A Lightsail Powered By Millions of Lasers Could Reach Alpha Centauri in 20 Years

We're edging closer to interstellar reality.

 By  Chris Young

Breakthrough Initiatives

Interstellar exploration might not be lightyears away, at least not in the figurative sense. That's because international research project Breakthrough Starshot just provided an update on its plans to send a probe to Alpha Centauri, our closest neighboring star system.

Before getting there, it will have to develop and test a new type of spacecraft propulsion system that utilizes a lightsail and a laser beam array to reach the immense speeds required for interstellar travel within our lifetimes, a press statement from the Australian National University (ANU) explains.

A 40 trillion kilometer journey through space

Breakthrough Starshot's ultra-lightweight spacecraft will have to travel four light-years to reach Alpha Centauri. To put it another way, our nearest neighboring star system is a mind-shattering 40,208,000,000,000 (40 trillion) km away from Earth.

As a point of reference, our fastest and most reliable technology today for long-range space travel is the ion thruster, which is powering NASA's DART mission to a nearby asteroid at speeds of 15,000 mph (24,000 km/h). However, according to NASA, with the ion thruster, it would take 18,000 years, or approximately 2,700 human generations, to get to Alpha Centauri.

Impressively, the Breakthrough Starshot team believes its spacecraft, with the help of lasers located on Earth, will be able to reach unprecedented speeds, allowing it to travel the distance to Alpha Centauri in only 20 years. If it does reach its destination, the probe spacecraft will then send back the first-ever images taken from another solar system, allowing a never-before-seen window to distant planets that may or may not resemble Earth. 

In a new research paper, the ANU team outlined their concept, which is designed to make travel to Alpha Centauri a feasible proposition. The team is developing a tiny probe with a lightsail that will be powered by a powerful laser array from Earth. That laser array will concentrate millions of beams on the sail throughout its interstellar journey, allowing it to reach incredible speeds.

"To cover the vast distances between Alpha Centauri and our own solar system, we must think outside the box and forge a new way for interstellar space travel," Dr. Bandutunga, from the Applied Metrology Laboratories at the ANU Centre for Gravitational Astrophysics, explains.

"Once on its way, the sail will fly through the vacuum of space for 20 years before reaching its destination. During its flyby of Alpha Centauri, it will record images and scientific measurements which it will broadcast back to Earth." 

Interstellar spaceflight powered by 100 million lasers

To develop their spacecraft, Breakthrough Starshot and the ANU team rely on the advancement of several key technologies. Lightsails, for example, were only recently proved as a viable form of space travel. In 2019, a Carl Sagan-inspired project called LightSail 2 was able to successfully lift its orbital trajectory around Earth by 3.2 kilometers using a lightsail, or solarsail, propelled by photons from the Sun.

The main challenge, however, will come in the form of the ANU team's state-of-the-art laser array proposal, which will have to precisely train millions of lasers to work in unison. "The Breakthrough Starshot program estimates the total required optical power to be about 100 GW — about 100 times the capacity of the world's largest battery today," Dr. Ward, from the ANU Research School of Physics, says. "To achieve this, we estimate the number of lasers required to be approximately 100 million." 

To keep their lasers pointing precisely at the lightsail for the duration of the journey, the ANU team proposes using a 'guide laser' satellite in Earth's orbit, which will act as the conductor, making sure the entire laser array is pointing at the right coordinates. This, alongside an algorithm designed to pre-correct the light from the array, will help to account for the atmosphere distortion the rest of the Earth-bound lasers will suffer. 

According to Dr. Bandutunga, "the next step is to start testing some of the basic building blocks in a controlled laboratory setting. This includes the concepts for combining small arrays to make larger arrays and the atmospheric correction algorithms." The ANU team also emphasizes the fact that it is part of a global collaboration and that it is only working on one facet of the ambitious project.

Breakthrough Starshot is one of the Breakthrough Initiatives, a series of scientific and technological programs founded by Yuri Milner, designed to search for life outside of our solar system. If the lightsail prototype does become a reality, it could achieve interstellar travel in our lifetimes by reaching the planets surrounding our second nearest star, Alpha Centauri, which gives its name to its star system. Success for the project, therefore, would elevate human beings to the lofty category of interstellar species. The question is, how many others, if any, are out there?

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09-12-2021 om 22:52 geschreven door peter  

History's First UFO Abduction in 1572? The Strange and Mysterious Tale of Hans Buchmann

November 15, 1572.  

The weather in Kriesbuhl, a small picturesque farming village in the foothills of the Swiss Alps is cold, even for that time of year, but clear.

On that day, a Saturday, Hans Buchmann, an impoverished peasant farmer, has a debt to pay.  He owes sixteen florins, roughly the equivalent of $600 in today’s money, to a creditor in the nearby market town of Sempach.  Hans has been borrowing heavily against his small plot of land to make ends meet and provide for his family.

But no matter how much Hans borrows, the money seems to always disappear and his family remains impoverished.

Lucky for him this fall’s crop has been quite lucrative and he’s saved up the money to pay off his creditor.  Now in the crisp early morning sunlight Hans is preparing to walk the four miles to Sempach to pay off his debts.  Unfortunately, for Hans, the road from Kriesbuhl to Sempach is mostly uphill and through wooded terrain, but in November of 1572, though the temperatures have been falling steadily over the last several days, no snow has yet fallen on the foothills of the Swiss Alps.  

It is a journey that should take just under two hours each way, but Hans Buchman won’t return home for nearly three months.

Hans bundles up against the cold, putting on his woolen overcoat hat and mittens before grabbing his walking stick and departing.  Perhaps out of a sense of shame over the debts that he’s incurred, or perhaps because he has other intentions entirely, Hans leaves his house without telling either his wife, or two teenage sons, exactly where he’s going…

Two weeks later, Hans Buchman, dirty and disheveled, and suffering from a splitting headache, awakes to find himself curled up against a stone wall in an alleyway in a strange and unknown city.

His hat, mittens, overcoat and walking stick are nowhere to be seen and he is clothed in nothing more than a ragged shirt and loose fitting pants.  Clothes that seem to have once belonged to someone else.

He has no idea where he is.  He runs out into the street inquiring of everyone who passes by in German, “Where am I?  What city is this?”

But no one responds.  Everyone simply walks by this dirty, unkempt madman, supposing Buchmann to be nothing more than some drunken foreign beggar, the kind that is very commonplace in this cosmopolitan early modern city.

It is St. Andrew’s Day, some two weeks after November 15, 1572 and hundreds of men, women and children are out in the streets, as church bells ring and call the faithful to mass.

Hans sees a man dressed in a soldier’s uniform, not unlike those Hans has seen worn by soldiers in his native Sempach.  This soldier seems to be a man of authority, one of the many uniformed, heavily armed men that appear to dwell in this strange and overcrowded city.

“Sir,” Hans shouts in German as he runs up to the soldier, “my name is Hans Buchmann.  I was traveling to my native city of Sempach but seemed to have lost my way.  What city is this?”

  The soldier responds in perfect German, “This is Milan and you are a long way from Sempach.”

1500's Milan

Hans Buchmann, somehow, has ended up over 150 miles from home.  He had set out, two weeks ago, on a two hour’s journey from his native village of Kriesbuhl, a simple walk of four miles he had undertaken perhaps hundreds of times before, and ended up on the other side of the Alps in Italy, over a five days journey from his native village.

He has no idea how he got there.

The soldier who answered Hans’ desperate question, is as it turned out, Swiss and he is one of the many thousands of foreign mercenaries who regularly come to Milan to prop up that city’s defenses during the ongoing and interminable wars between the independent Italian city-states.

This soldier, along with other Swiss soldiers of fortune, helps Hans return home.  For Hans the journey home in winter, over high snow covered mountain passes is long and arduous.  It takes weeks for Hans Buchmann to reach Kriesbuhl.  By the time he reaches the doorstep of his farmhouse it is already the first week of February 1573.

In the interim, Hans’ two sons had set out along the same overland trail as Hans on the way to Sempach in search of their missing father.  They found Hans’ coat, hat, mittens and walking stick lying by the roadside at the edge of a forest outside of town, but upon reaching Sempach and inquiring of as many locals as they could find as to the possible whereabouts of their father, no one reported having seen him in at least two weeks.

Some residents of Sempach did report that they had seen Hans enter the town on the afternoon of November 15, 1572 and that he had stopped at a local tavern to have a drink, but after that the trail had gone cold.

During the sixteenth century it was common for towns and cities in central Europe to have a local chronicler, who would record events for posterity in a town chronicle, that would be kept in city record offices.  It appears that when Hans Buchmann, did eventually return home, and told his fantastical tale of having ended up, by means unknown over 150 miles away in Milan, Italy that he was questioned by both a chronicler and a magistrate from the nearby German city of Rothenburg.

Original Chronicle from 1573

Hans' tale is so improbable that, suspecting some form of foul play or subterfuge on the part of the debtor, the magistrate demands a full investigation into the matter and requests that Hans Buchmann present himself at the Rothenburg police station at once.

Under intense questioning by the magistrate, as recorded in the Rothenburg city chronicle for the year 1573, Hans Buchmann admitted that he had first set out on his journey to Sempach carrying sixteen florins because he owed the money to a man named Hans Schiirmann the proprietor of the Romerswill Inn in Sempach

Sempach Romerswill Inn

Though the historical record is unclear as to whether or not Hans Buchmann ever explicitly stated what he exactly owed the money for, it would appear that the sixteen florins may have been some sort of drinking debt that he owed, like a bar tab gone out of control, since a 16th century inn was more akin to a modern tavern or dive bar rather than a sort of hotel.

Hans Buchmann said that he stopped at Schiirman’s home but that Schiirman was not there, and that unable to pay his debts at that moment, he then went to another local inn to have a drink.

It is at this point that Hans Buchmann’s story begins to get a little sketchy to say the least.  Buchmann admitted to drinking on the day of his disappearance, but he claimed he couldn’t remember exactly how much though he stated to the magistrate that, “it was just a little.”

He claimed that he left the unnamed tavern a few hours later, just before sunset and decided to set off on his way home figuring that he would pay his debt back to Schiirman on another, later date, when the proprietor of the Romerswill Inn was at home.

Hans Bruchmann told the magistrate and chronicler of Rothenburg that the last thing he could remember while walking along a wooded trail on the outskirts of Sempach was hearing a loud and insistent buzzing sound.  He said that he could recall looking up into the sky and seeing a bright light while being completely enveloped by a buzzing sound like a swarm of bees and lifted up into the night sky towards the light. 

The next thing that Hans said he could remember was waking up in an alleyway in Milan with a pounding headache two weeks later and over one-hundred and fifty miles away.

In her book on European folklore surrounding the holiday season entitled The Old Magic of Christmas (Llewellyn Publications 2013) author, historian and folklorist Linda Raedisch states of Hans Buchmann, “(W)hen he was first set upon, he thought he was under attack by a swarm of bees, but the buzzing then revealed itself into a terrible scraping of bows on fiddle strings.  We don’t know what really happened to Hans...but it is interesting that he should have mentioned how the buzzing of bees preceded his being lifted up and carried above the treetops.” (Raedisch 12)

Buzzing, noise and lights would indicate, perhaps the existence of some sort of craft, or motor, something that would have been completely unknown to a peasant farmer from the Swiss Alps in the year 1572.

It is also interesting to note that the night sky was extremely active with intriguing celestial phenomena at the time of Hans Buchmann’s supposed disappearance.  In fact, only four days prior on November 11, 1572, Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe had become the first person in history to witness a supernova.  Brahe, using crude astronomical instruments, had observed and recorded an enormous explosion in the night sky, what he incorrectly deemed the “birth” of a new star in the constellation Cassiopeia.  In reality, what Brahe had seen, pretty much with his naked eye alone, was the death of a star, an explosion so enormous that it could easily be seen from billions of lightyears away.  The type of celestial event that would have been  readily visible to any extraterrestrial civilization anywhere in our galaxy.

Tycho Brahe's sketch of a Supernova

So, with all this talk of bright lights, buzzing and stars exploding in outer space was Hans Bruchmann the unsuspecting victim of history’s first ever verifiably recorded alien abduction?

Maybe, but maybe not.

In her book historian and folklorist Raedisch readily admits, “We don’t really know what happened to Hans...just before his disappearance he had borrowed some money without asking, so he had plenty of reason to fabricate the tale.” (Raedisch 12)

If his debt, was in fact a drinking debt, or if he never had the money to even pay back the debt in the first place, maybe he just conveniently decided to make himself disappear and then return once he supposed enough time had elapsed to allow him to think up a fanciful cover story and protect him from debtor’s prison.

Perhaps, Hans Buchmann simply went on a two week long drinking binge and wandered into Milan, or maybe, just maybe he ended up so far away from home via otherworldly means.

Hans Buchmann may have been history’s first documented victim of alien abduction, or he may simply have been a man filled with shame, who attempted to hide the truth about his debts and his addiction from his family.  History will never know for sure...

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09-12-2021 om 22:38 geschreven door peter  

It has never been easy for those who claim to have been abducted by aliens to convince their friends and family, let alone persuade authorities to investigate or plead their case in the court of public opinion. A recent incident in La Palma, Argentina, is becoming a classic case. A woman disappeared, is found wandering a day later 40 miles away, claims the last thing she remembers is a loud noise and bright lights, comes forward to identify herself and explain the experience to the media, and is doubted by UFO experts.

“I got up, drank two or three mates and began to see that the phone had some lines, something like interference.”

“The power went out, I walked outside and from there I don’t remember anything else. I did not see a light or anything, I only heard the wind as very strong and nothing else.”

“The next day she was sitting on the street, with her legs extended, her arms above her legs. When I open my eyes, I see the street and I look to one side, I see the edge and the other side the edge as well. I don’t remember how long I was sitting.” Google translation

Irma Rick, the woman who was said to have been be abducted by aliens on November 16, gave an interview to Canal Crónica TV, which was reported on by Infopico.com and Inexplicata. As noted in the original coverage, Irma also had a UFO encounter in 2002. Initial investigations by authorities mentioned that she was in no physical condition to have walked that far, was found in a severe state of shock and amnesia, and tracking dogs mysteriously lost her scent very near to her home.

“I only discussed it with my husband and my kids. What were they going to say? They’re just as startled as me. I would like to know what happened to me, but I still don’t know anything.”

(Irma, did you have any marks on your body?) “Yes, I have something that was done to my head. That’s all I have.”

Irma told the reporters she had no explanation for what happened to her and nor how she got the mark on her head. The reporters questioned her for any concrete evidence of a UFO or aliens – impressions in the ground – and she could not provide any. At the end, she agreed to be interviewed further by UFO researchers.

Luis Burgos (FAO-ICOU) is a well known South American UFO investigator. While he did not interview Imra Rick directly, he reviewed her testimony and the reports. In his report, he notes immediately that “there is nothing at all beyond the alleged abductee’s story.” No UFO investigators checked the site for radiation, electromagnetism, marks, prints or other signs of a UFO landing or alien contact. Burgos found Irma’s testimony on her UFO encounter in 2002. In that case, she reported seeing a UFO above her silo. Police later found that “bird droppings were burned on the silo and “pigeons no longer stop there like they used to.”

Again, no such investigation occurred after the latest incident, but what really bothered Burgos is Irma’s cellphone. While it’s odd that aliens would have allowed her to take in when abducted, what he finds really odd is that the investigators didn’t take away from her. The battery “was remarkably unaffected” during her disappearance and three calls were made from it. A GPS or phone company search would give the locations of the calls and the path the cellphone and Irma took during her 24-hour disappearance. That would make this “one of the easiest UFO cases to solve.”

If that’s the case, why wasn’t the phone inspected and the case solved? This would have been key evidence if Irma Rick was kidnapped, had some sort of medical lack-of-memory event or some other non-alien incident. Did the alien abduction story taint the investigation? Or was the police investigation controlled by the aliens? At this point, either is possible.

The case of Irma Rick is easy to doubt and hard to prove. It’s still unsolved.

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 CRONICA TV Interviews Teleportation (or Abduction) Victim

Argentina: Interview with Irma About her

Teleportation (or Abduction) Experience

[An interview with the experience, conducted by Marco Bustamante (interviewer), Esteban (news presenter) and an unidentified woman, also a presenter for CRONICA-TV. Irma is the woman abducted by an alleged UFO in La Pampa. She saw a very bright light in her patio, vanished for 24 hours, and reappeared 65 kilometers away.]

Interviewer: We’re here in La Pampa with Irma. What a fright!

Irma: Yes, it was a fright. I don’t even know how to explain it.

Interviewer: Could you tell us what happened?

Irma: Yes, see here. My husband went away to look after another property and…he left, and I got up, had two or three cups of mate, I played around with the phone and such, drinking mate early in the morning, then the phone began getting crisscrossed with lines, like when the service is going out –

Interviewer; [interrupts] So it was interference?

Irma: Yes, yes. I suddenly began hearing a buzzing, like when the wind whistles against a window

Interviewer: A windstorm on the phone

Irma: Yes, a buzzing, a loud whistling, so, ah, I told myself –

Interviewer: But it was outside?

Irma: I’ll tell you. When I looked at the phone, and heard this sound, I went outside, thinking my husband had forgotten something. I stepped out as far as there [points] where that little dog is.

Interviewer:

[camera pans right]

Irma: Up to there. That’s as far as I remember. Ten meters. I remember nothing more.

Interviewer: So four or five meters to the dog, and you lost sight of everything?

Irma: By the time I got here, I had no memory of anything.

Interviewer: [to camera] Friends, Irma is the woman about whom everyone has spoken, but this is the first time she’s speaking out.

News Presenter: Mirta, it’s such a pleasure to speak with you…

Interviewer: Irma, Irma

News Presenter: I’m so sorry, I’m awful with names. I apologize. Tell me, what is it that you remember?

Irma: As far as remembering, I remember very little. All I remember is the interference to my phone, the signal was lost. At that time, I stepped outside to where we have a covered porch, and I recall nothing else after that. I didn’t see any lights or anything at all. All I heard was the wind, a lot of wind, like an incredibly powerful wind.

News Presenter: And you woke up the next day somewhere else? Am I right in saying this? Please correct me if I’m wrong.

Irma: Yes, yes. Look, all I remember is that I wasn’t sure if it was night or day. I tried to open my eyes and all I could see was lights, many, many lights. And everything was white, as white as snow, you see. Just like that. But that same brightness didn’t let me open my eyes. It was something that kept my eyes from opening up.

News Presenter: And you couldn’t tell if it was day or night, or where you were?

Irma: No, no. No, no, no. Nothing. Nothing at all.

News Presenter: And you couldn’t hear anything or see anything?

Irma: Only the light, a very bright light that made my eyes shut again.

Interviewer: What did you feel?

Irma: I have no idea. No idea whatsoever. The next day I remember –

Woman’s voice: Yes, please tell us.

Interviewer: Go ahead, tell us, tell us.

Irma: What I do remember the next day is that I was sitting on the street with my legs outstretched, my arms on my legs. When I opened my eyes, I saw the street, I was at the edge of the street, I could see the other side, but I don’t remember how long I was sitting there.

Woman: And that’s what I was going to ask you. You disappeared for 24 hours. Do you remember the perception of time that you had? Did you feel 24 hours had gone by?

Irma: No

Woman: Did it feel like six months?

Irma: No, I only know what they told me. I don’t remember how long I was –

News Presenter: Right, and the place you turned up…was it known to you, did you recognize it or not?

Irma: Yes, because I’d gone by there. Which is why I’m telling you, after I got up, I walked around, I felt my body and noticed that I had my phone, right? The phone was in the pocket of my housecoat and it was on.

Woman: Your phone was on?

Irma: I don’t know how long –

Woman: Yes.

Irma: I don’t know how long I wandered around until I began reacting. When I looked at the phone, and saw it was on, I saw the time was 5:10 in the morning. That much I recall.

Reporter: So at what time did you vanish?

Irma: Look, it must have been around 7 in the morning.

Interviewer: 7 in the morning on Monday, and you appeared on 5 in the morning on Tuesday.

Irma: No, I disappeared on a Tuesday and reappeared on Wednesday

Interviewer: Ah, because that hadn’t been ascertained so far, getting the dates right. You were gone on Tuesday and came back on Wednesday.

Irma: Supposedly it was Wednesday.

News Presenter: That means there’s a one-night window of absence between Tuesday and Wednesday

Irma: Yes, yes.

Woman: Twenty-four hours

News Presenter: A little less than that, though. Twelve hours.

Irma: I don’t know, because I was around seven in the morning that I went outside and then appeared the next day as far as I know.

Interviewer: At five-thirty more or less. And when you came to and regained consciousness, you had enough presence of mind to take photos?

Irma: No, that came later. What I did first was phone my children. But I couldn’t speak. I started texting the kids. They tried to video call me, but all I could do was move my hands around, because I couldn’t [speak].

News Presenter: How? How did you move your hands around?

Irma: I moved my hands around because I couldn’t speak. Words wouldn’t come.

News Presenter: But you were able to see your phone?

Irma: Of course, and that’s why I began to text.

Woman: What you did was get in touch by messaging.

Irma: Of course, it was the first thing I did.

News Presenter: In fact, when you got to the hospital, you still weren’t able to speak.

Irma: No, no, it was a long time later that I –

Woman: When were you able to speak?

Irma: I don’t know. I couldn’t tell you. I remember what happened from 5:30 in the morning to around 10:30 more or less.

Interviewer: What did they tell you at the hospital?

Irma: No, nothing. They just asked me questions, much as you’re doing right now. I gestured, because it was the only way I could answer

News Presenter: Irma, evidently, this is the first time you’re telling your story…the possible abduction…is that how you say it? By a UFO, in the enormity of the province of La Pampa. Now, you’ve surely told this to your friends, relatives, acquaintances. How did you say it, and how was it received? Did they believe you or not?

Interviewer: [to News Presenter] Esteban, look at this. This is the first time she’s spoken to anyone about it, except her husband. This is the first time she’s spoken about it.

Irma: And with my kids. I only discussed it with my husband and my kids.

News Presenter: And what did they say?

Irma: What were they going to say? They’re just as startled as me. I would like to know what happened to me, but I still don’t know anything.

News Presenter: But your children…you have two, is that right?

Irma: Three, three.

News Presenter: Your three children and your husband – I understand you all live together there in this farmhouse?

Irma: I’m sorry?

News Presenter: You all live together in the farmhouse?

Irma: No, not at all. My children are in town. I’m out here alone with my husband.

News Presenter: With your husband. So your husband was an entire day without seeing you?

Irma: Yes. Look, maybe it would be better if he told you.

Interviewer: What impresses me is –

News Presenter: [overlapping]

Interviewer: Esteban, do you know what impresses me? Is that to get to the place where she was found, you have to make a complete turn. You have no idea how complicated it is to get here. We’re some 20 kilometers away from the town, but you need at least between forty minutes to an hour by car to get here, because the road isn’t lovely, there are many parts…you even have to drive across a stream…how were able to do all this? What explanation do you have?

Irma:  What can I tell you?

Woman: Your clothes were clean.

Interviewer: When you were found, your clothes were clean.

Irma: Yes, but they said I was very dirty, smelly…at least that what they said.

Interviewer: So you walked 60 kilometers?

News Presenter: Excuse me, if you were able to walk sixty kilometers on rural roads, dusty roads, at the very least your shoes or slippers would be covered in dirt, at the very least. Your clothes too, but the footwear, definitely.

Irma: Yes, but no matter how much, I don’t think I could walk such a distance in that time.

Woman: Irma, did you have any marks on your body?

Irma: Yes, I have something that was done to my head. That’s all I have.

Woman: They did what?

Interviewer: [to Irma] You stay right where you are. We’re going to move the camera to show it. Where is the cut, Irma? Where is the cut on your head?

Irma: On top.

Interviewer: Okay, on top. We’re going to be showing you live this incision that appeared on her head.

[Irma brushes her hair aside with her right hand, camera focuses in to show a dark pink mark on the scalp.]

News Presenter: Look at that cut! so weird. This is incredible, Marco! It’s a meticulous incision. And a tough one to do, am I right?

Irma: What I want is an explanation. How would I do this to myself?

Interviewer: I have a confession to make. You know, Irma’s case made me think of…do you remember the case of the Chinese woman who left Ezeiza Airport, walked a few kilometers, she’d suffered a stroke and was unconsciously doing some things. Did the doctors tell you if you’d had a stroke or anything?

Irma: Well, they took me to [the town of] General Acha, they performed X-rays and [earpiece falls out]

Interviewer: [fumbles to replace Irma’s earpiece]

News Presenter: It’s very strange, the thing about your head.

Woman: Very strange.

Irma: It’s as if –

[On screen caption: “They Performed a Tomography and There’s Nothing To Be Seen”]

Interviewer: Can I ask you a favor? Could you get up and show us where it happened? Come, come, that way we walk around a little [puts earpiece into Irma’s ear. Both walk to the middle of the property. News Presenter thanks Irma for agreeing to the interview]. You were there, by that blue curtain, is that your dining room?

News Presenter: It was seven o’clock in the morning, is that right?

Irma: Yes, yes. That’s the house. [Points to door and a cement path leading to a covered car port] I walked right up to there. From the blue curtain to where the little white car is.

Interviewer: So the abduction took place right there?

Irma: I don’t remember, but I know I got that far.

News Presenter: There’s interference, Marco. Did you step on a wire or is there something else going on?

Interviewer: I’m using the cordless mike, no wires involved.

News Presenter: Maybe I’m going deaf. Anyway, go on, go on.

Interviewer: [Pointing at spot] So that’s where it would have taken place [Buzzing metallic interference becomes noticeable]

Irma: Yes, as far as I know, it was right there. I don’t remember anything beyond that.

Interviewer: [to News Presenter] Esteban, let me tell you…the distance from the door to the entrance of the rural road is at least one kilometer. If there was a vehicle involved, she would have noticed. Right, Irma?

Irma: Yes, I suppose I would have. Aside from that, take a look, all I could hear was the wind. A very strong wind that seemed to suck you in, but that’s where I lost consciousness.

Interviewer: Yes, it’s very odd

News Presenter: The production staff is checking the weather forecast for that day and there was no call for strong winds, at least from what the records show.

Interviewer: [Walks with Irma to the carport, which contains a Mitsubishi SUV. A sleeping dog gets up and walks away. Camera focuses on two sizeable indentations in the soil] We’re standing exactly on the spot where the abduction took place. [Looks at Irma] The place you were kidnapped.

Irma: Yes, yes.

Interviewer: And from here, to the place where you were found, there’s a 60 kilometer distance.

Irma: That’s more or less what they say.

Interviewer: [To News Presenter] But notice something. Irma takes very short steps.

News Presenter: [Interested in the indentations] Would those be the mark, the record, of the event? Am I saying it right or not?

Interviewer: Now we’re noticing the interference. We got cut off.

Woman: Did you notice that?

Interviewer: There’s some sort of interference.

News Presenter: I was saying that those indentations, depressions on the soil…could they be a record of the event? Could it be a key to this investigation?

Interviewer: Was there a ground impression, ma’am?

Irma: No, I don’t think so. Well, I didn’t see anything, so I don’t know.

Interviewer: [To News Presenter] Esteban, a little context here…

News Presenter: Stop, we saw what looked like a pit of some sort. Or is it a natural depression on the soil?

Irma: No, that’s something the dog does.

News Presenter: Oh, OK, nothing to do with it at all. And Irma, could you tell me, how did the animals react? The dog, the cats…how did they react?

Interviewer: Dogs are highly sensitive.

Irma: I couldn’t tell you.

Interviewer: You weren’t there.

Irma: There’s nothing I can say.

Woman: Did you hear them bark?

Irma: Can’t tell you. All I know is that I got this far and…that’s all I know.

Interviewer: This is all very strange, guys. Very, very odd.

News Presenter: Irma, would you be willing to tell your story to an agency tied to the research into these matters?

Irma: No, I didn’t speak to anyone.

News Presenter: But would you be willing to do so?

Irma: Yes, yes.

[Translation and transcription (c) 2021 S. Corrales, IHU]

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09-12-2021 om 20:46 geschreven door peter  

NASA Captures What No One Was Supposed To See

We may often think about the universe – how it came to being, what are its components and what is going on in its different parts? It is a complex situation as our mind must be entangled with unending series of enquirers and no simple answer is available. But thanks to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) we can finally quench our thirst for knowledge. We can hear the music of the moon and appreciate the butterfly made of stars, you can see space salad and so many other incredible things which NASA has shared with us. Today, we will discuss some astonishing mysteries of outer space discovered by NASA. It would not have been possible for us to know about any of these if it wasn’t for the hard work of genius minds working at this facility.

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09-12-2021 om 18:41 geschreven door peter  

Red orb Over Marina, Vallejo, California, 12-7-2021, Video, UFO Sighting News.

Date of sighting: Dec 7, 2021
Location of sighting: Vallejo, California, USA
Source: MUFON

 

Watch this family stop the car, get out and begin recording these two glowing lights in the sky. One red and one blue. A plane passes by them which allows us to get an estimate of the size of the UFOs which comes out to half the size of a car or 2 meters across. UFOs often travel in pairs for safety reasons and here we see such an occurrence. The UFOs probably came from below the water in the Marina. Any alien craft that can travel in space, can also travel in water or air. Since in was near the ocean...its safe to assume it came from an under water alien base and wanted to do some research of the how people are doing in Vallejo. 100% proof that aliens exist. 

Scott C. Waring - Taiwan 

Eyewitness states: 

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09-12-2021 om 18:22 geschreven door peter  

Secrets of the UFOs | Full NEW Documentary

New developments in the global mystery surrounding UFOs with host Michael Usher and investigative journalist Ross Coulthart. An Australian witness to the infamous Westall incident in Melbourne finally breaks their silence about a cover-up.

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09-12-2021 om 18:08 geschreven door peter  

The UFO Phenomenon | Full Documentary 2021 | 7NEWS Spotlight

It is now beyond doubt that strange, anomalous objects filling our skies and caught on camera are the real deal. Even the Pentagon admits it’s true. These seemingly intelligently controlled craft are operating above the clouds, in our oceans and in our orbit – travelling at hypersonic speeds far beyond any known human technology and completing manoeuvres unknown to science.

The subject of conspiracy and derision for years, UFOs are now the hottest topic in Washington and the world.

Five-time Walkley Award-winning investigative journalist Ross Coulthart – who has been investigating the phenomena for the past two years – led the 7NEWS Spotlight team across the US, amassing never-before-seen compelling evidence and speaking to the key players behind an event that will change the course of history.

Featuring interviews with the highest echelons of military defence and intelligence officials, leading researchers, scientists and witnesses in America and Australia, this mind-blowing documentary years in the making seeks to answer the most fundamental question there is: are we alone?

The US director of national intelligence is expected to hand down an unclassified report next month that will change our understanding of life itself. On Spotlight, we reveal what is in that report.

7NEWS Spotlight: The UFO Phenomenon unearths startling new evidence of Australian Government cover-ups and extraordinary vision of unidentified aerial phenomena in Western Australia, Victoria and Queensland – all credible and important additions to the worldwide data being accumulated by the US.

For Coulthart, the project has become the most fascinating and challenging of his career, becoming the focus of his new book 'In Plain Sight', available now in Australia and soon in other territories:

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08-12-2021 om 23:47 geschreven door peter  

Viral Video: Pilot Spots Suspected UFOs Flying Over Pacific Ocean, People Say ‘Aliens Are Finally Here’ | Watch

A pilot has claimed that he saw an entire fleet of UFOs over the Pacific Ocean. He further said that the suspected alien aircraft took the form of ‘weird’ rotating lights moving across the sky.

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08-12-2021 om 23:32 geschreven door peter  

Best UFO Sightings for November 2021

This UFO Insight video featuring commentary from UFO and paranormal researcher, Marcus Lowth, looking at some of the best UFO sightings from the month of November 2021 where we examine the best videos and photographs that witnesses around the world have managed to secure and report.

Please leave any thoughts on any of the sightings in the comments section below and check out our sources in the credits.

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08-12-2021 om 23:14 geschreven door peter  

08-12-2021 om 22:18 geschreven door peter  

Billy Meier’s ‘Red Planet’ Prophecy… Apophis Asteroid via Coast to Coast AM

Billy Meier’s ‘Red Planet’ Prophecy… Apophis Asteroid via Coast to Coast AM

COAST TO COAST AM INSIDER Archived Show – Michael Horn, the U.S representative for the Billy Meier contacts, reported on Meier’s prophecy of a “red meteor,” which Horn believes is the asteroid Apophis that could impact Earth in 2036. Russia, he noted, is considering a mission to deflect Apophis.

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UFO Sightings in the United States

Sightings are from MUFON CMS

California Object

Brea – on November 17, 2021, noticed a very large triangle shaped object much larger than plane in picture.
Took some pictures, here is original and enlarged picture of what I saw.

Colorado Light

Aurora – on November 1, 2021,’ I decided to sit down and just enjoy the beautiful morning while looking west over the reservoir and noticed a very large object in the distance. It flew south slowly against the wind. I took pictures and the object disappeared.

Connecticut Lights

Bridgeport — on November 7, 2021, at around 8:45 PM, I was over my uncle’s house with my family when my girlfriend pointed out an object. I saw two glowing lights that were moving to the right or east. The two lights are flying in unison so I recorded for 35 seconds.

Florida Object

Vero Beach – on November 7, 2021, the first Slow-walker and fast-walker UFO I saw at dusk and at night. There were planes flying and I noticed a bright white light flying too low! Then a stove pipe UFO accelerated and flew down. Inside looked like a lava lamp of reddish orange.

Georgia objects

Stone Mountain – on November 20, 2021, at 4:30 PM I heard odd noise, while walking and looked up, and saw 4 disc’s, , flying at about 6,000 feet, directly over my head. I saw it was metallic that flew out of sight in 6 seconds at 3,000 mph.

Louisiana Lights

Alexandria – on November 1, 2021, standing in my back yard, my little nephew asks, “What t in the world is that?” I saw 2 round, dark metallic UFOs hovering side by side. Using my iPhone 12 Pro Max, I recorded 3 videos. They were close together before heading west towards Fort Polk. A passenger jet flew right underneath the two UFOs. I’ve seen UFOs several times. I served 6 years in the Army and 18 months in combat in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq that were black balls hovering in the sky.

Minnesota Object

Stillwater – on September 11, 2020, my nine year old son took a photo of a boomerang shaped craft outside our living room window at 1:25pm.

Missouri Object’

Springfield – on September 8, 2021, not sure what I was seeing

 New Jersey Lights

Patterson on October 28, 2021, I have had a Close Encounter of the 4th Kind. I have evidence of this matter.

The witness provided the following 2 links:

• What Aliens Teach Us About God

Note: The witness provided several video clips that are similar. They show a blue light rotating in the sky at a regular rhythm.. It appears that the light could be the reflection of a rotating ground light reflecting off of the clouds. Skies were cloudy and cloud bases were at 3,300 feet.
The witness sent a photo showing a “Close Encounter of the 4th Kind” tattoo on himself. He also referred to a book Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind by C.D.B. Bryan.
The term was coined by Dr. J Allen Hynek who was a scientific consultant with Project Blue Book. It refers to encounters with UFO craft and presumably alien beings. Thanks to Will Pucket/www.ufosnw.com/newsite/

Ohio Object

Dayton – on August 10, 2021, look like a black ice cream made out of melted black marbles. I was super close to us. No lights or sound. Flying in a straight line right across to flight path of landing aircraft landing at Dayton airport.

Pennsylvania Lights

Gibsonia – on August 5, 2021, three family members were sitting outside from sundown till 11 pm. We heard 3-4 loud sounds like something was hitting on a tree. This sound was immediately followed by a bright blue flash of light that illuminated the side yard. My photo was taken over top of the house.

South Carolina Lights

Hollywood – on November 1, 2021, was driving home from work last night and saw a very bright light, so bright it lit up the sky. I pulled my car over. The lights were moving fast in my direction. I could see two, massive, low flying objects. There was just a quiet hum as they flew toward the Atlantic Ocean.

Tennessee Light

Knoxville – on November 1, 2021, at 6:23 PM when I looked up at the sky and saw an LED light bar headed straight toward me, like it was headed to land. I was huge, size of a jet, it stopped and stared at me. It had a tail, that burned through the cloud cover. It had a dome on top and disappeared.

Utah Light

Murray – on November 22, 2021, at 1830 hours, from my yard, I observed a white star like light to the north. I got my 1080P video camera, and zoomed in to see it 11 miles north of me. The light changed from a circle to a diamond shape. I noted a black round shape circling inside the light that flew south.

Worldwide UFO Sightings

Egypt Object

Cairo – on November 19, 2021,  picture taken of Sphinx with UFO in background.

France Object

Grande Synthe – on November 5, 2021, at 8:00 am I observed a white yellowish hovering light. The light remained at least 15 minutes without moving and the clouds covered it.

UK/England Object

London – on November 16, 2021, on Ryanair flight FR 3812 from ACE to LPL at 1pm, my10 year old son witnessed an object and took a photo. We showed it to flight crew who did not recognize it.

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08-12-2021 om 21:36 geschreven door peter  

China's Yutu 2 rover spots a cube-shaped 'mystery hut' on the far side of the moon – but experts say it's probably just a large boulder

• China's lunar rover has spotted a mysterious object on the far side of the moon

• A website affiliated with country's space agency referred to it as a 'mystery hut' 

• But experts believe it's likely a large boulder that was excavated by a meteorite

• Yutu 2 will now spend the next two months travelling to it to investigate further 

By SAM TONKIN FOR MAILONLINE

China's lunar rover has spotted a mysterious object on the far side of the moon, and is now on its way to investigate it further.

A website affiliated with the country's space agency referred to the cube-shaped item as a 'mystery hut', although experts believe it is likely a large boulder that has been excavated by a meteorite. 

The Yutu 2 rover, which almost three years ago arrived with the first spacecraft to ever land on the dark side of the moon, took pictures of the object on the horizon while working its way across the Von Kármán crater. 

This side of our lunar satellite is never visible from Earth and, prior to the Chang'e-4 mission, no space probe had ever reached that part of the surface because of communication difficulties. 

Weird: China's lunar rover has spotted a mysterious object on the far side of the moon (shown in the centre of the image above, on the horizon) and is now on its way to investigate it further

Theory: A website affiliated with the country's space agency referred to the cube-shaped item as a 'mystery hut', although experts believe it is likely a large boulder excavated by a meteorite

The solar-powered Yutu 2 has been traversing the 115-mile-wide (186km) Von Kármán crater ever since it landed on the moon attached to the Chang'e-4 spacecraft on January 3, 2019.

Last month it snapped pictures of a mysterious object 260 ft (80m) away to the north, just on the horizon, according to Our Space, a Chinese language science outreach channel affiliated with the China National Space Administration (CNSA). 

It referred to the object as a 'mystery hut' (神秘小屋/shenmi xiaowu), although this is a placeholder name rather than an accurate description of what it is thought to be.

Nevertheless, Chinese scientists are intrigued about the object and Yutu 2 is now set to spend the next 2-3 lunar days – the equivalent of 2-3 Earth months – travelling over to it to get a closer look.

Chang'e 4 was China's fourth mission to the moon and the second to send a rover. 

The Chang'e 1 and 2 missions were orbiters, while Chang'e 3 landed on the near side of the moon with the first Yutu rover.

Beijing also launched Chang'e-5 in November last year with the aim of returning the first moon samples to Earth in more than 40 years.

It achieved that feat a month later and initial analysis, revealed in October this year, found that the rocks date back 2 billion years.

The research, carried out by the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, suggests the moon was volcanically-active more recently than expected.

The samples register as 1 billion years younger than those previously found on the lunar surface, according to the researchers.

Chinese scientists are intrigued about the object (pictured) and Yutu 2 is now set to spend the next 2-3 lunar days – the equivalent of 2-3 Earth months – travelling to it to get a closer look

The Yutu 2 rover (pictured), which almost three years ago arrived with the first spacecraft to land on the dark side of the moon, saw the object while travelling across the Von Kármán crater

Yutu 2 is now coming up to three years on the moon, having made its 'mystery hut' discovery on its 36th lunar day.

In February it captured images of the far side of the moon that showed an elongated 'milestone' rock on the lunar surface.

The moon rover spotted the sharp structure sticking out from the ground after awakening from a 14-day slumber during the dangerously cold lunar night.

Scientists believe the unusual rock may have formed after numerous impacts blew rock off the surface until the pointy formation was left.

The far side of the moon, colloquially known as the dark side, actually gets as much light as the near side but always faces away from Earth.

This is because the moon is tidally locked to Earth, rotating at the same rate that it orbits our planet, so the far side – or the 'dark side' – is never visible from our planet.

China has even more ambitious plans for its moon exploration programme.

In 2023 or 2024 it is expected to launch Chang'e-6, the first mission to explore the moon's south pole, while Chang'e-7 will study the land surface, composition and space environment in an overall mission, according to the Chinese space authority.  

China is also reportedly working on building a lunar base using 3D printing technology and sending a future crewed mission to the surface.

Chang'e-8 will likely lay the groundwork for this as it strives to verify technology for the project.

The CNSA is also building an Earth-orbiting space station where Chinese astronauts conduct scientific experiments, similar to the International Space Station.

The agency launched a mission to Mars in the summer of 2020 and landed a rover on the Red Planet in May 2021.

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08-12-2021 om 20:49 geschreven door peter  

Alien Structure Found In Recent China Rover Photo, Dec 2021, Video, UFO Sighting News.

Date of sighting: Dec 2021

Location of sighting: Earths Moon
Source: 

• http://www.cnsa.gov.cn/english/

A tall square structure was seen in the distance of a recent China moon lander photo. The object has two main sections which meet and does appear to be a building of at least 20 meters or more. However, if past NASA missions have taught me anything, its that you can't rely on them to go over and check it out. Because if it is an alien structure, they will say they went a different direction and didn't ever look at it. If its not an alien structure, then the China gov will show a close up of the square object in about 1 week. 

 

But what if China does find an ancient structure on the moon and actually reports it? It would be the greatest discovery announcement in humanities history. Do you really want China to take credit for that? They just may, the future is impossible to predict. 

Scott C. Waring - Taiwan 

 

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08-12-2021 om 20:35 geschreven door peter  

Pyramid In Sky, New Jersey, USA Dec 4, 2021, Video, UFO Sighting News.

Date of sighting: December 4, 2021
Location of sighting: New Jersey, USA
Source: MUFON 

 

This triangle UFO was recorded this week during sunset on the 4th of December. The video is taken from the passenger seat of a car so it is a bit difficult to see the UFO most the time, so I took the best 2 seconds and slowed it down 6X to allow you to see it. The object is thin and tall, like a wing, but triangle shaped. I have said many times that if you want to see a UFO, then watch a dozen sunsets and you will see one. When the setting sun is at a 90 degree angle to the clouds, it causes any cloaked or hidden UFOs to appear for 30 seconds to several minutes. Often UFOs also use a telepathic signal they send out...making human minds forget what they have seen soon afterward, till much later. I just wanted to say that last part, most UFO researchers do not know that, but there are an abundance of UFO reports that state that fact happening. 

Scott C. Waring - Taiwan 

 

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08-12-2021 om 20:17 geschreven door peter  

Observed Black Triangle UFO that flew at a slow speed – Port Saint Lucie, FL 6-Dec-2021

Triangle UFO sighting flying across the sky above Port Saint Lucie, Florida on 6th December 2021.

Witness report: 

Observed Black Triangle vehicle that flew at a slow speed travelling from South to North / Northwest with change of direction. Vehicle had 3 yellowish orange lights. One light near each apex / point of the triangle. Vehicle flew upright which gave it a Pyramid type appearance.

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08-12-2021 om 18:44 geschreven door peter  

Mother whose son, 14 months, has rare uncombable hair syndrome that makes his blonde mop stand on end reveals his water-resistant locks are EASY to take care off and only need washing once a week

• Locklan, 14-months old, from Atlanta, Georgia has uncombable hair syndrome

• His mother, Katelyn Samples, 33, says it brings her joy, but hasn't been easy  

• The condition is extremely rare with just 100 cases worldwide

• Katelyn wants him to be proud but says strangers can make cruel comments  

By MAILONLINE REPORTER FOR MAILONLINE

A mother has revealed how her baby is one of around just 100 people in the world diagnosed with the ultra 'rare uncombable hair syndrome' - but she is teaching him how to be proud of his unruly locks.

Katelyn Samples, 33, from Atlanta, Georgia is mother to Shepard, two, and 14-month-old Locklan.

When Locklan was around five months old and his hair started to grow, Katelyn and husband Caleb, 33, noticed it was quite fuzzy and thought it was going to be curly.

'It was coming in straight up and so soft and fuzzy,' Katelyn recalled. 

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Locklan's fuzzy hair that his parents thought would eventually lead to curly locks, but instead they found out he has ‘uncombable hair syndrome’

The genetic condition is a very rare one with only just 100 people in the world diagnosed

'As it continued to grow it never laid down... a lot of people who see him call him a baby chick.'

Then during the summer, a stranger messaged Katelyn to ask if he had something called uncombable hair syndrome.

Katelyn had never heard of the rare condition, which causes a rare structural anomaly of the hair meaning it can't be brushed or flattened down, no matter how hard you try.

The condition is extremely rare with around just 100 cases worldwide, and some believe Albert Einstein's famous 'mad scientist' look was because he had UHS.

The Samples family: Locklan, centre bottom with his older brother, Shepard behind him, with their parents

Katelyn said: 'Because UHS is so rare our paediatrician referred us to a pediatric dermatologist/specialist at Emory in Atlanta, Georgia.

'They took samples of his hair and called us a few weeks later and confirmed it was in fact, Uncombable Hair Syndrome!

Uncombable Hair Syndrome: The condition that was made famous by Albert Einstein 

Uncombable hair syndrome is a rare inherited disorder that causes locks to stand up from the roots and not be flattened.

Such hair is usually silvery-blond or straw colored.

The hair usually appears between three and 12 months of age.

In rare cases, the syndrome has occurred alongside bone and eye abnormalities.

The syndrome usually resolves or improves at the onset of puberty.

It may be more manageable through applying conditioners and using soft brushes. 

Source: Genetic and rare diseases information center 

'His doctor had only seen one other case in the past 19 years. We have zero clue why he has it.'

Although UHS usually only affects the hair, Katelyn was still concerned about the diagnosis.

She said: 'Hearing your son has a genetic condition isn't easy, especially because it's so rare there isn't a lot of information on it. But as I learned as much as I could and connected with other parents around the world (in a UHS FB group), I became less scared and more appreciative of how unique Locklan is.

'Other than wild and crazy cool hair, he is perfectly healthy and very happy He does have severe eczema, which may be linked to UHS.'

At the minute, because Locklan is still young and his hair is short, his hair routine is pretty simple, and his parents have found that the unique texture actually means it's easier to keep it clean.

Katelyn said: 'His hair doesn't need to be washed much... maybe once a week.

'It's water-resistant so it takes a minute to saturate with water and gentle shampoo.'

His distinctive mane does attract attention when they are out and about - but usually, he doesn't mind.

Katelyn said: 'Lock is already a little celebrity. People come up to us everywhere we go.

'They ask about his hair, and sometimes even ask to touch it! At a fall festival in a local town people even asked to take pictures with him. He enjoys the attention.

'We really can't go anywhere without at least one person making a comment on his hair. It is almost always from a good place!

'However the mean/rude/sarcastic comments happen too and it breaks my heart.'

His mother has revealed that the 14-month-old's hair has been getting a lot of attention, from kind comments in real life to mean ones online. She's heard people say his hair looks like he stuck his finger in an electrical socket

Strangers have compared Locklan's locks to of a cat when it's scared, but his mother insists that it's nobody's business because they're not the ones dealing with it

His parents are adamant that they want their son to grow up celebrating his unique locks rather than shying away from it

Some of the comments Katelyn says they've heard include people calling it 'crazy' or saying he 'looks like he stuck his finger in a socket'.

Other people say things like "Wow his hair makes me happy", "He looks like my cat when its scared", and "That baby wakes up every day with a bad hair day".'

Katelyn added: 'For now myself and my husband are the only ones to have to deal with it but as Lock gets older he will too.

'Lock's hair is truly a source of joy and we celebrate it. I want him to grow up to be proud of his differences and what makes him unique.. everyone should!'

After getting his diagnosis, Katelyn and Caleb started his Instagram account @uncombable_locks in October to share pictures of their son and raise awareness.

The baby boy with the cool hair: Locklan's parents didn't know what to expect when their son's hair was growing

The silvery-blond or straw colored hair usually appears between three and 12 months of age

Locklan's parents want to use the Instagram account they started for their son to raise awareness for the rare genetic disease and also spark some happiness across the internet

Katelyn said: 'We set up his IG account because people truly are so intrigued by his hair and love it so much we wanted to raise awareness of such a rare genetic disease.

'My husband is very creative and came up with his IG name and set up the account!'

'Between his hair and his smile we wanted to spark some joy on the internet.'

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08-12-2021 om 18:31 geschreven door peter  

A princess that died about 2,500 years ago lived a very mysterious life. Known as the Ukok Princess, her remains were found in Siberia back in 1993 and detailed analysis of her burial as well as her skeleton revealed some very interesting and mysterious facts.

An MRI scan conducted in 2010 revealed that she died in her mid-twenties from breast cancer. It’s unclear what her ethnicity was which has been debated for years as explained by one scientist, “The people of Pazyryk belonged to different ethnic group, in no way related to Altaians. Genetic studies showed that the Pazyryks were a part of Samoyedic family, with elements of Iranian-Caucasian substratum.”

It is believed that she was of important social status based on her complex tattoos that included mythical creatures. “Compared to tattoos found by archaeologists around the world, those on the mummies of the Pazyryk people are the most complicated, and the most beautiful,” stated Dr. Natalia Polosmak who was the scientist who found the mummy. “Tattoos were used as a mean of personal identification — like a passport now, if you like. The Pazyryks also believed the tattoos would be helpful in another life, making it easy for the people of the same family and culture to find each other after death.”

Next to her body was some marijuana which she may have taken as a form of relief from her breast cancer. Jewelry and Chinese silk were also found with the remains which is even more evident that she was of important status. “Chinese silk before was only found in ‘royal’ burials of the Pazyryk people — it was more expensive than gold, and was a sign of a true wealth,” one researcher noted. Additionally, six horses with colored felt saddles and detailed harnesses were buried with her.

Since she was buried alone, she may have been a shaman as stated by archaeologist Vyacheslav Molodin, “It was quite unusual to have a single Pazyryk burial. Usually men from this culture were buried with women. In this case, her separate burial might signify her celibacy, which was typical for cult servants or shamans, and meant her independence and exceptionality.”

She may have used marijuana for medicinal purposes.

Another interesting feature was that she had a shaved head and wore a wig. Archaeologist Natalya Polosmak described the wig in further detail, “The base of the wig was a felt “hat,” with two layers of women’s hair sewn into it. Between the layers was a black flexible substance, which helped to fix and hold the shape and the volume of the wig….A mop of hair on top was tightly wrapped around with a woollen cord, which helped this mop to stand upright… On top of this mop was worn a red “nakosnik” (a braided decoration made from threads), and atop of this structure was a bronze pin with a deer, standing on a sphere. The deer was made from wood, and was covered in golden foil.”

When her body was moved, natural disasters occurred and the Altai people believed it was because her spirit wasn’t at rest.

She certainly lived an interesting life with some details remaining a mystery throughout the centuries. We do, however, have an idea of her facial features because a taxidermist created a model of what the Ukok Princess might have looked like when she was alive about 2,500 years ago (those pictures can be viewed here.)

A Taxidermist Constructed A Model Of What She May Have Looked Like Before Mummification

The Ukok Plateau, Siberia.

Image Source: Wikipedia

Her Celibate Burial Indicated That She May Have Been A Shaman

Ukok princess reconstruction.

Image source: Wikipedia

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08-12-2021 om 17:38 geschreven door peter