Rare Smiling Sphinx Statue Found in Egypt and it May Depict Emperor Claudius

Archaeologists in southern Egypt have uncovered a remarkable miniature sphinx statue, sporting a rare feature of a smiling face with two dimples. The artifact was found near the Hathor Temple in a tomb with two levels and is believed to potentially represent the Roman Emperor Claudius , making it a significant find. The unusual smiling expression on the sphinx is not typically found in ancient Egyptian art, adding to the intrigue and mystery surrounding the discovery.

In addition, researchers also found a Roman stele (stone slab) written in demotic and hieroglyphic scripts next to the sphinx. Once fully deciphered, the stele may reveal the identity of the sculpted ruler, according to a press release by Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities. They also discovered a two-layer platform and a mud-brick basin from the Byzantine era. Emperor Claudius is a likely option as he extended Rome’s rule into North Africa between 41 and 54 AD, which coincides with the dating of these finds.

The smiling sphinx in situ, near the Temple of Dendera in Egypt.

Source: Ministry of Antiquities and Tourism

The Roman stela found next to the sphinx.

Source: Ministry of Antiquities and Tourism

The Hathor Temple and the Dendera Zodiac

The Hathor Temple, which is within the Dendera Temple Complex in Qena province, located about 450 kilometers (280 miles) south of Cairo, is one of Egypt's best-preserved ancient sites. The smiling sphinx and artifacts were discovered within the walls of the complex.

The Hathor temple was constructed during the Ptolemaic dynasty, which ruled Egypt from 305 BC to 30 BC. It was an important pilgrimage site in ancient Egypt, and many visitors would come to the temple to seek the goddess's blessings and perform rituals. Hathor was a complex deity, worshipped as the goddess of love, beauty, fertility, music, and dance. She was also associated with motherhood, childbirth, and the sky.

The temple is home to the Dendera Zodiac , a celestial map that has been on display at the Louvre in Paris since 1922. The Dendera Zodiac is one of the earliest known representations of the constellations and is considered to be an important document in the history of astronomy. It shows the twelve zodiac signs, as well as other astronomical features such as the planets, the Milky Way, and the constellations of Orion and Sirius.

• Is The Iconic Dendera Zodiac of Ancient Egypt The Oldest Horoscope in the World?
• The Magnificent Temple of Hathor, Goddess of Love: Best Preserved Temple in all of Egypt

Temple of Hathor, Dendera

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Egypt’s Recent Discoveries to Boost Tourism

Egypt has been unveiling major archaeological finds in recent months, primarily in the Saqqara necropolis south of Cairo, but also in Giza and Luxor. Just last week, the antiquities ministry announced the discovery of a hidden nine-meter passage inside the Great Pyramid of Giza, which could lead to the burial chamber of pharaoh Khufu.

In January, archaeologists in Luxor uncovered an 1,800-year-old complete residential city from the Roman era. These discoveries have been seen by some experts as having more political and economic significance than scientific, reports the Associated Press .

Egypt is relying on tourism to revive its vital tourism industry, which has suffered a severe economic crisis, severely dependent on foreign tourism. The government aims to draw in 30 million tourists per year by 2028, up from 13 million before the pandemic.

The discovery of the sphinx statue near the Hathor Temple is another significant find for Egyptian archaeologists. With ongoing excavations in various parts of the country, Egypt's rich history continues to be uncovered. These archaeological finds not only have scientific importance but also economic significance for the country's vital tourism industry.

• Top image: The smiling sphinx unearthed in Egypt.
• Source: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities

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DR. JENNIFER NUZZO: H5N1 is deadlier than COVID-19 and it's spreading. Humans are not easily infected YET - but the NEXT pandemic may just be a few mutations away

By DR. JENNIFER NUZZO FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

• Dr. Jennifer Nuzzo is Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the Pandemic Center at Brown University School of Public Health

Tens of thousands of birds suddenly die in coastal Peru and throughout the Americas.

Then hundreds of sea lions turn up dead. And tragically, an 11 year old girl in Cambodia loses her life.

What's the cause of all these recent unusual events?

A highly pathogenic virus known as H5N1 - avian influenza.

Thankfully, H5N1 is not yet capable of spreading between people like the flu viruses we're used to battling in North America during the fall and winter.

Though the operable word is 'yet'.

Waterfowl are natural carriers of these dangerous viral strains. And most of the time, they don't pose a threat to humans, unless there is direct contact with infected animals or their waste.

Avian influenza viruses don't bind easily to human respiratory cells. Therefore, the disease is not readily transmitted from one person to another through coughing, sneezing or droplets in the breath.

But the increasing ability of H5N1 to spread among animals and directly infect people is stoking fears that the world may be just a few genetic mutations away from another pandemic.

And there are good reasons to worry.

Since 2022, in the United States alone, a record-breaking 58 million farm birds, like chickens and turkeys, have been killed or culled after exposure to the virus.

Tens of thousands of birds suddenly die in coastal Peru and throughout the Americas. (Above) Municipal workers collect dead pelicans on Santa Maria beach in Lima, Peru, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2022

Then hundreds of sea lions turn up dead. And tragically, an 11 year old girl in Cambodia loses her life. (Above) Bean Narong died of the bird flu on February 22 after falling sick a week earlier

The virus has also jumped to red foxes, mink, racoons, skunks and other non-human mammals across the northwest, midwest and northeast.

In fact, various forms of H5N1 have been spreading in wildlife populations for more than 20 years and they are nasty.

H5N1 has wiped out entire flocks and devastated wildlife populations. Hundreds of people have gotten sick since the virus was first identified in 1997. And among those known to have gotten the virus, about half have died.

That makes H5N1 far more lethal than COVID-19.

What we don't know is how deadly the virus would be if it were to gain the ability to easily infect and transmit between humans.

Everytime a virus invades a cell, it makes copies of itself. Sometimes in the process it makes a mistake – a mutation. Mutations may not result in any changes in how the virus can infect or sicken. But as we've seen with the Delta and Omicron variants of the virus that causes COVID-19, sometimes these mutations can make the virus more transmissible.

And we do know enough to want to act swiftly to prevent that from happening.

H5N1 is hardly the first zoonotic virus – a pathogen that originates in wildlife and spills over into human populations - to pose a serious threat.

Human immunodeficiency virus or HIV, which has killed upwards of 40 million people and counting, first emerged in wildlife. The virus likely infected human populations multiple times before it gained the ability to spread and move around the world.

Since the emergence of HIV, there have been many more animal viruses that gained the ability to infect humans.

In the last twenty or so years, the list of zoonotic disease outbreaks that have occurred is staggering. The list includes Ebola, West Nile Virus, Mpox, pandemic influenza in 2009, and two new coronaviruses that predate the current COVID-19 pandemic.

Zoonotic diseases are thought to kill more than 2.7 million people across the globe each year.

That's astonishing.

And if that's not concerning enough, we're likely not ready for the next one.

The virus has also jumped to red foxes, mink, racoons, skunks and other non-human mammals across the northwest, midwest and northeast.

The steady drumbeat of these events signals to us that the accelerating emergence of new zoonotic diseases is the new normal.

Since the 1940s and 1950s when HIV may have first jumped from chimpanzees to humans, the frequency of zoonotic disease outbreaks has been steadily increasing.

By the end of the 20th century, the number of outbreaks of new infectious disease was more than five times greater than what was occurring in the 1940s - not all are zoonotic, but most are.

And stunningly, more than two thirds of all human outbreaks of new diseases have been caused by zoonotic pathogens

There are many possible reasons for this.

In North America and around the world, human land use is constantly expanding. We're putting new stresses on wildlife populations, increasing their likelihood of getting sick and becoming infected with new illnesses. Climate change is altering natural environments adding to the strain.

The animals themselves are migrating to new regions, creating new opportunities for them to come in contact with people, thus spreading new viruses. And repeated exposure to humans creates more opportunities for the diseases to mutate.

While all viruses are different, it would be folly to ignore that conditions which may have led to the HIV epidemic are magnified today.

If these viruses do become easily transmissible between humans, our modern behavior aids their spread. We are more mobile than ever before – any destination on the planet is reachable within 48 hours.

Finally, as bad as H5N1 avian influenza is, it may not be the worst zoonotic disease threat that we could face.

The U.S. has been preparing for a possible H5N1 pandemic for about 20 years. It has labs that can detect avian influenza and has stockpiled millions of doses of H5N1 vaccines.

Thanks to a seasonal influenza vaccine market, a global infrastructure to make vaccines for new influenza viruses already exists. The U.S. even has a secret supply of eggs to grow new influenza vaccines, if needed.

But as COVID-19 has shown us, when a completely new virus emerges and spreads, it is much harder to respond to it. If a new zoonotic disease emerges, we would not have ready access to the same tools we now employ to combat influenza or COVID-19.

Without vaccines or medicines to prevent or treat infections, we are left with masks and social distancing to contain the spread.

The U.S. has been preparing for a possible H5N1 pandemic for about 20 years. It has labs that can detect avian influenza and has stockpiled millions of doses of H5N1 vaccines.

Since 2022, in the United States alone, a record-breaking 58 million farm birds, like chickens and turkeys, have been killed or culled after exposure to the virus.

We need new tools and strategies to protect ourselves from contagious, zoonotic pathogens that don't just rely on our willingness to lockdown society and lock ourselves inside our homes. Forcing businesses and schools to close represents a failure to prepare.

We can't let zoonotic diseases like H5N1 spread unchecked or else they could mutate to become a bigger threat to humans.

The Biden Administration is right to consider vaccinating U.S. poultry against H5N1, but it's not enough.

That may protect U.S. agricultural interests, but it won't prevent the virus from infecting wildlife or mutating to more easily infect humans.

We need to do more.

Ensuring our schools and businesses are well-ventilated will not only reduce our vulnerability to future zoonotic threats, but will make us safer from other viruses, like seasonal influenza.

We shouldn't wait until our worst case scenario comes true to jump start research and development of new vaccines, rapid tests and medicines.

The World Health Organization recently called on governments to invest in developing prototype vaccines for every animal influenza strain so that they can be more rapidly evaluated and manufactured.

We need better surveillance of emerging wildlife viruses and of people who have high risk exposure to animals.

After three years of responding to COVID-19, the public and, crucially, politicians may have little willingness to do what it takes to prevent a new virus from upending our lives.

Funding for the response to COVID-19 has lapsed. Millions of healthcare workers have left their positions, leaving our fragmented and weakened pandemic healthcare entities further depleted. Efforts to develop new and improved vaccines for COVID-19 are stalled.

None of this bodes well for our readiness for the next pandemic.

We don't know when it may occur or what disease it will be, but we have lots of reasons to count on it being a zoonotic disease, and possibly one we've not yet seen before.

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Smeltend permafrost laat virussen vrij die 50.000 jaar inactief waren: hoe gevaarlijk is dit?

De temperaturen op de arctische gebieden stijgen waardoor het permafrost smelt. In dat permafrost ontdekten wetenschappers al mammoeten en wollige neushoorns, maar er zitten ook oude virussen in die ijslaag. Hoe gevaarlijk is dit voor de mensen en dieren die nu leven? Wetenschapsexpert Martijn Peters geeft uitleg: “Het hangt vooral af van hoe weerbaar de virussen zijn na jaren in het permafrost”.

NDBG, Martijn Peters  

Bron: CNN

Het klinkt als een science-fiction verhaal, maar toch waarschuwen heel wat wetenschappers voor de gevolgen van het vrijkomen van eeuwenoude virussen. De reden waarom dieren en virussen zo goed bewaard blijven in het permafrost is niet alleen omdat het koud is, het is ook een zuurstofvrije omgeving waar het licht niet doordringt. De huidige temperaturen op de Noordpool warmen echter zeer snel op waardoor de bovenste laag permafrost in de regio verzwakt.

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“Of een virus in die omstandigheden kan overleven hangt af van hoe goed hij bijvoorbeeld tegen extreme kou kan en hoe lang”, zegt wetenschapsexpert Martijn Peters, “Sommige micro-organismen overleven dit niet, andere wel”. Het pokkenvirus kan bijvoorbeeld bij - 20 °C overleven, maar slechts enkele tientallen jaren en geen eeuwen. “Wat ontdooiende permafrost zou kunnen ontketenen, hangt dus af van hoe weerbaar de virussen zijn. Voor onbekende virussen is dat voorlopig moeilijk in te schatten”, zegt Peters.

Wetenschapper Jean-Michel Claverie heeft al meerdere virusfamilies ontdekt in het permafrost en heeft er twee opnieuw tot leven gewekt. De oudste was bijna 48.500 jaar. Het ging hier om virussen die enkel eencellige organismen kunnen besmetten. “Die vormen voor ons geen gevaar”, zegt expert Martijn Peters, “Maar de kans bestaat natuurlijk dat er zich virussen bevinden in de meer dan 23 miljoen km² oppervlakte aan permafrost die het wel op mensen hebben gemunt”.

Een enkele gram permafrost kan duizenden ‘slapende’ micro-organismen bevatten. Zo hebben wetenschappers bijvoorbeeld al fragmenten aangetroffen van het pokken- en influenzavirus. “Waar men vooral voor vreest, is dat er een nieuw virus zou tevoorschijn komen waar ons lichaam nog niet tegen gewapend is, zoals bijvoorbeeld SARS-CoV 2”, zegt Peters.

Ontdooiend permafrost.  © Shutterstock

“Groter probleem”

“Het feit dat de virussen na zo lange tijd nog steeds besmettelijk zijn, wijst op een mogelijk groter probleem”, zegt Claverie. Hij vreest dat mensen zijn onderzoek beschouwen als een wetenschappelijke curiositeit en het niet zien als een ernstige bedreiging voor de volksgezondheid. “Wij zien deze amoebe-infecterende virussen als voorteken voor alle andere mogelijke virussen die zich in de permafrost zouden kunnen bevinden”, zei Claverie aan CNN. “We zien de sporen van vele, vele andere virussen”, voegde hij eraan toe. “Dus we weten dat ze er zijn. We weten niet zeker of ze nog leven. Maar als de amoebevirussen nog leven, kan het zeker zijn dat andere virussen dieren of mensen kunnen infecteren.”

“Het zijn trouwens niet enkel virussen waarvoor we moeten oppassen, maar ook bacteriën”, zegt Peters. In 2016 was er een uitbraak van Bacillus anthracis in Siberië. Zo’n honderd mensen werden opgenomen in het ziekenhuis en 1 jongetje stierf aan de ziekte. De bacterie was vrijgekomen uit de permafrost en had rendieren besmet. Meer dan 2.000 dieren stierven. Je kan miltvuur/antrax oplopen door het eten van besmet vlees. Meer nog, uit wetenschappelijk onderzoek blijkt dat er ook heel wat resistentie tegen antibiotica aanwezig is onder bacteriën die gevonden worden in permafrost, wat ook problematisch kan zijn.

“In het verleden kwamen nieuwe uitbraken van pathogenen meestal door het ontdekken van nieuw onbekend terrein of te dicht contact tussen mens en dier”, zegt Peters, “Maar nu kijken wetenschappers dus ook naar een derde piste: het verdwijnen van ecologische barrières die ons duizenden of zelfs miljoenen jaren beschermd hebben tegen deze micro-organismen”.

Wat kunnen we er tegen doen?

“Naar schatting zou tegen 2.100 bijna alle permafrost verdwenen kunnen zijn door de klimaatverstoring”, laat Peters weten. “De meest impactvolle oplossing is dus het stoppen van de klimaatverstoring en daardoor het massaal ontdooien van de permafrost voorkomen. Dan blijven de micro-organismen zoals v }}irussen mooi op hun plaats zitten”, verduidelijkt Peters.

“Daarnaast kan je natuurlijk ook proberen te voorkomen dat mensen in contact komen met de boosdoeners. Momenteel wonen er slechts ‘enkele miljoenen’ mensen in de permafrostgebieden. Maar als de wereld opwarmt neemt dat aantal misschien wel toe”, vult hij aan. “Tot slot is het ook interessant om meer onderzoek naar de micro-organismen in de permafrost te doen. Hoe meer men weet, hoe beter. Proactief werken is beter dan reactief”, besluit Peters.

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LATEST UFO SIGHTINGS AND VIDEOS - 09-03-2023

Frantic Lady Witnesses A UFO in Montreal!

A Frantic Lady almost to tears try's to explain what she is seeing from inside what appears to be an upper story apartment or office building in Montreal Canada.

video Source MUFON Case # 129464

Large Black & Diamond At Sometimes Shaped UFO

Large Black And At Sometimes Diamond Shaped UFO Over Arizona REC & Witnessed By Mountain Biker.
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Asteroid 2023 DW has 'very small chance' of hitting Earth on Valentine's Day 2046

Recently discovered asteroid 2023 DW has been predicted to have a close encounter with Earth on Feb. 14, 2046. See NASA's current odds of impact along with an orbit animation.

The space rock is estimated to be about 50 meters (164 ft) in diameter.

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Exploring Venus with NASA's DAVINCI misison, includes descent probe!

NASA Deep Atmosphere of Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging” (DAVINCI) will launch to Venus in 2029 and includes an atmospheric descent probe.

Learn more about the mission here:

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Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Developing Tech That Can Last On Venus

How long can a modern spacecraft last on Venus? How to develop electronics, batteries and other things that can survive these harsh conditions? What could the lifespan of such a mission be? We discuss all that with Dr Tibor Kremic from NASA Glenn Research Center.  

00:00 Intro

01:17 How bad Venus really is

03:27 What it takes to last on Venus

06:40 Chips that can survive on Venus

13:59 Batteries for Venus

18:45 Time-based measurements of Venus

23:03 Moving on the surface of Venus

26:32 Clockwork rovers

30:30 High-temperature solar cells

33:00 Advantages of Venus

42:29 Outro

Triton, The Moon That Was A Dwarf Planet!

Everyone knows that Triton is the largest moon of Neptune’s. But what if it wasn’t always like that? What if I told you that Triton used to be a dwarf planet before? Ever since its discovery, scientists have been really puzzled by this massive moon of Neptune. Triton is really peculiar as it is covered by a thick layer of ice that could even potentially be a host for life in the oceans underneath it! A team of scientists at NASA claims that there’s a very big chance that Triton used to be a dwarf planet before it was captured by Neptune, and turned into the very unique moon it is today. But what made scientists suggest that possibility? How else could they explain its peculiarities, like its weird orbital direction and high reflectivity?

Follow me in this video to get to unveil the incredible secrets of this very distant world and get to know the answers to these questions and more!

Triton is the largest and most massive of Neptune's moons and is among the most mysterious moons of our Solar System. It has a diameter of 2,706 kilometers, so in comparison with our Earth’s Moon, Triton is just a little bit smaller, by around 800 km. Carrying a mass of ten to the power of 22 kilograms, it is the seventh largest moon orbiting our Sun.
Neptune and its moon Triton have a very peculiar discovery story. It was observed two centuries before it was discovered as a planet, that’s crazy right? Let’s take a little step back in time into the discovery of Neptune.  

FALCON LAKE - FULL HD DOCUMENTARY MOVIE IN ENGLISH

Throughout the evolutionary course of history, extraterrestrials have not only visited our planet but have gone much further! The Falcon Lake UFO incident is one of the most chilling cases of all time. Stephen Michalak, in 1967, is in Manitoba on business when he is burned by a UFO. This is the most documented, disturbing and famous case ever seen where not only verbal evidence is present but also material and visual evidence. Canada therefore, remains one of the most enigmatic places ever because of endless appearances of unidentified flying objects.

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Caught on Camera and Radar | Kaikoura UFO Lights Incident, New Zealand | Short Documentary

Considered one of the most credible UFO sightings ever, The Kaikoura Lights Incident as its known made headlines not only in New Zealand, but right around the world.

Top 20 Alien Encounters: Most Famous UFO Sightings EVER (Part 2)

In this video,we continue with 20 most famous and controversial UFO sightings of all time. We discuss sightings from the United States, Canada, Australia, South America and Middle East.

We'll examine the evidence, the eyewitness accounts, and the various explanations put forth by skeptics and believers alike. Whether you're a seasoned UFO enthusiast or just curious about the subject, this video is sure to provide plenty of intrigue and speculation.

Join us as we explore the mysteries of the unknown and the unexplained, and uncover the truth behind some of the most fascinating and controversial UFO sightings in history.

This video details the following sightings:

11. Westall U.F.O. sighting (1966)
12. Falcon Lake Incident (1967)
13. Coyne Helicopter Incident (1973)
14. The New York Hudson Valley U.F.O. sightings (1982-1986)
15. Tehran U.F.O. Incident (1976)
16. O'Hare International Airport U.F.O. sighting (2006)
17. Phoenix Lights (1997)
18. Stephenville Lights (2008)
19. Chile Navy U.F.O. (2014)
20. Tic Tac U.F.O. (2004)

For your ready reference, in the first part, we explored the following incidents:

1. The Kenneth Arnold (1947)
2. The Roswell Incident (1947)
3. Mantell U.F.O. Incident (1948)
4. Lubbock Lights (1951)
5. Washington D.C. UFO Incident (1952)
6. Kelly-Hopkinsville encounter (1955)
7. Levelland U.F.O. Case (1957)
8. Aurora, Texas U.F.O. incident (1897)
9. Kecksburg U.F.O. incident (1965)
10. Rendlesham Forest Incident (1980)

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Strangeness in sky over Menifee, California (No Sound) 3-6-2023, UFO Sighting News.

Date of sighting: March 6, 2023

Location of sighting: Menifee, California, USA

 

Watch this awesome catch in California. They witness saw these objects appear and unite and then shoot into the clouds and vanish several times. This seems to have no other explanation except possible alien craft flying together. 

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On March 7, 2023 a webcam captured a cylindrical object seemly emerging from the side of the Popocatépetl volcano in Mexico and rises into the sky until it is no longer visible. 

The well-known ufologist Jaime Maussan assumed that the object was a transmedium UFO of non-human origin. 

The Popocatépetl volcano is known for its many mysterious UFOs flying in, out or over the volcano over the years but to date, there is no explanation for the presence of these objects, but it is said that a secret alien base is located inside or near the volcano.

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The Pyramid-Shaped UAP Over Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine: A Mysterious Encounter Caught on Video by Two Witnesses

A recent video has been making rounds on the internet, showing what appears to be a pyramid-shaped UFO hovering over Kryvyi Rih, a city in central Ukraine. The video was allegedly captured in December 2022 by two separate witnesses, both of whom managed to record footage of the strange object. The video has since been shared on various social media platforms, sparking a flurry of discussion and debate around what it could be.

The first witness footage shows a glowing triangular object hovering in the sky, with what appears to be a faint white light emanating from its tip. The second video was captured from a moving vehicle, and shows the same triangular object hovering in the distance, seemingly stationary as the camera shakes slightly from the car’s motion. In the background, the witness can be heard exclaiming in Ukrainian, “It’s not in the clouds, it’s over there!” as she points towards the object.

The video has generated a lot of buzz on Reddit, with users speculating on what the object could be. Some have suggested that it could be a drone, while others have pointed out the triangular shape is often associated with secret military technology. One user even claimed to have seen a similar object in Zacatecas, Mexico in 2018, describing it as yellowish before turning white/light blue, and hovering without making any noise.

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However, others have raised doubts about the video’s authenticity. One Reddit user pointed out that the second video appears to show the triangular object as a fixed point around which the camera shakes, which would be difficult to fake convincingly. Another user pointed out that the triangular shape is often associated with American military technology, and questioned why such covert tech would be flown above Ukraine.

This video is a fascinating glimpse into the ongoing mystery of UAP sightings. As more people turn to social media to share their sightings, it’s likely that we will see more videos like this in the future. Whether they represent actual evidence of extraterrestrial visitation, secret military technology, or something else entirely, remains to be seen.

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Galaxy-size shock waves found rattling the cosmic web — the largest structure in the universe

For the first time, astronomers have spotted enormous, galaxy-scale shock waves rattling the "cosmic web" that connects nearly all known galaxies. These cosmic waves could reveal clues about how the largest objects in the universe were sculpted.

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The discovery was made by stitching and stacking thousands of radio telescope images together, which revealed the soft "radio glow" produced by shock waves from colliding matter in our universe's biggest structures.

The cosmic web is a gigantic network of crisscrossing celestial superhighways paved with hydrogen gas and dark matter. Galaxies tend to form where multiple strands of the web intersect, often in clusters numbering in the hundreds of thousands. Now a new study, published Feb. 15 in the journal Science(opens in new tab), could provide vital clues into the nature of the mysterious magnetic fields that stretch beside these tendrils. 

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"Magnetic fields pervade the universe — from planets and stars to the largest spaces in-between galaxies," lead author Tessa Vernstrom(opens in new tab), an astronomer at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research in Crawley, Australia, said in a statement(opens in new tab). "However, many aspects of cosmic magnetism are not yet fully understood, especially at the scales seen in the cosmic web."

Taking shape in the chaotic aftermath of the Big Bang, the cosmic web's tendrils formed as clumps of matter from the roiling particle-antiparticle broth of the young universe — whose rapid expansion pushed the filaments outwards to form an interconnected soap-sud structure of thin films surrounding countless, mostly empty voids.

Far from being completely frozen in place, the cosmic web's matter can sometimes violently collide. When matter in the web merges, enormous shock waves send charged particles ricocheting through the web's magnetic fields, causing the particles to emit a faint radio wave glow. These shock waves have been spotted around some of the universe's largest galaxy clusters, but until now they were never observed around the web itself. 

"These shock waves give off radio emissions which should result in the cosmic web 'glowing' in the radio spectrum, but it had never really been conclusively detected due to how faint the signals are," Vernstrom said.

To search for the faint signals, the researchers used data from the Global Magneto-Ionic Medium Survey, the Planck Legacy Archive, the Owens Valley Long Wavelength Array and the Murchison Widefield Array to stack radio imaging from 612,025 galaxy cluster pairs, grouped together if they were close enough to be directly connected by cosmic web tendrils. This stacking helped boost the faint radio emissions from the shock waves beyond noisy background effects.

Then, by looking only for polarized radio waves — whose rays vibrate at the same angle as each other and were predicted in simulations to be emitted by the shock waves — the researchers found the signal.

"As very few sources emit polarised radio light, our search was less prone to contamination and we have been able to provide much stronger evidence that we are seeing emissions from the shock waves in the largest structures in the universe, which helps to confirm our models for the growth of this large-scale structure," Vernstrom said.

Now that the shock waves' existence has been confirmed, they could be used to probe the nature of the enormous magnetic fields that suffuse the web, which play an unknown role in shaping the universe.

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Andromeda and Milky Way galaxies are merging

Posted by Deborah Byrd and Theresa Wiegert

View larger. | Andromeda galaxy actual size? Yes. This image truly depicts what the night sky would look like if the Andromeda galaxy – the galaxy next door – were brighter. Original background shot of the moon by Stephen Rahn. Andromeda galaxy image via NASA. Composite photo by Tom Buckley-Houston. The composite showed up on Reddit a few years ago. Not convinced? Here’s a similar image via APOD. As the Andromeda-Milky Way merger continues, the Andromeda galaxy will appear bigger – and bigger – in our sky.

Milky Way and Andromeda merger has begun

The Andromeda galaxy, the nearest spiral galaxy to our Milky Way, isn’t noticeable in our night sky, unless you look for it. Under dark skies, however, you can see it without optical aid, but only as a barely visible fuzzy patch of light. But one day, far in the future, Andromeda will be bright in our sky, growing larger and larger … as it gets closer and closer to us. And even though the two galaxies are still 2.5 million light-years apart, the eventual merger of our two galaxies has, in fact, already begun.

View larger. | Here’s another composite image showing the true size in our sky of the Andromeda galaxy. This one is from astrophotographers Adam Block and Tim Puckett. It was the Astronomy Picture of the Day for August 1, 2013.

The great extent of galactic halos

The Andromeda galaxy is currently racing toward our Milky Way at a speed of about 70 miles (113 km) per second. With this in mind, our merger will occur five billion years from now. But, in August 2020, the peer-reviewed Astrophysical Journal published new research revealing that the collision between our galaxies is already underway.

The news about the Andromeda galaxy came from Project AMIGA, which uses the Hubble Space Telescope to look at the deep-space surroundings of the Andromeda galaxy. AMIGA stands for Absorption Map of Ionized Gas in Andromeda. NASA called it:

… the most comprehensive study of a halo surrounding a galaxy.

The Andromeda galaxy, our Milky Way and other galaxies all sit enshrouded in a large envelope – called a galactic halo – which consists of gas, dust and stray stars. The halos of galaxies are faint, so faint, in fact, that detecting them is not an easy feat. These astronomers measured the size of the halo of the Andromeda galaxy by looking at how much it absorbed light from background quasars. They were surprised to find that the Andromeda galaxy’s halo stretches much, much farther beyond its visible boundaries.

Indeed, it extends as far as half the distance to our Milky Way (1.3 million light-years) and even farther in other directions (up to 2 million light-years).

Are the halos touching yet?

So, does this mean the halos of the Andromeda and Milky Way galaxies are touching?

It turns out that, from our vantage point inside the Milky Way, we cannot easily measure the characteristics of our galaxy’s halo. However, because the two galaxies are so similar in size and appearance, scientists assume that the halo of the Milky Way would also be similar.

In other words, it’s the faint halos of the galaxies that indeed appear to have started to touch one another. Thus, in a manner of speaking, the collision between our two galaxies has already started.

Visualizing Andromeda’s halo in our sky

Observing 43 background quasars, scientists used the Hubble Space Telescope to map out the halo of the closest spiral galaxy to our Milky Way, the Andromeda galaxy. The light from these very distant quasars (emission from very bright galaxies fueled by a central supermassive black hole) is absorbed as it travels through the halo. By studying the change in absorption depending on where in the halo you look, scientists not only see the large extent of the halo but also what it consists of.

Illustration via NASA/ ESA/ E. Wheatley (Space Telescope Science Institute).

This illustration depicts what the Andromeda galaxy’s gaseous halo might look like if it were visible to humans on Earth. At 3 times the size of the Big Dipper, the halo would easily be the biggest feature in the nighttime sky, according to NASA. Recent measurements of the halo show that the collision between the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies has already begun. Image via NASA/ ESA/ J. DePasquale and E. Wheatley (STScI)/ Z. Levay.

So what will the Andromeda merger look like?

NASA released the images below in 2012. They are artist’s concepts of what someone on Earth might see as the Andromeda galaxy hurtles toward us.

The depictions below are based on painstaking Hubble Space Telescope measurements of the motion of the Andromeda galaxy, with computer modeling of the inevitable collision between the two galaxies. Also, a series of studies published in 2012 showed that – rather than glancing off each other, as merging galaxies sometimes do – our Milky Way galaxy and the Andromeda galaxy will in fact merge to form a single big elliptical, or football-shaped, galaxy.

Roeland van der Marel, an astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute, told Discover Magazine in February 2022:

Whether it’s fully a head-on collision or more of a glancing blow doesn’t really affect the end result.

And that is a new, giant elliptical galaxy.

View larger. | The merger between our Milky Way and neighboring Andromeda.
1st row, left: Present day.
1st row, right: In 2 billion years, the disk of the approaching Andromeda galaxy is noticeably larger.
2nd row, left: In 3.75 billion years, Andromeda fills the field of view.
2nd row, right: In 3.85 billion years, the sky is ablaze with new star formation.
3rd row, left: In 3.9 billion years, star formation continues.
3rd row, right: In 4 billion years, Andromeda is tidally stretched and the Milky Way becomes warped.
4th row, left: In 5.1 billion years, the cores of the Milky Way and Andromeda appear as a pair of bright lobes.
4th row, right: In 7 billion years, the merged galaxies form a huge elliptical galaxy, its bright core dominating the nighttime sky.
Image via NASA/ ESA/ Z. Levay and R. van der Marel, STScI/ T. Hallas/ A. Mellinger.

Another video of the Andromeda merger

The Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies, however, won’t be the only ones involved in this merger. As shown in the video below, the other large galaxy in our Local Group of galaxies, that is, M33, aka the Triangulum galaxy, will also play a role.

In the video below, you’ll recognize the Triangulum galaxy as the smaller object near the Andromeda and Milky Way galaxies. Although the Triangulum galaxy likely won’t join the merger, it may, nevertheless, at some point strike our Milky Way while engaged in a great cosmic dance with the two larger galaxies.

What happens to stars and planets when galaxies merge?

Across the universe, galaxies are colliding with each other. Astronomers observe galactic collisions – or their aftermaths – with the aid of powerful telescopes. In some ways, when a galactic merger takes place, the two galaxies are like ghosts; they simply pass through each other. That’s because stars inside galaxies are separated by such great distances. Thus the stars themselves typically don’t collide when galaxies merge.

That said, the stars in both the Andromeda galaxy and our Milky Way will be affected by the merger. The Andromeda galaxy contains about a trillion stars. Meanwhile, the Milky Way has about 300 billion stars. Stars from both galaxies will be thrown into new orbits around the newly merged galactic center. For example, according to scientists involved in the 2012 studies:

It is likely the sun will be flung into a new region of our galaxy …

And yet, they said,

… our Earth and solar system are in no danger of being destroyed.

Will humanity see the Andromeda merger?

So, how about life on Earth? Will earthly life survive the merger? Well, the sun will eventually become a red giant in about 7.5 billion years, when it will increase in size and consume the Earth. But even before then, the luminosity, or intrinsic brightness, of the sun will increase. This will happen, ultimately, in a timeline of about four billion years.

As solar radiation reaching the Earth increases, Earth’s surface temperature will increase. We may undergo a runaway greenhouse effect, similar to that going on now on the planet next door, Venus. So there’s a good change that earthly life won’t be around when the merger concludes.

But by that time, maybe some earthly inhabitants will have become space-faring. Perhaps we’ll have left Earth, and even our solar system. We may still get the view of Andromeda crashing into the Milky Way, just from a slightly different perspective.

• Read more: Hubble Shows Milky Way is Destined for Head-On Collision

Bottom line: The Milky Way and Andromeda merger has already begun. The two spiral galaxies will form one giant elliptical galaxy in 5 billion years.

• Source: Project AMIGA: The Circumgalactic Medium of Andromeda*
• Via Discover Magazine

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Randall Nickerson says government & military agencies know for a fact that there is another species in the universe and withholding this information has changed our evolutionary path

For years, people have speculated about the existence of intelligent life beyond Earth. While some may dismiss this as a conspiracy theory, filmmaker and researcher Randall Nickerson believes that the government and military agencies have concrete evidence that extraterrestrial life exists. According to Nickerson, keeping this information from the public has changed the course of human evolution.

Nickerson’s claims are based on various incidents and testimonies, including the famous Ruwa Zimbabwe Alien encounter, where a group of schoolchildren reportedly witnessed a UFO and its occupants. The incident was investigated by BBC journalist Tim Leech and Harvard Psychiatrist John Mack, both of whom concluded that the children’s stories were credible.

Nickerson argues that there is a pattern of government cover-ups and secrecy surrounding the topic of extraterrestrial life. He suggests that the government is hiding the truth about an alien species and their technology, including telepathic communication and private aerospace technology.

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Nickerson also highlights the physical evidence of abduction and encounters with “grabby” aliens. He notes that these incidents are not isolated, and there are synchronicities and spirituality that connect them.

In addition to the government’s control over the media narrative on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP), Nickerson touches on the secretive nature of Area 51, S4, and Skunk Works (Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Development Programs). He believes that these facilities are conducting research on extraterrestrial life and advanced technology, and the government is not ready to disclose this information to the public.

The video raises the question of whether Earth is ready for public disclosure about extraterrestrial life. Nickerson believes that this information could cause a global paradigm shift, and the government is not prepared to deal with the implications.

Randall Nickerson’s claims about the government’s knowledge of extraterrestrial life and their impact on human evolution are certainly intriguing. While skeptics may dismiss them as unfounded, it is worth considering the evidence presented in the video and questioning what the government may be hiding from the public. Regardless of whether extraterrestrial life exists or not, the search for answers and the pursuit of knowledge will continue to captivate people’s imaginations for years to come.

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EXCLUSIVE: The truth is out there! Skinny cylindrical UFO flying near Baghdad is seen in six new thermal images taken by US spy drone last year

• Images of a UFO were taken from a video filmed by a thermal camera in a United States Air Force Reaper drone in May 2022
• The six images appear to show a skinny cylindrical-shaped object over North Eastern Iraq, close to Baghdad, moving across the screen from left to right
• The object also didn't have any visible wings or fins, likely ruling it out as a glider – and was flagged as a UFO by officials, a source said

By JOSH BOSWELL and CHRIS SHARP FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

Spy plane images obtained by DailyMail.com show a UFO flying near Baghdad last year.

The six images appear to show a skinny cylindrical-shaped object over North Eastern Iraq, close to Baghdad, moving across the screen from left to right.

The images were taken from a video filmed by a thermal camera in a United States Air Force (USAF) Reaper drone in May 2022 – and have been dubbed the 'Baghdad Phantom'.

A source with knowledge of the incident said the object was flagged in an Air Force repository as an 'Unidentified Aerial Phenomena', the government's preferred term for UFOs, last year, because of its strange characteristics.

Fast-moving craft are powered by propulsion systems like rockets or engines that create heat, but the thermal camera that filmed the object showed it was colder than its surroundings.

Six images appear to show a skinny cylindrical-shaped object over North Eastern Iraq, close to Baghdad, moving across the screen from left to right

The cylindrical object can be seen to the left of the screen

The images were leaked to journalist and documentary filmmaker Jeremy Corbell (left) and investigative journalist George Knapp (right), and released shortly after midnight on Weaponized, their new podcast 

The object also didn't have any visible wings or fins, likely ruling it out as a glider.

A USAF source said the UFO had no visible propulsion and appeared to be under 'intelligent control'.

The images were leaked to journalist and documentary filmmaker Jeremy Corbell and investigative journalist George Knapp, and released shortly after midnight on Weaponized, their new podcast.

'What George and I have uncovered is Reaper drone footage over an active war zone,' Corbell told DailyMail.com. 

'It shows an anomalous object which has been designated as UAP by our own air force.

'Like our government, we as journalists are curious about what can be seen in these images. The object appears to have no flight control surfaces, no traditional reactionary propulsion and is cooler than its surrounding environment.

'This isn't your grandma's rocket that we're looking at.'

The six intriguing images show the elongated object at the bottom of the screen moving from left to right. It appeared darker than its background on the thermal camera, indicating it was colder than its surroundings.

The images appear to show some kind of trail or stream left in the 'Baghdad Phantom's wake, though it could be an artifact from the video from which they were taken.

Military coordinates on the bottom right of the images give the location of the Reaper Drone video as North Eastern Iraq, near Baghdad.

DailyMail.com understands the UFO was not shot at by the USAF, because it had no payload – for example a potential bomb – and did not get close to ground troops.

The object was designated as 'Unidentified Aerial Phenomena', an official term which has since been replaced with 'Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena' (UAP).

Military coordinates on the bottom right of the images give the location of the Reaper Drone video as North Eastern Iraq, near Baghdad. The cylindrical object is seen right

The cylindrical object is seen above, to the left of the center

The images appear to show some kind of trail or stream left in the object’s wake, though it could be an artifact from the thermal camera video from which they were taken

The images were taken in May 2022

It is still unclear whether the object was innocuous, a foreign military's craft, or something other-worldly.

Corbell told DailyMail.com that the images were leaked by frustrated USAF members who claim that significant numbers of UFO incidents are being 'buried' by the Air Force.

DailyMail.com understands that many of these incidents, including the May 2022 UFO video, were not shared with intelligence agencies or the government's UFO Office, the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO).

Normally data from an incident like this near Baghdad would be sent to United States Central Command (CENTCOM), which oversees operations against ISIS in Iraq. But it is unclear whether the Command received the video or any other information on the incident.

US legislation requires that AARO collects information on UAP incidents from the Department of Defense and the intelligence community.

But Christopher Mellon, the former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, recently called out the Air Force for allegedly failing to embrace reporting of strange objects.

'The Navy was notably helpful while the Air Force remained notably unhelpful, if not hostile, to inquiries on the subject,' he wrote in a February 14 blog post.

'The preliminary assessment provided to Congress [about UFOs in 2021] was almost completely devoid of information from the U.S. Air Force despite the fact that the Air Force (as a department which also oversees U.S. Space Force) has far more aircraft and sensor systems than the Navy as well as the responsibility for supporting NORAD.'

Corbell warned the alleged failure to share information is putting servicemen and women at risk.

'This case represents other UAPs filmed by our Air Force, which have been kept hidden from American taxpayers and our intelligence community,' he told DailyMail.com.

'The brave men and women who serve in our nation's Air Force are directly at risk if we cannot identify, process and share this type of UAP imagery in an effective and actionable way.

'Air Force personnel have told me that they are highly concerned that this phenomenon maintains a regretful stigma that inhibits proper reporting and response within the chain of command. The air force is an exemplary branch of our armed services. We should encourage greater UAP transparency, for the good of the country and our participating services.

'As journalists, George and I feel a duty to inform the public in situations like this, where our representatives have failed to provide transparency and have in fact obstructed it.'

Following the shooting of one Chinese balloon and three unidentified objects over North American airspace last month, the topic of UFOs threatening American interests and air traffic has become a hot topic within Congress.

After the 'shoot downs', vice chair of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Marco Rubio, said: 'The last 72 hours revealed to the public what was happening for years, unidentified aircraft routinely operating over restricted US airspace.'

An image obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com of what appears to be a metallic-looking orb flying over Mosul, Iraq in April 2016, was included in a classified briefing video on UFOs shown to multiple US government agencies 

An image obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com from Corbell and Knapp in January of what appears to be a metallic-looking orb flying over Mosul, Iraq in April 2016, was included in a classified briefing video on UFOs shown to multiple US government agencies.

In January, AARO director Sean Kirkpatrick gave a presentation at an aviation safety conference warning of 'threats to the immediate safety of US citizens and Government facilities' posed by UAP.

His presentation slides, reported in a DailyMail.com story last month, said that the military is finding unidentified anomalous phenomena 'most often in the vicinity of US military facilities and operating areas' – which would include conflict zones like Iraq.

The Air Force began a 'six-month pilot program' in November 2020 to collect data on UFOs, according to a Pentagon spokeswoman, but ended it the following Spring.

'Lessons learned from the pilot were used to improve support provided to the UAPTF and will be used to contribute to the efforts of AARO. If applicable, data gathered in the pilot was provided through command channels to the UAPTF,' Pentagon spokeswoman Susan Gough said in a statement.

In August 2021, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall told Politico: 'I've given a great deal of thought to defending American airspace but not against UFOs. If asked to do that then we will do it. This is a thing that's been around for a great many years.'

The leaked May 2022 images follow the release of the 'Mosul Orb' image, also obtained by Corbell and Knapp, showing a sphere-shaped UFO filmed by a US spy plane over the Northern Iraqi city of Mosul in 2016.

The Pentagon has yet to confirm the authenticity of the Mosul image. 

Gough said: 'I'm not going to comment on whether something is or is not part of a classified briefing.'

Corbell called on the public to help analyze and identify the new images he and Knapp obtained.

'It is my hope that by obtaining and releasing imagery like this, the public can help solve this collective mystery and inspire greater transparency by our Department of Defense,' he said. 'This is a solvable problem- so let's do it together.

'The Pentagon's over-classification is corrosive like an acid and has been weaponized against the American public's right and need to know about UFOs. 

'It's time that they earn the people's trust back.'

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Newly Leaked Thermal Images Show Skinny Cylindrical UFO Flying Near Baghdad

Unidentified flying objects (UFOs) have been a subject of interest for decades, and the topic has recently been receiving renewed attention. A recent report by the DailyMail.com has revealed the existence of new thermal images of a UFO flying near Baghdad, taken by a United States Air Force Reaper drone in May 2022. The images show a skinny cylindrical-shaped object, moving from left to right, without any visible wings or fins. The object was flagged as an ‘Unidentified Aerial Phenomena’ by the Air Force, due to its unusual characteristics.

According to a source with knowledge of the incident, the object appeared to be under ‘intelligent control’ and had no visible propulsion system. The images were leaked by frustrated members of the USAF, who claim that numerous UFO incidents are being ‘buried’ by the Air Force.

Jeremy Corbell, a journalist and documentary filmmaker, obtained the leaked images and released them on his podcast, Weaponized. He highlighted the significance of the images, saying that they showed an anomalous object, which was designated as a UAP by the Air Force. Corbell emphasized that the object did not have any traditional reactionary propulsion, no flight control surfaces, and was cooler than its surrounding environment.

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The leaked images appear to depict a trail or stream left in the object’s wake, although it is unclear whether this is an artifact from the video. The military coordinates on the bottom right of the images place the location of the Reaper Drone video as North Eastern Iraq, near Baghdad.

It looks that the UFO was not shot at by the USAF because it had no payload, and did not pose any immediate threat to ground troops. The object’s origin and purpose remain unknown, and it is still unclear whether it was innocuous, a foreign military’s craft, or something other-worldly.

The existence of these images has raised concerns regarding the US Air Force’s failure to embrace the idea of reporting suspected alien objects. According to Christopher Mellon, a former official of the Defense Intelligence Agency, the service did not provide enough information when it presented a report to Congress in 2021.

Corbell expressed his concerns about the alleged failure to share information, saying that it is putting servicemen and women at risk. He argued that UAP imagery should be processed and shared in an effective and actionable way, to ensure the safety of Air Force personnel.

Jeremy Corbell

Following the release of a similar image, which was reportedly captured by a US spy plane in 2016, other images of alleged alien objects have been leaked. The Pentagon has not confirmed the authenticity of the image captured in Iraq’s Mosul (you can find out more about metallic-looking orb seen flying over Mosul, Iraq here).

The new thermal images of a UFO flying near Baghdad provide further evidence of the existence of UAPs. The images raise questions about the Air Force’s alleged failure to embrace reporting of strange objects, and the potential risks this poses to Air Force personnel. It remains to be seen whether the UAP was an innocuous object, a foreign military’s craft, or something other-worldly. However, the images are a reminder of the need for greater transparency and effective reporting of UAP incidents.

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Are There Better Ways to Communicate with Mars?

Some signals do lose their strength, even without the presence of an atmosphere in space, so to effectively send high-speed information over long distances, the antennas on these craft have to be massive. Sometimes they exceed the size of the fairing they are launched in, though there are techniques to unpack an antenna in space itself. But an even more significant communication challenge is the Sun.

It might not seem like it, but about 30% of the time, Earth cannot communicate with Mars directly. This is mainly because they are on opposite sides of the Sun from one another – or nearly so, anyway. The radiation blasts off of our local star scrambles most, if not all, communications, making talking to missions like Spirit and Perseverance near impossible when the planets are thus aligned.

To get around these problems, Paula Betriu and her colleagues at JPL and the Universitat Politècnica de Cataluny designed a software they called SolarCom to analyze the availability, uptime, and speed of different types of network topologies. Two stood out for their significant increase in speed and reliability – a Lagrange point configuration and what they call a “pearl constellation.”

Placing relay satellites at various Lagrange points, primarily the ones between the Sun and the Earth, would seem like a pretty obvious solution. It would significantly reduce interference when the planets are opposite each other in the solar system. It could potentially increase that availability to more than 90% – a great increase in capabilities for Mars exploration, but still not as good as a pearl constellation.

That configuration, which mimics a large spherical cloud of satellites in different but complementary orbits, could reach network connection rates of up to 100%. However, it could be significantly more expensive as it would require more satellites overall. With launch costs coming down, that might not be as big of a problem in the near future though.

There are still issues facing increasing the bandwidth to Mars, though, including the networking hardware currently in place on most relay satellites. The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS), which is one of NASA’s primary means of relaying information over large distances around the Earth, was initially launched in the 1990s, and even its latest third-generation satellite is already five years old, which is almost a lifetime by networking equipment standards.

All that means is there’s much more work to do before humanity can download crisp real-time videos from Mars. But as a potential crewed mission starts to draw closer, it’s sure to draw more attention to our ability to communicate with, and software packages like SolarCom will help determine the best way to do so.

Learn More:

• Betriu et al – An assessment of different relay network topologies to improve Earth–Mars communications
• UT – NASA has too Many Spacecraft to Communicate With. Time to Build More Dishes
• UT – Communication With Mars is About to Become Impossible (for two Weeks)
• UT – What’s the Best Way to Communicate With an Interstellar Probe When it’s Light-Years Away From Earth?

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• Data graph of the bit rate for different communications models from the paper.
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The Neutron Star That Thinks It’s a Black Hole

According to IAC researcher Federico Vincentelli, the lead scientist studying this object, the instabilities affect the behavior of the accretion disk around the neutron star. “Matter from the disk is launched within an outflow or a jet,” he said. “Some may still fall onto the black hole or neutron star. However, the exact fraction of matter which goes either way is still unknown. This dramatic process remains poorly understood and, until now, has only been observed in detail in a system in which the compact object is a black hole.”

Understanding X-ray Binary J1858.6-0814

X-ray binaries are basically pairs of objects—usually a black hole or a neutron star, plus a companion star—that are bright in x-rays. J1858.6-0814 is in a special class called a low-mass x-ray binary. Stars in such pairs have masses below around 1.5 solar masses. The neutron star has a mass somewhere between 10 and 25 solar masses. There’s a great deal of interactivity between the members as the star shares its material with its companion. When that happens at a neutron star, the material doesn’t fall straight onto the surface. It spirals around into the accretion disk. As it does, it undergoes friction heating, loses its potential energy, and eventually contributes to those instabilities Vincentelli describes.

After its 2018 discovery, astronomers noticed that J1858.6-0814 showed a great deal of flaring activity across the entire electromagnetic spectrum. It quieted down in 2020, but not before giving off Type-1 X-ray bursts and exhibiting what’s called an x-ray eclipse. Essentially, the system undergoes eclipses as one member of the binary pair eclipses the other. For this system, that implies an almost edge-on viewing angle from our vantage point on Earth. Astronomers also determined that this pair is in an approximately 21.3-hour orbit.

At first, astronomers weren’t sure about the origin of this binary pair’s “cosmic fireworks”. They were so bright that everybody assumed that the compact object must be a black hole since that would be powerful enough to spark such intensely bright flares. However, in 2020, observers discovered thermonuclear explosions that could only have happened if the material were falling onto the surface of a neutron star. That finding spurred the call for new observations.

So, What’s Happening on this Neutron Star?

Although astronomers observed J1858.6-0814 extensively over the years since its discovery, Vincentelli and a team of astronomers put together a new observing campaign aimed at tracking the specifics of the outbursts. They used the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph on Hubble Space Telescope, a fast readout wide-field camera called RISE on the Liverpool Telescope on La Palma, Spain, a near-infrared instrument called HAWK on the Very Large Telescope in Chile, and radio observations with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array in New Mexico. From those observations, they compared the outbursts with another, similar-type object called GRS 1915+105. It’s actually a black hole in a binary pair that astronomers use for comparison studies. What they found is exotic behavior in the accretion disk very much like the one around the neutron star in J1858.6-0814.

The Black Hole and Neutron Star Experience Similar Disk Activities

In essence, these systems are telling astronomers that almost-identical processes are happening at both. “We realized that we could explain the complex phenomenology of both objects with three ingredients: an unstable accretion disk, which produces extremely variable x-ray emission as the inner parts of the disk cyclically empty and fill; repeated ejections of matter (produced after the emptying of the disk), which can be seen in radio waves and infrared; and bright echoes of these internal variations in the outermost areas of the disk, which can be observed from infrared to ultraviolet”, said Vincentelli.

It turns out that instabilities in accretion disks happen as material exits the inner part of the disk. Then, new material flows in at high speed. It may well be a very fundamental process in the weird physics that happen near neutron stars and black holes. That finding now provides astronomers with new facets to the accretion disks around neutron stars and black holes, and how their instabilities happen. “We now plan to extend this type of study to other very luminous systems to shed light on black holes and neutron stars when they incorporate matter at extreme speeds,” said Vincentelli.

For More Information

• The Outburst of a Neutron Star Reveals the Nature of Phenomena Only Observed in Black Holes
  A Shared Accretion Instability for Black Holes and Neutron Stars
  arXiv pre-print
• A Persistent Ultraviolet Outflow from an Accreting Neutron Star Transient
  Low-Mass X-ray Binaries

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Annotated map of the Milky Way Galaxy with the constellations that cross the galactic plane in each direction and the known most prominent components.

Credit: Pablo Carlos Budassi

The team used data from the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope at the East Asian Observatory and the NAOJ’s Nobeyama 45-meter Radio Telescope to observe the Tadpole molecular gas cloud. They noted that the cloud is unique due to its characteristic head-tail structure, position, and velocity. Based on its kinematics and changes in line intensity along its orbit, the team determined that the best fit was a black hole. They were also able to constrain its mass, which they estimated to be 1 million times the mass of our Sun.

This would make it an intermediate-mass black hole (IMBH), placing it between a stellar mass and a supermassive black hole (SMBH). The presence of a black hole roughly one-fourth as massive as Sgr A* and located in the Galactic Bulge not far from where Sgr A* resides (25,640 light-years away) raises many interesting questions. In the near future, the team plans to use the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to search for more evidence of a black hole at the gravitational center of the Tadpole’s orbit.

These examinations could lead to some major discoveries. For example, could this IMBH be destined to merge with Sgr A* someday? Such an event would cause the black hole at the center of the Milky Way to become up to 20% more massive. It would also trigger a huge release of gravitational waves (GWs) that observatories would NOT fail to notice!

Further Reading: 

• NAOJ, 
• The Astrophysical Journal

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Rectangle craft passing over eyewitness, Colorado March 6, 2023, UFO Sighting News.

Date of sighting: March 6, 2023

Location of sighting: Colorado, USA

 

The eyewitness was in the car when they noticed a metal object flying over them. The object was like a rectangle hangin long ways, but made no sounds. He watched as it moved away into the distance and fortunately for us, he captured it all on video. Denver, Colorado is famous for its UFO sightings and since this was in that area, I would say the probibility of this being a real UFO is at 100%. 

Scott C. Waring - Taiwan 

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Really fast UFO filmed over Southern California – March 2023

A mysterious and fast-moving object was spotted in the skies above Southern California earlier this month. The footage of the sighting was shared in our Latest UFO Sightings Facebook group, leaving many people puzzled and intrigued. The witness who captured the footage expressed disbelief at the object’s speed and wondered if it could have been a drone. However, the distance it covered in just a few seconds seemed too great for drone technology. The incident adds to the growing number of unexplained aerial phenomena observed around the world, leaving many to wonder what secrets the skies hold.

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Latest UFO Sighting in Ohio: Oval-Shaped Object Merges with Massive Ball of Light

In a stunning development, a group of witnesses in Ohio have reported seeing a UFO that changed shapes and flew at lightning speeds before ultimately merging with a massive ball of light. The sighting occurred on March 3, 2023, and has left many people in the area stunned and fascinated.

According to witness reports, the object was initially oval-shaped and was spinning and changing shape rapidly. It then proceeded to fly towards a large ball of light that was so bright it appeared to be daytime outside. The ball of light was also round and appeared to be emitting a tremendous amount of energy.

As the oval-shaped object approached the ball of light, witnesses reported seeing a massive metallic object hovering above the houses. It was so large that it was difficult to define its exact shape, but witnesses described it as oval-shaped as well. There was a beam of light that shot through the huge ball of white light on the bottom of the large craft just hovering above the houses.

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In an incredible turn of events, witnesses reported seeing two more objects like the first one fly onto the large UFO and disappear. The witnesses were able to capture video and pictures of the sighting, which are sure to be of great interest to UFO enthusiasts and researchers.

The witnesses described the entire experience as surreal and said they had never seen anything like it before. They also noted that there was no sound associated with the UFO, which seemed to defy the laws of physics as it changed shape and direction at lightning speeds.

While skeptics may try to explain away the sighting as a natural phenomenon or a man-made object, the witnesses are adamant that what they saw was not of this world. Their account of the latest UFO sighting in Ohio is sure to generate significant interest and may even lead to more sightings in the future.

In conclusion, the latest UFO sighting in Ohio is a fascinating and mysterious event that has left witnesses and researchers alike eager to learn more. The eyewitness reports, video, and pictures of the incident are sure to generate significant interest among those interested in UFO sightings and paranormal phenomena. Stay tuned for updates on this incredible event.

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GLOBAL WARMING IS WORSE THAN WE THOUGHT, AI TELLS SCIENTISTS

WELL, THAT'S NOT GOOD.

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How big can animals get?

Animals, especially those on land, can't grow indefinitely. The reason has to do with the square-cube law.

The largest animal ever to walk on Earth was likely the dinosaur Argentinosaurus, a hulking 77-ton (70 metric tons) titanosaur that lived about 90 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous. For comparison, the heaviest animal on land today is the African elephant (Loxodonta), which weighs less than 7 tons (6 metric tons). And both look positively dainty next to the blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus), which, at an average of 165 tons (150 metric tons), may be the heaviest animal ever to have lived.

But could any animal ever top that? Is there a limit to how large an animal can get? 

"We look at blue whales, and the question is whether we could get anything bigger," Geerat Vermeij(opens in new tab), a professor of geobiology and paleobiology at the University of California, Davis, told Live Science. "I'm not sure I'd be willing to say no to that question. Size depends on many factors, and I take a relativistic point of view."

At least in theory, though, there may be a hard limit — enforced by the laws of physics — of about 120 tons (109 metric tons) for land animals, according to Felisa Smith(opens in new tab), a professor of paleoecology at the University of New Mexico. "To be bigger than that, on land, your legs would have to be so wide to support your body that you couldn't efficiently walk," she told Live Science in an email. 

Smith is referring to the square-cube law(opens in new tab), a mathematical principle first described by Galileo Galilei as "the ratio of two volumes is greater than the ratio of their surfaces." In other words, as an animal increases in size, its volume will grow faster than its surface area, so larger animals need much larger limbs to support their weight. If we were to merely scale up an elephant by several orders of magnitude, the square-cube law holds that it would collapse — its mass would increase by a power of three, while its limbs would increase in size by a power of two. 

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The only way our imaginary mega-elephant could overcome this limitation would be to have disproportionately large and thick legs. But even then, at around the 120-ton mark, the limbs necessary to keep the mega-elephant on its feet would become improbably bulky. "The largest animals in the fossil record are just under 100 tons [90 metric tons], which supports this theoretical maximum," Smith said, adding that "it's not clear that bigger ones couldn't have evolved."

But physics is not the only constraint on animal size. If it were, we would live in a world packed with 100-ton land animals, carefully toeing Galileo's square-cube line. Resource availability is also a significant factor — megafauna have to eat. "Animals that live in more productive environments with high quality foods are generally able to harbor larger maximum body sizes," said Jordan Okie(opens in new tab), a quantitative biologist at Arizona State University. "Whales, elephants, and other megabiota tend to live in productive, nutrient rich environments."

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Nutrient requirements also explain why reptiles, like titanosaurs, grew much larger than even the largest land mammals, according to Smith. Because warm-blooded mammals have faster metabolisms, they require about 10 times the amount of food to support a given body size than reptiles do, Smith explained. Reptiles, on the other hand, have lower body temperatures and slower metabolisms, so they can afford to eat less and can grow on a calorie budget that would starve a mammal.

"Not surprisingly, the largest dinosaurs in terrestrial areas were about 10x bigger than the largest mammals," Smith said.

Blue whales, which can weigh about 165 tons and are warm-blooded mammals, are glaring exceptions to several of these rules. But their unique environment explains their success(opens in new tab). Marine megafauna can take advantage of their buoyancy to scale up in size without straining their muscles and bones, growing in ways that would make the limbs of land animals crumble. And whales have miles of open ocean at their disposal, which they travel to pursue meals.

"Animals in water are expected to be less limited by biomechanical constraints," Okie told Live Science in an email. "The oceans also provide abundant, nutrient-dense resources for those animals that are mobile and resourceful." In particular, the evolution of baleen plates allowed whales to consume zooplankton efficiently enough to support their enormous sizes, Okie added.

Various constraints aside, the planet can clearly support megafauna. For hundreds of millions of years, megafauna were pervasive. Yet, throughout the past 20,000 years or so(opens in new tab), a mere blink in evolutionary time, megafauna have all but vanished. Large land mammals such as elephants and rhinos are in decline, existing in only specific parts of the world; several groups of marine megafauna, such as whales, are perpetually tottering on the brink of extinction. So where did all of the giants go?

"Humans eliminated most of them," Vermeij said. "Mammoths, elephants, bison, large carnivores — we've eliminated 90% of large animals, maybe more, and certainly all of the largest ones." 

Humans are also the chief obstacle to the revival of these large species. 

"You'd have to have no humans before megafauna could make a comeback," Vermeij said. "We're the dominant species, by far, and no animal is going to get large under our hegemony. The chances of getting anything as big as a Cretaceous dinosaur again are unlikely."

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A Strange Object Orbits The Milky Way’s Black Hole Every 70 Minutes

Astronomers have discovered a mysterious object, which they believe is a giant hot bubble of gas around the Milky Way's black hole every seventy minutes. This means that the object is moving at a mind-boggling 30% of the speed of light.

Observations by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have revealed something unusual near the Milky Way's supermassive black hole. Astronomers believe there is a mystery object, a hot spot, that circles around Sagittarius A*. According to the researchers, the discovery will aid in our comprehension of the bizarre yet dynamic ecosystem.

The object that circles the black hole is most likely a hot bubble of gas that swirled around Sagittarius A* in an orbit comparable to that of the planet Mercury, according to the experts. The only difference is that it completes one orbit in around seventy minutes.

Orbits of the G objects at the center of our galaxy, with the supermassive black hole indicated with a white cross. Stars, gas and dust are in the background.

(Credit: Anna Ciurlo, Tuan Do/UCLA Galactic Center Group)

In other words, according to Maciek Wielgus of the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, Germany, this puzzling object requires a mind-boggling velocity of nearly 30% of the speed of light to complete its orbit in seventy minutes. Wielgus conducted the study that described the hot gas bubble orbiting the black hole, which was published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.

ALMA, a radio telescope co-owned by the European Southern Observatory (ESO), was utilised to perform observations during the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration's attempt to picture black holes. In April 2017, the EHT joined eight existing radio telescopes across the world, including ALMA, and photographed Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy, for the first time. To calibrate the EHT data, a team of EHT Collaboration members, including Wielgus, used ALMA data taken concurrently with the EHT observations of Sagittarius A. The scientists discovered further information about the black hole's nature using solely ALMA observations.

The observations were made just after NASA's Chandra Space Telescope detected an X-ray flare produced from our galaxy's centre. There is a suggestion that these flares are caused by hot spots, which are hot gas bubbles that orbit exceedingly quickly and near to black holes. Previously, they were observed using X-ray and infrared telescopes.

"This is particularly intriguing because flares of this type were previously recorded solely in X-rays and infrared. "For the first time, we detect a very strong hint that orbiting hot spots are also present in radio data," Wielgus explains.

According to Jesse Vos, a Radboud University Ph.D. student who was also involved in this study, these hot spots detected at infrared wavelengths are most likely manifestations of the same physical phenomenon: as hot spots emitting infrared cool, they become visible at longer wavelengths, similar to those observed by ALMA and the EHT.

Recent discoveries lend credence to the notion that flares are created by magnetic interactions in the highly hot plasma circling the black hole. These flares appear to have a magnetic origin, and scientific findings shed light on their geometry. We now have the possibility to build a theoretical interpretation of these events as a result of the additional data," explains Radboud University co-author Monika Mocibrodzka.

Scientists can use ALMA to analyse polarized radio emissions from Sagittarius A* and thereby establish the magnetic field of the black hole. In addition to these findings, the scientists investigated the hot spot's genesis and environment, particularly the magnetic field encircling Sagittarius A*, using theoretical models. Their finding places more limitations on the form of this magnetic field than prior observations in the process of discovering the nature of our black hole and its environs.

The GRAVITY instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), which looks into the cosmos in infrared, has validated some of the prior discoveries. Both GRAVITY and ALMA data indicate that the flare originates in a cluster of gas revolving clockwise around the black hole at around 30% the speed of light. The hot spot's orbit is also practically face-on, according to scientists.

"To be able to track hot spots at multiple wavelengths using GRAVITY and ALMA coordinated multiwavelength observations in the future would be a true milestone for our understanding of the physics of flares in the Galactic centre," says Ivan Marti-Vidal of the University of Valencia, a study co-author.

Furthermore, the EHT team wants to directly examine the gas clumps around the black hole, allowing them to delve closer and obtain a better knowledge of the object.

What happens near Sagittarius Acosmic *'s environment is a mystery to researchers. Wielgus, on the other hand, thinks that one day we may ultimately learn more about it and be able to construct a clearer picture of what happens at the centre of our galaxy.

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Astronomers spotted shock waves shaking the web of the universe for the first time

The observation could offer an indirect look at large-scale magnetic fields in the universe

In this simulation of the cosmic web, shock waves along filaments and around clusters emit radio light (pink) as they ripple through magnetic fields (cyan).

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By Elise Cutts

For the first time, astronomers have caught a glimpse of shock waves rippling along strands of the cosmic web — the enormous tangle of galaxies, gas and dark matter that fills the observable universe.

Combining hundreds of thousands of radio telescope images revealed the faint glow cast as shock waves send charged particles flying through the magnetic fields that run along the cosmic web. Spotting these shock waves could give astronomers a better look at these large-scale magnetic fields, whose properties and origins are largely mysterious, researchers report in the Feb. 17 Science Advances.

Finally, astronomers “can confirm what so far has only been predicted by simulations — that these shock waves exist,” says astrophysicist Marcus Brüggen of the University of Hamburg in Germany, who was not involved in the new study.

At its grandest scale, our universe looks something like Swiss cheese. Galaxies aren’t distributed evenly through space but rather are clumped together in enormous clusters connected by ropy filaments of dilute gas, galaxies and dark matter and separated by not-quite-empty voids (SN: 10/3/19).

Tugged by gravity, galaxy clusters merge, filaments collide, and gas from the voids falls onto filaments and clusters. In simulations of the cosmic web, all that action consistently sets off enormous shock waves in and along filaments.

Filaments make up most of the cosmic web but are much harder to spot than galaxies (SN: 1/20/14). While scientists have observed shock waves around galaxy clusters before, shocks in filaments “have never been really seen,” says astronomer Reinout van Weeren of Leiden University in the Netherlands, who was not involved in the study. “But they should be basically all around the cosmic web.”

Shock waves around filaments would accelerate charged particles through the magnetic fields that suffuse the cosmic web (SN: 6/6/19). When that happens, the particles emit light at wavelengths that radio telescopes can detect — though the signals are very weak.

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Man Who Ran Area 51 Claimed They Had Alien Crafts & NoHuman Beings: So Bob Lazar Is telling Truth

By  Vicky Verma

The recent podcast “Weaponized,” starring filmmaker Jeremy Corebll and investigative journalist George Knapp, has ignited a long debate on Area 51 holding secrets of UFOs and non-human beings. Mr. Knapp explained a lot of the corroborating evidence regarding people that confirm Bob Lazar’s claims, as well as the S4 base he worked at Nevada desert and the company that vetted him, EG&G.

Lazar’s identity as an Area 51 scientist has always been discussed by other people in the UFOlogy. Lately, Dr. Travis Scott has also been seen discrediting Bob Lazar and said he did work at Area 51 but as a janitor. Many users find it a direct attack on Lazar’s credentials as he failed to show his qualifications. However, there are credible experts that have confirmed Lazar’s work at Area 51.

Mr. Knapp revealed to Corbell that while working on the follow-up series “UFOs: The Best Evidence” in 1990, he came to know about a man named Alfred O’Donnell, who was the general manager at EG&G in Nevada that managed Area 51. According to Knapp, O’Donnell claimed that “they did have a flying saucer that had been recovered from New Mexico,” and a “live being.”

EG&G was created by three scientists, Harold Edgerton, Kenneth Germeshausen, and Herbert Grier. The company specialized in the measurement of energy created by nuclear weapon explosions. EG&G was involved in the development of a complex little gadget that could arm an atomic bomb, start an automated countdown, set it off, and collect data on how it behaved. The company played a role in the migration of well-educated professionals to Las Vegas in the early 1950s, including Alfred O’Donnell, a technician who worked for the company.

Alfred O’Donnell

O’Donnell was the prominent figure in Area 51, who had all clearance to walk anywhere in the facility. Moreover, his background is good enough to add credibility to Bob Lazar’s claims. Mr. Knapp shared his story of meeting O’Donnell who told him about the recovered craft that was stored at the Indian Springs (Creech US Air Force Base), but later it was transferred to the newly built Area 51 in 1955.

“They moved it to an adjacent facility he didn’t say it was S4 he didn’t say it was Papoose but I think that’s what he’s talking about Papoose lake is where Bob Lazar said he worked and where they had built hangers underground disguised it to look like the desert and where they had other recovered craft,” Mr. Knapp said.

O’Donnell told Knapp all the secret information about UFOs at a coffee shop. He said that they were trying to reverse-engineer the recovered crafts and duplicate the technology to build more crafts like that. Further, O’Donnell revealed that they were worried that “IT” could get out. He said they were holding it in a cage as they did not understand it.

“We didn’t know what it was… To tell you the truth, we couldn’t communicate with it. In the beginning, we didn’t know what it was, we didn’t know where it was from. And we didn’t know what to do with it…”

“Eventually, they figured out a way to communicate with it and so I asked him well what did it look like… he said well kind of looks like a certain political candidate… at the time Ross Perot was running for president, he said it looks like Ross Perot, a little skinny guy with big ears and a tiny head, not a classic gray looking alien but a very odd looking creature.”

Mr. Knapp further shared a story about a former female employee of defense contractor Holmes & Narver, who allegedly had knowledge about “crashed saucers, recovered materials, and what sounded like a Roswell-type incident.” The woman had been intimidated by unknown agents before she was scheduled to speak with Knapp, causing her to cancel the meeting.

Knapp also mentioned that former Congressional staffer Richard D’Amato investigated claims about crashed saucers and visited Area 51, but was unable to verify the statements. Knapp later scheduled a meeting between D’Amato and EG&G employee O’Donnell, which was allowed by EG&G co-founder Herbert Grier. However, O’Donnell refused to tell D’Amato anything.

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Knapp stated that O’Donnell made a deathbed confession, confirming the existence of a crashed flying saucer and a living being. However, no recording of O’Donnell’s confession has surfaced. If the recording was made public, it would lend credibility to the assertions made by Bob Lazar, who claimed to have worked on recovered saucers in Area 51.

Years after his initial conversation with Knapp, O’Donnell changed his story and shared a different version of the flying saucer incident with journalist and author Annie Jacobsen, which regarded the Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) incident at Roswell in 1947.

Journalist Christoper Sharp writes that Jacobsen mentioned different version of O’Donnell’s story in the book “Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base,” according to which “Roswell incident was not the result of non-human intelligence, but in fact a Russian craft with ‘grotesque, child-size aviators’ developed in human experiments by Nazi doctor and war criminal Josef Mengele.”

But Mr. Knapp debunked this story as he discovered the Russians were just as mystified about the Roswell incident as the Americans.

Bob Lazar claimed in 1989 that the US government was conducting a project to reverse engineer alien technology from nine different UFOs collected over decades and hidden in hangars at a location called S-4 near Papoose Lake.

Jeremy Corbell shared a video of Mr. Knapp discussing am LakeFreeman also reported seeing a door opening in space with a bluish light, and then disappearing. George Knapp confirmed that Freeman did not know who Bob Lazar and John Lear were, and that former employees who worked with Bob verified that he was a physicist, but those claims were made informally and off the record.

Medium user SignalsIntelUFO has done great work by transcribing over 50 interviews of Bob Lazar with in-depth information. Bob claimed to have been hired as a physicist at Los Alamos in May 1982. For evidence about his employment, there is an article written by Terry England on June 30, 1982. “To Lazar, a physicist at the Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility, the important thing is the jet engine. It’s something he’s been working on for years,” England wrote.

  

Terry England article on Bob Lazar

In July 2020, during Joe Rogan’s podcast with Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp, Corbell said he asked Terry England about Bob Lazar’s occupation as a physicist at Los Alamos. Corbell said: “Look, here’s the point, you said Bob Lazar was a physicist at Los Alamos. So how did you base that? You’re writing a paper…” and he [England] goes “yeah,” — and it got picked up by AP news — he goes “if I [England] had misrepresented that he was a physicist at Los Alamos I would have been blackballed by everybody at Los Alamos. They take that very seriously. He was a physicist. I reported it. AP News picked it up, they repeated it. Not word one from anybody saying he wasn’t a physicist at Los Alamos.”

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Sacred Marvels: 17 Cathedrals That Will Take Your Breath Away, In Pictures

Cathedrals are some of the most awe-inspiring structures in the world, with their grandeur and intricate details captivating visitors for centuries. These religious buildings are often the most iconic landmarks of a city or region, featuring unique architectural styles and intricate works of art.  Cathedrals can be found all around the world, from the towering spires of the  Gothic cathedrals of Europe  to the colorful domes of the  Orthodox cathedrals in Eastern Europe  and beyond. Many of these cathedrals have played significant roles in the history of their respective regions and continue to be important cultural and religious centers today.

St. Basil's Cathedral  is an iconic symbol of Moscow and one of the most famous landmarks of Russia. It was built in the 16th century under the reign of Ivan the Terrible to commemorate the capture of the city of Kazan. The cathedral is known for its colorful onion-shaped domes and intricate patterns, and is considered a masterpiece of Russian architecture.

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The Santiago de Compostela  Cathedral is located in the city of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain, and is considered to be one of the most important pilgrimage sites in the world. The cathedral is believed to be the burial place of Saint James, one of the apostles of Jesus, and has been a place of pilgrimage for over a thousand years. The cathedral's impressive Romanesque architecture and its baroque façade make it a popular tourist destination in Spain.

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Milan Cathedral, also known as the Duomo di Milano, is one of the most famous landmarks of Milan and one of the largest Gothic cathedrals in the world. The cathedral took nearly six centuries to complete and features over 3,400 statues, 135 gargoyles and stunning stained-glass windows. The cathedral's roof also offers breathtaking views of the city of Milan.

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The Zipaquira Salt Cathedral is an underground Roman Catholic church located in the town of Zipaquira, Colombia, about an hour's drive from Bogota. The cathedral is built inside an abandoned salt mine, which was transformed into a religious sanctuary in the 1950s. The cathedral is a popular tourist attraction, known for its impressive architecture, including its cross-shaped layout, and the numerous salt sculptures that decorate its interior.

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Sainte Chapelle is a Gothic-style royal chapel located in the heart of Paris, France. It was built in the 13th century by King Louis IX and is known for its stunning stained-glass windows, which cover a total area of over 600 square meters. The chapel's lower-level features intricate murals and sculptures, while the upper level is reserved for the spectacular stained glass windows, which depict scenes from the Bible.

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The Basilica of Saint Mary of the Flower is a cathedral located in the heart of Florence, Italy. The cathedral is famous for its iconic dome, which was designed by Filippo Brunelleschi and is considered a masterpiece of Renaissance architecture. The interior of the cathedral is also notable for its stunning frescoes, including the Last Judgment by Giorgio Vasari.

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The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral is one of the most impressive and iconic landmarks of the Bulgarian capital, Sofia. It was built in the early 20th century and named after the Russian prince and national hero Alexander Nevsky. The cathedral's neo-Byzantine architecture, intricate frescoes, and beautiful gold-plated domes make it a must-see attraction for visitors to Sofia.  

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Notre Dame Cathedral  is a historic Catholic cathedral located on the Île de la Cité in Paris, France. It was built in the 12th century and is widely considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture in the world. The cathedral is known for its impressive rose windows, soaring ceilings, and intricate sculptures, and attracts millions of visitors every year. In April 2019, a  devastating fire  broke out at Notre Dame Cathedral, causing significant damage to its roof and spire, and prompting a major restoration effort that is still ongoing.

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Saint Sophia Cathedral is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most significant landmarks of Kiev, Ukraine. The cathedral was built in the 11th century and is renowned for its Byzantine architecture, including its stunning mosaics and frescoes. It was named in honor of the ancient Hagia Sophia in Constantinople and played a crucial role in the history of Kievan Rus.

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The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière is a prominent landmark in Lyon, France, situated atop Fourvière Hill overlooking the city. The basilica was constructed in the late 19th century in a neo-Byzantine style and is known for its ornate design, including intricate mosaics, stained glass windows, and a beautiful golden statue of the Virgin Mary.

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St. Stephen's Cathedral is a stunning Gothic-style cathedral located on Stephansplatz square in the heart of Vienna, Austria. The cathedral's construction began in the 12th century and continued for over 400 years, resulting in a fascinating blend of architectural styles. The cathedral's towering spire, intricate carvings, and stunning stained-glass windows make it one of Vienna's most beloved and iconic landmarks.

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Cologne Cathedral, also known as Kölner Dom, is a stunning Gothic-style cathedral located in the city of Cologne, Germany. The cathedral's construction began in the 13th century and took over 600 years to complete, resulting in a fascinating blend of architectural styles. The cathedral is known for its impressive size, with two spires standing over 150 meters tall, as well as its stunning stained glass windows and intricate carvings.

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The Notre-Dame Basilica is a stunning Gothic-style church located in the heart of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was constructed in the mid-19th century and is known for its impressive size, intricate carvings, and stunning stained-glass windows.

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The Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar is a Catholic church located in the city of Zaragoza, in northeastern Spain. The cathedral is dedicated to the Virgin Mary, under the title of Our Lady of the Pillar, and is considered one of the most important pilgrimage sites in Spain. The cathedral's architecture is a mix of styles, including Baroque, Renaissance and Gothic, and is known for its impressive dome and stunning frescoes.

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St John's Co-Cathedral is a stunning Baroque-style cathedral located in the heart of Valletta, the capital city of Malta. The cathedral was built by the Knights of Malta in the 16th century and is known for its ornate interior, including intricate marble floors, gilded columns, and stunning frescoes. The cathedral is also home to several important works of art, including paintings by Caravaggio and other prominent Baroque artists.

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The Sagrada Familia is a world-famous cathedral located in the city of Barcelona, Spain, and is one of the most iconic landmarks of the city. Designed by the renowned architect Antoni Gaudí, the cathedral's construction began in the late 19th century and is still ongoing. The cathedral is known for its unique architectural style, including its towering spires, intricate sculptures, and stunning stained-glass windows.

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Cathedrals continue to inspire visitors with their beauty and spiritual significance, and many have become beloved landmarks of the cities and regions in which they are located. Despite the challenges of time and natural disasters, these architectural wonders have endured for centuries, serving as a testament to the  skill and creativity  of their builders. Whether you are admiring the soaring spires of a Gothic cathedral or the colorful mosaics of an Orthodox basilica, cathedrals offer a unique glimpse into the art, architecture, and religious traditions of cultures around the world.

• Top image: The Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, St. Petersburg, Russia. The 18th century cathedral is the final resting place of many members of the Russian royal family, including Peter the Great and Catherine the Great.
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Tubular Patterns on UFO Underbellies

By Bob Spearing, Director of International Investigations

How many times over the decades did MUFON and other UFO Organizations receive a description concerning the underbelly of a Black triangle? The witnesses not only described the three round white, blue or orange lights on the triangular vertices and a central red twirling beacon dead on in the bottom’s ?center but also mentioned how the triangle underside was of a deep matte finish and often tubular orB intricate latices were visible on the craft’s bottom. Circuit boards or various other unusual descriptions suggesting a complex tapestry of possible mechanics were described on the craft bottoms.These examples are not one-offs but a serious pattern seen over and over again in dozens, if not more, triangle reports.

Surely, with such a consistent pattern concerning the architecture of unknown aerial vehicles in ourskies,  serious investigators should consider this essential circumstantial evidence that these are real and recurring vehicles in our skies of similar manufacture.

Now we have yet another report from a witness who most likely has no knowledge or connection to prior similar reports! It is a disc now and not a triangle.

MUFON Report #122240
originates out of Alameda County, California on or around July 20, 1985 at 8 P.M.
This is what the witness, a child at the time, saw:

The UFO Investigator has a lot to work with here. First, the intricacy of the witness’s drawing absolutely suggests he has seen something incredibly similar to other UFO witnesses. There is a definite pattern to tubular or pipe-like structures on the bottom of these UFOs.

Why tubular structures? Is their purpose connected to propulsion? Cooling Systems? Life support systems? Optical Illusion? Implanted thought? Or, does this lattice of tubes constitute a necessity in a?technology that we do not understand by a visiting agent, extraterrestrial or otherwise, that we have noframe of reference for.

 A second excellent drawing by the witness has overtones of the Ezekiel’s vision when he sees a wheel within a wheel. It is also suggestive of the common disc sightings where multi-colored lights ar observed rotating in certain ways, sometimes clockwise and counter-clockwise at the same time.

Having established that the witness creates coherent drawings similar to many other cases, let us delv further into the narrative of the child witness in this historical case. It is a “high strangeness” account and may, at first, seem bizarre.

It reads: “2 years prior woke up to a 4-foot waitress wearing an old-fashioned waitress uniform walking towards me as I watched from my bed. I could hear all the sounds of what a busy old-fashioned diner would sound like (customers eating and mumbling, silverware clanging on plates.) This was all static, “snow” in which it appeared to me almost like a holograph ..waitress was walking in middle section of seated guests towards me holding a platter of food with both of her hands, she did not look directly at me but kind of through my {me}. Very detailed even though it was all in a static type media in which I observed it. I yelled out to my Mom if I could sleep with her and I heard her say “sure c-mon honey”..then I replied “but I don’t want to step on this lady”….then I blacked out and did not discuss the event until years later with my   Mom….also had multiple visions soon after the UFO experience including a wheel within a wheel hovering and rotating in opposite directions over my childhood home, walking on a beach of dead whales and running from a crashing flood and climbing atop of Stonehenge for safety as the flood waters resided just before the tips of the larger stones”.

An analysis of this episode by a viable witness capable of drawing highly complex illustrations must make us consider the possibility that his story is true no matter how unbelievable. There is also much symbolism in the child’s vision. Was the waitress a “Screen Memory?” Additionally, sufficient reports of possible alien agents offering Contactees and experiencers food and drink is common and Jacque Valle often cites reports of Faire abductions back to the Middle Ages where food and drink are offered.

An especially intriguing part of the witness’s visions is that whales are seen dying along a beach.
Coincidentally (perhaps not!!!), whales are currently washing ashore in New Jersey in droves due to their sonar being disrupted by windmill farms in the ocean near the coast. Was the witness having some sort of prescient event? Could it be within the realm of possibility that this witness saw into the future?

MUFON would love reaction to this “high strangeness” account! Please send your hypotheses to DOII@MUFON.COM and we may follow up on this case in a future newsletter article.

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February 2023 MUFON UFO sightings statistics

NATIONS OF THE WORLD UNITED STATES 942 CANADA 35 UNITED KINGDOM 33 AUSTRALIA 20 FRANCE 15 MEXICO 4 INDIA 4 INDONESIA 3 GERMANY 2 SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO 2 PORTUGAL 2 NORWAY 2 ALBANIA 1 OMAN 1 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 1 BRAZIL 1 CZECH REPUBLIC 1 SPAIN 1 GREENLAND 1 UKRAINE 1 ITALY 1 SLOVAKIA 1 VIETNAM 1 TONGA 1 BELGIUM 1 PUERTO RICO 1 CHILE 1 MALAYSIA 1 SLOVENIA 1 UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS 1 TOTAL: 1082 BY SHAPE Circle 205 Sphere 125 Other 84 Triangle 79 Disc 71 Unknown 63 Oval 61 Star-like 55 Cigar 42 Cylinder 33 Square/Rectangular 31 Tic Tac 27 Fireball 23 Boomerang 13 Diamond 11 N/A 10 Cone 7 Egg 7 Bullet/Missile 6 Teardrop 6 Blimp 5 Flash 4 Chevron 3 Saturn-like 3 Cross 1 STATES OF THE USA Florida 93 California 87 Ohio 58 Texas 50 Pennsylvania 49 New York 41 Arizona 31 Michigan 31 North Carolina 29 Washington 29 New Jersey 27 Tennessee 26 Oregon 25 Illinois 24 Oklahoma 23 Wisconsin 23 Indiana 21 Missouri 20 Arkansas 20 Colorado 19 Nevada 15 Virginia 15 Georgia 14 Kentucky 13 New Mexico 12 South Carolina 12 Utah 11 Massachusetts 11 Connecticut 11 Minnesota 10 Maryland 9 Montana 7 New Hampshire 7 Alabama 6 Louisiana 6 Alaska 5 Hawaii 5 Nebraska 5 Idaho 5 Kansas 5 Wyoming 4 Maine 4 Vermont 4 Iowa 4 West Virginia 4 Delaware 4 Mississippi 3 Rhode Island 2 North Dakota 1 DISTANCE FROM THE WITNESS < 100 ft 138 101-500 ft 125 501 ft - 1 Mile 182 Over 1 Mile 212 Unknown 94 NO VALUE 34 Most impressively there were 43 Landings, Hovering, or Takeoffs reported and 50 Entities observed. Number of abduction (ERT) cases were 66.

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Ex-CIA Pilot Claimed To Receive 25 Secret CIA Memos About Aliens On Earth

By Vicky Verma

John Lear, a former CIA pilot, passed away on March 29, 2022, leaving behind a legacy in the world of aviation and conspiracy theories. He was widely known for his claims about the unidentified aerial phenomenon and Area 51, but also for a lifetime of daring exploits in everything that could fly. He was the son of American inventor Bill Lear, who created the Lear jet and invented the 8-Track tape system.

Determined to carve out his own path, Lear delved into aviation, becoming an accomplished pilot at a young age, setting multiple world records in various planes. Despite his accomplishments, his daredevil lifestyle resulted in serious injuries from plane crashes that he should not have survived.

During the Vietnam era, Lear flew cargo planes for the CIA and continued to seek out danger by flying in and out of other hotspots. He had numerous contacts in the aerospace industry and became interested in secret planes and projects.

In the 1980s, Lear and a few friends began investigating obscure bases in the Nevada desert, which later became famous. His claims about UFOs and Area 51 and his lifetime of daredevil exploits in the skies will forever be remembered.

Lear’s appearance in “On the Record,” which aired on January 28, 1988, on KLAS TV in Las Vegas, startled the UFO discussion and told investigative journalist George Knapp that the government even housed aliens at two U.S. sites. Lear said the government was engaged in a program to gradually inform the public of encounters that had already happened.

George Knapp interviews John Lear on a 1987 broadcast of “On the Record.”

Image credit: KLAS-TV

According to Lear, there are at least 70 different species of aliens. He specifically mentioned the existence of “little green men” as well as “little grey ones,” who are about 4 and a half feet tall. He also talked about the existence of “Nordics,” which are similar in appearance to humans, but are taller and have blond hair and blue eyes. He stated that one of those species was recovered from a crash and was stored on ice.

Lear claimed that there are good and bad aliens and they have all kinds of ways to interact with humans. “And what are some of the reasons? Why would they be here?” Knapp asked. Lear replied: “Genetic experiments.” He further said that “movies such as E.T., Close Encounters of the Third Kind were carefully guided by representatives from MJ-12, who is this organization that is in charge of the coverup, in order to get us ready for the release of the information that there are indeed, aliens.”

Lear believed that everything started with the Roswell crash in 1947. He claimed that in September 1945, President Truman established MJ-12, and the purpose of that was to study the saucers and cover up the existence of UFOs. He told Knapp that four alien bodies were recovered from a crash and were autopsied by Dr. Detlev Bronk.

They were named “EBEs” (Extraterrestrial Biological Entities) and three live EBEs were captured in different crashes. EBE1 lived with an Air Force Colonel between 1949 and 1952. The EBEs were kept in an electromagnetic facility called a YY-2, which was designed by Dr. Eric Wang who worked under Dr. Kissinger and was involved in the coverup of the incident since the beginning.

Lear said: “The reason they have to create an electromagnetic facility is the fact that the EBEs are so advanced, they’re there at least a half a billion years advanced from us, and probably more… And they can also disappear. But they can’t move by thought through an electromagnetic facility, so they built this facility. There was two, one in Los Alamos and one either Edwards (AFB) or at the Test Site.

Lear discussed the existence of extraterrestrial beings at Groom Lake, Nevada, also known as Area 51. He stated that there was still a living extraterrestrial biological entity (EBE) known as EBE3 and that there was a tape of an interview with this being. However, Lear did not see the tape and was unaware of what language was used in the interviewers. He also mentioned that he had been given 25 secret CIA memos on his trip to gather information, and one of the memos mentioned that EBE3 wanted to see the ocean and that arrangements needed to be made or the EBE would “disappear again.”

Knapp asked if these beings can exist among us and if they need a special environment. Lear stated that they have a special environment, special air, and can only last about 20 minutes in Earth’s air.

Lear also claimed that the grey EBEs are the ones that are most commonly seen and that there are different motives for their presence on Earth. He suggested that a deal was made with them, as they are trying to regenerate their own race. This is because their digestive system is atrophied and they could no longer eat through their mouths. Instead, they obtain hormones and enzymes from cattle and spread it on their skin for nutrients, excreting the waste back to their skin.

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On March 29, 1989, Lear and his friends including Bob Lazar recorded a video of the object, a glowing disc that rose from a facility on the outskirts of Area 51 that officially did not exist. Ironically, March 29 was the same date Lear died at his Las Vegas home, though many years later. (Source)

During the interview, Lear discussed his knowledge of two incidents involving UFOs. The first incident occurred in July 1987, when an enormous UFO is said to have followed a cargo plane over Anchorage, Alaska. The second incident took place in 1975, where UFOs were reportedly seen hovering over Strategic Air Command bases.

Knapp: You’ve said before you thought that a lot of their intentions were hostile and you’ve mentioned before that a lot of the sightings around the military bases. Why don’t we see them here? Las Vegas, we’ve got a lot of military bases here.

Lear: Well, the in fact there have been a lot of a lot of reports of UFOs in around Las Vegas, not specifically over the Air Force bases. We have the Test Site and of course, we don’t know what’s going on there, and we have Nellis Air Force Base. But there have not really been a lot of sightings over there. The main Air Force sightings were in 1975. And the UFOs descended on every Strategic Air Command base guarding the perimeter of the northern United States. They hovered over the nuclear weapons storage area and they stayed there with impunity for up to two and three hours over a period of three days.

“The problem is not only just the fact that there are five and as many as 10 different civilizations visiting us. Apparently, and this is from the research that I’ve done, at least 90% of them are hostile. And when I say hostile, if not hostile, they have a completely different set of morals than we do,” he added.

The following statement by the ex-CIA pilot is also worth noting: “The moon is an artificial body that was dragged to our planet, as a result of which an ice age broke out on Earth that killed all living things.” In fact, the circumstances of the appearance of the moon in outer space are not exactly known, and no one has seen the back of the moon.

Lear also explained in his interview how Moon had been created in Jupiter and brought to Earth’s orbit about 15,000 years ago, which was nearly around the last Ice Age. Besides, he said that the Greys are on the moon as well, but mainly remain underground within huge laboratories.

John Lear claimed that NASA sent astronauts to Mars in 1966, and that the astronauts had undergone extensive preparation for the mission, including taking drugs to adapt to the Martian climate. He also alleged that those astronauts were able to breathe the thin atmosphere on Mars, allowing for longer missions on the planet.

Lear mentioned that there are several notable figures from various fields, such as military, espionage, and aeronautics who corroborated these claims, including Colonel Philip Corso, David Wilcock, Glen Steckling, Henry Deacon, Barr Digregorio and Gilbert Levin, and they are not considered as madmen but are the key figures in space research.

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Most Famous Sinkholes Around the World

Sinkholes have received a lot of media attention. They serve as a powerful reminder of how quickly nature can take away what it has given. Sinkholes are natural wonders that may be found all over the world. You will encounter many sinkholes as an explorer, each with its peculiarities. Some have subterranean water features or entire forests, while others are dirt-filled basins. Although impressive, sinkholes can be dangerous and result in significant damage if they occur in populated regions.

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Diamond Craft Over Arizona Feb 8, 2023, UFO Sighting News. Video!

Date of sighting: Feb 8, 2023

Location of sighting: Arizona, looks like outskirts of Phoenix

 

Guys this just in. An eyewitness was out in hills mountain biking when he noticed a dark diamond craft moving across the sky and planes all around. The object can be seen moving over the city and has no tail, wings or anything that would indicate it was a plane, helicopter. It's also very big, car size or van size. So it's unlikely it's a drone since most drones are very small. The area looks like the outskirts of Phoenix, however the eyewitness didn't' put the city in the report so it's still unknown at the moment. 

Scott C. Waring - Taiwan

 

Eyewitness states: 

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Ancient alien mining facility on the Moon, Video, UFO Sighting News.

Date of discovery: March 4, 2023

Location of discovery: Moon

Map:

• https://quickmap.lroc.asu.edu/?id=lroc&showTerrain=true&queryOpts=N4XyA&layers=NrBsFYBoAZIRnpEBmZcAsjYIHYFcAbAyAbwF8BdC0yioA&proj=10

 

Hey, I found this last night and it really excited me. This object is smack dab in the middle of the crater as if it were there for the purpose of mining rare or useful elements from the impact area. Its just my opinion, but this seems like clear evidence that intelligent aliens existed on our moon. Even the area to the right of my discovery is blurred out for miles, which is indication that NASA found lots of structures and just covered them up. Tell me your thought, please share on social media to get the word out or use this video and link back to here please. Thanks, Scott C. Waring in Taiwan.

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What did Alex Dietrich, the witness of the Tic Tac UFO sighting, discover

Alex Dietrich is a former United States Navy fighter pilot who was involved in the 2004 Nimitz UFO incident. She was one of the pilots who encountered a mysterious flying object during a training exercise off the coast of California. The incident gained worldwide attention when it was revealed by The New York Times in 2017. Dietrich, along with other pilots and crew members, reported seeing an object that appeared to defy the laws of physics, with no visible means of propulsion or flight control surfaces. The object also reportedly outmaneuvered the pilots’ fighter jets with ease. Dietrich has since spoken publicly about the incident and has advocated for more transparency and research into UFOs.

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Steven Spielberg speculates that UFOs could be time-traveling humans from 500,000 years in the future

In recent weeks, American skies have been filled with various balloons and other unidentified flying objects that the U.S. military has been forced to shoot down. The lack of information provided has led many curious Americans to draw their own conclusions about the mysterious objects — including Steven Spielberg.

The famous director, known for his movies such as “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and “E.T.”, has been asked about the recent surge in UFO sightings during a career-spanning interview on “The Late Show with Steven Colbert”. While Spielberg is not ready to endorse the theory that we are being visited by aliens, he finds the saga fascinating.

Spielberg said, “I don’t believe we’re alone in the universe. I think it’s mathematically impossible that we are the only intelligent species in the cosmos. I think that’s totally impossible.” However, he is skeptical about the idea that someone would visit us from 400 million lightyears away, unless they figured out a way to jump through wormholes.

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While Spielberg is not convinced about aliens traveling millions of lightyears to visit us, he’s more open to the idea that humans may have figured out time travel. He presented Colbert with his own theory that the UFOs we’re seeing are actually humans visiting us from the future.

“What if it’s us, 500,000 years in the future, that is coming back to document the second half of the 20th century and into the 21st century because they’re anthropologists? And they know something we don’t quite know yet that has occurred, and they’re trying to track the last hundred years of our history.”

Spielberg’s theory raises an interesting question about the future of humanity. If people are indeed visiting us from the future, what does that say about our survival as a species? It’s an optimistic view, suggesting that humans will not only survive but thrive for the next half-million years.

While there is no concrete evidence to support Spielberg’s theory, it’s a fascinating idea to ponder. It’s impossible to know for sure what these UFOs really are, but Spielberg’s perspective provides a new and unique way of looking at the phenomenon. Regardless of what the UFOs turn out to be, the discussion surrounding them is a testament to our innate curiosity about the world and the universe we live in.

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Hubble's Inside the Image: V838 Mon

Echo, echo… Hubble captured a “light echo” from the star V838 Mon. A sequence of images shows how a pulse of light from this star illuminated its surrounding clouds of material!

Find out more about V838 Mon, including an image released #OTD in 2004: https://go.nasa.gov/3SNCyG4

The Hubble Space Telescope has taken over 1.5 million observations over the years. One of them is the breathtaking image sequence of V838 Monocerotis (V838 Mon).

Called a light echo, the expanding illumination of interstellar dust around the star has been revealing remarkable structures in the dusty cloud ever since the star suddenly brightened in January 2002. V838 Mon temporarily became 600,000 times brighter than our Sun, until it faded in April 2002. It was one of the brightest stars in the entire Milky Way. The reason for the eruption is still unclear.

In this video, Dr. Padi Boyd explains this fascinating piece of history, teaching us some of the interesting science behind this famous Hubble image.

For more information, visit https://nasa.gov/hubble.

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Space Rock Mystery

Where Did the Fukang Meteorite Come From?

The Fukang Meteorite is the name given to a meteorite that was discovered in China. The Fukang Meteorite belongs to a class of stony-iron meteorite known as Pallasite, which may be recognized by the fragments of olivine crystals embedded in an iron-nickel matrix. According to one source, the stunning slices of such a meteorite, when illuminated from the back, are “reminiscent of stained glass windows crafted in the ancient solar system.”

Was the Fukang Meteorite Up For Sale?

Part of the Fukang Meteorite was recently sold at auction. In February 2021 Christie’s reports that it sold an “end wedge of the most beautiful extraterrestrial substance known.” Just that portion of the meteorite alone fetched a whopping 30,000 USD for the seller – well over the 3,500-4,500 USD estimate. So what makes the Fukang Meteorite so special?

For one thing, it’s not a “common meteorite.” Pallasites are an extremely rare type of meteorite. This is due to the fact that most Pallasites do not survive their descent through the Earth’s atmosphere. It has been estimated that less than 1 % of all meteorites are Pallasites. Therefore, the Fukang Meteorite has often been hailed as one of the greatest meteorite discoveries of the 21st century.

Out of this world, quite literally: The beautiful and mysterious Fukang meteorite.

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This is the main mass of the Fukang meteorite, on display in the Michael J. Drake building at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Note the large olivine nodules.

(Nicholas Silvestri/ CC BY-SA 4.0 )

In February 2005, this specimen made an appearance at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, where it was seen by D. S. Lauretta, a Professor of Planetary Science and Cosmochemistry at the University of Arizona (and also the principal investigator of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission). Subsequently, the rest of the Fukang Meteorite (which has a mass of 983 kg (2167 lbs.), excluding the 20 kg (44 lbs.) removed by the anonymous hiker) was studied by the University of Arizona.

Fukang meteorite slice, pallasite. Exhibit at the Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.

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The Fukang Meteorite was found to be of a type of stony-iron meteorite known as Pallasite. Stony-iron meteorites are meteorites that are made up of meteoric iron and silicates in an almost equal proportion. Pallasites may be distinguished by a matrix of meteoric iron, in which silicates, mostly olivine (which is a type of yellow to yellowish-green crystal), are embedded. This type of meteorite, incidentally, is named after Simon Peter Pallas, a German doctor and naturalist who first described the Krasnojarsk Pallasite in Russia in 1772.

Unknown Origins

The exact origins of the Fukang Meteorite, as well as other Pallasites are not entirely clear. Nevertheless, it has been speculated that they originated from the boundary of a melted and differentiated asteroid and its surrounding olivine mantle. The Fukang Meteorite is thought to have been formed at the birth of the solar system approximately 4.5 billion years ago, when the olivine fragments from its mantle mixed with the molten metal from its core upon impact on earth.

Unrivaled Beauty

Apart from its rarity, the Fukang Meteorite, like other Pallasites, is a very beautiful object to behold. When light is shone on slices of the Fukang Meteorite, it passes through the olivine crystals, giving the meteorite a breath-taking glow.

Natural History Museum, Vienna. Part of a pallasite meteorite from Fukang

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Due to this spectacular beauty, there has been a demand amongst collectors for slices of the Fukang Meteorite. The largest chunk of this meteorite, which weighs 419.5 kg (924.8 lbs.), is currently held by an anonymous collector / group of collectors. In 2008, an attempt was made to sell this portion of the Fukang Meteorite at an auction in Bonham’s in New York for about 2 million USD.

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The object, however, did not receive any bidders. Other smaller slices of the meteorite, such as the aforementioned end wedge, have been sold at auctions and have been distributed around the world. The University of Arizona’s Southwest Meteorite Laboratory, for example, has a total of 31 kg (68 lbs.) of the Fukang Meteorite in its deposit.

• Top image: Pallasite (Fukang Meteorite)
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UFO Sightings in the United States

Sightings are from MUFON CMS

California Objects

Lakeside on January 2, 2023, at 10:26 am, coming home on Route 711  I saw a UFO hovering near the clouds at 500 feet. It was  a black Mylar balloon? Examining the photos, I found a black cigar shaped object right next to it.

Florida Burned Grass

The Villages on February 16, 2023, woke up to observe a large “burn” mark in our back yard 7 feet across. I have never seen a UFO before or the result of one landing, but it looked very odd.

Frost Proof on February 6, 2023, we live very remote in central Florida.. I raised my iPad up and started recording, After slowing it down some sort of craft that seem to own cloak and re-cloak.

Hawaii Light

Honaunau on February 27, 2023, observed a silent cigar shaped object while night fishing.

Illinois Light

Chicago on September 2, 2021, short silent white tic tac shaped object. aft that seem to own cloak and re-cloak.

Louisiana Lights

Baton Rouge on February 17, 2023, the string of lights that are very strange. moving slow and changing colors.

Missouri Light

Owings on November 27, 2022, I was walking my dogs and took a picture of the sunrise. I looked at the picture I saw what appeared to be a floating Angel in the sky.

Nevada Object

Las Vegas  on February 18, 2023, it stared t to form over Lake Mead and flow north when I snapped pictures of  engines, then it began to take other shapes like a square and at some point like a ship.

New Jersey Disc

Waterford Works on June 23, 2009, I saw it so I took a photo of it. It was over the NJ Pine Barrens 24 miles from joint base of Fort DIX-McGuire. I saw a similar one in on a UFO TV show, that was shape shifting 2014 UFO..

New York Lights

Lindenhurst on December 20, 2021, driving home I noticed several small lights over the shoreline. There were others in the sky further inland. Some disappeared and others appeared at will. The cigar object  changed to a bar shape and didn’t move.

North Carolina Orbs

Charlotte on March 6, 2022,  we were e letting our dogs run, when I saw a cruising object and I told my wife and she also saw it. I took a picture as it faded when 2 jet appeared to be flying to catch it.

Oklahoma Light

Stringtown on June 12, 2022, I saw 2 hovering objects while driving down highway before the sunrise. The objects were at the same elevation maybe a quarter of a mile apart.

Pennsylvania Light

Philadelphia on February 2 , 2023, I happened to take four photos of the sun because it was mentioned on TV that a comet had a chance of striking the sun. I had one photo with two triangles next to the sun.

Texas Lights

Mansfield on February 3, 2023, weird object, just look and see for yourself.

Utah Triangle

Salt Lake on January 20, 2023, a triangle shaped craft flew over the city at a very high altitude

Virginia Object

Virginia Beach on September 14, 2021, I was walking on 6th Street shoreline at 3:36 PM, I took photos of a F-18 jet from Oceana Navy Base. I also got a seven-sided object with a, greenish hue, hovering 200 feet, above the Doubletree Hotel.

Washington Object

Renton on August 18 , 2022, I was in my backyard and took a few pictures of the moon when I went back and viewed them I noticed that there’s a craft in one photo. It is not a plane. I hope it’s really a UFO.

Wisconsin Lights

Almena on February 12, 2023, I was outside with another person at 7:10 pm as my 2 dogs started barking. As the craft passed overhead, another triangle followed and we felt, a low deep hum.

Worldwide UFO Sightings

Australia Disc

Adelaide on February 22, 2023, 12.34 pm I witnessed for about 6 seconds, a metallic silver hub cap shaped object ascending and following a

France Light

Ascain on February 12, 2023, object pass above me at 7:35 p.m. The object looks like a silent train.

Mexico Light

River is Maya on February 27 , 2023, fast moving silent object with a cloud in front of it for 90-120 seconds.

Norway Orbs

Jevnaker on January 20, 2019,  I was reviewing my pictures and noticed that there are strange lights depicted on one shows that shows six lights, but if you zoom in there are actual more..

Pakistan Triangle

Islamabad on February 2, 202 3, a dark triangle UFO was there for several hours over two cities. The UFO is very similar to the triangle over Salt Lake City, Utah,. Aliens are coming close, revealing their craft and plan. Source: 

• https://nypost.com/2022/02/22/mysterious-bulging-triangle-ufo-filmed-over-city-for-two-hours/

Scott C. Waring – Taiwan

Spain Lights

San Sebastian on February 24 , 2023, I took a picture of the Moon and looking at the picture, I saw four steady lights in the upper right of the picture.

UK/England Light

Birmingham on January 6, 2023, just saw it and found it strange

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Uncovering the Truth About Crashed UFOs and Alien Beings: Compelling Evidence From the 1950s

The UFO phenomenon has been the subject of much debate and controversy for decades. While many people remain skeptical about the existence of extraterrestrial life and the possibility of UFO sightings and encounters, there is a wealth of evidence that suggests otherwise.

One of the most compelling pieces of evidence comes from a series of reports published in the Flying Saucer Review (FSR) in the 1950s. These reports included accounts of UFO sightings, as well as alleged encounters with extraterrestrial beings and even crashed UFOs.

In one particularly interesting report from FSR Vol. 2, No. 1 (January/February 1956), a special correspondent visited Mexico and spoke with a top-ranking American V.I.P. who claimed that the United States government had established that flying saucers were manned by visitors from outer space. The V.I.P. stated that the visitors were trying to work out a method of breathing and staying alive in our atmosphere before landing and establishing contact.

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The report goes on to describe a specific incident in which three saucers were spotted hovering over the airport in Mexico City in the summer of 1951. News reporters, photographers, and movie camera crews were gathered to meet a V.I.P. from the United States when someone noticed the saucers. Many photographs and movies were taken of the saucers before they darted off at high speed in a southerly direction. The following day, the newspapers of Mexico City broke the story on their front pages, but no pictures were released. It was reported that the pictures had all been taken by the authorities and that they would be released for publication after a study had been made by the Mexican and United States authorities. However, so far, the pictures have not appeared.

Later that summer, the American V.I.P. admitted to the FSR correspondent that it had been established that the saucers were visitors from another planet and that they were completely friendly. The U.S. Air Force had been ordered to take no action against their craft. The V.I.P. also revealed that there had been contact with the men in the saucers and that on three occasions, there had been landings which had proved disastrous for the occupants. The visitors had apparently been trying to work out a method of remaining alive in our atmosphere before landing and establishing friendly communications.

Another interesting report comes from Frank Scully’s book Behind the Flying Saucers (Amazon link), which was first published in the United States in 1950. The book is one of the first ever written on the UFO phenomenon and describes an electrifying lecture delivered at the University of Denver in Colorado in March 1950. The lecturer, a famous businessman and personality named Silas M. Newton, claimed that there had been three crashed saucers found in the USA, with their dead crews. Newton told his audience that he was currently associated with scientists who had inspected all three machines and their crews. He said that the three machines had contained a total of 34 little men measuring between 36 inches and 40 inches in height. The first saucer was found “less than a year ago” at a place “within 500 miles of Denver.” It was 99.99 feet in diameter, and its cabin was 18 feet wide and 6 feet high. The second machine, 72 feet wide, also contained 16 little dead men who, however, had seemingly not suffered from burns like the crew of the first disc. The third disc, measuring 36 feet in diameter, contained only two little corpses. The little men had apparently been alive when it landed, but had died as they tried to emerge from the cabin.

There have been long-standing rumors and speculations about the existence of extraterrestrial life forms and their involvement with the United States military, specifically at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. It is believed by some that the base is home to an area known as “Hangar 18,” where the remains of crashed UFOs and even the bodies of extraterrestrial beings are stored and studied. While there is no concrete evidence to support these claims, the rumors persist and continue to fuel the fascination and intrigue surrounding the possibility of alien life and government cover-ups.

Despite the compelling nature of these reports, there has been a great deal of skepticism and controversy surrounding the UFO phenomenon. Many people remain unconvinced, and there have been numerous attempts to discredit those who have come forward with stories of sightings and encounters. One example of this is the case of Frank Scully, whose book Behind the Flying Saucers was met with a powerful campaign to discredit him after it was published in 1950. Scully’s story about the crashed saucers and little dead crews created a sensation, but the campaign against him was 100% successful, and today, it is difficult to find anyone who has a good word to say about him. Nevertheless, researchers have begun to wonder if the exposure was not contrived, given the wealth of evidence that has since emerged about the UFO phenomenon.

One of the most interesting aspects of the UFO phenomenon is the way that it has evolved over time. In the 1950s and 1960s, there was a great deal of excitement and speculation about the possibility of extraterrestrial life and the potential for contact with other civilizations. However, as the years went by, the focus shifted away from this idea, and there was a growing sense of disillusionment with the whole UFO phenomenon. Some researchers began to argue that the UFOs were not extraterrestrial in origin, but rather were some sort of secret military project. Others suggested that they were simply misidentified natural phenomena, such as clouds or planets.

Despite these attempts to explain away the UFO phenomenon, there have been numerous sightings and encounters that remain unexplained to this day. In recent years, there has been a renewed interest in the subject, with a growing number of researchers investigating the possibility of extraterrestrial life and the potential for contact with other civilizations. Advances in technology and scientific knowledge have made it possible to explore the universe in ways that were once impossible, and there is a sense that we may be on the verge of a breakthrough in our understanding of the cosmos.

In conclusion, the reports of crashed saucers, little dead aliens, and UFO sightings and encounters are among the most compelling pieces of evidence in the debate over the existence of extraterrestrial life and the possibility of contact with other civilizations. While there is still a great deal of skepticism and controversy surrounding the subject, it is clear that there is a wealth of evidence that suggests that we are not alone in the universe. As we continue to explore the cosmos and learn more about the mysteries of the universe, it is likely that we will uncover more evidence that will shed light on this fascinating and complex subject.

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Caught on Camera and Radar | Kaikoura UFO Lights Incident, New Zealand

In December of 1978, a series of unexplainable events took place off the east coast of New Zealand’s South Island. These events, collectively known as the Kaikoura lights incident, have been considered some of the best and most credible footage ever captured of an unidentified flying object. The film, taken by a national network news team from the cockpit window of an Argosy cargo plane, made headlines all around the world.

What made the sightings even more bizarre was that they were captured on air traffic control radar too. The story of the Kaikoura lights incident starts in Blenheim, New Zealand, where a warrant officer in ufandel of the Royal New Zealand Air Force was completing final security checks before signing off at Woodburn Air Force base. At 11:30 pm, he noticed what he initially thought to be the landing lights of an aircraft coming in to land, which struck him as odd since there should have been no aircraft in the area at that time of night. He contacted the local air traffic controller, who was equally bewildered but suggested it could be the landing lights of an airplane approaching Wellington, around 80 miles to the north.

Upon contacting the New Zealand central air traffic control tower in Wellington, radar operator John Cordy reported that he had unidentified blips showing on his air traffic control radar. Meanwhile, in Blenheim, police were being inundated with calls from locals reporting strange lights in the night sky out east towards the coast.

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At around 2:30 am, an Argosy freighter was on a routine newspaper delivery run from Wellington to Christchurch when Captain Vern Powell and First Officer Ian Perry reported a series of large flashing lights following alongside their aircraft. The lights followed the aircraft for 40 miles before the plane made its eventual touchdown at Christchurch.

The next time the lights appeared, a major network news film crew was on hand to capture it. A Channel Zero news team led by renowned Australian television reporter Quinton Fogerty was sent to Wellington to cover the event. Although it would be the same route but different pilots, Network bosses in Australia had arranged for Fogerty and his team to go up in the Argosy on a nighttime mail run to film the location with the sightings had happened.

Around half an hour into the flight, as the plane tracked along the Kaikoura coast towards Christchurch, Fogerty and his crew heard an urgent call to get up onto the flight deck. They witnessed walls of light that would appear in the sky, pulsating and growing from small pinpricks into great globes of light. Like the earlier incident, the objects appeared on air traffic control radar, and the lights followed the aircraft for around 15 minutes.

The event and subsequent footage taken on board that night made world headlines. To this day, many consider the footage and the events of that night to be one of the best and hardest to explain unidentified flying object sightings ever. The Royal New Zealand Air Force and the New Zealand Police were tasked with investigating the event. The New Zealand Ministry of Defense attributed the events to lights from a squid boat reflecting off the clouds or another natural but unusual phenomenon like Venus atmospheric conditions, a meteor, or even lights from cars or trains.

Declassified military documents from 1978 released under the official information’s act in 2010 stated that the sightings were unique because of a large amount of documented evidence which included countless eyewitnesses, two tape recordings, and the detection of unusual ground and aircraft radar targets. Whether its origins are a rational Earthly explanation or something more difficult to explain, the Kaikoura lights incident remains one of the most intriguing and unexplainable unidentified flying object encounters ever.

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Falcon Lake UFO – Full Documentary Movie

The Falcon Lake Incident is a UFO sighting that occurred in 1967 in Manitoba, Canada. The event was investigated by various Canadian and American authorities, including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Royal Canadian Air Force, and the United States Air Force, as well as organizations such as the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization.

The incident involved Stefan Michalak, an industrial mechanic and amateur geologist who was prospecting for precious metals in the Falcon Lake area. Michalak claimed to have seen two objects emitting a reddish glow hovering near him before one of them landed on a nearby platform. He approached the craft and observed its smooth metallic surface, lack of seams, and changing colors. After attempting to communicate with the craft’s occupants, Michalak was hit by a blast of heated gas that burned his chest and stomach.

Michalak suffered from prolonged bouts of diarrhea, headaches, blackouts, and weight loss after the incident. He experienced physical effects consistent with radiation poisoning, but tests administered at Pinawa, Manitoba, came up negative.

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Michalak’s account of the incident has been met with skepticism, with some suggesting that his burns were a result of an accident stemming from alcohol use, and that he fabricated the encounter to dissuade competitors from prospecting in his site. However, investigations at the site revealed unusual results, including a circle of burned vegetation and highly radioactive elements within soil samples and clothing.

Regardless of the skeptical opinions, the Falcon Lake Incident remains a fascinating case in the history of UFO sightings. The incident has been the subject of books, a film, and even a commemorative coin issued by the Royal Canadian Mint. Michalak’s son has continued to work with individuals interested in the sighting, and a ranch operating nearby now offers a “UFO Tour” for those wishing to visit the area.

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Lights Over Montreal, Quebec Building, Canada 3-2-2023, UFO Sighting News

Date of sighting: March 2, 2023
Location of sighting: Montreal, quebec, Canada

Source: MUFON

 

Now this one is very intriguing to me. The craft is almost like Phoenix lights just not as long and shorter time span. What I thought was a plane at first, clearly was something much, much bigger. For this to be a plane, it would have to be 3-4 side by side maneuvering perfectly synchronized together. It's not, it's a UFO. 

Scott C. Waring - Taiwan 

 

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Two glowing Objects, Myrtle Creek, Oregon March 1, 2023, UFO Sighting News.

Date of sighting: March 1, 2023

Location of sighting:Myrtle Creek, Oregon, USA

 

This seems similar to the UFO lights seen over Florida and Mexico yesterday. This is the same craft or crafts. The lights were visible in several countries and even as far as Oregon, on the west coast of the US, where Florida is on the southern east side of US. 

Scott C. Waring - Taiwan 

 

Eyewitness states:

I noticed them at 7pm and took a photo. I took a film then went and got my husband. I took another film before I had to go tend to my son. My husband said they left after about an hour. Right before I took my first picture I heard a moo.

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