on "Stranger Things," these branched-out pathways can never interact, Poirier said.
"No amount of light-flicking is going to overcome that," Poirier told Live Science.
Many interacting worlds
In recent years, Poirier has proposed a variant of this theory, called themany interacting worlds theory, which he described in a paper that was published in 2014 in the journal Physical Review X. The big difference is that these worlds "talk" to each other, in a sense.
Unlike Everett's conception, there are no branching universes. So, a person could conceivably have an evil "twin" in an alternate universe but an individual would not split into two. And while the worlds would interact, the stark differences between the bleak and sinister Upside Down and the humdrum reality of Hawkins, Indiana, would mean, in Poirier's theory, that people in one world could never travel to the other.
To understand why, picture this: a series of alternate worlds are stacked like pancakes, with more similar universes closer together in the pancake stack, while those with dramatic differences are farther apart. Any difference big enough to be seen with the naked eye would mean the universes would be so vastly distant from one another that they could never travel between the two, Poirier said.
"A few objects moved a tiny bit, on the nanoscale, from each other: Those are the worlds that can actually talk to each other and interact," Poirier said.
Braneworlds, Swiss cheese and cosmic loaves
The field of theoretical physics has produced almost as many parallel-world theories as there are branching universes in Everett's many-worlds theory itself.
All, however, suffer from one fatal flaw: At this point in time, no one has found any evidence they exist, Greene said.
"I'm hugely skeptical of all multiverse proposals, as should be everyone else on planet Earth," Greene told Live Science. "Having said that, I think the idea is tremendously exciting."
For instance, some theories emerge naturally from known physics, Greene said. For instance, the generalized mathematics behind the Big Bang, a period of massive inflation 13.8 billion years ago that created the universe, could be used to produce not just one, but many Big Bangs. [Big Bang to Civilization: 10 Amazing Origin Events]
"Many Big Bangs means many distinct universes," Greene said.
Like a block of Swiss cheese, in which each hole represents a separate universe, "they're all embedded within a grander, cosmic expanse," Greene said.
On occasion, these universes could collide, producing a cosmic imprint in the microwave background radiation we detect in our own universe, Greene said.
Another theory, which emerges from some interpretations of string theory, is that of so-called braneworld models in which "our universe is likened to a slice of bread in a giant cosmic loaf," Greene said.
Other slices of bread would be akin to other universes right next to ours in another dimension.
If in fact we live in such a multiverse, traces of these hidden worlds could show up at the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest particle accelerator, located near Geneva in Switzerland. At this underground facility, proton collisions could produce debris that is ejected from our universe and into another, Greene said.
Not a Drill: SETI Is Investigating a Possible Extraterrestrial Signal From Deep Space
Not a Drill: SETI Is Investigating a Possible Extraterrestrial Signal From Deep Space
Jodie Foster as a SETI scientist in the film Contact, based on Carl Sagan’s book about E.T. communication.
(Image: Warner Bros)
An international team of scientists from the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) is investigating mysterious signal spikes emitting from a 6.3-billion-year-old star in the constellation Hercules—95 light years away from Earth. The implications are extraordinary and point to the possibility of a civilization far more advanced than our own.
The unusual signal was originally detected on May 15, 2015, by the Russian Academy of Science-operated RATAN-600 radio telescope in Zelenchukskaya, Russia, but was kept secret from the international community. Interstellar space reporter Paul Gilster broke the story after the researchers quietly circulated a paper announcing the detection of “a strong signal in the direction of HD164595.”
The mysterious star’s designation is HD164595, and it’s considered to be sun-like in nature with a nearly identical metallic composition to our own star. So far, a single Neptune-like (but warmer) planet has been discovered in its orbit—HD 164595 b. But as Gilster explained, “There could, of course, be other planets still undetected in this system.”
Decorated Italian SETI researcher and mathematician Claudio Maccone along with Russia’s Nikolai Bursov of the Special Astrophysical Observatory are the principal scientists working on the apparent discovery. They claim that “permanent monitoring of this target is needed.”
The RATAN-600 Radio Telescope in Russia. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
“The signal conceivably fits the profile for an intentional transmission from an extraterrestrial source,” said Alan Boyle, author of The Case for Pluto who reported the story for Geekwire.“In any case, the blip is interesting enough to merit discussion by those who specialize in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.”
The signal’s strength indicates that if it in fact came from a isotropic beacon, the power source would have to be built by a Kardashev Type II civilization. (The Kardashev scale is used to determine the progress of a civilization’s technological development by measuring how much energy was used to transmit an interstellar message.) An ‘Isotropic’ beacon means a communication source emitting a signal with equal power in all directions while promoting signal strength throughout travel.
In his acclaimed work “Transmission of Information by Extraterrestrial Civilizations,” Soviet astronomer Nikolai Kardashev explained that a Type II civilization would be able to harness the energy of their entire host star. The most common hypothetical example of this would be a Dyson Sphere—which is a massive artificial structure that could completely encapsulate a star and transfer the energy to a nearby planet.
A cut-away diagram of an idealized Dyson shell, a variant on Dyson’s original concept.(Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
Basically, if the signal was beamed out into the galaxy without aim or direction, that would require an enormous amount of power to actually be detected. But what if the signal was beamed specifically at our solar system? Well, that would require less energy and could indicate the presence of a Kardashev Type I civilization—meaning that it could be a highly technological, contemporary society that harnesses the solar energy emitted by its local star, much like our planet does with solar panels. This particular civilization’s social structure is theorized to be completely globalized and interconnected.
“The signal is provocative enough that the RATAN-600 researchers are calling for permanent monitoring of this target,” said Gilster. And that’s exactly what is transpiring. As of last night, the SETI institute is diverting its Allen Telescope Array in northern California to investigate while their counterparts at METI International (Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence) will use Panama’s Boquete Optical Observatory.
The detection of the mysterious signal and the ensuing investigations will be discussed at the IAA SETI Permanent Committee during the 67th International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico, on September 27—the same day and location where Elon Musk will reveal his plans to colonize Mars. The Observer will be following up on both these stories from the Congress.
CARL SAGAN’S CLOSE COLLEAGUE BLOWS THE LID ON SAGAN’S INVOLVEMENT IN THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL COVER-UP
CARL SAGAN’S CLOSE COLLEAGUE BLOWS THE LID ON SAGAN’S INVOLVEMENT IN THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL COVER-UP
It is a common occurrence for ‘UFO’s to be tracked on military radar, and more and more people are starting to believe that these objects are of extraterrestrial origin. One reason for this is the disclosure of evidence supporting such a hypothesis in recent years. If you really want to go in depth and read some proper studies on this topic, you can check out Richard Dolan’s books. They are a great place to start, he is a brilliant academic and one of the world’s leading researchers on the topic of UFOs.
Sagan’s Close Colleague
Apart from the congressional hearings on this subject, and the fairly recent citizens hearing that took place, along with the release of official documentation, there has been a surge in people believing that ETs are real because of the work of scholars like Dr. Brian O’Leary.
Brian was a close colleague of Carl Sagan, who recruited him to teach at Cornell University in the late 1960’s, where he researched and lectured in the department of astronomy and physics. After Cornell, he taught physics, astronomy, and science policy assessment at various academic institutions, including the University of California Berkeley, Hampshire College, and finally at Princeton University from 1976 to 1981. After this he went on to Washington, where he would become an advisor to various political leaders, presidential candidates, and the United States Congress.
Before all of this, Dr. O’Leary was a NASA astronaut and a member of the sixth group of astronauts selected by NASA in August of 1967. One year after that, as mentioned above, Sagan recruited him to teach at Cornell. O’Leary was also a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, as well as secretary of the American Geophysical Union’s Planetology Section. Furthermore, he was the team leader of the Asteroidal Resources Group for NASA’s Ames Summer Study on Space Settlements. He was a founding board member of the International Association for New Science as well as founding president of the New Energy Movement.
“Carl Sagan called me from Cornell and asked me to join the faculty. I accepted the offer and spent many years at Cornell in the astronomy department, planetary science department. And I became very creative in research then, but still within the bounds of western science, but in the planetary exploration program. That was for a period of about a decade.” (source)(source)
As you can see, his resume is more than extensive, and O’Leary is just one out of hundreds of people with this type of distinguished background to blow the lid on the extraterrestrial phenomenon. I use his video below in a lot of my extraterrestrial/UFO related articles, and I apologize to our regular readers, but I feel it’s always useful to share with readers who have yet to come across it. The clip is taken from the Thrivedocumentary which, if you haven’t seen yet, I highly recommend.
You can read his entire biography — though I’ll warn you it is quite large — HERE. Above I’ve provided only the highlights of his impressive career.
Brian passed away shortly after this video was taken. Apparently it happened shortly after having a heart attack and a diagnosis of intestinal cancer.
What He Said Carl Sagan Did
He had some interesting things to say during a live interview with Kerry Cassidy of Project Camelot (view full live interview here, read transcript of video here). O’Leary and Sagan were close for a number of years, but had a little bit of a falling out when O’Leary decided to leave Cornell. In the interview, he remarked:
It was… One very cold snowy day in May, I landed in Syracuse, and there was a horizontal blizzard — in May — and I said: That’s it for upstate New York. And Carl thought that was very frivolous. Because, of course, he was kind of an empire-builder kind of guy; and he also had a huge ego.
After he left, O’Leary started to examine some of Carl’s work. He said that the famous “Face” in Cydonia on Mars — photographed by Viking in 1975, this enormous formation (about a mile across) resembled a human face and created a major buzz at the time — was tampered with by Sagan before being released to the public:
It was very, very disappointing to me, because not only was Carl wrong, he also fudged data. He published a picture of the “Face” in Parade Magazine, a popular article, saying that the “Face” was just a natural formation, but he doctored the picture to make it not look like a face.
At this time, Sagan and O’Leary were arguably the world’s two leading experts on Mars, and they entered into many disagreements over that face. This rift was made clear in O’Leary’s publication in 1998, “Carl Sagan & I: On Opposite Sides of Mars.” It can be found in The Case for the Face: Scientists Examine the Evidence for Alien Artifacts on Mars, eds. Stanley V. McDaniel and Monica Rix Paxson. Kempton, IL: Adventures Unlimited Press.
I began to realize, just directly from the scientific point of view, not only hearsay, that this man was colluding with NASA, that there might be more to this than before. . . . Carl was on a committee with a number of notable people. There was a report issued by the Brookings Institution in 1961 — and that’s about when I knew Carl, during those years; the ’60s mostly was when I worked closely with him — that he and this other group said: Well, if any ETs ever showed up on the Earth, it has to be covered up. That’s the only way we’re going to be able to manage this, because if we can’t, then it would be too much of a culture shock.
Quite a shocking statement from someone of Brian’s stature, isn’t it? In the interview, he goes on to say that Carl and his colleagues recommended that the governments cover up the UFO phenomenon, and that he believes this provided justification for the ongoing cover-up
It’s important to note that this does not make Sagan a ‘bad guy.’ He was clearly the opposite of that, and his love for science and educating humanity was quite clear. If he was in favour of covering this up, if he did know about it, there is a very good chance it was done for what they perceived to be, good reasons. Sure, there might be some corporate reasons, and some other not so pleasant reasons the cover-up remains today, but it’s plausible to assume that in the beginning, perhaps there was no I’ll intent.
“Behind the scenes, high ranking Air Force officers are soberly concerned about UFOs. But through official secrecy and ridicule, many citizens are led to believe the unknown flying objects are nonsense.” Former head of CIA, Roscoe Hillenkoetter, 1960 (source)
Interesting Quotes About The UFO Phenomenon (A Few Out Of Many)
***Please keep in mind, the documentation regarding this phenomenon can be found from links that were mentioned in the very first paragraph of this article
” Everything is in a process of investigation both in the United States and in Spain, as well as the rest of the world. The nations of the world are currently working together in the investigation of the UFO phenomenon. There is an international exchange of data.” – General Carlos Castro Cavero (1979). From “UFOs and the National Security State, Volume 2,″ written by Richard Dolan.
“There is a serious possibility that we are being visited and have been visited for many years by people from outer space, by other civilizations. Who they are, where they are from, and what they want should be the subject of rigorous scientific investigation and not be the subject of ‘rubishing’ by tabloid newspapers.” (source) – Lord Admiral Hill-Norton, Former Chief of Defence Staff, 5 Star Admiral of the Royal Navy, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee
“There is another way whether it’s wormholes or warping space, there’s got to be a way to generate energy so that you can pull it out of the vacuum, and the fact that they’re here shows us that they found a way.” (source) – Jack Kasher, Ph.D, Professor Emeritus of physics, University of Nebraska.
“This thing has gotten so highly-classified… it is just impossible to get anything on it. I have no idea who controls the flow of need-to-know because, frankly, I was told in such an emphatic way that it was none of my business that I’ve never tried to make it to be my business since. I have been interested in this subject for a long time and I do know that whatever the Air Force has on the subject is going to remain highly classified.” – Senator Barry Goldwater, Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee (source)
Yes, it’s both. It’s both literally, physically happening to a degree; and it’s also some kind of psychological, spiritual experience occurring and originating perhaps in another dimension. And so the phenomenon stretches us, or it asks us to stretch to open to realities that are not simply the literal physical world, but to extend to the possibility that there are other unseen realities from which our consciousness, our, if you will, learning processes over the past several hundred years have closed us off.” – John Mack,Dr. John E. Mack, a Harvard University psychologist and Pulitzer prize winner (source)
“There is a serious possibility that we are being visited and have been visited for many years by people from outer space, from other civilizations. . . . [and] it behooves us, in case some of these people in the future or now should turn hostile, to find out who they are, where they come from, and what they want. This should be the subject of rigorous scientific investigation and not the subject of ‘rubbishing’ by tabloid newspapers.” — Lord Admiral Hill-Norton, Former Chief of Defence Staff, 5 Star Admiral of the Royal Navy, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee (source)
“An extraterrestrial influence is investigating our planet. Something is monitoring the planet and they are monitoring it very cautiously.” — 2008 Presidential Candidate Mike Gravel (source)(source)
“Some of what people report as UFOs are extraterrestrial (ET) vehicles. Some of those extraterrestrial vehicles actually have ET crews, and some of those ET crews catch and release humans.” — Dr. Don Donderi, a retired McGill University Professor of 40 years in the Department of Psychology(source)
“Intelligent beings from other star systems have been and are visiting our planet Earth. They are variously referred to as Visitors, Others, Star People, Et’s, etc…They are visiting Earth now; this is not a matter of conjecture or wistful thinking. – Theodor C. Loder III, Phd, Professor Emeritus of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire (source)
“Decades ago, visitors from other plants warned us about where we were headed and offered to help. But instead, we, or at least some of us, interpreted their visits as a threat, and decided to shoot first and ask questions after.” – Paul Hellyer, Former Canadian Defense Minister (source)
My people tell of Star People who came to us many generations ago. The Star people brought spiritual teachings and stories and maps of the cosmos and they offered these freely. They were kind, loving, and set a great example. When they left us, my people say there was a loneliness like no other.” – Richard Wagamese, Ojibway Author (source)
I’m skeptical about many things, including the notion that government always knows best, and that the people can’t be trusted with the truth. The time to pull the curtain back on this subject is long overdue. We have statements from the most credible sources – those in a position to know – about a fascinating phenomenon, the nature of which is yet to be determined. John Podesta, for example — former White House Chief of Staff for Bill Clinton, Barack Obama’s right hand man (councillor), and the current head of Hilary Clinton’s presidential campaign,Taken from Leslie Kean’s 2010 New York Times bestseller, UFOs: Generals, Pilots, And Government Officials Go On The Record, in which Podesta wrote the forward
“Yes there have been crashed craft, and bodies recovered… We are not alone in the universe, they have been coming here for a long time…I happen to be privileged enough to be in on the fact that we have been visited on this planet, and the UFO phenomenon is real.” – Doctor Edgar Mitchell, 6th man to walk on the moon(source) (source)(source)
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Scientists Believe Humans Will One Day Colonize the Universe
Scientists Believe Humans Will One Day Colonize the Universe
Hubble Deep Field image showing myriad galaxies dating back to the beginning of time. Image by Robert Williams and the Hubble Deep Field Team (STScI) and NASA.
A new study from the University of Oxford looks at the possibility of human colonization throughout the universe.
Scientists as eminent as Stephen Hawking and Carl Sagan have long believed that humans will one day colonize the universe. But how easy would it be, why would we want to, and why haven’t we seen any evidence of other life forms making their own bids for universal domination?
A new paper by Dr Stuart Armstrong and Dr Anders Sandberg from Oxford University’s Future of Humanity Institute (FHI) attempts to answer these questions. To be published in the August/September edition of the journal Acta Astronautica, the paper takes as its starting point the Fermi paradox – the discrepancy between the likelihood of intelligent alien life existing and the absence of observational evidence for such an existence.
Dr Armstrong says: “There are two ways of looking at our paper. The first is as a study of our future – humanity could at some point colonize the universe. The second relates to potential alien species – by showing the relative ease of crossing between galaxies, it makes the lack of evidence for other intelligent life even more puzzling. This worsens the Fermi paradox.”
The paradox, named after the physicist Enrico Fermi, is something of particular interest to the academics at the FHI – a multidisciplinary research unit that enables leading intellects to bring the tools of mathematics, philosophy and science to bear on big-picture questions about humanity and its prospects.
Dr Sandberg explains: “Why would the FHI care about the Fermi paradox? Well, the silence in the sky is telling us something about the kind of intelligence in the universe. Space isn’t full of little green men, and that could tell us a number of things about other intelligent life – it could be very rare, it could be hiding, or it could die out relatively easily. Of course it could also mean it doesn’t exist. If humanity is alone in the universe then we have an enormous moral responsibility. As the only intelligence, or perhaps the only conscious minds, we could decide the fate of the entire universe.”
According to Dr Armstrong, one possible explanation for the Fermi paradox is that life destroys itself before it can spread. “That would mean we are at a higher risk than we might have thought,” he says. “That’s a concern for the future of humanity.”
Dr Sandberg adds: “Almost any answer to the Fermi paradox gives rise to something uncomfortable. There is also the theory that a lot of planets are at roughly at the same stage – what we call synchronized – in terms of their ability to explore the universe, but personally I don’t think that’s likely.”
As Dr Armstrong points out, there are Earth-like planets much older than the Earth – in fact most of them are, in many cases by billions of years.
Dr Sandberg says: “In the early 1990s we thought that perhaps there weren’t many planets out there, but now we know that the universe is teeming with planets. We have more planets than we would ever have expected.”
A lack of planets where life could evolve is, therefore, unlikely to be a factor in preventing alien civilizations. Similarly, recent research has shown that life may be hardier than previously thought, weakening further the idea that the emergence of life or intelligence is the limiting factor. But at the same time – and worryingly for those studying the future of humanity – this increases the probability that intelligent life doesn’t last long.
The Acta Astronautica paper looks at just how far and wide a civilization like humanity could theoretically spread across the universe. Past studies of the Fermi paradox have mainly looked at spreading inside the Milky Way. However, this paper looks at more ambitious expansion.
Dr Sandberg says: “If we wanted to go to a really remote galaxy to colonize one of these planets, under normal circumstances we would have to send rockets able to decelerate on arrival. But with the universe constantly expanding, the galaxies are moving further and further away, which makes the calculations rather tricky. What we did in the paper was combine a number of mathematical and physical tools to address this issue.”
Dr Armstrong and Dr Sandberg show in the paper that, given certain technological assumptions (such as advanced automation or basic artificial intelligence, capable of self-replication), it would be feasible to construct a Dyson sphere, which would capture the energy of the sun and power a wave of intergalactic colonization. The process could be initiated on a surprisingly short timescale.
But why would a civilization want to expand its horizons to other galaxies? Dr Armstrong says: “One reason for expansion could be that a sub-group wants to do it because it is being oppressed or it is ideologically committed to expansion. In that case you have the problem of the central civilization, which may want to prevent this type of expansion. The best way of doing that get there first. Pre-emption is perhaps the best reason for expansion.”
Dr Sandberg adds: “Say a race of slimy space aliens wants to turn the universe into parking lots or advertising space – other species might want to stop that. There could be lots of good reasons for any species to want to expand, even if they don’t actually care about colonizing or owning the universe.”
He concludes: “Our key point is that if any civilization anywhere in the past had wanted to expand, they would have been able to reach an enormous portion of the universe. That makes the Fermi question tougher – by a factor of billions. If intelligent life is rare, it needs to be much rarer than just one civilization per galaxy. If advanced civilizations all refrain from colonizing, this trend must be so strong that not a single one across billions of galaxies and billions of years chose to do it. And so on.”
“We still don’t know what the answer is, but we know it’s more radical than previously expected.”
Publication: Stuart Armstrong, Anders Sandberg, “Eternity in six hours: Intergalactic spreading of intelligent life and sharpening the Fermi paradox,” Acta Astronautica, Volume 89, 2013, Pages 1–13; doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2013.04.002
Source: Stuart Gillespie, University of Oxford
Image: Robert Williams and the Hubble Deep Field Team (STScI) and NASA
Have you ever wondered who the fuck came up with the idea that aliens in movies should look a bit like humans – only with a big head, crazy eyes and slimy body? I have, and it really bothers me; if you are going to entertain the idea of extraterrestrial life, why would you be so lazy when it comes to imagining what it looks like? It just does my head in.
I tried to google my question but my search did not produce a satisfactory answer. So, I decided to contact a few people who claim to have actually had a close encounter of the third kind, and ask them to draw that experience. My hope was that at least one of them would come up with an alien that did not resemble a frog. None of them did. Whether that makes their stories more believable or the concept of humanoid aliens less stupid, I will leave to you to decide.
Here are some of those drawings, coupled with brief interviews I conducted with the "alien abductees".
Louise's drawing of her experience
LOUISE, 56
VICE: Can you tell me about the time you were abducted? Louise: It was in 1997 – I was 37 at the time. I woke up in the middle of the night, paralysed. To my right, there were two small aliens. I can't really explain why, but I wasn't scared. I was raised horizontally above the bed and levitated towards the closed window. The next moment, I found myself on a very cold table surrounded by the two small aliens and a third, much bigger creature who was standing by my feet. His body was a blur to me, but I suddenly realised I had seen him 20 years earlier, in what I had then thought was a nightmare. With regression therapy I came to realise they had visited me before but I just always thought they were ghosts in a recurring dream.
What did they do? They inseminated me artificially, and when I found myself back in bed, I knew I was pregnant. I couldn't be, because I had a coil and I was going through a divorce. But in an emergency appointment with the gynaecologist, he confirmed I was. The night before I was supposed to have an abortion, I prayed to God and Mary to help me. The next day, I was happy again. I called off the abortion.
What do you think happened to make you pregnant?
I think they took semen from my ex-husband and then modified the DNA. I have three sons – two of them came from something like this. They're both very precocious. I never suffered during the abductions. If these creatures wanted to do us any harm, they would have attacked us by now.
Stéphane's drawing of his experience
STÉPHANE, 41
VICE: Hi Stéphane. What can you tell me about your alien encounter? Stéphane: It was on March the 24th, 2010, after my night shift at the hospital where I work. At about 4AM I drove up to the security gate to go home, when a flash of light blinded me. In a split second, I found myself in another place – I was on a mountain, and there was a lake at its foot. Suddenly a huge space ship appeared in the sky, while an even brighter light began to emanate from the ground. That's all I remember. The next thing I know, I am back behind the wheel of my car, passing the security gate. When I got out, I was approached by police who said they had been looking for me. It turned out I had been gone for three days. I have no idea what happened.
Did you see aliens? I don't think I did, but on that mountain I did see people who looked human though I couldn't really see or I can't remember their faces. Generally, I think these beings can divert our minds and make us think of something else.
Did you bear any physical marks? For about a month, I had three dots on my right hand, spaced two centimetres apart in the form of a triangle. It hurt a lot for the first week – like a burn that wouldn't heal. Ever since that experience, I always have the feeling that I'm being watched.
Émilie's drawing of her experience
ÉMILIE*, 57
VICE: What do you remember happening to you? Émilie: I was 17 and my boyfriend spent the night at my house. My mother allowed us to sleep in the living room that night – which my father would never have, but he was away working a night shift. The three of us spent the evening chatting in the living room. At some point, I began to hear a repeated thump, which my mother and boyfriend couldn't hear.
We all went to bed around midnight. The noises first got more intense, and then muffled. My boyfriend heard nothing and fell asleep instantly. I was terrified, it felt like time had stopped around us. I closed my eyes and when I opened them again, I saw several small, hooded creatures circling the bed. I couldn't see their faces.
What about your boyfriend? I tried to wake him up by shaking him, but he wouldn't wake up. So I ran out of the living room and fled to my own room. A few minutes later, I heard the key in the front door unlock – it was suddenly 7AM and my father was returning from his night shift. I had lost nearly six hours – I have no idea what happened between shaking my boyfriend and running to my room. That was the most traumatic thing about it.
What did you do the next day? Did you tell anyone? I was so angry at my boyfriend for not having woken up that I broke up with him and have not seen him since. But no one woke up from the noise – my grandmother, sister, mother and boyfriend were all in the house. It took me a long time before I told someone. I've felt like a guinea pig ever since that experience – like I've been usedand violated.
Myriame's drawing of her experience
MYRIAME, 60
VICE: Could you describe your experience for me? Myriame: It happened in 1987, while I was holidaying in a chalet in Chamonix, in the French Alps. Right before I fell asleep, I heard a clicking sound. When I woke up, I saw that the skylight in the roof above me had opened up and a cord had come down from the sky through it – it was connected to my genitals. Two small beings floated around the cord. The only part I could move was my eyes, and didn't understand anything about what was going on.
I wasn't used to that feeling – I'm a computer scientist and very passionate about astronomy. I'm a member of the Astronautical Commission of the Aéro-Club of France – the French aviation society. I'm used to understanding space phenomena – or at least parts of it. I didn't understand anything about this.
Do you have an idea of what they did to you? Yes, after some regression therapy with a hypnotherapist. I saw that I was lying on a table in a huge transparent dome, while they had me completely covered in a gelatinous substance. The little beings were there as well as larger ones, and the cord was still in me – it went up my right kidney, which hurt. I levitated above the table for a while, which was an incredible sensation.
You also mentioned that you remember a second experience. Yes, that was another time in the same chalet, when through the skylight, I could make out a black spaceship in the sky. Then I found myself back in a dome with the little aliens, but also with one larger being that looked a bit like a praying mantis. It was standing at the end of the table and it tried to console me a little, which worked. I couldn't move and I don't know what they did, until I passed through a tunnel of light and was back in my bed. So, yeah. There you go.
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