Dit is ons nieuw hondje Kira, een kruising van een waterhond en een Podenko. Ze is sinds 7 februari 2024 bij ons en druk bezig ons hart te veroveren. Het is een lief, aanhankelijk hondje, dat zich op een week snel aan ons heeft aangepast. Ze is heel vinnig en nieuwsgierig, een heel ander hondje dan Noleke.
This is our new dog Kira, a cross between a water dog and a Podenko. She has been with us since February 7, 2024 and is busy winning our hearts. She is a sweet, affectionate dog who quickly adapted to us within a week. She is very quick and curious, a very different dog than Noleke.
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UFO'S of UAP'S, ASTRONOMIE, RUIMTEVAART, ARCHEOLOGIE, OUDHEIDKUNDE, SF-SNUFJES EN ANDERE ESOTERISCHE WETENSCHAPPEN - DE ALLERLAATSTE NIEUWTJES
UFO's of UAP'S in België en de rest van de wereld In België had je vooral BUFON of het Belgisch UFO-Netwerk, dat zich met UFO's bezighoudt. BEZOEK DUS ZEKER VOOR ALLE OBJECTIEVE INFORMATIE , enkel nog beschikbaar via Facebook en deze blog.
Verder heb je ook het Belgisch-Ufo-meldpunt en Caelestia, die prachtig, doch ZEER kritisch werk leveren, ja soms zelfs héél sceptisch...
Voor Nederland kan je de mooie site www.ufowijzer.nl bezoeken van Paul Harmans. Een mooie site met veel informatie en artikels.
MUFON of het Mutual UFO Network Inc is een Amerikaanse UFO-vereniging met afdelingen in alle USA-staten en diverse landen.
MUFON's mission is the analytical and scientific investigation of the UFO- Phenomenon for the benefit of humanity...
Je kan ook hun site bekijken onder www.mufon.com.
Ze geven een maandelijks tijdschrift uit, namelijk The MUFON UFO-Journal.
Since 02/01/2020 is Pieter ex-president (=voorzitter) of BUFON, but also ex-National Director MUFON / Flanders and the Netherlands. We work together with the French MUFON Reseau MUFON/EUROP.
ER IS EEN NIEUWE GROEPERING DIE ZICH BUFON NOEMT, MAAR DIE HEBBEN NIETS MET ONZE GROEP TE MAKEN. DEZE COLLEGA'S GEBRUIKEN DE NAAM BUFON VOOR HUN SITE... Ik wens hen veel succes met de verdere uitbouw van hun groep. Zij kunnen de naam BUFON wel geregistreerd hebben, maar het rijke verleden van BUFON kunnen ze niet wegnemen...
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The Early Years of the UFO Phenomenon: How it Started
The Early Years of the UFO Phenomenon: How it Started
The saga of the Flying Saucer began with the pilot Kenneth Arnold, whose 24 June 1947 encounter at the Cascade Mountains, Washington State, kicked off the modern era of UFO sightings. At approximately 3.00 p.m. on the afternoon in question, Arnold was searching for an aircraft that had reportedly crashed on the southwest side of Mt. Rainier. At the time of its occurrence, Arnold’s encounter attracted the keen interest of not just the public and the media, but also that of the all-powerful Federal Bureau of Investigation. The following is a verbatim statement made by Arnold himself and taken from previously Secret FBI records of 1947 that confirm the Bureau’s deep interest in his strange encounter: “I hadn’t flown more than two or three minutes on my course when a bright flash reflected on my airplane. It startled me as I thought I was too close to some other aircraft. I looked every place in the sky and couldn’t find where the reflection had come from until I looked to the left and the north of Mt. Rainier, where I observed a chain of nine peculiar looking aircraft flying from north to south at approximately 9,500 feet elevation and going, seemingly, in a definite direction of about 170 degrees.”
Arnold stressed that the objects were approaching Mt. Rainier very rapidly and he was puzzled by their physical appearance: “I thought it was very peculiar that I couldn’t find their tails but assumed they were some type of jet plane. The more I observed these objects, the more upset I became, as I am accustomed and familiar with most all objects flying whether I am close to the ground or at higher altitudes. The chain of these saucer-like objects [was] at least five miles long. I felt confident after I would land there would be some explanation of what I saw [sic].” No conclusive explanation for Arnold’s sighting ever surfaced, and the mystery regarding what he did or did not see has raged for more than half a century. Even the FBI – that was monitoring UFO activity in the summer of 1947 on a somewhat ad hoc basis – came away impressed by the report: “It is difficult to believe that a man of [Arnold’s] character and apparent integrity would state that he saw objects and write up a report to the extent that he did if he did not see them.”
Kenneth Arnold
As UFO sightings reached epidemic proportions across the USA in the summer of 1947, the military swung into action, and various studies and operations were formulated that ultimately unified into an official, investigative operation known as Project Sign. That project would, in 1948, make way for Project Grudge; and, finally, Project Blue Book, which continued until 1969. Collectively, the three projects concluded that no UFO sighting investigated officially had ever had a bearing on national security, and there was no evidence to indicate that any UFO sightings represented alien visitations. Of course, numerous claims, counter-claims, arguments and counter-arguments have been put forth by a variety of authors and commentators on whether or not some UFOs are indeed alien spacecraft, and whether or not elements of the US Government, military and intelligence community have systematically hidden evidence in support of that theory from the public and the media alike.
Two weeks after the encounter of Kenneth Arnold, Brigadier General George F. Schulgen, Chief of the Requirements Intelligence Branch of Army Air Corps Intelligence, met with Special Agent S.W. Reynolds of the FBI with a view to determining if the Army Air Force could solicit the assistance of the Bureau on a regular basis in its investigation of the UFO mystery. General Schulgen advised SA Reynolds that, “every effort must be undertaken in order to run down and ascertain whether or not the flying discs are a fact and, if so, to learn all about them.” An examination of the relevant files of the FBI demonstrates that, in the weeks following Arnold’s encounter of 24 June 1947, the foremost thought on General Schulgen’s mind was that the saucers were Russian in origin. He confided in Special Agent Reynolds that, “the first reported sightings might have been by individuals of Communist sympathies with the view to causing hysteria and fear of a secret weapon.” It was for this reason that the Army Air Force sought the FBI’s assistance.
General Schulgen guaranteed the FBI “all the facilities of [my] office as to results obtained,” and outlined a plan that would involve the FBI in both locating and questioning witnesses to UFO sightings to ascertain whether they were sincere in their statements that they had seen flying saucers, or whether their statements were prompted by “personal desire for publicity or political reasons.” Similarly, in 1953, the Robertson Panel – a select group of consultants brought together by the CIA to look at the national security implications of the UFO controversy – recommended that a number of the public UFO investigative groups that existed in the United States at the time, such as the Civilian Flying Saucer Investigators (CFSI) and the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization (APRO), should be “watched” carefully due to “…the apparent irresponsibility and the possible use of such groups for subversive purposes…”
Indeed, the fear and concern expressed by the military, the CIA, and the FBI in the formative years of official UFO studies that those implicated in the Flying Saucer mystery had “Communist sympathies” or were following a covert, political agenda – the intention of which was “causing hysteria” and subversion – led to intense surveillance of practically anyone and everyone that delved into the subject, and particularly those that criticized the Government’s handling of the situation.
The Best UFO Sightings, Videos & Alien Encounters Of 2021 - Part I
The Best UFO Sightings, Videos & Alien Encounters Of 2021 - Part I
We start 2021 very much in the same way we began 2020 – with an apparent expectation of a huge release of information combined with an admission of prior knowledge about the existence of UFOs and alien life. Essentially, “disclosure”.
Of course, whether that disclosure arrives remains to be seen. However, sightings of strange lights and objects in our planet’s skies have continued over the first four weeks of the new year, suggesting that 2021 will indeed be a busy year for all things UFO-related.
Contents
February
UFO “Fleet” Captured On Video, Lehigh, Florida, February 2020
Bright Glowing Object Captured On Camera Over Wasilla, Alaska, 10th Jan
Bright Ascending Object Captured Over Montana 30th Jan
Strange Object Witnessed Over Edinburgh, Scotland, 30th Jan
Strange Trails Over Denver, Colorado, 31st January
Strange, Glowing Object Spotted Over Coventry, England, 1st Feb
Orange, Glowing Craft Over Colina, Chile, 3rd Feb
Object Appears Out Of Clouds Over Georgia, 9th Feb
Several Strange Lights Over Los Angeles, California, 10th Feb
Multiple Orb-Like UFOs Over Tempe, Arizona, 12th Feb
UFOs Captured During Interview On RT News, 13th Feb
Meteor Or UFO Over Melbourne, Australia, 14th Feb?
Strange Glowing Orb Witnessed Over Spain, 15th Feb
Strange Object Over Cape Town, South Africa, 16th Feb
Lights With “No Sequence Or Rhythm” Gulf Breeze Sighting, 17th Feb
Another Glowing Orb Witnessed Over Wasilla, Alaska 17th Feb
Two Strange Objects Overtaking A Plane Over Rioverde, Mexico, 19th Feb
Silent Orbs Making Their Way Over Metairie Louisiana, 21st Feb
The American Airlines Flight 2292 Incident, New Mexico 21st Feb
Strange Object Appears Out Of The Clouds Over Cairns, Australia, 22nd Feb
February
February was witness to many varied UFO sightings all around the world. And like previous months and years, the variety of the sightings is matched only by the intrigue they generate. From sightings of strange orbs rising rapidly into the atmosphere, disc-like objects emerging from the clouds to fleets of UFOs hanging over busy cities, February has once again played host to various aerial anomalies in our collective skies.
As always, however, we begin our round-up with a look at some of sightings that occurred last month but have only recently been reported in the last few weeks, the first of which features the previously mentioned UFO fleet.
UFO “Fleet” Captured On Video, Lehigh, Florida, February 2020
Perhaps the eldest sighting only recently reported is MUFON case 113798, which while unfolding on February 2020, has only just entered the public domain. The sighting is particularly interesting in that it appears to show many different lights – described as a “fleet” by some UFO enthusiasts – that are clearly visible in the night sky.
The witness would claim that they had just finished work for the evening when they noticed “all these orbs just stationary in the sky”. What’s more, some of these objects would “disappear and reappear”. Realizing they were witnessing something out of the ordinary, the witness reached for their phone and shot around a minute of footage. They would state, however, that despite the extraordinary nature of the incident, they were “in a hurry to get home” and had to turn their mind to the journey.
Once more, if we take note of the location, is this another sighting that lends credibility to the notion of secret bases somewhere under the water off the American coast? It is certainly a thought-provoking sighting, which you can see below.
Bright Glowing Object Captured On Camera Over Wasilla, Alaska, 10th Jan
Although it wasn’t reported until the third week on February, a sighting that occurred in Wasilla, Alaska appears to show a bright object in the early evening skies. Captured somewhere between 7 pm and 9 pm, the witness would claim that they had seen many UFOs over the area.
This is interesting as Alaska is a relative object for such strange and intriguing sightings. Was this another one that suggests an apparent alien interest in this part of the world?
This particular sighting was of a glowing object – either spherical or disc-shaped – that, from the brightness of it, appears to be very large. As we will examine shortly, in the very same location a little over a month later, another similar sighting occurred.
You can see the picture the witness captured below.
Bright Ascending Object Captured Over Montana 30th Jan
A sighting from Montana on the evening of 30th January was captured on video and appears to show a bright object ascending over the city of Ferndale. The footage was captured at a little after 10 pm and does indeed appear to show large, artificial object heading high up into the atmosphere.
The witness was at a local bar when they captured the footage, near the Swan Mountain range. While some who have viewed the video state that the object could be something due to atmospheric conditions, others believe that it shows a genuine extraterrestrial craft. One thing that all appear to agree on, though, is that it is a very interesting piece of footage.
You can see that video footage below.
Strange Object Witnessed Over Edinburgh, Scotland, 30th Jan
At around 5 pm on the 30th January in Edinburgh in Scotland, a local woman noticed a strange “UFO-like object” hovering almost directly over her home. Thew witnessed managed to obtain several moments of video footage of the object, which according to the Edinburgh Live platform (who received the report) showed a “dark object (that) flies back and forth”.
The witness claimed that she had dismissed the notion that the “object” might have been merely birds due to how it “kept disappearing” and then reappearing. She did say, though, she was not sure what the object was, but that birds, in her opinion, what not have remained in such an aerial position for as long as the sighting went on for, around 10 to 15 minutes.
The witness was also certain that the object disappeared on several occasions, stressing that she meant “proper disappearing”, and that the activity appeared to be taking place close to or over Edinburgh Airport. We should note that many UFO sightings have occurred near airports, many of which have unfolded in recent years. Whatever the object was on this occasion, though, remains a mystery.
Strange Trails Over Denver, Colorado, 31st January
During the morning of 31st January (according to separate MUFON reports – number 113474 and 113475) at just before 11 am, several local residents of Denver, Colorado spotted strange objects that appeared to be falling to the ground leaving trails behind them.
One witness would claim they were simply drinking their usual morning coffee and looking out of his window as normal when they noticed the strange trails. He alerted his friend who was with him and both kept their focus on them for several moments. As they watched, the witness recalled how you could “see that there as a directional change in the upper atmosphere”. Furthermore, after reaching an approximate altitude of around 1,500 feet, the objects themselves appeared to change direction, heading toward nearby Buckley Air Force Base.
The witness would further state that all three of the apparent objects “maintained a perfect formation” and that they made no noise whatsoever. They eventually disappeared into the distance.
A second witness would claim that they too had seen “three large white objects” that moved at a “high rate of speed”. They would also state, like the first witness, that they “maintained their formation” and that they appeared very much like “cloud tear-drops”. They would claim the objects appeared to “fall” before they suddenly changed direction, heading east at a “high rate of speed”. The witness would eventually lose sight of them behind the trees and buildings in the distance.
As we might imagine, there were a whole host of explanations offered for the strange objects, including that they were extraterrestrial crafts.
However, one UFO researcher, Scott Brando, would suggest in the Express newspaper that there was a “terrestrial explanation” for the sighting, elaborating that they were “contrails from three military aircraft”. Furthermore, he would claim another researcher, Mick West of Metabunk, had already identified two of them as “C-17A Globemasters”. We should perhaps note that one of the witnesses claimed the objects intentionally changed direction and headed toward Buckley Air Force Base. Might this suggest that they were indeed military aircraft?
What do you think? Are these merely military aircraft? Or might there be an otherworldly explanation? You can see the footage below and make up your own minds.
Strange, Glowing Object Spotted Over Coventry, England, 1st Feb
Another sighting from the MUFON files (case number 113692) unfolded in the daylight skies of Coventry, England on the 1st February.
According to the witness, they spotted a “helixical shape” while they were pruning trees in their garden. They watched the strange shape for around a minute before reaching for their phone and beginning to film it. Shortly after the did so, “another faster moving shape enters the frame” and was “moving erratically”.
While this second object disappeared, the first continued along a “fairly straight trajectory”. The witness’s wife also saw the bizarre object along with her husband. Although they were uncertain of what the object was, they believed it was “too erratic to be a satellite” and also felt that the International Space Station (which was over the UK at the approximate time of the sighting) would not have been invisible during the day.
You can see video footage of that sighting below.
Orange, Glowing Craft Over Colina, Chile, 3rd Feb
On the evening of 3rd February over the city of Colina in Chile, a strange object was captured on video moving through the skies overhead. The object in question appears orb-like and has a gentle orange glow. The way it moves suggest that it is not a planet and it has no standard lights that suggest it is a terrestrial aircraft.
The footage itself is all we have to go on with this particular sighting as there is little other details in the public domain at this stage. Given that the sighting occurred over such a populated area it would be a little surprising if it wasn’t seen by other local residents.
You can check out that video footage below.
Object Appears Out Of Clouds Over Georgia, 9th Feb
At 10 am on the morning of 9th February over Moultrie in Georgia, a local resident spotted what appeared to be a disc-shaped object in the grey, morning sky. The witness, who was visiting a local Walmart store, noticed a strange shape in the clouds and immediately went to capture the anomaly on camera and snapped off three pictures “back-to-back”.
However, when the witness studied the pictures, they noticed what appeared to be an object shaped decisively like a disc. They attempted to take several more pictures in an attempt to capture the object once more. However, all they showed were the clouds suggesting that the object, whatever it was, had gone.
The witness would conclude that the object must have been “moving extremely fast” and appeared to have “come straight out of the clouds”.
Did the witness capture a UFO on film by taking a picture by pure chance at the exact moment it was leaving the cloud cover and heading off into the distance and presumably very high speed? If so, we can assume that the object made no noise whatsoever as they were not aware of its presence in real time. How many other objects might be zipping around our skies without anyone noticing them?
You can check out some of those pictures below.
Several Strange Lights Over Los Angeles, California, 10th Feb
During the evening of the 10th February over the skies of Los Angeles in California, a local resident – Bobby Cail, managed to capture footage of several strange lights seemingly hovering over the city.
The witness claimed he watched the brightly glowing lights for several moments before reaching for his phone in order to record them. However, within seconds of the recording beginning, the lights begin to fade away and disappear, almost as if they are aware of being captured on film. While this could merely be coincidence, and most likely is, it is still an intriguing detail that we shouldn’t ignore.
Whatever the objects were, they are just one of many UFO reports that come out of California. And as we shall see in a moment, around 48 hours later, a similar sighting would unfold in nearby Arizona. Before we move on to that, though, you can see that footage below.
Multiple Orb-Like UFOs Over Tempe, Arizona, 12th Feb
Only two nights later, and from another case from the MUFON files is case number 113700, a similar sighting unfolded when several strange orb-like lights appear in the early evening sky over Tempe, Arizona on 12th February.
The witness would claim that they were speaking with their wife and looking out of their kitchen window when he suddenly noticed “a group of strange lights” in the sky. He alerted his wife before reaching for his phone in order capture several moments of the bizarre scene. He would later that the strange objects moved for so long before becoming stationary, “pulsated and then vanished into the clear night sky”.
At one point during the sighting, an airplane traveled in the same direction of the objects, with them seeming “unaffected by this”. In fact, once the plane had disappeared out of sight, “more (objects” returned to the sky”. The witness would further describe the objects as being a “reddish orange color” although the color didn’t appear on the video footage.
You can see video footage of that sighting below.
UFOs Captured During Interview On RT News, 13th Feb
During a live television interview on RT (Russia Today) News, two distinctly disc-shaped objected seemingly appeared behind one of the interviewers. The objects appeared to move at a high rate of speed and appeared to move in a strict formation.
There is little further information as to what the objects might have been, as well as if there as an official reaction to the sighting. The brief seconds of footage, though, are extremely interesting.
We should note that this is not the first time where UFOs have been captured on screen during live television broadcasts. As we have examined before, these strange objects have shown up on news interviews, weather reports, and even live sports broadcasts. Once more, we might ask, given that we are not actively recorded all parts of the sky all the time, how active with UFOs they just might be.
You can see that news clipping below. The UFO enters the screen from the left.
Meteor Or UFO Over Melbourne, Australia, 14th Feb?
On the evening of 14th February in Melbourne, Australia, a local resident filmed what they believe to be a meteor falling from the sky. However, according to UFO researcher and author, Scott Waring, the footage might actually be that of a UFO descending in a controlled fashion.
Waring would state on his website that if the object was a meteor, it would likely be “moving twice as fast”. Furthermore, there appears to be “no tail” that is visible. Waring also notes, that after the flash that most would suspect to be an explosion, it is clear the object itself was “still intact” before “going dark”.
Was this a UFO that was entering the Earth’s atmosphere? And was the flash the start of some highly advanced propulsion technology? According to many who have viewed the footage, it is, in fact, a meteor, but the debate, it would seem, is still to be had.
You can see the original footage below and make up your own mind.
Strange Glowing Orb Witnessed Over Spain, 15th Feb
Although the footage is only 20 seconds long, a sighting of a strange orb filmed over Badajoz in Spain is very worthy of our time here. The object in question appears to move slow and purposely over the region before disappearing into the distance.
The aerial anomaly also appears to have a persistent glow and a definite solid, disc shape to it. Briefly, it even appears to be rotating around its own axis (something which many UFO reports state and that has been captured on other videos before).
You can see that footage below.
Strange Object Over Cape Town, South Africa, 16th Feb
On the 16th February, local residents of Cape Town in South Africa, witnessed a bizarre green glow in the sky overhead. One resident even managed to capture footage of the strange sighting from the balcony of an apartment at the The Sentinal Luxury Apartment Building, before uploading the video to YouTube under the header “Cape Town UFO Sighting”.
While there is debate as to what the strange green glow might have been, it isn’t the first time in recent weeks that residents of Cape Town have witnessed strange aerial anomalies in their skies. At the start of the month on the 5th February, multiple residents witnessed and reported a “string of lights” moving across the sky at great speed. They then disappeared into the distance. South Africa, like many countries around the world, also has a long history of UFO sightings and activity.
You can view the footage captured on 16th February below.
Lights With “No Sequence Or Rhythm” Gulf Breeze Sighting, 17th Feb
A particularly interesting UFO sighting unfolded at around 10 pm on the 17th February in the Gulf Breeze region of Florida.
The witness would claim they were outside their home using their phone when they “saw a bunch of lights that were blinking”. What’s more, the witness is relatively familiar with both commercial and military planes that fly over the house. These lights, however, the witness recalled as moving “randomly” and with “no sequence or rhythm”.
The sighting lasted for around 10 minutes in total, although the witness only managed to capture around 60 seconds worth of (undoubtedly valuable) footage.
As the witness also correctly points out, the entire Gulf Breeze area has regular UFO sightings, and has done for decades. Might it be that there are some truths in the conspiracies of secret bases, possibly extraterrestrial ones, residing of the coast of Florida, as well as other coastlines of the United States?
You can see the video captured by the witness below.
Another Glowing Orb Witnessed Over Wasilla, Alaska 17th Feb
We began our look at UFO sightings for the month of February by examining an incident that took place at the start of January but was only recently reported. On the 17th February in the same city of Wasilla in Alaska, a similar sighting of a glowing orb hovering high overhead.
The incident occurred at approximately the same time – somewhere between 7 pm and 9 pm – and was captured on camera by the witness. It would appear that the picture wasn’t showing the setting sun as this had occurred earlier. What’s more, due to the cloudy skies, it is likely not a planet either.
Is this more evidence that there is a persistent UFO presence over Alaska? You can see that picture below.
Two Strange Objects Overtaking A Plane Over Rioverde, Mexico, 19th Feb
On the evening of 19th February a local resident, Alejandro Garcia, captured around 30 seconds of footage of two UFOs over the city of Rioverde in Mexico. The footage shows the two objects moving past a plane suggesting they are traversing the skies at a considerable pace. Furthermore, the objects appear to be traveling purposely one over the other.
What isn’t clear is whether the footage shows two objects throughout or whether it shows one object becoming two.
As we have mentioned previously, Mexico is one of the places you might be most likely to see a UFO, with many sightings reported there each year. This incident only adds to its reputation as a UFO hot spot.
The footage in question can be seen below.
Silent Orbs Making Their Way Over Metairie Louisiana, 21st Feb
According to MUFON case 113579 – as highlighted by Scott Waring – a local witness managed to capture footage of several glowing orbs going over the Metairie region of Louisiana. And what’s more, we are not talking just a few – the witness would claim there was likely more than 30 of the strange glowing spherical objects.
Also of intrigue is the fact that some of these glowing orbs appear to change speed (which can be seen in the footage). Does this suggest an intelligence behind them?
The witness stated in their report that the light had “no sound” and were moving in an east to west direction. They glowed with a “reddish pink hue” and were not flashing at all but were consistent.
You can see that footage below.
The American Airlines Flight 2292 Incident, New Mexico 21st Feb
While flying over north east New Mexico, the pilots of American Airlines Flight 2292 witnessed an “unidentified cylindrical-shaped object” speeding through the sky at an altitude of around 36,000 feet. What’s more, the incident has not only been officially confirmed by American Airlines, but the FBI is also said to be investigating the sighting.
Upon seeing the bizarre object, the pilots asked ground control if there were “any targets” in the sky with them as they had “just had something go right over the top of us”.
Interestingly, the sighting occurred in almost the same location as a sighting that occurred in 2018 when two aircraft had such close encounters at almost the same altitude of 37,000 feet. What’s more, one of the pilots involved in that incident would speak to the media, with the descriptions he gave being very similar to those of the recent sighting.
While there is some debate whether such sightings in this region of the United States might be connected to the White Sands Missile Range, many others believe the incident to be yet another encounter with extraterrestrial intelligence.
You can listen to the incident in the video below.
Strange Object Appears Out Of The Clouds Over Cairns, Australia, 22nd Feb
Another MUFON case (113765), on the evening of 22nd February in Cairns, Australia, two local residents witnessed and filmed strange flying object that seemingly appeared out of nowhere.
The witness would state in his brief report of the sighting that they at first believed the object was a “hole in the clouds” until they realized that the clouds themselves were moving behind the object. Then, after several moments, the object “pulsated (and) then disappeared”.
Veteran UFO researcher, Scott C. Waring, would state that this action was “clearly noticing the two men watching it and recording it”. Whatever the object was, if indeed it was a solid object, remains unknown and there if little other details at this point regarding the sighting.
The Best UFO Sightings, Videos & Alien Encounters Of 2021 - Part II
The Best UFO Sightings, Videos & Alien Encounters Of 2021 - Part II
We start 2021 very much in the same way we began 2020 – with an apparent expectation of a huge release of information combined with an admission of prior knowledge about the existence of UFOs and alien life. Essentially, “disclosure”.
Of course, whether that disclosure arrives remains to be seen. However, sightings of strange lights and objects in our planet’s skies have continued over the first four weeks of the new year, suggesting that 2021 will indeed be a busy year for all things UFO-related.
Contents
January
Two Strange Objects Photographed Over Florida, 2nd Dec
String Of Red Lights Over Idaho Falls, 5th Dec
Bright, Circular Object Hovers Over Dorchester, Massachusetts 26th Dec
Blue UFO Over Hawaii, 29th December
Demi Lovato Claims Another UFO Sighting, Mid-January
Cube-Like Object Filmed Over Palm Beach, Florida, 3rd Jan
UFO Captured In Time Lapse Photos, Hatteras Island UFO, 7th Jan
Ring Of Light Captured Over Fargo, North Dakota, 9th Jan
Glowing Rectangular UFO Over Hollywood, Florida, 12th Jan
Objects “Appear Out Of Nowhere” Alejandria, Mexico, 13th Jan
UFO Captured Going In And Out Of Clouds Over Picos, Brazil, 15th Jan
Pilots Witness UFO Over Pakistan, 23rd Jan
Strange Object With Rotating Lights Over Great Falls, Montana, 27th Jan
Glowing Spherical Object Moving Slowly Over Touchet, Washington, 27th Jan
Glowing Object Photographed Over St. Peters, Missouri, 28th Jan
Blue UFO Over Charlotte, North Carolina, 29th July
Bright Object Rising Into The Air, San Diego, 28th Jan
µJanuary
We will update this article each month with the latest UFO sightings from the previous four weeks as we go through 2021. As usual, though, we start with several recently reported sightings that occurred back in December.
Two Strange Objects Photographed Over Florida, 2nd Dec
Although it wasn’t reported until the middle of January, a strange object was photographed in the skies over Seffner in Florida on the morning of 2nd December. The witness was driving at a little after 10 am she they noticed a strange formation in the cloudy skies above.
They brought their vehicle to a stop and reached for their phone in order to take a picture of the apparent anomaly. When the pictures were viewed a short time later, two strange objects appeared to be in the shot. The witness claimed that they hadn’t noticed them when actually taking the pictures.
It is highly like that the “objects” in question were actually simply lens flares. There is, though, perhaps some doubt, and the picture is certainly intriguing. You can view that picture below.
String Of Red Lights Over Idaho Falls, 5th Dec
Although there is little information at this time, another December sighting not reported until January unfolded over Idaho Falls in Idaho on the evening of 5th December.
At just before 6:45 pm a local resident noticed “two sets of three lights in a slight curved line”. It appeared that each set of three were in motion in their own right as they “blinked separately”. The lights were moving, however, in the same direction, occasionally flashing a white light as they moved.
You can see a picture of the lights that the witness managed to capture and make up your own mind.
Bright, Circular Object Hovers Over Dorchester, Massachusetts 26th Dec
Our last late-reported sighting of December that we will examine took place in Dorchester, Massachusetts on the 26th of December.
At a little after 6 pm, the local resident happened to notice a “white circular object hovering and flashing” while looking out of their window. They watched it move in several directions before seemingly heading toward them. It was at this point when they reached for their phone and began recording the unusual aerial activity.
When they zoomed in with their camera, they noticed how the object was “moving in uncharted flight paths, as if it was trying to get a better look at something”. Once more, then, although it is only a suggestion, there is the notion of some kind of reconnaissance to this UFO sighting.
Furthermore, the witness would claim that the object remained in the sky almost the entire evening. Even more intriguing, the witness claimed that the four objects returned into the same position in the sky and once more acted as though they were scanning the ground below.
The online website where this report was submitted noted that there were no bright planets visible in the area where the incident occurred.
You can view that video below.
Blue UFO Over Hawaii, 29th December
At the end of 2020 on the 29th December, a local resident of the Hawaiian island of Oahu spotted and reported a glowing, blue UFO overhead. The shape of the object appeared to oblong and was “larger than a telegraph pole”.
The sighting was captured on film and was appeared to travel across the sky before eventually entering the waters of the Pacific Ocean. This is, once again, an intriguing detail given the number of researchers who suggest that underwater alien bases exist in several places around the world.
There are, however, plenty of theories and suggestions as to what else the object might have been. Perhaps one of the most recurring was that it could be an “LED kite”. As we might imagine, the debate continues as to how otherworldly or terrestrial the blue object might actually be. It is, however, one of the most intriguing to recently come to light.
The sighting was officially reported to the Federal Aviation Administration. Their initial investigation has not revealed any “aircraft disappearing off radars” and have had “no reports of overdue or missing aircraft”.
You can see footage and a news report of that sighting below.
Demi Lovato Claims Another UFO Sighting, Mid-January
Before we move on to other sightings throughout January, we should perhaps turn our attention to another celebrity claiming an apparent extraterrestrial encounter. And while we might be suspicious that such celebrity claims are nothing more than an exercise in staying in the public eye, they still very much require documenting and examining.
The claim came to light in the middle of January when the singer stated on social media that she had managed to film a UFO “in broad daylight”. The circular object may or may not be a UFO – and certainly got a reaction from her followers, with some stating they were merely balloons.
Incidentally, Lovato has made several claims of seeing UFOs in the past. In October 2020 she released similar footage of an apparent UFO, even claiming she had been in the company of Dr. Steven Greer when the video was captured. From her social media posts and recent interviews, it would appear Lovato is very much a believer in at least the possibility of alien life visiting our planet.
Cube-Like Object Filmed Over Palm Beach, Florida, 3rd Jan
Early in the evening on the 3rd of January in Palm Beach, Florida at around 6 pm, a local resident was leaving a department store with their 10-year-old son when they noticed a “dark, cubed-shaped object” overhead. which was “moving slowly” through the cloudy sky.
The witness immediately reached for their phone, realizing they were witnessing something out of the ordinary, and began to film the aerial anomaly from the street below. They continued to view the object for some time. And while it appeared to be descending, they would eventually lose sight of it as it disappeared “behind the store” which blocked their view. The witness would estimate that it was around 500 feet away from where they stood. Although they would quickly get in their car and attempt to locate it once more, they could not find the object after that.
They would further recall how there was a “dim light” on one side of the object and that it appeared to be completely silent. What’s more, it appeared as though there was “some rotation motion” to the apparent craft.
You can view that footage below.
UFO Captured In Time Lapse Photos, Hatteras Island UFO, 7th Jan
At 10:20 pm on the evening of 7th January, at the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, a photographer, Wes Snyder, was shooting time-lapse photos for a project that was upcoming. However, during this photo mission, he managed to capture just under three minutes’ worth of footage of a strange object.
Snyder realized he had captured something quite extraordinary when he reviewed the footage. He could immediately see that the object was moving “faster than the clouds” and was much too big to be a plane. Snyder himself is unsure of exactly what the object might have been and asked for viewers’ thoughts when he posted it online. He did, however, dismiss that it might be a meteorite or a shooting star due to how long it remained in shot.
It is a possibility that the UFO disappeared into the ocean as opposed to into the distance (although there is no footage of this). We mention regularly that many UFO sightings occur near water, with one of the main theories as to why this might be being the presence of underwater alien bases off the coast of the United States.
It is certainly an intriguing piece of footage. You can view Snyder’s video below.
Ring Of Light Captured Over Fargo, North Dakota, 9th Jan
After finishing work at a little after 7 am, a local resident of Fargo, North Dakota, witnessed a strange, glowing ring of lights in the still dark sky as they drove home. Although there was a fog in the sky, the lights were clearly visible.
The witness, who sat waiting at the traffic lights, reached for his film and managed to capture several seconds of them. They would note that the lights appeared to be completely stationary and didn’t move at all during the incident. It appears, when the footage is viewed, that the lights are the underside of a solid object, most likely a circular, disc-shaped one.
One intriguing theory was put forward by veteran UFO researcher and writer, Scott C. Waring. He would state that it was possible the UFO had just landed and the “aliens disembarked to study” the area. If that was the case, then the witness might have been nearer to a much closer encounter than they previously thought.
The witness eventually drove away from the scene. You can see the video in question below.
Glowing Rectangular UFO Over Hollywood, Florida, 12th Jan
Just before midnight on the evening of 12th January in Hollywood, Florida, a rectangular UFO was captured for several minutes on video. The person who captured the footage first noticed the three rows of lights of yellow, red, and white, seemingly hovering overhead in a stationary position.
They managed to use their phone to capture the footage. The object remained visible for some time before disappearing behind buildings and then reappearing again. The lights eventually faded and the object disappeared from view. Whether it moved away into the distance or whether it simply turned off its lights is unclear.
You can view footage of the sighting in the video below.
Objects “Appear Out Of Nowhere” Alejandria, Mexico, 13th Jan
At just after 7 am on the morning of 13th January in Alejandria in Mexico, several UFOs were witnessed and filmed in the skies overhead.
The witnesses to the incident would claim that these strange objects “appeared out of nowhere” and at first were just three lights. However, as they came closer, they very much appeared to have a solidness to them. They would elaborate on how their “glow is fascinating”. The witnesses were in the highlands of the area when they filmed the strange crafts.
The sighting is interesting not only because it appears authentic, but Mexico is home to many UFO sightings month after month. Some researchers even suggest that the several mountains and volcanoes in the area are home to extraterrestrial bases which results in the increased sightings in this part of the world.
You can see that video below and make up your own mind.
UFO Captured Going In And Out Of Clouds Over Picos, Brazil, 15th Jan
On the morning of 15th January over Picos, Brazil, a strange object was filmed leaving the clouds before disappearing back into them. Local resident, Luan Silva had noticed the strange object emerging from cloud and disappearing back into them several times before finally reaching for his phone, managing to film this action.
There is little information or explanation as to what was taking place, but the footage is seemingly credible. If we assume this object was a solid, intelligently guided craft, what might the purpose be for such a display? For example, if this was some kind of reconnaissance mission why would it allow itself to be seen several times? Or might this have been an intentional action to make its presence known, and if so, why?
You can see that short video below.
Pilots Witness UFO Over Pakistan, 23rd Jan
Another sighting involving commercial pilots occurred on the 23rd of January over Pakistan when several pilots with Pakistan International Airlines witnessed something strange in the skies with them. And what’s more, one of the crew managed to capture footage of the obscure object.
The plane was making its way from Karachi to Lahore at around 4 pm when the pilot spotted something out of the ordinary approximately 1000 feet above their own altitude. The captain, Faisal Qureshi, immediately contacted the control tower and reported the strange object. Shortly after, he captured the video footage.
The crew would describe the strange object as being “extremely bright” and appeared to have a metal ring around it. In the video, the pilot is also clearly heard saying “it’s not a balloon, it’s not an aircraft”. We should note that many who have viewed the footage believe there is a distinct possibility that it could indeed be a balloon.
Perhaps an indication of the authenticity of the sighting is the fact the airline themselves issued an official statement regarding it. In it, they stated that it was “too early to say what the object was” and that they might not ever “be able to tell”. However, as it was reported as per protocol, they would investigate.
Just what the object might have been remains open to debate. You can watch a short video on the sighting below.
Strange Object With Rotating Lights Over Great Falls, Montana, 27th Jan
While the following sighting doesn’t have any photographs or video footage to back it up, it is perhaps one of the most detailed incidents of the opening month of 2021. The incident in question took place in Great Falls, Montana at a little after 6 am.
The witness stated how they were laid in bed looking out of the bedroom window having been awake for several hours already. As they did so, they noticed what they at first thought was a plane in the distance. However, when they noticed it was heading toward them, they began to watch the object more closely. It was quickly growing larger in size suggesting it was approaching the house with some speed.
Now beginning to fear the object was about to crash into their home, the witness jumped out of bed, continuing to watch the aerial anomaly as they did. Suddenly, though, the object stopped and hovered. The witness would estimate it was no more than 50 feet from the window he was watching it from.
The witness doesn’t state what actual shape the strange vehicle was, they did state that they briefly contemplated that it was a helicopter which perhaps suggests an oval or cigar shape. They did, though, reveal that in the underside were red and white light that appeared to be rotating randomly. They also recalled that it was completely silent. As he struggled to open the blinds so that he could see the craft more clearly, it suddenly disappeared, again without making a sound.
The witness would make it clear that they were not dreaming nor in a state of sleep paralysis, and that what they had seen was definitely real.
Glowing Spherical Object Moving Slowly Over Touchet, Washington, 27th Jan
A recent MUFON report (MUFON 113398), a local resident managed to capture around 30 seconds of footage of a glowing spherical object moving across the sky. The witness was in their back garden when they first noticed the strange object. They would note how slow and controlled the movement across the sky was, and how it appeared to pulsate somewhat as it moved.
As UFO researcher, Scott Waring asks, might this slow movement over the area be due to a surveillance mission? Or might it even be to monitor how humans react to seeing such alien craft? The debate, on the previous questions and this particular sighting continues.
You can see the video in question below.
Glowing Object Photographed Over St. Peters, Missouri, 28th Jan
According to another recent MUFON case (MUFON 113445) on the 28th of January in St. Peters, Missouri, a passenger in a car noticed a “very bright stationary light in the sky”. They would estimate that the object was around a mile or so away from the moving vehicle and was in view for around 30 seconds. However, during that time, the witness managed to capture several photographs.
What is interesting is that the photographs do appear to show a solid object that is reflecting the sun from a seemingly shiny exterior. And what’s more, very similar photographs have been captured going back many years. Of course, whether the incident was a case of an intelligently guided craft or not remains open to debate. It is perhaps interesting that the object – if we assume for a moment that it is indeed a solid craft – was witnessed over powerlines. Some UFO researchers claim this could be a way of them extracting power from them, or even using them to spy on our own communications.
Incidentally, this sighting is very similar to the sighting over Washington State the day before that we examine above. Might it be the same object?
Blue UFO Over Charlotte, North Carolina, 29th July
On the evening of 29th January over the city of Charlotte in North Carolina, local resident Alisa Homewood witnessed several strange lights overhead. She would recall how she was leaving a grocery store with several members of her family when she “happened to notice the lights”.
She continued to watch them as they approached. When she realized that they were making no sound whatsoever, she decided to take out her phone and photograph them. She would later post the pictures on Facebook stating that although they “flickered like lanterns” they were seemingly unaffected by the wind and instead “followed the same exact path”.
She would conclude that although it was unlikely that “they were aliens” there was nothing to suggest they were “definitely lanterns”.
Interestingly, only hours earlier on the morning of the sighting, Alisa witnessed “approximately six military helicopters fly over the area”. Whether there is a connection between the military helicopters and the later sighting of the apparent blue UFO is perhaps open to debate.
You can see one of those photographs below.
Bright Object Rising Into The Air, San Diego, 28th Jan
At a little after 7 pm on the 28th January in San Diego, California a strange ascending object was captured on a security video. It wasn’t until the following day that the owner of the property realized he had captured something a little out of the ordinary.
This is another sighting that doesn’t at this stage have a lot of information, and there is still speculation as to whether the light belongs to a terrestrial aircraft. However, it is certainly worth including here for your examination.
You can view that footage below.
The stories, accounts, and discussion in this article are not always based on proven facts and may go against currently accepted science and common beliefs. The details included in the article are based on the reports and accounts available to us as provided by witnesses and documentation.
Scientists In Antarctica Drilled Into This Massive Ice Shelf But Didn't Expect To Find This Inside
Scientists In Antarctica Drilled Into This Massive Ice Shelf But Didn't Expect To Find This Inside
Scientists in Antarctica drilled into this massive ice shelf but didn’t expect to find this inside. Today, we take a look at what scientists found inside this ice shelf. Our world is filled with mysteries for us to discover, with nature posing some of the most peculiar happenings.
Whether it is a theory, prediction or hypothesis that has turned out to be the opposite to what we had anticipated, or an evolutionary adaptation we cannot quite figure out, nature is wonderful, but confusing to say the least.
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It Was Witnessed in 15 states and Two Countries Spanning 800 Miles Moving at 45,000 mph!!
It Was Witnessed in 15 states and Two Countries Spanning 800 Miles Moving at 45,000 mph!!
It Was Witnessed in 15 states and Two Countries Spanning 800 Miles Moving at 45,000 mph!!
We are living in very unique, changing times and during these times I have become more than intrigued by these changes and what is causing them. I’m referring to the earth changes, changes in our sun and how the earth’s atmosphere manages this what I believe to be a much different sunlight.
Over the last 10 years I have become very familiar with our planet, the mechanics of it and how it reacts to many different aspects of space weather and many other things as well. I monitor everything from the sea floor to the cosmos and everything in between. I am a full-time Watchman and as these uncertain times move forward I’ve got your back. When you really need to know…you’ll know.
Dead Sea Scrolls Prophesy of Destruction By Meteorites and Lightening
Dead Sea Scrolls Prophesy of Destruction By Meteorites and Lightening
Dead Sea Scrolls Prophesy of Destruction By Meteorites and Lightening
Dead Sea Scrolls Prophesy of Destruction By Meteorites and Power Lightening at the time of Elijah’s final advent according to Malachi 4. The fragment goes hand and hand with the two witnesses of revelation 11 as well as the judgment of the Seventh Angel when he begins to sound and pour out his vial.
UFO Fleet Over Lake Michigan On March 21, 2021, Video, UFO Sighting News.
UFO Fleet Over Lake Michigan On March 21, 2021, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: March 21, 2021
Location of sighting: Chicago, Illinois, USA
A family was looking out a window of their apartment from a very tall building in Chicago, when they noticed some large lights hovering over the Lake Michigan not far away. The lights were so close to the water that sometimes the reflection of the UFOs could be seen. Aircraft can be seen flying over the lights once in a while, but the lights and aircraft stay far apart. These lights are a sign that there is an alien base below lake Michigan. Absolutely amazing and even the eyewitnesses noticed other people not looking at the UFOs. Very strange how people are too busy to look out the window. 100% proof that an alien base sites at the bottom of lake Michigan off Chicago coast.
Scott C. Waring - Taiwan
Eyewitness states:
These lights appeared literally again the very next day. I honestly do not know what they are. I ordered some binoculars in case they appear again. If I find that they are human craft I will post in the comments. If anyone in the Chicago area has seen this please leave a comment.
What are these objects flying over Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska
What are these objects flying over Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska
On the same day, 2021/03/24, people witnessed unknown bright objects flying over Ford Collins Colorado , Cheyenne Wyoming and North Platte, Nebraska.
On 2021/03/22 a sky-watcher in Las Vegas, Nevada captured a massive unknown object passing the Moon.
And on 2021/03/14 a witness from Markleeville, California stepped out of his snow cat to stretch when he noticed a big object hovering over the mountains on which he started to film it. A significant storm was rolling in that night but the object maintained its path. It made no sound and according to the witness there was a kind of mist or aura around the object. Source: www.mufon.com
Most UFO hunters report seeing brightly coloured sphere shaped orbs floating around the darkness off space, but a recent sighting may change the way we perceive alien crafts.
A 'cylinder', semi-transparent shaped UFO was spotted in the live web feed from Nasa earlier this month, traveling alongside of the International Space Station (ISS).
The clip shows the anomaly trailing 'at the same speed of the massive US spacecraft and a Martian researcher says it is similar to 'the cylinder UFO and orbs seen on worldwide CNN back in 2006'.
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Most UFO hunters report seeing brightly coloured sphere shaped orbs floating around the darkness off space, but a recent sighting may change the way we perceive alien crafts. A 'cylinder', semi-transparent shaped UFO was spotted in the live web feed from Nasa, traveling alongside of the International Space Station (ISS)
Scott C. Waring, founder of UFO Sighting Daily, was spending a quite night at home watching the live internet cam of the ISS when he saw something strange floating beside it.
'As I was watching, I noticed a long cylinder object floating alongside and below the space station,' Waring shared in his blog today.
The video post is just 1 minute and 22 seconds long and shows the outside of the station, but if you just a little to the right there seems to be an object traveling the same speed.
And just as Waring describes it, 'cylinder' and 'semi-transparent'.
Scott C. Waring, founder of UFO Sighting Daily , was spending a quite night at home watching the live internet cam of the ISS when he saw something strange floating beside it. 'As I was watching, I noticed a long cylinder object floating alongside and below the space station,' Waring shared in his blog today
'Its speed was matched with the ISS, but the object floating was semi-transparent,' he continues.
'Just when you thought it was about to come into focus, the screen went blue'.
'That's what happens when Nasa catches a UFO on cam, they cut the feed for a few minutes.
Waring finished the post recalling a sighting with a similar cylinder shape Martian vehicle that was captured by CNN.
The video post is just 1 minute and 22 seconds long and shows the outside of the station, but if you just a little to the right there seems to be an object traveling the same speed. And just as Waring describes it, 'cylinder' and 'semi-transparent'
The video features a female employees from mission reaching out to Houston about the external tank that fell from the Atlantis.
'27 - 32 seconds into the video of the external tank, you will see a triangular object fly across the bottom right hand corner of the screen,' Youtube John Schaser, who first published the clip, wrote in the caption.
The clip shows the UFO trailing 'at the same speed of the US spacecraft and a Martian researcher says it is similar to 'the cylinder UFO and orbs seen on worldwide CNN back in 2006'. The video features a female employees from mission reaching out to Houston about the external tank that fell from the Atlantis (pictured)
'Are they orbiting this close to a satellite? or is it a UFO? Tell me what you think. This video is not a fake.'
'I simply downloaded it off of the NASA website and reposted it here, it is still on the NASA server'.
Nasa had to make a public statement debunking what some believed to be a UFO, saying the 'orbs' were 'space debris' that was reflecting sunlight, reports Inquisitor
'Just as the film goes blue, the cylinder moves under some of the land on the earth,' wrote a YouTube commenter named 'technicaly brilliant.' 'Think its some kind of reflection.'
'Just a reflection on the camera, errorhead,' added another commenter on the YouTube video, using the online name 'Allen Roswell.'
'ALIENS STOPPED NUCLEAR WAR ON EARTH' SAYS FORMER ASTRONAUT
Aliens came to Earth to stop a nuclear war between America and Russia, according the bizarre claim of a former astronaut.
Edgar Mitchell, the sixth man to walk on the moon, says high-ranking military officials witnessed alien ships during weapons tests throughout the 1940s.
The UFOs, he says, were spotted hovering over the world's first nuclear weapons test which took place on July 16, 1945 in the desolate White Sands deserts of New Mexico.
The Nasa veteran has regularly spoken about his belief in aliens ever since he landed on the surface of the moon during the Apollo 14 mission in 1971.
'White Sands was a testing ground for atomic weapons - and that's what the extra-terrestrials were interested in,' the 84-year-old Texan told Mirror Online.
'They wanted to know about our military capabilities.
'My own experience talking to people has made it clear the ETs had been attempting to keep us from going to war and help create peace on Earth.'
Dr Mitchell says stories from people who manned missile bases during the 20th Century back up his claims.
'Other officers from bases on the Pacific coast told me their [test] missiles were frequently shot down by alien spacecraft,' he said.
He previously said supposedly real-life ET's were similar to the traditional image of a small frame, large eyes and head.
He claimed our technology is 'not nearly as sophisticated' as theirs and 'had they been hostile', he warned 'we would be been gone by now'.
But Waring insists the object was a 'cylinder' shaped UFO.
Earlier this year more bizarre footage was released from Russia showing another object trailing the ISS.
The clip was reported to show a spacecraft or piece of debris following the station as it orbited Earth in January.
Earlier this year more bizarre footage was released from Russia showing another object trailing the ISS. The clip was reported to show a spacecraft or piece of debris following the station as it orbited Earth .The footage was said to have been taken while the satellite was waiting for a supplies delivery (pictured)
The footage - claimed to have been shot on the ISS's own cameras - was said to have been taken while the satellite was waiting for a supplies delivery.
This footage sent conspiracy theorist into a frenzy, as many believed it to be a UFO – but others were skeptical about the authenticity of the film and the explanations of the object.
The Hubble Space Telescope has been operating since 1990.
This animation is a compilation of Hubble Space Telescope images that show Saturn's changing appearance during the end of the summer season in its northern hemisphere. The images were taken in 2018, 2019 and 2020.
(Image credit: NASA/ESA/STScI/A. Simon/R. Roth)
Saturn is now in the "September" of its lengthy year, and an iconic space telescope is watching the ringed planet's change of seasons.
Spring and autumn officially got underway here on Earth's Northern and Southern Hemispheres, respectively, just a few days ago with the arrival of the vernal equinox. The coming and going of seasons is possible when a planet has a tilted axis — and both Earth and Saturn have a lean in their spins.
But there's a big difference in their length of seasons. Earth takes one year to orbit the sun, during which our planet experiences the cold and dreary, the sunny and delightful, and every seasonal middle-ground in between. But Saturn, the sixth planet from the sun, takes 29 Earth years to go around our star once. Earth moves through all its seasons repeatedly all the while Saturn remains in just one season; it takes roughly seven Earth years for Saturn to begin and end one of its seasons.
This series of images was taken in (from left to right), in 2018, 2019, and 2020. During this time, Saturn is at the tail end of summer and approaching the autumn of its northern hemisphere. (Image credit: NASA/ESA/STScI/A. Simon/R. Roth)
Thankfully, lengthy space missions like NASA's Cassini mission and the Hubble Space Telescope got plenty of time to observe seasonal changes on Saturn.
On March 18, Hubble team members based out of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland published new images that show subtle shade differences to the appearance of Saturn's clouds over the last several Earth years. In these images taken by Hubble during 2018, 2019 and 2020, Saturn's northern hemisphere is experiencing summertime and approaching its autumn. Meanwhile, like on Earth, it was winter (ang going on spring) in Saturn's southern hemisphere.
"What we found was a slight change from year-to-year in color, possibly cloud height, and winds — not surprising that the changes aren't huge, as we're only looking at a small fraction of a Saturn year," according to Amy Simon, planetary scientist at Goddard, who commented in the NASA press release that describes the new images. "We expect big changes on a seasonal timescale, so this is showing the progression towards the next season."
The Hubble data show that, from 2018 to 2020, the equator brightened by about 5% to 10%, and some cloud bands that were visible during certain years do not appear at other times.
Wind speeds also changed, according to NASA. Back when Cassini observed Saturn during the years 2004 to 2009, winds near the equator were roughly 800 miles per hour (roughly 1,300 kilometers per hour), according to the release.
Hubble's 2018 observations show equatorial wind speeds became much faster, about 1,000 mph (roughly 1,600 kph). By 2019 and 2020, however, Hubble detected that those wind speeds dropped back to the Cassini speeds from more than a decade ago.
Saturn's rings, as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Cassini observed Saturn and its moons from June 30, 2004, until Sept. 15, 2017. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute)
The Hubble Space Telescope has been operating since 1990. The 30-year old spacecraft went into safe mode briefly this month, but it has returned to its science work once again as of March 11.
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US has 'secret evidence of UFOs breaking sound barrier without a sonic boom and performing moves humans don't have the technology for', says Trump's Director of National Intelligence
US has 'secret evidence of UFOs breaking sound barrier without a sonic boom and performing moves humans don't have the technology for', says Trump's Director of National Intelligence
In December a 180-day deadline was announced for a report into UFO sightings
The Pentagon and intelligence agencies must release their report by June 1
John Ratcliffe, former DNI, said there were more sightings than publicly known
Ratcliffe said the observations were made by Navy and Air Force pilots
They were recorded by 'multiple sensors' and had no obvious explanation
The incidents included supersonic travel without a sonic boom
Ratcliffe said it was in the public interest that the information be released
The U.S. has evidence of UFOs breaking the sound barrier without a sonic boom and making maneuvers impossible with known technology, the former Director of National Intelligence has revealed.
The revelations increased excitement about a forthcoming report detailing what the U.S. government has observed.
John Ratcliffe, who served as Donald Trump's Director of National Intelligence, said that many of the incidents still have no easy explanation.
'There are a lot more sightings than have been made public,' Ratcliffe told Fox News.
'Some of those have been declassified.
'And when we talk about sightings, we are talking about objects that have seen by Navy or Air Force pilots, or have been picked up by satellite imagery that frankly engage in actions that are difficult to explain.
'Movements that are hard to replicate that we don't have the technology for. Or traveling at speeds that exceed the sound barrier without a sonic boom.'
John Ratcliffe appeared on Fox News on Friday to discuss the forthcoming report
Ratcliiffe said that there had been more UFO sightings than the public previously knew
Navy pilots recorded seeing unexplained objects spinning in mid air, in the summer of 2014
Ratcliffe told host Maria Bartiromo that the sightings of 'unidentified aerial phenomena' had been observed all around the world.
'When we talk about sightings, the other thing I will tell you is, it's not just a pilot or just a satellite, or some intelligence collection,' Ratcliffe said.
'Usually we have multiple sensors that are picking up these things, and some of these are unexplained phenomenon, and there is actually quite a few more than have been made public.'
The government was, in December, given a 180-day deadline to disclose what it knew, meaning that the report should be out before June 1.
Ratcliffe said he had hoped to publish their findings before he left office on January 20.
'We weren't able to get it down into an unclassified format quickly enough,' he said.
The report was part of a $2.3 trillion COVID relief bill, which Trump signed into law in December.
The bill contained the Senate Intelligence Committee's Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 that had in it a 'committee comment' section that addressed 'unidentified aerial phenomena.'
The report, produced by the Pentagon and the intelligence agencies, must identify, among other things, any threats posed by unidentified aerial phenomena and whether they may be attributed to foreign adversaries.
'Weather can cause disturbances, visual disturbances,' Ratcliffe said.
'Sometimes we wonder whether or not our adversaries have technologies that are a little bit further down the road than we thought or than we realized.
'But there are instances where we don't have good explanations for some of the things that we have seen.'
Avril Haines is now the Director of National Intelligence in the Biden administration.
The Defense Department announced in September the creation of an Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force on August 4.
Videos from the Navy were released last year through the Freedom of Information Act that showed UFOs moving at incredible speeds and performing seemingly impossible aerial maneuvers.
One of the videos was shot in November 2004; the other two were shot in January 2015. The three videos were code-named 'FLIR1,' 'Gimbal,' and 'GoFast.'
In the 2015 videos, Navy pilots can be heard expressing disbelief. All three UFO videos were captured by Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets.
The videos were made public and published because of efforts by the New York Times, as well as through efforts by To The Stars Academy, which was founded by Tom Delonge, the founder and lead vocalist for the bands Blink-182 and Angels & Airwaves.
Ratcliffe said it would be 'healthy' for as much of this information as possible to be made public.
A week before Ratcliffe stepped down, in January, the CIA released a treasure trove of newly-unsealed records.
They showed chilling accounts of hundreds of UFO sightings across the globe dating back to the 1950s - along with the international intelligence community's efforts to understand them.
A dossier with nearly 3,000 pages of documents about Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs) - the government's official term for what are commonly called UFOs - was published on The Black Vault website.
Thousands of paranormal enthusiasts pored through the collection of more than 700 individual documents, according to Black Vault's founder John Greenewald Jr, who has spent the past two decades suing the CIA to release the records and then scanning the pages into his database one by one.
The CIA purports that the files account for its 'entire' collection of declassified UAP intel, but Greenewald cautions that there's no way to verify that claim and has vowed to continue searching for further records.
The documents also show correspondence about UFO sightings between CIA officers and members of the military.
Sometimes the officials brush off observers' stories as purely superstitious, even when another explanation isn't clear. But in other instances the officers show genuine concern that perhaps something dangerous is at play.
Pictured: A photo from the Project Blue Book archive shows lights misidentified as a group of UFOs over a Coast Guard air station in Salem, Massachusetts in 1952
In December it emerged that two Pentagon reports had been produced, providing detailed classified information about strange sightings.
The DoD's Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force issued the two classified intelligence 'position reports' in 2018 and summer 2020, and they circulated widely in the U.S. intelligence community, according to a detailed account from The Debrief based on interviews with multiple intelligence sources.
The position reports' startling contents included a leaked photo that has never before been made public, accounts of 'Unidentified Aerial Phenomena' (UAP) emerging from the ocean and soaring through the sky, and an admission that extraterrestrial origins for the objects cannot be ruled out.
This leaked photo, published by The Debrief in December, was included in the 2018 position report, two DoD and one intelligence source told the outlet
The photo was previously described as depicting an 'unidentified silver 'cube-shaped' object' hovering over the ocean at an altitude of roughly 30,000 to 35,000
The leaked photo was was captured in 2018 off the East Coast of the United States by a military pilot using his cell phone camera, the sources said.
The photo was previously described as depicting an 'unidentified silver 'cube-shaped' object' hovering over the ocean at an altitude of roughly 30,000 to 35,000.
It appears that the image was captured by the backseat weapons systems operator of what appears to be an F/A-18 fighter jet.
Experts were baffled by the photo, but noted that the object somewhat resembles a GPS dropsonde, an atmospheric profiling device designed to be dropped from aircraft, typically over a hurricane.
'These revelations are extraordinary, and give the public a genuine peek behind the curtain when it comes to how the US government is handling the UFO issue,' Nick Pope, who investigated UFOs for the UK Ministry of Defence, told DailyMail.com.
'What this new information does is confirm that the US government is taking the UFO phenomenon more seriously than ever before,' he added. 'I anticipate further revelations shortly.'
The Pentagon has not confirmed the existence of the two position reports, as well as the authenticity of a leaked cockpit photo included in one of the reports.
Even more shocking were the revelations contained in a second, revised report issued by the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force in early 2020.
The report delved deeply into the possibility that UAP are able to freely move both through the air and underwater, zipping through the ocean undetected and emerging into the air at incredible speeds.
The report contained an 'extremely clear' photograph of an unidentifiable triangular aircraft that emerged from the ocean in front of a F/A-18 Hornet fighter pilot, sources told The Debrief.
An artist's recreation (above) shows the image in the 2020 report as described by sources: a large equilateral triangle with rounded edges and large, spherical white 'lights' in each corner
Researcher Dave Beaty created this image to depict the object as described by sources who had seen the report from the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force
That photo has not been leaked publicly, but artist and researcher Dave Beaty's recreation shows it as described by sources: a large equilateral triangle with rounded or 'blunted' edges and large, perfectly spherical white 'lights' in each corner.
The encounter occurred off the East Coast in 2019, according to officials who had seen the latest report.
Two officials said said the photo was taken after the triangular craft emerged from the ocean and shot straight upwards.
Officials say the latest report focused specifically on the possibility of 'transmedium' craft that are able to operate both underwater and in the air.
'Tic Tac' UFO: US Navy pilot made visual contact with the object on November 14, 2004
At least six Super Hornet pilots made visual or instrument contact with the UFO on November 14, 2004.
The encounters, which are documented in numerous interviews with first-hand witnesses, remain a mystery, and the object's incredible speed and movements have led to speculation that it was extraterrestrial in origin.
The original FLIR video from the USS Nimitz encounters leaked online as early as 2007.
Witnesses say that clips of the video had been circulated widely on the Navy's intranet - used to communicate between ships in the carrier group - and an unknown sailor in the group likely first leaked it.
The clip became one of the most-touted pieces of evidence in the UFO community when the Pentagon confirmed its authenticity in 2017.
In January, Chad Underwood, the former Navy aviator who shot the famous leaked video clip, broke his silence in an interview with New York Magazine.
Chad Underwood, the former Navy aviator who shot the famous leaked video clip, broke his silence in an interview with New York Magazine in January
He said the oblong, wingless 'Tic Tac' shaped object was spotted off the coast of Mexico over the Pacific.
He also revealed that for about two weeks, the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Princeton, part of Carrier Strike Group 11, had been tracking mysterious aircraft intermittently on an advanced AN/SPY-1B passive radar.
The radar contacts were so inexplicable that the system was even shut down and restarted to to check for bugs - but operators continued to track the unknown aircraft.
Then on November 14, Commander David Fravor says he was flying in an F/A-18F Super Hornet when he made visual contact with the object, which seemed to dive below the water, resurface, and speed out of sight when he tried to approach it.
As Fravor landed on the deck of the Nimitz, Underwood was just gearing up to take off on his own training run.
Fravor told Underwood about the bizarre encounter, and urged Underwood to keep his eyes open.
He recalls how he suddenly saw a blip on his radar before tracking it on his FLIR camera.
Underwood was flying in an F/A-18F Super Hornet as part of the USS Nimitz (above) carrier group when he encountered an 'unidentified aerial phenomena'
'The thing that stood out to me the most was how erratic it was behaving,' Underwood told the magazine.
'And what I mean by 'erratic' is that its changes in altitude, air speed, and aspect were just unlike things that I've ever encountered before flying against other air targets.'
Underwood said the object wasn't obeying the laws of physics and dropped from 50,000 feet altitude to 100 feet in seconds, which he says, 'isn't possible'. He added that he saw no signs of an engine heat plume or any sign of propulsion.
The pilot refuses to speculate as to whether the object is an alien spacecraft or not, however.
'That's not my job. But I saw something. And it was also seen, via eyeballs, by both my commanding officer, Dave Fravor, and the Marine Corps Hornet squadron commanding officer who was out there as well.'
In a Fox News interview, Trump's former intelligence director said the sightings are difficult to explain.
A previously declassified video of an alleged UFO sighting from the U.S. Navy.
(Image credit: U.S. Navy)
More inexplicable sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) will be released for public scrutiny in June — including a UFO that broke the sound barrier without producing a sonic boom.
Speaking on Fox News, the former director of National Intelligence, John Ratcliffe, said Saturday (March 20) that the sightings are "difficult to explain." Ratcliffe, who served in the Trump administration, said he'd hoped to declassify the reports during his tenure but that they will be released by the Pentagon by June 1.
It's not the first time the military has released strange reports, and even videos, of UFOs, known in military parlance as unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs). In April 2020, the U.S. Navy released three videos appearing to show aircraft flying faster than the speed of sound. And Senate intelligence reports reveal that the Pentagon is still on the hunt for UFOs or UAPs. But check your excitement, Fox Mulder — the military is generally more concerned about whether UAPs might be secret aircraft or weapons developed by other nations than it is about finding evidence of ET in our midst.
According to Newsweek, Ratcliffe said the upcoming Pentagon report will include more sightings and reports of objects moving in seemingly impossible ways or breaking the speed of sound without an accompanying sonic boom. The unexplained sightings occurred all over the world, he said, and include events picked up on automated sensors and not just by human eyes.
"There are instances where we don't have good explanations for some of the things that we've seen," Ratcliffe told Fox News.
The report and declassification is required under the Intelligence Authorization Act for 2021.
However, the sightings may not even represent advanced Earth technology. Debunkers have suggested that the apparent extreme speed of the aircraft in the videos released in April 2020 could be an optical illusion called parallax. This effect occurs when an object close to a camera lens appears to be moving, sometimes quite quickly, as the camera moves, just because it's closer to the lens than objects in the background. (A video example is available at SyfyWire.) Thus, the objects in the video could be as mundane as passenger planes or weather balloons. Some of the sudden movements in the videos may be artifacts of the camera zooming or sharpening the image, Vice reported.
There are also declassified experimental aircraft that can do things like break the speed of sound without the enormous "crack" of a sonic boom. NASA's X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology aircraft, which is under construction and not yet in flight, is designed to fly faster than sound without making more than a gentle thump to listeners on the ground. It's unknown if governments have similar, secret technology in testing or use.
Whatever the to-be-released videos show, it's a time of unprecedented document release around UFOs. In January, the CIA unveiled three decades' worth of documents about mysterious incidents reported to or investigated by the agency.
Voor de tweede keer ooit is het een internationale groep wetenschappers gelukt om een afbeelding van een zwart gat te maken. De wetenschappers toonden het object in zogeheten gepolariseerd licht. Zo willen ze begrijpen hoe het magnetische veld rond het zwarte gat werkt. Bij het onderzoek waren sterrenkundigen Monika Moscibrodzka en Sara Issaoun van de Radboud Universiteit in Nijmegen betrokken.
De onderzoekers van de Event Horizon Telescope brachten de eerste afbeelding van het zwarte gat in april 2019 naar buiten. Daarop is een ring van licht rond een donker centrum te zien. Het gaat om een gat in het midden van Messier 87 (M87), een sterrenstelsel in het sterrenbeeld Maagd, op 55 miljoen lichtjaar afstand van de aarde. Het zwarte gat heeft een doorsnee van 40 miljard kilometer en is ongeveer 6,5 miljard keer zo zwaar als onze zon.
Zwarte gaten zijn plekken in het heelal waar de zwaartekracht zo groot is, dat niets eraan kan ontsnappen, zelfs licht niet. Alles wat in de buurt komt, wordt opgeslokt en verscheurd. Bij dat verzwelgen schiet het zwarte gat stralen van energie en materie de ruimte in. Die worden jets genoemd. Die komen bij het zwarte gat in M87 tot minstens 5.000 lichtjaar ver.
NASA verstopte stukje van eerste vliegtuig van gebroeders Wright in Marshelikopter
Marshelikopter Ingenuity maakt zich op voor zijn eerste vlucht op de rode planeet. Die is gepland voor begin april. In de aanloop ervan verklapte NASA gisteren dat Ingenuity een stukje stof van het eerste gemotoriseerde vliegtuig van de Amerikaanse luchtvaartpioniers Wilbur en Orville Wright aan boord heeft.
De expeditie van Marsrover Perseverance (Volharding), die op 18 februari op Mars is geland, draagt een soort matroesjka-component in zich, zo blijkt. Onder de robotjeep hangt de minihelikopter Ingenuity (Vindingrijkheid), die op of rond 8 april zijn eerste testvlucht op Mars zal afwerken. En onder het zonnepaneel van deze kleine helikopter - eerder een drone - zit dan weer een lapje stof van het eerste gemotoriseerde vliegtuig van de gebroeders Wright uit 1903 verborgen. Symbolisch, uiteraard. Bobby Braun, directeur voor planetaire wetenschap bij het Jet Propulsion Laboratory van NASA, omschreef de aanstaande poging van Ingenuity om de eerste gemotoriseerde, gecontroleerde vlucht op een andere planeet uit te voeren als een “gebroeders Wright-moment”.
Op vraag van NASA schonk het Carillon Historical Park in Dayton (Ohio), de geboorteplaats van de gebroeders Wright, het meegereisde stukje textiel uit de linkerondervleugel van hun eerste vliegtuig met kleine motor. Een overgrootnicht en -neef van de twee broers gaven hun zegen om het lapje stof de trip van zo’n 480 miljoen kilometer naar Mars te laten maken. “Wilbur en Orville Wright zouden blij zijn te horen dat een klein stukje van hun Wright Flyer I uit 1903, het toestel dat het ruimtetijdperk lanceerde met amper een kwart mijl (400 meter, jv), weer de geschiedenis zal inzweven op Mars”, aldus Amanda Wright Lane en Stephen Wright.
Op 17 december 1903 maakte Orville Wright als eerste piloot in de geschiedenis een geslaagde vlucht met een gemotoriseerd vliegtuig. Het toestel, dat de naam ‘Wright Flyer’ en later ook ‘Flyer 1' kreeg, kwam van de grond in het dorp Kitty Hawk op de Outer Banks in de staat North Carolina.
Van de Wright Flyer vlogen eerder al fragmentjes hout en stof mee naar de maan, samen met Neil Armstrong in de Apollo 11 in 1969. Ook astronaut John Glenn had in 1998 wat mee van de Flyer 1 toen hij op 77-jarige leeftijd met de spaceshuttle Discovery als oudste persoon ooit de ruimte invloog. Glenn en Armstrong kwamen allebei, net als de broers Wright, uit Ohio.
Voorlopig blijft Ingenuity nog even vastgehecht aan de buik van Perseverance. Dit weekend viel een beschermingsplaat weg, zodat je de kleine helikopter nu al wel kan zien hangen. De eerste vlucht op Mars van de miniheli, die amper 1,8 kilogram weegt, is voorzien voor ten vroegste 8 april. De Ingenuity stijgt dan verticaal op tot een hoogte van drie meter, blijft daar dertig seconden stationair hangen, maakt een rotatie rond zichzelf, en daalt dan weer af naar het Marsoppervlak. De heli krijgt zijn instructies enkele uren op voorhand, maar analyseert zelf zijn positie ten opzichte van de grond en neemt ondertussen dertig foto’s per seconde.
De vlucht wordt volgens de NASA geen sinecure, want de dichtheid van de atmosfeer van Mars is maar één procent dan die van de onze. Bovendien krijgt het oppervlak van Mars gedurende de dag slechts de helft van de zonne-energie die wij ontvangen, terwijl het ‘s nachts tot min negentig kan worden, wat onbeschermde elektrische componenten kan doen bevriezen en stuk gaan.
In een maand tijd zullen nog vijf andere vluchten volgen, telkens op grotere hoogte. Alles zal vlak naast de landingsplaats van Marsjeep Perseverance in de Jezerokrater gebeuren. De rover zal de testvluchten observeren vanop afstand, om daarna weg te rijden om zijn eigen missie te volbrengen. Perseverance gaat onder meer op zoek naar tekenen van vroeger leven op Mars.
Toestellen zoals de door de NASA zelf gebouwde Ingenuity kunnen essentieel worden voor het planetair onderzoek, omdat ze zichnaar plaatsen kunnen begeven die voor robotjeeps niet toegankelijk zijn, zoals canyons. Dit helikopterprogramma heeft de NASA ongeveer 85 miljoen dollar gekost.
Liang Bua Cave on the island of Flores, where specimens of the “Hobbit” species were discovered. Image: Liang Bua Team
Anthropologists know of at least two ancient species of tiny humans that lived on the islands of southeast Asia over 50,000 years ago. The origin of these extinct humans is unknown, but new research suggests they’re more closely related to Denisovans and Neanderthals—and, by consequence, modern humans—than previously thought.
New research published in Nature Ecology & Evolution has found no evidence of interbreeding between modern humans (Homo sapiens) and two extinct species of short-statured humans, Homo floresiensis (commonly known as the Flores Island “hobbits”) and Homo luzonensis (found in the Philippines). Fossil evidence of these two species, described in 2004 and 2019 respectively, suggests these island-dwelling humans stood no taller than around 3 feet and 7 inches (109 centimeters), a possible consequence of insular dwarfism—an evolutionary process in which the body size of a species shrinks over time as a consequence of limited access to resources.
At the same time, the new paper, led by João Teixeira from the University of Adelaide, provides further confirmation of interbreeding between the Denisovans and modern humans, specifically modern humans living in Island Southeast Asia, an area that encompasses tropical islands between east Asia, Australia, and New Guinea. Denisovans—a sister group of Neanderthals—reached the area some 50,000 to 60,000 years ago, but archaeologists have yet to uncover a shred of fossil evidence related to these so-called “southern Denisovans.” That’s obviously weird, given the overwhelming genetic evidence that they lived in this part of the world, but it means there are important archaeological discoveries still waiting to be found. At least in theory.
So, the new paper, co-authored by anthropologist Chris Stringer from the Natural History Museum in London, suggests modern humans interbred with Denisovans but not H. floresiensis or H. luzonensis. That’s an important result, because it could help to explain the presence of the diminutive humans, who died out around 50,000 years ago, in this part of the world. Excitingly, it could mean that these “super-archaics,” in the parlance of the researchers, “are not super-archaic after all, and are more closely related to [modern] humans than previously thought,” explained Teixeira, a population geneticist, in an email.
In other words, H. floresiensis or H. luzonensis might actually be the elusive southern Denisovans.
Given that present-day human populations in Island Southeast Asia have retained a significant amount of Denisovan DNA, the authors wondered if H. floresiensis and H. luzonensis also interbred with modern humans. It was also possible, though unlikely, that another ancient human called H. erectus, which lived in Java until around 117,000 to 108,000 years ago, might’ve also contributed to modern human ancestry. Indeed, one possible scenario is that the super-archaics were descended from H. erectus.
To that end, the scientists studied the DNA of 400 modern humans, of which more than half were of Island Southeast Asia ancestry. The team searched for key genetic signatures indicative of interbreeding events related to “deeply divergent hominin species,” said Teixeira. Island Southeast Asia is the “most likely geographic region where such events could have occurred due to the aforementioned presence of H. floresiensis and H. luzonensis, and perhaps H. erectus as well,” he added.
It’s important to note that scientists do not have genomes for the two short-statured species, nor H. erectus for that matter.
“There are no ‘first-hand’ genomes of the kind we have from Neanderthals and Denisovans, but there are ‘second-hand’ bits of DNA in the Denisovan genomes that seem to come from them having interbred with a super-archaic population,” explained Stringer in an email. “These can be recognised by their greater-than-average divergence within the genome and also, if there has been recent interbreeding, the strands of DNA will have been shuffled up less, and hence found in larger and more ‘pristine’ chunks.”
To be clear, the scientists are not looking for specific species-related genomes, but evidence of interbreeding, which leaves a pronounced genetic signature across the entire genome.
Results showed that modern humans did not interbreed with the two small human species, but the team did confirm Denisovan ancestry among individuals from Island Southeast Asia. As Stringer put it, “the DNA of local populations shows signs of ancestry from the Denisovans, who are currently only known from fossils in Asia, but no genetic evidence deriving from the ancient humans whose bones have actually been found in the area.”
Indeed, fossil evidence of Denisovans is non-existent in Island Southeast Asia, and the evidence that does exist elsewhere is sparse. Aside from genetics, the presence of this human species is known from a finger bone, several teeth, and skull fragments found in Siberia, as well as a 160,000-year-old jawbone found in a cave on the Tibetan Plateau.
The new research confirms that the two super-archaic species “did not contribute ancestry to modern human populations,” or if they did, they’re “not so divergent as currently assumed based on morphological comparisons,” said Teixeira. These short-statured humans may seem very different from modern humans, and thus very divergent, but that could be an illusion, as their DNA may actually be very similar to ours and especially to that of Denisovans, according to this line of thinking.
For Teixeira, the absence of this interbreeding combined with the widespread Denisovan ancestry means the two super-archaic species might represent the missing Denisovans in Island Southeast Asia, or some kind of offshoot.
“The ISEA fossil hominins are thought to represent a much older split (approximately 2 million years ago). But those estimates rely on morphological comparisons to, and the assumption they descend from, H. erectus,” he explained. “Our results show that such super-archaic species did not interbreed with modern humans in ISEA—but what if we’re wrong? What if hominin occupation in ISEA was not continuous? What if Denisovan ancestry in ISEA comes from these groups?”
To which he added: “No one knows for sure what a Denisovan is supposed to look like nor how much morphological variation existed within different Denisovan populations,” he explained. “If that is the case,” the revelation that the super-archaics are actually the southern Denisovans “could have serious implications for paleoanthropology.”
Stringer, on the other hand, isn’t so sure, as his interpretation of the evidence suggests a different lineage for the tiny human species.
“The known fossils of H. erectus, H. floresiensis, and H. luzonensis might seem to be in the right place and time to represent the mysterious ‘southern Denisovans,’ but their ancestors were likely to have been in place in Island Southeast Asia long before the Denisovan lineage had evolved,” and possibly as long as 700,000 years ago, Stringer explained.
“George, co-authors do not always agree on everything,” Teixeira told me when I queried him about this apparent inconsistency.
Regardless, theco-authors believe that interbreeding between southern Denisovans and modern humans happened in Island Southeast Asia.
“The presence of the largest amounts of Denisovan-like DNA in regions like Papua New Guinea and Australia suggests that the interbreeding occurred in ISEA or, much less likely in my opinion, a place like Papua New Guinea,” explained Stringer in his email. “My guess is that Sumatra, Borneo, and Sulawesi were the homelands of the missing ‘southern Denisovans’ and will most likely yield up their fossils.”
Stringer said these results depend on the samples analyzed and that more samples are likely to provide a fuller picture.
The new paper, while illuminating, raises some very important questions. First and foremost, where are the Denisovan fossils in Island Southeast Asia? And, as Teixeira asks, “have we already found them but assumed these fossils represented much more distant relatives?” In other words, maybe the “hobbits” were the southern Denisovans all along.
Uitgestorven ‘hobbits’ mogelijk verwant met moderne mens via neanderthaler en denisovamens
De homo floresiensis - beter bekend als uitgestorven ‘hobbits’ - en homo luzonensis - vernoemd naar het Filipijnse eiland Luzon - leefden meer dan 50.000 jaar geleden op eilanden in Zuidoost-Azië. Hun afkomst is niet bekend, maar nieuw onderzoek suggereert nu een nauwere verwantschap met neanderthalers en denisovamensen dan aanvankelijk gedacht. Of nog: de oude hobbits zijn mogelijk verwant met de moderne mens.
De nieuwe studie, onder leiding van João Teixeira van de universiteit van Adelaide, vond geen bewijs van kruisingen tussen de homo floresiensis of de homo luzonensis met de homo sapiens (de moderne mens). Die beide mensensoorten, die op de Zuidoost-Aziatische eilanden leefden, werden doorgaans niet groter dan 109 centimeter, wat mogelijk het gevolg was van eilanddwerggroei. Dat is een evolutionair proces waarbij een soort in de loop van de tijd kleiner wordt door een beperkte toegang aan levensmiddelen.
Tegelijkertijd kon het onderzoek wel kruisingen bevestigen van de denisovamens met de moderne mens die leefde in het gebied dat de tropische eilanden omvat tussen Oost-Azië, Australië en Nieuw-Guinea. De denisovamens - verwant aan de neanderthaler - kwam daar 50.000 tot 60.000 jaar geleden terecht, maar archeologen konden nooit fossiel bewijs bovenspitten van deze zogenaamde “zuidelijke denisovamens”. Gek, gezien het overweldigende genetische bewijs dat ze ooit wel degelijk in dat deel van onze planeet leefden. Zo dragen de huidige populaties daar nog een flink stuk DNA van de denisovamens in zich.
De studie stelt dus dat de moderne mens seksueel verkeer had met de denisovamens, maar niet met de homo floresiensis of de homo luzonensis. Dit is belangrijk omdat het mee de aanwezigheid in dat deel van de wereld zou kunnen verklaren van die kleine mensensoorten, die zo’n 50.000 jaar geleden uitstierven. Het zou, volgens de onderzoekers, kunnen betekenen dat ze “nauwer verwant zijn aan moderne mensen dan eerder werd gedacht”. Met andere woorden, de homo floresiensis of de homo luzonensis zijn misschien wel de zuidelijke denisovamensen, of een afstammeling daarvan.
Althans volgens onderzoeksleider Teixeira. Co-auteur en anthropoloog Chris Stringer is daar, verrassend, niet zo zeker van: “Ik vermoed dat Sumatra, Borneo en Sulawesi de thuislanden waren van de vermiste ‘zuidelijke denisovamens’.” Dat moet kunnen, volgens Teixeira: “Co-auteurs hoeven het niet over alles eens te zijn”.
Microplastic aangetroffen in nieuw ontdekt kreeftje op 7 km diepte
Britse onderzoekers hebben microplastic gevonden in een nieuw ontdekte kreeft, op bijna 7 kilometer diepte in de Marianentrog ter hoogte van de Filipijnen. Dat meldt het Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ) vandaag. Er werden resten van vermoedelijk een PET-fles aangetroffen in de darm van het diertje.
Onderzoekers van Newcastle University ontdekten in de reuzenvlokreeft een vezel polyethyleentereftalaat of PET, afkomstig van een plastic fles. Het is niet zo ongewoon dat dieren microplastics binnenkrijgen, maar deze kreeft bevond zich op 7 kilometer diepte in de Marianentrog, de diepste onderwatertrog ter wereld.
Het diertje van anderhalve centimeter leeft van aas dat neerdwarrelt vanuit hogere waterlagen en kreeg daarom de naam Eurythenes plasticus. Eerder werden al microplastics gevonden in andere diepzeekreeftjes in de tot 8 km diepe Peru-Chilitrog, aan de westkust van Zuid-Amerika.
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Instrument met Belgisch tintje achterhaalt hoe Mars deel van water verloor
Mars heeft het grootste deel van zijn hoeveelheid water verloren. Dankzij een co-Belgisch instrument op de Europese sonde Mars Express hebben wetenschappers een tip van de sluier gelicht hoe dit is kunnen gebeuren, zo meldt het Europese Ruimtevaartbureau ESA.
Dat er ooit veel water op de Rode Planeet is geweest en mogelijk evenveel als bij ons, is ondertussen voldoende duidelijk geworden. Maar Mars heeft over enkele voorbije miljarden jaren heen veel water in de atmosfeer zien opgaan en dat is nog steeds het geval.
Hoe dit kon gebeuren was onduidelijk, maar onderzoek met de deels Belgische SPICAM-spectrometer (instrument dat de chemische samenstelling en de evolutie van de atmosfeer van Mars bestudeert, nvdr.) op de in juni 2003 gelanceerde Mars Express zijn enkele processen duidelijk geworden.
Waterdamp
De atmosfeer vormt de sleutel, zo bleek. Wetenschappers onderzochten waterdamp in de atmosfeer van de grond af tot een hoogte van 100 km, over acht Marsjaren heen (zo'n vijftien Aardse jaren).
Anna Fedorova van de Russische Academie voor Wetenschappen en collega's vonden dat die waterdamp beneden 60 kilometer hoogte bleef wanneer de planeet zich ver van de Zon bevond, maar tot 90 kilometer klom wanneer Mars het dichtst tot onze ster stond. De baan van de planeet schommelt tussen 207 en 249 miljoen kilometer van de Zon.
Nabij de Zon zorgden de hogere temperaturen en meer intensieve circulatie in de atmosfeer ervoor dat het water op een zekere hoogte niet bevroor. De bovenste laag van de atmosfeer raakte vochtig en gesatureerd met water. Dit verklaart waarom water tijdens dit seizoen sneller ontsnapt: het water komt hoger, wat ertoe bijdraagt dat het in de ruimte verdwijnt.
Stofstorm
Dan is er nog een tweede mechanisme. Het bleek dat in de jaren waarin er een enorme stofstorm op Mars woedde, de atmosfeer nog vochtiger werd en dat er zich water accumuleerde op meer dan 80 kilometer hoogte. De Franse onderzoeker Jean-Yves Chaufray schatte dat het waterverlies met een factor 100 kan variëren wanneer er zich een stofstorm voordoet.
Mars verliest aldus elk miljard jaar het equivalent van een laag van twee meter water. Maar geaccumuleerd over de vier miljard jaar dat de planeet bestaat, is dat nog geen verklaring voor waar al het water op de planeet naartoe is. Mogelijk is het onder de grond verdwenen of is er vroeger veel sneller water ontsnapt, suggereert Chaufray.
Een studie in het wetenschappelijk tijdschrift Science bracht vorige week al aan het licht dat heel wat water werd opgezogen door de bodem van de planeet. Daar ging het onomkeerbaar deel uitmaken van de moleculaire structuur van mineralen.
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