By SHIVALI BEST FOR MAILONLINE 

The idea of a doomsday vault hidden on a remote Arctic island might sound like something from the latest James Bond movie. 

But the Svalbard Global Seed Vault is very much real - and could one day save Earth from disaster. 

Located on a mountainside on Spitsbergen, an island in the remote Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard in the Arctic Sea, the vault houses 'spare copies' of over 1.3million seed varieties. 

The seeds are stored inside the vault at temperatures of around −18°C (−0.4°F). 

And the permafrost and thick rock surrounding the bunker ensure the samples will remain frozen, even if power is lost. 

Should disaster strike - whether that is by war, an accident or a natural disaster - the vault could provide survivors with access to every important crop variety in the world. 

This week, the vault received more than 14,000 new samples, ranging from seeds of Nordic tree species from Sweden to rice from Thailand. 

'The seeds deposited this week represent not just biodiversity, but also the knowledge, culture and resilience of the communities that steward them,' said executive director Stefan Schmitz of the Crop Trust.

The idea of a doomsday vault hidden on a remote Norwegian Arctic island might sound like something from the latest James Bond movie, but the Svalbard Global Seed Vault is very much real - and could one day save Earth from disaster

Located on a mountainside on Spitsbergen, an island in the remote Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard in the Arctic Sea, the vault houses 'spare copies' of over 1.3million seed varieties

The seeds are stored inside the vault at temperatures of around −18°C (−0.4°F). And the permafrost and thick rock surrounding the bunker ensure that the samples will remain frozen, even if power is lost

Genebanks around the world hold collections of crops for safekeeping. 

However, many are not in ideal locations, which leaves them - and their collections - at risk. 

'Many of these are vulnerable, exposed not only to natural catastrophes and war, but also to avoidable disasters, such as lack of funding or poor management,' Crop Trust explains on its website. 

'Something as mundane as a poorly functioning freezer can ruin an entire collection.'

To combat this issue, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault opened its doors back in 2008, as the 'ultimate insurance policy for the world's food supply'. 

According to Crop Trust, the Seed Vault is in the ideal location for five reasons.

Firstly, Svalbard is remote, yet still accessible. 

'Svalbard is the farthest north a person can fly on a scheduled flight, offering a remote location that is nevertheless accessible,' it explained. 

Should disaster strike - whether that's by war, an accident or a natural disaster - the Seed Vault could provide survivors with access to every important crop variety in the world today

This week, the vault received more than 14,000 new samples, ranging from seeds of Nordic tree species from Sweden to rice from Thailand

The area is geologically stable and the humidity levels are low, while the Seed Vault is also well above sea level

Next, while the entrance may be visible, the Seed Vault itself is more than 100 metres into the mountain. 

The area is geologically stable and the humidity levels are low, while the Seed Vault is also well above sea level. 

'[It is] protected from ocean flooding according to worst-case scenario sea-level rises,' Crop Trust explained. 

Finally, the permafrost and thick rock offer natural freezing, providing a cost effective and fail-safe method to conserve seeds. 

The Arctic vault has the capacity to store up to 500 seeds from 4.5 million varieties of crops - a total of 2.5 billion seeds. 

As of May 2024, the vault holds more than 1.3 million seed varieties originating from almost every country in the world. 

Now, 14,000 new samples from 21 genebanks have been added to this growing collection. 

Essential varieties of sorghum and pearl millet have come from Sudan's crop genebank, while so-called 'velvet beans' were provided from Malawi. 

While the entrance may be visible, the Seed Vault itself is more than 100 metres into the mountain

As of May 2024, the vault held more than 1.3million seed varieties originating from almost every country in the world

14,000 new samples from 21 genebanks have been added to this growing collection

The permafrost and thick rock offer natural freezing, providing a cost-effective and fail-safe method to conserve seeds

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'In Sudan, where conflict has displaced more than eight million people and disrupted agriculture, these seeds represent hope,' said Ali Babikar, director of Sudan's Agricultural Plant Genetic Resources Conservation and Research Centre. 

'By safeguarding this diversity in Svalbard, we're preserving options for a resilient, food-secure future, regardless of the challenges we face.' 

Another important deposit came from a genebank in the Philippines, where extreme events have already destroyed some of the nation's seed stocks. 

'The rapid loss of genetic diversity in the field and loss of diversity in our diets make conservation and accessibility more important than ever,' said Hidelisa De Chavez of the University of the Philippines. 

She added that crop diversity 'is the backbone of agriculture around the world.' 

What is the Svalbard Global Seed Vault?

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is buried on an island off of Norway's northern coast.

It already stores nearly one million samples of seeds, which represent 13,000 years of agricultural history.

The vault provides a last resort back-up to a network of seed banks around the world, which store seeds but can be threatened by war, accidents and natural disasters.

Plants are also vulnerable to biodiversity loss as a result of invasive species, pests and climate change.

Permafrost and thick rock ensure seed samples remain frozen even without power.

The vault aims to secure millions of seeds representing every important crop variety available in the world today.

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28-02-2025 om 22:22 geschreven door peter  

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By STACY LIBERATORE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

Flight tracking data has captured the path of three US Air Force jets, showing they made trips to the highly classified Area 51 in the Nevada desert on Wednesday.

The planes are part of the military's top-secret passenger jet Janet fleet that flies contractor employees, Department of Defense staff and military personnel to secure spaces that house classified information.

All three Janet aircraft took off from Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas about 18 miles from the secret base.

The first, labeled Janet 33, left the runway at 7:09am ET and landed at 7:24am.

The next craft, Janet 32, departed from Las Vegas at 9:38am and touched down at 9:56am. The most recent flight, Janet 46, took off at 2:11pm and landed in the same area 18 minutes later.

Janet, which is said to stand for Joint Air Network for Employee Transportation' or 'Just Another Non-Existent Terminal, or 'Just Another None Existent Terminal,' has a fleet of six Boeing 737 jets.

While the reasons for the flights are unknown, Area 51 is located within the US Air Force's Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR).

The site is also rumored to host crashed extraterrestrial spacecraft and otherworldly technologies.

The Janet, designed by Boeing, is a white jet with a single red strip from front to back. The fleet flies contractor employees, Department of Defense staff and military personnel to secure spaces that house classified information

All three Janet aircraft took off from Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas about 18 miles from the secret base. The first, labeled Janet 33, left the runway at 7:09am ET and landed at 7:24am

The Janet, designed by Boeing, is a white jet with a single red strip from front to back.

The jets depart from the Las Vegas airport from a terminal and parking lot dedicated to the highly classified and are mainly used to take personnel to Area 51 as it does not support commuting by vehicle.

FlightAware, a live flight tracking website, shows all three jets taking a similar path to Area 51 today, each taking only a few minutes to complete.

However, flight tracker ADS-B Exchange captured at least 18 Janet jets flying from Las Vegas to Area 51 since February 20. 

A known reason for military personnel to travel to Area 51 is for testing and developing highly classified aircraft and weapons systems.

Area 51 gained notoriety during the Cold War when it was used to test the U-2 spy plane, which was crucial for intelligence gathering against the Soviet Union. 

The craft is still used today to monitor Mexican drug cartels and other threats to the US.

The secret Janet fleet started operations in 1972, making their first flight to Area 51 established in 1955.

Area 51 is a US Air Force facility within the Nevada Test and Training Range

The next craft, Janet 32, departed from Las Vegas at 9:38am and touched down at 9:56am

Area 51 has six runways for the Janet planes to land, including a monster 12,000-foot-long strip that is among the longest in the world. 

The secrecy surrounding Area 51 has fueled widespread conspiracy theories about its true purpose, but a resurfaced interview from  an aviation journalist with firsthand sources who have worked there said the truth could be revealed this year.

Jim Goodall gave an interview in the mid-1990s where he discussed top-secret technologies at the site that 'would make George Lucas envious.'

'One gentleman spent 12 of his 30 years in black programs at Groom Lake [as Area 51 is also known],' Goodall explained in the unearthed documentary interview.

'I asked him, 'Can you really tell me what's happening out there?'' he continued.

'And he said, 'Well, there's a lot of things going on there that I won't be able to tell you until the year 2025.''

The mention of '2025' could refer to an executive order by then-President Bill Clinton, which established a 25-year timer for the 'automatic declassification' of government secrets.

This means many top-secret projects from the 1990s could soon be declassified.

Goodall recounted a conversation with a 'safety specialist' and US Air Force chief master sergeant who worked at the Nevada test site.

The most recent flight, Janet 46, took off at 2:11pm and landed near Area 51 in 18 minutes

The secrecy surrounding Area 51 has fueled widespread conspiracy theories about its true purpose, but a resurfaced interview from an aviation journalist (pictured) with firsthand sources who have worked there said the truth could be revealed this year 

The specialist reportedly told him: 'We have things out there that are literally out of this world… better than Star Trek.' or anything you can see in the movies.'

When Goodall asked his anonymous source, 'Do you believe in UFOs?' the answer was unequivocal.

'He looked at me with a straight face, one-on-one, and said, 'Absolutely. Positively. They do exist,'' Goodall recalled in the documentary.

'I said, 'Can you expand upon that?' And he replied, 'No, I can't.''

From his vantage point spying on Area 51 in the Nevada desert, Goodall caught glimpses and heard firsthand accounts of exotic craft that defied conventional understanding.

'There is a stealth or low-observable electronic warfare aircraft. It's been referred to as 'Excalibur,'' he said in the interview.

'There's an aircraft designed to fly very, very high, but also very, very slow and incredibly quiet,' he add.

Goodall also discussed how witnesses near the Skunk Works facility reported seeing three triangle-shaped craft that made 'no noise,' even when flying at relatively low altitudes.

He then shared reports of an aircraft tracked by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) out of the San Francisco Bay Area TRACON (Traffic Control) in Oakland, California.

This craft, spotted at least eight times since 1986, reportedly flew through controlled airspace at speeds exceeding 10,000 miles per hour.

'And it's a very, very large aircraft at that,' he added.

Goodall's accounts align with claims made on the record by Ben Rich, the late director of Lockheed Martin's classified Skunk Works division.

'Ben Rich told me twice before he died,' Goodall recounted, ''We have things at Area 51 that you and the best minds in the world won't even be able to conceive of for another 30 or 40 years—and they won't be made public for another 50.''

Rich died on January 5, 1995.

But Goodall today noted that Area 51 has become much more difficult to penetrate than during his 1990s heyday — which might indicate it will hold on to its secrets well beyond 2025, matching a timeline closer to Rich's 50-year window.

'That veil is pretty thick today,' Goodall told Las Vegas TV news reporter George Knapp in 2019. 'The security around Area 51 is thicker than we've ever seen.'

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28-02-2025 om 21:53 geschreven door peter  

De Wetenschap Achter Ongeïdentificeerde Luchtfenomenen (UAP's): Een Analyse van Bewijs en Interpretaties

Achtergrondinformatie

Ongeïdentificeerde Luchtverschijnselen (UAP), voorheen bekend als UFO's (Unidentified Flying Objects), zijn objecten of verschijnselen in de lucht die niet onmiddellijk kunnen worden geïdentificeerd. De belangstelling voor UAP is de afgelopen jaren aanzienlijk toegenomen, vooral na verschillende rapporten van overheden, waaronder het Amerikaanse ministerie van Defensie. In deze rapporten werden meerdere waarnemingen van UAP door militaire piloten en andere ooggetuigen besproken. De groeiende interesse in UAP heeft geleid tot een hernieuwde focus op wetenschappelijk onderzoek en de vraag naar de aard en oorsprong van deze fenomenen.

Het begrip UAP is breed en omvat een scala aan mogelijke verklaringen, van natuurlijke verschijnselen tot menselijke technologieën en, in sommige speculaties, zelfs buitenaardse activiteiten. De classificatie en het begrip van UAP zijn cruciaal voor het ontwikkelen van een wetenschappelijke benadering om deze fenomenen te onderzoeken.

Wetenschappelijke Verklaringen voor UAP

1. Natuurlijke Fenomenen

Een van de meest waarschijnlijke verklaringen voor UAP is dat ze ontstaan uit natuurlijke verschijnselen. Voorbeelden hiervan zijn:

• Meteorologische verschijnselen: Verschijnselen zoals ballonnen, luchtstromen en weersystemen kunnen leiden tot ongebruikelijke waarnemingen. Bijvoorbeeld, lenticulaire wolken kunnen een schijfvormig uiterlijk hebben, wat soms wordt verward met UAP.
• Optische illusies: Lichtreflecties, brekingen en andere optische fenomenen kunnen leiden tot verwarrende waarnemingen. Bijvoorbeeld, de zonsondergang kan bepaalde objecten in de lucht een ongebruikelijke kleur of glans geven.
• Astronomische verschijnselen: Satellieten, meteorieten en andere hemellichamen kunnen vaak worden aangezien voor UAP. Een vallende ster of een satelliet die in de atmosfeer binnendringt kan bijvoorbeeld als een UAP worden waargenomen.

2. Menselijke Technologieën

Een andere belangrijke categorie van verklaringen betreft menselijke technologieën, zoals:

• Militaire en civiele luchtvaartuigen: Het is mogelijk dat wat als UAP wordt waargenomen, in werkelijkheid geavanceerde luchtvaartuigen zijn die nog niet publiekelijk bekend zijn. Dit kan variëren van militaire drones tot experimentele vliegtuigen.
• Radar- en communicatiefouten: Soms kunnen technische storingen of fouten in radar- en communicatiesystemen leiden tot valse waarnemingen van objecten in de lucht. Dit kan bijvoorbeeld gebeuren wanneer radarreflecties verkeerd worden geïnterpreteerd als fysieke objecten.

3. Psychologische Factoren

De menselijke perceptie en psychologie spelen ook een rol bij de waarneming van UAP. Mensen zijn geneigd om betekenis te geven aan onbekende of ongebruikelijke ervaringen. Dit kan leiden tot:

• Cognitieve vertekeningen: Mensen kunnen objecten of verschijnselen verkeerd interpreteren op basis van hun verwachtingen of eerdere ervaringen. Dit kan resulteren in een foutieve identificatie van iets als een UAP wanneer het in werkelijkheid iets anders is.
• Groepsdynamiek: Als iemand een UAP waarneemt en dit meldt, kan dat anderen beïnvloeden om ook iets te zien dat ze anders misschien niet zouden hebben opgemerkt. Dit fenomeen kan de waarneming van UAP verder compliceren.

4. Buitenaardse Hypotheses

Hoewel de meeste wetenschappers zich richten op aardse verklaringen voor UAP, zijn er ook speculaties over buitenaardse oorsprongen. Dit is een controversieel onderwerp dat vaak wordt omgeven door pseudowetenschap en speculatie. Enkele argumenten in deze richting zijn:

• Technologische vooruitgang: Sommige voorstanders van de buitenaardse hypothese suggereren dat de geavanceerde technologieën die nodig zijn om interstellar reizen mogelijk te maken, zouden kunnen verklaren waarom sommige UAP zich op manieren gedragen die onze huidige technologieën overstijgen.
• Historische verslagen: Er zijn door de geschiedenis heen talloze verslagen van ongeïdentificeerde objecten, wat sommige mensen de indruk geeft dat er een patroon is van buitenaardse bezoeken aan de aarde.

5. Classificatie van UAP

Een effectieve manier om UAP te begrijpen, is door ze te classificeren op basis van hun kenmerken en gedragingen. Een mogelijke indeling zou kunnen zijn:

1. Fysieke kenmerken: Dit kan betrekking hebben op de vorm, grootte, kleur en beweging van het object.
2. Gedrag: Sommige UAP vertonen ongewone bewegingen, zoals plotselinge versnellingen of scherpe bochten die niet verklaard kunnen worden door de fysica van menselijke vliegtuigen.
3. Waarnemingsomstandigheden: Dit betreft de omgeving waarin de UAP werd waargenomen, zoals de tijd van de dag, het weer en de locatie.

Door UAP op deze manier te classificeren, kan men patronen en trends identificeren die kunnen helpen bij het begrijpen van hun oorsprong en aard.

Conclusie

De wetenschappelijke benadering van UAP vereist een open geest en een systematische methodologie. Het is essentieel om aardse verklaringen te verkennen, variërend van natuurlijke fenomenen tot menselijke technologieën, voordat men overgaat tot speculaties over buitenaardse oorsprongen. Door UAP te classificeren en te begrijpen, kunnen onderzoekers waardevolle inzichten verwerven die bijdragen aan de bredere kennis van ons luchtruim en de fenomenen die het bevat. De toegenomen belangstelling van overheden en het publiek voor UAP biedt een unieke kans om deze mysterieuze verschijnselen grondig te onderzoeken met wetenschappelijke methoden.

Hoofdstuk 1: Geschiedenis van UAP-waarnemingen

Inleiding

Ongeïdentificeerde Luchtverschijnselen (UAP), vaak aangeduid als UFO's (Unidentified Flying Objects), hebben de menselijke verbeelding al decennia lang gefascineerd. Van mystieke verhalen tot wetenschappelijke onderzoeken, de geschiedenis van UAP-waarnemingen biedt een intrigerend overzicht van hoe onze perceptie van de lucht en het onbekende is geëvolueerd. Dit document verkent enkele van de meest significante UAP-incidenten in de geschiedenis, zoals de Roswell-incident in 1947, de Phoenix Lights in 1997, en recente militaire waarnemingen. Verder worden ook belangrijke bronnen besproken, waaronder rapporten van de Amerikaanse overheid, getuigenverslagen en analyses in de media.

Historisch Overzicht van Belangrijke UAP-incidenten

1. Roswell (1947)

Het Roswell-incident is wellicht het meest beruchte UAP-incident in de geschiedenis. In juli 1947 meldde de Amerikaanse luchtmacht dat een "vliegende schotel" was neergestort op een ranch nabij Roswell, New Mexico. De luchtmacht trok deze verklaring echter snel in en zei dat het in plaats daarvan ging om een weerballon. Deze tegenstrijdigheid voedde speculaties en complottheorieën over de ware aard van het voorval.

1.1 De Impact van Roswell op de Populaire Cultuur

Roswell heeft een blijvende impact gehad op de populaire cultuur. Het incident heeft geleid tot talloze boeken, films, en documentaires die zich richten op buitenaardse levensvormen en overheidsdekmantels. De combinatie van mysterie en de schimmige aard van de overheidsverklaringen heeft het onderwerp UAP diep verankerd in de collectieve verbeelding.

1.2 Onderzoek en Rapporten

In de jaren na het incident zijn er verschillende onderzoeken en rapporten verschenen. In 1994 publiceerde de luchtmacht een rapport waarin werd verklaard dat het incident te maken had met het geheimhoudingproject "Project Mogul", dat was gericht op het detecteren van nucleaire tests in de Sovjetunie. Dit rapport hielp om de discussie rond Roswell nieuw leven in te blazen, maar deed weinig om de speculaties volledig te beëindigen.

2. Phoenix Lights (1997)

Een ander significant UAP-incident vond plaats op 13 maart 1997, toen duizenden getuigen in Phoenix, Arizona, een enorme formatie van lichten aan de hemel waarnamen. De lichten bevonden zich in een V-vorm en werden door veel mensen als een enkel, groot object ervaren.

2.1 Getuigenverslagen

Getuigen waren van verschillende leeftijden en achtergronden, van gewone burgers tot politieagenten en zelfs de gouverneur van Arizona, Fife Symington, die later verklaarde dat hij een soortgelijk object had gezien. De diversiteit aan getuigen maakt het incident bijzonder en moeilijk te ontkrachten.

2.2 Overheidsreactie

De reactie van de overheid op de Phoenix Lights was aanvankelijk terughoudend. Er werd gespeculeerd dat de lichten afkomstig waren van militaire oefeningen, maar veel getuigen waren het daar niet mee eens. In de jaren die volgden, bleef het incident onderwerp van discussie; het is zelfs een belangrijke referentie geworden in het debat over UAP en de mogelijkheid van buitenaards leven.

3. Recente Militaire Waarnemingen

In de afgelopen jaren heeft de aandacht voor UAP-incidenten een nieuwe dimensie gekregen, vooral door de onthullingen van de Amerikaanse marine en het Pentagon. In 2017 werden videobeelden vrijgegeven van UAP-waarnemingen door piloten van de marine. Deze beelden toonden objecten die zich op manieren bewogen die de huidige technologie overstegen, wat opnieuw vragen opriep over de aard en oorsprong van deze verschijnselen.

3.1 Het Pentagon en UAP

In 2020 richtte het Pentagon een speciale taskforce op voor de analyse van UAP-waarnemingen. Dit markeert een significante verschuiving in de houding van de overheid ten opzichte van het fenomeen, waarbij het belang van transparantie en onderzoek wordt erkend. De taskforce heeft als doel om de veiligheid van het luchtruim te waarborgen en mogelijke bedreigingen te identificeren.

3.2 De Rol van Wetenschap en Technologie

De recente ontwikkelingen in technologie, zoals radar- en sensor technologieën, hebben ons in staat gesteld om UAP beter te observeren en te analyseren. Wetenschappers en onderzoekers hebben hun aandacht gericht op het begrijpen van de fenomenen, waarbij ze zowel de mogelijkheid van buitenaards leven als aardse, onbekende technologieën onderzoeken.

Bronnen en Onderzoeksmethoden

Bij het onderzoeken van UAP-incidenten is het van cruciaal belang om betrouwbare bronnen en methoden te gebruiken. Hieronder worden enkele belangrijke bronnen besproken die bijgedragen hebben aan ons begrip van UAP.

1. Rapporten van de Amerikaanse Overheid

De Amerikaanse overheid heeft verschillende rapporten uitgebracht die UAP-waarnemingen documenteren. Het meest recente rapport, dat in juni 2021 werd gepubliceerd, bevatte een overzicht van 144 waarnemingen tussen 2004 en 2021. Slechts één van deze waarnemingen kon worden verklaard. Dit rapport toonde aan dat er een significante hoeveelheid onverklaarde fenomenen is die verder onderzoek vereisen.

2. Getuigenverslagen

Getuigenverslagen zijn essentieel voor het begrijpen van UAP-incidenten. De persoonlijke ervaringen van mensen die UAP hebben waargenomen kunnen waardevolle inzichten bieden, ondanks dat ze soms subjectief zijn. Het verzamelen van getuigenissen van verschillende bronnen is een belangrijke stap in het onderzoek naar UAP.

3. Media-analyse

De rol van de media in het verspreiden van informatie over UAP kan niet worden onderschat. De manier waarop UAP-incidenten worden gepresenteerd in de media kan de publieke perceptie vormgeven. Van sensationele berichtgeving tot diepgaande onderzoeksdocumentaires, de media hebben bijgedragen aan zowel het mysterie als de ontwikkeling van het discours rond UAP.

4. Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

Wetenschappelijk onderzoek naar UAP omvat een multidisciplinaire aanpak, waarbij astronomie, natuurkunde en psychologie betrokken zijn. Wetenschappers proberen niet alleen de fysieke fenomenen te begrijpen, maar ook de psychologische en sociale impact van UAP-waarnemingen.

Conclusie

De geschiedenis van UAP-waarnemingen is rijk en complex, vol met intrigerende incidenten en uiteenlopende reacties van de overheid en de samenleving. Van de mysterie van Roswell tot de recente onthullingen van het Pentagon, UAP blijven onderwerp van discussie en onderzoek. De combinatie van getuigenverslagen, overheidsrapporten en mediacoverage heeft bijgedragen aan een cultureel fenomeen dat ons blijft boeien.

Terwijl ons begrip van UAP blijft evolueren, is het duidelijk dat deze fenomenen niet alleen betrekking hebben op de mogelijkheid van buitenaards leven, maar ook op bredere vragen over technologie, veiligheid en onze plaats in het universum. In de toekomst zal het essentieel zijn om een open en wetenschappelijke benadering te hanteren in het onderzoek naar UAP, waarbij we blijven streven naar waarheid en begrip.

Aanbevolen Literatuur

1. "The Roswell Incident" door Charles Berlitz en William L. Moore - Dit boek biedt een gedetailleerde analyse van het Roswell-incident en de impact ervan op de UAP-cultuur.
2. "UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go on the Record" door Leslie Kean - Een verzameling getuigenissen van militaire en overheidsfunctionarissen over UAP.
3. "The Phoenix Lights: A Skeptic's Discovery That We Are Not Alone" door Lynne Kitei - Een diepgaande analyse van de Phoenix Lights en de getuigenissen van mensen die het fenomeen hebben ervaren.
4. Overheidsrapporten en publicaties van de U.S. Department of Defense - Deze rapporten bieden inzicht in de officiële standpunten en onderzoeken naar UAP.

Met deze informatie in gedachten, is het duidelijk dat de geschiedenis van UAP-waarnemingen ons nog veel te leren heeft. De zoektocht naar antwoorden gaat door, en de fascinatie voor het onbekende zal ongetwijfeld blijven bestaan.

Hoofdstuk 2: Wetenschappelijke verklaringen voor UAP

Ongeïdentificeerde Luchtverschijnselen (UAP) zijn verschijnselen in de lucht die niet onmiddellijk kunnen worden verklaard. Terwijl veel mensen deze fenomenen toeschrijven aan buitenaardse levensvormen of andere mysterieuze oorsprongen, zijn er tal van wetenschappelijke verklaringen die kunnen helpen om deze verschijnselen te begrijpen. In dit artikel zullen we zowel natuurlijke als technologische verklaringen voor UAP bespreken, en voorbeelden geven van hoe deze verklaringen ons inzicht kunnen bieden in wat we vaak als mysterieus beschouwen.

1. Natuurlijke Fenomenen

Een van de meest voorkomende verklaringen voor waargenomen UAP zijn natuurlijke atmosferische verschijnselen. Deze kunnen variëren van alledaagse objecten zoals ballonnen en drones tot meer complexe atmosferische fenomenen.

2. Atmosferische Verschijnselen

1. Ballonnen: Vrijwel iedereen heeft wel eens een heliumballon of een weerballon gezien die de lucht in stijgt. Deze objecten kunnen op grote hoogte zweven en, afhankelijk van de omstandigheden, kunnen ze er vreemd uitzien of onverklaarbaar bewegen. Bij zonsondergang kunnen ballonnen vaak een gouden of felgekleurde gloed uitstralen die gemakkelijk kan worden verwisseld met iets bovennatuurlijks.

2. Drones: Met de opkomst van technologie zijn drones steeds gebruikelijker geworden. Deze op afstand bestuurde voertuigen kunnen zich op ongebruikelijke manieren verplaatsen, wat kan leiden tot verwarring bij waarnemers. Drones zijn vaak stil en kunnen in de lucht manoeuvreren, wat het moeilijk maakt om ze te identificeren.

3. Weersvoorspellingen: Soms spelen weersomstandigheden een cruciale rol bij het waarnemen van UAP. Zeldzame atmosferische condities kunnen leiden tot fenomenen zoals 'luminous phenomena'. Deze verschijnselen kunnen optreden in de vorm van lichtbollen of gloeiende objecten die door de lucht bewegen. Dergelijke verschijnselen kunnen veroorzaakt worden door elektrische discharge, zoals ball lightning, of andere atmosferische verschijnselen zoals de Aurora Borealis.

3. Zeldzame Atmosferische Condities

Een voorbeeld van een zeldzaam atmosferisch fenomeen is het zogenaamde "sprite". Dit zijn korte, heldere lichtflitsen die zich boven onweersbuien vormen. Deze kunnen eruitzien als zwevende objecten of zelfs als UFO's. Wetenschappelijk onderzoek naar deze verschijnselen heeft aangetoond dat ze kunnen worden veroorzaakt door de elektrische activiteit van een onweersbui.

Daarnaast zijn er ook optische illusies die door atmosferische omstandigheden kunnen ontstaan. Fenomenen zoals Fata Morgana of loomers kunnen objecten vervormen en op grote afstand laten lijken alsof ze zich op een andere plek bevinden.

4. Technologische Verklaringen

Naast natuurlijke verklaringen zijn er ook technologische verklaringen voor UAP. Met de vooruitgang in militaire technologieën en de ontwikkeling van onbemande luchtvaartuigen (UAV's) is het mogelijk dat sommige waarnemingen voortkomen uit geavanceerde technologieën die momenteel in gebruik zijn door militaire en particuliere organisaties.

5. Geavanceerde Militaire Technologieën

Het Pentagon heeft bevestigd dat een aantal waarnemingen van UAP afkomstig zijn van geclassificeerde militaire technologieën. Deze technologieën zijn vaak veel geavanceerder dan wat het algemene publiek kent. Voorbeelden van dergelijke technologieën zijn stealth-vliegtuigen, hypersonische wapens, en drones die gebruikmaken van nieuwe vormen van aandrijving en manoeuvreerbaarheid.

1. Stealth-technologie: Deze technologieën zijn ontworpen om vliegtuigen onopgemerkt te maken voor radar en andere detectiesystemen. Hierdoor kunnen ze zich op manieren verplaatsen die voor een buitenstaander moeilijk te begrijpen zijn. Dit kan leiden tot waarnemingen van objecten die plotseling van richting veranderen of snel accelereren.

2. Hypersonische Voertuigen: De ontwikkeling van hypersonische wapens heeft geleid tot nieuwe mogelijkheden voor militaire technologie. Deze voertuigen kunnen snelheden bereiken die ver boven die van geluid liggen, en zijn in staat om te manoeuvreren op manieren die traditionele vliegtuigen niet kunnen.

3. UAV's: De inzet van onbemande luchtvaartuigen in militaire operaties is toegenomen. Deze UAV's kunnen op grote hoogte en met hoge snelheid opereren, wat het moeilijk maakt voor waarnemers om ze te identificeren. Bovendien kunnen ze uitgerust zijn met geavanceerde camera's en sensoren die in staat zijn om gegevens te verzamelen zonder dat ze zichtbaar zijn voor het blote oog.

Conclusie

De waarnemingen van UAP zijn fascinerend en vaak mysterieus, maar er zijn tal van wetenschappelijke verklaringen die helpen om deze fenomenen te begrijpen. Zowel natuurlijke als technologische verklaringen bieden inzicht in wat we soms als onverklaarbaar beschouwen. Het is belangrijk om een kritische blik te behouden en de mogelijkheid te overwegen dat veel van deze verschijnselen eenvoudigweg het resultaat zijn van natuurlijke of menselijke factoren.

Wetenschappelijk onderzoek en technologische vooruitgang zullen blijven bijdragen aan ons begrip van UAP. Het is cruciaal dat we blijven onderzoeken en leren, en tegelijkertijd openstaan voor zowel de wonderen van de natuur als de innovaties van de technologie. In een wereld waar de technologie snel verandert, is het belangrijk om de feiten van de fictie te scheiden en kritisch te blijven in ons begrip van wat er zich in onze lucht afspeelt.

Hoofdstuk 3: Bewijs en analyse

In de afgelopen decennia zijn er talloze meldingen geweest van onverklaarbare luchtverschijnselen, vaak aangeduid als Ufo's (Ongeïdentificeerde Vliegende Objecten). Deze fenomenen hebben geleid tot veel speculatie, onderzoek en zelfs officiële rapporten van overheden. In dit werk zullen we ons richten op de verzameling en analyse van gegevens, de bewijsvoering van Ufo-waarnemingen en een gedetailleerde bespreking van de beruchte "Tic Tac"-video van de Amerikaanse marine.

A. Verzameling van Gegevens

De eerste stap in het onderzoeken van Ufo-waarnemingen is de verzameling van gegevens. Dit kan op verschillende manieren worden gedaan, waaronder:

1. Video- en Fotomateriaal: Veel waarnemingen worden vastgelegd met behulp van camera's, zowel professioneel als door amateurs. Dit materiaal kan variëren van amateurvideo's tot beelden van geavanceerde militaire camera's.

2. Radargegevens: Radarsystemen worden vaak gebruikt om luchtvaartuigen te detecteren. Deze gegevens kunnen cruciaal zijn voor het vaststellen van de snelheid, hoogte en beweging van een object.

3. Getuigenverslagen: Persoonlijke getuigenissen van mensen die een Ufo hebben waargenomen, zijn een belangrijke bron van informatie. Deze verslagen kunnen komen van burgers, piloten, of zelfs militaire personeel.

B. Analyse van Gegevens

Na de verzameling van gegevens is de volgende stap de analyse. Dit houdt in dat verschillende soorten bewijs worden onderzocht en vergeleken. Tijdens deze analyse zijn er enkele belangrijke overwegingen:

1. Consistentie van Rapporten: Het is essentieel om de consistentie tussen verschillende waarnemingen te beoordelen. Als meerdere getuigen eenzelfde object beschrijven dat op dezelfde tijd en plaats is waargenomen, kan dit de geloofwaardigheid van hun getuigenissen versterken.

2. Expertise in Aerodynamica: Het inschakelen van experts, zoals aerodynamica-ingenieurs, kan helpen bij de technische analyse van video- en fotomateriaal. Zij kunnen bijvoorbeeld de beweging en snelheid van een object beoordelen aan de hand van beschikbare gegevens.

C. De "Tic Tac"-video

Een van de meest besproken Ufo-waarnemingen is de "Tic Tac"-video, die in 2004 werd opgenomen door een F/A-18 Hornet-jagerpiloot van de Amerikaanse marine. Deze video toont een onbekend object dat zich op hoge snelheid verplaatst en ongewone manoeuvres uitvoert. De video is sindsdien geanalyseerd door verschillende experts en heeft geleid tot veel discussie over de oorsprong en de aard van het object.

D. Analyse van de Tic Tac-video

1. Technische Analyse: De Tic Tac-video toont een object dat zich met een verbazingwekkende snelheid verplaatst, zonder zichtbare middelen voor voortstuwing. Experts hebben gespeculeerd dat het object mogelijk gebruikmaakte van een technologie die verder gaat dan onze huidige aerodynamica.

2. Radargegevens: De video werd vergezeld door radargegevens die de beweging van het object bevestigden. De compatibiliteit tussen de radargegevens en de video biedt een sterkere basis voor de geloofwaardigheid van de waarneming.

3. Getuigenverslagen: De piloten die de Tic Tac-video hebben vastgelegd, hebben hun ervaringen gedeeld en bevestigd dat ze geen idee hadden wat ze hadden waargenomen. Hun getuigenissen, samen met de video- en radargegevens, vormen een sterk argument voor de echtheid van de waarneming.

E. Vergelijking van Verschillende Waarnemingen

Om de waarde van de Tic Tac-video te begrijpen, is het nuttig om deze te vergelijken met andere bekende Ufo-waarnemingen. Er zijn verschillende gevallen waarin meerdere getuigen dezelfde of vergelijkbare objecten hebben waargenomen, zoals de Phoenix Lights in 1997 en de Chicago O'Hare-ervaring in 2006.

1. Phoenix Lights: Deze gebeurtenis omvatte duizenden getuigen die een lange lijn van lichten aan de hemel zagen. De consistentie van hun rapporten heeft geleid tot verschillende onderzoeken, maar geen van deze heeft een definitieve verklaring geleverd.

2. Chicago O'Hare: In 2006 zagen zowel passagiers als personeel op O'Hare International Airport een ongeïdentificeerd object dat boven de luchthaven zweefde. De rapporten variëren, maar de overeenkomsten tussen getuigen maken het een intrigerende casus om te onderzoeken.

Conclusie

De analyse van Ufo-waarnemingen, zoals de Tic Tac-video, benadrukt het belang van een multidisciplinaire benadering. Door gegevens uit verschillende bronnen te combineren - video- en fotomateriaal, radargegevens en getuigenverslagen - kunnen we een beter begrip krijgen van deze onverklaarbare fenomenen. Hoewel er veel speculatie en theorieën bestaan, blijft het essentieel om een objectieve en wetenschappelijke benadering te hanteren bij het onderzoeken van Ufo-waarnemingen.

De Tic Tac-video en andere soortgelijke waarnemingen vormen een fascinerend onderwerp voor verder onderzoek. De mogelijkheid dat we niet alleen zijn in het universum roept vragen op die onze perceptie van de wereld en ons begrip van technologie en wetenschap uit dagen. Het is van belang dat dit onderwerp serieus wordt genomen en dat wetenschappers, onderzoekers en de overheid samenwerken om de waarheid achter deze verschijnselen te onthullen.

Hoofdstuk 4: Kritische benadering van UAP-claims

Het fenomeen van UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena), voorheen bekend als UFO's (Unidentified Flying Objects), heeft eeuwenlang de verbeelding van de mensheid beziggehouden. De recente toename van rapporten en getuigenissen over UAP heeft geleid tot een hernieuwde interesse in het onderwerp, vooral onder degenen die geloven dat deze verschijnselen buitenaardse technologieën vertegenwoordigen. Echter, een kritische benadering van deze claims is essentieel om een genuanceerd begrip van het fenomeen te ontwikkelen. In dit artikel worden enkele argumenten tegen het geloven in UAP als buitenaardse technologieën besproken, evenals weerlegbare argumenten die vaak worden aangevoerd door voorstanders van het idee dat UAP buitenaards zijn.

1. Scepticisme en Kritiek

Scepticisme is een gezonde benadering als het gaat om het beoordelen van claims over UAP. Veel mensen zijn geneigd om te geloven in het onbekende, vooral wanneer het gaat om het idee van buitenaardse intelligentie. Echter, het is van cruciaal belang om kritisch te kijken naar de getuigenissen en de omstandigheden rondom deze verschijnselen. Een veelvoorkomend argument tegen UAP-claims is de mogelijkheid van zelfbedrog of psychologische verklaringen voor getuigenissen.

2. Psychologische Verklaringen

Getuigenissen over UAP zijn vaak subjectief en kunnen worden beïnvloed door verschillende psychologische factoren. Mensen kunnen bijvoorbeeld een verschijnsel waarnemen dat ze niet begrijpen en dit interpreteren als iets buitengewoons. Dit fenomeen staat bekend als pareidolie, waarbij de geest patronen herkent in willekeurige stimuli. Een lichtflits of een ongebruikelijk geluid kan worden geïnterpreteerd als een UAP, vooral in situaties van stress of angst. Bovendien zijn er talloze gevallen van valse herinneringen, waarbij mensen zich dingen herinneren die nooit zijn gebeurd. Dit kan verklaren waarom sommige mensen sterk overtuigd zijn van hun ontmoetingen met UAP.

3. Weerlegbare Argumenten

Een veelgehoord argument van voorstanders van UAP als buitenaardse technologieën is dat "alle UAP buitenaards zijn." Dit is een veralgemenisering die niet zonder meer kan worden aangenomen. Er zijn verschillende redenen waarom deze claim niet houdbaar is.

3.1. Argument: "Alle UAP zijn buitenaards."

Weerlegging: Veel UAP kunnen worden verklaard door bestaande technologieën of natuurlijke fenomenen. Bijvoorbeeld, veel van de waarnemingen die aanvankelijk als UAP werden beschouwd, zijn later geïdentificeerd als commerciële drones, militaire vliegtuigen of zelfs weersballonnen. Het is belangrijk om te erkennen dat de technologie die beschikbaar is voor overheden en particuliere bedrijven in de loop der jaren aanzienlijk is gevorderd. Wat in het verleden als onbekend werd beschouwd, is nu vaak te verklaren door de vooruitgang in technologie en wetenschap. Bovendien kunnen natuurlijke fenomenen zoals lichtreflecties, atmosferische verschijnselen en meteorieten ook gemakkelijk worden verward met UAP. Het is dus onterecht om te concluderen dat alle UAP automatisch buitenaards zijn.

3.2. Argument: "Overheden verbergen de waarheid over UAP."

Een ander argument dat vaak wordt aangevoerd door voorstanders van het idee dat UAP buitenaards zijn, is dat overheden opzettelijk informatie verbergen over deze fenomenen. Dit argument is aantrekkelijk voor mensen die geloven in samenzweringen en geheimhouding.

Weerlegging: Echter, de recente trend naar transparantie en de publicatie van rapporten door overheden, zoals het Pentagon's "UAP Task Force"-rapport, toont aan dat overheden bepaalde incidenten onderzoeken zonder buitenaardse implicaties. In deze rapporten worden veel waarnemingen geclassificeerd als ongeïdentificeerd, maar dat betekent niet noodzakelijkerwijs dat ze buitenaards zijn. Vaak zijn ze het resultaat van onbekende technologieën of natuurlijke fenomenen. De publicatie van deze rapporten is een stap richting meer openheid en laat zien dat overheden bereid zijn om het onderwerp serieus te onderzoeken.

4. De Rol van Media en Populaire Cultuur

De rol van media en populaire cultuur in de verspreiding van UAP-claims kan niet worden onderschat. Films, boeken en documentaires hebben bijgedragen aan de mythologie rond buitenaardse wezens en UAP. Deze representaties zijn vaak sensationalistisch en dragen bij aan de publieke fascinatie voor het onderwerp. Dit kan leiden tot een vicieuze cirkel waarin mensen meer geneigd zijn om getuigenissen te geloven zonder kritische analyse.

5. Het Belang van Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

Een andere cruciale factor in de kritische benadering van UAP-claims is het belang van wetenschappelijk onderzoek. Veel van de claims over UAP zijn onvoldoende onderbouwd en missen rigoureuze wetenschappelijke toetsing. Het is van essentieel belang dat onderzoekers bij het onderzoeken van UAP gebruikmaken van wetenschappelijke methoden om gegevens te verzamelen en te analyseren. Dit omvat het gebruik van technologie zoals radar, infrarood en andere detectiesystemen om objecten te volgen en te identificeren.

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Het is belangrijk om een evenwichtige en kritische benadering te hanteren als het gaat om UAP-claims. Hoewel de verleiding groot is om te geloven in buitenaardse technologieën, moeten we ons bewust zijn van de vele verklaringen die er zijn voor UAP-waarnemingen. Psychologische factoren, bestaande technologieën en natuurlijke fenomenen kunnen vaak de oorzaak zijn van wat mensen als UAP beschouwen.

Bovendien is het cruciaal om de rol van overheden en de transparantie in hun onderzoeken naar UAP serieus te nemen. De wetenschap moet de leidende rol spelen in het begrijpen van deze fenomenen, waarbij rigoureuze methoden worden gebruikt om claims te verifiëren of te weerleggen. Door sceptisch en kritisch te blijven, kunnen we een beter begrip ontwikkelen van wat UAP werkelijk zijn en de mystificatie die hen omringt doorbreken.

Uiteindelijk is het belangrijk dat we ons blijven afvragen wat we geloven en waarom. Het verkennen van de mogelijkheid van buitenaards leven is een fascinerende onderneming, maar het is van cruciaal belang om deze zoektocht te baseren op feiten en bewijs in plaats van op speculatie en zelfbedrog. Door kritisch te blijven en open te staan voor verschillende verklaringen, kunnen we een dieper inzicht krijgen in de mysteries van de lucht en de wereld om ons heen.

Hoofdstuk 5: Toekomstig onderzoek en Conclusies

De wereld van ongeïdentificeerde luchtverschijnselen (UAP) heeft in de afgelopen jaren aanzienlijke aandacht gekregen, zowel van wetenschappers als van het grote publiek. Het onderzoek naar UAP is echter vaak ongestructureerd en inconsistent, wat leidt tot een gebrek aan betrouwbare data en conclusies. Het is cruciaal dat toekomstig onderzoek zich richt op het ontwikkelen en implementeren van gestandaardiseerde protocollen voor het rapporteren en onderzoeken van deze fenomenen.

1. Aanbevelingen voor Verder Onderzoek

Een van de belangrijkste aanbevelingen voor toekomstig onderzoek is de noodzaak van gestandaardiseerde protocollen. Dit houdt in dat er uniforme richtlijnen moeten worden ontwikkeld voor het verzamelen, analyseren en rapporteren van gegevens over UAP. Dergelijke protocollen zouden niet alleen de consistentie in het onderzoek bevorderen, maar ook de samenwerking tussen verschillende onderzoeksinstellingen en wetenschappers vergemakkelijken. Door een gemeenschappelijke basis te creëren, kan de kwaliteit van de gegevens aanzienlijk worden verbeterd en kunnen bevindingen op een betrouwbare manier worden vergeleken.

Bovendien is het belangrijk dat onderzoekers zich richten op interdisciplinaire benaderingen. UAP kunnen vanuit verschillende perspectieven worden bestudeerd, waaronder natuurkunde, psychologie, sociologie en zelfs kunstmatige intelligentie. Het combineren van kennis en technieken uit deze verschillende disciplines kan leiden tot nieuwe inzichten en een diepgaander begrip van de fenomenen.

Daarnaast zou het opzetten van een centrale database voor het registreren van UAP-meldingen een waardevolle aanvulling zijn. Deze database kan dienen als een bron van informatie voor onderzoekers en geïnteresseerden, en het kan helpen om patronen en trends in UAP- waarnemingen te identificeren. Samenwerking met luchtvaartmaatschappijen, overheidsinstellingen en burgerwetenschappers kan ook de hoeveelheid beschikbare gegevens vergroten.

2. CONCLUSIES

Reflecterend op de huidige staat van kennis over UAP, is het duidelijk dat er nog veel onbekend is. Hoewel er enkele gevallen GOED zijn gedocumenteerd die niet gemakkelijk verklaard kunnen worden, is de meeste informatie anekdotisch van aard. Dit benadrukt de noodzaak voor wetenschappelijk rigoureus onderzoek. Alleen door middel van systematische en methodologische benaderingen kunnen we waardevolle conclusies trekken die verder gaan dan speculatie.

De impact van UAP op de maatschappij is eveneens aanzienlijk. Ze roepen vragen op over ons begrip van technologie, luchtveiligheid en zelfs onze plaats in het universum. Het publieke belang in UAP is de afgelopen jaren toegenomen, mede door de invloed van sociale media en documentaires die het onderwerp onder de aandacht brengen. Dit heeft geleid tot een groeiende roep om transparantie en wetenschappelijk onderzoek. De manier waarop we met UAP omgaan, kan ons begrip van de wetenschap en ons vertrouwen in overheidsinstellingen beïnvloeden.

In conclusie, de toekomst van UAP-onderzoek vereist een gestructureerde en wetenschappelijk verantwoorde aanpak. Het ontwikkelen van gestandaardiseerde protocollen en het bevorderen van samenwerking tussen verschillende disciplines zijn cruciale stappen in deze richting. Door deze maatregelen te implementeren, kunnen we de kennis over UAP vergroten en de impact ervan op de maatschappij beter begrijpen. Alleen dan kunnen we hopen op een helder en onderbouwd inzicht in deze intrigerende fenomenen.

Slotopmerkingen

In de afgelopen jaren heeft de belangstelling voor ongeïdentificeerde luchtfenomenen (UAP) een ongekende groei doorgemaakt, zowel in de wetenschappelijke gemeenschap als in het publieke debat. Deze fenomenen, vaak aangeduid als UFO's, zijn niet alleen onderwerp van speculatie en mysterie, maar ook van serieuze wetenschappelijke analyse. Het onderzoek naar UAP is niet alleen van belang voor de mogelijke ontdekking van buitenaards leven, maar biedt ook inzichten in onze technologie, natuurkunde en de grenzen van menselijke kennis.

De recente vrijgave van militaire video's en rapporten door overheden heeft de discussie over UAP opnieuw aangewakkerd en aangetoond dat er fenomenen zijn die niet eenvoudig te verklaren zijn met de huidige wetenschappelijke kennis. De analyse van deze gegevens vereist een multidisciplinaire benadering, waarbij natuurkunde, luchtvaarttechniek en zelfs psychologie aan bod komen. Het is essentieel dat wetenschappers openstaan voor de mogelijkheid dat er onbekende technologieën of natuurverschijnselen zijn, zonder te vervallen in sensatiezucht of pseudowetenschap.

Een belangrijke uitdaging in het onderzoek naar UAP is de betrouwbaarheid van getuigenverslagen en de interpretatie van visuele en radargegevens. Kritische evaluatie en transparantie zijn cruciaal om geloofwaardige bevindingen te waarborgen. Bovendien roept de vraag naar de oorsprong van UAP's ethische en filosofische overpeinzingen op, die ons dwingen onze plaats in het universum te heroverwegen.

In conclusie biedt de wetenschap achter UAP een fascinerend en complex terrein van onderzoek. Het vraagt om een open geest, rigoureuze methodologie en samenwerking tussen verschillende disciplines. Terwijl we blijven zoeken naar antwoorden, blijven de mysteries van de lucht ons uitnodigen tot verder onderzoek en reflectie.

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Egypt's 'Lost City of Gold' raised from the sands after 3,000 years

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Archaeologists have unveiled the complete site of Egypt's 'Lost City of Gold' that was buried beneath the sand for 3,000 years.

The site, once a booming gold mining city called Aten, was discovered beneath the Valley of Kings in Luxor where King Tutankhamun in 2020 and excavations were completed this week.

The team unearthed remnants of homes, workshops, administrative buildings, religious temples and bath houses.  

Artifacts recovered from the site were dated to later historical periods, including the Roman era (30 BC to 639 CE) and the Islamic era (642 CE to 1517 AD).

This suggests Aten remained active for centuries and produced gold for multiple Egyptian dynasties that decorated their palaces bodies and tombs.

Among the many artifacts was a collection of 628 fragments of pottery and stone inscribed with hieroglyphic, demotic and Greek scripts, according to the researchers.

Researchers believe these inscriptions show Aten was a multicultural and multilingual city, and reflect the rich diversity of its inhabitants.

Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced the completion of the project on Tuesday, describing it as a 'significant step in preserving Egypt's ancient mining heritage while making it accessible to both researchers and the public.' 

Archaeologists have finally completed a two-year-long dig at the site of Egypt 's 'Lost City of Gold,' which was buried beneath the sand for thousands of years

Aten dates back to the reign of Amenhotep III — one of Egypt's most powerful pharaohs who ruled from 1391 to 1353 BC.

Named after the Egyptian god of the sun, the city was founded between 1386 and 1353 BC. For many years, it served as Egypt's main administrative and industrial center, persisting through the rise and fall of multiple pharaohs.

But a few years after Akhenaten, King Tutankhamun's father, began his reign in the early 1350s BC, the city was abandoned and Egypt's capital was moved to the city of Amarna 250 miles away. 

The findings from the dig offer new insight into Egypt's ancient mining industry and the daily lives of the workers who inhabited this region, according to the researchers.

The excavation unearthed a remarkably well-preserved mining settlement, complete with intact gold processing facilities and specialized factories for extracting gold from quartz veins.

The remains of these factories contained evidence of an advanced, multi-step gold refining process that involved grinding quartz, filtering out sediments into specialized basins and smelting the ore in clay furnaces to produce pure gold. 

Once translated, these writings could shed new light on what life in the Lost City of Gold was like, including insights into its economy, government and culture.

The archaeologists also uncovered bronze coins from the Ptolemaic dynasty, the longest and last dynasty of ancient Egypt which ruled from 305 BC to 30 BC.

The 'Lost City of Gold' mining complex remained buried beneath the sand for millennia 

The excavation unearthed a remarkably well-preserved mining settlement, complete with intact gold processing facilities and specialized factories for extracting gold from quartz veins

They also found five offering tables — stone slabs where food and drinks could placed as gifts for the gods or the spirits of the dead — from this same time period.

The excavations also uncovered terracotta figurines of both humans and animals, stone sculptures of deities, ceramic vessels used for storing perfumes, medicines and incense, and jewelry made from precious stones and seashells. 

These findings were the result of a multi-year research effort that has been taking place since the city of Aten was finally found five years ago.

Archaeologists discovered the lost city while digging west bank of Luxor near the Valley of the Kings, about 300 miles south of Egypt's capital, Cairo.

Among the many artefacts the archaeologists found, a collection of 628 ostraca fragments of pottery and stone is particularly noteworthy because they are inscribed with hieroglyphic, demotic and Greek scripts, according to the researchers

The excavations also uncovered terracotta figurines of both humans and animals and stone sculptures of deities

Archaeologists first discovered the lost city while looking for King Tut's mortuary temple in the west bank of Luxor near the Valley of the Kings

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They were looking for King Tutankhamun's mortuary temple and had decided to dig in this region because the temples of two other Egyptian pharaohs, Horemheb and Ay, had been found there.

But 'Within weeks, to the team's great surprise, formations of mud bricks began to appear in all directions,' lead researcher Zahi Hawass, an archaeologist and former Minister of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt, said at the time. 

'What they unearthed was the site of a large city in a good condition of preservation, with almost complete walls, and with rooms filled with tools of daily life.' 

Over the years, many foreign archaeological missions had searched for the lost city but never found it, according to Hawass. 

Now, after years of extensive excavation, experts have unearthed new details about this ancient, lost city that should help them piece together its rich history.  

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Maar liefst 40.000 jaar geleden bouwden deze eilandbewoners al geavanceerde schepen, lang voor Europeanen dat konden

Jeannette Kras

 

Je dacht misschien: de Vikingen, die kunnen wat, en anders hebben we nog de grote zeevaarders uit eigen land, zoals Michiel de Ruiter of Willem Barentsz. Maar er waren volkeren, die al veel eerder grote boten bouwden om de wereldzeeën te bevaren.

Op de Filipijnen en andere eilanden in Zuidoost-Azië hadden de mensen 40.000 jaar geleden al geavanceerde schepen. Dat was duizenden jaren voor zelfs de Polynesiërs, die toch bekendstaan als geweldige zeevaarders, er maar over dachten om een bootje te timmeren.

Heersende opvatting weerlegd
Daarmee betwisten onderzoekers van de Filipijnse Ateneo de Manila University de heersende opvatting dat technologische vooruitgang tijdens de Oude Steentijd enkel uit Europa en Afrika kwam. Het is eigenlijk wel logisch dat de mensen in dit gedeelte van Zuidoost-Azië boten hadden: het gebied is noch door land, noch door ijs ooit verbonden geweest met het Aziatische vasteland, terwijl er wel bewijzen zijn van vroege menselijke bewoning. Hoe de volkeren precies de wilde oceaan zijn overgestoken blijft nog een mysterie, omdat het hout waar boten van zijn gemaakt zelden bewaard is gebleven.

Daarom zijn de nieuwe vondsten op de Filipijnen, in Indonesië en op Oost-Timor zo bijzonder. Microscopische analyse van stenen gereedschappen die er zijn opgegraven en die dateren van zo’n 40.000 jaar geleden, laten duidelijke sporen zien van de bewerking van planten, met name van vezels die nodig waren voor het maken van touwen, netten en bindingen voor het bouwen van boten en het vissen op open zee. Het is sterk bewijs dat de zeevaarders er beschikten over technologie die vergelijkbaar is met die van veel latere beschavingen.

Tonijn en haai op het menu
Op de archeologische vindplaatsen zijn ook overblijfselen van diepzeevis zoals tonijnen en haaien gevonden en van visgerei waaronder vishaken en netverzwaring. “De gevonden overblijfselen van grote roofvissen duiden erop dat de zeevaart geavanceerd was en dat de zeevaarders kennis hadden van de seizoensgebondenheid en migratieroutes van deze vissoorten”, aldus de onderzoekers in hun artikel. “De ontdekking van visgereedschap duidt erop dat ze sterk en goed gemaakt touwwerk en vislijnen hadden om de zeedieren te vangen.”

Deze oude zeevaarders bouwden dus waarschijnlijk geavanceerde boten van organisch materiaal dat bijeen werd gehouden met touwen op plantaardige basis. Deze touwtechnologie gebruikten ze vermoedelijk ook voor het vissen op open zee.

Als dit klopt, en daar lijkt het wel op, dan verandert dat het beeld dat we hebben van de mensen die richting de Aziatische eilanden trokken. Dit waren geen amateurs, die op een wankel bamboevlotje ternauwernood een eiland wisten te bereiken, maar zeer vaardige zeelieden die de kennis en technologie hadden om enorme afstanden af te leggen en diepe wateren over te varen.

Modelbouw
De onderzoekers besloten na jarenlang veldwerk op het piepkleine Ilin Island, voor de kust van het veel grotere Mindoro, verder te gaan testen of hun idee correct is. Ze startten samen met scheepsarchitecten het project First Long-Distance Open-Sea Watercrafts (FLOW) om te kijken of met de oude grondstoffen ook echt schepen te bouwen zijn. Ze maken ook modellen van verkleinde zeeschepen om te testen hoe ver je daarmee komt.

Maar nu al concluderen ze dat de aanwezigheid van geavanceerde maritieme technologie in de prehistorie in Zuidoost-Azië duidelijk maakt hoe vindingrijk de Filipijnse volkeren waren. Hun kennis van de scheepsbouw maakte de regio waarschijnlijk tienduizenden jaren geleden tot een centrum voor technologische innovatie en legde de basis voor de maritieme tradities die nu nog steeds belangrijk zijn in de regio.

De schepen van de Polynesiërs
Er zijn sporen van schepen gevonden in Zuidoost-Azië van wel 50.000 jaar geleden. Maar er is een groot verschil tussen ‘dingen die blijven drijven’ en serieuze zeewaardige schepen. Wat betreft dat laatste maakten de Polynesiërs grote indruk. Hun zeereizen begonnen zo’n 3000 jaar geleden. Het slimme volkje beschikte over dubbelwandige kano’s en uitgeholde boomstammen met drijvers. De schepen hadden zeilen van gevlochten bladeren en waren enorm stabiel. Zo konden ze lange afstanden afleggen, zelfs als de zee wild was. De Polynesiërs navigeerden zonder kompas of kaart, maar vertrouwden op sterren, golven, wolken en vogels om hun koers te bepalen. Met deze technieken ontdekten en bevolkten ze bijna alle eilanden in de Stille Oceaan, van Tahiti tot Nieuw-Zeeland en Paaseiland. Toen de Europeanen in de 18de eeuw Polynesië bereikten, waren ze verbaasd over de snelheid en efficiëntie van de Polynesische schepen. Kapitein James Cook zag hoe de kano’s zijn eigen schepen voorbij voeren. De Polynesiërs bewezen dat je zonder moderne technologie immense afstanden kunt overbruggen. Hun scheepsbouw en navigatie blijven tot op de dag van vandaag indrukwekkend.

Bronmateriaal

• "Testing the waters: Plant working and seafaring in Pleistocene Wallacea" - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
  
• Afbeelding bovenaan dit artikel: Symeon Ekizoglou / Pexels

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28-02-2025 om 17:47 geschreven door peter  

The ancient peoples of the Philippines and of Island Southeast Asia (ISEA) may have built sophisticated boats and mastered seafaring tens of thousands of years ago—millennia before Magellan, Zheng He, and even the Polynesians were able to match their feats.

In a paper published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, Ateneo de Manila University researchers Riczar Fuentes and Alfred Pawlik challenge the widely-held contention that technological progress during the Paleolithic only emerged in Europe and Africa.

The researchers pointed out that much of ISEA was never connected to mainland Asia, neither by land bridges nor by ice sheets. Yet it has yielded evidence of early human habitation, more than enough to establish that people reached these islands long ago.

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“While the presence of fossils and artifacts provide ample evidence that early modern humans were able to cross the open sea, the very circumstances of why and how they moved into and across Island Southeast Asia (ISEA) remain to be addressed,” the study authors wrote. “In this paper we explore the connection between traces of plant working and boatbuilding in coastal sites during the Pleistocene to infer how prehistoric people migrated to and through the region.”

A Prehistoric Seafaring Mystery Solved?

Exactly how these peoples achieved such daring ocean crossings is an enduring mystery, as organic materials like wood and fiber used for boats rarely survive in the archaeological record. This is especially a problem in tropical climates, where rates of organic decay are elevated beyond what occurs in higher latitudes.

Island lagoon in Bacuit Bay, Palawan, Philippines, appearing much as it would have appeared 40,000 years ago.

(Vyacheslav Argenberg/CC BY-SA 4.0).

Nevertheless, archaeological sites in the Philippines, Indonesia, and Timor-Leste are now providing strong evidence that ancient seafarers had a technological sophistication comparable to much later civilizations, including those located in other parts of the globe.

Microscopic analysis of stone tools excavated at these sites, some of which date as far back as 40,000 years ago, showed clear traces of plant processing—particularly the extraction of fibers necessary for making ropes, nets, and bindings essential for boatbuilding and open-sea fishing.

Archaeological sites in Mindoro and Timor-Leste also yielded the remains of deep ocean fish such as tuna and sharks, as well as fishing implements such as fishing hooks, gorges, and net weights. These species simply couldn’t have been harvested in boats suitable only for shallow waters close to shore, meaning that ancient fishing boats must have been durable enough to venture out into deeper and rougher waters.

"The remains of large predatory pelagic fish in these sites indicate the capacity for advanced seafaring and knowledge of the seasonality and migration routes of those fish species," the researchers wrote in their paper. Meanwhile, the discovery of fishing implements "indicates the need for strong and well-crafted cordage for ropes and fishing lines to catch the marine fauna."

This body of evidence points to the likelihood that these ancient seafarers built sophisticated boats out of organic composite materials held together with plant-based ropes, and also used the same rope technology for open-sea fishing. They wouldn’t have been able to develop such an advanced and ambitious plan for harvesting fish without such advancements, allowing researchers to infer that they possessed significant skills and knowledge in this area.

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If this is so, then prehistoric migrations across the waters separating the ISEA outposts would not have been undertaken by mere passive sea drifters on flimsy bamboo rafts. Instead, these journeys would have been meticulously planned and expertly implemented by highly skilled navigators equipped with the knowledge and technology to travel vast distances and to reach remote islands out in the deepest waters.

Diagram tracing development of plant-working technology in ancient human habitations across Island Southeast Asia, which suggests prehistoric peoples of the Philippines and their neighbors possessed both sophisticated seacraft and advanced maritime skills. 

(Fuentes and Pawlik/Journal of Archaeological Science).

The very first new discoveries of previously unexplored islands may have come about by accident. But once the ancient inhabitants knew such islands were out there, their search for them would have become organized and intentional, which would only have been possible if they knew a lot about boat-building and long-distance sea travel.

Testing the Hypothesis

Several years of fieldwork on Ilin Island, Occidental Mindoro, inspired the researchers to think about this topic and to test their hypothesis about the boat construction activities of the ancients. Together with naval architects from the University of Cebu, they recently started the First Long-Distance Open-Sea Watercrafts (FLOW) Project, with the aim of testing raw materials that were probably used in the past, and to design and test scaled-down seacraft models to confirm they were seaworthy and compatible with widespread ocean exploration.

The presence of such advanced maritime technology in prehistoric ISEA highlights the ingenuity of early Philippine peoples and their neighbors, whose boat-building knowledge likely made the region a center for technological innovations tens of thousands of years ago, and laid the foundations for the maritime traditions that still thrive in the region today.

• Top image: AI-generated image of ancient boat sailing the Pacific Ocean.
• Source: Waikiki Beach Services.
• This is an edited version of a press release published by Ateneo Manila University, entitled ‘Clues of Advanced Ancient Technology Found in the Philippines and Island Southeast Asia.’

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28-02-2025 om 17:37 geschreven door peter  

Did Ancient Southeast Asians Master Advanced Seafaring 40,000 Years Ago?

New research suggests that the ancient peoples of Island Southeast Asia (ISEA) may have been pioneers in maritime innovation tens of thousands of years ago—long before famous explorers like Magellan and Zheng He ever set sail.

Beautiful sunset above the sea.

Yayimages.

Stone Tools Reveal a Culture of Maritime Expertise

Microscopic analysis of stone tools from sites dating back 40,000 years has uncovered traces of plant fiber processing—an essential step in producing strong ropes for boatbuilding and fishing. These early fibers were likely used to bind wooden planks together and create durable nets, fishing lines, and rigging.

Further supporting this theory, archaeologists have discovered the remains of large open-water fish such as tuna and sharks in sites in Mindoro and Timor-Leste, along with fishing hooks, net weights, and gorges. These findings indicate a deep understanding of ocean currents and fish migration patterns—knowledge that would have been critical for successful seafaring.

“The remains of large predatory pelagic fish in these sites indicate the capacity for advanced seafaring and knowledge of the seasonality and migration routes of those fish species,” the researchers noted in their study.

Prehistoric Mariners and Their Ocean-Crossing Craft

If these early seafarers possessed the skills to construct vessels capable of withstanding long-distance sea travel, they were far more sophisticated than previously thought. Unlike the image of primitive bamboo rafts drifting at the mercy of the waves, the evidence suggests they engineered sturdy, seaworthy boats held together by plant-based rope, allowing them to navigate vast distances.

This research is now being put to the test through the First Long-Distance Open-Sea Watercrafts (FLOW) Project—an initiative spearheaded by Fuentes and Pawlik in collaboration with naval architects from the University of Cebu. Their goal is to reconstruct and test scaled-down models of prehistoric watercraft using the same raw materials available to early seafarers. By doing so, they hope to gain further insights into how ancient maritime technology shaped human migration in the region.

According to the experts, the discoveries in ISEA not only rewrite history but also highlight the ingenuity of the region’s early inhabitants. Their advancements in boatbuilding and ocean navigation may have established ISEA as a technological hub thousands of years before recorded history. The maritime skills honed by these ancient seafarers likely laid the foundation for the enduring boat-building traditions seen across Southeast Asia today.

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28-02-2025 om 17:26 geschreven door peter  

During its 12-year mission, Lucy will visit eight asteroids. Two are in the main belt, and six are Jupiter trojans. Asteroid Donaldjohanson is a main-belt, carbonaceous C-type asteroid—the most common variety—about 4 km in diameter and is Lucy’s first target. It’s not one of the mission’s primary scientific targets. Instead, the flyby will give Lucy mission personnel an opportunity to test and calibrate the spacecraft’s navigation system and instruments.

The animation below blinks between images captured by Lucy on Feb. 20th and 22nd. It shows the perceived motion of Donaldjohanson relative to the background stars as the spacecraft rapidly approaches the asteroid.

via GIPHY

The flyby is like a practice run before Lucy visits the Jupiter trojans. These asteroids are clusters of rock and ice that never coalesced into planets when the Solar System formed. These are the “fossils of planet formation,” the most well-preserved evidence from the days of Solar System formation.

Currently, Donaldjohanson is 70 million km away and will remain a tiny point of light for weeks. Only on the day of the encounter will the spacecraft’s cameras capture any detail on the asteroid’s surface. In the images above, the dim asteroid still stands out from the dimmer stars of the constellation Sextans. Lucy’s high-resolution L’LORRI instrument, the Long Lucy LOng Range Reconnaissance Imager, captured the images.

Lucy is following a unique flight pattern. It’s essentially a long figure-eight.

Even this early in its mission, Lucy has delivered some surprising results. In November 2023, it flew past asteroid 152830 Dinkinesh. The flyby was intended as a test for the spacecraft’s braking system, but instead, it revealed that Dinkinesh has a small satellite. Closer observations showed that the satellite is actually a contact binary, which means it’s composed of two connected bodies. This was a valuable insight into asteroids.

There are surprising discoveries in every mission, and Lucy is no exception. As it makes its way through its list of targets, it will almost certainly show us some surprises.

The Trojans are difficult to study from a distance. They’re a long way away. Scientists aren’t certain how many there are; there may be as many Trojans as there are main-belt asteroids. The Trojans exhibit a wide variety of compositions and characteristics, which could indicate that they came from different parts of the Solar System. By studying the Trojans in all their diversity, Lucy will hopefully help scientists reconstruct their origins and how they were captured by Jupiter.

The Solar System has a long history and we’ve only just become a part of it. Some of the clues to our origins are out there among the battered rocks of the asteroid belt and the Jupiter Trojans. Lucy will give us our best look at the Trojans. Who knows what it might reveal?

• Press Release: NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Takes Its 1st Images of Asteroid Donaldjohanson
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28-02-2025 om 17:01 geschreven door peter  

Studying a Rebounding Ice Cap

Broquet and his team decided to measure glacial isostatic rebound on Mars under the northern ice cap. It’s about 1,000 kilometers wide and three kilometers thick. They studied its formation by combining models of the planet’s thermal evolution with calculations of glacial isostatic adjustment, along with gravity, radar, and seismic observations.

The team concluded that the Martian northern polar cap is quite young, and it’s depressing the ground underneath. “We show that the ice sheet pushes the underlying ground into the mantle at a rate of up to 0.13 millimetres per year,” said Broquet. That’s a fairly small deformation, according to team member Ana-Catalina Plesa. “The small deformation rates indicate that the upper mantle of Mars is cold, highly viscous and much stiffer than Earth’s upper mantle,” she said.

Understanding Planetary Construction

So, how can measurements of ice weighing down planetary surfaces tell us so much? Remember that rocky planets like Earth and Mars are in constant states of change. Those changes can range from short-lived events like volcanic eruptions to long-lived ones like Ice Ages. Each alteration affects the surface, as does the rate at which the surface deforms and “bounces back”. Earth scientists use techniques such as the study of glacial isostatic adjustment to probe deep beneath the surface to understand the characteristics of those layers.

When ice weighs down the surface, the amount of depression depends on the mantle’s viscosity. That’s a measure of how much the mantle’s rocky materials resist flowing. Earth’s mantle rocks are more than a trillion times more viscous than asphalt. They still deform, however, and flow over geological timescales of millions of years. Using radar data and other methods to study the rate of depression and rebound of Earth’s surface, scientists can find the mantle viscosity. As it turns out, when you apply the same methods to Mars, it presents some surprises, including a seemingly cold north pole and the recently volcanically active equatorial regions.

Estimating Mars’s Interior

To understand why the Mars interior is the way it is, you need estimates of Mars’s gravity field (which varies), seismic measurements made by the InSight lander, and other data. They all help to determine rates of depression and rebound on the Red Planet’s surface and interior. The result? It appears that the surface under the Martian north pole has not had nearly enough time to fully deform under the weight of the ice. Broquet’s group estimates that Mars’s north pole surface area is currently subsiding at rates of up to 0.13 millimeters per year. For it to be that slow, the underlying upper mantle viscosity tells us that the Martian interior is quite cold.

The team’s measurements indicate the ice cap is young—well more than any other large-scale feature seen on the planet. It’s most likely to be between 2 and 12 million years.

Other places on the planet may not be quite so frigid as the polar regions. “Although the mantle underneath Mars’s north pole is estimated to be cold, our models are still able to predict the presence of local melt zones in the mantle near the equator,” said study co-author Doris Breuer.

These findings represent the first time that scientists found glacial isostatic adjustment operating on another rocky planet. Future missions to Mars could include more instruments to measure the rise and fall of the Martian surface in response to glaciation.

For More Information

• Mars’s Northern Ice Cap is Young with a Cold, Stiff Mantle Beneath
• Glacial Isostatic Adjustment Reveals Mars’s Interior Viscosity Structure

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28-02-2025 om 16:41 geschreven door peter  

28-02-2025 om 16:16 geschreven door peter  

Pentagon Probes UFO Whistleblower Jake Barber’s Explosive Claims

The U.S. Department of Defense has confirmed that it is actively investigating claims made by Jake Barber, a whistleblower who recently spoke on NewsNation about his involvement in the government’s recovery of UFO technology. This investigation marks a significant step forward in the ongoing scrutiny of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), though concerns about transparency remain.

The Pentagon’s Official Investigation

According to investigative journalist Ross Coulthart, the Pentagon’s confirmation of this inquiry is a notable yet incremental development. The director of the Pentagon’s UAP investigation office, Dr. John Kloski, has expressed a serious commitment to investigating the phenomenon. However, he also admitted that his authority is limited by Pentagon regulations, which dictate the extent of information he can disclose.

The Pentagon’s historical reluctance to be forthcoming on matters related to UAPs raises concerns about how much information will be made public. The level of transparency will depend largely on the new U.S. administration and the willingness of Congress to push for further disclosures.

Decades of Alleged Secrecy

For years, there have been allegations of a covert program aimed at retrieving and reverse-engineering non-human technology. Coulthart suggests that U.S. authorities have long suppressed information regarding these recoveries. Notably, key figures in the intelligence community—including Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, and FBI Director Nash Patel—have indicated their willingness to investigate the UAP issue further.

However, recent contradictory statements from government agencies have fueled skepticism. For instance, the Pentagon recently responded to White House inquiries about drone incursions, attributing them to authorized Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) programs. This claim directly contradicts the FAA’s testimony before Congress in December, leading to further doubts about the credibility of official explanations.

The Role of Congress and the New Administration

The ongoing investigation has gained political traction, with Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna launching a transparency committee to scrutinize the Pentagon’s handling of UAP-related information. Whether she will be permitted to ask tough questions in a public hearing remains uncertain.

Additionally, former President Donald Trump, who has promised to uncover the truth behind the UAP mystery, could play a crucial role in determining the future of UAP disclosures. However, skepticism remains about whether meaningful revelations will occur under the new administration.

Jake Barber’s Experience in Government Operations

Barber claims to have worked on government projects involving UFO technology on a site he refers to as “the range.” According to him, this location was used by the U.S. government and private partners to test advanced technologies, including weapon systems and their resilience against external threats. His account aligns with testimonies from other whistleblowers, further strengthening the argument for an extensive government program related to UAP recovery.

Coulthart, who has extensively reported on UAP-related stories, supports Barber’s credibility, stating that his sources within the Legacy program have corroborated these claims. According to these insiders, the continued secrecy surrounding the UAP issue serves no legitimate purpose and should be lifted to allow public awareness.

A Possible Shift Toward Disclosure?

With increased pressure from whistleblowers like Barber and investigative journalists, the government has an opportunity to provide clarity on UAP encounters. The central question remains: will the Pentagon finally acknowledge the existence of non-human intelligence interacting with Earth, or will secrecy continue to dominate this subject?

As Barber and his team at SkyWatcher work to replicate some of the research conducted at “the range” through private funding, the demand for transparency grows. Whether or not the government will respond with genuine openness remains to be seen.

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28-02-2025 om 15:30 geschreven door peter  

This Woman Saw a UFO Landing & Three Aliens Abducted Calvin Parker & Charles Hickson

In 2023 I published the book ‘BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT – The Pascagoula Alien Abduction’ which I had co-authored with my colleague in the USA Dr Irena Scott. The book was the result of five years’ worth of work investigating the Pascagoula case and a foreword for the book was written by none other than Calvin Parker himself. Sadly Calvin died before the book was published but I made sure he had an advanced copy and was able to give it his approval.

The Calvin Parker and Charles Hickson alien abduction experience took place on the Pascagoula River, Mississippi on October 11th, 1973.  For those who are not aware of what some call the best-documented case of its kind, I will outline the details of what happened:

On the evening of October 11th, 1973, 42-year-old Charles Hickson and 18-year-old Calvin Parker — co-workers at a  local shipyard — were fishing off a pier on the west bank of the Pascagoula River in Mississippi. They heard a whirring/whizzing sound, saw two flashing blue lights, and reported that an oval-shaped “craft”, about thirty feet long, eight or ten feet high suddenly appeared near them. The ship seemed to levitate about 2 feet above the ground. A door opened on the ship, they said, and three creatures emerged and seized the men, floating or levitating them into the craft. Both men reported being paralyzed and numb. Parker claimed that he had fainted due to fright. They described the creatures as being roughly humanoid in shape and standing about five feet tall.

The creatures’ skin was pale grey in color and wrinkled, and they had no eyes that the men could discern, and slits for mouths. Their heads also appeared connected directly to their shoulders, with no discernible neck. There were three “carrot-like” growths instead – one where the nose would be on a human, the other two where ears would normally be. The beings had lobster-like claws at the ends of their arms, and they seemed to have only one leg (Hickson later described the creatures’ lower bodies looking as if their legs were fused) ending in elephant-like feet. Hickson also reported that the creatures moved in mechanical, robotic ways.

On the ship, Hickson claimed that he was somehow levitated or hovered a few feet above the floor of the craft and was examined by what looked like a large football-shaped mechanical eye, about 6 to 8 inches in diameter, that seemed to scan his body. Parker claimed that he could not recall what had happened to him inside the craft, although later, during sessions of hypnotic regression, he offered some hazy details. The men were released after about 15-20 minutes and the creatures levitated them, with Hickson’s feet dragging along the ground, back to their original positions on the river bank.  Both men said they were terrified by what had happened. They claimed to have sat in a car for about 45 minutes, trying to calm themselves. Hickson drank a small amount of whiskey.

After some discussion, they tried to report their story to officials at Keesler Air Force Base, but personnel told them the United States Air Force had nothing to do with UFO reports and suggested the men notify the police. At about 10:30 p.m., Hickson and Parker arrived at the Jackson County, Mississippi Sheriff’s office. It was claimed that they brought the catfish they’d caught while fishing; it was the only proof they had to back up their story. However, Calvin Parker later confirmed that this was not correct. He said “It had been said by some that we took some fish with us back to the car but we didn’t, we just took our fishing equipment”

Sheriff Fred Diamond thought the men seemed sincere and genuinely frightened and he thought Parker was especially disturbed. While writing his book in 2018 Calvin Parker told his full story for the first time. He had of course not passed out as previously stated. He remembered everything. He informed me that while onboard the UFO and laid out on a see-through table of some kind, his pants, shoes, and socks were removed. He does not like talking about this at all I might add. Calvin informed me that something was stuck in his foot underneath and that it hurt. While lying on the table a small object the size of a pack of cards descended from the -ceiling’ and circled him making a ‘clicking’ noise.  Full story here: www.calvin-parker.com

MARIA BLAIR

Mrs Maria Blair and he late husband Jerry Blair came to our attention after a young lady made a post on YouTube. The video in question on YouTube was a small item detailing Calvin Parker’s encounter in 1973. The message left was that this person’s mum and dad were on the opposite side of the river that night and they too saw the UFO. I located this person on social media and asked if we could speak with her parents. The reply came back with a ‘yes’ and her parents were Mr and Mrs Blair. I spoke with both Maria and Jerry Blair before passing their details to my colleague Dr Irena Scott. Over a protracted period the Blairs informed us that they were indeed on the other side of the Pascagoula River that night (Oct 11th, 1973).

Mr Blair worked offshore servicing the oil rigs. He was due to go offshore and his boat was there but his supervisor was late. He tried to get some sleep in the car and Mrs Blair accompanied him. It was from the car that she observed a strange ‘aircraft’ blue flying haphazardly up and down the opposite bank of the Pascagoula River. Mr Blair also witnessed this. Losing patience with the non-appearance of Jerry’s boss they decided to walk down the pier and put Jerry’s clothes on the boat.

It was at this point that there was a large splash in the water next to them and a ‘grey man’ jumped out of the water in front of a bewildered Maria Blair. It went back into the water but never resurfaced. Maria chucked Jerry’s clothes onto the boat and ran back to her car very scared. There was a time delay here. Mrs. Blair estimated that it was 9.00 pm when they put her husband’s clothes on the boat but it was around midnight when she returned to her car. There was a period of three hours that could not be accounted for.

When speaking to either myself or Dr Scott Jerry didn’t say much at first. It was Maria who told us what they had seen. Sadly, Mr Blair became seriously ill and while in hospital waiting to have surgery he insisted on speaking with me on the phone. I spoke with Jerry directly from the hospital where he told me that he had seen the same things that his wife had. He’d kept it quiet as he didn’t want people to think they were crazy. Sadly Mr Blair’s illness was terminal and completely out of the blue he told his wife Maria that they too had been abducted. He went into some detail and carried on right until he passed away. Maria had had some brief glimpses of what had happened which now made sense. Eventually, and at her request, Mrs Blair went under regressive hypnosis. This session of regressive hypnosis took place at the home of Calvin Parker in Mississippi, USA on February 17th, 2022.

It was recorded on audio and video. Under hypnosis an emotional Maria Blair described the encounter back in 1973 that the ‘aliens’ were interested in human DNA and that they took some of her eggs. The ‘aliens’ apparently wanted to create a hybrid that looked human and could walk among us unnoticed.

The full story of the Blairs encounter including the full hypnosis transcript is in our book ‘BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT – The Pascagoula Alien Anduction’.

MORE FROM MARIA BLAIR

At this point, both Dr Scott and I had thought we had the full story from Maria Blair. Maria and Jerry had told us what happened and Jerry made what we might describe as a deathbed confession detailing their abduction at the same date and time as Parker and Hickson. Maria had undergone hypnosis and that was it. What more was there that we didn’t already know?

Well, we had been assisted in 2023 by a lady called Chelsea Norton Prince. Chelsea runs the Ocean Springs Historical Society in Mississippi and she has an interest in the Pascagoula case. She had also met Calvin Parker. In August 2023 a member of the society donated two boxes of letters and ephemera to Chelsea. This material had once belonged to Charles Hickson and Chelsea provided me with copies. I’ll write more about this in the future but we are very grateful to Chelsea for her assistance with this. It was at around this point in time that I realized that we didn’t have Maria Blair on film discussing her account and that of her late husband Jerry. We had her hypnosis on video which was filmed by a professional but unfortunately, he wasn’t available.

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Once again Chelsea stepped forward and volunteered to interview Maria for us and record it using her iPhone. This interview took place on October 15th, 2023

I had sent Chelsea some questions to ask Maria in advance. I also have a full transcript of the interview which we hope to publish in full at some point in the future. Maria told us more about her and Jerry’s encounter but went on to state that she could see what was happening to Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker on the opposite side of the river. Here are some snippets from the transcript of this interview:

CNP: Did he say that your incident was before or after the other one (Parker & Hickson)?

MB: Erm,  I believe because of what I’ve….because I was watching them from my car. So, I know that they had to have after.

CNP: So, you watched it from your car before.

MB: Before, yeah.

CNP: Okay. So, it couldn’t have been at the same time either.

MB: So, I said to Calvin, they left twice, when they brought Calvin and Charlie back. When they brought them back from the spaceship it took off. And that’s when I saw it go down, they like to follow the river and roads and stuff and use them as maps.

This was the first time that Maria had gone into any detail about what she witnessed on the other side of the river. But there was more to come.

CNP: You were outside or inside the car. 

MB: I was inside my car.

CNP: And he was inside the car. Both of you were in the car. 

MB: And erm, I’m looking down, and you know, I saw Calvin and Charlie down there fishing and erm, so, I’m looking at what’s going on around me, you know, because I had nothing else to do. So, I looked off in the distance, and I saw erm, an object which I thought was an airplane some over towards Gautier, come into my view and so I’m just watching it. And I’m thinking, oh I don’t think that’s a UFO, you know, just see something silly. I’m gonna watch it. 

CNP: Erm, and then what did you see happen?

MB: Err, oh well when I saw it coming, it comes up behind them with, I didn’t know that’s what it was doing because I couldn’t, I, it then got dark.

CNP: (garbled) Could you see very well, it was dark.

MB: It was dark. It had gotten dark, yes. And then erm, it comes in behind them, that’s when Calvin said he saw the blue lights, he thought it was the cops. Laughs. And I’m on the other side watching from my car and I see the lights, the blue lights flashing. 

And it was like both, both lights were like this (pulsing at the same time) and blue, and it was coming up behind them. And when it got up behind them erm, that’s when he said, he thought it was, we’re in trouble, Charlie. The cops (laughs). But erm, anyway, it errs, I seen it when the door opened.

CNP: How did it open? Was it side-to-side? Like an elevator. 

MB: Like yeah. Like that (waving arms from side to side).

CNP: Like the bigger ones you see.

MB: Yeah. It opened up and the bright light came through. The bright err, white light comes through. It was very bright. And I saw the three err, the three UFO guys come out and, aliens or whatever they are (laughs). You see, at the time I didn’t know what that was. I’m watching from a distance and not knowing what I’m seeing. 

CNP: Garbled. So were they looking like almost shadows?

MB: No, it looked like, it looked like people, I mean from where I was at I think I’m looking at people.

CNP: That people were coming out of this craft.

MB: Yeah. Well, anyway they come out, they went down to where they were at, where Charlie and Calvin were at, and I saw when they brought them back. And they, Calvin had, they had Calvin by the arm and Charlie by the arm and Calvin had slumped over, he looked like he’s passed out, and Charlie’s sort of hanging on there, you know, and he’s not, he’s not err, as scared.

CNP: Okay.

MB: He’s not as scared as Calvin was. Any, they took them up into the spaceship and it was like thirty minutes later, like I said, I didn’t know exactly what was happening over there, watching from my car.

CNP: Were you scared or anything?

MB: No, because I didn’t know exactly what was going on. I’m just watching something happening you know.

CNP: And I doubt you’re gonna think they are being abducted by aliens.

MB: Yeah. I mean I didn’t know what was happening or what was going on. I was just watching what was going on but I didn’t know what it was.

CNP: Right.

MB: And until later on, and then err, they come back out. So, err, they brought them out, put them back down to the waterfront, set them down to where they were at before.

CNP: Wow.

MB: And erm, that’s when they got back in the craft and it took off (Maria shoots an arm into the air pointing upwards). Straight up. 

CNP: How long do you think they were….

MB: They were in there for about thirty minutes.

CNP: Thirty minutes. 

Maria went on to go into more detail as the interview progressed.

CNP: Erm, what color was the lights that you saw over the other side of the river? What was the color of the lights…………

MB: You talking about the ones….blue.

CNP: What color were they?

MB: Blue. They were flashing like this (puts their hands in front of her and mimics the pulsating lights). Blinking like this. I can see them, I can….You know like this. Going off and on like that. Both sides. 

CNP: Okay.  And was the blue bright?

MB: Oh yeah, very bright. 

Chelsea went on to probe even more.

CNP: When and how were you made aware of what happened to Calvin Parker and Charles Hickson?

MB: Oh, I heard about it on the news just like everybody else did. Yes, I mean I heard about it but I didn’t know that. I mean I knew what I saw and then I put two and two together, and that’s what was going on. 

CNP: So did you put two and two together like right after when you first heard about it?

MB: Yeah (nods head). 

Chelsea continued the conversation and Maria gave more details of what had happened to her and Jerry. Out of the blue Maria gave a very bold statement.

CNP: I believe it.  When did you first meet Calvin Parker?

MB: The first time I met, well the first time I actually seen him was when he got abducted,  but the first time is whenever err, Brian Broom was interviewing us with the TV station and err, they brought us together for the first time, the meeting.

CNP: You were there and he had someone to relate to.

MB: But everything that happened that night between erm, Calvin and Charlie with the aliens and space err, when the humanoids got him, I saw it all. I saw the whole thing. I saw it when it came down.  I seen it when it, I saw it from a distance when it was coming from Gautier. It looked to me that it had come off the water, that it come over and it started to follow the path of the highway.

CNP: Interesting.

MB: And it came, it was following the highway because I watched it and it came over and I followed it down and before it got to the drawbridge which was there at the time it crossed over and it started coming down and I said I wonder where that plane’s going, that’s not any, that’s not any, err aircraft thing up there, there’s nowhere for them to land.

During the remainder of the interview, Maria discusses her encounter and Jerry’s in more detail and does not discuss seeing Calvin Parker and Charles Hickson on the opposite side of the river.

I wanted to clarify the point where Maria states that she witnessed the abduction of Hickson and Parker. She saw the UFO land, three creatures emerge and abduct Hickson and Parker and later return them.  I sent Maria a message on Facebook.  Maria’s reply was on October 23rd, 2023. She simply said: “Yes I did”.

I am convinced that Jerry Blair and his wife Maria Blair did indeed see the blue UFO that night of October 11th, 1973 on the opposite side of the Pascagoula River and that they too had a close encounter. There are lots of reasons why I believe this. I don’t know the geography of the Pascagoula River to say whether Maria could see Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker in detail and at night on the other side of the river. What I will say is that I see no reason for Maria to lie. Like all of the new information we have uncovered and published in our book, I present this latest testimony from Maria Blair to you and ask that you simply reach your conclusion.

About the author:

Philip Mantle is a long-standing UFO researcher and author from the UK. He was formerly the Director of Investigations for the British UFO Research Association and was the MUFON Representative for England. He is the founder of FLYING DISK PRESS and can be contacted on email at: philip.mantle@gmail.com

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28-02-2025 om 00:00 geschreven door peter  

When people imagine Satan, they often picture a red-skinned figure with horns, a pitchfork, and an ominous presence designed to lead people into sin. However, according to theologian Jared Brock, author of the new book A Devil Named Lucifer, such depictions are entirely inaccurate and not based on Scripture. In reality, the truth about Satan is far more unsettling than the cultural stereotypes or movie portrayals suggests.

"I think culture just got so obsessed with this idea of this little red devil on your shoulder haunting you at all times," Brock explained in an interview about his upcoming book with the Daily Mail.

Rather than a monstrous figure, or a purely physical creature, Brock says, the devil is a spiritual being, capable of appearing in appealing forms to entice rather than frighten. Instead of an image drawn from horror movies, Scripture suggests that Satan presents himself in a way that makes his temptations seem desirable. Brock also clarifies that there are two Biblical words used for the devil: one meaning "accuser" and another meaning "adversary," which clarifies how he will manifest his presence

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But his powers are far from unlimited. There is no scriptural evidence that Satan can be everywhere at once. Unlike God, he is not omnipresent and does not possess the divine ability to be in multiple places simultaneously.

Painting from 1750 by Corrado Giaquinto, entitled ‘Satan Before the Lord.’

(Public Domain).

The Reality of Hell and Satan's Role

Many believe that Satan rules over Hell and torments lost souls by breathing fire, but Brock emphasizes that this is another misconception. The Book of Revelation states that Satan actually spews water, not fire.

"The serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, to sweep her away with a flood," reads Revelation 12:15.

Hell itself is a subject of debate within Scripture. Brock points out that there are five or six different references to the afterlife’s underworld, leading to uncertainty about its actual nature.

"Are these physical? Are they spiritual? Are they forever? Are they for a limited period of time? And the answer to all of that is we just don't know," he said.

Christian doctrine teaches that Satan was once a powerful angel who fell from Heaven due to his pride and ambition. Revelation 12:7-9 recounts the celestial battle that led to this earth-shattering result:

"And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him."

Which means that Satan has had a presence on Earth for a long time, during which he has undoubtedly made himself known through his works (a topic for discussion in Jared Brock’s book).

Painting from 1895 by Ilya Repin, entitled ‘Get Thee Behind Me Satan.’

(Public Domain).

More Myths and Misconceptions

Another common misunderstanding is the name "Lucifer." Many assume it is Satan’s true name, but Brock notes that it appears only once in Scripture.

Isaiah 14:12 states, "How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, that didst lay low the nations!" The verse is often linked to Satan's fall, but not all translations include the name "Lucifer," with some instead using "morning star." While nothing definitive can be determined, it seems possible that Lucifer actually refers to a meteor or asteroid that struck the Earth sometime in the distant past, causing a huge amount of destruction that was still remembered in ancient mythologies.

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Similarly, the number "666" is frequently associated with the devil, but Brock argues that its meaning is more complex.

Revelation 13:18 reads, "Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is six hundred and sixty-six." According to Brock, this number might refer to figures such as Goliath, who had six pieces of armor, a specific height, and a heavy spear, or it could symbolize King Nebuchadnezzar or Emperor Nero through a numerical code.

Another misconception is that Satan commands legions of demons. While some believe he leads vast armies, Brock points out that Scripture only mentions a handful of demons. The Bible does, however, state that Satan took a third of the angels with him when he was cast out of Heaven, as referenced in Revelation 12:4.

Recognizing the Devil’s True Face

Jared Brock’s goal is not to simply dispel all traditional ideas about Satan, as a debunker of legends and myths. He believes the Devil is among us and that it is important to know who he is and who he isn’t, in order to protect ourselves and our loved ones from his depredations.

"It’s vital we know what the devil really looks like—in both a material and spiritual sense—so we can more easily spot him at work in the world around us," he said. He explains that Satan rarely takes the form of a monstrous, fire-breathing creature because fear is less effective than seduction.

Roy Thinnes playing a college professor who is really Satan in disguise, surrounded by his sorority sister disciples in the 1973 movie ‘Satan’s School for Girls.’

(Killer Kittens from Beyond the Grave (blog)).

Brock has spoken to numerous individuals who claim to have had demonic spiritual encounters. He believes that spiritual forces operate in the world, one of which is "mammon," an Aramaic term Jesus used to describe money. However, he also emphasizes personal accountability in matters of evil.

"We've all heard the phrase ‘The devil made you do it.’ The devil has never made anyone do anything. The devil can't make you pull the trigger and shoot someone," he said.

But in a world fraught with danger and peril, learning to recognize who the Devil really is and how he really works is a matter of personal responsibility as well, which is why Brock chose this time in our history to contribute to the broader discussion about the true nature of good and evil.

• Top image: Illustration of Al Pacino showing his human and true faces, playing Satan in the movie ‘The Devil’s Advocate.’
• Source: Bill Strain/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0).

By Nathan Falde

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27-02-2025 om 22:47 geschreven door peter  

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to a new model for how intelligent life developed on Earth.

The model, which upends the decades-old "hard steps" theory that intelligent life was an incredibly improbable event, suggests that maybe it wasn't all that hard or improbable. A team of researchers at Penn State, who led the work, said the new interpretation of humanity's origin increases the probability of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe.

This is a significant shift in how we think about the history of life," said Jennifer Macalady, professor of geosciences at Penn State and co-author on the paper, which was published Feb. 14 in the journal  Science Advances.

"It suggests that the evolution of complex life may be less about luck and more about the interplay between life and its environment, opening up exciting new avenues of research in our quest to understand our origins and our place in the universe."

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The “Hard Steps” Model Disputed, and Maybe Refuted

Initially developed by theoretical physicist Brandon Carter in 1983, the "hard steps" model argues that our evolutionary origin was highly unlikely due to the time it took for humans to evolve on Earth relative to the total lifespan of the sun—and therefore the likelihood of finding human-like beings beyond Earth is extremely low.

AI-generated illustration of the so-called “primordial soup” out of which life on Earth evolved once the planet had warmed and the necessary chemicals were in the water and the atmosphere

(NASA/Public Domain).

In the new study, a team of researchers that included astrophysicists and geobiologists argued that Earth's environment was initially inhospitable to many forms of life, and that key evolutionary steps only became possible when the global environment reached a "permissive" state.

For example, complex animal life requires a certain level of oxygen in the atmosphere. So the oxygenation of Earth's atmosphere through photosynthesizing microbes and bacteria was a natural evolutionary step for the planet, which created a window of opportunity for more recent life forms to develop, explained Dan Mills, postdoctoral researcher at The University of Munich and lead author of the new paper.

"We're arguing that intelligent life may not require a series of lucky breaks to exist," said Mills, who worked in Macalady's astrobiology lab at Penn State as an undergraduate researcher.

"Humans didn't evolve 'early' or 'late' in Earth's history, but 'on time," when the conditions were in place. Perhaps it's only a matter of time, and maybe other planets are able to achieve these conditions more rapidly than Earth did, while other planets might take even longer."

The central prediction of the "hard steps" theory states that very few, if any, other civilizations exist throughout the universe. This is because steps such as the origin of life, the development of complex cells and the emergence of human intelligence are improbable based on Carter's interpretation of the sun's total lifespan being 10 billion years, and the Earth's age of around 5 billion years.

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In the new study, the researchers proposed that the timing of human origins can be explained by the sequential opening of "windows of habitability" over Earth's history, driven by changes in nutrient availability, sea surface temperature, ocean salinity levels and the amount of oxygen in the atmosphere.

“This framework raises the possibility that biospheric evolution generally proceeds in a coarsely deterministic or predictable fashion, governed by long-term biospheric trends like increasing habitat diversity in response to unidirectional changes in Earth’s surface environment,” the study authors wrote in their Science Advances article. “Not only would these trends and processes apply to Earth through time, but their analogs may apply to other inhabited Earth-like worlds in the Universe.”

Given all the interplaying factors, they said, the Earth has only recently become hospitable to humanity—it's simply the natural result of those conditions at work.

"We're taking the view that rather than base our predictions on the lifespan of the sun, we should use a geological time scale, because that's how long it takes for the atmosphere and landscape to change," said Jason Wright, professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Penn State and co-author on the paper. "These are normal timescales on the Earth. If life evolves with the planet, then it will evolve on a planetary time scale at a planetary pace."

AI-generated illustration of the so-called “primordial soup” out of which life on Earth evolved once the planet had warmed and the necessary chemicals were in the water and the atmosphere.

Moving Beyond Astrophysics

Wright explained that part of the reason that the "hard steps" model has prevailed for so long is that it originated from his own discipline of astrophysics, which is the default field used to understand the formation of planets and celestial systems.

The team's paper is a collaboration between physicists and geobiologists, each learning from each other's fields to develop a nuanced picture of how life evolves on a planet like Earth.

"This paper is the most generous act of interdisciplinary work," said Macalady, who also directs Penn State's Astrobiology Research Center. "Our fields were far apart, and we put them on the same page to get at this question of how we got here and are we alone? There was a gulf, and we built a bridge."

The researchers said they plan to test their alternative model, including questioning the unique status of the proposed evolutionary "hard steps." The recommended research projects are outlined in the current paper and include such work as searching the atmospheres of planets outside our solar system for biosignatures, like the presence of oxygen.

The team also proposed testing the requirements for proposed "hard steps" to determine how hard they actually are by studying uni- and multicellular forms of life under specific environmental conditions such as lower oxygen and temperature levels.

Beyond the proposed projects, the team suggested the research community should investigate whether innovations —such as the origin of life, oxygenic photosynthesis, eukaryotic cells, animal multicellularity and Homo sapiens—are truly singular events in Earth's history. Could similar innovations have evolved independently in the past, but evidence that they happened was lost due to extinction or other factors?

"This new perspective suggests that the emergence of intelligent life might not be such a long shot after all," Wright said. "Instead of a series of improbable events, evolution may be more of a predictable process, unfolding as global conditions allow. Our framework applies not only to Earth, but also other planets, increasing the possibility that life similar to ours could exist elsewhere."

• Top image: View from the International Space Station, looking down at a blue and fertile Earth where life has blossomed.
• Source: NASA.
• This is an edited version of an article published by Penn State University entitled ‘Does planetary evolution favor human-like life? Study ups odds we're not alone.’

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27-02-2025 om 22:30 geschreven door peter  

Wetenschappelijke Analyse van Ontvoeringen door Buitenaardsen

Inleiding

Ontvoeringen door buitenaardsen, ook wel bekend als "alien abduction", zijn een onderwerp dat zowel nieuwsgierigheid als scepsis oproept. Dit fenomeen is door de jaren heen onderwerp geweest van talloze onderzoeken, boeken en documentaires. In deze analyse wordt gekeken naar de geloofwaardigheid van deze claims, mogelijke verklaringen voor de ervaringen van ontvoerde personen, en de rol van bewijs en fraude in deze context.

1. Geloofwaardigheid van Ontvoeringen door Buitenaardsen

Inleiding

Het fenomeen van vermeende ontvoeringen door buitenaardsen heeft de afgelopen decennia veel aandacht gekregen, zowel in de media als in de populaire cultuur. Persoonlijke getuigenissen van mensen die beweren ontvoerd te zijn door buitenaardse wezens vormen een belangrijk aspect van deze discussie. Maar hoe geloofwaardig zijn deze verhalen? In dit artikel analyseren we de geloofwaardigheid van deze ontvoeringen, de psychologische verklaringen erachter, culturele invloeden, en de rol van implantaten en getuigen.

Persoonlijke Getuigenissen

Persoonlijke getuigenissen spelen een cruciale rol in de narratieven rond buitenaardse ontvoeringen. Veel mensen beschrijven gedetailleerde ervaringen waarin ze worden ontvoerd, vaak met specifieke elementen zoals het zien van ruimteschepen, interacties met buitenaardse wezens, en medische onderzoeken. Een bekend voorbeeld is het verhaal van Betty en Barney Hill, die in 1961 beweerden ontvoerd te zijn door buitenaardse wezens. Hun verhaal werd één van de eerste goed gedocumenteerde gevallen van een vermeende ontvoering en heeft veel invloed gehad op de publieke perceptie van het fenomeen.

Toch is het belangrijk om te erkennen dat persoonlijke getuigenissen subjectief zijn en vaak beïnvloed kunnen worden door verschillende factoren, zoals suggestie en sociale druk. Psychologisch onderzoek toont aan dat mensen zich gebeurtenissen kunnen herinneren die nooit werkelijk hebben plaatsgevonden, vooral in stressvolle of traumatische situaties. Dit fenomeen, bekend als 'valse herinneringen', kan een verklaring bieden voor sommige getuigenissen van ontvoeringen.

Psychologische Verklaringen

De psychologische verklaringen voor ontvoeringen door buitenaardsen zijn divers en complex. Een van de meest voorkomende theorieën is dat deze ervaringen voortkomen uit slaapparalysie. Tijdens een episode van slaapparalysie kan een persoon zich bewust zijn van zijn omgeving maar niet in staat zijn om te bewegen of te spreken. Dit kan leiden tot intense angst en visuele of auditieve hallucinaties. Veel mensen die deze episodes ervaren, rapporteren een gevoel van aanwezigheid, wat kan worden geïnterpreteerd als een buitenaardse entiteit.

Daarnaast spelen culturele en sociale factoren een rol in de manier waarop mensen ontvoeringen interpreteren. In samenlevingen waar buitenaardse levensvormen prominent aanwezig zijn in films, boeken en andere media, is de kans groter dat mensen hun ervaringen in deze context plaatsen. Dit kan leiden tot een grotere neiging om hun ervaringen als ontvoeringen door buitenaardsen te beschouwen.

Culturele Invloeden

Culturele invloeden zijn een belangrijke factor in de perceptie van buitenaardse ontvoeringen. De populariteit van sciencefiction en de opkomst van het UFO-fenomeen in de jaren vijftig en zestig hebben bijgedragen aan de manier waarop mensen deze ervaringen interpreteren. Films zoals "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" en "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" hebben een beeld gecreëerd van buitenaardse wezens die zowel vreedzaam als bedreigend kunnen zijn. Dit kan de verwachtingen en interpretaties van mensen beïnvloeden die beweren ontvoerd te zijn.

In verschillende culturen zijn er ook vergelijkbare verhalen van ontvoeringen door niet-aardse wezens, wat suggereert dat dit fenomeen niet beperkt is tot de westerse wereld. In sommige inheemse culturen zijn er verhalen over 'spirituele' ontvoeringen door entiteiten die op buitenaardsen lijken. Dit benadrukt de rol van culturele context in de interpretatie van deze ervaringen.

Implantaten

Een ander controversieel aspect van het fenomeen van buitenaardse ontvoeringen is de bewering dat ontvoerden implantaten in hun lichaam hebben. Sommige getuigen hebben aangedrongen op de aanwezigheid van vreemde objecten, die naar verluidt door buitenaardsen zijn geïmplanteerd voor onderzoek of controle. Er zijn enkele medische onderzoeken uitgevoerd die deze beweringen hebben onderzocht, maar de resultaten zijn vaak inconclusief en kunnen ook verklaard worden door natuurlijke oorzaken zoals cysten of andere medische aandoeningen.

De discussie over implantaten heeft geleid tot een grotere fascinatie en speculatie rond ontvoeringen. Dit aspect kan zowel de geloofwaardigheid van getuigenissen ondermijnen als versterken, afhankelijk van hoe men deze bewijzen interpreteert. Kritici wijzen erop dat het ontbreken van solide wetenschappelijk bewijs voor de aanwezigheid van buitenaardse implantaten de geloofwaardigheid van deze verhalen kan aantasten.

Meerdere Getuigen

In sommige gevallen zijn er meerdere getuigen van dezelfde ontvoering. Dit kan de geloofwaardigheid van een verhaal versterken, maar het roept ook vragen op over groepsdynamiek en sociale beïnvloeding. Wanneer meerdere mensen een vergelijkbare ervaring beschrijven, kan dit zowel wijzen op een gezamenlijke realiteit als op de kracht van groepssuggestie. In het geval van de Phoenix Lights, waar duizenden mensen in 1997 een ongewoon lichtverschijnsel in de lucht meldden, is er veel discussie geweest over wat precies werd waargenomen en hoe de getuigen hun ervaringen interpreteerden.

Conclusie

De geloofwaardigheid van ontvoeringen door buitenaardsen is een complex en veelzijdig onderwerp. Persoonlijke getuigenissen, hoewel vaak aangrijpend en overtuigend, zijn onderhevig aan een scala aan psychologische en culturele invloeden die de manier waarop mensen deze ervaringen interpreteren kunnen beïnvloeden. Psychologische verklaringen zoals slaapparalysie en valse herinneringen bieden mogelijke inzichten in waarom mensen geloven dat ze zijn ontvoerd.

Daarnaast spelen culturele factoren een cruciale rol in hoe deze verhalen worden gevormd en gedeeld. Het fenomeen van implantaten voegt nog een laag van mysterie en speculatie toe aan de discussie, terwijl meerdere getuigen zowel de geloofwaardigheid als de complexiteit van deze ervaringen onderstrepen. Al met al blijft het onderwerp van buitenaardse ontvoeringen een fascinerend, hoewel controversieel, gebied van onderzoek en discussie.

De geloofwaardigheid van ontvoeringen door buitenaardsen is een onderwerp van discussie binnen de wetenschappelijke gemeenschap. Dit kan worden onderverdeeld in verschillende categorieën:

2. Voorbeelden en Bewijzen

Er zijn verschillende bekende gevallen van vermeende buitenaardse ontvoeringen. Enkele van de meest besproken zijn:

• Het geval van Travis Walton (1975): Walton, een boswerker, beweerde dat hij was ontvoerd door een UFO terwijl hij met zijn collega's aan het werk was. Zijn verhaal werd een populaire film en leidde tot veel discussie. Hoewel Walton zijn ervaring in detail heeft beschreven, blijven sceptici twijfels uiten over de waarheidsgetrouwe aard van zijn verhaal.

  Inleiding

  In de wereld van UFO-waarnemingen en buitenaardse ontmoetingen is het geval van Travis Walton een van de meest intrigerende en besproken verhalen. Hoewel het oorspronkelijke incident zich in de Verenigde Staten voordeed, is het van belang om de impact en de implicaties van dergelijke gevallen ook in een Nederlandse context te onderzoeken. Dit rapport biedt een overzicht van het geval van Travis Walton, de reacties daarop en de bredere betekenis in de discussie over UFO-verschijnselen.
  Het Incident
  Op 5 november 1975, tijdens een houtkapproject in de bossen nabij Snowflake, Arizona, was Travis Walton, een 22-jarige boswerker, samen met zijn collega's aan het werk. Toen ze op weg waren naar huis, zagen ze een fel licht dat hen aantrok. Walton stapte uit de vrachtwagen om een beter kijkje te nemen. Wat volgde was schokkend: de mannen zagen hoe Walton door een onverklaarbare lichtstraal werd opgetild en vervolgens verdween. De overige boswerkers waren in shock en renden weg uit angst.
  Na het voorval meldden de mannen het incident bij de autoriteiten, maar werden als leugenaars beschouwd; vooral omdat Walton zelf niet meer terug te vinden was. Bijna vijf dagen later werd hij op mysterieuze wijze teruggevonden, verward en uitgeput, maar levend. Walton vertelde een verhaal over een ontmoeting met buitenaardse wezens aan boord van een ruimteschip, wat leidde tot een golf van publieke belangstelling en speculatie.
  Reacties en Impact
  Het verhaal van Travis Walton heeft wereldwijd aandacht gekregen, en in Nederland was dat niet anders. De media spraken uitgebreid over het voorval, en er werden talloze artikelen en documentaires aan gewijd. De combinatie van de mysterieuze verdwijning en de beweringen van buitenaardse ontmoetingen sprak tot de verbeelding van veel Nederlanders, en het leidde tot een hernieuwde belangstelling voor UFO-onderzoek.
  In de jaren '70 en '80 waren er in Nederland ook verschillende UFO-waarnemingen en organisaties die zich bezighielden met het onderzoeken van dergelijke fenomenen. De getuigenissen van Walton en zijn collega's hielpen om een breder publiek te interesseren voor de mogelijkheid van buitenaardse levensvormen en de vraag of de mensheid alleen is in het universum.
  De Wetenschappelijke Benadering
  Wetenschappers en skeptici hebben het geval van Travis Walton onder de loep genomen. Veel onderzoekers hebben gesuggereerd dat de ervaring van Walton het resultaat kan zijn van psychologische factoren, zoals een nachtmerrie of een hallucinerende toestand. Er zijn ook theorieën die suggereren dat het een geval van massahysterie was onder de boswerkers. De moeilijkheid om het verhaal wetenschappelijk te verifiëren heeft geleid tot een voortdurende discussie over de geloofwaardigheid van UFO-verschijnselen en de ervaringen van degenen die beweren te zijn ontvoerd.
  In Nederland zijn er ook verschillende wetenschappers en organisaties die zich bezighouden met het onderzoeken van UFO-verschijnselen. Het lijkt erop dat, hoewel er weinig concrete bewijzen zijn die de claims van Walton ondersteunen, de discussie over UFO's en buitenaardse levensvormen blijft voortduren.
  Conclusie
  Het geval van Travis Walton blijft een fascinerend onderwerp, niet alleen in de Verenigde Staten maar ook in Nederland. Het roept belangrijke vragen op over de aard van onze werkelijkheid, de grenzen van de menselijke ervaring en de mogelijkheden van buitenaards leven. Terwijl skeptici en wetenschappers zich blijven buigen over de feiten, blijven de verhalen van mensen die beweren UFO's te hebben gezien of ontvoerd te zijn een belangrijk onderdeel van de populaire cultuur.
  In een tijd waarin technologie en wetenschap steeds verder vooruitgaan, is het essentieel om open te staan voor nieuwe ideeën en om de mysteries van het universum te blijven onderzoeken. Het verhaal van Travis Walton herinnert ons eraan dat er nog veel onbekend is en dat de zoektocht naar antwoorden ons kan leiden naar onverwachte en intrigerende ontdekkingen.

• De Pascagoula-ontvoering (1973): Charles Hickson en Calvin Parker beweerden dat ze waren ontvoerd door een UFO terwijl ze aan het vissen waren. Hun getuigenissen werden opgenomen en zijn sindsdien onderwerp geweest van discussie, maar ook hier blijft het bewijs voor hun beweringen beperkt.

  Inleiding
  De Pascagoula-ontvoering is een van de meest besproken en controversiële UFO-incidenten in de geschiedenis. Het vond plaats op 11 oktober 1973 in Pascagoula, Mississippi, en wordt vaak aangehaald als een van de meest geloofwaardige gevallen van een vermeende ontvoering door buitenaardse wezens. Dit rapport onderzoekt de gebeurtenissen, getuigenissen, en de impact van deze gebeurtenis op de UFO-gemeenschap en de bredere maatschappij.
  De Gebeurtenissen
  Op de avond van 11 oktober 1973 bevonden twee mannen, Charles Hickson en Calvin Parker, zich aan de oever van de Pascagoula-rivier. Terwijl ze aan het vissen waren, merkten ze een fel licht op dat van bovenaf naar hen toekwam. Dit licht transformeerde zich in een object dat boven hen zweefde en uiteindelijk landde nabij de oever. De mannen waren aanvankelijk in de veronderstelling dat het misschien een militaire oefening was, maar al snel veranderde hun nieuwsgierigheid in angst.
  Volgens de getuigenissen van Hickson en Parker, werd het object vergezeld door drie ongewone wezens. Deze wezens waren ongeveer 1.20 meter lang, hadden een grijze huid, en grote, zwarte ogen. De mannen beweerden dat ze in een trance werden gebracht en gedwongen werden om aan boord van het object te gaan. Binnenin het vaartuig ondergingen ze een aantal vreemde en onbekende procedures. Na enkele minuten werden ze weer vrijgelaten, en het object steeg op en verdween.
  Getuigenissen en Onderzoek
  Na hun ervaring keerden Hickson en Parker terug naar de kust en meldden hun ontvoering onmiddellijk aan de lokale autoriteiten. Hun verhaal werd met argwaan ontvangen, maar de mannen ondergingen een leugendetectortest, die een positieve uitkomst gaf. Dit droeg bij aan de geloofwaardigheid van hun getuigenissen.
  De politie van Pascagoula en verschillende UFO-onderzoekers, waaronder de Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), begonnen het geval te onderzoeken. Ondanks de aanvankelijke scepsis, waren er diverse getuigen die ook onverklaarbare lichten en geluiden in de omgeving hadden waargenomen. Dit gaf het verhaal een extra laag van legitimiteit.
  Impact op de Maatschappij
  De Pascagoula-ontvoering heeft een significante impact gehad op de UFO-cultuur en de publieke perceptie van buitenaardse verschijnselen. Het incident werd breed uitgemeten in de media, wat leidde tot een toename van interesse in UFO's en ontvoeringen. Hickson en Parker werden zelfs uitgenodigd om te verschijnen op televisieprogramma's en conferenties, waar ze hun verhaal deelden met een breed publiek.
  Ondanks de aandacht en het onderzoek, bleef het verhaal van de Pascagoula-ontvoering omstreden. Skeptici wijzen op verschillende factoren die de geloofwaardigheid van de getuigen in twijfel trekken, zoals de mogelijkheid van hallucinaties of een gezamenlijke grap. Toch blijft het verhaal een belangrijk onderdeel van de UFO-geschiedenis en wordt het nog steeds besproken in verschillende documentaires en boeken.
  Conclusie
  De Pascagoula-ontvoering blijft een fascinerend en mysterieus verhaal dat de verbeelding van mensen over de hele wereld heeft gevangen. Of men nu gelooft in de getuigenissen van Charles Hickson en Calvin Parker of niet, het incident heeft bijgedragen aan de bredere discussie over buitenaards leven en de mogelijkheid van contact met andere werelden. Het blijft een onderwerp dat zowel skeptici als gelovigen blijft intrigeren, en het roept vragen op over de grenzen van menselijke ervaring en de onbekende mogelijkheden van het universum. De Pascagoula-ontvoering is meer dan alleen een verhaal van een vermeende ontvoering; het is een reflectie van onze diepgewortelde nieuwsgierigheid naar het onbekende.

3. Analyse van Bedrog en Scepsis van Ontvoeringen door Buitenaardsen

Het fenomeen van ontvoeringen door buitenaards leven heeft jarenlang de verbeelding van mensen gevangen. Verschillende getuigenissen, boeken en documentaires hebben bijgedragen aan de populariteit van dit onderwerp. Echter, naast de fascinerende verhalen van vermeende ontvoeringen, is er een groeiende scepsis en een kritische blik op de geloofwaardigheid van deze claims. Dit artikel analyseert de thema's bedrog en scepsis rondom ontvoeringen door buitenaardsen, en de maatschappelijke implicaties daarvan.

De Oorsprong van Ontvoeringen

Het idee van ontvoeringen door buitenaardsen is niet nieuw. Het kreeg een grote impuls in de jaren vijftig en zestig van de vorige eeuw, vooral met het verhaal van Betty en Barney Hill, de eerste gedocumenteerde ontvoering door buitenaardsen in de Verenigde Staten. Sindsdien zijn er talloze meldingen van vergelijkbare ervaringen, die variëren van bizarre medische experimenten tot spirituele inzichten. Deze verhalen zijn vaak indrukwekkend en emotioneel, maar de vraag rijst of ze op waarheid berusten of onderdeel zijn van een groter psychologisch of cultureel fenomeen.

Psychologische Factoren

Een belangrijke factor in het fenomeen van ontvoeringen door buitenaardsen is de psychologische impact op de getuigen. Verschillende psychologen hebben gesuggereerd dat deze ervaringen voortkomen uit slaapverlamming, hallucinaties of zelfs trauma. De mens is van nature geneigd betekenis te geven aan onverklaarbare gebeurtenissen, en het idee van buitenaardsen kan een manier zijn om met angst en onzekerheid om te gaan. Dit verklaart misschien waarom sommige mensen vastberaden zijn in hun geloof in ontvoeringen, ondanks het gebrek aan bewijs.

Media en Cultuur

De rol van de media en populaire cultuur is ook cruciaal in het verspreiden van het geloof in buitenaardse ontvoeringen. Films, boeken en televisieprogramma's hebben bijgedragen aan de normalisering van het idee dat buitenaards leven ons heeft bezocht. Deze representaties zijn vaak sensationalistisch en dragen bij aan de mythevorming rondom ontvoeringen. De populariteit van het onderwerp leidt vaak tot een vicieuze cirkel: hoe meer aandacht het krijgt, hoe meer mensen geneigd zijn om te geloven in hun eigen ervaringen of die van anderen.

Bedrog en Valse Getuigenissen

Naast oprechte overtuiging zijn er ook gevallen van bedrog en valse getuigenissen. Sommige individuen hebben bewust onjuiste verhalen verteld om aandacht te krijgen, financieel gewin te behalen of zelfs om psychologische redenen. Dit roept ethische vragen op over de impact van zulke claims op de bredere discussie over buitenaards leven. Wanneer de nadruk ligt op sensationele verhalen, kunnen serieuze wetenschappelijke onderzoeken naar de mogelijkheid van buitenaards leven in het gedrang komen.

Scepsis en Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

Wetenschappers zijn over het algemeen sceptisch ten aanzien van claims van ontvoeringen door buitenaardsen. De meeste wetenschappelijke studies hebben tot nu toe geen overtuigend bewijs geleverd voor het bestaan van buitenaards leven, laat staan voor het idee dat ze ons bezoeken en ons ontvoeren. De zoektocht naar buitenaards leven richt zich voornamelijk op astrobiologie en het bestuderen van exoplaneten, waarbij de focus ligt op het vinden van levensvatbare omgevingen in plaats van het onderzoeken van onverklaarbare menselijke ervaringen.

BESLUIT

De discussie over ontvoeringen door buitenaardsen is complex en gelaagd. Aan de ene kant zijn er oprechte getuigenissen die de nieuwsgierigheid van de mens aanwakkeren en de verbeelding prikkelen. Aan de andere kant zijn er psychologische verklaringen, culturele invloeden en gevallen van bedrog die de scepsis voeden. Hoewel de fascinatie voor buitenaards leven blijft bestaan, is het belangrijk om kritisch te blijven kijken naar de claims en de context waarin ze worden gepresenteerd. De zoektocht naar waarheid in deze verhalen vereist een evenwichtige benadering, waarbij zowel de menselijke ervaring als de noodzaak voor wetenschappelijk onderzoek worden gerespecteerd.

EINDBESLUIT

De vraag naar de geloofwaardigheid van ontvoeringen door buitenaardsen blijft een complex en controversieel onderwerp. Terwijl sommige getuigenissen overtuigend kunnen lijken, ontbreekt het vaak aan empirisch bewijs om deze claims te verifiëren. Psychologische factoren en culturele invloeden spelen een belangrijke rol in de interpretatie van deze ervaringen. Hoewel de fascinatie voor buitenaardse ontvoeringen voortduurt, is het belangrijk om kritisch te blijven en onderscheid te maken tussen anekdotisch bewijs en wetenschappelijk onderbouwde feiten. De zoektocht naar waarheid in deze mysterieuze verhalen blijft een intrigerende uitdaging voor zowel wetenschappers als het publiek.

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27-02-2025 om 22:13 geschreven door peter  

This Man Has One of the Most Convincing UFO Encounters: Abducted, Tracked, and Experimented on at Devil’s Den State Park

This Man, who served in the U.S. Air Force, has one of the most convincing UFO encounter stories. He had a terrifying experience at Devil’s Den State Park, claiming to have been repeatedly abducted by aliens, fitted with a tracking device, and experimented on.

Terry Lovelace found something strange in his leg during a doctor’s visit in 2012. He had felt a sharp pain, lost his balance, and fallen. When the doctor took an X-ray, he discovered a small square object deep inside Terry’s leg. The doctor was confused because Terry had never had surgery or an accident that could explain it. Then, Terry remembered something he had tried to forget for 40 years—a terrifying experience at Devil’s Den State Park. The object in his leg was not man-made.

In 1973, Mr. Lovelace joined the U.S. Air Force immediately after graduating from high school. He received training as a medic/EMT and was stationed at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, which was previously called Sedalia Air Force Base. The base served as a B-2 bomber base and missile base and was home to the 351st Strategic Missile Wing, with many Minuteman II nuclear-armed ICBM silos scattered across the rural area.

Lovelace worked as a medic at an Air Force base and drove an ambulance at night with his partner, Toby. One night in June 1977, while taking a break, they looked at the stars. Toby, who loved astronomy, pointed out planets and constellations. Their night shifts were usually quiet, but this night changed their lives forever.

Later, Lovelace and Toby went camping at Devil’s Den State Park in Arkansas. As they sat by the fire, the sounds of crickets and frogs suddenly stopped, making everything eerily silent. Then, they saw three bright lights moving toward them. As the lights got closer, they realized they were coming from a huge, black, triangular-shaped UFO.

A blue laser beam quickly scanned over them, and the next thing they knew, they had lost consciousness. When Lovelace woke up, Toby was staring outside the tent. Lovelace looked too and saw the UFO floating above a group of about twelve children standing in a field. Confused, he asked, “Why are those kids out here at this time of night?”

Toby responded, “They aren’t kids. Don’t you remember? They took us and hurt us.”

Hearing this triggered Lovelace’s memory. Over the years, he used hypnosis to recover more details about what happened that night. He remembered being taken inside the UFO, where strange-looking beings performed medical experiments on him.

These beings looked somewhat human but were also very different. They didn’t speak but communicated using thoughts (telepathy). Lovelace recalled lying on an examination table, trying to scream, but no sound came out. Through telepathy, he could hear the beings telling him not to be afraid and that they would return him safely.

As the UFO hovered over them, Lovelace felt an overwhelming sense of calm, almost like he was sedated. A bright white light shone down from the craft for about 30 seconds, lighting up the whole campsite. Then, a thin blue laser scanned the entire area, sweeping over them, their tent, and the fire. After a few minutes, everything went dark again. Toby casually said, “Show’s over,” and the two men went back to their tent and fell asleep—something that seems impossible given the situation. But they were still being affected by the ship’s technology, which kept them calm and made them tired.

Lovelace later woke up in a terrifying place. He wasn’t in the tent anymore. He was naked, lying on a cold rubber floor with his clothes folded on his chest. The air smelled like chemicals, and a low humming sound filled the space. Panic set in when he realized he couldn’t move—his body was paralyzed, but his mind was racing. He could only watch. Somewhere in the distance, he heard a woman scream in terror. As his eyes adjusted, he saw he was in an enormous room, much larger than the spacecraft above their camp should have been able to hold.

To his right, at least ten other people—men, women, even children—lay paralyzed like him, their eyes darting in fear or staring blankly at the ceiling. Small, floating vehicles carried children around the space. Then, he saw them—small, gray-skinned beings with large black eyes, wearing gray flight suits. They moved quickly and mechanically. But what shocked him even more was that there were humans among them—people wearing beige uniforms with orange insignias, seemingly part of the crew. They ignored the abductees and went about their tasks.

Then, Lovelace locked eyes with a strange, pink-skinned being that stood about six feet tall. Unlike the smaller Grays, this one had an intense presence. As it stared at him, Lovelace felt it reading his mind, downloading his thoughts and memories. He felt completely exposed and violated. Before he could process what was happening, several Gray beings lifted him and carried him down a hallway.

Along the way, he saw glass tanks lining the right side of the corridor. Some were empty, but others contained strange creatures—some familiar, others completely alien. In one tank, he noticed pink water and what looked like a newborn puppy. But when the tiny creature opened its eyes, Terry realized it wasn’t a puppy at all, and he panicked.

At the end of the hallway, the Grays took him into a dome-shaped medical examination room. The entire room was white, gray, or stainless steel, resembling a hospital. They placed him on a table that, oddly, felt warm. But then he realized—it wasn’t heated for his comfort. It was warm from the bodies that had been there before him.

Then, two new aliens entered—9-foot-tall beings resembling praying mantises. The smaller Grays turned Lovelace onto his side, and the Mantis-like beings began operating on his lower back. The pain was unbearable. He screamed, but no sound came out. One of the Mantis aliens seemed annoyed and telepathically told him, “Why are you screaming? Stop screaming. You know we don’t hurt you. You know we take you back.” Then, with a tap on his forehead, everything went black.

Moments later, Lovelace and Toby found themselves lying near their car. Terry wasn’t scared at first—he was annoyed that they hadn’t been put back in their tent. But then, a group of six Grays appeared, dragging them across the grass and tossing them into the tent. Everything was still unnaturally silent. Terry wanted to speak but was too exhausted. His vision blurred, and he passed out.

He woke up again to blinding flashes of green light piercing through the tent, making his body ache. Toby peeked through the tent flap, mumbling something. Lovelace’s watch had stopped at midnight, but the tent’s clock showed 3:00 a.m.—three hours had passed, but they had no memory of what happened during that time.

Terry Lovelace reached for his flashlight, but Toby stopped him, whispering for him to stay quiet. Terry then noticed that Toby was crying. They heard footsteps and movement around their campsite. When they finally dared to look outside, they saw a huge craft hovering nearby, the size of a tall office building. It had small windows, and Terry saw figures moving inside. Below the craft, he saw what looked like children walking around—but Toby whispered that they weren’t children. They weren’t human.

Toby then started crying again, saying, “They took us. They hurt us.” Suddenly, memories hit Lovelace—bright lights, small creatures, a giant insect, medical instruments, and terrible pain. He tried to push the images away. Then, a white beam of light came from the craft, and the strange figures walked into it and disappeared. The ship then rose, rotated, and silently flew away at high speed.

Lovelace said that they had a terrible experience that left their skin red and sore like a bad sunburn all over their body, even the soles of their feet. They had to go to the hospital at the base for two days because they were very dehydrated.

Back at the Air Force base, Lovelace dropped Toby off and went home, where his wife saw his condition and took him to the medical clinic. He told the doctors about his burns but left out what happened between 9 PM and 3 AM, fearing they’d think he was crazy. The doctors confirmed that his burns were from radiation, and his clothes were taken away as biohazard material.

Then, on the third night, two men in black suits from the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (OSI) showed up at Terry’s hospital room. They questioned him, acting as if they already knew what had happened. One of them read him his military rights, making it clear he was in serious trouble. They pressured him to tell them everything, but he only admitted to seeing lights. The men accused him of hiding the truth, then made him sign documents he wasn’t allowed to read. They warned him never to speak of the incident and forbade him from ever contacting Toby again.

Soon after, Toby was transferred to Japan, and they never spoke again. The whole experience traumatized Terry, so he kept quiet, trying to forget everything. Over time, the memories faded, though he continued to suffer from PTSD. Despite this, he built a successful career, became a lawyer, and led a seemingly normal life.

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Terry Lovelace was profoundly disturbed by his encounter and left with numerous unanswered queries. Subsequently, he authored a book titled “Incident at Devils Den: A True Story,” with the intention of uncovering the facts about extraterrestrial abductions and inspiring others to share their experiences.

In 2012, during a routine X-ray of his leg, doctors found a strange object above his knee. It was about the size of a fingernail and had two wires attached. The radiologist thought it looked like a small tracking device.

They also found a group of other foreign objects in his calf muscle but were shocked that there were no scars—meaning there was no sign of surgery or injury.

This discovery made Lovelace remember a disturbing event from 1977 that he had never planned to talk about. The most shocking part was that since there were no scars, the radiologist suggested that Lovelace might have had this object in his leg since birth.

On his personal blog, Lovelace writes:

“September of 2017, I was a guest speaker at a UFO event in Houston. It was my first public appearance and opportunity to speak candidly on the topic of alien abduction. This was the time when I decided to write a book. It’s an important topic. We deserve to be informed and not mislead.

I fear we’ve been desensitized about the UFO phenomena by the media, especially the motion picture industry. Close Encounters of the Third Kind was released in November 1977. my experience happened in June that same year. Now, YouTube provides a flood of valid information mixed with confabulation and deception. Know the truth. Aliens really exist and some live and walk among us without so much as a second look. There are probably many species from different worlds or different dimensions here on Earth today.

Some aliens may actually be our ‘benign space brothers’ as some have claimed. Here to join hands and walk mankind into a new era of peace and higher consciousness. Maybe so, but not the ones we met. The beings we met were monsters. They kidnap people and subject them to terror and brutality in pursuit of their agenda. They are 100% purpose-driven and void of empathy for human or animal suffering. We are their lab rats. Once you’re tagged as their specimen you’re tagged for a lifetime. Like a wild animal on the Serengeti Plane.”

Six years ago, Terry Lovelace wrote a book that caused trouble for him. For a whole year, strange things happened around his home near Dallas. He noticed military planes, including small two- and four-person aircraft and large Airbus 350s, flying over his house. These planes had no visible registration numbers and were painted dark green. They flew over his home at least twice a week, sometimes every day. Lovelace took many pictures, and in one of them, a UFO appears in the same shot as one of these planes.

After his book was published, Tom DeLonge (founder of To The Stars Academy), General Neil McCasland, and Lue Elizondo contacted him. They were interested in X-rays of Lovelace’s leg, which had been injured during his UFO encounter.

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27-02-2025 om 20:53 geschreven door peter  

New information is pushing Asteroid 2024 YR4 off of our front pages. Initial estimates gave it a 2.8% chance of striking Earth in 2032. Now, the European Space Agency says the chance of it striking our planet is down to a paltry 0.001%.

Scientists dislike expressing things in absolute terms because Nature can make fools of us all, so this is as close to zero as it’s likely to get.

2024 YR4 was discovered by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in Chile a couple of days after Christmas. ATLAS is an early-warning system for smaller asteroids. When it detected the asteroid on December 27th, 2024, it sent out an alert. Follow-up observations indicated the asteroid’s impact probability was greater than 1%, and that triggered our planetary defence response, which at this point consists of a greater effort to understand the rock and its trajectory.

It’s easy to get used to these asteroid warnings. However, it’s a bad idea to ignore the threat they pose. 2024 YR4 is not very large, only between 40 to 90 metres (130 to 300 ft) in diameter. Its small mass doesn’t mean it’s not dangerous. An asteroid that large can cause serious damage in a populated area. Earth has been struck many times in the past, and there are more impacts in its future.

More worryingly, follow-up observations at first showed the asteroid’s impact probability rising. At its highest rating on 18th February, it had a 2.8% chance of striking Earth. The spike of concern was dulled the next day when observations with the ESO’s Very Large Telescope cut that number in half. People unfamiliar with space, Earth, and asteroids have asked why there’s so much uncertainty. The simple answer is that everything in space is moving. The object is also tiny and dark.

The Very Large Telescope is one of the world’s most advanced telescopes and even it could barely see the asteroid, as the GIF below shows.

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In the two months following its detection, the ESA’s Near-Earth Object Coordination Centre—along with other institutions—monitored the asteroid. More data is better data in this case, and observations allowed astronomers to refine its orbit to determine how much of a threat it posed.

2024 YR4 follows an elliptical orbit around the Sun and crosses Earth’s path, making it a near-Earth Object (NEO). It takes almost four years to complete an orbit, and its last perihelion was on 22 November 2024. Its closest approach to Earth was on Christmas, two days before its discovery. At that time, it came to within 830,000 km of Earth. In December 2028, it will make its next closest approach at just more than 8 million km of Earth. Unfortunately, between this April and leading up to the next approach, none of our ground-based telescopes will be able to see it.

One problem in determining the impact threat is that everything in space is moving. Nothing is still. So, each time the asteroid comes near the Earth or the Moon, the gravity from both bodies has a chance of changing 2024 YR4’s orbit. These are called gravitational keyholes, and they complicate efforts to determine its orbit.

This rising and then falling impact probability is an established pattern in asteroid detection and monitoring. At first, there’s more uncertainty, but as astronomers continue to observe it, uncertainty is reduced.

What it boils down to is this: We spotted another small yet potentially dangerous rock with a chance to strike Earth. We watched it and saw that its chance of striking us shrank. Now, the rock will disappear into the blackness of space for three years.

Where does that leave us?

Each time another asteroid approaches, it triggers concern about protecting Earth. Should we launch a nuke and blow it to pieces? How about a kinetic impactor to change its orbit slightly? How about evacuating people from the impact zone?

We’re developing ways to protect the planet. NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) showed that a relatively small mass can deter an approaching asteroid. Nukes are not needed and, in fact, can create an unpredictable shower of debris.

One proposal for asteroid redirection envisions kinetic impactors waiting to be launched on short notice. They can be at a Lagrange point or possibly on the lunar surface, on standby until needed. The more advance notice we have, the smaller the kinetic mass needed to deter an asteroid.

The main effort right now is centred on finding all dangerous asteroids and constraining their orbits. The upcoming Vera Rubin Observatory will detect many asteroids and will help us identify which ones are hazardous.

The type of massive asteroid that rocked the dinosaurs is increasingly unlikely. It was between 10 and 15 km in diameter, and large asteroids like it tend to remain stable in the asteroid belt. But the smaller ones in the decameter size range are more likely to be perturbed out of their orbits and become NEOs. It’s those ones we really have to worry about.

Asteroids are like pandemics. There’s always another one in the future. It’s simply nature. The danger from this one seems to have diminished, but another one will eventually come close.

Though the danger posed by 2024 YR4 has diminished, the overall threat posed by the asteroid population remains the same. In a sense, it’s not about any individual asteroid. It’s about our understanding of the risks in our space environment and how we can protect ourselves and Earth.

We’re not fully prepared to deflect an incoming asteroid if necessary, but we’re working towards it. In the meantime, get used to the occasional news article about asteroids with tiny yet real chances of striking Earth. 0.001% is tiny, but it’s not zero.

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27-02-2025 om 20:30 geschreven door peter  

On Earth, geologists regularly study rock that has made itself easy to examine by coming up from the deeper crust and presenting itself. The same thing happens on Mars, though impacts do the lifting, not plate tectonics. Perseverance is studying the rocks on the crater rim in its current Crater Rim Campaign. The location it’s exploring is an exposed outcrop named Tablelands.

One type of rock that can teach us a lot about Mars’ ancient history is serpentine. It’s common on Earth and Mars and forms in the presence of water. Its presence on Mars is some of our strongest evidence that the planet was once wet.

Perseverance sampled Silver Mountain, a rock in the Tablelands. The rover used its abrasion tool on its robotic arm to create a fresh surface it could analyze. That analysis showed Silver Mountain is rich in pyroxene, a type of silicate found in almost every igneous and metamorphic rock. The rover also collected a core.

After that, it visited a rock named Serpentine Lake that showed telltale signs of serpentine. Perseverance used its abrasion tool to clean the rock for a detailed investigation. Serpentine Lake has an intriguing texture, described in a press release as “cookies and cream.” It’s also high in serpentine and other minerals that form in the presence of water.

After that, Perseverance doubled back to revisit a rock named “Cat Arm Reservoir.”

It was the first rock the rover studied on the canyon rim. The rover analyzed its composition and detected coarse pyroxene and feldspar crystals, indicating an igneous origin. Unfortunately, Perseverance’s sample tube was empty. Sometimes, the rock the rover tries to sample is weak and turns to dust. This is rare, but it did happen during the rover’s very first sampling attempt, and it happened again with Cat Arm Reservoir.

Perseverance travelled a small distance and tried to collect a core sample from Cat Arm Reservoir again. That attempt also failed. Then the rover chose a different spot nearby named “Green Gardens” and successfully collected a core sample. It’s next to the abrasion patch on Serpentine Lake.

Like the Serpentine Lake rock, Green Garden is also green, which is a characteristic of the mineral serpentine. Serpentine forms in the presence of water when hydrothermal vents alter ultramafic rocks. Scientists are interested in these minerals because their structure and composition can reveal the history of water on Mars. On Earth, serpentine rock also hosts microbial life, so the same may have been true on Mars. Unfortunately, it’s not clear how much evidence of this life can be preserved.

Perseverance will spend some more time exploring the Tablelands outcrop. It may re-examine the Serpentine Lake abrasion patch and analyze the debris from the Green Gardens drilling and coring. This could take a couple of weeks.

Next on its agenda is “Broom Point,” further down the crater rim. Broom Point contains a spectacular formation of layered rock, which is also intriguing to scientists.

Mars’ ancient history is told in its ancient rocks, but it’s impossible to know in advance which rock holds which clues and how everything will fall into place.

We don’t know what Perseverance will discover about Broom Point. But the rock will tell us something. It always does.

• Press Release: Cookies, Cream, and Crumbling Cores
• Press Release: Gardens on Mars? No, Just Rocks!
• Press Release: Assessing Perseverance’s First Sample Attempt
• NASA: Where is Perseverance?

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27-02-2025 om 18:48 geschreven door peter  

• READ MORE: Elon Musk calls for the destruction of NASA's prized possession

By WILIAM HUNTER

Since leaving Earth on January 15, NASA's Blue Ghost lander has been sending back some stunning images of space.

Now, the autonomous lander has captured a truly jaw-dropping view as it records a unique close-up of the moon. 

In an incredible video, you can see the distant Earth rising and setting behind the curve of the lunar surface.

Taken on February 18, the timelapse reveals the stunning view from the Blue Ghost lander as it completed its second orbit, from about 75 miles (120 km) away. 

Having now circumnavigated the moon three times, the lander's operator, US private firm Firefly Aerospace, is making final preparations before touchdown on March 2.

In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Firefly Aerospace wrote: 'Earth rise, Earth set, repeat!'

Meanwhile, on social media, space fans have been wowed by the incredible glimpse of our lunar satellite, with its incredible patchwork of deep craters.  

One commenter wrote: 'What a cool time to be alive! The Moon up close once again!'

NASA's Blue Ghost moon lander has captured a jaw-dropping video of the Earth (indicated by red arrow) rising and setting behind the curve of the lunar surface 

Taken on February 18, the timelapse reveals the stunning view from Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander as it completed its second orbit prior to a touchdown 

The close-up images also show the lunar lander's solar panel and some scientific instruments 

The robotic Blue Ghost lunar lander was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

On board are 10 NASA science investigations and technology demonstrations as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative.

These include instruments to record data on the lunar surface and experimental GPS tracking systems.

Over a weeks-long journey, the lander travelled roughly 238,855 miles (384,400 km) and entered lunar orbit on February 13 where it was scheduled to wait for 16 days.

On its way, Blue Ghost captured incredible images of Earth as it shrunk into a small pale dot in the distance.

While orbiting the moon, Blue Ghost has been completing a series of engine burns to bring it into a tighter orbit.

On February 18, the lander completed a three-minute and 18-second burn to push itself into a significantly lower elliptical orbit around the moon.

Shortly after lowering itself down, Blue Ghost recorded a flyby of the far side of the moon (usually hidden from Earth) at an altitude of just 75 miles (120km).

Blue Ghost was constructed by Firefly Aerospace and is carrying 10 NASA science and technology payloads as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative

Blue Ghost (pictured) is carrying a number of scientific instruments including devices which will gather vital data for NASA's upcoming Artemis missions 

The craft has been designed to conduct the final movements of its landing autonomously and is equipped with advanced navigation instruments and thrusters to control its movement 

After leaving Earth on January 15, the lander made a weeks-long journey to the moon (seen here above Earth) in order to attempt a landing on the lunar surface

On social media, space fans rushed to share their amazement with the stunning views

One commenter called the video 'the coolest thing I've seen in weeks' 

Another amazed commenter said that the footage of the Earth rising over the moon was their favourite video 

Although it is commonly referred to as the 'dark side' of the moon because it always faces away from Earth, this side receives just as much light from the sun as the near side.

On social media, many commenters rushed to share their admiration and amazement.

'Good luck! One small landing, one giant leap', one commenter wrote on X.

Another wrote: 'Well this is the coolest thing I've seen in weeks', while one impressed commenter chimed in: 'This is my favorite video now'. 

Of course, not everyone online was so impressed and some conspiratorially-minded commenters even questioned whether the footage was real.

One conspiracy theorist wrote: 'What a joke. gotta be a serious sheep to think this is real footage. hilarious'.

'It looks like cheap plastic moon', wrote one commenter.

Another claimed: 'If you believe this, you are not thinking critically. Good luck.'

Since leaving Earth on January 15, NASA's Blue Ghost lander has been sending back some stunning images of space, including this photo of Earth

As the lander moved further away from Earth, images showed our planet disappearing into the distance 

Blue Ghost captured its first image of the moon on February 14 after reaching lunar orbit

Some conspiracy theorists rushed to share wild claims that the footage had been faked 

One commenter wildly claimed that people who believed in the reality of space travel were 'not thinking critically' 

One conspiracy theorist claimed that the footage looked like a 'cheap plastic moon' 

The Blue Ghost lunar lander was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Aboard are 10 NASA science investigations and technology demonstrations as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative

The lander is expected to land on March 2, on the far eastern side of the moon's near side. It will operate for 14 days before the cold lunar night damages its electronics. Pictured, Blue Ghost's view of the moon's far side

Blue Ghost completed its third and final lunar orbit as of Monday and is making preparations for its last manoeuvres.

Next, the lander will perform a 16-second burn to enter a very low and nearly circular orbit around the moon.

Finally, once the spacecraft falls to 62 miles (100km) above the surface, it will fire its engines for 19 seconds to drop its path down to the landing site.

Blue Ghost is expected to land on the eastern edge of the moon's Earth-facing side near an ancient volcanic feature called Mons Latreille within the 300-mile-wide (483 km) basin of the Mare Crisium, or 'Sea of Crises'.

From there, it will use its scientific payloads to gather information about the moon.

This includes making use of a lunar sunset to study a phenomenon called 'dust levitation' in which dust appears to float above the surface.

This was first sketched by Apollo 17 astronaut Eugene Cernan during NASA's last mission to the moon over 50 years ago.

Blue Ghost will then operate for 14 Earth days until the near side of the moon is cast into shadow, plunging the lander into the freezing lunar night.

With temperatures as low as -130°C (-208°F) and no light to charge its batteries, this is expected to break the lander's electronics and put an end to the mission.

NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the moon in 2026 as part of the Artemis mission

Artemis was the twin sister of Apollo and goddess of the moon in Greek mythology. 

NASA has chosen her to personify its path back to the moon, which will see astronauts return to the lunar surface by 2026 -  including the first woman and the next man.

Artemis 1, formerly Exploration Mission-1, was the first in a series of increasingly complex missions that will enable human exploration to the moon and Mars. 

The uncrewed flight, which successfully launched in November last year, travelled more than 1.4 million miles on a path around the moon and back to Earth. It splashed down in the Pacific Ocean in December 2022, 25-and-a-half days after launch.

Artemis 1, formerly Exploration Mission-1, was the first in a series of increasingly complex missions that will enable human exploration to the moon and Mars. This graphic explains the various stages of the mission

Orion stayed in space longer than any ship for astronauts has done without docking to a space station, while it also returned home faster and hotter than ever before. 

It will now be followed by Artemis II, a manned mission which is scheduled for launch next year.

The crew will fly around the moon and back to prepare for Artemis III, which NASA is targeting as the mission to return humans to the lunar surface. 

Eventually NASA seeks to establish a sustainable human presence on the moon by 2028 as a result of the Artemis programme.

The space agency hopes this colony will uncover new scientific discoveries, demonstrate new technological advancements and lay the foundation for private companies to build a lunar economy. 

Who is Victor Glover? The man set to become NASA's first black astronaut to orbit the moon

Victor Glover (pictured) was selected as an astronaut in 2013 and became the first African American ISS expedition crewmember to live on the ISS seven years later

NASA is set to send the first-ever black astronaut to the moon.

Victor Glover, 46, was selected to take part in the space agency's Artemis II mission — the US' first lunar mission in a half-century.

The Pomona, California, native will be the first person of color to travel into deep space, hundreds of thousands of miles beyond the low-Earth orbiting International Space Station (ISS).

NASA officials say the diverse crew assignments signify the cultural shifts that have taken place since the original Apollo missions, which ended in 1972, at a time when white men dominated space exploration.

Glover was also the first black man to ever live on the International Space Station (ISS) in 2020 and is among 15 African Americans to be selected as an astronaut.

In his esteemed career since being selected as an astronaut in 2013, Mr Glover has logged over 3,000 flight hours in 40 different aircraft.

Artemis II - which will launch in November 2024 - will see the four-man crew orbit the moon in the Orion spacecraft but not land.

Their goal is to test new technology, including heat shields that protects Orion as it travels 24,500 mph in 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit on its way back.

If successful, NASA plans to launch an expedition to land on the moon titled Artemis III. Another success would spell out a trip to Mars for NASA. 

‘I wanna thank God for this Amazing opportunity,’ Mr Glover said during a new conference Monday.

‘This is a big day. We have a lot to celebrate. It’s so much more than the four names that have been announced. We need to celebrate this moment in human history.

'Artermis II is more than a mission to the Moon and back. It’s more than a mission that has to happen before we send people to the surface of the moon. It is the next step on the journey that gets humanity to Mars.

‘This crew will never forget that.’

Mr Glover was born in 1976 in Pomona, around 30 miles east of Los Angeles.

The city is far from the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, known for its high poverty rate and relatively high crime. 

Mr Glover grew up in Ponoma, CA, 30 miles east of Los Angeles

He said his parents and teachers served as mentors as him growing up.

'Early on in life it had to be my parents; they encouraged me and challenged me and held me to high standards. Outside of home, I had teachers that did the same,' he told USA Today in 2017.

'They all challenged me, and they encouraged me.'

Mr Glover continued that his teachers and parents urged him to go the engineering school and eventually become a test pilot — leading to him becoming an astronaut. 

He graduated from Southern California's Ontario High School in 1994, and went on to attend California Polytechnic State University, before completing his graduate education at Air University and the US Naval Academy.

'I’m the first person in my family to graduate from college, and being at graduation with my mom and my dad and my stepdad and my little brothers and my grandparents,' he said to USA Today.

'That was unreal, that was cool and it was special for me.'

In 1999 he was commissioned as part of the US Navy. After completing flight training in Corpus Christy, Texas, he was 'given his wings' and awarded the title of pilot in 2001.

He then moved to San Diego to learn to fly the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet, known as one of the Navy's more versatile aircraft.

After spending the next two years training in Florida and Virginia, he was deployed to Iraq in 2004 for six months.

Mr Glover was working in the office of the late Sen John McCain as a legislative fellow when he was selected by NASA to become an astronaut in 2013.

NASA only selects a handful of the thousands of people that apply to be a member of the nation's astronaut corps each year. Only 15 black astronauts have ever been selected out of 348.

A vast majority of the 41 current astronauts have a military background, like Mr Glover.

He completed his astronaut training in 2015. Three years later, he was selected to be a part of the first ever operational flight of SpaceX's Crew Dragon, a reusable aircraft designed by the firm Elon Musk found in 2002.

As part of that mission, he would live on the ISS from November 17, 2020 to May 2, 2021.

The nearly six-month-long stay on the station makes him the first black astronaut to inhabit it.

Jeanette Epps, 52, who was selected to be an astronaut in 2009 is set to become the second African American, and first black woman, to live on the ISS after the launch of Boeing Starliner-1 in 2024 or later.

In 2020, Mr Glover said it was an honor to be the first black person selected to the ISS.

'It is something to be celebrated once we accomplish it, and I am honored to be in this position and to be a part of this great and experienced crew,' he said during a news conference. 

'I look forward to getting up there and doing my best to make sure, you know, we are worthy of all the work that's been put into setting us up for this mission.'

In an interview with The Christian Chronicle later that year, he said there were qualified black astronauts that should have earned the honor before him.

'I've had some amazing colleagues before me that really could have done it, and there are some amazing folks that will go behind me,' he said. 

'I wish it would have already been done, but I try not to draw too much attention to it.' 

Who is Christina Koch? The first female NASA astronaut set to orbit the moon

Christina Koch is set to become the first woman to go around the moon when NASA's Artemis II mission takes off next year.

Christina Koch, 44, from Grand Rapids, Michigan, is set to become the first woman to go around the moon

The Grand Rapids, Michigan native, 44, is already the record-holder for the longest amount of time a woman has spent in space, 328 days, and for taking part in the first all-female spacewalk in 2019.

Selected to become an astronaut in 2013, Ms Koch said she has not followed a 'checklist' in order to become an astronaut — but instead chased her passions whether this be rock climbing, sailing or even learning to surf in her 40s.

She said in 2020: 'I really don't remember a time when I didn't want to be an astronaut. 

'For me, I learned that if I was going to be an astronaut, it was because my passions had turned me into someone that could contribute the most as someone contributing to human space flight.'

While she's exploring space, her husband Robert will be left taking care of housework and the couple's puppy, LBD. It is not believed that they have children.

'Am I excited? Absolutely!' she said at a news conference at the crew's announcement Monday.

‘The one thing I'm most excited about is that we will carry your excitement,your aspirations, your dreams, on this mission.’

She also said: ‘We are going to launch from Kennedy space center, we are going to here the words “go for launch” on top of the most powerful rocket NASA’s ever made.’

NASA has sent a total of 355 people to space so far, of which some 55 have been women — or 15 percent. It has also sent 24 people to orbit the moon and 12 to walk on the lunar surface who were all men.

Russian Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to ever leave the earth's atmosphere — setting off in 1937. American women did not get sent to space until 1983.

Ms Koch, however, will make history on the Artemis II mission when she completes her long-awaited trip around the moon.

She revealed her love of space in a video when she was announced as a member of the Artemis I team in 2020.

The astronaut said: 'I am someone who has loved exploration on the frontier since I was little. 

'I used to be inspired by the night sky and throughout my career,  it's been this balance between engineering for space science missions and doing science in really remote places all over the world.

'I loved things that made me feel small, things that made me ponder the size of the universe, my place in it and everything that was out there to explore.'

She added: 'I didn't necessarily live my life following check boxes of how you could become an astronaut.

'But I followed those passions and one day I looked at what I had become and the skills I had gathered and I asked "could I sit across from a table and present myself as someone who could do this well?". And I thought, I'm going to give this a shot.' 

She went to North Carolina State University in Raleigh to get a bachelor's and a master's in Electrical Engineering.

She then became an Electrical Engineer at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, before becoming a research associate for the United States Antarctic Program — living an entire year in the Arctic.

Ms Koch was one of eight selected as part of NASA's 21st class of astronauts in 2013. After two years of training, she became a full-fledged astronaut.

Her first space flight came in 2019 when she was sent to the International Space Station (ISS) to work as a flight engineer.

She stayed up there for 328 days, taking the record for the longest spaceflight by a woman. The previous record holder, Peggy Whitson, was in space for 288 days.

While in space she also took the record for the first all-women space walk — when an astronaut gets out of a vehicle while in space — with Jessica Meir.

The pair spent seven hours and 17 minutes on the side of the ISS as they worked to replace a power controller. The walk also included a brief call with President Trump.

Upon her return to Earth in 2020, Ms Koch said she felt 'like a baby' who was two weeks old and working hard to hold up its head.

Back on Earth, she lives in Galveston, Texas, just outside of the Houston area.

Among her interests are backpacking, running, yoga, photography and travel.

Now she will be a part of a groundbreaking mission in NASA's goal towards putting a man on Mars. 

The Artemis II mission marks NASA's first trip to the moon in half a century. It says it will be performed to help test kit in preparation for getting humans onto Mars.

The agency sent an empty Orion capsule around the moon last year before it returned to Earth in a long-awaited dress rehearsal.

If this latest mission goes well, then another flight to land people on the moon will be sent in 2025 — as part of tests ahead of getting people onto Mars.

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26-02-2025 om 23:43 geschreven door peter  

• READ MORE:  Air Force pilot encounters UFO during secret mission

By STACY LIBERATORE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

Christians attending mass at a religious landmark in Mexico were stunned when a mysterious 'UFO' appeared above a Jesus statue.

Visitors at the Cerro del Cubilete in Silao, located northwest of Mexico City, captured images of what they said looked like a 'Saturn-shaped object' in the clear blue sky.

The UFO was seen hanging near the left hand of the 65-foot-tall statue, called Christ the King. One local visiting the landmark said: 'It's an alien navigator.' 

The recent sighting appeared similar to another captured last October at a gas station in Cuernavaca, located south of Mexico City, which is about 275 miles from the Cerro del Cubilete. 

Footage shows at least two motorists gawping at the alleged spacecraft in the sky at 'the corner of Teopanzolco Avenue and Plan de Ayala Avenue.'

While one spectator can be heard saying it was 'wobbling on a piece of string, so it is fake,' another added: 'It's a UFO, they say they live in nearby Tepoztlán.'

Tepoztlán is a mountain town known for its 800-year-old Tepozteco pyramid, an ancient Xochimilca temple built by the Aztecs.

The site, however, has become a place of pilgrimage for UFO enthusiasts, attracted by stories of numerous otherworldly sightings and occurrences. 

Visitors of Mexico's  Cerro del Cubilete in Silao, located northwest of Mexico City, claimed to have seen a UFO soaring near a statue of Jesus 

They said the UFO appeared like a Saturn-shaped object in the blue sky

The Cerro del Cubilete sits on a mountain more than 8,460 feet above sea level.

The statue represents the figure of Jesus standing with his arms outstretched and an angel at either side, one holding a crown of thorns and the other a royal crown. 

The spherical building that serves as the base of the statue was built in art deco style and houses a circular altar. There is also a museum atop the summit. 

While tens of thousands of people flock to the site each year, the recent UFO sighting may be one of the first.

As the crowd turned to the flying object, spectators feared they were 'going to be abducted, JAM Press reported.

Another local said: 'It sure looks like a UFO.'

While this is the first reported 'Saturn-like' object spotted near the religions site,  another appeared over the the western city of Zitácuaro on September 8, 2024 that looked nearly identical.

Following the videos, some users took to X  to share their belief that aliens had made their way to Mexico.

'That's that eye diamond UFO shape,' one person commented. '(Must) be some kind of organic ship.'

The UFO was seen hanging near the left hand of the 65-foot-tall statue, called Christ the King. One local visiting the landmark said: 'It's an alien navigator'

The recent sighting appeared similar to another captured last October at a gas station in Cuernavaca, located south of Mexico City, which is about 275 miles from the Cerro del Cubilete

'Spectacular video, contact between humans and alien races is getting closer and closer,' another X user chimed in. 'Anyone who continues to believe that it is a balloon, a drone, a hologram or something else is either blind or does not want to see reality.'

However, others were quick to dispel the claims, pointing out that it was most likely just one of the many sky lanterns that float across the Mexican skies during the Globos de Cantoya festival.

'It may have been a test of a hot air balloon, as these balloons are very common in central Mexico and from a distance they can be confused with other objects,' another user explained.

Another similar sighting was captured in September 2024 over the the western city of Zitácuaro

One X user questioned the quality of the video but conceded that life probably exists outside our solar system.

'So much technology, cell phones with too many mega pixels and images like that,' they said. 'I do believe that there is life on other planets, but some tests like this don't help much.'

Some found humor in the alleged UFO sighting.

'They went searching for atoles,' another X user said, referring to the traditional Mexican beverage that is made with water, masa (corn flour), piloncillo, (unrefined cane sugar), cinnamon and vanilla.

'We will see more and more UFOs. And the government will make contact with them,' another person jokes. 'We will obey in fear as always. But we will never see them.'

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26-02-2025 om 23:21 geschreven door peter  

Pentagon issues bombshell announcement about egg-shaped UFO case

• READ MORE:  Army Green Beret claims alien tech is stored at underground base

By CHRIS MELORE, ASSISTANT SCIENCE EDITOR FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

The Pentagon has revealed that it is now investigating claims made by a government contractor that he retrieved a crashed 'egg-shaped' UFO.

Jake Barber came out as a whistleblower in January, saying he piloted helicopters during secret missions to collect alien technology.

Speaking to NewsNation, Barber said he flew 150 feet above an 'egg-shaped' object with no engine or thermal signatures.

'I saw an egg, a white egg,' the pilot explained. 'It's inconsistent with anything I'd ever seen before,' Barber said in January.

Now, the US Department of Defense (DoD) has confirmed it is looking into the case.

It's the latest report of UAPs (unidentified anomalous phenomena) the Pentagon admits they're actively investigating - adding this case to 21 others.

Those 21 UAP investigations were part of a stunning report which revealed that the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) received 757 cases of UAP encounters from US authorities mainly between May 1, 2023 and June 1, 2024.

That bombshell total included 272 incidents which occurred prior to 2023 but had never been reported publicly.

AARO is the defense department's group in charge of investigating reports of UFOs and UAPs made by government agencies.

Whistleblower Jake Barber's claims about the egg-shaped UFO he was ordered to retrieve are now being investigated the Pentagon

Jake Barber, now a chief helicopter pilot in California, said he has witnessed alien craft while working for a secret UFO retrieval program

According to AARO, it is the first government office that synchronizes the efforts of the DoD and other agencies to collect, report, and analyze all data on UAPs.

At the moment, only military personnel can make a UAP report to AARO, which must be first sent to their commanding officers or agencies.

For civilian pilots who see a UFO, AARO says they should tell air traffic control and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will send those reports to the DoD.

As for everyday people who see something strange in the sky, AARO does not have a way for them to report their experiences, adding that 'we will announce when a reporting mechanism is available for others to use.'

The public can still send information about their sightings to the National UFO Reporting Center, which is a non-governmental group documenting UFO encounters since 1974.

Not everyone is convinced the Pentagon and AARO will finally reveal everything Washington knows about UFOs and the possibility of alien encounters.

Investigative journalist Ross Coulthart noted that the new director of AARO, Dr. Jon T. Kosloski, has very limited power when it comes to revealing government secrets.

Before taking over AARO, Dr. Kosloski previously worked for the Research Directorate of the National Security Agency and as a subject matter expert, advising several agencies within the DoD.

'The Pentagon dictates what he is allowed to reveal and what he's allowed to say publicly, and there isn't a very proud history of the Pentagon wanting to be very forthcoming,' Coulthart told NewsNation.

AARO, the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, is reportedly investigating over 20 cases involving UAPs reported to the US Department of Defense

Many military personnel claimed to have witnessed UFOs. This image, obtained April 28, 2020, was taken by Navy pilots in 2017.  Navy Cmdr David Fravor, who saw it, testified under oath in a hearing where he discussed the experience

Coulthart went on to claim that he believes the US government has been covering up its retrieval of what he called 'non-human technology' for decades.

Moreover, he cited the 'mixed messages' members of the Trump Administration have been putting out when it comes to being transparent about UAP.

That includes the administration's handling of the swarms of mysterious drones over New Jersey and other states in 2024 - which officials dismissed as simply 'FAA-authorized drones.'

As for the 757 UAP reports revealed to the public in November, AARO said it expected to or has already dismissed nearly 300 as balloons, birds, or drones.

Over 400 allegedly didn't have enough data to keep the investigations open, leaving just 21 for AARO to continue probing - along with Jake Barber's egg-shaped craft.

Coulthart noted that a lot of what the public can expect to hear about Barber's encounter will depend on the new Trump Administration.

'It really does rest with the president and also, to some degree, with the Congress whether or not we're going to get any movement on any further disclosure about this alleged covert program,' Coulthart said Sunday.

For those hoping for more disclosure, however, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida was recently appointed to lead a new task force focused on declassifying 'government secrets' - including the origin of UFOs.

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer said, 'Rep. Luna is committed to shining a light on the truth and ending the era of secrecy.'

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26-02-2025 om 23:00 geschreven door peter  

What would really happen if the Gulf Stream collapsed? Scientists warn major global current is WEAKENING - raising concerns of a real-life Day After Tomorrow

• READ MORE: The Gulf Stream could COLLAPSE as early as 2025, study predicts 

By JONATHAN CHADWICK FOR MAILONLINE 

As anyone who has seen 'The Day After Tomorrow' can attest, the world would look dramatically different if the Gulf Stream gave way. 

In the 2004 blockbuster film starring Jake Gyllenhaal, an enormous 'superstorm' triggered by the collapse of the Gulf Stream sets off catastrophic natural disasters.

Around the world, people are frozen under layers of snow, drowned in massive tsunamis and dramatically crushed under vehicles thrown by tornados. 

Now, scientists at the Met Office warn that Earth's system of ocean currents is 'weakening', although it is unlikely to collapse this century. 

The Gulf Stream is only a small part of a much wider system of currents, officially called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation or AMOC. 

Described as 'the conveyor belt of the ocean', it transports warm water near the ocean's surface northwards from the tropics up to the northern hemisphere, keeping Europe, the UK and the US east coast temperate. 

Lead author Dr Jonathan Baker, a senior scientist at the Met Office, said: 'The AMOC has a crucial role in regulating our climate; without it, northwest Europe’s temperatures would be much cooler.

'Although our study shows that collapse over the next 75 years is unlikely, the AMOC is very likely to weaken, which will present climate challenges for Europe and beyond.'

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'If the AMOC were to collapse, it could also lead to significant cooling in northwest Europe and chaotic weather patterns worldwide, affecting crops yields and ecosystems,' Dr Baker said. 

The academic stress that his study found the AMOC is unlikely to collapse this century, but a weakened AMOC poses 'serious climate challenges'.

'A weaker AMOC could alter global rainfall patterns, disrupt marine ecosystems, reduce the ocean's ability to store carbon, and accelerate sea level rise along the US east coast,' he said. 

Professor David Thornalley, a climate scientist at University College London who was not involved with the study, said temperatures would plummet if the AMOC collapsed.

'An AMOC collapse could cause more weather extremes, so as well as overall colder-than-average conditions, we also expect that there would be more winter storms caused by stronger westerly winds,' he told MailOnline. 

'Unfortunately people would die due to stronger winter storms and flooding, and many old and young would be vulnerable to the very cold winter temperatures.' 

However, in the UK, the effects would be 'minor' compared with elsewhere around the world, Professor Thornalley added. 

'A collapse in AMOC would cause a shift in the tropical rainfall belt which would massively disrupt agriculture and water supplies across huge swathes of the globe,' he said.

The Gulf Stream is only a small part of a much wider system of currents, officially called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). This map indicates surface currents (solid curves) and deep currents (dashed curves) that form a portion of the AMOC. Colours of curves indicate approximate temperatures

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'Many millions would be affected and suffer from drought, famine and flooding, in countries that are already struggling to deal with these issues. There would be huge numbers of climate refugees, geopolitical tensions would rise.'

Jonathan Bamber, a professor of Earth observation at the University of Bristol, agreed that if the AMOC were to collapse, the climate of northwest Europe would be 'unrecognisable compared to what it is today'. 

'It would be several degrees cooler so that winters would be more typical of Arctic Canada and precipitation would decrease also,' he told MailOnline. 'Very harsh, cold winters would certainly be a threat to life.'

In 'The Day After Tomorrow', a collapse of the AMOC takes place over a matter of days and the fictional weather immediately switches to extreme cold. 

Thankfully, such a rapid transition will not happen in real life, said Penny Holliday, head of marine physics and ocean circulation at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton. 

'If the AMOC does reach a tipping point it will happen over several decades at least,' she told MailOnline.

'However a slowdown of the AMOC, whether it is fast-acting or takes place over many decades, will lead to the generation of more extreme and violent weather systems that have the potential to cause deaths and major damage.'   

Already, researchers have suggested that AMOC will weaken or collapse at some point in the 21st century as greenhouse gas emissions increase.

This illustration from the new Nature study depicts the AMOC’s upwelling pathways - where deep, cold water rises toward the surface - in the present day

Formally known as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), it powers the Gulf Stream that brings warm water from the Gulf of Mexico to the northeastern US coast

However, the extent of AMOC weakening is uncertain with wide variation across climate models, according to the researchers at the Met Office. 

To find out more, the team, led by Dr Jonathan Baker, used 34 computer models to assess the AMOC’s response to extreme changes in greenhouse gas concentrations and rising sea levels. 

Their findings, published in the journal Nature, reveal the AMOC would weaken, but is likely to withstand future global warming and won't collapse this century. 

This is because strong Southern Ocean winds act like a powerful pump, continuously pulling deep water to the surface, keeping the system running even under extreme climate change.

Met Office says that the effect of a weaker AMOC is included when making projections of future climate change for the UK. 

Interestingly, a weaker AMOC will bring less warm water northwards, and this will partly offset the warming effect of the greenhouse gases over western Europe. 

For the gradual weakening that is likely over the 21st century, but the overall effect is still a warming. 

Professor Rowan Sutton, director of the Met Office Hadley Centre who was not involved with the study, said it brings 'important new insights' into AMOC's future. 

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Professor Rowan Sutton, director of the Met Office Hadley Centre who was not involved with the study, said it brings 'important new insights' into AMOC's future.

'It shows that aspects of the AMOC may be more robust to a changing climate than some previous research has suggested,' he said. 

'However, it doesn’t change our expectation that the AMOC will weaken over the twenty first century, and that this weakening will have important impacts on climate.' 

But study author Geoff Vallis, climate scientist at the University of Exeter, said it does 'not in any way mean that global warming is not a severe problem for society and our planet'. 

'I think it very unlikely that my house will burn down in the coming years; however, I still buy insurance to guard against that risk,' Professor Vallis said. 

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Archaeologists find 'extraterrestrial metal' in 2,700-year-old cemeteries

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Archaeologists have discovered 'extraterrestrial metal' in ancient burials in Poland.

They uncovered four artifacts, three bracelets and a pin, containing a metallic iron found only in meteorites.

The pieces were pulled from two Early Iron Age cemeteries, dating between 750 to 600 BC, in southern Poland.

The team used different techniques, including X-rays to peer inside objects and another that uses a beam of electrons to create high-resolution images of objects, to determine the elemental composition of the artifacts.

The results showed high concentrations of smelted ore and meteoric iron that appeared to have come from a single space rock.

The high nickel levels in the iron suggested the jewelry was made from an ataxite meteorite that feature a mirror-like finish.

The researchers also said that the mixing of the iron sources was likely done on purpose to create patterns on the pieces. 

If the hypothesis can be proven, it would make these artifacts the the oldest known version of patterned iron.

Archaeologists identified four artifacts from ancient cemeteries that feature iron from a meteorite 

Using fallen meteorites to fashion objects was a common practice thousands of years ago, as a similar artifact was found in the tomb of Tutankhamun. 

Meteorite iron is found in certain types of stony meteorites, composed mainly of silicates - a salt made of silicon and oxygen. 

The discovery was made in Poland's Częstochowa Museum collection by Polish and French scientists who analyzed burial objects from two early Iron Age graveyards, Częstochowa-Raków and Częstochowa-Mirów.

Researchers analyzed the jewelry in the 1960s, but the artifacts were reanalyzed by Professor Albert Jambon a meteorite specialist from Sorbonne University and Dr Karol Dzięgielewski from Jagiellonian University.

'This modest number of specimens nevertheless forms one of the biggest collection of meteoritic iron products at one archaeological site worldwide, they shared in the study. 

The team studied a total of 26 artifacts, including bracelets, ankle rings, knives, spearheads, and necklaces, housed at the museum.  

Using several analytical techniques, they were able to determine the artifacts' elemental distribution and material composition, Phys.org reported.

This allowed them to identify four pieces were at least partially composed of meteoric iron.

The pieces were pulled from two Early Iron Age cemeteries, dating between 750 to 600 BC, in southern Poland

While only four of the artifacts contained meteoric iron, researches said the discovery is on par with some from ancient Egypt where archaeologists have found troves of pieces dating back 5,000 years

The bracelets were pulled from Częstochowa-Raków cemetery and the pin from Częstochowa-Mirów.

While only four of the artifacts contained meteoric iron, researches said the discovery is on par with some from ancient Egypt where archaeologists have found troves of pieces dating back 5,000 years. 

Because the type of meteorite used, the team believes the iron was locally sourced. 

'We can conclude that there is a high likelihood that there was a witnessed fall rather than a lucky find,' said Dr Jambon.

'Iron meteorites may be large (hundreds of kg), but this may actually be a problem. 

'Large pieces are not workable, and you need to separate small pieces (less than one kg), which is hardly possible with the tools of the Iron Age (see, e.g., the pieces of iron worked by the Inuits).'

Researchers in Spain made a similar discovery in 2024, finding artifacts were made with 'alien metals' 3,000 years ago 

Researchers in Spain made a similar discovery in 2024, finding artifacts were made with 'alien metals' 3,000 years ago.

Scientists conducted a new analysis of the Treasure of Villena, a hoard of 59 gold-plated objects found in 1963, finding two objects featured meteoric iron. 

A gold-coated cap and bracelet contained the extraterrestrial material from a meteor that crashed into Earth one million years ago, according to the team's estimates. 

The artifacts were discovered by archaeologist José Maria Soler in December 1963, while he and his team were excavating a dry river bed called the 'Rambla del Panadero' - about seven miles from Villena. 

The study explained that meteorite iron is found in certain types of stony meteorites, composed mainly of silicates - a salt made of silicon and oxygen.

'Since they come from outer space, are composed of an iron-nickel alloy with a variable nickel composition greater than five percent by weight,' researchers wrote.

'They also contain other minor and trace chemical elements, cobalt being one of the most significant.'

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Randall Carlson is a geological researcher and renegade scholar with extensive knowledge of ancient mythology, sacred geometry, and the Earth’s history of catastrophes. For over four decades he has been relentlessly pursuing the truth about the history of this planet and its human inhabitants, and his independent and interdisciplinary approach to knowledge synthesis has put him firmly outside the mainstream as a thinker and a theorist.

The breadth and scope of Randall Carlson’s research is immense, and one of his most startling theories that ancient civilizations across the world, such as the Egyptians, Sumerians, Mayans, and Megalithic builders, all had access to a universal system of advanced knowledge. He asserts that this knowledge was not confined to one specific culture, but instead was a shared inheritance passed down through generations.

This idea points to an origin story for human society and culture that predates known history, stretching far back into the remote mists of what we mistakenly refer to as “prehistory.” When researchers are willing to evaluate the evidence without prejudice or fear of being sanctioned by the academic gatekeepers, Carlson argues, the amazing truth about our past becomes obvious.

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Mythical History and the Atlantis Connection

Randall Carlson links his ideas to Plato’s account of Atlantis, a story relayed by Solon, an Athenian statesman who traveled to Egypt around 600 BC. According to Solon, Egyptian priests spoke of an advanced civilization, Atlantis, which existed 9,000 years before his time and met its demise in a catastrophic event.

Moving back 9,000 years from Solon’s era, the suggested timeline places Atlantis’s destruction at approximately 11,600 years ago—a time Carlson believes is profoundly significant.

As Carlson points out, this date aligns with findings from geology and climatology that mark the end of the Younger Dryas, a period characterized by sudden cooling followed by rapid warming. Carlson argues that this connection is not coincidental; rather, it serves as evidence that Plato’s Atlantis may have been a real civilization that was lost in a major cataclysm.

Map of the Younger Dryas and its impact on climate in Europe and the surrounding region.

(Offthemapz/CC BY-SA 4.0).

From Carlson’s perspective, Plato’s story of Atlantis plus the geological evidence indicate a shared ancient knowledge that civilizations may have inherited from this glorious but lost era. And his analysis of the legend of Atlantis sets the template for his larger analysis of the planet’s history as a whole, which has included many catastrophic events that had a profound impact on the people living on earth at those times.

Catastrophes and the Disappearance of Historical Records

Carlson’s theory addresses a fundamental question: if anatomically modern humans have existed for at least 150,000 years, why do we lack a continuous historical record of their civilizations? He attributes this absence to repeated catastrophic events that effectively erased entire societies and their accumulated knowledge, leaving virtually nothing behind for archaeologists to find (except perhaps on the ocean floor, where ancient flooding would have left ruins and artifacts hidden but preserved under the earth’s seas).

According to Carlson, modern human skeletons dating back 150,000 to 180,000 years confirm that people of equivalent intelligence to contemporary humans lived through these vast time spans. The lack of surviving records, he states, is due to the overwhelming scale of the destruction caused by these cataclysms. He has identified at least 16 significant catastrophes that have taken place over the last 150,000 years—events powerful enough to dismantle civilizations entirely. He warns that if such disasters were to occur today, modern industrial society would be equally vulnerable to obliteration, potentially leaving behind only minimal traces of its existence for future generations to find.

Cosmic Cycles and the Great Year

Carlson ties these catastrophic events to cosmic cycles, particularly the concept of the Great Year—a 25,920-year cycle corresponding to the Earth’s axial precession. He believes that ancient cultures, including those that built the pyramids and megalithic structures, understood these cycles and encoded their knowledge into their architectural and mythological traditions.

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He further suggests that certain disasters, such as the onset of the Younger Dryas around 12,900 years ago, are connected to these cosmic cycles. He theorizes that the Earth’s movement through space influences the periodic arrival of cosmic materials, such as asteroids and comets, into the inner solar system. This process, he posits, follows a predictable rhythm, much like the precessional cycles observed in ancient traditions. Carlson contends that early civilizations recognized these patterns and attempted to warn future generations by preserving this knowledge in their myths, sacred geometries, and monumental structures.

Exposed ice sheet in the Garwood Valley of Antarctica, the type of thick sheet that would have covered huge sections of the planet following the onset of an ice age.

(James O’Connor, USGS/Public Domain).

The Scarcity of Physical Evidence

One of the main challenges in proving the existence of these lost civilizations is the lack of surviving physical evidence. Carlson attributes this scarcity to the sheer magnitude of past disasters, which would hae been truly epic. If modern civilization were to face an event of similar proportions, he theorizes, much of its technological and historical record would be wiped out, leaving only scattered remnants that would be extremely difficult to find.

He illustrates this concept by pointing to modern disasters such as Hurricane Katrina and the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. These events, though localized, caused immense destruction. Carlson extrapolates from these examples, asking what would happen if a disaster were 100 times, a 100 times, or even a 1,000 times more severe. He concludes that such large-scale catastrophes could erase nearly all traces of our civilization, burying it or sweeping it out to sea—just as he believes happened in the past, probably many times.

While discovering the remains of these ancient civilizations presents an immense challenge, Carlson is hopeful that modern tools like Google Earth will help researchers identify patterns of destruction and remnants of ancient landscapes that might otherwise go unnoticed. These tools, he argues, provide an opportunity to piece together the effects of these ancient upheavals and uncover evidence of lost worlds.

Significant Catastrophic Events in Human History

Carlson identifies several major events that he believes would have inevitably wiped out ancient human civilizations. Some of the most impactful include:

• Toba Supereruption (~72,000 BP): A massive volcanic eruption in Sumatra that likely triggered a volcanic winter, reducing human populations to critically low numbers.

• Heinrich Events (Various Dates): Iceberg discharges into the North Atlantic, disrupting ocean currents and triggering abrupt climate changes, occurring around 65,000, 52,000, 39,000, and 23,000 years ago.

• Younger Dryas Climate Catastrophe (~12,900 to 11,700 BP): A period of severe cooling, possibly linked to a cosmic impact, which coincides with the proposed timeline for Atlantis’s destruction.

• Late Wisconsin Ice Age (~26,000 BP): The peak of the last Ice Age, affecting global climate and human migration patterns.

• End of the Wisconsin Ice Age (~10,000 BP): Marking the transition from hunter-gatherer societies to the rise of early agricultural civilizations.

• Burckle Crater Event (~4,320 BP): A proposed meteor impact in the Indian Ocean, potentially connected to flood myths from various cultures.

• Australian Megafauna Extinctions (~40,000 BP to ~26,000 BP): A mass extinction event possibly caused by a combination of human activity and climatic changes.

• Greenland Blitz (~104,000 BP): A proposed climatic event that Carlson links to significant environmental shifts in the region.

• Salien Climate Shift (~144,000 BP): A large-scale climate change event that he believes influenced early human development.

• Osis Events (~52,000 BP and ~8,400 BP): Speculative catastrophic events that may have played a role in shaping early civilizations