Earth’s core may have hardened just in time to save its magnetic field

This shift both prevented the protective magnetic field from collapsing and recharged it

BY  CAROLYN GRAMLING 

 

SOLAR SHIELD  Earth’s magnetic field (illustrated) is powered by circulation of iron-rich fluid in the core. New research suggests Earth’s solid inner core formed about 565 million years ago, saving a weakening magnetic field from collapse.

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Earth’s inner core solidified around 565 million years ago — just in time to not only save the planet’s protective magnetic field from imminent collapse, but also to kick-start it into its current, powerful phase, a new study suggests.

The finding, reported online January 28 in Nature Geoscience, supports an idea previously proposed by simulations that Earth’s inner core is relatively young. It also provides insight into how, and how quickly, Earth has been losing heat since its formation 4.54 billion years ago —key to understanding not only the generation of the planet’s magnetic shield but also convection within the mantle and plate tectonics.

“We don’t have many real benchmarks for the thermal history of our planet,” says Peter Olson, a geophysicist at Johns Hopkins University who was not involved in the new study. “We know the interior was hotter than today, because all planets lose heat. But we don’t know what the average temperature was a billion years ago, compared with today.” Pinning down when iron in the inner core began to crystallize could offer a window into how hot the interior of the planet was at the time, Olson says.

The planet’s iron-nickel core is made up of two layers: a solid inner core and a molten outer core. When that solid inner core formed is a long-standing mystery (SN: 9/19/15, p. 18). “Proposed ages have been anywhere from 500 million years ago to older than 2.5 billion years,” says coauthor John Tarduno, a geophysicist at the University of Rochester in New York.

The interplay of the two layers drives the geodynamo, the circulation of iron-rich fluid that powers the magnetic field. That field, surrounding the planet, protects Earth from being battered by the solar wind, a constant flow of charged particles ejected by the sun. As the inner core cools and crystallizes, the composition of the remaining fluid changes; more buoyant liquid rises like a plume while the cooling crystals sink. That self-sustaining, density-driven circulation generates a strong magnetic field with two opposing poles, north and south, or polarity.

Traces of magnetism in ancient rocks suggest that Earth had a magnetic field as far back as 4.2 billion years ago. That earlier field was likely generated by heat within the planet driving circulation within the molten core. But over time, computer simulations suggest, the heat-driven circulation wouldn’t have been strong enough alone to continue to power a strong magnetic field. Instead, the field began to shut down, signaled in the rock record by weakening intensities and rapid polarity reversals over millions of years. And then, at some point, Earth’s inner core began to crystallize, jump-starting the geodynamo and generating a new, strong magnetic field.

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Earth’s core may have hardened just in time to save its magnetic field

This shift both prevented the protective magnetic field from collapsing and recharged it

BY  CAROLYN GRAMLING 

 

SOLAR SHIELD  Earth’s magnetic field (illustrated) is powered by circulation of iron-rich fluid in the core. New research suggests Earth’s solid inner core formed about 565 million years ago, saving a weakening magnetic field from collapse.

MARC WARD/SHUTTERSTOCK

Earth’s inner core solidified around 565 million years ago — just in time to not only save the planet’s protective magnetic field from imminent collapse, but also to kick-start it into its current, powerful phase, a new study suggests.

The finding, reported online January 28 in Nature Geoscience, supports an idea previously proposed by simulations that Earth’s inner core is relatively young. It also provides insight into how, and how quickly, Earth has been losing heat since its formation 4.54 billion years ago —key to understanding not only the generation of the planet’s magnetic shield but also convection within the mantle and plate tectonics.

“We don’t have many real benchmarks for the thermal history of our planet,” says Peter Olson, a geophysicist at Johns Hopkins University who was not involved in the new study. “We know the interior was hotter than today, because all planets lose heat. But we don’t know what the average temperature was a billion years ago, compared with today.” Pinning down when iron in the inner core began to crystallize could offer a window into how hot the interior of the planet was at the time, Olson says.

The planet’s iron-nickel core is made up of two layers: a solid inner core and a molten outer core. When that solid inner core formed is a long-standing mystery (SN: 9/19/15, p. 18). “Proposed ages have been anywhere from 500 million years ago to older than 2.5 billion years,” says coauthor John Tarduno, a geophysicist at the University of Rochester in New York.

The interplay of the two layers drives the geodynamo, the circulation of iron-rich fluid that powers the magnetic field. That field, surrounding the planet, protects Earth from being battered by the solar wind, a constant flow of charged particles ejected by the sun. As the inner core cools and crystallizes, the composition of the remaining fluid changes; more buoyant liquid rises like a plume while the cooling crystals sink. That self-sustaining, density-driven circulation generates a strong magnetic field with two opposing poles, north and south, or polarity.

Traces of magnetism in ancient rocks suggest that Earth had a magnetic field as far back as 4.2 billion years ago. That earlier field was likely generated by heat within the planet driving circulation within the molten core. But over time, computer simulations suggest, the heat-driven circulation wouldn’t have been strong enough alone to continue to power a strong magnetic field. Instead, the field began to shut down, signaled in the rock record by weakening intensities and rapid polarity reversals over millions of years. And then, at some point, Earth’s inner core began to crystallize, jump-starting the geodynamo and generating a new, strong magnetic field.

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Why the Easter Island statues were built where they were

BY MIHAI ANDREI

A new study suggests that the mysterious moai statues on Easter Island were placed to mark sources of fresh water.

Image in public domain.

A Polynesian population called the Rapa Nui arrived on Easter Island in 1200 AD. Despite the unpredictable weather and nutrient-poor soil, they established a thriving and industrious culture, leaving behind many impressive artifacts. Most famous among these artifacts are the giant moai: giant basaltic statues scattered across the island.

Although they are still shrouded in mystery, several explanations have been proposed. The most straightforward one is that the moai represent the inhabitants’ gods or ancestors, watching over them. But a new study has a new idea: the statues are marking valuable sources of freshwater.

As if Easter Island wasn’t inhospitable enough, there’s another problem: freshwater. Easter Island is a volcanic high island, consisting mainly of three extinct coalesced volcanoes. While there are freshwater lakes inside the volcano craters, there are no streams or other sources of surface freshwater. This must have been quite a worry for the Rapa Nui people, and the megaliths may have been built in to indicate freshwater, researchers suggest. The relationship isn’t straightforward, however: it’s not that all moai are indicators of freshwater, but everywhere there is some subsurface water source, there’s always moai nearby.

“Our results suggest that ahu locations are most parsimoniously explained by distance from freshwater sources, in particular coastal seeps, with important implications for community formation and inter-community competition in precontact times,” researchers write.

The team analyzed the connection between the moai (and the platforms they were placed on, called ahu) and rock mulch agricultural gardens, marine resources, and freshwater sources — the three most important resources for the Rapa Nui civilization. They didn’t find any connection to the first two, but the third one provided a good fit. The fresh water would pass through the ground into aquifers, seeping into caves as well as emerging around the coast. Controlling these places would have been quite valuable to the natives.

This may mean that, at least in part, the statues were built to indicate territorial domination over a sparse resource.

“What is important about it is that it demonstrates the statue locations themselves are not a weird ritual place — represent ritual in a sense of there is symbolic meaning to them, but they are integrated into the lives of the community,” said Prof Carl Lipo from Binghamton University in New York, who was co-author of the research.

However, not everyone is convinced by this theory. Jo Anne Val Tilburg, an Easter Island expert from the University of California, Los Angeles believes that these freshwater seeps would have been minor resources, so it is highly unlikely that the moai were built in relation to them.

Whatever the case may be, the enigma of the moai and their creators will undoubtedly continue to puzzle us and stir debates for many years to come

The study has been published in PLoS.

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The Mysterious Genius Who Patented the UFO

Alexander Weygers, a Renaissance man in the mold of the tech industry’s stated ideal, inspired an art dealer to become an acolyte.

Alexander Weygers made numerous detailed drawings of an aircraft called the “Discopter”, a vertical liftoff aircraft that looked very much like what was to be later termed “flying saucer” and other drawings of an American cities specifically flying saucers in San Francisco and as well as a port in Chicago.

He sent these detailed plans to all the branches of the U.S. Military and was eventually told that they were intrigued by the concept and the design of the craft but were not prepared at that time because the war effort superseded its development.

However he did indeed patent the design for the “Discopter” in January 1944 with the U.S. Patent Office and it served as the prototype for other similar aircraft that have been developed up to the present day.

Ashlee Vance visits the dealer whose curiosity about Weygers has evolved into an obsession.

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A mysterious and unexplained security breach at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) turned deadly this week, highlighting the serious nature of the Air Force’s secretive desert research facilities which include Area 51. According to a press release issued yesterday, at 5:18 pm local time on January 28, an unidentified male sped through a security checkpoint at the entrance to the site. Both the Nye County Sheriff’s Office and the NNSS Security Protective Force Officers pursued the man in what became a high-speed chase which lasted eight miles.

Eventually, the man came to a stop and exited his vehicle. That’s when things got weird – and dangerous. According to the NNSS, the man got out of his car and began approaching security officials carrying an unknown “cylindrical object.” The man did not respond to officers’ verbal commands to stop, forcing security personnel to open fire. The man was pronounced dead at the scene; no officers were harmed.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal says the FBI is investigating the incident. The Nevada National Security Site, formerly known as the Nevada Test Site, is home to the U.S. military’s underground nuclear testing program, weapons development programs, and many nuclear research projects. The infamous Area 51 is a remote detachment of the NSS found just an hour to the east of the main site.

I’m sure you’re wondering the the same thing I am: what exactly was the “cylindrical object” the man was holding when he got out of his car? What would someone want to smuggle into the secretive research facility? The vague way the object has been described in both the press statement and news reports is rather curious. Was this an attempt at sabotage? A foreign intelligence operation gone wrong? Or did the man take a wrong turn fleeing Area 51 with some type of exotic alien material?

While it’s much more probable the object was an empty can of Icehouse or a flashlight, the lack of details released to the public so far leaves the imagination free to wander. Even if this happens to be a case of bad decision making due to mental illness or intoxication, it highlights the deadly seriousness of the many “No Trespassing” signs surrounding Area 51 and other secretive research sites in America’s deserts. No grainy cellphone photo of alleged alien technology or an experimental black triangular drone is worth risking your life.

But seriously: what was the mysterious “cylindrical object” the man was carrying? Why was he trying to get into such a heavily guarded facility? Does this have anything to do with the other Area 51-related revelation this week about secret ‘motherships’ possibly being tested at the site?

Stay tuned.

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UFO LANDT IN ENGELSE ACHTERTUIN ( VIDEO )

Het klinkt natuurlijk als iets dat echt niet kan, maar toch is dit wat er gebeurde in de tuin van een huis in het Engelse Doncaster. 

Een gebeurtenis die veel lijkt op wat een bange Amerikaanse dame enkele dagen eerder filmde in de staat West Virginia.

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UFO LANDT IN ENGELSE ACHTERTUIN ( VIDEO )

Het klinkt natuurlijk als iets dat echt niet kan, maar toch is dit wat er gebeurde in de tuin van een huis in het Engelse Doncaster. 

Een gebeurtenis die veel lijkt op wat een bange Amerikaanse dame enkele dagen eerder filmde in de staat West Virginia.

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Unlike U.S. political party members, Chupacabra fans seem to break down into three groups: those who believe in the traditional Puerto Rican, upright, lizardish kind of bloodsucker; those who believe in the hairless coyote-like Texas kind; and those who put the moniker on any unidentifiable dead creature with fangs in any country. (Actually, U.S. political party members break down too, but it’s a breakdown of the other kind.) A mysterious creature discovered and photographed by a boy in Colombia seems to fall into the third category … but maybe not.

“I arrived and I looked out and then there was something all weird like a dog, so I came and told her aunt see that, and my aunt handed me the cell phone to take pictures.”

Thus begins the strange tale of Joan Sebastian Arboleda Lombana, a boy living in La Sierra, a village in the Magdalena River valley region of the mountainous Department of Antioquia in central northwestern Colombia. The rough googly translation comes from Noticias Caracol TV (see the video report here), which sent a reporter to interview Joan, his aunt and La Sierra locals who were said to be “dismayed” at the appearance of the corpse of such a strange creature. The pictures (way to go, Joan!) support the boy’s description that the beast looked like a cross between an opossum and a bush dog. While opossums are common in the area, bush dogs (Speothos venaticus) – a remote relative of the South American maned wolf and the African wild dog – are an extremely rare canid found mostly in Suriname, Guyana and Peru. Is the bush dog making a comeback in La Sierra?

Bush dog at the Prague Zoo (Wikipedia)

“We came to see and we found an animal that was more or less, 70 centimeters long, had a face or a fox head, and hands that were like a kind of gorilla, like a miquito, then it has us. This strange species is quite impacted.”

La Sierra resident Martin Prada, one of many locals concerned about the mysterious creature, thought (again, a rough Google translation) it looked more like a gorilla or a monkey (miquito). At 70 cm (27.5 inches) in length, gorilla seems unlikely. Why did some residents, as reported by HDB Noticias, think it was a Chupacabra?

“According to versions of some locals, the creepy creature had been hanging around the homes in the area for several days; especially at night … Several barnyard animals disappeared from the homes of this hot Magdalena Medio population, as a victim of this four-legged ‘monster’ and an unpleasant aspect.”

Ah-ha! What other creature sneaks around at night and pilfers pets and barnyard animals? OK, a lot of them do, but this corpse didn’t look like any of the more common ones. It’s also 50% larger than the largest opossums. That was enough to call in Corantioquia, the environmental protection organization that is part of integrated urban water management in Medellín, the largest city in Antioquia. Adriana Molina, deputy director of ecosystems of Corantioquia, looked at the creature and had this to say:

“The corporation has already begun the verification process for the identity of this individual, the invitation is for the entire community to report any anomalous or conflictive situation that may occur with wildlife and to maintain calm in these situations.”

Yep – they took away the corpse and are verifying its identity. Preliminary observations suggest the creature was suffering from advanced dermatitis – a skin condition related to poor diet, bacteria and fungi. That, in addition to the decay, make it look more like the Texas mangy coyote version of the alleged Chupacabra.

Possum or opossum — depending on your political persuasion.

If it’s anything other than an opossum, will they tell the public? It would be nice in a way if it were a bush dog, since that species was just placed on the Near Threatened Species list and this might be a sign it’s surviving and spreading its habitat.

The best part of this story is that Joan got some pictures before the authorities took the creature away. Keep those phones handy and shutter fingers ready and steady — that thing you spot in your garden could be a Chupacabra!

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America’s favorite secret military base somehow manages to stay in the headlines year after year. Earlier this month, the world’s largest aerospace company Boeing quietly released a series of concept art images which appear to depict some type of unknown, high-altitude “mothership” capable of launching smaller craft while in flight. Even stranger, the images appear to depict the large triangular aircraft sitting on a tarmac at the infamous Area 51. Does this revelation confirm any of the triangle UFO theories that have been floating around for years?

Not yet, anyway. The Boeing concept art images appear to have been discovered and published by aviation blog The Drive. As The Drive’s Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick note, the mountain ranges and landscape in the images seem eerily similar to the landscape at Groom Lake, Nevada where Area 51 is located:

What makes these renderings even more interesting is that they seem to show this combination of exotic aircraft being flown out of Area 51. The hills in the background and the general details shown match up near perfectly with the clandestine flight test location. It’s interesting to think that concept art would include such specific details, especially in an age long before Area 51 was as known as it is today or tools like Google Earth existed. The chances of this being some coincidence seem low. Considering the tech being shown and the fact that these renderings remained unreleased for decades, it does make sense that they would show the system operating at its intended base of operations.

In the images, a massive triangular ‘mothership’ is depicted both in flight and sitting on a landing strip surrounded by desert.  The ‘mothership’ in the images appears to be a high-altitude aircraft capable of launching a separate, smaller spacecraft or aircraft from a special hollow section of its fuselage. Strangest of all, the triangular ‘parasite’ spacecraft in the images should be familiar to anyone who keeps up aerospace and UFO developments: it’s a dead ringer for the long-rumored TR-3B.

If the ship had navigation lights at its corners, it would match the craft described in hundreds of reports of triangular black UFOs around the world.

The TR-3B is an alleged black budget surveillance aircraft built by the US Air Force, believed to exist thanks to dozens of sightings of black, triangular aircraft reported throughout the 20th and 21st centuries and a few grainy photographs. Our own Micah Hanks recently published a terrific look at the triangle UFO phenomenon and the many documented sightings which took place throughout the 1980s – which just so happens the exact same time these Boeing Area 51 ‘mothership’ images were created.

Are these concept images proof of anything? Not exactly. It’s unknown if this project ever came to fruition, although several similar platforms have in recent years been developed which can launch spacecraft from high-altitude ‘mothership’ aircraft. Still, these Boeing images may help further reinforce some people’s suspicions (like my own) that Area 51 isn’t as strange as some make it out to be. If the ‘truth’ about Area 51 is ever disclosed to the public, it will likely be a lot less sensational and strange than we all hope. While many of us hold on to the hope that de-engineered alien spacecraft or grey aliens in massive formaldehyde tanks might be stored away in hangars at the secretive military base, the truth is likely far more banal. Or maybe that’s just what They want us to believe.

Why would Boeing release the images now?

The U.S. military tests all manners of new aircraft and weapons at the highly off-limits base at the Nevada Test and Training Range, and the secrecy is likely in place to keep new defensive capabilities out of the hands of America’s adversaries. It has even been alleged that the alien rumors surrounding Area 51 are a form of counterintelligence designed to muddy the waters and discredit any leaks that do manage to slip out of the top secret facility. Where do these ‘mothership’ images fit in with larger Area 51 narratives? Are they more misinformation, or a hint that the TR-3B might indeed be overhead?

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Saturn’s rings are arguably one of the most widely recognized features of our solar system. While Saturn isn’t the only planet that has a ring system (Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus also have rings), the sixth planet from the sun does have the most prominent and spectacular rings, visible from Earth on clear nights with the aid of a bit of telescopic magnification.

Back in December, we also learned something interesting about Saturn’s ring system: that it may be much younger than we once thought, having appeared more recently than the dinosaurs.

Luciano Iess of the Sapienza University of Rome told Astronomy.com that “A catastrophic event like a collision looks to me the most obvious explanation, but there may be problems with that too… The origin of the rings has to be put in the broader context of the dynamics of the Saturnian system.” Iess went on to cite colleagues of his “that even [think] the inner moons of Saturn are young, and they are migrating inward.”

Recent astronomical studies helped us determine the youth of Saturn’s rings. Since the physical matter which composes them constitutes fairly low mass, astronomers guess that the rings are between 10 and 100 million years old (Saturn, on the other hand, is believed to be almost 4.5 billion years old). Iess told Astronomy.com that measurements going all the way back to Voyager and Cassini were highly suggestive that the planet’s rings came much later.

Knowing that the most prominent planetary ring system in our celestial neighborhood was a recent addition, it has caused some to ask whether Earth itself might have at one time had rings, too.

This was precisely the idea proposed by Danish astronomer Kaare Rasmussen of the National Museum in Copenhagen in the early 1990s, who argued that in the past 2800 years Earth may have had rings on as many as 16 separate occasions.

According to am April 1991 article in New Scientist by John Gribben, Rasmussen “carried out a survey of all reports of meteorite falls, fireballs and showers of shooting stars from 800 BC to 1750 AD. He then carried out a statistical analysis of the data. He discovered that there were many distinct periods of intense activity.” Based on this, Rasmussen noted that these active periods peaked coinciding with high meteoritic activity, during which time he believed that rings formed as a result of a comet or asteroid being caught in Earth’s orbit. Subsequent decreases in meteoritic activity might have indicated periods of ring stability, followed by a return to activity as particles from the particulate ring were decelerated by Earth’s upper atmosphere and began to shower down upon the Earth.

Some interesting observational data exists from the last couple of centuries that suggests Earth could have had asteroids trapped in its orbit even more recently. In 1907, the June 12 edition of the Edmonton Bulletin featured an article on a colorful character by the name of E. Stone Wiggins, a Canadian astronomer who claimed to have spotted a second moon in orbit around the Earth:

“In 1882,” says Prof. Wiggins, “I discovered another moon. It is now at that point of its orbit nearest the earth… I knew this moon existed because our visible moon showed a disturbing force in her revolutions around the earth, for which astronomers could not account.

“In 1884 I published a letter in the New York Tribune claiming the discovery, giving the evidence of trustworthy persons in Michigan who declared to me that the sun was eclipsed on May 16 of that year, the sky being perfectly cloudless and when our visible moon was in another quarter of the heavens and therefore could not possibly eclipse the sun. This dark moon has an immense carbon atmosphere in which the dun develops little or no light; but it has often been seen by persons who happened to be in the range of incidence of its reflected light.”

It’s not impossible that a fairly large object could enter Earth’s orbit for a period of time, thus resulting in what astronomers have called a “moonlet” (see my article here for more on this), or as Kaare Rassmussen suggested in the 1990s, maybe even a ring system around Earth for a period of time.

At his Bad Astronomy blog, Phil Plait addressed the question of whether a ring system might ever form around Earth, to which he said, “could Earth have rings? Sure!” Plait continues:

“It’s unclear exactly how Saturn (or the other four outer giant planets) got their rings, but there is more than one mechanism to create them. A small moon could get hit by an asteroid or comet, shattering it. An impact on the Earth itself, if it were big enough, could create rings (the impact that formed the Moon billions of years ago may have done just that). That would kinda suck for us, though. Saturn’s moon Enceladus has geysers which may resupply the planet’s A and E rings.”

As Plait points out, at some point in Earth’s past the impact that led to the formation of our Moon might have actually caused Earth to have a ring system, as Rassmussen suggests (although these rings would have existed much earlier than Rassmussen’s estimate of the last 2800 years). So if this is the case, why doesn’t Earth have a ring system now?

The problem with ring systems is that much of their composition is formed from ice particulates. As Fraser Cain, publisher of Universe Today and co-host of Astronomy Cast explains, “The problem with icy rings is that the Earth orbits too closely to the Sun. There’s a specific point in the Solar System known as the ‘frost line’ or ‘snow line’. This is the point in the Solar System where deposits of ice could have survived for long periods of time. Any closer and the radiation from the Sun sublimates the ice away.”

So Earth’s proximity to the Sun, in other words, makes it physically difficult for icy rings to remain for long periods, as with more distant planets in our solar system.

It’s not impossible that Earth may have had rings at some point in the past, or in the unfortunate event of an asteroid impacting the moon, or even the Earth, that our planet could have rings again someday. In the event that it ever does, let’s just hope it’s not the result of an armageddon-inducing space rock smashing us to bits in the process. In the meantime, if you’ve ever wondered what a ring system around our planet might look like from here on Earth, check out Ron Miller’s conceptual artwork that illustrates this idea.

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The photographer took some images of a strange beam of light in a clear sky at the shoreline of Lake Nahuel Huapi Bariloche, Argentina on January 24, 2019.

Hours after, while reviewing the photos, the photographer, who has submitted the images to Mufon, noticed in one of the images a UFO and realized that during the short laps between takes, the UFO must have appeared and vanished in a matter of seconds.

First image shows the strange beam of light only.

Second image shows the UFO below the strange beam of light.

Not only a single beam of light in a clear sky is very unusual but a UFO that appears exactly below the beam of light raises many questions.

Where does this beam of light comes from and could it be that the UFO has emerged from it? Or is it something from another world that has been teleported via this ray of light?

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Argentina Musician from Los Alfiles Allegedly Photographed UFO at La Banda, Jan 9, 2019, Photos, UFO Sighting News.

Date of sighting: January 9, 2019

Location of sighting: La Banda, Argentina

News Source: 

• https://paranormaltoday.com/musician-from-los-alfiles-allegedly-photographed-ufo-at-la-banda/

This UFO was seen by Francisco “Pancho” Zamudio, a member of the tropical music group Los Alfiles living in La Banda, Argentina. I enlarged the photo as you see above, and yes it does appear to be a disk with a dome top and bottom area. How could he have missed such an event? Very easily since UFOs are capable of flying so fast that the human eye cannot even detect the movement, but the digital eye of the camera is exceptional and capturing everything in its path. Yes, I do believe this to be a UFO. The shape, speed, and the blurred outer edges all indicate that is real. 
Scott C. Waring

Eyewitness states: 

“It was on January 9th of this year. I was drinking at home, went out to see the clouds that were taking shape and took some random photos. I wasn’t aware of anything at the time. Just this past Saturday, looking through the images, I noticed a black dot. I sent them to a friend who works on radio and he downloaded them to his computer. Upon zooming in, he discovered this thing, and we were truly startled.”

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Awesome UFO Recorded Over Italy From Eyewitness In Car, Jan 28, 2019, UFO Sighting News.

Date of sighting: January 28, 2019

Location of sighting: Alessano, Italy

 

An eyewitness in Alessano, Italy recorded this UFO while sitting in the passenger side of a car. The UFO seems to move through the sky effortlessly. The object is very big, so big it almost looks as if this object is shooting fast, but thats the cars movement causing that. 

 

The person who uploaded it to Youtube works for the TELA RAMA TV News channel and posts only videos used on their local Italian TV news. So...this did make it on to Italian news. 

 

The object is actually planes size and hovering over a field with a tree and two floors house. Wow, this one is baffling. I couldn't see any line or string holding this object so it does seem to be floating by itself. The video is real, taken of a real object. The only question remains is...what the hell is it? Right now...its an unidentified flying objcct...UFO.

Scott C. Waring

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Mile long UFO holes in clouds over Washington state on Jan 28, 2019, Photos, UFO Sighting News.

 

Date of sighting: January 28, 2019

Location of sighting: between cities of Anacortes and Ferndale, Washington state, USA

Source: 

• https://kval.com/news/offbeat/weird-clouds-cause-a-stir-in-anacortes

On Monday many eyewitnesses saw large round openings in the clouds that appeared to be pushed aside, leaving only a rounded hole in the clouds and a lower thin line of clouds at the center. I believe these holes are made by large cloaked UFOs that come very low to scan the residences on the surface below. Did you notice the line of clouds at the center that are pushed lower and spread out as if surround the bottom of an invisible disk?

 

How did I learn that UFOs make hole in clouds? I learned that from a MUFON 80 page report of the famous UFO over O'hare airport back in Nov 7, 2006. It states that dozens of eyewitnesses working for the United Airlines saw the metallic disk sitting there over Gate C at the airport, but below the clouds, then after about two to three minutes, the UFO shot off upward throughout the clouds leaving a hole in the clouds that remained visible for almost 15 minutes. When pilots and experts working for the airline witness such UFOs close up, I listen. 

Scott C. Waring

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Mysterious objects deep in space may replace Planet 9 theory

BY ROBBIE TREVELYAN

Scientists have suggested a different explanation of the effects caused by Planet 9, the hypothesised supermassive planet hiding beyond Neptune.

Artist impression of the hypothetical ‘Planet 9’.

Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

In the last few years, scientists have predicted the presence of a large, hidden celestial body, known as Planet 9, which may be causing disturbances in the outer reaches of our solar system. Now, new research from the Universities of Cambridge and Beirut has suggested something entirely different is out there.

Since the discovery of Neptune in the mid 19th century, there have been predictions of other vast objects concealed farther out in the cosmic gloom. In recent decades scientists have observed strange behaviours in some of the TNOs (Trans-Neptune Objects) orbiting the Sun that have so far evaded explanation.

There are currently 30 TNOs recorded by astronomers, Pluto amongst them. They are minor planetoids residing beyond Neptune and, like Pluto, some of their orbits are distorted by an enigmatic force – in some cases by as much as 30% ‘downwards’. Some TNOs are even moving through space in the opposite direction to the rest. Such phenomena do not correlate with our assumed 8 planet model of the solar system, and has led researchers in a quest for answers.

Recently in 2016, Caltech astronomers Konstantin Batygin and Mike Brown proposed a theory that a massive planet, 10 times the size of Earth, was lying concealed in the depths of our solar system. Far beyond Neptune, Planet 9 (or Planet X as termed colloquially) would receive barely any light to reflect, making any detection from Earth extremely difficult. Its considerable bulk would also exert a strong gravitational force, dislodging objects from the Kuiper Belt, warping their orbits, and even causing the Sun to wobble slightly on its axis.

But a new theory published in Astronomical Journal offers an alternative and, as co-author and Cambridge PhD student Antranik Sefilian terms it, a “less dramatic and perhaps more natural” solution.

Sefilian and his colleagues suggest that combined gravitational forces from a rotating, icy disc of smaller objects orbiting the Sun are the cause of much of the distortion observed in the outer solar system.

In a statement, Sefilian explained: “If you remove Planet 9 from the model and instead allow for lots of small objects scattered across a wide area, collective attractions between those objects could just as easily account for the eccentric orbits we see in some TNOs.”

The new study has not been without its opponents. Planet 9’s original theorist, Mike Brown, criticised the idea, highlighting the improbability for a disc of objects to survive within a dynamic solar system for billions of years. In addition, Brown said that “a ring of objects would be much easier to find than a singular planet, yet there is no evidence that such a thing exists.”

Sefilian and his colleagues remain convinced, however, and also alluded to the struggles the team had faced during their investigations.

“When observing other systems, we often study the disc surrounding the host star to infer the properties of any planets in orbit around it. The problem is when you’re observing the disc from inside the system, it’s almost impossible to see the whole thing at once. While we don’t have direct observational evidence for the disc, neither do we have it for Planet 9, which is why we’re investigating other possibilities. Nevertheless, it is interesting to note that observations of Kuiper belt analogues around other stars, as well as planet formation models, reveal massive remnant populations of debris.”

However, with the recent discoveries of other dwarf planets, such as the ‘Goblin’, ‘Sedna’ and ‘Farout’ at the edge of the solar system, Sefilian remains open to the prospect of both the icy disc and Planet 9 coexisting.

“It’s also possible that both things could be true – there could be a massive disc, and a ninth planet.”

With more research from astronomers like Sefilian and Brown, hopefully the coming years will shed more light on what exactly lurks around the furthest realms of our solar system.µ

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A 'cluster of UFOs' was filmed hovering over the border between the US and Mexico... but the footage has mysteriously disappeared from the internet

• Seven or eight lights were seen dancing above a border control post in Tijuana
• A clip of the incident was posted to Instagram before it was deleted... twice
• The sight was so unusual that border guards even stopped to watch it unfold 

By HANNAH AL-OTHMAN FOR MAILOLINE

Creepy footage showing 'a fleet of UFOs' hovering over the border between the USA and Mexico has mysteriously disappeared from the internet.

The 14 minute-long film showed a group of seven or eight lights dancing above a border control post in Tijuana, Mexico.

The sight was so unusual that border staff even abandoned their posts to watch the 'UFOs' light up the sky.

The clip show cars pulling to a halt and beeping their horns as drivers and passengers watched the objects overhead.

A fleet of UFOs' was filmed hovering over the border between the USA and Mexico

The footage was posted to Instagram, where it quickly racked up more than 30,000 views and 200 comments.

However, the video has since eerily vanished from the internet.

Tyler from UFO monitoring group Secureteam said the clip was later restored to Instagram - before it was removed for a second time.

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He told the Sun: 'These are objects which someone possibly did not want seen on Instagram which is a big red flag. This gives a signal that we may well have something here. 

'At first they are random but towards the end four of them align in a rectangular formation so they can't be balloons.

'Whatever they are even the border control agents are focusing on them.' 

The sight was so unusual that border staff even abandoned their posts to watch 

The border between the USA and Mexico has been a hot news topic recently after President Trump promised to build a wall between that two countries - with Mexico footing the bill. 

He floated a 20 percent tax on imports to lawmakers as a way to pay for the controversial border wall. 

Mexican President Enrqiue Pena Nieto has repeatedly said his country won't pay for the border wall and this week cancelled a meeting with Trump because of the issue.

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8 Secrets of Air Traffic Controllers

BY SUZANNE RAGA

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As the United States enters into the second month of a government shutdown that began on December 22, 2018, federal employee shortages are becoming an increasing problem. On the morning of January 25, 2019, the FAA announced that due to air traffic control staffing shortages along the east coast, they were halting flights into New York City's LaGuardia Airport. It's a potent reminder that while pilots and flight attendants are key to making air travel safe, air traffic controllers—though less-visible—are just as essential in getting you from Point A to Point B.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employs more than 14,000 of them to choreograph the flow of airplanes on the ground and in the sky, whether that means using radar and other tools to direct aircraft at take off, communicating with pilots about flight paths and weather, or helping pilots land their planes safely. Take a look at these secrets of air traffic controllers to learn about their unique lingo, high degree of job stress, and occasional UFO sighting.

1. MANY OF THEM DON'T WORK AT AIRPORTS.

When you imagine an air traffic controller, you probably envision someone working in a tall glass tower at an airport. However, many controllers toil at either a Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) facility or at a route center, which may be located far away from an airport.

According to air traffic controller Chris Solomon, who controls planes for the military, controllers in each of the three types of facilities have different responsibilities. “The typical tower controllers get the planes from the gate to the runway and then airborne to within five or so miles of an airport. The aircraft then becomes under the control of the approach controllers [TRACON],” he told the website Art of Manliness.

These TRACON controllers usually control the plane during its ascent and descent from the airport. When aircraft reach an altitude above 18,000 feet, the route center controller takes over, using radar to guide aircraft at cruising altitudes until the plane begins its descent. Then the approach controller takes the reins, followed by a tower controller who guides the plane’s landing.

2. AGE IS A MAJOR FACTOR.

Some air traffic controllers begin their careers in the military, while others apply to the FAA’s Air Traffic Control Academy. But no matter how they enter the profession, they must have good vision, a sharp mind, and the ability to think quickly and clearly under pressure. The FAA requires that applicants be 30 years old or younger when they apply to the job, and controllers must retire at age 56, before most of them experience any age-related mental decline.

3. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN LINGO.

Pilots and air traffic controllers around the world must speak English to communicate (it's required by the International Civil Aviation Organization), but they also have their own flight-related language. This phonetic alphabetic and numerical system, which replaces letters (A to Z) and numbers (zero to nine) with code words, minimizes confusion and misunderstandings between air traffic controllers and pilots.

For example, controllers say “bravo” instead of the letter “B,” “Charlie” instead of the letter “C,” and “niner” instead of the number “nine.” (Theories explaining the origin of the code word “niner” differ, but aircraft enthusiasts speculate that the extra syllable differentiates it from the German word for “no” or distinguishes it from the pronunciation of the number “five.”) Air traffic controllers also have their own slang and, for instance, use the phrase “souls on board” to refer to the number of people on a plane.

The phonetic system is spelled out in detail in the FAA Order 7110.65 manual [PDF], along with other key code words, phrases, and procedures. Controllers call the manual their "bible," study it during training, and review it regularly to keep apprised of any updates and additions.

4. PILOTS WITH HEAVY ACCENTS CAN FRUSTRATE THEM.

Although English is the official language of aviation, not all pilots speak it well. Air traffic controller Brandon Miller, who works for Potomac Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) in northern Virginia, tells Mental Floss that it can be difficult to communicate with foreign pilots. “However, we are in the business of communication,” he says, explaining that learning to solve potential communication issues is part of their training. When talking to a pilot who has a heavy accent, controllers may speak more slowly, enunciate words more dramatically, and try to avoid changing routes as much as possible.

Stephen, an air traffic controller with the FAA, echoes Miller’s point. “We mainly just bitch amongst ourselves, say things very slowly, and do the best we can” when dealing with pilots who have heavy accents, he wroteon Reddit.

5. THEY ALTERNATE BETWEEN STRESS AND BOREDOM.

Because they’re responsible for thousands of lives 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, most air traffic controllers experience a high level of job-related stress. “We often miss birthdays, we work on holidays and weekends, and often operate on alternative sleep cycles,” Miller explains. Staying focused is essential, especially during times of busy traffic and bad weather, so most air traffic controllers take a break every hour or two, depending on the rules at their facility.

According to Miller, the diversity of tasks in his work day keeps his job challenging. At any given time, he may be directing Air Force One or other VIPs (from our country or a foreign one), sequencing commercial passenger jets into a variety of airports in the Washington, D.C. area, assisting police or paramedic helicopters, expediting military fighters and military transport planes, or looking for suspicious aircraft in the Washington, D.C. Special Flight Rules Area.

On the other hand, graveyard shifts and periods with less traffic can be tedious and dull. “Hours and hours of boredom combined with moments of sheer terror, as we like to say,” Stephen told Reddit. “But if you like the challenge and want to be where the action is, it's a great job!”

6. THEY'RE PROBABLY OVERWORKED.

In a 2011 article for The Daily Beast, Bob Richards, who worked as an air traffic controller at Chicago O’Hare International Airport for more than two decades, described his job as “thrilling, fulfilling, and utterly exhausting.” Richards noted that four of his coworkers died of sudden cardiac death, two died of pancreatic cancer, and many others suffered from stress-related gastrointestinal illnesses. In his early 40s, Richards himself suffered from atrial fibrillation, which eventually progressed into congestive heart failure.

A secret study conducted by NASA in 2011 found that almost one-fifth of controllers made significant errors, partly due to chronic fatigue caused by their lack of sleep and busy shift schedules. To combat fatigue and address controllers who were allegedly asleep on the job, the FAA issued a series of new rules that increase the mandatory time between controllers’ shifts.

7. UFO SIGHTINGS DEFINITELY HAPPEN.

During the course of their careers, most air traffic controllers have personally spotted (or have a coworker who has spotted) some sort of unidentified flying object. UFO sightings are more common at night, when air traffic controllers may see an unexplained blinking light that doesn’t appear to be coming from an aircraft. But strange sightings aren't necessarily alien life forms—radar is so sensitive that it may pick up items such as clouds, a flock of birds, or even a large truck on the ground.

8. ROBOTS WON'T BE REPLACING THEM.

Although air traffic controllers rely on radar and other technology to do their jobs, they’re not in danger of technology replacing them any time soon. With so many lives at stake, air traffic control will likely always require humans to ensure that automated systems function properly and technology doesn’t malfunction. And controllers enjoy the sense of satisfaction that comes with using their knowledge and skills to help passengers get from point A to point B safely. “There is a great amount of pride that my coworkers and I take knowing that safety of air traffic control is the last thing on passengers' minds when they get buckled in the airplane,” Miller says.

An earlier version of this story ran in 2017.

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Mysterious UFOs HEADING TOWARD Earth during NASA spacewalk live stream - shock claim

MULTIPLE UFOs spotted heading towards Earth were shown on a International Space Station live stream sparking panic among viewers about secret alien contact.

Glockner surmised that the flashing lights of the objects were caused by the reflection of the sun.

The flashes appear dim at first before getting brighter, supporting claims that it was a high-tech UFO.

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Russische start-up wil reusachtige reclameborden in de ruimte creëren - HLN.be

Bron: StartRocket, Astronomy Magazine, NBC News

De advertenties zullen bestaan uit een reeks hele kleine satellietjes – ‘CubeSats’ - die elk een reflecterend zeil dragen van zo’n tien meter diameter. De kubusvormige satellieten zullen in een baan om de aarde gebracht worden op zo’n 400 à 500 kilometer hoogte, waar ze zonlicht reflecteren om zo samen lichtgevende woorden of logo’s te vormen.

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De eerste ruimteadvertenties van StartRocket zouden al in 2021 moeten gelanceerd worden. Ze zouden enkel in het donker zichtbaar zijn en dat van nagenoeg overal op aarde. Per dag kunnen er volgens StartRocket zo’n drie à vier verschillende boodschappen geprojecteerd worden. Bovendien kan het systeem ook gebruikt worden voor noodsituaties, schrijft het bedrijf op zijn website: overheden kunnen aan de hand van de display in de ruimte belangrijke boodschappen communiceren naar het publiek.

Momenteel heeft de start-up een prototype van de satelliet klaar. Volgend jaar zouden ze beginnen met de eerste tests, zo deelde CEO Vladilen Sitnikov mee aan NBC News. Over de manier waarop de satellietjes in de ruimte gelanceerd zouden worden of hoeveel het zou kosten om een ruimte-advertentie te plaatsen, geeft StartRocket nog geen informatie prijs. Of de technologie effectief zal werken en of StartRocket voldoende middelen heeft om van start te gaan, is ook nog een vraagteken.

Wetenschappers hebben echter grote bezwaren tegen het project.

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Technische problemen

Astronoom Patrick Seitzer van de universiteit van Michigan wijst op technische problemen die de kop zullen opsteken. Het zal niet eenvoudig zijn om de satellietjes in formatie te houden, haalt hij aan: ze zullen geleidelijk aan uit elkaar drijven. “Men zal de constellatie voortdurend moeten blijven aanvullen.” StartRocket beweert dat er al een oplossing voorzien werd voor dat probleem.

Ruimtepuin

Bovendien zal het project van StartRocket de hoeveelheid ruimteafval nog meer doen toenemen. “De ruimte raakt steeds voller. Er bewegen zich al meer dan 20.000 objecten in een baan om de aarde, volgens de officiële openbare cataloog van de Amerikaanse luchtmacht. Slechts tien procent daarvan zijn actieve satellieten – de rest bestaat uit dode satellieten, oude raketonderdelen en onderdelen van ruimtetuigen”, aldus Seitzer. Het is volgens hem onverstandig om projecten te lanceren die geen commerciële of wetenschappelijke waarde hebben of die de nationale veiligheid niet dienen.

Lichtvervuiling

Bovendien zullen de CubeSats lichtvervuiling veroorzaken en dat kan negatieve gevolgen hebben voor de volksgezondheid en voor het gedrag van dieren en planten. Daarnaast kunnen ze zo ook wetenschappelijk onderzoek verstoren. “Het is een bedreiging voor de mogelijkheid om vanaf de grond astronomisch onderzoek te verrichten”, vertelde astronoom John Barentine van de International Dark-Sky Association aan Astronomy Magazine. “Al die bewegende lichtbronnen aan de hemel kunnen ons vermogen om fotonen van astronomische bronnen te verzamelen, in de war sturen.”

StartRocket laat de kritiek echter niet aan het hart komen. “We ontwikkelen een nieuw medium. In het begintijdperk van televisie hield er ook niemand van reclame”, klinkt het daar.

De VS voerden in 1993 een verbod op ruimte-advertenties in. In Rusland bestaan dergelijke regels niet.

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According to newly conducted research, one of Earth’s oldest rocks may have been discovered on the Moon. The chunk of rock was initially brought back to Earth in 1971 from Apollo 14 astronauts who landed on the Moon.

The Earth rock ended up on the Moon more than likely because of a very powerful impact on our planet that happened approximately 4 billion years ago.

In a statement, David Kring, who is the co-author of the rock study, as well as a Universities Space Research Association (USRA) scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, explained, “It is an extraordinary find that helps paint a better picture of early Earth and the bombardment that modified our planet during the dawn of life.”

Astronauts from the Apollo 14 mission explored the surface of the Moon for a few days in February of 1971 and that’s when they collected rock samples to bring back to our planet. The lunar samples were then studied by a research team which was led by Jeremy Bellucci from the Swedish Museum of Natural History, and Alexander Nemchin who is from the Swedish Museum and Curtin University in Australia.

Upon analysis, scientists discovered a small 0.08-ounce (or 2 grams) fragment on a rock that contained quartz, zircon, and feldspar, which are all rarely found on the moon but very common here on Earth. When they conducted chemical analysis on the fragment, they were able to find that it was crystallized in an environment which was oxidized and at a temperature that would have been the same as it was near the subsurface of the Earth in its very early days.

According to the evidence found in the study, the fragment was crystallized here on Earth between 4.1 billion and 4 billion years ago and at around 12 miles below the surface of our planet. It was then thrown into space by a strong impact and ended up on the Moon which was around three times closer to Earth than it is now.

Click here to see a picture of the lunar rock the astronauts brought back in 1971.

Researchers said that after the Earth rock landed on the Moon, some of it melted and was probably buried by an impact which happened around 3.9 billion years ago. It was then uncovered by another impact on the Moon about 26 million years ago which created the 1,115-foot-wide Cone Crater. That’s where two of the Apollo 14 astronauts (Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell) took some rock samples.

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The mystery of unexplained, earth-rattling booms continues around the country. Whereas mystery booms were once a rare anomaly, they seem to be happening with unsettling regularity lately. What’s behind this mysterious phenomenon? Sonic booms caused by supersonic or hypersonic weapons and aircraft? Unknown atmospheric activity? Meteorite explosions? Earthquakes, frostquakes, or frack-quakes?  

Anyone’s guess is as good as any. This week’s mystery booms come to us from the American south, where residents of four separate counties in Kentucky reported hearing “an earth-shaking sound” on January 23. Emergency dispatchers in Jackson, Madison, Estill, and Rockcastle counties were called when residents heard and felt a mysterious boom loud enough to shake their homes’ foundations.

“At about 6:19 pm yesterday evening a couple of people called in and said they heard this loud boom in the county. We went to check on it in the area, and we never found anything,” Jackson County Sheriff Paul Hays told local news station WKYT. While the cause of the Kentucky mystery boom is still unknown, locals have speculated it could have been anything from an electrical transformer exploding, a rock quarry blast, a sonic boom, or outgassing caused by hydraulic fracking.

A few states to the west in Arkansas, residents of Little Rock took to social media to ask if anyone might know what caused a deafening mystery boom a few hours later on the same night. According to local news station FOX 16, several residents thought it may have been an F/A-18 breaking the sound barrieroverhead – or worse. North Little Rock local Collette Young says the sounds were eerily reminiscent of battle:

My family has served and have been to war – at one point I thought we might be under attack. I just want to know what it is so the next time I hear the sound I am not so startled.

Spokespersons for nearby Little Rock Air Force Base and the Clinton National Airport had no information about the mysterious boom. I just hope that more of these mystery booms can’t be explained by the same causes as those determined the case of recurring booms heard in Pennsylvania last year; in that incident, it turns out that a would-be domestic terrorist was testing improvised explosives in remote areas. Could more of these mystery booms be of a similar origin, or is something stranger going on?

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From almost the days of the actual trip, rumors have flown about possible UFO sightings during the Apollo 11 mission and first manned landing on the Moon. Buzz Aldrin still insists that his comments about a light he saw were taken out of context and what he saw was simply a reflection of the sun off of panels jettisoned from the rocket that had carried them into orbit. The same was said to be true of comments made by Armstrong that were misconstrued over the years to be about something other than space junk. However, a newly released letter written by someone back in the news claims that the first man on the moon had more than just a passing-by-while-in-the-sky interest in UFOs.

“This letter could be somewhat historic because it might actually confirm that Armstrong did have an interest in UFOs.”

Neil Armstrong

Sun Online says the letter (see it here) was discovered by Dr. Irena Scott, a former Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) officer and author of a new book about UFO encounters, “Sacred Corridors.” Dr. Scott is well-known in UFOolgy circles, having served on the MUFON Board of Directors and as a MUFON consultant in physiology and astronomy and a field investigator. The author of the letter is Professor J. Allen Hynek, who has posthumously received 15 more minutes of fame as the focal point of the History Channel’s new series on Project Blue Book.The recipient of the handwritten letter (remember those?) was Jennie Zeidman, a close friend of Hynek who also worked with him at Wright Patterson Air Force Base on Project Blue Book.

“Dear Jennie. A week from today we sail … I got called up by the cruise director asking if the Hyneks would mind sharing a table with the Armstrongs! So – tell Barry I should be able to get the autograph for him! Did I tell you I’m going?”

Hynek was referring to an upcoming two-week cruise from New York to the west coast of Africa in 1973 on which 2,000 teachers, artists, authors, scientists and celebrities would observe a total solar eclipse and listen to lectures and discussions, including a panel with Hynek and Armstrong called “Life in the Universe.” To Scott, this is proof that, while Armstrong never publicly discussed his UFO interests, he intentionally sought on the cruise to have such discussions with a recognized expert in the field.

Sun Online also reveals Scott found evidence that Neil Armstrong and J. Allen Hynek also contacted ufologist and author Leonard Stringfield, who was at one time the director of Civilian Research, Interplanetary Flying Objects (CRIFO).

“Stringfield said that a number of years ago when Armstrong was on the board of directors of a Cincinnati bank, Armstrong and Hynek approached him with a proposal to protect the names of the government-connected informants. Armstrong said Stringfield could put his list of names in a safety deposit box at Armstrong’s bank, to which it was assumed Armstrong would also have access. The intention was that in the event of Stringfield’s death, the names wouldn’t be lost, but Stringfield rejected the idea.”

Scott implies that Armstrong was trying to help Stringfield protect the identities of 50 UFO informants. She is sketchy on this – Stringfield died in 1994 and Scott admits in the Sun article that she has no proof it actually occurred but uses it as proof that that Armstrong and Hynek had ongoing contacts, implying Armstrong had lifelong interest in UFOs and in discussing – and perhaps even covering up – their existence with a leader in the field.

So, what does this letter show? Armstrong and Hynek were already going to be on the ship together and sharing at least one panel, but it could be a sign that Armstrong had more to discuss in private – although a cruise ship dining room isn’t exactly private or secure, especially when many onboard were interested in the same subject matter and wanted to be close to the famed astronaut. Being before the fact, the letter doesn’t tell us what was actually discussed and there seems to be no published followup. Nor is there any for the the alleged but unproven meeting with Stringfield. The strongest point there is that Armstrong and Hynek had contact long after the cruise.

For now, it’s an interesting footnote – just in need of a little more foot.

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We just have to accept it. We’ve been dragged into the future, despite however hard we kicked and screamed. Robots are real, and they’re basically indistinguishable from the robots of our fictions. If you’re worried about these metal abominations coming to take everything you love, and would like nothing more than to go all John Connors and reduce the lot of them to slag, you’re very much not alone, and researchers are quite concerned.

In a January 19th New York Times article titled “Why Do We Hurt Robots?,” Jonah Bromwich cites a number of cases where people “brutally assaulted” robots. Poor, innocent “security robots” battered and beaten. Gangs of filthy meatbags attacking driverless cars. Three teenagers in Japan beating a robot “with all their might.” A Moscow man bludgeoning a “teaching robot” with a baseball bat as it pleaded for help. People, hilariously and ill-advisedly, crashing their own driverless cars on purpose (I respect the commitment to the fight, but those things are expensive). Another security robot was—just fight back the tears; tears can come later—wrapped in a tarp and covered in barbecue sauce.  Humans are such horrible creatures that we manage to hurt things that don’t even have consciousness, let alone pain receptors.

Don’t look at me like that.

And thus, in keeping with the new cultural norm of using words without any consideration for what they mean, the term “robot abuse” was born.

Destroying robots is wrong. For the same reason that destroying someone else’s car, toaster, musical instrument, house, or computer is wrong. It’s property destruction. However hilarious covering a security robot in barbecue sauce is, a lot of money and time went into creating that machine. But that’s all it is, a machine. Yet we all anthropomorphize robots, both those scared of a robot takeover and those so deeply entrenched in robotics that they see property destruction as abuse.

Cognitive neuroscientist Agnieszka Wykowska, a researcher at the Italian Institute of Technology and the editor in chief of the International Journal of Social Robotics thinks that our violence towards robots stems from the atavistic demons responsible for our tribalism and ostracization of the other. She says:

“You have an agent, the robot, that is in a different category than humans. So you probably very easily engage in this psychological mechanism of social ostracism because it’s an out-group member. That’s something to discuss: the dehumanization of robots even though they’re not humans.”

There’s a lot wrong with this statement. One: you can’t dehumanize something that isn’t human. Two: robots are not agents. They can only do what they are programmed to do. They literally have no agency.

Asked about potential solutions to this “disturbing” problem, Ms. Wykowska offers a story about the savagery a colleague witnessed a  kindergarten class express towards a robot:

“Kids have this tendency of being very brutal to the robot, they would kick the robot, they would be cruel to it, they would be really not nice.

“That went on until the point that the caregiver started giving names to the robots. So the robots suddenly were not just robots but Andy, Joe and Sally. At that moment, the brutal behavior stopped. So, its very interesting because again its sort of like giving a name to the robot immediately puts it a little closer to the in-group.”

So the solution is to teach kids that machines are people? Fantastic. What if, and I know this might sound simple, ignorant, or possibly even on-the-wrong-side-of-history, but what if we don’t want machines as part of the in-group? What if assigning humanity to a tool cheapens and debases our own self-awareness and understanding of what it means to be conscious?

I’m not going.

Let me just step up on this here soapbox for a minute. The whole problem is this shoving the future on us whether we want it or not. The Times article cites a Brown University and M.I.T.  study that showed adding a robot to a workforce reduced the number of employed humans by six. In the very near future we will have armed security robots. We know these machines are coming, we know they’re changing the world, and we know it’s unavoidable. We need to treat them like the tools they are, not like people. We need, more than anything, to learn to celebrate humanity and all conscious non-humans (if I ever see a robot messing with an elephant, that’s going to be one broken robot), not blur the lines between conscious creatures and machines. Forcing people to deny a basic truth—that machines aren’t people—will only make people angrier in the short term, and in the long term will only further the mechanization and dehumanization of the world at large.

But stop breaking other people’s robots.

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Last year, I wrote a piece here at Mysterious Universe examining historical cases of UFO censorship in Hollywood products. For the most part, those censorship efforts were in line with the CIA Robertson Panel’s officially stated policy that UFOs are essentially non-existent and should therefore be “debunked and demystified” through media channels.

But what about the flipside of the coin? Is there any substance to the popular notion that the government has been using Hollywood not to censor UFO information, but to encourage us to believe in alien visitation? Conclusive proof of a UFO acclimation agenda remains elusive as the entire theory rests on only a small handful of cases scattered across the decades, which I present in my book, Silver Screen Saucers. Arguably the most compelling case in support of a government alien acclimation agenda is that of the feature documentary film UFOs: Past, Present, and Future (1974).

In 1972, filmmaker Robert Emenegger and his producing partner Allan Sandler were encouraged by the United States Air Force (USAF) to make a major documentary feature about the UFO phenomenon. Emenegger, a former Vice President and Creative Director at Grey Advertising (a real-life Don Draper from Man Men), told me that his partner “had very strange connections” for a producer and that he thought Sandler “did things for the CIA, and maybe even the FBI… they all seemed to work together.”

Robert Emenegger and the book based on his documentary film of the same name.

Emenegger was ideally suited to an assignment of this nature. As a student at UCLA in the mid-1950s, his thesis examined “The Influence of Motion Pictures on Public Behavior,” and the the young Emenegger was particularly interested in how cinema could be used “as an instrument of propaganda.” Additionally, Emenegger had spent a number of years working for the United States Information Agency (or USIA—a politically correct name given the government’s long-running propaganda agency). Emenegger had also performed duties for President Richard Nixon. In December 1968, the then President-elect wrote to Emenegger seeking his “active participation and assistance” in finding “exceptional individuals” worthy of appointment in his incoming administration. Nixon referred to Emenegger as “a leader” and “in a position to know and recommend… the best minds in America.”

Norton Air Force Base, circa 1970.

Emenegger described to me how he was briefed on the UFO project at Norton Air Force Base in “a clean room used by the CIA… so there was no way anyone could eavesdrop on us.” In an offer similar to that made to Walt Disney some twenty years earlier, the USAF promised Emenegger real UFO footage, this time allegedly showing a UFO landing at Holloman Air Force Base in 1971 and the subsequent face-to-face meeting between alien visitors and delegates of the US government. Emenegger was sceptical, but he was assured by the USAF that the footage existed and was genuine.

While he waited for the footage to materialize, Emenegger and his crew continued with their wider production research, for which they were given unprecedented access to DoD facilities, including the Pentagon. Emenegger was even granted time with high-ranking military officers well-versed in UFO-related matters, among them Col. William Coleman, a former spokesman for Project Blue Book, and Col. George Weinbrenner, then head of Foreign Technology at Wright Patterson Air Force Base—the location where alien materials and bodies allegedly recovered from the 1947 Roswell crash are said to have been stored.

Col. William Coleman.

But who in the Air Force would sign off on such a controversial project? Emenegger put this question to Pentagon spokesman Col. Coleman, who informed him that “the Secretary of the Air Force gave us the order to cooperate.” Thus, in an unprecedented move, the Air Force, Army, and Navy gave their full backing to a UFO-themed production—so too did NASA, who provided Emenegger’s research team with previously unreleased photographs of what appeared to be UFOs in space taken by Gemini astronauts. “We had carte blanche to go anywhere, ask any questions,” Emenegger told me, “there were no restrictions put on us.”  Emenegger even claims to have been shown “top secret” footage shot at Vandenberg Air Force Base which showed two UFOs “playfully running behind” a US missile.

After months of shooting, Emenegger’s documentary was complete, save for one crucial ingredient—the much-hyped alien landing footage. At the eleventh hour, the USAF withdrew its permission for use of the material; the political climate had changed, it said, and was now deemed inappropriate due to the Watergate scandal, which had recently broken in the news. “I felt like we had egg on our face,” Emenegger told me. “I felt cheated that we were not allowed to see this film. It was taken back to the Pentagon… I stupidly expected to have this footage, which would have been earth-shattering.”  Today, Emenegger seems as baffled by the whole affair as anyone, “Were we had? Were we being used?” he asks.

Emenegger’s Golden-Globe-nominated documentary, UFOs: Past, Present and Future, was finally released in 1974 and was ground-breaking in its extensive use of information provided by the DoD. In addition to the aforementioned photographs from NASA, it featured sit-down interviews with the former heads of Project Blue Book, and footage shot inside the Pentagon of Col. Coleman talking open-mindedly about the Extraterrestrial Hypothesis. In the absence of the landing footage, Emenegger was forced to include an animated reconstruction of the event as described to him by the USAF, complete with artistic renderings of the alleged aliens. The documentary presented the incident as “one that might happen in the future, or perhaps could have happened already.”

An artist’s imagining of the alleged Holloman UFO landing, based on details provided to the filmmakers by the US Air Force.

But the promised landing footage wasn’t entirely absent, at least not according to Emenegger. During the dramatic reconstruction of the alleged landing, eagle-eyed viewers can catch a few frames of what appears to be a genuine, self-luminescent Unidentified Flying Object descending slowly in the distance against the backdrop of Holloman’s surrounding landscape. These frames, Emenegger claims, were taken from the original landing footage and authorised by the USAF during the editing stage for use in his completed documentary.

Although Emenegger’s documentary was green-lit by the Secretary of the Air Force, the roots of the project likely lead back to Langley, Virginia, and to the CIA. Emenegger revealed to me that it was his production partner, the CIA-connected Allan Sandler, who brought the project to him in the first place; and let us not forget that Emenegger received his briefing at Norton Air Force Base in a CIA “clean room.” Furthermore, Emenegger told me that a “CIA courier” named Dick Beske shadowed him and his crew throughout his documentary’s entire production process. Beske was “always hanging around us,” said Emenegger, “observing.”

Richard “Dick” Beske later became a member of the steering group for Veteran Intelligence Officers for Sanity (VIPS), an organization comprised of former and serving officials of the United States Intelligence Community, including some from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the U.S. State Department’s Intelligence Bureau, and the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). VIPs was formed in January 2003 as a “coast-to-coast enterprise” to protest the use of faulty intelligence in the lead-up to the US-led invasion of Iraq.

It should be noted that Emenegger’s documentary was re-edited and re-released in 1979 featuring additional content. It also received a new title: UFOs: It has Begun. You can watch it here (the Holloman landing reconstruction begins around the 1:17:00 mark, towards the end of the documentary)…

Could it be there really is a government agenda to acclimate us to UFO reality? If so, then, on the face of it, those behind this agenda would, at times, have been working in direct opposition to the Pentagon, which has worked hard over the years to keep UFOs out of the popular imagination and/or to distance itself from UFO conspiracy theories onscreen. But perhaps there has long been a separate, more sophisticated power group working through the national security apparatus—one whose Hollywood agenda transcends the polarized dynamic of debunk vs. acclimate? The UFO subject has always been a divisive one, even within the corridors of power, and it would be a mistake to assume that all branches of the government and military see eye-to-eye on this thorny issue. If there is a hidden hand tweaking and seeding Hollywood’s UFO-themed products, it could well belong to a group or agency so secretive that its very existence is unknown to the public—a quasi-governmental/quasi-private entity accountable only to itself. Something to contemplate while you’re munching on your popcorn at the next big alien movie.

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Cigar-shaped UFO flying through space during display of the Northern Lights

The following footage has been recorded from the LiveCam on January 15, 2019 and shows a UFO flying at a high speed through space during a fascinating display of an aurora borealis also called the northern lights.

Compared to cigar-shaped UFOs this UFO seems to have a kind of square structure across the rear end of the craft.

Over the years it has been proven that more UFO observations have been reported of cigar-shaped or cylindrical UFOs than any other type of alien craft.

  

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Double Disk UFO Seen At Center Of Saturns North Pole, Jan 28, 2019, NASA Link, UFO Sighting News.

Date of discovery: January 28, 2019

Location of discovery: Saturns North Pole

Source photo:

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I found a giant disk at the center of Saturns North Pole. The UFO is a double layer craft and seems to be driving the storms to become more powerful all around it. I has long been believed among astrobiologist that the storms on Saturn were being created by aliens on purpose to either hide the surface or to mix a perfect level of gasses together to mix the required atmosphere to breath. Not all aliens breath air, but must have other gases to stay alive. Here is proof that aliens do control the storms on Saturn. 

Scott C. Waring

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UFO landing in the garden of a Doncaster house, South Yorkshire, England, Jan 17, 2019, Security Video, UFO Sighting News.

Date of sighting: January 17, 2019

Location of sighting: South Yorkshire, England

The video that we show you today was recorded on the evening of 17 January 2019 and shows a globe of light (UFO) that lands in the garden of a house in the town of Doncaster, located in South Yorkshire (England). In the security cam video you can see how the sphere of light, once landed, seems to stand for a few seconds in the garden. The eyewitness then states that the light then suddenly in a flash of light disappears, but I don't see this in the video. Perhaps the eyewitness cut it out for some unknown reason. 

 

Such UFOs have been seen before over Dome of Rock temple in  many years ago. I will put the video below. 

Scott C. Waring

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Strange Purple Light Hovers Over Town In Utah, Jan 15, 2019, Video, UFO Sighting News.

Date of sighting: January 15, 2019
Location of sighting: Utah, USA

This strange purple light was seen on an overcast night over their town in Utah last week. The purple light stayed in position, but changed in luminosity over several minutes. The eyewitness uploaded the video to Youtube asking people what they think this strange light is or what could cause it? But no-one could come up with any explanation...except that it might be a UFO. I know that this is not a purple laser, because I own several...red, green, purple but purple lasers would leave a long purple line visible before it hit the clouds above. This is truly bizarre. 
Scott C. Waring

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Mysterious Multiple Objects Appear Moving Towards Earth During NASA Spacewalk Live Stream

The International Space Station live stream seems to show multiple UFOs moving towards Earth. The video sparks secret alien contact claims among viewers.

The ISS live stream clip is for a NASA-led spacewalk, but it apparently reveals at least two UFOs are moving towards Earth. The fast-moving UFOs that appear to be reflecting the sunlight shock the viewers. The one that is closer to Earth seems to be spinning across the sky.

Also in the clip are two astronauts working on the spacecraft during the live stream. Many viewers believe the reflection of the sun causes the flashing lights of the object.

Initially, the flashes appear dim but later get brighter, leading to a claim that it is a high-tech UFO.

NASA always refuses to talk about these observations and instead takes a stance to ignore questions related to them.

The footage has been seen about half a million times. One viewer commented that it was terrific NASA did not cut the feed. The space agency is known to many conspiracy theorists of cutting feeds of an anomalous incident, leading in an abrupt end of the live stream.

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Tutankhamen’s Dagger Is Made From “Alien Gold”?

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During the reign of king Tut between 1333 BC and 1324 BC, the understanding of iron metallurgy, or indeed the casting of such objects was very limited.
Iron smelting is the extraction of usable metal from oxidized iron ores.

It is vastly more difficult than smelting tin and copper, such metals could be cold-worked in simple pottery kilns, and then cast into moulds, a process largely accepted as being present within ancient Egyptian times.
However, the smelting of iron requires hot-working, and can only be melted in specially designed extremely heated furnaces.
It is therefore not surprising that humans only mastered iron smelting after several millennia of the bronze age.
However, there is a pair of relics, found within ancient Egypt, who’s sheer existence disprove the officially held, chronological account of when these hardened metals were developed.
Or do they? …
Within the ancient wrappings of the sarcophagus which contained pharaoh Tutankhamen, two daggers were discovered.
Encased in gold sheaths, they were placed there more than 3000 years prior, for the king’s protection within the afterlife.
One had an iron blade and the other with a blade made of hardened gold.
Yet both are not made from regular metals, amazingly, these daggers are in fact, made from metals not native to Earth.
It is officially accepted that it would have been quite difficult, nigh impossible, for ancient civilizations to have acquired iron in pure states, so most of the pure iron found in weaponry within this mysterious culture, are academically accepted as coming from quote, “meteoric sources.”
This explanation, may be easier to digest for the majority of the population of earth, however, it is not only a flawed explanation, but illogical.
If this ancient Egyptian civilization which possessed knowledge we are yet to re discover, did indeed extract these alien metals from meteorites, yet largely accepted to have not been able to cast such metals, then an obvious question arises, how did they cast the metal into daggers?
The official explanation offered provides no answer, as is often the case with out of place artefacts.
A more logical scenario, is that these daggers were in fact the remnants of a far older civilisation, a civilisation responsible for the construction of ancient Egypt, a group of people visited by, or indeed travelled too, people from another world entirely.
Additionally, modern, advanced metallurgical analysis found that the iron dagger, is not a normal meteoritic iron, but a complex, intelligent, and very strong alloy, containing varying amounts of nickel, chromium, and cobalt.
Furthermore, the nickel content is so high, nearly 25%, it makes this alloy totally different from those made by man.
The Alchemy required to make such a non-rusting metal, was developed many centuries, of not millennia after king Tuts death.
Just where did these daggers come from?
How old could they actually be?
Were they made as a gift by a race who visited earth?
Apart from our postulations, it seems no one can produce a working theory.

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NEW DISCOVERY! EGYPTIAN PHARAOH DNA NT OF THIS WORLD? 2019-2020

Aknauten was a Pharaoh in the 18th dynasty. father of the famous king Tut. He would soon be called the heratic King. Because of the extent at which the ancient Egyptians went to erase his legacy from history. Because of this. very little is known about him. but what we do know about him makes us wonder who or what he really was.

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Ancient Vimana Discovered in Secret Underground Chamber? Srirangam Temple, India

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Changing How We Build Satellites Could Do More Than Reduce Space Junk

NASA’s New “Fermi Guide” to Advanced Alien Life (Weekend Feature)

This past December 2018 an exciting event took place: NASA researcher Silvano Colombano, who works for the agency’s Ames Research Center in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, published a white paper that Enrico Fermi would have given a rave review titled “New Assumptions to Guide SETI Research.” In short, the document was a fresh look at the Fermi Paradox that attempts to answer the eternal human question: Are we alone? Where is evidence of another advanced civilization?

Colombano challenged the set of assumptions that currently guide SETI research and made recommendations for a new, more “aggressive” approach. Recent discoveries, he observed, from the Kepler Mission data have identified planetary system as old as 10.4 Gyr (a Gyr equal to one billion years) Kepler-10 and 11.2 Gyr, Kepler-444. Considering that the age of our solar system is about 4.5 Gyr, earth like planets could exist that are 6 billion years older than Earths.

The Aliens Before Us –“We are Not the First Technological Civilization” (Or, are We?)

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Technological development in our civilization started only about 10,000 years ago and has seen the rise of scientific methodologies only in the past 500 years, means that we can surmise that we might have a real problem in predicting technological evolution even for the next thousand years, let alone that of a civilization a million or more years older.

The core ideas of Columbano’s new SETI guide:

1. Interstellar travel is impossible or highly unlikely. Clearly distance and energy are insurmountable problems for the technologies we have available and our present understanding of physics. Still we are able to fathom possibilities of achieving much greater understanding and control of matter-energy and space-time. Even if the speed of light continues to be an unbreakable barrier, over spans of thousands of years civilizations could probably make interstellar journeys, depending on what assumptions we make about the forms of life that they will comprise (see below).

“Alien Artificial Intelligence is Out There” –And It’s Billions of Years Old (A 2018 Most Viewed)

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2. Radio waves continue to be the major form of communication for thousands or millions of years. I suspect, he writes, that even if the radio medium continues to be used, the packing of information inside it would be so much greater that we would not be able to recognize any “structure” and would not be able to distinguish it from noise, unless a civilization would in fact decide to use it as a beacon. Even with that intention, that form of communication might quickly have become obsolete, and they might choose other types of beacons for civilizations that are closer in development to theirs. Whether and how civilizations would choose to communicate could also be a fertile field of technosociological study.

“Signals from Intelligence Beyond the Milky Way” –Alien Civilizations May Use Neutron Star Mergers as a Communication Event

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3. Intelligent civilizations would be based on carbon life Given the fairly common presence of elements that might be involved in the origin of life throughout the universe, it is a reasonable assumption that life “as we know it” was at least a common starting point, but our form of life and intelligence, may just be a tiny first step in a continuing evolution that may well produce forms of intelligence that are far superior to ours and no longer based on carbon “machinery”. After a mere 50 years of computer evolution we are already talking about “super-intelligence” and we are quickly becoming symbiotic with computer power.

I don’t want to address here the issue of the survival of our species, he writes, or its future “role” within a continuing evolution of millions of years. He simply wants to point out the fact that the intelligence we might find and that might choose to find us (if it hasn’t already) might not be at all be produced by carbon based organisms like us. How might that change the above assumptions about interstellar travel? Our typical life-spans would no longer be a limitation (although even these could be dealt with multi-generational missions or suspended animation), and the size of the “explorer” might be that of an extremely tiny super-intelligent entity. And how might this change our assumptions about openness or desire to communicate with other civilizations?

China’s Space Scientists Warn of Extraterrestrial Danger –“Universe is a Jungle with Every Civilization a Hidden Hunter: Those Who are Exposed Will be Eliminated”

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4. We have not been, and are not being… visited. It seems to me, Columbano observes,  that SETI has ignored (at least officially) the potential relevance of UFO phenomena for three reasons: 1) The assumption of extremely low likelihood of interstellar travel, 2) The very high likelihood of hoaxes, mistaken perceptions or even psychotic events in UFO phenomena, and 3) The general avoidance of the subject by the scientific community.

I think, he continued, the approach the scientific community could take, instead, is very similar to what SETI has done so far: find the signal in the noise. In the very large amount of “noise” in UFO reporting there may be “signals” however small, that indicate some phenomena that cannot be explained or denied. If we adopt a new set of assumptions about what forms of higher intelligence and technology we might find, some of those phenomena might fit specific hypotheses, and we could start some serious inquiry.

‘Ghost Signals’ of Extraterrestrial Civilizations Haunt the Milky Way –Suggests the New Drake Equation (WATCH Video)

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Columbano points to new opportunities: The recent Kepler discoveries of Earth-like planets offer the opportunity to focus our attention on detecting signs of life and technology in specific planetary systems, but I feel we need to become more flexible in our assumptions. The reason is that, while it is still reasonable and conservative to assume that life is most likely to have originated in conditions similar to ours, the vast time differences in potential evolutions render the likelihood of “matching” technologies very slim.

In light of the challenges described above he proposes a more “aggressive” approach to future SETI exploration, in the following directions:

1. Engage physicists in what might be called “speculative physics”, still grounded in our most solid theories but with some willingness to stretch possibilities as to the nature of space-time and energy.

2. Engage technologists in futuristic exploration of how technology might evolve, especially with Artificial Intelligence, “Evolvable Robotic Systems” and symbiosis of biology with machines.

3. Engage sociologists in speculation about what kinds of societies we might expect from the above developments, and whether and how they might choose to communicate.

4. Consider the UFO phenomenon worthy of study in the context of a system with very low signal to noise ratio, but nevertheless with the possibility of challenging some of our assumptions and pointing to new possibilities for communication and discovery.

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The NASA’s new TESS Spacecraft Discovered Two Earth-Like Exoplanets Orbiting A Star Sixty Light Years Away.

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Yellowstone volcano: Researcher's 'head east' eruption warning REVEALED

THE YELLOWSTONE volcano could wipe out more than three-quarters of the US in the event of an eruption and a researcher warns that, if it happens, people must "head east as fast as you can", a bombshell documentary has revealed. 

Martin revealed: “Where would it be safe if Yellowstone did erupt? The easy answer is head east as fast as you can. 

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Ancient woman with ‘ALIEN-LIKE' SKULL unearthed in Russia (VIDEO)

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The remains of a woman, believed to be from antiquity, with an elongated alien-like skull has been found during excavations of an ancient burial site in southern Russia.

Since 2017 bones belonging to humans and numerous wild and domestic animals, along with a large number of ceramics, ornaments and bronze arrowheads have been discovered at the remarkable Gamurzievsky settlement in the city of Nazran, Ingushetia.

The archeological excavation site at Gamurzievsky settlement

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• arheologiya_ri

  Обнаруженный в ходе раскопок Гамурзиевского городища женский скелет

  сдеформированным черепом.
  
  #ИнгАрхеология#АрхеологическийЦентр #Ингушетия#РаскопкиГамурзиево20

  19 #Раскопки#ГамурзиевскоеГородище #Городище#Находка #Гамурзиево

• __sredi_gor_

  Юнусбека Евукрова к находкам не подпускайте. Иначе всё пропало. Как с

  пещерой в Ассиновском ущелье.

• milana_dzeytova

  @__sredi_gor_ а что там случилось?

• __sredi_gor_

  @milana_dzeytova Пока ничего. Но если подпустить Ю.Евкурова, то пиши

  пропало.

• sunduk_shop

  Какие же вы молодцы ребята !!! 👍👍👍 Как приятно, когда наблюдаешь за

  работой, которая приносит пользу обществу!!!

• aura_____dione

  Срочно приписать чечне и продать осетии

• __sredi_gor_

  @aura_____dione По ю.евкуровской традиции.😃

• milana_dzeytova

  @__sredi_gor_ а с ассинской пещерой что? Сделали наверное вид что ничего н

  обнаружили и перенесли находки в другую сторону??

• __sredi_gor_

  @milana_dzeytova Вот-вот! Угадала! То же самое случится и с новой находкой,

  если Юрик туда с интересом подъедет. Этот враг народа на любую пакость

  готов.

• ingushetiya.today

  Надеюсь археологи осуществляют фото и видеофиксацию. Качественную

  фиксацию.

• fskushtova

  @aura_____dione нет сомнения, если продадут за деньги всем нашим врагам и

  соседям, как и все предыдущие артефакты. За деньги у нас некоторые и труп

  своего отца вытащат из могилы и за рубль продадут!!!

• tomylay_tamari4

  Зубной болью эта женщина точно не страдала. 😁

• vaynahvideos

  @aura_____dione Без сомнения так и будет сделано )

• geledron

  Череп никто не вытягивал что за вздор?

• zakon.g1alg1aev

  @aura_____dione хррен им обоим

• zakon.g1alg1aev

  @__sredi_gor_@r.mamilov он археолог и я думаю он не будет врать,вроде

  говорил что там нечего не было

• __sredi_gor_

  @zakon.g1alg1aev Надеюсь.

• pem_ausheva

  @tomylay_tamari4 и я о том же😂😂

• bek151975

  @fskushtova Поверьте! Это не за горами. Говорят, что федерал трассу, будут

  прокладывать, перезахоронив могилы! А за это, денежки родственникам

  усопших предложили ))) Дак там, ещё драться начнут за эти деньги!!!

• markushong13

  wtd

However this week’s discovery of a woman’s skeleton – which dates back to between the 4th and 6th century – is particularly unique because of the fascinating intentional deformation of her skull and neck.

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The practice of changing the shape of one’s head, scientifically known as artificial cranial deformation (ACD), is a known tradition among many peoples of the world. Today, the result resembles Hollywood’s perception of what a alien from outer space might look like.

“History knows many examples of purposeful change in the shape of the head,” said a representative from the Yevgeny Krupnov Archaeological Center carrying out the dig.

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Skulls were elongated from infancy using rings and repeated bandaging for the first few years of life as a sign of a special status to command certain privileges in society. Remains of elite ancestors from various tribes including the Sarmatians, Alans, Huns have also been found to have elongated skulls.

Last year scientists finally identified the 1,500-year-old remains of several high-ranking “treaty brides” from Bulgaria and Romania discovered with tower-shaped skulls. In Peru some 38 high-ranking members of the pre-Inca population were also found with teardrop-shaped heads that represented their prestige and social rank.

ALSO ON RT.COMMystery of alien-like skulls from medieval Europe revealed after 50yrs (PHOTOS)

Specimens with strong (left), some (middle) and no (right) skull deformation. © State collection for Anthropology and Paleoanatomy Munich, Germany

DRONE BIJ VLIEGVELD HEATHROW OF TOCH IETS ANDERS ? (VIDEO )

Nadat eerst het Londense vliegveld Gatwick dagenlang was platgelegd vanwege een drone, was het daarna de beurt aan het andere vliegveld, Heathrow. 

Zoals later bleek was er bij Gatwick sprake van iets anders dan een drone en het lijkt erop dat dit ook bij Heathrow het geval was.

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Fans of actual athletic competitions have been running away from the Summer Olympics since the televised events have been dominated by gymnastics, swimming and the opening and closing ceremonies. Fans of track-and-field events have almost no reason to watch, especially if they’re hoping to see the throwing events — shot put, discus, hammer and javelin. Those events never make it to the coverage unless someone is hit by one of the airborne objects … especially a javelin. That’s too bad, because, outside of running and swimming, this spear-throwing event is probably one of the oldest, dating back far beyond the ancient Olympic games. In fact, a new study suggests the first prehistoric javelin competition may have been between a Homo sapien and … a Neanderthal! Who won? Did he get a rock-on-a-rope to hang around his neck?

“While the earliest weapons are often considered to be hand-held and consequently short-ranged, the subsequent appearance of distance weapons is a crucial development. Projectiles are seen as an improvement over contact weapons, and are considered by some to have originated only with our own species in the Middle Stone Age and Upper Palaeolithic.”

The study, “External ballistics of Pleistocene hand-thrown spears: experimental performance data and implications for human evolution,” published recently in Scientific Reports, begins with what researchers have long assumed – that humans came up with the idea of throwing sharp sticks instead of just running with them and putting their eyes out. The oldest known spears are the Schöningen spears, eight wooden throwing spears from the Palaeolithic Age that were found amongst thousands of animal bones in Schöningen, Germany. That makes them about 400,000 years old, which predates the Neanderthals. Dr. Annemieke Milks (UCL Institute of Archaeology), the study leader, wondered if the Neanderthals, besides having sex with humans, shared any other kinds of spearing.

The Neanderthals were a cousin species of humans but not a direct ancestor - the two species split from a common ancestor -  that perished around 50,000 years ago. Pictured is a Neanderthal museum exhibit

To find out, the researchers gave replicas of the Schöningen spears to six modern javelin throwers (who were probably grateful for the workout). Modern javelins are made of metal and are between 2.6 and 2.7 m (8 ft 6 in and 8 ft 10 in) in length and 800 g (28 oz) in weight. The replicas were made by hand from Norwegian spruce trees and weighed between 760 g and 800 g – what the Schöningen spears were believed to have weighed. The points were sharpened with stone tools, keeping the design as close to the original as possible.

Research has combined a fragment of a surviving spear found in Clacton-on-Sea (pictured) with javelin throwing athletes and found the projectiles were more efficient than previously thought

A whole replica of the spear from which the 400,000 year old spear fragment discovered in Clacton-on-Sea came from

How did the athletes do with the Schöningen spears? They were able to hit targets up to 20 meters away with sufficient velocity and force that they would have penetrated the hide and body of a large animal. That wouldn’t have won an Olympic medal — the first Olympic javelin record was set by Sweden’s Eric Lemming, who competed from 1900 to 1912, with a throw of 62.32 meters or 204.5 feet. However, he didn’t have to aim his spear at a running beast, which would have been an interesting, albeit gruesome, event. Nonetheless, the Neanderthal spear throwers were winners too.

“The results show that distance hunting was likely within the repertoire of hunting strategies of Neanderthals, and the resulting behavioural flexibility closely mirrors that of our own species.”

Winners, yes. But perhaps this ability made them losers in a way. Study co-author Dr. Matt Pope, University College London, had this observation in Science Daily:

“The emergence of weaponry, technology designed to kill, is a critical but poorly established threshold in human evolution. We have forever relied on tools and have extended our capabilities through technical innovation. Understanding when we first developed the capabilities to kill at distance is therefore a dark, but important moment in our story.”

With every new discovery, we find out that we share more with the Neanderthals than we once thought.

Or are WE the Neanderthals?

WHEN DID HUMAN ANCESTORS FIRST EMERGE?

The timeline of human evolution can be traced back millions of years. Experts estimate that the family tree goes as such:

55 million years ago - First primitive primates evolve

15 million years ago - Hominidae (great apes) evolve from the ancestors of the gibbon

7 million years ago - First gorillas evolve. Later, chimp and human lineages diverge

A recreation of a Neanderthal man is pictured 

5.5 million years ago - Ardipithecus, early 'proto-human' shares traits with chimps and gorillas

4 million years ago - Ape like early humans, the Australopithecines appeared. They had brains no larger than a chimpanzee's but other more human like features 

3.9-2.9 million years ago - Australoipithecus afarensis lived in Africa.  

2.7 million years ago - Paranthropus, lived in woods and had massive jaws for chewing  

2.6 million years ago - Hand axes become the first major technological innovation 

2.3 million years ago - Homo habilis first thought to have appeared in Africa

1.85 million years ago - First 'modern' hand emerges 

1.8 million years ago - Homo ergaster begins to appear in fossil record 

800,000 years ago - Early humans control fire and create hearths. Brain size increases rapidly

400,000 years ago - Neanderthals first begin to appear and spread across Europe and Asia

300,000 to 200,000 years ago - Homo sapiens - modern humans - appear in Africa

50,000 to 40,000 years ago - Modern humans reach Europe 

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In the long history of human warfare, we have constantly tried to one up each other on the battlefield, devising new technology, tactics, and weaponry to give ourselves the edge. In this sense it seems only natural that at some point we should turn to the vast wealth of supposed psychic poers lying within the human mind and try to use them to our military advantage, and this was, and perhaps still is, done on a surprisingly large scale within the American military and intelligence agencies. Here we have tales of psychic soldiers, men who stare at goats, and the American Jedi soldiers.

One of the most famous psychic projects pursued by the U.S. military was a program that sought to delve into tapping into a wide variety of mental powers in for military purposes, which was eventually called Project Stargate. Originally started in 1978 at Fort Meade, Maryland, it was the brainchild of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and a California company called SRI International, and its scope would become wide beyond what enyone could have expected. The idea was simply to try and develop psychic powers for use in military operations, initially focusing on remote viewing, wherein faraway objects and places can be seen by the psychic, but soon branching out to clairvoyance, manipulating computer systems with the mind, and even supposedly powers straight from a movie, such as levitation, invisibility, walking through walls, or killing with the power of the mind.

It was largely overseen by the esteemed general and self-professed psychic General Albert Stubblebine III, and is a project popularized by the 2009 Hollywood blockbuster The Men Who Stare At Goats, starring George Clooney and Ewan McGregor, itself based on the 2004 book of the same name by journalist Jon Ronsonthe, the title of which refers to having psychics stare at goats or other animals and try to physically affect them with their thoughts. As absurd as it may sound, there were indeed many living creatures subjected to these sorts of experiments in an effort to create psychic assassins, and there were allegedly successes at times and even supposed real research that that was said to conclusively prove that negative mental energy could be focused upon mould to inhibit its growth, which is useful for the military? I suppose? Even the famed psychic and spoon bender extraordinaire Uri Geller was allegedly brought into the fold and asked to kill a pig with his mind for the military, which he says he refused to do, not because he couldn’t, mind you, but because he thought it was unethical. Geller would say of this:

They asked me to kill the poor creature using thought alone. I cannot tell you how shocked I was. I love animals. My powers cannot be used to harm. In those days, I was young and naive, but in that moment I realised who I’d become associated with. I catapulted myself out of that room and left the program.

While this might all sound like pure fantasy, it was bizarrely a totally real program that expanded quite rapidly. The Cold War in particular saw some in the American military war machine terrified that the nefarious Soviets were pursuing psychic warfare, spying on them, influencing them, or even trying to disarm nuclear weapons with the power of the mind, and efforts to counteract this were stepped up. As a result, the project began to give birth to other clandestine offshoot programs and sister programs, all with colorful code names right out of a comic book that these sorts of thing were known for, such as GONDOLA WISH, GRILL FLAME, CENTER LANE, SUN STREAK, and MK ULTRA, and all devoted to different areas of psychic phenomena. It was all very hush hush, and funded secretly, but inevitably word leaked out about these covert operations. It might sound ludicrous that the military would pour so much time and money into all of this, but it was apparently all taken very seriously, and one remote viewer and Special Forces Sergeant Glenn Wheaton has said of such secret programs:

You have to understand that these ideas were not considered wacky. They were seen as the next military frontier. We needed to know whether it was possible to use paranormal forces for military ends. We also needed to know how to protect ourselves should they be used against us.

One of these projects was called Project Jedi, named after the Jedi of the Star Wars films, and which sought to focus on creating soldiers who could use their mental powers not for merely spying, but for actively offensive purposes and to increase human performance on the battlefield. The program first started to come together in the late 1970s and early 80s, and was also known by such titles as the “Ultimate Warrior Training Program,” “The Jedi Warrior Training Program,” and the “Earth’s First Battalion,” and which was designed specifically for use by elite Special Forces and envisioned as potentially revolutionizing warfare.

One area that was developed towards these ends was to utilize what was called by them “Biocybernaut training combined technologies of biofeedback, neurofeedback, cyberphysiology, and contemplative inner methods of mastery drawn from the vast array of contemplative science traditions” to supposedly hone soldiers’ perceptions and mastery over their minds and bodies. This was allegedly used to sharpen the marksmanship of the soldiers to nearly superhuman levels of ability, and it was claimed that soldiers trained with these methods were better shots in less than half the training time of conventional methods, and that they could even reach a level where they could shoot accurately when blindfolded. These methods could also supposedly be used to increase the speed of mastery of foreign languages, as well as to consciously manipulate brain chemicals such as endorphins for the purpose of enhancing physical prowess. They were also apparently trained to be able to control numerous bodily functions such as blood flow, muscle tension, healing rate, blood pressure, and physiological reactions to stress, as well as turn off pain and also how to “synchronize their brainwaves.”

A great deal of this training was also focused on increasingly deep meditation exercises and martial arts skills. One of the main guys they had working on this in the early stages of the program was instructor Mike Echanis, who was an almost cult-like figure of the martial arts world at the time and by many accounts was able to utilize many of these mental powers to improve his fighting abilities, with one account saying of one training exercise:

The students couldn’t see him. It wasn’t that he was actually invisible, but he could blend in, using both camouflage and mental trickery, that they couldn’t spot him. He was able to adapt and blend into the environment so well that those looking down into the pit just could not see him. A trainee would jump into the pit, and suddenly Echanis would come out of nowhere and be upon him, and the hand-to-hand combat would ensue. The students were certain to endure a severe beating.

Echanis was also said to have the ability to kill animals with the power of his mind alone. Indeed, according Wheaton this was sometimes spectacularly successful, such as one episode in which he personally witnessed the martial artist kill one of the animals in this way, of which he says:

Michael focused on the goat pretty intensely. It started to bray like a donkey or horse. It dropped down to its forelegs; blood began to drip from its nose. About 20 to 30 seconds later red suds began to froth from the goat’s mouth. The goat lost its equilibrium and passed away in a fit.

There was also a martial arts instructor with the program named Guy Savelli, who claimed to have vast knowledge of ancient secret techniques such as the death touch, as well as “reflex-reaction, touch sensitivity, concepts of power and invisibility, and mind-striking techniques.” Interestingly, his “mind striking” powers were purportedly so advanced that he was able to throw grown men across the room, as well as kill small animals such as hamsters with a thought, earning him the nickname “Hamster Killer.” Folks you can’t make this stuff up, it writes itself. Another big hitter in the program was Dr. John Alexander, former commander of Special Forces in Vietnam and psychic, of which his biography says:

As part of his official military duties, he became involved in studying psychic phenomena and attempting to understand what the Soviet Union was doing in this area.  He learned how to teach psychokinesis, involved professional magicians in the process, and then brought these skills to many high-level officers. His studies also covered remote viewing and extensive work in Neuro-linguistic Programming. These techniques were applied to accelerating learning and skill acquisition.

Project Jedi only lasted 6 months before it was sort of closed down, but it still adds to the wider lore of Project Stargate, of which it was a part. The whole bonkers program was passed off to the CIA and eventually downsized and eventually terminated in 1995, with the CIA declassifying the documents and claiming that none of the projects ever saw any real verifiable promise for actual intelligence or battlefield work, and that it was a waste of resources that could be spent elsewhere. However, of course there is the opinion that programs such as Project Stargate and others like it never really stopped but were rather buried deep away from the public eye. Such programs are claimed to have actually seen plenty of military action, such as pervasive rumors that U.S. remote viewers were instrumental in locating and bringing down the terrorist Osama Bin Laden. is this true and is the military still actively engaged in using psychic powers for warfare? Who knows?

So here we have psychic warriors, real Jedi fighters, and the channeling of the power of the human mind into military capacities. Is there anything to any of this? While it is certainly true that the U.S. government did pursue these avenues of research and did try to weaponize psychic powers, how successful were they really, and does any of this still go on? Like any good conspiracy there is probably no way to convince anyone either way, and the debate and speculation will probably rage on.

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“What’s our plan for Mars?”

According to an excerpt of the book in New York Magazine,that’s the question President Trump asked Lightfoot on April 24, 2017, while getting ready for a video call to the International Space Station to congratulate astronaut Peggy Whitson on breaking the American record for the longest amount of time in space. This was just a month after the president signed a landmark bill authorizing $19.5 billion in funding for NASA — significant because it was the first NASA authorization in seven years and contained funding specifically for sending humans to Mars by the 2030s. Sims was also in the room and reports that at about ten minutes before the well-choreographed and limited-time linkup to the ISS, Trump suddenly sprung the question on Livingston, who quickly responded with the aforementioned 2030 timetable.

“But is there any way we could do it by the end of my first term?”

At that point, Sims remembers that Lightfoot, a former engineer, got technical and quickly discussed the logistics of “distance, fuel capacity, etc. Also the fact that we hadn’t landed an American anywhere remotely close to Mars ever.”

“But what if I gave you all the money you could ever need to do it? What if we sent NASA’s budget through the roof, but focused entirely on that instead of whatever else you’re doing now. Could it work then?”

Sims says they were 90 seconds away from calling Whitson. Lightfoot gave the president a quick but respectful “no” answer and a “visibly upset” Trump pulled himself together for the congratulatory call. Or did he?

“Tell me, Mars — what do you see a timing for actually sending humans?”

That’s right. Sims recalls that, after asking astronaut Whitson about her current mission and the record, he put her on the spot in front of her boss – not to mention the media and the entire world. Being well-versed in public relations as all astronauts must be these days, Whitson gave the 2030s answer and – unaware of the offer he just made to her boss — reminded the president that the enormous cost would need to be shared among the other spacefaring nations.

“Well, I think we want to do it in my first term or at worst in my second term. So I think we’ll have to speed that up a little bit.”

Sims says the media coverage at the time, not knowing about the president’s black check offer to Livingston, reported that the questions and comments to Whitson about Mars were made “jokingly” – but Sims writes they obviously were not.

Another president from another space era made a promise in 1961 to put a man on the Moon by the end of the decade. That would have been long after it could have been used in a campaign for re-election in 1964. Space exploration is not just something that human nature demands – some would argue it’s a necessity because of our current state of affairs and planetary conditions. However, is it deserving of a blank check ahead of so many other national, international and planetary needs? And for such a trivial – some would say selfish – reason?

Could you turn down a blank check? Say what you will about NASA, but all of the training received by everyone from astronauts to administrators to the day-to-day operators made this another situation where cooler heads prevailed.

John Glenn and a few other astronauts have served in Congress. Is it time to elect some more?

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Loch Ness, Scotland has a reputation for high-strangeness. It dates back not just to relatively recent times, but centuries ago, even. There is, for example, the 565 AD affair of St. Columba, who allegedly saw a strange creature in the waters of the River Ness, which flows from the huge loch. More than a thousand years later, there was a deep belief in the area that the waters of Loch Ness were home to what became known as “water horses” or “kelpies.” They were dangerous and deadly shapeshifters. From 1899 to 1913, the “Great Beast” himself, Aleister Crowley, had a home at Loch Ness: Boleskine House. In 1933, the phenomenon of “the Loch Ness Monster” took off big time. In the 1970s, Nessie seeker Ted Holiday had an encounter at the loch with a Man in Black. In other words, Loch Ness is definitively weird.

More Loch Ness weirdness hit the news in 2011, specifically in August of that year. The UK’s Daily Express newspaper splashed a headline across its pages that read: “Alert as UFO is sighted over Loch Ness.” The story was, undoubtedly, an odd one. That something occurred does not appear to be in doubt. It is, however, the nature of the “something” that remains open to debate. It was on the night of August 20, 2011 that a number of people –many being completely independent of each other – encountered something unusual in the skies over Loch Ness. Witness descriptions of the movements of the object fell into two camps: those who said they saw it descending into the loch and those who maintained it was actually hovering above the expansive waters. As for the appearance of the UFO, it very much depended on who one asked. But, whatever it was, it quickly caught the attention of the emergency services, who were contacted by worried locals.

Martin Douglas, of the Loch Ness Life Boat crew, told the Daily Mail that someone in the area had seen what, superficially at least, resembled a microlight or a hang-glider, and which actually seemed to enter the loch in a controlled flight. Oddly, however, others who saw the unknown craft described it as being somewhat balloon-shaped. Then there were those who opined it looked eerily like a fully-open parachute.  There was, then, no real, solid consensus on what was seen – or on what wasn’t seen. Crew member Vivian Bailey added that although the mystery was not resolved, the emergency services were pleased that concerned people had quickly contacted them. There is, however, a very odd afterword to all this.

Exactly one month previously, on July 21, law enforcement offices in the vicinity of 125-miles-long Lake Champlain – which covers parts of New York and Vermont, and portions of Quebec, Canada – were inundated with calls from worried locals, all who had seen a balloon-like object fall into the huge lake, near Rouses Point, New York. Police and Border Patrol personnel were quickly dispatched and scoured the area, but with no luck. After around four hours, the search was called off. It remained a mystery. It should be noted, however, that, just like Loch Ness, Lake Champlain has its own resident monster. Champ – as the creature is famously known – is, like Nessie, a large, long-necked leviathan that has taken on near-legendary proportions.

Is it only coincidence that two lakes on opposite sides of the world – both with resident monsters – should have been the sites of unusual, and very similar, UFO-like activity within a month of each other? Or is this yet further evidence of profound paranormal weirdness wherever lake monsters lurk?

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During a flight from the Netherlands to China a passenger named Ming Yang suddenly felt something strange, and looked out of the window and noticed a silver-gray disc-like UFO in the distance on which he immediately pulled out the phone and took a picture of the UFO.

Based on the remarkable UFO sighting photographed on September 14, 2018, mp.weixin.qq. has worked out a detailed report and came to the conclusion that the location of the UFO was above the Shidou Reservoir. Shidou Reservoir which is a reservoir in Jimei District, Xiamen City, Fujian Province, China.

They also have consulted a professional captain, Mr. Cheng Hui and according to his analysis the size of the UFO is about 120-200 meters and it was nearly up to 4,000 meters while according to the flight track query the KLM Boeing 787 was at 3,600 meters at the moment Mr. Ming Yang took the picture.

According to the report the UFO has a strong stealth performance and it seems to have two layers above and below, in a static state, indicating that it could be a man-made antigravity craft.

The full report can be viewed at:

• https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/kFz841joB3EMLgI6YcCzhg?fbclid=IwAR0NnEz6vOn3ichaLxwojce7BYutrSvwbvm6_UCCd_ZVAGexebFEen2TRK0

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A Great Sphinx Was Discovered In Pakistan

In a place known as Balochistan, Pakistan, at exactly 6000 kilometers far of Sphinx of Egypt, another sphinx can also be found, clearly of similar antiquity…

Full video is at the end of the article. Scroll down!

Supporting the suspicion claimed many times on our page, that a civilization which far predated the ancient Egyptians, actually built these amazing pyramid, for a sophisticated, although as yet, unknown purpose.

Known as the “Sphinx of Balochistan,” many funded academics have strongly denied the possibility of this familiar looking formation, being of manmade origin, and many attempt to claim that its familiar shape, along with the surrounding environments artificial appearance, is merely coincidental, and that the entire area is just a natural formation, these conclusions, made with no official archaeological investigations ever being undertaken at the site.

Thankfully, however, an equal number of individuals who have actually visited this site, most self-funded, have actually concluded the complete opposite, Graham Hancock being but one individual who has concluded that the site is indeed a very ancient sphinx. Quite possibly dating back to the last precession of Leo, some 12500 years ago…

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WHY NASA WAS QUICK TO DELETE THIS PICTURE? (DELETED PICTURE OF MARS )

For the next batch of photos sent by the rover Curiosity and posted on the official website of NASA on June 12 this year, a virtual archaeologist Mauricio Ruiz discovered a strange object, which in any way cannot be confused with stones or refer to pareydolicheskuyu illusion (deleted picture of mars)

Firstly, the object was clearly man-made, something like a landed or crashed aircraft. Secondly, it led to the tracks of the rover – a fact that indicates that NASA employees are very interested in this deal, and so they sent her Curiosity. (deleted picture of mars)

Fortunately, independent researchers then copy these pictures knowing that they can be removed at any moment to NASA, which is what happened with this mysterious picture – it soon disappeared from the site of the American space agency (instead it was a black square).

Notable in this story, and it turned out that the request Mauricio Ruiz to NASA, what is it, agency staff, surprisingly, this time gave the answer online archaeologist. And it also proves that the picture is not simple, and how it was leaked on the agency’s resource page – an enigma that still …

The official reply from NASA stated that the photos simply moved to another site and even has a link – where. Mauricio Ruiz went on this link but found a very different picture, or rather, very well treated the old one, which is almost nothing you can not really see and understand

In response, ufology NASA officials also indicated that the photo he allegedly saw the broken earth spacecraft that crashed December 22, 2004 landing on the surface of the Red Planet. As an official statement about this accident is not reported, it knows about it almost a very narrow circle of people.

And again the puzzle: unlikely to NASA officials began to give out the secret of the collapse of Earth’s secret apparatus if it was really – it was easier to b habitually silent. Something here is not that, at least, he Mauricio Ruiz sure of it a hundred …

VIDEO: WHY NASA WAS QUICK TO DELETE A PICTURE?

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Ant Attack! Insects Swarm Australian Ring-Hunting Telescope

Earth’s oldest rock was actually found on the moon and brought home by Apollo 14

BY TIBI PUIU

In 1971, Apollo 14 astronauts brought home various minerals and rock samples from their brief lunar voyage. For decades, these lunar rocks have stayed in storage, occasionally being revisited by researchers curious to try out a new technique in order to learn more about the moon’s geochemistry. Imagine the surprise when scientists found that one such rock was terrestrial in origin — to top it all off, it’s also Earth’s oldest rock found thus far.

This rock fragment is over 4 billion years old. It may have formed on Earth but ended up on the moon due to a massive asteroid impact.

Credit: USRA/LPI.

This adventurous moon rock has quite the backstory. According to an international team of researchers, the two-gram piece of quartz, feldspar, and zircon was found embedded in a larger rock called Big Bertha. These minerals are very rare on the moon but quite common here on Earth. The reason is that quartz and zircon form in oxidized systems such as Earth, in the kind of high temperatures and pressures experienced deep below the planet’s crust.

Since zircon contains uranium, whose half-life is predictable, the researchers were able to date the rock to about 4 to 4.1 billion years ago. They also determined — based on the sample’s geochemical properties — that it must have formed at a depth of about 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) beneath Earth’s surface.

So, how did it end up on the moon? The most plausible explanation is that a massive asteroid impact hurled our traveling piece of rock into space, landing on the nearest body, Earth’s natural satellite. The moon was about three times closer to Earth than it is today, it should be mentioned. Around that time, the planet was regularly bombarded by cosmic objects of all shapes and sizes, some responsible for producing craters thousands of kilometers in diameter on Earth — so this isn’t that far-fetched of an explanation at all. Once on the moon, the rock was further sculpted by new impacts which melted and altered it into a new kind of rock about 3.9 billion years ago. These forces also buried it deep below the lunar surface.

The Moon was much closer to the Earth than it is today when the rock fragment was produced and ejected from the Earth. 

Credit: LPI/David A. Kring.

The rock probably stayed buried for eons until around 26 million years ago when another asteroid impact, this time on the moon, produced the 340 m wide Cone Crater. Finally, Apollo 14 astronauts found the rock and reunited it with mother Earth.

“It is an extraordinary find that helps paint a better picture of early Earth and the bombardment that modified our planet during the dawn of life,” said Dr. David Kring, co-author of the new study and a researcher at the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI).

This may all sound a bit ridiculous, but it’s better than the alternative. For the minerals to come from the moon, Science Alert says that they must have formed 30 to 70 kilometers below the surface, in an “unusually oxidizing magmatic environment with oxygen levels much higher than those in the lunar mantle 4 billion years ago.”

Of course, there’s a lot of speculation involved in this scenario and the geological community will not be so easily convinced. Researchers will have to verify this assumption by studying other lunar samples collected thus far. Hopefully, more new samples will be retrieved in the future now that NASA plans on returning humans to the moon.

• The findings appeared in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

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