NASA just saw something come out of a black hole for the first time ever

You don’t have to know a whole lot about science to know that black holes typically suck things in, not spew things out. But NASA just spotted something mighty strange at the supermassive black hole Markarian 335.

Two of NASA’s space telescopes, including the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), miraculously observed a black hole’s corona “launched” away from the supermassive black hole. Then a massive pulse of X-ray energy spewed out. So, what exactly happened? That’s what scientists are trying to figure out now.

“This is the first time we have been able to link the launching of the corona to a flare,” Dan Wilkins, of Saint Mary’s University, said. “This will help us understand how supermassive black holes power some of the brightest objects in the universe.”

NuSTAR’s principal investigator, Fiona Harrison, noted that the nature of the energetic source is “mysterious,” but added that the ability to actually record the event should provide some clues about the black hole's size and structure, along with (hopefully) some fresh intel on how black holes function. Luckily for us, this black hole is still 324 million light-years away.

So, no matter what strange things it’s doing, it shouldn’t have any effect on our corner of the universe.

(Via Viral Thread)

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12-01-2016 om 23:07 geschreven door peter  

Scientists can now “squeeze” light, a breakthrough that could make computers millions of times faster

Light-powered computers would work millions of times faster. (Reuters)

Have you ever wondered why we don’t use light to transmit messages? Nothing can travel faster than the speed of light, but while we use light to carry signals along fiber optic cables, we use electrons to process sound and information in our phones and computers. The reason has always been because light particles–photons—are extremely difficult to manipulate, whereas electrons can be manipulated relatively easily.

But now a group of Harvard physicists has taken a major step toward solving that puzzle, and have brought us one step closer to ultra-fast, light-based computers.

The physicists, led by Professor Eric Mazur, have created a material where the phase velocity of light is infinite. Their results werepublished in Nature Photonics on Oct. 19^th.

“The phase speed is infinite—much larger, infinitely larger than the speed of light,” Mazur tells Quartz.

And it’s electromagnetic waves that count when it comes to telecommunications. “These waves are everywhere,” says Mazur. “We can talk on mobile phones because, in our phones, there are electrons that move up and down to create a wave. This wave travels to the antennae of the phone company and makes electrons there move up and down, which can be detected and turned into electrical signals that can be turned into an audio signal.”

That means the potential commercial uses for this discovery are massive. We won’t see light-based computers yet, as there are still several obstacles to address, but Mazur and his team have overcome a key challenge. “Usually, light needs to be handled very carefully and squeezed very slowly,” says Mazur. “With our material, you relax those constraints completely. You can bend the light, squeeze it, twist it.”

Light-powered telecommunications would allow phones and computers to process information millions of times faster. And because light conserves energy far better than electrons (which tend to waste energy by creating heat), battery lives would be far longer.

It may seem that we already transmit communications pretty fast. But if we could use light to process messages, everything would get a whole lot faster.

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12-01-2016 om 22:57 geschreven door peter  

B.E.A.M.S RAMSGATE UFO MYSTERY SOLVED

Hilary Porter of B.E.A.M.S.  recently posted on Facebook a photograph taken in Ramsgate England on 19th Jul 2012 The image was taken during the Olympic torch relay at Ramsgate on the morning of July 19, 2012 and this photo was snapped by a local resident.

Here is the photo in question. 

This is the information that was presented regarding his image…..

“The UFO (near top right in pic), was not seen at the time, and only later noticed when transferring her images to a PC. Note how the mystery object is in the background and the tree is in the foreground – thus discounting the falling leaf theory…Some people have even tried to suggest that this is simply the top of a streetlight; but look at the inset on image below where I have enlarged the object… (they don’t even have that shape of ‘lamp’ in this part of the town anyway; rather they use the more decorative conical style, as can be seen in the foreground), so that idea also falls by the wayside… and this is certainly not a bird; what else could it be? dirt on the lens?… now we are getting truly desperate for an explanation!” 

Everything points to this picture being unprocessed, (e.g. not the product of ‘Photoshop’ or an similar image editing tool/app), so this looks to be yet another perfectly legitimate, accidental capture of a UFO!”

Source:  http://www.beamsinvestigations.org/Mystery%20UFO%20Photo%20-%20Ramsgate,%20Kent,%20UK.html

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A SPADES A SPADE.

Immediately i knew what it was. It was a streetlight.

Knowing that B.E.A.M.S investigators were qoute: “…truly desperate for an explanation!” 

I thought id investigate this matter a bit more for myself and see if i could prove my own conclusion.

So off to Ramsgate i went. Via Google maps/street view. Upon arriving and taking a short stroll down the streets of Ramsgate, i quickly ascertained that my initial labeling of the UFO as a streetlamp was indeed 100% spot on the money.

I then took some screen savers and created a similar image for comparison and in addition, provided a 100% match to the object seen on the image that B.E.A.M.S. were so desperate to identify.

So i posted the results of my findings to Hilary Porter and then quickly found that i had been blocked. I then posted my findings on the B.E.A.M.S Facebook page and was also expelled from the group.

I am truly shocked at this level of behaviour from a UFO group QUOTE: “…truly desperate for an explanation!” 

http://www.beamsinvestigations.org/Mystery%20UFO%20Photo%20-%20Ramsgate,%20Kent,%20UK.html

No dialogue was exchanged, no thanks was given. I was simply blocked by B.E.A.M.S investigator Hilary Porter for solving the Ramsgate UFO Mystery. And then kicked out their group.

I am truly disappointed in the behaviour of B.E.A.M.S and the way they conduct themselves. It’s a sad day for Ufology indeed.

Below:  the matching streetlights i found within seconds of using Google Maps Street view in Ramsgate. UFO/Streetlight top right.

“…You were blocked because I am sick of idiots who think that know everything – when clearly they know jack-all and are just a pain.
Look, they don’t even have that type of streetlight in this part of Ramsgate town – they use the attractive, conical lamps (note the red circle), – not ugly overhanging streetlamps as you’re suggesting… we have done our homework…” Hilary Porter

Below: Image highlighting cropped streetlight, -identical to the one shown on the original image.

Below, enlargement of the streetlight. Note the raised bit on top.

Below: The Ramsgate UFO ……note the matching raised area. 

Mystery Solved. No Thanks from B.E.A.M.S ….Just blocked. For solving their case. Sad days eh? Not the sort of behaviour i’d expect from a UFO group.  Ever.

Hilary Porter yesterday:

I have just removed the Ramsgate case from our FB page, (it was causing too many arguements), but the report remains on our main BEAMS (archives section) – because that was no streetlight – they don’t even use that style of lamp in that part of Ramsgate, (see red circle), but rather the more decorative, conical style, but anyway… here’s another case from the archives with a very similar shape of object that was captured: read report here:http://www.beamsinvestigations.org/UFO%20Over%20Audenshaw,%…
Now, is this a streetlight? GGMS… no wonder I have deactivated our FB page more times than I care to remember… out of sheer frustration!

Ok then Hilary, please have a look at the images below. Check Mate. Your argument is invalid.

UPDATE ON INVESTIGATION.

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Less than 24hrs after first labeling the alleged UFO on the B.E.A.M.S facebook post as nothing but a streetlight, ive been able to provide enough evidence that supports my summary. So in return i was blocked by Hilary Porter and expelled from the B.E.A.M.S. Facebook page.

For telling it like it is. A spades a spade. Sure it would be great to open our imaginations and wish and want and hope to believe that its E.T. but its only a streetlight.

I wasnt happy about being excommunicated for shedding light on this mystery and thanks to one of my  the top tech assistants in my team, i was provided with the final nail in the coffin for Hilary Porter and B.E.A.M.S with regards to this matter.

I was also disgusted to see that another non related image was also inserted alongside the original image as this was misleading. So Hilary Porter and B.E.A.M.S  the question i have to ask is……Are you proud to operate in this way? blocking people who expose you to the truth?  It would seem that you cant handle the truth and i am tickled that i was able to shed light on this.

Do you think the papers would have fun with a UFO group that could not accept the truth?

Its a streetlight Hilary. Deal with it.

B.E.A.M.S. RAMSGATE UFO MYSTERY SOLVED.

THE ICING ON THE CAKE

New and ongoing developments regarding this case.

I was informed by Hilary Porter on Facebook that

QUOTE:

You were blocked because I am sick of idiots who think that know everything – when clearly they know jack-all and are just a pain.
Look, they don’t even have that type of streetlight in this part of Ramsgate town – they use the attractive, conical lamps (note the red circle), – not ugly overhanging streetlamps as you’re suggesting… we have done our homework.
We have numerous ufos of this type on our site – well away from any possible, imaginary ‘posst’ and ‘poles; – many in the middle of nowhere, clear, crisp objects shaped just like the Ramsgate example…
It is people like you who are ruining this subject – you simply can’t accept the fact that some things in this life simply cannot be explained in rational terms; streetlamp my eye… for heavens sake, don’t you think that we considered that it was a streetlamp – we have been UFO investigators and experiencers since 1991 … so please do not insult our intelligence.
THAT’S WHY YOU BLOCKED AND REMOVED… MR ‘CASE SOLVED’…. NOT!

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So now ive been informed its people like me that know jack shit, don’t do my homework ….don’t know the area, that i  have not been a UFO investigator since 1991 and that im ruining the subject and insulting the intelligence of the B.E.A.M.S team.

WOW!

But there’s more, check out the new low that B.E.A.M.S. investigator Hilary Porter has now sunk to…

Well Hilary, cyberbullying, an even wilder claim than your Ramsgate UFO.

It was a nice of you to explain the reasons why i was blocked.

Now eat humble pie and enjoy the bottom line. You were proven wrong and in the process you insulted and shamed you and your group in the process.

The truth hurts eh?

here it is again. case you never seen it.

Yours truly,

Mr Case Closed.

James Welsh is the primary eyewitness to a series of UFO encounters during December 1999. He investigated the subject for 14 years and is the proud author of Corroborating Evidence- The UFO Investigation of the Millennium.

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12-01-2016 om 22:34 geschreven door peter  

Massive UFOs Filmed Over Santiago, Chile

A massive UFO sighting has been captured on tape by a Chilean local.

The spectacular moment shows how four unidentified massive objects are hovering over downtown Santiago, Chile’s capital and largest city, and after they disappear from the field of view, other small bright UFOs take their place.

The first four flying objects slowly move across the sky before disappearing one by one. They keep no formation and have a few particularities that may identify them as human-made crafts.

But what about their other unexplained characteristics?

The massive UFOs share the same cigar shape and have four lights that flicker as they hover over the city. These could be either safety lights or coming from a quad-engine prototype, but considering that safety lights are usually colored, the four-engine hypothesis seems more viable.
After the massive crafts slowly leave the area, other small UFOs come in their stead. They perform some kind of ritual this time, like following a pattern.

The smaller crafts remind us of the speeding orb UFOs, but judging after the speed and pulsating light, it’s likely that they are something else.

Are these spectacular UFOs man made? Military crafts or authentic alien ships? What are your thoughts?

By ufoholic

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12-01-2016 om 22:06 geschreven door peter  

The Science of the X-Files: Can Extraterrestrial Life Survive a Trip to Earth on a Meteorite?

It's January, X-Files fans, which means we have less than a month to wait before our favorite alien conspiracy show returns for a six-episode miniseries. The pilot (which we saw at NYCC), airs on January 24th, but until then, we're going to give you daily articles about the fascinating science behind the X-Files, courtesy of science advisor Anne Simon and her book "The Real Science Behind the X-Files: Microbes, Meteorites, and Mutants."

In the X-Files episode "Tunguska," Mulder and Scully discover a meteorite has unleashed the alien Black Oil virus on the populace. In the first season episode, "Ice," a Thing-esque alien life form is found preserved in a frozen tundra but was originally delivered to Earth on-you guessed it- a meteorite. But could alien life ever actually reach Earth this way?

"In 'Tunguska' and the earlier episode 'Ice,' meteors are the delivery systems for alien hitchhikers that are able to invade a human host. This brings up several interesting questions," Simon writes. "What are the chances that an alien microbe could survive a trip through space on a vehicle that lacks such basic amenities as an atmosphere, temperature control, sunscreen, refreshments, and brakes?"

While at first blush, bacteria surviving in space may seem like a "fantasy worthy of Mulder's imagination," scientists have been theorizing that alien bacteria hitches rides on meteorites for years. In fact, many astrobiologists believe that life may have been "seeded" on Earth through unintended contamination from meteorites, comets, and asteroids, a theory known as panspermia. Extremely hardy microscopic life forms such as extremophles can survive all sorts of environments, including the anoxic, dessicated Moon and radioactive waste, so it's theoretically possible that these bacteria could survive the grueling trip to Earth.

"Believers in panspermia are not just science fiction junkies. Francis Crick (Nobel laureate and co-discoverer of the structure of DNA) supports the theory of panspermia as does noted English astronomer Sir Fred Hoyle. Even Dana Scully, in "Biogenesis," the last episode of the sixth season, concedes that panspermia is a plausible hypothesis."

Although panspermia is, of course, just a theory, evidence has been mounting since The X-Files went off the air in 2002. Most recently, scientists from the Central European Institute of Technology proved that this phenomenon is physically possible, and a further study from the Harvard Center of Astrophysics claims that panspermia would follow a distinctive pattern that we may able to detect (or not detect) in the not-so-distant future:

"In our theory clusters of life form, grow, and overlap like bubbles in a pot of boiling water," lead author Henry Lin said in August.

According to this new model, the locations of life would follow a pattern which could potentially be detected by burgeoning human technologies. Life would spread outwards in all directions, taking root when it reached a habitable environment. This would lead to overlapping clusters of life, or oases spread all over the galaxy, resembling the "outbreak of an epidemic":

"Life could spread from host star to host star in a pattern similar to the outbreak of an epidemic. In a sense, the Milky Way galaxy would become infected with pockets of life," said co-author Avi Loeb.

That sounds like an X-Files episode in itself, no?

Also in this series:

The Science of the X-Files: The Black Oil Virus and Pathogens That Make You Commit Suicide

The Science of the X-Files: That Time Scientists Claimed They Found Extraterrestrial Life in Meteorites

The Science of the X-Files: Leonard Betts and the Science of Head Regeneration

The Science of the X-Files: How Baby Peacock from "Home" Could Actually Exist

The Science of the X-Files: Alien Acidic Blood and the Real-Life "Toxic Lady"

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12-01-2016 om 21:54 geschreven door peter  

Alien abductee: Readers react to Sue Sill's claims of UFO activity over Huddersfield

• BY DAVE LAFFERTY

Outlane woman's claims lead to healthy debate on social media

Readers have been quick to voice their opinions following Outlane's Sue Sill's claims she was abducted by aliens.

Sue, 57, claims she's had several encounters with UFOs culminating in her abduction in 2010 .

She says Huddersfield is a hotbed of activity and has sent the Examiner videos which she believes are evidence that UFOs are buzzing the skies around the town.

She said: “I was sorting my things out for the morning and running a bath. I walked back into the bedroom and it was like I had gone into a trance.

“I sat down on the bed and the next thing, some figures appeared. They were really small and they had black skin or were wearing black suits.

“They had long, thin arms and their faces were obscured, like a liquid. I was thinking, ‘oh God, what’s happening here?’

“They came to the side of the bed and something like a veil came over me. The next thing I knew I was in a space on a craft looking at Earth.

“The craft was iridescent like a bubble, I could see everything around me. I was thinking, ‘how can I be looking at the Earth?’

“The creatures spoke with telepathy and were showing me the Earth. At once there was a massive explosion on Earth, like a mushroom, and my heart sunk.

“When the creature put its hand on my shoulder it was like ET with a long middle finger. It was like it was feeding off my emotions. I remember the creature saying, ‘don’t worry, you will be all right’.

“I didn’t feel they wanted to harm me or the people on Earth, I think they were concerned about what’s happening on Earth. We are destroying the planet.”

But our readers have expressed a mix of scepticism and surprise on social media.

Paul Tom Bookfast said: "This doesn't mean it's of alien origin. Unless there is solid evidence that they have landed and greeted us for the whole world to see then no they haven't visited.

"I do believe they're out there but it's outrageous to think that people have been abducted. I'm sure they have better things to do than visit Huddersfield and watch what Sue's doing in her kitchen."

Richard Htfc Maguire said: "We are but a grain of sand in an infinite universe to actually believe we are the only sentient beings in the whole universe would be so ignorant, but then again we are good at that as a race."

Johnny Pound said: "I'm thinking, if I was an Alien travelled light years with obviously advanced technology we couldn't start to understand, why would you pick Yorkshire let alone Huddersfield, as nice as they are, have I missed something?"

And Mark Wilkinson added: "I believe she saw what she saw and i saw that silver ball in the sky over Honley last year but did not know what it was !! Just thought there may be a reasonably explanation and not ufos but who knows."

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12-01-2016 om 21:40 geschreven door peter  

Command Sergeant Major James Norton: I Have Proof Of Alien UFO!

Command Sergeant Major James Norton: I Have Proof Of Alien UFO!

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Way back in September 1977, during the Joint Attack Weapons Systems Test (JAWS) at Fort Benning Georgia, the entire base witnessed what appeared to be a UFO invasion. As much as 1300 troops were involved in this incredible event. Most were left with severe psychological trauma and “missing time” gaps.

Command Sergeant Major James Norton, who is now stationed at Fort McClellan, Alabama. He was a buck sergeant (E-5) at the time when he witnessed an eerie encounter with UFOs and the military on September 14, 1977. He was sent to the range a little just before midnight along with around 1200 to 1300 troops to perform live fire with their new weapons systems called JAWS (Joint Attack Weapons System). The Secretary of the Army at the time was actually at the range too!

Command Sergeant Major James Norton: I Have Proof Of Alien UFO!

Command Sergeant Major James Norton remembers clearly when they started the live fire training when all of a sudden there were large orbs way up high in the night sky above them. The next thing he witnessed was what appeared to be lasers crisscrossing through the night sky. The command of ‘cease fire’ was heard shouted out towards the troops, because there was something down range. Military helicopters appeared  suddenly out of nowhere. Explosions were then heard, complete madness had broken out around him! Orbs in the night sky were changing a variety of different colours, a lot like the kind of Orbs that are being seen around the world today! Then  a Triangle shaped UFO showed up. The soldiers around Norton were in complete shock and awe at this spectacle that was now suddenly in front of them.

After this  incredible incident many soldiers became very ill. Every soldier who witnessed this crazy event was briefed that if they were to EVER disclose any information reference the night of these bizarre events, they would be court marshalled immediately and sent to Leavenworth. When Norton eventually obtained his medical records it disclosed that his illness was of unknown origin, his temperature was 104, he was placed in a steel tub of iced water for 2 days, to help bring his temperature down.

Norton had a memory lapse or as we know it in UFO ‘Speak’ it is also called “missing time”. He could not remember how he was on the range and then later found himself alone in the woods. There was an awful lot of time disorientation. During a hypnosis session, he learned that he was actually abducted and taken aboard an unknown craft. Medical experiments were conducted and samples were taken from his body.

After the incident two jets came in that appeared to be white washed, no numbers or identification were on the jets. The jets were there purely to collect UFO crash site debris!

UFO Proof:

Norton picked up a metallic piece from the crash site that had/has strange hieroglyphics on it. This metallic piece cannot be burned. A hacksaw will not cut it either and if you bend it, it will just go back to its original shape. Norton has this metallic piece apparently BURIED AT HIS PROPERTY!?

Norton is now willing and ready to show this evidence to some credible UFologists and to the media! Norton claims he has a 100% proof of UFOs being real, with this solid piece of evidence that he held onto since the incident itself!!

Military helicopters shot down:

The military helicopters that were shot down during the incident, were never actually ever reported to the FAA. He was also burned from a mysterious red substance from this incident!?

Norton is now stationed at Fort McClellan, Alabama and describes how they experiment with biological and chemical substances on this base and that something else is going on there. There is UFO activity at this base, it seems that our military is test flying UFOs all over the base!

One side note: For 62 years, the School of the Americas at Fort Benning, Georgia, has trained some of the worst human rights abusers in the hemisphere. Watch HERE & also the U.S media blackout HERE

Other Proof:

Norton even has some incredible night vision footage of all of the UFOs in their different colours taken on the base. He also has footage of a UFO going from one horizon to another horizon in only about a mere 2 seconds. He has video footage of a triangle shaped UFO that hovers over the base, no sound being emitted from it. He has all of this video footage for any credible Ufologist to review, of which he now ready to share with the right people!

John Vasquez, Co-Author of ‘Incident at Fort Benning ’ recounts his experience as a soldier at Fort Benning in down below video :

 

U.I.P Summary

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When people of an official rank like senior ranking Military Personnel, Astronauts etc, talk seriously about UFO’s and Aliens it’s important that the people of this world listen up to what they have got to say!

This is a fascinating story and something which clearly has a lot of question Marks against it!  Us guys at U.I.P are going to try to reach out to  Norton, to see whether we can be the ones he discloses all of his secrets too!

Something obviously happened that night back in September 1977, and it’s very interesting the fact that these multi coloured Orbs are being seen in their MASSES nowadays!!

U.I.P

A video of a more recent light Orb seen in the sky:

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12-01-2016 om 21:18 geschreven door peter  

NASA zet zich schrap tegen inslagen van 'ruimtestenen' - HLN.be

Bron: IPS

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De Amerikaanse ruimtevaartorganisatie NASA opent met het Planetary Defense Coordination Office een centrum dat maatregelen moet nemen om de aarde te beschermen tegen de mogelijke inslag van gevaarlijke objecten uit de ruimte.

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12-01-2016 om 20:46 geschreven door peter  

Activiteit van zwart gat is zichtbaar met een thuistelescoop - HLN.be

 Bron: The Guardian

© NASA/JPL-Caltech.

WETENSCHAP Het enige dat je nodig hebt om een dichtbijgelegen, actief zwart gat te zien, is een telescoop van 20 centimeter. Dat zeggen Japanse onderzoekers, die ontdekten dat de activiteit van zwarte gaten waargenomen kan worden als een scherpe uitbarsting van licht.

12-01-2016 om 20:39 geschreven door peter  

Mysterieus geluid houdt West-Nederland in de ban - HLN.be

Het westen van Nederland is in de ban van een mysterieus geluid. Van diverse plekken komen meldingen van mensen die de afgelopen weken vreemde tonen in de lucht hebben gehoord.

12-01-2016 om 20:24 geschreven door peter  

UFO Sighting with Pulsating Orb Lights in Broadway, North Carolina, Jan 4, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.

Date of sighting: January 4, 2016. 
Location of sighting: Broadway, North Carolina.

This UFO was caught this week and looks like an energy entity that continually morphs itself into a different shape. The object will change from a triangle, star, rectangle to a flat object all in a few seconds. These UFOs are the easiest to see at night, because of their glowing and are often reported above Canada and Colorado. 
Scott C. Waring
www.ufosightingsdaily.com

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12-01-2016 om 20:01 geschreven door peter  

Bob Lazar Explaining his Engineering Work on Alien Spacecraft at Area S4, Inside Area 51. Video, UFO Sighting News.

Date of interview: Unknown
Location of UFOs:  Area S4, where they back-engineer alien recovered tech.

Area S4 is over the mountains from the main base Area 51. Bob Lazar once worked in Area 51 and saw eight alien disk, all different and learned that the USAF knew of 56 space faring species. Even a CIA agents deathbed confession confirms it all. People often confuse where Area S4 is, so here it is on Google Map. 
Scott C. Waring
www.ufosightingsdaily.com

News states:
Bob Lazar is the alleged UFO whistleblower whose claims of working on back engineering alien spacecraft at Area 51 have made the secretive base famous. Officials have denied his claims that he worked for the government as a scientist. Robert Scott Lazar or Bob Lazar (born January 26, 1959, in Coral Gables, Florida, United States, to Albert Lazar and Phyllis Berliner), claims to have worked from 1988 until 1989 as a physicist at an area called S-4 (Sector Four), located near Groom Lake, Nevada, next to Area 51. According to Lazar, S-4 served as a hidden military location for the study and possible reverse engineering of extraterrestrialflying saucers. Lazar says he saw nine different discs there and provides details on their mode of propulsion. His critics have asserted that "Lazar's credibility crumbled" after "schools he was supposed to have attended had no record of him, while others in the scientific community had no memory of ever meeting him."

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12-01-2016 om 19:58 geschreven door peter  

Cyclist Films UFOs Above A Cornfield In Krakow, Poland

A video showing bizarre lights in the sky left viewers baffled. It was unknown as to when the video was taken, but apparently recorded in the month of September 2015 and posted in December of the same year.

According to the report, a man riding his bicycle noticed some very strange lights in the sky in front of him. The lights appeared over a cornfield in Krakow, Poland.

After cleaning up the pixelated video, it somehow shows a foggy ground. The footage reveals five lights with another larger one, much more visible in the sky – possibly the moon.

It’s difficult to determine the lights’ identity because of the shakiness of the bicycle ride and the movement of the lights. 

The cyclist appears to leave the main road and ride into the corn plants. It is also hard to determine whether the cyclist leaves the path to get a better view of the lights, or he just lost his balance.

Some say the lights are balloons, but their movement seems to rule this out. Observe the video and tell us what you think in the comment section.

12-01-2016 om 19:06 geschreven door peter  

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12-01-2016 om 01:28 geschreven door peter  

Analyse spectrographique d'un OVNI au Norvège / DR

Par Yohan Demeure9 janvier 2016

Un projet baptisé UFODATA a été lancé récemment, porté par des scientifiques désirant impulser la recherche sur les OVNIs (Objets Volants Non Identifiés) qui a tendance à piétiner depuis quelques années.

Ce projet UFODATA a été lancé par Mark Rodeghier, directeur du Center for UFO Studies (Chicago), et Alexander Wendt, professeur de sciences politiques à l’Université d’État de l’Ohio. UFODATA fera l’objet d’une campagne de financement participative, car aucun argent public n’est disponible en rayon du caractère pseudo-scientifique de l’ufologie. Le but du projet UFODATA ? Établir une analyse systémique du phénomène OVNI ou PAN (phénomènes aérospatiaux non identifiés).

« Il est clair désormais que tout progrès sérieux dans la recherche sur les OVNIs passe par une rupture avec les usages du passé. Les récits des témoins, les photos, les vidéos et les documents officiels ne nous en apprendront pas plus. Désormais, nous devons étudier directement le phénomène OVNI comme les autres sciences le font avec leurs propres objets d’étude. Bien sûr, c’est une tâche difficile, mais elle est rendue possible par les avancées technologiques récentes en matière d’informatique, de communication, de sources d’énergie, etc. », explique Mark Rodeghier pour un article du Space Daily du 2 novembre 2015.

Tout d’abord, le projet consiste en la mise en place d’un réseau de stations de surveillance du ciel afin d’obtenir un maximum de données. L’idée d’un prototype est en place, mais les scientifiques ont besoin de 30.000 dollars pour le fabriquer. Ce prototype intégrera divers instruments de mesure afin de compiler le plus de données possible : photomètre, spectromètre, spectroscope, magnétomètre, entre autres.

« En fait, il s’agit d’appliquer aux PANs (Phénomènes aériens non-identifiés, le terme scientifique pour les OVNIs) les même méthodes qu’aux objets spatiaux connus comme les étoiles et les planètes » indique Philippe Ailleris, astronome hollandais responsable de projet pour l’Agence Spatiale Européenne et par ailleurs membre du conseil d’administration d’UFODATA.

UFODATA comporte un intérêt assez inattendu : si les participants au projet sont pour certains spécialistes en ufologie, bon nombre de scientifiques proviennent de disciplines plutôt éloignées de l’étude des OVNIs. C’est le cas d’Alexander Wendt, professeur de sciences politiques à l’Université d’Etat de l’Ohio. Ce politologue est une figure universitaire de renom, étant l’auteur de l’ouvrage intitulé Social Theory of International Politics (Cambridge University Press, 1999) récompensé en 2006 par l’International Studies Association’s, qui lui a décerné le prix de meilleur livre de la décennie.

Certains autres importants contributeurs au projet préfèrent rester anonymes, car l’ufologie reste encore très stigmatisé au sein de la sphère scientifique.

Sources : Space Daily – Paris Match – Melty Discovery

Crédit photos : UFODATA

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12-01-2016 om 01:06 geschreven door peter  

A global effort has begun — Secret files hidden from the public for decades, Detailing every ufo account, are now available to the public.Cracking the Alien Code

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For millenia, it is believed that our cosmic neighbors in the Universe have sent messages for us to decode.
We have struggled to understand the symbols sent to us.
But now, for the first time in history an alien message has Been received.
this could be ground Breaking.
36 years ago two men made Contact with an unknown craft.
Tonight we will reveal it’s Meaning and the way we look at ufo encounters will change.
everything that people thought they knew about ufo’s For the last 7 years is probably wrong.
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No evidence of alien life has been more soft after than a Message from another world.
people have seen ufo’s but to Communicate with an alien, that would be the key to unlocking The secrets of life in the universe.
But one historic incident stands above the rest.

The year is 1980.
In the midst of the cold war, The entire war is on edge.
The possibility of annihilation Sparked by america and the ussr is at an al time high.
this is December 1980.
A period of international Tension.
Ronald reagan has been elected President.
This is a period that the cold War is defrosting and a danger that it might become pretty hot.

Troops are stationed at the royal air force base in the Uk.
Around 3:00 am on the night of December 26th, radar loses track in the woods.
They notice something strange high above the forest.
Radar indicated it could be a downed aircraft.
among the soldiers to witness these lights are airmen first Class boroughs and pendeston.
What they find after driving Into the forest is not a downed aircraft.
as I was getting out of the vehicle, it felt like there was Static electricity in the air.
Things felt abnormal.

Both of us looked at each other and realized something was going On.
Above the trees the two men see The silhouette of a try angular shaped craft.
the object was dancing on our skin and clothes.
At that point in time I knew I had an unknown object in front Of me.
sergeant reaches for his Notebook to record the details of the object that was almost Six feet tall with mysterious symbols etched on the side of The craft.
one of the things that sets The forest apart is this wasn’t just lights in the sky.
This was a landed ufo.
They both got extremely close to This object.

It had turned down in a small Clearing in the forest and jim claims that he got so close to This thing he was able to reach out and touch it.
I took my hand and ran it over the bottom all the way across.
It felt like going over the smoothest of metal to like Sandpaper.
but then something happens That will change his life forever.
out of all of them one was larger.
I decided to touch that one.
I touched that symbol and I had An explosion of white light where I couldn’t see, I was Blinded.
I started seeing 1′s and 0′s.
They were like inside my mind’s eye.
they burn into his memory leaving an imprint of an alien Code.
I think I was plain Terrified.
Somehow I was able to pull my Hand off and stop.
The craft started to move a Little bit and then it was gone in the blink of an eye.
next, the two men we witnessed the craft in the Forest reveal a shocking secret and their hunt for the truth Reveals a shocking alien contact.

it is coming this way.
this is “unsealed alien Files.
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late in the night two men Experience something in the forest.
He is shaken by his experience and the vision it leaves behind.
John boroughs maintains a different memory of the events Entirely.
I do not remember seeing jim Walk around the craft.
What I clearly remember was we Got close to something and the next thing I know it appeared to Go out into the sky.
but the most unexpected Difference, the time on their synchronized watches differs by Almost 45 minutes.
whatever we encountered Affected our memory.
At one point I looked towards Whatever was in the air could have affected our memory or Could have affected what we saw.

when they returned to base it Transpired that more time had elapsed than they realized.
Time it seemed not only had run on, but had maybe one at Different speeds for them.
This takes us to quite Extraordinary territory.
But when you talk to john and Jim and people who looked at this case.
Theories had bounced around.
could the ship have caused The exception of time, their search for the answer uncovers Evidence that must be heard to be believed.
unsealed case file the charles halt recording.
The following evening.
John boroughs meets with base Commander shalt to reexamine the site of the commander.
They checked nearby trees for radiation.
One of the things that came up was that the radio traffic was Being recorded through the command post.
The side facing the expected landing site.
We were taking the sample now.
That is the strongest point on The tree? yes, sir.
it had gone all the way to the side of the meter.
the course of the investigation changes when a Soldier on the team notices something unusual.
A glowing light spotted in the distance.

There it is.
What is it? I don’t know, sir.
it is a strange, small red Light.
Maybe a quarter to a half.
there is no doubt this is genuine and it is extraordinary.
You can hear the tension and fear in their voices as the ufo Approaches them.
You can hear the ufo’s coming Closer.
the object exploded into a Great white light and shot back out.
he is thinking about this and he said was this communication? A warning? What was it? On January 13th, 1981, colonel halt writes a memorandum about The incident.
In it he confirms that what they Encountered on the previous night was no figment of the Imagination but a real phenomenon.
two pieces of evidence to support the incident was the Memo and the tape recording.
But what we found out years Later was that there was a more significant piece and that was The code that he received when he touched the craft.
But he was still keeping the code a secret.
I could pt sleep.
I was still having the codes Flashing.
After I completed 16 pages I Felt great.
But I wasn’t going to report That because it sounds in sane.
So I kept it quiet.
when he touched this the huge jolt and information somehow Transferred to him.
He forgot about this.
Maybe he didn’t realize it was important.
It was only 30 plus years he realized he was sitting on Something of the utmost significant.
coming up next, we reveal the meaning mind the code in his Notebook and uncover the shocking identity of the beings Who sent it to us

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This is “unsealed alien files” Exposing the biggest secret on planet earth.
welcome back to “unsealed alien files.
” Retired usair force sergeant has kept a secret from the world.
received in a vision.
For 30 years these pages remained hidden until a chance Reunion with his partner in as we were going through the book he came to pages that had I said these are binary Codes.
in 1974 scientists broadcast A message at a power of 1,000 kilowatts into deep space.
When the message was sent up at that time it was the most Powerful message that we had sent.
It was sent up in long strings of 0s and 1s.
the easiest way to understand binary code is to think of it as Morse code.
You put 8, 1s or 0s together and You get a band.
The code watts was decided to be The universal language.
It would be the easiest thing to Decipher.
When we sent the message to the Heavens we gave details about the universe and details about Who we are as humanity.

If pensatan received Communication and we were able to decode it.
That message could change humanity.
the al yen code.
In 2012 I was given six pages From his notebook.
I was asked to see if there was A message inside.
nick was asked to take the First six pages and determine if in fact they meant anything at All.
I was skeptical that I would Find anything.
I started running them into my Translator and I was shocked to find a message.
Which red latitude and longitude coordinates.
When I saw the message a chill ran down my spine.
I was not expecting to find anything.
And here was a message that would appear to come from the Aliens if they were trying to communicate for us.
the message could be in instruction or perhaps a warning A possibility made more intriguing by the numbers that Appear in the code.

it is the right number of Digits appearing somewhere on planet earth.
when plotted on a map.
They fall off the coast of Ireland and island once known as high procele.
it has been dubbed a sort of lost land a mythical country as It were that some believe were the site of an advanced Civilization.
According to legend.
Those who have seen it reported a land filled with a wealthy Civilization whose architecture was filled with domes.
then the island disappeared from the map.
But in the pages that followed.
Continued analysis has uncovered Other coordinates around the globe.
it clearly shows grid coordinates from around the Globe.
United states, central america, South america, greece, egypt and china.
Many have speculated that it points to alien ancestors on Planet earth.
But there is more to this story Than we have been led to believe.
many believe that this code could be the smoking gun that Blows open the whole mystery of ufo phenomenon itself.

but to fully understand the message we must answer the Question who sent it to the human race and perhaps the most Shocking revelation of the encounter is that jim believes He has the answer.
why would a race that Traveled thousands of light years play hide and seek with Us, give us a binary message and why is it in english and why Does the craft have markings like the usair craft? It doesn’t point to alien.
This is not a ufo.
coming up next jim exposes the creatures in the forest with An answer that will shock the world.
This is “unsealed alien files.
” welcome back to “unsealed Alien files.
” within the 16 pages of code Recorded by jim in the forest, the most important detail may be His explanation

of who gave it to him.
this is not about ufo’s.
It doesn’t point to alien.
What I seen was a craft that was us for the future.
perhaps the code is actually a message from our own species.
If jim is correct the true message of the code is an Assurance that mankind will survive well into the centuries Ahead and the revelation that ufo’s on planet earth may be a Glimpse into our future this is unsealed alien files.
Exposing the biggest secret on planet earth.

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Alien alphabet Pleiades, Sirius, Atlantida 

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11-01-2016 om 23:37 geschreven door peter  

Human Hybrids Of Ancient Greece

BY ANCIENT CODE 

Article written by Simon E. Davies, contributor to Ancient Code. Visit his Facebook page here. 

The Greeks adapted many of the monsters in their legends from the near east influences. However, it can be argued that their depiction of these fabulous beasts are among the most iconic and unique in world mythology.

Some of the most formidable beasts were known as hybrids (part human and part animal). Hybrids combined the savagery of nature with the intelligence of humans, making them powerful allies or deadly foes. The following list details some of the most notable hybrids of ancient Greece, and their roles in mythology:

The Gorgons were three horrifying sisters with broad faces, and piercing eyes (some depictions even say they had flaring nostrils, yellowed tusks and protruding tongues). Their heads were wreathed in snakes, and one look from a Gorgon’s eyes would turn a man to stone. Perseus killed Medusa, one of the Gorgon sisters, by beheading the beast while looking at her reflection in his shield.

Dryads were tree spirits, typically associated with oak trees. They were said to have been born from the trees in the Silver Age of Greece, and possessed bark like features. While the tree flourished, so did its resident nymph, but when it died she passed away with it. They were normally considered to be very shy creatures, except around the goddess Artemis, who was known to be a friend of the nymphs.

The Manticore, a beast which originated from Persia, was described by the Greek physician Ctesias in one of his memoirs. He claimed to have seen one on his travels in India, describing it as having the head of a man, the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion. Legend says it had three rows of sharp teeth and its tail could shoot venomous spines to paralyze or kill its victims. It devoured its prey whole and left no clothes, bones, or possessions.

The Drakaina were part woman, and part dragon. Sometimes they were depicted as having a woman’s head and torso, with the hind-quarters of a dragon or snake. They were among the most deadly of monsters in Greek mythology, often used as guardians of sacred places. Campe (guardian of Tartarus), Delphyne (guardian of the oracle) and Echidna (known as the mother of monsters because the majority of monsters in Greek myth were her offspring) were the most notorious.

The Minotaur was a man-eating beast with the head of a bull and the body of a man. King Minos kept it hidden in a labyrinth in Knossos, where he used it to frighten his enemies. Legend says the Minotaur was created by Poseidon to punish king Minos for an improper sacrifice. He made Pasiphaë (Minos’ wife) fall in love with a white bull, and together they sired the Minotaur. Eventually, the Greek hero Theseus killed this abomination on one of his adventures.

The centaurs were one of the most civilised hybrid races, but even they were known to be heavy drinkers, reverting to coarseness and savagery. They had the head, arms, and torso of a human and the lower body of a horse. Chiron was one of the most popular centaurs in Greek mythology. He stands in contrast to the typical depiction of centaurs being indulgent and violent drinkers with his intelligence and enviable medical skills.

The Lamia were vamparic women with a taste for blood. Their race originated in Ancient Libya, based on a beautiful queen Lamia who became a child-eating daemon. Hera (Zeus’ wife) killed all of Lamia’s children out of spite, after finding out that she had slept with her husband. Lamia’s grief at the death of her children caused her to turn into a monster who took revenge on all mothers by hunting down and devouring their children. Many accounts say these daemons had snake’s coils in place of legs.

Satyrs are a troop of male spirits who have goat-like features. They were described as having human bodies, with the hindquarters and horns of a goat. They were often found following Dionysus, the god of feasting. They roamed the woods and mountains, playing on their flutes and drinking copious amounts of wine. They epitomize the essence of having a carefree life as they make music and drink all their days away.

The sphinx of Ancient Greece was said to have a woman’s head, a lion’s body, and the wings of a great eagle. Legend says she terrorized travellers by demanding them answer a riddle. It went “what has one voice and yet becomes four-footed and two-footed and three-footed”? Those who could not answer were devoured. Eventually the Greek hero Oedipus gave the proper answer: “it is man, for he crawls on all fours in infancy, walks on two feet when grown, and leans on a staff in old age”. Bested at last, the Sphinx threw herself from her high rock to her death.

The Earth Kings were an ancient race who had human heads and torsos, but serpentine coils in place of legs. The most famous of the Earth Kings was Cecrops I, a mythical king of Athens who reigned for fifty years, and was said to have been born from the earth itself. He was preceded in the region by the earth-king Actaeus of Attica (also said to have been born from the Earth). These founding figures were heroes of Greece, who taught their people marriage, reading, writing, and ceremonial burial.

The Sirens have been depicted as either half woman half bird (in ancient Greece), or half woman and half fish (in Hellenistic Greece). They lived on rocks by the sea, where their beautiful singing lured sailors to their deaths (wrecking their ships on their rocks). Odysseus filled his sailors’ ears with wax so that they might sail safely past the Sirens haunting laments.

Harpies were winged spirits, known for their proclivity for stealing food. Zeus used them to punish a king called Phineus by trapping him on an island with buffet and a large group of harpies, thus preventing him from ever eating as the food was always stolen away. These winged monsters had the bodies of birds and the heads and torsos of women.

For the Greeks, these monsters embodied a fear of chaos. Many of the tales speak of dark and malevolent creatures being conquered by gods and mortals, the forces of order, reason and civilisation.

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11-01-2016 om 23:11 geschreven door peter  

UFO Secrets of the Soviet Union : Documentary on the Secret World of Russian UFO Intelligence

11-01-2016 om 23:01 geschreven door peter  

If There Are Aliens Out There, Where Are They?

Alien life, if it exists, could be as simple as bacteria or more complex than humans—and there are optimal strategies for searching for both

Physicist Enrico Fermi famously asked the question "Where are they?" to express his surprise over the absence of any signs for the existence of other intelligent civilizations in the Milky Way Galaxy. Although many potential resolutions to this so-called “Fermi paradox” have been suggested over the years, there is still no consensus on which one, if any, is correct. The question of whether we are alone in the Milky Way (or in the universe at large) remains, however, one of the most intriguing questions in science in general, and in astronomy in particular.

Given the enormous uncertainties involved with the emergence, evolution,and survivability of any extrasolar life (if it exists), we shall attempt to briefly identify the most generic, remotely-detectable signatures of alien life (both simple and intelligent), and to examine the expected effectiveness of various search strategies. This topic has become particularly timely, because observations (primarily with the Kepler space telescope) have shown that the Milky Way contains no fewer than a billion Earth-size planets orbiting Sun-like (or smaller) stars in the “Goldilocks” region that allows for liquid water to exist on the planet’s surface (the so-called habitable zone). Furthermore, the search for extraterrestrialintelligent life has recently received a significant boost in the form of “Breakthrough Listen”—a $100-million decade-long project aimed at searching for non-natural transmissions in the electromagnetic bandwidth from 100 megahertz to 50 gigahertz.

Simple life appeared on Earth almost as soon as the planet cooled sufficiently to support water-based organisms. To be detectable from a distance, however, life has to evolve to the point where it dominates the planetary surface chemistry and has significantly changed the atmosphere, creating chemical “biosignatures” that can in principle be detected remotely. For instance, Earth itself would probably not have been detected as a life-bearing planet during the first two billion years of its existence. Concerning the evolution of intelligent life, the main open questions include:

—What are the geochemical constraints on the evolution of complex life?

—What are the timescales that those constraints dictate?

—Are there evolutionary "filters" or bottlenecks that make it extremely hard to make the transition to intelligence? On Earth, for example, it took about three billion years for the most basic multi-cellular life forms to appear. It took four and a half billion years (and a series of contingencies such as plate tectonics and asteroid impacts) to reach even the most rudimentary capability of interstellar communication (That is, via radio reception and transmission). These considerations demonstrate that it is important to first establish whether planetary systems that are older than the solar system are common in the Milky Way.

The current age of the solar system is about half that of the our galaxy's disk and also half of the sun’s predicted lifetime. We therefore expect that roughly one half of the stars in our galactic disk are older than the sun. A recent study that examined planet formation history concluded that the solar system formed close to the median epoch for giant planet formation, and that about 80 percent of currently existing Earth-like planets may already had been formed (pdf) at the time of Earth’s formation. This gives us great leverage for probing extrasolar intelligent life.

Which detectable biosignature may be considered the most reliable for the existence of simple life (on a sufficiently old, rocky planet, in the habitable zone)? Even though no single biosignature would be absolutely compelling, an atmosphere that is very rich in oxygen (say 20 percent or more) would probably be the most promising target initially. Wheras non-biological processes (such as the splitting of carbon dioxide by intense ultraviolet radiation) can produce oxygen in a planetary atmosphere, only under rare circumstances would these create such high levels of enrichment. Only in combination with other potential biosignatures, however, such as methane, would the credibility of a life-based origin for the oxygen be significantly strengthened.

Consequently, an excellent first step in the quest for signatures of simple extrasolar life in the relatively near future would be to: search for oxygen, but try to back it up with other biosignatures. This can (in principle) be achieved with large, ground-based arrays of relatively low-cost flux collector telescopes (such as a next-generation European Extremely Large Telescope; with a collecting area the size of a few football fields), if these are equipped with very-high-dispersion spectrographs. The oxygen lines from the exoplanet’s spectrum would be slightly Doppler-shifted relative to oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere, making it relatively straightforward (although definitely not easy) to detect them. The more difficult detection of methane in the infrared would have to follow.

What would be the requirements from a space mission? We would want to be able to at least place a meaningful constraint on the rarity of extrasolar life, if such a mission happens to not detect any biosignatures.  Simulations show that in the case of non-detection, to be able to make a statement such as: “remotely detectable life occurs in less than about 10 percent of Earth-like planets around sun-like stars,” would require the ability to image and characterize the atmospheres of at least three-dozen or so exoEarths. Such a yield, in turn, would necessitate a space telescope aperture exceeding about 8.5 meters in diameter. The proposed Habitable-Exoplanet Imaging Mission (HabEx), under discussion for the next decadal survey, would have to be designed at the upper limit of its currently conceived aperture to meet this particular requirement. The more ambitious nine- to 12-meter Large UV/Optical/IR (LUVOIR) type space telescope such as the proposed High Definition Space Telescope would be a natural mission candidate for the 2030s.

One would ideally like to go beyond biosignatures and seek the clearest sign of an alien technological civilization. This could be the unambiguous detection of an intelligent, non-natural signal, most notably via radio transmission, the aim of the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) program. Yet there is a distinct possibility that radio communication might be considered archaic to an advanced life form. Its use might have been short-lived in most civilizations, and hence rare over large volumes of the universe. What might then be a generic signature? Energy consumption is a hallmark of an advanced civilization that appears to be virtually impossible to conceal.

The two most plausible, long-term energy sources available to an advanced technology are through commanding stellar luminosity with a construction known as a “Dyson sphere”, possibly including harvesting the starlight from many stars, not just one, or even from an entire galaxy; the other is by controlled fusion of hydrogen into heavier nuclei. In both cases, waste heat would be an inevitable outcome, producing a detectable mid-infrared (MIR) signature. Other potential signatures of advanced civilizations that have also been suggested, such as various forms of atmospheric industrial pollution, or short-lived radioactive products, are necessarily transitory. (Basically those aliens either clean up their act ordestroy themselves).  Infrared emission, on the other hand, seems almost unavoidable. A recent large survey by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) satellite did identify five red spiral galaxies whose combination of high MIR and low near-ultraviolet luminosities are inconsistent with simple expectations from high rates of star formation. A conventional explanation for these observations, such as the presence of large amounts of internal dust, has not been ruled out, however. Such peculiar objects deserve follow-up observations before we explore whether they might represent the signatures of galaxy-dominating species.

More pessimistically, biologically-based intelligence may constitute only a very brief phase in the evolution of complexity, followed by what futurists have dubbed the “singularity”—the dominance of artificial, inorganic intelligence. If this is indeed the case, most advanced species are likely not to be found on a planet's surface (where gravity is helpful for the emergence of biological life, but is otherwise a liability). But they probably must still be near a fuel supply, namely a star, because of energy considerations. Even if such intelligent machines were to transmit a signal, it would probably be unrecognizable and non-decodable to our relatively primitive organic brains.

This could perhaps explain the Fermi paradox. If this scenario holds true, our chances of detecting simple life via biosignatures may be far greater than those of discovering intelligent ET’s. Still, the ultimate goal of detecting the signature of an advanced intelligence, whether biological or nonbiological, remains the most intriguing option. All power to proposed projects for the 2020s such as Japan's Space Infrared Telescope for Cosmology and Astrophysics (SPICA) and NASA’s Far Infrared Surveyor.

The key point is that for the first time in human history, we are only two or three decades away from being able to actually answer the “Are we alone?” question. Because the answer may affect nothing less than our last claim for being special in the cosmos, its importance cannot be overemphasized. In any case, echoing what Giuseppe Cocconi and Philip Morrison said at the end of their seminal 1960 Nature article on searching for extraterrestrials (pdf), we shall never know unless we search! (Scientific American is part of Nature Publishing Group.)

This article is based on research conducted at the Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris.

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11-01-2016 om 21:49 geschreven door peter  

Astronomie:Découverte de la plus grande structure de l’univers

Des chercheurs de l’université d’Hawaii à Manoa ont décelé la présence d’un gigantesque vide dans la constellation d’Eridan qui serait la plus grande structure jamais identifiée par l’homme dans l’univers.

Une spirale dans la constellation d’Antlia.

Les astronomes ont découvert, le 21 avril 2015, la plus grande structure jamais recensée dans l’univers : un immense trou vide, selon le Guardian. Surnommé «supervoid» (ndlr: supervide en français), il mesure 1,8 milliard d’années-lumière de diamètre et se distingue par sa vacuité inhabituelle. István Szapudi, qui a dirigé les travaux de l’Université d’Hawaii à Manoa, décrit l’objet comme «la plus grande structure jamais identifiée par l’humanité». «Compte tenu de sa taille, le fait de trouver une structure comme celle-là est un évènement très rare», ajoute lescientifique. Le trou se trouve dans la constellation d’Eridan, à 3 milliards d’années-lumière de la Terre, une distance relativement courte dans l’espace.

Un espace très froid

C’est grâce au télescope Pan-STARRS1 (PS1) de Hawaii que le supervide a été repéré, depuis le parc national de Haleakala. Les scientifiques remarquent qu’une immense zone de froid se dégage autour de lui, comparé à ses régions voisines aux températures plus douces. Pour justifier cela, les chercheurs accusent dans un premier temps l’immensité du trou qui freine la puissance de la lumière et donc de la chaleur. Car, traverser un tel espace prendrait des centaines de millions d’années, et les rayons de lumières faiblissent peu à peu lorsqu’ils traversent le vide.

Cependant, les scientifiques affirment que le vide ne peut pas être la seule explication à cette telle froideur. «Les trous vides ne sont pas entièrement vides, ils sont sous-dense. Le supervide contient environ 20% de choses en moins que dans notre partie de l’univers», nuance Andras Kovacs, un scientifique qui a participé à l’étude. En outre, les chercheurs ont même découvert qu’il manquerait près de 10 000 galaxies dans cette partie de l’espace ; ce qui expliquerait en partie ces températures si basse. Roberto Trotta, cosmologiste à l’Imperial College London explique au Guardian qu’il va désormais falloir comprendre «par quel processus ce vide s’est formé».

Un univers infini.

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11-01-2016 om 21:34 geschreven door peter