Talk of UFOs—sorry, “unidentified aerial phenomena”—spilled into yet another U.S. congressional hearing in July. The session followed a run of announcements and studies by the likes of NASA and the RAND Corporation regarding UAP sightings, turning what once was a fringe science and conspiracy theory into a matter of national interest and security. 

This new spate of interest in extraterrestrials is but the latest chapter in ufology, a field with roots in the late 19th century. But if certain E.T. proponents are to be believed, this fascination with the existence of aliens stretches back further in history. Their evidence? Cave paintings, Nazca lines, prehistoric sculptures, and—for our purposes—art-historical paintings. 

That some old masters depicted encounters with the third kind might be plainly in view for anyone looking closely (very closely) to a few of their works. Squint or stare and you might spot curious aerial phenomena, bizarre beings, or other unexplainable artifacts. Are they signs of an extraterrestrial presence or merely symbols of religious rapture? Is there a difference? Who knows?

Below, we’ve arrayed seven of these historical artworks that contain unidentified objects, so you can make like Congress and be the judge. 

1. Masolino da Panicale - The Miracle of the Snow (c. 1428–32)

Masolino da Panicale, The Miracle of the Snow (c. 1428–32).

Photo: Mondadori Portfolio / Getty Images.

The Florentine painter created this altarpiece to commemorate the founding of Roman basilica Santa Maria Maggiore. Legend has it that the church’s site was chosen by the Virgin Mary herself, who caused snow to fall on that exact spot on the Esquiline Hill in the summer of 352—a scene rendered in Da Panicale’s panel. To some eyes, however, Da Panicale’s depiction of lenticular clouds looks akin to a fleet of alien spaceships, overseen by Jesus and Mary. Could the so-called miracle of the snow be an allegory for an invasion of flying saucers? It’s worth noting that even in the colder seasons, snow is rare in Rome. But then again, so are UFOs… presumably.

2. Jacques Legrand - Livre des Bonnes Meurs (c. 1430)

Jacques Legrand, Livre des Bonnes Meurs (c. 1430), folio 129v.

Photo: Musée Condé, Chantilly.

Contemporary interest in the pages of the illuminated manuscript Livre des Bonnes Meurs has less to do with its content, which teaches good manners to folks from clerics to commoners, but a striking image on folio 129 verso. In rich tones, it depicts the goddess of luck Fortuna beside her wheel, surrounded by a group of male petitioners, with a decorated gold sphere hovering bizarrely in the sky above them. Could it be the sun, a hot-air balloon, or another representation of the wheel of fortune? No one has figured it out, but you bet the ufologists have.

3. Domenico Ghirlandaio - The Madonna with Saint Giovannino (c. 15th century)

Domenico Ghirlandaio, The Madonna with Saint Giovannino (c. 15th century).

Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

The reputation of this 15th-century painting, installed at the Palazzo Vecchio, is such that it is colloquially referred to as “Madonna dell’UFO.” While portraying the Madonna with the infant Jesus and Saint John, Ghirlandaio (the work has also been attributed to Jacopo del Sellaio and Sebastiano Mainardi) chose to paint an odd blob in the sky to the right of Mary’s shoulder, with the figures of a man and a dog looking on. There’s even speculation that Mary has positioned herself to shield the children, who, it seems, might not be the only celestial beings in frame. 

4. Michael Pacher - Saint Augustine and the Devil (c. 1475)

Michael Pacher, Saint Augustine and the Devil (c. 1475).

Photo: DeAgostini / Getty Images.

Pacher’s oil illustrates a simple legend: the devil showing Augustine his entry in the book of vices (the saint only has the one recorded sin of not praying hard enough, of course). Or does it? Depending on who’s viewing it, the Gothic painter’s grotesque demon, complete with green skin and red eyes on its rear-end, is less mythical and more extraterrestrial. Which turns the painting’s depiction into less a meeting of good and evil, and more artistic proof that we’re not alone. 

5. Carlo Crivelli - The Annunciation with Saint Emidius (1486)

Carlo Crivelli, The Annunciation with Saint Emidius (1486).

Photo: VCG Wilson/Corbis via Getty Images.

Crivelli’s luxuriously detailed work offers his artistic interpretation of the annunciation, the archangel Gabriel’s announcement to Mary that she will soon bear the Christian messiah. Except that Mary looks to be receiving the announcement from an extraterrestrial vehicle, its message beaming down laser-like to reach her. It’s the kind of light, so say proponents, consistent with those reported in modern-day alien abductions, presenting fodder for the theory that Mary was, well, abducted and artificially inseminated by aliens. 

6. Hans Glaser - Celestial Phenomenon Over Nuremburg (1561)

Hans Glaser, Celestial Phenomenon Over Nuremburg broadsheet with woodcut (1561).

Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

In 1561, Glaser, a Nuremberg artist and publisher, produced a broadsheet to report on a “dreadful apparition” that occurred just above the city on April 14. Accompanying his account of an aerial battle between objects shaped like globes and crosses was his illustrative, almost buoyant woodcut depicting the multi-colored UAPs (to those of you who are new to ufology, that is short for unidentified anomalous phenomena) swirling across the sun. While skeptics today reckon the phenomenon was down to parhelia, an atmospheric optical occurrence, or perhaps an early use of fireworks, Glaser deemed it—what else?—a “high sign” from God.

7.  Aert de Gelder - Baptism of Christ (c. 1710)

Aert de Gelder, The Baptism of Christ (c. 1710).

Photo: The Fitzwilliam Museum.

De Gelder was one of Rembrandt’s last pupils and his paintings of Biblical scenes bear the Dutch Master’s heightened emotionalism. His circa 1710 work captures the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist at the River of Jordan, spotlit by beams from a huge disc in the sky. It’s ostensibly a representation of “the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on [Jesus],” according to Matthew 3:16. Or could it be de Gelder was trying to tell us something about the audience at Jesus’s baptism?

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Seismic Activity in Crust of Neutron Stars Could Explain Repeating Fast Radio Bursts

Fast radio bursts are extragalactic transient phenomena that shine in radio wavelengths for short durations lasting only 1-10 milliseconds. Some sources of fast radio bursts are known to produce many bursts repeatedly. Repeaters are thought to be neutron stars, but the causes of bursts and the radiation mechanism are not well understood.

Totani & Tsuzuki found remarkable similarities between the statistical properties of fast radio bursts and earthquakes, especially the laws on aftershock occurrence.

Image credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are enigmatic and rarely detected bursts of energy that come from far beyond the Milky Way Galaxy.

These events have durations of milliseconds and exhibit the characteristic dispersion sweep of radio pulsars.

They emit as much energy in one millisecond as the Sun emits in 10,000 years, but the physical phenomenon that causes them is unknown.

The first FRB was discovered in 2007, although it was actually observed some six years earlier, in archival data from a pulsar survey of the Magellanic Clouds.

To date, more than one hundred FRBs have been detected, yet only some of these have so far been observed to repeat.

“The cause of FRBs is unknown, but some ideas have been put forward, including that they might even be alien in origin,” said University of Tokyo astronomers Tomonori Totani and Yuya Tsuzuki.

“However, the current prevailing theory is that at least some FRBs are emitted by neutron stars.”

“These stars form when a supergiant star collapses, going from eight times the mass of our Sun (on average) to a superdense core only 20-40 km across.”

“Magnetars are neutron stars with extremely strong magnetic fields, and these have been observed to emit FRBs.”

“It was theoretically considered that the surface of a magnetar could be experiencing a starquake, an energy release similar to earthquakes on Earth,” Professor Totani added.

“Recent observational advances have led to the detection of thousands more FRBs, so we took the opportunity to compare the now large statistical data sets available for FRBs with data from earthquakes and solar flares, to explore possible similarities.”

“So far, statistical analysis of FRBs has focused on the distribution of wait times between two successive bursts.”

“However, calculating only the wait-time distribution does not take into account correlations that might exist across other bursts.”

So the astronomers decided to calculate correlation across two-dimensional space, analyzing the time and emission energy of nearly 7,000 bursts from three different repeater FRB sources.

They then applied the same method to examine the time-energy correlation of earthquakes (using data from Japan) and of solar flares (using records from the Hinode mission), and compared the results of all three phenomena.

They were surprised that, in contrast to other studies, their analysis showed a striking similarity between FRBs and earthquake data, but a distinct difference between FRBs and solar flares.

“The results show notable similarities between FRBs and earthquakes in the following ways,” Professor Totani said.

“First, the probability of an aftershock occurring for a single event is 10-50%.”

“Second, the aftershock occurrence rate decreases with time, as a power of time.”

“Third, the aftershock rate is always constant even if the FRB-earthquake activity (mean rate) changes significantly.”

“And fourth, there is no correlation between the energies of the main shock and its aftershock.”

This strongly suggests the existence of a solid crust on the surface of neutron stars, and that starquakes suddenly occurring on these crusts releases huge amounts of energy which we see as FRBs.

“By studying starquakes on distant ultradense stars, which are completely different environments from Earth, we may gain new insights into earthquakes,” Professor Totani said.

“The interior of a neutron star is the densest place in the Universe, comparable to that of the interior of an atomic nucleus.”

“Starquakes in neutron stars have opened up the possibility of gaining new insights into very high-density matter and the fundamental laws of nuclear physics.”

The team’s work was published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

• Tomonori Totani & Yuya Tsuzuki. 2023. Fast radio bursts trigger aftershocks resembling earthquakes, but not solar flares. MNRAS 526 (2): 2795-2811; doi: 10.1093/mnras/stad2532

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Glowing UAP Over Dallas, Texas Oct 13, 2023, UFO Sighting News.

Date of sighting: Oct 13, 2023

Location of sighting: Dallas, Texas, USA

Source: MUFON

 

This just in. Several videos of this event came in today and I chose the best one, most steady and most high quality of video. This one shows an unknown object in the sky over Dallas and there were thousands of people who saw it happen. Some say aliens, some wonder if it's SpaceX or NASA, but one thing is clear, the US gov will not tell us the truth about a real UFO over US territory. They keep the details quiet and suggest it's a rocket launch or some other excuse. Well it's aliens and thats the truth.

Scott C. Waring 

Eyewitness states: 

I was taking my usual early evening walk when I noticed an odd fuzzy-looking light in the western sky. Since the sky was completely clear and other objects in the sky - including aircraft and stars - were sharp and clear, it seemed odd that it looked almost like it was enshrouded in fog. Stars could be clearly seen behind it, and aircraft were also visible, since we are close to DFW Airport. As the object moved in a southerly direction I quickly took out my cellphone and snapped several photos before switching to video, While videoing the object it emitted a sudden vapor cloud in the direction of its travel. I was fortunate to capture that cloud on video, as well as an aircraft that passed in its vicinity. The object then slowly dissipated or faded away. The whole viewing lasted no more than a handful of minutes. None of my photos nor the video have been altered or renamed in any way. If this is an explainable terrestrial event I'd like to know, since I've never seen anything like it.

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BY CAROLYN COLLINS PETERSEN

This is What it Would Be Like to Fly Across Mars

Many of us have dreamed about flying over the surface of Mars—someday. The planet offers so many cool places to study, and doing it in person is something for future Marsnauts to consider. The Mars Express spacecraft has been mapping the Red Planet for years. It now gives us an up-close look now, through an animation of thousands of images of Mars from its cameras.

One of the most striking areas on Mars is its Noctis Labyrinthus—Latin for the “Labyrinth of Night.” It lies between Mars’s Valles Marineris and the gigantic volcanoes of the Tharsis Bulge. This shattered terrain is a system of valleys that stretch out across nearly 1,200 kilometers. Scientists combined ESA’s Mars Express images into an amazing flyover of this terrain, giving us a tasty hint of what future explorers will see.

A flight over Mars’s Noctis Labyrinthus region made from Mars Express images. Courtesy ESA.

What Caused Noctis Labyrinthus?

This maze of valleys didn’t just happen overnight. It’s a fracture zone at the heart of a region called the Tharsis Rise. Essentially, the valleys formed when volcanism in the Tharsis region led to the creation of a bulge, which caused much of the surrounding area to arch up. That created tectonic stresses on the surrounding areas.

The crust actually grew thinner and structures called “grabens” formed. (“Graben” means “grave”.) Think of grabens as trenches of material that settled down as the crust thinned and extended. In addition, there are fractures running under most of the region. Some of the grabens are as deep as 5,000 meters, a testament to the tectonic forces at work in Mars’s ancient past.

Flying Over This Region of Mars

A flight over Noctis Labyrinthus is a trip through time. For example, the highest plateaus in the imagery represent the original surface level. So, imagine what it looked like before all the tectonic activity and before chunks of surface fell away.

Noctis Labyrinthus on Mars as seen by Viking 1 orbiter. It extends off the end of the Valles Marineris. Courtesy NASA.

The intersecting canyons and valleys created by the volcanic stresses may look small here, but they are up to 30 km wide and six km deep. Over the millennia, gigantic landslides thundered down the slopes, covering up the older surface units. Other valley slopes show large dune fields. These formed when Martian winds blew sand across the surface. All in all, this flyover gives you an idea of millions of years of geologic history. It’s somewhat analogous to flying over and through Earth’s Grand Canyon and studying the cross-cutting fracture zone at its base. Such a flyover would show the earliest structures that contribute to the complexity of the Canyon.

Creating the Mars Flyover

It’s cool to think of Mars Express focusing a high-resolution movie camera on the surface. However, this movie comprises many individual images. The views come from more than eight Mars Express orbits. In addition to images, the team combined images with topographic information from a digital terrain model. That helped the visualization team generate a three-dimensional landscape, with every second of the video comprising 50 separate frames rendered according to a pre-defined camera path.

In addition to showing the ancient history of Mars terrain, the video also shows some Mars Express history. The opening credits (Mars globe, first 24 seconds) were created using the recent 20-year Mars global color mosaic. Haze has been added to conceal the limits of the terrain model. It starts building up at a distance of between 150 and 200 km. The video is centered at the Martian coordinates of 7°S, 265°E.

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Unravelling the mystery of ‘Britain’s Roswell’: UFO expert reveals his controversial new theory on the Suffolk forest where 17 mysterious sightings were reported 43 years ago

• Ex-cop Gary Heseltine claims the UFO mystery may have occurred over six days 
• Rendlesham Forest is central to one of the most mysterious UFO sightings ever

By LAUREN HAUGHEY

Dubbed 'Britain's Roswell', the Rendlesham Forest mystery has captivated UFO enthusiasts ever since it took place 42 years ago.

On three separate nights over Christmas, military personnel were convinced they had seen strange flashing lights near to a Royal Airforce base in Suffolk. 

Numerous theories have emerged regarding what they saw that night, including pranks, a distant lighthouse and even time travel.

But former detective Gary Heseltine claims to have uncovered new information about the incident that brings everything we thought we knew into question.

Surprisingly, he believes the mind-boggling 1980 event may have taken place over five or six nights, having tracked 17 different sightings.

On three separate nights over Christmas, military personnel were convinced they had seen strange flashing lights near to a Royal Airforce base in Suffolk

'In simple terms, the Rendlesham case is very different from most other UFO cases because it's not one event, it's a series of events over consecutive nights,' Heseltine told MailOnline. 

Former detective Gary Heseltine claims to have uncovered new information about the incident that brings everything we thought we knew into question

'For a long time it was believed there were only two events on two nights. Then over time more details came out, and we were pretty happy that it was three events over three nights.

'As a former detective, when I re-investigated this, I did it in a chronological way as best I could to break down the incidents and the different people involved.

'And, in the conclusion of my book, there were 17 different timed events involving numerous personnel over what is likely to be now a five to six day period.

'New information came to me that dates the first incident to be the 23rd of December - nobody had ever heard of that.' 

Back in 1980, military personnel claimed to see lights hovering in the sky and descending into the woodland on three separate nights just before New Year.

While they were allegedly convinced these shapes were alien spacecraft, it has since been brushed off as a scaremongering prank played on the US air force by Britain's Special Air Service (SAS).

At the time, the SAS were said to have regularly tested the US security by probing the nearby perimeters of RAF Woodbridge, which allegedly stored nuclear warheads at the time of the Cold War.

On one occasion, the Brits were allegedly subjected to a brutal interrogation and beaten up by US security before being released 18 hours later after authorities intervened.

However, Heseltine claims there was more to this incident than what has been made public, suggesting that it all started with airman Steve Wagner on December 23.

Just before Christmas Eve, it's said that Wagner investigated a strange incident near the East Gate of RAF Woodbridge as something had reportedly 'come down' amongst the trees.

Alongside two others, Wagner reportedly went out to investigate and in Heseltine's book 'Non Human' it's claimed they found something quite unexpected.

Just before Christmas Eve, it's said that Wagner investigated a strange incident near to the East Gate of RAF Woodbridge where something had reportedly 'come down' amongst the trees

Controversially, Gary Heseltine believes the mind-boggling 1980 event may have taken place over five or six nights, having tracked 17 different sightings

'The airman Steve Wagner says what they came across were depressions in an equilateral triangle in this little clearing near the trees,' Heseltine told MailOnline. 

'What he said was really significant because the depressions were all the same size and shape - they were approximately 5ft wide.

'So the 23rd of December - if the day is accurate - and he said "I'm pretty certain it was before Christmas", it's a lot bigger than what happened on the night of Christmas night into Boxing Day - so hugely significant.'

As 42 years have now passed, Heseltine has largely relied on the corroboration of witness accounts to evidence these claims.

Alongside Wagner, the former detective has also investigated a number of other key witnesses including Jim Penniston, Ed Cabansag, Larry Warren and Sergeant Adrian Bustinza.

He now claims that three separate unexplained events also took place on December 27, six on December 28 and one on December 29.

One of his boldest claims regards US Lieutenant Bonnie Tamplin, who allegedly encountered an 'unknown object' near the site while driving.

This reportedly caused her to crash into a ditch, having lost complete control of her car.  

The former detective even claims she was relieved from her duties after the incident and returned to the US in distress.

Heseltine's claims come just as the US Senate is expecting to consider a bipartisan measure regarding UFO sightings.

Numerous theories have emerged regarding what they saw that night, including pranks, a distant lighthouse and even time travel

The 64-page UFO Disclosure Bill seeks to make all information relating to 'unidentified anomalous phenomena' (UAPs) public.

Heseltine believes that legislation such as this will help boost the legitimacy of extraterrestrial sightings at a time when they are often disregarded as bogus.

He thinks there is a chance that the UK may one day follow suit in its own legislation.

'In my lifetime I've never seen this level of build up to something that appears to be genuinely happening,' he added.

'There is such an excitement building that we might get official confirmation that we are dealing with a non-human intelligence.' 

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Unmasking the Secrets: The Roswell UFO Sightings Uncovered

The world of UFO sightings has long been shrouded in mystery, with Roswell, New Mexico at its heart. Nestled deep within the tales of extraterrestrial encounters, the infamous Roswell incident has intrigued UFO enthusiasts and skeptics alike. With recent revelations, it seems we might be closer than ever to uncovering the truth behind this historic event.

In 2011, the FBI unveiled a treasure trove of files from their online vault. Among the released documents, a memo from 1950 stood out. Addressed to the iconic FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, it highlighted startling information about the recovery of three flying saucers in New Mexico. This memo instantly rejuvenated interest in the 1947 Roswell incident, where locals claimed an unidentified flying object crashed on a ranch.

The narrative took an unexpected twist when, just days after the crash, The Roswell Daily Record’s front page declared the military had captured a flying saucer. However, 24 hours later, the story was retracted, dismissing the crashed object as a mere weather balloon. Given Roswell’s reputation as home to the 509th Bomb crew, the only atomic bomb-capable squadron at the time, the abrupt turnaround raised eyebrows. Would the elite of the elite mistake a simple weather balloon for an extraterrestrial craft? This marked the beginning of decades of debates, speculations, and conspiracy theories.

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Fast forward to 2014, ancient astronaut theorist Giorgio Tsoukalos visited the Walker Air Force Base in Roswell. Meeting with Mayor Del Jurney, he explored the very hangar where the Roswell wreckage and alleged extraterrestrial beings were first housed. Overwhelmed by the magnitude of the location’s history, Tsoukalos remarked on the significance of standing where possible alien entities once lay. The remnants of the crash? Believed to be securely stored within a classified military facility.

The Roswell UFO crash incident has evolved from a local legend to a global enigma. With the release of more classified documents and a growing number of witnesses coming forward, the line between fact and fiction blurs. The world may soon find out whether the UFO sightings in Roswell were a result of human error or proof of extraterrestrial life.

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UAP Over San Antonio, Texas Oct 11, 2023, Video, UFO Sighting News.

Date of sighting: Oct 11, 2023

Location of sighting: San Antonio, Texas, USA

Source: MUFON

 

This UFO was caught by an Uber while driving in San Antonio. He caught a tear drop light in the distance and it stands out powerfully against the overcast sky. Similar UFOs have been seen worldwide, often called the jellyfish UFOs, the lower part has glowing dangly tentacles like a jelly fish. Texas...its a hotbed of UFO activity. 

Scott C. Waring 

Eyewitness states: 

I was headed home from work in my Uber when I glanced out the window and observed the object hovering in the sky shining like a star but it was very close to the ground a few hundred feet from the ground.

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There is much written about the mysterious extraterrestrial beings known as the "Dropa," described as extraterrestrial greys, who, around 12,000 years ago, experienced a crash landing on Earth in the Baian-Kara-Ula Mountains along the Chinese-Tibetan border. 

According to what may be the earliest version of the tale, in 1937 an archeological expedition in the Bayan Har mountains led by Chi Pu Tei found half buried on the dust floor a large round stone disc, in total they found 716 stone discs and each disc was 9 inches (22.7 cm) in diameter and 3/4 inch (2 cm) thick. Each disc also had an exactly circular 2 cm hole in its center. 

Besides the stones, the cavern walls where adorned with pictograms portraying our Solar System and intricate maps illustrating routes among the stars using intersecting lines and dots as well as remains of thin bodies with unusually large heads were also present at the site. 

Amazingly, not only all 716 granite discs, dated to 12,000 years before present, were filled with carved tiny hieroglyph-like markings, which, after decoding the markings in 1962, turned out to be a ‘record’ of alien writing composed of microscopic characters written in a language never encountered before . 

In 1966 further research has been conducted by Soviet researchers in Moscow who discovered that they contained large amount of cobalt and other metals, that they behaved as electrical conductors, and that they produced a humming sound when placed on a special turntable. 

It would have made it difficult for the primitive people to carve the lettering, especially with such minute characters. When testing a disc with an oscillograph, a surprising oscillation rhythm was recorded as if, the scientists said, they had once been electrically charged or had functioned as electrical conductors. 

The stone discs told the story of the Dropa people, space travelers from a distant planet whereby one stone disc had a thin spiral groove filled with hieroglyphics that told of the Dropa crashing their spaceship 12,000 years ago and they couldn’t repair their craft. Local Chinese (Han) killed off most of them and the survivors were those intombed in the cave. 

The Dropa stones have become a focal point of controversy, with numerous assertions suggesting that they might be nothing more than an elaborate hoax. However, when researchers visited the Banpo museum in Xian in 1994 where several discs were on display, they were informed by the museum director that higher authorities had mandated the destruction of the discs. Officially, the museum did not recognize the existence of these mysterious stones. 

This raises the question: were the 716 stone discs, purportedly bearing evidence of extraterrestrial visitation to Earth, truly unearthed, or is there a deliberate effort to conceal their discovery?

  

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The legends hidden in the mountain of Montserrat

Montserrat is located 50 kilometers northwest of Barcelona. It is one of the most beautiful and admirable mountains in the world due to its abrupt and huge shapes. Its appearance impressive and threatening have created many legends around it. The impact it produces the first time you arrive at the mountain and contemplate the panorama is indescribable. It is a sense of mysticism and reflection that traps body and mind and offers you an aura of magical tranquility.

The interior of the mountain hides an even more mysterious world, a network of caves that are focus of many stories and legends. One of those caves, the most outstanding for its size, is the Cave of Salnitre or Cave of Collbató of almost a kilometer long.

• Here our favourite legends of Montserrat and stories that you must know before visiting this amazing natural park.

The Madonna of Montserrat:

According to the legend, the Madonna of Montserrat, «La Moreneta», was found in the year 888 by some shepherds in a cave of the mountain (the «Santa Cova»). They went to the place after seeing some fireballs that came out of the cave. The lights were so strong than illuminated the church and part of Manresa. When they arrived, they found the Madonna inside the cave so they decided to transfer her to the city of Manresa but the figure began to weigh more and more. They understood then that the sacred Madonna wanted to stay in the place where the monastery is located today. Since then, there were many miracles that are associated to «la Moreneta» and her fame has grown throughout Europe.

This legend was testified by thousands of people and by the authorities. Since then, the city of Manresa has always celebrated this event with the «Festes de la Llum», which take place in February.

La Moreneta – Black Madona

“El timbaler del Bruc”:

This legend tells the story of a young man who, with his drum and the noise that the mountain did when he redoubled it, made the French troops of Napoleon Bonaparte left the sacred place. As they thought that the echo of the drum was a numerous army that came to fight against them.

The warrior Ignacio de Loyola:

There is a great variety of legends, such as the conversion of Ignacio de Loyola in the 16th century. Iñigo, a Basque warrior had his conversion after venerating the virgin and overcome the temptation in a cave of Manresa. The soldier left his sword in the monastery and later founded the order of the Jesuits.

Place of abductions:

According to some testimonies of citizens of Manresa in the year 1345 stars were spotted on the peaks of Montserrat. In the 70’s some people assured to have been abducted by aliens or seen UFOs. These facts have motivated many curious and fans of the alien world to meet every day waiting for the approach of extraplanetary life.

Earth of energies that opens doors to other dimensions:

The natural park is formed by needles and monoliths of calcareous formation that act in Montserrat like powerful antennas that emit frequencies of geobiological magnetism. In addition, the storage of water in the subterranean caverns of the mountain produces a strong environmental ionization. These forces are perceived consciously or unconsciously by the visitors.

There are esoteric groups that perform their rituals invoking the magnetic forces that arise from the earth to enhance the chakra of the human being.

Believers or not, the truth is that there have been strange events in these lands, such as the disappearance of people without a trace. It is true that it is very easy to get lost in the mountains and that some roads end in cliffs. But the total disappearance of the bodies is something that keeps the investigations confused. It is said that in Montserrat there are inter-dimensional doors. Be careful when walking in the mountain to do not pass through one of them 

The Holy “Grail”:

The Grail Mythology during the age of the Crusade of Europe locates the exact location of the sacred chalice near the Pyrenees, on the mountain called Mont-Salvat. Many people believed that Mont-Salvat was Montserrat. This motivated many adventurers to seek the precious treasure. The Nazis were one of them. It is said that Himmler, the Reichführer SS, visited Barcelona and looked for the Holy Grail in Montserrat in 1940. The Nazis tried to get the Force emanating from the Grail to become invincible. Himmler himself showed special interest in the geological formations of the mountain and his underground world. However, Hitler was not able to seize the Holy Chalice.

Nazis visiting the monks in Montserrat

The mysticism of The Vespers:

Don’t forget to walk around the monastery, where there is still a community of 70 monks that live there. Get close to the Black Madonna with no queues. And the absolute best experience of all: listen to the children’s choir, the Escolania, in the evening. The audience is small and quiet, so the children’s angelical voices will reach to you clearly at 6.45 pm so you can see the Vespers, the evening singing of the boys’ choir.

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Montserrat: Where Sacred Meets the Extraterrestrial

Nestled in the heart of Spain, the jagged peaks of Montserrat rise as a testament to nature’s grandeur. But for those who’ve dared to tread its rugged terrains or simply gaze upon its beauty, there’s a palpable feeling that Montserrat is more than just a mountain. It’s a nexus where the divine and the unknown intertwine.

The Madonna’s Mystical Echo

At the mountain’s core lies the Benedictine abbey, home to the Black Madonna. Thousands flock to see her every year, driven by faith, hope, and tales of miracles. But is it possible that the Madonna’s allure might be connected to something… not of this world? Whispers among the locals suggest that the numerous sightings of celestial phenomena on the 11th of every month might not be mere coincidence.

The Luminous Sky Dance

On cool, clear nights, the skies above Montserrat come alive. Eyewitnesses recount seeing strange, glowing orbs dancing across the horizon, sometimes in patterns too synchronized to dismiss as mere flukes. Javier, a local farmer, shared his own experience: “I was tending to my sheep when the sky lit up. At first, I thought it was a shooting star, but then it zigzagged in ways no star ever could.”

Caverns of Cosmic Secrets

The mountain’s vast network of caves and passages holds tales of their own. Ana, a seasoned explorer, recounts an eerie episode. “We were deep inside one of Montserrat’s caves when our equipment began to malfunction. The compass spun wildly, and our lights flickered. Then, we heard a hum – soft at first, then deafening. By the time we exited, two hours had passed, though it felt like mere minutes.”

The Silent Observers

Several visitors have also reported seeing mysterious figures observing them from a distance. Not quite human, these entities seem to vanish when approached. A café owner, Luisa, said, “There’s a spot on the mountain where you feel watched. It’s not menacing, just… curious.”

Beyond Earthly Explanations

While skeptics might brush off these accounts as products of overactive imaginations, the sheer volume of stories and their consistency raises eyebrows. Is Montserrat a cosmic crossroads? Are the spiritual and extraterrestrial realms converging here?

Intrigue in the Shadows

There are murmurs that the government knows more than they’re letting on. Discreet vehicles with tinted windows, sightings of unfamiliar military personnel, and inexplicable electronic disruptions have all been reported. It seems Montserrat’s mysteries might be drawing attention from higher up.

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Montserrat remains an enigma, a place where faith, legend, and the unexplained coalesce. For those brave enough to venture forth, the mountain promises more than scenic beauty; it offers a journey into the very fabric of the unknown.

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NASA heeft ruimtesonde gelanceerd naar zeldzame asteroïde vol goud, nikkel en platina

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De Amerikaanse ruimtevaartorganisatie NASA heeft een ruimtesonde gelanceerd naar de asteroïde Psyche. Die bestaat voor een groot stuk uit kostbare metalen, zoals goud en platina, en zou veel meer waard zijn dan de hele wereldeconomie. Het ruimtetuig moet in 2029 aankomen om 2 jaar lang rond de asteroïde te draaien voor onderzoek.

9 triljoen euro (een 9 met 18 nullen erachter), ofwel zo'n 100.000 keer meer dan de hele wereldeconomie. Dat is de geschatte waarde van de asteroïde Psyche (officieel: "16 Psyche"). Er wordt aangenomen dat de asteroïde grotendeels uit metaal bestaat, vooral ijzer en nikkel. Maar ook uit kostbare edelmetalen, zoals goud en platina. 

Het is naar die asteroïde dat in de Verenigde Staten de gelijknamige ruimtemissie Psyche is vertrokken. Om 16.19 uur Belgische tijd is een Falcon Heavy-raket van SpaceX gelanceerd met de ruimtesonde aan boord.

De ruimtesonde moet na een reis van 3,6 miljard kilometer in 2029 aankomen bij Psyche om er 2 jaar lang rond de asteroïde te cirkelen. Het is dus niet de bedoeling om er te landen en bodemstalen op te pikken, zoals ruimtesonde OSIRIS-REx deed op de asteroïde Bennu.

Feiten en cijfers

Psyche is een enorme brok metaal die rond de zon draait, ergens tussen Mars en Jupiter. Het is één van de grotere en zwaarste asteroïden die we kennen. 

Psyche heeft een onregelmatige vorm en lijkt wat op een aardappel. Op haar breedst is Psyche zo'n 280 kilometer groot, ongeveer dezelfde afstand in vogelvlucht als van De Panne naar Aarlen. De oppervlakte is zo'n 165.000 vierkante kilometer groot. 

De NASA-missie kost ongeveer 1,1 miljard euro. 

De Falcon Heavy-raket staat klaar op het lanceerplatform in Cape Canaveral, Florida

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Schatrijke asteroïde die ons veel kan leren

Psyche wordt ook wel eens de asteroïde genoemd die elke aardbewoner schatrijk kan maken. Of dat is de theorie natuurlijk. Want mocht goud plots in overvloed aanwezig zijn, zou het ook zijn waarde verliezen.

NASA heeft (voorlopig) vooral een ander doel voor ogen: kennis vergaren. Het is de eerste ruimtemissie naar een wereld die niet vooral uit steen of ijs bestaat, maar uit metaal.

Er wordt vermoed dat Psyche een dode planeet is waarvan enkel de kern is overgebleven. Haar buitenste laag zou ze zijn verloren door botsingen met andere objecten in het begin van het ontstaan van ons zonnestelsel.

Het geeft wetenschappers de kans om voor het eerst zo'n kern te bestuderen. Ook onze aarde en alle andere gekende rotsplaneten hebben een kern van metaal.

"We kunnen geen gat boren tot in de kern van onze aarde of van andere planeten", zegt astronoom Jim Bell van de Arizona State University die het wetenschappelijk onderzoek naar Psyche leidt.

"Het is te heet en de druk is te groot, onze instrumenten zouden smelten." De reis naar Psyche kan dus worden gezien als een reis naar het binnenste van onze aarde, klinkt het bij NASA.

Nikkel, goud en platina van Psyche halen en naar de aarde brengen, is technisch nog niet mogelijk en veel duurder dan wat het oplevert. Maar de mogelijkheden van mijnbouw op asteroïden worden wel al volop onderzocht. Je kan er dus van op aan dat het ooit werkelijkheid wordt én winstgevend. En een hoop vragen met zich zal meebrengen.

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Ex-Pentagon Agent Claims UFOs Changed Witnesses’ Brain, Unlocked Sixth Sense

The reality of the UAP phenomenon is larger than just non-human crafts flying with incredible speed in the air and water. Reportedly, there are incidents where UFOs were noticed interacting with the nuclear arsenal of the United States, shutting down the nuclear missiles. It is well-acknowledged by the US Defence Department that whatever this phenomenon is, it is a serious concern to national security. Moreover, instead of disabling nukes, UFOs have severely affected the witnesses biologically and physically.

Award-winning journalist Linda Moulton Howe held a special interview with Former AATIP head Luis Elizondo on surpassing 200,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel. She asked Elizondo audacious questions regarding the phenomenon and its effect on the human body. Mr. Elizondo briefed on the previously known facts: that UFOs interfered with electrical and nuclear systems, and that there are unique physical effects for witnesses after close encounters.

First of all, not going into depth due to protocols, Mr. ELizondo revealed that an alleged incident happened in the 1970s, where UFOs knocked an entire nuclear-powered aircraft carrier offline for some time. This revelation was made in a talk where Elizondo outlined why the world’s governments have been so secretive about these objects and why they consider them a potential security threat.

Secondly, the UFO impacted the consciousness of the individual. In 2021, Stanford Professor said in an interview with Motherboard: “Some of their (UFO contactee) brains were horribly, horribly damaged.” He was approached by a CIA-led group that showed him MRI scans of the people injured by the fields generated by UAPs, and the presence of brain trauma was evident.

It has been reported that some pilots and others who had close encounters with UFOs experienced radiation burns and negative mental damage. However, Mr. Elizondo told Linda Howe that he was equally astonished by seeing certain instances where exposed individuals experienced “good” side effects after coming into touch.

He said: “There is also some preliminary data to suggest that some individual individuals actually report the opposite so rather than having some sort of negative biological consequence all of a sudden you have somebody who’s now for example a piano virtuoso who’s never sat in front of a piano before or who now becomes suddenly super artistic or who claims to have some sort of extra-sensory capabilities or talents now if you will or a sixth sense.”

Linda Howe discussed a highly classified report from the year 2000 produced by the UK Air Defence that noted down the serious biological impact of UAPs on humans. “The well-reported Rendlesham Forest/Bentwaters event is an example where it might be postulated that several observers were probably exposed to UAP radiation for longer than normal UAP sighting periods There may be other cases that remain unreported. It is clear that the recipients of these effects are not aware that their behavior/perception of what they are observing is being modified. The E field strengths which are known to affect the brain are of the order 50 multivolts per centimeter at between 1 and 100MHz and experiments have shown that effects can be produced at levels of 10^-7 to 10^-8  volts per centimeter.” (Source)

It is concluded therefore that if some UAPs, as is believed and correlated by actual reports (collateral effects on, for example, car electrical equipment), produce EM radiation, then there is a high probability that they can affect the human brain.

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• Ex-Apollo Astronaut Claimed Humans Are Ancient Aliens, Visited Earth From Space

The AATIP report, which The Sun obtained from the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) as part of a sizable Freedom of Information request, looks into the effects of paranormal experiences on people’s health. According to interviews in this Pentagon report from 2010, UFO sightings have left witnesses with radiation burns, mental damage, and “felt time suspension.” It compiled 42 cases of adverse effects from medical files and 300 from “unpublished” cases. (Source

The study is titled “Anomalous Acute And Subacute Field Effects on Human and Biological Tissues.” It is dated March 11, 2010. “Classified information exists that is highly pertinent to the subject of this study and only a small part of the classified literature has been released,” the document states.

Following these incidents, astronomer Jacques Vallée developed an alternative hypothesis that UFOs are part of a mechanism for controlling mankind. During his interview in 1986, he said that UFOs are “physical object that interacts with the environment that causes effects on the witnesses on the psychology and the physiology and leaves traces on the ground and yet are capable of appeared to be manipulating time and space in ways that go beyond what our physics understands.”

While working on the French Space Committee, Dr. Vallée claimed to have witnessed his superiors destroy tracking tapes of a UFO that his team had observed. This, along with a personal UFO sighting several years earlier, created his lifelong interest in UFOs. Initially falling in line with the Extraterrestrial hypothesis, he soon began to realize its serious flaws, namely:

The unexplained close encounters are far more numerous than required for any physical survey of the earth; the humanoid body structure of the alleged “aliens” is not likely to have originated on another planet and is not biologically adapted to space travel; the reported behavior in thousands of abduction reports contradicts the hypothesis of genetic or scientific experimentation on humans by an advanced race; the extension of the phenomenon throughout recorded human history demonstrates that UFOs are not a contemporary phenomenon; the apparent ability of UFOs to manipulate space and time suggests radically different and richer alternatives.

Published in 1975, “The Invisible College: What a Group of Scientists has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race” was Jacques Vallée’s fourth work on the puzzling UFO/contactee phenomena. That time, he first put forward his idea that these phenomena were some kind of “control system” on human consciousness.

According to Dr. Vallée, the basic idea is that UFOs are essentially a “show” put on for people to generate some sort of reaction, and have been operating on human culture for all of recorded history. Dr. Vallée argued that when investigating a UFO encounter, the focus should be on the witness, and how he/she interpreted the event, and how it affected their life (he noted that many people tend to emotionally react to a UFO sighting as a spiritual or religious experience).

AATIP’s successor, the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program (AAWSAP), is discussed in the recently released book “Skinwalkers at The Pentagon.” The researchers describe how this phenomenon has been well-documented with plenty of proof that it affects people in the book.

The AAWSAP looked into reports of UFO sightings, examined reports of UFO encounters on US military installations and a number of odd occurrences that government investigators came across at Skinwalker Ranch. UFO encounters frequently led to the “attaching” of unusual phenomena to military troops, who came to the ranch and brought “something” home. As a result, their families experienced terrifying paranormal outbreaks that scared and occasionally injured their children.

In evaluating Dr. Vallée’s control system hypothesis, the obvious questions are: Who or what is in charge and managing it? If something is non-human, then what? Where is the real evidence for this idea, other than that some of Vallée’s carefully selected cases can be made (with difficulty) to force-fit the theory? Most people care little about UFOs and have no interest in the subject, so how does this theory stand up?

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EXCLUSIVE: I've handled the Mexican 'alien mummies' that set the world alight last month - I don't think they're aliens, I think they're something much SCARIER

• Mummy heads have 'remarkable similarity' to alpaca skulls
• But musician Will Galison doesn't believe they are a deliberate hoax
• READ MORE: Mummified aliens are single bodies, doctor claims 

By ROB WAUGH FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

A UFO enthusiast who has seen two supposed ‘alien’ mummies up close has revealed they are probably not ETs - but something perhaps even scarier.

The miniature corpses were presented in Mexico last month by Jaime Maussan, a controversial journalist who has previously made debunked claims of finding aliens and claims they are extraterrestrial.

But ufologist Will Galison - a close friend of the archaeologist who first analyzed the supposed 'aliens' - said he believes the 'corpses' are dummies that are 1,000 years old - but he does not think they are a hoax.

He said they may have been made from animal remains a millennia ago, possibly for ritual purposes, with the heads bearing a 'remarkable similarity' to alpaca skulls. 

Galison - who has performed with Sting, Barbra Streisand, Carly Simon, and Chaka - saw the mummies in 2017 in Peru long before Maussan's presentation, and had traveled to see them initially because he believed they might be extraterrestrial remains.

Will Galison is friends with Thierry Jarmin, the French archaeologist who was allegedly given the mummies by a tomb robber (Nub TV) 

The alleged 'aliens' were shown off in Mexico by controversial journalist Jaime Maussan 

Galison said in a documentary interview with UFO TV show Nub TV that he visited Peru twice and even took a cast of one of the mummy 'heads'.

He said, ‘I’m friendly with the French archaeologist Thierry Jarmin, who is a person who is not mentioned as much as he should be. 

'He received these mummies in 2016 from a tomb robber. Thierry was very surprised and quite upset by Jaime Maussan’s press conference.’

Maussan claimed in the press conference in September: 'This is the first time extraterrestrial life is presented in such a form and I think there is a clear demonstration that we are dealing with non-human specimens that are not related to any other species in our world and that any scientific institution can investigate it. We are not alone.'

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Galison said that he now no longer believes that the mummies ‘came down in a flying saucer’ - but believes they were constructed a long time ago, for unknown reasons.

The mummies appear to be constructed from a mixture of animal and human bones, he says.  

He said in the documentary: ‘They found one bone in the arm of one of the mummies that clearly was not the organic bone that was there. So that raises the question, is the rest of it fake?

In Maussan's presentation, a doctor claimed that an MRI scan showed that the skeletons were 'complete', but most scientists were convinced the remains were a hoax - with previous similar remains having turned out to be mutilated mummies of pre-Hispanic children, sometimes combined with bits of animal parts. 

‘My thinking shifted when I was up in the friend's house in the country, north of New York. And I saw a deer skull on the mantel and the back of that deer skull, to my mind, resembled the front of this of this skull and I thought, “Oh wow”.’

The mummies are to undergo tests, Maussan claimed 

The Nub TV show blends music and UFO discussions (Nub TV) 

He said that there is a ‘remarkable similarity’ between the heads of the alleged aliens and alpaca skulls. 

He also pointed out that the eggs inside the mummies, which Maussan highlighted as proving their non-human origin ‘look like reptilian eggs’ - although it's less clear why their creators put eggs within the bodies.

He says in the documentary, ‘It was obviously put together - the question is was it put together in 2015 to sell to Thierry, or was it made 1,000 years ago?

‘I do not think that they flew down in saucer and landed on Earth recently, or even 1,000 years ago, because a CT scan showed another thing according to some of the doctors that examined these things: the leg bones on these things were suffering from osteoporosis.’

He said that he was initially ‘really invested in these things being real’, and has since seen similar mummies in Peru which are not as widely known.

He remains curious as to why an Incan culture 1,000 years ago would have made such creatures - including going to the lengths of putting eggs inside them which could only be seen via X-ray.

He says that he still wonders whether the mummies were a recreation of some form of being that the Incans had encountered.

Mark Christopher Lee, the presenter of Nub TV, who interviewed Galison, said: ‘Will has been to Peru and examined the mummies as close friends with Thierry and they have discussed them for many hours. Thierry is not very happy about Jaime Maussan's press conference in Mexico.

‘Will examined them and he suggests that maybe the Incans made them to venerate - possibly as their Gods or ancestors - why make them in that image?

‘'aime Maussan, as well as being under investigation for bringing these artefacts out of Peru to Mexico, has a notorious track record of making false claims etc.’

Maussan told politicians that the strange little corpses, which were displayed in satin-lined makeshift coffins, had been found in the city of Cusco, Peru, in 2017.

Maussan also testified under oath that almost a third of their DNA was 'unknown' and the specimens were not part of 'our terrestrial evolution'.

Lee’s TV show, Nub TV, mixes music and paranormal discussions - and revealed recently that Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb believes that aliens could visit earth in the form of AI drones, and might feel ‘kinship’ with AI systems on Earth.

Nub TV was inspired by Arthur C Clarke’s Mysterious World in the 70s, Steel said. ‘I like to take UFOs and other phenomena from a slightly skeptical scientific approach - but looking at them with an open mind.

‘Because I’m a musician, we tend to mix it up with music, so it’s been described as a mix of Wayne’s World and The X-Files!’

Nub TV is on Tubi and Ayozat.com, and the interview with Galison will air later this month.

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Filmmaker Jeremy Corbell Reveals UFO Secret: Skin Of Craft Seemed Alive Like A Biological Being

What are UFOs? The question that has been buzzing for decades might not have a simple explanation. From alien spaceships to interdimensional crafts, these mysterious objects are associated with various strange phenomena. There are a number of whistleblowers who have claimed that the U.S. government possesses UFO materials retrieved from crash sites, but the exact nature of these materials is not known.

UFO filmmaker Jeremy Corbell claims: “UFOs are real, and we’re no closer to understanding what a UFO truly is, who operates them, where they are from, what their intent is, or what they represent to humankind. So when the public in general sees that on the news, it’s like, “Okay, yeah, we all kind of thought that because we’re seeing them. Thanks, government, but nothing’s really answered.”

Corbell has discussed various theories surrounding UAPs/UFO phenomena with Steve-O on his podcast. He put forward ideas on what UFOs could manifest. Apart from interplanetary spacecraft, terrestrial, non-terrestrial, or interdimensional objects, Corbell introduced a new term to explain UFOs, which is “extratemporal.” He explained that many scientists working on UFO-related projects believe these crafts utilize gravitational propulsion, a technology we have yet to fully understand. Manipulating gravity could distort time and space, suggesting that these crafts might originate from another time; hence, the term is “extratemporal.”

Corbell noted that when it comes to duplicating or reverse-engineering these non-human technologies, our current understanding of science is not up to that mark. Corbell mentions that one of the significant challenges in understanding UFOs is the limitations of our material science. He explains that attempts at reverse engineering UFO materials or craft are hindered because our material science has not advanced enough to replicate these materials accurately.

“These craft can move; they call it transmedium. From space through air without a sonic boom, they can move at speed and into the sea without disturbance, without slowing down. That’s transmedium. So the idea of how do they do that with physics? Some people say, ‘Well, the craft’s skin, you know, it’s like hydrophobic; when you go in, it just slips in.’ But really what we’re seeing is objects that appear to move in ways that our physics understands; we just can’t replicate gravitational fields,” Corbell says.

Corbell explains that some people think UFOs might be using things like time travel or manipulating gravity to achieve these unusual movements. He mentions the idea that if they can control gravity somehow, they could create a kind of force field around their craft that makes them move in ways that we cannot explain with our current science.

Corbell also talks about the way UFOs can move from space into the Earth’s atmosphere or even underwater without making a sound or causing disturbances. He suggests that this could be related to their ability to control gravity, allowing them to smoothly transition between different environments.

Skin of the UFO is alive

Steve-O expresses his view that the distinction between craft and biologics in the UFO phenomenon is not entirely clear to him. He suggests that it might be more accurate to consider that the boundary between what is traditionally thought of as a craft and a biological entity is blurry. He implies that the craft themselves might have some form of biological elements.

Corbell agrees with this perspective and mentions that many military personnel who have had close encounters with UFOs often report a strange characteristic about the craft’s “skin.” According to these reports, the craft’s exterior appears to exhibit signs of intelligence and liveliness. Corbell notes that this observation is puzzling, especially to engineers who are accustomed to thinking of machines as non-biological entities.

Corbell further explores the idea that these UFOs may be so integrated with biological elements that they could be considered a form of biology as we understand it, even though they are still functional craft capable of carrying things.

Some of these UFOs appear to be piloted by what Corbell refers to as artificial intelligence, essentially acting like drones. Others seem to carry occupants, which they refer to as “biologics” or biological entities. However, they entertain the idea that even these occupants could be some form of cybernetic organisms with synthetic flesh, essentially functioning as autonomous AI beings.

Israeli Psychic Uri Geller, who is often misjudged on social media for his bizarre posts, was a part of CIA secret programs where his abilities were used in the area of “mind projection” and possibly for national security purposes. A declassified CIA document revealed information about the “Project Stargate” that was focused on remote viewing.

He played an important role in the CIA investigation into ESP and psychokinesis. In one experiment for the CIA, Geller was isolated in a room to draw the same picture that had been drawn by another person in another room. He drew a picture of a square with diagonals. In 2017, the CIA released some 12 million pages of records, revealing details about Project Stargate.

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One of Geller’s least-known claims is about working with NASA. He got acquainted with Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell and later, the two became friends. He was then asked by Mitchell to meet a legendary German-born American aerospace engineer Wernher von Braun.

Geller said Kennedy argued to bring him to the US so that they could use his mind. Along with his brother-in-law Shipi Shtrang, Geller visited NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. While being there, Geller gave his secret spy camera to Shtrang which he used later to take photographs of Geller, Mitchell, von Braun, and more.

Geller claimed that he could not believe his eyes as he was shown extraterrestrial evidence at the Goddard Space Flight Center. During their meeting, Von Braun doubted Geller. “He said he heard about my powers and told me that if he took his wedding ring off his finger and put it in the palm of his hand and I’d be able to bend it while it’s there, he’d believe me,” Geller recounted. “And I did – completely.”

After that, Geller was shown a piece of metal at Von Braun’s office. “It was metallic, smooth, pearl-like, with rainbow reflective ‘skin.’ When I held it I sensed vibrations. It felt like it was breathing… as if it was alive. Von Braun said I was right – and that it was from a crashed UFO,” he explained. He never found out where this metal had come from. “UFOs/UAPS are not just nuts and bolt craft,” Geller posts on X (formerly Twitter).

With Curt Jaimungal on his Theories of Everything (TOE) podcast in 2021, former AATIP head Luis Elizondo carefully hinted that “potentially” the U.S. government had acquired otherworldly biological samples. He also suggested that the government has images of UAPs that appear to show beings inside them.

“Have there potentially been biological samples recovered?” Curt asked. ELizondo replied: “Yes. I’m not going to expound on that… and be careful when I say that. I’m being purposely very open and vague at the same time, right? What does that mean? Well, it means what it means.”

Besides, when asked if there are photos that show occupants inside “craft,” Elizondo said: “There are some very compelling photos out there that seem to show something inside, some sort of occupancy, And I’ll leave it at that, because it gets really murky, much beyond that.

And there’s a lot that can be speculated. And so I try to avoid speculation as much as possible. But yes, I’ve spoken to enough people with firsthand knowledge that not only report the crafts that we know exists, but potentially some sort of intelligence inside these vehicles.”

Why isn’t this topic being discussed by everyone on the planet? Is it feasible that the majority of people are disregarding this news, even if they are aware of it? At what point does the truth and its mind-boggling consequences become too conspicuous to overlook?

Former intelligence officer David Grusch also testified in July 2023 UAP hearings that the U.S. has recovered non-human “biologics” from alleged crash sites, which further bolsters Corbell and Geller’s claims that the craft’s skin or its occupants exhibit signs of intelligence and liveliness.

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Bigfoot Spotted Near Train In Southern Colorado, Oct 10, 2023 UFO Sighting News. Video

Date of sighting: Oct 10, 2023

Location of sighting: Colorado, USA
Source: bt92.travels (IG user) 

 

Now this looks like some powerful evidence that Bigfoot exists. This is one of the top 3 worldwide videos ever taken and it looks real to me. This thing is tall, about 7-8 feet and he sits down at the end of the video to try to blend in so he can't be seen. It looks like Bigfoot not only exists, he's living in South West Colorado, USA. Yes I feels he's an alien, and he talks walks through nature for mediation like humans go to temples and churches. 

 

Whats your thoughts about this one? Is bigfoot an alien? Is this really him or is this a hunter in disguise? It looks real to me, let me know in the comments below. Scott Waring

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Government's secret UFO dump: Border security quietly releases tranche of 10 videos of mysterious 'craft' whizzing around US skies - as ex-intelligence officer says they are a THREAT

• US Customs and Border Protection quietly fulfilled a UFO FOIA request 
• CBP's release includes 10 videos 'pertaining to Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon'
• The mysterious release also includes 389-pages of partially redacted records 
• READ MORE: Meet NASA's first UFO boss, ex-Pentagon liaison Mark McInerney 

By MATTHEW PHELAN SENIOR SCIENCE REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

A tranche of UFO videos — including never-before-seen footage — has been quietly released by federal law enforcement.

US Customs and Border Protection, the agency responsible for keeping terrorists and their weapons out of the country, uploaded 10 videos that appear to show craft moving in strange ways in our skies.

The videos were released on August 9 without warning, a press release or much in the way of context, only to be discovered by UFO enthusiasts and online sleuths earlier this week.

The videos document a fighter jet pursued by an apparently baffling flying orb, as well as something that appears to be a propeller-powered hang-glider, and yet another apparent floating orb, hovering this time near a parked 16-wheeler truck.

But the enigmatic nature of the drop — which offered little detail regarding the times and locations of these sightings, plus more than a few sweeping redactions — has left more questions than answers.

The quiet video drop follows rising tensions within the corridors of power in Washington on the once taboo subject of UFOs. 

Open congressional hearings, federal legislation and even brand new government offices have now been dedicated openly to the investigation of these aerial mysteries, with at least one former senior US intelligence official calling the strange sightings 'a national security issue.'

US Customs and Border Patrol uploaded 10 videos that appear to show craft moving in strange ways in our skies. One video documents a fighter jet pursued by an apparent flying orb (above), in which key technical details from the agency's infrared camera display are redacted 

But perhaps most significantly, the US CBP release confirms, at least tacitly, the veracity of a heavily scrutinized, 2013 thermal UFO video leaked to UFO researchers in 2015. For the first time since the leak, the April 25, 2013 Aguadilla, Puerto Rico UFO video has been confirmed

The videos were released on a dedicated site for agency records made public via requests under the US Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). 

But perhaps most significantly, the release confirms, at least tacitly, the veracity of a heavily-scrutinized, 2013 thermal UFO video leaked to UFO researchers in 2015.

For the first time since that leak, the April 25, 2013 Aguadilla, Puerto Rico UFO video first investigated by the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies has now been confirmed by the US government as genuinely unidentified. 

Asked by NBC News, Chris Mellon, a former official with the Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, described the release as 'very significant.'

'This will help the public understand what our military personnel are encountering all over the world,' Mellon said. 

Chris Mellon, formerly with the Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, praised US Customs for their UFO records drop, saying the newly released videos 'will help the public understand what our military personnel are encountering all over the world'

"We're getting, on the Defense Department side, 50 to 100 [UFO] reports per month — and this is happening globally.' 

'It's happening overseas. It's happening off the east coast and the west coast,' he elaborated. 'This will help people better understand why Congress takes the issue seriously [and] why it's a national security issue.'

While Mellon praised US Customs' show of openness and transparency with the official release of these 10 videos,  America's dedicated community of UFO skeptics were less impressed. 

Mick West, a prolific and dedicated examiner of UFO claims and the owner of the skeptics forum Metabunk, described the videos as 'mostly not new.' 

'And those that are new are not particularly interesting,' West told the DailyMail.com, noting that several had already been the subject of unofficial leaks to reporters and researchers on the UFO beat.

West, a retired computer programmer and video game designer, described the first of US Customs' UAP videos as something that 'looks like a microlight aircraft.'

Several others, he noted, appeared to be 'ambiguous white dots, [...] a balloon or a plastic bag.'

The second video, West said, was the so-called 'Rubber Duck' UAP, which the noted skeptic devoted considerable time to investigating on his YouTube channel and in Metabunk's forum back in 2021. 

West identified CBP video 9 as the 'infamous 'Aguadilla' video,' which he has argued reveals a thermal signature 'consistent with a pair of wedding lanterns drifting in the wind.' 

West has taken the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies (SCU) to task for errors located in an Appendix to their lengthy report on the Aguadilla case, but at least according to the SCU's co-founder, engineer Robert Powell, those errors do not undermine the remainder of his team's assessment.

'The report does not depend on Appendix L,' Powell told the DailyMail.com, stating that West did not have an answer for why floating wedding lanterns would veer from west to north, as the Aguadilla UFO is recorded doing in the video's final moments.

'The second reason it's not Chinese lanterns,' according to Powel, 'is that Chinese lanterns can't survive the wind speeds that were occurring that day. The wind speeds were around 13 miles an hour.' 

'It's basically a little candle that sits on these little wires, and you've got a very light [plastic or paper] bag around it,' Powell said. 'Heavy winds will collapse the outside of your Chinese lantern.' 

Whatever the mystery of Aguadilla proves to be, US Customs' 10 videos were not the only agency records quietly released this August under FOIA. 

The agency's official confirmation of these previously only leaked thermal videos and security recordings were also accompanied by a 389-page PDF document, ostensibly of UAP records held internally by US Customs. 

While the paperwork includes much chaff — news clippings, and already public government reports — the FOIA drop also included internal emails detailing internal deliberations on the law enforcement agency's UFO cases.

Several agency emails from August 2021, document an exchange between a UFO enthusiast and his superior regarding efforts to comply with spirit of the then-recent congressional legislation on UFOs and the resulting UAP Task Force report.

'As a pet project, or for fun, do all the research you want,' the redacted official wrote to the CBP's equivalent to X-Files FBI agent Fox Mulder. 'I know this topic is of great interest to you and there's a ton of information to sift through.'

'There just isn't an avenue for any formal research or reporting any type of findings or conclusions,' the redacted official stressed.

The also-redacted CPB employee responded, 'T4... I apologize, and took The Director of National Intelligence's UAP report seriously.'  

But the release also includes over two dozen tantalizing pages that have been redacted in their entirety. 

Per statute, each page lists the legal exemption under which US CBP is permitted to withhold certain records relevant to an open records request. 

The majority of these redactions, in this case, were justified under the b(5) and b(7)e exemptions clauses of federal FOIA law. 

Investigative reporters and open government advocates have dubbed the b(5) exemption the 'The Withhold It Because You Want To Exemption' as its guidelines were even described by the US Justice Department as 'opaque.'

The b(7)e exemption pertains effectively to law enforcement's own 'sources and methods,' as it withholds details that would 'disclose techniques and procedures for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions' and other material that officials believe 'could reasonably be expected to risk circumvention of the law.'

To this end, several of the released videos have notably redacted the majority of the heads-up-display information from US CBP's infrared or thermal video recordings: which would likely include data on the altitude, bearing and range of these UAP.

Another video shows a strange glowing orb - but the videos were released with little by way of supporting documentation as to dates, times, personnel or recording equipment used, making each of US Custom's UFO videos hard to contextualize 

All summer long, a sweltering UFO fever has gripped Washington DC, stoked in no small measure by a series of extraordinary claims and revelations from lawmakers, former US intelligence and Navy personnel.

This past June, charges of an illegal, hidden UFO crash retrieval program operating within the shadows exploded across television airwaves and online as made by Air Force and intelligence agency veteran David Grusch.

Soon thereafter, Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Marco Rubio revealed he too had been briefed by several other US government officials with top-level security clearances, who professed that they personally had 'first-hand' knowledge of UFO programs.

By late July, Grusch was reasserting many of his claims under oath before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, along with Ryan Graves, an esteemed former pilot, and veteran Navy fighter pilot Commander David Fravor, who witnessed the now famous 2004 'Tic Tac' UFO.

In his further comments on the new CPB videos, former DOD intelligence official Chris Mellon hoped that the newly official US Customs videos would spur the Pentagon toward greater transparency itself.

Mellon noted that these mysterious UFO videos highlight 'the challenges we are facing monitoring and controlling our airspace.' 

He cited both last February's infamous Chinese spy balloon affair (and still-as-yet-unidentified UAP), and 'of course the explosion of drone use around the world,' as examples of the new threats to US sovereignty posed by the weak official reporting and widespread stigma surrounding unidentified aerial phenomena.

'I hope that the Defense Department and [US] Intelligence Community are paying attention,' Mellon told NBC. 

'They have many videos that are of a similar, unclassified nature,' he noted, 'or were, until they — out of nowhere — created this new classification guide.' 

Echoing comments by Grusch on the legality of the Pentagon's actions, Mellon went on to express the opinion that the DoD's new and more expansive classification standards for its own UAP or UFO videos might not be 'lawful.' 

'I don't think that's consistent with the executive order governing classification,' the former intelligence official said. 'But they are withholding a lot of similar kinds of videos from the public on that basis.' 

Have YOU seen one? The Pentagon reveals what the most commonly reported UFO looks like

Ever since the first sighting more than 75 years ago, popular culture has usually depicted a UFO as a flying saucer emitting a powerful halo of light.

But that could finally change following the official release of information from the Pentagon about the mysterious aerial phenomena. 

The new Department of Defense document reveals characteristics of the typical UFO, including the colour and the shape, velocity, and flight level 

Based on clues from reported sightings, the typical UFO has a round shape, usually described as spherical or an orb, with a white or silver colour, often translucent. 

It also has a size of between 3 and 13 feet (1 to 4 metres) and usually travels through the air at a height just below commercial passenger planes. 

The Pentagon has also released a hotspot map that reveals the location of reported UFO sightings, including Japan and the Middle East. 

Read more here. 

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Pilot Examines Border Patrol’s Classified UFO Videos

The Modern Era of UFO Sightings

UFO sightings have been part and parcel of modern folklore. But in recent times, they’ve transcended from mere campfire tales to subjects of rigorous investigation and debate.

One prominent figure who has significantly contributed to this dialogue is Chris Lehto, an ex-fighter pilot. Lehto delved deep into a series of videos released by the US Customs and Border Protection, providing an analytical lens only a seasoned aviator could offer. His insights have stirred discussions, raising more questions about these inexplicable aerial events.

Bob Thompson: The Unsung Hero Behind the Revelations

While many UFO enthusiasts were preoccupied with speculations and theories, it was Bob Thompson, a paramedic and Border Patrol agent, who played a pivotal role in the release of these pivotal UFO videos. Thompson’s endeavors highlight how individuals from varying professions can collaboratively push the boundaries of our knowledge.

Decoding the Aerial Enigma

Among the most debated videos is one dubbed the “rubber duck”, an unidentified object whose true nature remains a mystery. Another series of footage features the A10 aircraft in close proximity to unidentified aerial phenomena, sparking curiosity about the potential interplay between known human-made machinery and the unknown.

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Chris Lehto’s assessments, coupled with available data, emphasize the need for a more informed dialogue on the topic. As more government videos and reports become public, the narrative surrounding UFO sightings is bound to evolve.

The Bigger Picture

UFO sightings may be just the tip of the iceberg in our quest to understand our place in the vast cosmos. Each sighting, report, and analysis adds a piece to this cosmic puzzle. As we collectively gaze upwards, one can’t help but wonder: what other secrets do the heavens hold?

The unveiling of these videos is a testament to human curiosity and perseverance. As technology advances and our understanding deepens, the boundary between the known and unknown will continue to blur.

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 Fighter pilot analyzes Border Patrol's secret UFO Footage

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection has recently made public infrared records related to Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UFO/UAP). 

A comprehensive analysis of these records has been undertaken by Chris Lehto, a retired fighter pilot and a dedicated investigator of UAP. In his examination, Lehto delves into 10 UAP videos obtained from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, offering viewers valuable insights. 

He dissects each video to provide essential context and explores potential explanations for the observed phenomena. His attention is particularly focused on key footage, including the intriguing "Rubber Duck" video, A-10 engagement videos, and notable incidents like La Bruja and Aguadilla. 

Furthermore, Lehto sheds light on the crucial role played by paramedic and Border Patrol agent Bob Thompson in the release of these videos. Thompson's involvement underscores the collaborative effort involving individuals from various professional backgrounds in bringing these records to the public domain. 

The insights provided by experts like Chris Lehto contribute to a more informed and nuanced dialogue on the subject.

  

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NASA’s Call: Why They Need Your UFO Footage

In the age where technology reigns supreme and our skies are constantly monitored by satellites, the intrigue surrounding UFO sightings remains undiminished. For decades, unidentified flying objects have captured the imagination of many, fueling countless conspiracy theories. But in a fascinating turn of events, NASA – an institution centered on scientific exploration – is delving into the realm of the unknown, specifically the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP).

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However, embracing UAP research isn’t just about quenching mankind’s thirst for the unknown. For NASA, it is also an opportunity to incorporate artificial intelligence into its analysis toolkit. The unpredictable nature of UAPs brings with it the challenge of diving deep, adopting high-risk, and potentially high-impact research methods.

In an endeavor to truly understand and possibly decode the UAP enigma, NASA has leaned towards the use of Earth-observing satellites and the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. Furthermore, the space agency is harnessing the power of crowdsourcing and AI to identify patterns in UAP reports.

One intriguing aspect, revealing the global reach of the UFO phenomenon, is the so-called ‘Chinese balloon incident’. This involved unusual objects seen around U.S. Navy planes, particularly in the Pacific. The rapid advancements in drone technology, as evidenced in recent global events, have further highlighted the pressing need to understand, document, and possibly demystify UAPs.

What’s particularly enthralling is NASA’s interest in launching a phone app geared towards recording UAPs. This app aims to document sightings in a manner that produces valuable data while minimizing the chances of false reports. Such an initiative not only democratizes the process but also reduces the conspiracy haze that often shrouds UFO sightings.

In conclusion, as our quest for understanding the universe deepens, institutions like NASA are embracing the challenge, marrying cutting-edge technology with human curiosity. And who knows? The next big UFO sighting might just be decoded using an app on your smartphone!

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NASA’s Bennu Asteroid Sample Contains Carbon, Water

Initial studies of the 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu sample collected in space and brought to Earth by NASA show evidence of high-carbon content and water, which together could indicate the building blocks of life on Earth may be found in the rock. NASA made the news Wednesday from its Johnson Space Center in Houston where leadership and scientists showed off the asteroid material for the first time since it landed in September.

This finding was part of a preliminary assessment of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security – Regolith Explorer) science team.

“The OSIRIS-REx sample is the biggest carbon-rich asteroid sample ever delivered to Earth and will help scientists investigate the origins of life on our own planet for generations to come,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. “Almost everything we do at NASA seeks to answer questions about who we are and where we come from. NASA missions like OSIRIS-REx will improve our understanding of asteroids that could threaten Earth while giving us a glimpse into what lies beyond. The sample has made it back to Earth, but there is still so much science to come – science like we’ve never seen before.”  

Although more work is needed to understand the nature of the carbon compounds found, the initial discovery bodes well for future analyses of the asteroid sample. The secrets held within the rocks and dust from the asteroid will be studied for decades to come, offering insights into how our solar system was formed, how the precursor materials to life may have been seeded on Earth, and what precautions need to be taken to avoid asteroid collisions with our home planet.

Bonus sample material

The goal of the OSIRIS-REx sample collection was 60 grams of asteroid material. Curation experts at NASA Johnson, working in new clean rooms built especially for the mission, have spent 10 days so far carefully disassembling the sample return hardware to obtain a glimpse at the bulk sample within. When the science canister lid was first opened, scientists discovered bonus asteroid material covering the outside of the collector head, canister lid, and base. There was so much extra material it slowed down the careful process of collecting and containing the primary sample.

“Our labs were ready for whatever Bennu had in store for us,” said Vanessa Wyche, director, NASA Johnson. “We’ve had scientists and engineers working side-by-side for years to develop specialized gloveboxes and tools to keep the asteroid material pristine and to curate the samples so researchers now and decades from now can study this precious gift from the cosmos.”

Within the first two weeks, scientists performed “quick-look” analyses of that initial material, collecting images from a scanning electron microscope, infrared measurements, X-ray diffraction, and chemical element analysis. X-ray computed tomography was also used to produce a 3D computer model of one of the particles, highlighting its diverse interior. This early glimpse provided the evidence of abundant carbon and water in the sample.

“As we peer into the ancient secrets preserved within the dust and rocks of asteroid Bennu, we are unlocking a time capsule that offers us profound insights into the origins of our solar system,” said Dante Lauretta, OSIRIS-REx principal investigator, University of Arizona, Tucson. “The bounty of carbon-rich material and the abundant presence of water-bearing clay minerals are just the tip of the cosmic iceberg. These discoveries, made possible through years of dedicated collaboration and cutting-edge science, propel us on a journey to understand not only our celestial neighborhood but also the potential for life’s beginnings. With each revelation from Bennu, we draw closer to unraveling the mysteries of our cosmic heritage.”

For the next two years, the mission’s science team will continue characterizing the samples and conduct the analysis needed to meet the mission’s science goals. NASA will preserve at least 70% of the sample at Johnson for further research by scientists worldwide, including future generations of scientists. As part of OSIRIS-REx’s science program, a cohort of more than 200 scientists around the world will explore the regolith’s properties, including researchers from many U.S. institutions, NASA partners JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), CSA (Canadian Space Agency), and other scientists from around the world. Additional samples will also be loaned later this fall to the Smithsonian Institution, Space Center Houston, and the University of Arizona for public display.

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, provides overall mission management, systems engineering, and the safety and mission assurance for OSIRIS-REx. Lauretta, the principal investigator, leads the science team and the mission’s science observation planning and data processing. Lockheed Martin Space in Littleton, Colorado, built the spacecraft, provided flight operations, and was responsible for capsule recovery. Goddard and KinetX Aerospace were responsible for navigating the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. Curation for OSIRIS-REx, including processing the sample when it arrived on Earth, is taking place at NASA Johnson.

OSIRIS-REx is the third mission in NASA’s New Frontiers Program, managed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

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• https://www.nasa.gov/osiris-rex
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  Headquarters, Washington
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• Shaneequa Vereen
  Johnson Space Center, Houston
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Asteroïde Bennu bevat water en koolstof, meldt NASA

Asteroïde Bennu bevat water en koolstof, meldt NASA

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Zoals wetenschappers hadden gehoopt, blijkt dat de asteroïde Bennu water en koolstof bevat. Dat kondigt de Amerikaanse ruimtevaartorganisatie NASA aan, die in het Johnson Space Centre beelden toonde van monsters die mee naar de aarde zijn teruggebracht.

"Water en koolstofmoleculen zijn precies het soort materiaal dat we wilden vinden", vertelde NASA-baas Bill Nelson tijdens een evenement in Houston. "Dit zijn cruciale elementen in de vorming van onze eigen planeet, en ze gaan ons helpen bij het bepalen van de oorsprong van de elementen die tot leven geleid zouden kunnen hebben.

De ruimtesonde OSIRIS-REx slaagde erin in 2020 een monster te nemen van Bennu en de capsule keerde iets meer dan twee weken geleden succesvol terug naar de aarde en landde in de Amerikaanse woestijn.

Sindsdien probeert NASA met nauwgezette processen de capsule te openen. Het is de grootste verzameling buitenaards gruis die ooit naar de aarde is gebracht. Omdat er veel materiaal buiten het verzamelcompartiment is gevonden, is het hoofdvak van de capsule zelf nog niet geopend, verklaarde Eileen Stansbery, hoofdwetenschapper bij het Johnson Space Centre. Ze voegde eraan toe dat ze hun tijd zullen nemen voor de analyses.

Voordat de capsule landde, schatte de Amerikaanse ruimtevaartorganisatie dat het gelukt was om ongeveer 250 gram materiaal van de asteroïde Bennu te verzamelen, veel meer dan twee eerdere Japanse missies naar andere asteroïden.

Met de stof van planetoïde Bennu kan meer onderzoek worden gedaan naar ons zonnestelsel.

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"Wetenschappelijke schat": NASA deelt eerste foto's en onderzoeksresultaten van bodemstalen van asteroïde van meer dan 4 miljard jaar oud

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Op de planetoïde Bennu is water en koolstof gevonden. Dat blijkt uit de eerste resultaten van bodemstalen die ruimtevaartorganisatie NASA op de ruimterots verzamelde. Het gruis is vorige maand in een capsule naar de aarde gebracht en wordt nu onderzocht. Wetenschappers hopen dat de bevindingen ons kunnen helpen begrijpen hoe het leven op aarde is ontstaan. NASA heeft vandaag de eerste foto's van de stalen en de eerste resultaten van het onderzoek wereldkundig gemaakt.

NASA heeft de eerste monsters getoond van de bodemstalen van een asteroïde van meer dan 4 miljard jaar oud. De stalen werden drie jaar geleden verzameld op een asteroïde met een doorsnede van meer dan 500 meter die rond de zon draait. Vorige maand heeft ruimtesonde Osiris-Rex tijdens een scheervlucht langs de aarde de stalen veilig in de woestijn in de Amerikaanse staat Utah gedropt.

Tijdens een persconferentie heeft NASA vandaag foto's vrijgegeven van het zwarte gruis dat werd verzameld én de eerste onderzoeksresultaten van de deeltjes wereldkundig gemaakt. Die resultaten bevestigen wat de onderzoekers al dachten. De asteroïde bevat water- en koolstofmolecules. 

"Dit zijn cruciale elementen in de vorming van onze eigen planeet", zegt NASA-baas Bill Nelson. "Ze gaan ons helpen om de oorsprong te bepalen van de elementen die hier tot leven zouden kunnen hebben geleid."

"Wetenschappelijke schat"

Er wordt geschat dat tijdens de missie zo'n 250 gram aan bodemstalen van Bennu is verzameld, maar de exacte hoeveelheid kennen we nog niet. De capsule werd namelijk nog niet geopend, omdat er zoveel zwart stof en steentjes aan de buitenkant van de capsule zijn blijven hangen dat de wetenschappers zich daar eerst uitgebreid over ontfermen. 

"We nemen onze tijd om alles methodisch te verwerken en goed voor elk stukje Bennu te zorgen", legt Eileen Stansbery, hoofdwetenschapper bij het Johnson Space Center uit. "Dit is nu al wetenschappelijke schat," voegt de leidende wetenschapper van de missie, Dante Lauretta van de Universiteit van Arizona, eraan toe.

"Wetenschappelijke schat": NASA deelt eerste foto's en onderzoeksresultaten van bodemstalen van asteroïde van meer dan 4 miljard jaar oud

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In space, the dead sometimes speak — and sometimes they scream.

Massive stars end their short, blazing lives in tremendous stellar explosions called supernovae, and they sometimes leave behind dense, highly magnetized balls of neutrons called magnetars. And for reasons that astronomers don’t yet fully understand, sometimes a magnetar lets out a short but powerful shriek. Astronomers call these Fast Radio Bursts, or FRBs: very intense blasts of radio waves that last just a few milliseconds.

Astronomers have observed thousands of these strange radio signals over the last few years, and most of them seem to be one-off events: a brief burst of radio waves from a dead star, and the rest is silence. Only a small, fascinating handful of FRBs actually repeat, or so it seems. In a recent study, a team of astronomers led by McGill University astronomer Bridget Andersen suggest that many more FRBs — maybe even all of them — may repeat, if only we would listen long enough.

They published their results in The Astrophysical Journal.

CHIME’s oddly-shaped antennas can scan the whole northern sky once a day.

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HIDDEN IN THE DATA

Andersen and her colleagues recently combed through years of data from the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment, or CHIME, a radio telescope in British Columbia that scans the entire northern sky every day. They were searching for repeating FRBs that might have gotten buried in the data because their signals arrived so far apart that they escaped astronomers’ attention. To find them, Andersen and her colleagues looked for signals from the same part of the sky, even if they were far apart in time, using new statistical methods to help work out whether they were seeing a repeating FRB or just two unrelated FRBs that happened to come from the same direction.

“We can now accurately calculate the probability that two or more bursts coming from similar locations are not just a coincidence,” says co-author Ziggy Pleunis, an astronomer at the University of Toronto.

The astronomers identified 25 repeating FRBs in the CHIME data. That means that astronomers have now heard at least 50 FRBs repeat their chilling cries — that’s out of the thousands that have been recorded so far. But Andersen and her colleagues say we may just need to listen longer.

SOLVING AN ASTRONOMICAL PUZZLE

Computer artwork showing the magnetic field (lines) around a magnetar. A magnetar is a type of neutron star with an incredibly strong magnetic field (a million billion times stronger than that of the Earth), which is formed when certain stars undergo supernova explosions.

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Astronomers have detected thousands of FRBs in recent years, but that doesn’t add up to knowing much about them. So far, fewer than sixty FRBs have been traced back to their host galaxies, and thirty of those were only announced earlier this year. (Nearly all FRBs come from galaxies far, far away; astronomers have only ever detected one inside our own Milky Way.) And while it’s generally agreed that FRBs come from magnetars, the exact mechanics behind them remain a puzzle waiting to be solved. Some FRBs may come from different sources, too, according to the team that traced thirty of them to their host galaxies back in January.

And whether or not those signals repeat could offer a clue. So far, the small number of FRBs that repeat seem to have a different length and cover a different range of radio frequencies than the one-off FRBs. That leads some astronomers to suggest that repeaters and one-offs might actually be two different types of FRBs, with two different explanations.

Andersen and her colleagues now have a different idea.

“Many apparently one-off bursts have simply not yet been observed long enough for a second burst from the source to be detected,” says Pleunis.

Some of the repeating FRBs they found buried in CHIME data held their silence for a long time between repeats, crying out less than once in every week of observing time. That means that unless astronomers are willing to keep listening to the same patch of sky for days or weeks at a time — a risky gamble in a field where telescope time is in high demand — a repeating burst might end up looking like a one-off. It’s even possible that all FRBs may repeat… eventually.

Differences in radio frequency and the length of the signal may still point to more than one origin for these weird cosmic signals, though. When it comes to FRBs, questions still abound, and astronomers can only answer them with more data.

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Ex-NASA Astronaut: ‘We have Contact With Alien Cultures & Their Appearance Is Bizarre’

On July 28, 2011, former astronaut and scientist Brian O’Leary passed away shortly after making a big statement. When the United States space agency NASA selected its sixth group of astronauts in August 1967, he was selected to be a member of that group. O’Leary had been a member of Princeton University’s physics faculty for many years. According to him, there is substantial evidence indicating that Earth is being visited by extraterrestrial beings. He claimed that advanced civilizations arrived on earth a very long time ago and that these civilizations employ technology that are founded on consciousness.

“There is much evidence that we have been contacted by aliens, and that these civilizations have been visiting us for a very long time, their appearance may be bizarre from any traditional Western materialistic point of view. These visitors use consciousness-influencing technologies – the toroid and use co-rotating magnetic disks for their propulsion systems, which appear to be the common denominator of the UFO phenomenon,”— Dr. Brian O’Leary on Thrive Movement

Dr. Brian O’Leary was born on January 27, 1940. Unfortunately, he was diagnosed with intestinal cancer and died of a heart attack. In August 1967, he was one of the astronauts chosen by NASA to participate in the sixth group of astronauts. The people that made up this team were commonly referred to as the scientist-astronauts. Dr. O’Leary attended Williams College and earned a bachelor of arts degree in physics in 1961. He then attended the University of California at Berkeley and earned a doctor of philosophy degree in astronomy in 1967.

He was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and secretary of the Planetology Section of the American Geophysical Union. In addition, he led the Asteroidal Resources Group for the NASA Ames Summer Study on Space Settlements. He was a founding board member of the International Association for New Science and the New Energy Movement’s first president. He was a fellow at the World Innovation Foundation and a Princeton University physics professor.

After O’Leary quit NASA, Carl Sagan invited him to lecture at Cornell University in 1968. He stayed there as an astronomy research associate from 1968 to 1969 and as an assistant professor from 1969 to 1971. He looked into lunar mascons while he was at Cornell. During the 1970–1971 academic year, O’Leary worked as a visiting researcher at the California Institute of Technology. He was the deputy team leader of the Mariner 10 Venus-Mercury TV Science Team. NASA recognized the team’s efforts by presenting them with a group accomplishment award.

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During a live interview with Kerry Cassidy of Project Camelot, he shared some fascinating insights regarding Carl Sagan. O’Leary and Sagan had been friends for a number of years, but when O’Leary decided to leave Cornell, they had a falling out. (Source)

Following his departure, O’Leary began to explore some of Carl’s work. He claimed that the iconic “Face” at Cydonia on Mars, which was photographed by Viking in 1975 and resembled a human face, was altered by Sagan before being released to the public: “It was very, very disappointing to me, because not only was Carl wrong, he also fudged data. He published a picture of the ‘Face’ in Parade Magazine, a popular article, saying that the ‘Face’ was just a natural formation, but he doctored the picture to make it not look like a face.”

In May 1990, O’Leary released a paper titled “Analysis of Images of the Face on Mars and Possible Intelligent Origin,” which only further demonstrated his skepticism. It was published in the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, Vol.43 No.5. O’Leary also went on the record and stated:

On the 18th of September, 1994, Dr. O’Leary said during the International Forum on New Science in Fort Collins in Colorado: “A secret group within the U.S. government keeps the masses for nearly 50 years away at about UFOs and extraterrestrial contact. We have contact with extraterrestrial civilizations. This information is probably obscured by an elite group within the CIA, NSA and DIA. This small group knows well the secrets to keep. Watergate and the Iran-Contra affair are child compared to this cosmic Watergate about UFOs, aliens, mind control, genetic engineering, free energy and antigravity.”

O’Leary suggested not only the existence of an extraterrestrial presence on Earth, but also the existence of a face on Mars. He also penned the introduction to Steven Greer’s book Hidden Truth, Forbidden Knowledge. The book is about repressed alien technologies such as free energy, anti-gravity, and extraterrestrial presence on Earth.

• “There is a serious possibility that we are being visited and have been visited for many years by people from outer space, by other civilizations. Who they are, where they are from, and what they want should be the subject of rigorous scientific investigation and not be the subject of ‘rubishing’ by tabloid newspapers.” (source) – Lord Admiral Hill-Norton, Former Chief of Defence Staff, 5 Star Admiral of the Royal Navy, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee
• “Intelligent beings from other star systems have been and are visiting our planet Earth. They are variously referred to as Visitors, Others, Star People, Et’s, etc…They are visiting Earth now; this is not a matter of conjecture or wistful thinking. – Theodor C. Loder III, Phd, Professor Emeritus of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire (source)

• “Aliens are living among us and that it is likely at least two of them are working with the U.S. government. Decades ago, visitors from other plants warned us about where we were headed and offered to help. But instead, we, or at least some of us, interpreted their visits as a threat, and decided to shoot first and ask questions after…Because I know that they are. As a matter of fact, they’ve been visiting our planet for thousands of years.” – Paul Hellyer, Former Canadian Defense Minister (source)

• My people tell of Star People who came to us many generations ago. The Star people brought spiritual teachings and stories and maps of the cosmos and they offered these freely. They were kind, loving, and set a great example. When they left us, my people say there was a loneliness like no other.” – Richard Wagamese, Ojibway Author (source)

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Filmmaker Jeremy Corbell Claimed ‘UFOs & Aliens Are Just Small Part of Larger Reality’

In this interview, he covers a variety of controversial subjects including the release of the Tic-Tac videos by the government, possible government disinformation campaigns, and the claims of Bob Lazar that he once worked on backward engineering an alien craft.

UFOs and Aliens Just Small Part of ‘Larger Reality’

Corbell asserted in the interview that aliens and UFOs are a small part of a much larger reality of this mysterious and mind-boggling phenomenon.

He said:

 “UFOs appear to be part of a larger phenomenon meaning UFOs are kind of an auxiliary implication of a much larger reality. So this idea that what we’re seeing are machines from other planets. I’m unconvinced what we may be seeing is an alternate reality. You know maybe it is something closer to dimensional travel.

There seems to be another version of reality that is occurring and that somehow once they pop through into our reality. And this is not just from a cursory look at the ufo phenomenon, this is from talking with thousands of close encounter eyewitnesses who tell me that this is something bigger than just flying machines.

To give you an example at Skinwalker Ranch. The report is that a piece of the sky opened up like a tear and out of this came “Beings” came “Craft.” So, UFOs is a symptom, it’s part of this alternate reality, The phenomenon as I call it. But it’s not just about UFOs represent this phenomenon.

I know this to be true that Skinwalker ranch is the best example of this because you have UFO phenomena. But you also have cattle mutilation which is often associated with lights in the sky. So, cattle mutilation is something a concrete example.

Cattle mutilation, Is this a UFO phenomenon or a government experiment, or is this a private corporation that’s going around mutilating these cows and draining their blood in the dead of the night? Nobody has ever been caught during these cattle mutilations.

They are the same across the board. They’re drained of blood. The farmers and people that are cattle ranchers see UFOs oftentimes during these mutilations so I can’t separate them.”

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American billionaire Robert Bigelow shared his personal experiences and losses that prompted his interest in life after death, as well as UFOs. He talked about possible links between consciousness research and UFOs. He also talked about the risks of trying to establish communications with the unknown.

“That’s been mainly what I’ve been doing except for the skinwalker ranch thing for 20 years as the space world has been huge in my life to pursue the legitimate parochial kind of you know using fire engines rockets to get you there. We didn’t expect anything like this to happen and so there this is different. This is the holy grail and is different than the second holy grail. If the second one is ‘Beings’ (E.T.), then the first one: Is there any part of your consciousness that survives your bodily death? That’s a big deal. That’s a huge story. That’s gigantic.”

Dr. Travis Taylor’s Statement On Skinwalker Ranch

Dr. Taylor joined businessman Brandon Fugals’s team at Fugals’s infamous Skinwalker ranch three years ago and firmly believed he would be able to resolve the ranch’s assorted mysteries in short order. But the longer he stayed, the stranger things became. In his interview with investigative journalist George Knapp, he said: “You know, I had never seen a UFO until I got out there. Now, I have seen more UFOs now than you can count.” (Source)

In the surprisingly candid and wide-ranging interview, Dr. Taylor shared his opinions about the role of science in the pursuit of the unknown, his personal experiences with strange phenomena on Skinwalker Ranch, the physical effects of close encounter cases, and the mysterious “hitchhiker effect” that multiple UFO/paranormal eyewitnesses have reported.

In his opinion, this unexplained phenomenon can be different for people in regards to their brain activity. Hypothetically speaking, he said that the phenomenon can be connected with different planes in the universe. He added that he could go along with the idea of a portal but was not sure. He believes it is bizarre but there is some truth to it.

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This Woman Was Abducted By Aliens

Sky Life, a group known for its in-depth exploration into lesser-known territories, recently delved into the mystifying world of UFOs. Their recent episode paints a vivid portrait of Melanie, a woman who claims to have encountered these unidentified aerial phenomena multiple times throughout her life. Here’s a detailed insight.

UFO Encounters: More Than Just A Glint in the Sky

For many, UFO sightings and abductions are tales straight out of a sci-fi movie. Yet, for others, they are very much a part of their real-life experiences. Melanie’s recounting of her experiences spans decades, from her childhood right into her 60s. What’s startling isn’t just her encounters, but also the physical marks she claims to have received during these experiences.

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Sleep Paralysis or Something More?

On certain occasions, Melanie would wake up with needle marks and injuries, with vivid memories of alien abduction scenarios the previous night. These memories raised questions. Could these events simply be sleep paralysis, a known phenomenon where one feels awake but can’t move, often coupled with hallucinations? Melanie denies this explanation, asserting the physical evidence on her body as a testament to her claims.

The Power of Nature and Lightning Strikes

What adds another layer to this narrative is Melanie’s connection with nature, particularly her encounters with lightning strikes. In a group discussion, it was discovered that two out of the five people present had been struck by lightning. The probability of this is almost incomprehensible. Even ChatGPT, a renowned language model, suggested the chances were near zero.

The Sacred Land Link

Another angle is the special land on which Melanie resides. Known as a hotspot for UFO sightings, this area has also been recognized as sacred by indigenous populations. Places that are deemed sacred, like Sedona, Arizona, are often associated with a higher number of UFO sightings. Perhaps, there’s a correlation between the energies of these lands and these mysterious sightings?

Listening: A Pillar of Understanding

The narrative underscores the importance of active listening and refraining from passing judgment. As Melanie emphasizes, it’s crucial to listen to others, especially when they recount experiences that may sound far-fetched. Dismissing these stories doesn’t do justice to the depth of emotion and conviction behind them.

To sum it up, while skepticism is natural, it’s equally essential to approach such tales with an open mind. Whether you believe in UFOs or not, Sky Life’s episode on Melanie’s encounters provides a gripping look into the unknown, challenging us to reconsider what’s possible.

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Mysterious objects caught on Ring Cam, Oct 8, 2023, Ohio, UFO Sighting News.

Date of sighting: Oct 8, 2023

Location of sighting: Ohio, USA (city not stated)
Source: MUFON

 

Now this is an odd capture. Several disks were seen flying through his yard. There is a reflection of light that may have caused the UFOs to become visible by bending the light rays enough to change them, revealing any cloaked ship visible, mush like infrared does. Ringcams often have infrared light emitting during nighttime to catch things in the darkness. 

 

Lately Ringcam company has posted a one million dollar reward for the best alien/UFO ring cam capture, making more people use ring cams and keep an eye out for unusual anomalies. But it may also make people fake such things, so I am careful of posting Ringcam at the moment. However this does appear authentic. 

Scott C. Waring 

 

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UAP Fleet Over New Mexico May 4, 2023, UFO Sighting News. Video.

Date of sighting: Mary 4, 2023

Location of sighting: New Mexico
Source: MUFON

 

Hey this just in all. A person was on a passenger jet and was over New Mexico when they noticed six glowing disks outside in the distance. The objects were seen traveling above, and through the clouds and look as large as the passenger jet itself. The interesting thing is that these objects are flying very close together, as if it's trying to mimic military formation in case they do get intercepted by military they will be safer this way, and also less change of being seen in not spread over a long distance. If this was a daily event, full disclosure would have happened by now. We need more evidence like this. 

Scott C. Waring 

 

Eyewitness states: 

On May 4th 2023 I was aboard an American Airlines flight that departed from Charlotte, NC on route to Los Angeles, CA. Approximately at 17:25MDT I observed 6-7 disc shaped glowing objects outside my cabin window traveling West within close proximity of our aircraft. The objects at first appeared in 3 rows stacked 2 per row. The top and bottom rows slightly trailed the middle row, as the objects traveled along side our aircraft they would slowly form a stagnated straight line. Our aircraft was traveling over the state of New Mexico near Taos with an air speed of roughly 490mph and a little over 30,000 feet above sea level. These objects kept pace with our aircraft for the duration of the sighting and didn’t appear to ascend or descend at any point.

When I first noticed the objects the lights coming from them appeared a bright yellowish orange color with a flame like appearance. The light source coming from the objects seemed to pulsate at a steady interval, when the light source would dim at times I could make out a reflective silver rim on 2 of the objects. The rim came to a point on both ends of each object, they appeared to be disc shaped or cylindrical in nature.

After observing them with the naked eye, I began filming them at approximately 17:26MDT with my phone which records in 4K quality. The objects appeared to have a yellowish white glow to them when viewed through the camera on my phone as opposed to the yellowish orange color when seen with the naked eye. After recording the objects for 1 minute and 22 seconds. 

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Alien Abduction: Young Girl’s Unsettling Encounter with Mantis-Like Extraterrestrials

In a tranquil farming town named Covina, nestled on the outskirts of Los Angeles in 1963, the unimaginable happened. Seventeen-year-old Linda Porter’s life took an eerie turn one night, propelling her to the center of one of the most mysterious alien abduction stories of the era.

Linda recalled waking up aboard an unfamiliar spacecraft, surrounded by blinding lights and sounds she had never encountered before. Guided by a small gray creature, she was led into a room where she met another being: an almost eight-foot-tall figure resembling a praying mantis. This wasn’t the typical “gray alien” story we’ve often heard of in pop culture.

What sets Linda’s story apart is its timeline. The incident predates the popularization of the alien abduction narrative, adding a layer of credibility to her account. Over the years, there have been numerous accounts of individuals claiming to have been abducted by gray aliens, but Linda’s tale also introduces the world to the much less common praying mantis alien figure. This has left many wondering if there’s a hierarchy amongst these extraterrestrial beings, with the praying mantis type at the helm.

Throughout her teens and twenties, Linda claimed to have several encounters with these otherworldly beings. It was only in her mid-forties that she decided to share her experiences, reaching out to investigative journalist Linda Moulton Howe. Her accounts were richly detailed, supplemented by drawings that vividly depicted her experiences aboard the spacecraft and her interactions with the aliens. One standout illustration featured the tall praying mantis in a peculiar room illuminated with sparkling lights.

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The mantis-like beings have sparked intense discussions among researchers. Some draw parallels between the reported aliens and insects on our planet. Could the gray aliens represent worker bees, while the praying mantis figures represent a queen bee, more intelligent and of higher rank? Such speculation, while fascinating, has yet to find a solid grounding.

The intrigue doesn’t stop here. According to Linda, these aliens have a keen interest in the human soul. They seem perplexed by its essence, curious about where it travels after death. Linda spoke of witnessing humans in a form of suspended animation, encased within cylinders, raising questions about the extraterrestrials’ role in studying the human spirit and possibly even the cycle of reincarnation.

With stories from various victims reporting encounters with praying mantis-like beings and ancient tales of mantis gods, it begs the question: Are we truly alone? Or is there an insectoid race from another realm, silently watching and studying us?

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Pentagon Verifies Military Craft Sighting with Mind-Boggling Physics

For decades, the sky has been a canvas of mysteries, with countless reports of unidentified flying objects or UFO sightings sparking intrigue and debate. While some are quick to link these to extraterrestrial encounters, others point towards military advancements. Yet, regardless of one’s belief, the fascination around UFO sightings remains undiminished. This article delves into some of the most talked-about sightings, drawing connections between aviation advancements and unexplained aerial phenomena.

1. The TR-3A Black Triangle Enigma:

During the late 1980s and early 1990s, numerous reports flooded in describing large, silent, low-flying triangular crafts. These UFO sightings depicted an aircraft that defied conventional aviation rules, with the ability to hover, rapidly accelerate, and make acute turns. While many speculate these sightings to be top-secret military aircraft, others believe in their extraterrestrial origin. What’s intriguing is its alleged advanced stealth technology, rendering it invisible to radars.

2. The SR-72: Son of the Blackbird:

Although not officially a UFO, the SR-72 has captured imaginations worldwide due to its hypersonic speeds, potentially exceeding Mach 5. This aircraft, currently under development, has been wrapped in secrecy, leading many to speculate on its capabilities. While it’s designed to redefine global surveillance, its hidden details have only fueled UFO sightings and speculations.

3. The Legendary RQ-180 Drone:

Officially confirmed in 2013 by the US Air Force, this stealthy high-altitude drone is believed to be designed for deep penetration and covert intelligence operations. Its capabilities to operate at heights above 65,000 ft, coupled with its advanced sensors, make it a strong contender for many UFO sightings reported worldwide.

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While aviation advancements continue to push the boundaries of what’s possible, the line between identified and unidentified becomes increasingly blurry. As more secretive projects come into light, and as more people turn their eyes to the skies, UFO sightings will remain a captivating topic of discussion. As technology advances, the skies might hold even more mysteries, waiting to be unveiled.

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15 Incredible Ancient Buildings and Structures (Video)

The sheer scale of human construction throughout history is awe-inspiring. From buildings to bridges, roads to houses, temples to theaters, humans have been creating structures for millennia. However, the structures featured in this video are particularly remarkable. From Borobudur Temple to the Great Aqueduct, Saksaywaman, Derinkuyu underground city , Abu Simbel Temple and more, these are some of the oldest and most impressive remnants of ancient civilizations. Despite their age and the challenges of preservation, we are doing our best to protect these structures so that future generations can appreciate and learn from them.

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Footage Of UFO Landing At Holloman AFB With Aliens Walking Out Exists, Producer Told James Fox

There is a UFO/alien controversy surrounding Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, where one of three UFOs allegedly landed in May 1971. The incident has been recently discussed by “Moment of Contact” filmmaker James Fox, who says the full video of the UFO landing exists, including the alien entities walking out of the craft.

However, as it is so often in such cases, instead of the government releasing a film of the entire incident to author/filmmaker Robert Emenegger as promised, it only released 8 seconds of this special footage that ultimately made it into the film. Holloman Air Force Base is the United States Air Force base established in 1942 and located six miles southwest of the central business district of Alamogordo, New Mexico.

The story begins in 1971 when Emenegger and producer/director Allan Sandler were invited by US intelligence to Norton Air Force Base in California to discuss the significant UFO phenomenon that had occurred previously and create a documentary film about it.

Apparently, Mr. Fox recalls the Holloman incident on Julian Dorey Podcast, published on February 25, 2023. He says that he interviewed Sandler and Emenegger about it and they as well believe the UFO landing film footage exists. He points out this happened not far from Socorro, where Lonnie Zamora had his famous sighting roughly a year prior of a similarly shaped “tic tac” white craft and beings walking around the UFO.

There is no official record of the reason why the US government allowed giving secret UFO footage for a documentary film. It is believed that the administration of President Nixon did it to look strong in the science field for the upcoming 1972 re-election campaign.

Emenegger said that he was promised by the USAF officials to get the authentic UFO landing footage that happened at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico in 1971. It showed the alien visitors emerging out of the craft that met with the US military. Even though Emenegger was skeptical about it, the Air Force assured him that the footage was authentic.

One of the military’s officials named Paul Shartle, who was in charge of the audio-video department, said in a 1988 national television broadcast with Mike Farrell that he had watched the 16mm film of three disc-shaped craft. One of them landed and the others flew away.

“I saw footage of three disc-shaped crafts one of the crafts landed and two of them went away. It appeared to be in trouble because it oscillated all the way down to the ground. However, it did land on three pods, a sliding door open a ramp was extended, and out came three aliens. They were human-sized. They had an odd gray complexion and a pronounced nose. They wore tight-fitting jumpsuits, thin headdresses that appeared to be communication devices, and their hands in their hands they held a translator I was told.”

Mr. Fox revealed on the podcast that Allan Sandler told him on the phone call that he had seen three discs escorted by a military jet. “He was not sure of the altitude, but he estimated that they were at roughly 10 to 12,000 feet,” Mr. Fox said. He continued: “Paul Shartle (One of the military’s officials at Norton Air Force Base in California who was in charge of the audio-video department) admitted that he had seen it and that it was not of Earth origin.”

Sandler told Mr. Fox that two of the discs peeled away while one wobbled to the ground. He said it was like a leaf floating down from the sky, and it looked like it was in trouble. Mr. Fox said that the wobbling movement was similar to the footage he had seen of a UFO before. He does not think that Allan knew how the UFO hovered. The disc eventually went to the ground.

“He said James, just like in a sci-fi movie, the seamless door opens and out come these beings that had very large noses, slits for mouths, and their eyes were almost like a vertical slit, like a cat’s eye, very, very big. They had… I’m just like… I [Fox] need to make this abundantly clear to your audience. I’m not saying what’s true or what’s not true, or if it happened or if it’s alien or whatever it is. I’m just telling you what I was told by people who saw it, and claimed to have seen it. They came out and they met with the base commanders, and then they either got into a Jeep or were about to get into a Jeep or do something and then the film footage just cuts.”

Emenegger claimed that he personally visited the landing site and inspected the area where the extraterrestrial craft had been stored, and that the US military and the alien visitors had held meetings that lasted for several days.

Additionally, Emenegger’s production team was granted access to highly classified documents at DoD facilities, and they received assistance from military officials who had expertise in UFO-related matters, such as Col. William Coleman of Project Blue Book and Col. George Weinbrenner, who headed Foreign Technology at Wright Patterson Air Force Base.

Paul Shartle, who showed the footage to Allan Sandler, faced some men in dark suits that showed up from an unknown location and warned him not to speak of the incident. They confiscated the footage, stating that it was not supposed to have happened. Sandler did not inform Emenegger for over 40 years.

Emenegger completed extensive research and film production only to feel cheated when the authorization to use real footage was withdrawn. Despite this setback, he went ahead and released his documentary “UFOs: Past, Present, and Future,” which was nominated for a Golden Globe in 1974. The documentary was groundbreaking because it provided information from the Department of Defense (DoD).

The United States Air Force (USAF) required Emenegger to add animated footage of the alleged Holloman UFO landing. According to Emenegger, some frames from the original footage were used during the editing stage with USAF authorization, which was not entirely missing from the frames. The viewers spotted a genuine bright disc coming down slowly in the distance against the backdrop of Holloman’s surrounding landscape.

David Cameron, a UFO researcher, shared in an interview that he was involved in confirming that the Pentagon was not covering up UFO sightings. He recounted the story of the Holloman Air Force Base film, where the government allowed producers to use eight seconds of footage of a landed alien ship in a documentary, but the classified part where an alien got out was removed.

Mr. Fox explains that the point of the story is that there is compelling evidence of an event occurring involving an unidentified object and that there may be film footage of the incident. Despite the existence of this evidence, the story has been overshadowed by other sensational claims, such as secret meetings between President Eisenhower and aliens.

While it is unclear what exactly happened, there is substance to the story and it should not be dismissed outright. However, the addition of other claims has muddied the waters and made it difficult to investigate the case of the president making contact with extraterrestrial life.

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From Pascagoula to Monticello: Mississippi’s Never Told UFO Encounter

Quite naturally, the October 11, 1973, alien abduction case featuring Calvin Parker and Charles Hickson in Pascagoula, Mississippi, took the headlines in the media at home and abroad. But what a lot of people don’t realize is that UFO sightings continued, not just in Mississippi, but across the USA. However, UFO sightings were still coming in from Mississippi, and another peculiar sighting came just ten days after the Hickson/Parker encounter.

There was a discussion on social media about the Pascagoula case when a gentleman by the name of Kevin Garrett joined the discussion with the following account.

The following is my retyped copy of a letter from my grandfather to my aunt, describing events in Monticello, MS (about two hours north of the Mississippi Gulf Coast), just a few days following the incident in Pascagoula. I remember it happening, but honestly do not remember any details, except the globs themselves.

Sunday, 6:10 P.M., October 21st, 1973:

Dear Yvonne & Family:

We received your letter this morning and read it before going to Church. A.D. will write you telling that we are glad that you have bought a new vehicle. Also, to tell you of other happenings around here that may interest you.

The purpose of this letter from me is to tell you of our experience last Thursday afternoon. I was in the yard painting a record cabinet I have made for A.D. and A.D. was in the house resting. Martha came over to tell us what she had just heard over the radio. She heard the announcer state that spider-web-like material was falling from the sky in North Mississippi and that globs had fallen in a woman’s yard, and that her dog was lapping it. Martha was anxious for us to hear the next newscast, so at 4:00 P.M., she brought her small radio over, and we sat in the yard to listen to the news.

Sure enough, the first thing mentioned was that the spidery-webbed substance was then falling over Jackson. After listening for the 15-minute newscast to the end, I said, well, if spider webs had gotten to Jackson from North Miss., in that short period of time, we should be able to see some down this far. It was then about 4:25 P.M. and I was anxious to finish my painting, which I did. When Martha went home, she was looking up into the sky and, inasmuch as her TV antenna was almost in front of her, she noticed a silky like thread or web-like stringy something hanging from it. She called us, and we all went over to look.

There was another long strand hanging over a tree nearby, and while we were looking at this, someone said, “Look!, what’s that coming over.” From the North or slightly NE, we saw globs of whitish-silvery looking, odd, shaped UFOs coming over. At first sighting one, you would think it was a white bird, then it would reflect its true shape as it passed over. Not knowing the height from the ground, we cannot guess how large any of them were. They were not all the same size or shape. One appeared to be about the size of two 500-gallon butane tanks welded together lengthwise. Both ends were dome-shaped, and our guess was that it would have to be at least six to eight feet in diameter. It had no wings and it made no noise. It did not tumble over and over but kept a straight line, lengthwise. Ahead of it was a smaller blob like the others we saw. The smaller ball or glob was leading the bigger, cigar-like shaped thing, and we could see stringy-like silvery ribbon strands connecting the smaller to the large thing trailing. All were traveling at a tremendous speed, and we couldn’t figure out how they traveled so fast, especially since the wind was from the NW and they were coming from the NE. It could be that they were in a jet stream, but how did it get that height and what was propelling them unless they were in the jet stream? All were traveling very fast, and unless you spotted one in time, it was almost impossible for one who saw it to point it out to you. I would say that from the time one was spotted until you could see it no more toward the SW, would be about 30 seconds.

The birds and butterflies were disturbed. Some butterflies looked to be as big as a bat, and they were reddish-rust in color. They were not as high as those objects we saw but were traveling in the same direction. I have never seen butterflies, if they were; fly as high as these were flying. Blackbirds were flying over from the NW, going toward the river, and they acted funny. Two out of three out of a flock of ten to twenty would turn around, fly in the opposite direction, then turn and try to catch up. I believe that perhaps they had run into some of that spider-web-like stuff.

Well, I see that I had my carbon backward, so I can’t write on the reverse of the first page. Martha would not let Rusty touch the web-like material as she wanted Tom to see it when he came home. He did. Also, after getting his glasses, he finally begins to see those white objects coming over. He said he had never seen anything like it. About that time, we spotted two globs coming over. They were bigger than all the others except that cigar-shaped thing and they were going at a faster rate of speed than the others and seemed to be lower. One glob would get ahead of the other, then they would change and the other overtake the first one. They seemed to have a cord or something connecting them together and they were oddly shaped and would change shape as they traveled. These were also going toward the SW, and it appeared that the wind was tossing them about. Again, the wind was from the NW as a thin layer of cloud cover came over from that direction. So, the way I figure it, the wind we ordinarily know as wind, was coming from the NW and these things were traveling toward the SW. This, then, would not indicate that they were traveling against or opposite to the wind, but more or less across or more like an X, not exactly + to the other.

They have said very little about this except to state that they were taking samples to Hattiesburg for analysis. I heard one follow-up say that it turned out to be spider webs. We have not heard the report from Hattiesburg.

The only other report of sightings of this matter around here was by a class of children at Silver Creek who happened to be outside.

I have been a little reluctant to relate what I and we saw to others as I imagine it would be hard to believe. I have related this to you exactly as WE saw it, and you can draw your own conclusion as to what it was. Sometimes, when we are together, AD & I will tell you about the other object we saw about two weeks ago. This was prior to the incident at Pascagoula and AD and I got home in time for Martha and the children to see it. By the way, these blobs we saw, about 18 to 20 of them, lasted for about an hour. I had hoped they would keep over until sundown, but we did not see any more. Hope you appreciate this explanation and please excuse the errors. No, I am not excited, just rusty with my typing.

Love,

George Bowskey Russell was Kevin Garrett’s grandfather, the author of the letter, and A.D.  (Alonzo Dulaney) was his grandmother A.D, Russell.

I, of course, am Kevin; Rusty is my brother; Tom was my father; Martha was my mother; Yvonne was my mother’s sister who lived near Fort Worth, TX, and to whom the letter was addressed.  George Bowskey and Alonzo Dulaney were my maternal grandparents and we lived next door to them. The copy is from page two of a Xerox (when was last time you heard that term?) of the letter written by my grandfather to my aunt.

Kevin added on June 12th, 2023, via email:  “The only thing I remember was seeing the globs getting caught in the limbs of the large pecan tree in the area between our houses.  To me, they seemed a bit stringy.  One would certainly assume some made it to the ground, but I don’t remember that. While I definitely remember the incident, I don’t remember many details. For example, I don’t remember the large silver things in the sky.”

Kevin Garrett informed us that he had recently moved house so it was difficult to locate the actual type-written letter in question. He did, however, have one page that he had previously digitized. The above account and the copy of the letter are reproduced with the permission of Kevin Garrett.  Mr Garrett also supplied us with a photo of his grandparents.

 George Bowskey Russell

This is yet another peculiar UFO sighting coming from Mississippi in what was a flap of sightings in 1973. The Parker/Hickson abduction account was the most outstanding of cases reported during this flap. It makes you wonder how many more sightings were made but never reported.

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• Philip Mantle is a long-standing UFO researcher and author from the UK. He was formerly the Director of Investigations for the British UFO Research Association and the MUFON Representative for England. He is the founder of FLYING DISK PRESS and can be contacted by email at: philip.mantle@gmail.com.
• Our new book ‘BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT – The Pascagoula Alien Abduction’. Out September 1, 2023, on Amazon.

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The Astonishing UFO Sightings of Las Vegas: A Detailed Account

The world remains captivated by unidentified flying objects, or UFOs, with countless individuals sharing their own stories and footage of bizarre occurrences in the sky. One of the most intriguing instances recently occurred over Las Vegas, where a local resident captured a mesmerizing display of these unexplained phenomena.

Las Vegas: A New Hub for UFO Sightings?

On October 5th, 2023, between 7 and 8 pm, a Las Vegas resident from Summerlin, looking up at the skies from his backyard, witnessed a display that has left the UFO community abuzz. The footage showcased an awe-inspiring arrangement of UFOs moving in perfect unison. Their unique ability to space themselves uniformly in the sky and their seamless formation hinted at advanced technology beyond our comprehension.

The video is reminiscent of earlier footage from 2021, which displayed similar impressive formations. The videographer noted that the appearance and behavior of these UFOs have evolved over the years. Notably, since 2017, it seems these unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) have become conscious of being observed and documented, leading to a shift in their patterns.

More Than Just A Passing Plane

To the untrained eye, the night sky over Las Vegas is often filled with the regular comings and goings of commercial airplanes. However, this witness emphasizes a clear distinction between regular jets preparing to land and the UFOs. While jets approach at a steep angle, these unidentified objects maintain a flat trajectory, occasionally side by side, and seem to operate at varying altitudes.

Interestingly, the observer hypothesizes a location on the base’s backside where these UFOs might be captured. Here, they float in and are potentially seized by an unknown technology, placing them underground.

A Message in the Movements

One standout feature in the recent video is the behavior of three particular UFOs. They initially move in a straight line to the east before breaking formation and smoothly floating toward the observer. Such deliberate movement cannot be dismissed as mere coincidence. Could this be a greeting or a form of communication? The excitement and mystery around these objects are palpable as they seem to showcase maneuvers, suggesting intent and perhaps even awareness.

The Age-old Question: Are They Ours?

As our understanding of UFO sightings grows, so does the debate about their origin. Are these advanced technologies developed secretly on Earth, or do they originate from the vast expanse of the universe? While many hope for the latter, offering the thrilling possibility of intelligent extraterrestrial life, some believe these sightings are a testament to human ingenuity. If they are ours, what magnificent advancements in aerospace technology might we be on the cusp of unveiling?

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The UFO sightings in Las Vegas reiterate the fascination and unanswered questions surrounding these mysterious objects. As more individuals come forward with their own accounts and evidence, one can only hope that the truth behind these astonishing phenomena will be unveiled. Whether it’s an extraterrestrial signal or a human-made marvel, the skies above us continue to captivate and intrigue.

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This US Airman Claimed To See Top Secret NASA Photos Of Giant Alien Moon Base On Far Side

The disclosure has probably been going on for some time, but most of us have been oblivious to it. Bill Nelson, the administrator of NASA, made the most startling claims about extraterrestrial visitors. He thinks there is intelligent life beyond Earth, on worlds that might be just as sophisticated and well-organized as ours. Mr. Nelson expressed his hope that some of the unexplained UFO sightings are not evidence of an “adversary here on earth.” He suggested that it is more likely that these sightings are evidence of life existing on other planets.

NASA conspirators/whistleblowers have a full assurance that the US space agency has been covering the evidence of UFOs since the first Apollo mission. Donna Hare claimed to have worked for NASA contractor Philco Ford in the early 1970s. She had a high-security clearance to walk into NASA’s photo lab and other departments.

During the Disclosure Project press conference, Hare revealed that NASA covered up and eliminated space anomalies such as UFOs from satellite photos. Hare has got several awards in space programs. She dedicated most of her time as a technical illustrator to space programs. She created lunar maps, and landing slides and had been working for 15 years as a sub-contractor for NASA.

Former NASA scientist Robin Brett, who was among the first people to study and direct research on moon rocks said: “It seems easier to explain the non-existence of the Moon than its existence.” Besides, according to scientists, the Moon is older than the Earth by nearly 800,000 years, which raises a lot of questions.

Former US Air Force Sergeant Karl Wolfe, who died in a bike accident in 2018, was another person who shared a story similar to Donna Hare. He also had top-secret clearance and worked at Langley Air Force base in Virginia, the USA. He worked as a precision electronics photograph repairer for NASA’s Lunar Orbiter Project. One day, he was taken into a lab by another worker who showed him a photo of artificial buildings at the lunar base. These photos had been taken prior to the Apollo landing in 1969.

“…At any rate, I was in a color lab one day when my boss, Staff Sergeant Taylor, came over to me and said that they were having a problem with some equipment on the base and it was the first lunar orbiter program, where they had a mission to pretty much locate the first landing sites for the 1969 lunar mission for the astronauts.

So he said they were having some problems with equipment over there. it was similar equipment to what we had- it was computerized contact printing equipment. He wanted to know if I would go over and take a look at it. He said to me, It’s an NSA facility. At the time, I didn’t know what the NSA was – I was pretty naive.

I thought he said NASA. So in my mind, for a long time, I thought it was a NASA facility that I had gone to, but I remembered him saying NSA and converting it in my own mind to NASA…”

Wolfe claimed that one day, when NSA photographic equipment failed, he was asked to assist them with the important repair work that was needed to keep the machines on the job. He was the only person who was readily available at the time and was trained in the type of equipment that had failed. This was really a coincidence. In the regular course of events, he would be breaking protocol by entering NSA territory.

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The level of his security clearance was enhanced, and as a result, he was allowed to even enter the extremely secure laboratory. Wolfe’s heart was pounding when he entered the here-to-fore forbidden hangar on that particular day, and he was astounded to witness the frenzied activity in the laboratory, which was being carried out by individuals from different countries.

Wolfe had expected that only people with the American citizenship would be in the NASA lab, but he was surprised to see a large number of people with guest name tags and obviously from other countries present on this particular day. This led him to believe that those people had traveled from their home countries for some event that required their temporary presence.

Concerning the outcome of his mission, he experienced feelings of dread. Whatever it was that required his presence, it was of the utmost significance. Someone had informed him that the relevant equipment was located in a nearby dark room.

When he was first carried into the chamber, the only thing that greeted him was the red glow of a safety light. However, after a time, he was able to make out the form of one airman who manned the area even though it was dark.

Wolfe was aware that in order to fix the image processing equipment, it would first need to be removed, and he was also aware that the diagnostics on this kind of equipment would take some time to complete.

Quickly, arrangements were made for the camera equipment to be moved to a safer place so Wolfe could start the long process of figuring out what was wrong. While Wolfe was waiting for his ride, he started talking to the other airman. Wolfe asked very carefully why NASA work was being done at Langley instead of at NASA’s headquarters in Houston.

After that, he was informed that all of the NASA picture data was transferred to Langley, where it was upgraded and transformed into finished photographs, which were then analyzed by various parts of the armed forces. Wolfe was given some insight by the attendant of the dark chamber as to the nature of the enigma surrounding the situation.

Wolfe was told that new, better pictures had shown structures on the surface of the Moon’s dark side that were both surprising and clear. Structures that could not have been made by natural means like meteors or ancient collisions between other celestial bodies. The structures were created by intelligent beings. “We discovered,” the airman said, “a base of the back side of the Moon.”

Wolfe was obviously stunned by this extraordinary disclosure. He remembers literally “shaking” trying to take in the enormity of what he had been told. Seeing Wolfe’s disbelief, the dark room attendant continued: “Yes, a base on the dark side of the Moon.”

Although the attendant had not explicitly stated that the structures were not created by inhabitants of Earth, it appeared obvious. Wolfe was still in awe as he looked down at the photos he was attempting to visualize in his mind. As he stooped beneath the red-glowing lamp, he saw something that so few would ever see. He was able to discern geometric shapes that were well-organized and planned. Most noticeable to him were what looked exactly like radar antennas, very similar to what one could see on Earth.

There was no longer any question in Wolfe’s mind as to the reason behind the peculiar assortment of investigators and scientists that were present at this location on this particular day. They had traveled to the moon in order to view and investigate the structures that he was currently staring at, which were built on the moon by intelligent beings.

He might be detained or worse. He only wanted to complete his task, get out of there, and leave things alone. Wolfe carried on the task at hand, putting the memories of that day to the back of his mind, and continued living his life. Wolfe, however, was haunted by the images he saw that day for many years to come.

After he left the active service, his security clearance prohibited him from leaving the United States for five years, and he was sworn to keep what he had seen to himself. Before he finally informed anyone about that remarkable day, it would be thirty years.
The 74-year-old Sgt. Wolfe was killed after being hit by a trailer while cycling in Lansing, New York. Wolfe was rushed to Cayuga Medical Center where he later died from the injuries sustained in the crash.

Wolfe was not the only whistleblower whose death seems mysterious. Former U.S. Army Command Sgt. Major Robert Orel Dean claimed that when he worked for NATO in France, he read a document titled “The Assessment” in the 1960s. According to him, the document contained information about “photos of dead aliens, crashed UFOs and reports by military pilots and scientists.” Coincidently, he died a week before Wolfe’s death in 2018.

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

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 a real story of a civilian, Jerry Freeman, who snuck onto the Area 51 base and saw Papoose Lake. Freeman reported seeing security lights on the perimeter and lights that opened and closed near the center of the lake, and he felt vibrations for almost two minutes, which he thought could be either from underground or from Groom Lake.

Freeman 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.

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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LATEST UFO SIGHTINGS (VIDEOS) - 06/10/2023

"We Are Convinced They Are Real" Ufologist Offers To Pay Scientists To Examine 'Alien' Mummies'

Howard Hughes is joined by Mexican investigative journalist, TV personality and ufologist Jaime Maussan who recently made headlines after saying he will fund two scientists to examine the 'alien' bodies found in Peru to prove that they are real.

Ancient Aliens: UFO Technology Found on Earth

Is there evidence of extraterrestrial technology existing on our planet? See more in this compilation from Ancient Aliens.

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Hidden beneath the Alaskan wilderness lies a top-secret government facility that may be concealing an extraterrestrial pyramid. Former Counterintelligence Agent Doug Mutschler shares his extraordinary experiences while attempting to investigate this enigma.

The Government's UFO Problem with Christopher Mellon

Christopher Mellon, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, joins Chris Cuomo for a wide-ranging conversation about government bureaucracy and transparency, how intelligence agencies handle unidentified flying objects, and how processes like Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) can serve as a model to make Congress more productive. Mellon goes in depth about why the government has been so secretive about UFOs and UAPs, including the reasons agencies err on the side of classifying material over public disclosure, and how cultural biases affect attitudes toward unexplained phenomenon.

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UFO/UAP Phenomenon! How does Netflix's ENCOUNTERS shine a light? | Yon Motskin | Big Thing

The UAP/UFO conversation continues at an all time high. Last week Netflix released a new 4 part series about the phenomenon covering 4 different cases. Kristian had the opportunity to talk with the director Yon Motskin about how he got involved and what his experience was filming it and what he learned about the situation. Reilly and Kristian discuss the series and the claim by Ross Coulthart that major reveals will be coming by other whistleblowers in the next year or so.

Hundreds in Maryland report UFO sightings as Congress, NASA investigate, push for transparency

Hundreds in Maryland report UFO sightings as Congress, NASA investigate, push for transparency

These strange UFOs have been spotted all over the continental United States. See more in this compilation from The Proof Is Out There.

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Parker Makes its Closest and Fastest Solar Flyby

Parker and Its Solar Accomplishments

Solar scientists sent Parker to help them understand some of the most puzzling aspects of our star’s activities. Its main target is the solar corona. They want to figure out what heats the corona by tracing the flow of energy that heats this uppermost part of the solar atmosphere. In addition, they want to understand how and why the solar wind gets accelerated as it leaves the Sun.

Since the Sun is largely plasma, they want to understand its structure and the magnetic fields that exist and influence the flow of plasma from the Sun through the solar wind. Finally, the mission is equipped to study energetic particles flowing from the Sun and determine their transport mechanism.

About that Coronal Mass Ejection

We on Earth experience coronal mass ejections as they pass from the Sun on their way through the Solar System. These powerful events hurl huge masses of plasma through space, moving at speeds of 100 to 3,000 kilometers per second. Many CMEs do not encounter our planet, but when they do, they twist and stretch our planet’s magnetic field. The results can range from beautiful displays of aurora borealis to disruption of communications and electrical grids.

Solar physicists would like to be able to forecast these awesome solar storms. They’ve long wanted to measure the forces that drive CMEs. In particular, they want to know what accelerates the charged particles in the explosions to high speeds. They hope that Parker can give them data on just what’s happening on the Sun as one builds up.

On September 5, 2022, Parker was cruising the far side of the Sun. It flew just about 6 billion kilometers above the surface. That’s when it detected the CME as it built up. Later on, the spacecraft passed through the structure of the ejection, experienced its leading edge, and then exited the material. It was a pretty extreme CME and allowed Parker to pick up data about the shock wave’s speed and density. Luckily, this one didn’t hit Earth. However, if it had, the event would have severely damaged communications systems and probably caused widespread power blackouts.

“This is the closest to the Sun we’ve ever observed a CME,” said Nour Raouafi, the Parker Solar Probe project scientist at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, which built the spacecraft within NASA’s timeline and budget, and currently manages and operates the mission. “We’ve never seen an event of this magnitude at this distance.”

Parker and The Sun

To get the scientific information to understand the corona and CMEs, scientists needed a spacecraft that could essentially fly through the Sun—or at least its corona. That’s where Parker comes into play. A heat shield, onboard radiators, and a thermal protection system protect it from CMEs and the solar wind. During the CME, the only effect it suffered was a little “torque”—a small turning action that it compensated for immediately.

For the rest of this year and into 2024, Parker will be following close orbits around the Sun. In late 2024, it will make its final Venus flyby, which will set the last three perihelion passages into 2025. In all, scientists plan for 24 perihelion passages before the mission ends. The data it is providing should open new windows of understanding about the solar wind and the processes that launch it through the Solar System.

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Hundreds of Free-Floating Planets Found in the Orion Nebula

Astronomers Samuel Pearson and Mark McCaughrean of the European Space Agency made the observations and posted a preprint paper to arXiv. The paper has yet to be peer reviewed, but has been submitted to Nature.

The researchers say a near-infrared survey from JWST allowed them to discover and characterize this large sample of 540 planetary-mass candidates. The team says these planetary mass objects (PMOs) are too small to be stars, as their masses are well below the traditional cutoff for a deuterium-burning brown dwarf, even down to 0.6 Jupiter mass — not much more massive than Saturn.

Within the large group of rogue planets are 42 pairs of planets that are gravitationally bound together, something that’s never been observed before. The astronomers named them Jupiter Mass Binary Objects, or JuMBOs.

“How pairs of young planets can be ejected simultaneously and remain bound, albeit weakly at relatively wide separations, remains quite unclear,” the researchers wrote in their paper.

“The Jupiter Mass Binary Objects or JuMBOs are a really big discovery, we believe,” said McCaughrean, a senior adviser for science and exploration at ESA, on Mastodon.  In the pre-print, researchers said that these planetary-mass binary objects is “a result that is highly unexpected and which challenges current theories of both star and planet formation.”

The conventional definition of a planet is that it is in orbit around a star. Additionally, current theories of planetary formation suggest that Jupiter-sized objects can only be formed through the process that gives rise to stars inside the clouds of dust and gas found in a nebula.

“It is clear that further simulations and modelling will be needed to understand how a substantial population of objects can form below [5 Jupter masses] and how a significant fraction of them can end up in multiple systems,” the team concluded.

The exact mechanisms for how planets go “rogue” are unknown, but several theories exist. The theories include that planets are pulled away from one star by gravitational interactions with other passing stars, or that supernovae kick them out, or that they free float into space after their sun dies.

Alternatively, for the JuMBOs, the researchers speculate that planetary ejections can be caused through planets scattering in a planetary disk or by dynamical interactions between stars.

“The latter are relatively common in dense star-forming regions like the Trapezium Cluster,” the team wrote. “The ensemble of planetary mass objects and JuMBOs that we see in the Trapezium Cluster might arise from a mix of both of these “classical” scenarios, even if both have significant caveats, or perhaps a new, quite separate formation mechanism, such as a fragmentation of a star-less disk, is required.”

Rogue planets are usually impossible to image in visible light, which makes JWST’s sensitive infrared vision the perfect tool to look for them.

The Orion Nebula has been studied for decades to observe the formation and early evolution of stars and other celestial objects. It lies 1,350 light years away from Earth and is visible to the naked eye as a misty smudge at the bottom of the Orion constellation, part of the ‘sword’ of the mythical Greek hunter after whom the constellation is named.

To see the images in detail, see ESA’s ESASky application, which has a user-friendly interface to visualise and download astronomical data. These are among the largest JWST mosaics observed to date.

• Orion Nebula in NIRCam short-wavelength channel on ESASky
• Orion Nebula in NIRCam long-wavelength channel on ESASky

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Three Enigmatic Lights Spotted in Earth’s Orbit by Astronauts!

Article: The Enigma of Space: UFO Sightings or Astral Phenomena?

From the vast emptiness of space, mysteries emerge. Stories of unidentified flying objects have long intrigued the masses, stirring up questions about extraterrestrial life and the unknown. As advancements in technology bring us closer to the stars, they also offer more enigmatic findings.

Houston, We Have a Mystery

• Canadian North crew reports 2 lights dancing in the sky over Yellowknife

During a routine survey to ensure the safety of Atlantis’ heat shield, astronauts reported seeing three flashing lights in Earth’s orbit. Was it a sign of extraterrestrial life visiting our planet? This sighting, though brief, captivated NASA scientists and enthusiasts of UFO sightings alike.

However, a closer examination suggested that the lights might be incidental objects that broke free accidentally from the shuttle. The concern was justified when, a day later, NASA found evidence that Atlantis had been hit by a micrometeorite. While the triangular formation of the lights witnessed by the crew remained an unsolved puzzle, NASA’s swift caution ensured the shuttle’s safe return.

Atlantis had always been a beacon of hope and a symbol of human achievement in space exploration. The unexpected incident only reinforced the importance of its impeccable performance.

Space Oddities: Beyond Triangular Lights

Triangular patterns aren’t the only peculiar symbols reported in space. Astronomer Jim Scotty of Kit Peek Observatory in Arizona, upon hearing of an unconventional comet, set his sights on the skies. Using his 1.8-meter telescope, he glimpsed something out of the ordinary – an object that looked eerily distinct from any known comet.

Further investigation revealed a hazy image that seemed to have a probe-like extension. This caught NASA’s attention, leading them to deploy their most powerful observational tool – the Hubble Space Telescope.

The images relayed were nothing short of astonishing. A giant ‘X’ shape loomed in space, an anomaly that had scientists stepping back in awe. This X-structure, which spanned over 1,500 miles, was unlike anything manufactured on Earth and was unlike any recognized natural phenomena. Theories abounded, with some speculating a collision between two asteroids, while others mused on the possibility of an unknown space construction.

Despite the abundance of advanced equipment and seasoned experts, the universe continues to retain its mysteries. As Astronomer JJ Cavalars aptly puts it, “There’s more that we don’t know than we do know.”

Whether UFO sightings, mysterious space formations, or the enigmatic ‘X’ in the sky, the universe constantly reminds us of its vastness and the multitude of secrets it holds. While some questions might find answers in time, others might remain in the beautiful realm of the unknown.

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Should Britain be taking UFOs more seriously? As NASA sets up a taskforce to study possible extraterrestrial visitors in the US, experts say it's time for the UK to follow suit in the interests of 'national security'

• Experts have accused UK Government of failing to take UFOs seriously enough
• Ministry of Defence closed its UFO desk in 2009 and nothing has ever replaced it

By SAM TONKIN

Britain should follow America's lead and create its own UFO taskforce to investigate potential extraterrestrial sightings, experts have said.

They accused the UK Government of failing to take the issue seriously enough and warned that it could have serious implications for the country's defence capabilities.

Nick Pope, who investigated UFOs for the British military in the 1990s before the unit was disbanded, said it was 'outrageous' that ministers are not taking 'meaningful action' to probe unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs) — more commonly known as unidentified flying objects.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) needs to restart UAP investigations, a task force of some sort needs to be set up, and the Defence Committee needs to start holding the MoD to account on UAP, as the Armed Services Committees are doing in the US Congress, in both the Senate and the House,' he told MailOnline.

Mr Pope accused defence officials of 'falling back on a lazy, closed-minded "it can't be, so it isn't" mindset', meaning potential foreign threats to UK shores could be missed.

Is anyone out there? Britain should follow America's lead and create its own UFO taskforce to investigate potential extraterrestrial sightings, experts have said

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The MoD closed its UFO desk in 2009 and nothing has ever replaced it.

Prior to this, it carried out what at the time was a highly-secretive and extensive UFO investigation of more than 10,000 possible sightings over several decades — many of which were by military personnel.

Known as the Project Condign report, it concluded that 80 per cent of the sightings were easily explained, 19 per cent were secret military craft and just 1 per cent were mysterious in origin.

However, the MoD accepted that there are always going to be UAP and that those which are unexplained are likely an 'an unknown kind of plasma' and not of concern. 

'The MoD has consistently stated that no UFO/UAP sighting has ever shown a threat to the UK, therefore they are of no defence significance and as a result the MoD is not interested,' said Philip Mantle, the former director of investigations at the British UFO Research Association.

He told MailOnline that for this reason it would be 'pointless' to set up a UFO taskforce.

'The MoD are not interested and science in general usually gives the subject a wide berth,' Mr Mantle added.

'One thing that is clear, however, is that the UFO phenomenon, whatever it may be, does not recognise any international borders, therefore any such study surely must be international in scope rather than national.'

In the US, NASA last week released its highly-anticipated report into more than 800 potential alien sightings over a period of three decades.

The space agency's independent panel of experts stressed that there was 'no reason to conclude' that any were extraterrestrial in origin, but warned that mysterious flying objects were a 'self-evident' threat to American airspace. 

Mr Pope said that if the US was worried about this then Britain, as an NATO ally, should be too.

In the US, NASA last week released its highly-anticipated report into more than 800 potential alien sightings over a period of three decades. NASA chief Bill Nelson (pictured) announced that a new director for UFO research would help implement the panel's recommendations

The newly-formed UFO research division will continue studying UAPs, even though the space agency yesterday ruled out that aliens were to blame for some 800 such sightings over almost three decades. Above, a weather balloon careens through the air following its release from the Cape Canaveral weather station in Florida. NASA's panel included this image in their report as an example of the striking, highly unusual objects that actually have a terrestrial explanation

He added: 'The UK can make a significant contribution to the wider search for the truth about UAP, by leveraging its world class intelligence community imagery analysis resources and capabilities. 

'The bottom line is that we need action. 

'Just as lawmakers in the US – Republicans and Democrats alike – are taking up this issue, UK Parliamentarians should start asking the MoD some hard questions, not accept boilerplate responses, and ensure that meaningful action is taken by setting up a task force modeled on the Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office.'

A petition has also been set up calling for the UK to set up an investigatory office on UFOs/UAPs but has so far attracted just 1,500 signatures since May.

It requires 10,000 for the Government to respond to it and 100,000 to be considered for debate in Parliament.

Interesting: Earlier this year the Department of Defense released a document disclosing the 'world's UFO hotspots'. It includes a map showing where the most sightings of unidentified objects have been recorded, based on reports between 1996 and 2023

The petition states that the office 'would be primarily to research and investigate reports of UFOs (unidentified flying objects) and UAPs (unidentified anomalous phenomena) over the United Kingdom and also assist and support witnesses.'

Even though they poured cold water on the extraterrestrial hypothesis, NASA's experts did not deny the possibility of a 'potential unknown alien technology operating in Earth's atmosphere'. 

Their 33-page report called for NASA to utilise its technological might to continue studying UFOs because many cases remain unsolved — and researchers still have no idea what some of these sightings are.

NASA chief Bill Nelson announced that a new director for UFO research would help implement the panel's recommendations. 

A separate UFO investigation by the Pentagon is also under way, but with the intelligence and military communities.

Have YOU seen one? The Pentagon reveals what the most commonly reported UFO looks like

Ever since the first sighting more than 75 years ago, popular culture has usually depicted a UFO as a flying saucer emitting a powerful halo of light.

But that could finally change following the official release of information from the Pentagon about the mysterious aerial phenomena. 

The new Department of Defense document reveals characteristics of the typical UFO, including the colour and the shape, velocity, and flight level 

Based on clues from reported sightings, the typical UFO has a round shape, usually described as spherical or an orb, with a white or silver colour, often translucent. 

It also has a size of between 3 and 13 feet (1 to 4 metres) and usually travels through the air at a height just below commercial passenger planes. 

The Pentagon has also released a hotspot map that reveals the location of reported UFO sightings, including Japan and the Middle East. 

Read more here. 

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Mysterious light appears in the images pulled from the depths of the universe using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). And now, it finally has an explanation.

JWST, the next-generation observatory from NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Canadian Space Agency, is able to view infrared light like never before. Infrared reveals visible light that has been stretched by the universe as it expands and which has poured out from the farthest reaches of space across billions of light-years. Once this light reaches Earth, astronomers can see the cosmos as it once was.

They haven't seen anything like JWST’s images before, which first went public in July 2022. But, they had good guesses about what they’d find.

There are more than 20,000 galaxies in this field, observed by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope view when it looked between the Pisces and Andromeda constellations.

IMAGE: NASA, ESA, CSA, SIMON LILLY (ETH ZURICH), DAICHI KASHINO (NAGOYA UNIVERSITY), JORRYT MATTHEE (ETH ZURICH), CHRISTINA EILERS (MIT), ROB SIMCOE (MIT), RONGMON BORDOLOI (NCSU), RUARI MACKENZIE (ETH ZURICH) IMAGE PROCESSING: ALYSSA PAGAN (STSCI), RUARI MACKENZIE (ETH ZURICH)

However, one particular characteristic of the ancient galaxies appearing before them left many stumped. Although astronomers know very little about Cosmic Dawn, the 100 million years to 1 billion years after the Big Bang, when the universe sprouted its first stars and galaxies, they did not expect to see galaxies shining as bright as they see in the telescopic images. Rohan Naidu, a NASA Hubble Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, even told Quanta Magazine that the galaxies were “stupidly bright.”

Their luminosities were so shocking that some physicists questioned the standard model of cosmology, which describes how the universe has evolved since the Big Bang.

The issue is that, usually, bright galaxies mean big galaxies. “But because these galaxies formed at cosmic dawn, not enough time has passed since the Big Bang,” Claude-André Faucher-Giguère, associate professor of physics and astronomy at Northwestern University in Illinois and an author of a new paper, says in a statement describing the study. “How could these massive galaxies assemble so quickly?”

A research team led by Guochao Sun, a postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern, found an explanation: bursts of formation. They published their findings on Tuesday in the journal Astrophysical Journal Letters.

“If star formation happens in bursts, it will emit flashes of light. That is why we see several very bright galaxies,” Sun said in a Northwestern University statement describing the study.

The young galaxies, which the statement called “too bright, too massive, and too mature to have formed so soon after the Big Bang,” may just plain and simply be bursting with new stars.

Unlike modern galaxies, which form stars at a steady rate, the early galaxies seed a process known as bursty star formation. “So-called bursty star formation occurs when stars form in an alternating pattern — many stars at once, followed by millions of years of very few new stars and then many stars again,” according to the statement.

Now that the JWST imagery begins to make more sense, astronomers can use its sensitive instruments to investigate other cosmic mysteries.

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Geoscientists Discover Massive Undersea Water Reservoir Off New Zealand’s Coast

Revealed by 3D seismic imaging, the newly-discovered water reservoir lies 3.2 km (2 miles) under the ocean floor off the coast of New Zealand, where it may be dampening a major earthquake fault that faces the country’s North Island. The fault is known for producing slow-motion earthquakes, called slow slip events. These can release pent-up tectonic pressure harmlessly over days and weeks.

3D seismic imaging and ocean drilling at the Hikurangi margin reveal a widespread and previously unknown fluid reservoir within the extensively hydrated (up to 47 vol % water) volcanic upper crust of the subducting Hikurangi Plateau large igneous province.

Image credit: Gase et al., doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adh0150.

“Many slow slip earthquakes are thought to be linked to buried water,” said Dr. Andrew Gase, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Texas.

“However, until now there was no direct geologic evidence to suggest such a large water reservoir existed at this particular New Zealand fault.”

“We can’t yet see deep enough to know exactly the effect on the fault, but we can see that the amount of water that’s going down here is actually much higher than normal.”

The site where Dr. Gase and colleagues found the water is part of a vast volcanic province that formed when a plume of lava the size of the United States breached the Earth’s surface in the Pacific Ocean 125 million years ago.

The event was one of the Earth’s largest known volcanic eruptions and rumbled on for several million years.

The study authors used seismic scans to build a 3D picture of the ancient volcanic plateau in which they saw thick, layered sediments surrounding buried volcanoes.

They ran lab experiments on drill core samples of the volcanic rock and found that water made up nearly half of its volume.

The seismic image of the Hikurangi Plateau reveals details about the Earth’s interior and what it’s made of. The blue-green layer under the yellow line shows water buried within rocks

Image credit: Gase et al., doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adh0150.

“Normal ocean crust, once it gets to be about 7 or 10 million years old should contain much less water,” Dr. Gase said.

“The ocean crust in the seismic scans was ten times as old, but it had remained much wetter.”

“The shallow seas where the eruptions took place eroded some of the volcanoes into a porous, broken-up rock that stored water like an aquifer as it was buried. Over time, the rock and rock fragments transformed into clay, locking in even more water.”

The finding is important because scientists think that underground water pressure may be a key ingredient in creating conditions that release tectonic stress via slow slip earthquakes.

This usually happens when water-rich sediments are buried with the fault, trapping the water underground. However, the New Zealand fault contains little of this typical ocean sediment.

Instead, the researchers think the ancient volcanoes and the transformed rocks — now clays — are carrying large volumes of water down as they’re swallowed by the fault.

“The findings suggest that other earthquake faults around the globe could be in similar situations,” said Professor Demian Saffer, a researcher at the University of Texas.

“It’s a really clear illustration of the correlation between fluids and the style of tectonic fault movement — including earthquake behavior.”

“This is something that we’ve hypothesized from lab experiments, and is predicted by some computer simulations, but there are very few clear field experiments to test this at the scale of a tectonic plate.”

The study appears in the journal Science Advances.

• Andrew C. Gase et al. 2023. Subducting volcaniclastic-rich upper crust supplies fluids for shallow megathrust and slow slip. Science Advances 9 (33); doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adh0150

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