In the high-stakes Chess game of international politics, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as the board on which future conflicts will be strategized and future societies shaped. In a recent essay published by The RAND Corporation, researchers there examined the current trajectory of AI development and have painted a picture of a world where AI is not merely a tool but a transformative force with the power to redefine global leadership. 

The race to AI supremacy is not just about technological bragging rights; it’s a strategic maneuver to gain a geopolitical edge. AI’s potential to drive economic growth, revolutionize military capabilities, and enhance cyber operations makes it a critical asset for any nation-state. The United States, long the torchbearer of technological innovation, finds its dominance challenged by China’s ambitious AI strategy. This contest is not just about who can develop more intelligent algorithms; it’s a proxy for ideological, economic, and military power. In other words, a 21st-century Moon-shot.

The current tension between the US and China in the AI domain is a flashpoint for broader geopolitical concerns. China’s “Next Generation Artificial Intelligence Development Plan” is a clear signal of its intent to become the world leader in AI by 2030. Meanwhile, the United States, through initiatives like the American AI Initiative, is striving to maintain its lead. This rivalry is not confined to research labs and tech campuses; it extends to the global stage, where AI capabilities are increasingly seen as a barometer of national power.

In the military arena, AI is poised to revolutionize warfare. Autonomous drones, AI-driven intelligence analysis, and predictive logistics are just the tip of the iceberg. The United States Department of Defense’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) and China’s advances in military AI applications indicate a future where AI not only supports but also conducts warfare. 

French soldiers using a drone in training.

(Image: MOD)

Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan, the former director of the Pentagon’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, said in a 2019 speech that the “integration of AI capabilities” is being pursued by the Department of Defense. Shanahan said that he could imagine a future where AI could be used in determining how to use lethal force after a human makes the decision. 

“I’m not going to go straight to ‘lethal autonomous weapons systems,'” he stated, “but I do want to say we will use artificial intelligence in our weapons systems … to give us a competitive advantage. It’s to save lives and help deter war from happening in the first place.”

The implications are profound and double-edged: AI could help deter conflicts and make conflicts more precise or more impersonal and, potentially, more frequent. The ethical and strategic dilemmas of AI in combat, such as using lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS), are concerns that have yet to be fully grappled with on the international stage.

The cyber domain is another battleground that AI is transforming. Cyberattacks can now be more targeted, complex, and challenging to trace back to their origins. AI enhances the ability to exploit vulnerabilities at unprecedented speed and scale. The United States’ Cyber Command and China’s Strategic Support Force are both investing heavily in AI to defend against and conduct cyber operations. Microsoft’s Vice Chair, Brad Smith, wrote in 2020 that large-scale hacks, such as the recent SolarWinds hack, attributed to a nation-state actor, demonstrate the scale of disruption possible when AI augments cyber warfare.

“These types of sophisticated nation-state attacks are increasingly being compounded by another technology trend, which is the opportunity to augment human capabilities with artificial intelligence (AI),” Smith wrote in 2020. “One of the more chilling developments this year has been what appears to be new steps to use AI to weaponize large stolen datasets about individuals and spread targeted disinformation using text messages and encrypted messaging apps. We should all assume that, like the sophisticated attacks from Russia, this too will become a permanent part of the threat landscape.”

Beyond military and cyber applications, AI’s most profound impact may be on society itself. AI is set to reshape economies, with automation promising efficiency gains but also job displacement. The inequalities could stretch the societal fabric that AI is likely to exacerbate. Moreover, AI’s role in information dissemination and consumption has the potential to influence public opinion, with implications for democracy and governance. How nations adapt to these changes, manage the societal implications, and govern the use of AI will be crucial in determining their stability and prosperity.

Looking to the future, AI’s trajectory will intersect with every aspect of human life. In the geopolitical context, AI will determine a nation’s influence and status. Economically, AI will drive innovation and productivity, potentially widening the gap between the “AI-haves” and “AI have-nots.” Militarily, AI will redefine the principles of deterrence and defense, making the next war—if it comes—a battle of algorithms as much as armaments.

The interference of AI in traditional geopolitical dynamics cannot be overstated. It can potentially alter the balance of power by enabling smaller nations with advanced AI capabilities to punch above their weight. Regarding societal development, AI could either be a force for good, democratizing access to information and services, or it could deepen divides and erode privacy and individual freedoms. These concerns surrounding AI’s rise as a geopolitical lever necessitate a robust international governance framework. The world needs a set of rules to ensure that AI development is aligned with human values and global stability. This includes agreements on the militarization of AI, norms for cyber conduct, and frameworks to address the societal impacts of AI.

AI is the new fulcrum of geopolitical power. The United States and China, as the current frontrunners in AI, carry a particular responsibility to lead the way in establishing global norms. The choices we make now will determine whether AI becomes a tool for widespread benefit or a new vector for conflict and division. The future is not just being written in code; it is being coded with the power to transform our world.

• MJ Banias is a journalist and podcaster who covers security and technology. He is the host of The Debrief Weekly Report and Cloak & Dagger | An OSINT Podcast. You can email MJ at mj@thedebrief.org or follow him on Twitter @mjbanias.

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04-11-2023 om 23:49 geschreven door peter  

Lucy Shows Its Flyby Target Dinkinesh is Actually Binary Asteroid

On November 1, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft flew by not just its first asteroid — the small main-belt asteroid (152830) Dinkinesh — but its first two. The first images returned by Lucy reveal that Dinkinesh is actually a binary asteroid.

This image, captured by the Lucy Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager (L’LORRI) onboard NASA’s Lucy spacecraft, shows the main-belt asteroid Dinkinesh and its moonlet. This image was taken at 12:55 p.m. EDT (16:55 UTC) on November 1, 2023, within a minute of closest approach, from a range of approximately 430 km (270 miles). Image credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center / SwRI / Johns Hopkins APL / NOIRLab.

Dinkinesh, also known as 1999 VD57, is a stony asteroid located in the main asteroid belt situated between Mars and Jupiter.

It was discovered by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) survey on November 4, 1999.

It rotates with a period of 52.67 hours and varies in brightness with a light curve amplitude of 0.39 magnitudes.

“Dinkinesh really did live up to its name; this is marvelous,” said Lucy principal investigator Dr. Hal Levison, a researcher at the Southwest Research Institute, referring to the meaning of Dinkinesh (‘you are marvelous’) in Amharic.

“When Lucy was originally selected for flight, we planned to flyby seven asteroids. With the addition of Dinkinesh, two Trojan moons, and now this satellite, we’ve turned it up to 11.”

From a preliminary analysis of the first available images, Dr. Levison and colleagues estimate that the larger body is approximately 790 m (0.5 miles) at its widest, while the smaller is about 220 m (0.15 miles) in size.

This flyby of Dinkinesh primarily served as an in-flight test of the spacecraft, specifically focusing on testing the systems that allow Lucy to autonomously track an asteroid as it flies past at 16,000 km per hour (10,000 mph), referred to as the terminal tracking system.

“We have seen many asteroids up close, and one may think little is left to discover and surprise us. Well, that is clearly wrong,” said Lucy deputy principal investigator Dr. Simone Marchi, also from the Southwest Research Institute.

“Dinkinesh, and its enigmatic moonlet, differ in some interesting ways from the similarly sized near-Earth asteroids that have been seen by spacecraft like OSIRIS-REx and DART.”

“This is an awesome series of images,” said Tom Kennedy, Lucy’s guidance and navigation engineer at Lockheed Martin.

“They indicate that the terminal tracking system worked as intended, even when the universe presented us with a more difficult target than we expected.”

“It’s one thing to simulate, test, and practice. It’s another thing entirely to see it actually happen.”

While this encounter was carried out as an engineering test, the Lucy scientists are excitedly poring over the data to glean insights into the nature of small asteroids.

“Sharing the anticipation of viewing the first images with the team has been incredibly thrilling, as has been the lively discussion regarding the geology of these two remarkably small yet fascinatingly intriguing targets,” said Dr. Silvia Protopa, a researcher at the Southwest Research Institute.

“I am eagerly looking forward to unraveling the color variations across this binary system.”

“We knew this was going to be the smallest main belt asteroid ever seen up close,” said Lucy project scientist Dr. Keith Noll, a researcher at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

“The fact that it is two makes it even more exciting. In some ways these asteroids look similar to the near-Earth asteroid binary Didymos and Dimorphos that DART saw, but there are some really interesting differences that we will be investigating.”

The Lucy researchers will continue to downlink the remainder of the encounter data from the spacecraft over the next week.

They will use the data to evaluate Lucy’s behavior during the encounter and prepare for the next close-up look at an asteroid, the main-belt asteroid Donaldjohanson, in 2025.

Lucy will then be well prepared to observe the mission’s main targets, the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, starting in 2027.

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04-11-2023 om 23:08 geschreven door peter  

Inside the weird and wonderful world of Robbie Williams and Ayda Field: How the former Take That star went from 90s hellraiser to new-age vegan UFO hunter… with the help of his wife

By MATT STRUDWICK

Turkey teeth, botox, hunting for aliens, and having baths surrounded with scented candles. It's a world away from Robbie Williams's drug, drink and sex-fuelled days during Take That's hey'day in the 1990s. 

Williams' hell-raising rock star life during which he bedded more than a hundred women and was drinking a bottle of vodka a day is well and truly behind him - and his wife of 13 years Ayda Field has played a huge part in him turning his life around. 

The 49-year-old now describes himself as a 'Coca-Cola lite agoraphobic' and would rather eat a tangerine than have sex.

He shares pictures to his three million Instagram followers of himself indulging in a zen-like vegan lifestyle, playing with his four children and their doll house.

And, he talks about his back 'being full of arthritis' and having plastic surgery as his 50th birthday nears in February. 

It's a life in stark contrast from the cocaine and vodka binges and several stints in rehab he had in the late 1990s and early 2000s.   

Robbie Williams, 49, and his American actress wife of 13 years Ayda Field, 44, who he credits with for saving his life

In its stark contrast to his hell-raising days of the late 1990s and early 2000s, when he openly admitted he battled with drugs and alcohol addiction

(Pictured in London in 1999)

The former Take That singer has candidly opened up about his darker days and mental health battles as he tried to cope with the enormous fame he experienced - with a four-part Netflix docu-series charting his roller-coaster career set to be released on November 8. 

A year after he embarked on what would turn out to be a hugely successful solo career following his split from the boy band in 1995, he went on a six-day vodka and cocaine binge where he was vomiting 'black bile' and didn't sleep for 144 hours, believing he was 'indestructible'. 

His drugs and alcohol battle was described by Williams as a 'fast track to death' and has seen him have several stints in rehab, including in 2007 after taking speed, acid, heroin, cocaine and 'heart-stopping' amounts of prescription drugs, reported The Sun. 

Williams has previously revealed his ongoing battles with body dysphoria and anorexia, which he discusses in the Netflix series and how one time he was surviving on just one banana a day. 

His love-life was just as frantic and saw him date a string of high-profile celebrities including Spice Girls Melanie C and Geri Horner, Lindsay Lohan, and All Saints' Nicole Appleton, while rumours swirled he bedded Kylie Minogue and Nicole Kidman. 

Today, Williams' life has taken a complete turn and he has channelled his addictive personality into living a healthy lifestyle with his American actress wife Ayda, their four children - Teddy, Charlie, Coco, and Beau - through exercise, art, pickleball - and searching for aliens. 

Gone are the days of drugs and alcohol, with the star, thought to have a net worth of £155 million, instead relaxing in soapy hot baths surrounding in lit candles and proud to be 23 years sober.

Williams pictured at the Nordoff Robbins Silver Clef Awards in London, in 1995. He split form Take That that year and 12 months later he went on a vodka and cocaine six-day binge where he was vomiting 'black bile' 

The former Take That singer holds a bottle of Champagne in a car as he is spotted out and about in London in 1997

His drugs and alcohol battle was described by Williams as a 'fast track to death' and has seen him have several stints in rehab (Pictured in 1999 leaving the Hanover Grand nightclub, in London)

Williams' battles with addiction and mental health came during the height of his fame in the late 1990s and early 2000s (Pictured performing with Tom Jones at the Brit Awards in 2008) 

Williams walks through Heathrow Airport with his face covered with a plastic mask of himself

His love-life was just as frantic and saw him date a string of high-profile celebrities including Spice Girls Melanie C and Geri Horner (pictured in 2000 St Tropez, France in 2000)

A weary-eyed Williams smokes a cigarette at the Quentin Tarantino Party at the Ministry of Sound in 1996 

The Angels singer poses with bikini-clad models wearing black high heels in 1996 for a 7Up advert 

He's turned to being vegan with his healthy meals being cooked up by a personal chef that are packed full of his five-a-day, while images on Instagram show him enjoying playing golf and boxing.

He has even rubbed shoulders with royalty having attended Princess Eugenie's wedding to Jack Brooksbank at Windsor Castle, with his daughter, Teddy, a bridesmaid. 

Asked what caused such a dramatic change, Williams often returns to the same answer: Ayda. 

Appearing on the Jonathan Ross show in 2020, the Angels hitmaker got emotional as he credited her with saving his life. 

'I look back at 15 years of being with my wife, she did, she gave me a life,' he said.

'Here I am on the telly getting emotional. She absolutely did.'

That same year he spoke candidly about his relationship with his wife during an appearance on Jessie and Lennie Ware's Table Manners podcast.

The singer admitted it makes him want to 'cry' when he talks about Ayda as he revealed he feels 'safe' with her and their 'mini tribe' of children.

He said: 'It's a very special thing to have. In a very turbulent, unsafe world, our mini tribe, you know that saying people say "nothing outside can affect you when inside is safe", and that's how I feel. Nothing out there can hurt me when I am with her.' 

Today, Williams' life has taken a 360 degree turn and he has channelled his addictive personality into living a healthy lifestyle with his American actress wife Ayda and their four children

Williams, dressed in a black cape, and Ayda attend the Giambattista Valli show at the Haute Couture Fashion Week, Paris, in 2022

From left to right: Laura Dunn, Beau Dunn, Ayda Field, and Williams at a Pickleball Tournament in Los Angeles, California, in April 2023 

The singer posts images of his healthier lifestyle to his three million followers on his Instagram page 

As well as pickleball, Williams exercises with boxing. He once challenged Oasis frontman to a boxing match in 2000 

Gone are the days of drugs and alcohol, with the star, thought to have a net worth of £155 million, instead relaxing in soapy hot baths surrounding in lit candles and proud to be 23 years sober

Williams plays with his children and their doll house at his home in one heartwarming post on his Instagram page

Perhaps one of the more bizarre episodes in recent years saw him live stream snippets of his wife's labour where he sings to her. 

But constant reminders of his battles are never too far away. Ayda still locks away painkillers out of fear he could relapse. 

He told the On The Edge podcast with Andrew Gold: 'Something's always lurking around the corner and I still can't be trusted with pills.

'The wife has to put them behind lock and key... They can be there for 18 months, every single day. Vicodin, whatever, every day, see them, go to bed.'

He admits it's lucky he's still alive, but nowadays Williams' life appears calmer, content, and settled.

In one recent Instagram post he wrote: 'Im not worried about the future. It's amazing Im still here …

'My memory being s***,my thoughts being cloudy, my back being full of arthritis, My eyesight going, My looks fading, the elasticity of my skin being f*****, the hair thinning….ect,ect,ect.

'Im still here ,were still here….Still, so much to do….'

His partying antics have taken a toll on his health, though, with Williams revealing in a recent interview with The Sun how they had left him feeling 'knackered'. 

'The hair is thinning, the testosterone has left the building, the serotonin is not really here and the dopamine said goodbye a long time ago,' he said.

'I’ve used up all of the natural good stuff. I’ve got the manopause.'

So what does he want to celebrate his 50th? Apparently he's going to gift himself a £20,000 neck life and some 'Turkey teeth' with the star already having had botox. 

As for what else is ahead in the future, Williams has previously spoken of his fascination with UFOs and that 'something is up' and wants to go on a 'TV quest' in search of finding out if there's anything behind his mental health.

He once lavishly rented out a plane used by rapper Snoop Dogg and asked journalist Jon Ronson to go UFO hunting with him and wanted the documentary-maker to set up a night for him to spend a night in a haunted house in the search for ghosts. He changed his mind on the latter. 

Speaking on Alan Buxton's podcast in January, Williams told of how he spotted an 'penalty box-sized' unidentified flying object 16 years ago when he was completely sober. 

'This was flat and it appeared over a tree. It was matt black underneath had yellow stripes like The Hacienda (London nightclub). 

'I didn't think "little green men", I thought "there's a bit of tech we are not being told about". I thought it was the American government.'

He has even rubbed shoulders with royalty having attended Princess Eugenie's wedding to Jack Brooksbank at Windsor Castle, with his daughter, Teddy, a bridesmaid

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04-11-2023 om 22:36 geschreven door peter  

60 Meter Sunken Ship Discovered Off Wisteria Island, Florida Keys, UFO Sighting News.

Date of discovery: Nov 4, 2023

Location of discovery: Wisteria Island, Florida Keys, USA

Source: Google Earth Map 

• https://earth.google.com/web/search/wisteria+island/@24.56812912,-81.81229392,-0.188

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Guys, I was exploring Google Earth when I found a long old ship off a small island called Wisteria island. The ship looks like it could be a US military ship that sunk during WWI or WWII, but could go back much earlier. According to Google ruler, it measures about 60 meters. ITs not a UFO, but I like to post things I discovery, things I think others may have interest in. I don't believe anyone has ever found this one or posted about it, so here it is. Someone is going to have some fun exploring this scuba diving. 

Scott C. Waring

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04-11-2023 om 22:03 geschreven door peter  

Ex-Security Pro Drops SHOCKING Alaska UFO Footage! Must-See Revelation!

In the vast, icy expanses of Alaska, there’s a mystery that has been baffling locals and experts alike for decades. UFO sightings, while reported worldwide, seem particularly concentrated in one intriguing area of the state: the Alaska Triangle, with Mount Hayes right at its heart. But why is this remote region such a hotspot for unexplained aerial phenomena?

Former security officer Jared Augustine, while on patrol in 2016, captured puzzling video footage of a strange flashing light that split into three. This was just one of over 6,500 reported UFO sightings in Alaska. He stated, “There’s no satellite or aircraft that can divide into three like this. I believe it was a UFO of extraterrestrial origin.”

Alaskan Disappearances: A Pattern Emerges

The mysteries of Mount Hayes don’t stop at UFO sightings. Over 16,000 people have vanished within the confines of the Alaska Triangle. Could there be a connection? Is there a clandestine base hidden beneath Mount Hayes responsible for these strange occurrences? Many believers think so.

Charles Gaines, an electrician, shared an account from 2003 where he and his team witnessed an “armada” of UFOs while working on a remote wilderness lodge. They were “high, very fast, and seemed to defy the laws of physics,” he recalled.

Even eerier, a group of hikers in 1978 came across a sight that would haunt them for years: an indentation in the ground from a UFO landing, surrounded by the mutilated carcasses of various animals, including a 15-foot killer whale, hundreds of miles from any coast.

Secret Government Involvement?

What’s more captivating is the potential involvement of the U.S. government in these phenomena. There are whispers of a project named Stargate, initiated in the 1970s. Its aim? To employ psychics to spy, gathering intelligence on the Soviet Union, but potentially on these very extraterrestrial occurrences as well.

Historian Sasha Auerbach shares insights on Project Stargate, which involved the U.S. Army and the prestigious Stanford Research Institute. The project focused on individuals with psychic abilities, hinting at the U.S. government’s vested interest in matters well beyond our typical understanding.

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• Former Security Officer Reveals Mysterious Alaska UFO Video | The Alaska Triangle

UFO sightings in Alaska, especially around Mount Hayes, beckon the curious, the brave, and those seeking answers. As we delve deeper into these mysteries, one can’t help but wonder: Are we truly alone? Or is there something, or someone, out there trying to make contact?

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04-11-2023 om 15:57 geschreven door peter  

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04-11-2023 om 00:23 geschreven door peter  

Humans having sex with a now-extinct species 60,000 years ago could be why you suffer from mental health issues, study claims

• A gene from Denisovans makes people predisposed to mental health issues 
• The gene was passed down to humans about 60,000 years ago in Asia
• READ MORE:  DNA from Denisovans can be found in humans today

By STACY LIBERATORE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

Humans having sex with a now-extinct subspecies they met in Asia some 60,000 years ago could be the reason you have depression, a new study has claimed.

Researchers discovered a gene variant linked to the crossbreeding of humans and Denisovans which they believe affects our mood.

Those with the variant have lower levels of zinc in the body - a nutrient which studies increasingly show is associated with mood and happiness.

Scientists said SLC30A9 is the most widespread Denisovan gene discovered to date - starting in Asia and has spread to European and Native American populations. 

Only recently with the advances in genomic sequencing has it been possible for scientists to trace modern human's DNA back to our ancient ancestors.

Researchers led by Barcelona's Pompeu Fabra University discovered a gene variant dwindling from the intermingling with an archaic human, Denisovans, involved in zinc regulation that releases lower amounts

The the mutation helped Denisovans cope with the cold, hostile climate that once ravaged Asia

The different branches of the human family tree have interbred and swapped genes — a processes known as 'introgression' — on numerous occasions. 

Elena Bosch, IBE principal investigator and co-leader of the study, and her team identified an adaptive variant among current human populations in a region of our genome that bears remarkable similarity to the genome of an extinct ancestral population: the Denisovans.

'We discovered that this mutation surely had implications for the transport of zinc within the cell,' said Bosch.

Researchers did look into Neanderthal heritage but found the population was absent of the mutation.

Rubén Vicente, MELIS-UPF principal investigator, then joined the team to analyze intracellular zinc's movement.

'Elena contacted me because her team had observed a change in an amino acid in a zinc transporter, which was very different between the populations of Africa and Asia today, Vicente said.

'From there, we started asking ourselves questions and looking for answers.'

His laboratory identified that the observed variant causes a new zinc balance within the cell, promoting a change in metabolism. 

This led them to find that the mutation helped Denisovans cope with the cold, hostile climate that once ravaged Asia. 

Zinc transport is also involved in nervous system excitability and plays a role in people’s mental equilibrium and health.

The team points out that the variant found in this zinc transporter, which is expressed in all tissues of the body, is associated with a greater predisposition to suffering from some psychiatric diseases. 

These include anorexia nervosa, hyperactivity disorder, autism spectrum disorder, bipolar disorder, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and schizophrenia.

The Denisovans are thought to have been a sister species of the Neanderthals, who lived in western Asia and Europe at around the same time. 

The two species appear to have separated from a common ancestor around 200,000 years ago, while they split from the modern human Homo sapien lineage around 600,000 years ago. 

Bone and ivory beads found in the Denisova Cave were discovered in the same sediment layers as the Denisovan fossils, leading to suggestions they had sophisticated tools and jewellery.

WHO WERE THE DENISOVANS?

The Denisovans are an extinct species of human that appear to have lived in Siberia and even down as far as southeast Asia.

Although remains of these mysterious early humans have only been discovered at one site - the Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains in Siberia, DNA analysis has shown they were widespread.

DNA from these early humans has been found in the genomes of modern humans over a wide area of Asia, suggesting they once covered a vast range.

DNA analysis of a fragment of pinky finger bone in 2010, (pictured) which belonged to a young girl, revealed the Denisovans were a species related to, but different from, Neanderthals.

They are thought to have been a sister species of the Neanderthals, who lived in western Asia and Europe at around the same time.

The two species appear to have separated from a common ancestor around 200,000 years ago, while they split from the modern human Homo sapien lineage around 600,000 years ago. 

Bone and ivory beads found in the Denisova Cave were discovered in the same sediment layers as the Denisovan fossils, leading to suggestions they had sophisticated tools and jewellery.

DNA analysis of a fragment of a fifth digit finger bone in 2010, which belonged to a young girl, revealed they were a species related to, but different from, Neanderthals.

Later genetic studies suggested that the ancient human species split away from the Neanderthals sometime between 470,000 and 190,000 years ago. 

Anthropologists have since puzzled over whether the cave had been a temporary shelter for a group of these Denisovans or it had formed a more permanent settlement.

DNA from molar teeth belonging to two other individuals, one adult male and one young female, showed they died in the cave at least 65,000 years earlier.

Other tests have suggested the tooth of the young female could be as old as 170,000 years.

A third molar is thought to have belonged to an adult male who died around 7,500 years before the girl whose pinky was discovered.

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03-11-2023 om 23:59 geschreven door peter  

NASA releases footage of 600,000-mile-long 'canyon of fire' shooting out from the sun on Halloween

• An explosion of radiation coming from the sun was captured by NASA's probe 
• It measured twice as wide as the US and was seen from Mars 
• READ MORE:  NASA spacecraft 'touches' the sun for the first time

By STACY LIBERATORE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

NASA has released footage showing a massive 'canyon of fire' about twice the size of the US shooting out from the sun on Halloween day.

The feature was a tremendous explosion of radiation that measured 6,200 miles wide and 62,000 miles long - large enough for the American Space Agency's Perseverance rover to see it on Mars, which is 145.59 million miles away.

The plasma ravine was around double the size of the entire United States and 50 times longer than the largest-known crater in our solar system, the Red Planet's Valles Marineris.

The video shows the filament slowing forming on the sun's southeastern limb and accelerating until it bursts, releasing electrified gas toward the ‘Earth-strike-zone.'

NASA has released footage showing a massive 'canyon of fire' about twice the size of the US shooting out from the sun on Halloween day

The clip was captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) on October 30 as it flew by Earth's massive star.

The culprit is sunspot AR3477, which released an M flare that can cause brief radio blackouts that affect Earth's polar regions. 

However, EarthSky reports that the sunspot also released eight C flares in the last 24 hours. 

On November 1, AR3477 shot an M1.2 flare that caused radio blackouts over the South Indian Ocean.

And the flare released last month could impact Earth on November 4.

NASA's probe, SDO, was recently named the fastest artificial object in history.

It was large enough for the American Space Agency's Perseverance rover to see it on Mars , which is 145.59 million miles away

The feature was a tremendous explosion of radiation that measured 6,200 miles wide and 62,000 miles long 

The craft hit a record speed of 394,736 miles per hour (mph) last month, twice as fast as a bolt of lightning or 200 times the speed of a rifle bullet.

The achievement was made during its 17th sun swing on September 27, breaking its distance record by skimming just 4.51 million from the solar surface. 

SDO launched on August 12, 2018, to study the sun.

In 2021, the probe uncovered the source in the sun, which produces solar energetic particles that threaten crewed spaceflight, near-Earth satellites and airplanes.

A team of US researchers analyzed the composition of particles that flew towards Earth in 2014 and found the same 'fingerprint' of plasma located low in the sun's chromosphere - its second-most outer layer.

The solar energetic particles are released from the sun at high speed during storms in its atmosphere.

The team behind the new study said the new information could be used to predict better when a major solar storm will hit and act faster to mitigate the risks. 

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03-11-2023 om 23:36 geschreven door peter  

EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon UFO chief Dr Sean Kirkpatrick will be REPLACED by end of the year as whistleblowers accuse him of lying to the public and ignoring witnesses

• A candidate 'short list' to replace Dr. Kirkpatrick at the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) has been interviewed, an ex-official told DailyMail.com
• New UFO whistleblowers, per one attorney, 'don't want to go to Sean's AARO' 
• 'Really knowledgeable' UFO whistleblowers, 'people who've laid their hands on the equipment,' as the attorney told the DailyMail.com 'never did trust Sean'
• READ MORE: FBI agents visit scientists building flying saucer at New Jersey lab 

By MATTHEW PHELAN SENIOR SCIENCE REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

The Pentagon's UFO chief will resign by year's end — amid a wave of complaints accusing him of making false statements about UFO whistleblowers and fostering an 'atmosphere of disinterest,' DailyMail.com understands.

'Four major candidates' have been interviewed to replace the current director of the Pentagon's UFO office, Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick, following months of heated public sparring between the former CIA physicist, UFO whistleblowers and activists.

The Pentagon appears to have already 'made the decision' on Kirkpatrick's unnamed successor, according to one former Pentagon official with past involvement in related UFO investigation programs, who spoke with the DailyMail.com.

'Given their public affairs track record,' this ex-official said, 'they may not put out anything to the press until well after the change, but who knows? They might surprise us.'

The personnel shift marks the culmination of months of accusations and counter-accusations traded between Kirkpatrick and former intel officer David Grusch, who has alleged widespread illegalities stemming from a long-secret UFO program. 

This week, Grusch publicly accused Kirkpatrick of lying about his office's efforts to investigate these claims, which had been laid out by Grusch last July under oath before Congress.

Previously, Kirkpatrick had described Grusch's same testimony, made before the House Oversight committee, as 'insulting [...] to the officers of the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community.'

But fellow UFO whistleblowers working with Grusch, some past and present DoD and Intelligence Community officers themselves, reportedly 'don't trust and never did trust Sean,' according to an attorney aiding their efforts.

'Four major candidates' have been interviewed to replace the current director of the Pentagon UFO office, Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick (above), following heated public sparring between the former CIA physicist and UFO whistleblowers, who sources say 'don't trust and never did trust Sean'

Air Force and intelligence agency veteran David Grusch (center) testified under oath before Congress this July alleging widespread illegalities stemming from a long-secret UFO 'crash retrieval' program. Flanking Grusch are two Navy pilots with knowledge of UFO incursions

While the precise reasons for his alleged departure remain murky, Dr. Kirkpatrick has faced vehement public criticism in recent weeks, from UFO enthusiasts and so-called 'disclosure' advocates seeking government transparency on UFOs and aliens.

A citizens' petition calling for Dr. Kirkpatrick's 'immediate removal,' hosted by Change.org, has garnered 1,739 signatures since its posting on October 22, 2023.

The petition's author, Lisa Fine, accused Kirkpatrick of operating 'a secret committee which directs the Department of Defense's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)'s actions and public statements.'

'Dr. Kirkpatrick has repeatedly lied to the American people about a lack of evidence concerning UFOs/UAPs,' according to Fine, referencing the updated terminology for 'unidentified flying objects.' 

In recent years, Pentagon brass, NASA experts and others have taken to calling what were once known as flying saucers 'unidentified anomalous phenomena' or UAP.

Grusch, a former Department of Defense official, first appeared on camera for NewsNation to tell his story of deeply covert US programs that he says possess 'intact and partially intact' craft of non-human origin

The petition's allegation that Dr. Kirkpatrick had assembled a secret advisory panel to run AARO, while still unproven, first emerged that same day via reporting by Matt Ford, host of 'The Good Trouble Show' YouTube channel, who had cited an anonymous source.

But the other recent accusations that Kirkpatrick has 'lied to the American people,' have come much more directly. 

This Halloween, AARO hosted a conference call Q&A session between reporters and Dr. Kirkpatrick, in which the physicist fielded multiple questions about David Grusch and his allegations of a covert UFO crash retrieval and reverse engineering program.

On the call, Kirkpatrick told assembled media that he had interviewed 'a whole range of people, over 30 people now' in relation to the allegedly secret and illegal activity.

'I think we've interviewed most of the people that he [Grusch] may have talked to,' Kirkpatrick added, in reference to investigative work that Grusch reportedly performed while assisting AARO's predecessor, the Pentagon's UAP Task Force.  

'We have extended an invitation at least four or five times now for him [Grusch] to come in over the last eight months or so,' Kirkpatrick told journalists on the call, 'and have been declined.'

But Grusch quickly accused Kirkpatrick of inventing these outreach efforts by his AARO team in their entirety. 

'I have zero emails or calls from them,' Grusch told reporters for NewsNation the following day. 'That is a lie.'

Grusch accused Dr. Kirkpatrick of inventing outreach efforts by the Pentagon's AARO personnel, during a Halloween conference call with reporters earlier this week. 'I have zero emails or calls from them,' Grusch told reporters for NewsNation on Wednesday. 'That is a lie'

Similarly, one retired US Air Force Captain David Schindele, a former Minuteman ICBM launch control officer who reported his UFO encounter to AARO, said he felt that its personnel projected an 'atmosphere of disinterest.'

Schindele told viewers of Matt Ford's Good Trouble that Kirkpatrick and his AARO team were 'not people I want to talk to again.'

The Mail's former intelligence official — who has intimate knowledge of the military's ever-evolving UFO/UAP investigation portfolio — cautioned against drawing a direct line between these controversies and any plans for Kirkpatrick's departure, however. 

'Sean has directly told folks he is leaving by the end of the year,' this former intelligence official told the DailyMail.com, under the condition of anonymity. 

'I think it's completely a planned departure, he probably gave them a timeline when he took the job,' according to this source, citing geographical stress on Dr. Kirpatrick's family life. 

'I am sure he's ready to go. I wouldn't read into it any more than that, honestly.'

The source added that he has heard AARO's first and current director would be moving on to a position with Oak Ridge National Laboratory — which briefly hosted the kernel of an apparent staff bio for Kirkpatrick before it mysteriously disappeared. 

Veteran Australian TV news broadcaster and investigative reporter Ross Coulthart, who conducted the first televised interview with David Grusch, said that this staff bio 'requires explanation' in a series of posts to X (formerly Twitter).

'The AARO boss is presumably also investigating possible @Battelle links w crash retrieval/engineering programs,' Coulthart said, referencing military contractor UT–Battelle, which helps run the Oak Ridge lab on behalf of the Department of Energy.

Recent reporting by Daily Mail contributor Christopher Sharp and others has alleged that Battelle board member Stephanie O'Sullivan 'has knowledge of a UAP crash retrieval and reverse engineering program,' only to hide it from Senate investigators.

During her past years of government service, O'Sullivan was an associate deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), following successes managing parts of the US spy agency's Directorate of Science and Technology.

Nevertheless, when reached for comment, Pentagon spokesperson Susan Gough stated that, whatever his future plans may be, Dr. Kirkpatrick is not currently moonlighting for Battelle or ORNL in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. 

Veteran Australian TV news broadcaster and investigative reporter Ross Coulthart, who conducted the first TV interview with David Grusch, said on social media that the apparent staff bio for Kirkpatrick at Oak Ridge National Laboratory's website 'requires explanation'

'Dr. Kirkpatrick remains the director, AARO,' Gough said. 'He is not currently employed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory'  

'We have no AARO personnel announcements to make at this time,' she added.

Outside official channels, however, news of Kirkpatrick's planned departure have reached Daniel Sheehan, the Harvard-trained lawyer who represented past UFO whistleblower Luis Elizondo in his formal complaint to the DoD's Inspector General. 

'He's out at the end of the year — and that's a big deal,' Sheehan told the DailyMail.com, adding that he understands 'four major candidates' are up for the job opening at the top of AARO. 

When reached for comment, Pentagon spokesperson Susan Gough stated that Dr. Kirkpatrick (pictured above) 'remains the director, AARO' and is 'not currently employed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory'

Sheehan, whose history litigating progressive civil rights law cases dates back to the Vietnam War-era 'Pentagon Papers,' is now chief counsel, president and co-founder of the New Paradigm Institute.

The institute, a branch of the 501(C)(3) nonprofit Romero Institute, describes itself as dedicated to public policy advocacy on 'societal, environmental, and cosmic objectives,' which presumably includes UAP transparency.

Chris Mellon, a former official with the Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and a passionate advocate for increased government diligence and transparency on the UAP issue, told the DailyMail.com that he too heard of similar developments at AARO. 

'As to Sean, I've heard some of the same rumors,' Mellon wrote via email, 'but they're just rumors, I really don't know his plans.'

Earlier this summer, prior to Grusch's sworn Congressional testimony, Mellon told  NewsNation's Chris Cuomo, 'I've been told that we have recovered technology that did not originate on this Earth, by officials in the Department of Defense and by former intelligence officials.'

Sources with similar firsthand testimony to give, have become even more skittish about delivering what they know to AARO, despite the office's new 'second phase' efforts to faithfully investigate hidden UFO crash retrieval programs.

'This phase of the reporting mechanism is for current or former US government employees, service members, or contractors with direct knowledge of alleged US government programs or activities related to UAP dating back to 1945,' Kirkpatrick told reporters this Halloween.

But with the future of AARO's leadership in limbo, Sheehan told the DailyMail.com that many trepidatious UFO whistleblowers have opted to deliver their testimony to the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, for now, instead. 

Whistleblowers with knowledge of a classified UFO 'reverse engineering' program have opted to testify to the Senate intelligence committee, in part over their reported mistrust of Dr. Kirkpatrick and his Pentagon UFO office. Above, a page from Project 1794 declassified in 2012

Above, more documents from Project 1794: a Cold War-era US Air Force effort to build a supersonic flying saucer in collaboration with a Canadian defense contractor

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US Customs and Border Patrol, the agency responsible for keeping terrorists and weapons out of the country, uploaded 10 videos that appear to show craft moving in strange ways in our skies. The videos document a fighter jet pursued by an apparently baffling flying orb, as well as something that appears to be a propeller-powered hang-glider, and another apparent orb hovering near a parked 16-wheeler truck

What they were doing is they were going straight through to the Senate Intelligence Committee,' Sheehan said. 

'That's where the queue is forming of people who have real direct immediate knowledge — and Dave Grusch is in communication with these people, and our people are in communication with these people.' 

'We know that they don't want to go into into Sean's AARO group until it's resolved as to who is going to take his place,' Sheehan emphasized.

'None of the whistleblowers want to go in there, because they don't view it as stable or safe.'

The former intelligence official, who confirmed word of Dr. Kirkpatrick's departure, weighed in with the opinion that 'the public push back from Dave [Grusch] was probably unexpected.'

Despite a long summer of contradictory timelines detailed by both Grusch and Dr. Kirkpatrick, in other words, the official suspects that AARO likely did not expect to have its director called a liar in public.

Among other inconsistencies, Grusch testified under oath before Congress this July that his last personal interaction with Dr. Kirkpatrick occurred in 2022.

'Him and I had a classified conversation in April 2022 before he took over AARO in July 2022,' Grusch told Florida Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna, under oath during the hearing. 

Grusch added that he had provided Dr. Kirkpatrick with 'some concerns' he had, related to national security issues relevant to AARO's UAP mandate.

But, during AARO's Halloween conference call on Tuesday, Kirkpatrick asserted that the two had not spoken in nearly five years. 

'The last time I believe I spoke with Mr. Grusch was when I was in the J2 [Directorate for Intelligence for the Joint Chiefs of Staff] at US Space Command,' Kirkpatrick said, 'about five years ago.'

'And it was not on this topic,' he added.

When faced with these and other discrepancies, the ex-intelligence official told the DailyMail.com, 'I believe Dave.'

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03-11-2023 om 23:18 geschreven door peter  

A recent image captured by the NASA Perseverance rover and shared by Neville Thompson on his Gigapan page reveals a prominent rock formation. Upon closer inspection, an intriguing detail emerges just to the left of the rock - a distinct, black, and shiny rectangular object resembling what looks like a camera nestled within a groove on the rock's surface. 

The placement of this seemingly artificial object starkly contrasts with the natural surroundings prompts questions about its origin and purpose. 

As it seems odd and unlikely that NASA put the object within the rock's groove, it raises the possibility of an unknown entity that placed the camera-like object to observe the Martian environment or eventually the NASA Perseverance rover. 

Adding to the mystery, another unusual feature in the same image captures attention - a strange looking rock depicting a bird-like head apparently placed on top of other rocks. However, the most striking anomaly is a round circle (which could be an eye) engraved in the rock, displaying no signs of natural formation. 

The presence of both objects suggests the potential presence of current or past life of a civilization on Mars.

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03-11-2023 om 22:14 geschreven door peter  

Diamond UAP Over Buffalo Ridge, Arizona 10-14-2023, UFO Sighting News.

Date of sighting: 10-14-2023

Location of sighting: Buffalo Ridge, Arizona, USA
Source: MUFON

 

Wow, check this UFO out. I really had to watch this video many times close up to truly see that this is not a sphere or disk, but actually diamond shaped. It's not often you get to see a craft like this one and without using infrared cameras too. This object was flying over the desert and probably came from the mountains in the area. It's just a lucky chance that this person went outside at the exact moment the UAP was passing and caught sight of it. This video shows us its shape, size (1 meter), its speed about 5mph and its hight from the ground. Excellent raw footage, and it's similar to many of the UAP videos the gov recently released. 

Scott C. Waring 

Eyewitness states:

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03-11-2023 om 21:59 geschreven door peter  

The UFO Movie They Don’t Want You to See

Documentary review: It's a master class in critical thinking.

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03-11-2023 om 01:05 geschreven door peter  

MUFON OCTOBER 2023 UFOS Sightings Statistical Report

COUNTRIES  OF THE WORLD UNITED STATES 594 UNITED KINGDOM 34 CANADA 26 FRANCE 9 AUSTRALIA 4 BRAZIL 4 NETHERLANDS 3 RUSSIAN FEDERATION 3 INDIA 3 NEW ZEALAND 3 GERMANY 3 MEXICO 2 HUNGARY 2 FINLAND 2 IRELAND 2 JAPAN 2 BELGIUM 2 SPAIN 2 SWEDEN 2 PORTUGAL 1 TUNISIA 1 AUSTRIA 1 DENMARK 1 NORWAY 1 SOUTH AFRICA 1 PERU 1 SWITZERLAND 1 AFGHANISTAN 1 CUBA 1 GREECE 1 TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS 1 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1 PALESTINIAN TERRITORY 1 CHILE 1 ISRAEL 1 PHILIPPINES 1 THAILAND 1 CZECH REPUBLIC 1 GUATEMALA 1 KUWAIT 1 SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO 1 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 1 ECUADOR 1 INDONESIA 1 PARAGUAY 1 VIET NAM 1 COSTA RICA 1 ITALY 1    TOTAL: 731 BY SHAPE Circle 137 Sphere 94 Triangle 63 Other 50 Unknown 48 Star-like 38 Disc 38 Oval 37 Square/Rectangular 18 Cylinder 17 Tic Tac 17 Cigar 16 Fireball 14 N/A 10 Diamond 10 Boomerang 8 Flash 8 Saturn-like 6 Egg 4 Chevron 3 Blimp 3 Cone 3 Bullet/Missile 3 Cross 2 Teardrop 2

STATES OF THE USA California 64 Texas 52 Florida 43 Missouri 28 Arizona 28 New York 28 Ohio 22 Michigan 22 Washington 20 Colorado 19 Oregon 17 Tennessee 17 Pennsylvania 15 Arkansas 14 Illinois 14 Georgia 13 Oklahoma 12 Maryland 12 New Jersey 12 North Carolina 12 Minnesota 11 Massachusetts 10 New Mexico 10 Indiana 10 Wisconsin 9 Virginia 8 Louisiana 7 New Hampshire 7 South Carolina 7 Alabama 5 Nevada 5 Idaho 5 Utah 4 Kansas 4 Maine 4 Iowa 3 Delaware 3 Hawaii 3 West Virginia 3 Alaska 2 Wyoming 2 Connecticut 1 Montana 1 Vermont 1 South Dakota 1 District of Columbia 1 DISTANCE FROM THE WITNESS < 100 ft 89 101-500 ft 92 501 ft - 1 Mile 123 Over 1 Mile 147 Unknown 56 NO VALUE 25 Most impressively there were 18 Landings, Hovering, or Takeoffs reported and 40 Entities observed. Number of abduction (ERT) cases were 55.

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03-11-2023 om 00:45 geschreven door peter  

ANCIENT CRASH THAT FORMED THE MOON LEFT PIECES OF AN ALIEN PLANET INSIDE EARTH

Almost-planet Theia lives on.

BY  DORIS ELÍN URRUTIA

 

Hernán Cañellas

Astronomers have long suspected that the Moon formed roughly 4.5 billion years ago when a hefty planet-in-the-making called Theia collided with a young Earth. Now, researchers have found evidence that massive blobs deep within Earth are actually relics from long-lost Theia. If true, other planets may also be filled with parts of their ancient foes.

Scientists call Theia’s strike the Giant Impact. This was probably the last major event during Earth’s accretion phase when it was growing larger and regularly getting bombarded by space material. The Giant Impact is time zero on the clock for Earth and the Moon. This is why Qian Yuan, a geodynamicist at the California Institute of Technology who is interested in what makes some planets friendly to life, led a team of researchers to look into this ancient phase.

“So far, Earth is still the only habitable planet, but we do not know why Earth is habitable and others are not. As a modeler, I believe that the initial condition is crucially important, and it is widely believed that the Moon's formation set the initial condition of Earth,” Yuan tells Inverse.

The middle layer of our planet, called the mantle, is an important part of the habitability question. It’s intrinsic to the carbon cycle, for instance, which is required to form complex molecules like proteins and DNA. Carbon is continually exchanged between the ocean’s surface waters and the atmosphere and can also be released in grand displays like volcanic eruptions. Sitting atop the mantle is the crust, which has evolved over time from supercontinents to the seven land masses where you find humans and many other terrestrial creatures living today.

Just below the mantle, there’s Earth’s outer liquid core. This powers the magnetic field that cocoons our planet from cosmic radiation that would pose a threat to life. Two blobs near the boundary between the mantle and the outer core, some 2,900 km below the surface, maybe Theia relics, according to simulations run by the team of astronomers. They published their findings on Wednesday in the journal Nature.

A previous study, published in Nature in 2016, showed these two continent-sized anomalies at the base of the mantle via seismic images. To create these images, seismologists use waves generated from earthquakes, which have traveled through the center of Earth, Edward Garnero, a geophysicist at Arizona State University, who was the lead author of the 2016 Nature study and a co-author of the new work, tells Inverse.

“In a similar way to ultrasound or MRI machines, we study recordings of the waves after they have traveled through structures or reflected off of them to identify anomalies. In this way, ‘pictures’ of the interior are computed, just like X-ray images,” Garnero says.

Another study, published in the journal Geochemistry in 2019, suggests that Theia’s collision would not have mixed ancient isotopes effectively due to its “hit-and-run” or “merger” nature.

Qian Yuan and team’s simulation. This shows the 24 hours following Theia’s impact.

In the new study, researchers simulated how the mantle would have sloshed about over the last 4.5 billion years and what the cataclysmic 24 hours looked like after the Giant Impact.

Theia was a protoplanet, so its abundance of material would have separated into layers. Theia also had a mantle, and the simulation work shows that Theia’s mantle material (TMM) could have sunk into Earth’s own mantle after the Giant Impact. The “mostly molten” TMM may have later solidified and sunk down to Earth’s lowermost mantle, the study says. Other work, like a study published in Nature in 2012, suggests that some ancient accreted material, which predates the 4.5 billion year benchmark that usually serves as the start of Earth’s clock, may have survived the convection of Earth’s mantle.

Some of this material may have been what Theia captured from the protoplanetary disk, the dusty puff where the entire Solar System originated.

Yuan is still researching these relics, looking into the subsequent influences of the deep Theia blobs on the tectonic evolution of Earth's surface. And by doing so, aims to tie the epic past to the modern day.

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03-11-2023 om 00:33 geschreven door peter  

A weird incident captured on a security camera in Mexico has raised eyebrows, depicting a mysterious transformation from an animal to a human-like figure. The peculiar event supposedly took place in a Nava residence's garage and was shared on TikTok. 

In the video, a man is seen cleaning chairs while his dog roams around. Suddenly, the dog becomes fixated on the garage door, where a dark, four-legged shaped entity seemingly materializes. Upon investigating, the form appears to shrink and morph into an entirely different entity. 

Despite the unclear nature of the sighting, the man appears visibly disturbed and hurries inside through a side door. During his absence, the creature undergoes a transformation into what resembles a person, who then departs. 

Upon the man's return with his wife, the mysterious entity has vanished. 

The paranormal event has sparked speculation, with some suggesting the being might be a shapeshifter called a nahual. 

While tales of shapeshifters, beings who have the ability to physically transform themselves through unnatural means, are commonly disregarded as myths, one might ponder the thin line between myth and potential firsthand encounters with supernatural entities.

  

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02-11-2023 om 23:14 geschreven door peter  

Vertical UAP Watches deer on cam, Arkansas 10-31-2023, UFO Sighting News. Video.

Date of sighting: 10-31-2023

Location of sighting: Arkansas, USA (city known)
Source: MUFON

Date on cam says 2022, but is not set correctly is actually 2023. This looks like an alien drone, possibly a single craft that breaks into 6 observing the deer. I believe this UAP breaks apart to scan a larger area then unites before returning to the mothership. Very rare and unique UFO body style. 

Scott C. Waring 

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02-11-2023 om 22:49 geschreven door peter  

Alien Crash SURVIVOR Works With the Government (Special)

The Intriguing Tale of J-Rod: Area 51’s Alleged Alien Collaborator

The vast deserts of Nevada hide more than just tumbleweeds and cacti. Deep within this barren terrain lies a story so fascinating, it’s almost hard to believe. Area 51, one of America’s most mysterious military installations, is rumored to have had a unique resident, one not of this world.

The Mystery Begins: The 1953 Kingman UFO Crash

On May 19th, 1953, just as dawn broke over Nevada, a nuclear test was conducted under the code name “upshot knole.” Moments after the blast, witnesses reported seeing a disc-shaped object rapidly descending from the sky. This UFO was said to have headed towards Las Vegas before disappearing into the mountains.

Only two days later, a team of 40 engineers was discreetly summoned to Kingman, Arizona, about 175 miles from the nuclear test site. Their mission? Investigate the crash of an unidentified flying object. By the time they arrived under the cover of night, military personnel had already secured the crash site, revealing a 40-foot diameter disc-shaped craft that looked remarkably undamaged. Alongside the craft were four beings, leading to a myriad of questions.

From Kingman to Area 51: The Secret Transfer

The craft and its otherworldly occupants were transported to Groom Lake, better known today as Area 51. Situated deep within a ring of mountains in the Nevada desert, Area 51 was, at that time, a sparse establishment. It was the isolation of this facility, surrounded by miles of uninhabited desert, that made it the perfect location to study the intriguing findings of the Kingman crash.

J-Rod: The Alien Whistleblower

Among the beings found at the crash site, one, in particular, stood out — an entity later known as “J-Rod.” This extraterrestrial being was not only a survivor of the Kingman crash but, astonishingly, collaborated with the U.S. government for several years.

Captain Bill U house, a former Navy pilot and later an experimental tester for the U.S. Air Force, claimed to have had direct contact with J-Rod. Describing their interaction, U house recounted that J-Rod communicated much like humans, offering invaluable engineering and scientific advice.

Dan Beish, another whistleblower, asserted his role as a microbiologist responsible for ensuring J-Rod’s well-being. According to both U house and Beish, J-Rod resided in a special underground chamber at Area 51. Over the years, multiple other sources have hinted at the possibility of extraterrestrials collaborating with the U.S. government.

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• Ancient Aliens: Alien Crash SURVIVOR Works With the Government (Special)

While the secrecy surrounding Area 51 makes it difficult to ascertain the entire truth, the narrative of J-Rod provides an enthralling glimpse into the potential interstellar connections the U.S. might have fostered. Whether folklore or reality, the story of J-Rod and Area 51 continues to captivate our imaginations, reminding us of the mysteries the universe holds.

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02-11-2023 om 21:44 geschreven door peter  

UFO Sightings: Pentagon’s New Portal Encourages Whistleblowers and Government Insiders

In a world buzzing with tales of mysterious lights and unidentified aircraft, the Pentagon is stepping into the limelight with an unexpected initiative. If you’ve ever Googled “UFO sightings” out of pure curiosity or genuine belief, this latest move by the U.S. government will undoubtedly pique your interest.

UFO sightings have long captured the imagination of enthusiasts and skeptics alike. From grainy videos on YouTube to firsthand accounts from pilots, the mystery surrounding unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) remains largely unsolved. Now, in a groundbreaking move, the Pentagon is extending an invitation to those in the know.

Pentagon’s UAP Reporting Website:

Late last October, amidst swirling speculations and decades of reported sightings, the Pentagon unveiled its official UFO reporting platform (link: https://www.aaro.mil/AARO-Reporting-Information/). Designed for U.S. government insiders, the website seeks to gather reliable information regarding UAP encounters and any covert programs related to them.

A Special Call for Whistleblowers:

Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick, spearheading the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), emphasized the platform’s focus. “We strongly encourage any current or former U.S. government employees, military or civilian, or contractors with firsthand UAP knowledge to come forward,” he stated. This intriguing call-out places an emphasis on the importance of credible sources, suggesting that the government is keen on sifting fact from fiction.

Privacy, Confidentiality, and Accountability:

The AARO assures that all reports will remain confidential. However, in an age where misinformation can spread like wildfire, the Pentagon is taking no chances. A stern warning accompanies the reporting form, reminding users of the severe consequences of falsifying information. With potential repercussions like imprisonment or termination of federal service, the message is clear: only genuine, verifiable information is welcome.

A Spotlight on Whistleblower David Grusch:

Among the many names associated with UFO sightings, David Grusch stands out. Claiming intimate knowledge of hidden government UFO projects, Grusch has caught the attention of UAP enthusiasts worldwide. Kirkpatrick, however, offered a fresh perspective. Despite multiple outreach attempts, Grusch has yet to discuss his claims with the AARO. Yet, the very mention of Grusch’s name indicates the Pentagon’s proactive approach in seeking the truth.

Deciphering the Mysteries of the Sky:

Beyond seeking whistleblower accounts, the AARO is diligently working to distinguish genuine UAP sightings from identifiable objects. Efforts are underway to understand how common objects appear on military equipment sensors, aiming to minimize misidentifications. Kirkpatrick explained, “We want to reduce the number of UAP reports that are merely balloons or drones.”

Why Trust the AARO? 

In an age of skepticism, trust is hard-earned. So, why should insiders confide in the AARO? Kirkpatrick’s answer is straightforward: “It’s in law that we are the authorized reporting authority.” Coupled with the Whistleblower Act’s protection and the promise of anonymity, the AARO seems poised to become a pivotal entity in the world of UFO sightings.

Conclusion:

As tales of mysterious lights continue to fill the skies and online forums, the Pentagon’s initiative is a beacon for those seeking answers. With a focus on veracity and a commitment to uncovering the truth, this new portal may just hold the key to some of the world’s most enigmatic mysteries.

“The truth is out there; but, the establishment exists to destroy it. What is the point of seeking truth when truth is annihilated in the efforts to find it?”

 – Suzy Kassem

The skies have always held mysteries, and it seems the Pentagon is now actively joining the quest to decode them.

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02-11-2023 om 21:24 geschreven door peter  

Has the mystery of how the moon formed finally been solved? Our lunar satellite was propelled into orbit IMMEDIATELY after a giant impact between Earth and a Mars-sized planet 4.5 billion years ago, study claims

• Scientists suspect moon was created when a planet called Theia struck Earth
• But the nature of collision and what happened after has been subject to debate
• Some believe collision created debris which coalesced into the moon over time
• In a new study, researchers ran the most detailed supercomputer simulations yet
• Findings suggest the moon was placed into orbit around Earth immediately 

By SHIVALI BEST FOR MAILONLINE 

It's a question that has puzzled scientists for hundreds of years – how exactly did our moon form?

Since the 1970s, astronomers have suspected that the moon was created when a giant protoplanet called Theia struck Earth.

However, the nature of this collision and what happened immediately after has been subject to debate.

Some scientists believe that the collision created a vast cloud of debris, which coalesced into the moon over time.

However, in a new study, researchers from the University of Durham claim that the giant impact immediately placed the moon into orbit around Earth.

Vincent Eke, co-author of the study, said: 'This formation route could help explain the similarity in isotopic composition between the lunar rocks returned by the Apollo astronauts and Earth's mantle.

'There may also be observable consequences for the thickness of the lunar crust, which would allow us to pin down further the type of collision that took place.'

In a new study, researchers from the University of Durham claim that the giant impact immediately placed the moon into orbit around Earth (artist's impression pictured)

The Moon theories 

About 4.45 billion years ago, 150 million years after the solar system formed, Earth was hit by a Mars-sized object called Theia.

The collision created the moon, but debate has raged about exactly what happened during this event - and the question of why the moon and Earth are so similar in their composition has remained a mystery.

In the study, the researchers set out to explain the Moon's origin story once and for all.

The team used the SWIFT open-source simulation code, run on the DiRAC Memory Intensive service ('COSMA'), to create the most detailed supercomputer simulations yet.

This allowed them to simulate hundreds of different impacts, varying the angle and speed of the collision as well as the masses and spins of the two colliding bodies.

While previous studies have used lower-resolution simulations, the extra computational power revealed important new aspects.

For example, only the high-resolution simulations produced the Moon-like satellite, and the extra detail showed how its outer layers were richer in material originating from Earth.

If much of the Moon formed immediately following the giant impact, this could mean that less material became molten during formation than previously thought, according to the researchers.

Depending on how this molten rock solidified, these theories should predict different internal structures for the Moon.

The researchers suggest that the moon formed following a giant impact between Earth and a Mars-sized planet

The computer simulations indicate that the collision formed the moon almost immediately, and went straight into orbit around Earth 

Jacob Kegerreis, who led the study, said: 'This opens up a whole new range of possible starting places for the Moon's evolution'

The simulations also revealed that even when a satellite passes so close to the Earth that it might be expected to be torn apart by tidal forces from Earth's gravity, the satellite can not only survive, but also be pushed into a wider, safer orbit.

Jacob Kegerreis, who led the study, said: 'This opens up a whole new range of possible starting places for the Moon's evolution.

'We went into this project not knowing exactly what the outcomes of these very high-resolution simulations would be.

So, on top of the big eye-opener that standard resolutions can give you wrong answers, it was extra exciting that the new results could include a tantalisingly Moon-like satellite in orbit.'

The researchers hope the findings will encourage further research into the Moon's composition and internal structure.

'The many upcoming lunar missions should reveal new clues about what kind of giant impact led to the Moon, which in turn will tell us about the history of Earth itself,' the team concluded.

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02-11-2023 om 21:05 geschreven door peter  

Two Fragments of Protoplanet Theia Lie Deep within Earth, Geoscientists Say

by Enrico de Lazaro

 

A giant collision between the ancient protoplanet Theia and the proto-Earth about 4.5 billion years ago may have formed Earth’s Moon as well as two continent-sized regions — formally known as large low-velocity provinces — within Earth’s mantle, according to a research team led by Caltech scientists.

Yuan et al. suggest that LLVPs are remnants of the ancient protoplanet Theia that violently collided with Earth billions of years ago in the same giant impact that created our Moon.

Image credit: Hernán Cañellas.

In the 1980s, scientists discovered two continent-sized blobs of unusual material deep near the center of the Earth: one beneath the African continent and one beneath the Pacific Ocean.

Each blob is twice the size of the Moon and likely composed of different proportions of elements than the mantle surrounding it.

Where did these strange blobs — formally known as large low-velocity provinces (LLVPs) — come from?

“Terrestrial planet formation concludes with a number of giant impacts among Moon- and Mars-sized planetary embryos,” said Caltech researcher Qian Yuan and colleagues.

“The well-studied giant-impact scenario involves a protoplanet, Theia, colliding with proto-Earth.”

In the study, the authors used computer simulations to propose an explanation for LLVPs.

The material in these regions has been suggested to be between 2.0 and 3.5% denser than the surrounding mantle.

The simulations show that LLVPs may represent buried relics of Theia mantle material that was preserved in proto-Earth’s mantle after the Moon-forming giant impact.

These Theia relics are proposed to have been tens of kilometers across, and the authors suggest that they sunk to the lower region of the mantle and accumulated to form dense blobs above the Earth’s core.

“A logical consequence of the idea that the LLVPs are remnants of Theia is that they are very ancient,” said Dr. Paul Asimow, also of Caltech.

“It makes sense, therefore, to investigate next what consequences they had for Earth’s earliest evolution, such as the onset of subduction before conditions were suitable for modern-style plate tectonics, the formation of the first continents, and the origin of the very oldest surviving terrestrial minerals.”

“Our findings challenge the traditional notion that the giant impact led to the homogenization of the early Earth,” said Professor Hongping Deng, a researcher at the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory.

“Instead, the Moon-forming giant impact appears to be the origin of the early mantle’s heterogeneity and marks the starting point for the Earth’s geological evolution over the course of 4.5 billion years.”

“The Moon appears to have materials within it representative of both the pre-impact Earth and Theia, but it was thought that any remnants of Theia in the Earth would have been ‘erased’ and homogenized by billions of years of dynamics (e.g., mantle convection) within the Earth,” said Arizona State University’s Professor Steven Desch.

“This is the first study to make the case that distinct ‘pieces’ of Theia still reside within the Earth, at its core-mantle boundary.”

“It appears that Earth’s blobs are remnants of a planetary collision that formed our Moon,” said Arizona State University’s Professor Ed Garnero.

“In other words, the massive blobs currently inside Earth, deep beneath our feet, are extraterrestrial. Earth not only has ‘blobs,’ Earth has extraterrestrial blobs!”

“Through precise analysis of a wider range of rock samples, combined with more refined giant impact models and Earth evolution models, we can infer the material composition and orbital dynamics of the primordial Earth, Gaia, and Theia,” Dr. Yuan said.

An illustration of Earth's layers. The mantle is in bright red. 

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“This allows us to constrain the entire history of the formation of the inner Solar System.”

“This research even provides inspiration for understanding the formation and habitability of exoplanets beyond our Solar System,” Professor Deng said.

The study was published in the journal Nature.

• Q. Yuan et al. 2023. Moon-forming impactor as a source of Earth’s basal mantle anomalies. Nature 623, 95-99; doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06589-1

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02-11-2023 om 01:09 geschreven door peter