Did the Soviet Union Discover Aliens in the Deepest Lake in the World?

Did The Soviet Union Discover Aliens In The Deepest Lake In The World?

Under the waters of Lake Baikal in 1982, 7 Russian divers are exploring the world deepest freshwater lake on a research mission, but 50 metres underwater, strange humanoid creatures appear and in an attempt to capture one of them, all the divers are pushed up to the top by an unknown force.

Who were these creatures and what can we learn from this encounter?

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21-09-2020 om 21:50 geschreven door peter  

Zig Zagging UFO Over Seoul, South Korea On Sept 20, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.

Date of sighting: Sept 20, 2020

Location of sighting: Seoul, South Korea

 

This video was just released today. A person in South Korea was recording with their phone on the roof of their apartments when they saw a white object behaving strangely. The UFO began to back track its direction three different times and descended very quickly at one point. There is no aircraft that I have ever seen capable of performing those kinds of maneuvers. 100% proof that aliens are watching over South Korea. 

Scott C. Waring 

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21-09-2020 om 20:43 geschreven door peter  

UFO Fleet Over Chicago Causes Guy To Drop His Take Out, Sept 20, 2020, UFO Sighting News.

Date of sighting: Sept 20, 2020
Location of sighting: Chicago, USA

This is really a great catch from Chicago. A UFO fleet was seen over a neighborhood and if you watch carefully and in full screen mode, you will see the UFO is not a lone but with a whole fleet. I saw at least five UFOs, but there may be more since some may glow faintly and the video may not pick them all up. Many white UFO fleets being seen this week around the globe. 100% alien technology, no doubt about it. 
Scott C. Waring

Eyewitness states: 

I just pulled up to my home and someone flashed me. So I set my P.F. Chang’s on the ground and commenced to record!! Then I said thank you for showing me!! Activity in this part of the USA seems to be gaining momentum.

 

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21-09-2020 om 20:34 geschreven door peter  

UFO Fleet Over Old Saybrook, Connecticut On Sept 19, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.

Date of sighting: Sept 19, 2020
Location of sighting: Old Saybrook, Connecticut, USA

When UFOs fly together, they often take on a formation with the ones closest to them. Here you see a dozen white UFOs in the sky over Connecticut and some of them are in a triangle formation. Its how they watch out for each other. For example a military pilot is always suppose to wait for his wingman...the other pilot flying in the other jet in order to fly more safely and watch out for one another. Very interesting that even UFOs take safety into consideration. 
Scott C. Waring

Eyewitness states:

Around 8 or 9 orbs traveled in the same direction for a few minutes before disappearing in Old Saybrook, CT about 2-3 miles away from Saybrook Point around 7:30 pm on September 19th, 2020. They were not airplanes. I don't know what they were so they are technically UFOs.

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21-09-2020 om 20:27 geschreven door peter  

Huge UFO Over Truchas, Spain On Sept 14, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.

Date of sighting: Sept 14, 2020
Location of sighting: Truchas, Spain

What we see here is a huge UFO that has created a cloud around it in order to not frighten the public. It probably is moving from a base under the ocean floor to a new location. The object also seems to be moving very fast, too fast to be a cloud. The disk itself is perfectly balanced and mimics the alien disk shape perfectly. This is an alien ship. 
Scott C. Waring 

Eyewitness states:

 The journey from La Bañeza to the town of La Baña is made by this van, every working day, taking the workers from a slate factory. One of those days, the occupants of the vehicle are surprised to observe this strange phenomenon. It is produced on the local road LE-126, between the towns of Truchas and Quintanilla de Yuso. With their mobile, they record this possible unidentified object ... or possibly ... this cloud. You think !!

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21-09-2020 om 20:09 geschreven door peter  

In 1994 an unidentified flying object was filmed by two radar tracking cameras at the Nellis Test Range in Nevada. 

First it was sighted near the two radar domes on Black Mountain, Nevada, by tracking Station S30 and the second encounter 43 minutes later was filmed by tracking station S13 from an undisclosed location.

The tapes where made by airmen "filming the screens" of two CCTV monitors and all of the audio was recorded using a microphone. The tapes showing the event were smuggled out and smaller sections were first broadcast in 1995. 

Although the footage reveals two radar tracking stations, S30 and S13, when we listen carefully we hear a third station which is S12.

Interestingly when we see the S30 CCTV monitor we are actually hearing the communication between the S12 and S13 controllers . They perform a simulated missile launch on the UFO not once but twice. It is very difficult to hear but you can hear the call "Jackpot".  

I.A.T. presents you at first the original untouched video with bad audio quality followed up by our fully enhanced version with better (restored) audio and shown in the correct sequence. Pay special attention to the "white halo" around the UFO. See how it rotates and moves in all directions indicating the UFO's heading.

Some "experts", clearly not radar controllers themselves have been telling complete nonsense as they have drawn wrong conclusions from the radar data. 

In a video to be presented soon, we will go much deeper into the subject and will explain in detail what really happened that day (and what not) by presenting you forensically enhanced photos- and videos, audio transcripts with explanations, details of the UFO in super resolution, tracking data and lots of background information, which has never been published. 

  

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21-09-2020 om 20:01 geschreven door peter  

What the hell did I witness, and where did it go?

By Chloe Parkman

The mystery of the unidentified flying object spotted whizzing through the air above the Queen Mary 2 cruise ship in Torquay last week has been solved.

Chief investigator for World UFO Photos, John Mooner, who witnessed the UFO said: ''The object flew down towards the ship and then stopped and hovered there for a couple of second before it just seemed to disappear into thin air.

“I was really stumped by this as it was far too large to be a drone and there was no sound at all.

“What the hell did I witness? And where did it go?”

Well, it seems the mystery behind explainable phenomenon can finally be put to bed after the man behind the marvel has come forward stating that it was 'likely' to be his drone.

Budding photographer Luke Brown said: ''Over lockdown I had decided to take up a new hobby so invested in a drone.

''I have been flying the drone over the bay to get shots of the P&O cruise ships.

''It is very likely that the UFO was actually my drone as I was around there.''

After reading that it had been mistaken for an alien spaceship, Luke was highly 'amused'.

He said: ''I think in the future I might start dressing the drone up as an alien and fly him over Torbay!''

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21-09-2020 om 18:27 geschreven door peter  

UFO Photographed Over the Queen Mary 2 Cruise Ship in Torquay

For many, 2020 is the most unusual year in living memory, and it seems that we’ve seen and been through a lot of strange things. It’s no wonder for many to wonder what the year will bring next.

What about space aliens coming to Devon for their end of summer vacations? In photos caught by the chief investigator for World UFO Photos, John Mooner, a photography mission to catch four cruise ships in Hopes, Nose, Torquay resulted in spotting a UFO.

The UFO was spotted above the Queen Mary 2 cruise ship. It was too big to be a drone, Mr Mooner insists. He further said that it was metallic and reflected from one side.

Narrating his unusual find, Mr Mooner said he had gone to Hopes Nose to get pictures of the four cruise ships that were anchored offshore. He had been taking photos of the ships all week from different locations around the coast, and he had captured some fantastic shots of them.

He had also caught several anomalous objects close to the ships. One of these UFOs had been flown directly over the top of the cruise ship that he had managed to photograph. He said he had a good vantage point of the vessel from where he was standing at Hope’s Nose. He had just started to take pictures of two of the ships with his Nikon P900 camera when he saw a strange object close to the Queen Mary 2 cruise ship just like before.

Mr Mooner described the object to be metallic, and the sun was reflecting its right side. He said he saw the object flew down towards the ship and then stopped and hovered for several seconds before it disappeared without a trace.

The UFO stumped Mr Mooner as it was far too large to be a drone and no sound coming from it at all.

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21-09-2020 om 17:45 geschreven door peter  

TALL ALIENS MADE A RUSSIAN TEENAGER DISAPPEAR IN FRONT OF SEVERAL PEOPLE IN 1989

On September 27, 1989, in South Park along Mendeleev Street in Voronezh, Russia, many people claimed to have seen a UFO landing.

Several children were playing in the park, and at the bus stop, there were about 20 adults that suddenly saw a pink light in the evening sky, from which a dark red ball emerged. At first, it seemed to float and then slowly descended.

It took about a minute before the UFO gently lowered to a height of 15 meters above the park, and then slowly circled above it for a short time. After that, the UFO, which was approximately 10 meters in diameter, flew away.

A few minutes later, another UFO appeared in the same place, and the people saw a giant alien.

It was looking around, dressed in a silver suit and bronze shoes. The alien did not have a real head, only something like a hump between its shoulders.

Three eyes could be seen on this hump, and the eye in the center was intensely turning forward and backward. When the creature disappeared into the ship again, the hatch closed, and the craft descended and approached with a loud hum.

The brightly-glowing ship stopped one meter above the ground, rocking back and forth. Four landing pillars emerged from the base of the object and sank to the ground.

According to eyewitnesses, the object was oval, egg-shaped, approximately 15 meters long and 6 meters high.

After the landing, a hatch slowly opened, and two grim humanlike figures (one of them was 3-4 meters high) came out.

The aliens were moving like robots. The shape of the aliens was described as boxes with arms and legs, and buttons were glowing on their chests.

At that very moment, a boy from the group of children playing nearby screamed in fear. The tall alien cast his gaze at him with his central eye, without moving his head. A light came out of his eye and hit the boy, which made him motionless for several minutes.

The two creatures returned to their flying machine, and the witnesses thought the aliens were about to disappear. But after a few minutes, they returned, and now, the giant was holding a silver 1.2-meter long pipe in his hand, which it pointed at a 16-year-old boy who dared to get too close to a flying object.

To the horror of witnesses, the boy suddenly disappeared without a trace. Then the creatures turned around and slowly climbed the ladder into their flying machine, entered it, and closed the hatch. The ship rose above the ground, soared into the air, and flew away at an ever-increasing speed.

It dodged to the side, passed over a tall residential building, and disappeared into the sky very quickly. The witnesses said that exactly at the moment when the spacecraft disappeared, the 16-year-old boy appeared in the park again.

Russian News Agency TASS was the first one to announce this shocking UFO landing incident happened in Voronezh on October 9, 1989.

Russian journalist Vladimir Lebedev said he had talked with many witnesses, including three children (Zhenya Blinov, Vasya Surin, and Yulia Sholokhova).

When the children were asked to draw the UFO, their sketches were the same, and the object had a banana shape.

Journalist Lebedev also claimed that there had been three landings between September 23 and 29 during that time. This meant that the Voronezh UFO incident was the second landing.

Many media houses called the “Voronezh UFO incident” a hoax because of the lack of photographic and medical evidence.

Nevertheless, other nes agencies like The Washington Post showed some interest in the incident.

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21-09-2020 om 01:42 geschreven door peter  

Tom Horn: The Wormwood Prophecy - Is an Asteroid Going to Strike Earth?

Tom Horn died and saw Heaven. Then God showed him the future of the world.

Long time television and radio personality, author and publisher, Thomas Horn, serves as the Chief Executive Officer of SkyWatchTV. At the dawn of the Internet, Horn launched two news services where coverage of latest-breaking news and information on cutting-edge stories covering religion, discovery, and the supernatural through in-depth investigative reports led to his network of writers being referenced and interviewed by the biggest names in broadcasting, including:

• Coast to Coast AM, the LA Times Syndicate, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, FOX, Time, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Miami Herald, BBC, MSNBC, Michael Savage, SciFi Channel, History Channel, Hannity & Colmes, Sid Roth’s “It’s Supernatural”, The Jim Bakker Show, Celebration Daystar TV, FaithTV, WorldNetDaily, NewsMax.com, White House Correspondents, and dozens of other newsmagazines and press agencies around the globe.

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20-09-2020 om 23:34 geschreven door peter  

Michael Cremo: Forbidden Archaeology - Could Our Records Be Wrong?... (How Old Is Humanity Really?)

COAST TO COAST AM INSIDER Archived Show – Author Michael Cremo returned to the show to discuss both his archaeological research and his thesis that mankind has devolved from a higher state of pure consciousness. Humans are multidimensional and made up of three elements, he said– ordinary matter, subtle mind, and consciousness.

There is evidence that the latter two are real elements from both scientific studies and ancient texts, he said. In fact, he detailed how Nobel Prize winning physicists Pierre and Marie Curie conducted research that clearly showed evidence for mental powers such as psychokinesis.

Like humans, the cosmos itself is a multilevel environment, which in addition to the physical matter dimension, contains subtle energy planes inhabited by angels and astral beings, he shared. Humans devolved from such realms by “covering” themselves in matter, he argued. Further, ancient Sanskrit and other texts indicate that humankind is far older than the traditional scientific community acknowledges.

In his Forbidden Archaeology research, Cremo studied hematite balls with grooves on them, which he said metallurgists can’t explain how they could have formed naturally. They were found in a mine in South Africa in mineral deposits that are over two billion years old, he added. He also discussed a human skeleton discovered in Savona, Italy in a rock formation that dates back four million years. For more, view a page of images that Michael sent us as part of his presentation.

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20-09-2020 om 23:25 geschreven door peter  

Did This Kid With a Metal Detector Change History?

Did This Kid With A Metal Detector Change History?

Ancient bronze artifact was found in Idaho, Did this kid with a metal detector change history? Does anyone out there know of any other out of place artifacts being found in Idaho?

Thanks Nathan Dennis for contacting me about this artifact. Thanks Jerry Lee for sharing your story with us.

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20-09-2020 om 22:54 geschreven door peter  

10km Alien Base Found On Mercury, Sept 2020, Photos, UFO Sighting News.

Date of discovery: Sept 2020

Location of discovery: Mercury

Source coordinates:

https://messenger.quickmap.io/extent=169.6293683,-0.227524,172.0300866,1.0734157&pr

oj=5&layers=NrCMBYCYBoAZtA6JIE5YGYn0QOwK4A2h0A3gL4C6lZVy4GWOSIGoArONkgcbdf0

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Here are some more structures I found on Mercury today. The screenshot above shows a ribbon shaped white ceramic structure. I say white ceramic because these white structures are hard to photograph without a powerful glare of light shining off them. But we are fortunate here to have them in a shadowy part of the planet. 

 

Also there are some other structure you may be interested in. With such evidence the world should no longer have any doubts about the existence of aliens. The odd of aliens existing are at 100%. The map ruler shows that this structure is 10km by 2.5km.

Scott C. Waring - Taiwan 

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20-09-2020 om 22:27 geschreven door peter  

MUFON: Glowing Lights Over Utica, New York On Sept 17, 2020, UFO Sighting News.

Date of sighting: Sept 17, 2020

Location of sighting: Utica, New York, USA

 

This just came in from New York, glowing lights above Utica that could be flares from a nearby military base practicing or they could be UFOs. However the UFOs are not moving and seem to be holding position in a formation I have never seen before. He said the lights were seen for over 8 minutes. There are seven military bases in Utica. Could be UFOs or flares, hard to say for sure. 

 

It is curious though that the countries of the world are under lock down and people are suppose to stay indoors. It makes me think that the world governments are trying to keep the public from looking up and noticing that UFO activity is increasing. 

Scott Waring - Taiwan

Eyewitness states: The orbs began to spin then vanished 1 by 1 These are not flares they were in the sky over 8 mins & didn't move also no smoke was seen above them.

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20-09-2020 om 22:01 geschreven door peter  

Glowing Orb Over Treetops In New Hartford, New York, Sept 19, 2020, Video, UFO Sighting News.

Date of sighting: Sept 19,2020

Location of sighting: New Hartford, New York, USA

Source: MUFON #111487

 

This video just came into MUFON today. A person caught sighting of a glowing ball of light moving over the treetops. The light has two small pink orbs stuck to it and makes a slight humming sound. The eyewitness stated that the object just disappeared suddenly. That most likely means the UFO cloaked itself. Very interesting video, but would love to see how it disappears. Sadly the video is very short. Proof that aliens are interested in New York. 

Scott C. Waring 

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20-09-2020 om 21:57 geschreven door peter  

Eyewitness report:

I filmed this UFO in January 1994 with my 8mm camera. This flying object did not make any sound and that was the reason why I took my camera and filmed it. 

The disc was flying over Oslo, the capital of Norway. I used a Canon 8 mm video camera. This amateur camera had quite realistic color balance but as you probably know, the sharpness was not so good as we have to day in HD-camera. 

There are some trees between me and the object which make some distortions. The film is raw material stored in my film archive and at first I had not planning to publish it. 

 I emphasize that I don`t know what this is but there were flashlights on the disc; on the top and bottom and on the edge of the disc.

  

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20-09-2020 om 21:02 geschreven door peter  

Fast-Moving UFO Recorded on Video Zipping Through Over Pennsylvania

A UFO sighting video has emerged, showing a sliver object flying at incredible speed through the skies adjacent to a passenger airplane that’s taking off from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A woman in the background of the video seems out of clues as to what object she had just seen.

Mariah Lyn was the one who recorded the video, which later uploaded to a YouTube channel, The Hidden Underbelly 2.0, which specialises in strange phenomena. The channel described the unidentified flying object as a fast-moving UFO.

According to the narrator, the weird video shot from the plane cabin shows a metallic dome-shaped UFO travelling at incredible speed.

The YouTuber said the UFO was recorded shortly after take-off at around 11:20 on the morning of August 20, 2020, and it doesn’t belong to any category of frequently observed objects. The conspiracy theorist said that the thing doesn’t look like a drone or a plane as it has no wings.

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20-09-2020 om 20:31 geschreven door peter  

If you’re going to call yourself “Alien Mountain,” you’d better have some extraterrestrials, UFOs and other strange stuff. Welcome to Danigala Mountain in Sri Lanka, which has earned its nickname “Alien Mountain” because of its cylindrical shape, numerous UFO sightings, spiritual connotations and now … mysterious petroglyphs.

“In 28th July 2020, we have documented a new discovery of Petroglyphs that have been found in caves on the northwest slope direction of Danigala inselberg. Those bind runes are dominantly compared with other archeological sites in Sri Lanka and South Asia region. The type of symbols (bind runes) and petroglyphs found are quite new and for the first time discovered in Sri Lanka during archaeoastronomical and geological preliminary survey conducted by The Central Cultural Fund (CCF- Polonnaruwa-Alahana Parivena Project) with the corporation of South Asian Astrobiology & Earth Sciences Research unit of Eco Astronomy Sri Lanka.”

Heading for a hike on Alien Mountain?

In a new paper shared on the ResearchGate scientific networking site, Aravinda Ravibhanu Sumanarathna, an astrobiologist and exo-geologist at the South Asian Astrobiology & Earth Science Research Unit : Eco Astronomy Sri Lanka who is “researching fundamental of extraterrestrial life which corresponding to paleontological and pretological factors as a astrobiologist,” describes a new discovery of large petroglyphs on Danigala Mountain in the Uva Province of Sri Lanka. Sumanarathna calls it an “inselberg” because the cylindrical hill is isolated in a plain. (Photos here.) The name “Alien Mountain” may have come from UFO sightings by local villagers, although specific accounts don’t appear in searches. However, it may also be because Sri Lankan mythology says Danigala was the location of the Royal Airfield of the mythical King Ravana – the demon king often depicted with 10 heads.

So, are these petroglyphs human, mythical or alien?

Oh, yeah … back to the petroglyphs. Sumanarathna describes Danigala as a place with “distinction of environmental elements relevant to archaeology, astronomy, biodiversity, and cultural factors makes this land unique.” That now includes the newly-discovered petroglyphs found in the Edakkal Caves, which were discovered in 1894 by British Officer F. Fawcett. (Photos of the petroglyphs here.)

From inside to outside view of Danigala Chithra Lena Linear chamber Image © EASL | CCF-Polonnaruwa.

Image © EASL/CCF-Polonnaruwa

Left; Danigala Chithra Lena - Linear chamber entrance and left wall representing sections of the Petroglyphs, includes anthropomorphic figures. (Image © EASL | CCF-Polonnaruwa) Right; Left side wall of inner chamber representing anthropomorphic figures like human and a bow & arrow.

(Image © EASL | CCF-Polonnaruwa)

Left; Left side wall at the dead-end of the linear chamber representing anthropomorphic figures. Image © EASL | CCF-Polonnaruwa. Right; Left side wall at the dead-end of the linear chamber representing anthropomorphic figures.

Image © EASL | CCF-Polonnaruwa

Here are some of the Edakkal Cave engravings, with obvious similarities to those studied at Danigala

(Vengolis / CC BY-SA 4.0 )

Left side wall at the middle of linear chamber representing anthropomorphic figures like Human and bind code of mastermind. 

(Image: © EASL | CCF-Polonnaruwa)

Burial pits, pottery fragments and other artifacts put the age of the occupation of these caves at around 4,500-5,500 years ago, although the region itself was occupied as long as 125,000 years ago. The petroglyphs were discovered during a preliminary archaeoastronomical and geological survey conducted by The Central Cultural Fund (CCF- Polonnaruwa-Alahana Parivena Project) with the corporation of South Asian Astrobiology & Earth Sciences Research unit of Eco Astronomy Sri Lanka.

According to Ancient Origins, the petroglyphs are of humans, peacocks, plants, dogs, ladders, arrows, bow, and geometric signs and some measure up to 7.5 meters (25 ft) in length by 5 meters (16 ft) in height, and the paper states that they “are systematically not similar to any of the rock arts found in Sri Lanka.”

Were the caves once like this?

But are they aliens? Are there any UFOs? Ten-headed beings? Nine-headed beings? Eight …

OK, we see where this is ‘headed’. The study concludes these petroglyphs are “a lost astronomical counting system” created by the Neolithic hunters, not aliens. While that’s not as exciting or game changing, it’s a big deal for the Sri Lankan government, which plans to open the area for “Geo tourism, Astro tourism, Archeo tourism and Adventure tourism via a multidisciplinary approach that enhances the well being of the local communities.”

And line their pockets with tax dollars?

Now you’re starting to sound like the demon king.

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19-09-2020 om 23:59 geschreven door peter  

Millions of birds are dropping dead from the sky above New Mexico and the wildfires across the West Coast could be to blame, biologist claims

• The mystery first started on August 20 when hundreds of dead birds were discovered at the US Army White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico
• But what at first was believed to be an isolated incident has turned out to be a widespread problem, with 'hundreds of thousands' of birds since found dead
• Dead birds - including species such as warblers, bluebirds, sparrows and blackbirds – are also being found in abundance in Colorado, Texas and Mexico 
• Experts haven't been able to quantify the exact number of dead birds or pinpoint an exact cause of the mass die-off
• But one of the most likely contributing factors, biologists say, is the wildfires currently burning in California and other Western states
• The blazes may have forced the forced the birds into early migration or caused them to be exposed to harmful toxins from the flames

By LUKE KENTON FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

An 'unprecedented' number of birds have been dropping dead out of the sky at an alarming rate in New Mexico – and some experts suspect the wildfires raging across the West Coast might be to blame.

The mystery first started on August 20 when hundreds of dead birds were discovered at the US Army White Sands Missile Range and White Sands National Monument, New Mexico State University Professor Martha Desmond told CNN.

But what at first was believed to be an isolated incident has turned out to be a widespread problem.

In the weeks that followed, a countless number of birds – believed to be in the 'hundreds of thousands, if not millions' range – have been found dead all over the state, including in Doña Ana County, Jemez Pueblo, Roswell and Socorr

'We started receiving calls a week ago on Tuesday the 8th [Sept.], and they haven't really stopped since then from all across the state,' New Mexico Game & Fish Department spokeswoman Tristanna Bickford told the Santa Fe New Mexican. 'We can't say any official cause at this time. That would be pure speculation.' 

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An 'unprecedented' number of birds have been dropping dead out of the sky at an alarming rate in New Mexico – and some researchers suspect the wildfires raging across the West Coast might be to blame

Journalist Austin Fisher spotted a cluster of dozens of dead birds during a hike in northern Rio Arriba County on September 13

WHAT IS CAUSING THE BIRDS' DEATHS?

Experts have so far been unable to determine a definitive cause for the mass die-off, though some biologists believe the West Coast wildfires are to blame.

The blazes may have forced the birds into early migration for the winter before they were ready, meaning some may have not had enough body fat to survive the effort.

Plummeting temperatures as part of a historic cold snap in New Mexico may have killed off insects for the birds to eat, making food scarce. 

Other theories suggest the fires may have forced the birds to deviate from their usual migration route, forcing them into a longer journey that they weren't ready for. 

Gail Garber, executive director of Hawks Aloft Inc, suggested the birds may have been affected by toxins from the residual smoke of the fires, though little is currently known about the effects wildfires have on birds.

Professor Desmond called the phenomenon 'terribly frightening' to the Les Crucas Sun News.

'We've never seen anything like this,' the biologist said. 'We're losing probably hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of migratory birds.'

In a video posted to Twitter by journalist Austin Fisher, footage shows a cluster of dozens of dead birds he discovered while on a hike on September 13 in northern Rio Arriba County.

'I have no idea,' a stunned Fisher says in the video, before panning the camera to reveal what appears to be dozens of birds laying dead on the ground.

Similarly to New Mexico, dead birds - including species such as warblers, bluebirds, sparrows and blackbirds – are also being found in abundance in Colorado, Texas and Mexico.

They all appear to all be insectivores, with both migratory and year-round species found among the deceased.

Experts haven't been able to quantify the exact number of fatalities or pinpoint an exact cause of the mass die-off.

But one of the most likely contributing factors, biologists say, is the wildfires currently burning in California and other Western states, which may have forced the birds into early migration.

'Birds who migrated before they were ready because of the weather might have not had enough fat to survive,' Desmond said. 'Some birds might have not even had the reserves to start migrating so they died in place.'

A countless number of birds – believed to be in the 'hundreds of thousands' region – have been found dead all over the state, including in Doña Ana County, Jemez Pueblo, Roswell and Socorro

One of the most likely contributing factors, biologists say, is the wildfires currently burning in California and other Western states, which may have forced the birds into early migration

Gail Garber, executive director of Hawks Aloft Inc, shared the same theory, saying migrations maps show a large amount of birds leaving the Pacific Northwest on September 8 and 9 and flying southwest toward Mexico through the Rocky Mountains.

Typically, she said, the birds would fly south via California but the fires have likely disrupted their route.

Those dates also correspond with a cold snap that sent temperatures in New Mexico plunging to a record low last week.

'They could have been affected by toxins from those fires,' Garber told the New Mexican. 'They could have been forced to leave early without enough reserves. They could have been forced into a longer journey they weren't ready for. The cold front might have killed off insects to eat.'

'I've seen it suggested that millions of birds have died,' she said. 'At this point, [it] will take more research to determine what happened, but it seems like it could be a perfect storm of a couple factors.'

There are currently 87 large wildfires burning in 10 states, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. Firefighters have battled hundreds of wildfires across the West Coast since the middle of August.

Since the beginning of the year, wildfires have burned over 4.5 million acres of land, an area about he size of the entire state of Connecticut. 

Smoke from the latest spate of devastating fires has blown thousands of miles across the country covering the Midwest, Canada and even reaching as fair as New York.

At least 35 people have died - including 24 in California, 10 in Oregon and a child in Washington state - and more than 42,000 structures destroyed.

In a tweet on Monday, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said on Twitter than 'not much is known about the impacts of smoke and wildfires on birds.'

However, residents and biologists have reported seeing birds acting strangely before they died, since the fires have begun. 

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Gail Garber, executive director of Hawks Aloft Inc, shared the same theory, saying migrations maps show a large amount of birds leaving the Pacific Northwest on September 8 and 9 and flying southwest toward Mexico through the Rocky Mountains. Typically, she said, the birds would fly south via California but the fires have likely disrupted their route (map of fires and smoke shown above)

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Experts haven't been able to quantify the exact number of fatalities or pinpoint an exact cause of the mass die-off, but expect the wildfires are at least a contributing factor

In one example cited by CNN, birds that are normally spotted in shrubs and trees were seen on the ground, looking for food and chasing after bugs.

Professor Desmond said a number of other birds observed were lethargic and unresponsive, causing them to be hit by cars in numbers 'larger than ever seen before'.

At the White Sands Missile Range, swallows - aerial insectivores that don't walk - were also seen sitting on the ground and letting people approach them, she added.

But while the fires and dry weather may have been an amplifying factor in the deaths and strange behavior, Desmond says a number of questions still remain.

'We began seeing isolated mortalities in August, so something else has been going on aside the weather events and we don't know what it is. So that in itself is really troubling,' she said.

Desmond's department has been collecting samples of the birds that will eventually be sent to the US Fish and Wildlife Service Forensics Laboratory in Oregon, however that examination could take up to three months to complete.

'This is devastating. Climate charge is playing a role in this.' Desmond said. 

'We lost 3 billion birds in the US since 1970 and we've also seen a tremendous decline in insects, so an event like this is terrifying to these populations and it's devastating to see.'

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19-09-2020 om 23:33 geschreven door peter  

It is rarely, if ever, a good thing when something falls from the sky that isn’t precipitation-related. It’s worse when those things are living or sick – tragic and frightening when they’re already dead. The recent news out of New Mexico of dead birds falling from the sky across the state, and now across the entire Southwest, goes beyond tragic and frightening simply because of the sheer numbers.

“It’s just terrible. The number is in the six figures. Just by looking at the scope of what we’re seeing, we know this is a very large event, hundreds of thousands and maybe even millions of dead birds, and we’re looking at the higher end of that.”

Martha Desmond, a professor at the University of New Mexico in the fish, wildlife and conservation ecology department with expertise in ornithology, told CNN she was contacted in mid-August 2020 when a large number of dead birds were discovered at the US Army White Sands Missile Range and White Sands National Monument. Dead birds at White Sands immediately raises suspicions of radiation poisoning (it was a primary location for the Manhattan Project) or military testing. However, before that could be confirmed, more dead birds appeared in Doña Ana County, Jemez Pueblo, Roswell, Socorro and other areas of New Mexico. (Sad photos here.)

We have been collecting dead birds (with appropriate permits) off the streets, on campus, at local golf courses, literally EVERYWHERE. (3/9)

We have noticed that the majority of species collected are insectivores and long-distance migrants, such as swallows, wood-pewees, empidonax flycatchers, and warblers. (4/9) 

Another interesting note is that resident species, such as Curve-billed Thrashers, White-winged Doves, and Great-tailed Grackles do not seem to be impacted at all. (6/9)

Allison Salas, a graduate student at New Mexico State, joined Desmond in collecting and cataloging the dead birds, which by the beginning of September were also being reported Colorado, Texas, Arizona and Mexico. She tweeted alerts on the dead birds, noting that they were all migrating insectivore species, not local species. Before you suggest smoke inhalation from the West Coast fires, Salas has already concluded that the fires may be the cause, but not necessarily the smoke.

“We have very little data, but suspect that the west coast fires, in combination with the local cold front we experienced last week, has altered the migration patterns of many migrants. On top of that, there is little food and water available here in the Chihuahuan Desert. (7/9)”

Desmond told CNN that the birds appear to have migrated early, before they had enough fat reserves built up. Weak and finding cold weather and a lack of insects on their stops in New Mexico to feed, they probably starved or died because they were too weak to keep flying – many of the bodies were extremely thin. However, the deaths started before the fires, so Desmond suspects there may be other causes that are not readily apparent. Not surprisingly, she thinks those causes will also be related to climate change. The study now has a name – the Southwest Avian Mortality Project – and, as of this writing, birds are still dying and being sent to the school.

Is there any good news? Anything?

That’s the sound of no birds chirping.

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19-09-2020 om 23:07 geschreven door peter