Animal Found On Mars In Recent NASA rover Photos, April 30, 2026, UFO Sighting News.

Date of discovery: April 30, 2026

Location of discovery: Mars

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Hey check this out. I was looking over some photos of Mars and found some intriguing things. I found several faces which are remnants of statues sculpted thousands of years ago and I also found an animal that closely resembles a tortoise. 

 

The animal is hand size and has a tortoise shell and its head and legs all appear the same as a tortoise. With Tortoises being desert animals living in the driest areas, it makes sense that such creatures exist on Mars too. 

 

The two faces I found are from ancient sculptures made from a mixture of the dirt/clay found on the surface of Mars and sculpted into faces of those who passed before them. The faces are different and one is much older than the other if you take into consideration the weathering. 

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Mars and back in just 153 days! Scientists have found a SHORTCUT that could dramatically cut the time it takes to reach the Red Planet

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By SHIVALI BEST, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR 

As one of the only other places we know where life may have existed in the solar system, Mars has been described as NASA's 'horizon goal for human exploration'. 

However, getting humans there is no mean feat. 

With current technology, a one–way trip to Mars would take roughly nine months, covering a distance of around 140 million miles. 

That means astronauts on a round–trip to the Red Planet could face up to three years away from home. 

But that could soon change, thanks to a new study. 

Scientists from the State University of Northern Rio de Janeiro have found a 'shortcut' to Mars. 

And it could shave hundreds of days off a return trip to the Red Planet. 

They've identified a brief window in which astronauts could get to and from Mars in just 153 days – but there's not long to prepare for it. 

During the Mars opposition in 2031, asteroid 2001 CA21 is perdicted to cross the orbits of both Earth and Mars. Technically, if a spacecraft could stay within five degrees of the asteroid's tilt, it could make a rapid trip to and from Mars at this time

Occurring roughly every 26 months, this happens when Earth passes directly between the sun and Mars. 

During the rare alignment, the two planets are on the same side of the sun – bringing Mars to its closest point to us. 

In their new study, the team set out to understand whether any of the upcoming Mars oppositions – in 2027, 2029, and 2031 – could offer a shortcut to the Red Planet. 

The team focused on 2001 CA21 – an asteroid whose path is predicted to cross the orbits of both Earth and Mars. 

According to their calculations, during the Mars opposition in 2031, the asteroid will be on a highly eccentric trajectory with a well–defined sub–ecliptic orbital plane.

Technically, if a spacecraft could stay within five degrees of the asteroid's tilt, it could make a rapid trip to and from Mars at this time. 

However, for this to work, the timings would need to be incredibly precise. 

For missions to Mars, space agencies must factor in a phenomenon known as Mars opposition. Occurring roughly every 26 months, this happens when Earth passes directly between the sun and Mars

The researchers have also outlined a more realistic option, which would take 226 days to complete

The spacecraft would need to depart from Earth on 20 April, arriving on Mars on 23 May. 

It would then have to spend exactly 30 days on the Red Planet, before departing on 22 June.

The crew would arrive back to Earth on 20 September, making the entire mission just 153 days long.  

The researchers, led by Marcelo de Oliveira Souza, admit this timeline is 'extreme'.

'Extreme 153–day mission: Minimal time but extremely high energy requirements; suitable primarily for conceptual exploration of theoretical limits,' they explained in their study, published in Acta Astronautica. 

However, they've also outlined a more realistic option, which would take 226 days to complete. 

'Feasible 226–day mission: Balanced between duration and energy demands, and potentially compatible with projected nuclear–thermal and hybrid propulsion systems,' they added. 

The news will likely be welcomed by NASA, which is actively working on technologies to get humans to Mars by as soon as the early–2030s.

'Mars remains our horizon goal for human exploration because it is one of the only other places we know where life may have existed in the solar system,' it explains on its website. 

'What we learn about the Red Planet will tell us more about our Earth’s past and future, and may help answer whether life exists beyond our home planet.'

Mysterious UFO spotted near America's secretive military testing site disappears without explanation

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By CHRIS MELORE, DEPUTY SCIENCE EDITOR FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

A family hiking in Southern California has revealed stunning images of a mysterious craft flying overhead during a solar eclipse. 

The four hikers spotted a large dumbbell or H-shaped UFO flying slowly and erratically near Ryan Mountain in Joshua Tree National Park on October 14, 2023.

According to the witnesses, they followed the object for about 45 minutes, watching it disappear and reappear several times before it vanished completely.

Images of the craft, shared with safeaerospace.org, a nonprofit group focused on aerospace safety and national security, captured a clear view of the UFO, which was made of a highly reflective material described as silver.

It was described as looking like a 'capital I' or 'sideways H', and its two large panels on each end gave it a shape reminiscent of a TIE fighter from the Star Wars films.

Skeptics sharing the sighting online have suggested that the craft may have been a box kite or an escaped letter H party balloon.

However, the hikers estimated that the craft was the size of a car or small plane, which would make the object significantly larger than the typical kite and balloon.

While the Pentagon has maintained that physical evidence of UFOs or extraterrestrials has never been found, the sighting took place near several US military bases, including one that has tested experimental aircraft for decades.

A family of four captured images of an unidentified craft flying over California's Joshua Tree National Park in 2023

The UFO appeared to have an I or H shaped frame and was said to be highly reflective or made of silver

The family of four noted in their report that the suspected UFO was within a few miles of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) at Twentynine Palms, about 125 miles east of Los Angeles.

However, the sighting also took place roughly 115 miles from Edwards Air Force Base, the world's largest airfield - and a famous testing ground for experimental aircraft and prototypes since the 1940s.

In fact, the base is home to the 412th Test Wing and the Air Force Test Center, the service's main location for developmental flight testing of new technology.

Those tests have included the X-1, which conducted the first supersonic flight in history, and more recently, the B-21 Raider, a sixth-generation stealth bomber unveiled in 2022.

The Daily Mail has reached out to the Pentagon for comment on the sighting and to learn if the military was conducting tests in the area during the 2023 eclipse.

While it remains unclear what the family actually saw over Joshua Tree National Park, the incident has been taken seriously and shared publicly by an expert in the field of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, the modern name for UFOs. 

Safeaerospace.org was founded by Ryan Graves, a former Navy pilot and one of the key witnesses on UAP incidents who has testified before Congress about what he saw during his decade-long career. 

Graves told Congress in 2023: 'UAP are in our airspace, but they are grossly under-reported. These sightings are not rare or isolated; they are routine. Military air crew and commercial pilots, trained observers whose lives depend on accurate identification, are frequently witnessing these phenomena.'

Former Navy pilot Ryan Graves has started his own reporting site for UFO encounters

The witnesses said the UFO appeared during a solar eclipse on October 13, 2023. It stayed in the sky for approximately 45 minutes before vanishing

Skeptics have compared the UFO to a silver party balloon that may have floated away, or a box kite (Stock Image)

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Graves added during the House Oversight hearing on UAP that sightings and close calls involving US fighter jets and these mysterious craft over American airspace had become so common that warnings about these encounters became standard in mission briefings.

'The American people deserve to know what is happening in our skies. It is long overdue,' the veteran pilot said.

Safeaerospace.org is the official site of Americans for Safe Aerospace, Graves' nonprofit that has given civilians, commercial pilots and fellow veterans a secure and confidential channel to report UAP encounters.

On Wednesday, President Trump suggested that the long-awaited files on UFO disclosure could soon be made public.

'I think we will be releasing as much as we can in the near future,' the president told reporters during a meeting with the crew of NASA's Artemis II moon mission.

'For some reason, and I guess it's just a reason, it's been in the minds of people for a long time. They want to find out about the UFOs and anything having to do with UFOs or related material.'

Confirming Graves' testimony, Trump added that he had spoken with military pilots who revealed incidents involving what they believed were non-human craft.

'I interviewed some pilots. Very solid people, and they said they saw things that you wouldn't believe,' Trump said.

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Bible scrolls from era of Jesus hailed as 'greatest archaeological discovery of all time' unveiled

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The Dead Sea Scrolls rewrote the history of the Bible, preserving some of the oldest surviving copies of Scripture ever discovered.

First uncovered in desert caves in 1947, the fragile manuscripts revealed biblical texts dating to the centuries before and during the time of Jesus, offering a rare glimpse into how the Bible existed nearly 2,000 years ago.

Now, several of those ancient fragments are set to go on display next month at the Museum of the Bible in Washington DC, running through September.

A new rotation will feature rare texts, including portions of Isaiah, replacing fragments from Psalms, Numbers and Lamentations that were previously on display.

The rare Isaiah manuscript was copied by scribes around the 1st century AD and written in ancient Hebrew on leather, preserving portions of several chapters from one of the Bible's most influential prophetic books.

The Book of Isaiah is a major prophetic work that warns of judgment against sinful nations while offering promises of restoration and future hope. It also contains passages that Christians believe foreshadow the coming of a future Messiah.

The collection will also showcase other ancient writings, including an apocryphal account of Noah's birth, passages from the Jewish Book of Tobit and fragments of phylactery scrolls once worn during prayer.

Bobby Duke, the museum's chief curatorial officer, described the scrolls as the greatest archaeological discovery of all time.

'Before the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered, our best Hebrew manuscripts were from about 1000 A.D.,' he told WORLD.'These all date back [from the] second century BC to the first century AD, so it shaves off…1,000 years of manuscript transmission.'

The rare Isaiah manuscript was copied by scribes around the 1st century AD and written in ancient Hebrew on leather, preserving portions of several chapters from one of the Bible's most influential prophetic books

First found in the Qumran Caves of the Judaean Desert near the Dead Sea, the scrolls comprise roughly 1,000 ancient manuscripts preserved in thousands of fragments.

They were written on parchment made from animal hide known as vellum, as well as papyrus and thin sheets of metal.

The text on the scrolls appears in four languages: Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek and Nabataean, the language of the ancient Nabataean people.

However, little is known about the scribes themselves, as they did not sign their work.

Risa Levitt, executive director of Israel's Bible Lands Museum and one of the curators behind the Washington DC exhibit, said the goal is to help visitors better understand the world in which the scrolls were created.

We want the public to understand place, geography and historical context so that by the time you get to the scrolls themselves, you are able to understand them a little better,' she told Christianity Today.

Before the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the oldest known copies of Scripture dated to about 1000 AD, meaning the newly uncovered texts pushed scholars more than a millennium closer to the Bible's earliest origins.

'The Dead Sea Scrolls push us back more than a millennium,' Rollston said.

First found in the Qumran Caves (pictured) of the Judaean Desert near the Dead Sea, the scrolls comprise roughly 1,000 ancient manuscripts preserved in thousands of fragments

Also included in the exhibit is the Genesis Apocryphon (1QapGen), a Dead Sea Scroll that expands on the story of Noah's birth with additional details not found in traditional Scripture.

The writing describes concerns surrounding Noah's unusual appearance and the fears of his father, who questioned the child's origins.

Portions of the Book of Tobit are also part of the rotation, an ancient Jewish text considered part of the Apocrypha that tells a story of faith, healing and divine guidance.

Beyond the scrolls themselves, the museum exhibit features several striking artifacts tied to ancient Jerusalem, including a massive paving stone visitors can walk across, part of the first-century Pilgrim's Road that once carried worshippers from the Pool of Siloam to the temple.

Also on display is the Magdala Stone, an ornately carved platform believed to have supported Torah scrolls inside a synagogue in Mary Magdalene's hometown along the Sea of Galilee. One side of the stone features a detailed carving of the menorah from the temple in Jerusalem.

At the very end of the exhibit, visitors encounter one final relic from Jerusalem, a towering 4,000-pound stone taken from the Temple Mount itself.

Museum officials said structural engineers were brought in to ensure the massive artifact could be safely supported by the building's floors.

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Scientists have discovered the EDGE of the Milky Way – and it's closer than expected

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By WILIAM HUNTER, SENIOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY REPORTER

Scientists have discovered the edge of the Milky Way, and it's even closer than expected.

While it might sound simple enough, spotting the galaxy's edge from our place in its spiralling arms is a task that has baffled scientists for decades.

Now, an international team of researchers say that the outer edge is located approximately 40,000 light–years from the black hole at the galactic centre.

That means Earth is just 13,300 light–years from the edge, placing us much closer to the galaxy's outer limits than its core.

The difficulty in finding the galactic edge is that the Milky Way doesn't come to a clean stop but sprawls out like a city gradually fading into quiet suburbs.

What researchers wanted to find was the limits of the galaxy's star–forming region, which is where new stars are still being born.

Lead author Karl Fiteni, a researcher at the University of Insubria, told the Daily Mail: 'Inside it, you have the part of the galaxy that is still actively building itself with ongoing star formation.

'Outside it, you have a disc region populated almost entirely by stars that have drifted there from elsewhere.'

Scientists have discovered that the edge of the galaxy is located 40,000 light–years from the core. This means Earth is just 13,300 light–years from the edge

Finding the Milky Way's edge from our fairly restricted viewpoint is a tricky task, but scientists have a powerful technique to help them.

As a galaxy forms, star formation begins earliest in the regions near the galactic centre, where gas and dust are densest before spreading out slowly over billions of years.

Due to this process of 'inside–out' growth, stars generally get younger as you move further away from the galactic centre.

The very youngest stars sit right on the edge of the star–forming disc, where the processes of stellar formation have only just caught up.

However, galaxies only follow this rule up to a certain point, beyond which the stars suddenly start getting older again – creating a distinctive 'U' curve.

The point where stars are at their very youngest marks the outer limit of the galaxy's star–forming region and the 'edge' of the galaxy.

In their new research, conducted at the University of Malta while Dr Fiteni was a PhD student, scientists took the age measurements of 100,000 stars in the Milky Way.

As expected, the stars grew younger as they moved further away from the galactic core until they reached a point between 35,000 and 40,000 light–years from the centre.

Stars in the Milky Way get younger as they move further from the core, until they reach a point at which this trend reverses. That point at the bottom of the 'U' curve marks the edge of the galaxy's star–producing region 

Scientists measured the age of 100,000 stars in the Milky Way to find the point at which they are the youngest, marking the limit of where new stars are still being born 

After combining this data with state–of–the–art simulations, the researchers could clearly see that this was also the point at which star formation drops significantly.

That revealed that the point right at the bottom of the age 'U' curve marks the outer edge of our galaxy's star–forming region.

There are still many stars beyond this point; in fact, the most distant star still part of the Milky Way can be found a staggering one million light–years from the core.

However, the big difference is that none of these older stars were born in their current locations.

'Star formation effectively shuts off beyond the edge, so any stars we see further out had to get there from somewhere else,' says Dr Fiteni.

'They formed in the inner disc and slowly drifted outward over billions of years through a process called radial migration, where stars are gently nudged by the gravitational pull of the Galaxy's spiral arms.

'This migration is slow and random, so the further out a star has travelled, the longer it had to spend doing it, and the older it has to be.'

This process explains why you can still find stars beyond the star–producing region and why the most distant stars in the Milky Way are the oldest ones of all.

Finding the edge is really important for astronomers because the Milky Way inside the star–forming region is very different from the area beyond this border.

It's a little like how an economist would see a profound difference between a city's bustling, productive central business district and the sleepy, domestic suburbs.

Although both are part of the same whole, the processes that govern their growth and the effect they have on the wider world couldn't be more different.

Dr Fiteni says: 'Knowing where that boundary sits, and why, tells us how far the Milky Way's disc has grown over its 13 billion–year history, and what's stopping it from growing further.

'Those are the numbers astronomers use to compare the Milky Way to other galaxies and to test our broader models of how galaxies form and evolve.'

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Unusual earthquake swarm strikes near Area 51 sparking fears of secret testing

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By STACY LIBERATORE, US SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

More than a dozen earthquakes have struck near Nevada's highly classified base in the past 24 hours.

At least 17 earthquakes up to a 4.4 magnitude were detected just miles from Area 51,  a cultural phenomenon thanks to decades of conspiracy theories connecting the base to UFOs, aliens and experimental aircraft testing.

The 4.4-magnitude earthquake kicked off the seismic activity, striking just 2.5 miles underground, fueling speculation about possible underground testing.

The tremors were recorded in an area not typically known for frequent seismic activity, raising questions among observers tracking the unusual cluster.

Geophysicist Stefan Burns described the location as 'an unusual place to get an earthquake,' noting that the region has historically remained relatively quiet compared with other fault-heavy zones across the West.

He also pointed to the shallow depth of the strongest quake, roughly just miles underground, a detail he said made the event particularly noteworthy.

Burns added that earthquakes and underground explosions can sometimes produce similar seismic signatures, especially when energy is released suddenly beneath the surface.

However, earthquake swarms can occur when stress shifts along nearby fault lines, causing clusters of smaller tremors as the Earth's crust adjusts. 

The Nevada desert sits within an active tectonic region where the ground is slowly stretching apart, making sudden bursts of seismic activity possible even near sensitive sites like Area 51. 

At least 17 earthquakes up to a 4.4 magnitude were detected just miles from Area 51

The latest earthquake to hit the region was detected at 5.38am PT (8.38am ET) on Thursday.

More than 100 people reported feeling shaking to the US Geological Survey (USGS). However, the area is mostly home to military personnel, contractors and staff.

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While Burns stressed that the event was most likely a natural earthquake, he acknowledged there was 'some ambiguity' in the seismic data and said the unusual characteristics made the activity 'worth discussing in the context of whether this is a covert underground nuclear test.'

The Daily Mail has contacted the USGS for comment. 

Reports of the earthquakes quickly spread online, with one X user joking: 'The aliens are shaking the earth!!'

Area 51 has fueled decades of speculation, particularly since the Cold War, when its remote desert location and secret operations made it a natural target for UFO rumors.

A 2025 report claimed that the Pentagon actually created the UFO conspiracies to conceal a classified weapons program.

According to a US Department of Defense (DOD) review, the government conducted a deliberate disinformation campaign during the Cold War era, going so far as to distribute fake photos of flying saucers to residents. 

Area 51 is a cultural phenomenon thanks to decades of conspiracy theories connecting the base to UFOs, aliens and experimental aircraft testing. Pictured is a mysterious structure on the base

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In the 1980s, a US Air Force colonel allegedly handed out doctored images of UFOs to patrons at a nearby bar, claiming they had been taken in the area.

The photos were quickly pinned on the wall, igniting public speculation that alien technology was being housed and studied at the top-secret base.

The report claimed the grassroots disinformation campaign was an attempt to hide military testing, including stealth fighter jets, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Area 51, officially established in 1955, remained largely under the radar until 1989, when whistleblower Robert Lazar appeared on television.

He claimed he had worked at a hidden facility near Groom Lake, known as 'S-4,' reverse-engineering alien spacecraft, further cementing Area 51's place in UFO lore.

The report also revealed that high-ranking Air Force officials hazed new commanders by briefing them on a fabricated top-secret project called 'Yankee Blue,' which involved the supposed study of extraterrestrial craft.

After the phony briefing, recruits were warned they would face jail or execution if they ever disclosed the information.

Details confirming that Area 51 served as a testing ground for America’s cutting-edge weapons were first revealed in a CIA document declassified in 2013.

The report explained that during the Cold War, the remote Nevada base was used to test aircraft like the U-2 spy plane and the A-12 reconnaissance jet under a veil of secrecy.

Despite those facts, Area 51 has since evolved into a hotbed of alien conspiracy theories, with persistent rumors of crashed UFOs and extraterrestrial autopsies hidden behind its barbed-wire fences.

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You glimpse a light in the night sky. It's not a star or an airplane — but something radically different. It moves with baffling speed, pulsates with radiance beyond anything you've witnessed. Three letters immediately enter your mind: U-F-O. And you likely have Hollywood to thank for this line of thinking.

These mysterious objects have played a prominent role in pop culture, captivating imaginations and fueling speculation. From classic films like "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" to TV shows like "The X-Files," UFOs have become symbols of mystery and the unknown and mainstays in literature, music and art.

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Recent research into how the Great Pyramid of Giza was built may offer new clues about a mysterious void discovered within Egypt’s largest monument.

Also known as Khufu’s Pyramid, the structure is both the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and the only one to have remained standing for thousands of years. Equally intriguing is the mystery of its construction, which has also remained a matter of debate for millennia, making it one of archaeology’s longest-running controversies.

However, a new study published in npj Heritage Science argues that the famous ancient megastructure may have been built using a special ramp employing a helical path, which would have been constructed into the face of the pyramid itself.

The new theory was developed by independent Spanish researcher Vicente Luis Rosell Roig, based on computational models that employed mathematical simulation. The resulting theory, which Roig characterizes as the Integrated Edge-Ramp (IER) model, considers factors such as the weight of individual limestone blocks used in the Great Pyramid’s construction and limitations imposed by the structural systems that could have facilitated their placement.

Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza (Image Credit: Dieter Van Hammée/Unsplash)

In addition to offering mathematical support for a working ramp system that feasibly could have been used for the construction of the Great Pyramid, Roig says his findings appear to align with past detections of a large cavity and other anomalies within the structure, suggesting the existence of this “void” may be related to the monument’s structural stages.

A Novel Theory of Pyramid Construction

One of the fundamental problems Roig identified with past theories involving a singular ramp for the Great Pyramid’s construction was the large amount of material that would have been left behind, for which there is virtually no archaeological evidence.

To account for the absence of evidence for an external ramp, Roig considered the possibility that a ramp had been built into the structure itself and later filled in as the monument neared completion.

Based on the period spanning Khufu’s 27-year reign, Roig also calculated that a monument assembled from an estimated 2.3 million limestone and granite blocks would have required an average of one block being placed roughly every one to three minutes—a daunting task, even by today’s engineering standards.

According to Roig, using a single ramp to construct the Great Pyramid would have taken at least half a century. By comparison, an Integrated Edge-Ramp model of construction could have incorporated multiple ramps—perhaps as many as sixteen—which could have facilitated primary construction of the Great Pyramid in under 14 years.

However, quarrying the stone, transporting it, and accounting for seasonal periods of inactivity would extend that to 20-27 years, which Roig still found to be a good match for the historical information available on the construction of Khufu’s pyramid.

A Two-Way Ramp System

Based on Roig’s Integrated Edge-Ramp model, a ramp slightly narrower than four meters would have allowed for two-way movement along the face of the structure, including sleds, which the pyramid’s builders would have relied on to help move the massive blocks toward their destination, as well as empty sleds being returned for the next load.

A computer rendering showing possible implementation of a helical ramp system for pyramid construction (Image Credit: Rosell Roig, V. L. (2026). A computational framework for evaluating an edge-integrated, multi-ramp construction model of the Great Pyramid of Giza. Npj Heritage Science, 14(1), 142. https://doi.org/10.1038/s40494-026-02405-x).

However, Roig notes that 90° turns, which would have been required at locations where the ramp rounded corners on the structure, would present “operational bottlenecks.” To overcome this, he suggests that platforms would have been required in these locations “as operational buffers where teams can pass and execute pivots safely, with minimal impact on the construction sequence,” and that these could be removed, like the ramp itself, as construction progressed.

Overall, Roig found that this method of construction would meet structural engineering standards for stress distribution and that it would not have resulted in dangerous stress levels in any part of the monument during the building phase.

New Support for the Great Pyramid “Void”?

Intriguingly, Roig’s study also revealed a surprise: the IER model he proposes may support past muon tomography studies conducted by the ScanPyramids mission, which found apparent structural spaces within the pyramid.

Between 2016 and 2017, the research, led by Cairo University in collaboration with the French Heritage Innovation Preservation Institute, identified a large “void” within the Great Pyramid, along with several other smaller internal features.

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Roig says that, based on the IER model’s predicted path, the ancient helical ramp he suggests the Great Pyramid’s builders used aligns well with the locations of the cavities ScanPyramids identified.

Cross-sectional rendering of the Great Pyramid showing the location of the “void” area identified by ScanPyramids in 2017 (Image Credit: S. Procureur, et al/https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-36351-0/CC 4.0)

“The alignment is compatible with density anomalies from backfilled construction infrastructure,” Roig writes, though noting that “alternative explanations remain viable at present resolution.”

“Non-detection of internal spirals or specific helical voids must be interpreted within method sensitivity and coverage limits,” he adds, emphasizing that “current data neither confirm nor exclude edge-integrated backfill.”

Fundamentally, Roig concludes that while other possible construction methods cannot yet be ruled out, the helical approach he examined would have offered several benefits.

“While a single ramp shows baseline feasibility, meeting Khufu’s reign requires parallelizing a multi-ramp system,” Roig writes, adding that “The multi-ramp system offers qualitative advantages within Old Kingdom constraints.”

Roig’s recent study, “A computational framework for evaluating an edge-integrated, multi-ramp construction model of the Great Pyramid of Giza,” appeared in npj Heritage Science.

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EXCLUSIVE - UFO whistleblowers issue chilling warning after Air Force officer was found dead before he could testify

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By STACY LIBERATORE, US SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

UFO whistleblowers are facing alleged attempts to silence them as they move to expose what they believe are some of America's most closely guarded secrets.

Investigative journalist Jeremy Corbell, who has helped bring multiple whistleblowers before Congress, warned that the risks facing these individuals extend far beyond public scrutiny.

'They're giving up their security clearance, they're giving up their security, they're putting their family at risk, they're putting themselves at risk, if by stigma alone,' Corbell, who details several cases in his upcoming film Sleeping Dog, told the Daily Mail.

One of the central cases featured in the film involves Air Force veteran Dylan Borland, who testified before Congress in 2025 about encountering a 100-foot triangular craft near Langley Air Force Base in Virginia while stationed there.

'Since then, my family, former coworkers, friends, and I have endured a level of harassment I have never experienced,' Borland told the Daily Mail.

'I do not know what the future holds because factions within the US Government appear to be openly and knowingly working to cover this up.'

He alleged that false documents were created and intelligence products generated under his name following his testimony.

Corbell also pointed to the death of former US Air Force intelligence officer Matthew Sullivan, 39, who died in 2024 before he could testify in a whistleblower hearing involving UFO-related programs.

One of the central cases featured in the film involves Air Force veteran Dylan Borland, who testified before Congress in 2025 about encountering a 100-foot triangular craft near Langley Air Force Base in Virginia while stationed there

'His death is so suspicious in more ways than people know that the FBI and Congress are involved,' Corbell said.

Sullivan had worked in roles connected to military intelligence and advanced technology programs and was reportedly scheduled to provide testimony about classified UFO-related matters before his sudden death.

Corbell said the timing raised serious concerns, saying: 'This is very uncharacteristic in so many ways of what's going on, and the timing of it is so bad.

'Maybe he was so distraught that he took his own life. I wasn't there, I don't know. But I do know that the FBI and Congress and people who knew him very well see this as extremely suspicious, and it is being investigated.'

While officials have not released full details surrounding the circumstances of Sullivan's death, the involvement of federal investigators has heightened fears among some whistleblowers about the risks tied to coming forward.

Borland said he chose to testify because he believed public safety was at risk.

'I and others with direct knowledge of legacy non-human intelligence programs and craft have been subjected to crimes and disturbing actions intended to silence or intimidate us,' he said.

'Congress needed to know that this is real, and that they have been misled at best, and deliberately lied to at worst.

Former US Air Force intelligence officer Matthew Sullivan, 39, died in 2024 before he could testify in a whistleblower hearing involving UFO-related programs. Here he is with his wife

'I went public to make sure the truth could no longer be buried, and to demand accountability for the crimes committed against those who knew too much.'

Borland testified that the craft he witnessed in 2012 appeared as a black metallic triangle with what he described as a 'gold lava plasma-like fluid' moving across its surface.

He said the object hovered silently before accelerating upward instantly to commercial jet altitude.

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Borland also reported unusual physical effects during the encounter, claiming his phone overheated and froze, while static electricity filled the air and a smell similar to a thunderstorm lingered nearby.

During the 2025 Congressional hearing, he alleged that multiple government agencies blocked job opportunities, forged documents and manipulated his security clearance after he came forward.

Afterward, Borland said he was asked to appear before the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to testify about unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), including what he witnessed more than a decade earlier.

He said he provided classified and unclassified documents, medical records and emails that he believed supported his claims.

'Within weeks of my appearance, an ODNI employee informed me that I had 'lied under oath,"' Borland said. 'That employee accused me of saying and doing things I did not say or do.'

He said the accusations reinforced fears that intelligence records had been manipulated to contradict his testimony.

After requesting access to his records to review how his statements were being used, Borland said communication from officials stopped entirely.

Corbell said the fear surrounding whistleblowers has grown in recent years.

'So you see in the movie that Borland is so afraid for his own personal safety, and that's the state they're all in right now,' he said.

'They feel like there's nowhere left to turn. They're really nervous, for good reason. They've had some horrible things happen to them.'

Corbell said he has spoken to hundreds of individuals who claim to have knowledge related to UFO programs, though only a small number have formally testified.

Matthew Brown, who came forward in May 2025 claiming the existence of a secret program called 'Immaculate Constellation,' said he has faced home invasion and attempts to discredit him 

'I've had sources in every agency that I can name,' he said.

One of those sources was Matthew Brown, who came forward in May 2025 claiming the existence of a secret program called 'Immaculate Constellation,' which he alleged collected classified UAP data.

Brown previously worked in senior advisory roles within the Department of Defense and the State Department.

'I came forward as a UAP whistleblower to Congress and the American people because my oath to support and defend the Constitution demanded it,' he said.

He alleged that since coming forward, he has experienced disturbing incidents.

'Some of the most disturbing experiences include my home being broken into while I was asleep, intelligence officers infiltrating my social networks, and attempts to discredit UAP whistleblower testimony,' Brown said.

Corbell warned that intimidation is not always physical.

He said many of the battles now take place online, where coordinated campaigns attempt to discredit whistleblowers through misinformation and public attacks.

Interest in unidentified aerial phenomena has surged in recent years, with lawmakers demanding increased transparency and access to classified material.

Reports from UFO whistleblowers stretch back decades, with individuals alleging the US government has concealed evidence of non-human technology.

The number of high-level witnesses has grown sharply since 2017, including military pilots, intelligence officials and others claiming involvement in secret programs.

Corbell said the stakes continue to rise as more witnesses weigh the decision to come forward.

'They're doing this because they believe the public deserves to know,' he said.

'And for many of them, the cost is everything.'

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Last week, the FBI announced it was investigating the deaths and mysterious disappearances of at least ten scientists and engineers with government ties who either died or disappeared within the last four years.

One of these scientists, retired Air Force Research Laboratory commander William Neil McCasland, had close ties to an Ohio base that’s steeped in UFO lore, sending conspiracy theorists into a tailspin.

While there’s still no credible evidence of any foul play or a throughline that connects these deaths and disappearances — many of the individuals appear to have died of natural causes — the list continues to grow.

Most recently, UFO expert Nick Pope, who investigated “unexplained aerial phenomena” on behalf of the UK’s Ministry of Defense, passed away at the age of 60 from esophageal cancer, as the New York Times reports. While it’s unclear whether his ties to the British military exclude him from the scope of the FBI’s ongoing investigation, his high profile involvement in looking into unexplained sightings is certain to pour fuel on the flames for conspiracists.

After his stint with the government from 1984 to 1994, Pope wrote several books on UFO sightings and made countless TV appearances, likening himself to FBI agent Fox Mulder from “The X-Files” in his 1996 autobiography, “Open Skies, Closed Minds.” (In fact, he consulted on a TV series reboot of the show.)

According to the NYT, he was a “much-feted speaker on the ufology lecture circuit,” making many appearances at UFO-centric conferences.

Nonetheless, despite having access to inside information, he “was smart enough to avoid the pitfalls in this field where people, if they have even a little bit of knowledge, can get really fringy and weird,” as former NYT reporter and author Ralph Blumenthal told the newspaper.

The timing of his tragic passing comes as lawmakers pressure the US government to look into “scientists and other personnel connected to US nuclear secrets or rocket technology who have died or mysteriously vanished in recent years.”

They claim there could be a “possible sinister connection,” which could “represent a grave threat to US national security and to US personnel with access to scientific secrets.”

But let’s be real: the most likely explanation is that people are now on the lookout for the death of anyone with a UFO connection, making it seem like there’s a pattern when it’s really just statistical noise.

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