Ontdek de Fascinerende Wereld van UFO's en UAP's: Jouw Bron voor Onthullende Informatie!
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België: Het Kloppend Hart van UFO-onderzoek
In België is BUFON (Belgisch UFO-Netwerk) dé autoriteit op het gebied van UFO-onderzoek. Voor betrouwbare en objectieve informatie over deze intrigerende fenomenen, bezoek je zeker onze Facebook-pagina en deze blog. Maar dat is nog niet alles! Ontdek ook het Belgisch UFO-meldpunt en Caelestia, twee organisaties die diepgaand onderzoek verrichten, al zijn ze soms kritisch of sceptisch.
Nederland: Een Schat aan Informatie
Voor onze Nederlandse buren is er de schitterende website www.ufowijzer.nl, beheerd door Paul Harmans. Deze site biedt een schat aan informatie en artikelen die je niet wilt missen!
Internationaal: MUFON - De Wereldwijde Autoriteit
Neem ook een kijkje bij MUFON (Mutual UFO Network Inc.), een gerenommeerde Amerikaanse UFO-vereniging met afdelingen in de VS en wereldwijd. MUFON is toegewijd aan de wetenschappelijke en analytische studie van het UFO-fenomeen, en hun maandelijkse tijdschrift, The MUFON UFO-Journal, is een must-read voor elke UFO-enthousiasteling. Bezoek hun website op www.mufon.com voor meer informatie.
Samenwerking en Toekomstvisie
Sinds 1 februari 2020 is Pieter niet alleen ex-president van BUFON, maar ook de voormalige nationale directeur van MUFON in Vlaanderen en Nederland. Dit creëert een sterke samenwerking met de Franse MUFON Reseau MUFON/EUROP, wat ons in staat stelt om nog meer waardevolle inzichten te delen.
Let op: Nepprofielen en Nieuwe Groeperingen
Pas op voor een nieuwe groepering die zich ook BUFON noemt, maar geen enkele connectie heeft met onze gevestigde organisatie. Hoewel zij de naam geregistreerd hebben, kunnen ze het rijke verleden en de expertise van onze groep niet evenaren. We wensen hen veel succes, maar we blijven de autoriteit in UFO-onderzoek!
Blijf Op De Hoogte!
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Heb je vragen of wil je meer weten? Aarzel dan niet om contact met ons op te nemen! Samen ontrafelen we het mysterie van de lucht en daarbuiten.
Former Police Officer Says Triangle UFO Cannot Be Explained
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A strange triangle craft left a police officer turned UFO investigator baffled. Fletcher Gray, who is now busy spearheading the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) – Houston branch, could not discount the idea that the UFO was alien in origin.
There has been an increase in sightings of triangle UFOs across the states.
MUFON-Houston receives around 80 alleged UFO sightings in a year, but according to Mr. Gray, most can be explained.
However, in 2015, he investigated a triangle UFO sighting in Dayton Hill that he could not talk away. He additionally felt it could have been extraterrestrial.
He explained that the Universe is so vast, making the idea of life to exist somewhere other than Earth possible.
Mr. Gray said that the witness had told him the triangular UFO in question was spotted over the Highway 1960 near Dayton, Houston.
The witness reportedly said the UFO, which defied gravity, hovered before it disappeared.
Mr. Gray stated that based on his 27 years of experience, he knew right then that the witness was not lying.
Mr. Gray explained that the UFO could have been seeking out and learning planet Earth.
The U.S.-based MUFON receives hundreds of similar reports each year around the globe, with numbers appearing on the rise.
The most famous UFO sighting of the same triangular shape happened on March 13, 1997, over Arizona.
Triangle UFO filmed over Clinton, Oklahoma – March 2017
Here’s one interesting footage of a triangular-shaped craft that was flying in the sky above US state Oklahoma. This was filmed earlier in March 2017.
Witness report:
I was going home from OKC with my family, when I spotted this. It had been hovering for about a few seconds (from when I seen it), til I started recording. There’s an airbase near by, but it wasn’t for a few miles, and there’s no landing strip in that area.
The images of Saturn's moon, Pan, were taken on March 7.
(CNN)NASA on Thursday released pictures of Pan, one of Saturn's many moons, and its distinctive shape is drawing comparisons to flying saucers and stuffed pasta.
The images of the moon come courtesy of NASA's Cassini spacecraft, and reveal the UFO-like form of the tiny satellite, which has an average radius of just 8.8 miles.
Cassini's Twitter account tweeted a gif showing the raw images.
Twitter users quickly chimed in. "Should or could be called Wonton or Ravioli but that's amazing!!!" one wrote. "Sign me up! Ravioli is one of my favorite foods," said another.
One artist even took the time to make a little comic.
According to NASA's website, Pan's strange shape comes from what is called an equatorial ridge, a characteristic it shares with one of its sister moons, Atlas.
The ridge has formed over the course of Pan's history because it orbits Saturn inside the planet's rings, collecting stray particles as it goes, said Preston Dyches, a spokesman for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
Pan is Saturn's closest moon, and orbits the planet in just 13.8 hours.
Earlier this year, Cassini sent back images of Tethys, another Saturn moon that has a striking resemblance to the Death Star from "Star Wars."
Cassini is a joint effort between NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian space agency, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana. It was originally launched in June 2008 on a mission to explore the Saturn System.
Photos:Saturn
In September, Cassini's mission will come to an end when it hurtles towards Saturn's surface for what NASA is calling the "Grand Finale." On its way down, the spacecraft will collect information and data such as the strength of Saturn's gravity as well as more pictures of the planet's rings.
But for now, it will continue to beam back stunning images of Saturn and space ravioli.
Zo nu en dan spotten astronomen snelle radioflitsen (zogenoemde Fast Radio Bursts, FRB’s), waarvan de oorsprong tot op heden onbekend is. Deze pulsen hebben een lengte van een paar milliseconden en worden niet herhaald. Onderzoekers beweren in een nieuw paper dat deze flitsen een aanwijzing kunnen zijn waar aliens zich bevinden.
Deze snelle radioflitsen zouden wel eens gegenereerd kunnen worden door radiozenders, die interstellaire ruimteschepen van geavanceerde buitenaardse beschavingen voortstuwen.
“Deze snelle radioflitsen zijn – gezien hun korte duur – opvallend helder”, zegt wetenschapper Avi Loeb van het Harvard-Smithsonian Centrum voor Astrofysica. “We weten nog niet met zekerheid wat de bron is van deze flitsen. Daarom moeten we rekening houden met alternatieve scenario’s.” Loeb sluit aliens dus niet uit.
ANDERE THEORIEËN
Hoe de radioflitsen precies ontstaan, blijft giswerk. Er zijn verschillende theorieën. Wellicht zijn ze afkomstig van het ineengestorte overblijfsel van een zware ster. Een andere optie is dat ze gegenereerd worden in de nabijheid van een zwart gat dat gas uit zijn omgeving opslokt. Meer onderzoek zal uit moeten wijzen hoe de FRB’s precies ontstaan.
Epidemie van leven Loeb verdiept zich al een tijd in de verspreiding van leven in het heelal. “Leven kan zich verspreiden van de ene ster naar de andere, zoals een epidemie zich verspreidt,” vertelde Loeb in 2015 naar aanleiding van een onderzoek. “De Melkweg zou in dat geval geïnfecteerd worden met leven.”
Gigantisch apparaat In een paper dat binnenkort in het wetenschappelijke vakblad Astrophysical Journal Letters verschijnt filosoferen Loeb en zijn collega Manasvi Lingam (Harvard universiteit) over het apparaat dat een FRB kan produceren. Ze beweren dat als een grote radiozender wordt aangedreven door zonlicht – en dit zonlicht op een oppervlak dat twee keer zo groot is als de aarde valt – dat er dan voldoende energie gegenereerd wordt om een FRB te produceren. Wel moet de radiozender dan wel gekoeld worden door een apparaat dat ook twee keer zo groot is als de aarde.
De mensheid is technisch gezien nog niet ver genoeg ontwikkeld om zo’n radiozender te bouwen, maar geavanceerde buitenaardse beschavingen mogelijk wel.
“HET IS DE MOEITE WAARD OM THEORIEËN TE BEDENKEN EN VERVOLGENS OP BASIS VAN DATA TE ONDERZOEKEN WELKE THEORIE HET MEEST PLAUSIBEL IS”
Voortstuwende straal Het nut hiervan? Wanneer een radiozender zo’n straal produceert, kan deze straal gebruikt worden om interstellaire ruimteschepen vooruit de duwen. De straal moet dan wel continu gericht zijn op zo’n ruimteschip, maar dan is het mogelijk om in dit ruimtevaartuig naar andere sterren of andere sterrenstelsels te reizen. Zo’n ruimteschip kan twintig keer zo zwaar zijn als het grootste cruiseschip op aarde.
Korte flits De straal is waarschijnlijk 24/7 actief, maar op aarde zien we maar een korte tijd een flits. Dit komt omdat het ruimtezeil, de planeet, de ster en het sterrenstelsel in beweging zijn ten opzichte van onze planeet. De straal is dus maar heel kort op ons gericht en schijnt dan weer in een andere richting, waardoor wij niks meer zien. Het kan zijn dat de straal op een later tijdstip weer te zien is, wat een sterke aanwijzing is dat deze theorie klopt.
Speculatief Loeb geeft toe dat het een beetje speculatief is, maar beweert dat het goed is om nieuwe ideeën te opperen. “Wetenschap draait om bewijzen. Het is de moeite waard om theorieën te bedenken en vervolgens op basis van data te onderzoeken welke theorie het meest plausibel is.”
Het kleine maantje Pan heeft wel iets weg van een vliegende schotel uit oude sciencefictionfilms. Pan is slechts 28 kilometer groot, maar slaagt er toch mooi in om een gat in de ringen van Saturnus te maken.
De foto bovenaan dit artikel is op een afstand van 24.572 kilometer van Pan gemaakt door de Cassini-ruimtesonde. Niet eerder is het maantje zo goed in beeld gebracht. Links en rechts zijn de ringen van Saturnus te zien.
De meeste herdermanen hebben een flinke richel. Manen als Pan en Atlas houden de randen van de ringen ‘scherp’ door deeltjes op te vegen of terug in de ring te dwingen.
Pan wordt gezien als een van de meest bijzondere manen in ons zonnestelsel. In deze lijst zien we ook andere exotische objecten, zoals de maan Miranda van Uranus. Deze maan is slechts 500 kilometer breed, maar heeft gigantische valleien die twaalf keer dieper zijn dan de Grand Canyon. Mimas van Saturnus lijkt op de Death Star uit Star Wars, terwijl Io (Jupiter) iets weg heeft van pizza.
De Cassini-ruimtesonde nadert zijn einde en plonst in september in de atmosfeer van Saturnus. Volgende maand begint de laatste fase. Dankzij een scheervlucht langs de grote maan Titan wordt de baan van de ruimtesonde afgebogen, waarna het ruimtevaartuig door het gat tussen Saturnus en de ringen vliegt. Deze ruimte is slechts 2.400 kilometer breed. In totaal voert Cassini deze manoeuvre 22 keer uit. Spannend! Ongetwijfeld levert dit schitterende foto’s op.
Private space exploration company Blue Origin has revealed the first of six engines that will power its forthcoming New Glenn rocket.
Between the efforts of private companies and those of government organizations, humanity is in the midst of an exciting new era in space flight.
AN ENGINE 6 YEARS IN THE MAKING
SpaceX’s well-known competitor in the private space industry, Blue Origin, is making strides in its effort to have private citizens breach the final frontier. While SpaceX prepares for its 2018 lunar mission, Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos is confident his company will be able to send two astronauts to space by the end of 2017, with commercial flights following in 2018. He certainly does have a few good reasons for this confidence. In fact, soon, he’ll have six.
After six long years of development, Blue Origin has finally unveiled one of its BE-4 rocket engines. The engine is expected to be used with five others just like it in structure and function to power the upcoming New Glenn rocket. Blue Origin has plans for two versions of these rockets, a 2-stage version and a 3-stage version. The New Glenn is expected to be 7 meters (23 feet) in diameter and range in length from 82 meters (270 feet) to 95 meters (313 feet).
A NEW FLIGHT PLAN
So where do the BE-4 engines come in? The first and second stages of the rocket will have boosters made up of the BE-4 engines, while the third stage will incorporate an older BE-3 engine.
The New Glenn is similar to its predecessor, the New Shepard, in that it will be a reusable space vehicle with a first stage that can return to the launch site standing upright after each flight. This style of rocket will save companies a huge sum of money on flights. A distinction between the New Glenn and the New Shepard is that the former will be equipped with enough power to carry heavy cargo payloads and astronauts into orbit around the Earth.
While the New Glenn has yet to be made, Blue Origin expects that it will be used to transport goods and people in space by the end of the decade. In the meantime, the BE-4 engine will undergo certification at Blue Origin’s West Texas-based site.
Between the initiatives of private companies like Blue Origin and SpaceX and the missions of governments like the U.S. and China, humanity is launching into a new era of space flight. The BE-4 engines are one more step forward on that epic journey.
Blue Origin’s future New Glenn rocket, compared to other industry vehicles.
The origin of fast radio bursts sweeping across outer space have puzzled scientists for years, but some scientists are examining the possibility that these millisecond-long radio emission flashes come from advanced alien technology in extragalactic civilizations. FRBs have traits that match up with artificial radio waves, and that might not be a coincidence.
In the paper published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Harvard researchers describe what a transmission device that emits FRBs may look like. Since 2007, fewer than two dozen FRB’s have been detected by large radio telescopes like the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.
Theorist Avi Loeb of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics is working on the Breakthrough Starshot project, which would send a lightweight spacecraft powered by light. This inspired him to study whether an alien civilization may use similar technologies that transmit FRBs by launching a light sail at the speed of light.
“We are trying to push a very lightweight spacecraft that weighs a gram or so,” Loeb tells Inverse. “A much more advanced civilization might very well develop a technology that can launch much heavier payloads. It’s the same principle. You attach the payload to the sail and you push the sail with light.”
The FRB parameters were consistent with this idea, lending credence to the possibility that FRBs may be artificial in origin.
“Naturally, we were very surprised and excited to discover that an artificial origin for FRBs was compatible with the known data,” coauthor Manasvi Lingam of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics tells Inverse.
Researchers speculate that FRBs might be leakage from planet-sized transmitters that power interstellar probes. This beamer must be of a size comparable to Earth, and the required power is the amount of sunlight a planet twice the size of Earth receives. This can generate enough power to push 20 large cruise ships.
From an engineering perspective, it’s possible for this device to withstand the heat with a water-cooled device twice the size of Earth. The speculated transmission device would need to focus a beam on a light sail continuously to power it.
“We found that the amount of power that you need is similar to the amount of sunlight intercepted by Earth,” Loeb says. “If you can imagine harvesting the starlight and using it for the purpose of propelling a light sail, it could work.”
Scientists suspect FRBs are artificial partly because of their brightness. The signals exhibit a brightness temperature of 10^37 degrees. To achieve such a high brightness at room temperature, electrons must move coherently, which is what happens in a radio antenna when an alternating electric field is applied to a wire.
No known object in space generates radio bursts at such high brightness. In addition, FRBs repeat in an irregular fashion and are concentrated around a particular radio frequency that’s different from natural sources in space. For example, pulsars operate based on coherent emission, but their emission is much weaker than FRBs.
“It cannot be associated with a cataclysmic event like the collapse of a star,” Loeb says. “Therefore it’s worth entertaining the possibility that it’s artificial.”
This research may lead to a more in-depth SETI-based study of the sources of FRBs through the Breakthrough Listen project. Right now there’s no good explanation for the origin of FRBs, but scientists can continue finding more clues. Previously, Loeb proposed a way for citizen scientists to detect FRBs using cell phones, which can give scientists clues for where they come from.
“We plan to look at other ways by which the signatures of advanced civilizations may be detectable by humans,” Lingam says. “Most of them are connected to how civilizations can tap energy sources for undertaking large-scale engineering projects.”
Although this hypothesis for the origin of FRBs is speculative, Loeb says he would have no problem accepting an alternative explanation if evidence shows otherwise.
“The exciting aspect of doing science is that one rules out possibilities with better data,” Loeb says. “The history of science shows that it would be unwise to rule out possibilities just based on prejudice. This often leads to stagnation rather than progress.”
Abstract: We examine the possibility that Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) originate from the activity of extragalactic civilizations. Our analysis shows that beams used for powering large light sails could yield parameters that are consistent with FRBs. The characteristic diameter of the beam emitter is estimated through a combination of energetic and engineering constraints, and both approaches intriguingly yield a similar result which is on the scale of a large rocky planet. Moreover, the optimal frequency for powering the light sail is shown to be similar to the detected FRB frequencies. These `coincidences’ lend some credence to the possibility that FRBs might be artificial in origin. Other relevant quantities, such as the characteristic mass of the light sail, and the angular velocity of the beam, are also derived. By using the FRB occurrence rate, we infer upper bounds on the rate of FRBs from extragalactic civilizations in a typical galaxy. The possibility of detecting fainter signals is briefly discussed, and the wait time for an exceptionally bright FRB event in the Milky Way is estimated.
Strange occurrences in Roswell, NM, June 1947 may have set into motion events which would shape the future of humanity, in ways unbeknownst to many. Reports of crashed alien vessels were quickly swept aside, which spurred the imaginations of seekers everywhere vying to know what really happened. But it was the insiders, who eventually came forward, who gave us a glimpse into the shadowy side of the U.S. Government and collaborating corporations. In this special introductory overview episode of Truth Hunter, Linda Moulton Howe exposes deeper details of UFO crashes in the 1940s, the technologies which were recovered and the resultant government policies which instituted programs of secrecy and denial.
UFOs were reported flying near the McGuire Air Force Base and nearby Fort Dix Base in Trenton, New Jersey, before state Police requested entry to investigate.
But the events which allegedly then unfolded go way beyond the traditional UFO sighting.
It is claimed a military police officer based at Fort Dix reported seeing "a low-flying object pass over his car" as he drove.
After braking, he claimed to see in front of his car "a small being with a large head, black eyes, and a very slender body".
He claims he panicked, got out of the car and pulled out a .45 automatic gun, before demanding the being lay on the floor.
But, after his request was ignored, he fired a number of shots.
The wounded creature is alleged to have jumped a fence into the McGuire base before heading down a runway.
But, according to the case, it then collapsed dead.
Sgt Jeff Morse is listed as a witness who allowed police access to the scene.
But it is alleged that this was a pseudonym he was given to avoid his true identity getting out.
According to omni.media, police found: "The body, crouched in a fetal position, not breathing.
"It was indeed dead. Shocked, but keeping with protocol, they began to rope off the area.
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The case of the alleged alien shooting has never been fully explained or debunked.
While on patrol, Morse watched the Blue Beret specialists spray the corpse from a portable tank and cover it with a white sheet.
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He said he was told that after this, a C-141 cargo aircraft landed on site, the being was loaded on board, and it has been suspected that it took off towards Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.
Conspiracy theorists claim this is the same base where alien bodies from the alleged 1947 Roswell UFO crash were secretly taken.
The claim is that Mr Morse and the police officer were separated and warned never to speak of the incident again or risk losing their jobs.
According to UFO researchers Mr Morse and other witnesses had to later go to Wright Patterson where they were interrogated.
Mr Morse said years later: “They told me about my duty to keep my mouth shut... I signed a form and it is supposed to bind me for life.”
He is said to have claimed he has been "reminded" never to speak of the event.
UFO site omni.media has revisited the case.
In an article it asked: "So did a panicked, trigger-happy MP actually shoot and kill an alien that night?
"The truth may never be known. The lid on this and so many other apparent incidents of this ilk have been so tightly wound shut, that those involved fear the worst for their jobs, and perhaps even their lives.
"But if this case of an alien termination is true, then we have more to fear than just military threats.
"We have an alien race expecting one of their own to eventually come home. They just probably weren't expecting it to be in a body bag."
Nigel Watson, author of the UFO Investigations Manual has his doubts about the case.
He told Express.co.uk: "There are numerous stories of alien spaceship and alien entity retrievals, like this one it is hard to pin down the facts.
"In this instance, Jeff Morse is the prime source of this story and there is not much evidence to back-up his claims except a few rumours.
"When Roger Pibson, a special investigator for the National Institute for Discovery Science (NIDS), looked into the case in 2002 he contacted numerous McGuire AFB officials who denied any event of this nature occurring at the base.
"Believers would say 'they would say that' as part of the cover-up. More damning is the original report by Morse, which is claimed to contain many errors suggesting it was a hoax, nonetheless Morse stuck to his story and seemed convincing to those who met him.
"We might also wonder why the base did not go into full alert, in fear that the ETs would mount an attack in response to the shooting of their comrade.
"Instead, the story just sounds like a fantasy that piggy backed on the renewed interest in the 1947 Roswell case."
The search for extraterrestrial intelligence has looked for many different signs of alien life, from radio broadcasts to laser flashes, without success. However, newly published research suggests that mysterious phenomena called fast radio bursts could be evidence of advanced alien technology. Specifically, these bursts might be leakage from planet-sized transmitters powering interstellar probes in distant galaxies.
"Fast radio bursts are exceedingly bright given their short duration and origin at great distances, and we haven't identified a possible natural source with any confidence," said theorist Avi Loeb of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. "An artificial origin is worth contemplating and checking."
As the name implies, fast radio bursts are millisecond-long flashes of radio emission. First discovered in 2007, fewer than two dozen have been detected by gigantic radio telescopes like the Parkes Observatory in Australia or the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. They are inferred to originate from distant galaxies, billions of light-years away.
Loeb and his co-author Manasvi Lingam (Harvard University) examined the feasibility of creating a radio transmitter strong enough for it to be detectable across such immense distances. They found that, if the transmitter were solar powered, the sunlight falling on an area of a planet twice the size of the Earth would be enough to generate the needed energy. Such a vast construction project is well beyond our technology, but within the realm of possibility according to the laws of physics.
Lingam and Loeb also considered whether such a transmitter would be viable from an engineering perspective, or whether the tremendous energies involved would melt any underlying structure. Again, they found that a water-cooled device twice the size of Earth could withstand the heat.
They then asked, why build such an instrument in the first place? They argue that the most plausible use of such power is driving interstellar light sails. The amount of power involved would be sufficient to push a payload of a million tons, or about 20 times the largest cruise ships on Earth.
"That's big enough to carry living passengers across interstellar or even intergalactic distances," added Lingam.
To power a light sail, the transmitter would need to focus a beam on it continuously. Observers on Earth would see a brief flash because the sail and its host planet, star and galaxy are all moving relative to us. As a result, the beam sweeps across the sky and only points in our direction for a moment. Repeated appearances of the beam, which were observed but cannot be explained by cataclysmic astrophysical events, might provide important clues about its artificial origin.
Loeb admits that this work is speculative. When asked whether he really believes that any fast radio bursts are due to aliens, he replied, "Science isn't a matter of belief, it's a matter of evidence. Deciding what’s likely ahead of time limits the possibilities. It's worth putting ideas out there and letting the data be the judge.”
The paper reporting this work has been accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal Letters and is available online.
Headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) is a joint collaboration between the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the Harvard College Observatory. CfA scientists, organized into six research divisions, study the origin, evolution and ultimate fate of the universe.
For more information, contact:
Megan Watzke Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics +1 617-496-7998 mwatzke@cfa.harvard.edu
Peter Edmonds Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics +1 617-571-7279 pedmonds@cfa.harvard.edu
Harvard-studie: “Snelle radioflitsen drijven mogelijk buitenaardse ruimteschepen aan”
Snelle radioflitsen stellen astronomen al lange tijd voor een raadsel. Afgelopen jaar werden 16 van deze flitsen waargenomen, maar niemand weet waar ze precies vandaan komen.
Een wetenschapper van het Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics denkt dat de radioflitsen worden voortgebracht door een buitenaardse intelligentie.
Theoretisch natuurkundige Avi Loeb bestudeerde de radioflitsen en kwam tot de conclusie dat ze mogelijk motoren van buitenaardse ruimteschepen aandrijven.
Geen overtuigende verklaring
“We hebben nog geen overtuigende natuurlijke verklaring voor dit fenomeen,” aldus Loeb. “Het is de moeite waard te onderzoeken of ze een kunstmatige oorsprong hebben.”
De radiosignalen worden mogelijk door aliens gebruikt voor zonnezeilen, ruimtevaartuigen die worden aangedreven door zonne-energie.
“De uitbarstingen die we tot nu toe hebben waargenomen, zouden van een dergelijk systeem afkomstig kunnen zijn,” stelt Loeb in Astrophysical Journal Letters.
Hele planeet
Zo’n systeem zou net zo groot als een hele planeet moeten zijn, schatten Loeb en zijn collega Manasvi Lingam van de Harvard-universiteit.
Het systeem kan volgens hen een massa van een miljoen ton voortstuwen, ongeveer 20 keer de grootste cruiseschepen op aarde.
“Dat is genoeg om levende passagiers te verplaatsen over interstellaire of zelfs intergalactische afstanden,” voegde Lingam toe.
Verre sterrenstelsels
Snelle radioflitsen bestaan uit radiostraling en duren slechts enkele milliseconden. Ze werden in 2007 voor het eerst ontdekt.
Ze lijken uit verre sterrenstelsels te komen die zich op miljarden lichtjaren afstand bevinden.
Wetenschappers zeggen dat deze kristallen op een dag kunnen worden gebruikt voor veilige kwantumcomputers.
Tijd
Hoewel atomen in kristallen zoals een ijskristal of diamant in een steeds terugkerend patroon in de ruimte geordend zijn, herhaalt het patroon achter tijdkristallen zich in de tijd.
Het gedrag van de kristallen druist in tegen de verwachtingen, aldus onderzoekers van de Universiteit van Maryland en de Universiteit van Californië – Berkeley.
De onderzoekersresultaten zijn gepubliceerd in het wetenschappelijke tijdschrift Nature.
Voortdurend
De vreemde tijdkristallen bestaan uit atomen die voortdurend in beweging zijn zonder daarbij energie te verliezen.
Natuurkundige Frank Wilczek speculeerde in 2012 als eerste over het bestaan van tijdkristallen. Hij dacht dat het mogelijk moest zijn om een kristalstructuur te creëren in de tijddimensie.
Niets
Veel wetenschappers waren hier sceptisch over. Een tijdkristal waarvan de atomen eeuwig in beweging zijn, zonder extra benodigde energie, staat gelijk aan een perpetuum mobile, stelden ze.
Een perpetuum mobile is een denkbeeldig apparaat dat in staat wordt geacht energie uit het niets op te wekken.
Nu blijken tijdkristallen dan toch te kunnen bestaan.
Dark Knight Satellite Found On Space Station Live Camera, March 2017, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: March 2017
Location of sighting: Space Station live cam
This UFO was caught by Streetcap1 of Youtube yesterday. Its very dark and has a lot of detail to it. Its darkness and shape makes it a possibility that this may be a Dark Knight satellite. Dark Knight is an ancient astronaut satellite system placed in Earths orbit thousands of years ago to safeguard their (aliens) planet claim. Claim by whom? Probably the alien species on Planet X, also known as Nibiru. A mysterious planet that NASA says does exist, but has a 10k-15k year orbit around Earth.
This Day In UFO History, March 10, 1993, The Maslin Beach Incident, Australia, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: March 10, 1993 Location of sighting: Maslin Beach, Australia Here is a historic sighting from 1993, and in it something unusual happens, he doesn't talk about it until after the photos were made. This is not unusual because UFOs have mind manipulation devices that cause the eyewitness to feel calm during the event and also to not be concerned enough after the event to talk about it for at least several days. Scott C. Waring
The 1993 Maslin Beach photograph case At the point when Eric Thomason in Maslin Beach, Australia, watched out over the sea, he saw - to his extraordinary amazement - a UFO ascended from the waves and began flying towards him. At the point when the object came closer, Eric took out his camera and began taking photos. - "I could feel water dribbling from the craft", he tells UFO-Aktuellt. By Clas Svahn Interpretation by Stefan Isaksson The photos are very hair-raising, and there are truly only two options: either Eric Thomason's photos are the most amazing up until now, or it's only a basic trick. Eric Thomason, 69, is a senior national living in Maslin Beach in southern Australia. Not a long way from his home is an old deserted mine, Maslin Old Quarry, where he now and again takes his puppy for a walk. In March 1993, Eric chose to attempt to report the old mine utilizing his child's camera, a Kodak S50 with a Fuji 100 ASA-film. Regardless of having never claimed his very own camera and having for all intents and purposes no encountering shooting, Eric set off with a specific end goal to attempt to catch the excellent shades of the open-give mine from a role as many edges as could be expected under the circumstances. Furthermore, s photograph challenge in the magazine "Southern Times-Messenger" about the best picture of a dawn over land additionally helped him in his choice. He thought he would have the capacity to catch the dawn on film from Ochre Point, a precipice 60 meters high from where hang-lightweight flyers used to take off - yet the sun was taken cover behind a thick layer of mists. The Sun was Hidden Wednesday, March 10, didn't give off an impression of being vastly improved. It was a cool morning, just 14 degrees Celsius, and a resolved twist originated from the west. From the highest point of the green precipice, Eric was compelled to acknowledge that there would not have been a dawn that morning either. An industrious layer of mists shut out the sun, and the time was 06:00 AM when Eric rather swung to confront the sea toward the west. - "It was then that I saw a development at first glance on the water, and something resembling the tower on a nuclear submarine rose, Eric tells UFO-Sweden. At the point when the question ascended from the water I could perceive how three legs were calling attention to from the body. I was likewise ready to perceive how it was turning, and how the three legs were pulled in." Prior to the legs being pulled in, Eric figured out how to take his first photo of the UFO, and he assesses the separated section to be around 400 meters away. It then occurred to him how uncovered his position was. Remaining on top of the Ochre Point with the sun directly behind him made him an easy target to spot for a the UFOs. - "I had known about individuals being taken by UFOs, so I moved down a slant adjacent area. From that point I could perceive how the light-dark question came flying to some degree south of me, and stopped over the mine. At that exact second I spotted yet another object, north of the first. That is the point at which I snapped my second picture, yet since the light from the dawn was straight into my view- I moved a little to one side." While taking photos from his spot five meters underneath the highest point of the bluff, the smaller UFO moved towards the bigger one, stopped, and afterward proceeded upwards, into the bigger craft. - "I could see three lights on the outside of the bigger question and how it shone around the opening. Not long after I'd taken the fourth and last photo the bigger question climbed straight up and vanished over me. At the point when that happened, I could feel dilute dribbling from the specialty on me." In a report frame to the Australian UFO-bunch Australian Flying Saucer Research Society, Eric gauges the span of the question be 40 meters, and the separation (when he first observed it ascend from the sea) to be 2 kilometers. While conversing with him on the telephone, Eric discloses to me how it never got nearer to him than 400 meters. At the point when the occurrence was over, Eric returned home. Nonetheless, regardless of his astounding experience he chose to stay close-lipped regarding it, even to his better half. He initially needed to have the film created keeping in mind the end goal to see whether there in fact were any photos of it. Be that as it may, he was not in a rush. Before he turned in the film for improvement he made a point to go through the whole film. Also, not until May, 1994, when he had viewed a UFO appear on TV, did he present the photos. - "At first he didn't disclose to me anything since I wasn't feeling great at the time, and later he trusted that the photos wouldn't indicate anything", Mrs. Thomason says when UFO-Sweden converses with her. "In any case, after he had the film created he revealed them to me. I'm sure it's a spaceship. Eric is not the lying sort, and I trust him." Snappy Stroll Still, there are a few subtle elements in his story that merit contemplating. Eric Thomason set his wake up timer to 05:45 keeping in mind the end goal to get the dawn, which occurred around 06:00. Amid these 15 minutes, Mr. Thomason had sufficient energy to get up, put on a few layers of warm dress, bring his camera, get the puppy at the back of the house, stroll to Ochre Point (which as indicated by Mrs. Thomason takes 5 minutes), climb the 60 meters tall bluff, sit tight for the fizzled dawn, and after that stroll on to another site close by with a specific end goal to watch out over the sea. At 06:00 sharp he took his first photo of the protest. The brilliant blue sky on the main photo proposes the pictures were taken later in the day. In a letter, Eric portrays what happened when the photos came back from the photograph lab: "When the film had been created I saw yet another object on the main photo, which I hadn't seen amid the episode itself. A dark spot out there, somewhere between the question and the edge of the photo, which may have been a plane a few kilometers away, or a littler UFO on its approach to meet with the bigger one." Shoddy Camera As indicated by Eric, the negatives were broke down by Kodak in Adelaide, however he doesn't know anything about the outcomes. - The negatives were sent in by Mark Tarrot, a UFOlogist. He realizes what the outcomes were. The camera Eric utilized was a modest Kodak S50, obtained in a retail chain for 40 USD. The S50 utilizes ordinary 35 mm film, and has never been accessible on the Swedish market. Its concentration is set, and can't be changed. There are, all in all, no catches to push aside from the shade discharge. Cameras of this sort are constantly determined to boundlessness, and have an expansive profundity of field. What's more, here's the place a vulnerability gets to be distinctly clear. On the off chance that you take a gander at the primary photo the protest, which as far as anyone knows is 400 meters away, is in center while the skyline is fluffy. Indeed, both the protest and the skyline ought to be in core interest. That aside, the pictures concur with Eric's story, and amid our whole discussion he answers every one of my inquiries right, notwithstanding when I attempt to trap him. Mr. Thomason's photos have brought on a great deal of consideration around the world, and have even wound up in an American UFO chronological registry. - "There have been such a large number of individuals calling, that I'm presently beginning to become ill of it", Eric says while specifying how he is extremely basic to other UFO photos. "In any case, I've started searching for them in the nighttimes while out strolling the canine. I know there are UFOs from various planets in the universe. Yet, so far I've just observed shooting stars." At long last I ask Erik Thomason the most vital question of them all: Are the photos truly certified? Do they truly delineate the protest you said rose up out of the sea? - "Yes, completely, he says quickly and includes, OK?"
Over the last couple of centuries, many individuals have claimed to visit other planets through astral projection or through secret, possibly alien, technology. Since the 1970s, most alien stories have been about small gray men abducting humans but usually staying on Earth, which seems a pity. Here are 10 examples of people who claimed to explore other worlds.
10. The Denton Family
Hand Holding Gold Nugget
Nineteenth-century Englishman William Denton claimed that the power of psychometry (divining facts about an object or its owner through physical contact) allowed members of his family to visit the various planets of the solar system. His first psychometric experiments involved the use of geological samples to view images of the Earth’s distant past. His wife, Elizabeth, reportedly saw a vision of a giant prehistoric insect after touching a piece of quartz. His sister, Anne Cridge, envisioned an eruption into the sea after touching a fragment of volcanic lava. The family would later turn their psychometric powers to the heavens. Denton’s son, Sherman, reportedly visited Venus and described giant trees shaped like mushrooms filled with sweet jelly and a creature resembling a cross between a fish and a muskrat.
He visited Mars, peopled by a race with four fingers, yellow hair, and wide, blue eyes who flitted around in aluminum flying machines. Mrs. Cridge and Mrs. Denton also visited Mars and described their art, culture, and religion in detail. Jupiter, meanwhile, was also peopled by blue-eyed blondes, but these people could float in the air, and their women wore braids down to their waists.
9. Emanuel Swedenborg
The Swedish philosopher Emanuel Swedenborg believed the universe was filled with other planets inhabited by humans (though spiritual beings). He claimed to have been guided by God and an angel through spiritual tours of Heaven, Hell, and the cosmos. Through the Lord, he was able to commune with spirits, not just of this world but also of others. Swedenborg’s voyage through the solar system was a spiritual journey, but he came back armed with knowledge of our neighbors. Men of the Moon were described as dwarfs about the size of a seven-year-old boy, though stouter in stature and with thunderous voices. Mercurians resembled Earthlings and wore tight clothing. They were also hungry for knowledge, able to read memories from approaching individuals, and counted Aristotle as one of their population. The inhabitants of Venus were divided into two groups, one peaceful and gentle, the other fierce thieves.
Martians resembled humans of various hues without facial hair, lived in perfect communes (wrong thinkers being exiled), wore clothes made from tree bark, and were apparently the best people in the universe. The inhabitants of Jupiter were upright, soft-spoken, happy, and family-oriented people with an obsession with washing their faces and a tendency to walk on their hands. Finally, Saturnians were restrained, humble people with low self-esteem. They had little interest in food and clothing. Rather than burying their dead, they would cover them with leaves. Swedenborg never got around to visiting the other planets of the solar system through the angels, perhaps because they hadn’t been discovered yet by other Earthlings.
8. Howard Menger
UFO contactee and alleged reincarnated Saturnian Howard Menger claimed to have been taken on joyrides through the solar system on a flying saucer. His interaction with aliens began at the age of 10 when a mysterious woman in the forest told him he was chosen and destined for great things. He had intermittent contact during his service in the Pacific War, but after leaving the army he spent a lot of time helping visitors from Venus and Mars blend in with Earth clothing—the women apparently had trouble with high heels and rejected bras entirely. Later he would remember he was actually the reincarnated spirit of a Saturnian man named Sol du Naro, who occupied the body of a dead one-year-old named Howard Menger at the end of a wonderful relationship with a Venusian woman. He claims the beings and civilizations on Venus and Saturn vibrate at a higher frequency than those on Earth, rendering their bodies more tenuous and often invisible to us.
He described beautiful suburbs with redwood trees on Venus, unfamiliar animals, and people walking around in pastel clothing. He would also take a trip to the Moon after receiving a lunar potato containing over 15 percent protein from a contact in Philadelphia. The lunar trip would require a week and a half of atomic processing in order to exist on the Moon’s “expression of reality.” On arrival, Menger reported beautiful pearl-shaped aerodromes, women in gowns offering refreshments, floating trains, and a number of Russian, German, and Japanese tour groups. He even reported a huge, crashed, bullet-shaped vehicle, said to be the remains of an exploratory vessel from another world.
Back on Earth, later in life he recanted his story, blaming it all on aCIA mind experiment, only to re-recant back to his original story in the 1980s.
In 2014, an alleged whistleblower named Captain Kaye claimed he had spent 17 of his 20 years in the military on Mars, protecting five civilian colonies. He claims he was recruited into the Mars Defense Force (MDF) from a covert branch of the US Marine Corps called “Special Section,” although the MDF apparently recruits from a number of different military branches.
The main human colony on Mars is Aries Prime, built in the middle of a crater. Captain Kaye reports Mars has a breathable atmosphere and occasionally balmy climate. His mission was to defend the human colonies from the two indigenous races, a reptilian race and an insectoid race, aggressive in defense but not expansionist, usually content to leave the MDF and Mars Colony Corporation alone. Things took a turn toward the end of his service as all human military personnel were ordered to retrieve a sacred reptilian artifact from a cave. The ensuing battle killed almost 1,000 personnel and left only 27 survivors.
Captain Kaye said he hopes his testimony will bring to light thebreakaway human civilization on Mars, and he has been backed up by Michael Relfe, who also claims his 20 years of service included covert operations on the red planet. Laura Magdalene Eisenhower, who claims to be the great granddaughter of the President, also claimed attempts were made to recruit her for the Mars colony.
In 2015, Captain Kaye’s real name was revealed to be Randy Cramer, who gave further details such as the Moon landing being a cover for extensive operations on the Moon in the 1950s and Mars in the 1960s, and the US Marines “Special Section” being set up by President Eisenhower as a counterweight to Majestic-12.
In 1906, Utah’s Emery County Progress published an article about a recent trip to Mars by Sackville G. Leyson, president of Society for Psychical Research, via psychic projection. He described Mars as a big globe of molten fire surrounded by bloodred clouds mixed with others of greenish hue. He described two tribes of native Martians, both naked, covered in fur. The difference between them was that “one [was] so large I only came up to their knees and the other [was] so small that they only came up to my knees.” The larger species was described as possessing huge ears, a lion’s nose, a large eye in the middle of the forehead, and lungs that expanded crosswise rather than up and down. They lived in rock houses.
The smaller species was described as web-footed creatures able to slide across moss and scale walls, with eyes in their temples and two holes in their cheeks to make up for their lack of a nose. They lived in holes under the ground. He also reported rubber trees, a substance resembling snow that wasn’t cold and was soft to walk on, and “men working with some sort of machine which was guiding lights across transparent rocks. The rays seemed to be reflected clear to the atmosphere on earth.” Given the fact there isn’t much evidence Sackville G. Leyson actually existed, it’s most likely the entire account was fabricated by the Emery County Progress as a satire of astral projection and contemporary theories of life on other planets.
5. Ingo Swann And Harold Sherman
Remote viewers Ingo Swann and Harold Sherman allegedly undertook psychic journeys to Mercury and Jupiter, just ahead of the Pioneer 10 space probe. Mercury was allegedly filled with rainbows and had a thin atmosphere and a water-dwelling form of lichen-like lifeforms living on rocks. Jupiter was said to have a bitter cold atmosphere of swirling colors and tornados, as well as a 9,000-meter-high (30,000 ft) mountain range. Evaluations of the accuracy of the remote viewing were decidedly mixed. Doctors Russell Targ and Harold Puthoff thought Swann and Sherman’s reports compared favorably with data received from the Mariner 10 and Pioneer 10 research spacecraft.
Isaac Asimov, on the other hand, determined some 46 percent of the remote viewers’ observations were wrong, and only one out of every 65 observations made weren’t either immediately obvious or available in standard scientific textbooks. Swann would later theorize the astral viewing was simply so fast they actually ended up observing a gas giant in a different solar systemaltogether. Carl Sagan was even more damning, sarcastically calling the pair “two courageous American mystics” and their results “dreadful—sort of vague remembrances of sixth-grade general science.”
4. Dana Howard
Contactee Dana Howard wrote a number of books describing her experiences on Venus, including My Flight to Venus (1954), Diane: She Came From Venus (1956),Over the Threshold (1957), andVesta, the Earthborn Venusian (1959). She allegedly made first contact with a 250-centimeter-tall (8′) Venusian woman named Diane in 1936.
“Her head was radiant with a crown of fire, strands of golden hair cascading gently over her beautiful, slightly olive-tinted shoulders. The strange mystic light flooding her dark, prophetic eyes, added a wistful something to all her other charms . . . ‘Have no fears, Child of Earth,’ she intoned. ‘Let the doors of your mind be opened and we of the faraway planets will speak to you in poetry and song.’ “
Howard then entered a space ship made of translucent materials with gold trimming and gem studs. Then the mysterious woman disappeared, and Dana Howard was swept off on a trip to Venus.
She would later encounter the Venusian Diane again when she materialized at a seance in Los Angeles in 1955, telling Howard she would help her write about her experiences on Venus then dancing a kind of undulating waltz. In her works, written with Diane as muse no doubt, Howard detailed Venusian medicine as the manipulation of life essence, which resembled a spider’s web in white with a slight blue tint. She also wrote of their technology, teleportation achieved through vibration of matter through thought. Later, she would describe having married and raised children on the Second Planet.
3. George Adamski
In 1952, Polish immigrant George Adamski and some friends went into the Mojave Desert to look for UFOs. There they saw a gigantic, cigar-shaped craft and chased after it. The cigar craft rocketed into space, and Adamski was left alone when another, smaller craft appeared and a man appeared about 40 meters (130 ft) away, beckoning Adamski. He was a beautiful 160-centimeter-tall (5’3”) man with long, blonde hair and tanned skin, wearing a brown one-piece suit with a broad belt and red shoes. After shaking hands with Adamski, he opened telepathic contact and said his name was Orthon, he was from Venus, and he came to warn the Earth about the dangers of nuclear energy.
This was only Adamski’s first encounter. He would later claim to visit the Moon (where he reported “billions and billions of fireflies . . . flickering everywhere,” as well as cities, forests and snow-capped mountains) and Mars and Venus, where he enjoyed banquets with local inhabitants. He went there aboard bell-shaped flying saucers piloted by Nordic space brothers and took a number of photographs of the craft. His claims made him famous as the first well-known contactee, but some say his successful books about journeys through the solar system were merely a re-hash ofPioneers of Space, a science fiction book Adamski wrote through a ghost writer, and that much of his other evidence was faked.
2. Orfeo Angelucci
Believing mold to be a negative form of life leeching off living matter through a subtle process of mutation, Lockheed Corporation aviation employee Orfeo Angelucci decided to attempt an experiment in 1952, sending 18 samples ofAspergillus clavatusmold into the upper atmosphere to test structural changes in their growth. As fate would have it, the balloons broke away prematurely and the mold samples were lost, but by happy coincidence his mishap was noticed by a passing Neptunian spacecraft. His father-in-law first noticed the circular craft, which followed the balloons as they floated away.
Angelucci had a second encounter six weeks later when an oval object glowing red appeared in front of his car as he returned from work. It issued two balls of green fire which told him they were friends and to get out of his car. When he did, a man and woman of “ultimate perfection” appeared and told him he was of very special interest to the aliens surveying Earth. He would later encounter a dashing flying saucer pilot named Neptune who told him secrets of the universe and warned him of the dangers of Communism, and another handsome humanoid named Adam, who over steak dinner turned Angelucci’s glass of water into delicious space nectar by means of an effervescent white pellet.
After being brought to an alien world via flying saucer, Angelucci remembered having lived there before in a previous life on the world and that his original name was also Neptune. The world was apparently a remnant of the shattered planet Lucifer, once the most radiant planets in the universe, which had turned against the etheric beings of the “Father” or “Source.” He would also meet Jesus Christ, whom he revealed to be an infinite entity from the Sun, and witnessed the end of the world, which would happen in 1986 if humanity didn’t mend its ways. Good thing we got on that.
1. Rael
In 1973, French racing car journalist Claude Vorilhon reported a dramatic encounter with a humanoid alien named Yahweh at the Puy de Lassolas volcano park, who told him the secrets of the Elohim, the alien creators of the human race. Yahweh told him he was his real father, and bestowed him with the name Rael. In 1975, Rael claimed to have been taken to the planet of the Elohim (and the nearby planet of the Eternals, where humans live for 700 years before being cloned from a single cell taken prior to death) via flying saucer, stopping along the way for a massage and aromatherapy treatment at the outskirts of our solar system. Suitably refreshed, he arrived on the planet and met his half-brothers Jesus, Muhammad, and Buddha. While there, he was tempted by an Eloah named Satan, who told him Yahweh’s plan for enlightening the human race was doomed to failure and made a counter-offer of billions of dollars in a Swiss bank account if Rael would help carry out a plan of final cataclysm through worldwide racial war.
Rael demurred, saying that saving humanity was more important than riches and power, which was smart because it turned out the whole thing was a test by Yahweh to see if Rael was truly worthy. Rael was then shown the facilities making immortal biological robots, where they made a copy of Rael’s mother and a host of attractive young females before returning to Rael’s apartment for a party. Before returning him to Earth, Yahweh used a helmet-like machine to maximize Rael’s intellectual faculties—which probably had nothing to do with the fact he brought a clone robot of his mother to a sex party.
+ Truman Bethurum
Truman Bethurum almost doesn’t fit this list because he never did get to visit another planet, but he really could’ve been a contender. In 1952, the night shift maintenance mechanic finished work at 3:30 AM and drove out to a hillside called Mormon Mesa to look for seashells from the ancient sea that once covered the area. After a search, he fell asleep in his truck only to be awoken by “a mumbling, low talking in an unintelligible tongue.” His truck was surrounded by 8 to 10 short men, all olive-skinned, clean-shaven with black hair, appearing to be of Latin extraction. They were wearing leather jackets and what appeared to be Greyhound bus drivers’ uniforms.
Bethurum got out of his truck to greet them and immediately noticed the flying saucer hovering nearby. After shaking hands with the saucer crew and realizing they spoke English, Bethurum was taken aboard and introduced to their captain, the bewitching Aura Rhanes, who had a complexion of “a beautiful olive and roses,” wore a black beret over her short hair, and spoke to Bethurum in rhyming couplets. When he returned to his hotel, Bethurum wrote a note: “If I am found dead in my bed, it will be because my heart has stopped from the terrible excitement induced by seeing and going aboard a flying saucer!”
As it happened, Bethurum would be taken aboard the flying saucer another 11 times. He discovered that the visiters hailed from the planet Clarion, hidden on the far side of the Moon, and their saucer was made from the finest Martian steel. On their planet, there was no disease, divorce, war, or social unrest, and everyone lived to the age of 1,000. There was also no liquor or tobacco. He was told that mankind would never get into space until they ended strife and war.
Back on Earth, Bethurum would become popular on the UFO enthusiast circuit with speaking engagements and television interviews like NBC’s Betty White Show, eventually forming a religious group known as the Sanctuary of Thought. His wife divorced him out of jealousy of Aura Rhanes, although Bethurum was never able to take it further with her, nor did he ever get to planet Clarion. His last signals to the flying saucer went unanswered, and the last time he saw Aura Rhanes was in a restaurant in Los Angeles, were she was drinking a glass of orange juice and ignoring him. He never saw his space friends again. Maybe the fame had gone to his head, and they abandoned him. We may never know.
UFO sightings increasing in Queensland, Australia, say researchers (Photos)
UFO researchers say UFO sightings are increasing in the state of Queensland in Australia. Recent sightings have included photos and video.
UFO Research Queensland President Sheryl Gottschall told the Brisbane Times there has been a spike in reports over the last few months. She says, “We get about 100 calls a year and across Australia all up the UFO research groups get up to 800. That’s just the reported sightings – a lot go unreported.”
Another representative from the Queensland UFO group agrees. In a radio interview with 4BC, Tino Pezzimenti says, “Only about 5% of reports or sightings actually get reported, so you can imagine. We get a couple hundred a year. That’s only probably 5% of people that actually find their way to reporting something to us.”
UFO photo captured in Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, Australia.This image was reportedly taken on March 5, 2014 at 2:34 am. (Credit: Brisbane UFO Sightings Facebook page)
Pezzimenti says many of these are not just reports of lights in the sky. Some of the sightings come with photos or video.
The hosts of 4BC said they had heard many sightings are due to a large local event called the Royal Queensland Show, aka Ekka (referred to as “the exhibition” in the radio show). The event is Queensland’s largest annual event, attracting hundreds of thousands of guest from around the world. It includes farm animal, food, and strength competitions, among other events, and takes place in early August.
Pezzimenti admitted that many UFO reports are misidentifications. He cited a recent sighting in mid-July in which the police suggested the mysterious lights were actually due to the testing of the fairground lights in preparation for Ekka.
However, Pezzimenti says their organization is not quick to call everything a UFO. He explains, “To be a UFO it’s got to have to do something unusual or look unusual like this photograph, or it does a 90 degree turn, or it flies off faster than any jet we have ever heard and there’s not even a sonic boom.”
The photograph Pezzimenti refers to is a sighting he is particularly excited about. The photo was allegedly taken on Friday, May 23, 2014 in the Wooloowin area at 5:35 pm. It shows what appears to be a strange disk-shaped object in the sky.
Pezzimenti says the object does not appear to have engines or propellers. He says this kind of photographic evidence needs to be taken “pretty seriously.”
The image was posted on a Facebook page called Brisbane UFO Sightings, which was created recently for the founder of the page to post pictures of UFOs. Apparently, he or she captures them often. Other than the date, time, and location of the sighting, no other information is provided.
Other videos can be seen in the interview with 4BC and Pezzimenti, embedded in the Brisbane Times article.
UFO from video of interview with Tino Pezzimenti of UFO Research Queensland. (Credit: 4BC/Fairfax Media)
The increase in sightings has lead to a local resident to begin holding skywatches. Kristy Buist, founder of the Paranormal Awareness Community, had her first skywatch scheduled for earlier this week.
Buist told the Brisbane Times she has had four sightings of her own. She described the first as, “platinum and sort of shaped like diamonds just casually floating across the sky”.
Now she says, “I do look for UFOs often. I look for them wherever I go.”
Brisbane Times says participants at the skywatch look for “‘unusual movement’ in the night sky, including ‘classic’ UFO moves such as bright lights travelling from one horizon to another in seconds or lights making sudden turns.”
Photos from the skywatch were posted on UFO Research Queensland’s Facebook page, but none of them include UFOs. However, as their Facebook page says, “Skywatching calls for a lot of patience and persistence.”
Both of which I am sure local researchers will continue to practice as they continue their quest for UFO evidence, which, incidentally, remains elusive despite the increased reports.
Scientists discover how to ‘upload knowledge to your brain’
Feeding knowledge directly into your brain, just like in sci-fi classic The Matrix, could soon take as much effort as falling asleep, scientists believe.
Researchers claim to have developed a simulator which can feed information directly into a person’s brain and teach them new skills in a shorter amount of time, comparing it to “life imitating art”.
They believe it could be the first steps in developing advanced software that will make Matrix-style instant learning a reality.
In the neo-noir sci-fi classic, protagonist Neo is able to learn kung fu in seconds after the martial art is ‘uploaded’ straight to his brain.
Researchers from HRL Laboratories, based in California, say they have found a way to amplify learning, only on a much smaller scale than seen in the Hollywood film.
They studied the electric signals in the brain of a trained pilot and then fed the data into novice subjects as they learned to pilot an aeroplane in a realistic flight simulator.
The study, published in the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, found that subjects who received brain stimulation via electrode-embedded head caps improved their piloting abilities and learnt the task 33 per cent better than a placebo group.
“Our system is one of the first of its kind. It’s a brain stimulation system,” explained Dr Matthew Phillips.
“It sounds kind of sci-fi, but there’s large scientific basis for the development of our system.
“The specific task we were looking at was piloting an aircraft, which requires a synergy of both cognitive and motor performance.
“When you learn something, your brain physically changes. Connections are made and strengthened in a process called neuro-plasticity.
“It turns out that certain functions of the brain, like speech and memory, are located in very specific regions of the brain, about the size of your pinky.”
Dr Matthews believes that brain stimulation could eventually be implemented for tasks like learning to drive, exam preparation and language learning
“What our system does is it actually targets those changes to specific regions of the brain as you learn,” he added.
“The method itself is actually quite old. In fact, the ancient Egyptians 4000 years ago used electric fish to stimulate and reduce pain.
The Matrix-style learning could become a reality
“Even Ben Franklin applied currents to his head, but the rigorous, scientific investigation of these methods started in the early 2000s and we’re building on that research to target and personalise a stimulation in the most effective way possible.
“Your brain is going to be very different to my brain when we perform a task. What we found is … brain stimulation seems to be particularly effective at actually improving learning.”
Scientists discover how to ‘upload knowledge to your brain’
Feeding knowledge directly into your brain, just like in sci-fi classic The Matrix, could soon take as much effort as falling asleep, scientists believe.
Researchers claim to have developed a simulator which can feed information directly into a person’s brain and teach them new skills in a shorter amount of time, comparing it to “life imitating art”.
They believe it could be the first steps in developing advanced software that will make Matrix-style instant learning a reality.
In the neo-noir sci-fi classic, protagonist Neo is able to learn kung fu in seconds after the martial art is ‘uploaded’ straight to his brain.
Researchers from HRL Laboratories, based in California, say they have found a way to amplify learning, only on a much smaller scale than seen in the Hollywood film.
They studied the electric signals in the brain of a trained pilot and then fed the data into novice subjects as they learned to pilot an aeroplane in a realistic flight simulator.
The study, published in the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, found that subjects who received brain stimulation via electrode-embedded head caps improved their piloting abilities and learnt the task 33 per cent better than a placebo group.
“Our system is one of the first of its kind. It’s a brain stimulation system,” explained Dr Matthew Phillips.
“It sounds kind of sci-fi, but there’s large scientific basis for the development of our system.
“The specific task we were looking at was piloting an aircraft, which requires a synergy of both cognitive and motor performance.
“When you learn something, your brain physically changes. Connections are made and strengthened in a process called neuro-plasticity.
“It turns out that certain functions of the brain, like speech and memory, are located in very specific regions of the brain, about the size of your pinky.”
Dr Matthews believes that brain stimulation could eventually be implemented for tasks like learning to drive, exam preparation and language learning
“What our system does is it actually targets those changes to specific regions of the brain as you learn,” he added.
“The method itself is actually quite old. In fact, the ancient Egyptians 4000 years ago used electric fish to stimulate and reduce pain.
The Matrix-style learning could become a reality
“Even Ben Franklin applied currents to his head, but the rigorous, scientific investigation of these methods started in the early 2000s and we’re building on that research to target and personalise a stimulation in the most effective way possible.
“Your brain is going to be very different to my brain when we perform a task. What we found is … brain stimulation seems to be particularly effective at actually improving learning.”
Both chambers of Congress just passed the NASA Authorization Act of 2017. With this transformative development, the space agency got a lot more than just $19.508 billion in funding. They also got a very clear mandate: Get humanity to Mars.
To be clear, Mars has been in the works for some time; however, the 2017 Act places a strong emphasis on this goal, making it the focal point of NASA’s long-term plans. In the document, congress asserts that the space agency is to get humans “near or on the surface of Mars in the 2030s.” Opposition to the bill from the administration isn’t expected, so it’s more than likely to be passed into law by the presidency.
There is a strong humanitarian argument for making life multiplanetary in order to safeguard the existence of humanity. -Elon Musk
In order to get to Mars by the 2030s, Congress is asking NASA to develop “an initial human exploration roadmap” that must be submitted before December 1, 2017.
The bill outlines the necessity of this roadmap, stating: “It is the sense of Congress that expanding human presence beyond low-Earth orbit and advancing toward human missions to Mars in the 2030s requires early strategic planning and timely decisions to be made in the near-term on the necessary courses of action for commitments to achieve short-term and long-term goals and objectives.”
To that end, the 2017 Act states that this plan should outline clear goals that are a bit closer to home, instead of just making a grand leap to the Red Planet all at once. The document states, “A human exploration roadmap should begin with low-Earth orbit, then address in greater detail progress beyond low-Earth orbit to cis-lunar space, and then address future missions aimed at human arrival and activities near and then on the surface of Mars.”
Speaking of the planned stages, NASA already has a basic outline: “The human exploration of Mars crosses three thresholds, each with increasing challenges as humans move farther from Earth: Earth Reliant [now until the mid-2020s], the Proving Ground [2018-2030], and Earth Independent [now to 2030s and beyond].”
With these planned phases, NASA should be able to easily provide Congress with the roadmap that it’s asking for.
Through this new NASA Authorization Act, Congress affirms that “Mars is the appropriate long-term goal for the human space flight program,” and it is likely that the Moon will be a stop over in 2020, if the current administration’s plans push forward.
NASA’s Mars Missions
Recently, much of the news covering missions to Mars involved private space companies, most notably, SpaceX and foreign space agencies — including China and the UAE.
According to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the company will create a permanent Martian settlement. To that end, Musk’s plan includes the launch of the unmanned “Red Dragon” spacecraft by 2018, then sending a new and reusable rocket by 2022 (which will be powered by the just recently tested Raptor rocket), and eventually launching humans to Mars after that—hopefully landing by 2025. However, much of the details still need to be fleshed out.
Regardless, Musk has made it clear that he thinks such a colonization project will ultimately save the human race. And as this directive by congress reveals, the U.S. government agrees.
See SpaceX’s plans in this video:
To say, however, that NASA has been sitting idly by would be inaccurate. The space agency has been “on a journey to Mars” for some time.
So, what has NASA been up to in relation to the Red Planet? The agency already has a host of rovers currently on Mars. One
, the Curiosity rover, has made much headway in helping us better understand how much water did (and maybe still does) exist on Mars. Another rover is planned for 2020. This Mars 2020 rover will gather and study data on the availability of resources, such as oxygen, on Mars.
In this respect, Sending rovers is one of the first steps in getting people to Mars.
Ultimately, in the end, getting humans to Mars isn’t some empty obsession. It’s a worthwhile endeavor—one that has the potential to inspire generations in the same manner that the Apollo missions (and Moon landing) did. For many, getting to Mars would be the highest point of human exploration they would ever witness. Think of what New Horizon’s arrival at Pluto felt like, and now multiply that by about 100.
Already, Mars rover missions are accelerating innovation and research exponentially, so think of all the things that we could learn once we’re actually there. It is a bold new era in the final frontier.
DNA computers can create more storage as-needed through self-replication, and their computing potential is almost unfathomable.
Scientists know how to code information into DNA, but it costs $12,500 to code a single megabyte of information.
DNA: THE BLUEPRINT OF COMPUTERS?
Computers have without a doubt revolutionized modern society. They’re everywhere: our offices and homes, our pockets — even in our kitchen appliances. As for the next place computer technology could be headed, you already have the basic component: your DNA. It sounds strange, but researchers at the University of Manchester are working on turning strands of DNA into the next basis for computing.
Scientists have actually created a DNA-based computing device that “grows as it computes.” While our current computers have a finite capacity for computations, DNA computers could be designed to self-replicate, making them able to create more storage as-needed. Computers today have gradually worked up to being able to hold a few terabytes — but DNA computing can work at 100 billion terabytes. To top it off, all of that storage is guaranteed with just one gram of DNA. While that’s impressive enough on its own, storage isn’t the only benefit a DNA computer can provide.
With a self-replicating computer, there’s also the advantage of instantaneous computing power. In an interview with Popular Mechanics, lead researcher Professor Ross D King illustrated a maze with two paths — one leading left and the other leading right. He explained that current “Electronic computers need to choose which path to follow first.” On the other hand, a DNA computer “doesn’t need to choose, for it can replicate itself and follow both paths at the same time, thus finding the answer faster.”
WHAT’S THE CATCH?
While there are pioneering companies and individuals working on perfecting the system, at the moment coding just 1 megabyte of information into DNA costs $12,500. Most information we own contains thousands of megabytes, making encoding information a particularly expensive endeavor to undertake.
Footage uploaded to conspiracy YouTube channel SecureTeam 10 shows a plane travelling through the sky before completely vanishing in an instant.
The footage was captured in Birmingham, Alabama, by a man who, according to the narrator of the video, was out walking his dog with his fiancé when he began filming a passing train and then turned to what he thought was a commercial airliner.
The narrator says: “Then this airliner does something what no airliner has been seen to do, which is completely vanish in mid air.
“I have spoken to the three sources, in depth, from Birmingham, who after capturing this footage did not run out to put it online or give it to their local news source because these weren’t those type of people – they had no incentive to do so.”
The footage is apparently not an isolated incident, according to the operator of the channel, who says that he is constantly inundated with sightings of ‘alien planes’ which have the ability to disappear or morph into a new form.
It says: “This is not the first time that we have seen these fake planes, or another term alien planes.
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The video shows a plane there one second and gone the next
“They have been seen all over the world.”
One of the comments confirms: “I s**t you not I saw the SAME exact thing over Birmingham just a couple months ago.. Thought I was going insane!!”
While some believe that the technology is out of this world, others believe that it could be part of a government conspiracy.
A comment reads: “EVERYONE BEWARE they are probably testing these technologies to simulate another catastrophic event like 9/11.”
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Some believe it was an 'alien plane'
However, others did not believe that the footage was genuine, with one asking “ever heard of CGI?”.
Another adds: “Who the Hell randomly films a plane seconds before it disappears? Cmon men.”
Private Space Stations Could Orbit the Moon by 2020, Robert Bigelow Says
by Tariq Malik, Space.com Managing Editor
A privately built space station could be in lunar orbit by 2020 to serve as a refueling depot for other spacecraft as depicted in this artist's illustration from space-habitat manufacturer Bigelow Aerospace. Original Image
Credit: Bigelow Aerospace
Giant space-station refueling depots could be orbiting the moon by 2020, but only if the Trump administration makes the funding and national drive needed for it to happen a priority, according to aerospace entrepreneur Robert Bigelow.
Bigelow, whose company, Bigelow Aerospace, has launched three private space-habitat prototypes into orbit — including the first inflatable space-station module, said that a commercial station in lunar orbit would be a vital destination for moon exploration.
"The key is going to be how fast the Trump administration can react," Bigelow said in an interview Friday (March 3). The administration would have to move quickly "to energize funds and to galvanize the private sector" to make a lunar depot by end of 2020 possible, he added. [Bigelow Aerospace's Inflatable Space Station Idea (Photos)]
A privately built space station could be in lunar orbit by 2020 to serve as a refueling depot for other spacecraft as depicted in this artist's illustration from space-habitat manufacturer Bigelow Aerospace. Original Image
Credit: Bigelow Aerospace
Bigelow spoke with Space.com just days after the private spaceflight company SpaceX, founded by billionaire Elon Musk, announced that it will launch a private flight around the moon in 2018. On Feb. 26, Musk told reporters SpaceX had "significant deposits" from two as-yet unnamed individuals for a private trip around the moon aboard the company's Dragon crew capsule. The flight will launch on SpaceX's new Falcon Heavy rocket, which is scheduled to make its first test flight later this year.
"SpaceX has indicated that they can provide transportation for a circumlunar flight by 2018," Bigelow said. "If the timeline is met, SpaceX would be in a position to offer commercial transportation to the moon by 2020."
Last week, another space entrepreneur — Amazon's billionaire founder Jeff Bezos — told the Washington Post that his private space company Blue Origin is eyeing its own plan for moon-bound spacecraft and a lunar lander.
This illustration depicts a Bigelow Aerospace BA-330 space habitat in orbit around the moon, where it could serve as a waystation for astronaut crews and a refueling depot for visiting spacecraft. Original Image
Bigelow himself has often said that private space stations and habitats for the moon and beyond have been goals for his Las Vegas-based Bigelow Aerospace. Last Wednesday (March 1), Bigelow unveiled his company's concept images of a lunar depot on the way to the moon, and in lunar orbit.
Bigelow Aerospace launched two uncrewed prototype inflatable habitats, called Genesis I and Genesis II, in 2006 and 2007, respectively. Then in 2016, the company's Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (or BEAM) was delivered to the International Space Station (ISS) on a SpaceX Dragon cargo ship as part of a NASA test for future space habitats. It is the first privately built and inflatable room ever installed on the space station. And so far, it's performed well, Bigelow said. [The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module in Pictures]
"We are pleased, so far, with the performance of the spacecraft," he added.
Bigelow Aerospace has also teamed up with the United Launch Alliance, a launch-providing partnership of Boeing and Lockheed Martin, to launch a colossal inflatable space habitat into orbit in 2020. That spacecraft, called the BA-330 for its 330 cubic meters (or about 11,650 cubic feet) of internal volume, would launch on a ULA Atlas V rocket and expand in orbit to serve as a free-flying private space station.
"The BA-330 is three times the size of anything on the ISS," Bigelow told Space.com, adding that the company aims to be able to provide the habitats at a fraction of NASA's cost.
This artist's illustration of a Bigelow Aerospace BA-330 habitat on the way to the moon, powered by two United Launch Alliance ACES rocket stages. Original Image
Credit: Bigelow Aerospace
Bigelow said that a BA-330 habitat could potentially be placed into a low-lunar orbit using two of ULA's upgraded Centaur rocket stages, known as ACES (Advanced Cryogenic Evolved Stage). The space station would orbit somewhere between 100 and 150 kilometers above the moon, serving as a gateway for astronaut crews making their way to or from the lunar surface.
The BA-330 could also be a fueling station for other spacecraft operating near the moon, something that will be essential for the permanent settlement of the moon, Bigelow said.
"You'll be able to give the astronauts a waystation, a place where they can have the experience of being farther from Earth than anyone has been in the last 45 years," he added.
A Georgia witness at Savannah recalled events from 2007 when a football-shaped object moving silently about 75 feet above a two-story building appeared to be about three to four feet in length, according to testimony in case 82024 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
The witness first noticed a dark, round silhouette with small wings coming toward him over Savannah, GA.
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The witness was outside on top of a two-story building watching a meteor shower on August 12, 2007.
“I was looking towards the north when I noticed a dark, round silhouette with small wings off in the distance against the glow of the city sky,” the witness stated.“Sometimes I would see owls flying at night, but this was obviously not an owl.”
The witness thought the object might be a bird.
“My first thought was that this has got to be the fastest bird with the shortest wings I have ever seen and the wings were not moving. I then realized that it was coming directly towards me. I instantly jumped up from my seat to give it my full attention.”
The object was about 75 above a two-story building. Pictured: Savannah, GA.
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The witness guessed at the object’s altitude.
“The building I was standing on is two stories tall and I would guess that the object was about 75 feet above that. It was traveling from north to south in a straight line at approximately 35 to 45 mph. It was shaped like an American football with the tips cut off with two small, rectangular wings that were angled at about 45 degrees. I would guess that it was about three to four feet in length. The object had the appearance of molten lava.”
The center of the object appeared to be glowing red. Pictured: Savannah, GA.
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The witness noticed other characteristics of the object.
“It was not tremendously bright, but it was bright enough that I could see it perfectly. The center was glowing red and the rest was orange, yellow and black swirls with it being darker towards the edges. It looked like it had been cast from molten lava. It made no sound that I could hear and I didn’t see any type of propulsion like a propeller or an exhaust of any kind. It flew directly over me as I tracked it as it flew overhead and then out of my sight.”
Georgia MUFON Field Investigator David Marchant, Sr. and State Section Director Jeremy Haslam are investigating. This case was reported to MUFON on February 12, 2017. Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.
A Star Is Headed in Our Direction and Could Threaten Life on Earth
It won't get too near, but it will come close enough to wreak unimaginable havoc on our planet.
Based on a recent study done, Gliese 710 — a K-spectral type star in the constellation Serpens Cauda — is bound for a close encounter with our solar system. Right now, it’s still about 64 light years away. At its current speed and path, it is estimated that it will be at its nearest distance to Earth in about 1.35 million years. That distance is roughly 1.2 trillion miles or 77 light-days (1 light-day is the distance light can travel in one day, or about 26 billion kilometers). When that time comes and at that distance, even at the size of only half our sun, Gliese 710 will appear as the “brightest and fastest object on the night sky formed outside the solar system”.
Although that’s still quite a long way off, the devastating threat it poses when the flyby finally happens cannot be dismissed because its impact will be felt for the next 10 million years.
The information that Gliese 710 will pass close to us is not entirely new. In fact, scientists have been aware of this for years, which is why they have been tracking its movement. However, it’s knowing that it will make a much closer approach than what was once thought — probably about five times closer — that’s new. And more importantly, it’s the direction it’s taking that’s causing serious alarm.
According to the data collected from the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gaia mission, Gliese 710 will not directly hit any object in our solar system, but it will likely travel through the Oort cloud, which is circling our solar system and is filled up with billions of comets and other icy objects. Because of its strong gravitational force, Gliese 710 — as it is passing through the Oort cloud — can influence the movement of the swarm of comets, change their course and hurtle towards our planet.
Not all those comets may make their way to us, though. Some may drift away further into space, get absorbed by the sun, pulled into other planets with stronger gravity, or maybe fall into a black hole? However, it’s impossible to think that none of those billions will hit us directly. And that’s what’s terrifying because we’re potentially looking at a comet shower that will last for 3 – 4 million years.
Remember that it took just one asteroid to wipe out the dinosaurs. Just imagine what a barrage of comets can do.
Authored by Filip Berski and Piotr A. Dybczyński from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poland, the paper detailing the latest findings on Gliese 710 was published in November 2016 through the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.
Detecting Life on Alien Planets Just Became Easier With This New Technique
The chemical-based analysis is not only simple. It's supposedly 10,000 times more sensitive than any existing method.
Searching for life outside Earth has become a never ending quest. And researchers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California might have come up with the easiest way yet.
Their method makes use of a process called capillary electrophoresis to separate liquid into its individual components. The process begins with mixing the liquid sample with a liquid reagent. Then, through a process known as induced fluorescence detection, different molecules moving at various speeds can be observed by shining a laser into the mixture. Finally, an electrical current is applied to the mixture, which then allows scientists to see the molecules separate from each other depending on how quickly they respond to the charge applied.
The test is meant to search for amino acids — what we acknowledge to be the building blocks from which all of life on Earth was derived from. It has been modified not just to enable detection of more amino acids in a single test, but also to detect amino acids regardless of how salty or alkaline the liquid sample is. This improvised method is specifically designed to detect alien life on an ocean world.
To find out if their method works, the research team analyzed amino acids in the waters of California’s Mono Lake. Specifically, they analyzed what is referred to as the ‘Signature 17 standard’ — the most common amino acids on Earth. Why did they choose this particular body of water? Because the lake has high alkaline content which makes it almost inhabitable, much like how alien waters probably are on surfaces like Mars; Europa — one of Jupiter’s moons; and Enceladus and Titan — Saturn’s moons.
To identify which amino acids were life-forming and which were not, the team studied the ‘chirality’ of the molecules. Chiral molecules — like what amino acids are — exist in two forms that are identical images of each other. These images are called right-handed and left-handed.
For amino acids that come from non-living sources, the distribution of right-handed and left-handed amino acids is nearly even. But for living sources, left-handed amino acids dominate over the right-handed ones. Taking off from this, scientists are inferring that alien life might also show a preference for either side. So finding such amino acids might be the clue that would point to the existence of alien life forms.
As reported by Phys.org, Peter Willis, the project’s principal investigator, was quoted as saying: “Using our method, we are able to tell the difference between amino acids that come from non-living sources like meteorites versus amino acids that come from living organisms.”
So when do we get to test this method outside our planet? Because it is supposedly ‘relatively simple and easy to automate’, there’s no reason to think that it can’t be deployed in a spacecraft soon. Especially since it’s the ideal complementary tool to help facilitate NASA’s upcoming missions that aim to find life on ocean worlds outside our planet.
The study was published in the journal Analytical Chemistry.
Five months to get there is just too long. It’s about time we cut the Red Planet's travel time short as putting boots on Mars should no longer be just a sci-fi dream but rather a reality.
Mars may be our nearest neighboring planet, but with the conventional rockets we have right now, it will still take us about five months to get there. And that simply isn’t satisfactory. There has got to be a way to make that trip shorter.
There are currently a few ongoing projects working towards this end. There’s the controversial propellant-less EM Drive which no one can explain for certain how it works, but has somehow passed its initial test.
And then there’s Charles Bombardier’s space train concept — the Solar Express that is envisioned to travel at approximately 1,864 miles per second, or 1% the speed of light, and cut travel time to Mars from a few months to just 2 days.
There’s also Positron Dynamics co-founder and CEO Ryan Weed’s antimatter-powered rocket that will make use of matter’s annihilation property — hit matter with its anti-matter counterpart to annihilate each other and generate pure energy that will be used to power the rocket and blast it into space with an accelerated speed that can enable travel to Mars in just a few weeks.
And now comes the latest bet: photonic propulsion — a concept that was explained by NASA scientist and University of California Physics Professor Philip Lubin in a recent video (posted below) released for NASA 360. It basically makes use of a beam of light for propulsion, hence the name photonic propulsion, for photons or visible light particles.
Lubin heads a team of scientists who has recently been given a $100,000 NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) grant to start planning and testing this photonic propulsion project that’s being called Directed Energy Propulsion for Interstellar Exploration or DEEP-IN.
To make the plan work, a laser array first needs to be placed in the Earth’s orbit. This orbiting laser array will then be used to push a solar sail. Much like a normal sail that catches wind to propel water vessels, a solar sail works the same way. Instead of wind, however, it catches light, and uses this to propel a space-bound probe — one that’s ideally ultralight (wafer-thin is how it’s being described), fuel-less, frictionless, and capable of travelling for a longer period of time at a speed that has so far been unattainable — 621 miles per second, or about 30% the speed of light.
While the concept sounds pretty much like another science fiction movie plot, Lubin says it’s not that far-fetched because we already have the technology. It just needs to be enhanced further. If successful, an umanned probe using photonic propulsion is expected to reach Mars in only 3 days, while a manned craft will take about a month — four months faster than any normal spacecraft can do at this time.
It’s a grand new idea, and it comes with a myriad of potential problems, of course. Primarily, there’s the challenge on how the probe would be able to decelerate when it reaches Mars. There’s also the certainty of encountering space debris and how to protect the craft from those. Then there’s ‘time dilation’, the concept that says that as one gets farther out in the universe, the slower time seems to pass. Plus there’s also the matter of how we can beam the information back to Earth.
All those problems aside, the idea that we have in our midst viable tech that can revolutionize space travel is quite an exciting one. Especially because it’s production is not expected to be at an exorbitant cost. By successfully making these solar sails, Mars will just be one among the many possible destinations. So, let’s all patiently wait and root for Lubin’s team to work their way towards the new age of space travel.
NASA’s New Plan Could Help Unravel Some of the Weirdest Mysteries of the Universe
It involves a super-freezer, quantum physics and dark energy.
As announced by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) last Monday (March 6), a box the size of an ice-chest will be sent to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the SpaceX CRS-12 this summer. Containing lasers, a vacuum chamber and an ‘electromagnetic knife’ that will be used to slow down gas particles until they become motionless, NASA intends to use this box to create the coldest spot in the universe.
The box and its accompanying set of instruments are collectively referred to as the Cold Atom Laboratory (CAL). Developed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, it is currently in the final stages of assembly at the JPL Complex in Pasadena, California, after which, it will undergo testing prior to its actual trip to space.
NASA’s ‘cool toolkit’ was designed to freeze atomic gas particles to a billionth of a degree above absolute zero, which is over 100 million times colder than the deepest regions of the cosmos. Supposedly, when atoms are ultra-cooled to this extreme temperature level, they are capable of forming a state of matter referred to as a Bose-Einstein condensate.
A Bose-Einstein condensate is a kind of fluid that flows as if there was no friction, which is why it’s called a ‘superfluid’. While in this state, traditional laws of physics become overshadowed as quantum physics takes over. Instead of behaving like particles, matter tends to become more wave-like, moving as a single entity rather than several different entities.
So far, this behavior can only be observed for fractions of seconds on Earth because the atoms can’t help but be pulled to the ground by Earth’s gravity. In space, however, the story will be a little different. Without gravity to intervene, it might become possible to observe the atoms in their wave-like form longer. Instead of just a mere fraction of a second, the atoms can be observed for up to about 5 to 10 seconds. And with more improvements, that observation time can probably be stretched even further from just seconds into minutes.
A total of five teams are planning to run experiments using the Cold Atom Lab. Among them is Eric Cornell — of the University of Colorado, Boulder and the National Institute for Standards and Technology — who won a Nobel Prize for being the first person ever to create Bose-Einstein condensates in the lab.
So what’s the whole point of this novel strategy? According to CAL Project Scientist Robert Thompson of JPL: “Studying these hyper-cold atoms could reshape our understanding of matter and the fundamental nature of gravity.”
What he specifically means is that the discoveries and lessons that will be gained from the experiments might one day lead to the construction and development of better sensors, quantum computers and atomic clocks for space navigation. Additionally, it might also help shed light on some of the most mysterious forces in the universe — dark energy and dark matter. Just think, this ‘supercool’ project might be the key that will allow us to cross over from our ordinary physical world into the bizarre realm of the quantum universe. Pretty exciting, isn’t it?
Wisbech PSCO Ruth Moulder attended Murrow Primary School where a UFO had appeared in the school grounds.
PHOTO: Facebook/Policing Wisbech.
Wisbech PSCO Ruth Moulder attended Murrow Primary School where a UFO had appeared in the school grounds on Monday.
After checking the craft to make sure there were no occupants, the school children were allowed to take a closer look at the unidentified craft.
“No, aliens haven’t landed and are starting their world domination from Murrow,” she said.
The craft was built by school caretaker Martin Bane, after headteacher Ruth Bailey came up with the idea to encourage the children at the school in terms of their creative writing.
“Intergalactic checks will be made to ensure the craft is taxed, insured and has a valid MOT,” added PCSO Moulder.
What It Will Take to Become an Interstellar Civilization
The new movie “Interstellar” is set in a not-so-distant future, but distant enough that they’ve managed to build something still elusive in 2014: a spaceship that can travel between solar systems. Such starships have been a technological mainstay in science fiction for decades, but they remain a crazily complicated proposition in everything from propulsion to human reproduction.
Still, that hasn’t stopped researchers from trying. Last month, a bunch of rocket scientists, microbiologists and entrepreneurs gathered in Houston’s George R. Brown Convention Center to discuss—in level and serious tones—how to become a spacefaring civilization. The meeting is called the 100-Year Starship symposium, and it’s brought brains together once a year since 2011 to figure out what we need to do now if we want to have an interstellar spacerocket a century from now.
The group has made progress defining the challenges and pointing their noses toward solutions, but much work remains (like, say, building a starship). To quote Contact, it “sounds less like science and more like science fiction.”
Nonetheless, the 100-Year Starship adherents—backed by NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)—keep plugging away. At their most recent gathering, 7 major hurdles emerged from their three days of discussion.
1. Before we can make an Enterprise, we may have to make an enterprise.
With all the obvious tech challenges, this top hurdleis easy to overlook—but it’s a question of human motivation.What would motivate people to work on something that won’t be finished till they’re dead? Like Veruca Salt, when we want things, we want them now.
But even if we manage to motivate ourselves, what mechanism can provide continuity in funding and oversight across decades, let alone across generations? Government funding is fickle and depends on election cycles and budget reviews. Philanthropy rests on the whims of the wealthy. The long-term viability of crowdfunding is unproven.
If we could create an “econosphere” around long-term space travel—one that makes money and produces spinoff products, so people get salaries and gadgets—it could support itself. Space travel may have to become a business. And not just any business: a profitable one. Companies like Virgin Galactic, Deep Space Industries, and Planetary Resources are aiming to do just that.
2. We have to move fast.
It’s in the very definition of the project that we have to get to the stars. But it took poor Voyager 38 years just to get out of the solar system. Ain’t nobody got time for that. We have to figure out how to move fast through space, for a long-ass time. Engineers have a few ideas: Fusion rockets, ion drives, hydrogen-scooping ramjets, and antimatter annihilation systems, for instance.
3. Staying alive, staying alive.
A starship has to be both sustainable and life-sustaining. It will be a closed ecosystem that must either have or produce everything humans need to survive and make more humans.ment discovery would take a year to reach the crew.) Its residents would in turn need to train the next generation of caregivers.
Medical professionals draw par
Oxygen, food, and water are no-brainers. But we also need our microbiome, and we’re only now starting to investigate what happens to our symbiotic microbes off-Earth. The microbiomes of babies born en route remain a totally open question. And if they’re in microgravity, will those babies’ eye cells know where to migrate to become eye cells?
4. Take me to the space hospital.
Nobody likes going to the hospital, but it’s nice to know they’re there if you get MRSA or need an MRI. An interstellar starship will have limited machinery, limited medicine, a limited supply of doctors. Plus, access to new Earth-medicine techniques would be delayed or nonexistent. (If the ship travels, say, a light-year away, word of a cancer treatallels between this situation and that in developing nations with little health-care infrastructure. Studying either could benefit the other.
5. Crew-on-crew interaction.
After a certain amount of time locked in a room together, you and even the most unobtrusive person will get on each other’s nerves. You’ll be like, “Why do you always have to look at me like that?” and they’ll be like, “I’m not looking at you like anything.” Etc. Now imagine that drawn out over years or decades on an interstellar mission.
And beyond the everyday communication problems, disseminating information in a crisis—without causing panic or misinformation—could prove difficult. Imagine small-town social dynamics, in space. That’s why it’s important to choose a mix of crew members most likely to succeed.
But first we have to find out what that mix is. Agencies across the world are already investigating this psychological puzzler. The Mars HI-SEAS experiment began its third mission on October 15, and six (lucky?) people will spend eight months on a simulated martian colony in Hawaii. The European Space Agency teamed up from 2007-2011 with the Russian Institute for Biomedical Problems to do the Mars 500 mission, in which three different crews experienced isolation together aboard a pseudo-spaceship and then on a pseudo-Martian surface.
6. Oops-factor.
When you break your printer beyond repair, you go buy a new one. But when you break your 3-D space printer that makes all of the parts for your other space stuff? You’re in trouble. The 100-Year Starship team is endorsing what they term a “steampunk” approach: Teaching spacefarers how to make high-tech things work with low-tech, macgyvered solutions.
7.Stepping stones.
One does not simply walk into Mordor, and one does not simply build an interstellar starship. Giant leaps aren’t real: They’re just a bunch small steps added together. To become interstellar, we have to start with simply sending humans to space regularly, cheaply. We have to start manufacturing and mining off-planet. And we need to establish human colonies on the Moon, and probably on Mars, to make sure we have enough resources and practice before we set off toward Earth 2.0.
Currently, the best bet rests in the hands of private industry. NASA’s asteroid capture mission promises a step in that direction. But private companies like Planetary Resources and Deep Space Industries, which have both announced partnerships with NASA, may be able to make space their material domain faster and cheaper.
"Fast Radio Bursts Could Be Powering Alien Probes" --Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
"Fast radio bursts are exceedingly bright given their short duration and origin at great distances, and we haven't identified a possible natural source with any confidence," said theorist Avi Loeb of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. "An artificial origin is worth contemplating and checking."
The search for extraterrestrial intelligence has looked for many different signs of alien life, from radio broadcasts to laser flashes, without success. However, newly published research suggests that mysterious phenomena called fast radio bursts could be evidence of advanced alien technology. Specifically, these bursts might be leakage from planet-sized transmitters powering interstellar probes in distant galaxies.
As the name implies, fast radio bursts are millisecond-long flashes of radio emission. First discovered in 2007, fewer than two dozen have been detected by gigantic radio telescopes like the Parkes Observatory in Australia or the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. They are inferred to originate from distant galaxies, billions of light-years away.
Loeb and his co-author Manasvi Lingam (Harvard University) examined the feasibility of creating a radio transmitter strong enough for it to be detectable across such immense distances. They found that, if the transmitter were solar powered, the sunlight falling on an area of a planet twice the size of the Earth would be enough to generate the needed energy. Such a vast construction project is well beyond our technology, but within the realm of possibility according to the laws of physics.
Lingam and Loeb also considered whether such a transmitter would be viable from an engineering perspective, or whether the tremendous energies involved would melt any underlying structure. Again, they found that a water-cooled device twice the size of Earth could withstand the heat.
They then asked, why build such an instrument in the first place? They argue that the most plausible use of such power is driving interstellar light sails. The amount of power involved would be sufficient to push a payload of a million tons, or about 20 times the largest cruise ships on Earth.
"That's big enough to carry living passengers across interstellar or even intergalactic distances," added Lingam.
An artist's illustration of a light-sail powered by a radio beam (red) generated on the surface of a planet. The leakage from such beams as they sweep across the sky would appear as Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs), similar to the new population of sources that was discovered recently at cosmological distances.(M. Weiss/CfA)
To power a light sail, the transmitter would need to focus a beam on it continuously. Observers on Earth would see a brief flash because the sail and its host planet, star and galaxy are all moving relative to us. As a result, the beam sweeps across the sky and only points in our direction for a moment. Repeated appearances of the beam, which were observed but cannot be explained by cataclysmic astrophysical events, might provide important clues about its artificial origin.
Loeb admits that this work is speculative. When asked whether he really believes that any fast radio bursts are due to aliens, he replied, "Science isn't a matter of belief, it's a matter of evidence. Deciding what's likely ahead of time limits the possibilities. It's worth putting ideas out there and letting the data be the judge."
The paper reporting this work has been accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal Letters and is available online.
Ringmakers of Saturn: 2,000 Mile Long UFO Photographed by NASA?
For more incredible information on the UFO/ET phenomenon please readThe Alien Enigma by JP Robinson.
Dr. Norman Bergrun, a former NASA research scientist published an astounding bookRingmakers of Saturn which revealed photos taken of Saturn’s rings from the Voyager I flight in 1980. Voyager I was sent to the rings of Saturn to investigate some strange anomalies that they had witnessed through their observations from Earth and NASA couldn’t believe what they found in the images that were sent back.
Bergrun who worked with NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, has won prestigious awards which include the California Society of Professional Enigineers Archimedes Engineering Achievement Award. Aside from his involvement with NASA Bergrun also worked on high-profile, top-secret aerospace projects for Lockheed Martin.
Being privy to top-secret documents during his time there came at a cost, as Bergrun himself explained in a Project Camelot interview, "I had to sign my life away for thirty years." He also intimated that there was a limit to what he can say even now, and revealed that his life would be in serious danger should he say too much.
With exclusive access to the raw NASA photographs been sent back from Voyager I in 1980, Bergrun saw firsthand what the general public was not allowed to see, making him the first legitimate, verified member of the scientific community to discover cylindrical vehicles. Bergrun’s book exposed for the first time exactly what Voyager I saw, but unable to get it published in America he travelled to Scotland and finally got it published in Aberdeen, Scotland
One of the photographs in his book is of an artificially constructed object in the A-ring of Saturn that he calls an ‘electromagnetic vehicle’. It was an astounding 2000 miles long and over 450 miles in diameter, that is over twice the length of Great Britain! What kind of high-technology must it take to build an object of that size, and who could be responsible for such an impossible feat of engineering?
Dr. Bergrun said, "I don't know who built it but what I found out is these things inhabit Saturn, that's where I first discovered them. And they're proliferating, they're now in Uranus and Jupiter...wherever you see some rings now. I call it the ringmaker."
Describing what he could see in the anomalous Voyager I images, he explained "I could be looking down on the rings, I could see parallel lines crossing all of the rings at once - that's about as long as you can go. I could tell that those lines demarked the outside of an object."
He explained why what he was seeing was an electromagnetic vehicle, "I say that it is an electromagnetic vehicle because I can identify streamline patterns with respect to it that I knew were what we called 'potential lines' and that says it was electrical".
Bergrun thought it could be possible that these craft were actually making the rings, hence the book’s title, but other scholars have raised the possibility that they could be mining the precious metals and nutrients that make up the rings. Either way, what an incredible discovery, another one that appears to have been left out of the public domain. A reviewer commenting on Bergrun’s book wrote, “Saturn's rings are ‘not’ natural, but are some type of effluent from massively huge, cylindrical objects, themselves measured in terms of earth diameters!”
In his 1986 book, Bergrun published images of these immense objects for the very first time, thus verifying his claims as legitimate. The pictures he presents show 'immensely large, enormously powerful space vehicles located in the vicinity of Saturn and its moons' as his introduction explains.
'These photographic revelations are reinforced by, and are consistent with, scientific data extending over centuries as far back as Galileo. The pictures have been obtained by the author using simple, repeatable enhancement techniques applied to publicly available NASA photographs from Voyager 1 and 2 flybys of Saturn. Having been obtained by pre-scheduled flight programming, Voyager photographs are scientifically unique in that they are strictly impersonal.'
Whoever is responsible for these vast machines clearly has access to unimaginable technology which raises yet more questions surrounding the extraterrestrial hypothesis. Questions which for now will remain unanswered.
Ex-frontman Blink-182 doet binnen nu en 60 dagen ‘grootse aankondiging over UFO’s’
Oud-frontman van Blink-182 Tom DeLonge zegt binnen nu en 60 dagen een ‘grootse aankondiging’ over UFO’s te gaan doen.
Hij deed deze uitspraak nadat hij was uitgeroepen tot UFO-onderzoeker van het jaar, schrijft de Daily Express.
Hij is betrokken geweest bij een mysterieus project, waarvan enkele details naar buiten kwamen toen WikiLeaks e-mails publiceerde die hij naar Clintons campagnemanager John Podesta had gestuurd.
Afgeluisterd
Uit de e-mails bleek dat hij contact onderhield met belangrijke militaire bronnen.
DeLonge claimde eerder dat hij werd achtervolgd door schimmige figuren en dat zijn telefoon werd afgeluisterd.
“Er is veel waar ik niets over kan zeggen, maar binnen nu en 60 dagen zal ik een aankondiging doen,” zei de ex-frontman van Blink-182.
Ambitieus
DeLonge zei dat hij al 20 jaar onderzoek doet naar Roswell, Dulce, Serpo, Churchill, UFO-crashes, nazi’s die vaartuigen bouwden en Antarctica.
Hij zei dat hij zich ook heeft verdiept in vreemde structuren op Mars en de achterkant van de maan.
“Ik heb mijn bekendheid gebruikt om iets ambitieus te doen en dat is gelukt,” legde hij uit.
Vergaan
Hij zei dat zijn aankondiging mogelijk niet wordt opgemerkt door de mainstream media. “Maar de UFO-gemeenschap zal zien hoe belangrijk dit is,” voegde hij toe.
“Het is makkelijk om een onderwerp vanuit je luie stoel belachelijk te maken, maar als je wordt uitgenodigd voor de bijeenkomsten waar ik bij aanwezig ben geweest, zal het lachen je snel vergaan,” zei hij.
WikiLeaks onthulde dat DeLonge meerdere e-mails had verstuurd naar Podesta over het feit dat hij samenwerkte met klokkenluiders binnen het leger.
DE AARDE VALT BIJNA UIT ELKAAR EN NIEMAND REAGEERT ( VIDEO )
Waar op ieder journaal de hoofdpunten van het nieuws de huidige gigantische aardveranderingen zouden moeten zijn, wordt het publiek afgeleid met “lijsttrekkers”.
Vergeleken met dezelfde periode van de vorige eeuw is tussen 2000 en eind 2016 het aantal zware aardbevingen met 2.680 procent toegenomen.
Wat er in onze tegenwoordige tijd nogal eens ontbreekt, is wat men vroeger “gezond verstand” noemde. Het zelf nadenken over iets en niet zomaar iets aannemen omdat een ander dat zegt.
Tegenwoordig worden mensen gebombardeerd met informatie via de mainstream kanalen, wat niet alleen betekent dat ze dikwijls verkeerde informatie krijgen, maar ook dat ze zelf geen enkele moeite doen om over iets na te denken.
Niet alleen worden ze zo volgepompt met foutieve, misleidende informatie, vervolgens worden ze vakkundig afgeleid door niet aflatende sportevenementen, beroemdheden en stompzinnige amusementsprogramma’s.
Wanneer je die televisie eindelijk uitzet en zelf een stukje onderzoek gaat doen, dan schrik je. De bulk van de mensheid is in slaap gesukkeld met de mantra “klimaatopwarming” en denkt verder geen seconde na over de gigantische veranderingen die nu op onze aarde plaatsvinden.
Door deze klimaatopwarming hoax programmering vergeten de meesten dat verschijnselen zoals aardbevingen en vulkanen niet worden beïnvloed door mensen die teveel CO2 zouden uitstoten.
Hierna volgen twee afbeeldingen. De ene laat het aantal en locaties zien van zware aardbevingen (hoger dan 6 op de schaal van Richter) in de eerste 16 jaar van de vorige eeuw en het tweede plaatje die uit onze huidige eeuw.
Op het eerste plaatje zie je een totaal van 97 zware aardbevingen, op de tweede een totaal van 2.697 zware!
Deze toename is dermate groot, dat je je toch eens moet gaan afvragen waardoor dit nu eigenlijk komt. Het lijkt alsof er onzichtbare krachten inwerken op de aarde, waardoor alles letterlijk beeft en schudt.
Met vulkanen krijg je een vergelijkbaar beeld. Niemand vraagt zich af hoe het kan dat enkele van de meest gevaarlijke vulkanen ter wereld opeens weer tot leven komen. We zien dan wel eens beelden van de Etna vulkaan, maar er zijn er nog veel meer. Op dit moment zijn er 35 grote vulkanen die nu uitbarsten of op het punt staan om uit te barsten.
Hoe kan het dat al deze vulkanen nu opeens allemaal actief worden?
Volgens de USGS is magma ondergronds gesmolten rots en is lava gesmolten rots dat door het oppervlak van de aarde breekt. Iets zorgt er op dit moment voor dat het magma door de aardkorst naar buiten wordt geduwd.
Nog niet zo lang geleden spraken wetenschappers van “dode vulkanen”, maar zoals we nu beginnen te merken, zijn die helemaal niet dood. Er zijn zoveel van die “dode vulkanen” die opeens weer vol leven lijken te zitten.
Het is ook niet een plaatselijk fenomeen, het gebeurt wereldwijd, van IJsland tot Indonesië, waar de bekende Sinabung vulkaan onlangs zeven keer op één dag tot uitbarsting kwam. Ook geldt er opnieuw een waarschuwing voor IJsland waar klaarblijkelijk vier vulkanen op het punt staan uit te barsten.
Er is nog een heel actieve, maar relatief onbekende vulkaan en dat is de Erta Ale
Erta Ale is een actieve schildvulkaan gelegen in de Afar-driehoek, in het noordoosten van Ethiopië. Het is de meest actieve vulkaan van Ethiopië.
Erta Ale is 613 meter hoog, en is een van de enige vier vulkanen ter wereld met een lavameer op de top. Dit lavameer is het langst bestaande lavameer ter wereld.
Erta Ale’s laatste grote uitbarsting was in 2005, toen duizenden mensen die in de buurt van de vulkaan woonden moesten vluchten. In 2007 was er nog een kleinere uitbarsting
Schematisch ziet die vulkaan er als volgt uit:
Echter, ook deze vulkaan is de laatste tijd veel actiever geworden dan gebruikelijk.
Volgens onderzoekers die er kortgeleden zijn geweest, is het niveau in het lavameer de afgelopen weken aanzienlijk gestegen, waardoor het nu aan alle kanten overstroomt. Wetenschappers constateerden dat door tektonische bewegingen er ook nieuwe “scheuren” zijn ontdekt waardoor het lava naar buiten komt.
In de volgende video zijn recente beelden te zien van deze vulkaan en na het zien daarvan begrijp je de bijnaam: “Gateway to hell”.
De tektonische platen op aarde schuiven overal en dit is niet zomaar. De wereld staat er echter bij, kijkt ernaar en er is in het hele mainstream land niemand die in staat is om al deze vreemde zaken met elkaar in verband te brengen.
Niemand die hardop durft te vragen hoe het in hemelsnaam mogelijk is dat er plotseling zulke grote krachten werkzaam zijn op onze planeet.
Het hoofd in het zand steken heeft geen zin; het zelf nadenken en op onderzoek gaan wel.
De verhalen over Niburu of 'Planet X' zijn allemaal quatsch, dat is allang weerlegd en dus hoaxes. Dit soort beweringen komt doorgaans niet van wetenschappers die zich full-time hiermee bezig houden, maar van amateurs die 's avonds na hun werk blijkbaar niets beters te doen hebben dan sprookjes verzinnen.
De dame die dit antwoord kreeg, schreef ons verder nog (dank!):
Wat ik nog wel wil benadrukken is dat die astronoom van de Radboud Universiteit mijn opmerking volkomen negeerde, over dat aantoonbaar UV C, helium en lithium in groeiende hoeveelheden het aardoppervlak bereiken, zodat alles wat leeft dit constant inademt (vandaar ongetwijfeld die explosief toenemende luchtwegklachten, ook bij niet-rokers en plattelanders!). Met name dat UV C ons op ooghoogte bereikt, is ongehoord, omdat wetenschappers (zoals bijv. meteorologen) altijd hebben beweerd dat UV C door de dampkring rondom de aarde wordt tegengehouden. Maar omdat die dampkring zo dun geworden is, bereikt kosmische straling ons steeds meer rechtstreeks. Voor goed onderbouwde toelichting hierop: zie de site op YouTube van Higher Truth Channel en ook BP Earth Watch, die sinds een paar dagen ook werkt met een meter, die nucleaire straling meet.
Het maakt ons niet uit wat je wel of niet wilt geloven, we zouden het alleen erg prettig vinden wanneer bovenstaande je in ieder geval tot nadenken stemt.
Want, de heftige aardveranderingen zijn echt en er is “iets” dat dit veroorzaakt.
BUITENAARDSEN VERMAKEN ZICH OVER DOMHEID MENSEN ( VIDEO )
Het kan niet anders dan dat de buitenaardsen zich vol verbazing afvragen welk niet al te intelligent ras deze planeet aarde bevolkt.
Ze vliegen open en bloot voor iedereen zichtbaar af en aan bij hun basis onder een vulkaan en de wereldbevolking doet net alsof ze helemaal niets zien.
Wat is het toch met mensen dat ze willens en wetens hun ogen sluiten voor iets zo essentieels als volkeren van andere planeten die hier bases hebben, doen wat ze willen en wij aardbewoners die net doen alsof ze niet bestaan?
Natuurlijk hebben bepaalde overheden overeenkomsten met buitenaardsen en doen ze hun uiterste best om deze informatie bij het publiek vandaan te houden, maar kom, we leven in 2017 en informatie kan op heel veel verschillende manieren worden gedeeld en toch verandert er helemaal niets.
Deze week wordt er door een webcam bij de bekende Popocatépetl vulkaan in Mexico weer het zoveelste bijzondere tafereel vastgelegd.
Je ziet van links een UFO aankomen die zo te zien verdwijnt in de krater van de vulkaan.
Dan zie je een tijdje niets en even later verschijnt de UFO weer, zoals te zien op de volgende afbeelding.
Volgens ufologen is het een vaststaand feit dat er zich een buitenaardse basis bevindt op een diepte van enkele kilometers onder deze Popocatépetl.
Maar, zelfs als je niet zou geloven dat er zich daar een buitenaardse basis bevindt, dan nog zijn de beelden die in de loop der jaren zijn gemaakt dusdanig, dat er geen enkele twijfel meer over bestaat dat er onbekende vliegende objecten in de vulkaan verdwijnen en ook weer uit tevoorschijn komen.
De opname van enkele dagen geleden volgt hierna.
De meest beroemde opname van de Popocatépetl is wel die uit oktober 2012 waar een enorm sigaarvormige UFO met onvoorstelbaar grote snelheid de vulkaan binnenvliegt.
Omdat er een goede vergelijking gemaakt kan worden met de krater van de vulkaan heeft men berekend dat deze UFO’s ongeveer 500 meter lang zijn. De grootste van de twee heeft ook een soort metallic-achtige glinstering, wat normaal is, omdat deze opnames gemaakt zijn bij zonsopgang.
Deze vulkaan bevindt zich op ongeveer 500 kilometer afstand van de hoofdstad Mexico City.
De vulkaanuitbarstingen wereldwijd nemen toe en het was dan ook een kwestie van tijd totdat mensen verbanden gingen leggen tussen de toenemende UFO activiteit bij vulkanen en die van vulkanische uitbarstingen.
Tenslotte iets wat misschien niet veel mensen weten, is dat er diverse getuigenverklaringen zijn van reddingswerkers die vreemde wezens hebben waargenomen op de hellingen van de Popocatépetl vulkaan.
De professionele bergbeklimmers (Mountain Rescue) die zich bij en rond de vulkaan bezighouden met onder andere het in veiligheid brengen van verdwaalde toeristen en dergelijke, maken melding van vreemde wezens.
Ze zijn tussen de twee en twee en een halve meter groot en worden waargenomen op de helling van de vulkaan, dichtbij de krater.
Ze zijn lang en dun en beschikken niet over een uitrusting zoals een rugzak of iets dergelijks. Ze hebben niets om zich tegen de barre weerscondities op die hoogte te beschermen.
Deze wezens zijn niet een keer bij toeval waargenomen. Ze worden op regelmatige basis gezien door leden van Mountain Rescue en anderen.
Tot grote verbazing van de bergbeklimmers kunnen de wezens in een heel korte tijd een aanzienlijke afstand overbruggen op de steile gladde berghelling.
Een afstand op de berghelling waar de bergbeklimmers normaal gesproken drie uur over doen, wordt door deze wezens in tien minuten afgelegd.
Guillermo Vidalez is één van de bergbeklimmers die ze met eigen ogen heeft gezien. Hij zegt dat het eigenlijk onmogelijk is voor iets of iemand om een berghelling in zo'n korte tijd te beklimmen, gezien de condities van het terrein en het weer. De wezens zagen er uit als dunne, lange figuren en ze waren te ver van Vidalez verwijderd om contact te kunnen maken.
Grote vraag is natuurlijk: Wie zijn deze wezens en wat hebben ze daar op die helling van de vulkaan te zoeken.
Het enige dat wij kunnen doen is al dit soort vreemde voorvallen blijven rapporteren in de hoop dat er ooit eens ergens iets of iemand echt wakker wordt onder de grote massa en dat die zich gaan afvragen waarom ze hier nooit iets van in het journaal terug zien.
Ook voormalig minister van defensie van Canada doet niet aflatend zijn best de mensheid te laten doordringen van het feit dat buitenaardsen bestaan en ook hun voertuigen. Navolgend een interessant recent interview wat hij had met RT News.
A Real Life “Hibernation Chamber” is Being Made For Deep Space Travel
An artist’s rendering of what Spaceworks’ human stasis pods would look like.
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IN BRIEF
Spaceworks, led by John A. Bradford, is proposing to use a new method to allow humans to 'hibernate' during extended space trips.
The process involves cooling the body a little below the normal body temperature (37 C), to slow down heart rate and blood pressure.
THERAPEUTIC HYPOTHERMIA
Manned, long-term, deep space missions are an exciting prospect, but one that remains in the realm of distant possibilities–particularly because we don’t have all the technological innovations needed to make it happen.
One major consideration is the time it takes to reach the destination. Mars, which is at the top of various space programs’ go-to destinations for manned missions, is about six months if travel time away from Earth. If we wanted to explore even further, keep in mind that New Horizons, the fastest spacecraft to leave Earth, took nine and a half years to reach Pluto.
Science fiction conveniently sidesteps this challenge by putting the space explorers into deep sleep–a state of suspended animation. But slowing the human metabolism down while ensuring that a person will stay alive for extended periods is a lot easier said than done.
Spaceworks human stasis system would use sleep cycles; some crewmembers would be asleep while others kept the ship running.(Spaceworks)
Spaceworks however, led by John A. Bradford, is proposing to use a method they refer to as “therapeutic hypothermia.” The process involves cooling the body a little below the normal body temperature (37 C), to slow down heart rate and blood pressure. This process is already being used in the medical world. By bringing the body temperature of patients undergoing treatment for cardiac arrest or traumatic brain injuries down to 32 and 34 degrees Celsius, doctors have more time to address the issues.
The method normally allows patients to stay in stasis for about 2-4 days, but has worked for as long as two weeks. Spaceworks not only believes they can extend this for months, but also that they can create the technology needed to automate the process and apply it for deep-space missions.
SUSPENDED ANIMATION
Unlike the cryo-chambers depicted in films however, where row upon row of space travelers are left in suspended animation in individual pods, Spaceworks is conceptualizing an open chamber that allows the crew to go into stasis in shifts.
“There would be some robotic arms and monitoring systems taking care of [the passengers]. They’d have small transnasal tubes for the cooling and some warming systems as well, to bring them back from stasis,” Bradford describes an interview with Quartz.
This not only addresses concerns of adding too much weight to a spacecraft, but also ensures that there will be people awake to manage possible emergencies and conduct standard monitoring.
As for the long-term health effects of space travel, Spaceworks is trying to find ways of incorporating exercise into stasis. The team is looking into using electrical stimulation, which is already used to aid physical therapy. Having this technology in place also solves a lot of logistical issues for manned space missions. With crew members awake, you have to factor in the volume of food, water, and air needed to keep them alive for months and years at a time. It could also help manage the psychological impact of long-term space travel and hopefully lower the risk of space crews succumbing to depression, claustrophobia, or anxiety.
According to Spaceworks, they are due to begin animal testing next year, with human testing set to follow after in space and on the International Space Station.
Conspiracy theorists have named a number of bizarre – and downright terrifying – incidents, sightings and unknowns that still have no scientific explanation.
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NO EXPLANATION: There's still lots scientists don't know about aliens and space
Where ARE all the aliens?
According to the Fermi paradox – named after physicist Enrico Fermi – there are billions of stars in the galaxy that are similar to the Sun, many of which are billions of years older than Earth.
That mean there is a high probability some of these stars will have Earth-like planets – and will have developed intelligent life.
Which means there could be aliens out there – but they just haven’t visited Earth yet.
What science can’t explain is why – if aliens are out there – haven’t they visited Earth already?
Despite examining radio signals from other worlds for decades, scientists still haven’t detected any alien life.
NASA's Curiosity Rover captures DEVIL on Mars
Did we discover life on Mars already?
In 1976, the NASA Mars Viking lander was said to have “found life”.
The robot on Mars carried out three experiments to test for life. One came up positive but the other two experiments did not, so the positive result had to be dismissed.
But in 2012 a team of scientists re-examined the data using a new technique – and found evidence of biological life on the Red Planet.
Biologist Joseph Miller said: “The ultimate proof is to take a video of a Martian bacteria and watch the bacteria move.
“On the basis of what we've done so far, I'd say I'm 99 percent sure there's life there.”
What is the placebo effect and its crucial role in medical research?
How does the Placebo effect work?
The placebo effect is the unbelievable phenomenon of people overcoming illness by taking a “fake” sugar pill and believing it is really medicine.
Bizarrely, it appears to still work even when patients know they are taking a sugar pill – the simple act of taking one means they often “cure” themselves of their illness.
And it’s not just tablets, the placebo effect also works if you think you’ve had surgery – but actually haven’t had any at all.
Scientists still don’t have a solid answer for why believing you are taking medicine, when you aren’t actually, cures physical illness.
Here's 'what happens' if you fall into a black hole
What would happen if a person fell into a black hole?
Black hole formation begins when a massive star dies and its core ends up collapsing in on itself.
A black hole is genuinely "black" and so it can only be detected by the effects its gravitational force has on other nearby objects.
Scientists do not know what happens if something – or someone – is sucked into a black hole.
Some theorists have suggested that anything falling into a black hole will be thrown into another universe or dimension.
Physicists used to think you wouldn’t notice you were falling into a black hole – others suggested you’d hit a wall of fire and be burnt to a crisp.
It seems there is no concrete answer – so probably best to avoid going near any.
Expert can move objects thanks to telekinesis
Is telekinesis real?
Isn’t it just a trick that Uri Gellar fella used to do on TV?
Telekinesis – or mind over matter – is the ability to physically control objects without physically touching them.
70s TV magician Uri Gellar was a big name thanks to his trademark spoon bending tricks.
But others still practice the technique – and claim that they really can move objects just by using psychic abilities.
According to author and science expert Dr Claude Swanson, the odds that telekineses is real – and not due to chance – is now measured in billions to one.
“In other words, this phenomenon is real,” he said.
The footage, uploaded to YouTube by the channel Section 51 2, shows a crowd of tourists looking towards the wonder of the ancient world, while three bizarre triangular objects hover above.
The video is one of the clearest ever captures of alleged UFOs, as critics often claim films of supposed alien craft are blurred or too shaky to watch.
It even shows close ups of the upside down pyramids, looking up from the base of the pyramids, as they appear to hover and rotate above three of the relics.
Section 51 2 includes no real details about the alleged sighting, but says in subtitles on the video that it was filmed in April 2016, and the UFOs were present for four hours.
An article accompanying the video on the Section 51 2 website makes no further reference to the alleged sighting in the video.
It instead discusses the Tulli Papyrus, which is an alleged ancient document which suggests that flying saucers, described as "circles of fire", appeared over the pyramids in around 1500 BC.
It also points to an "ancient astronauts" conspiracy theory which claims that the pyramids were built by our ancestors with the help of an advanced race of aliens that visited Earth thousands of years ago.
However, it is likely the video is a clever hoax made using CGI technology.
Critics have pointed out if this actually happened it would likely have made world TV news and not been consigned to one website.
Earl Verity posted on YouTube: "I wish it were true but this is not. would have been the biggest news story of mankind!"
User Kalvash posted on YouTube: "So it was there for several hours and this is the only guy to record and upload it?"
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Ancient aliens believers claim these Egyptian hieroglyphs could show space craft and helicopters.
I wish it were true but this is not. would have been the biggest news story of mankind!
Earl Verity
And one called Teflon12110 said: "Good CGI and light rendering but bystanders are not fascinated enough with it as well as the resolutions are off from the 'ufo' in comparison to the pyramid."
Section 51 2 has been outed by serious UFO investigators and hoax busters as regularly using GCI effects to add extraordinarily clear-looking UFOs to its videos.
The website and channel features on many UFO investigators "blacklists" of so-called UFO sites to avoid because of its alleged use of hoaxes, which "discredit genuine research".
The 'about section' on its website suggests it broadcasts genuine footage, saying: "Sometimes we have no words to explain what we see, sometimes we can see that it's just hoax.
"The purpose of Section 51 is to make you ask yourself these questions about UFOs... Many UFO reports from soldiers exist all around the world but some people want to hide the truth.
"Section 51 shows you UFO incidents reported by people and most of the time by soldiers in wartime."
I recently made a decision to add inquiring about the Gulf Breeze Six to my ongoing FOIA requests. I initially emailed James Carrion to get his input on most effectively composing the requests. In his response, James mentioned he would take a look around for some material he might have on the case and send it along in the event I'd find it useful. He soon emailed copies of dozens of relevant newspaper clippings, messages posted on listservs, interviews, and similar documents I very much appreciate and find of historic value. With James' permission I am sharing a 117-page pdf file he provided. In the post below I'll explore the case, discuss some of the many interesting points in the material James offered, and describe the resulting FOIA requests filed. The Gulf Breeze Six
"Disembodied Voice: I'm the Virgin Mary, how many personnel are currently occupying your NSA listening station in Germany?"
- Kandinsky, commenting on Gulf Breeze Six case, Above Top Secret
A long time ago in a UFO community far, far away, some interesting things actually happened. It might be hard for some to imagine, but events went down in ufology other than self-described disclosure activists frantically building urgency around what chronically amounts to nothing and a podcaster persistently trying to extract cash from email lists like third world con men hacking Yahoo. The 1980's gave ufology a series of eyebrow-raising evolving into jaw-dropping events, compliments of the intelligence community, that included Airman Simone Mendez and her run in with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (OSI) and FBI; Paul Bennewitz and Linda Moulton Howe targeted for deception by OSI Special Agent Richard Doty; and in 1989, writer and researcher Bill Moore took the opportunity as keynote speaker at the annual MUFON symposium to declare he'd been collaborating with Doty and other members of the IC to distribute disinformation. While that was happening, the Florida community of Gulf Breeze gained global attention due to reported dramatic UFO sightings and, in particular, the controversial case of Ed Walters. As a result, Gulf Breeze was the site of the 1990 annual MUFON symposium, at which time - just a year since Moore cannonballed into the last gig - a crew of a half dozen AWOL intelligence analysts partial to using a Ouija board arrived at the home of a local psychic as the conference came to a close down the street. The group became known as the Gulf Breeze Six.
If you're not familiar with the saga of the Gulf Breeze Six, it's worth some time. The late Philip Coppens penned a pretty good summary of the case. It's complicated, but let's dive in: Six Army intelligence analysts were serving in the 701st Military Intelligence Brigade at Augsburg, Germany, the largest NSA base in the world outside the States at the time. Each member of the group held a top secret security clearance. They began conducting meetings consisting of Ouija board sessions and explorations of non-ordinary states of consciousness, and they claimed to think they were communicating with spirits and religious icons, including the Virgin Mary, during the meetings. The six apparently perceived they were provided prophecies, and interpreted the predictions to be coming to pass, leading them to increasingly trust the means of communication and alleged entities. Members of the group had lifelong interests in paranormal subject matter, including one, Spc. Vance A. Davis, who as a teenager took a course in "Silva Mind Control," and another, Spc. Kenneth G. Beason, who dabbled in hypnosis and reportedly was interested in UFOs. The six also included Sgt. Annette Eccleston, Pfc. Michael J. Hueckstaedt, Pfc. Kris P. Perlock, and Pfc. William N. Setterberg. They reportedly went over the proverbial wall in early July, 1990, after giving away some belongings and ceremoniously burning their records and books. Another key figure was a Gulf Breeze self-described psychic, Anna Foster, who Perlock met while in cryptology training in Pensacola prior to shipping off to Europe. Foster apparently also befriended Beason when he was stationed in Pensacola. All but Eccleston, the lone female of the six soldiers, were reportedly staying at Foster's apartment while Absent Without Official Leave. Eccleston was apprehended at a campsite at nearby Fort Pickens, for whatever reasons.
Former home of the 701st Military Intelligence Brigade at the US Intelligence Field Station, Augsburg, Germany
The group's beliefs and motives for going AWOL were somewhat unclear, but were at least partially represented to include a desire to deliver information as provided by the mysterious entities to the U.S. president. I'm not sure if they expected Mr. President to be at Anna Foster's place, but anyway... They were also reportedly interested in speaking with an author of UFO books and related conspiracies, quite possibly Bill Cooper, and that would make a little more sense about going to Gulf Breeze before moving on to laying low in the western woods as they claimed was on the itinerary, or I guess it would make more sense. Sorta. Anyhow, it should not be completely surprising that some of the confusion was due to the content of statements originating from the Pentagon and spokespersons after the detention of the six, later retracted through official channels or denied altogether by the former soldiers.
Also adding to the confusion were statements by members of the Gulf Breeze Six, which at times seemed to be unclear if not lacking logic. What's more, some of their acquaintances were quoted in the media as saddling them with remarks and beliefs they later denied. Ideologies attributed to the group included a forthcoming Rapture, alien spaceships frequenting Gulf Breeze, a UFO cover-up conducted by the government, a plot to thwart the Antichrist, significant malevolent forces operating covertly within the U.S. government, and similar mindsets arguably being found with increasing frequency among members of the UFO community and related genres. Some of the beliefs were later defended by Vance Davis and his peers, while some were dismissed as rumors. Any way we look at it, the six were a pretty paranormal-friendly bunch, or at least claimed to be, and landed in Gulf Breeze about the same time a MUFON convention wrapped up on July 8. The six were apparently in Tennessee a few days earlier, where they bought a van and drove it to Florida, arriving July 9, according to Gulf Breeze police, but I strongly suspect that date was established from statements obtained. If not, it would be reasonable to question how police actually knew when the entourage hit town. At any rate, Hueckstaedt soon crossed paths with local law enforcement when he was pulled over in the van for driving with faulty taillights, and the entire group was eventually detained July 13-14. The six were transferred to the custody of intelligence agencies and taken to Fort Benning, GA, and Fort Knox, KY, for interrogation. They were soon issued general discharges and released with minimal consequences. Three of the six, Beason, Eccleston, and Hueckstaedt, returned to Gulf Breeze, remarkably arriving back in town within three weeks of first having been taken into custody. Beason said he returned to the area because of friendships he developed, according to an August 4, 1990, newspaper article titled, Three discharged soldiers return to Gulf Breeze, friends.
Article explaining Beason, Eccleston, and Hueckstaedt returned to Gulf Breeze following their discharges, found on page 67 of pdf file provided by James Carrion
Drilling Down
The above summary leaves many of us with more questions than answers. A sticking point, for instance, has long been understanding how the six navigated international airports without being detained. A partial explanation might include information contained in a July 19, 1990, New York Times article (see p 98 of thepdf file):
The Pentagon said that two of the soldiers went on authorized leave from their unit, the 701st Military Intelligence Brigade at Augsburg, West Germany, about two weeks ago, and never returned. At the same time, two other soldiers from the unit vanished, and officials suspected that two more who were on leave would not return.
Military authorities issued a worldwide alert for the six soldiers on July 9.
July, 1990
That might account for how they managed to get stateside, combined with circumstances reported in an article from the Northwest Florida Daily News (p 64 of the pdf), which suggested the group used forged leave papers. Before the worldwide alert was issued Monday the 9th, Beason and Hueckstaedt could feasibly have made it to Tennessee by Friday, July 6, as reported was the case by the Pensacola News Journal (p 91 of pdf). The two reportedly planned to soon meet the other four (p 69 of pdf,Marin Independent Journal, U.S. soldiers go AWOL to find 'Jesus in a spaceship'). Some, however, including Davis (as cited by Coppens), would later speculate intelligence officials knew of the group's plan all along and were monitoring the journey. A piece in the July 19, 1990, edition of the Pensacola News Journal (pp 90-91 of pdf,6 soldiers here to kill Antichrist) indicated Robert Hall, an Army spokesman, stated authorities didn't know how the six got to the United States. The author of the article also obtained comments from Stan Johnson, a contact of Beason's in Tennessee, who apparently picked up Beason and Hueckstaedt at the Knoxville airport on July 6 and helped them buy the van. "He did mention... about going to Pensacola for a UFO convention," Johnson was interestingly quoted as recalling about Beason. Oh, and the European Stars and Stripes was quoted in the same article (pp 90-91) as reporting the crew of six went to Gulf Breeze to kill the Antichrist, but we'll come back to that in a minute. First, the article indicated the MUFON conference was held in Pensacola July 6-8, and reported MUFON officials "could not say whether Beason or Hueckstaedt attended any of the symposium sessions," but get this: Anna Foster, the psychic who opened her home to the group, apparently did. In what appears to be the next day's edition of the same paper, the July 20, 1990,Pensacola News Journal, a story was published titled, Soldiers were to expose UFO scam, sister says (pp 92-93 of pdf). The article highlights Beason's sister and her husband, Carolyn and Charles Reed, explaining how Beason "said they were going to expose a government cover-up of reports that aliens have visited Earth," although the couple did not seem to take him particularly seriously. The article continued, "The Reeds said Beason also told them that Foster had introduced him to a UFO group that believed the government was covering up alien visits to Earth." "If anybody should be arrested, it should be that lady," Charles Reed told the News Journal about Anna Foster, for what it may or may not be worth. The article interestingly concluded:
The Mutual UFO Network held a symposium on UFOs two weeks ago July 6-8, but the group did not endorse any position on a government cover-up, said Don Ware, a Fort Walton Beach representative of the group.
Although Ware said Foster had attended the symposium, Foster refused comment again Tuesday night.
The Stand Among the more dramatic of the many dramatic story lines to emerge from the saga involved the Antichrist. The previously referenced July 19 article published in the News Journal (pp 90-91 of pdf) reported members of the six were being held at Fort Benning, and that Maj. Joe Padilla, a spokesman for the Pentagon, said he didn't know why they left Germany or anything about their religious beliefs. Gulf Breeze Police Chief Jerry Brown was similarly asked for comment. The article explained:
When he was told of the Stars and Stripes report Wednesday, Brown said, "I don't believe that. Who is the Antichrist?"
If the cult had talked about destroying the Antichrist, that person should have a name, he said.
According to a Georgia MUFON State Section Director, who described a Fort Benning doctor as his source, at least some of the Gulf Breeze Six claimed to believe the Antichrist indeed had a name, and it was Ed Walters. In an August 4, 1990, letter to MUFON International Director Walt Andrus, the Section Director wrote (p 77 of pdf):
In regards to your request that I try to meet with the soldiers here at Fort Benning, Georgia who were involved in the recent "End of the World" deal at Gulf Breeze, Florida, the following negative report is submitted.
I was unable to meet with the soldiers who were being held in the stockade and my fraternity brother, who is a doctor at the base hospital, couldn't get me in to see the two men who were on the psychiatric ward. All I could get from the doctor was relatively the same as that which was out on the media wires. The soldiers had originally met while stationed together in Germany and they believed that the UFOs are works of the 'devil.' They also supposedly claim that Ed Walters is the anti-Christ and that is why the UFO activity has been so heavy in the Florida panhandle. I'm sorry I wasn't able to get anything better on this but the people at the Provost Marshall's office weren't very receptive to the idea of a UFO investigator.
How Bizarre, How Bizarre Other points of interest include Vance Davis describing his mastery of "self-hypnosis through active imagination" as taught in "Silva Mind Control courses that were held in Alex Merklinger's school in New York." Davis purported to interact with entities through such techniques (p 5 of pdf).
Davis stated GB6 colleague Kenneth Beason was practicing hypnosis techniques in an interview published in the January/February, 1995, edition of a Northern California MUFON periodical titled, Case Briefs: Explorations and Review. The item was reprinted with the permission of The Phoenix Newsletter. A passage I find interesting is pictured right and described below. "Did you receive information from sources other than the Ouija Board?" the interviewer asked. Vance Davis replied, "The UFO documents came from a woman (with Ashtar Command) in Germany. (That was the Cooper Report, and other documents.) We didn't really get anything from work, (but) we started seeing things differently. The first thing that really got us moving, and they didn't put this in the statements, (was) the Iran earthquake that year (1990), because we were told about it thirty days before it occurred. We were also doing hypnosis." "Was Beason hypnotizing you?" "Yeah. It was a relaxed state; like Edgar Cayce used to do. We were doing a lot of parapsychology research. A whole lot of it. We did Tarot cards, and all that kind of stuff. We were trying to disprove all of this stuff, until the Ouija Board happened and some hypnosis stuff."
In his book, Unbroken Promises: A True Story of Courage and Belief, Davis further described the group's sessions, as well as the woman in Germany (p 29 of pdf):
This third session ended up giving us the name of a woman in Munich that would have some information for us on the alien and UFO situation. The woman's name was Gabriel. We did, indeed, find that woman in Munich and she gave us some information and documents that were interesting, to say the least. That paperwork was taken by the officer that arrested Mike [Hueckstaedt] in Pensacola. We never saw it again.
The sessions included perceived interactions with Biblical icons Mark and Mother Mary, the latter of which curiously seemed to have arrived via the Ouija board to answer questions for Annette Eccleston, who "grew up a Catholic, but was no longer a practicing Catholic." (p 30 of pdf) Much more can be learned about the sessions and how the group members were influenced in the pdf file. Oddly enough, such activity in the vicinity of the base and interest in the subject matter may very well not have been limited to the wayward six. There may have been others involved. Beason's sister and brother-in-law, the Reeds, told the Pensacola News Journal the man claimed to believe the Rapture was imminent and his group of twelve, not six, was prepping. The News Journal reported, "He also told the couple that before the second coming of Christ the group - which Beason said numbers 12 - would emerge and try to convert people to believe in Christ, the Reeds said." (p 92 of pdf) For what it's worth, the Northwest Florida Daily News piled on, citing Stars and Stripes as reporting there were indeed more interested parties (p 79 of pdf):
A member of their unit told the newspaper Stars and Stripes the six were out to find and destroy Antichrist, the figure the Bible says will challenge Christ. He spoke on the condition his name would not be disclosed.
Padilla, an Army spokesman at the Pentagon, Wednesday retracted an earlier statement that the six were members of a group known as "The End of the World."
But Stars and Stripes quoted the soldier from the Augsburg unit as saying the cult has additional members in the area.
"There are others who are upset they didn't get invited" to go along on the search for the Antichrist, the newspaper quoted the soldier as saying.
The cherry on top the bizarro milkshake may have been delivered in the form of "an unsigned typewritten note presumably sent to the US Army and all the major TV networks and wire services demanding the release of 'The Gulf Breeze Six,'" as reported August 16, 1990, in the Gulf Breeze Sentinel (read the transcript). The message in question was also reported by Jacques Vallee via Revelations, among other sources, and related discussion may be viewed on page one of the pdf fileprovided by James Carrion and referenced throughout this blog post. The Sentinel article stated, "Mark Curtis at WEAR Channel 3 first shared this intriguing note with The Sentinel two days before the announcement that the Gulf Breeze Six were discharged from the Army and released." The message contained in the note, which was reported to have been typed in all caps and accompanied by images, stated in full:
ABC, NBC, CBS, AP, UPI
U.S. Army:
Free the Gulf Breeze Six.
We have the missing plans, the box of 500+ photos and the plans you want back.
Here is proof with close-ups cut out.
Next we send the closeups and then everything unless they are released.
Answer code AUGSBB3CM
Possibilities I suppose reasonable conclusions about the chain of events would have to include what many might argue is most obvious: The Gulf Breeze Six were young, impressionable, and open-minded to a fault. That might be an explanation, pending further information allowing more conspiratorial conclusions be drawn. Maybe the rest is just history, or at least what's known about it. Such happens. A lot, around ufology. Another perspective was offered by Coppens. Reasonable and interesting, I'd say:
"Logic" – which does not really come into this story, but somehow needs to be applied to keep a reasonable level of sanity, I would suggest – suggests that something else was going; that this group was singled out and became the victim of an experiment, which their pre-joining interests made them predisposed towards, and which "someone" carefully remoulded to see to test out a hypothesis. If this is true, then the scenario was successful, and when the test was concluded, they were rounded up, brought in… and allowed to tell their story, so that the public disclosure of their story would serve part of the exercise as well.
There are researchers, including George P. Hansen, who suspect individuals who become ensnared in the twilight where the IC meets ufology may land on the radar of intelligence agencies because of their interests in UFOs and paranormal subject matter, not in spite of it. From Hansen's The Trickster and the Paranormal, page 232:
[Richard] Doty was apparently involved with the dubious Ellsworth UFO case before he entered AFOSI. Why then was he made a Special Agent? Given the sensitive nature of that agency's work, an extensive background check must have been done, and his caper at Ellsworth must have come to light. It is plausible that Doty was recruited by AFOSI precisely because of that. His personal interest in UFOs may have been useful to AFOSI, and his unreliability could have been an asset because he could be easily discredited if he was caught in something that might embarrass the agency.
The plausibility of this scenario is strengthened by the case of Simone Mendez. Her story appeared in Just Cause in 1991, after documentation supporting her report became available via the FOIA. It leaves many questions unanswered, but it implicates the AFOSI.
Liner Notes Related matters of interest include: - Former MUFON Eastern Regional Director Donald Ware, who the Pensacola News Journal attributed with stating Anna Foster attended the MUFON 1990 International UFO Symposium, in 1992 guided Leah Haley on a now infamous hike across Eglin Air Force Base. They were in search of an alien spacecraft suspected to be downed by the U.S. military with Haley aboard. The unsubstantiated tale resulted from hypnosis sessions conducted on Haley by John Carpenter, another former MUFON director, who became entangled in the Carpenter Affair. In 1993 Ware was removed from the board in what then-International Director Walt Andrus called an unprecedented election in the July, 1993, MUFON UFO Journal. In his "Director's Message,"
Andrus explained to Journal readers:
This action stemmed from continued advisory statements by members of the Executive Committee to Don that he refrain from mailing books to Board members and Eastern Regional State Directors espousing "channeling" philosophies and techniques over a two year period.
As a result of Mr. Ware's fascination with channeling as a means of communicating with aliens or entities, he invited Dr. Norma Milanovich, a professed channeler, to attend the closed MUFON "Face-to-Face" meeting in Albuquerque, NM in July 1992 and allowed her to read her channeled answers to the questions posed for discussion by the participants. Much to the shock and dismay of MUFON officers attending, Dr. Milanovich read the answers from a computer print-out which she claims was obtained from "Master Kuthumi" during a 33-minute period the previous night.
Ware went on to direct the International UFO Congress from 1993-2010. - The former home of the Gulf Breeze Six and the 701st Military Intelligence Brigade, the US Intelligence Field Station of Augsburg, was the old stomping grounds of Maj. Gen. Bert Stubblebine and Sgt. Lyn Buchanan as portrayed in Jon Ronson's The Men Who Stare at Goats. A few years before the Gulf Breeze Six arrived, career intelligence officer Stubblebine was deeply involved in unconventional avenues of research. He was credited with creating Remote Viewing and went on to become what could reasonably be described as an irrational conspiracy theorist. Buchanan, who worked with Stubblebine and was involved in the Remote Viewing initiative, considers himself an alien abductee, as explored in an interview he generously provided me. - Rima Laibow, MD, was a speaker at the MUFON 1990 International UFO Symposium in Pensacola. Her pro-hypnosis platform and promotion of alleged alien abduction were viewed favorably by MUFON, as was the case with her fellow speaker, Budd Hopkins. Dr. Laibow went on to marry Maj. Gen. Stubblebine. - In 1991 the 701st MI Brigade was awarded the prestigious Director of the National Security Agency's Travis Trophy. The award was granted for having made the nation's most significant contribution in signals intelligence. - In 1989 Anna Foster published her book, Song of my soul. FOIA I recently submitted four FOIA requests on the Gulf Breeze Six. One was to the NSA, asking they conduct a Mandatory Declassification Review, or MDR, of the filereferenced by Coppens. He stated 1400 of its 1600 pages were withheld, so perhaps more of that will be released. I also requested NSA provide records pertaining to investigations of the individuals and their activities, as suggested in newspaper clippings. I similarly requested the Army conduct an MDR of the file referenced by Coppens, as well as related records on the group. Newspaper clippings, establishing the existence of such Army investigations of the six, were offered in support. The CIA and FBI were also queried, with files requested on interactions with and investigations of the Gulf Breeze Six. Offered in support was a July 19, 1990, article (p 81 of pdf) which stated, "Gulf Breeze Police Chief Jerry Brown said that no arrests were made, and [the six] were turned over to the CIA and FBI before going to Fort Benning." Also cited was a July 17, 1990, clipping (pp 86-87) which attributed Police Chief Brown with stating the FBI, CIA and NSA called the Gulf Breeze Police Department following the soldiers' detention.
SOURCE: GIFPU and Planeta UFO Date: 03.04.2017 A report by Joe Carpio, GIFPU
Colombia: Three Alleged UFOs Over Plata (Huila)
On March 3, 2017, starting at 3:00 p.m., a phenomenon was recorded over Plata (Huila) that left locals looking for answers. Three mysterious UFOs were sighted in the skies over the community. According to eyewitnesses, the objects remained static most of the time and as evening grew closer, they flew toward each other quickly until they vanished.
A witness to the event remarked: "Three unidentified flying vehicles remained static most of the afternoon until dusk, then flew quickly toward each other until they vanished," according to Lucas Martinez.
UFO sightings over Colombia are on the rise with many more cases reporting everything from small lights to possible structured craft flying over towns, municipalities and even some of the nation's cities.
Photos show white objects, clearly distant from the witnesses. A drawing depicts the manner in which the craft were described by witnesses.
The accompanying video is from Garzón (Huila) near Plata and shows the presence of UFOs in the afternoon of 20 February 2017:
Patrice Huet a réalisé ce montage photographique avec en haut à droite l'horizon et plusieurs grossissements du phénomène observé dans le ciel de Saint-Leu.
(Photos Patrice Huet)
INSOLITE.Directeur scientifique de la cité du volcan, féru d'astronomie, Patrice Huet a été le témoin involontaire mais privilégié d'un étrange ballet aérien dans le ciel de Saint-Leu dimanche dernier au crépuscule. Aucune explication n'a pour l'instant été apportée au phénomène que Patrice Huet a pu photographier.
Quels sont ces objets volants qui se sont inscrits dans le ciel de Saint-Leu en fin d'après-midi dimanche dernier ? Le ballet aérien n'a semble-t-il eu que peu de témoins mais le hasard qui a mis Patrice Huet aux premières loges pour assister brièvement au spectacle a bien fait les choses.
Directeur scientifique de la Cité du volcan, Patrice Huet est autant passionné de volcanologie que féru d'astronomie. Observer le ciel est pour lui une seconde nature. Que ce soit lui qui ait immortalisé cet étrange phénomène, donne un poids particulier à cette observation dans la mesure où l'on est en présence d'un témoin crédible qui ne laisse aucune place au sensationnalisme ou à la manipulation.
Peu avant 19 heures, dimanche dernier, Patrice Huet roule en voiture avec sa compagne. À hauteur de Saint-Leu, il jette machinalement un regard vers le ciel. Il fait un temps superbe. «Nous étions quelques minutes après le coucher du soleil, confie Patrice Huet. À force d'observer le ciel j'ai acquis une certaine facilité à identifier les phénomènes qui s'y passent. Soudain avec ma compagne notre regard a été attiré par un point lumineux sur la mer en direction de l'ouest - sud-ouest et à environ 10, 15° au-dessus de l'horizon».
trois points lumineux dans le ciel
Patrice Huet pense avoir identifié Mercure. « C'est alors que j'ai aperçu deux autres points lumineux plus ou moins alignés au dessous. » Surpris par l'apparition de ces trois points lumineux, Patrice Huet décide de s'arrêter. « Le temps de garer la voiture, il n'en restait plus qu'un ». Par chance il a avec lui son appareil photo. Il réalise quelques clichés mais le temps de retourner à la voiture pour prendre un objectif plus adapté, le rideau est retombé sur cette scène des plus insolites.
« Je n'ai pas pu voir la fin du phénomène. Il semblait se déplacer avec des composantes verticales et horizontale vers la droite. »
Patrice Huet a marqué d'une flèche les différents points observés. En dessous de la flèche centrale l'objet qu'il a agrandi.
Si à l'œil nu on ne voit qu'un point lumineux, le 250 mm de Patrice Huet a capté quelques détails étonnants. Il réalise le photo montage que nous publions. On y voit à gauche l'horizon au moment de l'observation. Le phénomène n'est pas dans le champ, il est légèrement sur la gauche. Cependant on distingue les trainées d'un avion avec un léger bougé sur la partie droite de la photo. Sur l'autre photo, Patrice Huet a signalé avec des flèches noires, quatre points noirs qu'il n'avait pas remarqué lors de la prise de vue.
Après la parution dimanche dernier de notre dossier sur les manifestations extraterrestres, certains auront vite fait de faire le rapprochement.
S'il a la tête dans les étoiles, Patrice Huet garde, lui, les pieds sur terre. Pas question pour cet esprit scientifique d'aller chercher des explications abracadabrantes. Il a envoyé ses clichés à Franck Marchis et à l'astronaute Jean-Jacques Favier.
L'un et l'autre sont venus animer à la Réunion des cycles de conférence. D'origine réunionnaise, Franck Marchis est astronome et planétologue. Il est actuellement chercheur à l'Institut SETI, un organisme sans but lucratif qui a pour mission d'"explorer, comprendre et expliquer l'origine, la nature et la prévalence de la vie dans l'univers". Il est surtout connu pour la découverte et la caractérisation de plusieurs astéroïdes, ses études sur le volcanisme de Io et sur l'imagerie des exoplanètes, les planètes qui gravitent autour d'autres étoiles que le Soleil. L'astéroïde (6639) Marchis a été nommé en son honneur le 4 avril 2007. Jean-Jacques Favier a été le premier scientifique français à passer seize jours à bord de la navette Columbia du 20 juin au 7 juillet 1998.
Patrice Huet compte sur l'éclairage de ces deux spécialistes pour percer l'énigme de son observation.
Ready to fly, drive and take the train to work? Airbus and Italdesign have taken the wraps off an incredible pod design that combines all three into the last vehicle you could ever need. The Pop.up system is a concept that combines artificial intelligence, augmented reality, and Hyperloop into a futuristic machine designed to traverse cities at speed.
“Adding the third dimension to seamless multi-modal transportation networks will without a doubt improve the way we live and how we get from A to B,” said Mathias Thomsen, general manager for urban air mobility at Airbus, at the vehicle’s world premiere during the 87th Geneva International Motor Show on Tuesday.
At its core, the vehicle consists of a monocoque carbon-fiber pod with two seats, measuring 8.5 feet by 4.9 feet, standing 4.6 feet tall. The pod couples on the base with a four-wheel ground module for driving, but in certain situations, an air module will connect to the roof. The module, measuring 16.4 feet by 14.4 feet, has eight counter-rotating rotors that can propel it through the air at around 60 miles per hour. It can also drive at 60 miles per hour. Both the air module and the ground module take about 15 minutes to charge — the ground module has an 80-mile range, and the air module can go 60, without a payload. Airbus doesn’t state how far the air module can travel with passengers on board.
Passengers will use an app to call a ride, the system will choose the best module for the occasion, and the whole pod will work out the best way to drive itself. Artificial intelligence is used to make the experience as seamless as possible, for example by choosing the air module to avoid traffic congestion in major cities. An augmented reality overlay provides details about sights throughout the city, allowing users to give their opinion on city proposals and accept event invites. At the end of the trip, the components all return themselves to a charging station for the next user.
The batteries located inside the modules link up to the pod and share charge.
The modular system allows for integration with other forms of publicly-available transit, with Airbus naming Hyperloop as one example. Elon Musk’s design for a 700 mile per hour vacuum-sealed train has captured the imaginations of city and vehicle designers, and Pop.Up’s creators are no exception.
“[The] passenger pod concept envisaged by Hyperloop could intuitively integrate well with Pop.Up,” an Airbus spokesperson tells Inverse. “For instance, the last mile to and from Hyperloop stations could be transported with the Pop.Up air module.”
It’s not the first company to explore this idea. Hyperloop One, a company aiming to bring the train system to reality, has also described a system where self-driving cars can link up with the network, drive into the nearest Hyperloop portal and cut transit times dramatically. An Airbus spokesperson tells Inverse that the company does not yet have any direct contact with Hyperloop firms, but that it is open to exploring opportunities.
As for when you’ll be able to try one of these, Airbus has no current plans to bring the vehicle to market, but believes a vehicle similar to the concept could debut somewhere in the 2024 to 2027 range.
In The Martian, astronaut Mark Watney starts growing a farm on Mars using the potatoes meant for Thanksgiving dinner. As it turns out, this might actually be possible in real life if humans ever do colonize Mars. Scientists from the International Potato Center (CIP) (yes, it’s an actual thing) successfully grew potatoes grown in a synthetic soil that mimics the Martian earth.
The CIP started the Potatoes on Mars project in February 2016 in Lima, Peru to see how potatoes would grow and survive in Martian conditions. Wednesday’s announcement of positive results could open up a world of extraterrestrial agriculture that makes it much easier for future generations living on another world to keep themselves full and fed.
“The question we want to know is, can you grow food on Mars,” Chris McKay of NASA’s Ames Research Center tells Inverse. “Potatoes are a good example of a good food. We eat a lot of them. There’s been a lot of research on potatoes as a life support crop. For this particular crop, we want to know how close to Mars-like conditions can potatoes grow.”
Scientists chose to experiment with potatoes because these crops have a high genetic capacity for adapting to extreme environments. Previously, the CIP has grown potatoes that can tolerate conditions caused by climate change, like soil salinity and drought. For this experiment, scientists grew potatoes in soil from the Pampas de La Joya desert in southern Peru, which is dry and similar to Mars’s soil.
These potatoes have been growing inside a CubeSat, which has a container with soil and the tubers and a suite of sensors and cameras to monitor the conditions. It delivers nutrient rich water and simulates Mars’s temperature, air pressure, and atmosphere.
The scientists will continue conducting experiments to find out what kind of potatoes grow best and what minimum conditions potatoes need to survive, including low pressures and low temperatures. This experiment also has practical uses for Earth, as scientists will test whether potatoes can grow in extreme conditions that might hit Earth because of climate change.
On Earth, farmers grow potatoes under warm conditions, but on Mars, the temperatures and pressure are much lower. However, if potatoes can stand Mars-like conditions, in the future, astronauts might not need to build a greenhouse that simulates Earth-like conditions.
“Maybe it could be a tenth of Earth-like conditions,” McKay says. “That makes the greenhouse a lot easier to build.”
Right now, astronauts in space currently eat freeze-dried space food. But for extended missions, like missions to Mars, this isn’t practical, as astronauts need more nutrients, and freezing takes up resources. Plus, if we move onto Mars, we need a sustainable way to grow food and produce oxygen — otherwise, we’ll run out.
NASA’s Advanced Food Technology Project is working on solutions to feed astronauts in space while minimizing waste and energy costs. If we were to send a crew to Mars now, we’d have to load their spacecraft with 7,000 pounds of food. But growing fruits and vegetables would lessen the amount of food astronauts would need to bring to Mars. Plus, astronauts will be healthier and happier from eating food that is not irradiated turkey or astronaut ice cream.
According to McKay, in the near future, NASA hopes to take this potato experiment to the red planet to actually grow them on Mars’s red soil. The payload would have to be as minimal as possible.
“We’d do that experiment way before people go to Mars,” McKay says. “The first time we grow potatoes on Mars isn’t going to be for someone’s dinner. It will be to make sure it works.”
Like Mark Watney, in the future, we may survive on Mars by getting our fill of potato carbs, without having to alter the soil much. But hopefully our crops don’t get destroyed by an airlock explosion.
“It looks like potatoes can do fine in the soil,” McKay says. “You don’t need to add human manure the way they did in that movie.”
New data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and the Herschel Space Observatory is undoing a century of scientific evidence, boggling astronomer’s minds and proving that nothing in the universe is set in stone.
There are several star clusters sprinkled throughout the Large Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy neighboring the Milky Way. A star cluster is a group of stars, originally believed to all be created around the same time, and held together by gravity until galactic winds eventually sweep them apart. Clusters have acted as a kind of control group for scientists who are studying how new stars form. But, now, it appears they aren’t actually controlled environments at all.
In some of these star clusters, a research group from the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research in Perth observed the presence of newborn stars, which would indicate the cluster are not on a timestamped life but rather constantly evolving. To verify this, the group cross-matched the sites of the clusters with sites of newborn stars. In the resulting analysis, scientists concluded that there were at least 15 young stars residing in much older clusters. The results are published in the new issue of the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
“We believe the younger stars have actually been created out of the matter ejected from older stars as they die, which would mean we have discovered multiple generations of stars belonging to the same cluster,” Kenji Bekki an ICRAR astronomer and co-author of the new paper, said in a press release.
This throws all previous knowledge of clusters out the window, affecting models and data that have been collected over the past 100 years. To further understand this new discovery, scientists will be using the Hubble Space Telescope to probe the Large Magellanic Cloud with ultraviolet light to see beyond the stellar dust shrouding the young stars from scientists’ view.
“If we point Hubble at the clusters we’ve been studying, we should be able to see both young and old stars and confirm once and for all that star clusters can contain several generations of stars,” said Bekki.
Photos via NASA/JPL-Caltech/M. Meixner (STScI) & the SAGE Legacy Team.
The Gigantic Megaliths of Ural Mountains in Russia
Published on Mar 25, 2016
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Once used as a ceremonial spot for the followers of a secretive religious sect, these are the underground caves offering safe haven after leaders of the free world brutally dismantled the group's power base.
The caves in Shropshire were once a place of pilgrimage and worship for followers of the Knights Templar, a feared fighting force during the Crusades who built an international power base on their reputation and spoils.
The untouched caverns date back to a time when the Knights were prominent before King Philip IV of France, fearful of their power and deeply in their debt, attempted to dismantle the renowned group.
Many were tortured into confessions and burnt at the stake in order to publicly discredit them, but after they were literally forced underground, caves such as those in Shropshire offered haven to members and followers.
The Caynton Caves lay untouched for years and it is still not known exactly when they were carved. Some believe it was by their knights 700 years ago while some think it was by their followers in the 17th century.
In recent times they have been used by numerous groups including druids and pagans wishing to find a safe place to worship, as the Templar's followers had used it for centuries ago.
Although they were closed up five years ago after the landowners became sick of the constant requests and found the caves strewn with litter and new carvings, adding to the crosses etched in the walls from long ago.
Photographer Michael Scott, from Birmingham, 33, captured the eerie pictures of the inside for the first time since it was shut in 2012. He said: 'I traipsed over a field to find it, but if you didn't know it was there you would just walk right past it. It's probably less than a metre underground, so it's more into the field than under it.
'Considering how long it's been there it's in amazing condition, it's like an underground temple.'
Down the rabbit hole! Gorgeous caves hidden under farmer's field
Shadowy: Once used as a ceremonial spot for the followers of a secretive religious sect, these are the underground caves offering safe haven after leaders of the free world brutally dismantled the group's power base
Historic: The caves in Shropshire were once a place of pilgrimage and worship for followers of the Knights Templar, a feared fighting force during the Crusades who built an international power base on their reputation and spoils
Enlightened: Sunlight rushes in through the small openings in the caves, just metres under the surface of the ground in Shropshire, once used by followers of the Knights Templar (right, stock image) that made its name in the Crusades
Forced underground: The untouched caverns date back to a time when the Knights were prominent before King Philip IV of France, fearful of their power and deeply in their debt, attempted to dismantle the renowned group
Scratching the surface: The entrances to the caves look barely bigger than rabbit holes when seen from the ground above but below is an intricate underground cavern
Born again: In recent times they have been used by numerous groups including druids and pagans wishing to find a safe place to worship, as the Templar's followers had used it for centuries ago
Casting a shadow: The caves were closed up five years ago after the landowners became sick of the constant requests and found the caves strewn with litter and new carvings, adding to the crosses etched in the walls from years gone by
Light it up: Photographer Michael Scott, from Birmingham, set out in search of the historical wonder after seeing a video of it online and captured the eerie pictures of the inside for the first time since it was shut in 2012
Holy place: Inside the caves, as well as plenty of places to rest candles, there is what appears to be a basic stone altar on the wall on the right
Hole in the wall: The intricately carved caves feature cleverly engineered pillars to hold the weight and make them safe for the worshipers inside, as well as ornate archways and squares
Lost in time: The Caynton Caves lay untouched for years and it is still not known exactly when they were carved. Some believe it was by their knights 700 years ago while some think it was by their followers in the 17th century
Safe haven: In recent times they have been used by numerous groups including druids and pagans wishing to find a safe place to worship, as the Templar's followers had used it for centuries ago.
See the light: The caves add fuel to the widely held view that the Templar were not disbanded in the 14th century after being attacked by the French king, but instead went underground and still exert control within many powerful organisations
Konijnenhol leidt naar 700 jaar oud grottencomplex van de geheimzinnige Tempeliers
Een konijnenhol in Groot-Brittannië leidt naar de ingang van een indrukwekkend grottencomplex dat werd gebruikt door de Tempeliers.
De grotten zijn te vinden onder een weiland in Shropshire. Fotograaf Michael Scott besloot de plek te bezoeken nadat hij op internet een filmpje over de grotten had gezien.
Eenmaal onder de grond stuitte Scott op gangen, holle ruimtes en uitbouwen. “Ik moest kruipen om binnen te kunnen komen,” zei hij. “Toen ik binnen was hoorde ik helemaal niets. Er waren alleen een paar spinnen.”
Machtig
De grotten, die 700 jaar oud zouden zijn, worden in verband gebracht met de Tempeliers, een kruisridderorde die een Heilige Oorlog voerde tegen de moslims in het Heilige Land.
Grottenstelsel (Caters News)
De orde, die vernoemd is naar de Tempelberg, werd in 1119 opgericht om pelgrims die het Heilige Land bezochten te beschermen.
De ridderorde had in middeleeuws Europa veel macht. De Tempeliers werden uiteindelijk zo machtig en rijk dat koning Filips IV van Frankrijk er alles aan deed om van ze af te komen.
Zwarte magie
Veel Tempeliers werden gearresteerd wegens ketterij en tientallen belandden op de brandstapel.
Paus Clemens V hief de orde in 1307 op.
Voordat Scott de grotten bezocht waren ze een aantal jaren gesloten. Door rituelen met zwarte magie moesten de eigenaars de ingang naar de grotten in 2012 afsluiten, meldt de Birmingham Mail.
Geheim
In kringen van vrijmetselaars gaat het verhaal dat de orde nog eeuwenlang in het geheim is blijven bestaan.
In sommige boeken valt te lezen dat er nog tot in deze eeuw grootmeesters van de Tempeliers in functie zijn.
Two Foo Fighters Following Plane Over Sweden On Feb 25, 2017, Photos, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: February 25, 2017
Location of sighting: Gnesta, Sodermanland, Sweden
Source: MUFON #82564 Back in WWI and WWII this type of UFOs were called Foo Fighters. A large glowing orb that was as big as a car and often matched speed with the fighter planes, flying a log side them for hours at a time. Awesome to see they are still out there. Scott C. Waring
Eyewitness states:
Me and my girlfriend where out on our lawn, I´ve had my camera with me as usually. My girlfriend noticed an airplane in the sky above with some strange gloving lights behind it. I managed to take one photo before it dissapered behind a cloud.
A California witness at Rancho Santa Margarita reported a UFO encounter from 1999 when a ball of light about the size of a beach ball appeared in front of his vehicle, according to testimony in Case 82195 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
Witness illustration of the event.
(Credit: Google)
The witness says it was a clear and sunny day, in broad daylight, on a very familiar road, while driving his car with friends about 2:30 p.m. on July 10, 1999, when the incident began.
“What I can only describe as some kind of a ‘ball’ of light about the size of a large beach ball appeared, very suddenly, out of nowhere, directly in front of my car,” the witness stated. “In a bit of a panic, I asked my friends if they saw it too and they all definitely did.”
The group was stunned and the witness says they were not sure what to do.
“It appeared to be floating/hovering/flying about three feet off the ground, and it was moving with us. There was no physical structure to it, as it appeared to be literally made of light. The light varied in color and was dynamic, not static. It was almost impossibly bright, like no other light source I’ve even seen, even though it was the middle of the day.”
The object appeared to be hovering about three feet off the ground. Pictured: Rancho Santa Margarita, CA.
(Credit: Google)
The object appeared about 30 feet in front of the vehicle.
“And it seemed to be matching my speed. I was going about 40 mph at first, but I slowed down a little bit, not wanting to drive into it, but it seemed to slow down with me, remaining the same distance ahead of us. Then I sped up a little, and it did the same thing, matching my speed and remaining directly in front of my car.”
And then the object just disappeared.
“It was only there for a few seconds, maybe 10 or 15 seconds, before it vanished, just as it had appeared, into thin air. Also, there were definitely other cars on the road with me that day too, both behind me and in the lanes next to me and slightly behind me, but I have no idea if anyone other than my friends and I saw it. This happened in a pre-iphone/smartphone/cameraphone world, so none of us got any photos or video. The image I uploaded was created by me, years later, using Photoshop and a screenshot from Google street view of about where it happened.”
The object appeared to move along with the vehicle for about 10 to 15 seconds before disappearing. Pictured: Rancho Santa Margarita, CA.
(Credit: Google)
California MUFON Field Investigator Dianne Hall is investigating.
MUFON has several historical cases in their witness database with accounts of objects moving along with vehicles. In particular, three Arizona accounts include fascinating testimony in cases closed as Unknowns. These are Case 27685, May 19, 2010, Congress, AZ; Case 29547, June 10, 2011, near Kingman, AZ; and Case 29703, June 24, 2011, Flagstaff, AZ.
Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.
The first demonstration of the 3D printing technology is a cozy, 400-square-foot (37 square meters) home with an unusual, curved shape.
Credit: Apis Cor
A new house has been erected in a town outside Moscow, but this home was not built in the traditional sense — it was constructed with 3D printing.
The first 3D-printed residential home, engineered by the tech startup Apis Cor, took less than a day to construct and cost under $11,000 to complete. A mobile 3D printer created the building's concrete walls and partitions as a fully connected structure, rather than printing the building in panels at an off-site facility as is usually done, the company said. The portable machine was then removed from the building, and a group of contractors completed the home — adding the roof and windows, and finishing the interior.
"We want to help people around the world to improve their living conditions," Nikita Chen-yun-tai, Apis Cor's founder and inventor of the mobile printer, said on the company's website. "That's why the construction process needs to become fast, efficient and high-quality as well. For this to happen, we need to delegate all the hard work to smart machines."
The first example of this work is a cozy, 400-square-foot (37 square meters) home with an unusual, curved shape. The curved design of the home was chosen to demonstrate the 3D printer's ability to print the construction material in any shape, according to Apis Cor.
Inside, the 3D-printed home has all of the standard features of a traditionally built house. The studio-style dwelling has a hall, bathroom, living room and compact kitchen. Apis Cor partnered with Samsung on the demonstration house; the electronics giant provided the home's appliances, including a TV with the same curvature as the living-room wall.
Apis Cor estimated that the total cost of the demonstration house's construction was about $25 per square foot, or $275 per square meter. Of the total $10,134 it cost to build the home, the windows and doors were the most expensive components, the company said.
While the total construction savings of the demonstation house compared to a tranditional home are difficult to estimate, Apis Cor representatives said in a statement that savings from 3D printing the building walls are guaranteed.
This artist's concept allows us to imagine what it would be like to stand on the surface of the exoplanet TRAPPIST-1f, located in the TRAPPIST-1 system in the constellation Aquarius.
The search for life beyond earth is helping to shed light on our past, our present, and our future, says James Green, the director of planetary science at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration headquarters in Washington, D.C.
"I think this is a fundamental question of inquiry at the moment," said Green, who is speaking Wednesday night in Thunder Bay as part of research and innovation week at Lakehead University.
"It's really all about the concept of how life started and are there locations beyond Earth where life could have started, and that's kind of important to know because they may be our neighbours someday."
'Not necessarily science fiction'
Research on the other planets in our solar system, and beyond, is starting to show "they may have harboured life in the past, and then, on top of that, there's environment that we're uncovering right now in the planets, and moons in particular, that may be conducive for life today, so it's a very exciting time for us," said Green.
James Green, director of planetary science at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C. says this is "exciting time" for researchers studying the origins of life in the universe. He is speaking in Thunder Bay, Ont., on Wednesday.
(NASA)
It is becoming increasingly possible that it could one day be science fact, "not necessarily science fiction" that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe.
"Every step we take we get positive indications that something unusual is going on that we need to investigate further," said Green.
'What is our destiny?'
Sometimes that investigation offers hints of what may be to come, for those of us who call Earth home.
"What is our destiny of this species as we go millions of years into the future?," said Green, noting that Earth may not be in the safest location in the solar system, due to the presence of a large number of near-Earth objects, which have collided with our planet in the past, and will likely do so again in the future.
He points to the Earth's rock record, which suggests an impact with a nearby object of a significant size sending an enormous amount of debris into the atmosphere, blocking out the sun and leading to the extinction of more than 80 per cent of the life that existed on the planet at the time.
"The dinosaurs didn't have a space program and they became extinct."
Green's presentation, The Search for Life Beyond Earth, in Space and Time, begins at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday March 8 in ATAC 1003 at Lakehead University.
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