What would happen minute-by-minute if a SUPERFLARE with the force of billions of atomic bombs hit Earth

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By WILIAM HUNTER

While it might look like a tranquil yellow ball from here, the sun is actually a raging inferno of intense magnetic forces and violent explosions.

So, although all life on Earth depends on the Sun to survive, it may one day be the thing that destroys us.

Scientists have recently warned that Earth is well overdue for a solar 'superflare' - a stellar explosion containing the energy of billions of atomic bombs. 

When this happens, power grids will be damaged, satellites will fall from orbit, and the destruction of undersea cables could trigger an 'internet apocalypse'.

From the superflare's eruption from the sun, Earth will have just eight minutes before the first wave of radiation slams into the atmosphere.

However, the worst will still be yet to come as a vast wave of plasma and magnetic fields follows close behind, causing havoc for the planet's electrical system. 

The last time Earth was hit by a blast on this scale was during the 1859 Carrington Event, which was strong enough to give electric shocks to telegraph operators and set sheets of paper alight.

But experts now say that the planet could soon be hit by a solar flare more than 100 times more powerful and far more devastating.

What is a superflare?

A solar flare is a huge explosion on the sun's surface which releases a huge amount of stored energy in a very short time.

These occur when magnetic fields become 'twisted' above cool patches of the sun's surface called sunspots.

Within minutes these tangled fields heat material to many millions of degrees before snapping into a burst of radiation across the electromagnetic spectrum, from radio waves to X-rays and gamma rays.

However, that burst of energy is only part of the problem, since large solar flares are often accompanied by events called coronal mass ejections.

Professor Sean Elvidge, an expert on space weather from the University of Birmingham, told MailOnline: 'Coronal mass ejections (CMEs), on the other hand, are huge clouds of charged solar plasma and magnetic fields hurled into space.

'They move more slowly often taking one to three days to reach Earth, but can cause significant geomagnetic disturbances once they interact with our planet’s magnetic field.'

A so-called superflare is simply a particularly large solar flare capable of releasing one octillion joules of energy - that is one followed by 27 zeros.

Earth is overdue for a devastating superflare which could wipe out communication systems and knock satellites out of orbit, scientists have warned (stock image) 

Previously, scientists had estimated that Earth would only experience one of these once every thousand to ten thousand years.

However, a recent study suggested that these events may occur as often as once every century.

Given that a superflare hasn't hit Earth since 775 AD, we are well overdue for a run-in with one of these dangerous explosions.

So, if a superflare were to explode on the sun's surface, here's what would happen minute by minute. 

Eight minutes since the superflare

Since electromagnetic radiation moves at the speed of light, we would only have eight minutes from the moment the flare bursts until we experience the first effects.

Dr Erika Palmerio, a research scientist at Predictive Science, told MailOnline: 'From the flare we get radiation and solar energetic particles and those are the first things that are coming to us because they are the fastest.'

As this initial wave of X-rays and intense ultraviolet radiation arrives, it creates a build-up of electrons in a layer of the atmosphere called the ionosphere.

A superflare would release the energy of several billion atomic bombs and transmit one octillion joules of energy, one followed by 27 zeros. The first wave of X-ray radiation would hit Earth in eight minutes, causing widespread radio blackouts (stock imiage)

Those electrons interfere with radio signals moving around the planet, scrambling and decaying any messages humans might be trying to send.

That means the first sign a superflare had hit would be a sudden and total radio blackout on the sunlit side of Earth.

Dr Palmerio says: 'That can be problematic if there is a disaster back on Earth, for example, a hurricane, since all those rescue teams communicate through radio.'

However, that lack of communication will become particularly dangerous when we consider what is still to come. 

30 minutes since the superflare 

Travelling just behind the solar flare's first flash of radiation, the next thing to arrive would be a cloud of ionising high-energy particles.

Dr Palmerio says: 'We have these solar particles which are launched by the flare and then accelerated as the CME moves through the lower atmosphere of the sun.

'They're not as fast as X-rays, but these particles are very energetic so within tens of minutes we can have a solar radiation storm.'

30 minutes after the superflare a radiation storm would hit Earth, exposing astronauts on the International Space Station (pictured) to a deadly dose of radiation 

Down on the ground, we're unlikely to see any impact from this radiation storm since the charged particles will be directed away by the Earth's magnetic field.

However, passengers or crew on commercial flights are very likely to receive a substantially increased dose of radiation.

This would be especially dangerous for anyone flying near the poles where the charged particles would be most concentrated.

But the biggest risks of all would be faced by astronauts out beyond the protection of the atmosphere.

Anyone on the International Space Station (ISS) would be in real danger of receiving a deadly dose of ionising radiation as the radiation storm batters the planet.

Nor is this threat hypothetical since NASA astronauts have very nearly been killed by solar flares in the past.

In August 1972, Earth was hit by one of the worst solar storms in recorded history, knocking out long-distance communications across some US states.

Dr Palmerio says: 'In that year we had the Apollo 16 mission in April and then Apollo 17 in December.

With radio blackouts on Earth, astronauts might not have time to receive a warning. But if they can, they would have about 30 minutes to either evacuate or shelter in a shielded area of the station

'It's been estimated that had that storm happened during one of those two launches, it would have been life-threatening for the astronauts.'

Additionally, since NASA uses radio frequencies to communicate with the ISS, astronauts might have no warning at all before receiving a deadly dose of radiation. 

16 hours since the superflare 

So far, most of the superflare's effects have been limited to the upper atmosphere.

But now as the wave of charged plasma and magnetic fields which make up the CME roll towards Earth, things are about to become significantly worse.

Professor Elvidge says: 'A strong CME usually takes between one and three days to reach Earth.

'The exact timing depends on its initial speed and the conditions of the interplanetary environment, but travel times of around 36 to 48 hours are often typical for significant events.'

However, this is no typical event and in the case of a superflare we may have far less time to prepare.

Solar flares can release large amounts of stellar material in events called Coronal Mass Ejections (pictured). The fastest CMEs can hit Earth just 15-16 hours after the solar flare erupts 

'The fastest we have seen travel around 3,000 km/s and can reach the Earth in less than a day,' says Professor Elvidge.

The fastest CME on record, the August 1972 event, took just 14.6 hours to reach Earth after leaving the sun.

Leaving a generous window, we might have only 16 hours between realising a flare has happened and the CME hitting.

When it does arrive, it is this part of the superflare that is likely to cause the most long-lasting damage.

Professor Elvidge says: 'As a CME arrives, its interaction with Earth’s magnetic field can generate geomagnetic storms.'

These vast fluctuations in the magnetic field induce strong electrical currents in any long piece of metal on Earth including the wires in the power grids.

These power fluctuations can trip safety systems leading to regional outages or cascade failures and even set fire to the insulation surrounding electrical transformers.

As the CME hits the Earth's magnetic field it creates a charge which induces a strong current in power grids on the ground. These surges could cause widespread blackouts around the world 

What is the solar cycle?

The solar cycle is the cycle that the sun's magnetic field goes through about every 11 years.

The beginning of a solar cycle is a solar minimum, or when the Sun has the least sunspots.

The middle of the solar cycle is the solar maximum, or when the Sun has the most sunspots.

The current solar cycle, numbered 25, started in 2019 and is expected to continue until about 2030, but the solar maximum is now expected in early 2024.  

One study estimates that a flare on the scale of the 1859 Carrington Event could leave 20 to 40 million people in the US without power for up to two years. 

On the scale of a superflare, that could mean blackouts and power failures around the entire world lasting for years to come.  

But the problems won't be limited to the power grid, since some researchers also believe that a superflare could lead to an 'internet apocalypse'.

While local internet connections have largely shifted over to non-conductive fibre optic cables, the subsea internet cables which join up the world are still made of copper.

These cables are equipped with repeaters every 30 to 90 miles (50-150km) to boost the signal over long distances which are very vulnerable to the effects of a solar flare.

If just one of these repeaters fails, the entire cable is rendered useless until it can be repaired.

That means that a failure rate of just one per cent would mean almost 15 per cent of subsea cables would be rendered useless.

This could cut entire parts of the globe off from the internet and take years to repair.

A recent study suggests that a solar storm could damage the undersea cables which provide the backbone of the internet. This could lead to entire parts of the world losing connection  

17 hours since the superflare 

Unfortunately for everyone on Earth, global power failures and the destruction of the internet are really just the start of the problems.

One of the biggest risks of a solar flare hitting Earth is that it will have a devastating effect on the network of satellites we use to communicate, navigate, and monitor the Earth.

Outside the protection of the atmosphere, satellites will be buffeted by all of the worst impacts of the solar Tsunami.

Professor Elvidge says: 'Satellites might be affected almost as soon as the storming begins.

'Increased radiation can disrupt onboard electronics, degrade solar panel efficiency, and interfere with communication and navigation signals.'

With an exceptionally large storm like a superflare, this could cause serious damage to systems we are extremely reliant on.

However, the real problems will begin about an hour later as the CME causes the atmosphere to warm and expand.

If a solar flare hits it will cause serious damage to our orbiting communications and GPS satellites. An hour after the CME arrives, satellites will begin to experience increased atmospheric drag and slip from their orbits 

This plunges satellites in low-Earth orbit into a denser region of the atmosphere than they are used to moving through.

That increased drag slows down a satellite and deteriorates its orbit, slowly pulling it back down to Earth.

'Depending on the CME’s intensity and a satellite’s resilience, these disruptions can last from a few hours to several days,' says Professor Elvidge.

While most satellites won't necessarily plummet to Earth, even small issues can lead to big problems since sensitive navigation systems are set to work at a certain altitude. 

And with every satellite around Earth simultaneously falling towards the ground, significant disruption is almost inevitable.

Months and years afterwards   

Depending on the alignment of the CME's magnetic fields, the worst of the geomagnetic storm should subside between 10 and 24 hours after it began.

However, the lingering effects of the superflare could take months or years to fade.

Scientists demonstrate how observations of the rate of decrease of the Sun’s dipole magnetic field can be usefully combined with sunspot observations to predict when the ongoing cycle would peak. Their analysis suggests that the maximum of solar cycle 25 is most likely to occur in early 2024 

Geomagnetic storms can cause dazzling aurora displays to appear at unusually low latitudes (pictured) but they can also damage sensitive computer equipment around the world, creating disruption that could take years to repair

Professor Alan Woodward, a computer security expert from the University of Surrey, told MailOnline: 'You could get effects in the national grid but, probably more importantly, you'd also get them in delicate electronics like computers.

'As a result, you'd have a lot of equipment that suddenly wouldn't work properly.'

In the case of a superflare, Professor Woodward says this wouldn't just be big things like your laptop but all the devices which make our modern world possible.

Professor Woodward says: 'Think of your phone or the industrial control systems that are controlling traffic lights and heating systems, anything that uses computing could be damaged and cause a massive amount of disruption.

'When you start looking at it, you suddenly realise how unbelievably dependent we are on modern communication. 

'Commerce, personal life, certain ways of working, certain ways of living; that would literally disappear.'

For humanity to recover, this would mean replacing all the damaged computer components while dealing with the fallout of massive power failures and the potential collapse of the internet.

And with every nation on Earth simultaneously competing for the same computer parts, that process could take months or years to complete.

SOLAR STORMS PRESENT A CLEAR DANGER TO ASTRONAUTS AND CAN DAMAGE SATELLITES

Solar storms, or solar activity, can be divided into four main components that can have impacts on Earth:  

• Solar flares: A large explosion in the sun's atmosphere. These flares are made of photons that travel out directly from the flare site. Solar flares impact Earth only when they occur on the side of the sun facing Earth.  
• Coronal Mass Ejections (CME's): Large clouds of plasma and magnetic field that erupt from the sun. These clouds can erupt in any direction, and then continue on in that direction, plowing through solar wind. These clouds only cause impacts to Earth when they're aimed at Earth. 
• High-speed solar wind streams: These come from coronal holes on the sun, which form anywhere on the sun and usually only when they are closer to the solar equator do the winds impact Earth. 
• Solar energetic particles: High-energy charged particles thought to be released primarily by shocks formed at the front of coronal mass ejections and solar flares. When a CME cloud plows through solar wind, solar energetic particles can be produced and because they are charged, they follow the magnetic field lines between the Sun and Earth. Only charged particles that follow magnetic field lines that intersect Earth will have an impact. 

While these may seem dangerous, astronauts are not in immediate danger of these phenomena because of the relatively low orbit of manned missions.

However, they do have to be concerned about cumulative exposure during space walks.

This photo shows the sun's coronal holes in an x-ray image. The outer solar atmosphere, the corona, is structured by strong magnetic fields, which when closed can cause the atmosphere to suddenly and violently release bubbles or tongues of gas and magnetic fields called coronal mass ejections

The damage caused by solar storms 

Solar flares can damage satellites and have an enormous financial cost.

The charged particles can also threaten airlines by disturbing Earth's magnetic field.

Very large flares can even create currents within electricity grids and knock out energy supplies.

When Coronal Mass Ejections strike Earth they cause geomagnetic storms and enhanced aurora.

They can disrupt radio waves, GPS coordinates and overload electrical systems.

A large influx of energy could flow into high voltage power grids and permanently damage transformers.

This could shut off businesses and homes around the world. 

Source: NASA - Solar Storm and Space Weather 

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'Godfather of AI' shortens odds that new technology will wipe out human race over the next 30 years

By FRANCINE WOLFISZ

The British-Canadian computer scientist dubbed the 'Godfather of AI' has shortened the odds of artificial intelligence (AI) wiping out humans over the next 30 years, warning the technology could one day 'take control'.

Professor Geoffrey Hinton said we need to be 'very careful' and 'very thoughtful' about the development of AI which he says is 'potentially very dangerous'.

He had previously said there was a 10 per cent chance of the technology causing the extinction of the human race - but now predicts that figure to be '10 per cent to 20 per cent', because of the rapid pace at which AI is developing. 

Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Professor Hinton said: 'You see, we've never had to deal with things more intelligent than ourselves before.' 

He continued: 'And how many examples do you know of a more intelligent thing being controlled by a less intelligent thing? There are very few examples. 

'There’s a mother and baby. Evolution put a lot of work into allowing the baby to control the mother, but that’s about the only example I know of.'

Professor Hinton, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics this year, warned AI is changing 'much faster' than he expected and there has not been enough time to complete the research he believes is required.

While his work has laid the foundations for machine learning, technology that allows computers to mimic human intelligence, his recent efforts have centred on advocating for safer AI.

Professor Geoffrey Hinton has shortened the odds of artificial intelligence (AI) wiping out humans over the next 30 years, warning the technology could one day 'take control'

Last year he made headlines after resigning from his job at Google, citing concerns 'bad actors' would use the technology to harm others.

Reflecting on where he thought the development of AI would have reached when he first started this work, he said: 'I didn't think it would be where we would be now. I thought at some point in the future we would get here.

'Because the situation we're in now is that most of the experts in the field think that sometime, within probably the next 20 years, we're going to develop AIs that are smarter than people.

'And that's a very scary thought.'

He added: 'I like to think of it as, imagine yourself and a three-year-old - we'll be the three-year-olds, and they'll be the grown-ups.'

Prof Hinton said he thinks the impact AI could have on the world will be similar to the industrial revolution.

'In the industrial revolution, human strength ceased to be that relevant because machines were just stronger, and if you wanted to dig a ditch, you dug it with a machine.

'What we've got now is something that's replacing human intelligence, and just ordinary human intelligence will not be at the cutting edge anymore. It will be machines,' he said.

Hinton had previously said there was a 10 per cent chance of the technology causing the extinction of the human race - but now predicts that figure to be '10 per cent to 20 per cent'

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Asked what he thinks life might be like in 10 or 20 years from now, Prof Hinton said: 'It will depend very much on what our political systems do with this technology.

'So my big worry at present is that we're in a situation now where we need to be very careful and very thoughtful about developing a potentially very dangerous technology.

'It's going to have lots of wonderful effects in healthcare, and in almost every industry it's going to make things more efficient, but we need to be very careful about the development of it.

'We need regulations to stop people using it for bad things, and we don't appear to have those kinds of political systems in place at present.'

Prof Hinton said he fears AI will be bad for society if lots of people lost their jobs and all the benefit goes to rich people.

'If you have a big gap between rich and poor, it's very bad for society,' he said.

'These things are more intelligent than us. So there was never any chance in the industrial revolution that machines would take over from people just because they were stronger. We were still in control because we had the intelligence.

'Now there's the threat that these things can take control. So that's one big difference,' he added.

Hinton is considered one of three leading pioneer 'Godfathers' of AI, alongside Yann LeCun and Yoshua Bengio, after the three won the Turing Award for their work in thge field.

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What has to happen in 2025 to move the UAP story forward?

Perhaps humanity is going to be on the receiving end of a shocking revelation that we are accompanied minors in a grown-up universe of intelligent civilizations?

Whatever the case, adult supervision seems advisable. On that pursuit, Space.com asked several leading UFO/UAP experts to look ahead into 2025.

Promising promises

A number of civilian institutions are making promising progress said Mark Rodeghier, president and scientific director of the J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies, based in Chicago, Illinois.

What Rodeghier personally hopes to see in 2025 is continued progress with these groups, and others, new people entering the field with expertise and energy, and more development of the academic/professional UFO community

"All of that will move the story forward, though at a sedate pace," Rodeghier said. To truly make a significant difference — barring some amazing case, or "disclosure" with a capital D, or a detection by SETI researchers of an alien signal — he would like to see:

• NASA take an active role and decide to fund proposals directly on the UAP subject
• Congress mandate funding via, for example, the National Science Foundation, to support research on UAP
• AARO to be more open, within understandable constraints of classification, to releasing their case investigations, and especially, of course, the case investigations for sightings which they cannot resolve.

"I'm not that hopeful, even given good intentions, that more Congressional hearings will be much help, without new whistleblowers with firsthand testimony," continued Rodeghier. "Otherwise, I want Congress to make certain that AARO has the resources required and to conduct thorough oversight of AARO's work," he said.

Hearings, legislation

Next year will see more congressional hearings, possibly additional legislation, and holding the DoD's AARO office publicly accountable, observes Jeff Gould who runs the UAP News Center, an informative website that finds and links to UFO daily news.

"Congress has clearly been deeply interested in the issue in the past three years. I anticipate that they will continue to pursue the UAP topic," said Gould. He expects more former government officials coming forward to speak on the topic.

Wild card ahead?

Gould said the scientific community will advance in two ways.

"There will be increased willingness by the larger scientific community to broach the topic," and anticipates more papers of greater depth going forward. This year, he said, academic papers included a civilian astronomer's guide to UAP research, the commissioning of an all-sky infrared camera array for detection of airborne objects, as well as detecting extraterrestrial life with astophotonics.

Additionally, there are research organizations focused on UAP that will continue to deliver relevant research, Gould said, including Harvard's Galileo Project, Stanford University's Sol Foundation that's a think tank undertaking cutting-edge inquiry into all aspects of UAP, as well as The SETI Institute.

"The wild card is the Trump administration," Gould said. "They seem to have a bias towards declassification. Will they declassify UAP related documents? We'll see," he concluded.

Conspiratorial-driven mythos

In 2025, science needs to get serious about studying UAP, "or we will be stuck at a dead end of the conspiratorial-driven mythos," said Alejandro Rojas, a consultant for Enigma Labs that labels itself as the "#1 destination for UFO sighting alerts."

The newly found credibility of the topic, said Rojas, "has highlighted a blind spot the Pentagon had toward detecting low-tech small craft flying within secured airspace on land and sea."

While concerning, that's a very terrestrial and human problem, Rojas added.

Government conspiracies

"Regarding the anomalous side of the issue, public interest is centered on unsubstantiated claims of government conspiracies regarding aliens and Roswell [New Mexico]. To some, UFO disclosure only means 'tell me what I already know, aliens are here and the government interacts with them.' Opportunists, many of them longtime proponents of alien conspiracies, tell the public what they want to hear sans evidence," said Rojas.

The outcome is that this creates a lot of distrust and foments a hostile attitude towards scientists and those trying to research the topic methodically, Rojas said.

"I think that we will never know what is truly going on until we make a space where we can publicly and transparently engage in and encourage hard data collection from sensor systems and careful scientific analysis of that data," Rojas advised.

Increased transparency and openness

Delving into the topic for 18 years, Robert Powell, executive board member of the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies (SCU) explains that he's confident about one fact. "The UFO/UAP subject is not hindered by our calendar and will continue to move forward well past the year 2025," he said.

In the coming year, Powell spelled out SCU's agenda, promoting three areas:

• Federal and private investments in unclassified UAP science research by academia and the scientific community. Increased collaboration between scientists, researchers, and government agencies could foster a more rigorous and multidisciplinary approach to the study of UAP. This is an approach that we have never taken since the phenomenon began in 1942.
• Development of advanced UAP detection and sensor technologies. Significant sums of money are needed for the development and the deployment of networked sensor arrays.
• Increased transparency and openness in the study of UAP. We must move away from a military-based study of the phenomenon to a science-based study. The former is controlled by secrecy while the latter depends on openness and collaboration.

First contact

"It matters not whether one believes that UAP are controlled by an advanced intelligence," Powell said. "The more exoplanets we discover, the more we know that someday the time will come when we will make first contact with another intelligence."

Powell said there's need to start now to establish clear definitions of near-Earth technosignatures, communication protocols, and the responsible and ethical sharing of knowledge gained from such contact.

"Furthermore, we must consider who should represent humanity in such a momentous event," Powell observed. "Should it be a nation-state's military organization or an entity that speaks for all of humanity? This is a critical question with far-reaching implications for the future of our species," he said.

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New Study Advances Understanding of Habitability of Ocean Worlds within Solar System and Beyond

In a new paper, planetary researchers from Texas A&M University and the University of Washington introduce a new thermodynamic concept called the centotectic and investigate the stability of liquids in extreme conditions — critical information for determining the habitability of icy moons and ocean exoplanets.

The surface of Europa looms large in this newly-reprocessed color view; image scale is 1.6 km per pixel; north on Europa is at right.

Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SETI Institute.

The exploration of icy ocean worlds represents a new frontier in planetary science, focusing on understanding the potential for these environments to support life.

The new research addresses a fundamental question in this field: under what conditions can liquid water remain stable on these distant, frozen bodies?

By defining and measuring the cenotectic, the absolute lowest temperature at which a liquid remains stable under varying pressures and concentrations, the authors provide a critical framework for interpreting data from planetary exploration efforts.

The study combines their expertise in cryobiology, with the expertise in planetary science and high-pressure water-ice systems.

Together, they developed a framework that bridges disciplines to tackle one of the most fascinating challenges in planetary science.

A 2016 artist’s concept of the Europa Clipper spacecraft. The design is changing as the spacecraft is developed.

Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.

“With the launch of NASA’s Europa Clipper, the largest planetary exploration mission ever launched, we are entering a multi-decade era of exploration of cold and icy ocean worlds,” said Dr. Baptiste Journaux, a planetary scientist at the University of Washington.

“Measurements from this and other missions will tell us how deep the ocean is and its composition.”

“Laboratory measurements of liquid stability, and notably the lowest temperature possible (the newly-defined cenotectic), combined with mission results, will allow us to fully constrain how habitable the cold and deep oceans of our Solar System are, and also what their final fate will be when the moons or planets have cooled down entirely.”

“The study of icy worlds is a particular priority for both NASA and ESA, as evidenced by the flurry of recent and upcoming spacecraft launches,” said Dr. Matt Powell-Palm, a plaentary scientist at Texas A&M University.

“We hope that Texas A&M will help to provide intellectual leadership in this space.”

• The paper was published on December 18, 2024 in the journal Nature Communications.
  
• A. Zarriz et al. 2024. On the equilibrium limit of liquid stability in pressurized aqueous systems. Nat Commun 15; doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-54625-z

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By ELLYN LAPOINTE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

Scientists have discovered that the 'weak spot' in Earth's magnetic field is growing, allowing harmful radiation to come closer to our planet's surface.

The region, known as the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA), spans more than more than 4.3 million square miles over parts of Africa and South America and is moving westward.

The 'dent' allows harmful radiation particles from the sun to seep through the weak area of our planet's magnetic field, which NASA has warned 'can knock out onboard computers and interfere with the data collection of satellites that pass through it.'

The SAA has increased by seven percent and moved 12 miles to the west since experts first sounded the alarm in 2020. 

While scientists believe that the SAA's weakening magnetic intensity is still within the range of normal variation, recent studies have shown that it is starting to split from a single blob into two distinct regions of minimal magnetic field strength.

Models predicting changes in the SAA suggest this division will continue from 2025 onward, and scientists believe this could create additional challenges for satellite missions.

Researchers have speculated that the weakening is a sign that Earth is heading to a pole reversal that happens when the north and south poles switch places — and the last time this occurred was 780,000 years ago.

They said that if the poles are in the process of reversing, it will happen over several thousand years and it is unlikely the field will disappear completely. 

NASA has been monitoring the South Atlantic Anomaly, a weak-spot in Earth's magnetic field sitting 40,000 miles above the planet's surface between South America and southwest Africa

Scientists first sounded the alarm about the weak spot in 2020, but new data shows it has increased by another seven percent over the past four years

The cause of SAA sits deep within Earth's surface. 

'The magnetic field is actually a superposition of fields from many current sources,' geophysicist Terry Sabaka from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Centre in Greenbelt, Maryland explained in a 2020 statement.

While regions outside of Earth contribute to the observed magnetic field, the primary source stems from inside the planet.   

The outer layer of Earth's core is made of molten iron and nickel located 1,800 miles below the surface. 

These churning metals act like a massive generator called the 'geodynamo,' creating electric currents that produce the magnetic field. 

But this motion isn't constant. It fluctuates over time, and as a result, Earth's magnetic field fluctuates too. 

This, coupled with the tilt of the planet's magnetic axis, is what produces the SAA, according to NASA.

But scientists have also suggested the SAA could be linked to a huge reservoir of dense rock known as the African Large Low Shear Velocity Province (LLSVP). The area of the anomaly appears to correspond to that of this geologic region. 

The magnetic field surrounding our planet works as a shield, trapping and repelling particles of radiation from the sun. But the SAA allows radiation to come closer to Earth's surface

These researchers believe that the African LLSVP changes the flow of molten metal in the outer core underneath, which in turn changes the way the magnetic field behaves above this region, they explained in a 2017 article for the Conversation.

While much remains unknown about how the SAA came to be, recent studies have shed new light on how it is changing. 

Tracking conducted by small satellites known as CubeSats confirmed that the SAA does not remain fixed in one place, but rather drifts around.

Researchers have also discovered that the anomalous region is splitting into two, with each representing distinct centers of minimum magnetic intensity within the greater SAA.

And another study suggested that this phenomenon is actually a recurrent event that may have affected Earth up to 11 million years ago. 

If that proves true, this would contradict the idea that the SAA is a precursor to Earth's magnetic field flipping. 

This vast, developing weak spot is a point of intrigue and concern for scientists, especially those at NASA whose satellites and orbital spacecraft can be significantly damaged by the SAA — including the International Space Station. 

When these orbiters pass through the anomaly, it can cause satellites and spacecraft to experience short-circuits and malfunctions. 

That's because the reduced strength of Earth's magnetic field allows the orbiters to be pummeled by incoming solar radiation that disrupts technological systems.

Typically, this only causes low-level glitches. But in extreme cases, it can permanently damage critical hardware inside an orbiter. 

To avoid such damage, operators regularly shut down spacecraft and satellite systems before they enter the SAA.

The weakened field has been on the radar of experts for years — they know that it has lost nine percent of its intensity over the last 200 years.

It also appears to influence the strength of the southern aurora, a natural light display that occurs in the skies over the high-latitude regions of the southern hemisphere.

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A study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters in February found a 'substantial weakening' of magnetic fluctuations in the southern aurora where it overlaps with the SAA.

This weakening is even visible to the naked eye, the study's authors told Live Science. 

They believe the weakened magnetic force of the anomaly reduces the amount of energy solar particles can put into Earth's atmosphere — which is what causes aurora — even through more of these particles are coming close to the surface.

To further understand how the SAA impacts orbiting satellites and spacecraft, and how it influences geophysical phenomena like the southern aurora, NASA scientists have been monitoring it for years.

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From NASA's mission to study Jupiter’s icy moon Europa to Elon Musk's SpaceX catching its Starship rocket mid-air, there's no doubt 2024 saw some incredible space feats. 

'In 2024, NASA made leap after giant leap to explore, discover, and inspire – all while bringing real, tangible, and substantial benefits to the American people and to all of humanity,' said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. 

And 2025 is set to be an even more remarkable year for space agencies and companies around the world, who have an assortment of exciting missions lined up. 

Among them are NASA, which is sending two twin spacecraft to Mars – although its upcoming return to the moon has been delayed yet again. 

There's also the European Space Agency, which is set to launch its futuristic 'Space Rider' spaceplane – described as a 'robotic laboratory the size of two minivans'.

Meanwhile, private companies are readying a probe to Venus and a luxury commercial space station for the first time. 

Meanwhile, Elon Musk's SpaceX could go one step further in 2025 with its 395-foot Starship vessel as it prepares for a trip beyond Earth orbit. 

Here, MailOnline takes a look at the incredible space missions set to take off in 2025 that you won't want to miss. 

MailOnline takes a look at the incredible space missions set to take off in 2025, from the first private mission to Venus to China's ambitious asteroid mission 

TIANWEN-2 

Surely one of the most ambitious trips of the year will be China's Tianwen-2, which is set for launch in May 2025. 

Tianwen-2 is an asteroid sample return mission with near-Earth asteroid Kamoʻoalewa (2016 HO3) as its destination. 

The asteroid is roughly the size of a Ferris wheel – between 150 and 190 feet in diameter – and gets as close as about 9 million miles from Earth. 

Tianwen-2 will conduct remote sensing observations in orbit, before landing on the asteroid to collect about 100g (3.5 oz) of dusty surface rock ('regolith'). 

It will then return to Earth to drop off a return capsule containing the sample before a gravity assist maneuver will propel it toward a comet called 311P/PANSTARRS. 

Kamo'oalewa has been considered for use as a space station for Earth-to-Mars travel, but samples from the asteroid could also reveal more about the solar system's formation and evolution 

While the launch from Xichang is planned for May, Tianwen-2 won't reach Kamoʻoalewa (2016 HO3) until 2026 and 311P/PANSTARRS until 2034. 

Image from China National Space Administration shows the Tianwen-1 probe en route to Mars. The follow-up, Tianwen-2, has a distant asteroid in its sights 

It follows the Tianwen-1 mission, which launched a robotic spacecraft towards Mars in 2020 and reached the planet the following year. 

Why did NASA push back its moon mission? 

VENUS LIFE FINDER 

No definitive evidence has been found of past or present life on Venus – but an upcoming mission to the solar system's second planet could change that. 

Venus Life Finder – the first private mission to Venus – will launch an uncrewed 17 kg (37 lb) spacecraft from New Zealand sometime in January. 

If all goes to plan, the craft will arrive at Venus in May and drop a small probe into Venusian atmosphere that will scan for organic molecules, which could be a possible sign of life. 

Launch vehicle company Rocket Lab is partnering with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for the mission, which was originally planned for 2023. 

Venus is known as Earth's 'evil twin' because its also rocky and about the same size, but its average surface temperature is a blistering 870°F (465°C). 

The rocky sphere is not only inhospitable but also sterile – with a surface hot enough to melt lead and toxic clouds of sulfuric acid. 

Launch vehicle company Rocket Lab is partnering with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to send the first private mission to Venus as soon as January 2025. Pictured, artist's impression of the Venus Life Finder craft in space

Venus is known as Earth's 'evil twin' because its also rocky and about the same size, but its average surface temperature is a blistering 870°F (465°C). Pictured, the surface of Venus, as interpreted by the Magellan spacecraft

What is Dream Chaser? 

DREAM CHASER 

After more than a decade in development, Sierra Space's 'Dream Chaser' – which can land horizontally on a runway like a traditional aircraft – is ready to fly. 

The craft will make its maiden trip to the International Space Station (ISS) in low Earth-orbit no earlier than May 2025, carrying over 7,800 pounds (3,540kg) of cargo. 

Dream Chaser will remain at the space station for about 45 days before it makes the journey back down to Earth. 

Although this first flight will be an unmanned mission, it will eventually carry astronauts to the space station, much like SpaceX's Crew Dragon. 

Along with SpaceX and Boeing, Sierra Space is one of the companies contracted by NASA a decade ago to send people and equipment to the ISS – but so far only SpaceX has been successful. 

Sierra Space revealed in May 2024 that the ship had completed testing and was shipped to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of an imminent launch – but it was pushed it back to 2025. 

Although the project is geared towards delivering professional astronauts to space, the company hasn't ruled out using Dream Chaser for tourist trips later in the future. 

It will make its maiden trip to the International Space Station (ISS) in low Earth-orbit, after more than a decade in development

Pictured, artist's impression of the Dream Chaser spacecraft during its descent back towards Earth

SPACE RIDER 

Space Rider, a 26-foot uncrewed robotic laboratory, will be the European Space Agency's first re-usable space vehicle. 

About the size of two minivans, Space Rider is scheduled for its maiden flight during the third quarter of 2025 – so between June and August. 

After launch on the Vega-C single-body rocket from Guiana Space Centre, Space Rider will stay in low orbit for about two months. 

On-board robotic experiments will benefit research in pharmaceutics, biomedicine, biology and physical science, says the agency. 

At the end of its mission, Space Rider will return to Earth with its payloads and land on a runway to be unloaded and refurbished for another flight. 

It's akin to the much larger Space Shuttle, NASA's legendary low Earth orbital spacecraft operated 1981 and 2011. 

ESA says: 'Space Rider provides a range of possibilities and benefits to potential customers who want to use the advantages of microgravity and exposure to the space environment.' 

Space Rider is an uncrewed robotic laboratory about the size of two minivans. After launch on Vega-C it will stay in low orbit for about two months

It's akin to the much larger Space Shuttle, NASA's legendary low Earth orbital spacecraft operated 1981 and 2011 (pictured)

ESCAPADE 

NASA's upcoming 'ESCAPADE' project is the first ever mission to send two identical spacecraft to the Martian atmosphere. 

For the mission, Rocket Lab has designed and built twin spacecraft, called Blue and Gold, which will launch from Cape Canaveral no sooner than spring 2025.

Following an 11-month, 230 million mile journey, together they will measure plasma and magnetic fields around the Red Planet. 

It's hoped the data will reveal more about the processes that strip away atoms from Mars' magnetosphere and upper atmosphere, driving Martian climate change. 

'This mission can help us study the atmosphere at Mars – key information as we explore farther and farther into our solar system and need to protect astronauts and spacecraft from space weather,' said Nicky Fox, NASA's science administrator.  

In August, NASA said the twin spacecraft had arrived in Florida in preparation for launch on Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket.

Launch was due to occur in October, however this was pushed back to spring 2025 amid ongoing issues with New Glenn. 

ESCAPADE will use two identical spacecraft to investigate how the solar wind interacts with Mars' magnetic environment (artist's impression) 

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, depicted in space in this artist's impression, will send the ESCAPADE craft into space 

HAVEN-1 

Haven-1 is another big milestone for the private space industry – where companies launch spacecraft rather than government-backed agencies. 

It's an ambitious new space station, just 33 feet in length – a fraction of the International Space Station's 356 feet. 

Despite its humble size, Haven-1 will offer a luxury space for four astronauts, with queen-size beds, a state-of-the-art gym, maple wood interiors and a huge window to observe the Earth as it floats in orbit. 

Haven-1 will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center no earlier than August 2025. 

Shortly after, the as-yet-unknown crew will travel to the station, which has been designed by California-based space firm Vast. 

The seats will go to individuals who are involved in scientific or philanthropic projects at an unknown price – but potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars. 

While the cost to build Haven-1 has not been disclosed, Vast says it will have invested about $1 billion by the time the station launches. 

Haven-1 is an ambitious new space station, just 33 feet in length – a fraction of the International Space Station's 356 feet - launching in August 

Haven-1 will offer a luxury space for four astronauts, with queen-size beds, a state-of-the-art gym, maple wood interiors and a huge window to observe the Earth as it floats in orbit 

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• READ MORE: As NASA delays its moon landing yet AGAIN, conspiracies reignite

By JONATHAN CHADWICK FOR MAILONLINE 

From NASA's mission to study Jupiter’s icy moon Europa to Elon Musk's SpaceX catching its Starship rocket mid-air, there's no doubt 2024 saw some incredible space feats. 

'In 2024, NASA made leap after giant leap to explore, discover, and inspire – all while bringing real, tangible, and substantial benefits to the American people and to all of humanity,' said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. 

And 2025 is set to be an even more remarkable year for space agencies and companies around the world, who have an assortment of exciting missions lined up. 

Among them are NASA, which is sending two twin spacecraft to Mars – although its upcoming return to the moon has been delayed yet again. 

There's also the European Space Agency, which is set to launch its futuristic 'Space Rider' spaceplane – described as a 'robotic laboratory the size of two minivans'.

Meanwhile, private companies are readying a probe to Venus and a luxury commercial space station for the first time. 

Meanwhile, Elon Musk's SpaceX could go one step further in 2025 with its 395-foot Starship vessel as it prepares for a trip beyond Earth orbit. 

Here, MailOnline takes a look at the incredible space missions set to take off in 2025 that you won't want to miss. 

MailOnline takes a look at the incredible space missions set to take off in 2025, from the first private mission to Venus to China's ambitious asteroid mission 

GAGANYAAN

Compared with 2023 when it sent its budget rover to the moon, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has had a quiet 2024.

However, 2025 is set to be a bumper year for India's space agency, with an anticipated three missions set to take place as part of its Gaganyaan programme.

Gaganyaan I, II and III, all scheduled throughout 2025, will send an uncrewed spacecraft into orbit from Satish Dhawan Space Centre. 

Should all go to plan, Gaganyaan IV – scheduled for 2026 – will carry a three-member crew into an orbit of 400 km (250 miles) for three days, before splashing down in the Indian Ocean. 

On-board the crewed and uncrewed flights will also be Vyommitra, a humanoid robot specially designed for Gaganyaan. 

India's space agency, ISRO, has said it will explore ways to achieve a sustained human presence in space once Gaganyaan is completed. 

In 2023, India sent its Chandrayaan-3 rover to the moon's south pole – marking the first time a human object had landed on this part of our lunar neighbour.

Gaganyaan is a crewed spacecraft being developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the country's space agency

India's space programme has grown considerably in size and momentum since it first sent a probe to orbit the Moon in 2008

The first set of launches in India's Gaganyaan programme were intended to go ahead in 2024, building on momentum set by Chandrayaan-3. 

However, ISRO pushed this back a year to ensure more time for essential safety checks and astronaut training. 

STARSHIP

Last but by no means least is Elon Musk's company SpaceX, which is edging closer and closer to its ultimate goal of sending its Starship to other worlds. 

In October, SpaceX completed possibly its most impressive feat yet, by catching the 'booster' section of the Starship system with metal 'chopsticks'.

This advanced mechanism is key to Starship not only landing safely, but being able to quickly refuel before another launch. 

And although it's unclear exactly what feat Starship – the most powerful rocket in the world – will attempt in 2025, it's bound to be just as audacious. 

It's possible SpaceX could capture both parts of the ship – the Super Heavy booster and the Starship upper stage; MailOnline has contacted the firm for comment. 

In October, SpaceX completed possibly its most impressive feat yet – it managed to catch the 'booster' section of the Starship system with metal 'chopsticks' so it could be reused 

SpaceX pulled off its boldest test flight yet of the enormous Starship rocket in October, catching the returning booster back at the launch pad with metal 'chopsticks' - marking another milestone on Elon Musk's quest to get humanity to Mars 

Musk's firm SpaceX is responsible for the most powerful rocket ever built on Earth - the Starship. The multi-billion-dollar, stainless-steel, 395-foot vessel has been designed to transport crew and cargo to Earth's orbit and the moon. But Musk thinks 'Earth to Earth' travel on Starship is also a possibility 

SpaceX intends to launch Starship 25 times in 2025, the company recently revealed, and is seriously intending to ramp up production of the rocket. 

Eventually, Elon Musk wants to launch Starships on a daily basis.

Musk predicts Starship will go to Mars in 2026, although it will be an uncrewed mission. 

Two years after that in 2028, Starship will transport people to Mars for the first time – which would mark the first time humans have ever walked on another planet.

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President Jimmy Carter swore he saw a UFO and vowed to reveal the TRUTH… but he never did. So what happened, asks SHANE CASHMAN

• Shane Cashman is host of the Tales From the Inverted World podcast
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By SHANE CASHMAN

One Georgia night in 1969, Jimmy Carter looked up over the pine trees and saw a moving orb, as bright as the moon.

He was standing outside the local Lions' Club in Leary, where he was planning to address the meeting. But local politicking quickly vanished from his mind. The orb 'seemed to move toward us from a distance, stop, move partially away, return, then depart,' he said later, describing it as 'bluish at first, then reddish, luminous, not solid.' He called it 'the darndest thing I've ever seen.'

Carter's encounter with a UFO may pop up as a line in some of his obituaries, sandwiched between the sober analysis of his presidency and notable humanitarian work since. And like all politicians, he should be judged for his successes and failures, in office and out. But more than just an amusing footnote, this story gives us important insight into who he was as a man.

We have almost forgotten what it's like to have leaders capable of marveling at the unknown. For all the problems the country may have faced during his presidency, Jimmy Carter would openly consider the mysteries of life – before, during, and after his time in the White House – and he should be remembered for that.

Carter wasn't embarrassed to talk about his UFO sighting. In 1973, while serving as governor of Georgia, he filed a report documenting the sighting with the International UFO Bureau. He later said that after his own encounter, he would never again make fun of anybody who reported a similar experience.

His open-mindedness was rooted in the scientific training he received at college in Georgia, at the US Naval Academy, and later with his work on nuclear submarines. Carter maintained that just because something may be a UFO didn't mean it is extraterrestrial. Ultimately, he believed that what he saw - while unexplainable - was likely man-made.

Regardless, the encounter stayed with him for years. On the campaign trail in 1976, he made a point of promising that, as president, he'd release all UFO-related documents. By some accounts, after his election, he did in fact meet with then-CIA Director George H.W. Bush to make that request. Whatever may or may not have been said at that meeting, Carter never seemed to mention UFOs again - at least not publicly in his official capacity as a president.

He would later tell the American public that releasing such information would harm the interests of national security.

Jimmy Carter on his peanut farm in Plains, Georgia, in 1976

A file photo of a UFO in 1951

However, Carter's interest in UFOs didn't fully disappear. In 1977, with the help of Carl Sagan, NASA sent the Voyager spacecraft into deep space with a golden record that held recordings of greetings and music from various nations and cultures.

President Carter sent a message that read, in part: 'This is a present from a small distant world… We hope someday, having solved the problems we face, to join a community of galactic civilizations. This record represents our hope and our determination, and our good will in a vast and awesome universe.'

It's hard to imagine many of his successors using such language. No other president has even attempted to address UFO sightings head-on. Clinton reportedly said that if he'd seen any evidence, he would tell the people - but never did. George W. Bush joked to late night host Jimmy Kimmel that such a disclosure 'might spin you into orbit.' Obama seemed to give up on the cosmos altogether, basically halting NASA funding. President Trump created Space Force - but for the purposes of national security rather than space exploration. On UFOs, Trump said, 'I'm not a believer, but anything's possible.'

Carter's fascination with the unknown stayed with him long after he left the White House. In 1994, he published a poem called 'Considering the Void' - a meditation on the images the Voyager spacecraft sent back to Earth.

Nearly twenty years after he sent his letter into space, the 'void' still haunted him: 'When I behold the charm of evening skies, their lulling endurance… the skyscape of our Milky Way holding in its shimmering disc an infinity of suns (or say a thousand billion)... knowing that this galaxy of ours is one of multitudes in what we call the heavens, it troubles me. It troubles me.'

If he was troubled by the vastness of the cosmos, at least it's because he had the will to try to comprehend it – and that's something to be admired in a leader.

Shane Cashman is a writer for Timcast News and author of the new book Tales From the Inverted World: Ghosts of the Civil War.

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Parker Solar Probe Survives Closest-Ever Approach to Sun

On December 24, 2024, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe soared just 6.1 million km (3.8 million miles) above the surface of our home star, racing through the solar atmosphere at 692,000 km per hour (430,000 mph) — the fastest speed ever achieved by a human-made object; a signal received two days later confirmed the spacecraft had made it through the encounter safely and is operating normally.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe approaching the Sun.

Image credit: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.

Close to the Sun, Parker Solar Probe relies on a carbon foam shield to protect it from the extreme heat in the upper solar atmosphere called the corona, which can exceed 500,000 degrees Celsius (1 million degrees Fahrenheit).

The shield was designed to reach temperatures of 1,427 degrees Celsius (2,600 degrees Fahrenheit), while keeping the instruments behind it shaded at a comfortable room temperature.

In the hot but low-density corona, the spacecraft’s shield is expected to warm to 982 degrees Celsius (1,800 degrees Fahrenheit).

“Flying this close to the Sun is a historic moment in humanity’s first mission to a star,” said Dr. Nicky Fox, the associate administrator of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters.

“By studying the Sun up close, we can better understand its impacts throughout our Solar System, including on the technology we use daily on Earth and in space, as well as learn about the workings of stars across the Universe to aid in our search for habitable worlds beyond our home planet.”

“Parker Solar Probe is braving one of the most extreme environments in space and exceeding all expectations,” said Parker Solar Probe project scientist Dr. Nour Rawafi, a researcher at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.

“This mission is ushering a new golden era of space exploration, bringing us closer than ever to unlocking the Sun’s deepest and most enduring mysteries.”

Parker Solar Probe’s record close distance of 6.1 million km (3.8 million miles) may sound far, but on cosmic scales it’s incredibly close.

Image credit: NASA / APL.

“It’s monumental to be able to get a spacecraft this close to the Sun,” said Parker Solar Probe mission systems engineer John Wirzburger, a researcher at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.

“This is a challenge the space science community has wanted to tackle since 1958 and had spent decades advancing the technology to make it possible.”

By flying through the solar corona, Parker Solar Probe can take measurements that help scientists better understand how the region gets so hot, trace the origin of the solar wind and discover how energetic particles are accelerated to half the speed of light.

“The data are so important for the science community because it gives us another vantage point,” said Dr. Kelly Korreck, a program scientist at NASA Headquarters.

“By getting firsthand accounts of what’s happening in the solar atmosphere, Parker Solar Probe has revolutionized our understanding of the Sun.”

So far, the spacecraft has only transmitted that it’s safe, but soon it will be in a location that will allow it to downlink the data it collected on this latest solar pass.

“The data that will come down from the spacecraft will be fresh information about a place that we, as humanity, have never been. It’s an amazing accomplishment,” said Dr. Joe Westlake, the director of the Heliophysics Division at NASA Headquarters.

The spacecraft’s next planned close solar passes come on March 22 and June 19, 2025.

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Two similar stealth black drones found in two different states, New York and South Carolina! UFO UAP Sighting News.

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  Another black painted stealth drone found crashed in Georgetown, South Carolina, but no owner has stepped up to claim it...now we have a pair, both the exact same stealth black drones 6 feet across! These must be the drones over New Jersey, New York and over over 35 US military bases! 👀📡🛰️ We have a pattern forming! 

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New Image Revealed by NASA of their New Martian Helicopter.

Ingenuity became the first aircraft to fly on another world in the first half of 2021. It explored the Martian terrain from above proving that powered air flight was a very efficient way to move around alien worlds. Now NASA have released a computer rendering of their next design, the Mars Chopper! 

Ingenuity was a small helicopter, or rather more a drone, that was carried to Mars on board the Perseverance rover mission in 2020. It was designed as a technology demonstration to prove that powered flight was possible in the thin atmosphere of Mars. It made its first flight on 19 April 2021 and hovered just 10 feet above the ground before safely landing again. Since then, Ingenuity has completed 60 flights on Mars helping to survey and scout for areas of interest for further study. 

This view of NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter was generated using data collected by the Mastcam-Z instrument aboard the agency’s Perseverance Mars rover on Aug. 2, 2023, the 871st Martian day, or sol, of the mission, one day before the rotorcraft’s 54th flight. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS

Operating a drone in the Martian atmosphere offers challenges largely due to the lower density. Compared to Earth, the atmosphere is less than 1% the density of Earth’s atmosphere. This means the blades on any aerial vehicles need to work harder and generate more lift than their Earth-bound counterparts. 

Density aside, the fine dust on the surface of Mars is often lifted up into the atmosphere which could damage the delicate mechanisms of operating craft. Not only must these types of vehicles be carefully designed to fly in alien atmospheres but they must also be able to protect themselves from local hazards. 

Moving on from the success of the Ingeniuty drone, NASA has released a rendering of its next generation vehicle for aerial flight on Mars, known as the Mars Chopper. Ingenuity was a feasability study and proved aerial flight successful, new craft on the drawing board come with a greater payload capacity to carry scientific instruments such as imaging and analysis kit. This will enable them to undertake the basic tasks like scouting activity to support future exploration but also undertake analysis and terrain mapping work. Ultimately even providing support to the human exploration of Mars.

A conceptual design of the successor to NASA's Ingenuity helicopter. 

Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech

The image released reveals a drone like vehicle which is about the size of an SUV with six rotors.  Each rotor has six blades which are smaller than those on Ingenuity but collectivity can provide even more lift. The payload capacity of the Chopper in its current design configuration is 5 kilograms a distance of up to 3km. The design is a collaboration between the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California and the Ames Research Center. 

This new model will be a real game changer for the exploration not only of Mars but of any alien worlds with a solid surface and an atmosphere that can support flight. Ingenuity led the way proving the technology and now, with the new concept Mars ‘Choppers on the drawing board, aerial reconnaissance on these new worlds will vastly improve the value of ground based exploration. Remote aerial exploration will also be of invaluable benefit to support human exploration where rovers will be unable to reach. 

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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Makes its Record-Breaking Closest Approach to the Sun

This shield also keeps the spacecraft instruments shaded and at room temperature to ensure they can operate in the solar atmosphere. Said Associate Administrator Nicky Fox, who leads the Science Mission Directorate (SMD) at NASA Headquarters in Washington, in a recent NASA press release:

“Flying this close to the Sun is a historic moment in humanity’s first mission to a star. By studying the Sun up close, we can better understand its impacts throughout our solar system, including on the technology we use daily on Earth and in space, as well as learn about the workings of stars across the universe to aid in our search for habitable worlds beyond our home planet.”

Nour Rawafi, the project scientist for the Parker Solar Probe at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (JHUAPL), is part of the team that designed, built, and operates the spacecraft. “[The] Parker Solar Probe is braving one of the most extreme environments in space and exceeding all expectations,” he said. “This mission is ushering a new golden era of space exploration, bringing us closer than ever to unlocking the Sun’s deepest and most enduring mysteries.”

The Parker Solar Probe was first proposed in a 1958 report by the National Academy of Sciences’ Space Science Board, which recommended “a solar probe to pass inside the orbit of Mercury to study the particles and fields in the vicinity of the Sun.” While the concept was proposed again in the 1970s and 1980s, it would take several more decades for the technology and a cost-effective mission to be realized.

The Parker Solar Probe also made several interesting and unexpected finds during previous close passes. During its first pass into the solar atmosphere in 2021, the spacecraft discovered that the outer boundary of the corona is characterized by spikes and valleys, contrary to expectations. It also discovered the origin of switchbacks (zig-zag structures) in the solar wind within the photosphere. Since then, the spacecraft has spent more time in the corona, closely examining most of the Sun’s critical processes.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survived its record-breaking closest approach to the solar surface on December 24th, 2024. Credits: NASA

The probe’s discoveries are not limited to the Sun either. As noted, one of the PSP’s primary objectives is to study how solar activity influences “space weather,” referring to the interaction of solar wind with the planets of the Solar System. For instance, the probe has captured multiple images of Venus during its many gravity assists, documented the planet’s radio emissions, and the first complete image of Venus’ orbital dust ring. The probe has also been repeatedly blasted by coronal mass ejections (CMEs) that swept up dust as they passed through the Solar System.

“We now understand the solar wind and its acceleration away from the Sun,” said Adam Szabo, the Parker Solar Probe mission scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. “This close approach will give us more data to understand how it’s accelerated closer in.”

The probe even offered a new perspective on the comet NEOWISE by capturing images from its unique vantage point. Now that the mission team knows the probe is safe, they are waiting for it to reach a location where it can transmit the data collected from its latest solar pass. “The data that will come down from the spacecraft will be fresh information about a place that we, as humanity, have never been,” said Joe Westlake, the director of the Heliophysics Division at NASA Headquarters. “It’s an amazing accomplishment.”

The spacecraft’s next solar passes are planned for March 22nd, 2025, and June 19th, 2025.

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A Glimpse Into Earth's Hidden History
At the heart of the decision lies an extraordinary discovery made during the drilling process. Approximately 9,000 meters down, scientists uncovered microscopic fossils embedded in rocks estimated to be over 2 billion years old. These fossils, believed to be remnants of ancient single-celled organisms, offered an unprecedented look into early life on Earth.

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I'm a UAV pilot and here's what happened when I tried to fly near New Jersey's mystery drones

• READ MORE: Mystery drones 'changed time' on a New Jersey family's car clock 

By MATTHEW PHELAN SENIOR SCIENCE REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

An experienced drone pilot in New Jersey has come forward to demonstrate how advanced the state's mystery drones are compared to ordinary consumer models.

The pilot known to fans of his paranormal investigation series 'Terror Talk' as Michael B, witnessed his own drone crash and burn as he attempted to steer it near one of the many, still-unexplained drone UFOs that have swarmed the state.

'When this started, I tried to take my drone over Picatinny Arsenal to follow a drone that was just hovering over there,' Michael explained, 'and as I got closer my drone lost power, spun out, the battery died and it went down.'

'But the other drone,' he noted, ominously, 'remained sitting in the air, unaffected.'

Picatinny Arsenal, a US Army base that houses military research and manufacturing facilities, has proven to be ground zero for the Garden State's bizarre drone crisis.

Officials at the arsenal, in fact, recently revealed that the aerial incursions above their base began five days earlier than previously reported, with one base police officer making a confirmed sighting on November 13.

What makes these mystery drone flights so concerning, according to Michael B, is that sensitive sites like Picatinny Arsenal and major US airports already have drone jamming technology that prevents commercial drones from entering their airspace.

The 'Terror Talk' host even demonstrated how similar FAA-mandated jamming capabilities prevent models like his own from even taking off near local airports. 

Pentagon officials and US intelligence agencies are 'playing stupid,' he argued — and know more about these strange craft than they are letting on. 

What makes these mystery drone flights (examples above) so concerning, according to this drone pilot, is that sensitive sites like Picatinny Arsenal and major US airports already have drone-jamming technology that prevents commercial drones from entering their airspace 

To demonstrate the government's drone deterrence capabilities, Michael B brought his DJI brand quadcopter to a parking lot near Morristown Municipal Airport, a local flight corridor that has achieved national prominence due to President Trump's use.

President-elect Donald Trump's Bedminster gold course has also become a concerning hot spot of the mystery drone sightings over this past month. 

With his camera pointing at his DJI's remote controls, Michael B showed MSNBC host Alex Witt just what the FAA overrides look like on a store-bought drone display.

'We set up in a parking lot about a quarter mile away from the airport,' Michael B explained, 'and I'm trying to get flight clearance to take the drone up and see what this other drone is — and I cannot.' 

'Restricted,' he continued, noting the warning signal on his drone's controls. 

'I tried to bypass it,' he added. 'At one point, it even asked for my phone number and I said, 'Nah. I think we're good at this point.''

Witt asked Michael B: 'What do you think that is? What do you think people are seeing in the sky? And why only at night?'

'At this point, I think that someone knows what they are,' Michael B responded.

The Terror Talk host also noted that he has technology to detect objects in the sky, 'none of these things that we go after are on flight radar.'

To demonstrate the government's drone deterrence capabilities, the pilot brought a DJI brand drone to a parking lot near Morristown Airport, a local flight corridor that's achieved national prominence due to Trump's use. 'Restricted,' he noted pointing at his drone's controls

The drone pilot - known to fans of his paranormal investigation series 'Terror Talk' as Michael B (pictured) - witnessed his own drone crash and burn as he attempted to steer it near one of the many unexplained drone UFOs that have swarmed NJ. The mystery drone was 'unaffected'

Michael B told MSNBC that he believes the government is keeping the truth about New Jersey's unidentified drones a mystery on purpose.  

The real answers, he said, are likely to be 'secrets that the government don't want us to know [...] either that or aliens.'

'At this point, I think that someone knows what they are,' he told the station.

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'What they could be — I have no idea,' the paranormal investigator admitted, although he emphasized that he was taking it as a personal mission to keep monitoring the state's mystery drones to get answers.

The FBI has fielded over 5,000 complaints in the course of this drone UFO wave, in progress, but noted that only 100 of these cases now warrant further investigation.

The US Department of Homeland Security official has also noted that sightings due to mass concern over the drones has led to many false positives. 

'We're confident that many of the reported drone sightings are, in fact, manned aircraft being misidentified as drones,' DHS officials said.

But the cases above sensitive military bases and US Coast Guard ships off the Jersey shore continue to worry state officials, federal investigators and the US military. 

The FBI and other agencies are investigating the strange activity, but a representative from the Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday, Dec. 11: 'We have no more information as to where these drones are coming from, where they're launching from, where they're landing'

Officials and residents have also seen truly odd, well-lit drones that do not resemble fixed-wing aircraft (example above) deepening the mystery of the craft's origins and intent 

Picatinny Arsenal told press that sightings of the unidentified drones, capable of beating their counter-drone defenses, has now climbed to 11 confirmed cases.

'While the source and cause of these aircraft operating in our area remain unknown,' Picatinny's garrison commander, Lt Col Craig A. Bonham II, said, 'we can confirm that they are not the result of any Picatinny Arsenal-related activities.'

Amid the uncertainty, the president-elect called for answers from the US Government as he slammed the Biden administration and urged them to shoot down the UFOs.

But this was rejected by DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas who said that the government does not have the authority to neutralize the drones.

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• READ MORE: I'm a UAV pilot here's what happened when I tried to fly near drones

By JAMES GORDON FOR DAILYMAIL.COM 

Disturbing video appears to show bizarre flying objects in the sky along the New Jersey coast after a YouTuber set out on a mission by boat to hunt drones. 

CJ Faison usually reports on paranormal activity and haunted houses to his 600,000 followers, but the issue of drones in and around the state captured his attention.

Reports of unidentified drones, with strange patterns and movements, have rattled residents sparking a flurry of questions. 

CJ sailed onto the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Atlantic City determined to see if he would witness any of the drones for himself.

Since mid-November, sightings of mysterious drones have been reported with New Jersey emerging as a hotbed of activity. 

Witnesses describe fleets of drones appearing in grid-like formations, flying with precision, and then dispersing into the night sky 

'Tonight, I'm doing something no YouTuber or news outlet has done,' he announced in a video that has since gone viral. Armed with cameras, equipment, and a chartered boat, he set out into the icy waters off New Jersey, determined to uncover the truth. 

CJ rented the vessel and hit the open water at dusk, just at the time the drones have reportedly been appearing in recent weeks. 

CJ Faison rented a boat to sail out onto the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Atlantic City in a bid to investigate the origin of recent drone sightings that have been spotted in the area

Just as dusk started to fall one by one the drones started to appear in the sky

Accompanied only by the boat's captain, CJ patrolled miles of coastline

The night was bone-chillingly cold with temperatures plunging below freezing. 

Accompanied only by the boat's captain, CJ patrolled miles of coastline. 

The skies were clear as the sun set but as the minutes passed it was not long before a drone was spotted flying nearby. 

Minutes later, one by one more drones materialized, their lights blinking in patterns eerily reminiscent of commercial aircraft, he claimed.

'They're blending in,' CJ observed. 'Hidden in plain sight!' 

Some were seen hovering close by while others appeared to dart back-and-forth. 

He described the drones as moving in deliberate formations, emerging from the ocean before spreading inland. 'It's wild,' he said. 'It's eerie.' 

Despite the dramatic sightings, federal officials insist that many of the reports are likely misidentified planes, helicopters, or even stars. 

But for residents and independent investigators, the explanation feels inadequate.

Much of CJ's footage was blurry with the drones only visibly by their lights

Some drones appeared to be hovering while others could be seen darting back and forth

The lights were lowered on board the vessel as the CJ and the Captain sailed out to sea

The precision and frequency of the sightings suggest something far more organized.

There has been no official explanation from authorities as to what the drones are, who they belong to or what their purpose may be. 

President Joe Biden has downplayed the incidents, stating there's no evidence of anything 'nefarious.' However, his reassurances haven't quelled the growing unease. 

President-elect Donald Trump has been more vocal, accusing the government of withholding information. 'Let the public know,' he posted on Truth Social. 'Otherwise, shoot them down!' 

At one point over the last month, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) even responded by temporarily banning drone flights in dozens of zones across New Jersey and New York. 

Federal agencies, including the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security, have launched investigations, but officials maintain there is no evidence of a national security threat. 

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has called for stricter rules on drone use and greater transparency from federal authorities. 

CJ pondered the meaning behind the drones and where they had been coming from 

Looking back towards Atlantic City three drones could be seen hovering over the skyline

CJ braved freezing temperatures in an attempt to capture evidence of the drones off the coast 

Multiple sightings have caused alarm among many communities along the East Coast with amateur sleuths now turning their binoculars and cameras to the night sky in order to capture their presence on film as evidence. 

In the comments of his 30 minute clip posted to YouTube, some viewers criticized CJ for the footage which failed to give a clear view of the drones he was talking about, beyond the bright lights. He insists they were not regular commercial or military aircraft. 

As darkness fells, CJ could be seen in the cabin of the boat pondering what the significance of the drones might be and where they are coming from. 

'This is just the beginning,' he said. 

Only weeks earlier one New Jersey Sheriff's Deputy had reported seeing 50 drones coming in off the ocean. 

The Coast Guard, too, has encountered these drones. One chilling account described 13 drones swarming their boat, some flying as low as 300 feet above the water.

CJ analyzed flight radar in order to check what aircraft was flying in the area

CJ resolves to go out back out to see this time armed with a better camera

Swarms of drones have been spotted in the skies of New Jersey for weeks, sparking officials to call for a 'limited state of emergency' 

The sightings started mid-November with footage capturing 'car-sized' drones with flashing lights 

A wave of footage has emerged of the drones since they were first spotted last month

'Their wingspans were about eight feet,' an officer reported, only adding to the growing sense of unease. 

Later in the clip, several more drones are spotted hovering above the Atlantic City skyline. 

Despite capturing more than a dozen drones on video during his expedition, he believes he arrived too late to witness the full scale of activity and is now planning an overnight trip further offshore, into international waters, to uncover more.

CJ concludes that the mystery for now will remain unresolved but he has promised to return to the open ocean better equipped next time with a more powerful camera in the hopes of gathering more data. 

'I have so many questions,' he said. 'What's launching these drones? How are they staying airborne for hours? What's their energy source? And why here? Why New Jersey?'

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By ALEXA CIMINO FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

Bright orange 'UFO orbs' were allegedly caught flying over New York City,' raising concern among residents of the Big Apple over the holiday week.

On Friday, Reddit user @YogurtclosetFlat5701 posted the video to the 'The UFOs Subreddit' - a forum for UFO discussions where people can talk about sightings, experiences, news and investigations.

The local recorded the video above Brookville Blvd in Queens, New York, right next to JFK airport. 

'We looked up and there were 4 orange orbs in formation in what is suppose to be a no fly zone they then started to disappear,' the user wrote.

In the video, four unblinking orange orbs are suspended in the air, forming a striking boomerang shape. 

A video was taken from inside the user's car and another from outside the user's car.

'They were moving oddly like not completely stationary and then started to disappear one by one. The 2nd to last one drifted slighting then disappeared. They maintained that formation for the duration of the sighting,' the user said.

Users local to the New York City area confirmed the traveler's sightings. One, who goes by the username @ZoraOctavia, said they have lived by the airport for over a decade and know the difference between a plane and a UFO.

'Lived here 14 years with planes flying by all day everyday. They fly so low it feels like you can almost touch them. I know what they look like when they come in to land and take off. I have never ever seen anything like this. Ever,' the user said.

Bright orange 'UGO orbs' were allegedly caught flying over New York City ,' stumping raising concern among locals

The traveler recorded the video above Brookville Blvd in Queens, New York, right next to JFK airport

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Other users deemed the occurrence as highly suspicious, and was shocked the government wasn't taking immediate action.

'Seeing as that's a no fly zone, the FAA should be all over that,' said a user.

'This is truly not okay. Can we please start demanding the government gives more a fuck about this?' chimed a third.

Recent reports of strange orbs in the skies above the eastern United States have added another layer of mystery to the ongoing drone sightings across the country. 

A father and son in Georgia experienced an unusual encounter on Thursday evening when they spotted a bright orange 'UFO orb' moving across the night sky.

While taking out the trash, the father noticed the glowing object and pointed it out to his son.

Intrigued, they watched the orb for several minutes before deciding to film it. 

The father then shared the video on the 'UFO Reddit' forum, seeking explanations for the mysterious phenomenon.

The 58-second video shows the orange orb gliding through the sky, occasionally moving upwards or downwards. 

As the father followed it, the orb appeared to dim and eventually vanish, leaving him and his son puzzled about its nature.

The father described the initial sighting as a 'huge' light in the distance, which seemed to dim as it approached. He speculated that the orb might have been trying to evade him, or it could have simply disappeared behind clouds.

The video has since garnered significant attention on Reddit, with over 2,000 shares and 500 comments from users discussing the unusual sighting.

Just days prior, a perplexing light was captured hovering over New Jersey skies. 

A father and son in Georgia followed a mysterious 'orange UFO orb' after they spotted the luminous hue gliding through the sky shortly after 6:30pm on Thursday evening

Earlier this week, another perplexing light was captured hovering over the skies of New Jersey

Video footage from near Atlantic City shows a white light blinking before suddenly accelerating away at incredible speeds, leaving observers stunned.

These recent events follow a report from a US military witness who experienced a close encounter with a silent, luminous object while camping in October. 

The witness described the object as hovering 100 yards above, illuminating the area brighter than any full moon.

These sightings, along with others reported to the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC), continue to fuel public interest and speculation about the nature of these unidentified aerial phenomena.

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By JAMES GORDON FOR DAILYMAIL.COM 

Footage has emerged of what appears to be a 'UFO' hovering in the skies over New Jersey before suddenly accelerating away, leaving onlookers lost for words.

In a short 13 second clip posted to social media, a white light blinks in the sky before suddenly vanishing. 

In the footage, which was shot on Sunday night close near Atlantic City, family members are heard discussing what they are witnessing before the object suddenly disappears.

'It just vanished!' one said. 'I just watched it through the telescope.' 

The footage was sent to Tim Janicki by a friend.

'I was starting to lose interest in these #drones #orbs until I received this video from our friends who went out tonight down by the bay. I don't trust random videos I see on X… but this is 100% real (wait till 4 sec mark),' he wrote.

The footage generated some comments online, many agreeing that what the family witnessed was extremely unusual.

The video is the most recent in a long line of mysterious drone sightings that have been reported flying over New Jersey and across the eastern U.S., sparking speculation and concern over where they came from and why. 

'You can see it didn't just disappear but took off with incredible speed, there's a small flash of light to the left as it leaves. Humans can't produce the energy required to go that fast, especially from standstill,' wrote one. 

Footage has emerged of what appears to be a ' UFO ' hovering in the skies over New Jersey before suddenly accelerating away leaving the family who were watching lost for words

In a short 13 second clip posted to social media, a white light can be seen blinking in the sky before suddenly vanishing

'Yeah this is appears to be another genuine one. Exactly what I filmed in the UK. The light dims and moves off left and upwards. If you want me to frame by frame enhance send me the original. I've got a lot of experience doing this analysis for my own sighting,' added another interested observer. 

'Send this to some proper Professors. They can make the math if it's moved at all and just freeze in time while the Earth keeps moving. I have a feeling they are just traveling back in time and keep recharging their batteries here on our Nuclear Energy and travel further back,' a third suggested.

'Note: it didn't vanish, it took off at impossibly high speed diagonally up and to the left of frame (about 10 o'clock angle). Using your own logic, we shouldn't believe this video,' added a fourth. 

'This is exactly how the orb I saw flew away. That's why I said nothing can move like that. No flight system we have right now can go from stationary to warp drive in an instant. These flight characteristics are... Well beyond light years beyond us,' said another, transfixed. 

Last week the Federal Aviation Administration temporarily banned drone flights in 22 areas of New Jersey and 30 areas in New York, mostly in and around New York City and on Long Island, where critical infrastructure is located. 

FAA officials said federal security agencies requested the flight restrictions, which are effective through mid-January.

The FBI, the Homeland Security Department and state agencies have been investigating, but officials say there has been nothing so far to suggest any drones have posed a national security or public safety threat. 

A wave of footage has emerged of the drones since they were first spotted last month including this footage from Bernardsville, New Jersey 

Several drones appeared to be flying over Randolph, New Jersey earlier this month 

Authorities say many of the drone sightings have actually been legal drones, manned aircraft, helicopters and even stars.

President Joe Biden ruled out anything nefarious about the flying objects.

Despite federal officials' comments, many state and municipal lawmakers have called for stricter rules about who can fly unmanned aircraft - and for the authority to shoot them down.

Dozens of witnesses have reported seeing drones statewide since mid-November, including near the Picatinny Arsenal, a military research and manufacturing facility, and over President-elect Donald Trump's golf course in Bedminster.

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, a Democrat, has said drone-detection equipment supplied by the federal government has yielded little new information. 

He declined to describe the equipment except to say it was powerful and could even disable the drones.

The growing anxiety among some residents is not lost on the Biden administration, which has faced criticism from Trump for not dealing with the matter more aggressively.

Swarms of drones have been spotted in the skies of New Jersey for weeks, sparking officials to call for a 'limited state of emergency' 

In recent months New Jersey has been ravaged by thousands of unexplained drone sightings, as over 5,000 reports of unusual drone prevalence have been filed with law enforcement

White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said the federal government has yet to identify any public safety or national security risks.

The federal government has deployed personnel and advanced technology to investigate the reports in New Jersey and other states, and is evaluating each tip reported by citizens, he said.

About 100 of the more than 5,000 drone sightings reported to the FBI in recent weeks were deemed credible enough to warrant more investigation, according to a joint statement by the Department of Homeland Security, FBI, Federal Aviation Administration and Department of Defense.

Speculation has raged online, with some expressing concerns the drones could be part of a nefarious plot by foreign agents or clandestine operations by the U.S. government.

Drone activity earlier this month led to an hourlong closure of runways at New York's Stewart International Airport, about 60 miles north of Manhattan, a four-hour closure of air space around Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio, and the arrests of two men in Boston accused by police of flying a drone too close to Logan International Airport.

Trump said he believes the government knows more than it is letting on.

'Let the public know, and now. Otherwise, shoot them down!!!' he posted on Truth Social.

U.S. Sen. Andy Kim, a New Jersey Democrat, said he has heard nothing to support the notion that the government is hiding anything. He said a lack of faith in institutions is playing a key part in the saga.

'Nothing that I´m seeing, nothing that I´ve engaged in gives me any impression of that nature. But like, I get it, some people won´t believe me, right? Because that's the level of distrust that we face,' Kim said.

Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut last week called for the drones to be 'shot down.'

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This Boy Claims He Lived in an Atlantis Colony in Egypt 12,000 Years Ago, Founded by Beings from Other Worlds

Born on November 12, 1987, in Venado Tuerto, Argentina, De Stefano started his journey of self-discovery at a young age. Since he was three, he has had vivid memories of past lives and deep knowledge of the universe. From ages 12 to 18, he could see Etheric Beings, which led to intense visions, memories of past lives in ancient cultures, and painful headaches. To understand what was happening to him, he began searching for answers through the Akashic Records and his surroundings.

Matias began communicating with his spirit guides at a young age when he began remembering past lives, including one in an ancient Atlantean colony called Kehm and another on a distant planet named Gludok in the Canis Major star system.

He believes these memories help him understand his current mission: to bring heaven to earth, a concept known as Ater Tumti in Atlantean. Matias has inspired thousands of people to join his efforts to heal our planet.

He has traveled to more than 40 countries, visiting key locations to “unlock” energy portals and activate the Earth’s chakras. According to Matias, these portals increase energy flow for everything on the planet—not just humans, but all living beings.

Matias’ mission isn’t new. He says it began over 12,000 years ago during the Age of Leo. Today, he is deeply committed to this spiritual path and shares his message with anyone ready to listen, though his journey hasn’t always been smooth.

At 23, while giving a talk in Spain, he suddenly forgot everything he was saying. He realized this was his guides’ way of clearing his mind for new messages. Shortly after, they told him that on November 11, 2011 (11/11/11), he needed to prepare a gathering to shift the energy in a specific place. This pushed him into a challenging inner and outer journey, bringing him to the next step of his mission—one that almost cost him his life.

• Disclaimer: This story is based on Matias De Stefano’s experiences and beliefs. It reflects his personal spiritual journey and metaphysical perspectives.

Matias says the story of Atlantis is deeply rooted in humanity’s collective subconscious because it represents the beginning of our current civilization. He claims to remember his life in an Atlantean colony, where he learned about Atlantis through stories told by his grandfather in that life.

According to Matias, the Atlantean people were a mix of beings from the stars and Earth, often referred to as the Anunnaki, giants who settled in the Middle East.

The ‘Anunnaki’ created a civilization by having children with humans—partly to help their species transcend since their planet was dying. Some Anunnaki treated humans as equals, while others used them as slaves to extract minerals needed for survival.

Matias recounts that the Greek god Poseidon, whom he knew as Stalin in his memory, was an Anunnaki who protected 12 children of mixed lineage. Poseidon led them away from the controlling Anunnaki in the Middle East, settling them near the Atlantic Ocean, where they founded Atlantis’ 12 families.

He adds that Atlantis was divided into 12 regions, each managed by these families, who were not rulers but guides. They held knowledge from the stars and passed it down, encoded in their bloodline, to maintain cosmic wisdom and spiritual balance. The Atlantean culture, as Matias remembers, focused on humanity looking beyond Earth and toward the stars.

Matias also suggests that the Anunnaki and other star beings were part of a larger universal experiment. Even they didn’t fully understand their role in humanity’s creation. Atlantis, according to him, played a crucial role in setting the foundation for human awakening and consciousness, and he invites exploration into the connections between these cosmic ancestors, Atlantis, and the origins of human civilization.

According to Matias, the creation of races was part of a larger evolutionary process driven by cosmic forces. He describes the sixth dimension as crucial because it forms the foundation of all life in the universe, represented by the “Flower of Life” pattern of six spheres. This geometric structure is fundamental to the design of living beings and reflects how water crystallizes in six-sided forms.

In the sixth dimension, time and space interact, splitting into six patterns of time and six parts of space, creating 12 fundamental forces or beings, referred to as the “Elohim.” These Elohim are the architects of the universe and oversee the creation of life across different dimensions, including the third, fourth, and fifth. While often visualized as angelic or human-like figures, Matias describes the Elohim as massive spherical entities that divide and multiply, similar to cells in a mother’s womb, to initiate life and creation.

Matias views the Elohim as the primordial forces or “seeds of life” that help shape the universe and its evolutionary journey.

Matias explains that the Elohim, which began as enormous spherical beings, split into thousands of cells, each becoming the source of life for various entities. Every one of us originates from one of these Elohim. Over time, these Elohim separated into different frequencies and vibrations, which became distinct “races” or rays of light in the universe. These rays, seen as colors filling the cosmos, led to the concept of Archangels—another name for Elohim in different vibrational forms.

Matias likens this process to the ancient Greek idea of Chronos, the god of time, whose offspring emerged from divisions of his own body. Similarly, the Elohim created life, species, and realities in the third dimension from their own essence. The purpose of this creation was for the universe to explore itself through evolution and experience different aspects of its own existence.

Initially, the Elohim existed as vibrations and waves through time but eventually took on geometric forms, giving rise to living beings in the spatial reality of the universe. These creations weren’t immediate but the result of billions of years of evolution, with humanity as a final product.

The first beings the Elohim created were not species as we think of them but entities designed to govern the four fundamental elements of the universe: water, earth (minerals), fire, and air (gas). These elements serve as the building blocks for all life and realities in the third dimension.

Matias explains that the first forms of life in the universe were shaped by the four elements: gas, fire, minerals, and water. Different planets created life from these elements. For example, life forms could emerge from gas or fire, while Earth-based life came from minerals and water. Of these, bacteria were the most crucial for building the foundation of all other species.

The “fifth body,” the ethereal body, connects everything. It holds the memory and consciousness of all beings, linking them to the soul’s energy, which flows through all species. Early species made of fire and gas developed distinct shapes and consciousness. These beings lived on suns and gas planets, like Jupiter and Saturn, but are so fundamentally different from humans that communication would only be possible if we were “Elementals,” beings tied to the same elemental forces.

As mineral and water-based life evolved, the ethereal energies combined with water to create the first conscious beings in this context. These beings include highly advanced species like the Pleiadians. They are connected to the universe’s creation of water and existed in dimensions that allowed them to integrate fire and water energy. When water appeared on Earth around 4.6 billion years ago, it was due to a massive collision between the early Earth and a moon-like object. This impact created the Pacific Ocean and introduced rocks carrying hydrogen, which, under the right conditions, formed Earth’s water.

Matias mentions that this process was guided not by a higher organization, like a “Confederation,” but by the forces of the sixth dimension. He emphasizes that destruction and chaos in the universe were necessary for creating new realities, including the seeds of life on Earth.

Matias explains how the patterns of the sixth dimension were connected to the third dimension (space) through the fourth dimension (time). The process required beings to first exist in the fourth dimension, which allowed them to develop self-awareness and experience life through four stages: expression, experimentation, integration, and transcendence.

A key challenge arose because the beings created in the fourth dimension lived eternally in the same form, with the same personality and knowledge. This unchanging existence hindered their ability to grow and explore new ways of understanding the universe. To solve this, death was introduced. Death allowed these beings to end a cycle of existence and start anew, enabling evolution and greater adaptability.

his new system tied expression to being born, experimentation to procreation, integration to aging, and transcendence to death. By dying, beings in the fourth dimension could create life in the third dimension, using death as a tool to end one perspective and begin another. This shift made learning and adaptation more dynamic and allowed for greater diversity in experiences.

Matias highlights that this evolutionary process deeply connects us to water. Water species discovered that by changing their shapes while maintaining their core essence, they could better adapt and exchange information with the universe. This ability to transform ensured their survival and growth. Humanity, as part of this evolutionary lineage, reflects this principle—while we evolve and change outwardly, our core remains constant. In essence, we are like water: ever-changing in form but eternal in nature.

Matias explains that water holds the key to creating and shaping life because it can carry and store information. However, for water to express this information in diverse forms, it needs minerals to give it structure. Throughout the galaxy’s history, minerals conditioned water to capture and hold information from various parts of the universe and the planet. Beings from other dimensions or planets also used minerals to shape water into structures that could hold and transmit their knowledge through time and space.

The DNA spiral, created by the universe, serves as a vessel to store this information within cells, akin to how planets hold life. Matias says intelligent species, including humans, are often seen as being created by extraterrestrial beings, which is true—but not in the simplistic sense of aliens arriving and crafting new life forms from scratch. Instead, these beings spent millions of years studying Earth to understand its systems, much like how the human immune system rejects foreign entities it doesn’t recognize.

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The process began in water, where extraterrestrial beings tested the merging of information—through DNA and blood—with Earth’s organisms. Over time, they identified the whale as the wisest and most suitable being to hold vast amounts of information. Attempts to cross water-dwelling beings with land species, including mammals, birds, and reptiles, didn’t always succeed. Early experiments created prototypes of beings like cats and reptilians, but they fell short of the desired outcome.

Eventually, extraterrestrial beings observed the evolutionary progress of hominids in Africa. These beings recognized hominids as uniquely equipped to receive and integrate information from higher dimensions, making them ideal candidates for helping the planet reach greater awareness. The extraterrestrials didn’t randomly modify hominids but chose them because they were already evolving toward higher consciousness.

As the climate changed, these beings selected hominids from regions like South Africa, Congo, Egypt, Arabia, the Middle East, and India. They guided their development in remote locations like islands to protect and prepare them. Through this process, early humans were born, with different prototypes created and tested to see which ones could best merge with existing humans and adapt to the planet’s needs.

Matias explains that humanity’s diversity and genetic makeup were intentionally designed to serve as a repository of universal information. He states that certain species, such as the Arcturians, contributed to creating and shaping human genetics by interacting directly with humans, including through reproduction, rather than conducting laboratory experiments. This process ensured that humans became a species capable of hosting diverse knowledge and consciousness essential for Earth’s development.

He describes how beings from other places blended their genetics with humans, not just to create new traits, but to carry different types of information within the human species. Among the various species tested for survivability on Earth, Homo sapiens sapiens proved to be the most adaptable, largely due to their similarities with the Arcturians. This compatibility made humans the chosen species to carry consciousness and contribute to the larger universal plan

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The U.S. Drone Panic Mirrors UFO Overreactions

We need less uproar over everyday drones and more critical attention about ones near airports and other restricted airspace

By Sean Kirkpatrick, edited by Daniel Vergano

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December’s spate of drone sightings seen in New Jersey and spreading nationwide, sure looks familiar. As does its associated media frenzy—culminating in memes and conspiracy theories about so-called “mystery drones.” The episode bears an eerie resemblance to the UFO phenomenon, or the unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) one, that spiked in recent years and has led to significant congressional attention and legislation.

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Although initially planned as a technology demonstration that would only conduct five test flights, Ingenuity went on to perform a remarkable 72 flights, many of which provided useful aerial reconnaissance for the Perseverance rover in advance of its movement to areas of interest for potential study.

“It is bittersweet that I must announce Ingenuity… has taken its last flight on Mars,” Nelson said in a statement.

Characterizing the small aircraft as “the little helicopter that could,” Nelson said the helicopter sustained damage to one of its rotor blades while attempting a landing.

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter takes off above Jezero crater

(Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS).

“At least one of its carbon fiber rotor blades was damaged,” Nelson said. “We’re investigating the possibility that the blade struck the ground.”

The damage occurred during a vertical flight the helicopter performed to determine its location several days ago, following an emergency landing during its previous flight.

Although the aircraft achieved a maximum altitude of 40 feet, hovering for a total of 4.5 seconds before beginning its descent, Ingenuity lost contact with Perseverance before reaching the ground. Several days later the rotor blade damage was revealed.

“What Ingenuity accomplished far exceeds what we thought possible,” Nelson said.

“Ingenuity demonstrated how flight can enhance operational missions, and it’s helping us in the search for life on Mars.”

Ingenuity’s first flight occurred on April 19, 2021, after arriving on the Red Planet earlier that year with the Perseverance rover.

Laurie Leshin, director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, said Ingenuity was “an exemplar of the way we push the boundaries of what’s possible every day.

“I’m incredibly proud of our team behind this historic technological achievement and eager to see what they’ll invent next,” Leshin added.

Comparing Ingenuity’s operations to the pioneering flights of Wilbur and Orville Wright, Nelson said the Mars helicopter has set the pace for the future use of aircraft in space exploration.

“Ingenuity has paved the way for future flight in our solar system,” Nelson said, “and it’s leading the way for smarter, safer human missions to Mars and beyond.”

• Micah Hanks is the Editor-in-Chief and Co-Founder of The Debrief. He can be reached by email at micah@thedebrief.org. Follow his work at micahhanks.com and on X: @MicahHanks.

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US Gov Releases new UFO Video, But I See a Second UAP exiting volcano, Sighting News.

 Funny, the US gov thought only one UFO was in the video but there are three or more. 

US gov source:

•  https://www.dvidshub.net/video/944201/mt-etna-object 

Hey all, hope this brightens up your day. I found a newly releseaed UFO video and guess what? There is a second, and maybe a third UFO exiting the volcano! I slow it down at 1:30 mark to show you, but then show the whole video. Not only was the UFO video recorded and released by the US gov, but they missed another 1 to 2 other UFOs exiting Mt. Etna! This is a gov source video! Hard to believe but true. This is proof aliens have a base below this volcano and I have said for over two decades that aliens like bases to be deep below active volcanos to make them inaccessible to humans. 

Scott C. Waring

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9 Phenomena NASA Astronauts Will Encounter at Moon’s South Pole

This dust particle came from a lunar regolith sample brought to Earth in 1969 by Apollo 11 astronauts. The particle is about 25 microns across, less than the width of an average human hair. The image was taken with a scanning electron microscope.

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Astronaut Eugene Cernan, commander of Apollo 17, inside the lunar module on the Moon after his second moonwalk of the mission in 1972. His spacesuit and face are covered in lunar dust.

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This animated image features a person holding a stick with a sphere on top that represents the Moon. The person is demonstrating an activity that helps people learn about the phases of the Moon by acting them out.

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A view from the Apollo 11 spacecraft in July 1969 shows Earth rising above the Moon’s horizon.

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This graphic shows maximum summer and winter temperatures near the lunar South Pole. Purple, blue, and green identify cold regions, while yellow to red signify warmer ones. The graphic incorporates 10 years of data from NASA’s LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter), which has been orbiting the Moon since 2009.
NASA/LRO Diviner Seasonal Polar Data

NASA/LRO Diviner Seasonal Polar Data

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NASA is Considering Designs and Simulations to Prepare Astronauts for Lighting Conditions Around the Lunar South Pole

In addition, astronaut vehicles and habitats will require artificial lighting throughout missions, which means astronauts will have to transition from ambient lighting to harsh sunlight and/or intense darkness and back. Since the human eye has difficulty adapting to these transitions, it will impede an astronaut’s “function vision,” which is required to drive vehicles, perform EVAs safely, operate tools, and manage complex machines. This is especially true when it comes to rovers and the lander elevator used by the Starship HLS – both of which will be used for the Artemis III and IV missions.

As Meagan Chappell, a Knowledge Management Analyst at NASA’s Langley Research Center, indicates, this will require the development of new functional vision support systems. That means helmets, windows, and lighting systems that can work together to allow crews to “see into the darkness while their eyes are light-adapted, in bright light while still dark-adapted, and protects their eyes from injury.” According to the NESC assessment, these challenges have not been addressed, and must be understood before solutions can be implemented.

In particular, they indicated how functional vision and specific tasks for Artemis astronauts were not incorporated into system design requirements. For example, the new spacesuits designed for the Artemis Program – the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU) – provide greater flexibility so astronauts can walk more easily on the lunar surface. However, there are currently no features or systems that would allow astronauts to see well enough when transitioning between brilliant sunlight into dark shadow and back again without losing their footing.

The NESC assessment identified several other gaps, prompting them to recommend that methods that enable functional vision become a specific and new requirement for system designers. They also recommended that the design process for lighting, windows, and visors become integrated. Lastly, they recommended that various physical and virtual simulation techniques be developed to address specific requirements. This means virtual reality programs that simulate what it is like to walk around the LSP during lunar day and night, followed by “dress rehearsal” missions in analog environments (or both combined!).

As Chappell summarized, the simulations will likely focus on different aspects of the mission elements to gauge the effectiveness of their designs:

“Some would address the blinding effects of sunlight at the LSP (not easily achieved through virtual approaches) to evaluate [the] performance of helmet shields and artificial lighting in the context of the environment and adaptation times. Other simulations would add terrain features to identify the threats in simple (e.g., walking, collection of samples) and complex (e.g., maintenance and operation of equipment) tasks. Since different facilities have different strengths, they also have different weaknesses. These strengths and limitations must be characterized to enable verification of technical solutions and crew training.”

This latest series of recommendations reminds us that NASA is committed to achieving a regular human presence on the Moon by the end of this decade. As that day draws nearer, the need for more in-depth preparation and planning becomes apparent. By the time astronauts are making regular trips to the Moon (according to NASA, once a year after 2028), they will need the best training and equipment we can muster.

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Alien Talks About Jesus: Bizarre UFO Encounters in Finland

Alien Talks About Jesus: Bizarre UFO Encounters in Finland

Finland, known for its serene landscapes and rich folklore, has also been home to baffling UFO encounters that blend mystery with cultural intrigue. Documented in Tapani Kuningas’ book, Ufoja Suomen taivaalla (UFOs in the Finnish Sky), these accounts reveal astonishing tales of humanoid entities, unexplained phenomena, and a peculiar connection to spirituality.

One of the most extraordinary stories involves a young girl who, after being taken aboard a metallic craft, received cryptic messages about Jesus and eternity. This tale, along with two other notable encounters, challenges the boundaries of belief, folklore, and the unexplained.

The Encounter in the Barn

The first story takes place in a drying barn in South Ostrobothnia, where a young girl, Laura Lanin, had a life-changing encounter at the age of five. While playing hide-and-seek with her neighbors, Laura saw the barn’s logs mysteriously open, allowing sunlight to flood the room. Moments later, a loud buzzing sound heralded the arrival of a humanoid figure.

The entity, described as a tall, slender man with red eyes and a space suit-like outfit, seemed otherworldly. Despite its unsettling appearance, Laura felt no fear. After a brief and peculiar interaction, the humanoid exited through the barn’s walls, which then closed up as if nothing had happened. Finnish researchers speculated that the entity may have entered through a dimensional “wrong opening,” but the mystery remains unresolved.

A Winter Night’s Eerie Companion

The second encounter, from the winter of 1938, features Elina Ahokas in Lumara, Carelia. Walking home late at night, Elina noticed a bright, oval light in the sky. To her astonishment, a humanoid figure dressed in fur-like clothing began walking alongside her on the snow-covered path.

The figure remained silent, its presence unsettling yet non-threatening. When Elina reached her gate, the figure vanished, accompanied by a buzzing sound and an intensifying light that eventually darted toward Lake Logga. Despite the bizarre nature of this event, UFO investigator Tapani Kuningas found the details credible, noting the witness’s sincerity and inability to fabricate such a tale.

A Spiritual Message from Beyond

The most intriguing encounter occurred in 1942, involving a nine-year-old girl from Helsinki. While walking home, she met a woman described as tall, pale, and kind, who led her toward an open clearing. There, a metallic craft stood on three legs, with two men dragging a frightened boy inside.

The girl was invited aboard and observed a room filled with futuristic yet oddly familiar technology, including a control panel with switches and dials. In a smaller room with maps and charts, the woman began explaining profound spiritual truths. She emphasized the eternal love of Jesus, the immortality of the soul, and the absence of time in eternity. This interaction left a lasting impression on the girl, but she awoke later in a field, disoriented and ill.

Her post-encounter symptoms were severe, including light sensitivity, nausea, and weight loss, leading to hospitalization. The boy in the craft suffered long-term mental health issues, further deepening the enigma of this experience.

Cultural Reflections or Genuine Phenomena?

These Finnish UFO stories raise thought-provoking questions. While the humanoids’ calm demeanor, Nordic features, and technologically advanced crafts seem otherworldly, their appearance and behavior align strikingly with mid-20th-century cultural and technological norms. This blending of the familiar and the fantastical suggests that these experiences could be shaped by both external phenomena and the witnesses’ cultural or psychological frameworks.

Tapani Kuningas, known for his cautious approach to documenting such encounters, excluded dubious claims to maintain credibility. He noted that while these stories seem extraordinary, they carry recurring themes: abrupt appearances, inexplicable technology, and lasting effects on witnesses.

A Profound Connection to Spirituality

The inclusion of Jesus and eternal themes in the third account adds a layer of spiritual significance rarely seen in UFO encounters. This raises questions about whether these beings intended to convey a divine message or if the experience reflected the witness’s subconscious understanding of faith and spirituality.

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The UFO encounters in Finland challenge our understanding of reality and belief. Whether these stories are manifestations of external phenomena, internal projections, or a mix of both, they invite us to explore the mysterious intersections of culture, spirituality, and the unexplained. As we ponder these accounts, one thing is clear: the Finnish skies hold secrets that continue to inspire curiosity and wonder.

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By SHIVALI BEST FOR MAILONLINE 

NASA has officially made history with its closest-ever approach to the Sun. 

The US space agency has confirmed that its Parker Solar Probe survived the close encounter, and is now 'operating normally'. 

'Parker Solar Probe has phoned home!' NASA tweeted this morning. 

'After passing just 3.8 million miles from the solar surface on Dec. 24 — the closest solar flyby in history — we have received Parker Solar Probe's beacon tone confirming the spacecraft is safe.'

During the flyby, Parker endured temperatures of up to 982°C, while moving at 430,000 miles per hour. 

Despite these extreme conditions, the probe's heat shield effectively protected its instruments. 

NASA said the mission operations team at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, received the signal on Boxing Day evening.

The spacecraft is next expected to send back detailed data about its condition and experiences on January 1.

The US space agency has confirmed that its Parker Solar Probe survived the close encounter, and is now 'operating normally'

'Parker Solar Probe has phoned home!' NASA tweeted this morning. 'After passing just 3.8 million miles from the solar surface on Dec. 24 — the closest solar flyby in history — we have received Parker Solar Probe's beacon tone confirming the spacecraft is safe'

NASA said: 'Following its record-breaking closest approach to the sun, NASA's Parker Solar Probe has transmitted a beacon tone back to Earth indicating it's in good health and operating normally.'

The news of Parker's survival has been welcomed by space fans across X (formerly Twitter). 

'We live in an amazing time! Congratulations!' one user replied to NASA. 

Another added: 'It worked. You guys are special.'

And one joked: 'It's like a sun-kissed spacecraft now.' 

The Christmas Eve flyby was the first of three record-setting close passes, with the next two - on March 22, 2025, and June 19, 2025 - both expected to bring the probe back to a similarly close distance from the sun. 

Nick Pinkine, Parker Solar Probe mission operations manager at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), said: 'No human-made object has ever passed this close to a star, so Parker will truly be returning data from uncharted territory.'

Beyond breaking records, scientists hope the mission will allow them to measure how material is heated to millions of degrees, find where solar wind comes from and learn how energetic particles reach near light speeds.

The Parker Solar Probe launched from Cape Canaveral in August 2018 before embarking on the 93 million-mile journey to the sun 

The Parker Solar Probe launched from Cape Canaveral in August 2018 before embarking on the 93 million-mile journey to the sun.

The goal was to gather more data about the sun's corona by flying as close as possible through the stellar atmosphere.

Because the gravitation pull is so strong at this distance, the probe needs to be moving incredibly fast to avoid slipping into the heart of the sun.

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To do this, the probe has been repeatedly 'slingshot' around the sun and Venus, getting progressively faster with each pass.

In 2021, Parker made its first successful pass of the solar corona, dipping into a region where temperatures can reach over one million degrees Centigrade for up to five hours.

Since then, Parker has completed 21 solar slingshots.

Arik Posner, Parker Solar Probe program scientist for NASA, says: 'This is one example of NASA's bold missions, doing something that no one else has ever done before to answer longstanding questions about our universe.' 

WHAT IS NASA'S PARKER SOLAR PROBE?

The Parker Solar Probe travelled seven times closer to the sun than any spacecraft before it

Nasa's Parker Solar Probe (PSP) will travel seven times closer to the sun than any spacecraft before it by the end of its mission.

It launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on August 12, 2018.

The probe flew to the sun's outer atmosphere to study life of stars and their weather events.

It is hoped that Parker can help scientists to better understand solar flares — brief eruptions of intense high-energy radiation from the sun's surface that can knock out communications on Earth.

Over the next few years the probe will continue to make new discoveries as it moves closer to the sun, eventually making its closest approach in the year 2024, as it flies 3.9 million miles above the solar surface. 

The craft faces extremes in heat and radiation and will reach speeds of up to 430,000 miles per hour (700,000 kph) at its closest flyby of the star.

The craft's kit includes a white light imager called Whisper, which will take images of solar waves as the craft propels through them at high speeds.

To measure the 'bulk plasma' of solar winds — described by Nasa as the 'bread and butter' of the flares — a set of magnetic imaging equipment will also be stored on board. 

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Space exploration's most stunning photos in 2024

• READ MORE: Shocking truth about the most iconic photos from space revealed

By ELLYN LAPOINTE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

This year was historic for space research and exploration, and we have the photos to prove it. 

In 2024, rare astronomical events captured the attention of sky watchers across the US, including a total solar eclipse, aurora that stretched as far south as Florida and striking meteor showers.

There were stunning accomplishments in the world of spaceflight, too. _

SpaceX performed the first commercial spacewalk and caught a giant rocket with a pair of 'chopstick' arms, NASA completed the first flight of an aircraft on Mars, and International Space Station astronauts beamed amazing images back to Earth. 

Telescopes in space and on Earth snapped some incredible shots too, capturing stars, other planets and even entire galaxies in unprecedented detail.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and European Southern Observatory (ESO) are just a few of the highly-sophisticated imaging instruments that changed our understanding of the universe this year.

Below, DailyMail.com highlights some of 2024's most jaw-dropping space photos.

Star-forming region NGC 604

JWST captured this near-infrared view of the star-forming region NGC 604, which sits in the Triangulum galaxy 2.7 million light-years from Earth

JWST's NIRcam instrument is a powerful near-infrared camera that can capture images of distant nebulae in astonishing detail.

This year, the telescope snapped this photo of the star-forming nebula known as NGC 604. 

This enormous cloud of gas and dust is located 2.7 million light-years from Earth in the Triangulum galaxy.

Stretching almost 1,500 light-years across, NGC 604 is nearly 100 times larger than the Orion Nebula in our own galaxy.

NHC 604 contains more than 200 hot, massive young stars — significantly more than the Orion Nebula's four. 

This JWST image shows the nebula's arms of gas and dust, which serve as a nursery for young, still-forming stars. 

Starlink satellites captured by ISS astronaut 

Don Pettit, a NASA astronaut aboard the ISS, shared this photo he took in November, which shows Starlink satellites streaking by

In November, NASA astronaut Don Pettit shared this image taken from the ISS, which shows Starlink satellites streaking by.

In a post on X, Pettit compared the satellites to 'a miniature version of the monolith from '2001: A Space Odyssey', where the large flat face of the monolith points towards earth and the solar panel protrudes outward like the fin on the back of a Dimetrodon.'

He described the image, saying: 'Compared to the well-defined streaks from star trails, this time exposure shows wonky streaks flashing ISS. 

'These are Starlink satellites reflecting pre-dusk or pre-dawn sunlight off their solar panels. They are only seen from 5 to 18 degrees preceding or trailing the sun. 

'They create bright flashes, perhaps lasting for a few seconds each due to the orientation of their outward pointing solar panels.'

Pettit is well-known for his orbital astrophotography, which he creates from the unique vantage point of the ISS. 

SpaceX's 'chopsticks' rocket catch 

SpaceX achieved a historic spaceflight maneuver this year when the Mechazilla launch tower's 'chopstick' arms caught the Super Heavy booster in mid-air, executing a bull's eye landing 

Elon Musk's SpaceX made spaceflight history in October with the successful execution of a 'chopstick' maneuver.

It was the fifth time the spaceflight company launched its 400-foot-tall Starship rocket, but this launch was anything but routine. 

In a world's first, SpaceX aimed to return the rocket's Super Heavy booster directly to its launch mount, snatching it out of mid-air with a pair of 'chopstick' arms attached to the launch tower. 

Just seven minutes after liftoff, Super Heavy executed a bull's eye landing, hovering near the 'Mechazilla' launch tower as the metal arms caught it. 

The bold, historic maneuver marked a major achievement for SpaceX and the spaceflight industry at large.

'Are you kidding me?' SpaceX spokesperson Dan Huot added from the launch site following the event. 'Even in this day and age, what we just saw — that looked like magic.' 

Supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*

In 2024, astronomers captured the first image of the polarized light and magnetic fields that surround Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way

This year, astronomers captured the first image of the polarized light and magnetic fields that surround Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole that sits at the center of our Milky Way galaxy.

This image was made using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), a global network of radio telescopes that can observe a supermassive black hole's event horizon, or the boundary where the velocity needed to escape exceeds the speed of light.

At just 26,000 light years from Earth, Sagittarius A* is one of very few black holes in the universe where astronomers can actually observe the flow of matter around it. 

This historic image provides the first direct visual evidence of this supermassive black hole's existence. 

Although we cannot see the black hole itself — as it is completely dark — the glowing whirls of gas around it reveal a telltale signature: a dark central region (or 'shadow') surrounded by a bright ring-like structure. 

The image therefore shows light bent by the black hole's extreme gravity.

HP Tau: An infant star

The Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of the infant star HP Tau this year, located 550 light-years from Earth

The Hubble Space Telescope snapped this stunning photo of the infant star HP Tau this year.

HP Tau is located roughly 550 light-years from Earth in the constellation Taurus. At just 10million years old, it is the youngest among its neighbors. 

It can be seen at the top of a trio of stars captured in this Hubble image. These three stars reside within a hollow cavity in a huge cloud of gas and dust, 'looking like a glittering cosmic geode,' as NASA described it.

HP Tau is a T Tauri star, a type of young variable star that has not begun nuclear fusion yet, but will eventually evolve into a hydrogen-fueled star similar to our sun, according to NASA. 

At 4.6 billion years old, our sun is far older than this infant. 

First-ever commercial spacewalk 

Tech billionaire and SpaceX astronaut Jared Isaacman made history when he emerged from the Polaris Dawn capsule to complete the first civilian spacewalk

In September, SpaceX's Polaris Dawn crew made history by executing the first privately-funded spacewalk.

The achievement marked a major milestone for the commercial spaceflight industry, of which SpaceX is a key leader.

In this image, tech billionaire and Polaris Dawn mission commander Jared Isaacman can be seen emerging from the Crew Dragon capsule 434 miles above Earth's surface as the sun rises over the eastern portion of the US. 

He spent 12 minutes testing the mobility and functionality of SpaceX's new extravehicular activity (EVA) suits, which had never been used in space before.

After Isaacman retreated back into the capsule, Polaris Dawn mission specialist Sarah Gillis, emerged and performed the same EVA test maneuvers. 

'Back at home, we all have a lot of work to do,' said Isaacman as he looked down at our planet. 'But from here, Earth sure looks like a perfect world.' 

'Doomed' star Eta Carinae 

The Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of the unusual nebula that surrounds Eta Carinae, a star that is likely to explode at any time

This 2024 image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope brings out details in the unusual nebula that surrounds Eta Carinae, a star that may be about to explode.

Scientists aren't sure exactly when this explosion could occur. According to NASA, it could be next year, or it could be a million years from now.

But when it does blow, it will likely cause a supernova — the biggest type of explosion known to man. Eta Carinae is about 100 times more massive than our sun. 

Located 7,500 light-years away in the Keyhole nebula, its violent death would not impact Earth. But still, Hubble has been monitoring Eta Carinae for the last 25 years, waiting for it to explode. 

In this image, two distinct lobes of the surrounding Homunculus Nebula encompass the hot central region, while some 'strange' radial streaks are visible in red extending toward the right, according to NASA.

Total solar eclipse 

On April 8, skywatchers in 15 US states witnessed a total solar eclipse 

On April 8, millions of Americans looked up at the sky in unison to witness a total solar eclipse. 

All of North America experienced at least a partial solar eclipse. But 15 US states from Texas to Maine were in the 115-mile-wide path of totality, which also stretched through Canada and Mexico.

In this area, spectators experienced several minutes of near-total darkness as the sun disappeared behind the moon's shadow.

Images of the eclipse were shared widely on social media, including this one which shows solar prominences erupting from the sun's surface - the squiggly red lines that appear to be jetting out from the perimeter of the sun. 

Solar prominences are eruptions of solar plasma, a hot gas made of electrically charged hydrogen and helium.

US sees far-reaching aurora 

The aurora borealis is typically only seen at northern latitudes. But in October, this dazzling light display stretched as far south as Florida

In an extremely rare event, the aurora borealis — also known as the northern lights — stretched as far south as Key Largo, Florida in October.

The dazzling light display was triggered by a severe geomagnetic storm, or a major disturbance of Earth's magnetosphere that occurs when an outburst of solar radiation impacts out planet.

This storm was a G5, the most severe class of geomagnetic storm. Aurora were visible at much lower latitudes than usual, with spectators sharing images from Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas and other southern states. 

Perseid meteor shower

This long exposure photo shows the Perseid meteor shower over Osijek, Croatia on August 11

In August, the Perseid meteor shower streaked across the night sky, allowing stargazers to capture striking long-exposure photos like this one taken in Osijek, Croatia.

The Perseid meteor shower occurs annually, and is considered the best meteor shower of the year. It can produce 50 to 100 shooting stars per hour, which frequently leave long 'wakes' of light and color behind them, according to NASA.

This meteor shower results from the Earth passing through debris, or bits of ice and rock, left in the wake of the comet Swift Tuttle, which last passed close to Earth in 1992.

The peak of the shower is from August 11 through 12, when our planet travels through the densest part of this debris trail.

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Revealed: The best inventions of 2024 - from Tesla's futuristic Robotaxi to Huawei's tri-fold smartphone-PART I

• READ MORE: Google reveals 'mind boggling' quantum computer chip   

By WILIAM HUNTER

From the steam engine in 1712 to the first ever iPhone in 2007, each year sees the birth of ever more incredible inventions. 

And after a year of mind-boggling tech, it's clear that 2024 has been no exception to the rule.

The last 12 months have seen brilliant minds from around the world creating some mind-blowing and potentially world-changing breakthroughs.

With 2024 almost at its end, MailOnline has taken a look back at some of this year's coolest gadgets and most exciting innovations.

From an AI for designing proteins to a real-life pair of Wallace and Gromit's 'techno trousers', these inventions are a glimpse of how we all might be living in the future.

And when it comes to big breakthroughs, this year has been a resounding success for billionaire Elon Musk.

This year, Musk has overseen the debut of Telsa's futuristic Robotaxi and the successful launch and landing of SpaceX's Superheavy rocket.

So, what do you think has been this year's best creation?

With 2024 soon coming to a close, MailOnline has taken a look back at some of the year's coolest gadgets and groundbreaking inventions 

Huawei released one of the most impressive phones of the year with its tri-folding smartphone the Mate XT Ultimate Design

Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design

While Apple's iPhone 16 range might have stolen the spotlight, 2024 has really been the year of the folding phone.

Some of the biggest manufacturers have launched their own folding designs - but no company did it better than Huawei with its triple folding Mate XT Ultimate Design.

Unveiled in September, this striking smartphone is the world's first Z-shaped folding phone.

The device uses two hinges to extend from a 6.4-inch OLED display to a huge 10.2-inch tablet-like screen.

That means it can go from a phone the size of the Google Pixel 9 to a tablet almost as large as the Apple's 10th generation iPad. 

Thanks to the Z-shaped design, the Mate XT can also be used while only partially unfolded with a mid-sized 7.9-inch display – which is just a little smaller than a fully opened Pixel 9 Pro Fold.

Speaking at the launch event, Huawei executive director Richard Yu said: 'We have never stopped innovating, and never given up in the pursuit of making it possible.

'That's how we were able to develop the world's first commercial triple foldable phone.'

The Mate XT Ultimate Design uses two hinges to fold in a Z-shape, allowing it to expand from the size of a smartphone to that of a tablet

The only downside is the absolutely eye-watering price tag of £2,577 ($3,370) for the top-of-the-line model with 1TB of storage.

LG Signature OLED T 

If it was based on looks alone, the transparent TV from LG and Samsung would possibly be the year's most futuristic device.

Designed to look like a blank sheet of glass when not in use, this 77-inch screen could well be the next big jump in TV tech.

Unveiled at CES this year, Samsung bills the device as 'the world's first 4k, wireless, transparent OLED TV.'

When it's turned on, users have the option to either keep the screen see-through, like a window with a movie projected onto it, or turn it opaque so that the room beyond is no longer visible.

That nifty transformation is made possible thanks to a black 'contrast screen' which rises up behind the transparent pane.

And, thanks to LG's wireless transmission box, the TV has no cables to mess around with and can be placed anywhere in the room.

LG's futuristic transparent TV was unveiled earlier this year. When it's turned on users have the option to either keep the screen see-through, like a window with a movie projected onto it, or turn it opaque so that the room beyond is no longer visible.

The transmission box remains plugged in at the wall and beams audio and visual data to the screen via a 60GHz wireless antenna.

Speaking at the TV's launch, LG's Frank Lee said: 'The TV no longer has to dominate the room. This heightens the relationship between the TV and the space it inhabits.'

We don't have an exact release date for the OLED T yet, but LG has said this will be available at some point soon.

LG hasn't set a price point but if the $87,000 (£69,000) price tag on its 65-inch wireless 8K OLED TV is anything to go by, it could easily be over $100,000 (£79,000).

Apple Vision Pro 

While some companies have been trying to revolutionise screens, this year, Apple tried to do away with them altogether.

Launched in the UK in January, the Apple Vision Pro is possibly the most sophisticated mixed-reality headset on the market. 

These futuristic goggles allow users to overlay virtual information on the real world or, with a twist of a dial, immerse themselves in an entirely virtual world.

Launched in January, the Apple Vision Pro is currently one of the most advanced virtual reality headsets on the market and boasts extremely impressive body and eye-tracking technology 

Billed as the world's first 'spatial computing' device, the Vision Pro was a huge departure from Apple's usual products and its first venture into virtual reality.

Upon release, Apple CEO Tim Cook said that these were 'the most advanced consumer electronics device ever created.' 

The headset boasts stunning resolution with 3660x3200 pixels per eye - the equivalent of two 4K TVs.

But what makes the Vision Pro truly special is its unique control system.

While other headsets like the Meta Quest 3 require users to hold onto cumbersome controllers, Apple's offering is controlled through body and eye tracking.

Simply by looking around and reaching out with their hands, users are able to interact seamlessly with a virtual world.

Unfortunately for Apple, the Vision Pro didn't get quite the reception it had hoped for as sales remained relatively low.

However, this might have less to do with the product's design and more to do with its shocking $3,500 price (£3,499).  

While the Vision Pro's sales might have ultimately been disappointing, it was still a very innovative and unusual step forward for Apple 

BeamO 

This handheld device is no larger than a television remote but has the potential to change the way we look after our health.

BeamO, which was also unveiled at CES this year, gives families the ability to carry out a full doctor's check-up from the comfort of home.

Created by the French health giant Withings, this 'multiscope' can gather data normally only collected in a GP checkup.

The portable device is stacked with censors to check everything from temperature and blood flow to heart and lung health.

By lightly gripping the device, for example, it can measure users' blood oxygen, and heart rate, and carry out an ECG simultaneously.

The smartphone-sized device can also use light waves to interpret blood flow patterns and gather acoustic information from the chest and back.

Withings says that it will alert users of any possible fevers or infections and give them an early warning of any cardiovascular issues like arterial fibrillation.

Founder Eric Carreel said: 'BeamO is a transformative multiscope device. Once, body temperature was the only health scan routinely taken at home.

'BeamO will revolutionize the measurement of the core vitals carried out during medical visits from the comfort of one's own home.'

Currently pending regulatory approval, BeamO will launch first in the US for $249.95 (£195) from 2025.

AirXeed

Not every invention needs to come from a massive corporation with millions of pounds of investment.

In fact, one of 2024's most exciting inventions comes from two young students.

All around the world, scientists launch weather balloons containing small devices called radiosondes to measure air pressure, temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction.

These measurements are vital to helping scientists predict weather patterns, but these single-use devices create tonnes of harmful plastic waste.

The AirXeed, this year's winner of the James Dyson Award for sustainability, solves this issue by making radiosondes reusable.

AirXeed was this year's winner of the James Dyson Award for sustainability. These maple leaf-inspired gadgets are reusable instrument arrays for weather balloons which can safely steer themselves to the ground to help scientists reduce their plastic waste 

Taking inspiration from maple seeds, inventors Shane Kyi Hla Win and Danial Sufiyan Bin Shaifu from Singapore created a device that can control its drift back to Earth.

By adjusting its stability, AirXeed can steer itself on the wind back towards a collection zone where scientists can collect it and use it again.

This lets researchers make potentially lifesaving predictions about upcoming weather events, without harming the planet.

Alphafold 3 

In 2022, Google Deep Mind unveiled AlphaFold 2, an AI capable of predicting the structure of nearly every known protein. 

This incredible breakthrough was impressive enough to earn DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis a share of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry on account of his 'revolutionary' discovery. 

But if that wasn't impressive enough, this year the company has released the sequel: AlphaFold 3.

While AlphaFold 2 predicted the structure of proteins, AlphaFold 3 is able to predict how they interact.

AlphaFold 3 is a hugely significant invention which can predict the interactions between proteins with 'unprecedented accuracy'. In this image, you can see a comparison between AlphaFold's simulation of an interaction with DNA (colour) and the real scenario (grey)

Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, was awarded a share of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his role in the creation of AlphaFold 

In a paper published by Nature in May, DeepMind showed how the algorithm could predict the interaction of all of life's molecules with 'unprecedented' accuracy.

That breakthrough could allow scientists to predict how drugs will interact with the body before they are created, potentially accelerating the discovery of new medicines.

Writing in a blog post, DeepMind said: 'This leap could unlock more transformative science, from developing biorenewable materials and more resilient crops, to accelerating drug design and genomics research.'

Yet what truly sets this apart as one of the year's best inventions is the decision by Google DeepMind to make the software open-source.

This means that researchers all around the world will be able to use a version AlphaFold 3 at no cost; in a move which could lead to an explosion of new discoveries.

MO/GO robotic trousers

All the way back in 1993 Ardman Studios released the Oscar-winning animation Wallace and Gromit: The Wrong Trousers.

In this classic animation, Wallace creates a pair of robotic 'techno-trousers' which can walk for their wearer. 

The MO/GO robotic trousers were invented by outdoor clothing company Arc'teryx and Google spinout Skip. They give hikers a mechanical boost while coming uphill and reduce the impact of walking back down 

Now, outdoor clothing company Arc'teryx and Google spinout Skip have made the first pair of techno trousers a reality.

The MO/GO robotic trousers are a strength-boosting exoskeleton built into a pair of hiking trousers which can boost a walker's power uphill and take away the impact while coming down.

The trousers feature a lightweight electric motor at the knee, powering a set of carbon struts which clip into braces hidden in each leg.

Skip claims that the trousers can make the wearer feel up to 13 kg (30lbs) lighter and provide a 40 per cent boost to leg muscles in ascents.

In addition to being extremely cool, these modern-day techno trousers could be a game-changer for people who otherwise wouldn't be able to enjoy hiking.

Skip says that the goal is to help people with injuries or disabilities access parts of the outdoors that wouldn't otherwise be accessible.

The trousers even feature an adjustable assistance level so people who need less help can still enjoy the challenge of a good hike.

However, before you get too excited it's worth knowing that the MO/GO 'starter pack' will set you back $5,000 (£3,940) and won't arrive until at least 2026 if you order today.

Fans of Wallace and Gromit might notice a striking similarity to the 'techno trousers' from the 1993 animation, The Wrong Trousers 

Arc'teryx says these mechanised trousers could help people with injuries or disabilities stay active and access the outdoors when they might otherwise not be able to 

Tesla Robotaxi 

Of course, it would be impossible to make a list of the year's best inventions without mentioning something created by Elon Musk.

This year, Musk revealed one of his most ambitious creations to date as the Tesla CEO showcased a new range of self-driving vehicles. 

Launched at the 'We, Robot' event in October, the futuristic vehicle features no steering, wheel, pedals, or rear window and only has enough room inside for two passengers.

While you might mistake it for a prop from the science-fiction blockbuster I, Robot, Musk says that these autonomous cars will soon be a reality. 

According to Musk, the all-electric vehicle should cost less than $30,000 (£23,000) to buy and only 20 cents (15p) per mile to drive.

In another sci-fi touch, the Robotaxi won't even feature a charging port for its batteries.

Instead, the car will drive itself over an inductive charging station built into the ground, allowing it to receive power wirelessly without human assistance.

This year Elon Musk unveiled the long-awaited self-driving Robotaxi, which should hit the road sometime in 2027 

Tesla's futuristic Robotaxi will have no steering wheel, pedals, or rear window. The two passengers will simply sit back and allow the car to drive itself 

According to Musk, these vehicles could fundamentally change the way we think about car ownership.

Instead of simply parking your car when you're not using it, owners would be able to turn the Robotaxi loose to earn money picking up strangers.

In the future, Musk claims that individuals might own entire fleets of Robotaxis and 'take care of them like a shepherd tends to their flock.'

Speaking at the event, Musk said: 'The vast majority of the time, cars are just doing nothing. But if they're autonomous, they could be used five times more, maybe 10 times more.'

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Revealed: The best inventions of 2024 - from Tesla's futuristic Robotaxi to Huawei's tri-fold smartphone - PART II

• READ MORE: Google reveals 'mind boggling' quantum computer chip   

By WILIAM HUNTER

From the steam engine in 1712 to the first ever iPhone in 2007, each year sees the birth of ever more incredible inventions. 

And after a year of mind-boggling tech, it's clear that 2024 has been no exception to the rule.

The last 12 months have seen brilliant minds from around the world creating some mind-blowing and potentially world-changing breakthroughs.

With 2024 almost at its end, MailOnline has taken a look back at some of this year's coolest gadgets and most exciting innovations.

From an AI for designing proteins to a real-life pair of Wallace and Gromit's 'techno trousers', these inventions are a glimpse of how we all might be living in the future.

And when it comes to big breakthroughs, this year has been a resounding success for billionaire Elon Musk.

This year, Musk has overseen the debut of Telsa's futuristic Robotaxi and the successful launch and landing of SpaceX's Superheavy rocket.

So, what do you think has been this year's best creation?

With 2024 soon coming to a close, MailOnline has taken a look back at some of the year's coolest gadgets and groundbreaking inventions 

SpaceX Super Heavy 

Self-driving cars aren't the only thing that one of Musk's companies has created this year.

Most impressively of all, SpaceX successfully launched and landed its 71-metre-tall (242 ft) Super Heavy booster.

In October, SpaceX used this 3,000-tonne rocket to blast a 400-foot-tall Starship spacecraft into orbit.

In one of the most exciting spaceflight breakthroughs of the year, SpaceX successfully launched and landed the 71-metre-tall (242 ft) Super Heavy booster (pictured), potentially opening the way to future Mars missions 

However, in possibly one of the biggest spaceflight breakthroughs this year, the Super Heavy booster then managed to land safely back on the very same launch pad.

After five minutes of burn the booster detached from Starship, righted itself and gently hovered back into the waiting 'Mechazilla' arms of the landing platform.

This was the fifth test of SpaceX's Starship spacecraft and the first time that a launch of this powerful new rocket has been a complete success.

What makes this so exciting is that the Super Heavy booster is both reusable and powerful enough to potentially carry humans to Mars.

By landing back in the arms of the landing platform the booster removes the need for landing gear, saving weight for even more fuel.

Super Heavy's 33 'Raptor' engines produce a staggering 16.6 million lbs (74.3 meganewtons) of force.

That is 700 times the kick of the most common commercial passenger planes and twice as much power as the Saturn V rocket which first took humans to the surface of the Moon.

Likewise, by landing on the platform the time between launches is significantly reduced which could pave the way for the near-continuous launches needed to establish a viable human settlement on a distant planet such as Mars.

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Amid UFO sightings, ex-NASA pilot claims he nearly collided with mysterious metallic orbs: 'Suddenly, out of nowhere ...'

A large number of mysterious drones have been reported flying over New Jersey.

(AP Photo)

In August, while flying from Colorado to Houston, Chiao was near 9,000 feet in clear air when the unusual encounter occurred. "Suddenly, out of nowhere, these two big, metallic, spherical orbs, one on top of the other about three-feet in diameter each, went zipping by the left side of my airplane, right underneath, about twenty feet away,” Chiao recalled. "It happened so quick there wasn’t even a chance to get scared, but it could’ve been a bad result if they had actually hit me."

Chiao said he had a brief but clear view of the orbs, which did not appear on his plane’s radar or show up on the display for other aircraft that use FAA-required transponders. "It wasn’t on radar, air traffic control certainly didn’t alert me," he explained. "I don’t know what it was. My first guess is that it’s some kind of military program, a drone of some kind, but it’s hard to say, right?"

Chiao said that the incident left him "shaken but grateful" for the "dumb luck" that prevented a collision.

He added that the orbs moved too quickly for him to react in time, saying that it could’ve been a bad result if they had hit him.

Chiao’s chilling experience is just one of the many stories that have gripped Americans over the last few months amid a wave of reports of unexplained aerial phenomena.

NASA and other agencies have attributed these sightings to natural or man-made objects. But Chiao’s encounter remains a mystery.

The former NASA official suggested that the orbs could have been part of a military program but added that he cannot be sure.

He also commented on the drone activity in New Jersey, calling it "hard to believe" that the government isn’t aware of what’s happening in the skies.

UFO sightings, particularly in New Jersey, have been making headlines in US. In New Jersey, local news footage recently captured a mysterious object flying over the Hudson River.

The Pentagon has also released radar footage showing an apparent orb moving through military airspace, which remains unidentified.

As for Chiao, he remains puzzled by the event: "I think whoever was operating the drone wasn’t aware that I was there." His sighting adds to the growing number of UFO encounters, furthering the mystery surrounding unexplained aerial phenomena. 

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Amid UFO sightings, ex-NASA pilot claims he nearly collided with mysterious metallic orbs: 'Suddenly, out of nowhere ...'

A large number of mysterious drones have been reported flying over New Jersey.

(AP Photo)

In August, while flying from Colorado to Houston, Chiao was near 9,000 feet in clear air when the unusual encounter occurred. "Suddenly, out of nowhere, these two big, metallic, spherical orbs, one on top of the other about three-feet in diameter each, went zipping by the left side of my airplane, right underneath, about twenty feet away,” Chiao recalled. "It happened so quick there wasn’t even a chance to get scared, but it could’ve been a bad result if they had actually hit me."

Chiao said he had a brief but clear view of the orbs, which did not appear on his plane’s radar or show up on the display for other aircraft that use FAA-required transponders. "It wasn’t on radar, air traffic control certainly didn’t alert me," he explained. "I don’t know what it was. My first guess is that it’s some kind of military program, a drone of some kind, but it’s hard to say, right?"

Chiao said that the incident left him "shaken but grateful" for the "dumb luck" that prevented a collision.

He added that the orbs moved too quickly for him to react in time, saying that it could’ve been a bad result if they had hit him.

Chiao’s chilling experience is just one of the many stories that have gripped Americans over the last few months amid a wave of reports of unexplained aerial phenomena.

NASA and other agencies have attributed these sightings to natural or man-made objects. But Chiao’s encounter remains a mystery.

The former NASA official suggested that the orbs could have been part of a military program but added that he cannot be sure.

He also commented on the drone activity in New Jersey, calling it "hard to believe" that the government isn’t aware of what’s happening in the skies.

UFO sightings, particularly in New Jersey, have been making headlines in US. In New Jersey, local news footage recently captured a mysterious object flying over the Hudson River.

The Pentagon has also released radar footage showing an apparent orb moving through military airspace, which remains unidentified.

As for Chiao, he remains puzzled by the event: "I think whoever was operating the drone wasn’t aware that I was there." His sighting adds to the growing number of UFO encounters, furthering the mystery surrounding unexplained aerial phenomena. 

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Georgia father and son run after 'orange UFO orb' as they're taking out the trash

By KELLY GARINO FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

A father and son in Georgia chased an 'orange UFO orb' after they spotted the mysterious light floating through the sky while taking out the trash.

Shortly after 6:30 pm Thursday evening, a beaming orange glow in the distant night sky stopped the anonymous father in his tracks outside of his home in Central Georgia.

'Was taking out the trash and looked up and noticed something bright orange headed overhead through the pines,' he shared to Reddit.

Still scratching our heads on what we saw.' 

Confused, he pointed out the peculiar luminous hue to his son, who was chatting and laughing alongside his father about music.     

The pair simultaneously stared up at it for several minutes before ultimately deciding to film what they were seeing.

The father then proceeded to share the captured video to 'The UFO Reddit' - a forum for UFO discussions where people can talk about sightings, experiences, news and investigations - to get some insight on the inexplicable phenomenon.

'Not sure what my son and I just witnessed,' he wrote.

A father and son in Georgia followed a mysterious 'orange UFO orb' after they spotted the luminous hue gliding through the sky shortly after 6:30pm on Thursday evening

Unsure of what he and his son just witnessed, he shared the 58-second video he captured to a UFO forum on Reddit and explained that he thought it was a plane at first, but it made absolutely no noise and appeared to vanish after several moments 

'I've seen similar sightings by myself before but this was the first time I was able to film something I witnessed while being in company of another person.'

The 58-second video, which has since accumulated more than 2,000 shares and 500 comments, captured the distant orb gliding through the winter night sky.

Through the tops of the massive pine trees surrounding the area, the shining circle seemed to coast through the gray skies above - moving slightly upwards or downwards while on its path.

As the father followed the orb while filming, he finally reached an area where there was no abundance of trees blocking his view.

But the mysterious orange glow seemed to vanish suddenly. 

'When I first observed it the light was huge, but it was way off, like a 1/2 mile,' the father wrote under the posted video.

'As it got closer, it seemed to dim but stayed the same luminous lighting. As I walked further to capture it, I thought what if it was trying to evade me.'

'Near the end of the video, it seems as if it elevates or lessened its luminosity,' he added.

Earlier this week, another perplexing light was captured hovering over the skies of New Jersey

In the short 13-second clip shared to social media, a white light can be seen blinking in the sky before abruptly vanishing as family members are heard discussing what they just witnessed

'Still not sure if it disappeared or went behind the clouds, either way I’m unsure of what I saw.'

Reddit users flocked to the comments to discuss their own theories with many suggesting that it could be a plane.

'Had the sun recently set?' one commenter asked. 'When it is dark on the ground, planes in the air can still be lit up by the sun and they will appear to reflect that orangish light back to the ground.'

Another chimed in, adding: 'Usually I'm a sucker for a good orb post but this looks like a plane that's moving through some low clouds. Looks like it's making a turn and the fog it's moving through is creating an illusion of varying velocity but it looks like it's a plane making a turn.'

The father responded to a few of the hundreds of suggestions, noting how at first, he also thought it may have been an aircraft. 

'It had no sound, and we noticed that it wasn’t something we notice normally as planes and other air craft fly over,' he answered.

'I first thought that it could be a plane, but like I said, we never heard a sound neither could see the lights of normal aircraft that we see regularly,' he added.

'For added context, it was around 6:41pm when I looked at the time on my device right after recording.'

He continued to explain that his home is located a mile away from an airport, so it wasn't uncommon to hear the sounds of planes in the sky.

'I can hear helicopters, private planes at the altitude that this was at,' the father wrote in the Reddit thread.

'This was something different. It made zero sound as it approached.'

Another user proceeded to ask him how he felt after the fact - specifically wondering if he's felt any 'weird energy' after the sighting.

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'Been a weird one since high school,' he humorously responded. 

'So other than the other weird stuff that happens from time to time, I think I’m good. If something does happen to be extra weird, I’ll update.'

The video is the most recent in a long line of mysterious sightings that have been captured over the last several weeks. 

Additionally, the Georgia sighting came less than a week after another perplexing light was captured hovering over the skies of New Jersey.

Emerged footage, which was filmed near Atlantic City on December 22, showed what appeared to be a UFO lingering above before suddenly accelerating away at speeds unattainable by human craft - leaving onlookers lost for words.

In the short 13-second clip shared to social media, a white light can be seen blinking in the sky before abruptly vanishing as family members are heard discussing what they just witnessed. 

'It just vanished!' one said. 'I just watched it through the telescope.'

A US military witness with over 25 years of experience also revealed a late night encounter with a UFO that lit up his campsite. Above, Nest camera footage from a July 24, 2019 UFO case in Leominster, MA, showed a brightly lit object (a possible meteor) as it zoomed across the sky

A US military witness with over 25 years of experience also revealed his own late night encounter with a UFO that lit up his campsite and 'made absolutely no noise.'

The campsite UFO, according to the military witness who requested anonymity, hovered as close as 100 yards above him along the tree-line on October 21: 'The entire area lit up brighter than the brightest full moon I’ve ever seen,' he reported. 

'I knew it wasn’t the moon because I had already located the moon prior,' the trained observer noted of this 20–30 foot UFO. '[The moon] was a dimly lit waning gibbous.'

The career military man, who reported this episode to the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC), added: 'I observed it for at least a minute before fear took over and I sank back down into the bed of my truck and into my sleeping bag.'

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Former Pentagon official and military witness come forward with shocking UFO revelations as 'drone' wave leaves Americans on edge

• READ MORE: NASA astronaut saw 'two metallic spherical orbs' fly over Texas 

By MATTHEW PHELAN SENIOR SCIENCE REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

A US military witness with over 25 years of experience has revealed his own late night encounter with a UFO, that lit up his campsite and 'made absolutely no noise.'

The event came less than a month before a more senior ex-Pentagon counter-intel official, Luis Elizondo, testified before Congress accusing government actors of secretly working to 'hide the fact that we are not alone in the cosmos.' 

The October 21, 2024 campsite UFO, according to the military witness who requested anonymity, hovered as close as 100 yards above him along the treeline: 'The entire area lit up brighter than the brightest full moon I’ve ever seen,' he reported.

'I knew it wasn’t the moon because I had already located the moon prior,' the trained observer noted of this 20–30 foot UFO. '[The moon] was a dimly lit waning gibbous.'

The career military man, who reported this episode to the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC), added: 'I observed it for at least a minute before fear took over and I sank back down into the bed of my truck and into my sleeping bag.'

The oval-shaped 'stationary, bright white light' resembles one newly public case reported this November by Connecticut policeman Robert Klein, who professed that an orb UFO, the size of a Mini Cooper, 'lit up the entire cab' of his patrol car in 2022.

Fear over roughly car-sized 'unidentified aerial phenomena' (UAP), often described as 'mystery drones,' has swept the nation since November as sightings across New Jersey and surrounding states have eerily matched cases over US military bases.

Local leaders in the Garden State are 'livid,' according to journalist and author Michael Shellenberger, who obtained audio from a video briefing delivered to more than 500 New Jersey mayors by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). 

A US military witness with over 25 years of experience has revealed a late night encounter with a UFO that lit up his campsite. Above, Nest camera footage from a July 24, 2019 UFO case in Leominster, MA, in which a similar brightly lit object (a possible meteor) zoomed across the sky

The US military witness saw their 30-40 foot long, oval shaped UFO while camping at the the Santa Rosa Mountain Yellow Post campsites just southwest of Joshua Tree National Park in California. Above: the Milky Way galaxy seen over a Joshua Tree in the park on May 12, 2024

'One of them [i.e. a mayor] got up there,' Shellenberger told Fox News, 'and said, "I had two automobile-sized drones hovering over my house."'

The newly public military witness's case, as he told NUFORC was itself roughly 8–10 feet tall, making this bright oval UFO about the size of a school bus. 

The sighting, which the military man said lasted for over a full minute, occurred at the Santa Rosa Mountain Yellow Post campsites, just southwest of Joshua Tree National Park in California where he was 'the only camper/hunter in the area that night.'

'I was laying in the tarped bed of my truck,' he told NURFOC, a 501(c)3 nonprofit that has coordinated with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on UFOs for decades. 

'It was pitch black out,' he said, as the waning gibbous moon was shining weakly — when 'instantly' the ordinary noises of the insects and animals in the wild 'went completely silent' as the UFO appeared. 

'It made absolutely no noise, didn’t pulsate or move, and did not radiate any sort of heat,' he said, adding the temperature was 'about 40 degrees Fahrenheit' that night.

By his estimation, this 'stationary, bright white light' was 'about the size of a medium sized helicopter but with the light encompassing the entire object' as it hovered at 'tree top level, behind an about 30-40 foot tall pine tree, only about 100 yards away.'

The encounter, which ended as abruptly as it began, differed from Officer Klein's encounter with a car-sized glowing orb UFO in that the Connecticut policeman's sighting pulsated its light from white to red to green to orange. 

The veteran cop took pains to emphasize to NewsNation that, in the early moments of his encounter, he was able to get 'a very close-up view of it' from 30 feet below the hovering, orb-like object: 'It wasn't a drone — I can guarantee you that.' 

Swarms of drones have been spotted in the skies of New Jersey for weeks, sparking officials to call for a 'limited state of emergency' - with drone bans taking effect in some areas 

Mayor Mike Ghassali of Montvale, New Jersey took to Facebook to reveal what happened to a resident's quadcopter drone when they had a run-in with a mysterious drone UFO hovering in the air nearby - noting there was 'sophisticated' technology at play in this December 15 event 

The military witness delivered the coordinates of his October 2024 UFO sighting as 33 degrees 32' 12.8" North and 116 degrees 27' 38.7" West (red pin, above) - placing him at the Santa Rosa Mountain Yellow Post campsite east of Los Angeles at the time of his

'I froze,' Klein said, recalling that moment looking up at the object. 'I wasn't in fear. I just was really trying to understand what exactly I was looking at.'

'I was trying to just process what I was looking at,' he said. 'Still to this day, I'm perplexed.'

Speaking before Congress this past November, Luis Elizondo, the former head of the Defense Department's UFO-hunting Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP), criticized federal officials for 'excessive secrecy' on the UFO issue.

'I believe that we as Americans can handle the truth. And I also believe the world deserves the truth,' Elizondo said.

The former intelligence officer also urged Congress to pass legislation that would protect government whistleblowers afraid to reveal what they know about UFOs, a common refrain among those testifying at the November 13, 2024 open hearing. 

The hearing, held by the House Oversight committee, was part of a larger investigation into UFOs to determine whether any government officials have been withholding evidence from Congress.

'Advanced technologies not made by our government, or any other government, are monitoring sensitive military installations around the globe,' Elizondo insisted, raising unsettling implications for the rash of 'mystery drone' sightings at US bases. 

In recent months, the Garden State has been ravaged by thousands of unexplained drone sightings, as over 5,000 reports of odd drones have been filed with federal law enforcement

Although misidentifications of conventional planes have been rife amid the growing public panic, reports by from US military officials across America and Europe, alongside local police, have told matching accounts of these car-sized drones.

The drone swarm's lighting colors, as well as its behavior, match those that also made repeated brazen incursions over the restricted airspace above Air Force joint-base Langley-Eustis in Virginia, then home to America's stealth F-22 fighter fleet.

For at least 17 nights in December 2023, swarms of these noisy, small UFOs were also seen at dusk 'moving at rapid speeds' and 'flashing red, green, and white lights.'

And these cases are almost identical to what has been reported above sensitive sites in New Jersey, like the US Army's Picatinny Arsenal, since mid-November 2024.

Base police have reported 11 confirmed and unauthorized drone sightings over the arsenal since November 13, meaning security officers 'visibly witnessed a drone.' 

Senior ex-Pentagon security official Chris Mellon told DailyMail.com last October that the unexplained incursions over Langley-Eustis were 'part of a much larger pattern affecting numerous national security installations.'

'Two of the notable aspects,' he said, 'are the fact our drone signal-jamming devices have proven ineffective and these craft are making no effort to remain concealed.'

'In fact, in some instances,' as Mellon took pains to emphasize, 'it is clear they want to be seen as though taunting us.'

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By JAMES GORDON FOR DAILYMAIL.COM 

Footage has emerged of what appears to be a 'UFO' hovering in the skies over New Jersey before suddenly accelerating away, leaving onlookers lost for words.

In a short 13 second clip posted to social media, a white light blinks in the sky before suddenly vanishing. 

In the footage, which was shot on Sunday night close near Atlantic City, family members are heard discussing what they are witnessing before the object suddenly disappears.

'It just vanished!' one said. 'I just watched it through the telescope.' 

The footage was sent to Tim Janicki by a friend.

'I was starting to lose interest in these #drones #orbs until I received this video from our friends who went out tonight down by the bay. I don't trust random videos I see on X… but this is 100% real (wait till 4 sec mark),' he wrote.

The footage generated some comments online, many agreeing that what the family witnessed was extremely unusual.

The video is the most recent in a long line of mysterious drone sightings that have been reported flying over New Jersey and across the eastern U.S., sparking speculation and concern over where they came from and why. 

'You can see it didn't just disappear but took off with incredible speed, there's a small flash of light to the left as it leaves. Humans can't produce the energy required to go that fast, especially from standstill,' wrote one. 

Footage has emerged of what appears to be a ' UFO ' hovering in the skies over New Jersey before suddenly accelerating away leaving the family who were watching lost for words

In a short 13 second clip posted to social media, a white light can be seen blinking in the sky before suddenly vanishing

'Yeah this is appears to be another genuine one. Exactly what I filmed in the UK. The light dims and moves off left and upwards. If you want me to frame by frame enhance send me the original. I've got a lot of experience doing this analysis for my own sighting,' added another interested observer. 

'Send this to some proper Professors. They can make the math if it's moved at all and just freeze in time while the Earth keeps moving. I have a feeling they are just traveling back in time and keep recharging their batteries here on our Nuclear Energy and travel further back,' a third suggested.

'Note: it didn't vanish, it took off at impossibly high speed diagonally up and to the left of frame (about 10 o'clock angle). Using your own logic, we shouldn't believe this video,' added a fourth. 

'This is exactly how the orb I saw flew away. That's why I said nothing can move like that. No flight system we have right now can go from stationary to warp drive in an instant. These flight characteristics are... Well beyond light years beyond us,' said another, transfixed. 

Last week the Federal Aviation Administration temporarily banned drone flights in 22 areas of New Jersey and 30 areas in New York, mostly in and around New York City and on Long Island, where critical infrastructure is located. 

FAA officials said federal security agencies requested the flight restrictions, which are effective through mid-January.

The FBI, the Homeland Security Department and state agencies have been investigating, but officials say there has been nothing so far to suggest any drones have posed a national security or public safety threat. 

A wave of footage has emerged of the drones since they were first spotted last month including this footage from Bernardsville, New Jersey 

Several drones appeared to be flying over Randolph, New Jersey earlier this month 

Authorities say many of the drone sightings have actually been legal drones, manned aircraft, helicopters and even stars.

President Joe Biden ruled out anything nefarious about the flying objects.

Despite federal officials' comments, many state and municipal lawmakers have called for stricter rules about who can fly unmanned aircraft - and for the authority to shoot them down.

Dozens of witnesses have reported seeing drones statewide since mid-November, including near the Picatinny Arsenal, a military research and manufacturing facility, and over President-elect Donald Trump's golf course in Bedminster.

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, a Democrat, has said drone-detection equipment supplied by the federal government has yielded little new information. 

He declined to describe the equipment except to say it was powerful and could even disable the drones.

The growing anxiety among some residents is not lost on the Biden administration, which has faced criticism from Trump for not dealing with the matter more aggressively.

Swarms of drones have been spotted in the skies of New Jersey for weeks, sparking officials to call for a 'limited state of emergency' 

{ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/ }

On December 25, 2024, NASA's Stereo Lasco C3 satellite captured an extraordinary phenomenon near the sun. In a split second, the satellite's imaging was disrupted by what appeared to be a swarm of spherical objects hurtling through space at incredible speeds. 

Speculation surrounds the event, with some suggesting it could be a meteor debris field. However, the unusual appearance of the objects has raised questions. Could debris naturally form into such perfectly round shapes, each featuring a dark center that resembles donut-shaped UFOs? 

This event might be a natural occurrence, however, with all the recent strange sightings of unknown drones, UFOs, and orbs combined with predictions from several specialists that something significant might happen soon in the realm of the UFO phenomena, one might wonder if these mysterious spheres are connected to something larger on the horizon?

{ https://ufosightingshotspot.blogspot.com/ }

 Whats going on with drones over New Jersey, or is the US gov downplaying it because they are real UFOs

Now this has been going on all month. The US gov is calling these drones, but that seems illogical since the US military admitted that they do not have drones with such stealth and covert capabilities. So that leaves only UFOs. That would also explain why the military does not want to shoot them down and why they were over US military bases worldwide. Most the bases have stopped reporting it, due to their commanders requiring silence so the media wont learn about them, but many bases already have reported them and the truth is getting out. These are real UFOs. 

Scott C. Waring

 

{ https://www.ufosightingsdaily.com/ }

Glowing objects seen over Turkey on Dec 24, 2024, Video, UFO UAP Sighting News.

 

Date of sighting: Dec 24, 2024

Location of sighting: Turkey

 

Hey this is a rare catch. A glowing UFO was over Turkey this week and some people driving along a freeway noticed and recorded it. The object has lots of lights as many UFOs have and the object seems silent, but difficult to say for sure over the noise of the road. The lights change formation and do not conform to any known aircraft lights. This has all the signs of being a real UFO. 

Scott C. Waring 

{ https://www.ufosightingsdaily.com/ }

The National Enquirer was attacked by the CIA using other news agencies to discredit the UFO stories! UFO UAP Sighting News.

This really explains a lot about the National Enquirer newspaper. Remember all those UFO and alien stories back in the 1970s-1990s? I sure due, it even made me buy a few to get in on the latest UFO news long ago. Well, Dr Steven Greer says the CIA deliberately tried to use other news agencies to discredit the National Enquirer which at the time, was the only newspaper in the world covering the subject of UFOs and aliens. So...the CIA wanted to public to lose interest in the UFO stories...which means...many were 100% real, but a threat to national security. 

Scott C. Waring

{ https://www.ufosightingsdaily.com/ }

America is under control of an alien intelligence says email from US Think Tank, UFO UAP Sighting News.

Date of email: 1-1-1970
Source of email: Wikileaks 

• https://www.wikileaks.org/gifiles/docs/16/1696345_fwd-fwd-analytical-and-intelligence-comments-critical.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Now this is really interesting. I found an email in the US think tank Stratfor. Its not like any other, this one talks about an eyewitness and victim of an alien abduction, his experiences, his research about it, and his conclusions of how aliens manipulate individuals and masses through use of 10-80mhz frequencies. He is telling the truth, and he is of high intelligence. We need to listen to him, because it's been 50 years since then and guess what...America is 100% under control of an alien force.  Email below. 

Scott C. Waring

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I think this may help you understand why this planet is scientifically, environmentally, politically and religiously a disaster.

Several years ago after leaving the armed services I was abducted by Grey 3-6th dimension that are working with Reptilian's, "The Federation". The Federation is, "a non human NATO type organization", of Greys , Reptilian, Insectoid, Moth men, (recessive beings like the ones in the movies...mostly violent and self distrurctive. There are about 42 different type species of military males in various bases in the United States). Some of the reptilian bases are in the USA AZ, NM and in the Middle East. You can find more information on these Orion beings and non earth, non humans discussed in thousands of contact books, and thousands of Internet sites, (I'm not the only one who has been abducted). These humanoid beings lie, and manipulate you until the point of near mental and physical breaking.

The visiting ETs force you into daily decisions that you do not like nor want to do, by mind and body control using brain MHz control (master manipulators, even at the point they are abducting and you can not think , i.e.. for your own good they say). You struggle on a daily basis, they will manipulate you into buying things you do not need, relationships which are abusive, jobs you are not wanting, and into alcohol, sex drugs, food, and other abuses for years, mainly in the name of god mind control by a**Goda**. A case in point is Los Angles where many succumb through spirituality, religions, dark recessive behaviors all controlled by the federation. The free will violations are severe for many who understand and see how these ET societies control many people.

These Reptilian hybrids and Greys are working with a type of 5th & 6th dimension Ascended Brotherhood, "communally minded" hive mind society sub space beings (frequency energy space society beings) controlling many "false" religions and non human type religious belief systems. Why? A. for control, so that humans do not go into space to find their ET non human ET bases, cities and ships. B. Because of our SOULS, this is very complicated to understand we have a "soul", the soul is a *****[frequency atomic particle electric formation] that is part of us, but according to all legends and some modern technology the soul can be taken with the use of high frequency high voltage technology. The soul is a vestige of our "genetic pasta** that was a piece in much the same way our reptilian lower brain is,  of another space ET race. There are several types of ET's that can remove this frequency part of your body, Reptilian, Grey (FALLEN ANGLES "Devils"), steal it and use it for longevity, for frequency energy, and for their own race studies just like some ETs do with our DNA ovum and sperm (abduction).  
Thousands of very well documented cases around the world. People choose to ignore this because it sounds far off, this type of information is found in thousands of mythology and factual alien abduction accounts, my account, and in all religious texts. C. For DNA, and because DNA is a resource, life for them, as is the soul and in many real medical ways!

The Federation, White brotherhood, Reptilian's, Grays (Fallen Angles), Ascended Masters, Ashatar, Midwayers, Draco's, Draconian's, Raelians all of these ET recessive demonic and dogmatic societies recruit people aggressively from dark religions; The Art of Living, the illuminati, Jesus demonic cults, Scientology, Raelians, Cults in general, Islamic Religions, Voodoo and African Botanic cults and many more religions, too numerous to list, they choose and influence people like puppets and then some, to govern us! The Greys are some of the most hive minded and dogmatic of the societies interacting with the earth and near space i.e. Mars!

This is important... Religion is a legend, *some are factual most are not*, a construct written by various non human inter dimensional recessive dogmatic ET races and by some not so well educated semi-primitive humans, it is very misleading and troublesome. Religion does not help us solve our problems of global warming, cancers, defense against recessive ET's, economy...instead religion focuses on a construct which is incoherent. Jesus and god will help,* neither can be further from the truth (the bible, Koran, Buddha Vedic texts etc. are full of wars initiated by; ET type "gods"** non human ET"S  never helping but instead killing humans, WWII greys w/ Nazis. The earth is in the worst condition ever as is the human race. Read the newspapers....and neither Jesus, god nor Buddha is helping us. The churches are filled with pedophile, (Catholic and Christian churches i.e. USA arch diocese settling for billions of dollars and others, Evangelist Tony Alamo for raping young girls (in the news), "THE LORD IS IN CHARGE" mind control etc. Ex-cons, dumb human beings mind controlled people fill our religious and spiritual organizations. Social studies, social support and human directed initiatives are a need, and we are being blinded my mind controlling ET"S.

Many people who study history in detail will read about how the church enslaved many cultures to kill, rape, torture and tap into banking and world currencies. The Spaniards (grey ETs managed) in the holy conquistador wars, the Israeli zealots against their neighboring humans, and the Nazi (Grey) occult war of WWII, the Mormon cults (influenced by recessive greys) hurting, raping under age girls and on and on. The majority of religious people are good, they just do not understand and many will not listen to the history in their own bibles, the Vatican, and teachings who all speak of extra-terrestrials and human strife war and control. Many choose to believe god is good, study the bible killings, war, human suffering, rapes, destruction this is crazy stuff!

I was taken to the "Federation" caves by partial physical barely visible in our spectrum..beings. I used infrared/spectrum lenses goggles to see them ( to detect different light frequency ETs), including a type of sub-space being, as the attacks went on I compensated as much as I could. Regressive Sub-Space Beings working with Greys, called the White Brotherhood are the culprits. After my life threatening experiences of many years I learned from the Greys themselves buy watching and studying as I was being pulled, (they abducted me for sperm surgical removal, as they do with women's eggs all around the world). This is what I know to be true: WE AND OUR CHILDREN MUST BEGAIN TO ARM AND DEFEND OURSELVES AGAINST THESE BEINGS, PRAYING, RELIGIONS AND AFRICAN VODOO ARE NOT REAL, AND SOME WHO TRY TO PRAY, IN A CRISES, TO GOD ARE GOING TO KEEP GETTING CONTROLLED!

If you are religious why would, if god did exist harm the pontiff? Hurt the popes by giving them parkinsonism, harm them with neurological disorders and knock them down and fracture their arms as was done with the current pope...these are harmful violent extra terrestrials !!

1). All extra-terrestrials are physical carbon based, silicon based,  molecular based beings, atomic frequency based (ALL), including the ones who use magnetic field technology to cloak themselves, to travel, and as weapons and to appear as a human. Many of the non human ET's live for 100's of years, some sub space C=H types live for thousands of years. Many sub space (frequency energy beings) and many space beings are capable of low MHz telepathy 3-19 MHz and more importantly of astral body take over (soul frequency intrusion), seen on many movies as a form of possession or a**demonic slavery", having various levels of free will, to no free will at all, some religious leaders are seen as having little to no movement and lethargic speech they are in a controlled state of living! This state of being, who some believe can be resolved with exorcism or removing the controlling soul frequency, is associated with constant pains, muscle spasms, body manipulations and mind control... Tazer or mild electric shocks may force the invaders control away, RF and microwaves also have an effect, red light therapy also works after many months. Battling these demonic ETs is very difficult, you need brain MHz, (thinking frequency consciousness protection) protection discussed below. a**Ghostsa** or ET beings are at a different MHz then human beings, often they make noises to get our attention, we do not see them at these invisible to the naked eye frequencies use infrared and other goggles.

To clarify the a**soula**,a** frequency atomic and sub atomic energiesa**..... The planet is processed in various energy frequency fields measured in MHz (consciousness). We think in MHz energy, watch T.V. in MHz, listen to music, video, Speak in MHz and live in MHz thus we are controlled and are MHz energy too. So some very intelligent people see and believe in ghosts, elementals, space soul beings, ETs etc. Some people get cold in some areas or when some soul beings are around, these space MHz atomic beings a**steala**, take your energy. Another way to understand this is, how many times do you eat per day and why? The food is converted into energy and heat, when you encounter a** a ghosta** [ soul frequency being], it feeds off your energy!! Millions of people do not sleep well, get headaches, can not concentrate...they are bathed in frequencies from hundreds of sources, the soul, brain and body never rest. Shield yourself!
Bringers of the Dawn: a**Some entities, in the process of their own evolution, began to discover that as they created life and put consciousness into things through modulating the frequencies of forms of consciousness, they could feed themselves; they could keep themselves in charge. They began to Figure out that this is how Prime Creator nourished itself. Prime Creator sends out others to create an electromagnetic frequency of consciousness as a food source for itself.
The new owners of this planet had a different appetite and different preferences than the former owners. They nourished themselves with chaos and fear. These things fed them, stimulated them, and kept them in power. a**  Barbara Marciniak, Bringers of the Dawn. Human beings are a trapped and stable MHz frequency being...

The Reptiliana**s (1995) are coming back to raid you again because they don't want to starve,"the federation frequency maywaresa**. They understand that there is "systems busting" going on through you (Pleiadian) , so they are here to create greater havoc and fear, to fight once again for this territory. Their food source is important to them. They are losing control of the planet, so they are going back to their prime portal in the Middle East through war, where their nest is located underneath the ground (Reptilian), to create fear and chaos..... Barbara Marciniak 1995.

The weapons I have seen people subjected too are: Mind control, frequency signal control i.e. "the tower of babble", around the world the transmitters are hidden in caves, and beamed in by Grey satellite. This weapon seen by myself is difficult to describe it is a multi layer mist like carpet which contains both chemical and magnetic frequency structures in it. This plasma mist weapon is launched from the UFO and has electrical MHz stinging properties to it, I noticed that high intensity fire collapses the mist field. It has been shown by some **Crop Circle researchers that some crop circles have similar frequency field misting technology.

Some of the "orbs", glowing ones seen are either weapons with lasers or frequency attack projections or are recording your brains thoughts 5-80 MHz and sending theinfo. to the reptilian greys... We humans desperately need better more advanced detection in the areas of detecting magnetic crafts in our atmosphere ( non USA saucers), frequency control detection, field technologies, laser detection and better weapons, better armed military, guns do not work against some space midwayer frequency beings! High energy chemical lasers do, **RF lasers do, some stable plasmon technologies work. 
Some of these technologies can be detected with Geiger counters, and magnetic field detectors sold "on line", directional is preferred..also passive radar detecting magnetic changes in our atmosphere and around our homes find the electrical devices on them, and around them in their nearby craft. **For your homes and cars..some of the Grey and reptilian devices can be disrupted by MHz frequency devices built at home, someone could make a small fortune selling better portable particle, frequency, and wave detection and disruption devices for our pockets. ** High voltage tazer weapons work very well. Hand held powerful battery operated magnets, in close proximity can interfere with grey technologies, the size of a cell phone, need to be mass marketed for our protection. Magnetic shielding paint can shield a room in your house where no EMF or ELF is detected! Other races of sub space beings have technology that I have seen, are defended against with hand lasers, built at home!!

2). Critical, we are not the only humans in the universe or multi verse...there are humans from Lyra, Pleiadians, Andromidan, Procyons, Acruturins, Cassiopeia, Simion, Tau Ceti, human Confederations "pro human" galaxies and billions more! 3, Even more important the Grey Federation is using Religion to "Dumb Down", all of us on earth.

3). All Religions have misleading information, there is no god, only extra-terrestrials and human support groups from other worlds. The earths which NASA is just now locating are inhabited.

Our military, is being attacked by the Greys, (google on the Internet to get more info...), and by the Reptilian Federation all the time, all the time, the shootings at Army bases world wide are mind controlled by the Grey/Reptilian Federation, as is the sweat lodge incident "6 hospitalized", a**911a**, and the current state of our economy and health, chemical atmospheric "trails". Pay attention to numbers in the news... When you listen to the news or read the newspapers you will find a numerical correlation that is a sign of the sub-space Federation, for example "13" soldiers killed in Fort Hood, "6" miners killed in last years coal mining incident, coordinated attacks on the USA for "911". Historically, a**13a** students killed in Kent State in the 1960's. They use ( 8-120 MHz broadband mind control technologies piggybacked on T.V. cell phone and cable signals, important for you to remember). A strategy used by the Greys and others is to mind control in the name of Religions "ALLAH", a not so well informed person into doing the killing or attack on our government. Obama needs to knowthis as he has been manipulated openly by the federated greys, those of us who understand Grey, Reptilian Military mind control Strategy and Tactics listen closely to his speeches; for example...Jesus is my mentor and I am speaking with him now, no!! Jesus is dead, It was old to me Jesus did exist by some ET's, but he is dead it's an ET who learned earth languages and controlled Jesus. THESE MILITARY ET BEINGS SPEAK GOOD ENGLISH TOO!!!!!! It is not Obamas fault, nor is it Hillary Clintona**s fault...it was not President Kennedys fault, but the Grey military Federation did kill him in part because the Greys and others did not want us in Space. On more than one occasion the General in charge of a small team described a method by which they weaken and force out Greys and Reptilians. By burying into the rock or dirt several sound array metallic speakers, about 5 feet into the ground, they then turn on a high intensity sound that causes vibrational sound in the caves and forces them out!!

One being had an advanced weapon which I determined was a *magnetic laser weapon which would track me as I moved around my home either bio metrically or by implant, I sure would like an idea on how to protect against it, RF?  
It feels ***just like being under an extremely strong magnet making it very difficult to move, and think. I tried grounding myself, and to use nearby shielding to no avail....what an ordeal. This is a weapon we need to defend against...!!! I did a search to see if I could find something like it the closest thing I got was Raytheon's, "microwave crowd control beam weapon", it was not microwaves. A a**poncho" or a**tarp" which can be put over the whole body with microwave proof paint and frequency protection on it would keep one safe for a time. In the caves, and near my home the Gray types and Reptilian's make many rather a**high frequency screeching soundsa** like you get on t.v. interference or like the "brakes of a car" sound, I believe it's their inter dimensional technologies, using probes to come in and out of the area from their locations to mine. Ia**m still unsure of this, does anyone know about the sounds and their correlating technologies? In researching this further many modern sources say these are souls ie. (frequency energy beings, space beings).

It's being done mainly because these other types of ET"s, Greys, Reptilian Snake beings, insectoid which are more technically advanced and regressive in the way they think and act are working together against humans, abducting women mainly and men for experiments etc.

As we speak somewhere on earth a child is being abducted for food by the reptilian's, and or for DNA by the greys I know!!! According to all law enforcement agencies their are 100,000's of kids and people missing, in the USA every year (WHERE DO THEY ALL GO)? ???

There are technologies you can buy to protect yourselves, guns, tazers high volts, mind brain protection velostat 3M caps velostat 3M shielding material also works in many labs with high emf use (buy it at home depot or on the Internet), select a**polarized eye gogglesa** certain frequency beams, RF included from the Greys move through the optic nerve into the brain and produce a stun effect i.e. **paralysis by firing mass neurons at once,  particle detectors, magnetic particle detectors... Critical infrared binoculars, portable magnetic field room detectors. The recessive and violent ETs have through chem trails and dropping poisons form the ships into our water supply, use water filters and A/C hepa filters, screwed our government not all of the chemicals in our oceans and local water supplies are human derived, look up chem trails on the net. Local National and Regional Government need to do more to protect its population.!! WE must invent better ways of protection against these recessive extraterrestrial races, mind defense technologies and home shielding as well as robots to detect and defend!!!

Have extra food and defenses at home for your family, it is no coincidence that in the movies on abduction and on aliens we are seeing a lot more of ET films, on T.V. "V", house, "2012", a**District 9a**, a**New Moona** etc...  
They are signaling massive problems ahead with recessive non human ETs, as mankind goes into "space Hotels" Luxury Space travel, more military crafts into near and far space., maybe another war? Many people are trying to educate you with films to inform you of the risks we are in! 2012, alien mind control, H1N1 grey federation attacks on humans etc, etc...

The Greys said that earth is entering a ***Photon Belt*** of very dangerous particles, this explains Global Warming, within the context of a very dormant sun spot cycle. Some ancient scriptures, books that I have researched speak about a method by which humans are selected, and "THE BELT" connection opens their souls but not for all humans, ASTRAL BODIES, SOULS. According to several Internet sites including a prominent sitea**enterprise mission.com, and a**dark missiona**, some members have observed an electro magnetic frequency a**TORSION FIELDa** forthcoming changes,.....which some NASA engineers told the government in 1947 producing a possible ****POLE SHIFTa**...... It has been presented to me that many societies of ETs are going to be speaking to us in the next few years, be extra careful who you stay or communicate with, that better ET society, "War of Souls". Very Carefully choose to be with human ET societies! A great book to read from people who worked for the U.S.  government who meditated and used frequency, brain frequencies to connect with recessive ETs is [Cosmic Explorers by Courtney Brown Remote Viewing] free on line!!!!! We as humans transmit thoughts all the time!!!!

Below is a section from a Pleiadian, non recessive ET channeling a**spiritual sitea** which discusses the Photon Belt from a non scientific point of view, many more sites are, from Melora:

PHOTON BAND Pleiadian 1995 QUESTION: And what about the forecast of the three days of darkness when we enter the Null Zone? MELORA: This is when the Sun will become fully immersed in the Photon Band. We discussed this last time, and we wish to move beyond the forecast, for example, of the electricity becoming neutralized and batteries, and cars, and electrical devices no longer working. Although this may be true, understand that you are in a state of transformation. At the point at which . . . first there are the days of darkness-- absolute, total darkness--and people are saying, "Well, I'd better lay in some supplies, and water, and get a kerosene heater, and so on. But, you see, given your transformation, you will not need these things. And so we wish to emphasize that focusing your consciousness on your transformation, your transmutation, in the light is the most important. Now the scenario, as you may have been reading in recent books, has changed. And we wish to focus now on the various agendas of the various beings who are "spectators in the stands" in this "football game." Our strongest message is this: Aim as high as you can in your consciousness. Fifth-dimensional Pleiadians are going to want to use you as "human libraries" so that they can learn from you about dimensions above themselves through you in your connection to the Earth. Fifth-dimensional Sirians are going to wish to help you understand how three-dimensional reality manifests from ideal morpho genic structures so that you can begin now actively to co-create the peace and harmony forecast for your planet. And so, again, they are invested in your becoming fifth-dimensional humans so that they can partake of your experience, but in a different way than that of the Pleiadians.  

Sixth-dimensional Sirians, of which we are "one," as a group, wish to have you understand that many of you will be returning to dimensions higher than Fifth. And so in the Barbara Marciniak books, for example, her Pleiadians are saying "Oh, this is what it will be like when you're a Fifth-dimensional human." We are saying that you don't have to "stay" there. Understand that many of you are returning to angelic light resonances, and so forth. And so when you read this material, understand that these are Fifth-dimensional beings talking about their agenda, and that happens to be Pleiadian. And these are also Fifth-dimensional, but they're Sirian, and that's a different agenda. And be discerning when you read these materials. This also applies to information about the Photon Band. The source of the information, and it is channeled . . .(Channeling is one of the few sources that is not controlled by "World Management" Teams, and what not.) Channeling often is the most direct source of the truth now--not trance channeling as in the old days. Channeling now is conscious, although the channel is in an baltered state, connecting directly with the Higher Self as we are here, and we tell the truth because this [indicating Jyoti Alla-An] is one of our children, here, and we would not deceive our children--not anyone. So the scenarios about the Photon Band and about Ascension will be filtered according to the agendas of the beings communicating through the channel. So if a channel is not coming directly from the Higher Self connection and is channeling a totally other entity who is a Fifth-dimensional Pleiadian and NOT in that soul "hierarchy," then that entity essentially can work its agenda through the channeled information. Each of you is sovereign; you must discern, because your free will is what keeps you strong in your acceleration. Your free will is also what you must always be conscious of so that you are not violated from outside your self. You need to be extremely cautious of where you are looking and who is there as a guide or as an enemy of humans, if you feel pain get out and stop , ask for the human 5th+ dimensional guides,,,  
When attacked as part of the defense use frequencies i.e. different tonal sounds like on a dead radio or on some t.v.'s "TONE", for hours...BEEP..............One of the most violent societies in all places are the short orange brown reptilian's some working with greys, if you are channeling or meditating or remote viewing watch your back !

Any scientist who has atmospheric x-ray, gamma ray detection please let us know about the increase in such particles vs. previous years! % ? Thank You! The earth will change violently and dramatically in just a few days, in the years leading into 2012!

The Grey Federation ruined myself and family like they did with Alex collier, and Billy Meier for example Mr. Meier's has recently, per his web site also recently been communicating with us and warning of 2012 and other recessive nonhuman ETs. The Internet and thousands of books tell about the many friendly human races who are trying to help us now.

When I was at the Grey army here in Santa FE, N.M.base, I did see many things, I have a PhD, I'm a quick learner and can now read their Sumerian type alphabet and words... I was taken on one type of craft they use, how they fly and what they use in them... ***The saucer shaped craft uses electrical batteries as propulsion power (this is why some are seen charging up on power lines), in the middle of some saucers there is a large circular ceiling to floor barrel structure it contains lithium type batteries extremely high voltage charges. The craft are made of layered and compressed metals titanium type layered compounds, the outer skin is electrified to reduce and eliminate drag and atmospheric resistance. Inside the saucer is a etwork of Compressed tiny frequency transmitting fiber optics for controls and for ON BOARD GUIDENCE SYSTEMS,SIMPLE.THEY USE THE EARTHS MAGNETIC AND GRAVATATIONAL FIELDS TO FLY 
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THE COPPER CLINDER CIRCLES ON TOP OF THE CRAFT AND BOTTOM SPIN, PICTURE TWO SMALLER CIRCULAR DISKS ON TOP AND BOTTOM SPINING INDEPENDENTLY OF THE SAUCER. 
THEY CHARGE UP..THAT DIFFERENTIAL OF CHARGES INTERACTS WITH A PLANETS OR SPACES MAGNETIC FIELD LINES FOR LIFT AND MOVEMENT. THE SAUCERS ARE SHIELDED TO PREVENT EXPLOSIONS AND TO PREVENT MAGNETIC FIELD INTERACTIVITY......(THE OUTER SHELL IS CHARGED UP TO FLY W/O RESEISTANCE, IT STINGS when touched electrical pulse). I'M NOT A PHYSICS MAJOR BUT DID STUDY SOME ENGENERING. 
This may be the only way we can build these craft commercially and get off the earth before these earth changes end our civilization!! Not kidding, google the last few years of forest fires around the world.

They are trying to mind control our societies through MHz frequency control, we think in about 10-80 MHz, and they use computers and oscilloscope combination type MRI equipment to read thoughts as we read print or as scientist reads peaks on a graph, as well as gravitational field technology to beam in false info. These mind brain electron frequencies are read just like we read computer code.
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Protect and shield your eyes, brains and spinal cords!!! All of our military and armed forces should wear velostat 3M or better (signal protection electrical grounded materials on your head) caps and monitor the frequency changes around them, eye shielding, the government of the USA ours needs to be informed of the greys methods and take steps to help each other,  protect our families people this is real....(people in Britain were not ready, prepared for WWII, Study military history ) ...(we have a very weak and complacent military/police/NSA/CIA/) The Greys have even infiltrated some govt individuals in these agencies.........!!! Just because you were in church on Sunday and you see people speaking in tongs, falling to the floor, and saying they are talking to god? There is no god only ET groups (mostly the greys are lying about god and impersonating) ET governments. Just because our president says, "thank you Jesusa**, it's mind control.......pay attention and analyze what is going on in government, it is scary, not human.

Several devices which are still being used on my self and home include, some type of beam (laser), because I saw it and followed up on the net and found that these beams can turn off all electrical switches including some in our nuclear arsenal. How is it that these nuclear silo switches are not shielded? I'm working on electrical shielding for my computers, phones, weapons, appliances, etc.

Love
Dan

P.S. This was written under partial duress......they know where I live.  Pass the info on

The Federated reptilian/gray/insectoid societies are using harmful technology to harm the human mind, causing memory loss and fatigue...FIGHT BACK!!, I use the above mentioned technology and when I go out and they start to harm my body with high intensity back spasm devices i.e. microwave, particle , mind control, I use my mind and picture each attacker being attacked by me, mental warfare. They are distracted by loud music, food odors,  perfumes, high intensity flood lights, mace, strobe lights, high frequency sound and our minds killing them......... I keep a gun and tazer  by my side always now!!!

Listen to this highly educated and experienced old man, if you see a craft these are not dolls, these are recessive violent, harmful, controlling alien males, they have an agenda! Read the info. on the net with a grain of salt,  why haven't they come forward? They will not because of violent abductions, use your logical brain the reptilian greys are "DEVILS depicted correctly in many books of legend, history and many religious books. Even the Nazis contacted the Greys. Protect your brains!!! stay away from them, Betty and Barney Hill were assaulted, all of the abduction cases are harmful rape and kidnaping humans, we in the USA have laws against these crimes yet our government turns in another direction, not detecting and imprisoning these violent ETs. Because they control some people in our not yet, "ONE 
WORLD GOVERNMENT. Get involved the stakes are high.

Space is much more crowded than most people know, extremely dangerous NASA knows..Our Rocket systems and defense systems are frail... Connect the dots......... 2012 We are getting close, climate change, biology, secret governments, mind control, abductions, alien technologies genetic and magnetic fields, and we wonder where they come from reverse designs from crashed UFO...Many historians believe that many earth human races i.e. ayans lived with ET Reptilian control..

I'm building a small back yard underground shielded shelter for my wife  don't laugh at me I have been through a great ordeal and know much more than most! Do we as a country, understand the risks of EMF radiation on our bodies and brain, is it not so that some highly educated people shield themselves from the cell phone radiation with either a "patch" or by using a wireless ear device or better Do any engineers have a million dollar idea to shield our bodies and mind from all kinds of radio/microwave/broadband EMFs the same way with a shielding patch shielding shirts and pants....our military needs them!!!!!!!!!

An entire platoon can be taken out with out ever firing a bullet shot.................frequency MHz brain defense, are you ready to re read the page.

1. Consciousness is allowed its expression, and you have been allowed your expression within limitation by those who have been governing you. From your point of view, you have never let them govern you and you have no idea that they exist. They bring dramas onto this planet in the guise of what you call religion, leadership, or, sometimes, inspiration. Events, even though they are orchestrated to achieve certain things, sometimes gather those who hang on, and many other probabilities come out other than what was intended.

2. Many of the structures built on this planet, particularly ancient sacred sites, have information stored within stone. In the same way, you have information stored within the bones of your skeletal form. When you allow sound to move through you, t unlocks a doorway and allows information to flood into your body. It also penetrates the ground, affecting the vibrations of Earth and allowing a rearrangement of a molecular alignment of information to take place. Those of you who use sound when you are working on others' bodies bring about a rearrangement of the molecular structure and create an opening for information to flood in. This kind of work will become more and more profound.

3. Sound is a tool for transformation. Keepers of Frequency, which is what we are encouraging you to become, learn how to modulate the frequency they hold through sound. Sound can penetrate any substance, move molecules, and rearrange realities.

4. Core Human contacts Andromidan Central Command, Simon.

5. These non human astral, and c=h , carbon beings are all behind humans in social
development.......recessive, violent, vengeful, striking, manipulative, a**DEVILSa**.
Technically and scientifically developed, but not so far ahead that humans could catch up in several dozen years.....the non human species got so technically advanced because ofmassive continuous wars and disasters through millions of years.

There exists 9th level frequency a**Galaxy Governmentsa**, THE GOVERNERS above the greys, reptilian, humans, insectoid etc... but these governments carry the thoughts i.e. frequency of all these beings whom they govern.
This earth right now in 2009 is being subjected to the governors who are using frequency technologies, chemicals in the atmosphere, pieces of DNA , climate control in the from of a**torsion fieldsa** etc. to change humanity into three groups for the coming event in 2012......
The Governors, which have appeared in, a**STAR TREKa**, and in the films looking into time travel with Jodi Foster......are in appearance looking like a stable form of electromagnetic frequency being. Many are soul beings who can readily change forms into anybody!
Many people in Ufology, Religion, Politics have asked themselves why did President Eisenhower allow greys to bait the United States with technology in exchange for DNA.....this had been done as a trick for the USA and the governors at that time simply did not care what was happening on this planet!
These Galaxy governors have a totally different agenda than we do, i.e. who cares about the Sudan if you are from the Russian Government?
Thus we are in a galaxy with 100a**s of totally different beings making contact, telepathically and in form with hundreds of thousands of earth humans.
But because the greys have dumped their religions on us earth beings we are lead to believe we are communicating with god in dreams, church etc. not true...
We live in an OPEN...... a**OPEN WORLDa**, all beings can come and go, and  do as they please as long as we permit them to!

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Kevin Stech
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