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Woensdag 16 augustus 2017

Jaw-Dropping Enormous Tall Land Vortex filmed in Jaguapita, Brazil

Jaw-Dropping Enormous Tall Land Vortex filmed in Jaguapita, Brazil

More amazing examples of Climate Chaos as it becomes a daily feature of the news somewhere on earth.

As extreme weather phenomenon is increasing everyday and seems to be strengthening we may wonder whether it is all connected or not.

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This week a series of events took place in South America, South Africa, Finland and Brazil.

Water receded from several places in South America. We also caught another huge “Antarctica” wave anomaly over this region around the same time.

On the other side of the ocean, people witnessed huge wave’s crashes into the shores of South Africa while Helsinki, Finland was hit by a Cat1 Hurricane Force.

Another example of such an extreme weather phenomenon is an enormous tall land spout that has been filmed at the moment it passes through Jaguapita in Brazil.

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Woensdag 16 augustus 2017

Glowing Meteorite crashes into homeowner’s backyard in Appling, Georgia

Glowing Meteorite crashes into homeowner’s backyard in Appling, Georgia

Jay Sullivent heard a loud bang and thought there had been a car accident on the road in front of his house in Appling, Georgia on July 21, 2017.

Credit images: CratersNews / Jay Sullivent.

According to CratersNews, he went running outside but instead of a car accident he discovered a burnt circle of grass in his backyard with smoke still rising from it.

Approaching closer he discovered a flame and a small piece of pink colored rock in the middle of the spot and concluded that it was a small meteorite, before he took it out of the hole.

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Dinsdag 15 augustus 2017

NASA Says Trappist-1 Planetary System Is Older Than Our Own Solar System

NASA Says Trappist-1 Planetary System Is Older Than Our Own Solar System

BY HIMANSHU GOENKA

Earlier this year, both the scientific community and “alien enthusiasts” were excited when NASA announced in February it had found a star system 40 light-years away with seven Earth-size rocky planets. Called Trappist-1, the system is thought to have at least three of those planets in a potentially habitable zone with the possibility of liquid surface water.

But being located at the right distance from the parent star is not nearly enough for a planet to be actually habitable because life as we know it doesn’t seem to spring up so easily. Among the many and varied factors, take, for example, the matter of the star’s age. Trappist-1 is thought to be anywhere between 5.4 billion years and 9.8 billion years old, which is at least 20 percent (and up to over 100 percent) older than our own solar system that formed about 4.5 billion years ago.

In a statement Friday, NASA explained: “If we want to know more about whether life could survive on a planet outside our solar system, it’s important to know the age of its star. Young stars have frequent releases of high-energy radiation called flares that can zap their planets’ surfaces. If the planets are newly formed, their orbits may also be unstable. On the other hand, planets orbiting older stars have survived the spate of youthful flares, but have also been exposed to the ravages of stellar radiation for a longer period of time.”

Trappist-1 System

This artist's concept shows what the Trappist-1 planetary system may look like, based on available data about the planets' diameters, masses and distances from the host star. The planets have been designated letters b to h, from closest to farthest.

Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech

To estimate the age of Trappist-1, Adam Burgasser, an astronomer at the University of California, San Diego, and Eric Mamajek, deputy program scientist for NASA’s Exoplanet Exploration Program based at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, used a number of indirect clues. These included the speed of the star as it moves in its orbit within the Milky Way (older is usually faster), the chemical composition of its atmosphere and the number of flares seen during observation periods.

The old age estimation they arrived at is not very unusual for the kind of star Trappist-1 is — an ultra-cool dwarf. It has a mass of less than a tenth of the sun, and its planets are all very close orbits to it. Despite the relatively cool temperature, radiation from the star cloud has, over billions of years, evaporated any atmosphere and water that may have existed on any of the three planets in the habitable zone — much the same way as Mars.

All the planets of Trappist-1 are thought to be rocky but with densities lower than Earth, it is also possible that volatile molecules (like water and carbon dioxide) create a thick atmosphere, thereby shielding the planets from most of the harmful radiation. The planets are also thought to be tidally locked to the star (the same side always faces the star, like the moon and Earth), so an atmosphere would also mean that some of the incoming heat would be distributed to the planets’ night side too. But a very thick atmosphere also creates the possibility of an excessive greenhouse effect, which would overheat the planet, like on Venus.

“If there is life on these planets, I would speculate that it has to be hardy life because it has to be able to survive some potentially dire scenarios for billions of years,” Burgasser, first author of a new research paper on the topic, said in the statement. “Our results really help constrain the evolution of the TRAPPIST-1 system, because the system has to have persisted for billions of years. This means the planets had to evolve together, otherwise the system would have fallen apart long ago,” he added.

This provides more evidence of the system’s stability, which was first initially thought to be very unstable and the planets doomed to crash into each other in less than one million years. Previously, a study published in May by scientists and musicians from the University of Toronto said the planets had very stable orbits that formed ratios of whole numbers.

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This illustration shows what the Trappist-1 system might look like from a vantage point near planet Trappist-1f (at right).

Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech

The temperature and brightness of stars the mass of Trappist-1 tend to remain more or less constant over very long periods of time, even in terms of cosmic time-scales. With the exception of occasional magnetic flaring events, the lifetime of Trappist-1 is estimated to be over 10 trillion years (the universe is only 13.7 billion years, by comparison.

“Stars much more massive than the sun consume their fuel quickly, brightening over millions of years and exploding as supernovae. But Trappist-1 is like a slow-burning candle that will shine for about 900 times longer than the current age of the universe,” Mamajek said in the statement.

Trappist-1 is so-named because the main instrument that led to its discovery is Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope (TRAPPIST) in Chile. NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and other ground-based telescopes were also used in the discovery of the star system.

The paper by Burgasser and Mamajek, titled “On the Age of the Trappist-1 System,” has been accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal and is available online on the preprint server arXiv.

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Dinsdag 15 augustus 2017

Voyager Golden Records 40 years later: Real audience was always here on Earth

Voyager Golden Records 40 years later: Real audience was always here on Earth

Author

Jason Wright

Associate Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University

Disclosure statement

Jason Wright acknowledges funding from NASA, the NSF, the Center for Exoplanets and Habitable Words at The Pennsylvania State University, and from Breakthrough Listen, part of the Breakthrough Initiatives sponsored by the Breakthrough Prize Foundation (https://breakthroughinitiatives.org/).

Partners

Pennsylvania State University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation US.

The Conversation UK receives funding from Hefce, Hefcw, SAGE, SFC, RCUK, The Nuffield Foundation, The Ogden Trust, The Royal Society, The Wellcome Trust, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and The Alliance for Useful Evidence, as well as sixty five university members.

What message would you send to outer space? NASA/JPL-Caltech, CC BY

Forty years ago, NASA launched Voyager I and II to explore the outer solar system. The twin spacecraft both visited Jupiter and Saturn; from there Voyager I explored the hazy moon Titan, while Voyager II became the first (and, to date, only) probe to explore Uranus and Neptune. Since they move too quickly and have too little propellant to stop themselves, both spacecraft are now on what NASA calls their Interstellar Mission, exploring the space between the stars as they head out into the galaxy.

Instructions to a far-off listener. NASA/JPL, CC BY

Both craft carry Golden Records: 12-inch phonographic gold-plated copper records, along with needles and cartridges, all designed to last indefinitely in interstellar space. Inscribed on the records’ covers are instructions for their use and a sort of “map” designed to describe the Earth’s location in the galaxy in a way that extraterrestrials might understand.

The grooves of the records record both ordinary audio and 115 encoded images. A team led by astronomer Carl Sagan selected the contents, chosen to embody a message representative of all of humanity. They settled on elements such as audio greetings in 55 languages, the brain waves of “a young woman in love” (actually the project’s creative director Ann Druyan, days after falling in love with Carl Sagan), a wide-ranging selection of musical excerpts from Blind Willie Johnson to honkyoku, technical drawings and images of people from around the world, including Saan Hunters, city traffic and a nursing mother and child.

Since we still have not detected any alien life, we cannot know to what degree the records would be properly interpreted. Researchers still debate what forms such messages should take. For instance, should they include a star map identifying Earth? Should we focus on ourselves, or all life on Earth? Should we present ourselves as we are, or as comics artist Jack Kirby would have had it, as “the exuberant, self-confident super visions with which we’ve clothed ourselves since time immemorial”?

But the records serve a broader purpose than spreading the word that we’re here on our blue marble. After all, given the vast distances between the stars, it’s not realistic to expect an answer to these messages within many human lifetimes. So why send them and does their content even matter? Referring to earlier, similar efforts with the Pioneer spacecraft, Carl Sagan wrote, “the greater significance of the Pioneer 10 plaque is not as a message to out there; it is as a message to back here.” The real audience of these kinds of messages is not ET, but humanity.

Pioneer 10’s plaque: ‘Hi, we’re here.’ NASA, CC BY

In this light, 40 years’ hindsight shows the experiment to be quite a success, as they continue to inspire research and reflection.

Only two years after the launch of these messages to the stars, “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” imagined the success of similar efforts by (the fictional) Voyager VI. Since then, there have been Ph.D. theses written on the records’ content, investigations into the identity of the person heard laughing and successful crowdfunded efforts to reissue the records themselves for home playback.

The choice to include music has inspired introspection on the nature of music as a human endeavor, and what it would (or even could) mean to an alien species. If an ET even has ears, it’s still far from clear whether it would or could appreciate rhythm, tones, vocal inflection, verbal language or even art of any kind. As music scholars Nelson and Polansky put it, “By imagining an Other listening, we reflect back upon ourselves, and open our selves and cultures to new musics and understandings, other possibilities, different worlds.”

Engineers mount the Golden Record and secure its cover on Voyager 1. NASA/JPL-Caltech, CC BY

The records also represent humanity’s deliberate effort to put artifacts among the stars. Unlike everything on Earth, which is subject to erosion and all but inevitable destruction (from the sun’s eventual demise, if nothing else), the Golden Records are essentially eternal, a permanent time capsule of humanity. And unlike the Voyager spacecraft themselves – which were designed to have finite lifespans and whose journey into interstellar space was incidental to their primary function of exploring the outer planets – the Golden Records’ only purpose is to serve as ambassadors of humanity to the stars.

Placing artifacts in interstellar space thus makes the galaxy subject to the social studies, in addition to astronomy. The Golden Records mark our claim to interstellar space as part of our cultural landscape and heritage, and once the Voyager spacecraft themselves are not functional any longer, they will become proper achaeological objects. They are, in a sense, how we as a species have planted our flag of exploration in space. Anthropologist Michael Oman-Reagan muses, “Has NASA been to interstellar space because this spacecraft has? Have we, as a human species, [now] been to interstellar space?”

I would argue we have, and we are a better species for it. Like the Pioneer plaques and the Arecibo Message before them, the Golden Records inspire us to broaden our minds about what it means to be human; what we value as humans; and about our place and role in the cosmos by having us imagine what we might, or might not, have in common with any alien species our Voyagers eventually encounter on their very long journeys.

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

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Dinsdag 15 augustus 2017

Giant hole on Mars could be work of aliens, researchers say

Giant hole on Mars could be work of aliens, researchers say

(Credit: SecureTeam 10, Youtube)

Credit: SecureTeam 10, Youtube)

A giant hole on Mars has scientists baffled and some UFO researchers are theorizing it could be the work of extraterrestrials.

In a video obtained by conspiracy theorist Youtube channel SecureTeam 10, a deep depression in the surface of Mars has astronomers questioning what it is.

Tyler Glockner, who runs SecureTeam 10, said the hole is estimated to be hundreds of feet across. The rocky terrain of Mars -- which like Earth, has polar ice caps -- does not account for what the depression is, Glockner added.

The images come courtesy of NASA's Mars reconassiance orbiter, which has been exploring the planet.

Below is the video in its entirety:

NASA has given several possibilities of what could have caused the hole, including meteorites, lava tubes, ancient floods and volcanoes. But conspiracy theorists have other ideas.

Glockner said the hole shows artificial characteristics, noting that it looks as if it has been hollowed out. Glockner added that the hole could also be an entrance of an underground civilization.

SecureTeam 10, which has nearly 900,000 YouTube subscribers, often runs conspiracy theory-based videos. The organization describes itself as the "source for reporting the best in new UFO sighting news, info on the space cover-up, and the strange activity happening on and off of our planet."

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ALIEN LIFE, UFO- CRASHES, ABDUCTIONS, MEN IN BLACK, ed ( FR. , NL; E )

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Dinsdag 15 augustus 2017

Mining complex on the moon? UFO hunter claims structures visible on lunar surface

Mining complex on the moon? UFO hunter claims structures visible on lunar surface

File photo: A supermoon appears after a total "supermoon" lunar eclipse in Brussels September 28, 2015.

(REUTERS/Yves Herman)

A UFO hunter claims to have spotted a mining complex on the surface of the Moon.

Streetcap 1, which posts extraterrestrial-related and other paranormal videos on its YouTube page, purports a series of objects in a video could be a mining complex on the lunar surface.

In the video, Streetcap 1 says: "Can you see those buildings? They are in Tycho Crater on the moon. That's quite amazing isn't it?"

GIANT HOLE ON MARS COULD BE WORK OF ALIENS, RESEARCHERS SAY

Below is the video in its entirety:

Commenters on the video, which has over 5,000 views, seemed to agree with the findings. "Nice find mate," Thomas Mundt wrote.

Another commenter, Kristin Bacon, wrote: "[T]his is a great pic. definitely something going on. no one can say that dosnt look like a mining complex of some sort. i would love to go to the moon and look around lol"

A third commenter, going by the name of Clint Steel, wrote: "I do believe there are structures on the moon but what i think is happening here is pixelization of some kind with any white patches on the surface. The pixelization is even subtly there on the darker areas. Can you show us a white patch that doesnt pixelize like this?"

This latest video, which was published on July 29, is the latest in a series of videos from Streetcap 1 about unexplained anomalies on the Moon.

ALIEN SHIPS NEAR SATURN? EX-NASA SCIENTIST CLAIMS OF THEIR EXISTENCE

Others have also purportedly found inanimate objects on the lunar surface, though none have ever been proven.

In May, UFO researcher SecureTeam 10 claimed to have spotted an "alien tank" on the surface of the Moon.

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ALIEN LIFE, UFO- CRASHES, ABDUCTIONS, MEN IN BLACK, ed ( FR. , NL; E )

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Dinsdag 15 augustus 2017

WATCH IN AWE: Bizarre UFOs filmed crossing surface of moon through high power telescope

WATCH IN AWE: Bizarre UFOs filmed crossing surface of moon through high power telescope

BIZARRE UFOs have been filmed crossing the lunar surface through a high-zoom telescope.

By JON AUSTIN

YouTuber Crrow777 has spent years trailing a high-definition camera through a telescope on the moon, and captured an array of objects passing the lunar surface.

They include a "boomerang" object, he says is made up of three interconnected discs, regular discs, and a strange unevenly-shaped object.

Crrow777, who narrates his own videos, claims after years of filming the moon through a telexcopic lens, he knows the UFOs are not satellites, or insects or birds that were flying much closer to Earth and created an optical illusion as to their size.

In a promotional blurb for the video, he said: "This is a compilation of unknown objects (UFO's) transiting the moon.

"These objects were shot over the past couple years and represent a small portion of my captures. The also show some of the similarities I have documented."

However, he is a major conspiracy theorist who believes the moon does not exist, and is actually a hologram, and claims the International Space Station (ISS) is a hoax.

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These odd-shaped UFOs were captured by Crrow777.

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Crrow777 insists he does not use misleading footage.

I pledge that I will never run deceptive or misleading clips on this channel.

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Many conspiracy theorists believe the US Government has developed secret craft that can go into space that the public is not told about.

Many conspiracy theorists claim the moon is actually occupied by aliens, and this is why NASA has never returned.

One of the most far-fetched theories, whose supporters include former BBC Grandstand presenter David Icke, is that the moon is a hollow alien space station.

Objects filmed in front of the moon can appear much closer to it than they actually are.

Scott Brando, of debunking website ufoofinterest.org, said the objects featured in Crrow777's videos had been shown to be satellites, birds, insects and standard aircraft.

he added that the "boomerang" and other oddly-shaped UFO in the video looked like helium balloons.

Crrow777 states on his website: "I pledge that I will never run deceptive or misleading clips on this channel."

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ALIEN LIFE, UFO- CRASHES, ABDUCTIONS, MEN IN BLACK, ed ( FR. , NL; E )

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Dinsdag 15 augustus 2017

The truth is out there: 10 of the most bizarre UFO sightings in south-east London and north Kent

The truth is out there: 10 of the most bizarre UFO sightings in south-east London and north Kent

Emily Coady-Stemp JimNewsquest editor / head of content

UFOs have been spotted across south-east London and north Kent

Tony Histed spotted this strange feature in the sky

Many of us spent time this weekend gazing up at the night sky, hoping to catch a glimpse of the Perseid meteor shower – only to be disappointed by the clouds marring the view. But the News Shopper area has had its fair share of objects in the sky that are harder to explain than the weekend’s celestial show.

Bright lights in Bexley, light shows in Lewisham, and eerie crafts in Erith – we take a look at some of the area’s most notorious UFO sightings.

1. Mother(ship) of all sightings at Thames Barrier

Andrew Burlington, of Cliffview Road, Lewisham, was out with his family in August 2016 when he spotted what he thinks may have been a fleet of UFOs flying over the Thames Barrier. He witnessed with his two nephews what they at first thought were balloons moving along the river, in the direction of Charlton, and caught the whole things on camera. “The fact that a long anomalous object shoots across the sky at the start of the video may well indicate that a UFO mothership was above the Thames Barrier releasing smaller UFOs,” said Mr Burlington.

Read more here

2. Engine trouble in Bexleyheath

Margaret Fry and her doctor reported seeing a 30-foot-wide craft hovering over the street in broad daylight on July 17, 1955. Car engines nearby reportedly stalled, and the object was seen by around 30 people as it landed at the junction of Ashbourne Avenue and Whitfield Road, near King Harold’s Way.

3. ‘Intelligent life’ over Lewisham

News Shopper:

Andrew Burlington and his father, Les, again spotted an unidentified craft over their home on February 22, 2014. They ruled out the craft being a Chinese lantern because it appeared to change direction several times. Mr Burlington said: "Whatever it was, we all agree on one thing - it was being intelligently controlled."

Read the full story, here.

4. Mystery repeating in Bexleyheath

King Harold’s Way was again the scene of a mysterious sighting on December 30, 2014, when Tony Histed spotted strange lights in the sky and saw two orbs flying up off the ground from the building site he was working at.

Read the full story, here.

5. Latest lights over Lewisham

The most recent sighting over Lewisham was on July 2 this year, according to Facebook group Lewisham UFO Sightings. An object was seen making little or no sound, moving north and with three separate lights on it.

6. Gravesend visitations

News Shopper:

A ball of lights was seen hovering over Deering Way for about 30 minutes at 7.50pm February 19, 2009 and reported to the Ministry of Defence, according to files released by the Ministry in 2013. No other sightings were reported in the area that evening, according to the Ministry.

Read the full story, here.

7. Policing the skies

Two on-duty Metropolitan police officers witnessed a yellow UFO over Coldbath Street, Lewisham in May 1978. The craft hovered in the air for around 20 minutes, and was witnessed by several members of the public on the same evening. The officers described the UFO as ‘six times brighter than any star.’

8. Erith enigma

A sighting in Erith in September 1998 reported two objects larger than planes, both with round fronts, lit in red and blue. This sighting is listed in a government database of UFO sightings which was maintained until 2009 when it was discontinued along with the accompanying hotline because it served ‘no defence purpose,’ according to the Ministry of Defence.

9. Shapeshifting in Gravesend

A policeman was called by a mother and son in October 1993 after they described seeing an object in the sky. The UFO, which was reported to the Ministry of Defence in a seven-page report, apparently changed from being bell-shaped into an oval with protruding spikes.

10. Lights over the Dartford Crossing

News Shopper:

Amateur photographer Gary Porter spotted these UFOs by the Dartford Crossing in September 2011 and managed to capture them on camera. He was on the industrial estate in Galleon Boulevard with his girlfriend when they noticed small, bright, circular lights in red, green and blue. Mr Porter said: "Mr Porter said: "There wasn't anything unusual to the eye. It was when we took a photo they appeared on the screen. The longer the exposure the brighter these things came out. They look almost as if they are a heat source."

The 25-year-old added: "I have spoken to friends and other photographers and Greenwich Observatory and there's no one who can explain what it is."

Read the full story, here.

Have you seen a UFO recently, or something you can't explain? Contact tom.bull@london.newsquest.co.uk

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Dinsdag 15 augustus 2017

UFO and secret alien base reports found in declassified U.S. Forest Service documents

UFO and secret alien base reports found in declassified U.S. Forest Service documents

Posted by: Alejandro Rojas

The UFO files of the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) have been declassified. There are 20 pages in the files, and although there is a dubious claim about the construction of a secret alien base and an unconvincing UFO photo, there is an interesting UFO report from U.S. Air Force personnel at a radar station in Montana.

The Forest Service UFO files were obtained via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by John Greenewald. Greenewald runs TheBlackVault.com, a site that houses over one million declassified files obtained via FOIA requests.

Greenewald says he made the request in November, 2016 and received the files in February, 2017.

UFO Photo in Bighorn National Forest

The first report in the file is a letter and photographs from a man who says he caught something “very strange” in a photograph he took while visiting Lost Twin Lakes in Bighorn National Forest. The witness says he did not see or hear anything unusual while taking the picture, but he noticed an odd object in one of the photos when he reviewed them later. He speculates that perhaps it is a drone, but also says he did some research and did not find any drones that looked like the object in the image.

The marker shows the location of Lost Twin Lakes in Bighorn National Forest.

(Credit: Google Maps)

The photograph was taken at about 2:30 pm on September 12, 2015.

Images of unidentified object at Bighorn National Forest provided to U.S. Forest Service.

(Credit: U.S. Forest Service)

It is hard to make out what exactly the object in the image is, but the USFS files did not include a high resolution image. Greenewald says he did inquire if higher resolution images were available, but they were not.

Enlargement of object in photo.

(Credit: U.S. Forest Service)

Without better images, this blob of light and shadows could be anything, and is likely a bird in flight. Often vacation photos with weird objects that were not noted at the time of their taking turn out to be birds or bugs that look strange in photographs once they are reviewed back home.

The USFS did not include their response to the UFO photog, or if they responded at all.

UFO Sighting at Yaak Air Force Station in Kootenai National Forest

Following the UFO photos letter and was a copy of an article regarding Yaak Air Base. According to the article, Yaak Air Base was in operation from April, 1952 to July, 1960, as part of a number of stations throughout the country that served as an early warning system during the cold war in case of a potential Russian attack. The base was near Yaak, Montana, in the Kootenai National Forest.

Location of Yaak Air Base as described in the article.

(Credit: Google Maps)

For our purposes, the most interesting paragraph in the article is the last, and in the file provided to Greenewald, is highlighted in yellow.

It reads:

The Yaak Radar Station also had its share of mystery, on Sept. 1 , 1952, Yaak, Montana. 4:45 a.m: Two USAF enlisted men, and three men using AN/FPS-3 radar set. Report visually sighting two small, varicolored lights becoming black silhouettes at dawn, and flying erratically for one hour. The crew at the radar station saw a, “dark, cigar shaped object,” right where the radar had the UFO pinpointed. What these people saw is a mystery to this day.

This is my favorite part of the USFA UFO files. Unfortunately, no further information is provided.

Alien Base Construction in Tonto National Forest

The most sensational claim in the files, and the one picked up by silly UK tabloids, is a report of a secret government installation being constructed that has something to do with aliens. The subject of the report is “Secret govt installation being built in the Salt River Canyon area on the TNF [Tonto National Forest].”

Area of alleged construction of secret government base that has some relation to aliens that eat people.

(Credit: Google Maps)

What is scary is that this is not far from my house. However, it does make it less scary for me that I do not believe an alien base was actually built there.

Here is a report regarding the call that was taken by David of the Forest Service on the morning of December 30, 2013 regarding UFOs, aliens and one detached head.

David received a call this morning at the front desk from a male caller reporting the construction of a secret government installation upstream from the Salt River Canyon past Pinal Creek (upstream from Roosevelt Lake). Aliens and at least one detached head are involved.

Caller claims to have seen construction cranes coming out the side of the cliffs, miniature stealth planes and UFOs, aliens and people working together at the site, aliens eating people. He found a severed head and claims to have pictures of some of this stuff.

Caller reported that he is 60, not crazy, and doesn’t do drugs. He said he had already called the “office at the lake,” but he didn’t know if those people were turning the other cheek or maybe those people have been paid off.

David had him leave a message with Bray.

Please let me know if t here are any Talking Points to be developed. I’m sure the Phoenix media will be all over this.

Thanks.

P.S. David and I aren’t doing drugs either.

The only other item in the files was a report in 2012 of a meteor or space junk that landed in George Washington & Jefferson National Forests and caused a fire. It was determined the fire was caused by a lightning strike. The report states, “Witnesses saw flaming space junk or satellite crash land in these mountains [Massanutten Range, Virginia] which may have caused the forest fire of last year: June 24, 2012, at around 1150PM Sunday.”

You can check out the files yourself at TheBlackVault.com.

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Dinsdag 15 augustus 2017

Report of UFO over nuclear plant in Nebraska found in recently declassified documents

Report of UFO over nuclear plant in Nebraska found in recently declassified documents

Posted by: Alejandro Rojas

A former security officer at the Cooper Nuclear Station near Brownville, Nebraska reported seeing a UFO over the plant sometime in the late 80s. The report was found in documents recently declassified as a result of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for UFO files.

The files were posted today on the website TheBlackVault.com. The website is a repository for millions of pages of declassified documents. It is ran by John Greenewald, who says he requested the NRC files in late February, and was surprised how quickly they responded. He received the UFO files today.

Cooper Nuclear Power Plant on the edge of the 2011 Missouri River Floods on June 15, 2011.

(Credit: U.S. Army Corp of Engineers/WikiMedia Commons)

There are 43 pages of documents, although some of those pages are copies, or have very little information on them. The majority of the pages are correspondence dealing with an incident described as, “unidentified flying object violated the protected area at Cooper Nuclear Station.”

According to the documents, the report was received in June of 2010 by a former security officer. The event actually took place sometime in the late 80s.

The report’s short description reads: “An unidentified flying object violated the protected area at Cooper Nuclear Station between 1986 and 1989, but the event was not reported to the NRC as required.”

The detail section of the report reads (reproduced unedited):

The CI [Confidential Informant] described an event that occurred during his employment as a security officer at Cooper Nuclear Station. He was employed there from 1986 through 1989 and did not remember specifically when during that time the event occurred.

While posted at the intake structure one night, he observed an “unidentified flying object” fly down the Missouri River about 150 feet in the air and hover in front of the intake. He observed it for a few moments and then contacted a fellow security officer who also observed it (he could not recall the individual’s name exactly but his first name was [REDACTED] and his last name was either [REDACTED ]. After they together observed the UFO, it turned and went back up the river and did not come back that shift. He and the other officer shared their observation with their peers who did not believe them.

The next evening he again was posted at the intake and observed the UFO return again. This time he didn’t call anyone until the UFO had traversed into the protected area and hovered above the protected area just north of the Reactor Building. He said it was roughly triangular in shape with a circle of rotating lights on the bottom. He could not hear any propulsion noise from the UFO. He believes that it was roughly 1/3 the size of the Reactor Building. Once the UFO hovered in the protected area. He called the security break room and most of the officers on shift observed the UFO. These individuals included [REDACTED] (both of whom were security officers), all of whom still work at the plant today. After hovering there for a few minutes, the UFO exited the protected are [sic] and returned back up the river to the north as it had the previous night. The CI said that he never saw the UFO at the plant again after that evening.

The CI believes that this incident should have been reported as a violation of the protected area space but was not reported.

In the report, Nick Taylor, the NRC Senior Resident Inspector, searched for corroborating documents from the time, but found nothing. However, he cautioned, “I’d be careful about concluding that if an even wasn’t recorded in CAP [Corrective Action Program] that it did not occur.” Taylor went on to explain the reporting structure in the 80s was not as robust as it currently is. As an example, he noted that there were only 1020 reports between January 1, 1986 and December 31, 1989. Whereas there are nearly 10,000 a year nowadays.

Excerpt of Nuclear Regulatory Commission UFO report.

(Credit: Nuclear Regulatory Commission)

Although the report appeared to be taken seriously, in one email regarding the follow-up on the report, Taylor wrote: “This one should be a wild ride.”

If the investigation of this case was a wild ride, there is no indication of it in the report. However, William B. Jones, the chief of Allegations Coordination and Enforcement, did request that the letter regarding the incident “be controlled and distribution limited to personnel with a ‘need to know.'”

The report claims that the other witnesses to the event were interviewed, but the results are not included. Those results were sent to “ARB”, presunably an Allegations Review Board, but not included in the files provided to Greenewald.

Cooper Nuclear Station

(Credit: Nebraska Public Power District)

That is the extent of the report. A letter to the witness from the Director of Reactor Safety was also included. It essential said that they will forward the information to Cooper Nuclear Station, but that “no further action” will be taken, and they thanked him for his report.

All in all, an interesting report.

As for the rest of the NRC UFO documents, there is correspondence with an individual who believes there are nuclear craft being flown around, some of which may have crashed and caused radiation contamination.

The other report is a bit more difficult to summarize. The NRC writes:

The individual expressed vague concerns about finding low-level radiation within the last year where his daughter, whom he believes is an alien or alien transplant, passed. In addition, the individual believes that travel speed can be increased using the relativity equation with minor modifications. Finally, the individual has observed UFOs.

The NRC responded that this was out of their jurisdiction and perhaps the individual should contact the Department of Defense.

You can see the files here, at www.TheBlackVault.com.

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Dinsdag 15 augustus 2017

Report of UFO over nuclear plant in Nebraska found in recently declassified documents

Report of UFO over nuclear plant in Nebraska found in recently declassified documents

Posted by: Alejandro Rojas

Cooper Nuclear Power Plant on the edge of the 2011 Missouri River Floods on June 15, 2011.

(Credit: U.S. Army Corp of Engineers/WikiMedia Commons)

According to the documents, the report was received in June of 2010 by a former security officer. The event actually took place sometime in the late 80s.

The detail section of the report reads (reproduced unedited):

The CI believes that this incident should have been reported as a violation of the protected area space but was not reported.

Excerpt of Nuclear Regulatory Commission UFO report.

(Credit: Nuclear Regulatory Commission)

Although the report appeared to be taken seriously, in one email regarding the follow-up on the report, Taylor wrote: “This one should be a wild ride.”

Cooper Nuclear Station

(Credit: Nebraska Public Power District)

All in all, an interesting report.

The other report is a bit more difficult to summarize. The NRC writes:

The NRC responded that this was out of their jurisdiction and perhaps the individual should contact the Department of Defense.

You can see the files here, at www.TheBlackVault.com.

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Dinsdag 15 augustus 2017

Jimmy Kimmel asks another former president about UFO secrets

Jimmy Kimmel asks another former president about UFO secrets

Posted by: Alejandro Rojas

Jimmy Kimmel is at it again, this time with former POTUS George Bush. Kimmel has a habit of asking presidents – and a presidential candidate -what they know about UFOs and the government’s secret files. Bush was on the hot seat last week, and his answers might make some scratch their heads.

George Bush on Jimmy Kimmel Live! (Crerdit: YouTube/Jimmy Kimmel Live)

George Bush answering UFO questions on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

(Credit: YouTube/Jimmy Kimmel Live)

Kimmel broached the topic by asking:

“This is a question, first, that I think is important to me and to the country. When you were in office, I don’t know when this happened or if it happened, did you go through the secret files, the UFO documents? Because…”

Bush interrupted, “Maybe.”

Kimmel finished his question, “…that would be the first thing I did.”

Bush responded: “My daughters asked the same question.”

Kimmel was surprised by this, and asked, “Would you be allowed to tell your daughters what was in those files?”

“No,” Bush replied.

Kimmel continued to push, “Now that you’re out of office, you can do anything you want, right?”

“True. But I am not telling you,” Bush replied.

Kimmel then sought to clarify, “Are you not telling me you looked at them?”

“I’m not telling you nuthin’,” Bush responded. This got a chuckle out of the crowd and Kimmel.

However, Kimmel was not done yet. He asked, “Are there really great secrets that you know that you can’t share with people?”

“Yeah,” Bush replied.

Kimmel then asked, “There are? And you never write about them?”

“No,” Bush replied.

Kimmel then suggested perhaps Bush would write about it later in life, like when he is 90.

“No,” Bush replied.

Still pressing, Kimmel asked, “Nothing? What if you were to get a little loopy and…”

“Start drinking again?,” Bush asked.

Kimmel laughed, and agreed. “Yeah. Start drinking again. Guillermo, get some tequila!”

Bush and Kimmel laugh during UFO discussion on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

(Credit: YouTube/Jimmy Kimmel Live)

That was the extent of their ET conversation, as you can see in the video above. The conversation was actually very interesting. Bush seemed to imply he has seen UFO files of which he cannot share the content. Was he kidding? In this setting, one which is about getting laughs, that could be assumed. However, during much of the conversation, Bush did not appear to be joking.

If Bush really has seen UFO files that are top secret and still under wraps, that would be significant. Thus far, every president has denied that such a thing exists. Obama said the aliens would not let him tell Kimmel about the secret files, but he did seem to be joking. Clinton said he looked for secret government UFO files, but did not find any. At least once, he did imply that career bureaucrats could be keeping them secret for him. One of our previous stories on this, and Clinton’s talk with Kimmel, was found in recent WikiLeaks.

Ben Hansen presenting his analysis of other presidential interviews regarding UFOs and aliens at the 2017 International UFO Congress.

(Credit: UFOCongress.com/OpenMinds.tv)

Ben Hansen, former host of the Syfy program Fact or Faked: The Paranormal Files, has examined previous statements by presidents, or presidential hopefuls, and he says there is some indication that there is something to hide. He admits, he is not sure what the something is, or if it is UFO or ET related. He intends to scrutinize this video, and when he does, we will let you know what he finds out.

Until then, you can purchase the DVD of Hansen’s lecture on this topic at the recent UFO Congress here, and the video will also be posted on our online Open Minds UFO Video Portal soon.

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Dinsdag 15 augustus 2017

WHAT THE MOON COULD TELL US ABOUT ALIENS

Contributed by Elizabeth Rayne

@invidiana

Never mind the bizarre theories that have put aliens on the moon constructing creepy obelisks and even inside to pilot it like a spaceship—new revelations about its vanished magnetic field may shed light on how other moons could potentially host alien life forms.

While the moon now has nothing but a ghost of what was once a magnetic field, a new study has found that its magnetic field must have lasted a billion years longer than what scientists previously estimated. This extended shelf life could mean that magnetic fields on distant celestial bodies may be able to survive long enough to support some sort of extraterrestrial life.

Whether anything ever crawled around on the moon itself is a mystery, but science has been able to find out approximately how strong its dead magnetic field used to be by using moon rocks brought back to Earth by Apollo astronauts. The rocks are relics of a period between 3.56 and 4.25 billion years ago, when the moon’s magnetic field could have been anywhere from 20 to 110 microtesla (in comparison to Earth’s 50). Sometime around 3.19 billion years ago, the strength of the lunar magnetic field plunged to under 4 microteslas, and the question of what happened after that and before it dissipated completely remains unanswered.

Apollo 15 sample 15498.

Greater insight into what the magnetic field of the moon was like when it actually existed could tell us more about how those of alien moons and planets influence their potential for habitability. Earth’s magnetic field shields our planet from getting radiation-bombed by the sun, as Mars did when its own was ruthlessly stripped away by stellar winds to turn it from a planet that is thought to have once been running with rivers into a dry, dusty wasteland.

"Magnetic fields can shield planets from stellar winds which can strip atmospheres of water, which is important for planetary habitability," said lunar geophysicist Sonia Tikoo, who led a study recently published in Science Advances.

An Apollo 15 moon rock, sample 15498, was tested by Tikkoo and her colleagues for what it could reveal about the past. Moon rocks have preserved evidence of the existence and strength of the moon’s ancient magnetic field through thousands of metallic micrograins that aligned with its force as they cooled from a molten state. 15498 is one of the rare ones that formed after volcanism on the moon, and with it, igneous rock formation sputtered to death 3 billion years ago. This one was found to have formed from an intense cosmic impact around 1 to 2.5 billion years ago.

Sample 15498’s magnetic properties were first gauged by a supersensitive magnetometer before it was exposed to an artificial magnetic field in the lab. The rock was then heated to be as close as possible to the extreme temperatures it emerged from, about 1,436 degrees Fahrenheit. How magnetized the rock gets is compared to the natural magnetic field previously measured to determine what the strength of the lunar magnetic field was when it formed. The rock revealed that there was still the vestige of a magnetic field with a strength of 5 microteslas from 1 to 2.5 billion years ago.

The reason the magnetic field held on for so long is thought to be a dynamo much like Earth’s liquid metal core (which fuels our own magnetic field). There are several theories as to how the lunar dynamo could have lasted for billions of years, but it is still an unsolved mystery.

What was once a liquid metallic core (that glowing red thing that looks like the Eye of Sauron) is thought to be what made the lunar magnetic field last a billion years longer than previously thought.

So what does all this say about aliens?

“Even small planetary bodies can generate long-lived magnetic fields operating on billion-year timescales, so it is possible that small exoplanets or exomoons might be able to preserve water on timescales long enough to permit life to develop,” said Tikoo.

Don’t be surprised if the first sign of extraterrestrial life emerges from an exomoon.

(via NBC Mach)

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Dinsdag 15 augustus 2017

Thom Reed UFO Monument Park

Thom Reed UFO Monument Park

The site of the first "historically true" UFO encounter in the U.S.

THOMAS REED UFO MONUMENT PARK THOMAS REED UFO MONUMENT PARK (used with permission )

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The covered bridge where it all started John Phelan / CC BY SA 3.0

Solar lamppost THOMAS REED UFO MONUMENT PARK (used with permission )

One of the benches at the park THOMAS REED UFO MONUMENT PARK (used with permission )

THOMAS REED and his monument THOMAS REED UFO MONUMENT PARK (used with permission )

Cars are not allowed to drive over the covered bridge in Sheffield, Massachusetts, anymore. Part of the reason may have to do with what happened there on September 1st, 1969, when a station wagon met a UFO.

The 1969 event was not Thom Reed’s first bizarre encounter, but it was the most verifiable. Not only did he and his family encounter the UFO that night, witnesses in four surrounding towns reported seeing it. Those witnesses, though, did not have as close an encounter as Reed’s family.

According to Reed, after crossing the bridge, he and his mother, grandmother, and brother saw a bright light rise out of the water of the Housatonic River. They were taken, mysteriously, from their car to what appeared to be an airplane hanger, where they saw creatures that resembled large insects. He was separated from his mother and grandmother and taken to a strange room, though he could hear them calling for him. Then, just as suddenly, they were all back in the car.

Forty people reported strange lights and a saucer like object in the sky to a local radio station that night, and when Reed took a polygraph test he was found to be 99.1% truthful. For this reason, the Great Barrington Historical Society voted 6-3 to recognize the encounter as “historically significant and true.” It was the first time a UFO encounter has had this kind of recognition.

A 5,000-pound granite monument, with a plaque commemorating “our nation’s first off-world/UFO incident” was placed near the covered bridge where the encounter took place. A few solar lampposts and a couple of benches later joined it. Not everyone in town is thrilled to be known for such a thing, but Reed feels validated by the historical society and the state historians and governor who also officially recognized the encounter as historical, something very few UFO witnesses ever get to feel.

Know Before You Go

There is a place to park cars on the west side of the bridge, the monument and park are on the east side.

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Dinsdag 15 augustus 2017

NASA hiring Planetary Protection Officer and USAF seeks to create Space Corps. Who are the enemies lurking in space?

NASA hiring Planetary Protection Officer and USAF seeks to create Space Corps. Who are the enemies lurking in space?

Posted by: Alejandro Rojas

NASA’s recent job posting for a Planetary Protection Officer and the House approving a plan to create a Space Corps in the U.S. Air Force have made worldwide headlines. It is not hard to understand why. They are exciting pieces of news that make space nerds like me giddily feeling like our sci-fi fantasies have come true.

Could it be that the time has come for us to defend ourselves from a threat from beyond? Perhaps the recent meeting by the Mutual UFO Network focused on a secret space program was not as farfetched as I thought. While it may be fun to think this is the case, the threats these positions are focused on are not alien invaders, well, not the sci-fi kind.

The USAF already has a Space Command and Space Wing. This graphic details the 50th Space Wing’s locations. Click to enlarge.

(Credit: USAF)

As NASA recently pointed out, in a response to a nine-year-old would be “Guardian of the Galaxy,” the Planetary Protection Officer position has actually existed since the 60’s. According to the job posting, this position is “concerned with the avoidance of organic-constituent and biological contamination in human and robotic space exploration.”

Or, as they described to the nine-year-old applicant: “Our Planetary Protection Officer position is really cool and is very important work. It’s about protecting Earth from tiny microbes when we bring back samples from the Moon, asteroids and Mars. It’s also about protecting other planets and moons from our germs as we responsibly explore the Solar System.”

They make it seem kind of boring, but these sorts of protocols would have helped the space colonists in the latest installation of the Alien franchise when (spoiler) they got infected by the weird pollen-like substance that turned some of them into deadly xenomorphs.

Contamination of space colonists in Alien Covenant caused slight discomfort for those infected.

(Credit: 20th Century Fox)

Although the knowledge I just imparted might make it seem like I could be a good candidate for the job, watching sci-fi movies and having watched every episode of X-Files several times is not what NASA is looking for. They would prefer someone with an advanced degree in engineering, physical science, or mathematics. I guess I am out.

So is Jack Davis. Davis is a fourth grader who, like me, felt he was more than qualified to do the job. He sent NASA a one paragraph resume/cover letter, and actually got a response. It is even posted on NASA’s website.

Jack wrote:

Dear NASA,

My name is Jack Davis and I would like to apply for the for the planetary protection officer job. I may be 9, but I think I would be fit for the job. One of the reasons is my sister says I am an alien. Also I have seen almost all the space and alien movies that I can see. I have also seen the show ‘Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and hope to see the movie ‘Men in Black.’ I am great at video games. I am young, so I can learn to think like an alien.

Sincerely,

Jack Davis,

Guardian of the Galaxy

Fourth Grade

The kid had me convinced. However, as NASA Director of Planetary Science Division Dr. James L. Green explained, there is a bit more to the job than meets the eye.

Dear Jack,

I hear you are a “Guardian of the Galaxy” and that you’re interested in being a NASA Planetary Protection Officer. That’s great!

Our Planetary Protection Officer position is really cool and is very important work. It’s about protecting Earth from tiny microbes when we bring back samples from the Moon, asteroids and Mars. It’s also about protecting other planets and moons from our germs as we responsibly explore the Solar System.

We are always looking for bright future scientists and engineers to help us, so I hope you will study hard and do well in school. We hope to see you here at NASA one of these days!

Sincerely,

Dr. James L. Green

Director, Planetary Science Division

Dr. Green makes it seem like the Planetary Protection Officer position is a tough gig to land. But there may be hope. Jack and I may have a shot to gallivant around space saving the universe as members of the USAF Space Corps. This sounds like a job more likely to include laser blasters, and the House really did pass a defense spending bill approving their creation.

Young Jack Davis’ letter and NASA’s Dr, Green response.

(Credit: NASA)

There are just two problems that may prevent Jack and I from receiving our standard issue laser blasters. The first is that although the House approved the bill, the Senate is more skeptical about the need for the Space Corps. Many feel it might be premature to create the department. In fact, according to the New York Times, the White House has said the proposal is “premature,” and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis essentially laughed it off.

It’s true that there is little evidence we are in imminent danger of being invaded by an alien force, but that is not really what the Space Corps is for anyway. The Space Corps’ proposed purpose, as the New York Times puts it, is to “oversee military operations in that emerging, and important, domain of military competition.” Specifically, competition from the Russians and Chinese.

Fourth-grader Jack Davis got a special call Friday, Aug. 4, 2017, from NASA’s Planetary Research Director, Jonathan Rall, congratulating Jack on his interest in serving as the agency’s planetary protection officer.

(Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

The sorts of weapons currently residing in space are satellite signal jammers.

“What hasn’t happened is the kinetic part: blowing up satellites,” Brian Weeden, director of program planning for Secure World Foundation, an organization that studies the international use of space, told the New York Times.

So we are not in a time where we need the Guardians of the Galaxy… yet. This dashes my hopes of becoming a space cadet, but lucky for Jack, the future is coming very quickly. It would be wise for him to take Dr. Green’s advice, because our activity in space is sure to become even more exciting and sci-fi-like in the near future.

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Dinsdag 15 augustus 2017

This man captured images of mysterious UFO sightings and other phenomenon [VIDEO]

This man captured images of mysterious UFO sightings and other phenomenon [VIDEO]

Pierre Beake is an experienced photographer who has been covering an area called Col de Vence situated near the south of France.

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Screenshot of mysterious light balls around crop circles in the UK which was shot by Pierre Beake on a hot day.YouTube screenshot/ NowYouKnow

Mysterious UFOs have been spotted by Pierre Beake, which appear to be like flying saucer and floating rocks. There are also reports of strange spherical objects and lights being spotted in England and his native France.

ALSO READ: Will the world end after Total Solar Eclipse 2017 because of alien planet Nibiru?

Beake is an experienced photographer who has been covering an area called Col de Vence situated near the south of France. Most of his photos have been taken from this very region, this location is popular for the UFO sightings and can provide numerous evidence about these extra terrestrial phenomena.

At an annual conference called the 27th annual called Glastonbury Symposium which focuses on conspiracy theories, paranormal, philosophies of a new age as well as alternative thought.

ALSO READ: Scientists spot a mysterious object beyond Neptune [VIDEO]

"It is one hour from Nice. It is a rocky place where you get a strange feeling. I go once a week to Col de Vence. Why there are so many paranormal things there I do not know," he told the symposium.

Exclusive photo showing UFOs flying over crop circles on August 10, 2017Facebook/ Berg Ufo Wayne

Beake captured an image in a rocky region which portrays numerous mysterious lights present in it. According to him, this incident took place in the 1970s for the first and the last time.

"People saw those lights above the mountain. There was no noise and they moved so slowly," Beake was quoted as saying by Express.

These objects were not any army helicopters else he would have heard them Beake revealed.

"There was a big ball of light which moved backwards and disappeared. It is unsolved and there can be no explanation," he said as reported by Express.

The other images captured by Beake shows giant glowing objects along with a tail, another type of UFO he snapped looked like flying rocks.

"We took this and did not see anything while making the film. A cloud was just passing in front and there was this thing in the sky which was enormous. It looked like a stone or rock, they are part of the Col de Vence mystery," Beake stated referring to another image.

He also clicked images of weird orbs, lights and UFOs while examining crop circle in south west England.

"Some people say they have been here for 10 years and got nothing on camera. I can't help them and do not have the solution, but some people say I just must attract them," he concluded.

Watch video:

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Death Without Commitment: Where Are All the Aliens? Sleeping,

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Dinsdag 15 augustus 2017

Filer’s Files #33 – 2017 CIA We Have Been Contacted - PART I

Disc over Cancun, Mexico on July 14, 2017.

Filer’s Files #33 – 2017 CIA We Have Been Contacted - PART I

In special reports, this week’s files cover:

CIA We Have Been Contacted, Mexico Hovering Solid Oblong Craft, Global Wave of Animal Mutilations, Scotland 5,000-year-old Slab of Stone, Tombs in Ireland Shaped Like Discs, Egyptian Pyramids in the Grand Canyon, Message from the Light Team, and Solar Eclipse on August 21, 2017

Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, New Jersey, New York, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington.

Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over Australia, Brazil, Canada, Jordan, Korea, Latvia, Mexico, Spain, and England in the United Kingdom.

The Filer Research Institute feels the scientific study of UFOs is for the benefit of humankind and is an important endeavor. The US Air Force investigated UFOs publicly for more than twenty years under Project Blue Book; and I continue this advanced research. I believe the God of the universe has spread life throughout the cosmos and UFO’s are visiting us in ever-increasing numbers.

George A. Filer III

New Jersey State Director

MUFON Eastern Region Director

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Special Projects

CIA We Have Been Contacted

Mexico Hovering Solid Oblong Craft

Palenque — Elliot Lemmon writes: I live in New Zealand and my father who is a professional director of photography was filming a BBC series called “Spirits of the Jaguar” back in 96 when he along with 2 or 3 others had the sighting. What really blows me away is that sighting was in Palenque, Mexico and the apparent interest the UFO had either in the people viewing it or

King Pacal’s tomb/pyramid. Basically, they were setting up their equipment, camera, etc. for the day shoot. It was only 4:00 or 4:30 AM, so still dark, so unfortunately there was no way of filming the event. After realizing there was a small light on the horizon over the jungle in Palenque my father and others become curious. Eventually the light came silently zigzagging towards them.

They were directly at the bottom of the Temple of Inscriptions setting up. As the light came closer it suddenly sped up and zoomed towards their position, where it “stopped on a dime” in my father’s words. He had no belief what so ever in their existence and never really looked at the evidence, despite my pleads!

Now this light had stopped directly above them and its luminescence went out to reveal a solid oblong kind of shape, perhaps a couple thousand feet up and the size of a large truck. My father described it as pretty much brick like. The crafts light came back on and it shot off to the horizon again at impossible speed! One of the things my father still finds hard to fathom is the complete silence of the craft. Thanks to Elliot Lemmon. Editor’s Note: The carved stone grave vault cover of King Pacal’s Temple/Tomb shows him apparently sitting in a rocket or UFO taking him into space.

Who Is Doing This?! Global Wave of Animal Mutilations

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Who or what is mutilating animals the world over? Declassified files show the US Federal Bureau of Investigation has investigated thousands of instances of cattle disfigurement across the American Midwest since the 1970s, to no avail. A leading expert in the field isn’t sure either – but he has told Sputnik the explanation certainly isn’t humdrum.

While skeptics will surely opt to blame the international wave of brutalized bovines on natural disasters, sadistic pranks or similarly sick, wanton hijinks, proponents of conspiratorial and/or otherworldly explanations for the disturbing acts are quick to point out the attacks are often carried out with surgical precision.

Farmers worldwide, most notably and recurrently in US states such as South Dakota, Colorado, Kansas, and Nevada, have for decades had the unpleasant experience of discovering their treasured, lucrative beasts dead with various organs — including eyes, noses, tongues, hearts, livers, anuses, and genitalia — excised with laser-like accuracy. © PHOTO: UFONUT.COM

Sightings of attacks on cattle

Moreover, the FBI documents make clear even the US’ best investigative minds were seemingly stumped at the ultimate source of all the carnage. In many cases residents reported seeing crafts — whether thoroughly terrestrial helicopters, or UFOs — circling areas where cattle later turned up sliced up.

Such phenomena prompted concerns among researchers that the mutilations were being carried out and covered up by the government for some nefarious purpose or other — although as the wave of mutilations occurred concurrently with a worldwide obsession with flying saucers, some believe the mutilations’ origins to be otherworldly.

Linda Moulton Howe, founder of EarthFiles.com, states the same pattern of “bloodless excision” has been documented in all kinds of domestic and wild animals.

He believes the lack of gallons of blood near the animal, no apparent signs of animal struggle and the highly specific nature of the mutilations (for instance, precise cuts on the hide, and tongues cut out at the base) suggest the animals can only have been kidnapped and maimed by an intelligent agency — and the crushed rib cages and broken limbs often evidenced point to them having fallen some way to their final resting place. Yet more eerily, in some cases he has reviewed, scavengers won’t even touch the carcass.

As for what is mutilating these ill-fated creatures, Mr. Zukowski won’t speculate, but he says the evidence strongly points to a non-human rather than human source. In the majority of cases he has investigated, witnesses have seen “balls of light” near the land from which animals have been abducted, and in some cases apparent spacecraft. He also believes the unmarked helicopters seen at some sites are indicative that the US government is running its own investigations into the happenings. As for whether there could be a mundane explanation, Mr. Zukowski is unequivocal — “absolutely not!”

“We’re talking about something that was alive just hours before, with no symptoms of being ill, then later found with horrific damage. Who is doing this? I have my thoughts, which makes these investigations extremely dangerous, because you don’t want to be in the right place at the wrong time — it could happen to you. There have been some human mutilation cases too!” he adds.

This bloodcurdling singularity is not exclusive to the US.

Mr. Zukowski not infrequently receives emails from investigators based in other countries asking for help, including Australia, New Zealand, Dominican Republic, and the UK.

He notes some UK mutilations have made it in to the mainstream media, including mutilated lambs in Beddgelert, Gwynedd, mutilated rams in Plwmp, Dyfed, and mutilated deer, foxes and badgers near Shropshire and mid-Wales. Furthermore, every June, ewes go missing in Bleddfa, Powys.

Nick Pope, who investigated UFOs and other mysterious phenomena for the UK Ministry of Defense between 1991-1994, says it’s difficult to judge the true extent of the phenomenon, as the insurance industry has a policy not issuing payments to farmers if they suggested their slain animals had been killed in a mysterious, unknown way.

As a result, farmers and veterinary physicians generally “colluded” to describe any mysterious animal deaths as being the result of dog attacks. This made it difficult for him to investigate cases further.

“The cattle mutilation mystery is extremely disturbing, and there are many different theories, including predator activity, Satanists, secret military experiments, and extraterrestrial activity. The theory about military involvement makes no sense, because government scientists already have a facility where animal testing is carried out, so they would have had no need to conduct additional, illegal testing. However, I was not able to find a definitive explanation during my government work,” Mr. Pope told Sputnik. Thanks to Jeff Rense

Note: Balls of light are frequently reported around cattle mutilations. When flying our aircraft it was hit by ball lightning that floated through the plane indicating powerful electrical forces. The Earth releases electrical charges during tectonic stress known as Earth Lights and 1.4 billion flashes of lightning per year strike the Earth. A bolt of lightning can reach temperatures of roughly 30,000 kelvins (53,540 degrees Fahrenheit). Brent McRoberts of Texas A&M University says lightning accounts for 80 percent of all accidental livestock deaths. A stroke of lightning can contain 20,000 or more amperes of current.

Not generally realized is that a positive bolt of lightning comes up from the ground to meet the negative bolt from the thunder cloud. And when that hits the earth, that electricity spreads out in the ground and can be potentially deadly. There also may be spontaneous ignition of inflammable gases rising up in no great volume from the lower strata.

Medieval observers believed that fiery dragons came out of the earth and attacked cattle. Perhaps they were observing the Earth lights that are known to exist and are often seen before and during earthquakes. They may have been more perceptive then we give them credit for. We can speculate that Earth lights have strong electrical energy that comes out of the ground that attacks the cattle with a strong electrical charge throughout its body. Precise cuts or laser like cuts could be made by high voltage on the hide. The soft organs, tissue, and blood could be burned up as described during cattle mutilations. Unusually high temperatures in the Earth lights should be tested. Dead cattle could be tested for electrocution. As the lights ascend they may be able to carry the cattle into the air.

Scotland 5,000-year-old Slab of Stone

Archaeologists in Glasgow briefly excavated a slab of stone that contains incised swirling geometric decorations.

The 5000 year old Cochno Stone, which measures 43 feet by 26 feet (13 by 8 meters), contains swirling decorations, also called “cup and ring marks.” The stone and its decorations have been known to people in the area since at least the 19th century. Decorations similar to these swirls have been found at other prehistoric sites around the world; however, the examples incised in the Cochno Stone are considered to comprise “one of the best examples” of such art in Europe, according to the University of Glasgow, which led the new study.

The stone slab was fully unearthed in West Dunbartonshire by Reverend James Harvey in 1887. By 1965, the stone had been vandalized with graffiti and damaged by the elements, so a team of archaeologists buried it beneath the dirt in order to protect the artwork. This summer’s two-week re-excavation allowed archaeologists to use modern-day surveying and photography techniques to better record the artwork.

The meaning of the artwork is still unknown, said Trophy, adding that the vast amount of data gathered this summer may, in time, allow archaeologists to better understand the artifact. It may be describing flying objects in the sky.

This could be a Mothership launching small discs like I chased over the UK.

While archaeologists had to rebury the swirling prehistoric artwork in order to protect it, Trophy said he hopes that one day it will be possible to create an area where the rock art can be permanently revealed for both tourists and people in the local area to see. Trophy said in the statement. “Perhaps in the future, this site could be turned into a major tourist attraction in Scotland, with a visitor center — who knows?” Thanks to Live science[Gallery: Aerial Photos Reveal Mysterious Stone Structures

Tombs in Ireland Shaped Like Discs

Knowth area tombs have been designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Fourknocks is a Passage Chamber Tomb built about 5000 years ago. It is located 10 miles southeast of Newgrange, Ireland. The name Fourknocks may be from the Irish Fuair Cnocs meaning the Four Tombs (Four Hills). Only the main tomb pictured above has been excavated and is open to the public.

Kerbston 5 could also represent a UFO. The shape of the mound structures seems to show the wrap around aspect of the typical UFO disc. The burial sites often contain small discs or models about a foot in size. Great passage mounds, dolmens, stone circles, standing stones, alignments are all an important feature of the landscape and likely indicate religious worship in some form. It would be reasonable to assume the UFOs were seen floating overhead and were associated with the recycling or transmigration of souls as explained in ancient Egyptian and Vedic writings. The ancients who lived relatively shortened lives were often concerned with the soul’s journey to paradise. Although, the actual beliefs are not known, belief in a soul and everlasting life, being carried to heaven or paradise is practically universal. There is evidence UFOs were seen and took the souls to heaven in many scriptures and drawings. Thanks to www.Knowth.com and

Egyptian Pyramids Allegedly in the Grand Canyon

It’s rather surprising but several pyramid like structures and tunnel city caves indicate some 50,000 + Egyptian like peoples existed in the US Grand Canyon 3600 years ago. This pyramid is known as

Zoroaster Temple. Zoroaster was in Egypt when times were hard and was becoming a Poor Nation. But Zoroaster’s first name had been (Joseph) because he had a God that was higher in the Heavens than their Sun God named Ra that knew what the Pharaoh’s dream meant.
He built a big Boat that had Wings (Sails) that would carry many people and found more Grain and Gold for the Egyptians. When he came back to Egypt in his boat loaded with gold and grain, the Pharaoh made him the Ruler of Egypt and called him Zaphenat-Pa’aneah.

Tower of Ra.

The Hopi Indians told the Grand Canyon Park Rangers that this was the Tower of Ra. A few eroded Egyptian Hieroglyphs can still be seen on the Tower of Ra.
In the Grand Canyon Haunted area many places have Egyptian and Hindu names such as the Cheops Pyramid, the Buddha Cloister, Buddha Temple, Manu Temple and Shiva Temple. Indicating a relationship between these places and the alleged Egyptian discoveries in the Grand Canyon?
The Arizona state archaeologist said the early explorers had just liked Egyptian and Hindu names, but it is true that this area was off limits to hikers or other visitors, because of dangerous caves. Indeed, this entire area with the Egyptian and Hindu place names in the Grand Canyon is a forbidden zone – no one is allowed into this large area. We could only conclude that this was the area where the vaults were located. Yet today, this area is curiously off-limits to all hikers and even, in large part park personnel.
The Smithsonian Institute does not seem to want to reveal evidence of advanced American cultures, evidence for ancient voyages of various cultures to North America, evidence for extraterrestrial alien visitation, the evidence that tends to disprove the official system of belief that is now the history of North America.

The Smithsonian Archaeologist think that that this unfinished Egyptian Pyramid in the Grand Canyon is a burial Tomb because there is a entrance Tunnel that is blocked a few feet inside the Pyramid.. The National Park Service will not allow the Archaeologist to excavate any of the Pyramids in the Grand Canyon. These ruins may hold proof of alien visitation or at the very least advanced civilization that can move 50,000+ people from Egypt some 15, 000 miles away, half way around the world and erect massive structures.
The Tunnel Complex that Mr. G. E. Kinkaid found was a massive Burial Chamber. The Mummies were placed in the burial chamber walls on large stone blocks.
The Egyptians began coming to the Grand Canyon according to the Carbon Dating of the mummies bones around 1600 BC. The Smithsonian’s Board of Regents still refuses to open its meetings to the news media or the public. If Americans were ever allowed inside the ‘nation’s attic’, as the Smithsonian has been called, what skeletons might they find? http://www.crystalinks.comgc_egyptconnection.html

NASA Photos from Mars

Frank Jacobs has found some astounding images of Mars that indicate precision cuts on stone of ancient archeological ruins.
The cutting of the granite is similar to that found on Earth in the building of the pyramids at Giza, Egypt. Speculation suggests Martians left Mars and came to Earth.

Mars image found by Frank Jacobs shows likely remains of a hidden city. Life apparently existed on Mars and the archaeological remains are available for all to see who wish to take the time to investigate the images. See the trailer Packing for Mars. Thanks to NASA images.

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Message from the Light Team

Frank Chille writes, “On July 24th at our monthly UFO Meet Up at the Cinnaminson Public Library we had as a featured speaker

Lisa C. Anderson – a highly skillful and trained – Energy Coach. She works at clearing energy blockages within the mind and body – she is extremely intuitive and empathetic working with Light and Love. She spoke of clearing your energy by releasing old beliefs, thought patterns, healing emotional wounds, traumas, identify and clear your blockages to achieve a better life. At the end of her very fascinating discourse and many interesting questions from the audience, I asked, “Lisa, is there anything which we have not inquired about – that you would like share with this group?” At that point Lisa became quiet, as she seemed to be expressing deep emotion and her eyes welled up with tears. She then offered to us this channeled message directed to the group from Star Visitors whom she called “Your Light Team”. revealed this Message:
“You are so loved and you are not alone.” Sit comfortably with your eyes closed and take in 3 deep breaths. Focus on your heart and allow it to open. Ask to feel the love your Team has for you. Sit with it for as long as you like. Do this daily, as you can, even for 5 minutes. It will make a huge difference in your daily experiences. Blessings & Joy,” Thanks to Lisa C. Anderson Here is Lisa’s website if you’d like to also include it – http://the-healers-healer.com/about-lisa/

Solar Eclipse on August 21, 2017

By Lina Tran

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. NASA also released its own safety guide warning bystanders about the dangers the Sun’s rays could cause to your eyesight down the road.

“Do not look at the sun through a camera, a telescope, bintheoculars, or any other optical device while using your eclipse glasses or hand-held solar viewer — the concentrated solar rays will damage the filter and enter your eye(s), causing serious injury,”

NASA said.

Fienberg adds that “genuinely” safe solar filters will block at least 99.999% of the Sun’s visible and ultraviolet light and at least 97% of the Sun’s infrared radiation. Counterfeit glasses, he says, appear to block enough visible light to provide a comfortable view of the Sun, but that can really be “done with any sufficiently dark plastic.” “Genuinely safe solar filters are made from special materials engineered to block appropriate amounts of UV and IR radiation too. Our retinas don’t have pain receptors, so if you look through unsafe filters, you could think you’re having a fine view of the Sun when in fact your retinas are being injured, something you won’t realize till it’s too late,” he adds.
Some of the places that AAS recommends to shop online are EclipseGlasses.com, Celestron, Explore Scientific and Meade Instruments. The organization also has a list of retailers that include 7-Eleven, Best Buy, Lowe’s and Wal-Mart, that stock glasses made by verified manufacturers at some but “not all” locations.
Additionally, buyers should be skeptical of glasses that are stamped with an ISO (International Organization for Standardization) seal because some companies are now printing the logo and certification label on glasses and handheld solar viewers.

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Filer’s Files #33 – 2017 CIA We Have Been Contacted - PART II

Filer’s Files #33 – 2017 CIA We Have Been Contacted - PART II

UFO Sightings in the United States

Alaska Disc

Lake Eklutna, Eagle River — My husband and I were on our Alaskan vacation around 7 pm on July 11, 2017. We stopped at Lake Eklutna for a brief look around, we only stayed about 30 minutes and my husband wanted to take my picture. He took two pictures that I immediately wanted to see. I looked at the photo and turned to see what photo bombed my picture but nothing was there? I was expecting to see a parachute but saw nothing. We then looked at the next picture and see how far away it is in such a short time. We don’t know what it is so to us, it’s officially a UFO. Neither my husband saw anything. Thanks to MUFON CMS

Arizona Light

Chino Valley –This was video from a security surveillance system captured on July 24, 2017. We were watching it for another reason, when we noticed a strange object fly across the sky at an amazing speed and behind the cab of the truck.
The view is to the north and the object appears to fly in a straight line northwest. It appears low going behind the trees. There was no noise. One person I spoke with said that he heard a story about something in the sky. Thanks to MUFON CMS

California Object

Santa Monica — I was at Palisades Park at night taking pictures of Santa Monica Pier on August 6, 2017. Over a full moon I saw circular objects in the sky over the ocean. I wasn’t sure what I saw at first as I was taking the photo and thought how odd. I looked again and they disappeared. There were four circular objects in a row in the photo. Three of the objects looked exactly the same and the fourth object was larger. There were four objects close together and succinctly lined up. I have never seen anything strange like it before. Thanks to MUFON CMS

Colorado Object

Golden — On August 4, 2017 my husband and his son had just finished the Coors factory tour with the butte formation behind it. We took a picture of the butte about 5 pm with three different phones. We did not see any unusual activity. This is the photo that showed up on my husband’s phone. The pictures on my cell phone and my stepson’s phone did not have any unusual craft in them. We did not see any craft at the time. We were just admiring the natural landscape. My husband and my stepson had had 3 complimentary beers each after the tour. I did not have anything to drink myself. Yesterday (8/6/17) when I was looking at the pictures I noticed object. Thanks to MUFON CMS

Illinois Orbs

I was putting some new curtains on the window when I saw three gray circles in the sky;

The photo was taken on August 7, 2017.

Thanks to MUFON CMS

Iowa Orb

Cascade — Prior to dinner a large cloud like object was following me on August 5, 2017. After dinner, I went out back and noticed these fireballs emerging. I have video and photos on two cameras. The two objects flew up and seemed to hover. Please note that about two weeks ago I was close to Gary Owen Church and I had one fly directly to me and it was about 25 feet away at eye level. It was hovering between trees and was 75 feet away. When I looked over from where the initial ball of light started, there were 6-8 white floating orbs. When I got to the road I saw a fireball and white saucer following. The power lines were shaking and I felt a vibration up my legs that radiated through my body. My friend and I watched a metallic domed object fly around her car. I am a licensed pilot and I have never seen anything change shape, move forward, backwards, left, right, up and down so quickly. The last one came very close and changed path as if it was circling. Thanks to MUFON CMS

New Jersey Horse Rescue

Medford — Darlene writes, My friend told me that in 1969 or 70 her friend and several people saw three unusual objects hovering the high tension wires next to my property the house was not built. They saw one land on what is now my horse field and pond. I Google it and the articles said that in fact there were sightings. We have an indentation in the field since we moved here that fills up with water yet it never erodes and stays the same shape. We have found unusual metal pieces in that area when it does dry up. This is a picture of a framed view if my lot. Thanks Darlene

Note: I drove out to investigate the site and visited Darlene’s friends, horses, donkeys and horse stables. . The amazing situation was that Darlene takes in virtually dying animals that would normally be end of their lives with .wounded and crippled legs and bodies. They are attracted to the water and spend some time there and are cared for and fed normal food. Miraculously, the animals gain their strength and appear healed and feisty.

I have interviewed several abductees who claim to have been healed, and some people claim to be in touch with aliens/angels who are able to heal others. It appears that aliens feel obliged to preserve the specimen for their own purposes. As one abductee said, ‘It’s equipment maintenance.” I examined the area around the pond and there was little plant life and the dirt seemed to clump.

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Orange — I was in my backyard with my dog on June 22, 2017, and looked up when smoking and this object was extremely bright when compared to the stars. I noticed it hovering for at least 20 seconds as it started to move at a steady speed, and I pulled out my phone to record the bright orange star? The object either went behind the clouds or looks like it disappeared, Thanks to MUFON CMS

New York Light

Montgomery — I was walking to my car and a blue blinking light caught the corner of my eye on August 2, 2017. I looked up to see what it was; I found it strange so I started to video tape with my cell phone. It started changing colors and moving fast and then it disappeared. Needless to say I was in shock at what I just saw. Moments later, I felt sick to my stomach. I guess the excitement and the fear of what I saw got to me. Thanks to MUFON CMS

South Dakota Orb

Wakpala — Our daughter and I were taking a walk in the prairies surrounding our house on Highway 1806. We stopped at a spot where I was taking pictures on August 7, 2017, of my daughter on a rock trying to make her smile. I did not notice the UFO and it made no sound. When we were reviewing the four photos we noticed the UFO. On the photo 1 the UFO is above our daughter’s head but very visible. On the second photo the UFO moved slightly to the right but still clearly visible. On the third photo is when the UFO is moving towards me on the sky and this is depicted by how it is now bigger but a bit blurry. On the fourth photo, there is no trace of the UFO. The whole thing took about 30-40 seconds. Thanks to MUFON CMS

Tennessee Orb

Greenbrier — On Sunday July 30, 2017 around 19:45 hours, a husband and wife were playing fetch with four dogs when he noticed a craft. It was traveling west at 100-300 mph at 4000 feet. The disc shaped craft had no wings with a dome with a bright white light around the craft. The same craft was seen on July 16, 2017, and a picture was obtained of it traveling at 500-600mph. On the 30th the craft initially traveled west then made an abrupt turn to the south until out of view. Thanks to MUFON CMS

Texas Cylinder

Cedar Park — I was taking a picture of the sunset on August 1, 2017 and didn’t even see the lights at the time.

Yesterday I went to edit the picture and I saw the lights and zoomed in and you can see they are recessed. Upon closer examination I saw the triangular shape in front of the lights.

Thanks to MUFON CMS

Washington Lights

Creston (Lincoln) — My mom burst in the door from the porch and said “Madeline come here as fast as you can.” I go outside and there is this really loud deep humming sound on August 2, 2017. It was so loud it felt like there were vibrations going through my body. Looking back it sounded what I would imagine a three mile long wine glass to sound like if you used a giant wet finger to continuously rub the rim. When I step on the porch my eyes are instantly drawn to the long and very close string of white lights. My heard feels like it’s sinking and I ask my mom to pray. There could have been one hundred lights that were pulsing or blinking in a sequence.

I could not see anything but the clear lights. This is an unknown craft flying right over Lake Roosevelt, right past my mom’s house. Thanks to MUFON CMS

Tukwila — My girlfriend first saw the three possibly four lights. They were very bright compared to the airliners. The lights would dim and brighten often to a brilliant white that almost hurt my eyes even though the objects were miles away. I stayed and watch the objects and filmed them on my phone.

I am not sure I was able to spot any maneuvers, but the objects would change colors and pulse. They hovered for extended periods in some sort of formation and then slowly moved away. The object would come into and then disperse, leaving one or two behind which would then brighten. Frequently one of the dimmer lights would pass directly next to one of the other ones before brightening again. Thanks to MUFON CMS

Tacoma — I’d read about recent UFO sightings in the sky over McChord AFB, so I grabbed a stool and sat by my window watching various lights on July 30, 2017.

I saw a plane take off around 10 PM, as that’s when the other reports began. I was all set to stop at 10:30 PM, but then I saw a new light in the sky, which shot straight upwards until I could no longer see it. I’d finally witnessed a UFO and took a photo during its ascent. Thanks to MUFON CMS

Worldwide UFO Sightings

Australia Object

Kalgoorlie — I was out with my dog and remembered it was a full moon the night of September 13, 2014. I then grabbed my camera phone and snapped a few shots.

When I got home to load them to Facebook I noticed that there was an object in all 3 photos and it was a little closer to the moon in each shot. Thanks to MUFON CMS

Brazil Orb

Poços de Caldas — It was a still day on August 6, 2017 and I saw two bright lights that looked like stars. The lights moved together in a constant low trajectory northeast really far away. One of them was bigger and brighter, and other smaller, but still bright. This small one disappeared suddenly, but the bigger kept on moving. The UFO passed over right above me. It was very bright all the time. I used maximum zoom on my camera. Thanks to MUFON CMS

Canada Strange Grid Marks

Nipawin, Saskatchewan – On July 26, 2017, I noticed some marks on my husband’s back. The marks look like a grid of dots or are like bruises. They are not raised or indented and do not hurt. I have studied UFO’s and aliens for 10 years now as my hobby so I have come across stuff like this before in research. I will attach a picture of the marks, but they are kind of blurry. They are much bolder in real life. He does not remember any sort of dreams, but he was super tired that day.

Witness Response: We talked for days about what could have caused this and nothing makes sense. There was nothing at work that could have caused the marks. I noticed it as soon as I woke up and he was still sleeping, but he was really tired that next day. Thanks to William Puckett, Director Http://www.UFOsnw.com

Jordan Light

Amman – I was home with my husband and we noticed the lights
We are living in an apartment at 3rd floor in Amman, Jordan

Thanks to MUFON CMS

Korea Light

1. I was driving home from work at 3:30 am when I first noticed the object in the sky in the direction of my house.

2. I noticed it because it stood out. I knew it was not a star, planet, helicopter or plane. I got scared because I have frequent sleep paralysis which I blame on ET visitation.

3. I thought it was a UFO. It was too bright and low in the sky to be a star.

4. The main glowing white object appeared to move up and down, left and right as it was watching me and I felt like it responded to my thoughts. I saw a second object appear from the clouds that was cloaked. It had red and white flashing lights. It made a turn above my house but was too fast to catch on video. I saw a third object which I got on film it was very large and it had different colored flashing lights.
5. I was already very tired from working at 4 pm till 3 am. I was really scared and nervous seeing the UFOs. I was also drawn to them and was really afraid of possible abduction. Thanks to MUFON CMs

Latvia Orbs

Riga — On August 8, 2017, .I saw an alien mothership scanning all around by the river.

After 5 minutes i was shocked when it turned towards me. It got really low and I lost it.

They are making bases around my living area. Thanks to MUFON CMS

Mexico Disc

Cancun — I was in Aroma at the Riveria Maya Mexico on vacation and took this picture on July 14, 2017.

Didn’t even notice it until two weeks after we arrived back home and going through our pictures. Looks like a ufo to me. Thanks to MUFON CMS

Spain ISS Object

I saw a sphere either leaving earth or coming from behind the earth travelling upwards in a straight line. I managed to take two screen shots seconds apart before NASA cut the live feed.

Enlarged you can see a darker object possible with legs/appendages at the bottom behind the sphere. Thanks to MUFON CMS

UK/England Light

Central Farm – On August 6, 2017, the past two nights from 3 am till just before sunrise the space craft hovers quiet far out but seems so close. The UFO looks very bright in color and looks to me like two bright orb-like circles separating then going back together. I had the aura of a diamond and changed to a disc. I began to video and the camera kept losing focus as if the UFO was interfering with my video camera, but allowing me to take pictures. Then over the next few hours it slowly flew higher and it’s gone.

The first night I took the pictures and attempted the video it felt like my body from toes to head was being scanned. It fell like you put two sides of a magnet together and it repels from another a crazy sensation. Thanks to MUFON CMS

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Hybrid Drone Delivers Power, Distance

Hybrid Drone Delivers Power, Distance

By: James Ross

Photo Courtesy of Top Flight Technologies

You’ve heard about Amazon’s coming-any-day-now drone delivery project? It may soon be everywhere, capable of delivering anything. And if you’ve ever taken an Uber car through snarled city traffic and wondered how quick your trip would be if you could just sail over all those cars? You may have your chance.

MIT alumnus Long Phan, chief technology officer of Top Flight Technologies, is working to perfect a gasoline/electric hybrid drone that might make those high-flying ideas a reality.

Most of us have heard of military drones, such as the Predator B, employed for surveillance, reconnaissance, and (highly controversial) missile strikes. And then there are the familiar civilian versions used for more peaceful purposes by filmmakers and amateur photographers who want a dramatic aerial view.

As agile and useful as they can be, the smaller, commercially available aircraft have some drawbacks when it comes to doing heavy work: Most drones are powered by batteries and have a relatively short flight time, ranging from 15 to 30 minutes. And they generally can carry only small payloads, 5 lbs. or less.

Top Flight’s drone uses gasoline to power the lift motors and charge the batteries that run the drone’s electronics, including sensors, communications equipment, and a “digital gearbox,” a set of electronic controls that helps the engine to run more efficiently.

The engine weighs about 17 lbs. and can generate 10 kilowatts. All that power significantly expands the flight time and payload for the drone. The Top Flight craft can fly for 2.5 hours and can carry up to 20 pounds. More than enough lifting power to drop off your Game of Thrones: The Complete Seasons 1–6 Blu-ray box.

But, Top Flight has even loftier plans for their future. Phan and his team are working on a 100-kilowatt heavy-lifting, long-distance drone. According to Phan, “With a 100-kilowatt hybrid electric engine, concepts like air taxis become viable,” he says. “By 2020, you may see a drone fly a person.”

Read more about Top Flight’s new hybrid drones at the MIT website.

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Has an ALIEN been filmed walking inside its ship? Baffling video has UFO fanatics stunned

Has an ALIEN been filmed walking inside its ship? Baffling video has UFO fanatics stunned

ALIEN enthusiasts claim to have filmed an extraterrestrial being walking inside its spaceship in a forest.

By Simon Green

In grainy footage, a mysterious object with bright blue lights is seen behind some trees.

When the cameraman zooms in, he spots a grey figure strolling through inside it.

From the distance and quality of the video, it is hard to make out who or what the shape is.

But after UFO fanatics Blake and Brett Cousins posted it as part of a live phone-in, their followers were quick to claim it was an Alien Grey – a supposed extraterrestrial being named for its skin colour.

Brett is heard likening it to something out of famous alien movie Close Encounters, before claiming there is no CGI at play.

The spaceship and alien

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BIZARRE: A mysterious grey shape was filmed walking inside a craft

“You know how the ship looks like it’s landed behind the tree, it looks like they were stationed there because the one walking by looks like it was wearing an orange space suit,” one viewer then says.

“It didn’t even look like a human at all.

“It possibly might be something with the government but it’s unexplainable.

“In my opinion these things come from another planet.”

Another fan then called up offering a different explanation.

The figure

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PROOF: Some viewers claimed it was an alien

“I just watched this four times and this Alien Grey, he moves a lot like a human.

“He looks like he’s wearing some sort of leggings or pants and his movements are very similar to a man’s – it looks like he’s working on the controls of the ship.”

Not everyone was as convinced by the footage, however.

“Nothing but light and mirrors,” one commented.

And another agreed, writing: “Looks like someone camping and using florescent tube lanterns to light the camp site.”

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Best Space Stories of The Week!

Best Space Stories of The Week!

By SPACE.com Staff

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The south pole of Jupiter is seen from an altitude of 32,000 miles (52,000 kilometers) in this enhanced color mosaic of images from NASA's JunoCam. Cyclones up to 600 miles wide (1,000 km) are visible.

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Juno gets a first look at Jupiter's marvelous poles, the world's largest (current) aircraft goes for a spin, Earth science loses on the proposed NASA budget and two astronauts perform an urgent spacewalk — it's Space.com's top news stories of the week.

Jupiter whirls

The first science results from NASA's Juno probe reveal huge cyclones raging near Jupiter's north and south poles and the workings of is spectacular auroras. Juno is the first spacecraft to get a close look the planet's beautiful and bizarre poles. [Full Story: Mysteries at Jupiter: NASA's Juno Probe Reveals Cyclones, Auroras & Surprises]

Plus: More Jupiter Weirdness: Giant Planet May Have Huge, 'Fuzzy' Core

Sperm survives space

Astronauts kept freeze-dried mouse sperm on the International Space Station for nine months — and when brought back to Earth it gave rise to healthy pups. [Full Story: Freeze-Dried Space Sperm Gives Rise to Healthy Baby Mice]

Fix it up

After a computer relay box malfunctioned, NASA astronauts Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer went out for a quickly-planned spacewalk to replace the failed part. (Don't worry, a backup took over in the meantime.) Whitson built the replacement from spare parts aboard the International Space Station. [Full Story: Astronauts Restore Space Station to Full Health in Quick Repair Spacewalk]

Clash of the dwarfs

New research suggests that most of the Milky Way's antimatter could come from the collision of two special kinds of white dwarfs — the Earth-size cores of dead stars. [Full Story: Supernova Face-Off May Solve 40-Year-Old Antimatter Mystery]

Mammoth flier success

A massive blimp-like aircraft called the Airlander 10 successfully flew for 180 minutes and landed, testing its improved landing technology and handling. It's the third test flight for the world's largest aircraft currently flying, which is designed to stay in the air for up to 5 days at a time with people on board. [World's Largest Aircraft Completes Successful Test Flight]

Earth science nix

The White House's official 2018 budget request curtails five NASA Earth-science missions, including the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud ocean Ecosystem satellite; the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-3 experiment; the Climate Absolute Radiance and Refractivity Observatory Pathfinder; the Earth-viewing instruments aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory spacecraft and, now, the Radiation Budget Experiment. [Full Story: Trump's 2018 Budget Request Axes 5 NASA Earth-Science Missions]

Plus: NASA's Proposed 2018 Budget Could Push Europa Mission to Late 2020s

Summer on Saturn

The Cassini spacecraft has seen Saturn through the seasons as the planet has orbited the sun, watching its dramatic changes. Now, it's finally the planet's solstice and the end of the spacecraft's second extended mission — just in time for its Sept. 15 Grand Finale dive into the planet's atmosphere. [Full Story: Saturn Solstice: Cassini Gets 'Ringside Seat' to Dramatic Seasonal Changes]

Listening in

The world's most sensitive dark matter detector, XENON1T, has gone online deep beneath a mountain in Italy, completing a 30-day science run hunting for the minuscule fireworks that could be caused by a certain type of dark matter ramming into a xenon atom inside the detector. [Full Story: The World's Most Sensitive Dark Matter Detector Is Now Up and Running]

It's a Phantom

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected Boeing to build the U.S. military's new XS-1 space plane. The plane, called the Phantom Express, is designed to launch to the edge of space to deploy a second stage rocket, which would deposit a satellite in orbit. [Full Story: US Military's XS-1 Space Plane Will Be Built by Boeing (Video)]

Darkness coming

Get ready for the 2017 total solar eclipse, which will cross the continental United States Aug. 21 — less than three months from now. [Full Story: Countdown to Darkness: Total Solar Eclipse Three Months Away]

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Bijna 100 nieuwe vulkanen ontdekt onder ijskap van Antarctica, maar zijn ze ook gevaarlijk? - HLN.be

Bijna 100 nieuwe vulkanen ontdekt onder ijskap van Antarctica, maar zijn ze ook gevaarlijk? - HLN.be

Bron: ScienceAlert, The Guardian

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WETENSCHAP Twee kilometer diep onder de ijslaag op Antarctica hebben wetenschappers in totaal bijna 100 nieuwe vulkanen ontdekt. Het gebied wordt daarmee waarschijnlijk ineens de grootste vulkaanketen ter wereld, die grote veranderingen teweeg kan brengen in de zeespiegel.

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47 vulkanen waren er tot nu toe bekend in het gebied in het westen van Antarctica, en daar zijn er nu in één klap nog eens 91 bijgekomen. Tot die opmerkelijke vaststelling kwam een team van wetenschappers van de universiteit van Edinburgh. De totale keten die nu bekend is geworden, is waarschijnlijk groter dan welk ander vulkanisch gebied op aarde dan ook, inclusief de massieve Oost-Afrikaanse Riftvallei, die tot nu toe de grootste concentratie aan vulkanen telde, met bijvoorbeeld ook de Kilimanjaro.

De vulkanen die al gekend waren op de Zuidpool, steken allemaal minstens gedeeltelijk boven de ijskap uit, waardoor ze de afgelopen eeuw gemakkelijk te registreren waren. Maar een team geologen heeft nu voor het eerst ook het gebied ónder het ijs bekeken door de resultaten van verschillende radaronderzoeken en andere metingen in het ijs in detail te analyseren. De wetenschappers zochten daarbij specifiek naar kegelvormige uitstulpingen van basaltsteen, die zouden wijzen op de top van een vulkaan.

En de resultaten zijn verbluffend. De 91 vulkanen verschillen in hoogte van 100 tot 3.850 meter en bevinden zich allemaal in een 3.500 kilometer lange keten aan de westelijke zijde van Antarctica.

Actief of niet?

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De vraag die volgens de onderzoekers nu cruciaal is, is hoe actief de vulkanen zijn. Daar hebben ze voorlopig nog het raden naar. De vraag is echter des te belangrijker omdat eventuele vulkanische activiteit op de Zuidpool grote gevolgen kan hebben voor stabiliteit van de ijskap en de zeespiegel. Een vulkaanuitbarsting zou het smelten van het landijs op Antarctica kunnen doen versnellen.

Maar omgekeerd zou smeltend ijs ook net een uitbarsting tot gevolg kunnen hebben, aangezien de tegendruk op de vulkaan zou afnemen als de ijskap erboven dunner wordt. "De meeste vulkanische activiteit in de wereld vindt momenteel plaats in die gebieden die na de laatste ijstijd hun ijskap hebben verloren", zegt Robert Bingham, een van de onderzoekers, aan The Guardian. "Dat is dus geen goed teken."

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Frustrated Farmer Charges for Viewing Crop Circle

Frustrated Farmer Charges for Viewing Crop Circle

Paul Seaburn

As someone who enjoys looking at photos of the more intricately patterned and sacredly geometric crop circles, I admit I also forget that those crops belong to some farmer who may not be too happy to see their field trampled by whatever is making those circles. All we ever see are the pristine photos taken the morning the crop circles are discovered, not the ones two days later of the decomposing grains, spectator trash and a farmer shaking a fist at annoying drones. One enterprising farmer is paying for the loss of about eight tons of grain by charging £2 ($2.59 US) to see the circle.

“I noticed that the gate to the field was open and when I went to close it, I saw that a lot of the wheat had been pressed down, it must have happened overnight.”

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Shelley Klindt found the crop circle in a mature wheat field on her Hannington, Wiltshire, farm on the morning of August 4. While her husband’s family has managed the field since the 1970s, she says this is the first crop circle on the farm that anyone can remember. By the time she got there, a man with a drone was already filming the circle.

“I tried to keep this quiet but the pictures went online and people started turning up.”

The crop circle measure 60 meters (220 feet) in diameter and crosses three tramlines – those lines in the pictures that are actually for the farmer to use to avoid trampling crops with tractors – which are 24 meters apart. Klindt estimates that the circle alone destroyed 8 tons of wheat. For reference, a wheat farmer in Alton Barnes near Marlborough hit by a crop circle in July estimated his loss at about £120,000 ($155,000 US). That’s just the beginning, says Klindt.

“It’s a hassle, we were 10 days from combining the crops and now all the wheat that’s been pushed to the floor can’t be harvested, it’s ruined. We will have to claim this on our insurance which will make our insurance costs go up.”

It gets worse. The photographs are attracting visitors from all over the world.

“We’ve had helicopters, low-flying aircraft and so many drones. On Saturday we had about 130 people and eight or nine people were there camping out in the middle of the circle to watch the Perseid meteor shower. And this morning I got a call at 4:30am to say there was a van with ‘love’ on it and a man with a magical cape dancing around with incense sticks.”

Cherry picker at bottom of left photo

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According to her interview with the BBC, that’s when Shelley Klindt got the brilliant idea to bring out a cherry picker and charge £2 per person to go up and get a crow’s-eye view of the costly crop circle. She expects to get another week’s worth tourist cash until it’s time to harvest the crops. At £2 a ride, it’s a help but she’s still a long way from making up for the loss. The local police are reminding people that it’s an offense to make crop circles, but that hasn’t stopped their formation, says Klindt.

“I think it’s man-made but everyone else seems to think it’s spiritual or aliens or something.”

Of course they do … you can’t sue aliens for damages. Whatever the cause, the effect of crop circles is a cost to a farmer. There’s nothing sacredly geometric about that.

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Odd Rocket-Like UFO captured by Passenger on the Durango/Silverton Train, Colorado

Odd Rocket-Like UFO captured by Passenger on the Durango/Silverton Train, Colorado

The witness departed on the 19th-century Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad steam train which passes mountains and canyons on May 8, 2017 at about 9.00 AM.

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As the train was traveling he was taking numerous photos of the breathtaking scenery until he reached Silverton.

Later that evening at the motel he downloaded the photos from his camera to his laptop and was going over them. He noticed in one photo that it had some kind of an object or bird looking thing in the background.

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The photographer then zoomed in the photo and noticed it was some type of an object above one of the mountains which he described as a cigar-shaped and rocket-like UFO.

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The only time he saw the object was in the photo and never noticed it as he took the photo. Images of the odd object were submitted to the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON).

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Couple Captures “Shining Disk” on the Video nearby Toronto Harbourfront

Couple Captures “Shining Disk” on the Video nearby Toronto Harbourfront

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A group of what on earth is now generally known as “men in black” was dispatched to confiscate the cameras of citizens who had taken photos in the ship, and Los Angelinos informed that a plane had been shot down, though no damaged plane was ever recovered. A conflicting story how the whole thing became a false alarm has also been released because of the government.

A couple participating the celebration of Canada Day nearby Toronto Harbourfront has recorded a footage of a strange disk. The video shows a round object which appears to be a dark or clear centre. While it appears and disappears, the object cannot be seen throughout the video. The object bears a resemblance to a disk-shaped, but even the disk cuts like a vinyl record. As you can see in the footage, his girlfriend then witnessed it too but was thinking if it was either drone or a kite since drones are almost everywhere. But once she started looking, she realised that it was not a drone due to the shininess of the disk and the way it was moving across in a circular motion. Drones have appendages that can carry the zip and rotors through the sky. This item does not show that sort of behaviour. It neither has rotors, so she is right that a drone is not what they filmed. Assuming they are balloons, take note that they are frequently set afloat throughout the celebrations and move with the wind. Unlike the object they saw, balloons do not appear and disappear. If the balloons are somehow going in and out of the shadows, it may appear as though they are disappearing and reappearing.

The vast majority of alien and extraterrestrial sightings turn out to be identified objects, but once in a while, there are strange sightings that are very much difficult to explain.

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Haultain Resident Believes He Sees Bright Lights That Defy Physics

Haultain Resident Believes He Sees Bright Lights That Defy Physics

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Mike Allan’s thinking about the sky has changed forever when he saw something strange flying in the sky above the Camosun and Jubilee neighbourhoods.

Allan lives a few doors in from Richmond Road on Haultain Street with his family. He was sceptic about anything related to the unidentified flying object until he had an experience of witnessing some strange events about five years ago.

Since his first sighting, he has witnessed the unusual light moving around the sky in very strange ways, often hovering.

In this case, the light usually runs northwest to southeast, appearing to mimic the path of a satellite. Allan said that he observed two at satellite altitude sometimes but then they criss-cross, which satellites don’t do such thing.

Allan described the size of the light to be the same as a star but much brighter. Its movement is different from any plane, drone or satellite, according to Allan. The mysterious lights reportedly appear below cloud levels and as high as the satellites.

Allan said that his neighbours were totally sceptical when he told them, but not anymore after they saw it. He refers the bizarre light as the bright thing in the sky while his daughter calls it the UFO-thingy. Allan pointed out that everyone is sceptical until they see it. He urged everyone to keep looking at the sky because they are there.

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SCIENTISTS JUST UNCOVERED LARGEST VOLCANIC REGION ON THE PLANET: BELOW ANTARCTICA!

SCIENTISTS JUST UNCOVERED LARGEST VOLCANIC REGION ON THE PLANET: BELOW ANTARCTICA!

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Scientists have found what they think is one of the biggest volcanic regions in the world after finding 91 volcanoes underneath the ice in the Antarctic.

The finding of the volcanoes under the ice only goes to show just how much scientists do not know what is under the ice of Antarctica. The finding was made following a survey conducted remotely of the region. The survey was undertaken by researchers at the University of Edinburgh.

They studied a region that is known as the West Antarctic Rift system and found that there are volcanoes that range from heights of 100 meters to 3, 850 meters. The volcanoes are very similar to ones that have been found on the eastern volcanic ridge of Africa. The survey undertaken measured the land shape using radar that was able to penetrate the ice. This was undertaken after Max Van Wyk de Vries, a university student in his third year came up with the suggestion.

He said that Antarctica remains one of the regions around the globe that is the least studied. Van Wyk de Vries went on to say that as a young scientist he was very excited about learning something new that was not very well understood. He said that following examination of data that already exists on West Antarctica he then started to discover traces of volcanism. He then began to dig deeper, and this led to him finding close to 100 volcanoes that were hidden away under the ice.

At the moment it is not known whether the volcanoes under the ice that have been recently discovered are still active. However, the results have informed research that is ongoing as the scientists continue to look into seismic monitoring in the region.

Scientists know from other studies that volcanic activity might have taken place in the region during periods that were warmer and have said that this may increase if the thin ice of Antarctica continues to grow thinner in a climate that continues to warm.

Dr. Robert Bingham from the University of Edinburgh School Of Geoscience said that it was fascinating to be able to uncover what looks to be an extensive range of volcanoes in a continent that is relatively unexplored.

He went on to say that the finding gives scientists a better understanding of the volcanic activity and this might shed some light on the impact of the ice of Antarctica both in the past, the present and the future, along with providing information on other rift systems that are around the globe.

The volcano study has now been published in a series for the Geological Society Special Publications.

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SAILORS FOUND MYSTERIOUS GHOST SHIP - WHAT THEY DISCOVERED NEXT WAS SHOCKING!

SAILORS FOUND MYSTERIOUS GHOST SHIP - WHAT THEY DISCOVERED NEXT WAS SHOCKING!

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Explanations abound as to what caused the crew to die in a most ghastly-seeming way, and then caused the ship to explode suddenly and unexpectedly when rescuers attempted to tow her to port.

Two American ships sailed across the Strait of Malacca when they received a Morse code rescue request from a Dutch ship called Ourang Medan. It is not known precisely when this happened, but it was probably between June 1947 and February 1948. The message was scary and said, "All the officers, including the captain, are dead, lying in the map room and on the bridge, and probably all of the crew is dead." Then some words were uttered, but only two could be accurately heard: "I" and "dying."

One of the United States merchant ships that received the notification was the Silver Star. As he was the nearest of Ourang Medan, he immediately departed to rescue the crew and also to know in what might be useful. When the ship's crew boarded it, it took a frightful scare they would rather not have witnessed.

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UFOs OUT OF THE BLUE – HD Documentary

UFOs OUT OF THE BLUE – HD Documentary

Narrated by Peter Coyote, OUT OF THE BLUE is widely considered one of the best documentary films ever made about UFOs and was directed by celebrated filmmakers James Fox, Tim Coleman and Boris Zubov. The films producers traveled around the world to investigate some of the most famous UFO events on record. Through exclusive interviews with high-ranking military and government personnel, this award-winning film supports the theory that some UFOs are of extraterrestrial origin.

This film features Governor Fife Symington, Astronaut Dr. Edgar Mitchell, Russian General Leonid Aleviev, President Jimmy Carter, Cosmonaut Major General Pavel Popovich, UK Admiral Lord Hill Norton, Physics Professor Dr. Brian Greene, President Gerald Ford, Astronaut Colonel Gordon Cooper. White House Chief of Staff John Podesta, and many more. Presents an International Scope, Quality Testimony, and Scientific Perspectives. OUT OF THE BLUE provides a Definitive Investigation of the UFO Phenomenon.

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10 Explanations For UFOs Weirder Than Aliens

10 Explanations For UFOs Weirder Than Aliens

If you don’t believe UFO sightings are the result of the misidentification of either astronomical or mundane aerial objects, you most likely believe in the extraterrestrial hypothesis, which states UFOs are vehicles sent by civilizations from far distant stars to bring us a message of peace or probe us mercilessly. Yet, there are other possibilities as well.

10. UFOs Are Earthlights

Some people believe that the appearance of UFOs is simply the result of an unknown natural byproduct of the Earth. This idea was developed by Professor Michael Persinger in the 1970s as tectonic strain theory, which we have mentioned in a previous article. These ideas were built upon by author Paul Devereux. He believes that while most UFO sightings can be explained as misidentified mundane aerial objects, mirages, hoaxes, and hallucinations, there are some that result from an unexplained electromagnetic phenomenon related to earthquake lights and ball lightning. He believes tectonic stress and strain in the Earth’s crust creates luminosity in the atmosphere, as do other geological and meteorological sources of energy.He refers to the phenomenon as “earthlights,” though earlier theorists called them “spooklights” or “ghost lights” and believed they were the explanation behind historical sightings of dragons, fairies, bodhisattvas, corpse candles, foo fighters, and ghost rockets. UFO behavior such as apparent intelligence and downright illogical movement and appearance suggest to Devereux that UFOs may be a form of macro quantum phenomenon, meaning UFOs represent phenomena that should only exist on the subatomic quantum level but have somehow manifested in the macroscopic, visible world.

9. UFOs Are Four-Dimensional Objects

Imagine a flat plane on which two-dimensional creatures live. They cannot perceive our third dimension, but we can see them. Say you stick your finger into their plane. From their point of view, an object has suddenly and inexplicably appeared out of nowhere. It also appears to change size and shape depending on exactly what cross-section of your finger is in their plane. When you pull your finger out, the object disappears, and no one believes the two-dimensional creature who saw it because he was drunk and is always making up crazy stories. A comparable theory has been promoted to explain UFO phenomena, particularly how some UFOs appear to change size and shape, morphing in the air. If a four-dimensional sphere—a hypersphere—passes through our three-dimensional space, it would appear to our limited perceptions to be a small sphere that appears suddenly, then rapidly grows in size before it shrinks again and vanishes altogether. Any four-dimensional object that entered our three-dimensional plane would appear to be capable of shape-shifting, impossible movement, and dematerialization, reflecting many reports of “morphing” UFOs. Claims of bizarre magnetic effects caused by UFOs could be explained as changes in the structure of three-dimensional space caused by the passage of a four-dimensional object in the same way a pebble dropped into water creates ripples on the surface. Some argue that entities from other planets or other three-dimensional universes could be using four-dimensional space as a convenient means of traveling to our world.

8. UFOs Are Demons

Some believe sightings of UFOs are actually manifestations of demonic activity prophesied to increase during the Last Days. Satan knows in the End Times he will be forced out of the spiritual realm entirely and therefore needs to corrupt human beings in large numbers. This theory posits that UFO abduction is actually abduction by Satan’s advancing forces. These forces take people to engage in sinful, sexual congress and open them up to possession, just as the fallen angels had sexual intercourse with human females in the days before the Great Flood, creating the giant race known as Nephilim. The entities onboard UFOs are demonic but pose as extraterrestrial visitors to weaken faith in Christ and prepare for the creation of a unified world occult religion venerating the fake aliens.The appearance of UFOs is also linked with the occult. Many UFO abductees have had previous experience with occult practices. Some claim there have been increased numbers of UFO sightings in areas where the Soviets conducted occult research as well as areas associated with US military research and Native American shamanism. Crop circles, meanwhile, represent an esoteric form of communication related to Kabbalah and the Illuminati, a secret demonic language. Of particular interest here is the Milk Hill Script, Hebrew-like letters that appeared in a field of crops in England. Animal and human mutilation during abductions is the result of demonic experiments to create artificial physical bodies for Satan’s forces to inhabit during the End Times. Abductees and psychics have reported sightings of “grays” relaxing in a vat of “human stew” made from blood and body parts in the hope of absorbing nutrients such as adrenaline. This stew is created by torturing and traumatizing human victims before death, particularly children.

7. UFOs Are Nazi Anti-Gravity Vehicles

Ernst Zundel is most famous for his Holocaust denial, but he was also famous for theorizing that UFOs are actually advanced craft created by the Third Reich. He was preceded by the work of Louis Pauwels and Jacques Bergier, who claimed the Vril Society, an occult Nazi conspiracy, made contact with Aryan aliens living in the Aldebaran system. The strange “foo fighters” reported by Allied pilots were actually the first prototypes of anti-gravity craft designed by the society, incorporated into the SS. The craft was allegedly powered by an electromagnetic-gravitic engine known as the Thule Triebwerk. After the war, the surviving Nazis regrouped to Antarctica to continue development. Bulgarian physicist Vladimir Terziski went even further, asserting that the Nazis had by 1942 landed on the Moon and later established bases there, which he claims has an atmosphere, water, and vegetation despite NASA’s propaganda to the contrary.But it was Zundel, working off the success of von Daniken’s Chariots of the Gods and other UFOlogy books, who truly popularized the idea. Writing under the pseudonym Christof Friedrich, he claimed a secret Nazi expedition to Antarctica discovered an almost tropical area the size of Germany where they established bases and withdrew in a massive convoy in 1945 with their secret weapons in tow. The CIA and KGB collaborated to keep the truth of the UFO phenomenon secret while they plotted to destroy the Nazis and establish a global dictatorship. Thankfully, an investigation of the evidence by UFOlogist Kevin McClure concluded the Nazi UFO mythos, like Holocaust denial, is nothing more than bigoted delusion.

6. UFOs Are Archons

According to the Gnostic theory of alien intrusion, the truth about UFOs was ascertained by ancient Gnostic seers known as siddhis 1,600 years ago. The theory claims the Nag Hammadi texts discovered in Egypt in 1947 contained information about a jealous group of predatory inorganic beings known as Archons, led by Jehovah. These arose during the formation of the solar system due to a wave of plasmatic energy from the galactic core and now intrude upon the Earth.They have two forms: a neonatal, embryonic form resembling aborted human figures and a more developed reptilian form, which corresponds with common descriptions of gray aliens and reptilian aliens. They are soulless bodies, robotic in behavior and lacking our ability to innovate and drive to create, and they hate us for it. They are also able to feed on our emotions, particularly fear, but they are no more powerful than we are. They merely have greater technology in the fields of virtual reality, space travel, and telepathy. They use mental conditioning techniques to influence the way we see the world and foster belief in Jehovah while secretly controlling the solar system like clockwork. They are occasionally visible to the mentally disturbed or drug abusers, who cannot truly comprehend them. The ancient Gnostic siddhi were able to perceive the truth of the universe and explore the heavens through remote viewing techniques, but they were wiped out by the bloodlust of those members of Abrahamic religions deluded by the Archons, who are themselves deluded into thinking they are our rightful rulers. Only through communion with the goddess Sophia, the Gaia spirit of the organic Earth, will humanity overcome these interlopers.

5. UFOs Are Extremophiles Or Plasma-Based Life

There is a theory that UFOs are indeed from space, but rather than being the vehicles of a technologically advanced interstellar race, they are instead biological in nature and indigenous to our very own solar system. The theory asserts there is a species living in interplanetary space, and sightings of these creatures explain many UFO sightings in the upper atmosphere and in orbit. One theorist believes the entities are either extremophiles (organisms that can survive in extreme conditions like thermal vents or deep space) or possibly a form of plasma life. They are said to resemble single-cell or simple multicellular organisms like algae with four distinct morphologies: sperm-shaped, cloud-shaped, donut-shaped, and cone-shaped.It is theorized they are attracted to electromagnetic energy created by storms, hurricanes, and tethered satellites, perhaps for reproductive purposes. They migrate between Jupiter, Venus, and Earth in search of storms. Another version of the theory suggests they may be beings of pure energy called “energyzoa,” resembling deep sea creatures like jellyfish or squid and existing on the edge of our three-dimensional space, which explains their abilities to appear and disappear, move great distances, and pass through solid objects. One of the earliest of these theorists was Trevor James Constable, who claimed in his 1959 book They Live in the Sky that while some UFOs were mechanical vehicles, others were invisible biological entities native to our atmosphere. He dubbed them “sky critters” and claimed they could usually only be photographed with infrared cameras.

4. UFOs Are Time Travelers

Perhaps UFOs do not come from distant space but rather a distant time. The visage of the famous gray aliens is considered by many the future evolutionary form of the human race. These humanoid beings have perhaps returned to this time period to help guide our genetic development. Some believe these future beings have become dependent on technology and suffered an erosive genetic atrophy. They are forced to visit our time period to take tissue samples through abductions, perhaps in an effort to cure future diseases. Dr. Bruce Goldberg, hypnotherapist and (self-declared) “world’s foremost authority on futuristic time travelers” believes human “chrononauts” from a few thousand years hence have traveled back to our time period via the fifth dimension in order to further our spiritual growth.One website claims that the UFO that landed at Rendlesham Forest in 1980 transmitted a sequence of ones and zeroes to US serviceman Jim Penniston after he touched strange symbols on the side of the craft. Penniston noted the sequence down in his journal but apparently didn’t think to check if it was some kind of code until 2010 at the 30th anniversary of the UFO encounter. The translated binary code began “EXPLORATION OF HUMANITY. CONTINUOUS FOR PLANETARY ADVANCE. FOURTH COORDINATE CONTINUOUS.” The code indicated an origin point in southern England in the year 8100 and listed a number of sites supposedly visited by the time travelers: Caracol Pyramid in Belize, Arizona, the Giza pyramids in Egypt, the Nazca Lines in Peru, China’s Tai Shan Mountain, and the Temple of Apollo in Greece. These future beings are said to be behind the crop circle phenomenon, which are theorized to be a way of navigating between parallel time streams like someone leaving marks in tree bark, warnings and portents of future events, or even the secrets of time travel and parallel dimensions.

3. UFOs Are A Metaphysical Control System

French-American computer scientist and astrophysicist Jacques Vallee was an early proponent of the idea that UFOs had an extraterrestrial source. But as time went on, his views began to change. In his 1969 book Passport to Magonia, he advanced the theory that UFOs are paranormal in nature and have been with us in various forms throughout human history, manifested as fairy lore and religious miracles. Vallee saw a deep connection between reports of UFOs and legends of devils and supernatural tricksters. Later, in his 1975 book The Invisible College, he asserts the UFO phenomenon is a control system influencing human understanding of reality, guided by a metaphysical intelligence of unknown nature.In his autobiographical book Forbidden Science, Vallee wrote, “[The UFO phenomenon] is physical in nature and it remains unexplained by contemporary science. It represents a level of consciousness we have not yet recognized or developed, which is able to manipulate dimensions beyond time and space as we understand them.” He believes there are three levels to UFOs. The first is the physical object, the exact nature of which he declines to speculate on but which surely contains a large amount of electromagnetic energy in a small area. The second is the perception of witnesses, who may be viewing an actual physical object or experiencing hallucinations caused by radiation. The third layer is the social, the effect of the UFO reports on society, which he claims to be most interested in. UFOs represent something fundamental about the nature of the universe, a technology or phenomenon able to affect the psychic environment of the witness and causing paralysis, hallucinations, space and time disorientation, and personality changes. They often first manifest in an amorphous way before assuming an appearance in accordance with the expectations of the viewer. He suspects physical traces of UFO activity are left as a deliberate deception, in the same way the British created artificial tank tracks to fool the Germans in World War II.

2. UFOs Come From The Imaginal Realm

The Imaginal Realm is a hypothetical alternate reality only perceivable by those in an altered state of consciousness. This theory was developed by psychiatrist Dr. Kenneth Ring to explain out-of-body experiences, near-death experiences, shamanic experiences, psychedelic experiences, night terrors, and encounters with UFOs. Ring describes this realm as “the cumulative product of imaginative thought itself.” This realm has throughout history been associated with fairies and other creatures of legend, but the modern world perceives entities from the realm as extraterrestrial beings. This is said to explain the history of supposed sexual liaisons with both fairies and elf-like creatures in folklore and with humanoid aliens in some abduction reports. Shamans, mystics, and visionaries are gifted with the ability to view this realm. It is possible to gain access to it via the use of psychotropic drugs, religious rituals, trances, and the heightened use of imaginative powers. UFO encounters are said to resemble near-death experiences with the sensation of being taken away into a strange environment, often featuring glowing lights. However, while near-death experiences are usually transcendent experiences, UFO abductions are more likely associated with feelings of violation and post-traumatic stress disorder. Both are seen by some as shamanic initiations into the world of the imagination.

1. UFOs Are Of Cryptoterrestrial Origin

This theory by late American author and blogger Mac Tonnies asserts that if we accept that UFOs are vehicles created by an advanced civilization and apply Occam’s razor, we can conclude that it is most likely the civilization originates from the Earth itself rather than a distant planet. Tonnies suggests that we share our planet with a humanoid race much older than humanity but related to us (explaining their physical form) and more technologically advanced. He dubbed these entities the “cryptoterrestrials,” rejecting “ultraterrestrial” as too linked to theories of humanoid visitors from other dimensions and “cryptohominid” as too suggestive of Bigfoot.Tonnies suggests the entities may be a dying civilization given to subterfuge by hiding underwater or underground. These entities promote and encourage the idea that UFOs are of extraterrestrial origin as a cover story to throw investigators off from the truth. Reports from abductees of aliens warning humanity to care for the Earth make more sense if they are fellow Earth residents rather than visitors from thousands of light-years away. As for the Roswell crash, Tonnies has an interesting take on it. Perhaps the cryptoterrestrials aren’t terribly more advanced than us after all, explaining why the unusual wreckage found at Roswell didn’t look all that high-tech. It may have been something like a weather balloon after all, but rather a balloon sent up into the atmosphere for surveillance by the cryptoterrestrials beneath the Earth’s surface. The US Air Force isn’t trying to cover up a threat from above, but the existence of another, slightly more advanced civilization below us. Tonnies admits that some alien encounters could very well be of extraterrestrial or interdimensional origin, but he believed the majority are the result of a deception campaign by a desperate, Earth-based military force of subterraneans hoping to keep our eyes fixed firmly on the skies.

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Maandag 14 augustus 2017

Computers Made of Genetic Material Will Revolutionize Our World

Computers Made of Genetic Material Will Revolutionize Our World

Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres

IN BRIEF

Researchers have been able to create tiny structures for conducting electricity by using DNA and gold plating.
This new nanostructure could be the foundation of future electronics as soon as improvements are made on this breakthrough development.

GOLD AND DNA

Nanostructures made using DNA origami are fascinating. The ability to use DNA as a construction material, capable of holding scaffolds of molecules and atoms was one huge step in developing modern nanostrutures. Most recent of these developments are gold-plated nanowires constructed by scientists from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) and from Paderborn University, which independently assembled themselves from single DNA strands, as published in the journal Langmuir.

These nanowires, due to their gold-plating, were able to conduct electricity. “Our measurements have shown that an electrical current is conducted through these tiny wires,” explains Artur Erbe of the Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research. The nano-sized structures were connected by two electrical contacts.

Even more fascinating is how these were made using modified DNA strands — stable double strands combined through their base pairs, from long single strands of genetic material and DNA segments. These allowed for the structures to independently take on their desired forms, complex structures developed by molecules through a self-assembling processes.

FROM THE BOTTOM-UP

“With the help of this approach, which resembles the Japanese paper folding technique origami and is therefore referred to as DNA-origami, we can create tiny patterns. Extremely small circuits made of molecules and atoms are also conceivable here,” says Erbe.

Usually, developing nano circuits use what is known as the “top-down” method, where the base material is chiseled until the desired structure is formed. This will become increasingly difficult as electronics continue miniaturization. The new “bottom-up” method changes how these electronic components are usually made.

Credits: B. Teschome, A. Erbe, et al.

There is one problem, though. “Genetic matter doesn’t conduct a current particularly well,” Erbe points out, which explains why the nanowires were gold-plated. But even with this, there was still difficulty with conducting current at room temperatures. Better melding of conductive materials need to be further developed, plus the option of using cheaper, more standard wire coating than gold.

Still, the research is promising. This nanowire that’s made partially out of genetic material could be the future of electronics. Smaller wires allow for more compact designs, which together with smaller transistors, can be used to make more powerful computers.

References:

Phys.org,
Langmuir,
Nature

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Maandag 14 augustus 2017

Passagiers van vlucht richting Spanje beweren een UFO gezien te hebben en de beelden ga je niet geloven!

Passagiers van vlucht richting Spanje beweren een UFO gezien te hebben en de beelden ga je niet geloven!

Deze video gaat sinds gisteren ineens als een raket over het internet. De beelden zouden gefilmd zijn vanuit een vliegtuig dat zich in Spaans luchtruim bevindt. Mocht dit echt zijn dan is het natuurlijk de vraag wat daaronder het vliegtuig doorschiet. Maar de vraag is of deze video wel helemaal echt is.

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Wat denk jij? Zien we hier inderdaad een ‘Unidentified flying object’ of is dit gewoon grote bullshit en simpel door iemand in elkaar geknutseld?

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Maandag 14 augustus 2017

Have scientists discovered real alien 'Death Star' in far-flung corner of our galaxy?

Have scientists discovered real alien 'Death Star' in far-flung corner of our galaxy?

GALACTIC researchers who discovered a strange star they cannot seem to explain have speculated it could have been hidden by a "mega structure" created by aliens.

By JON AUSTIN

CGI image of a Dyson Sphere and a fleet of space craft

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CGI image of a Dyson Sphere and a fleet of space craft

The star - called KIC 8462852 - is 1,480 light years from Earth, and was observed by the Kepler Space Telescope in 2009.

But they were unable to explain why there were unpredictable fluctuations in the amount oflight it emits.

Tabetha Boyajian, a postdoc at Yale University in the US said: "We'd never seen anything like this star."

Some of the team have suggested there could be an alien-made structure obscuring the star.

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The Empire's sinister Death Star from the Star Wars films

In the original Star Wars films the evil Empire created two massive spherical space stations that were as big as a moon.

And, in our real universe, one theoretical method of harnessing the power from a whole star is called a Dyson sphere.

Theoretical physicist Freeman Dyson proposed the concept in 1960 of a cluster of satellites, shell or spacecraft around a star to drain its energy.

After the team ruled out all possible causes they could deduce, some moved to the alien Dyson sphere theory.

Darth Vader (second from left) and cronies who were on the two Death Stars before their destruction

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Darth Vader (second from left) and cronies who were on the two Death Stars before their destruction

Aliens should always be the very last hypothesis you consider. But this looked like something you would expect an alien civilisation to build.

Jason Wright, Penn State astronomer

Jason Wright, a Penn State astronomer, said: "Aliens should always be the very last hypothesis you consider.

"But this looked like something you would expect an alien civilisation to build."

Although if a Dyson Sphere did exist, scientists would expect it to emit large amounts of infrared radiation, we would be able to detect at Earth, and this has not been the case.

The star dipped its light to as low as 20% of its brightest for between five and 80 days.

One explanation ruled out was a recent asteroid or comet collision.

The star has produced a series of bizarre light emissions over four years

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The star has produced a series of bizarre light emissions over four years

Ms Boyajian added: "It was really weird.

"We thought it might be bad data or movement on the spacecraft, but everything checked out."

But her conclusion is a comet probably was involved.

She said: "By considering the observational constraints on dust clumps orbiting a normal main-sequence star, we conclude that the scenario most consistent with the data in hand is the passage of a family of exocomet fragments, all of which are associated with a single previous breakup event."

Mr Wright prefers the more interesting theory and plans working with the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life (SETI) Institute in Berkeley to investigate further.

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Maandag 14 augustus 2017

GIGANTIC 62-MILE UFO SPACE STATION DISCOVERED IN ESA PHOTO

GIGANTIC 62-MILE UFO SPACE STATION DISCOVERED IN ESA PHOTO

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A UFO hunter claims to have caught the European Space Agency (ESA) attempting to cover-up the presence of a gigantic 62-mile alien UFO space station lurking in deep space near Lutetia, a large asteroid located in our solar system’s asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

Lutetia was discovered on November 15, 1852 by Hermann Goldschmidt, during observations made from the balcony of his apartment in Paris. On July 10, 2010, the European space probe Rosetta passed 3 160 km from 21 Lutetia, at a speed of 15 km / s, on its way to comet 67P / Churyumov-Gerasimenko, where it landed in 2014. 21 Lutetia was the First M-type asteroid to be visited by a space probe.

Lutetia is an ancient object, "a vestige of the primordial planetesimals" that formed, some more than 4 billion years ago, all the planets of the solar system, according to conclusions published in the American scientific journal Science.

The Rosetta spacecraft passed last year 3,142 km from the surface of Lutetia, which is positioned on the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter

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Maandag 14 augustus 2017

Was the Legend of Utsuro-bune a Close Encounter of the Third Kind?

Was the Legend of Utsuro-bune a Close Encounter of the Third Kind?

What is it about Asian culture that intrigues the western world so? The romance, the mystery, the enchantment…all of it seems to come together to form something ready made for western consumption.

The ancient Japanese legend of Tanabata comes to mind:

“In the night sky, there are two stars, Vega and Altair. Legend says that these two stars are the immortal lovers Orihime and Hikoboshi. The lovers, as they are referred to, have been separated by the Milky Way for eternity and though they gaze across the cosmos at each other, their love remains unfulfilled. Except, on the 7th day of the 7th month of every year, when all of the magpies on Earth, fly up to the heavens and, with their wings, form a bridge across the galaxy, allowing these star crossed lovers one night of passion among the darkness of space.”

That legend is part of an ancient sky festival that originates from the even older Chinese Qixi Festival, but most western readers would be more interested in the story of the lovers than the story of its origin. Perhaps therein lays the difference. Perhaps it is the inherently one-dimensional thinking of western culture that attracts us to these legends whilst simultaneously impairing our ability to fully understand their meaning, but in the case of the above, it’s quite easy to see the allegorical nature of the story.

This contrast is amply demonstrated in the common interpretation of Utsuro-bune. Depending on who you ask, Utsuro-bune (also Utsuro-fune or Urobune) is either a modern version of a very old legend, or it’s a story of out-of-place-artefacts and even a close-encounter of the third kind.

The story, which in western circles is also called The White Princess, goes like this:

In 1803 a group of Japanese fishers, in the Hitachi province of central Japan, had a chance encounter with an utsuro-bune – which means, simply, hollow ship – on the beaches of Haratono-hama. They were intrigued by the ship, which appeared to them as an ornately decorated and covered log boat. Such a thing would have been highly unusual to their eyes. It was described as almost 6 meters wide and almost 4 meters high. Apparently made of redwood, it was adorned with brazen plates on its lower half and had several transparent windows around its top half. The utsuro-bune was said to resemble a large incense burner, and after dragging it further ashore, the fishers were astonished to find what lay inside.

Peering through the windows, the fishers saw that the walls were covered in strange texts written in an unknown language. It contained items of food and clothing, and to their great surprise, it also contained a beautiful foreign woman.

She was described as 18-20 years old, with a very pale complexion and strikingly red hair that had been artificially extended with strands of white fur or fine fabric. She was dressed in elegant, flowing cloth of unknown origin, and her language was unknown so the fishers were unable to communicate with her, but despite this she remained friendly and courteous. She carried with her a quadratic box, which she protected from the fishers, no matter how pressingly they inquired about its contents.

Their encounter was brief, as the fishers, once their curiosity had been sated, thought it best not to meddle in the affairs of foreigners, and they ushered the woman back into the utsuro-bune, meticulously reassembling it, and set it again afloat on the sea. They knew not who the woman was or from where she had come. They knew not why she was on her lonely journey, nor where she was headed, but the story speculates, as narrated by an old man of the fisher’s village, that she was a princess of a foreign land, whom had betrayed her powerful husband by consorting with other townsmen. The old man suggested that, due to her beauty, she was loved by the people, and though her husband could have executed her for this wrong, he mercifully banished her and set her to the fates of the ocean, adding that perhaps her precious quadratic box contained the head of her deceased lover.

Ink drawing of the Utsuro-bune by Kyokutei Bakin (1825).

That is the story, or at least that’s one version of it. Even among ancient texts there are different versions. The three best known versions are contained in three books: Toen shōsetsu (‘tales from the rabbit garden’), composed in 1825 by Kyokutei Bakin, Hyōryū kishū (‘diary and stories of the castaways’), composed during the Edo period in 1835 by an unknown author, and Ume-no-chiri (‘dust of the apricot’), composed in 1844 by Nagahashi Matajirō. Toen shōsetsu is the most detailed, most often cited version of the story, even though there is striking similarity between each.

The relatively modern origin of the tale, coupled with the high level of detail suggests to some that this event really happened. Certainly, on its face there is no reason to assume that it didn’t happen. Such boats were common of the era, though the one described in the story was certainly more ornate and robust than would be considered normal. But this might be explained away by both its apparently foreign origin and it having been designed to survive a journey on the high seas rather than inland rivers and lakes where such a vessel would normally be seen.

Now, if we do take it on its face, the Utsuro-bune legend seems to talk of an encounter between peoples of distant lands, on Earth. From the detail given, it’s difficult to decide whether this speaks of a real event or is an allegorical morality tale. Some, however, prefer to take the story as a slight bit more literal, and suggest that the description of the vessel and of the woman are not only based on a real encounter, but some go so far as to claim that they actually describe an encounter with alien technology and a face-to-face meeting with an actual extraterrestrial.

Comparison of the Utsuro-bune symbols to those from RAF Bentwaters and Roswell

Much of the UFO theory regarding this story comes from the associated drawings and symbols that are/were recorded with the story in the books mentioned above. It has been suggested, based on drawings of the vessel, that it could have been a USO (Unidentified Submerged Object), and it’s claimed that the woman’s strange appearance and dress are explainable as that of an alien. Others claim that there is a similarity between the unidentified symbols that adorned the inside of the ship to those that were reportedly observed on the hull of the craft involved in the Rendlesham Forest Incident.

If you take the above to be true, then it does seem somewhat reasonable to draw these comparisons, however, there is much about this that suggests the above is not true.

The story of Utsuro-bune appears, to many scholars, to be an amalgamation of several much earlier cultural legends from both Japan and China. They claim that the elements of the story can be found in any number of other unrelated legends, which doesn’t automatically rule out Utsuro-bune as a truthful telling of a real event, but it casts doubt.

In 1997 a professor from Gifu University in Tokyo, Dr. Kazuo Tanaka, studied the legend of Utsuro-bune, and built upon work done earlier by Japanese historian Yanagida Kunio in 1925 and 1962. Tanaka concludes that the story is nothing more than a (relatively) modern retelling of an ancient allegory. He claims that the cited locations, Haratono-hama and Harayadori, are entirely fictitious, and that certain elements of the story are almost archetypal to Japanese attitudes toward foreigners in antiquity.

Doesn’t it seem though, that a deep analysis of these legends somehow cheapens their value as stories of romance and adventure and morality? Is there not something lost when we try to assign modern cultural values to the tales of our ancestors? Shouldn’t we simply see them, much as we see paintings and sculpture from ages past, as an artistic representation of what life was in those early days of human expression?

Is Utsuro-bune a tale of alien encounters and advanced technology? Is it a description of a real event, an event that carries with it the intrigue and mystery of foreign lands and strange cultures? We don’t really know, and perhaps that’s the way it should stay.

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Maandag 14 augustus 2017

New Shocking Claim: 33 Flying Saucers Appeared Over Waco Air Force Base in 1954

New Shocking Claim: 33 Flying Saucers Appeared Over Waco Air Force Base in 1954

When: March 16th, 1954
Where: Waco, Texas
What: Dozens of flying saucer crafts forming V-shapes and both hovering and moving over Texas air force base; crafts were estimated to be 100-feet in diameter and 100,000 feet above the ground

A really phenomenal and detailed account of 30+ flying saucers flying in formation over the James Connally Air Force Base (now, a public use airport) in Waco, Texas in 1954 has just now surfaced on MUFON (case 85062). The witness wanted to take a picture of the event, but as he was training to become a fighter pilot at the time, he was not able to break the line and grab a camera. Although I could not find any photos or videos of this sighting, apparently the Air Force Base was able to confirm that the UFOs were hovering at 100,000 feet and were extremely large, about 100-feet in diameter. Read the testimony:

Depiction of flying saucer, photo courtesy:

http://www.icytales.com/origin-the-term-flying-saucer/

Saw thirty three 100 foot diameter flying saucers in three formations together

I was in advanced flying school at James Connally AFB,in Waco Texas in the last two weeks of my training to become a jet fighter pilot.It was a clear bright blue sky.and we had just come down from flying T-33 Jet trainers with our instructors.It was about three o'clock in the afternoon and we had just landed, about twenty of us including our instructors,and as I was walking into the flight shack with my parachute over my back, I looked down the ramp to my left and saw many people out on the ramp looking up into the sky. I turned around and looked up into the northeast of the clear blue sky and saw three "V" formations of glowing white flying saucers. I told all of my fellow cadets and instructors to look up.There were 33 altogether.There were 15 in the middle "V" and 9 in each of the other "V's on each side of the big "V". They were moving slowly from the northeast to the southwest. When they got at a 50 degree angle above us, the second saucer in the little "V" on the left side fell out of formation and fell like a falling leaf to the left. At that point, the entire formations stopped in midair. The falling saucer stopped falling and got control of itself and flew horizontally over to a position right under it's little "V" and then went straight up into its position in the little "V". Then all three "V'S" made a left climbing turn to the southeast and climbed on out into space at about a 45 to 50 degree angle and were out of sight in about 3 to 4 minutes. My instructor and anther ran into the flight shack and called Wing headquarters for permission to take a T-33 to fly up to them when we first saw them. Our T-33's had a limited ceiling of 39,000 feet with the wing fuel tanks. The tower told them that they were watching them and had done a triangulation with a theodolite and had determined that the saucers were at 100,000 feet and were 100 feet in diameter. We all just looked at each other and realized that there was a civilization far superior to ours and it was like we were in the dark ages compared to them. I had wanted to run back to my cadet housing to get my camera to take a picture of them,but we cadets were not allowed to leave the flight line except in formation.I thought that there would be pictures in the paper the next day,but there were no pictures or any comments about them . The Air Force had really squelched any news about them. However the "tower" had to keep a detailed record of the saucers which was an Air Force regulation. I am sure that the record was deleted. There were thousands of people in Waco that saw them so somewhere there has to be a record of the incident. I went on to become a jet fighter pilot with the 452nd Fighter Day Squadron and 322nd Fighter Day Group during the Korean War, but never saw combat.

I was able to find two articles from the Waco Tribune from the same year (January 1954 issue) that document a local's sighting of a flying saucer in November from the year prior, and curiously enough, a news story about flying saucer-detecting cameras being installed at "60 control towers and 15 air defense sites," which matches up nicely to the witness claims that the base "had to keep detailed record of the saucers:"

https://www.newspapers.com/image/53381820/

What do you think of this incredible testimony? During the 1940s and 50s, there were many documented flying saucer and UFO sightings, from Roswell to the White House UFO incident; perhaps this sighting should have joined that well-known documentation.

Or could this testimony simply be a hoax, or even an overreaction to something a bit more mundane? Though this seems unlikely, as the witness wrote into MUFON anonymously and with absolutely no fanfare... share your ideas on this story in the comments below, and/or join the discussion over on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.

If you remember this mass UFO sighting in Waco from the 1950s, or remember hearing about it, please help with this case and report your experience.

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Maandag 14 augustus 2017

The Shadow People – ‘Interdimensional Beings’ Being Seen By Many

The Shadow People – ‘Interdimensional Beings’ Being Seen By Many

Have you ever spotted a dark figure in the corner of your eye, but when you have looked over to see who it was, the figure has suddenly vanished? This is being experienced by many people around the world (including myself) – more people are talking about seeing shadow people and are wondering who they are and what their purpose is on planet earth!

The Shadow people are commonly reported as being seen through peripheral vision and while you may feel something was there, the shadow person is either gone or quickly moving away from you by the time you turn your head – As mentioned above, many people have explained that they could see a dark person stood in the corner of their eye, but as soon as they look over there’s nothing there!

Interdimensional Beings

Art Bell from the Coast to Coast AM radio series once interviewed Harley SwiftDeer Reagan, also referred to as “Thunder Strikes” in this particular interview session. Thunder had made a rather controversial claim that the shadow people are actually parallel dimensional beings who were first recorded by indigenous people way back in 1153 BC!

It was mentioned in the interview by ‘Thunder’ that there was some kind of an awakening between 1980 through 2000 and beginning in 2001, there began “The Quickening” in which events and time seemed to speed up dramatically. At the same all this was occurring, shadow people were becoming visible as frequencies raise, entering into our dimension.

Thunder made a rather remarkable claim at the time and said that these shadow people, of whom he calls, “inorganic beings” live in a parallel dimension and are known to feed off of our emotional discharge of energy along with chaos. It has been noted that in essence, these shadow people are kind of like energy vampires.

Many people around the world (including myself) have stated that these shadow people appear to wear some kind of a cloak like apparel. Some have reported these figures as tall in height and others have said that they have seen small shadowy figures with piercing red eyes!

Please check out a video below of a reported ‘dark shadow’ figure caught on camera accidentally – us guys at U.I.P cannot confirm what or who this is on camera, but if real then we managed to work out that this figure would have been huge in height!

Post/video – http://www.ufointernationalproject.com/sighting-reports/huge-dark-cloaked-figure-with-an-orb-caught-on-camera/

Mental State?

It has been stated before that these shadow figures are purely caused by an individuals state of mind and that anxiety and stress could have caused an overactive mind, which created these ‘shadow figures’. Other areas that have been blamed for these sightings are; sleep paralysis, illusions, or hallucinations brought on by physiological or psychological circumstances, drug use or side effects of medication, and the interaction of external agents on the human body. Another reason that could be behind the illusion is sleep deprivation, which may lead to hallucinations – it would be interesting to speak to other individuals who have encountered these shadow people, to see if they have had any of these ‘issues’ mentioned, I bet the vast majority don’t!

Talking To The Shadows

It can make you feel very lonely and worried once you have seen a shadow figure appear in your vision, as it is not something that you can freely talk about in public, unfortunately! This bizarre yet creepy brief encounter can make a person feel like they are going mad, but you are not and one of MANY who are having these encounters (myself included).

The big question is, “can you talk to these shadow people and see what they want” well unfortunately at the moment it appears not as they do not tend to stick around once they have been seen. Also if these beings are from another dimension then at this moment in time it will be impossible to interact with them – this can soon change if we ever decipher out exactly what is going on around the world and who these shadow people are.

It is important that you talk to others around you about your encounter, perhaps in group forums etc or check us out on FB and get involved with the conversations going on. Trust us, you are not alone.

Why me?

When I personally went through a long phase of about 6 months seeing these strange shadowy figures, apart from feeling a little crazy I also kept asking myself “why me” and I know this is something that many people feel after they have seen the same thing. One of the main explanations is that it could be found somewhere between metaphysics and quantum physics. It is possible that as our third dimensional veil lifts, we are becoming more perceptive to beings on different dimensions or who have different vibrations. As dimensions merge and overlap, it is quite possible that many more strange, unexplainable phenomena will appear. With all this being a possibility it could be that those who are more ‘open-minded’ could actually be more sensitive to seeing these interdimensional visitors!

Another interesting factor about these sightings is that animals are apparently able to see and sense these possible interdimensional visitors also – so if you ever see your pet looking up against a wall anxiously, it could mean that your shadowy friends are back again but perhaps just not visible to you this time!

U.I.P SUMMARY – I personally enjoyed writing this article as I have personally experienced seeing Shadow people before, and still occasionally do! When I first started witnessing these strange figures it freaked me out and as mentioned above I also felt like I was going crazy! However once I discovered that MANY people around the world were also experiencing the same thing, this is when I decided to do some more research.

They say that If you feel you have been visited by shadow people, there are ways to protect yourself from them! Most importantly, you will need to overcome your fear because until you do this, they will continue to feed off of it. Not that they are intentionally trying to scare anybody, perhaps they are trying to reach out to a person or maybe they don’t even know that they are appearing in another world. In the meanwhile, what you can do is stay calm, and date the time and place you saw the shadow figure and discuss it with other like minded people who have experienced the same thing – let us know please report it as a sighting on our website!

It has been said that perhaps these shadow figures are Ghosts, lost souls wandering around the planet stuck in a place they cannot get out of (you have seen the film Sixth Sense right). It has also been stated before by researchers that these figures could be time travellers visiting us from the future – perhaps us, the human race have discovered ways of going back in time!? Anything is possible.

Just the other day I saw a tall man stood there at the corner of my road when I was leaving my house, but guess what? Yes when I looked properly nobody was there. I think once you have seen them, you never stop seeing them.

One thing is for sure, the Shadow people are VERY real! Let us know your stories please?

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Zondag 13 augustus 2017

Everyone's Favourite Alien System Is a Cranky Old Grump

Everyone's Favourite Alien System Is a Cranky Old Grump

By Rae Paoletta

TRAPPIST-1 would like to remind you that it was drinkin’ beer while you were still rompin’ around in your nappies — or whatever old people say. The ultra cool dwarf star system, which first was announced back in February, has garnered a lot of interest because it harbours seven Earth-size planets. At least three of those planets are within the habitable zone that can support liquid water and potentially, life. As we’re all clamouring to ~~get off this planet~~ understand this alien system, a duo of researchers has figured out some pretty salient information about its star’s age.

The team of astronomers used information gathered from various telescopes to determine TRAPPIST-1's age, which they estimate is between 5.4 and 9.8 billion years old. Our Sun is a whippersnapper by comparison: it’s only about 4.5 billion years old.

“We don’t get the birth certificates of stars when we find them, we just see how they are today,” University of California, San Diego astronomer Adam Burgasser, a co-author on the research, which is set to be published on The Astrophysical Journal, told Gizmodo. “So we had to look for clues that might change on the star over time.”

Artist’s rendering of the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system.

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Burgasser and his colleague, NASA Exoplanet Exploration Program deputy program scientist Eric Mamajek, used various lines of known data about TRAPPIST-1 to piece together a statistical constraint, which is basically a damn good educated guess about the star’s age. For clues, the team looked at factors like the speed of TRAPPIST-1's orbit around the Milky Way, its atmosphere’s composition, and more.

Understanding more about this foreign star system just for the sake of it is pretty cool — after all, TRAPPIST-1 is so delightfully weird. But understanding the system’s age could have some pretty big implications for life on the planets, if there is any.

“Understanding age is pretty important important when you think about the development of planets themselves, and potentially life on these planets,” Burgasser said. “It took about four billion years for complex life to form on Earth, so if we’re thinking about if there’s any life on these planets, how long has it been there to evolve and develop.”

Obviously, the question of whether or not the TRAPPIST-1 planets can support life is up for debate. Some astronomers think that life probably couldn’t sustain itself on these planets, due to their close proximity to their host star. M dwarf stars like TRAPPIST-1 are known for spitting off large solar flares, and some researchers think this could have eroded the planets’ atmospheres. Also, after being so close to their star for billions of years, it’s possible that any water on these planets has boiled away, due to eons of bombardment with high-energy radiation. Of course, other researchers think there’s a shot life on these planets could exist in certain places, so at this point we’re still left with more questions than answers.

Hopefully, the launch of big telescopes like James Webb will aid in our understanding of alien systems like TRAPPIST-1. Now that we know it’s old, it seems there are even more mysteries out there waiting to be solved.

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Zondag 13 augustus 2017

Raunchy replicants and amorous aliens: How real is sci-fi sex?

Raunchy replicants and amorous aliens: How real is sci-fi sex?

As part of our report exploring the future of sex, we get hot and sweaty with science fiction from "Blade Runner" to "Her." Not all of it is so far-fetched.

Warning: This story contains descriptions of racy onscreen sex -- and seductive aliens.

In Woody Allen's 1973 comic caper "Sleeper," 22nd-century citizens hop into a machine called the Orgasmatron for instant sexual gratification. Sounds pretty fantastical if your idea of high-tech sex is Netflix and chill, but as we slip into wearables that measure pelvic thrusts and have sex with increasingly lifelike robots, it seems the steamiest moments in sci-fi movies and TV shows might be coming sooner than you think.

As part of our CNET special report Turned On exploring the intersection of technology and sex, we take a romp with onscreen science fiction to see what's already made its way into our beds and what still awaits our touch.

Now let's lie back and think of the future.

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Sci-fi often looks to tech to provide an alternative to all that icky, sticky physical fumbling. The 1968 sexploitation classic "Barbarella" sees lovers of the far future taking "exaltation-transference pills" and pressing together their palms instead of their mucky bits. And in 1993's "Demolition Man," defrosted man-out-of-time Sylvester Stallone looks forward to a night of passion with Sandra Bullock -- until she places brain-scanning helmets on their heads and kicks off a colorful sensory overload that proves too much for the Italian stallion.

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At the climax of "Barbarella," a villainous scientist puts Jane Fonda's titular bed-hopping space adventurer into an orgasm-inducing device called the Excessive Machine. You probably don't have to worry about a deadly climax if a bad guy takes control of your favorite vibrator, but you do have to worry about today's smart sex toys being vulnerable to hacks.

Not all onscreen sci-fi gadgets provide happy endings. One of the most chilling, desolate moments in British TV series "Black Mirror" comes in "The Entire History of You." A couple's fractious bickering leads to an energetic bout of passionate lovemaking -- until we realize they're dispassionately reliving an earlier, better time in their relationship thanks to their tiny, memory-replaying camera implants.

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Many sci-fi stories warn that replacing real love and sex with undemanding technology could lead to an austere, dysfunctional society -- and real-life academics have expressed similar concerns. In the 2013 movie "Her," Joaquin Phoenix plays a man in an idealized relationship with an AI. That scenario doesn't seem so far off considering we can already hang out with customizable sex chatbots.

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Sci-fi also shows us the ultimate sex toy: fully functional robots. Increasingly lifelike RealDolls with programmable personalities are just months away, though it may be awhile before they're bed-hopping with the masses. In the sci-fi future, however, people are having it away with androids left, right and center.

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Daryl Hannah as a doll-like "basic pleasure model" in "Blade Runner."

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"Star Trek: The Next Generation" sees Data getting his robotic rocks off more often than some of his fleshy human shipmates. In the polluted future of "Blade Runner," meanwhile, lifelike androids known as replicants colonize the galaxy, fight wars and generally do the jobs no one else wants. That includes entertaining the troops: Pris, played by Daryl Hannah in a straw wig and racoon makeup, is "a basic pleasure model." The scenario brings up uncomfortable questions of consent around sentient beings created solely for the gratification of others, an issue we're already beginning to confront with sex robots that can be programmed to resist your advances.

Recently, we've learned artificial intelligence can pick up our prejudices, but it's already happened on film. The robot in 1980 horror movie "Saturn 3," written by novelist Martin Amis, picks up the worst proclivities of Harvey Keitel's villain, including a murderous lust for Farrah Fawcet

If we ever do find ourselves in conflict with artificial intelligence, our biological urges could prove our undoing. In the 2003 "Battlestar Galactica" series, the Cylons spot this weakness and infiltrate the human race through the clever tactic of being really, really hot.

X-rated extra-terrestrials

In real life, alien life will probably take the form of bacteria, which isn't anyone's idea of a hot date. In sci-fi, however, many aliens not only know English, but speak the language of love. Good news for Star Trek's Captain Kirk and Commander Riker, who are forever going on stardates, seeking out new life forms and new uncivilized things to do to them.

While Kirk and other sexual spacefarers have a girl in every galaxy, plenty of aliens have made the return trip with a twinkle of stardust in their eyes. David Bowie, Jeff Bridges and Jeff Goldblum make the earth move for the human women they encounter in "The Man Who Fell To Earth" (1976), "Starman" (1984) and "Earth Girls Are Easy" (1988). And in 1988's "My Stepmother is an Alien," Kim Basinger's race gave up sex 3,000 years ago, but that doesn't stop her getting it on with Dan Aykroyd to the strains of "Pump Up The Volume."

William Shatner as Star Trek's Captain James T. Kirk, doing his bit for interplanetary relations.

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Another otherworldly being who learns about humanity on screen is the orange-haired Leeloo of 1997's "The Fifth Element," played by Milla Jovovich. She's designed to be the ultimate weapon in the battle with a vast and ancient evil. But once that's out of the way, what better way to celebrate than bumping multipasses with Bruce Willis? Big badaboom indeed.

Interestingly, alien beings taking on female form are often treated as horrifying or predatory. "Lifeforce" (1985), "Species" (1995) and "Under the Skin" (2014) all feature beautiful but deadly aliens taking the form of seductive human women to seduce and kill hapless horny men.

Cultural theorists like Barbara Creed have had a field day with these portrayals of female sexuality, referring to the Freudian concept of the archaic mother and the monstrous feminine.

That brings us to the "Alien" series, which inspired a vast mythology and endless scholarly articles around its phallic and vaginal imagery of violent penetration, impregnation and birth.

The series is rammed full of terrifying moments of reproductive body horror -- from the moment a monstrous egg gloopily peeled open and a facehugger leapt out in 1979's "Alien," through the egg-laying of the towering queen creature in 1986 sequel "Aliens" to the visceral gore of this year's "Alien: Covenant," in which an alien curls its spiked tail between two lovers and skewers them mid-coitus.

Fortunately, plenty of celluloid aliens have sex without all that blood and screaming, like the Antareans who join with Steve Guttenberg for a cerebral coupling in a swimming pool in 1985 heartwarmer "Cocoon."

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Lonely clones

Historically, sex has been important to, y'know, continue this whole human race thing. In the future, however, technology could come up with new ways of propagating the species -- and the impact on society might not be much fun. George Lucas' first film "THX-1138" in 1971 and the 2015 film "Equals," starring Nicholas Hoult and Kristen Stewart, depict austere societies in which emotions and sexual relationships are banned in favor of dispassionate reproduction. While we're moving toward gene therapy and debating the merits of editing the DNA of our children, no one's yet suggesting we give up entirely on making the babies the old-fashioned way.

Fertility is at stake in Hulu's recent hit series "The Handmaid's Tale," based on the horrifying novel by Margaret Atwood. In the near future, it's not technological change at issue but social change, as women are subjugated under a totalitarian religious system in which the few fertile "Handmaids" are repeatedly raped and brutalized. Most chilling is that this sci-fi parable parallels some women's real-life experiences.

In the bleak, near-future parable "Code 46," released in 2003, cloning comes with its own new problems. The state monitors relationships to ensure no one with similar DNA gets together. That's enforced with smart viruses, including one that makes the people in relationships feel physically sick at the sight of each other, which kind of ruins the moment.

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With all those amorous androids and ardent aliens awaiting us, no wonder we're so keen to explore the stars. No one's had sex in space yet (as far as we know), but with commercial spaceflights nearly ready to blast off, it's surely a matter of time before someone joins the 62-mile-high club.

2000 movie "Supernova" and 2015 TV series "The Expanse" are among the sci-fi stories giving us a preview of zero-gravity groping and grinding, but perhaps the best example of getting wet and wild while weightless comes in "Moonraker." The late Roger Moore's James Bond celebrates saving the day by (what else?) "attempting re-entry."

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Zondag 13 augustus 2017

Is Dark Matter Less 'Lumpy' Than Predicted?

Is Dark Matter Less 'Lumpy' Than Predicted?

By Don Lincoln, Senior Scientist, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory; Adjunct Professor of Physics, University of Notre Dame

Composite picture of stars over the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.

Credit: Reidar Hahn/Fermilab

Don Lincoln is a senior scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermilab, the country's largest Large Hadron Collider research institution. He also writes about science for the public, including his recent "The Large Hadron Collider: The Extraordinary Story of the Higgs Boson and Other Things That Will Blow Your Mind" (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014). You can follow him on Facebook. Lincoln contributed this article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.

For as long as we have kept records, humanity has marveled at the night sky. We have looked at the heavens to determine the will of the gods and to wonder about the meaning of it all. The mere 5,000 stars we can see with the unaided eye have been humanity’s companions for millennia.

Modern astronomical facilities have shown us that the universe doesn't consist of just thousands of stars — it consists of hundreds of billions of stars in our galaxy alone, with trillions of galaxies. Observatories have taught us about the birth and evolution of the universe. And, on Aug. 3, a new facility made its first substantive announcement and added to our understanding of the cosmos. It allows us to see the unseeable, and it showed that the distribution of matter in the universe differed a bit from expectations.

The Dark Energy Survey (DES) is a collaboration of about 400 scientists who have embarked on a five-year mission to study distant galaxies to answer questions about the history of the universe. It uses the Dark Energy Camera (DEC) attached to the Victor M. Blanco 4-meter telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatoryin the Chilean Andes. DEC was assembled in the U.S. at Fermilab near Batavia, Illinois, and is a 570-megapixel camera able to image galaxies so far away that their light is a millionth as bright as the dimmest visible stars.

Dark energy and dark matter

DES is hunting for dark energy, which is a proposed energy field in the universe that is a repulsive form of gravity. While gravity exerts an irresistible attraction, dark energy pushes the universe to expand at an ever-increasing rate. Its effect was first observed in 1998, and we still have many questions about its nature.

However, by measuring the location and distance of 300 million galaxies in the southern night sky, the survey will be able to make important statements about another astronomical mystery, called dark matter. Dark matter is thought to be five times more prevalent in the universe than ordinary matter. Yet it doesn’t interact with light, radio waves or any form of electromagnetic energy. And it doesn’t appear to congregate to form large bodies like planets and stars.

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Map of dark matter made from gravitational lensing measurements of 26 million galaxies in the Dark Energy Survey.

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There is no way to directly see dark matter (hence the name). However, its effects can be seen indirectly by analyzing how fast galaxies rotate. If you calculate the rotational speeds supported by the galaxies’ visible mass, you will discover that they rotate more quickly than they should. By all rights, these galaxies should be torn apart. After decades of research, astronomers have concluded that each galaxy contains dark matter, which generates the additional gravity that holds the galaxies together. [6 Weird Facts About Gravity]

Dark matter in the universe

However, on the much larger scale of the universe, studying individual galaxies is not sufficient. Another approach is needed. For that, astronomers must employ a technique called gravitational lensing.

Gravitational lensing was predicted in 1916 by Albert Einstein and was first observed by Sir Arthur Eddington in 1919. Einstein’s theory of general relativity says that the gravity that we experience is really caused by the curvature of space-time. Since light travels in a straight line through space, if space-time is curved, it will look to an observer as if light were travelling a curved path through space. [8 Ways You Can See Einstein's Theory of Relativity in Real Life]

This phenomenon can be harnessed to study the amount and distribution of dark matter in the universe. Scientists who peer at a distant galaxy (called the lensing galaxy), which has another galaxy even farther away behind it (called the observed galaxy), can see a distorted image of the observed galaxy. The distortion is related to the mass of the lensing galaxy. Because the mass of the lensing galaxy is a combination of visible matter and dark matter, gravitational lensing allows scientists to directly observe the existence and distribution of dark matter on scales as large as the universe itself. This technique also works when a large cluster of foreground galaxies distorts the images of clusters of even more distant galaxies, which is the technique employed for this measurement.

Lumpy or not?

The DES collaboration recently released an analysis using exactly this technique. The team looked at a sample of 26 million galaxies at four different distances from Earth. The closer galaxies lensed ones that were farther away. By using this technique and looking carefully at the distortion of the images of all of the galaxies, they were able to map out the distribution of invisible dark matter and how it moved and clumped over the past 7 billion years, or half the lifespan of the universe.

As expected, they found that the dark matter of the universe was "lumpy." However, there was a surprise — it was a little less lumpy than previous measurements had predicted.

One of these contradictory measurements comes from the remnant radio signal from the earliest time after the Big Bang, called the cosmic microwave background (CMB). The CMB contains within it the distribution of energy in the cosmos when it was 380,000 years old. In 1998, the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) collaboration announced that the CMB was not perfectly uniform, but rather had hot and cold spots that differed from uniform by 1 part in 100,000. The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) and Planck satellites confirmed and refined the COBE measurements.

Over the 7 billion years between when the CMB was emitted and the time period studied by DES, those hotter regions of the universe seeded the formation of structure of the cosmos. Nonuniform energy distribution captured in the CMB, combined with the amplifying force of gravity, caused some spots in the universe to become denser and others less so. The result is the universe we see around us.

The CMB predicts the distribution of dark matter for a simple reason: The distribution of matter in our universe in the present depends on its distribution in the past. After all, if there were a clump of matter in the past, that matter would attract nearby matter and the clump would grow. Similarly, if we were to project into the distant future, the distribution of matter today would affect tomorrow's for the same reason.

So, scientists have used measurements of the CMB at 380,000 years after the Big Bang to calculate what the universe should look like 7 billion years later. When they compared the predictions to the measurements from DES, they found that the DES measurements were a little less lumpy than the predictions.

Incomplete picture

Is that a big deal? Maybe. The uncertainty, or error, in the two measurements is big enough that it means they don’t disagree in a statistically significant way. What that simply means is that no one can be sure that the two measurements really disagree. It could be that the discrepancies arise by chance from statistical fluctuations in the data or small instrumental effects that were not considered.

Even the study’s authors would suggest caution here. The DES measurements have not yet been peer-reviewed. The papers were submitted for publication and the results were presented at conferences, but firm conclusions should wait until the referee reports come in.

So, what is the future? DES has a five-year mission, of which four years of data have been recorded. The recently announced result uses only the first year’s worth of data. More recent data is still being analyzed. Further, the full data set will cover 5,000 square degrees of the sky, while the recent result only covers 1,500 square degrees and peers only half of the way back in time. Thus, the story is clearly not complete. An analysis of the full data set won’t be expected until perhaps 2020.

Yet, the data taken today already could mean that there is a possible tension in our understanding of the evolution of the universe. And, even if that tension disappears as more data is analyzed, the DES collaboration is continuing to make other measurements. Remember that the letters "DE" in the name stand for dark energy. This group will eventually be able to tell us something about the behavior of dark energy in the past and what we can expect to see in the future. This recent measurement is just the very beginning of what is expected to be a scientifically fascinating time.

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Zondag 13 augustus 2017

The Most Interesting Science News Articles of the Week

The Most Interesting Science News Articles of the Week

By Live Science Staff

Each week we uncover the most interesting and informative articles from around the world, here are 10 of the coolest stories in science this week.

1. Adulting Includes Pot?

Marijuana's popularity among American adults is on the rise — and use of the recreational drug is expected to continue to increase, according to several surveys.

The top four reasons people give for using marijuana are to relax, to relieve pain, to have fun and to help them be social, according to a survey by Yahoo News/Marist College done in March. [Read more about the rise.]

2. Threat of Nuclear Attack

A gigantic mushroom cloud billowed over Nagasaki, Japan, when an atomic bomb was dropped on the city in 1945.

Credit: U.S. National Archives

North Korea has successfully miniaturized a nuclear warhead that could be fitted onto an intercontinental ballistic missile, and has now threatened to attack Guam, a U.S. territory, according to several news reports.

The saber rattling has raised concerns about the possibility of a nuclear attack on U.S. soil and heightened fears of doomsday. But is a global nuclear winter just around the corner? [Learn how to survive.]

3. Strange Marks

A bone from the right forearm of an adult human unearthed in Gough's Cave bears more than signs of cannibalism; researchers found zigzagging cuts that were likely intentionally engraved into the bone.

Credit: Bello et al (2017)

More than 17,000 years ago in what is now England, people may have performed cannibalistic rituals that involved engraving symbols on human bones, new research finds.

In the new study, Bello and her colleagues examined ancient human remains from the so-called Magdalenian culture, which existed across Europe during the later part of the Paleolithic about 12,000 to 17,000 years ago. The human bones from these sites often bear signs of cannibalism. [Read more about the cannibals.]

4. Biology or Sexism: That is the Question

A Google employee recently published an anti-diversity manifesto on an internal discussion board that has gone viral and stirred furious debate both inside and outside the company.

In the essay, James Damore claimed that differences in the number of women and men in tech companies such as Google can be largely explained by biological differences, rather than sexism. [Read more about the manifesto.]

5. Jellyfish Fossils

This oval impression is all that remains of a jellyfish that washed up on a beach 540 million years ago, part of a mass stranding in what is now Death Valley.

Credit: Aaron Sappenfield/University of California, Riverside

540 million years ago, seaside sand contained densely packed microbial communities, which created a gooey glue that was excellent for preserving impressions of ocean creatures left high and dry by retreating waves.

The ancient jellyfish were preserved in a slab of sandstone found in southeastern California. Scientists identified 13 of these oval specimens on the rocky surface, ranging from 1.2 to 8.3 inches (3 to 21 centimeters) in diameter. The fossils were lighter than the rock surrounding them, and they varied not only in size but also their style of preservation. [Read more about the graveyard.]

6. Simulating the Beginning

An illustration of the quark-gluon plasma created in the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory

Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory

Faster than a tornado, speedier than the giant storm swirling on Jupiter — it's the world's fastest-swirling vortex, which scientists have created in a primordial soup of gluey particles meant to re-create the Big Bang.

To understand exactly what happened in those moments after the Big Bang, scientists have re-created this primordial particle soup in an atom smasher at the RHIC, at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York. [Read more about the vortex.]

7. A Question of Alcohol

Do you know how much alcohol is in your drink? If you're making a judgment based on taste and smell alone, you may miss the mark, a new study from England finds.

To see how well young adults could determine how much alcohol was in a drink, the researchers did two experiment with college students. [Read more about the bad judgement.]

8. Paper Organs?

Researchers have created a tissue paper-like material out of ground-up organs.

Credit: Northwestern University

Scientists have created paper-like biomaterials from organs such as the ovaries, uterus, heart, liver and muscle that are thin and flexible enough to fold into origami birds and other structures. [Read more about the origami organs.]

9. Not-so-fun at the Beach

Though small, amphipods such as <i>Lepidepecreum longicornis</i> can pack quite a bite.

Though small, amphipods such as Lepidepecreum longicornis can pack quite a bite.

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Tiny marine creatures — each measuring a fraction of an inch in length — gnawed a teenager's legs bloody during a seaside dip in Melbourne, Australia, and experts identified a type of scavenging crustacean as the culprit in this exceedingly rare encounter. [Read more about terrifying attack.]

10. Cosmic Rarity?

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The Mars rover Curiosity took these images of an annular, or ring, eclipse as Mars' largest moon, Phobos, passed directly in front of the sun on Aug. 20, 2013. The photos were taken 3 seconds apart.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems/Texas A&M University

As Earthlings, we have the privilege of ooohing and aaahing at total solar eclipses, those dazzling celestial events in which the moon blocks the sun's light from hitting our planet. But is Earth the only world in our solar system that experiences this spectacular phenomenon? [Read more about eclipses across the Universe.]

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Zondag 13 augustus 2017

What Causes Spooky Out-of-Body Experiences? It Could Be Your Ears

What Causes Spooky Out-of-Body Experiences? It Could Be Your Ears

By Amanda Onion, Live Science Contributor

About 10 percent of the general population has had an out-of-body experience at some point in their lives.

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While driving and accelerating in his car, a man in France suddenly had a bizarre sensation: He felt like he was outside his car, looking in at his physical self, which was still at the wheel.

The man was part of a new study that links problems of the inner ear with eerie "out-of-body" experiences. These experiences are curious, usually brief sensations in which a person's consciousness seems to exit the body and then view the body from the outside.

The study analyzed 210 patients who had visited their doctors with so-called vestibular disorders. The vestibular system, which is made up of several structures in the inner ear, provides the body with a sense of balance and spatial orientation. Problems with this system can cause dizziness or a floating sensation, among other symptoms. [7 Weird Facts About Balance]

Maya Elzière, an ear, nose and throat specialist at Hôpital Européen in Marseille, France, and co-author of the study, enlisted patients who had experienced a range of issues, from recurrent vertigo and tinnitus to infections in the ear. Among these patients, 14 percent reported out-of-body experiences, compared with only 5 percent of healthy people without vestibular disorders who said the same.

"Out-of-body experiences were about three times more frequent" in patients with vestibular disorders, versus those without these disorders, said Christophe Lopez, lead author of the study and a neuroscientist at Aix-Marseille Université in France.

Lopez said the example of the patient who felt like he was outside his body while accelerating in his car makes sense. The scientist explained that since the vestibular system would be responsible for orienting the driver and giving him the sensation of moving forward as he accelerated in a car, a faulty vestibular system could send crossed signals to the brain during the motion.

"If you are sending the wrong signals to your brain about your motion, it creates confusion — your brain has to make sense of conflicting information," Lopez told Live Science. "We think the conflicting signals create a kind of central incoherence, and that creates distortions in the sense of your body and the environment around you." [Top 10 Unexplained Phenomena]

Among the 29 patients in the study who reported experiencing out-of-body sensations, one described it as a "sensation of entering my body, like in an envelope, from the top." Another said, "I saw myself, smaller, from the top."

The research also found that most patients reported they had out-of-body sensations only after they had experienced dizziness for the first time. This suggests, Lopez said, that problems with the vestibular system were a factor in creating the odd sensations.

Out-of-body experiences have been documented for centuries, at least since the late 1800s. One case, recorded by French otologist Pierre Bonnier in 1905, describes a patient who felt "divided into two persons, one who had not changed posture and another new person on his right, looking somewhat outwardly. Then, the two somatic individuals approached each other, merged, and the vertigo disappeared."

Lopez said that doctors have commonly ascribed the sensation to a kind of psychosis. But the new study builds on other recent research that links the feeling, at least in some cases, to faulty wiring in the vestibular system, he said.

"What the authors of [this study] did is carefully quantify the incidence of vestibular sensations and their relation to symptoms traditionally labeled 'psychiatric,'" Peter Brugger, a psychologist at the University of Zurich in Switzerland, told Live Science. Brugger has studied similarly bizarre sensations of people seeing themselves, or their doppelgängers, before them.

Lopez said he was inspired to conduct his research after working in the lab of Olaf Blanke, a neuroscientist at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland.

In 2002, Blanke showed that he could induce out-of-body sensations in a patient by electrically stimulating the brain area that integrates vestibular and visual input.

Terence Hines, a professor of psychology at Pace University in New York and author of the book "Pseudoscience and the Paranormal" (Prometheus Books, 2003), told Live Science that the new study makes sense given the role of the vestibular system in the human body.

"I don't think it's the only explanation for out-of-body experiences," Hines said. "But we know that this part of the inner ear plays a role in how we orient ourselves in our bodies, so if something is wrong there, things can go kind of haywire. It's one reasonable explanation."

Other factors have indeed been linked to out-of-body sensations. A personal history of migraines, anxiety and depression have also been associated with more frequent reports of the sensation, according to the recent study. Other research, led by psychologist Andra Smith at the University of Ottawa in Canada, describes the case of a woman who could deliberately trigger an out-of-body sensation, suggesting that it may be possible to do so through meditation.

Also, Lopez said it is common to experience "floating" or "sinking" sensations while falling asleep, dreaming or waking.

"In terms of neurophysiology, it's unclear why that happens," Lopez said. He excluded occurrences around sleep from his study, because they're not necessarily associated with a faulty vestibular system. He also excluded any sensations associated with drug or alcohol use.

Lopez said that while a faulty vestibular system is "not the only explanation for out-of-body experiences," it might be reassuring to some to know that a mechanical explanation could be at play.

"Having an out-of-body experience may happen because one of the main sensory systems is not processing correctly," he said. "It doesn't mean you're crazy."

The study was published online June 8 in the journal Cortex.

Originally published on Live Science.

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'Het leven is mogelijk meerdere keren op aarde ontstaan'

'Het leven is mogelijk meerdere keren op aarde ontstaan'

Caroline Kraaijvanger

Voordat onze voorouders ontstonden, leefden er wellicht andere complexe levensvormen op aarde die het uiteindelijk niet gered hebben.

Aangenomen wordt dat het ontstaan van complexe levensvormen op aarde heel bijzonder was en in de lange geschiedenis van onze planeet maar één keer plaatsvond. En wel nadat de hoeveelheid zuurstof in de atmosfeer rap was toegenomen. Maar nieuw onderzoek trekt die aanname nu ernstig in twijfel. De studie toont namelijk aan dat de hoeveelheid zuurstof in de atmosfeer niet één keer, maar zeker twee keer rap toe nam.

Kleine kans
“Er is fossiel bewijs voor complexe levensvormen die tot zo’n 1,75 miljard jaar geleden leefden,” legt onderzoeker Roger Buick uit. “Maar het oudste fossiel is niet per se het oudste organisme dat ooit geleefd heeft, omdat de kans dat een organisme fossiliseert vrij klein is.” Onderzoek wijst nu uit dat de hoeveelheid zuurstof in de atmosfeer meer dan 1,75 miljard jaar geleden al eens sterk toenam om vervolgens – ongeveer een kwart miljard jaar later – weer af te nemen. “Dit onderzoek laat zien dat er nog voor het fossiele bewijs (voor complex leven ontstond, red.) genoeg zuurstof in de atmosfeer zat om de evolutie van complexe cellen mogelijk te maken. Het betekent niet dat dat ook echt gebeurde, maar het kan wel zijn gebeurd.”

WIST JE DAT…

…recent onderzoek suggereerde dat het leven op aarde prematuur is?

Sedimenten
Buick en collega’s trekken die conclusie nadat ze 2 tot 2,4 miljard jaar oude sedimenten bestudeerden. Ze richtten zich daarbij met name op het element seleen dat door de aanwezigheid van zuurstof beïnvloed wordt. Het onderzoek wijst uit dat er lang voor de oudste meercelligen waarvan resten zijn teruggevonden leefden, een periode was waarin de hoeveelheid zuurstof op aarde sterk toenam. En die hoeveelheid bleef ook een lange tijd hoog. Dat is belangrijk. Want de evolutie van complexe levensvormen vereist tijd. En dat was ze gegund in de eerste periode waarin de hoeveelheid zuurstof op aarde rap toenam.

Uniek
Grote vraag is natuurlijk waarom de hoeveelheid zuurstof in de atmosfeer rap toenam om vervolgens een kwart miljard jaar later weer af te nemen en dus de ondergang in te luiden voor eventuele complexe levensvormen die dankzij de hogere zuurstofconcentratie waren ontstaan. Onderzoekers weten het niet. “Het is onbekend waarom het gebeurde en waarom er een einde aan kwam,” stelt onderzoeker Eva Stüeken. “Zoiets hebben we nooit meer in de aardse geschiedenis meegemaakt,” voegt Buick toe. “Als je kijkt naar de seleenisotopen door de tijd heen, dan is het een unieke interval: zowel ervoor als erna is alles anders.”

Het onderzoek vertelt niet alleen meer over de geschiedenis van de aarde, maar heeft tevens implicaties voor de zoektocht naar buitenaards leven. “De erkenning van deze periode in het verre verleden van de aarde waarin er bijna net zoveel zuurstof in de atmosfeer zat als nu het geval is, maar de bewoners heel anders waren, kan erop wijzen dat de detectie van een zuurstofrijke wereld niet direct bewijst dat er sprake is van een complexe biosfeer,” stelt onderzoeker Michael Kipp. Want hoewel het goed mogelijk is dat er meer dan 1,75 miljard jaar geleden meercellige organismen ontstonden, was deze eventuele meercelligen niet genoeg tijd gegund om te diversificeren.

Bronmateriaal:

"Conditions right for complex life may have come and gone in Earth’s distant past" - University of Washington

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Een printer waar levende wezens uitrollen: het begin is er...

Een printer waar levende wezens uitrollen: het begin is er...

Caroline Kraaijvanger

Een Amerikaanse onderzoeker heeft een apparaat ontwikkeld dat DNA, RNA, eiwitten en viruspartikels kan printen.

Het apparaat heeft de naam Digital-to-Biological Converter (kortweg DBC) gekregen en is ontwikkeld door de onderzoeksgroep van Craig Venter. Misschien gaat er bij het horen van die naam niet direct een belletje rinkelen. Maar binnen de synthetische biologie wordt de man gezien als een pionier. Hij verbaasde in 2000 vriend en vijand door met weinig mankracht in korte tijd het complete menselijke genoom in kaart te brengen. En in 2010 wist hij alle kranten te halen door – naar eigen zeggen – voor het eerst kunstmatig leven te creëren (zie kader). Een paar jaar later – in 2016 – presenteerde hij een uitgeklede versie van diezelfde synthetische levensvorm die enkel de genen herbergde die deze nodig had om te overleven (en dat waren er – verbazingwekkend genoeg – 437, veel meer dan vooraf werd gedacht).

SYNTHETISCH LEVEN

In 2010 creëerde Venter een volledig synthetisch genoom en plaatste dat vervolgens in een levende cel. Velen – waaronder Venter zelf – bestempelden het resulterende organisme als ’s werelds eerste synthetische levensvorm. Daar valt echter wel iets op af te dingen. Want dit organisme was niet vanuit het niets gecreëerd: Venter maakte immers alsnog gebruik van een bestaande, levende cel.

DBC
En nu laat Venter dus weer van zich horen. En wel met de DBC. “Allerlei methoden die in het moleculair biologisch lab gebruikt worden, worden in dit apparaat geautomatiseerd,” vertelt professor Oscar Kuipers, als moleculair microbioloog verbonden aan de Universiteit van Groningen.

Van bits naar eiwitten
Maar hoe werkt het apparaat dan precies? “Het begint allemaal met digitale informatie, dus bits: nullen en enen,” stelt Kuipers. Die bits beschrijven een DNA-sequentie, oftewel de volgorde van nucleotiden, waarvan adenine (A), Cytosine (C), Guanine (G) en Thymine (T) de meest voorkomende zijn. “Met twee bits kun je elke letter schrijven. A kan bijvoorbeeld 00 zijn. C kan 10 zijn, G kan 01 zijn en T kan 11 zijn.” Zo’n digitale DNA-sequentie kan het apparaat van Venter vervolgens omzetten in een echt DNA-molecuul, dat bestaat uit twee ketens van duizenden aan elkaar gekoppelde nucleotiden. “Deze DNA-syntheses (de kunstmatig gecreëerde DNA-moleculen, red.) bestaan bijvoorbeeld uit een paar duizend letters. Die kortere stukken DNA kunnen echter aan elkaar gekoppeld worden, zodat grotere stukken DNA ontstaan. En uiteindelijk kun je zo een compleet chromosoom maken.” Zo heeft Venter al aangetoond dat hij het chromosoom van een faag – een klein virus dat alleen een specifieke bacterie infecteert en uit een paar duizend basenparen bestaat – kan produceren. “Maar je kunt zeker ook grotere DNA-sequenties maken.” Het apparaat gaat echter vervolgens nog een stapje verder. “Als je zo’n stuk DNA hebt, kan het apparaat daar nog enzymen aan toevoegen die het DNA omzetten in RNA-moleculen en die coderen dan voor de eiwitten.” Door vervolgens nog wat andere stoffen – waaronder energiedragers, enzymen en ribosomen – toe te voegen, maakt het apparaat een eiwit. “En dat gebeurt dus allemaal in vitro, dus zonder tussenkomst van levende cellen.”

De Digital-to-Biological Converter. Afbeelding: Nature Biotechnology / doi:10.1038/nbt.3859.

Transformatie-unit
Op dit moment kan het apparaat dus DNA-moleculen, RNA-moleculen en eiwitten maken. Daarnaast zit in het apparaat ook een transformatie-unit. Deze transformatie-unit kan het synthetische DNA in een levende cel plaatsen. Het betekent dat het apparaat in staat is om de ‘kunstmatige levensvorm’ die Venter in 2010 presenteerde, te ‘printen’.

Vaccins en medicijnen
Het klinkt heel indrukwekkend. Maar wat kunnen we nu eigenlijk met dit apparaat? Venter ziet grote mogelijkheden. Hij ziet het apparaat al vaccins, medicijnen, voedsel en zelfs complexere levensvormen op misschien wel andere planeten printen. “Het apparaat kan onder meer RNA-moleculen maken en die worden weer gebruikt om vaccins van te maken,” vertelt Kuipers. Er liggen plannen om de DBC kleiner en mogelijk zelfs draagbaar te maken. Het zou kunnen betekenen dat vaccins straks op elke plek gemaakt kunnen worden. Hetzelfde geldt voor sommige medicijnen. “Stel je voor dat je in het regenwoud zit en je loopt een infectie op. Het apparaat kan dan de ziekteverwekker sequencen en daarmee identificeren. Dan kan een arts op afstand het apparaat opdracht geven om een geschikt antibioticum te printen.” Het klinkt misschien te mooi om waar te zijn. “Maar het is zeker niet onmogelijk, want een antibioticum kan een eiwitje of een complexe organische verbinding zijn en zolang je de juiste moleculaire bouwstenen en enzymen hebt, kun je die synthetiseren.”

WIE IS VENTER?

Sommige mensen noemen hem een genie. Anderen zien hem meer als een geslepen zakenman die erin slaagt om – onder meer bij bedrijven – honderden miljoenen dollars los te peuteren voor zijn onderzoek. Kuipers ontmoette Venter een aantal jaren geleden toen Venter de Leeuwenhoek Medaille in ontvangst mocht nemen. “Het is een charismatische man, een visionair, maar tegelijkertijd is hij ook heel zakelijk.” Of hij net als eerdere ontvangers van de Leeuwenhoek Medaille ooit de Nobelprijs in handen gedrukt gaat krijgen? Het zou Kuipers niet verbazen. “Hij heeft misschien geen concrete grote ontdekking gedaan, maar hij heeft wel enorm veel kennis verzameld en die kennis snel gebruikt om onderzoek en synthese te automatiseren. De moleculaire biologie is door hem absoluut in een versnelling geraakt.”

Biologische teleportatie naar Mars
Maar Venter droomt groter. Hij ziet het ook wel voor zich dat dit apparaat in de toekomst naar Mars wordt gestuurd om daar micro-organismen te printen die de rode planeet terravormen. Of misschien kunnen we de planeet zelfs wel van een afstandje koloniseren door het genoom van complexere levensvormen – misschien zelfs mensen – naar zo’n apparaat op Mars te sturen. Venter noemt dat ‘biologische teleportatie’. “Het is een beetje Jules Verne-denken,” vindt Kuipers. Want er zitten vanzelfsprekend nogal wat haken en ogen aan dit wilde plan. “Eerst moet je het apparaat daar zien te krijgen en het moet ook daar – bij lage temperaturen en extreme omstandigheden – functioneren. Bovendien heeft Venter nog niet laten zien dat hij zonder tussenkomst van levende cellen een organisme kan printen. Dus dat betekent dat je cellen, al dan niet voorgeprepareerd, mee moet sturen om leven te kunnen ‘printen’.” Kuipers ziet zelf meer in die andere toepassing: snel medicijnen en vaccins printen op de plekken waar dat nu heel lastig is.

Echt nieuw leven printen
Biologische teleportatie mag dan ver weg zijn: het maakt Kuipers niet minder enthousiast over de DBC. “Het is heel mooi dat er nu een machine is die van elke sequentie in principe een eiwit kan maken. Natuurlijk zijn er nog wel wat problemen.” Zo is niet elk eiwit dat Venter maakt, functioneel, omdat niet elk eiwit zich direct goed vouwt. “Daarvoor heb je hulp-eiwitten of andere stofjes nodig, maar die kunnen in de toekomst natuurlijk in het apparaat worden toegevoegd. In theorie is dan ook niets onmogelijk. De logische vervolgstap? Met dit apparaat een compleet genoom synthetiseren en in een bacterie plaatsen, zodat een heel nieuwe bacterie ontstaat.” Die nieuwe bacterie kan – in de toekomst wellicht samen met synthetische hogere organismen – ingezet worden om stoffen te produceren die wij mensen nodig hebben. “Denk aan medicijnen of voedsel.” En dat toekomstbeeld is de opmaat naar de heilige graal binnen de synthetische biologie: leven maken from scratch. “Dat is de uitdaging. Van levenloos materiaal – nucleotiden, aminozuren, suikers, vetten, metalen en vitamines – leven maken,” bevestigt Kuipers. “Maar dat is nog ver weg. Dat kan nog wel 20 jaar duren. Maar als het lukt, kunnen we ook dat proces waarbij uit moleculen cellen worden gemaakt, automatiseren.”

Venter mag dan zo langzamerhand uitgegroeid zijn tot het gezicht van de synthetische biologie: hij is bij lange na niet de enige die in dit onderzoeksveld actief is. Talloze onderzoeksgroepen wereldwijd proberen nieuwe moleculen en stofwisselingsprocessen in bacteriën te brengen of zelfs vanuit niets een micro-organisme te scheppen. En het lijkt een kwestie van tijd voor zij met semi-synthetische levensvormen op de proppen komen die de wereld gaan veranderen. “Ik denk dat de impact van dit onderzoeksveld enorm kan zijn. Het is een beetje vergelijkbaar met de impact die de smartphone en de personal computer op de wereld hebben gehad, denk ik.” Alleen zal de synthetische biologie toch het speelveld blijven van de specialisten. “Ik denk niet dat elke burger straks zijn eigen medicijnen print, maar de apotheek op de hoek wel.” Voor het zover is, zullen de ethische bezwaren die er altijd zijn als het gaat om het ‘knutselen met DNA’, nog regelmatig de kop opsteken. Maar ze zullen de opmars van Venter en collega’s hooguit vertragen en zeker niet stoppen. “Elke technologie kan natuurlijk ten goede of ten kwade gebruikt worden,” benadrukt Kuipers. “Maar ik kan veel gevaarlijkere technologieën bedenken dan deze.”

Bronmateriaal:

Interview met Oscar Kuipers
De afbeelding van Craig Venter is afkomstig uit het blad PLoS ONE.

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Hawking Says Time Running Out – “Colonize Or Die”

Hawking Says Time Running Out – “Colonize Or Die”

Humans need to colonize another planet within 100 years or face the threat of extinction, Stephen Hawking has warned. At the beginning of 2016, Hawing warned about the dangers of nuclear war, global warming, genetically-engineered viruses, and the danger of artificial intelligence. In the new BBC documentary “Stephen Hawking: Expedition New Earth,” the professor warns that “the human race only has 100 years before we need to colonize another planet.”

“With climate change, overdue asteroid strikes, epidemics and population growth, our own planet is increasingly precarious,” Hawking adds in the film.
Hawking used to believe we had about 1,000 years left, but that timeline appears to have shortened.

“Although the chance of a disaster to planet Earth in a given year may be quite low, it adds up over time, and becomes a near certainty in the next thousand or ten thousand years,” Hawking told the BBC in an interview last year. “By that time we should have spread out into space, and to other stars, so a disaster on Earth would not mean the end of the human race. However, we will not establish self-sustaining colonies in space for at least the next hundred years, so we have to be very careful in this period.”

Though Hawking’s timeline is more extreme than most, he is not the only visionary to warn about the threat to human existence. Earlier this year, Elon Musk said humans must merge with machines to avoid becoming irrelevant.

Alibaba founder Jack Ma, meanwhile, also recently warned that society could face decades of “pain” because of the disruption caused by new technology and the internet, CNBC notes.

What do you think of Hawking’s daunting prediction?

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