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UFO's of UAP'S in België en de rest van de wereld
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Ontdek de Fascinerende Wereld van UFO's en UAP's: Jouw Bron voor Onthullende Informatie! Ben jij ook gefascineerd door het onbekende? Wil je meer weten over UFO's en UAP's, niet alleen in België, maar over de hele wereld? Dan ben je op de juiste plek! België: Het Kloppend Hart van UFO-onderzoek In België is BUFON (Belgisch UFO-Netwerk) dé autoriteit op het gebied van UFO-onderzoek. Voor betrouwbare en objectieve informatie over deze intrigerende fenomenen, bezoek je zeker onze Facebook-pagina en deze blog. Maar dat is nog niet alles! Ontdek ook het Belgisch UFO-meldpunt en Caelestia, twee organisaties die diepgaand onderzoek verrichten, al zijn ze soms kritisch of sceptisch. Nederland: Een Schat aan Informatie Voor onze Nederlandse buren is er de schitterende website www.ufowijzer.nl, beheerd door Paul Harmans. Deze site biedt een schat aan informatie en artikelen die je niet wilt missen! Internationaal: MUFON - De Wereldwijde Autoriteit Neem ook een kijkje bij MUFON (Mutual UFO Network Inc.), een gerenommeerde Amerikaanse UFO-vereniging met afdelingen in de VS en wereldwijd. MUFON is toegewijd aan de wetenschappelijke en analytische studie van het UFO-fenomeen, en hun maandelijkse tijdschrift, The MUFON UFO-Journal, is een must-read voor elke UFO-enthousiasteling. Bezoek hun website op www.mufon.com voor meer informatie. Samenwerking en Toekomstvisie Sinds 1 februari 2020 is Pieter niet alleen ex-president van BUFON, maar ook de voormalige nationale directeur van MUFON in Vlaanderen en Nederland. Dit creëert een sterke samenwerking met de Franse MUFON Reseau MUFON/EUROP, wat ons in staat stelt om nog meer waardevolle inzichten te delen. Let op: Nepprofielen en Nieuwe Groeperingen Pas op voor een nieuwe groepering die zich ook BUFON noemt, maar geen enkele connectie heeft met onze gevestigde organisatie. Hoewel zij de naam geregistreerd hebben, kunnen ze het rijke verleden en de expertise van onze groep niet evenaren. We wensen hen veel succes, maar we blijven de autoriteit in UFO-onderzoek! Blijf Op De Hoogte! Wil jij de laatste nieuwtjes over UFO's, ruimtevaart, archeologie, en meer? Volg ons dan en duik samen met ons in de fascinerende wereld van het onbekende! Sluit je aan bij de gemeenschap van nieuwsgierige geesten die net als jij verlangen naar antwoorden en avonturen in de sterren! Heb je vragen of wil je meer weten? Aarzel dan niet om contact met ons op te nemen! Samen ontrafelen we het mysterie van de lucht en daarbuiten.

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SPRING ON MARS: SNOWY DUNES ON NORTHERN HEMISPHERE

SPRING ON MARS: SNOWY DUNES ON NORTHERN HEMISPHERE

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Below is a photograph that was taken in the Northern hemisphere in the spring at 13.21 Mars time and it was captured by the High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera that is located on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter from NASA.

Over the winter ice and snow have covered the dunes on Mars, but the snow and ice on Mars are not like that of Earth as it is known as dry ice.

SUN REVEALS ICE AND SNOW ON SMALL RIDGES  

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Once the sun begins to shine when spring comes around, the ice, begins to crack on the smooth surface and dark sand is carried out by the gas that escapes, and this creates patterns that are stunning. On the surface between the dunes, the surface is rough, and frost gets trapped behind some of the small ridges that are sheltered.  

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The manager of the Science Mission Directorate in Washington is the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and they manage the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The HiRISE camera is from Ball Aerospace and Technology Corporation, and it is operated by the University of Arizona.

THE NASA MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER

The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter of NASA was launched on 12 August 2005, and the aim of the technology was for it to search for any evidence that there was water on the surface of the Red Planet for any long period of time. Missions to Mars that had occurred before the launch of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter revealed that water had flowed over the surface of Mars throughout history; however, it has remained unknown whether the water had been around for a period of time that was long enough to Mars to have been habitable.  

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The cameras of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter are able to survey spots very close up, and one of the cameras is said to be the biggest that has ever flown on a planetary mission. On other orbiters of Mars, cameras have only been able to identify objects around the size of a school bus. However, the new camera can see something that is about the size of an average dinner table.

Thanks to the high-resolution camera onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter these superb images of snowy dunes on Mars have been captured.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

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ANTARES, ASTRONOMERS CAPTURE THE BEST EVER IMAGE OF A STAR OTHER THAN THE SUN

ANTARES, ASTRONOMERS CAPTURE THE BEST EVER IMAGE OF A STAR OTHER THAN THE SUN

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Astronomers have managed to capture some of the best ever and most detailed photographs of Antares surface and atmosphere and they have shared the photos online.  

ANTARES IS CALLED THE RED SUPERGIANT THANKS TO ITS ROSY GLOW

Antares is the red supergiant and it is at the very heart of the Scorpius constellation. It is named the red supergiant due to the fact that it has a rosy hue which is discernible by the naked eye. The new photos have been taken in Chile with the Very Large Telescope at the European Southern Observatory and they have revealed a detailed look at the atmosphere and surface of the star that is well beyond the solar system.  

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Antares is located around 550 light years from Earth, and the mass of the star is about 15 times the mass of the sun. However, it is expanding out and is in in the last part of its life and will become a supernova and due to this, it is losing material. Astronomers have said that if Antares were sitting in the middle of our solar system, the outer layers would be able to reach Mars. Up until now the exact process at which the giant stars lose their mass from the upper atmosphere hasn’t really been known.

LATEST PHOTOS MAP THE SURFACE OF ANTARES THANKS TO THE VLTI

The latest photos from the astronomers hope to answer this question as they map the motions of the material surface in very intricate details thanks to the VLTI, the Very Large Telescope Interferometer. This is an instrument that is able to combine the light from as many as four telescopes so that it can create a virtual telescope which has a resolution that is the same of a single mirror that is about 200 meters wide.  

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Keiichi Ohnaka from the Universidad Catolica del Norte in Chile said how stars such as the Antare lose their mass so fast in the final part of their evolution is something that has been an issue for more than half a century. The author of the paper went on to say that the VLTI is the only place capable of measuring correctly the gas motions in the extended Antares atmosphere and this is something that is critical in clarifying the problem. It is said that the next challenge researchers and astronomers have is to identify just what drives the turbulent motions.  

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From the observations made researchers have found some unexpected turbulence in the outer atmosphere of the star and these have been big clumps of receding and up-welling gas. They are movements that cannot be fully explained by the convection currents, where the gas flow transfers any heat from the core and to the outer limits of the star, which points to a new and at the moment, unknown process. 

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PROJECT AURORA: LOCKHEED MARTIN JUST CONFIRMED THEY'RE BUILDING THE SR-72

PROJECT AURORA: LOCKHEED MARTIN JUST CONFIRMED THEY'RE BUILDING THE SR-72

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Government contractor and multinational corporation Lockheed Martin has finally publicly confirmed that they are building the SR-72. The SR-72, based on newly available information, would be the first hypersonic plane. In order to build support for this new design, NASA has released video footage of its predecessor: the SR-71 "Blackbird". 

The SR-71 "Blackbird" itself was first built back in the 1960s based on secret government designs from the 1950s. To this day, it is the fastest manned aircraft to have ever been built, as shown in the video. Remarkably, a faster plane was never built in the nearly half a century since the SR-71's construction.  

The SR-71 was able to reach speeds up to Mach 3 (2,200 mph) at a maximum altitude of almost 26,000 meters (85,000 feet) The two-seater SR-71 Blackbird was designed as a reconnaissance craft, and it was used in this roll from 1964 to 1998. However, during this period, Lockheed built only 32 of these super-fast planes. They are now working on the SR-72 to upstage the SR-71 by making it even faster. This would allow the SR-72 to function as a strike and recon aircraft.  

The project is being developed under Lockheed’s Advanced Development Programs (ADP) or Skunk Works. The company wants to develop a plane capable of hypersonic flight, which means it would have to be able to attain speeds of Mach 5 (3,836 mph) and higher. Lockheed has aimed to surpass this mark, claiming that they expect to SR-72 to reach a Mach 6 (4,600 mph) top speed.

The main question now is why the government believes it needs this plane, and how it will be used. Of course, there is a great deal of secrecy surrounding the project, but it is certain to be expensive. It could be related to tensions between the U.S. And Russia; however, the plane could also function as a spy plane elsewhere. Even over American soil. It would be extremely hard to detect with any civilian, or even military, technology due to its remarkable speed and altitude capabilities.

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SETI INSTITUTE NEEDS YOUR HELP TO FIND INTELLIGENT ALIENS

SETI INSTITUTE NEEDS YOUR HELP TO FIND INTELLIGENT ALIENS

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This video explains how you can help the SETI Institute find extraterrestrial intelligence from home.

STEP 1: INSTALL THE PROGRAM IN YOUR COMPUTER OR ALL THE COMPUTERS YOU HAVE

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STEP 2: ADD THE PROJECT AND CREATE YOUR ACCOUNT

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STEP 3: CHECK THE DIFFERENT TASKS CURRENTLY TAKING PLACE

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World’s First Robot Chef Whips Up Your Favorite Meal For You

World’s First Robot Chef Whips Up Your Favorite Meal For You

By: Nidhi Goyal

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When we get home after an exhausting day at the office, most of the time we don’t feel like cooking a proper meal. Instead of cooking something healthy, most of us just fall down on the couch and order a pizza. Or maybe we opt for the quicker and easier option of ready-made meals that are usually unhealthy and lacking in nutrition.

But that may change soon. Your dream of getting home-cooked food at the end of a long working day could become a reality.

Credit goes to Moley Robotics, a company headquartered in London. Moley will soon be launching the world’s first fully automated and integrated intelligent cooking robot. With this robot chef, making dinner will become as easy as sitting back and watching a pair of robotic arms do all the work.

Moley claims that this cooking robot will have access to the recipes and knowledge of renowned chefs. Furthermore, this wonder robot will not only be cooking for you, but it will clean up the mess afterward.

This robotic chef’s work space will be much like a standard kitchen. It will have an oven, a fridge, a dishwasher and a host of small appliances, but will offer one incredible new feature: It will also have two remarkably dexterous robotic arms installed atop a cooking area.

The robot chef is programmed to cook a variety of recipes exactly the way they were demonstrated by a human chef. The best part is that the kitchen can be operated by a touch screen or a remotely via a smartphone.

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Nidhi is a gold medalist Post Graduate in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. You can also find Nidhi on Google+.

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NASA Has a $3.46 Billion Plan to Ensure the Yellowstone Supervolcano Doesn’t Erupt

NASA Has a $3.46 Billion Plan to Ensure the Yellowstone Supervolcano Doesn’t Erupt

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IN BRIEF
NASA has detailed a plan to prevent the Yellowstone supervolcano from ever erupting. By drilling into the volcano and pumping water into and out of it at high speeds, they believe they could cool the volcano and use the emerging hot water to generate electricity.

FROM THREAT TO ALLY

When people think of Yellowstone, it’s usually in relation to the national park, a massive 8,983 square kilometer (3,468.4 square mile) area comprising mountains, rivers, and forests. Less commonly considered is the Yellowstone Caldera, a supervolcano whose eruption could be devastating for our planet.

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Thankfully, such an explosion is highly unlikely, and now, NASA has come up with a way to not only ensure that the volcano remains inactive, but also use it to provide the surrounding area with electricity.

Following their release of a story on supervolcanoes, the BBC was contacted by a few NASA members who wanted to share details on a previously unreleased plan to deal with Yellowstone. Even NASA admits their incredibly ambitious plan is risky, but the potential benefits resulting from its success can’t be completely ignored.

First, they would drill into the volcano from the lower sides, outside the boundaries of Yellowstone National Park. Coming from this direction would prevent the intense heat from making its way to the top of the chamber, where it would cause further problems.

Once drilling is complete, water would be pumped into and back out of the supervolcano at high pressures, with the exiting water heated to a temperature of around 350 degrees Celsius (662 degrees Fahrenheit). The water going in would slowly cool the volcano, while the hot water coming out of it could be used to generate electricity.

“Yellowstone currently leaks around 6GW in heat,” Brian Wilcox, a researcher at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), explained to the BBC. “Through drilling in this way, it could be used to create a geothermal plant, which generates electric power at extremely competitive prices of around $0.10/kWh.”

UNSEEN SUCCESS

Aside from the dangers inherent in any plan to drill into a volcano, the NASA proposal is also largely theoretical — no one knows for sure that it would work, and the cost of finding out would be an estimated $3.46 billion. Wilcox doesn’t think this cost is insurmountable, however.

“You would have to give the geothermal companies incentives to drill somewhat deeper and use hotter water than they usually would, but you would pay back your initial investment and get electricity which can power the surrounding area for a period of potentially tens of thousands of years,” he noted. “And the long-term benefit is that you prevent a future supervolcano eruption which would devastate humanity.”

Even if the system can effectively cool Yellowstone at NASA’s estimated rate of 1 meter (3.2 feet) per year, it would take thousands of years before only cool rock was left and longer than that to actually confirm that the process had permanently eliminated the threat of an eruption.

Despite all of these variables, the plan is worth consideration, especially given that Yellowstone is just one of about 20 supervolcanoes on the planet. NASA hopes that their proposal will encourage more practical discussions and debates on what to do about these massive structures prior to an eruption, at which point the Earth could be thrust into a volcanic winter.

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See Newly Released NASA Footage of the Fastest Plane Ever Flown

See Newly Released NASA Footage of the Fastest Plane Ever Flown

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Built by Lockheed Martin in the 1960s and decommissioned in 1998 due to high operational costs, the SR-71 Blackbird remains the fastest aircraft to have ever been flown. Now, Lockheed Martin wants to build an even faster plane: the SR-72.

Now that Lockheed Martin has confirmed that they are building the SR-72, which could be the first hypersonic plane, NASA has released video footage of its predecessor: the SR-71 Blackbird.

Built in the 1960s by Lockheed using designs that were kept secret in the 1950s, the SR-71 Blackbird is the fastest manned aircraft to have ever flown the skies. To get an idea of how fast, watch the below video of the plane taking off.

Capable of reaching speeds up to Mach 3 (2,200 mph) with a maximum altitude of almost 26,000 meters (85,000 feet), the two-seater SR-71 Blackbird was used as a reconnaissance plane from 1964 to 1998. Lockheed built only 32 of these super-fast planes, and now, they want to build an even faster one that will act as a strike and recon aircraft.

The SR-72, the leading project under Lockheed’s Advanced Development Programs (ADP) or Skunk Works, promises to be even faster than the Blackbird. The company wants to develop a plane capable of hypersonic flight — speeds of Mach 5 (3,836 mph) and higher — and the SR-72 is expected to reach a Mach 6 (4,600 mph) top speed.

The inspiration for this hypersonic plane may come from the past, but it is poised to take military aircraft well into the future.

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The Secret Soviet Space Weapon Mistaken for a UFO

The Secret Soviet Space Weapon Mistaken for a UFO

A treaty-busting first-strike nuke that was very much terrestrial in origin.

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Alien hunters film ‘UFO’ hovering in the clouds above the Philippines before it shoots off into the distance

Alien hunters film ‘UFO’ hovering in the clouds above the Philippines before it shoots off into the distance

  • Clouds obscure the supposed UFO as it appears to fly above passing trees
  • The video was shot from a moving vehicle by alien spotters in the islands 
  • The sighting follows five 'incidents' reported by hunters in the last 17 years 

This is the moment alien hunters believe they spotted an extra-terrestrial aircraft flying above them.

The sighting in the Philippines shows an object obscured by clouds, but still vaguely visible from a moving vehicle and seemingly high above nearby trees.

In the 20-second clip, which was uploaded to YouTube channel SecureTeam 10, the tip of the structure can be seen poking above clouds, becoming clearer as the narrator increases the contrast of the footage.  



He concedes the viewers that the UFO is 'hard to see' in the 'original footage' due to trees obscuring it as it appears to hover under a telephone line.

'There's trees passing by but you can still see it vaguely in the background,' he says, before sharpening the image to increase the object's visibility. 

The UFO was spotted apparently flying behind clouds by alien hunters in the Philippines

The UFO was spotted apparently flying behind clouds by alien hunters in the Philippines

Then, toward the end of the video, it seems to accelerate and shoot off into the distance.

The video follows five other claimed incidents in the islands since 2000, when 37-year-old Antonio Israel said he filmed small balls of light over his Silver St neighbourhood.

Though it appears obscured here, post-production contrast editing made it more visible

Though it appears obscured here, post-production contrast editing made it more visible

The object appears to accelerate toward the end of the footage taken by UFO hunters

The object appears to accelerate toward the end of the footage taken by UFO hunters

Then, in 2004, it is claimed more than 10 UFOs were sighted in Las Piñas at around 7pm on August 28.

In 2011 there were reports of red, large UFOs in Bulcan, which were followed by sightings in Cavite. 

And in April 2015 motionless lights were reported to be hovering in a v-formation in Lubao-Pampanga.

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Reports claim UFO whizzes past International Space Station

Reports claim UFO whizzes past International Space Station

A mysterious object appeared to have hovered past the International Space Station, according to new video footage from UFO researchers.

SecureTeam 10, who in recent days has posted videos about a supposed alien tank and a cigar shaped disc over Paris, claims that a disc-shaped object whizzed past the ISS "at a very high rate of speed."

NASA, who did not respond specifically to the latest video, has often said that the objects are "distortions in a lens" and do not signify the presence of extraterrestrial life.

'ALIEN TANK' FOUND ON THE MOON, UFO HUNTERS SAY

Tyler Glockner, the voice heard on the video from SecureTeam 10, said that the object in the video moved "as if it knew the camera was watching." 

Below is the video in its entirety:

UFO sightings have become more frequent in recent years. A book entitled "U.F.O. Sightings Desk Reference" said that U.S.-based sightings rose to 11,868 in 2015, up from 3,479 in 2001.

A synopsis of the book on Amazon states that it presents "data and analysis for 100,000+ sightings of unidentified flying objects reported by individuals during the first 15 years of the 21st century."

SecureTeam 10 has nearly 900,000 subscribers on its YouTube channel, despite openly running conspiracy-theory based videos.

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Who owns Mars?

Who owns Mars?

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Planet Mars

Can anyone claim the red planet or natural resources on asteroids?

Business leaders and legal experts say the question has become more than philosophical as a growing number of firms, often backed by capital and technology from Silicon Valley, have set their sights on the resources of outer space asteroids and Mars.

In order to avoid conflicts between competing companies and countries over outer space resources, more work needs to be done on Earth to determine who owns commodities taken from celestial bodies, analysts said.

“There is a huge debate on whether companies can simply travel to space and extract its resources,” said Barry Kellman, a law professor who studies space governance at DePaul University in Chicago.

“There is no way to answer the question until someone does it,” Kellman told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

ASTEROID WATER FOR SALE

U.S.-based Planetary Resources, a firm backed by Google founder Larry Page and Virgin Group’s Richard Branson, expects to be mining asteroids for water in the next 10 to 15 years.

The company will launch its first robotic probe mission to scout asteroids for resource deposits in 2020, said Planetary Resources’ Chief Executive Chris Lewicki.

“If you obtain a resource and bring it with you, it becomes your property,” Lewicki said, citing recently passed space laws in the U.S. and Luxembourg that offer a legal framework to ensure that private operators can be confident about their rights over resources they extract in space.

“You can sell, keep or deliver (space resources) peacefully,” Lewicki told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

The firm plans to extract oxygen and hydrogen - the components of water - from asteroids to sell.

Lewicki is not planning on bringing those water resources back to Earth; he wants market them in space, creating a “gas station” for other exploration missions.

Hydrogen and oxygen, kept at a docking station orbiting around Earth, will be used to fuel other space ships.

Moving those fuels from Earth into outer space is expensive, he said, and having energy accessible to ships will make voyaging easier.

One modest sized asteroid, about as big as a football field, “has enough oxygen and hydrogen to fuel every launch in the history of space (travel),” Lewicki said.

“We are seeing a boom - that might be a bad choice of words - in access to space.”

MARTIAN APPROPRIATION

Other analysts are not sure if companies can just fly up and start harvesting cosmic water, legally speaking.

The Outer Space Treaty of 1967 is the main international standard for what companies and countries are allowed to do when they aren’t on earth, said Jacob Haqq-Misra, director of the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science, a Seattle-based research group.

The treaty says that space is the “provenance of all mankind”. Countries cannot claim “national appropriation” or sovereignty over the Moon or other celestial bodies “by occupation or by other means”, the treaty says.

This clause could prove tricky for private firms who want to mine on asteroids or Mars, said Haqq-Misra, including Planetary Resources and SpaceX, the private rocketship company run by tech billionaire Elon Musk.

“If SpaceX, a U.S. corporation, was to claim asteroid profits as its own, there is some ambiguity as to whether that constitutes national appropriation,” Haqq-Misra told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

SpaceX declined to comment.

NEW LAWS While the 1967 treaty is considered the global standard for sharing space, individual countries have recently passed laws allowing for property rights in the great beyond.

Luxembourg this month brought into force laws allowing private firms to own resources extracted from outer space in a move hailed by the nascent space mining industry.

Planetary Resources, for example, maintains an office in the small European country better known for its finance industry than space exploration.

The U.S. in 2015 introduced similar legislation for private space resource ownership but it only applies to firms majority owned by Americans.

NASA, the U.S. government’s space agency, maintains a “neutral position with regard to mining of minerals on Mars”, a spokesman said.

“If companies request assistance or want partnerships related to mining on Mars, we help to the best of our ability,” NASA spokesman Guy Webster told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in an email without providing specifics on space resource ownership.

FROM SEA TO SPACE

Along with national legislation and the 1967 treaty, there are other earthly regulations which could provide guidance for managing extraterrestrial resources, legal experts said.

Under the United Nations’ Law of the Sea Convention countries have exclusive rights to exploit natural resources within around 200 miles (322 km) of their coast line, but ships and planes from other nations can freely pass through the waters.

This could serve as a template for space resource rights, where companies have exclusive economic rights in a given area around their landing point, but not ownership over an entire asteroid or planet, lawyers said.

“It’s advantageous to work out a system where people can acquire property rights enforceable through a legal process,” Andrew Brehm, an attorney with Scopelitis, Garvin, Light Hanson & Feary in Milwaukee.

“That being said, outer space is viewed in society as something similar to the ocean, where there is a collective interest,” Brehm told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

“A first come, first serve system does not necessarily work well when only certain countries or private entities can (currently) reach outer space.”

Even if countries can agree on a universal property rights regime for space, there are still plenty of earthly grievances for countries and companies to address, said Kellman, the law professor.

Specifically, analysts and legal experts do not know whether companies would have to pay taxes or royalties to anyone on earth for extracting space resources.

It is an issue space exploration firms have yet to deal with.

“For the moment, the company exists on earth, where all of the laws and regulations apply,” Planetary Resources’ Lewicki said.

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Who owns Mars?

Who owns Mars?

Thomson Reuters Foundation 

Planet Mars

Can anyone claim the red planet or natural resources on asteroids?

Business leaders and legal experts say the question has become more than philosophical as a growing number of firms, often backed by capital and technology from Silicon Valley, have set their sights on the resources of outer space asteroids and Mars.

In order to avoid conflicts between competing companies and countries over outer space resources, more work needs to be done on Earth to determine who owns commodities taken from celestial bodies, analysts said.

“There is a huge debate on whether companies can simply travel to space and extract its resources,” said Barry Kellman, a law professor who studies space governance at DePaul University in Chicago.

“There is no way to answer the question until someone does it,” Kellman told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

ASTEROID WATER FOR SALE

U.S.-based Planetary Resources, a firm backed by Google founder Larry Page and Virgin Group’s Richard Branson, expects to be mining asteroids for water in the next 10 to 15 years.

The company will launch its first robotic probe mission to scout asteroids for resource deposits in 2020, said Planetary Resources’ Chief Executive Chris Lewicki.

“If you obtain a resource and bring it with you, it becomes your property,” Lewicki said, citing recently passed space laws in the U.S. and Luxembourg that offer a legal framework to ensure that private operators can be confident about their rights over resources they extract in space.

“You can sell, keep or deliver (space resources) peacefully,” Lewicki told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

The firm plans to extract oxygen and hydrogen - the components of water - from asteroids to sell.

Lewicki is not planning on bringing those water resources back to Earth; he wants market them in space, creating a “gas station” for other exploration missions.

Hydrogen and oxygen, kept at a docking station orbiting around Earth, will be used to fuel other space ships.

Moving those fuels from Earth into outer space is expensive, he said, and having energy accessible to ships will make voyaging easier.

One modest sized asteroid, about as big as a football field, “has enough oxygen and hydrogen to fuel every launch in the history of space (travel),” Lewicki said.

“We are seeing a boom - that might be a bad choice of words - in access to space.”

MARTIAN APPROPRIATION

Other analysts are not sure if companies can just fly up and start harvesting cosmic water, legally speaking.

The Outer Space Treaty of 1967 is the main international standard for what companies and countries are allowed to do when they aren’t on earth, said Jacob Haqq-Misra, director of the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science, a Seattle-based research group.

The treaty says that space is the “provenance of all mankind”. Countries cannot claim “national appropriation” or sovereignty over the Moon or other celestial bodies “by occupation or by other means”, the treaty says.

This clause could prove tricky for private firms who want to mine on asteroids or Mars, said Haqq-Misra, including Planetary Resources and SpaceX, the private rocketship company run by tech billionaire Elon Musk.

“If SpaceX, a U.S. corporation, was to claim asteroid profits as its own, there is some ambiguity as to whether that constitutes national appropriation,” Haqq-Misra told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

SpaceX declined to comment.

NEW LAWS While the 1967 treaty is considered the global standard for sharing space, individual countries have recently passed laws allowing for property rights in the great beyond.

Luxembourg this month brought into force laws allowing private firms to own resources extracted from outer space in a move hailed by the nascent space mining industry.

Planetary Resources, for example, maintains an office in the small European country better known for its finance industry than space exploration.

The U.S. in 2015 introduced similar legislation for private space resource ownership but it only applies to firms majority owned by Americans.

NASA, the U.S. government’s space agency, maintains a “neutral position with regard to mining of minerals on Mars”, a spokesman said.

“If companies request assistance or want partnerships related to mining on Mars, we help to the best of our ability,” NASA spokesman Guy Webster told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in an email without providing specifics on space resource ownership.

FROM SEA TO SPACE

Along with national legislation and the 1967 treaty, there are other earthly regulations which could provide guidance for managing extraterrestrial resources, legal experts said.

Under the United Nations’ Law of the Sea Convention countries have exclusive rights to exploit natural resources within around 200 miles (322 km) of their coast line, but ships and planes from other nations can freely pass through the waters.

This could serve as a template for space resource rights, where companies have exclusive economic rights in a given area around their landing point, but not ownership over an entire asteroid or planet, lawyers said.

“It’s advantageous to work out a system where people can acquire property rights enforceable through a legal process,” Andrew Brehm, an attorney with Scopelitis, Garvin, Light Hanson & Feary in Milwaukee.

“That being said, outer space is viewed in society as something similar to the ocean, where there is a collective interest,” Brehm told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

“A first come, first serve system does not necessarily work well when only certain countries or private entities can (currently) reach outer space.”

Even if countries can agree on a universal property rights regime for space, there are still plenty of earthly grievances for countries and companies to address, said Kellman, the law professor.

Specifically, analysts and legal experts do not know whether companies would have to pay taxes or royalties to anyone on earth for extracting space resources.

It is an issue space exploration firms have yet to deal with.

“For the moment, the company exists on earth, where all of the laws and regulations apply,” Planetary Resources’ Lewicki said.

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Bargo UFO spotter sights mysterious black object on camera

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The Great Soviet Crescent In the Sky

The Great Soviet Crescent In the Sky

A cold war mystery.

The Soviet nuclear missiles The Soviet nuclear missiles that produced the crescents lost the element of surprise when U.S. early-warning satellites appeared. (Photo-illustration by Théo; Landscape by by David Hajnal/shutterstock.com; Clips: Proquest Historical Newspapers)
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Starting in March 1967, when the Space Age was less than a decade old, skywatchers from Ukraine to the Caucasus Mountains were repeatedly treated to a spectacle. Six times over a six-month period, hundreds of thousands of Soviet citizens saw a strange crescent shape move across the sky in total silence.

Each time, the phenomenon was identical. The crescents moved west to east, convex edge forward, accompanied by smaller “sparks.” To some observers they were about the same angular size as the moon; others, farther north, reported them as much larger. They always appeared close to sunset, as afternoon transitioned into evening. After the sixth visitation, the crescents stopped appearing, just as mysteriously as they began, and never resumed.

The Soviet press speculated that they were UFOs. Amateur groups sprang up across the country to begin collecting and distributing eyewitness reports. The news quickly spread outside the U.S.S.R. and around the world, and within a year the sightings were mentioned in a U.S. Congressional hearing.

But there was a clue that connected the crescents to human space activities. On the same dates of the sightings, Moscow had launched Kosmos “scientific research satellites” (years later, each of the mysterious crescents was noted to have occurred about 95 minutes after that day’s launch—long enough for one orbit around Earth).

In November 1967, without any reference to the crescents, the U.S.  Department of Defense made a startling accusation: The Kosmos launches were part of a new Soviet nuclear strike weapon, designed to put a warhead into low Earth orbit and then deorbit it over a target half a world away.

The timing was delicate. The United States and the U.S.S.R. were putting finishing touches on the Outer Space Treaty, which outlawed nuclear weapons in orbit, and the appearance of a system designed to do exactly that threatened to scuttle years of diplomacy.

The launches were timed so that the warheads were lit by the sun but observing cameras were shaded. Somebody in Moscow finally realized what these UFO reports really were and abruptly restricted media reporting, with no further official word about the “Kosmos” launches. In hindsight, if they had known what they were looking at, the UFO watchers’ reports would have revealed details of the propulsion that guided the dummy warheads to their targets at Kapustin Yar. Later test flights were launched at random times of day, so no evening apparitions were created.

The Soviets named the strike missile R-36Orb—a variant of an intercontinental ballistic missile known to the West as the SS-9 Scarp—and a handful were eventually installed in silos, but withdrawn in 1983 after the SALT II treaty definitively banned them.

Just why a descending nuclear warhead should produce a wide crescent-shaped wake was a mystery to the public for many years, though the CIA almost certainly knew the answer.

In September 2015, a SpaceX Falcon 9 launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida; after releasing the second stage, the first stage flipped over, fired its engine to slow down, and for the first time landed on a platform in the Atlantic Ocean. Infrared images of the nighttime descent showed a distinct crescent shape ahead of the vehicle as exhaust particles, released in space, entered the atmosphere and bunched up. The striking similarity to the 1967 Russian apparitions made clear what they were: the exhaust from retrofiring rockets.

Following the collapse of the U.S.S.R., details about the R-36Orb began spilling out. Now we know what really happened: Top-secret space weapons tests were mistaken for alien visitors.

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Drone or UFO? Police yet to identify over 100 flying objects spotted at Delhi airport

Drone or UFO? Police yet to identify over 100 flying objects spotted at Delhi airport

Every month, nearly 6-7 cases of pilots getting distracted by different objects are reported from near the airport. In most of the cases, pilots tell the location in nautical miles because of which the police could not make a breakthrough in any of the over 100 cases reported in the past two years.

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A plane flying low over Dwarka, following its descent before landing at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport. Pilot of an international flight on Sunday had reported seeing a drone-like object near the airport, triggering a security scare.

A plane flying low over Dwarka, following its descent before landing at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport. Pilot of an international flight on Sunday had reported seeing a drone-like object near the airport, triggering a security scare.

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From balloons to flying parasol, to drones and laser lights, pilots landing at the country’s busiest airport in Delhi are having a tough time dealing with distractions while landing or taking off.

Every month, nearly 6-7 cases of pilots getting distracted by different objects are reported from near the airport.

In most of the cases, pilots tell the location in nautical miles because of which the police could not make a breakthrough in any of the over 100 cases reported in the past two years.

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Police say usually, flight movement is not stopped when pilots report such sightings. But when the air traffic controller (ATC) feels, they order suspension of flights.

“The pilot gives details of height, altitude and nautical miles and based on that we pinpointed the area over where the plane was flying when laser lights distracted the pilot. In cases of balloon or drone-like objects, the radar does not show anything. Personnel posted at watchtowers have been asked to report if they notice any such object but investigation has hit a dead end. In almost every case, the pilot was five nautical miles away from Delhi, which means the laser light originated from outside the capital,” said a Delhi Police official.

On August 15, CISF personnel posted at a watchtower noticed a balloon. When the team reached, they found that it was 80-90 feet away from the ground.

The police have asked traders not to supply such flashy lights at wedding venues near the airport. They have also asked the Union home ministry to prepare guidelines with a provision of punishment for those selling and buying drones illegally.

Under section 144 CrPC, Delhi Police have presently prohibited the use of laser beams by any individual or group or organizers in areas around the airport.

“Any person, group of persons, organizers, owners, occupiers, employees contravening these orders shall be liable to be punished in accordance with provisions of section 188 of the IPC ,” the official said. 

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Scotland an alien nation as expert reveals over 1000 UFO sightings a year

Scotland an alien nation as expert reveals over 1000 UFO sightings a year

Malcolm Robinson insists the country is a hotspot for strange goings on in the skies and claims the Government is trying to cover it up.

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Robinson is a self-styled expert on alien visits

A self-styled UFO expert has revealed there are about 1000 reported sightings in Scotland every year.

Malcolm Robinson last night insisted Scotland is a hotspot for strange goings on in the skies but claimed the Government are trying to cover it up.

The Scot, from Tullibody, Clackmannanshire, is the founder of Strange Phenomena Investigations and speaks at events on claims of alien visitors.

Robinson admitted 98 per cent of sightings can be explained. But he said the remaining genuine reports give cause for curiosity.

Robinson, who now lives in Hastings, said: “It’s extraordinary. Something is definitely going on in the skies above Scotland.

Robinson believes the Government are trying to cover up UFO sightings
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“Sightings are on the rise and interest in the subject is increasing. Of the roughly 1000 reports we get from Scotland every year, 10 to 20 can be be described as accurate.

“There are natural explanations for 95 per cent of them, around three per cent are test aircraft and sometimes there is rare atmospheric phenomena.

“There are several hotspots in the country – Bonnybridge is one of the best in the world.

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“It’s my job to unmask frauds and prove to sceptics that this is reality.” Robinson worked alongside former Bonnybridge councillor Billy Buchanan in the 90s when sightings began in the town.

More than 300 are still reported every year and the pair have written to every Prime Minister since John Major to ask for an inquiry – without response.

Robinson believes the Government are withholding information.

He said: “There are many sceptics and I started off as one of them. But I did research, looked at the overwhelming evidence and had my eyes opened.

“Sightings are on the rise and I am certain the British Government know what is going on.

“They have information they aren’t willing to share. The $1million question is, ‘Where are these objects coming from?’”

His book UFO Case Files of Scotland is being re-printed next month.

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MiG-21MF Regularly occurring UFO outran jets says former Yugoslav General Posted by: Alejandro Rojas August 23, 2017 0 On several occasions in 1975, Yugoslav Air Force jets saw a strange multi-colored glowing orb, but every time they tried to investigat

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Regularly occurring UFO outran jets says former Yugoslav General

On several occasions in 1975, Yugoslav Air Force jets saw a strange multi-colored glowing orb, but every time they tried to investigate, it would outrun their jet fighters. Finally, after failed attempts to get a closer look, and facing ridicule for reporting the incidents, they chose to ignore it.

This is according to General Zvonimir Jurjevic, former commander of the Air Force and Air Defense of Yugoslavia. The story was first revealed in 2011 in a book on the 172 Aviation Regiment, which was lead by Jujevic. He recently discussed the UFO encounters again in an interview with Sputnik International.

According to Jujevic the UFO encounters began in January, 1975 and lasted for several days. Every night, 50 minutes after take off, he would see the object.

Soko J-21 fighter jet. This was the type of aircraft flown at the time of the incidents. The Soko J-21 Jastreb is a single-seat, light attack and reconnaissance aircraft designed in Yugoslavia in the 1960s. (Credit: Dennis Jarvis/Wikimedia Commons)

Soko J-21 fighter jet. This was the type of aircraft flown at the time of the incidents. The Soko J-21 Jastreb is a single-seat, light attack and reconnaissance aircraft designed in Yugoslavia in the 1960s.

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“The object looked like a glowing orb, very well visible, maybe ten times lighter than the brightest star at that moment,” Jurjevic told Sputnik International. “Color constantly changed: white, yellow, light red, orange, again white, and so on. It appeared from nowhere, unexpectedly.”

“It was attracting attention on purpose,” Jurjevic speculated.

Jurjevic was not the only one to see the object, many of the pilots in his regiment also reported it. However, it never turned up on radar.

Jurjevic recalls that on January 25, he decided to attempt to get a closer look. However, once he headed towards the object, it took off and was gone. Soon after, Jurjevic devised a better plan to catch the object off guard. He recruited the pilots of three other aircraft to join in him the hunt.

On that night, in late January, Jurjevic and another aircraft took off unannounced. Two other jets took off soon after. They had decided not to inform anyone of their plans, nor discuss it on radio, just in case the object was related to some sort of monitoring of their movements by a foreign country.

“I only just stabilized the flight somewhere over Cetinje, when suddenly the object flashed over Budva, and Lieutenant Machec saw it above Niksic,” Jurjevic recalled. “I ordered Machec to stay in place, and took a course parallel to the Adriatic coast, where I tried to establish at what distance the object was: it turned out that it was at about ten kilometers.”

10 kilometers was as close as Jurjevic could get. The object continued to match his speed and movements to stay the same distance away no matter what Jurjevic tired. Two supersonic Soviet MiG-21s were dispatched to the area from Belgrade. During the entire incident, the object could not be seen on radar, until the MiGs arrived. However, it was no help. The object was able to outmaneuver the MiGs as well.

Soviet MiG-21s (Credit: U.S. Department of Defense)

Soviet MiG-21s

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Jurjevic was met with a lot of curiosity by his colleagues, but also ridicule. He denied the object was of no danger, and since he did not want to deal with the ridicule, he decided to ignore it from there on out.

UFO blogger Billy Cox got ahold of a translation by Giuliano Marinkovic of the 2011 book in which Jurjevic first told the story. He gave this account of their last encounter with the unusual object.

“People watched me suspiciously and squadron commander approached and told me that 100 people at the apron are watching UFO and that I am only person who can’t see it. I replied loudly so other could hear me that I can’t see anything because I don’t want to see it so everyone should stop commenting and do his job as usual. After appearing above airport, UFO turned off its lights and vanished forever.”

U.S. acquired MiG-21 being tested near Area 51. (Credit: DOD Defense Intelligence Agency)

U.S. acquired MiG-21 being tested near Area 51.

(Credit: DOD Defense Intelligence Agency)

Jurjevic told Sputnik International the last encounter was on February 12, 1975.

This story is a great example, and a common one I have heard from military UFO witnesses. Often it is not a grand conspiracy that makes people in the military sweep UFO encounters under the rug. It is ridicule or the uneasiness of being associated with a UFO event.

One retired Navy radar tech told me that he faced a lot of ridicule for reporting UFOs they caught on their ship’s radar. When he asked fellow radar techs if they also observed extremely fast unidentified aircraft on their scopes, sometimes they said they had. When asked why they they did not report them, they said they didn’t want the headache of dealing with the fallout of reporting them.

You hear this same sentiment from commercial airline pilots, police officers and many others. It makes one wonder how many other extraordinary sightings go unreported and investigated.

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Rich Hoffman – Cloverdale UFO Mystery – August 22, 2017

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Rich Hoffman – Cloverdale UFO Mystery – August 22, 2017

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Open Minds UFO Radio: Rich Hoffman has been investigating the UFO phenomena for over 52 years. He grew up in Dayton, Ohio, the home of Project Blue Book, the US Air Force Project that was in place from 1952 to 1969. At age 15 he appeared on a Phil Donahue show in Dayton and became known as the local UFO expert which quickly propelled him into presenting to associations, churches, and many other organizations and appeared on TV and radio. When the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) first formed, he quickly joined and held numerous positions, including the State Director for Alabama, Director of MUFON Strategic Projects and served on the MUFON Science Review Board’s Top 10 case review committee. Rich is also a member of NARCAP, the Planetary Society, and although he is no longer with MUFON, he continues UFO investigations on his own and with the Scientific Coalition for Ufology (SCU). The later is known for their thorough report on a UFO video captured by Homeland Security in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Rich is an IT professional working for a defense contractor firm supporting the Army Materiel Command HQ located at Redstone Arsenal, in Huntsville, Alabama.

One of Rich’s current projects is the investigation of mysterious balls of lights that appear in Alabama. In this interview, we talk to Rich about this light phenomenon, its history, and Rich’s ongoing investigation.

For more about Rich and the Scientific Coalition for Ufology (SCU), visit: www.ExploreSCU.org

For more about the Cloverdale lights, read his article on OpenMinds.tv: Cloverdale UAP Project: Investigating the “Spooklights” UFO phenomenon in Alabama

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Will UFO sightings increase during the eclipse?

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Will UFO sightings increase during the eclipse?

The total eclipse that will be visible in parts of the U.S. is an exciting celestial event. That has people, such as the ones who made today’s Google search animation, thinking about aliens. Many are wondering if UFO sightings will increase, and some have suggested aliens may be coming to check out the event themselves.

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Google search animations are always fun, and several have included aliens or UFOs. However, why they decided to use aliens in today’s eclipse animation is anyone’s guess. As you can see above, the aliens are playing bouncy ball with the Moon. Although it is a fun animation, it is not an educational one. This is not how eclipses occur, but if you click on the image from the Google search page, you will find actual facts about eclipses.

What makes today’s total eclipse special is that it can be seen in the U.S., which is great for those of us in this country who might live in areas where there will be a total eclipse, or those who can take some time off and get to one of those areas.

While eclipses are not created by aliens bouncing the Moon in front of the Sun, some do believe aliens are responsible for the Moon. One of the strange anomalies that give people the idea that the Moon is too peculiar to be natural is the incredible coincidence that makes a total eclipse possible.

(Credit: NASA)

(Credit: NASA)

An eclipse is created when the Moon passes in front of the Sun, partially blocking its light. Big deal, right? We have all seen a shadow, so that is nothing special. However, the Moon is very small compared to the Sun, so why does it appear to be the same size during a total eclipse? The Sun is actually 400 times larger than the moon. The amazing coincidence is that it is also about 400 times further away as well. This allows it to perfectly block out the sun when it passes in front of it.

This illustration depicts a rare alignment of the Sun and Moon casting a shadow on Earth. (Credits: NASA)

This illustration depicts a rare alignment of the Sun and Moon casting a shadow on Earth.
(Credits: NASA)

Because the Moon perfectly covers the Sun, it allows scientists an opportunity to study the Sun’s atmosphere in a manner that would otherwise not be possible.

Although I am not so sure aliens brought the Moon into Earth’s orbit, I got to admit, this is a weird coincidence.

As for UFO sightings, Nick Pope, former UFO researcher for the Ministry of Defense, recently told the Daily Express UFO sightings do increase during an eclipse.

“Past experience suggests there will be an upsurge in UFO sightings during the total eclipse,” Pope explained. “I suspect many of these will turn out to be news helicopters filming the crowds, or drones flown by amateur photographers, and maybe the sightings occur simply because more people are looking at the sky.”

He predicted there will be hundreds of sightings.

Another UFO researcher, Cheryl Costa, examined UFO sighting reports in an ideal eclipse watching location in her recent blog for the Syracuse New Times.

“Any seasoned sky watcher will tell you that the high desert is where you want to be to observe such a celestial event,” Costa wrote. “For this specific solar eclipse event, the city of Madras, Oregon, is going to be an ideal place. Madras is positioned close to the centerline of the solar eclipse path of totality. At an elevation of 2,242 feet (683 meters), the high desert environment in August is regularly clear skies.”

In order to estimate the possibility of UFO sightings in the area during the eclipse, she ran some numbers.

“According to the UFO Sighting Desk Reference, from 2001-2015, Oregon ranked No. 13 of all 50 states and the District of Columbia with 3,013 reported UFO sightings,” Costa noted.

However, UFO reports are not the only unusual reports we may get from the eclipse. Of course you had my off-the-wall suggestion the Moon was brought here by aliens, but according to Pope, this may be only the tip of the iceberg.

“Sadly, there’s a dark side – pun intended – to the eclipse,” Pope explained to the Daily Express. “Such events bring out the crazies, and I confidently predict that there will be an upsurge in nutjobbery at the time of the total eclipse. I’ve already seen predictions that the world will end, along with suggestions that we’ll see more sightings of Bigfoot, demons, and all manner of other weird stuff.”

Here at OpenMinds.tv “weird stuff” is our specialty, so stay tuned and we will let you know if we come across any noteworthy “nutjobbery” or legit UFO sightings. Until then, enjoy the eclipse.

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Nighttime Snowstorms May Swirl Across Mars

Nighttime Snowstorms May Swirl Across Mars

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Dit is ruimtepak waarmee eerste mens op Mars zou kunnen landen - HLN.be

Dit is ruimtepak waarmee eerste mens op Mars zou kunnen landen - HLN.be

Bron: Instagram

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Het was volgens Elon Musk niet eenvoudig om functionaliteit en esthetiek te verenigen, maar SpaceX is er dan toch in geslaagd om een ruimtepak te ontwerpen dat aan beide criteria voldoet. De CEO van het bekende privéruimtevaartbedrijf onthulde op Instagram een glimp van wat mogelijk gedragen zal worden door de eerste mensen die een voet op Mars zetten. "Komende dagen volgt er nog meer."

"Het is interessant om op te merken dat het pak effectief functioneert", schreef Musk bij de foto. "Het is geen testmodel. Het is al uitgeprobeerd met een dubbele vacuümdruk." 

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Musk is er altijd duidelijk over geweest dat het hoofddoel van SpaceX de kolonisatie van Mars is. Hij wil een 1.000-tal ruimteschepen in een baan rond de aarde brengen met herbruikbare raketlanceerders. Die wil hij dan voorzien van brandstoftanks. Iets wat zo'n twee jaar zal duren. (lees hieronder verder)

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Daarna wil hij 100 ruimtereizigers in elk ruimteschip laten stappen, samen met hun bagage en materiaal dat ze nodig kunnen hebben voor de opstart van een kolonie. Die zullen dan samen naar Mars vertrekken. 

"Als we de kost voor een reis naar Mars op hetzelfde niveau kunnen brengen als een gemiddeld huis in de VS - 170.000 euro - is de kans groot dat we er een leefbare en zelfvoorzienende kolonie zullen kunnen stichten", zei hij eerder al. Over hun outfit hoeven de ruimtereizigers zich alvast geen zorgen te maken.


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Uranus en Neptunus zitten vol diamanten - HLN.be

Uranus en Neptunus zitten vol diamanten - HLN.be

Bron: Guardian, Metro

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Op Uranus kan je zoiets als een 'diamantenregen' meemaken.

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Diamanten van onschatbare waarde zitten in de reuzenplaneten Uranus en Neptunus, zo blijkt uit nieuw onderzoek. De 'diamantenregen' wordt gevormd wanneer waterstof en koolstof onder extreme druk tot 7.000 kilometer onder het oppervlak worden geduwd.

Op duizenden jaren tijd zakken de diamanten door de ijslagen om rond de kernen van beide planeten te accumuleren, menen experts. 

Het gaat niet om de geringste diamanten. Volgens de wetenschappers kunnen de diamanten miljoenen karaat wegen. Ter vergelijking: de bekende 'Great Star of Africa', de diamant die deel uitmaakte van de Britse kroonjuwelen, weegt 530,4 karaat. De peervormige Great Star of Africa, die in de kop van de koninklijke scepter is verwerkt, is het grootste segment van een diamant die in 1905 in Zuid-Afrika werd ontdekt. De diamant woog meer dan 3.000 karaat. 

Uranus en Neptunus staan bekend als de 'ijsgiganten': niet alleen hebben ze een dikke atmosferische laag, ze zijn ook grotendeels uit ijs samengesteld.

Voor de nieuwe studie simuleerden vorsers de extreme omstandigheden binnenin de planeten met een krachtige laser. Die maakte schokgolven in polystyreen, een plastic gemaakt van waterstof en koolstof, om de druk na te maken die onder het oppervlak van de planeten wordt aangetroffen. Bijna elke koolstofatoom in het polystyreen werd opgenomen in microscopische diamantstructuren van enkele nanometers breed, zo melden de wetenschappers in het vakblad Nature Astronomy. Hoewel de vorming van de diamant slechts fracties van een seconde duurde, was dit  het eerste duidelijke experimentele bewijs van de theorie.

"Voordien konden we enkel veronderstellen dat de diamanten werden gevormd. Toen ik de resultaten van dit recente experiment zag, was dat één van de beste momenten uit mijn wetenschappelijke carrière", stelt hoofdvorser Dominik Kraus, professor aan het Duitse onderzoekslaboratorium Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR).

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Latest UK UFO Stirs Memories of the Warminster Thing

A video of a UFO over Warminster, one of many sites seemingly vying for the title of “UFO Capital of the UK,” has many in the area remembering another famous UFO seen in the same area over 50 years ago that was given the nickname “Warminster Thing.” Has the ‘thing’ returned? Will Warminster take the unofficial title away from Cornwall?

“I had never seen anything like it before. It really caught my eye. It went on for quite some time before flying off into the distance towards Longleat.”

The UFO was spotted and recorded by Jeremy Le Fevre from his home in Frome, Somerset, which is near Warminster, Wiltshire Both towns are near Longleat where Le Fevre claimed the UFO disappeared to. It’s also near Cley Hill where a strange crop circle appeared recently. Le Fevre gave his thoughts on what the UFO might have been.

“It was emitting green and red colours. It looked to me like it could have been fireworks attached to a drone. It’s still very much unidentified though.”

Many who watched the video noticed its resemblance and close proximity to a UFO reported in June. That one was eventually proven to be lights emitted by a stunt plane belonging to the night air-display acrobatics group AeroSparxwhich is based nearby and performs nighttime shows using planes with fireworks attached to their wingtips. It’s highly likely that the latest UFO is another Identified AeroSparx Object.

Or is it?

Warminster’s spot on the UFO Capital list dates back to Christmas Day, 1964, when a mysterious explosion shook the town. Arthur Shuttlewood described it in his book, The Warminster Mystery:

“The air was brazenly filled with a menacing sound. Sudden vibrations came overhead, chilling in intensity. They tore the quiet atmosphere to raucous rags and descended upon her savagely. Shockwaves pounded at her head, neck and shoulders.”

The noises continued and the descriptions sounded like sonic booms, but no military or government agencies admitted to being responsible. As the booms continued, they were accompanied by reports of unidentified objects in the sky. Arhtur Shuttlewood was one of those witnesses. He was also the features editor at The Warminster Journal newspaper, which put him in the right place to receive a famous photograph taken by Warminster resident Gordon Faulkner of what looked like a flying saucer.

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Shuttlewood’s publication of the photo turned Warminster into an early UFO capital, drawing thousands of people hoping to see the “thing” and prompting the city to hold a town meeting to deal with the crowds. The BBC filmed a documentary on the thing in 1966 and sightings continued regularly into the 1980s, prompting other books, the formation of a UFO society and, on the 50th anniversary in 2015, a mural commemorating the event.

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With all of that, there’s still no explanation for the Warminster Thing. Aeromax, the likely culprit for the latest UFOs, wasn’t around back then. Sonic booms were and secret aircraft test were still a possibility. The number of sightings in such a short period could also be mass hysteria.

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Is the Warminster Thing back? Not likely. However, with the second report of a spark-emitting UFO in Warminster, it could lose its place on the UFO hotspot list unless AeroSparx moves somewhere else.

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The Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Was Worse Than We Thought

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The Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Was Worse Than We Thought

If you’re still on the fence about NASA, some other space agency or a coalition of governments banding together to develop a plan to destroy or deflect giant asteroids heading towards Earth … what’s wrong with you? How can you be against saving us from the fate of the dinosaurs? Maybe this will knock you over to the “whack those ‘roids back to the Kuiper Belt” side. A new study found that the impact of the Chicxulub asteroid some 66 million years ago stretched far beyond the Yucatan Peninsula in the Gulf of Mexico and its force was felt far longer than first thought.

“Our study picks up the story after the initial effects—after the earthquakes and the tsunamis and the broiling. We wanted to look at the long-term consequences of the amount of soot we think was created and what those consequences might have meant for the animals that were left.”

The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, was led by National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) scientist Charles Bardeen. He first points out what we already know – the Chicxulub asteroid’s impact sent huge tsunamis across the oceans, created earthquakes and volcanoes and vaporized rock that fell around the planet, sparking fires that cooked plants and animals far from the impact zone.

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As bad as that sounds – along with all of the dinosaurs that were killed immediately – this was just the beginning. Using the Community Earth System Model (CESM), Bardeen and his team simulated the effect of the soot from those fires. They found that solar heat lifted the fine particle far higher into the atmosphere than first suspected, and the amount was enough to create a global barrier that completely blocked out the Sun … think eclipse with the moon stuck in the full blackout position for up to 18 months.

It gets worse. The fires killed most plant life and the darkness killed photosynthesis for the rest, so the next step down on the scale of life was phytoplankton, the microalgae that fill the oceans and feed so much of marine life. Unfortunately, phytoplankton themselves feed on … you guessed it … sunlight. Without it, most of the phytoplankton died off, upsetting the ecological balance of the oceans.

We’re here, so obviously, as bad as this sounds, it eventually ended. Surprisingly, the simulation showed that the clearing of the soot happened faster than expected. While the temperature at the planet’s surface dropped substantially — 50 degrees Fahrenheit (28 degrees Celsius) over land and 20 degrees Fahrenheit (11 degrees Celsius) over water – the upper atmosphere got hot as the soot absorbed sunlight. That destroyed the ozone layer, which was replaced by water vapor. This huge reservoir of water eventually cooled, falling to Earth and washing the soot quickly from the atmosphere. Eventually, surviving seeds and phytoplankton revived and the planet came back to life.

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Does this sound like a nuclear winter? Bardeen thinks so too.

“The amount of soot created by nuclear warfare would be much less than we saw during the K-Pg extinction. But the soot would still alter the climate in similar ways, cooling the surface and heating the upper atmosphere, with potentially devastating effects.”

Wait a minute … I thought we were talking about killer asteroids, not killer nuclear wars. The devastation would be the same. Which do you think has a higher chance of occurring in your lifetime?

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GOVERNMENT GEOLOGIST’S TERRIFYING ENCOUNTER WITH EXTRATERRESTRIALS – AFTER DRILLING ON TOP OF THEIR BASE 2 MILES UNDERGROUND

GOVERNMENT GEOLOGIST’S TERRIFYING ENCOUNTER WITH EXTRATERRESTRIALS – AFTER DRILLING ON TOP OF THEIR BASE 2 MILES UNDERGROUND

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Geoloog had angstaanjagende ontmoeting met ondergrondse buitenaardsen. Moest hij sterven omdat hij te veel wist?

Geoloog had angstaanjagende ontmoeting met ondergrondse buitenaardsen. Moest hij sterven omdat hij te veel wist?

Geoloog had angstaanjagende ontmoeting met ondergrondse buitenaardsen. Moest hij sterven omdat hij te veel wist?

Explosievenexpert en geoloog Phil Schneider zou in 1979 in Dulce in New Mexico hebben geholpen bij de bouw van een geheime ondergrondse basis voor de Amerikaanse overheid.

In 1995 vertelde hij openlijk dat hij tijdens werkzaamheden oog in oog was komen te staan met buitenaardse wezens.

Schneider was naar eigen zeggen één van de drie overlevenden van een gevecht tussen mensen en buitenaardsen in augustus 1979.

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Geoloog had angstaanjagende ontmoeting met buitenaardsen. Moest hij sterven omdat hij te veel wist?

Phil Schneider

Hij sprak zich buitengewoon kritisch uit over inspanningen van de overheid om burgers in het duister te houden.

Tot zijn dood in 1997 gaf hij vele lezingen over zijn ervaringen in Dulce. Schneider beweerde dat in de tussenliggende periode herhaaldelijk een aanslag op zijn leven was gepleegd.

Zijn volgelingen geloven dan ook niet dat hij om het leven is gekomen door zelfmoord.

Grote gaten

Schneider vond het verdacht dat er zoveel groene baretten aanwezig waren rond het kamp waar de ondergrondse basis moest worden gebouwd.

Er werden vier grote gaten in de grond geboord. Uit de gaten kwam een zwarte roetwolk omhoog, aldus Schneider tijdens een lezing in 1995.

Hij moest tijdens de bouw poolshoogte gaan nemen en kwam oog in oog te staan met een ‘grote Grey’ – een 2 meter lang buitenaards wezen.

Vreemde energie

“Het wezen stonk nog erger dan een vuilnisbak,” zei hij. “Het zag er verschrikkelijk uit.”

Schneider greep naar zijn pistool en doodde twee wezens, maar niet voordat één van hen een vreemde energie op hem kon afvuren.

Het wezen maakte een soort gebaar met zijn hand, waarna Schneider werd getroffen door een blauwe straal die dwars door hem heen brandde.

Hij liet het publiek zien dat hij enkele vingers miste en ook had hij een litteken op zijn borst.

1477 ondergrondse bases

Een groene baret redde Schneiders leven en bracht hem naar een lift. Die dag kwamen meer dan 60 mensen om, aldus Schneider.

De twee andere overlevenden wonen in een verzorgingstehuis in Canada. Ze worden beschermd door de Canadese overheid en geen enkele Amerikaan mag bij ze in de buurt komen omdat ze bang zijn te worden ontvoerd, zei hij.

Volgens Schneider zijn er 1477 ondergrondse bases verspreid over de wereld, waarvan 129 in de Verenigde Staten.

Black Budget

Elke basis zou 17 miljard dollar of meer kosten. Hij zei dat het Black Budget, dat verborgen wordt gehouden voor de overheidsagentschappen en het publiek, een kwart van het Amerikaanse bbp opslokt.

Strijdkrachten uit verschillende landen zijn betrokken bij schermutselingen met buitenaardsen, aldus Schneider.

“De autoriteiten moeten de waarheid vertellen,” zei hij. “Als de waarheid niet volledig naar buiten kan komen, waarom hebben we dan zoiets als vrijheid?”

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Mysterieuze lichtbol speelt spelletje met straaljagers. Deze luchtmachtgeneraal beschrijft bizarre confrontatie

Mysterieuze UFO speelt spelletje met straaljagers. Deze luchtmachtgeneraal beschrijft bizarre confrontatie

Mysterieuze lichtbol speelt spelletje met straaljagers. Deze luchtmachtgeneraal beschrijft bizarre confrontatie

Voormalig commandant van Joegoslavische luchtmacht generaal Zvonimir Joerjevitsj ging tijdens een interview met het Russische persagentschap Sputnik in op zijn confrontatie met een UFO.

In 1975 was hij gestationeerd in Titograd (nu de Montenegrijnse hoofdstad Podgorica).

Begin januari dat jaar verscheen er een UFO in de omgeving waar hij op dat moment vloog. “Het object leek op een lichtbol en was heel goed zichtbaar,” vertelde hij.

Achtervolging

“Het was ongeveer 10 keer zo helder als de meeste heldere ster op dat moment,” vervolgde hij. “De kleur veranderde constant: wit, geel, rood, oranje en weer wit.”

“Het verscheen uit het niets en trok bewust de aandacht,” herinnerde Joerjevitsj zich. Het object verscheen iedere keer exact 50 minuten nadat hij was opgestegen.

Op 25 januari 1975 besloot hij de UFO te onderscheppen. Toen hij boven de stad Cetinje vloog zette hij de achtervolging in.

Andere piloten

Het object verdween echter al snel uit het zicht.

Dit spelletje duurde meerdere dagen en Joerjetvitsj hield het commandocentrum in Belgrado op de hoogte. Ook andere piloten zagen de mysterieuze UFO.

De generaal besloot met vier straaljagers op het object af te vliegen. Geen van de piloten wist bij de UFO in de buurt te komen.

Radar

Opvallend genoeg verscheen het object niet op de radar. Toen twee MiG-21’s aankwamen vanuit Belgrado kon de ‘vreemde gast’ wel op de radar worden gezien.

“Maar de supersnelle Migs slaagden er niet in om in de buurt van de UFO te komen,” klonk het.

Wat er in 1975 is gebeurd in de lucht boven Joegoslavië is nog altijd een mysterie. De lichtbol is op 12 februari 1975 voor het laatst gezien.

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Schoolkinderen getuige van spectaculaire UFO-landing. In deze nieuwe docu vertellen ze wat ze hebben gezien

Schoolkinderen getuige van spectaculaire UFO-landing. In deze nieuwe docu vertellen ze wat ze hebben gezien

Schoolkinderen getuige van spectaculaire UFO-landing. In deze nieuwe docu vertellen ze wat ze hebben gezien

Op 16 september 1994 waren tientallen leerlingen van de basisschool Ariel in de hoofdstad van Zimbabwe getuige van de landing van een UFO.

Er wordt momenteel gewerkt aan een nieuwe film over deze bijzondere gebeurtenis, Ariel Phenomenon geheten.

“De kinderen waren getuige van een bovennatuurlijke gebeurtenis,” zegt de Canadese acteur Dan Akroyd in een nieuwe trailer. “Ze kunnen dit niet hebben verzonnen.”

Zeer serieus

“Dit is geen nieuw fenomeen,” licht hij toe. “We kijken hier al naar vanaf het moment dat in de Bijbel wordt gesproken over het wiel van Ezechiël.”

Lucht- en ruimtevaartdeskundige Coen Vermeeren zegt over dit incident:

“Wie dit dossier bestudeert kan geen andere conclusie trekken dan dat de kinderen een echte en één en dezelfde ervaring hadden, één die de nekharen overeind doet gaan, en één die we zeer serieus zouden moeten nemen. Maar dat doen we natuurlijk niet.”

Schotelvormige objecten

De kinderen zagen hoe drie tot vier schotelvormige objecten langs de hoogspanningsmasten vlogen en uiteindelijk landden in het hoge gras. De kinderen waren bang, maar ook nieuwsgierig.

De leerlingen vertelden aan Harvard-psychiater John E. Mack wat ze hadden gezien. Hij concludeerde na interviews met de getuigen dat ze het verhaal niet hadden verzonnen.

De kinderen beschreven de UFO die naast de school landde. Twee vreemde wezens zouden de leerlingen daarop hebben benaderd.

Wereldberoemd

BBC-correspondent Tim Leach interviewde de leerlingen gelijk na de gebeurtenis. De verhalen van de kinderen gaven hem een ‘nieuwe kijk op het leven en het universum’.

Emily Trim was één van de leerlingen. Ze was acht jaar oud toen het gebeurde. Haar school werd in één klap wereldberoemd toen de BBC over het incident berichtte.

“We hoorden een hoog geluid,” zei Emily. “We zagen een flits en een vaartuig. Twee wezens sprongen op en neer.”

Boodschappen

“Ze waren nieuwsgierig. Ze raakten de grond niet aan. Het leek alsof ze ons na probeerden te doen,” klonk het.

“Plotseling stonden ze voor ons,” ging ze verder. “We stonden aan de grond genageld. Telepathische berichten gingen door me heen, in de vorm van beelden.”

Glimmend pak

Guy, een andere leerling, zei: “Ik zag een kleine man gekleed in een zwart, glimmend pak.”

“Hij had zwart haar en zijn ogen waren groot en ovaalvormig. De mond was niet meer dan een spleet en de oren waren bijna niet te onderscheiden,” vertelde hij verder.

Bekijk hieronder de nieuwe trailer:

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NASA wil catastrofale uitbarsting supervulkaan voorkomen. Ze hebben nu dit levensgevaarlijke plan bedacht

NASA wil catastrofale uitbarsting supervulkaan voorkomen. Ze hebben nu dit levensgevaarlijke plan bedacht

NASA wil catastrofale uitbarsting supervulkaan voorkomen. Ze hebben nu dit levensgevaarlijke plan bedacht

NASA wil dat vermijden en heeft een plan bedacht om een uitbarsting te voorkomen. Maar het plan kan als het misgaat juist een nucleaire winter veroorzaken.

Op aarde bevinden zich zo’n 20 supervulkanen, die gemiddeld eens in de 100.000 jaar uitbarsten. Rond Yellowstone was 600.000 jaar geleden voor het laatst een catastrofale uitbarsting.

Onder controle houden

De NASA wil de magmakamer onder controle houden door de supervulkaan af te koelen. Dat kan met behulp van water.

Het alternatief is water onder hoge druk 10 kilometer diep in de magmakamer pompen. Dat zou een slordige drie miljard euro kosten.

Er zouden tienduizenden jaren voor nodig zijn om Yellowstone op deze manier helemaal af te kunnen koelen.

Uitbarsting uitlokken

Maar boren in een vulkaanschacht is niet zonder risico. Zo kun je namelijk juist een uitbarsting uitlokken.

In Yellowstone National Park werd eind juni het hoogste aantal aardbevingen in het natuurpark in de afgelopen jaren gemeten.

Experts zeggen dat zo’n aardbevingszwerm normaal is en dat er geen reden is om aan te nemen dat de supervulkaan binnenkort gaat uitbarsten.

Heel erg riskant

Toch wil de NASA het zekere voor het onzekere nemen. “De bedreiging van een supervulkaan is veel groter dan die van een asteroïde of komeet,” zei Brian Wilcox van NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Hij erkende tegenover de BBC dat het boren in de magmakamer heel erg riskant is. Het zou de kamer broos maken waardoor deze gemakkelijker zou kunnen barsten.

Daarnaast kunnen dan schadelijke gassen ontsnappen die zich in de magma bovenin de kamer bevinden.

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Aardachtige planeet op slechts 16 lichtjaar ontdekt. Gaan we hier buitenaards leven vinden?

Aardachtige planeet op slechts 16 lichtjaar ontdekt. Gaan we hier buitenaards leven vinden?

Aardachtige planeet op slechts 16 lichtjaar ontdekt. Gaan we hier buitenaards leven vinden?

Astrofysici van de Universiteit van Texas in Arlington denken op slechts 16 jaar lichtjaar afstand een aardachtige planeet te hebben ontdekt.

De planeet draait rond de ster Gliese 832 en moet één tot 15 keer zo zwaar zijn als de aarde, zo schrijven ze in The Astrophysical Journal.

“Dit is een belangrijke doorbraak die wijst op het bestaan van een potentiële nieuwe planeet rond een ster vlak bij de onze,” zeggen de onderzoekers in een persverklaring.

Sterke aanwijzingen

Ze hebben berekend dat de planeet een miljard jaar in de leefbare zone van een rode dwerg kan blijven bestaan.

Het is nog niet 100 procent zeker dat de planeet bestaat, maar de wetenschappers hebben wel sterke aanwijzingen gevonden.

Gliese 832 is een rode dwerg die half zo zwaar en groot als onze zon is. Rond de ster draaien een Jupiterachtige gasreus genaamd Gliese 832b en een superaarde die Gliese 832c is gedoopt.

Dampkring

Eerder dit jaar ontdekten sterrenkundigen voor het eerst een dampkring rond een aardachtige planeet.

De dampkring van de exoplaneet, GJ1132b geheten, zou aanwijzingen kunnen bevatten over leven op de planeet.

Meest interessante

Onlangs werd op amper 39 lichtjaar van onze planeet ook al een planeet gevnden waar buitenaards leven mogelijk zou kunnen zijn.

Die planeet cirkelt rond een rode dwerg in het sterrenbeeld Walvis. De exoplaneet bevindt zich in de bewoonbare zone, schreven de onderzoekers in Nature.

Ze spraken van de meest interessante exoplaneet die ze in de afgelopen 10 jaar hadden gezien. Het zou zelfs mogelijk zijn om er een signaal naartoe te sturen.

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THE TIKAD OCTOCOPTER DRONE CAN FIRE ASSAULT RIFLES FROM THE AIR

THE TIKAD OCTOCOPTER DRONE CAN FIRE ASSAULT RIFLES FROM THE AIR

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Drones are going to become one of the staples seen on the modern battlefield and one of the very latest in development is the Octocopter drone with the name of TIKAD. This is a drone that carries arms, in fact to be more precise, grenades or bombs.  

TIKAD DRONE SHOOTS INFANTRY SMALL ARMS

The TIKAD drone is from Duke Robotics, they are a private company who are specialists in technology for the military. Last week they revealed the TIKAD, a drone with eight rotors known as an octocopter, that can not only carry, but also shoot, infantry small arms. The TIKAD octocopter is a small drone that is able to carry weaponry that can be directly fired, including grenade launchers and rifles. The company is only in the early stages of developed of the TIKAS octocopter, but it does like they are going to be a new force to be reckoned with on future battlefields.  

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Military drones that are smaller, including the fixed wing RQ-11 Raven of the military in the US have been used before but they are typically used for observation instead of direct combat. Guerrilla forces over in Iraq, Syria and Ukraine, along with others have been able to make use of commercial quadcopter drones for the dropping of bombs, along with spying on the positions of enemies. 

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TIKAD DRONE HAS COMPLICATED RIG TO HELP WITH RECOIL

However, up to now being able to fire a projectile weapon such as a gun, from a small platform that is airborne has been very difficult. Generally any infantry rifle has recoil that heavily distorts the shot taken by the rifle. The TIKAD on the other hand is able to overcome this as it has a rig that is complicated which takes the full force of the recoil of the weapon and it is able to readjust the aim so that it can fire again.

The company behind the TIKAD says that they have supplied the military in Israel with a very early version of the drone and they have been said to have used it in combat. It was also suggested that the military in Israel are also going to purchase several of the drones. 

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DRONE WAS DEVELOPED FOR PRECISION AGAINST TARGETS

Lt. Col. Raziel Atuar is the founder of Duke Robotics and he served for 20 years in the military in Israel and is still a reserve in the Special Forces. He said that he wanted to develop a flying weapon system that was able to address the many challenges of precision against targets in the urban battlefield, which was dense.  

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He said that a helicopter or bigger drone, even an artillery system, would be able to take out any forces that were hostile on top of any building; however, he said that usually there would not be any huge destructive force. He went on to say that often there are small groups of adversaries that work among areas which are crowded and generally use any civilians as shields. Then the military has to send in a team and people are generally lost, he said that it is an operational challenge that bothers them.

The promotional video of the company has been shown in the hope of attracting investors to the TIKAD drone. It shows the drone firing a weapon from the platform. While the company still has some work to do on the drone to ensure that it is a viable weapon and one that will be capable of sustained and accurate fire at range, this is something that is not shown in the video.

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SECRET SPACE PROGRAM UPDATE: TR-3B PATENT NOW IN PUBLIC DOMAIN

SECRET SPACE PROGRAM UPDATE: TR-3B PATENT NOW IN PUBLIC DOMAIN

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We just discovered a patent that shows the wicked triangular spacecraft known in the UFO realm as the TR-3B.

Research confirms that the inventor, John St. Clair, has also developed and patented a new type of propulsion system. This new system is named as "rotating electrostatic propulsion system".

Below are excerpts and the links to the patents of the TR-3B and the electrostatic propulsion system.

TRIANGULAR SPACECRAFT  

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Triangular spacecraft

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A spacecraft having a triangular hull with vertical electrostatic line charges on each corner that produce a horizontal electric field parallel to the sides of the hull. This field, interacting with a plane wave emitted by antennas on the side of the hull, generates a force per volume combining both lift and propulsion.  

https://www.google.com/patents/US20060145019?pageId=111028569981762970673

ROTATING ELECTROSTATIC PROPULSION SYSTEM

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Rotating electrostatic propulsion system

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This invention relates to a spacecraft propulsion system utilizing thrusters comprised of a motor-driven electrostatically charged cylinder rotating within an electrostatically charged annular ring for the purpose of creating a spacetime curvature stress-energy tension in the horizontal direction. The thrusters are augmented by magnetic vortex generators, either embedded in the cylinders or located above each thruster, for the purpose of increasing the permittivity of space by permeating each thruster with low density hyperspace energy generated by a wormhole created between our space and hyperspace. A combination of three thrusters mounted on the underside of the hull of the spacecraft provide thrust and yaw motion control.

https://www.google.com/patents/US20030209637?dq=ininventor:%22John+St.+Clair%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=

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WHAT IS THE TR-3B? 

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The TR-3B is Code named Astra. The tactical reconnaissance TR-3B first operational flight was in the early 90s. The triangular shaped nuclear powered aerospace platform was developed under the Top Secret, Aurora Program with SDI and black budget monies. At least 3 of the billion dollar plus TR-3Bs were flying by 1994. The Aurora is the most classified aerospace development program in existence. The TR-3B is the most exotic vehicle created by the Aurora Program. It is funded and operationally tasked by the National Reconnaissance Office, the NSA, and the CIA. The TR-3B flying triangle is not fiction and was built with technology available in the mid 80s. Not every UFO spotted is one of theirs.

The TR-3B vehicles outer coating is reactive to electrical Radar stimulation and can change reflectiveness, radar absorptiveness, and color. This polymer skin, when used in conjunction with the TR-3Bs Electronic Counter Measures and, ECCM, can make the vehicle look like a small aircraft, or a flying cylinder–or even trick radar receivers into falsely detecting a variety of aircraft, no aircraft, or several aircraft at various locations. A circular, plasma filled accelerator ring called the Magnetic Field Disrupter, surrounds the rotatable crew compartment and is far ahead of any imaginable technology.

VIDEOS FOOTAGE OF THE TR-3B  

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Bradbury resident reports sighting of three UFOs

UFOs could be roaming our skies, with a Bradbury resident appealing for help after spotting three unidentified flying objects on Sunday night. Picture: Tony Waldron UFOs could be roaming our skies, with a Bradbury resident appealing for help after spotting three unidentified flying objects on Sunday night. Picture: Tony Waldron

Bradbury resident reports sighting of three UFOs

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Three 'flying saucers' top spike of UFOs snapped during total solar eclipse

Three 'flying saucers' top spike of UFOs snapped during total solar eclipse

PARANORMAL investigators are looking at a glut of alleged UFO sightings that were witnessed during yesterday's total solar eclipse.

The Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) has been inundated with reports from people who filmed, photographed, or claimed to see UFOs while watching the once in a life time spectacle across the US.

Thousands of people aimed video and camera equipment at the skies yesterday as the eclipse made its way across the states from the west coast to the east.

Investigators at MUFON have been sent ten ssighting reports since yesterday.

They include one snap which appears to show three disc shaped objects sparing over hills at Scottsbluff National Monument in Nebraska.

The witness report sent to MUFON said: "Took this picture facing south towards the moon while it was completely covering the sun.

UFO-Eclipse

There was a glut of UFO sightings during the eclipse, as expected, but many were just lens flares.

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"Nothing was seen in the sky with the naked eye or through the camera viewfinder. 

"The photo shows three dark unidentified objects in formation above the city."

The witness initially thought they were birds, but felt they were too far away, and no birds were seen at the time of the picture.

They added: "I did not notice the objects until looking through the photos later in the day. 

"None of the objects seems to look exactly the same. 

"One is long and bullet shaped and the other two have hazy edges."

Another snap which includes a dark disc-shaped object was taken in Ohio during the eclipse.

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When I first saw the dot on the picture I thought maybe it was a bird because of the colour then I zoomed in on it.

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The witness simply said in their report: "Grey object bottom left-hand corner of picture."

Another witness in Denver, Colorado, photographed a dark object in an eclipse picture.

They said in their report: "I was in my backyard snapping pictures of the sky during the solar eclipse. I didn't notice the object until I went back to review the pictures a few minutes after I took picture.

"When I first saw the dot on the picture I thought maybe it was a bird because of the colour then I zoomed in on it.

When I saw the up close picture at first, I was a little scared then excited at the fact that I may have caught a UFO in a picture.

"I showed all my kids and they agreed that it's a UFO."

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Many of the other supposed UFO images reported to MUFON have already been dismissed as lens flares by UFO investigators.

Express.co.uk showed them to Scott Brando who runs debunking website ufoofinterest.org.

Lens flares appear on a picture when light refracts inside the lens and is then projected onto the image.

This is the reason why nothing is seen at the time the photographer snaps the picture.

They are common when a camera is aimed at bright lights such as the sun or street lights at night.

Yesterday, former Ministry of Defence UFO investigator Nick Pope told Express.co.uk he expected a glut of UFO sightings during the eclipse.

He told us: "Past experience suggests there will be an upsurge in UFO sightings during the total eclipse.

“I suspect many of these will turn out to be news helicopters filming the crowds, or drones flown by amateur photographers, and maybe the sightings occur simply because more people are looking at the sky. 

“But don't be surprised if Monday's eclipse results in hundreds of UFO sightings all across America.”

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A UFO Is Seen Buzzing The U.S. Capital In Fox News Video

A UFO Is Seen Buzzing The U.S. Capital In Fox News Video

A video showing a UFO crossing across the camera during a shot of Fox News to the U.S. capital building was submitted to the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), a UFO investigation organisation.

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According to the report from the witness, something strange flew in front of the capital building while he was watching Fox News. The report includes a video and a screenshot from it.

The witness claims that the sighting happened in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, which may be the city where the witness resides.

The video shows shiny, cylindrical object. It moves quickly from the bottom left to the upper right of the screen. The object in the video might not be the actual shape and size. It was presumably close to the camera, making it very huge. The form of the object could also look more elongated than its actual shape since it was moving at tremendous speed.

In cases such as this one, many would suggest that birds and bugs are the culprits. An object could appear elongated and large because of motion blur. Wings flapping could also make the object look like it has ridges or multiple appendages. However, the effect is not visible in this particular video.

Take a look at the video and let us know in the comment section what you think about it.

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UFOs Spotted By News Station in Washington State at Air Show

UFOs Spotted By News Station in Washington State at Air Show

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An alien civilisation is increasing. In the 70 years since the Roswell UFO crash became famous, there is a very long history of allegations and contentions involving the rise of alien phenomena and their government cover-ups. This particular situation opens the idea that some believe it has been purposely hidden from the public. What are UFOs, and what are the reasons behind their existence? Are they alien spacecraft visiting the Earth from another galaxy, or are they from our solar system? Apparently, we can never answer these questions with certainty, but it is still possible to speculate the various kinds of scientific principles that may explain a timely interstellar spaceflight or techniques of interdimensional travel. If you were at Skyfest, the most common question would be whether or not you have seen UFO. While this question drifts others, still at least a single individual is claiming that he did. In fact, he believes that he has the video evidence to support his case.

John Wichelow, the witness, cannot believe that he has captured anything like that. He thought he was just spotting the Thunderbirds designed for the air show at the Fairchild AFB. As soon as he watched the video backwards, he noticed two kinds of strange objects found in the frame. According to him, the object was moving very fast. While some people compare it to the meteors, bugs or birds that are very close to the camera, he still believes that it does not bear any resemblance to those objects enumerated.

The footage shows a clear and white object that is dart from the frame before the passing of Thunderbirds. At 36 seconds later, you will see a small black object following behind the Thunderbird. Of course, we can only describe aliens and explain their technologies regarding our limited skills and knowledge. The reality of UFO phenomenon may be far beyond anything that is imaginable.

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RETURN OF THE WARMINSTER THING? Strange activity filmed in skies over UK UFO capital

RETURN OF THE WARMINSTER THING? Strange activity filmed in skies over UK UFO capital

BRITAIN’S ‘UFO capital’ has seen strange airborne activity for the second time in recent weeks.

A bright object was filmed circling above Warminster in Wiltshire in June and now this month.

The latest video shows three orange balls moving in the sky which repeatedly change direction as they are followed by a trail of sparkling white light.

Jeremy Le Fevre spotted the UFO from his home in Frome, Somerset, on Saturday evening and started filming.

Mr Le Fevre had said: "I had never seen anything like it before. It really caught my eye. It went on for quite some time before flying off into the distance towards Longleat.

"It was emitting green and red colours. It looked to me like it could have been fireworks attached to a drone. It's still very much unidentified though."

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The object was actually a new type of stunt plane.

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He was more excited due to the history of Warminster and UFOs.

Warminster has been crowned the country's top UFO hotspot since the 1960s when a strange spate of UFO sightings and paranormal incidents led to the legend of the Warminster Thing developing.

People reported eerie thundering noises, lights in the sky, birds being killed, and even cars malfunctioning after balls of light appeared above.

The area still witnesses UFO sightings and many crop circles.

An identical object was films doing the same manoeuvres in June.

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The Grob is unique amongst air show types, as it has a special clearance to fly at night.

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Both were reported by UFO websites and national media as possible UFO and alien activity.

In June the resident said: "I took this video from my house in Frome. 

"It was over the Cley Hill area I think, which is always a hotspot for UFOs."

Some conspiracy theorists even suggested it could be secret flight tests 

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However, Express.co.uk can reveal it was nothing more than a specialist acrobatic display plane.

AeroSPARX, an aircraft aerobatic team that performs at air shows across Europe, flies its stunt planes in the area.

AeroSPARX, says of the particular craft: "The Grob is unique amongst air show types, as it has a special clearance to fly at night. 

"Pyrotechnics are quite unique and special in the half-light of twilight, but at night they really come alive and you can truly appreciate their majestic nature."

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Eclipse will lead to upsurge in UFO sightings and crazy behaviour claims ex MoD man

Eclipse will lead to upsurge in UFO sightings and crazy behaviour claims ex MoD man

A MAN who was been at the heart of organising Ministry of Defence (MoD) contingency plans for upcoming total eclipse sightings has warned there could be an upsurge in UFO sightings and strange behaviour today.

Nick Pope worked for the UK MoD in the 1990s and was involved in investigating the UFO phenomenon and contingency planning for the chaos caused by a total eclipse.

Today’s total solar eclipse will be seen in the UK at around 7.40pm.

It is called the Great American Eclipse because it can be seen at totality from the west to the east coast.

Mr Pope, who now speaks at UFO conferences across the globe, expects an increase in UFO sighting.

He said: “Past experience suggests there will be an upsurge in UFO sightings during the total eclipse. “I suspect many of these will turn out to be news helicopters filming the crowds, or drones flown by amateur photographers, and maybe the sightings occur simply because more people are looking at the sky. 

“But don't be surprised if Monday's eclipse results in hundreds of UFO sightings all across America.”

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There could be UFO sightings and crazy behaviour during the eclipse.

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He also said to expect strange behaviour during the eclipse.

He added: “Sadly, there's a dark side - pun intended - to the eclipse. 

“Such events bring out the crazies, and I confidently predict that there will be an upsurge in nutjobbery at the time of the total eclipse. 

“I’ve already seen predictions that the world will end, along with suggestions that we'll see more sightings of Bigfoot, demons, and all manner of other weird stuff.”

Mr Pope also revealed how eclipses were a headache for the authorities due to huge numbers of people descending on areas where the eclipse will reach totality.

He said: “With millions of people squeezing into a small geographic area, there are tremendous pressures on infrastructure. 

“Petrol stations run out of fuel, cash machines run out of money, and shops run out of food. 

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But don't be surprised if Monday's eclipse results in hundreds of UFO sightings all across America.

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“Nobody can resupply because the area is gridlocked. 

“I was involved in contingency planning for a Ministry of Defence operation - imaginatively entitled Operation Eclipse - that involved hundreds of troops being placed on standby to deal with a breakdown of various essential services, and I'm sure the US government has a similar plan in place for today.”

Yet, Mr Pope did not help the MoD during the total eclipse seen over the UK in August 1999.

He made sure he could experience it as a member of the public three years in advance.

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He said: “I'm an eclipse geek. I saw the total eclipse in August 1999 in Devon, and while it was overcast, nothing can quite prepare you for totality. 

“It's as if a giant dimmer switch is suddenly turned, with it going from day to night in a few seconds.

“I booked annual leave from the MoD three years in advance, just so I could get away from London and travel to somewhere in the path of totality. 

“With only a short time left to the total eclipse, I urge anyone who can do so to travel to the path of totality. It's an experience like none other.”

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Scotland an alien nation as expert reveals over 1000 UFO sightings a year

Scotland an alien nation as expert reveals over 1000 UFO sightings a year

Malcolm Robinson insists the country is a hotspot for strange goings on in the skies and claims the Government is trying to cover it up.

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Robinson is a self-styled expert on alien visits

A self-styled UFO expert has revealed there are about 1000 reported sightings in Scotland every year.

Malcolm Robinson last night insisted Scotland is a hotspot for strange goings on in the skies but claimed the Government are trying to cover it up.

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The Scot, from Tullibody, Clackmannanshire, is the founder of Strange Phenomena Investigations and speaks at events on claims of alien visitors.

Robinson admitted 98 per cent of sightings can be explained. But he said the remaining genuine reports give cause for curiosity.

Robinson, who now lives in Hastings, said: “It’s extraordinary. Something is definitely going on in the skies above Scotland.

Robinson believes the Government are trying to cover up UFO sightings
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“Sightings are on the rise and interest in the subject is increasing. Of the roughly 1000 reports we get from Scotland every year, 10 to 20 can be be described as accurate.

“There are natural explanations for 95 per cent of them, around three per cent are test aircraft and sometimes there is rare atmospheric phenomena.

“There are several hotspots in the country – Bonnybridge is one of the best in the world.

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“It’s my job to unmask frauds and prove to sceptics that this is reality.” Robinson worked alongside former Bonnybridge councillor Billy Buchanan in the 90s when sightings began in the town.

More than 300 are still reported every year and the pair have written to every Prime Minister since John Major to ask for an inquiry – without response.

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Robinson believes the Government are withholding information.

He said: “There are many sceptics and I started off as one of them. But I did research, looked at the overwhelming evidence and had my eyes opened.

“Sightings are on the rise and I am certain the British Government know what is going on.

“They have information they aren’t willing to share. The $1million question is, ‘Where are these objects coming from?’”

His book UFO Case Files of Scotland is being re-printed next month.

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Filer’s Files #34 – 2017 ET modified Human DNA - PART I

Object flew in front of the capital building Washington DC on August 14, 2017.
Object flew in front of the capital building Washington DC on August 14, 2017.

Filer’s Files #34 – 2017 ET modified Human DNA - PART I

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In special reports, this week’s files cover: ET modified Human DNA, Missouri MUFON Has Equipped a Level 1 Lab, Missouri MUFON Has Equipped a Level 1 Lab, Earthquakes Likely with Eclipse, Space Force, and Space ship, We Can Modify the Weather, Underwater Airport, Mars Photos, Tan, and The Big Lie.

Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Oregon, Texas, Washington, and Washington DC.

Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over Canada, Croatia, Estonia, England in the United Kingdom and Uruguay.

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

Forward these files to your friends and neighbors.

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ET modified Human DNA

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 “Francis Crick, the discoverer of DNA, and winner of the Nobel Prize although an atheist published a book which subscribed to the theory of intelligent design, that our universe was not simply the result of a series of chemical accidents.

He states, “Life did not evolve first on Earth, a highly advanced civilization became threatened so they devised a way to pass on their existence. They genetically-modified their DNA and sent it out from their planet on bacteria or meteorites with the hope that it would collide with another planet. It did, and that’s why we’re here.”

Our DNA was encoded with messages from that other civilization. They programmed the molecules so that when we reached a certain level of intelligence, we would be able to access their information, and they could therefore “teach” us about ourselves, and how to progress.

“An honest man, armed with all the knowledge available to us now, could only state that in some sense, the origin of life appears at the moment to be almost a miracle, so many are the conditions which would have had to have been satisfied to get it going.” ― Francis Crick, Life Itself: Its Origin and Nature

Missouri MUFON Has Equipped a Level 1 Lab

Missouri MUFON has equipped a Level 1 Lab to assist MUFON International with preliminary trace level case evidence, thus saving MUFON International the cost of analyzing trace evidence that may be able to be identified within our organization. We have acquired a Forensic Comparison Microscope capable of comparing metal samples with reference samples to determine type and alloy using the grain pattern size.  The Lab is in need of sample alloys to complete this process.

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Here is a list of the aluminum alloys needed to produce reference samples for the Lab along with other things we can use. We are starting with aluminum alloys as they are the ones most used in aerospace applications. We will also need alloys and pure stock of other metal types. These are going to be made into reference samples so I need the alloy number or indication they are pure stock when received. The reference samples are needed to compare case metals against when field samples come in. There are several places that make reference samples but due to the cost (400 to 500 dollars) per ten we will have to make our own. If anyone has access to already made reference samples that they would donate we will of course be glad to have them. Other things that are needed at present are: a small acid cabinet and supplies such as are needed to sterilize soils in my kiln (crucibles of various sizes, large filters).

This Level 1 trace evidence lab is open to all States and Canada for use. Any sample found with an “unknown” or sample the lab is not equipped to analyze, will be immediately forwarded to MUFON International for high level testing. The alloy numbers on the Aluminum are attached to this e-mail.
The best for this use would be aluminum pieces no thinner than 1/2 inch but we would take this in any shape and can cut small pieces off any rod , bar, sheet etc. as long as the alloy number is known.

Thank you for your help in this regard, Lynne E. Mann, Chief Analyst MUFON of Missouri Laboratory

Park Hills, Missouri 314-757-2498, Debbie Ziegelmeyer Missouri MUFON State Director

Earthquakes Likely With Sun Moon Eclipse

Mitch Battros Recent studies reveal accelerated tectonic movement involving fluid distribution of super-heated rock (magma) in worldwide ‘hotspots’, also known as mantle plumes.

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A mantle plume exists along the Mediterranean Sea, particularly along the length of Italy and in many of the islands in the southeastern Tyrrhenian Sea. The eclipse on August 21 may trigger earthquakes.

The same gravitational force that creates high tides when the moon and sun align may also play a role in triggering major earthquakes, according to a study released Monday.

Better understanding of this mechanism could help predict when known faults are more likely to produce killer quakes, the researchers said.

“Large earthquakes are more probable during periods of high tidal stress,” the scientists concluded in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Geosciences. When the tug of gravity is strongest, they added, “the probability of a tiny rock failure expanding to a gigantic rupture increases.” For centuries after the discovery that solar and lunar forces affect the ocean tides, scientists speculated whether they also cause Earth’s crust to buckle and fracture.

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But only recently has statistical research started to establish a firm link between planetary alignments and temblors. Satoshi Ide, a professor at the University of Tokyo, and his colleagues zeroed in on large earthquakes — magnitude 5.5 or greater — around the world over the last two decades. His team reconstructed the strength of gravitational pull, known as “tidal stress,” in the two weeks prior to each tremor.

Many of the largest earthquakes occurred during periods when the pull of the moon and sun were particularly forceful.

These included the Dec. 26, 2004, quake in Sumatra, which ravaged a large swath of the island and delivered deadly tsunami toward South and Southeast Asia. Some 220,000 people died.

The same link held for two other mega-quakes, the 2010 temblor near Maule, Chile, and the magnitude-9.0 quake on March 11, 2011, off the Tohoku region that claimed about 19,000 lives and crippled the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. Exactly how strong earthquakes start and evolve is still poorly understood.

One theory suggests that all quakes begin with a tiny fracture and grow, in a cascading process, into large-scale ruptures. If this is true, then the new study suggests that the likelihood of this happening increases during the spring tide, the period just after a new or full moon. The findings “can be used to improve probabilistic earthquake forecasting, especially for extremely large earthquakes,” the study said. https://www.japantimes.co.

The US Space Corps Would Be a “Combat-Ready Space Force”

The full House is now set to consider the bill that proposes a US Space Corps. The mission: Send combat forces into space to save the world from potential Star Wars. A Congressional committee is proposing that the US armed forces add a new military branch that would, quite literally, send soldiers out of this world.

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US military prepares for the next frontier: Space war

The crew of real-life Buzz Light-years is described in the National Defense Authorization Act, which is now headed to the full House for a vote.

There isn’t usually anything extraordinary about the NDAA, which every year lays out military spending.

But this time, the House Armed Services Committee voted 60 to 1 in favor of a bill that would, among many other things, create the first new branch of the armed forces since the Air Force’s founding in 1947.

Among the Space Corps’ official duties, as established in the bill, would be “providing combat-ready space forces that enable the commanders of the combatant commands to fight and win wars.”

Space Corps would fall under the Air Force in the same way the Marine Corps does the Navy. The chief of staff of the Space Corps, a presidential appointee with a six-year term, would be on equal footing with the Air Force’s chief of staff. Both would report to the Secretary of the Air Force.

War in space: Kamikazes, kidnapper satellites and lasers

So far, there’s just one main problem with the proposal: Neither the Air Force’s secretary nor its chief of staff are thrilled with separating America’s own “Guardians of the Galaxy” from the rest of the armed forces.

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“I’ve been shocked by the response by the Air Force leadership,” Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Alabama, said during a June 22 committee hearing. The congressman chairs the subcommittee that wrote the Space Corps into the legislation.

Senior Air Force officials see the proposed corps as an unnecessary change in the force’s existing space efforts. (The Space Corps wouldn’t exactly be boldly going where no man has gone before. The Air Force Space Command has been working toward that since 1982.)

“This will make it more complex, add more boxes to the organizational chart, and cost more money,” Secretary Heather Wilson told reporters June 21. There are still plenty more congressional hoops for the Space Corps to jump through before it would become official. But, hey, at least the name sounds cool.

John Lenard Walson Captures Space Ships

 Thank you for the space ship images: once again they show that you are an excellent photographer. There are of course many satellites in orbit, which look very different and appear much smaller. This space ship looks much larger than even the space shuttle and may be armed. 

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These space ships are readily seen by astro-photographers like John all over the world.

You should just enjoy the excellence of your images, and make them available as widely as is possible, through the public web-sites, magazines, etc, so you can get the credit you deserve for your skills.

Gerry Gilmore Professor of Experimental Philosophy
Institute of Astronomy directs Cambridge University PA:

 Your help is greatly appreciated. John needs to go to an area with less light and cleaner atmosphere clearer pictures. You can help obtain even better images by helping him purchase a van to travel to better locations. Gofundme link here. https://www.gofundme.com/2n6cp7w or pay pal https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick andhosted_button_id=4LWK2NTG9THNL

We Can Modify the Weather

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 Several UFOs were spotted during the flooding and dozens of tornadoes were reported in August throughout the Midwest. An average of 60 people are killed each year by tornadoes. Another 200 are drowned by flooding with about 50 people dying each year from lightning. The damage from cumulonimbus clouds (CBs) can run into the billions of dollars to buildings and homes.

The National Severe Storms Laboratory NSSL Site Information –   NOAA’s reports, “The most destructive and deadly tornadoes occur from super cells, which are rotating thunderstorms with a well-defined radar circulation called a mesocyclone. (Super cells can also produce damaging hail, severe non-tornado winds, unusually frequent lightning, and flash floods.) Tornado formation is believed to be dictated mainly by things which happen on the storm scale, in and around the mesocyclone.”

When I was in Vietnam in 1968, the Air Force extended the Monsoon season by over a month by cloud-seeding with silver iodide crystals using two C-130s and two F-4s on the Ho Chi Minh trail. I encourage the Air Force to use weather controlling tactics to protect American lives and property.

I suggest tornadoes can be tamed and potential flooding storms should be spread out. For example, the Chinese, in August of 2008, used 37,000 people to seed clouds aiming for a dry Olympics. Hundreds of teams used anti-aircraft guns to shoot shells of silver iodide into approaching cloud masses and kept Beijing dry.

The most common chemicals used for cloud seeding include silver iodide, potassium iodide and dry ice (solid carbon dioxide). Liquid propane, which expands into a gas, has also been used. This can produce ice crystals at higher temperatures than silver iodide. After promising research, the use of hygroscopic materials, such as table salt, is  becoming more popular.

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Surplus Harvard T-6 single engine aircraft were fitted with racks under each wing containing 32 railroad fuses that were impregnated with silver iodide were ignited individually or all at once, depending upon the threat. In coordination with ground units, the aircraft would lay a plume of silver iodide in front of approaching cumulonimbus clouds (CBs) with noticeable effect. Large, active Cumulonimbus clouds CBs which cause most of the damage were reduced to nothing. Heavy hail storms were also reduced in intensity.

A C-5 Galaxy aircraft can carry a standard: payload of 240,000 pounds of dry ice or chemicals that could seriously effect a mesocyclone. Maximum payload capacity of the C-17 is 170,900 pounds with a service ceiling of 45,000 feet. Even drones could be used to tame dangerous clouds. Air Weather Service is headquartered at Scott AFB, IL, where I briefed the commander on a regular basis. AWS was restructured as a field operating agency during the reorganization of the former Military Airlift Command now called Air Mobility Command.

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 Below is radar readout of a typical tornado. The actual tornado early in its track is located in the southern reddest hook near the bottom of the image. Craft inserting cloud seeding chemicals would likely stop the tornado formation.

Recent theories and results from the VORTEX 2 program suggest that once a mesocyclone is underway, tornado development is related to the temperature differences across the edge of downdraft air wrapping around the mesocyclone. Storm spotters look for low bands of ragged bands of low cumulus clouds extending from the main storm tower usually to the southeast or south. The presence of inflow bands suggests that the storm is gathering low-level air from several miles away. If the inflow bands have a spiraling nature to them, it suggests the presence of rotation and the forming of the tornado.

The beaver’s tail is a smooth, flat cloud band extending from the eastern edge of the rain-free base to the east or northeast. It usually skirts around the southern edge of the precipitation area. It also suggests the presence of rotation. (Possible attack point)

A wall cloud is an isolated cloud lowering attached to the rain-free base of the thunderstorm. The wall cloud is usually to the rear of the visible precipitation area. A wall cloud that may produce a tornado usually exists for 10–20 minutes before a tornado appears. A wall cloud may also persistently rotate (often visibly), have strong surface winds flowing into it, and may have rapid vertical motion indicated by small cloud elements quickly rising into the rain-free base. (Possible attack point),

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 As the storm intensifies, the updraft draws in low-level air from several miles around. Some low-level air is pulled into the updraft from the rain area. This rain-cooled air is very humid; the moisture in the rain-cooled air quickly condenses below the rain-free base to form the wall cloud.  (Possible attack point)

The rear flank downdraft (RFD) is a downward rush of air on the back side of the storm that descends along with the tornado. The RFD looks like a “clear slot” or “bright slot” just to the rear (southwest) of the wall cloud. It can also look like curtains of rain wrapping around the cloud base circulation. The RFD causes gusty surface winds that occasionally have embedded downbursts. The rear flank downdraft is the motion in the storm that causes the hook echo feature on radar. (Possible attack point)

A condensation funnel is made up of water droplets and extends downward from the base of the thunderstorm. If it is in contact with the ground it is a tornado; otherwise it is a funnel cloud. Dust and debris beneath the condensation funnel confirm a tornado’s presence. (Possible attack point)

Coordination between radar, ground observers, and airborne aircraft equipped with suitable chemicals such as dry ice has the potential to disrupt the tornados. An excellent comprehensive list of questions and answers about tornadoes can be found here: http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/

NSSL is working to simulate storms that produce tornadoes in computer models to better understand how they form and behave. The Air Force could gain tremendous support from the American people if they could calm the tornadoes, lightning, and flooding deaths. Thanks to NSSL.

Underwater Airport

UFO Sightings Daily’s Scott C. Waring believes this alien base is connected to all the UFO sightings coming out of Mexico and the entire Central America. This base is huge and it’s no wonder why we hear about so many UFO sightings over Mexico,” he writes. “This base is just 45 miles away from the Mexican coast. The chances of this being an intelligently-made structure I put that at 100 percent.”

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It’s interesting to note the similarity between the structure’s arrangement and that of an airport’s landing strips when viewed from above. However, the sheer size of the tubular structures that make up the underwater network means they must have served a different purpose. It is unfortunate that we might never know what that purpose was, but unless the scientific community decides to investigate the matter in a thorough, transparent way, we’ll remain clueless. Coordinates for the underwater base here.

NASA Photos from Mars

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Frank Jacobs has found some astounding images of Mars that indicate precision cuts on stone of ancient archeological ruins.

This image appears to show some type of truck or vehicle carrier. If it represents stone it is obvious the stone has been cut in the past similar to that found on Earth in the building of the pyramids at Giza, Egypt. Speculation suggests Martians left Mars and came to Earth.

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Mars image found by Frank Jacobs shows Mars from space taken by the Hubble telescope. It appears to show clouds or at least strong winds blowing up dust. The pictures indicate some kind of atmosphere.

Not usually known is that temperatures around the Mars equator in the summer months reach 90 degrees.

Life apparently existed on Mars and the archeological remains are available for all to see who wish to take the time to investigate the images.

See the trailer Packing for Mars. Thanks to NASA images.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBOBZooqcN4

The Olmec Heads

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The giant stone heads of the Olmecs found in La Venta, Tres Zpotes and other sites in Mexico can be classed as artifacts of a similar type. These colossal heads carved of black basalt are from 1.5 to 3 meters high (5-10 feet), weighing from 5 to 40 tons. They are placed on stone stands like similar large globes also found in the area. The globes would be easier to role and later carved into heads.

The nearest basalt quarries are 50 to 100 kilometers (31-62 miles) away. How could a people without a wheeled vehicle or pack animal bring the masses of rock across swamps and jungles to the erection sites?

These immense faces of La Venta and San Lorenzo have been dated to 1200 BC – another surprise for the historians of science. (CC by SA 3.0)

Olmec head. Parque-Museo La Venta, Villahermosa, Tabasco (Steve Bridger)

 The Strange Spheres of Costa Rica

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Another strange discovery was made in Costa Rica, also in the fifties. Hundreds of perfectly shaped spheres made of volcanic rock were scattered in the jungle. Similar spheres have been located in Guatemala and Mexico but nowhere else in the world. A number of questions have been raised with the discovery of these balls. What ancient race could have carved and polished them so perfectly and what was the purpose of them? Or are they natural geological formations as some scientist believe? Some rest on stone platforms, others are arranged in clusters, then again others in geometrical patterns forming triangles, squares or circles. Do they have astronomical significance in the manner of the Stonehenge megaliths?

The Coming of Tan

Dr Bruce Cornet writes, “Riley Martin published a book in 1995 by Historicity Productions about his childhood abduction experiences at age seven and older.” Riley was born on 9 May 1946. When I met him in 1995 he came across as very intelligent and artistic.  One could therefore dismiss what he says in 369 page book as the product of imagination.  Yet he goes into so much detail about abduction experience and the types of aliens he met, that one has to wonder where he got all his information, since he only has his GED.  What he reveals in his book is extraordinary, unlike anything you will find in other accounts by abductees and contactees.  If true, he not only remembered everything he saw and learned aboard an enormous mothership that orbits Saturn, which is 40 KM across.  Two major alien races divide up this mothership: The Batavians and the Targzissians.

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The Biavians look very human like but with distinct differences.  The Targzissians closely resemble what anthropologists have identified in ancient civilizations as the Reptilians or Naggas.  I attach five pages from his book on the Targ Terror – May 1988.  Few others have had such contact with this reptilian race as Martin has had.  I also attach some of his figures showing the variety of aliens he met aboard the Biavian Mothership. Thanks to Bruce Cornet

The Big Lie

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New York Times bestselling author Dinesh D’Souza is out with a new book aimed at exposing what he calls “The Big Lie” of the progressive Left. 3 to 5 million Democrats in 1930 were in the KKK

“Ever since Trump, the Left has been accusing him of being a fascist; the Republican Party is the party of Neo-Nazis — all of this is based on the assumption that fascism is on the Right, (that) it’s a ring-wing thing,” D’Souza told CBN News. “What I do in the book is kind of a deep history of fascism and National Socialism. I show, “These have always been on the Left.'”

In his new book, The Big Lie: Exposing the Nazi Roots of the American Left, D’Souza says it is not the GOP that is the party closely aligned with fascism, but the Democratic Left.

He makes the claim that Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger inspired Nazi racial theorists. “Margaret Sanger was part of a community in the United States and they were the community of eugenics. Eugenics means you sort of encourage the people you think are fit or successful to have children, and you try to prevent the people you consider to be inferior from breeding at all,” explained D’Souza. Planned Parenthood even now aborts some 500,000 babies a year.

“So Margaret Sanger supported forced sterilization, and these forced sterilization laws that were promoted in the United States were copied by the Nationalist Socialist Party (Nazis) in 1933 for the notorious Nazi-forced sterilization program,” he continued.

“And similarly American progressives were advocating what one guy called lethal chambers to kill off people. And the Nazis again established a euthanasia program using lethal chambers and carbon monoxide gas,” he said.

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“If you go to the college campuses you see these groups called Antifa. The name actually stands for anti-fascist, and yet if you look at them they’re wearing costumes; they wear masks; they carry bike locks and baseballs bats as weapons,” D’Souza told CBN.

“They intimidate. They terrorize. They use violence yet they’re doing it supposedly to fight fascism — except they look like the fascists, they talk like the fascists and they behave like the fascists.”

D’Souza told CBN News that he was inspired to write this book at this particular time in history because he considers his work the intellectual equivalent of investigative reporting. “I find that there’s fake news and there’s fake scholarship,” he charged. “Fake scholarship is the way in which progressive scholars distort the narrative of American history to serve their political agenda. Part of my work is unmasking and exposing them.”  “It’s a big lie, and that’s the title of the book. When Hitler spoke of the big lie he said small lies can be caught, but sometimes lies are so audacious and so big that you can’t get your head around them so it’s kind of easier to sell a big lie than a small lie and that’s what the Left is doing in America right now,” he said.

The Washington Times reports, a majority of Americans – 51 percent – now disapprove of the news media’s treatment of President Trump, a sentiment shared by 77 percent of Republicans and even 26 percent of Democrats.

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Filer’s Files #34 – 2017 ET modified Human DNA - PART II

Filer’s Files #34 – 2017 ET modified Human DNA - PART II

UFO Sightings in the United States

Arizona Light

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Tolleson — I was sitting in my backyard having a cigarette and there was a full moon out so I thought I would take a picture of it on August 7, 2017.

When I went to send it I looked at it this was there. So i took several photos some had this and some didn’t. This happened 2 nights in a row. Do you have any clue what this might be. Thanks to MUFON CMS

California Object

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 Stockton – I was taking photos of the full moon when I noticed a black object flying above the moon and into my shot on August 6, 2017. It made no sound and had no lights. It flew from left to right, then down, then hovered, then back to the left.

When I got home and dumped photos to computer I noticed that there were actually 3 objects in the photos and sometimes 2.

They were flying saucer shaped. I kept shooting but the objects were no longer visible. They just vanished. –

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Colorado Disc

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 Durango — On August 5, 2017, departed on the Durango to Silverton Train at about 9:00 am. As the train was traveling I was taking numerous photos of the breathtaking scenery until we reached Silverton. Later that evening at the motel I downloaded the photos and noticed in one photo that it had some kind of an object in the background. I then zoomed the photo in and noticed it was some type of an object above one of the mountains. I was very surprised and to me it looked like a UFO. The only time I saw the object was in the photo and never noticed it as I took the photo. I still what it could be. Thanks to MUFON CMS

Georgia Green Light

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About a little before 7:00 pm, I went outside of my house so I could take some photos of the super moon on November 13, 2016. I had my iPhone camera on and I faced towards the east at the moon. Almost immediately I noticed an extra “spot” of light in the photo next to the moon. I raised my phone again and looked through the lens and saw the spot of light, but when I lowered the camera I didn’t see the “spot” by the moon.
I checked one of the photos then by zooming it out and noticed something that looked like a blue ball next to the moon like. I thought it was funny, because it looked as if the moon had a little planet next to it! I cleaned both phone lenses with an alcohol wipe and looked through the lens and saw the same “light spot.” My son tells me maybe the orb/sphere in my photos is “lens flare.” Later O took more pictures and noticed the sphere would be in different places in relation to the moon. There are 17 total photos and the orb appears clearly in 11 of them and in the rest I just see some colorful streaks or smudges.  Thanks to MUFON CMS

 Illinois Orbs

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Edinburg – Pamela Stark writes I took this photo on August 4, 2017, at 9:04 pm of these possible UFOs.

My friends were in the sky. Sure did not look like this when I took the picture.

The one was closer to the Earth than ever before and allot brighter.

Thanks to Pamela Stark

Oregon Light

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 Forest Grove – On August 6, 2017, at 10 PM, I was given your email by a friend who sent you footage before. I recorded this on Sunday August 6, 2017, in Forest Grove, around 10 PM. It’s a short clip, but at the end you can definitely see it. I have so much more. I would like to share the footage and a story that will blow your mind. But I wanted to send this one first. Thank you for your time. Thanks to William Puckett, Director Http://www.UFOsnw.com

Texas Discs

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Ben Wheeler — Photos Received August 5, 2017, the aliens are talking to me. I got photos of it and photos of flying disk. They come in through the walls at night. I am in Benwheeler, Texas. I have so much more I can blow your mind. At an old Indian battle ground I got two disk and eight orbs and sixty white things flying around me all on photos. It’s a female alien talking to me. She likes me a lot. She said get ready and she flew out in front of me. I was in a flying disk with her. I am one man that is not a waste of your time. I can change the world with what I got. I got about one hundred photos of alien technology. I have taken about 3,000 photos hunting aliens in three years. My work is convincing for sure. I hate to type all this on text. I can tell you better. Call me when you can any time day or night. I got to get this out. If this is breaking the law, I will get a life sentence that is how good my proof is. I was at an Indian battle ground where 800 Indians were killed by 500 Texans. When I got there I took 360 photos. I got two disks and eight orbs on one photo and got about sixty white square things flying around me of alien technology. Thanks to William Puckett, Director Http://www.UFOsnw.com

Washington Lights

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Kirkland –, I saw the same thing only it was higher up and on a crystal clear day with a bright blue sky. I was in near Seattle at my nephew’s house. I recorded it in two different sittings and I observed it for a good 10 minutes before it disappeared. I have pictures and videos. I forgot to mention that I spotted it on Tuesday, On July 18, 2017, at 5:27 PM PDT.

Witness and his nephew were outside and saw the object. The witness then grabbed his cell phone and shot 3 videos and a photo. He is familiar with drones and all concur that the object was not a drone. The witness also stated that one his video clips show the object making a sudden movement downward and to the left. A view of the footage and slowed speed does show that the object may have moved.

Note: The witness is referring to the sighting of a bright object hovering over Seattle, WA on April 24, 2017. The object is quite likely not the planet Venus. Venus was only 8 degrees above the horizon at the time of the sighting. Also the object disappeared in 10 minutes. It was not a weather balloon or a high altitude balloon because these balloons generally are suspended at a constant height and are generally airborne for several hours. The object vanished in 10 minutes. Thanks to William Puckett, Director Http://www.UFOsnw.com

Washington DC Disc

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District of Columbia — It flew in front of the capital building while I was watching Fox News on August 14, 2017.

Fox News did not discuss it.

Thanks to MUFON CMS

Worldwide UFO Sightings

Canada Light

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Prince Edward County — On August 1, 2017, while on vacation in the in southern Ontario I was fishing in a river near the Sandbanks Provincial Park at exactly 8:41 pm. something caught on my eye.

It was miles away moving quite fast of a very bright and I managed to get one picture as I lost sight of it over the tree line. This sighting lasted only twenty to thirty seconds. Minutes later I noticed a military jet buzzing about that maybe related? Later on August 2, 2017 while on the beach the military jet did a fly by and I took some pictures. Same jet I had seen earlier after the UFO. I have today witnessed 30 sightings this year. Enjoy Paul Shishis

Croatia Orb

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 Korcula — I was on my vacation on Korkyra Island and like every morning I take a ride to the town to get coffee.  I saw a beautiful sunrise above the old town on August 8, 2017, so I stop the car and take a photo with my iPhone. It has live photo and makes two pics in one second. In my iPhone I’m able to click to each photo and then a have a few frames to see before the final photo is shown (like a mini video, a cool feature).
After few days I wanted to post some photos on Facebook and noticed something strange. I’ve had two pics, one is normal and on the other pops up some flying object from nowhere. The photos were taken just outside the town of Korcula, with a nice view to the Monastery of St. Nikola. It is very clear that ufo on second photo appears out of nowhere. When I realize that maybe I have something I went to my husband to show the photos. He is an amateur but passionate photographer and he was astonished. After closer examination he concluded it’s definitely it is a real flying object. When you use the iPhone feature you can see the movement of the bird in the beam of light in the position above the object so you can actually see the quick time that passed from the moment the 2 photos were taken and also clearly the moment of the appearance of the ufo. It seems to be a small spaceship 3 or 4 meters. If you look at other elements on the photos and compare it the ufo you will see that the bright and dark regions are just perfectly fitting, reflecting the sun correctly since it seems that the ufo is flying at a small angle and little descending, too. The strong light reflecting from the back side must be from some highly reflective material

Estonia Light

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 Lihula — I was in my work place which is a cow farm in a small village on August 12, 2017. I had just gotten there and it was very beautiful sunset so I took out my phone and decided to take some photos but after I had taken the photo I noticed something. There was this weird light in the sky. First I thought it was just a sunlight reflecting on the cloud but it didn’t look like a cloud and it also wasn’t moving. So I just stood there trying to figure out what it is. After some minutes the clouds started covering it and I took quickly one more photo. Finally I could not see it anymore and so I just left. I still have no idea what it could have been. If you zoom in the picture it almost looks like there is some oval object with light around it. Thanks to MUFON CMS

UK England Light

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 Disley — We were visiting Lyme Park on August 13, 2017. It was a sunny day with only some high cirrus-clouds at the time. We sat down in the garden to look at the estate and took some pictures. After lying down in the grass I saw a plane flying by at high and behind it I saw a bright star. This was odd, because it was 3:45 PM and neither moon nor stars were visible.

The star changed brightness perhaps it was a satellite or the ISS. After a few minutes some cirrus clouds past in front of it and although the ‘star’ was a bit less visible, you could still see it changing in brightness. I tried to focus on it -after the clouds were gone- with my camera 200 mm lens and took a photograph. I took a second photograph and at zooming in I saw that it had a shape.
When I looked up again, some more cirrus clouds passed but the object had disappeared. Thanks to MUFON CMS

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Stonehenge — I have a photo taken on August 5, 2017, that I later have noticed what could possibly be a UFO sighting.

I did not hear or notice anything on the day so whatever it was must have been quietly hovering. It was only after reviewing the photos a few days later I noticed what could be something unusual.
Thanks to William Puckett, Director Http://www.UFOsnw.com

Uruguay Disc

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 Montevideo — I’m a spotter, I take pictures with airplanes, and it’s a hobby. I heard a plane; it was a C-130 of the Uruguayan Air Force, clearly a military airplane. I run to get my camera and I take two pictures. When I finish taking the photos, I look directly at the plane and see those objects that also appear in the attached images, I thought of dirt, file with errors, birds, flight in formation among other possibilities.
In the photo you can check the EXIF ​​information of the photos.
That has never happened to me. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to send you this information.
The objects are shaped like rice, oval, like a plate, they are gray, Thanks to MUFON CMS

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8 Very Early UFO Photos Taken Before Photoshop

8 Very Early UFO Photos Taken Before Photoshop

by Jake Anderson

The vast majority of UFOs that aren't lens flares or natural objects are probably drones or some form of advanced government technology. Think about it – over 60 years ago our government built the atomic bomb in an underground city (the Manhattan Project) – God knows what insidious teleporting and nanotechnology they're up to now!

There is a tiny percentage of UFO cases that have no rational explanation. These UFOs could actually be of extraterrestrial origin, and some of the most interesting evidence comes in the form of old photos that were taken before the age of drones and Photoshop – when there really shouldn't have been anything up there flying around besides early planes, and when complex photo manipulation was next to impossible.

Here are some of the most compelling old UFO pics. Real or not, they're still fascinating documents from a cosmic blip in time on the planet Earth, somewhere in the Milky Way galaxy…

1. The Oldest UFO Photo Ever - Mt. Washington, New Hampshire 1870
The Oldest UFO Photo Ever - Mt. Washington, New Hampshire 1870
One of the oldest and best UFO sightings on record (Photo Source)
This photograph depicts a cloud formation over the summit of Mt. Washington in the Winter of 1870 - 1871. The image is part of an antique stereoview that happens to contain an unexplained cigar-shaped object. 

It is simultaneously the oldest and one of the best UFO sightings on record. Remember, there were no planes in the sky in 1870 and no digital manipulation.

In 2002, this image was purchased on Ebay for $385.00 by Samuel M. Sherman, president of Independent-International Pictures Corp. (Source)
2. TIENSTEN, HOPEH PROVINCE, CHINA - 1942
TIENSTEN, HOPEH PROVINCE, CHINA - 1942
War II-era photo discovered in old Chinese scrapbook (Photo Source)

This World War II-era photo was discovered in an old Chinese scrapbook. It was taken by a sidewalk photographer, who snapped a picture of the strange object and then sold it. It shows a UFO in the sky above a Tsientsien Street and there appears to be at least one person pointing at it. (Source)

3. Farming UFO Photo, USA - 1920s
Farming UFO Photo, USA - 1920s
Look to the northeast of the horse-drawn transport (Photo Source)

The only thing known about this picture is that it was taken somewhere in the United States in the early 1920s. The hilly terrain indicates that it could be on either the west or east coast, and is less likely in the central flat part of the country. 

Wherever this is, the object up and to the right of the horse-drawn transport looks to be a flying object in the sky at a time when biplanes were rare and monoplanes didn't quite exist yet. (Source)

4. WARD, COLORADO Sawmill, USA - APRIL, 1929
WARD, COLORADO Sawmill, USA - APRIL, 1929
Object that preceded a “terrible thunderous bellow” (Photo Source)

Better photo context HERE...

Taken at the Ward sawmill. The man in the picture (featured in the above link), who died a few years later, said there was a “terrible thunderous bellow” and then a large object rose up in the near distance and flew off. (Source)

5. Vancouver City Hall UFO - 1937
Vancouver City Hall UFO - 1937

The story goes that 21-year-old soldier Leonard Lamoreux snapped this image in 1937 while visiting the brand new Vancouver City Hall.

Here's the full description:

"The two were suddenly astounded to see a 'bright bright blue light' drop straight down from the sky. It became larger as it did so and they were able to observe the source of the light as an object that Leonard described as 'two saucers' open ends facing each other, glowing bright blue. The object then moved 'dead straight' horizontally across the sky. When it just appeared to clear the flagpole on the roof of the City Hall it came to an almost dead stop and Leonard clicked the shutter on the camera. The object then shot straight back up into the sky. 'They never seen anything fly so fast!' This scared them to death and they ran from the scene. The object made no sound."

It's important to note that this photo has no negative in existence and the UFO could very well be a “watermark defect that appeared during the development of the print.” (Source | Photo)

6. ROSETTA/NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA - JULY, 1956
ROSETTA/NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA - JULY, 1956
Authenticated photo taken by meteorologist in 1956 (Photo Source)

This photo is one of seven taken by meteorologist Elizabeth Klarer just before a thunderstorm. Its authenticity has been confirmed in a notarized affadavit and she stood by her story until she died in 1994 at the age of 83. 

I'd be remiss not to add that Elizabeth also claimed she was impregnated during a later encounter with a spaceship pilot. (Source)

7. The Battle of Los Angeles - 1942
The Battle of Los Angeles - 1942
The infamous Battle of Los Angeles UFO (Photo Source)

One of the classics. This image portrays searchlights and anti-craft shells converging on a UFO during what would later be called The Battle of Los Angeles. Though visually stunning, this image is almost certainly not evidence of extraterrestrials. Most analysts believe this was a combination of heightened tensions with the Japanese and a weather balloon. 

But have you ever watched the Fox TV Series, Fringe? Maybe someone is observing our reactions to these kinds of spectacles, studying us in some kind of experiment....you never know. 

It's also worth pointing out that although the object took direct hits from ballistics, it never fell from the sky. (Source)

8. Organ Cave, West Virginia, USA - 1939
Organ Cave, West Virginia, USA - 1939
Photo discovered in family tree album (Photo Source)

This photo was discovered in a family album by a man named Chris Miller in West Virginia. The full photo (which you can find HERE after you scroll down) depicts the man's grandfather and his brother, and something rather unidentified in the distant background. (Source)

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Earth Looks Like A Living Creature In This Amazing NASA Video

Earth Looks Like A Living Creature In This Amazing NASA Video

IN BRIEF
A timelapse simulation from NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio (SVS) depicts seven days in 2005 when a category-4 typhoon developed off the coast of China.

NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio (SVS) has released a stunning video that shows Earth in a way you may have never seen before.

The video is a timelapse simulation that depicts seven days in 2005 when a category-4 typhoon developed off the coast of China. The seven-day period is repeated several times during the course of the visualization.

Scientists used data from NASA’s Goddard Earth Observing System Model, Version 5 (GEOS-5), to depict the simulation’s volume-rendered clouds. This particular run of the simulation, called 7km GEOS-5 Nature Run (7km-G5NR), was executed on a supercomputer. This short visualization produced petabytes of output and referenced nearly a terabyte of brickmap files.

According to the SVS website, the goal of videos like the above is to provide the public with a clearer picture of our planet and our own place within it, as well as give people an idea of what NASA is all about: “The SVS works closely with scientists in the creation of visualizations, animations, and images in order to promote a greater understanding of Earth and space science research activities at Goddard Space Flight Center and within the NASA research community.”

Based on this video, I’d say that they seem to have gotten things right.

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Amazing UFO video filmed over Phoenix, Arizona 18-Aug-2017

Amazing UFO video filmed over Phoenix, Arizona 18-Aug-2017

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This interesting footage of a multiple unidentified flying objects making maneuvers in the sky above Phoenix in Arizona was filmed on 18th August 2017.

What do you think about this video? Real or a CGI? Please leave your comments below!

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UFO sighting caught on tape over El Paso, Texas

UFO sighting caught on tape over El Paso, Texas

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Here’s one interesting daytime footage of a bright lights in the sky above El Paso in Texas. This was filmed on 19th March 2017.

Witness report: 

Observed several round, reflective spheres ascending in sky. Continued watching them assume a pattern as they moved slowly from my sight. Sunday March 19 2017, while instructing a martial arts class at Eastwood park, El Paso TX, I stopped to drink some water. As I threw my head back to swig from the water bottle I noticed a series of perhaps 6 bright reflective balls, ascending quickly in a row, but curving in a C shaped flight pattern while ascending. They were not floating like balloons but rising rapidly. That caught my attention for sure ! It was midday and I marveled at this sight. From my initial vantage point, it looked like this string of spheres had started low to the ground. Within seconds they had reached an altitude of approx. 3000 ft. I work in army aviation and am fairly confident of the alt. Several of the spheres shot straight up and out of sight the remainder seemed to float aimlessly into a pattern. That’s when I grabbed my iPad and took the video. I clearly filmed what I thought were 3 spheres which had formed a triangular pattern, but in the video I see one or two more . One of my students also witnessed this event, but not from the beginning, only after he saw me run for the iPad and start filming. We both agreed this was high strangeness. The event ended with the spheres gradually moving in an eastern direction out of sight , while still in a triangular pattern. One of the objects appeared to be more reflective than the others. I have ruled out reflective balloons based on the way they flew. And the wind direction seems to have been out of the NE that day. Not sure what these spheres were. I got the feeling they were under controlled flight.

Author (source: MUFON)

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Video of Triangular-shaped Craft Spotted over the UK

Video of Triangular-shaped Craft Spotted over the UK

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Sightings of bizarre triangular-shaped UFOs are being reported day by day, leading to claims that aliens could be visiting the Earth in the mysterious crafts. Unidentified flying objects come in all sizes and shapes, from a flying saucer that looks like cartoons up to cigar-shaped space ships. Triangular-shaped objects are another common breed, with the more famous encounters occurring in the 1980s and 1990s. Accounts of silent and large triangular-shaped crafts are now being reported every week, with hundreds of videos, photos, and drawings resurfacing every single day.

riangular-shaped aliens have been spotted all over the world, with notable sightings documented in South Carolina, California, Maryland, Texas, Buenos Aires, Virginia, and the United Kingdom.
A bus driver saw a strange video footage of three aircraft. According to the latter, the strange object seen in the footage appears to make any altering triangle formation in the skies above the Exmouth. In fact, it formed a triangular pattern wobbling slightly and rotating on its axis. Currently, the case was being examined by the UFO specialist and investigators on April 17. The witness firmly believed that the object was not normal. Though he was already interested with aliens and extraterrestrials before, this does not hinder his credibility as an eyewitness of a strange sighting. He admitted, however, that his camera had a hard time focusing on te formation due to the street lights. He moved closer to the river for a better view and was able to shot a footage which lasted for 2 minutes and 40 seconds. Afterward, he took seven photos and shot another 41-second video. He even shared his difficulty in going back to the bus and saw four people getting out of the car. He managed to point out the object to the people, but they seem not very interested.

Sightings of mysterious triangle spaceships do not appear to be the reason for any injury or harm.

{ http://www.latest-ufo-sightings.net/ }

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VS in de ban van de 'Great American Eclipse' - HLN.be

VS in de ban van de 'Great American Eclipse' - HLN.be

Bron: Belga

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Ook president Donald Trump, zijn echtgenote Melania, zoon Barron en dochter Ivanka hebben naar de zonsverduistering gegluurd, van op het Truman-balkon van het Witte Huis. Ze waren echter slechts getuige van een gedeeltelijke eclips. De maan bedekte boven Washington slechts 81 procent van onze ster. 

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VIDEO In Amerika heeft een zonsverduistering voor spektakel gezorgd. Het was de eerste keer in bijna een eeuw dat de maanschaduw van west naar oost over het continent liep. Voor de liefhebbers streamde NASA de volledige eclips gratis. Om 20.48 uur Belgische tijd kwam in South Carolina een einde aan de 'Great American Eclipse'.

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Mensen van over heel de VS kwamen samen in de 'zone of totality', een band van zowat honderd kilometer waar de maan volledig voor de zon kwam te staan. Ook tientallen Belgen reisden naar de VS af om het schouwspel aan de hemel te aanschouwen. De lokale handelaars pikken handig hun graantje mee, door de verkoop van onder meer speciale donuts én marihuana.

De eerste totale eclips die de VS sinds 99 jaar meemaken, begon om 18.05 uur Belgische tijd aan de westkust van het continent. Toen begon de Maan de Zonneschijf te bedekken. Het fenomeen verschoof daarna naar het oosten.

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NASA liet speciaal voor het grote gebeuren 57 ballonnen de lucht in die samen met telescopen op de grond de eclips filmen zoals dat nog nooit gebeurd is. Van 18.00u tot 22.00u streamt NASA de eclips van begin tot einde vanop twaalf verschillende locaties in de Verenigde Staten. 

NASA streamt de speciale webcast op Ustream en op de NASA-Facebookpagina.

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Place to be

De place to be voor eclipsfans is de strook van honderd kilometer in veertien staten, van Oregon tot South Carolina, waar de maan volledig voor de zon kwam te staan. In de zuidwestelijke staat Oregon werden 12 uur voor het begin van de eclips al verkeersproblemen gemeld.

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Het ging om de eerste 'coast to coast'-zonsverduistering in de VS sinds 1918, en het fenomeen kreeg dan ook uitzonderlijk veel aandacht in de VS. Nieuwszenders planden speciale uitzendingen, en de 'Great American Eclipse' legde ook de handelaars geen windeieren. Zo was er een stormloop op de speciale eclipsbrilletjes, en zijn er postzegels en T-shirts ontworpen met het opschrift 'Eclipse it'.

Overal in het land doken ook plaatselijke initiatieven op. Zo werden in cafés speciale eclipsdonuts en -koffie aangeboden. Een marihuanawinkel in Portland, Oregon bracht voor de gelegenheid zelfs de hasjsoort 'Moon Puppies' op de markt. Echte fans met veel geld konden een boottocht boeken op de Royal Carribean, met als kers op de taart een optreden van Bonnie Tyler. Zij zong tijdens de eclips haar hit uit 1983 'Total eclipse of the heart'.

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Mysterious ‘Apocalyptic’ Cloud Appears Over Brazil

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Mysterious ‘Apocalyptic’ Cloud Appears Over Brazil

Yes, I know … if it was truly ‘apocalyptic’, why are we here reading about it? That’s a good question – one of many we’ll try to answer as we look at a cloud that appeared over Brazil recently that looked pretty sinister to Brazilians and ‘apocalyptic’ to headline writers.

The mysterious cloud appeared on the evening of August 17th over Teixeira de Freitas, located at the southern in of the state of Bahia on Brazil’s Atlantic coast. It’s claim to fame until the possible apocalyptic sign has been its rapidly expanding array of large eucalyptus plantations which feed an expanding array of factories processing the plant for cellulose.

The primary witness to the eerie cloud was João Paulo Magalhães, who says he captured it on video at about 5 pm in the Santa Rita neighborhood of Teixeira de Freitas. He posted it on Facebook and gave this description:

“It really looked like the entrance to a meteorite or something. I was scared too, we thought it would form a tornado.”

“We” as in the other people who were with him at the petrol station where he saw the phenomenon. Magalhães was apparently not the only witness to record the cloud with his phone as other pictures soon appeared on the Internet. The reports with the photos said that the ominous-looking cloud dissipated after about five minutes — reducing fears and increasing speculations, especially with the full eclipse of the sun just four days away – even though it would not be seen in Brazil … no sense wasting a good opportunity to connect remote dots. That’s what many media outlets did with their “apocalyptic” headlines.

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Another view of the mysterious cloud

Cooler heads – i.e., meteorologists who have their heads in the clouds as part of their job – looked at the photos and proclaimed the phenomenon to be nothing more than a “dust cloud”

A dust cloud. Move along. Nothing apocalyptic to see here. Well, that’s a relief. Or is it? No one gave any explanation for what caused the “dust cloud.” Dust clouds are not normal meteorological events. As mentioned before, Teixeira de Freitas has a booming eucalyptus economy that is controversial because the non-native plant is a huge consumer of water yet is ironically a big fire hazard because eucalyptus oil is highly flammable. Was this ‘dust cloud’ the result of a fire or dry conditions that those possibly responsible (agribusiness and factories) wanted covered up?

The residents of Teixeira de Freitas should demand more answers about this “dust cloud.” Ignoring the impact of business on the ecology of Brazil is a true apocalypse.

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