UFO shoots out of sky, Nashville, Tennessee, USA March 30, 2026 UAP Paranormal Alien breaking news.

Date of sighting: March 30, 2026 9pm

Location of sighting: Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Source: Email report scwaring @yahoo.com

 

This report just in. An eyewitness was driving home and recorded this UFO coming down from the sky. The UFO actually hesitated in the sky for a split second and then continued on its way, be it began to curve and fly away from the eyewitness car. Meteors don't change direction, but this object did. There is no doubt about this object. It's 100% alien technology.

Scott C. Waring - UFO Sightings Daily 

 

Eyewitness states: 

I was driving home from work and saw this strange thing I thought was a crashing plane. I got it on car cam so maybe someone can make heads or tails of this. 

 

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Shroud of Turin mystery deepens: Scientists discover DNA from 'multiple people' on the material said to be wrapped around Jesus' body

• READ MORE: The Shroud of Turin was not laid on Jesus' body, scientists reveal

By SHIVALI BEST, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR 

The Shroud of Turin mystery has deepened yet again, as a new analysis has uncovered DNA from 'multiple sources' on the material.  

For centuries, Catholics have flocked to the Italian city of Turin to be in the presence of its famous shroud. 

The venerated piece of linen bears a faint image of the front and back of a man – interpreted by many as Jesus Christ. 

Believers say it was used to wrap the body of Christ after his crucifixion, leaving his bloody imprint, like a photographic snapshot. 

In their new study, researchers from the University of Padova found DNA from several sources on the cloth.

This includes multiple humans, as well as animals, plants, and fungi. 

'This research provides original insights into the diversity of DNA extracted from samples collected in 1978 from the Turin Shroud, revealing its biological complexity through rigorous DNA and metagenomic analyses,' the researchers explained.

'Our findings highlight its preservation conditions and environmental interactions, offering valuable perspectives into the identified genetic variants, which originated from multiple biological sources.'

The Shroud of Turin mystery has deepened yet again, as a new analysis has uncovered DNA from 'multiple sources' on the material 

In their new study, researchers from the University of Padova found DNA from several sources on the cloth. This includes multiple humans, as well as animals, plants, and fungi

Currently stored at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Turin, the Shroud of Turin is a 14ft–long linen cloth with a faint image of a man.

The image on the shroud is believed to reflect the story of Jesus' crucifixion, giving rise to the belief that the cloth is the burial shroud of Jesus himself.

However, the authenticity of the shroud has been frequently brought into question over the years. 

Writing in their study, published as a preprint in bioRxiv, the researchers, led by Gianni Barcaccia, said: 'The true nature of the Shroud has been highly debated among historians, theologians, and scientists.

'Several hypotheses regarding its origin have been proposed, but as of today, no one has yet been able to establish to any degree of certainty when and where this textile originated from.'

To get to the bottom of it, the researchers analysed DNA extracted from 12 samples collected from the shroud in 1978.  

Given how many people have handled the shroud, the researchers were unsurprised to discover 'clear signatures' of modern DNA contamination. 

However, what was more surprising was the amount of older human DNA on the shroud. 

Currently stored at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Turin, the Shroud of Turin is a 14ft–long linen cloth with a faint image of a man

The image on the shroud is believed to reflect the story of Jesus' crucifixion, giving rise to the belief that the cloth is the burial shroud of Jesus himself 

'Our analyses revealed several human mtDNA lineages, including one common in Western Eurasia and another prevalent in the Near East,' the researchers explained. 

Unfortunately, this suggests we may never be able to find out if the shroud really was used to wrap Jesus' body, according to the experts. 

'The occurrence of an unusually high number of human heteroplasmies and the coexistence of different mtDNA variants confirm that the Shroud came into contact with multiple individuals, thereby challenging the possibility of identifying the original DNA of the Shroud,' the team added. 

As well as human DNA, the researchers found traces from multiple animals, including cats, dogs, chickens and cows. 

While this might not sound like much, it could help to unravel the mystery of where the shroud came from.  

'Concerning the Shroud’s journey, the presence of red coral, livestock (e.g. chickens, cows, pigs, goats, sheep, rabbits, horses), and domestic cats and dogs suggest Mediterranean origins or transit through Mediterranean regions,' the team explained. 

What's more, the cloth was found to contain DNA traces of carrots and cereals – crops that aren't usually associated with the Middle East. 

'The prevalence of Mediterranean crops and the absence of typical Middle Eastern flora raise questions about the agricultural landscape when the Shroud was created or used as a burial cloth,' the researchers added. 

'Comparative analyses with other ancient textiles and artifacts could further illuminate cultural and historical interactions with plants and animals.'

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Overall, the findings suggest that the Turin Shroud has a 'complex history'. 

'The overall DNA results – derived from rigorous methodological handling in clean rooms and metagenomic analyses supported by robust bioinformatics – suggest a diverse mosaic of genetic traces,' the team concluded. 

The Daily Mail has contacted the researchers for further comment on the implications of the findings.  

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Is NASA's Artemis II mission safe? Scientists raise concerns about the Orion capsule's heat shield – and warn 'there's no chance of escape' for the astronauts if anything goes wrong

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By SHIVALI BEST, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

Scientists have raised safety concerns about the Orion capsule's heat shield ahead of NASA's long–awaited Artemis II mission. 

Set to launch as early as 1 April, the mission will see four astronauts – Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen – blast off on a 10–day mission to the moon. 

During the mission, the astronauts will travel around our lunar satellite on board Orion – a cramped capsule measuring just 11ft x 16.5ft. 

Now, Ed Macaulay, a lecturer in Physics and Data Science at Queen Mary University of London, has voiced his fears about Orion's heat shield, which bears the brunt of the searing heat during re–entry through Earth's atmosphere.

Dr Macaulay points out that during Artemis I, large chunks of material were found to have been lost from the heat shield. 

Should this happen again on Artemis II, it could expose the crew to 'dangerously high temperatures'. 

'During the final phase of the Artemis II mission, there's no backup, no contingency, and no chance of escape,' Dr Macaulay explained in an article for The Conversation. 

'The four astronauts on board will be depending on a few inches of resin–coated silica to shield themselves from temperatures approaching half that of the surface of the Sun.'

The most dangerous moment will occur during re–entry, as Orion's heatshield is subjected to enormous temperatures due to friction with the atmosphere. Pictured: Orion's heatshield after re–entry during Artemis I

During 2022's unmanned Artemis I test, NASA found that Orion's heat shield was cracked and cratered with unexpected damage.

The heat shield material, known as Avcoat, is designed to burn away during re–entry to help dissipate the heat. 

However, the damage was well beyond what NASA had expected.

'Instead of burning away evenly over the whole surface, parts of the Artemis I heat shield were lost unexpectedly in uneven chunks,' Dr Macaulay explained. 

'This uneven ablation makes modelling the thermal loads of re–entry more unpredictable, and raises the possibility that the Orion capsule could be exposed to dangerous levels of heating.'

Further investigation found that the problem was that the Avcoat layer wasn't permeable enough, so gases built up in pockets and blasted off entire chunks.  

Following the mission, Dr Danny Olivas, a former NASA astronaut who served on review team that investigated the incident, told CNN: 'There's no doubt about it: This is not the heat shield that NASA would want to give its astronauts.'

Surprisingly, NASA has decided not to change the heat shield going into Artemis II. 

NASA has not altered the heatshield for Artemis II, but has adjusted the trajectory so that Orion will spend less time at critical temperatures 

The heatshield coating is designed to burn away during re–entry, however, NASA found that the coating had chipped and deteriorated far more than expected during Artemis I

Instead, it has made some important changes to the mission itself. 

Instead of 'skipping' back to Earth – a technique that sees the capsule act like a stone bouncing on water as it dips and lowers itself into the atmosphere – NASA will use a more direct re–entry model for the crewed Orion capsule. 

This should reduce the uncertainty in the heating profile, and will mean less time at peak temperatures for trapped gases to damage the heat shield. 

'[It] also means that the crew will be subjected to increased deceleration on re–entry,' Dr Macaulay added. 

As the astronauts return to Earth, the heat shield is all that will protect them – so NASA's tweaks to the mission could prove vital.  

'Human spaceflight has always brought with it calculated risks, but it has also provided a uniquely human perspective on our place in the cosmos,' Dr Macaulay added.

'The Artemis II mission will make its crew the first humans in over half a century to observe the blue marble of planet Earth in its entirety with their own eyes.

'The crew will carry with them the hopes and aspirations of a whole new generation of explorers. 

'They will be depending on the meticulous work of thousands of scientists and engineers for their safe return, bringing with them a renewed human perspective on not just the Moon, but the planet we all call home.'

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NASA's Artemis II gets the green light for April 1: Step–by–step graphic reveals exactly what will happen as four astronauts venture to the moon for the first time in over 50 YEARS

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By XANTHA LEATHAM, EXECUTIVE SCIENCE EDITOR

NASA's Artemis II mission has been given the green light to launch, sending four astronauts to the moon for the first time in over 50 years.

The 32–storey Space Launch System (SLS) rocket is set to blast off from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida tomorrow.

It will send Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Jeremy Hansen and Christina Koch on a mammoth 10–day 685,000–mile (1.1 million km) trip around the moon and back.

At a briefing by NASA yesterday, space agency chiefs said the mission is 'ready to go'.

'As we enter the pre–launch phase, the teams are in a strong posture, and the mission remains on track,' NASA's associate administrator Amit Kshatriya said.

'The vehicle is ready. The system is ready. The crew is ready.

'I have complete confidence in this team. 53 years ago humanity left the Moon and did not return. Now we go back.'

Here, the Daily Mail's step–by–step graphic reveals exactly what will happen during the mission.

NASA ​has said the launch window opens on April 1, with multiple backup opportunities ⁠available over the following days depending on weather, technical readiness and range availability.

The SLS rocket itself consists of several parts, including a launch system and the Orion capsule that sits atop it.

During take–off, four RS–25 engines will fire non–stop for 8.5 minutes. 

Along with two boosters, this will produce 8.8 million pounds of thrust – more than any rocket in history.

After launch, the ​Orion crew capsule will separate from the rocket's upper stage and enter a highly elliptical orbit around ​Earth.

The crew will then spend the first few days conducting extensive systems checks.

These include testing Orion's life–support, propulsion, navigation and communications systems to ensure the spacecraft is ​ready to head into deep space.

Once checkouts are complete, Orion's propulsion system will perform ​a critical engine burn known as translunar injection, sending the spacecraft out of Earth orbit and onto a trajectory ‌toward ⁠the moon.

NASA's SLS rocket with the Orion spacecraft sits on its launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center

NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman (left), Victor Glover (second left), Christina Koch (second right) and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen (right)

Orion will pass ​behind the moon on a 'free–return' ​trajectory — a path that ⁠naturally swings the spacecraft back toward Earth without requiring additional propulsion.

It will reach its greatest distance from Earth during this phase.

After the lunar flyby – during which the crew will photograph and analyse the lunar surface – the spacecraft will spend several days ​heading home.

As Orion approaches Earth, it will separate key components before plunging into the ⁠atmosphere ​at speeds of about 25,000 miles per hour (40,233 kph).

Testing ​the capsule's heat shield during high–energy re–entry is one of the mission's primary objectives – as well as one of its most dangerous.

The spacecraft is expected to splash down ​in the Pacific Ocean, where recovery teams will retrieve the crew.

'Our team has worked extremely hard to get us to this moment', said launch director Charlie Blackwell–Thompson.

'Certainly all indications are right now we are in excellent, excellent shape.'

The rocket itself consists of several parts, including a launch system and the Orion capsule (pictured) that sits atop it

Crew members will strap sleeping bags to the wall to catch some shut–eye, as shown in this mock–up image

Crewed moon missions 

Orbit and test missions

Apollo 8: December 21–27, 1968

Apollo 10: May 18–26, 1969

Moon landing missions

Apollo 11: July 16–24, 1969

Apollo 12: November 14–24, 1969

Apollo 14: January 31 – February 9, 1971

Apollo 15: July 26 – August 7, 1971

Apollo 16: April 16–27, 1972

Apollo 17: December 7–19, 1972 

NASA's Artemis II mission should have launched in February, but was grounded by hydrogen fuel leaks.

The leaks were fixed, but then a helium pressurization line became clogged, forcing a return to the hangar late last month.

NASA has the first six days of April to launch Artemis II before standing down until the end of the month.

Tomorrow's launch window opens at 6:24pm EDT (11:24pm BST).

'Our teams in mission control and our crew members have been spent the last two years dedicated to training for this particular mission, developing all of the products associated with this flight, and they are ready to go,' chief flight director Emily Nelson said.

'The opportunity is immense for us to finally send our crew farther than anyone's gone before.'

While the astronauts will not actually touch down on the lunar surface, it will still mark the first time humans will return to the vicinity of the moon since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972.

During the lunar flyby, the Orion spacecraft will travel around 4,700 miles (7,500 km) beyond the far side of Earth's natural satellite, setting a new record.

In this photo provided by NASA, astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr. collects lunar samples during the first Apollo 16 extravehicular activity at the Descartes landing site on April 21 1972

NASA says the mission paves the way for a future lunar landing – planned for 2028 – and will also inform planning for longer missions such as to Mars.

It is also historically significant because it will send the first woman and the first Black person on a lunar mission.

British astronaut Major Tim Peake has said Europe, including the UK, is heavily involved in the Artemis programme.

'We were there on Artemis I... we built the European service module which powers the Orion spacecraft that provides all the electrical power, the life support systems, the propellant,' he said.

He hopes the mission can help inspire young people in the UK to consider a career related to space.

Goonhilly Earth Station, near Helston, Cornwall, will also help to track the capsule on its epic celestial voyage.

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Artemis II: Key facts 

Launch date: NASA initially identified three possible launch windows for Artemis II: From February 6 to February 11, from March 6 to March 11, and from April 1 to April 6. The space agency is now targeting the April window. 

Mission objective: To complete a lunar flyby, passing the 'dark side' of the moon and test systems for a future lunar landing.

Total distance to travel: 685,000 miles (1.1 million km)

Mission duration: 10 days 

Estimated total cost: $44billion (£32.5billion)

NASA Space Launch System rocket: $23.8billion (£17.6billion)

Orion deep–space spacecraft: $20.4billion (£15billion)

Crew: 

+ Commander Reid Wiseman

+ Pilot Victor Glover

+ Mission Specialist Christina Koch

+ Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen

Mission Stages:

1. Launch from Kennedy Space Centre Launch Pad 39B Manoeuvre in orbit to raise the perigee using the Cryogenic Propulsion Stage

2. Burn to raise apogee using the Cryogenic Propulsion Stage

3. Detach from Cryogenic Propulsion Stage and perform translunar injection

4. Fly to the moon over four days

5. Complete lunar flyby at a maximum altitude of 5,523 miles (8,889 km) above the moon's surface

6. Return to Earth over four days

7. Separate the crew module from the European Service Module and the crew module adapter

8.Splashdown in the Pacific Ocean  

Controversy Rages Over Second Sphinx Claim at Giza

Gary Manners

Could a second Sphinx be buried beneath the sands of Egypt's most famous ancient site? A team of Italian researchers using cutting-edge radar technology claims to have detected a massive underground anomaly at the Giza Plateau that mirrors the profile of the iconic Great Sphinx. The announcement has ignited fierce debate, with some researchers hailing it as a potential breakthrough and mainstream Egyptologists dismissing it as unsupported speculation. The controversy cuts to the heart of an enduring question: how much of ancient Giza still lies hidden beneath the sand?

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Researchers from The Khafre Project claim that a second sphinx lies beneath a sand dune where A is shown, adjacent to the Great Sphinx shown as B

(Filippo Biondi/The Khafre Project)

The Dream Stele and Ancient Clues

To support their technological findings, the research team points to historical artifacts and ancient Egyptian mythology. A key piece of evidence cited is the Dream Stele, a granite slab erected by Pharaoh Thutmose IV between the paws of the Great Sphinx of Giza. The stele is famously carved with a pair of the mythical feline creatures, which some interpret as an indication that two such statues were originally built. This dual iconography has long fueled theories among alternative historians about a lost companion to the iconic guardian.

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The Dream Stele of Thutmose IV located between the paws of the Great Sphinx.

(Chanel Wheeler/CC BY-SA 2.0)

The idea of undiscovered structures at Giza is not entirely new, as ancient texts and accounts have often hinted at hidden realms. The Greek historian Herodotus wrote of a vast Egyptian labyrinth, while esoteric traditions speak of a legendary Hall of Records preserving ancient knowledge. Furthermore, Egyptologist Bassam El Shammaa previously proposed the existence of a second Sphinx, theorizing it was destroyed by a lightning strike based on mythological texts. These enduring narratives provide a compelling backdrop to the recent radar anomalies detected by the Italian team.

Expert Skepticism and the Need for Excavation

Despite the excitement generated by the satellite imaging, the archaeological community has responded with significant caution and criticism. Prominent Egyptologist Zahi Hawass has firmly dismissed the claims of a second Sphinx and an underground city as baseless fabrications. He emphasized that extensive excavations of the Giza Plateau over many decades have yielded no evidence of such monumental structures. Experts argue that radar data alone is insufficient to confirm the presence of human-made monuments, as natural geological formations can produce similar subsurface anomalies.

Radar specialists have also highlighted the inherent challenges of interpreting deep subsurface signals without physical corroboration. Experts warn that remote sensing requires controlled excavation to validate any findings, and anomalies must be treated with care.

Hawass was particularly pointed in his criticism, stating that the rumors about columns beneath the Pyramid of Khafre are:

 "nothing but fabrications propagated by individuals with no expertise in ancient Egyptian civilization or the history of the pyramids."

The Italian research team is reportedly awaiting permission from Egyptian authorities to conduct further physical investigations of the mound.

What Comes Next?

The debate over the second Sphinx raises broader questions about how new technologies should be applied in archaeology and how claims should be communicated to the public. Remote sensing tools like SAR Doppler tomography have genuinely advanced the field, helping to identify targets for excavation at sites around the world. However, as this case illustrates, the leap from a subsurface anomaly to the announcement of a second Sphinx is a significant one, and the lack of peer-reviewed publication has drawn criticism from the scientific community. Until an underground chamber or monument is physically uncovered, the existence of a second Sphinx remains a tantalizing but unproven hypothesis.

The Giza Plateau has already surprised archaeologists in recent years, with discoveries of hidden air voids and new passages within the pyramid complex. Whether or not a second Sphinx ultimately emerges from the sand, the renewed focus on what may lie beneath Giza is a reminder that the ancient world still has secrets to reveal. Biondi and his team continue to analyze their data and have expressed hope that Egyptian authorities will grant permission for a physical investigation of the site. For now, the world watches and waits.

• Top image: The Great Sphinx of Giza with the Pyramid of Khafre in the background.
• Source: Emőke Dénes / CC BY-SA 4.0, insert; Filippo Biondi/The Khafre Project

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Saturn's chaotic atmosphere revealed in most comprehensive view yet by James Webb and Hubble telescopes

Two images of Saturn from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope show different aspects of the planet, from its atmosphere to its orbiting moons. 

(Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Amy Simon (NASA-GSFC), Michael Wong (UC Berkeley); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI))

Saturn may be famous for its rings, but it has long fascinated scientists for another reason: its restless atmosphere, which is shaped by fierce winds, stubborn megastorms and strange weather patterns that can linger for years.

Now, two new views from the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes are cutting through the ringed planet's clouds, giving researchers what NASA calls the "most comprehensive view of Saturn to date." Together, the images let researchers "slice" through Saturn's atmosphere at different heights.

The paired observations capture one of Saturn's strangest landmarks: the famous hexagon at the north pole. According to NASA, the faint edges of the six-sided jet stream appear in both images. These pictures could be some of the last high-resolution views of the hexagon until the 2040s, as Saturn's north pole is about to tip into 15 years of winter darkness.

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Studying Saturn's atmosphere not only allows scientists to understand how large, planet-size storms grow and thrive but also gives further insight into how the planet formed and evolved over billions of years.

A planet seen two ways

In August 2024, Hubble took its visible-light image of Saturn as part of the Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy program, a decade-long project that tracks the outer planets annually. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) captured its infrared image a few months later, in November 2024. Those observations, taken 14 weeks apart, showed the ringed planet shifting from northern summer toward its 2025 equinox.

The two telescopes saw very different Saturns.

While Hubble captured Saturn's pale-yellow bands and brilliant-white rings, JWST's infrared image revealed even more striking details. In the infrared view, Saturn's rings transformed into glowing blue "because they are made of highly reflective water ice," NASA representatives said in a statement. Saturn's poles also shone a strange gray-green, emitting light at wavelengths of about 4.3 microns. These emissions could be from either light scattering off of high-altitude aerosols or auroras, NASA suggested. (The telescope recently caught giant auroras shining on Uranus.)

As Saturn tilts into its southern springtime, both space telescopes will continue to keep their eyes on its atmosphere, perhaps revealing more about the planet's weather dynamics. Until then, Saturn is keeping some of its most interesting secrets hidden in the clouds.

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Mystery surge of giant fireballs sparks extraterrestrial questions as scientists detect unusual shift: 'Warrants serious investigation'

By CHRIS MELORE, US ASSISTANT SCIENCE EDITOR

Earth has seen a mysterious surge in massive fireballs lighting up the sky, sparking concerns about a potentially city-killing asteroid striking the planet and questions about these objects being UFOs. 

The American Meteor Society (AMS), a nonprofit group that has been tracking meteor sightings for over a century, revealed that there have been more reports of fireballs in the first three months of 2026 than in the first quarter of any year dating back to 2011. 

The society said: 'The first quarter of 2026 has produced what appears to be a significant surge in large fireball events. The data, drawn from the AMS database going back to 2011, shows a pattern that warrants serious investigation.'

AMS also noted that the recent uptick of space rocks ripping through the atmosphere cannot be definitively explained by local meteor showers or other natural events in space, with 2,046 fireballs already tracked since the start of 2026. 

That included 38 major events worldwide reported by more than 50 people, more than the last two years combined.  

As many witnesses have suspected that the sightings include extraterrestrial ships visiting Earth, researchers addressed the possibility that the fireballs could be UFOs or some type of artificial craft.

AMS said that the fireballs were not objects of alien origin, adding that their analysis found there has simply been a strange increase in the number of natural meteors flying across Earth's path recently.

'These are rocks from the inner solar system. There is no evidence of anomalous trajectory behavior, controlled flight, or non-natural composition,' the team claimed.

On March 17, witnesses in Pittsburgh reported seeing what appeared to be a burning object streaking through the sky, describing it as 'a rocket or something like a meteor'

There have been more widely witnessed meteor fireballs around the globe in the first three months of 2026 than at any point since records started being kept by AMS in 2011

These bright streaks of light, created when space rocks burn up in Earth’s atmosphere, can be potentially dangerous if a large enough piece reaches the ground and strikes people or homes, but this is considered an extremely rare event.

Recent reported fireballs include widespread sightings over the US, in Pennsylvania and Ohio, Texas and California, and in other countries such as Australia and Turkey. 

March 2026 has stood out the most, as there were far more events seen by over 50 and 100 people, fireballs lasting longer than four seconds and meteors producing loud 'sonic booms' - when a meteor shoots through the atmosphere at speeds over 25,000 mph.

For example, one fireball over Germany on March 8 was reported by 3,229 people. Several other widely visible events had hundreds of witnesses each this month.

Overall, nearly a thousand more fireballs have been spotted in this year's first three months than were detected a decade ago, when only 1,175 were seen in 2016.

However, skeptics have challenged the society's analysis that these are all natural phenomena taking place during a random uptick in space traffic streaking past the planet.

Most notably, one fireball over Texas on March 17 has been widely theorized to be a genuine UFO, after it was seen defying the normal trajectory of a shooting star.

Witnesses across Red Oak captured the shocking moments when an orange fireball streaking through the night sky suddenly turned back up into the air instead of crashing to Earth.

Hundreds of people across the western US reported seeing a mysterious green flash ripple across the sky on March 22

'Not your typical burn-up trajectory. UFO or space rock? You decide,' one person posted online after seeing the strange fireball turning and zig-zagging over Texas.

AMS has pushed back on the claims that anything besides harmless asteroid fragments has entered Earth's atmosphere this year, saying that every piece of a meteorite recovered has been a common rock seen falling from space for years.

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'The recovered specimens from Ohio and Germany are achondritic HEDs with mineral compositions formed over billions of years on differentiated asteroids,' researchers revealed in a statement.  

Achondritic HEDs refer to a special group of meteorites. Achondritic means these are stony meteorites without small round grains, called chondrules, that most common meteorites have. They formed from melted and cooled rock, like volcanic rocks on Earth.

HED stands for Howardite–Eucrite–Diogenite. These are three closely related types of achondrites that all came from the same large asteroid, Vesta, which sits in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

The meteor society added that there was no current threat from this surge in meteorite impacts. There was also no risk of a massive space rock colliding with the planet and devastating humanity.

'The objects involved range from pebble-sized to a few [feet] across and are part of the normal continuum of material that Earth encounters. None posed a danger beyond localized effects.'

However, AMS did acknowledge that one of these impacts severely damaged the roof of a woman's home in Houston on March 21.

The meteorite that landed in Sherrie James's home just outside Houston on March 21

Over the last decades, the first quarter of 2026 has seen the most fireballs worldwide, suggesting that more meteors are passing Earth than ever before

NASA said the three-foot-long rock that weighed over a ton prior to colliding with Sherrie James's house was traveling at 35,000 mph before most of it burned up in the atmosphere.

A tiny chunk of the meteor survived and struck the woman's home with such force that it ripped through the ceiling of her daughter's bedroom, ricocheted off the floor, and hit the ceiling again before landing on an empty bed.

AMS said part of the reason for the massive surge in fireballs being reported to them by the public could be because of AI chatbots.

In 2025, there were only 15 fireballs witnessed by more than 50 people in the first three months of the year. There have already been 38 in 2026

When people see a bright fireball, witnesses often ask ChatGPT, Siri, Grok or Google’s AI 'I just saw a fireball - where do I report it?' and the AI directs them straight to the AMS website.

This can cause each big event to get more reports than it would have in the past. However, the report noted that AI likely only explains the higher number of witnesses per event, not the actual increase in loud sonic booms or the meteorites striking Earth.

The last time there were more than 2,000 fireballs seen in Earth's atmosphere before the start of April was 2021.  

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AI 'is a year away from knowing more than all human experts', those startled experts predict

By SAM LAWLEY, NEWS REPORTER

AI will be ready to score full marks on one of the world's most challenging knowledge tests branded Humanity's Last Exam (HLE) in a matter of months, developers claim.

HLE was set up by tech bosses to see just how intelligent their systems are and consists of 2,500 meticulously chosen questions, spanning around a hundred topics from rocket science and mythology to physiology.

Each one requires at least PhD levels of understanding and to achieve a score even close to 100 per cent would earn someone the title of a 'universal expert'.

Just two years ago, the much-vaunted ChatGPT system from OpenAI scored a measly 3 per cent on the exam with its rivals at Google and Anthropic not doing much better.

The test served to assuage fears over the growing dominance of AI, with researchers claiming it proved 'a marked gap' remained between large language models (LLMs) and the world's finest academics.

But the seemingly impossible HLE may prove to be just another milestone in AI's unstoppable rise. 

Google Gemini scored an impressive 45.9 per cent on the exam last month having soared to a score of 18.8 per cent within months of its first attempt.

And full marks are on the horizon, according to Calvin Zhang, the research lead at Scale, the AI company behind HLE.

AI will be ready to score full marks on one of the world's most challenging knowledge tests branded Humanity's Last Exam (HLE) in a matter of months, developers claim (Stock Photo)

'We wanted to create this close-ended academic benchmark, set to the frontier of expert humans, that only a handful of people on earth can really solve,' he said.

'We've seen over the past few years insane progress on these language models. It's impressive, model builders have really done a great job at improving these reasoning models.'

Kate Olszewska, a product manager at Google DeepMind added: 'If we truly cared about this as the only thing in life, I think we could get to it pretty quickly.' 

Anthropic - the company behind the Claude AI system - has achieved a score of 34.2 per cent in HLE and is improving its marks at a rapid pace.

AI returning a score of 100 per cent in the exam would be a significant development given the test is 'designed to be the final closed-ended academic benchmark of its kind', according to its authors.

It means that if the technology cracks the HLE, it will need to be tested on questions no human knows the answer to in future.

The test was created by researchers at Scale and the Center for AI Safety, a non-profit organisation, to examine both the AI's breadth of knowledge and its depth of reasoning.

Illustration: Jacey

Experts from roughly 50 countries submitted 70,000 questions for consideration in response to a global appeal in September 2024 which offered a $500,000 prize pot.

They had to require a short unambiguous answer and be difficult to find on the internet.

The list was whittled down to 13,000 after questions which any existing model could answer were removed from consideration.

Some of the 2,500 that were chosen have since been removed or edited following feedback from users. 

They require a wide-range of expertise - from knowledge of biology to proficiency in languages - and a large number of them have remained secret in a bid to stop systems benefiting from answers being publicly discussed online.

Success in HLE would evoke memories of IBM's supercomputer Deep Blue defeating world chess champion Garry Kasparov in a game in 1997, confounding most experts' predictions.

Since then, a string of major AI benchmarks have been cleared including the multi-disciplinary Massive Multitask Language Understanding, released in 2020, which was canned after systems began finding it too easy, often scoring above 90 per cent.

As AI approaches the stage where it can master human-made tests, expanding beyond the existing limits of human knowledge has increasingly become the main focus of developers, Ms Olszewska added.

But there will always be room for human specialism, according to Zhang, with physical fields such as surgery, as well as decision-based skills including judgment and creativity harder for AI to master. 

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The Nephilim: Giant Offspring of the Sons of God and the Daughters of Man?

Rita Louise

Who were the nephilim? The word nephilim appears twice in the Old Testament of the Bible. They are first mentioned in chapter 6 of the book of Genesis and then again in Number 13:33. But their brief mention in the Bible has led to an ongoing debate as to who or what the nephilim were. Much of this debate stems from the passage in the Bible that states:

When people began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born to them, the sons of God saw that they were fair; and they took wives for themselves of all that they chose.
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days - and also afterward - when the sons of God went in to the daughters of man, who bore children to them. These were the heroes that were of old, warriors of renown.  – Genesis 6: 1-4

The Sons of God Saw the Daughters of Men That They Were Fair (1923) by Daniel Chester French. Corcoran Gallery of Art. (CC0)

What Does ‘Nephilim’ Mean?

The traditional definition of Nephilim is giant. Some dictionaries describe the nephilim as being giants who also possess super human strength. The Greek Septuagint, an ancient translation of the Hebrew Bible, refers to them as gigantes, which actually means "earth -born," a concept we will be coming back to as we continue.

It is believed that the word Nephilim comes from the root word "Naphal" which means to fall. In biblical circles this definition has quickly put the Nephilim into the role of the children of the fallen angels. The word Naphal, however, is never directly associated with the concept of fallen angels. Its meaning in context is more closely associated with the idea of lying prostrate or of prostrating oneself. There are also ties in this word to the concept of failure, falling short, or being cast down.

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‘The Fall of the Rebel Angels’ (1685) by Charles Le Brun. (Public Domain)

Mythos of the Nephilim

Over the years a mythos has developed around the concept of the nephilim. It alleges that these giants were the offspring of the "Sons of God" and the "Daughters of Man". Are the nephilim the children of the untoward relationship?

The connection between the biblical text and this claim, although commonly pointed to as the basis of this belief, is unfounded. The document in which we find statements that support this claim actually comes from the apocryphal Book of Jubiliees:

And it came to pass when the children of men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born unto them, that the angels of God saw them on a certain year of this jubilee, that they were beautiful to look upon; and they took themselves wives of all whom they chose, and they bare unto them sons and they were giants. The Book of Jubilees - Chapter V: 1

Is the claim that the nephilim were the offspring of the sons of god and the daughters of men supported by sources outside the Judeo-Christian tradition?  In other words, does mythology worldwide support this belief?

The Sons of God Saw the Daughters of Men That They Were Fair, by Maurice Greiffenhagen. (Public Domain)

Giants Roaming the Earth Across Cultures

The notion of giants roaming the earth can be found in cultures worldwide. Greek mythology tells us that the Titan Cronus castrated his father Uranus in order to gain control of the Greek pantheon. It is from the blood of the castrated Uranus that fell upon the earth that the giants, the "earth-born", were created.

The Earth-born, when compared to us, were giants. The giants, lived under the rule of Cronos during the golden age, in a time that was free from sorrow or care and everyone lived happy and joyous lives.

It was only after Cronos' son Zeus fought for control of both the heavens and the earth that everything changed. In his new role, Zeus, according to Greek myth, put the giants to work. It was just a matter of time before the giants started ignoring the god's mandates.

Bell krater depicting Zeus fighting against the giant Porphyrion. (Egisto Sani/CC BY NC SA 2.0)

They were no longer prostrating themselves to the will of the gods. Their lack of complete servitude and their failure to comply with the god’s demands incited the "children of god" into a full blown rebellion against the heavenly gods. Heavy losses were taken on both sides, but their revolution was finally suppressed by the gods.

A truce was declared. As part of their reparations to the giants it was decided to create a new race to handle the burdens that were cast upon the giants - man.

Padraic Column in his book entitled Orpheus, Myths of the World, relates this tale about the creation of man: Aztec legend recounts how the Earth-mother, Citlalicue, gave birth to a flint knife. When the knife was flung down onto the Earth, it was transformed into sixteen hundred "earth-gods." (Is there connection between the flint knife, flung down by Citlalicue, and the sickle used by Cronus to castrate his father?)

These newly formed earth-gods lived as men and women and labored in search of food. After some time, the Earth-gods began to think that this work was below their station. They were, after all, the children of the Sky-father and Earth-mother. They asked their mother Citlalicue to make a race who would serve them and bear the burdens they faced. With the help of Citlalicue, mankind was created.

‘A group of natives in the central highlands of Mexico, capturing and putting to death a giant.’ (CC0)

Based upon these mythological traditions it seems clear that the earth-born giants, the nephilim, existed long before man first inhabited the earth. Thus when you read the line "The Nephilim were on the earth in those days - and also afterward" it seems clear from this perspective that the authors were not being vague. Instead they were just making a statement of fact - that the Nephilim, the earth-born, were on the earth at that time.

The Offspring of the Sons of God and the Daughters of Man

So who were the offspring of the sons of god and the daughters of man? The Hebrew Bible refers to them as gibborim. The inferred meaning of this word is men of great stature, heroes, men who are valiant or brave.

The Greek Septuagint identifies them as the renominati or men or renown. In Greek mythology the gods have a long history of having relations with humans. The names of some of these "demi-gods", or semi-human individuals, whose names have withstood the tests of time include were Hercules, Perseus, and Achilles. In India they are called Hanuman and Garuda and in Sumer Gilgamesh and Adapa.

Interestingly, a parallel myth to this biblical narrative does exist. It comes to us from the pages of the Hindu epic the Ramayana. The Ramayana is the epic tale of Rama, the 7th avatar of the supreme god Vishnu.

Rama lived during the Treta Yuga. It was an age where the world was filled with giants. Around the same time as Rama's birth, the supreme god Vishnu, knowing what was in store for him, requested that all of the gods descend to the earth and mate with the apes and the bears. This request was made in order to, when the time was right, provide Rama with an army he could use to help him conquer Ravana - the giant demon king of Lanka.

Fight between Rama and Ravana. (CC0)

The offspring of these unions obtained an array of impressive skills from their divine parents. The mighty Sugríva was the ruler of the vanara, the ape-men. His father was Surya, the chief solar deity. The demi-god Hanúmán was the son of the wind god and is described as being able to travel very fast, while Nala was the son of the god of building and construction and is the vanara that helps Rama to build a bridge from mainland India to Lanka.

These thousands did the Gods create
Endowed with might that none could mate,
In monkey forms that changed at will;
So strong their wish the fiend to kill.

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Are the nephelim the offspring of the sons of god and the daughters of man? No. They were the race of earth-born giants who lived before the creation of man. They are the group who revolted against the gods in antiquity.

They are also the ones responsible for the creation of mankind. Additionally, based upon the references that come to us from the Ramayana, it does seem clear the when the gods mated with "ape-men" their offspring were men of renown, heroes, or individuals who are valiant or brave.

Top Image: ‘Norandino and Lucina Discovered by the Ogre’ (1624) by Giovanni Lanfranco. Source: Public Domain

By  Dr. Rita Louise

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About The Author

Bestselling author and Medical Intuitive, Dr. Rita Louise is the host of Just Energy Radio and the Founder of the Institute Of Applied Energetics. She is the author of the books Man-Made: The Chronicles Of Our Extraterrestrial Gods, Avoiding The Cosmic 2X4, Dark Angels: An Insider's Guide To Ghosts, Spirits & Attached Entitiesand The Power Within as well as hundreds of articles that have been published worldwide. She has appeared on radio and television and has spoken at conferences covering topics such as health and healing, ghosts, intuition, ancient mysteries and the paranormal.  For more information about Dr. Rita please visit http://www.soulhealer.com or listen to her live at http://www.justenergyradio.com.

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