Dit is ons nieuw hondje Kira, een kruising van een waterhond en een Podenko. Ze is sinds 7 februari 2024 bij ons en druk bezig ons hart te veroveren. Het is een lief, aanhankelijk hondje, dat zich op een week snel aan ons heeft aangepast. Ze is heel vinnig en nieuwsgierig, een heel ander hondje dan Noleke.
This is our new dog Kira, a cross between a water dog and a Podenko. She has been with us since February 7, 2024 and is busy winning our hearts. She is a sweet, affectionate dog who quickly adapted to us within a week. She is very quick and curious, a very different dog than Noleke.
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The purpose of this blog is the creation of an open, international, independent and free forum, where every UFO-researcher can publish the results of his/her research. The languagues, used for this blog, are Dutch, English and French.You can find the articles of a collegue by selecting his category. Each author stays resposable for the continue of his articles. As blogmaster I have the right to refuse an addition or an article, when it attacks other collegues or UFO-groupes.
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UFO's of UAP'S in België en de rest van de wereld In België had je vooral BUFON of het Belgisch UFO-Netwerk, dat zich met UFO's bezighoudt. BEZOEK DUS ZEKER VOOR ALLE OBJECTIEVE INFORMATIE , enkel nog beschikbaar via Facebook en deze blog.
Verder heb je ook het Belgisch-Ufo-meldpunt en Caelestia, die prachtig, doch ZEER kritisch werk leveren, ja soms zelfs héél sceptisch...
Voor Nederland kan je de mooie site www.ufowijzer.nl bezoeken van Paul Harmans. Een mooie site met veel informatie en artikels.
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MUFON's mission is the analytical and scientific investigation of the UFO- Phenomenon for the benefit of humanity...
Je kan ook hun site bekijken onder www.mufon.com.
Ze geven een maandelijks tijdschrift uit, namelijk The MUFON UFO-Journal.
Since 02/01/2020 is Pieter ex-president (=voorzitter) of BUFON, but also ex-National Director MUFON / Flanders and the Netherlands. We work together with the French MUFON Reseau MUFON/EUROP.
ER IS EEN NIEUWE GROEPERING DIE ZICH BUFON NOEMT, MAAR DIE HEBBEN NIETS MET ONZE GROEP TE MAKEN. DEZE COLLEGA'S GEBRUIKEN DE NAAM BUFON VOOR HUN SITE... Ik wens hen veel succes met de verdere uitbouw van hun groep. Zij kunnen de naam BUFON wel geregistreerd hebben, maar het rijke verleden van BUFON kunnen ze niet wegnemen...
29-02-2024
Wisconsin UFO sighting: Mysterious Lights Over Fond du Lac: A Close Encounter?
Wisconsin UFO sighting: Mysterious Lights Over Fond du Lac: A Close Encounter?
In the early hours of February 25, 2024, the quiet skies of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, became the stage for an eerie spectacle that left witnesses in awe and disbelief. A video captured from a moving car reveals an astonishing sight: a series of unexplained lights hovering silently in the night sky. This latest addition to the annals of UFO sightings has sparked intense interest and speculation among enthusiasts and skeptics alike.
A Night Drive Turned Extraordinary
The encounter occurred at approximately 2 a.m. as travelers were making their way through the serene landscapes of Fond du Lac. What was expected to be a routine journey quickly turned into an extraordinary event that could rival scenes from the most imaginative science fiction movies. The witness, still reeling from the shock, described the experience: “I freaked out omg 😳 that’s why I hate travelling at night. It reminded me of that movie called ‘Fire in the Sky’… we did stop though, then it vanished.“
The Enigma in the Skies
The video showcases a series of bright, stationary lights that appear to defy conventional explanation. Unlike aircraft or drones, which are typically accompanied by sound or movement, these lights remained perfectly still, casting an otherworldly glow against the dark canvas of the night. The sudden disappearance of the lights, as noted by the witness, only deepens the mystery.
The UFO Phenomenon in Fond du Lac
This sighting in Fond du Lac contributes to the growing body of UFO sightings worldwide. Each account, including this latest one, fuels the debate over the nature of these unidentified objects. Are they secret military technology, natural atmospheric phenomena, or evidence of extraterrestrial visitors? The absence of a definitive explanation keeps the mystery alive and the conversation going.
What Does This Mean for UFO Enthusiasts?
For enthusiasts and researchers dedicated to unraveling the mystery of UFO sightings, the Fond du Lac event offers a fresh piece of the puzzle. It is a reminder that the skies above us hold secrets yet to be understood and that the quest for answers is far from over. This sighting, like many before it, encourages both the scientific community and the public to keep looking up, questioning, and exploring the unknown.
As we continue to analyze and debate the significance of this sighting, we invite you to watch the video and share your thoughts. What do you think these mysterious lights were? Have you experienced a similar sighting? The skies over Fond du Lac have given us a fascinating enigma, and together, we might inch closer to uncovering the truth behind these enigmatic visitors.
Whether you’re a seasoned UFO researcher or simply a curious observer, this sighting is a compelling addition to the ongoing narrative of unexplained aerial phenomena. As we search for answers, let’s keep our minds open to all possibilities. After all, the truth is out there, and it might be closer than we think.
NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission was hailed a success when it collided with its target asteroid Dimorphos last year. The purpose of the endeavour was to see if it could redirect an asteroid and, since the impact, astronomers have been measuring and calculating the impact on the target. It is incredible that the 580kg spacecraft travelling at 6 km/s was able to impart enormous kinetic energy to the 5 billion kg asteroid.
The DART mission, launched by NASA in 2021, aimed to test our ability to deflect asteroids. By crashing a spacecraft into the smaller asteroid of the Didymos binary system, DART was to demonstrate the effectiveness of kinetic impactors in altering an asteroid’s trajectory. This mission marked a crucial step in planetary defence, showcasing technology that could one day protect us from potential asteroid impacts.
Studies from the impact have shown that the kinetic impact approach for deflecting asteroids is a viable approach. Earth-based observations indicate that Dimorphos’ orbit around its parent asteroid, Didymos, decreased by approximately 33 minutes. However, researchers remain uncertain about the overall ‘impact’ to the asteroid from the spacecraft’s impact. Additionally to be able to understand the efficiency of the moment transfer from the impact (known as the beta factor) a precise measurement fo the asteroids mass must be known. This is up to the Hera mission to achieve.
This illustration shows the ESA’s Hera spacecraft and its two CubeSats at the binary asteroid Didymos. Image Credit: ESA
Hera is a European Space Agency mission due for launch in October 2024 and arrive in 2026. Its purpose is to survey the Didymos binary asteroid system following the DART impact. Hera will measure the mass accurately but will also attempt to measure the recoil from material ejected out into space. We already have some information from the Italian LICIACube, images from James Webb and Hubble show a plume of debris that extended 10,000 km into space.
While we wait for Hera to arrive, research teams have been simulating the DART impact using the Bern Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics impact code (SPH). It was developed at the University of Bern and was designed to model the break up of rocky bodies from collisions. It’s a fascinating tool that converts colliding bodies into millions of individual particles whose behaviours are informed by the laws of physics. This isn’t just some whimsical game though, the software has been used already to reproduce the impact of Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft with the asteroid Ryugu.
The simulation is very timely taking about a week and a half to run a simulation. In total, despite the slow processing, around 250 simulations were run. Asteroid parameters that were known were used in the simulation with others being varied where the information was not well known. The team then looked at which outcome most closely matched observation.
Running these simulations for Dimorphos revealed an asteroid that is largely a weak pile of rubble held together by a weak gravitational field rather than general cohesive strength. To understand cohesion, imagine the difference between a ‘poured’ pile of sand or flour. The flour would form a taller cone shape (high cohesivity) whereas the sand would be a flatter pile (low cohesivity). It is believed that the impact site would have formed a crater but the crater would likely have grown to encompass a good proportion of the asteroid, and the low gravity and cohesivity is likely to have reshaped the asteroid.
The data suggests that 1% of the entire mass of Dimorphos was ejected into space by the impact and that 8% of the mass was likely to have been shifted around its body. All of this is from simulations but we won’t know for sure just what impact DART had on Dimorphus, not until Hera arrives in two years time.
Plate tectonics is not something most people would associate with Mars. In fact, the planet’s dead core is one of the primary reasons for its famous lack of a magnetic field. And since active planetary cores are one of the primary driving factors of plate tectonics, it seems obvious why that general conception holds. However, Mars has some features that we think of as corresponding with plate tectonics – volcanoes. A new paper from researchers at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) looks at how different types of plate tectonics could have formed different types of volcanoes on the surface of Mars.
Typically, when you think of volcanoes on Mars, you think of massive shield volcanoes like Olympus Mons, similar to those seen in some locations on Earth, such as Hawai’i. These form when repeated eruptions deposit layers of lava for millions of years. Those eruptions aren’t impacted by how any underlying plates move underneath them. But they do create a different underlying landscape than elsewhere on the planet.
One of the main differences is that the volcanoes have a high silica concentration. Most of the rest of the Red Planet has relatively low silica concentration and consists primarily of basalt. However, they have distinctly more elevated levels of silica, and Dr. Joseph Michalski and his colleagues at HKU think they know why.
PBS has a geological history of Mars. Credit – PBS Eons YouTube Channel
Back in the Archean age, 3 billion years ago, on Earth, geologists have theorized that a type of plate tectonics known as “vertical tectonics” forced the planet’s crust to collapse into the planet’s mantle. There, it was reformed, injected with a high concentration of silica, and then spewed back onto the surface due to erupting volcanoes.
That would conveniently explain why the silica levels of volcanoes on Mars are higher than on the rest of the planet. To back up their findings, the paper describes signs of numerous other volcano types, such as stratovolcanoes and lava domes, that also contain high silica concentrations and could result from this type of theorized tectonics.
On Earth, other active geological processes have worn down the rock that could have been formed by these processes billions of years ago. But there isn’t nearly as much geological activity on Mars, so it provides a clearer picture of the resulting geology from these processes.
SciShow Space Discusses the possibility that Mars still has active volcanoes. Credit – SciShow Space YouTube Channel
This body of work contributes to our overall understanding of the geology of Mars, and the discovery of so many additional volcanoes is sure to interest areologists for years to come. But for now, this new theory of Mars’ geological history is another step in our understanding of the Red Planet.
An AI Simulated Interactions Between Different Kinds of Advanced Civilizations
The possibility for life beyond the Earth has captivated us for hundreds of years. It has been on the mind of science fiction writers too as our imaginations have explored the myriad possibilities of extraterrestrial life. But what would it really be like if/when we finally meet one; would it lead to war or peace? Researchers have used a complex language model to simulate the first conversations with civilisations from pacifists to militarists and the outcomes revealed interesting challenges.
The first radio transmissions were made in 1895 and since then the signals, however weak have been leaking out into space. The first intentional transmission out into space was the Arecibo message of 1974 that was sent toward the globular cluster M13 22,180 light years away. That means the signal won’t arrive there for about another 22,131 years! During this time of course, all the signals have been leaking out but the further they travel, the weaker they get. Its likely then that any signals out to a distance of about 100 light years is likely to be so weak as to not be detectable.
The Arecibo Radio Telescope Credit: UCF
It would be so easy to be dragged into other areas of debate about aliens but it feels useful to set the scene of how difficult it will be to make contact or rather, how likely it may be. Assume then, that in some way, we do find ourselves making communication with an alien civilisation. Just how that conversation goes has been modelled by a team led by Mingyu Jin from Northwestern University.
The team used a new artificial intelligence framework known as CosmoAgent to simulate the interaction based upon the unique Large Language Model (LLM). The system uses a Multi-Agent System to enable modelling among a diverse range of civilisations. The civilisations have the ability to choose their own character traits from hiding, fighting or collaborating. This dynamic environment allows for a plethora of outcomes from alliances forming, adherence to rules to rivalries to how a civilisation might respond to an unforeseen event.
Diversity and conditions for life were also inherent in the modelling using transition matrices to analyse how civilisations might grow and change over time. This natural progression of an intelligent life form would inevitably mean ethics, morals, beliefs and sciences would develop along a varied path. These different frameworks would hugely effect just how such a civilisation might respond to alien contact.
There are limitations to the research though, largely from an Earth-centric bias developing the language model. The use of mathematics and algorithms to compute responses and outcomes may not cover the full spectrum of inter-civilisation responses. After all, we cannot even distill our own emotional responses down to a set of algorithms. Add in a speculative set of principles of an alien civilisation, of which, we have no evidence or experience to draw upon.
It is hoped that future research can address these obstacles and develop better models of inter-civilisational interaction. Taking into account a broader range of ethical paradigms and decision making processes to provide a more realistic simulation of just how first contact may just play out.
An AI Simulated Interactions Between Different Kinds of Advanced Civilizations
The possibility for life beyond the Earth has captivated us for hundreds of years. It has been on the mind of science fiction writers too as our imaginations have explored the myriad possibilities of extraterrestrial life. But what would it really be like if/when we finally meet one; would it lead to war or peace? Researchers have used a complex language model to simulate the first conversations with civilisations from pacifists to militarists and the outcomes revealed interesting challenges.
The first radio transmissions were made in 1895 and since then the signals, however weak have been leaking out into space. The first intentional transmission out into space was the Arecibo message of 1974 that was sent toward the globular cluster M13 22,180 light years away. That means the signal won’t arrive there for about another 22,131 years! During this time of course, all the signals have been leaking out but the further they travel, the weaker they get. Its likely then that any signals out to a distance of about 100 light years is likely to be so weak as to not be detectable.
The Arecibo Radio Telescope Credit: UCF
It would be so easy to be dragged into other areas of debate about aliens but it feels useful to set the scene of how difficult it will be to make contact or rather, how likely it may be. Assume then, that in some way, we do find ourselves making communication with an alien civilisation. Just how that conversation goes has been modelled by a team led by Mingyu Jin from Northwestern University.
The team used a new artificial intelligence framework known as CosmoAgent to simulate the interaction based upon the unique Large Language Model (LLM). The system uses a Multi-Agent System to enable modelling among a diverse range of civilisations. The civilisations have the ability to choose their own character traits from hiding, fighting or collaborating. This dynamic environment allows for a plethora of outcomes from alliances forming, adherence to rules to rivalries to how a civilisation might respond to an unforeseen event.
Diversity and conditions for life were also inherent in the modelling using transition matrices to analyse how civilisations might grow and change over time. This natural progression of an intelligent life form would inevitably mean ethics, morals, beliefs and sciences would develop along a varied path. These different frameworks would hugely effect just how such a civilisation might respond to alien contact.
There are limitations to the research though, largely from an Earth-centric bias developing the language model. The use of mathematics and algorithms to compute responses and outcomes may not cover the full spectrum of inter-civilisation responses. After all, we cannot even distill our own emotional responses down to a set of algorithms. Add in a speculative set of principles of an alien civilisation, of which, we have no evidence or experience to draw upon.
It is hoped that future research can address these obstacles and develop better models of inter-civilisational interaction. Taking into account a broader range of ethical paradigms and decision making processes to provide a more realistic simulation of just how first contact may just play out.
Watch the Varda Capsule’s Entire Fiery Atmospheric Re-Entry
Here’s a front row seat on what it would be like to return to Earth inside a space capsule. Varda Space Industries’ smallW-1 spacecraft successfully landedat the Utah Test and Training Range on February 21, 2024. A camera installed inside the cozy 90 cm- (3 ft)-wide capsule captured the entire stunning reentry sequence, from separation from the satellite bus in low Earth orbit (LEO) to the fiery re-entry through Earth’s atmosphere, to parachute deploy, to the bouncy landing.
At the end of this 5-minute video, you’ll see a pair legs with mud-caked shoes approach to gather the parachute and retrieve the capsule. Not only is there video, but sound as well. And the sounds of reentry and landing are what grabs you!
There’s a also full 27-minute unedited raw footage from separation to touchdown is also available, below.
On X, Varda said reentry speeds reached Mach 25.
W-1 was part of a Rocket Lab Photon spacecraft launched in June 2023 on SpaceX’s Transporter-8 rideshare mission (NASA’s CAPSTONE mission also launched on this flight.). Varda used the spacecraft to test their in-space manufacturing technologies. Inside the capsule, the company was able to produce crystals of a drug called ritonavir, an antiviral drug grown in the microgravity LEO environment that can be used to treat HIV and hepatitis C. The company’s goal is to develop the infrastructure to make LEO more accessible to commercial industries.
“We manufacture pharmaceuticals in space,” said Varda CEO Will Bruey in an interview on Marketplace. “Removing gravity allows us to make medicines you otherwise couldn’t on Earth. Gravity is kind of like a parameter. If you put a temperature knob on an oven, you create a whole world of new recipes and new food you can create. Similarly, if you can change gravity, you can also change the chemical process for drug formulations.”
W-1 spent eight months integrated with a Rocket Lab Photon spacecraft (the upper stage of the Electron rocket) that provided the capsule with power, propulsion, and navigation.
Varda Space’s off-Earth manufacturing capsule is evaluated by recovery personnel as it sits on the desert floor of the Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR) on Feb. 21, 2024. Credit: Varda Space/John Kraus
“This mission was a phenomenal feat and impressive display of teamwork between the Rocket Lab and Varda teams to develop a unique and highly capable spacecraft, successfully demonstrate in-space manufacturing and bring back the capsule and finished pharmaceutical product – all on the first attempt,” said Rocketlab CEO Peter Beck in a company press release. “The success of this reentry mission will also inform our work on developing a reentry capsule for Neutron to potentially enable human spaceflight missions.”
Screenshot from the Varda W-1 capsule’s reentry to Earth.
Varda transported the capsule to its California headquarters for a complete check-out, and sent the ritonavir samples on board to a pharmaceutical company, Improved Pharma, for analysis. Varda said it will also share data from the reentry itself with NASA and the Air Force under a contract with those agencies.
Varda Capsule Reentry – Full Video from LEO to Earth
Bill Tompkins: Draco Aliens Helped Nazis To Destroy Humans, Nordics Helped US To Start Apollo Program
Bill Tompkins: Draco Aliens Helped Nazis To Destroy Humans, Nordics Helped US To Start Apollo Program
William Tompkins (1923-2017) was one of the most secretive scientists in the United States. Tompkins first designed sea ships and then spaceships. In July 2017, at a press conference, he made an unprecedented statement. He worked for the Douglas Aircraft Company with aliens. It was 4-7 years before NASA appeared. Two years before the interview, he wrote a book about working together with an alien civilization, shocking the world. Journalists hunted for the engineer, demanding to talk about the role ofalien intelligence in a secret space program.
Bill Tompkins
In addition to these statements, Tompkins claimed that during World War II, the Nazis received technology from aliens, due to which they were able to build huge underground factories in Antarctica. Thousands of workers were taken there and in these factories, they made flying saucers.
Tompkins said that the alien civilization known as “Draco” transferred those technologies to Germany. They built spaceships in Germany and trained the Germans during the war. Draco planned to eliminate humans on Earth. At first glance, all his statements are fantastic. However several facts suggest that Antarctica is still hiding some terrible secret.
In 1947, American naval officer Admiral Richard Byrd, together with a squadron of 13 warships, sailed to Antarctica. And the reason for the expedition was the secret documents found in the archives of the Nazi Navy General Staff.
According to them, starting from 1938, under the ice of Antarctica, the Germans settled a new land, Swabia. A huge transport ship was built to deliver goods there. Dozens of submarines were involved in the operation, and highly qualified specialists were sent to the base without the right to return.
In 1945, after the defeat of Hitler, US intelligence officers discovered several documents. They confirmed that Germany was indeed exploring the under-ice space of Antarctica.
After the war, the Americans landed in Antarctica and built an airfield. But instead of 6 months, their expedition lasted a couple of weeks. Admiral Byrd did not take seriously the warning about possible encounters with UFOs.
And when mysterious objects appeared in the sky, they opened fire on them. As a result, the squadron lost several submarines and several escort ships. Half of the planes were shot down. And two aircraft carriers were forced to turn back.
After returning, all journals, diaries, records, and documents were seized and classified.
Over time, most of the German developments and German scientists ended up in the United States. In this case, the assumption is quite realistic that the Americans still managed to agree with the aliens, and the secret bases of the fascists in Antarctica at the end of the 40s came under US control.
Tompkins said that three aliens had landed in Las Vegas. He spent two weeks with them and then moved to Douglas. One girl was a specialist in engines, another was in charge of contacts with him. And there was also a guy that helped them. Because of this meeting, the Apollo program began.
American newspapers in the late 40s of the last century were full of information about UFO sightings. Byrd’s expedition was curtailed on March 3, 1947, and articles began to appear in the press as early as mid-May 1947, so this is an interesting coincidence.
According to Tompkins, two forces from different parts of the galaxy helped them. These aliens are collectively called “Nordics.” He was personally present at the “Battle of Los Angeles (1942),” when a thousand rounds of ammo were fired at UFOs, and one of the Nordic craft may have selected him to be their rep in the evolving aerospace race.
But why is nothing visible in Antarctica from satellites? And here, the researchers made the assumption that these objects are hidden from the eyes of earthlings in a parallel world. A month after the shocking conference, Tompkins passed away unexpectedly on August 21, 2017, in San Diego, California, at the age of 94.
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Jim Sullivan, American Singer Who Wrote Cryptic Songs on UFOs & Aliens, Disappeared In New Mexico Desert & Never Found
Jim Sullivan, American Singer Who Wrote Cryptic Songs on UFOs & Aliens, Disappeared In New Mexico Desert & Never Found
The UAP enigma has fascinated individuals for decades. Many researchers have devoted their lives to the quest to solve the mystery of this strange phenomenon. Although there is no exact date when the UFO phenomenon started to impact the lives of normal citizens, some have found evidence of similar incidents happening in ancient times. There are not a lot of UFO cases where people vanish, but the disappearance of Jim Sullivan is often discussed by UFO enthusiasts because he wrote cryptic lyrics about UFOs and missing people before vanishing and never to be found.
Jim Sullivan disappeared in 1975. Some say he was abducted by aliens, killed by the mafia, lost in the desert, or started a new life. Regardless of the theory, no one knows for sure what happened to him. He was a singer-songwriter heading to Nashville and stayed at a motel in Santa Rosa. After buying a bottle of vodka, he vanished, and nobody has seen him since. His disappearance remains a mysterious and puzzling event in music history.
Born on August 14, 1939, Jim Sullivan was the seventh son in a family of Irish-American workers. During World War II, they moved to San Diego, California. He played the guitar and was also the quarterback for the football team in high school. He married and opened a bar with a friend, but the business failed. In 1968, he moved to Los Angeles with his wife Barbara and young son Chris.
Sullivan released two albums before he disappeared: “U.F.O.” in 1969 and a self-titled record in 1972. Image Credit…via Jim Sullivan Estate
Jim Sullivan has been missing for nearly 50 years. There are many theories online that speculate why he disappeared. Among those theories are homicide, lost memory, or a UFO abduction theory.
To understand Sullivan’s disappearance, let’s go back to 1961. During that year, in New Hampshire, there was a widespread report of Americans being taken by extraterrestrials. Barney and Betty Hill, on September 19, saw a bright object in the sky while driving back to Portsmouth from Niagara Falls. Betty thought it looked like a falling star, but it fell upward. The bright object followed them, and they eventually stopped their car. A pancake-shaped object hovered close to the ground, revealing humanoid figures who signaled them to stay put. After some beeps and clicks, the couple felt dazed, their watches stopped, and three hours seemed to vanish. This incident inspired The X-Files and The UFO Incident, creating a new genre of conspiracy theory.
Some argue that the Hills’ encounter with aliens was just a result of stress or marital problems, influenced by science fiction. However, their experience played a role in our cultural interest in alien abductions, inspiring books, movies, and songs. In the ’60s, non-novelty music acts started exploring cosmic themes.
In 1966, The Byrds sang about encounters with strangers who visit every night in a song called “Mr. Spaceman.” In 1969, Creedence Clearwater Revival sang about something coming from the sky in a song called “It Came From the Sky.” During the late 1960s, psychedelic rock started to focus on science fiction ideas. Pink Floyd named their second album “A Saucerful of Secrets,” evoking images of spinning spacecraft in the sky. David Bowie created a whole alien mythology with his song “Space Oddity.” In Jim Sullivan’s song “U.F.O.,” the aliens coming down from the sky might be seen as the second coming of Jesus Christ or the start of a completely different conspiracy theory.
Sullivan appeared as an extra in the ’60s classic road movie “Easy Rider,” where he became close friends with Dennis Hopper. He produced two albums. On his 1969 debut album, “U.F.O.,” he sang of beckoning highways, of aliens, of an Arizona ghost town, of a man who looked “so natural” in death that it was clearly his time to go. Six years later, the 35-year-old Sullivan disappeared in Santa Rosa, N.M. On the front seat of his recovered gray VW bug were his ID, his beloved 12-string Guild guitar, and a box of his two albums, “U.F.O.” and the 1972 LP “Jim Sullivan.”
The album didn’t perform well then, but it did attract a modern audience. Nevertheless, he pursued a musical career. In 1972, he released his second album, “Jim Sullivan.” He developed a drinking problem and began having marital issues. His second child was born in 1972. Trying to keep his music career alive, he made a decisive move in 1975. He planned to launch a successful music career in Nashville, Tennessee.
Sullivan packed up his VW Beetle on March 4, 1975, and left Los Angeles for Nashville. His wife and two children remained in Los Angeles. He said he would return for his family once he got settled in Nashville. After leaving Los Angeles, he stopped at a motel in Santa Rosa, New Mexico.
Barbara Sullivan’s notes on her husband’s disappearance.
Image Credit…via Jim Sullivan Estate
A New Mexico paper continued reporting on Sullivan’s disappearance.
According to reports, his key was left in the room, and he had not slept in his bed. It seems strange for him to rent a motel room and leave without staying in it. The next day, someone saw him at a ranch where his car was left abandoned. Sullivan was nowhere in sight. Sullivan had disappeared. Sullivan left money, paper, clothing, unsold records, and his guitar behind.
Sullivan’s disappearance is a big mystery in the music industry. He did not leave many clues about where he went or what he was doing. He checked into a motel but didn’t sleep there. Last, he was seen at a ranch 26 miles away, leaving his car with all his things. A body found nearby was thought to be Sullivan’s, but it wasn’t. No one knows what happened. Some think he was murdered or got lost and died in the desert. There’s a less plausible but still possible idea that he might have simply disappeared by choice. But there’s one theory that follows the lore surrounding Jim Sullivan after all this time, and you absolutely know where this is going: He was possibly abducted by aliens.
This song is the reason why people still believe in the UFO abduction behind Sullivan’s disappearance. Interestingly six years before he disappears, Sullivan released a song about aliens. He happened to go missing in New Mexico, the same state where the famous Roswell incident happened in 1947. That incident started suspicions about the government hiding information and having hangars full of UFOs for many years. However, the song “U.F.O.” is not really predicting the future; it’s more of a friendly and happy country-folk song about having visions of faith.
The reissue of “U.F.O.” vastly outsold the recordings released during Sullivan’s lifetime.Image Credit…via Jim Sullivan Estate
In the song “U.F.O.,” Sullivan talks about watching a strange show with a glassy eye and having a front-row seat to a dancing light in the sky. He doesn’t make fun of it or completely believe it. He observes with a casual “look at that” attitude. The song has a sense of wonder, with Sullivan quietly amazed, accompanied by strings and flutes that give it a unique, otherworldly feel similar to late ’60s folk psychedelia.
When you listen to “U.F.O.,” you can understand why some people find it appealing to connect the song to Jim Sullivan’s mysterious disappearance. It’s not necessarily likely, but it offers a comforting idea. In the song, he is fascinated by what he sees, and it gives off a positive vibe, suggesting that maybe the aliens are okay. The truth about Sullivan is probably less extraordinary but sadder – he probably died alone in the desert, a thought that most of us wouldn’t want to think about. Considering the circumstances, being part of an urban legend might be a preferable idea. Imagining Sullivan gazing at the incredible sight in the sky makes you smile, picturing him on some interstellar journey beyond our understanding.
His late wife Barbara was the last person to speak to him. He called her on March 5, 1975. It was clear something was on his mind. She asked if he was all right. He then told her, “You wouldn’t believe me if I told you.” He then told her to forget he said anything to her.
The mysterious nature of his disappearance is amplified by Jim Sullivan’s cryptic lyrics — on U.F.O., he talks about long highways, leaving his family behind, and being abducted by aliens in the desert. According to a friend of Jim’s, he would never venture anywhere without his guitar. Several friends, family members, and volunteers searched for him but found nothing. He left no clues about where he went. On his first album, he talks about driving along highways and being abducted by aliens. Have aliens abducted him? That’s what some people think.
Whatever became of singer Jim Sullivan? Did he just wander out into the desert? Could he have been murdered? His fate is unknown. His manager once asked him how he would disappear if he ever decided to do so. Sullivan said he would walk into the desert and never return. Interestingly enough, in 2010, NPR (National Public Radio) interviewed the founder of Light in the Attic Records, Matt Sullivan. According to Matt, he discovered Jim Sullivan’s music on a blog about obscure music. He has since re-released Jim Sullivan’s music and made it accessible to a new generation. (Source)
“With or without his disappearance, there’s something in those lyrics that is incredibly mysterious and eerie,” Matt Sullivan said. “One thing that one of Jim’s friends pointed out was that the guitar was left in the car. If Jim was going to disappear, that would have been the one thing that he would have taken, because wherever he was in the world, he could always stand on a street corner and make a few bucks playing his guitar.”
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Giant skull discovered in Antarctica
Giant skull discovered in Antarctica
Ancient texts and archaeological findings offer compelling evidence of giants once roaming the earth, while some argue that there were no Nephilim or giants in Antarctica due to a lack of research.
It's not only conceivable that giants inhabited Antarctica before the continent separated from ancient Gondwana and shifted to its current polar position, rendering it inhospitable but that evidence by discoveries, such as giant bones and skulls, may have already been made but kept secret.
By using Google Earth going back to satellite imagery from 2004 it shows a remarkable image what appears to be a giant skull. Moreover, the presence of what looks like a person photographing the skull and surrounding tracks and equipment hints at an exciting discovery.
Despite the fact that it is said that giants never inhabited Antarctica at the time, the imagery of the alleged giant skull seem to prove the opposite in such a way that it warrants further investigation and challenges established beliefs about the history of the continent.
Google Earth coordinates: 66°37'31.61"S 110°15'8.42"E
A team of researchers from ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich has recently published a studythat could significantly advance our ability to detect extraterrestrial life on exoplanets, with Earth serving as the guinea pig.
Published in The Astrophysical Journal, their work focuses on the Large Interferometer for Exoplanets (LIFE) space mission and its potential to characterize the habitability of exoplanets by observing Earth as a test object.
The Large Interferometer for Exoplanets (LIFE) is a proposed space mission designed to directly measure the mid-infrared spectrum of terrestrial habitable zone exoplanets. Using a collection of small orbiting telescopes, the mission would characterize the atmospheres of these exoplanets, assess their potential habitability, and search for signs of extraterrestrial life beyond our solar system.
With hopes that these space-based telescopes would one day be built, the researchers aimed to validate the LIFE mission’s ability to detect signs of life on exoplanets. Using Earth as a proxy, they proposed simulating how LIFE would observe an exoplanet.
Artistic rendering of the LIFE Satellite swarm. (Image: LIFE Mission)
THE SUBTLE ART OF USING EARTH TO SPOT EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE IN THE COSMOS
The study successfully characterized Earth as if it were an exoplanet using simulated observations of its Mid-Infrared thermal emission spectrum. The research concluded that Earth would be identified as a temperate, habitable planet with detectable levels of important atmospheric gasses such as carbon dioxide (CO2), water vapor (H2O), ozone (O3), and methane (CH4), which are significant for indicating the presence of life and habitable conditions. A good sign, seeing as how our planet is teeming with life (at least for now).
Now, here is where things get interesting. The study also found that the viewing angle and season did not significantly alter the detectability of these molecules or their relative abundances in Earth’s atmosphere. This is important because something as simple as cloud can mess with atmospheric data.
Moreover, seasonal changes in the amount of energy Earth reflects or emits were observed, particularly when the North Pole was observed, which led to variations in retrieved surface temperature, equilibrium temperature, and Bond albedo (in simple terms, it is how much electromagnetic radiation that ends up back in space after bouncing off the planet, but not coming from the planet directly). Due to this accuracy, the study was able to figure out Earth’s surface temperature despite the presence of clouds.
Surface pressure was much tougher to sort out, so future work needs to go into developing better methods to properly get those numbers. Basically, due to the scattered nature of Earth’s atmosphere, and by extension, other possible exoplanets like Earth out there, it made it difficult for the instruments to get an accurate reading.
However, there is a silver lining to error.
The research highlighted that common simplifications, such as neglecting clouds and assuming constant vertical gas abundances, introduce biases in the retrieval results. When interpreting exoplanet atmospheric data, including all the data collected up to now by other studies and astronomers, it all may need a second look. Earth is atmospherically complex. What’s to say the other exoplanets we’ve already discovered aren’t as complex?
Using Earth as a test subject provides compelling evidence that the mission’s measurement procedures are feasible and effective. Moreover, it also opens new avenues for the exploration of habitable worlds, marking a pivotal moment in the quest to understand our place in the universe and potentially finding signs of extraterrestrial life.
“The whole exoplanet community is gearing up for increasing amounts of data that will be coming in the future from smaller and smaller planets,” explained Professor Sascha at ETH Zurich Quanz, one of the study’s authors. Since Earth is the only planet with life as we know it, using it to test future equipment makes sense.
MJ Banias is a journalist who covers security and technology. He is the host of The Debrief Weekly Report. You can email MJ at mj@thedebrief.org or follow him on Twitter @mjbanias.
In 1973, before the presidential elections, yet to become President, Jimmy Carter filed a report with the International UFO Bureau claiming he had seen a UFO in October 1969. Along with other witnesses, Carter saw a bright UFO that changed colors and moved towards and away from the Earth before disappearing. He was quite vocal about his beliefs on UFOs and promised to public all available information about UFOs if he became president.
“He described waiting outside for a Lion’s Club Meeting in Leary, Georgia, to begin, at about 7:30 p.m., when he spotted what he called ‘the darndest thing I’ve ever seen’ in the sky.” Along with 10 to 12 other witnesses, Carter observed a bright object in the sky, which was about the size of the moon. (Source)
“We all saw it. And then the light, it got closer and closer to us. And then it stopped, I don’t know how far away, but it stopped beyond the pine trees. And all of a sudden it changed color to blue, and then it changed to red, then back to white,” Carter told GQ in 2005. The object reportedly hovered about 30 degrees above the horizon, moved towards and away from the Earth, and eventually disappeared into the distance. Carter’s experience led him to make a vow to never again ridicule individuals who claimed to have seen a UFO.
“One thing’s for sure, I’ll never make fun of people who say they’ve seen unidentified objects in the sky. If I become President, I’ll make every piece of information this country has about UFO sightings available to the public and the scientists,” Carter said.
As for the object that Carter saw, it has since been classified as “a high altitude barium release cloud launched from Eglen AFB,” which sounds legit. However, after winning the presidency, Carter backed away from this promise, citing concerns about national security and defense implications. His experience with a UFO is just one of many reported sightings that have fueled conspiracy about extraterrestrial life and government cover-ups.
President Carter’s Disturbing Briefing on UFOs and Religion
Former NASA researcher Ed Harris claimed that serious researchers on the subject believe the story of former President Jimmy Carter crying after being briefed about classified UFO information to be true. According to the story corroborated by multiple witnesses, U.S. presidents are given only a brief overview of the subject by the CIA, and presidential curiosity is not considered a sufficient need to know.
After being repeatedly stonewalled, Carter was given “the talk,” which reportedly left him deeply sobbing and visibly disturbed for weeks. He was told that major religions, including Christianity, were created by extraterrestrials to prevent humans from destroying themselves while they ran experiments on us, and that they made us. Carter, a deeply religious man who had witnessed a UFO with six other people, realized that releasing such information could cause tremendous economic and social upheaval.
Below you can read Ed Harris’ statement on the subject that he wrote on Quora:
Yes, the incident of Jimmy Carter crying after being briefed about classified information regarding UFO’s is largely believed to be true by the serious researchers on the subject. As a forewarning, the following information is very unsettling and will explain why Carter never “kept his promise” of revealing classified UFO information to the public.
According to the story that was corroborated by more than one witness, U.S. presidents are only given a cursory overview of the subject. Apparently, the CIA runs the program, only provide information to the President on a need to know basis, and do not consider presidential curiosity as sufficient need to know. This was implemented after Kennedy, and all presidents after him have been given only summary briefings (some presidents for unknown reasons were given more than others)
Okay on to your question. President Carter is a deeply religious man who had also witnessed a UFO with 6 other people. Everyone thought that he would be the one to finally release UFO info to the public but as the story goes, he was repeatedly stonewalled. Eventually, the CIA had “the talk” with him, and afterward it was reported that he sunk his head in his hands and not only began to deeply sob, but was visibly disturbed for some weeks afterward.
He was told that the major religions including Christianity were programs created by extraterrestrials to prevent us from destroying ourselves while they ran their experiments on us – and that they made us. At this moment it became clear to Carter that such information could cause tremendous economic and social upheaval. I should add that I am not only a Christian but a clergyman, so I am in no way attempting to promote atheism here. In fact, how God fits into this might be an interesting separate post. Nevertheless, these are the facts as I know them to be.
Author and world’s leading UFO researcher Richard Dolan also writes about this incident in his book “UFOs and the National Security State: The Cover-Up Exposed.” According to his book, there are claims that President Carter was given a UFO briefing at the White House on June 14, 1977, which he was then bound to secrecy about.
The briefing was supposedly given by a lone MJ-12 briefing officer and several independent sources. The leaked “Executive Briefing: Project Aquarius” document gives the standard account of multiple retrievals of alien technology. While there is no hard evidence to support the claims of the briefing, a presidential aide, who was “very, very close to Carter,” witnessed President sobbing after a UFO-related briefing in the Oval Office.
Carter Administration & Project Blue Book
Daniel Sheehan, a Harvard-educated Constitutional Trial Lawyer and Appellate Attorney has worked on many high-profile cases in his career. In 1977, he was approached by his friend Marcia Smith, who informed him that President Carter had demanded that the CIA provided classified information about unidentified flying objects to him, but George H. Bush, who was the CIA director at the time, refused to give this information to the president.
Sheehan tried to obtain information on the UFO phenomena and extraterrestrials from the Vatican Library but was unsuccessful. However, with Carter’s help, he managed to get access to the classified portions of the Air Force’s Project Blue Book for a few hours in May 1977, where he claimed to have discovered classified documents and photographs of a crashed UFO being investigated by Air Force personnel.
“There were these photographs of unmistakable — of a UFO sitting on the ground. It had crashed,” Sheehan said. “Apparently, it had hit into this field and had dug up, kind of plowed this kind of trough through this field,” he paused for a second.
“It was wedged into the side of this bank,” he said after taking a deep breath. “There was snow all around the picture. The vehicle was wedged into the side of this mud-like embankment — kind of up at an angle. There was Air Force personnel. As I cranked the little handle and looked at additional photos, these Air Force people were taking pictures.” (Click here to read the full article)
When Mr. Sheehan left the room, the guard asked to see his yellow legal pad and flipped through the pages, missing the alien hieroglyphs Sheehan had copied on the back of the pad. Sheehan offered to share this information with the religious establishment; they told him they were not interested.
The origin of humanity is perhaps the most significant mystery that the world needs to unravel. In mainstream science, the theory of evolution is proposed to provide an explanation for human biological history. However, not many people subscribe to this theory, and there may be much more to the story that we are not yet aware of.
In episode number 2028 of the Joe Rogan podcast, the two current popular figures in UFOlogy, Jeremy Corbell & George Knapp discussed the possibility that humans were genetically engineered by a non-human intelligence for nefarious purposes, and some individuals within the government are aware of this. Knapp also mentions that he knows someone high-ranking who told him that human conflict, specifically war, is sometimes intentionally designed by a malevolent non-human intelligence through manipulation.7
During the podcast, George Knapp discussed Bob Lazar and mentioned that Lazar was told while working on “the program” that humans were viewed by extraterrestrials as “containers of souls.” This may sound bizarre and fictional to many people; however, Lazar can be seen saying the exact same thing in his 1989 interviews. (Source)
“These beings conveyed information about the capability of affecting the human brain to anesthetize the human body. This is done without any physical contact from a remote source. For this anesthesia to be accomplished, the brain has to be in a relaxed state, similar to that required for hypnosis. If the brain is subject to any external stimulation, like stimulant drugs or loud music, this manipulation of the nervous system is ineffective.
These beings said that man was the product of externally corrected evolution. They said that man, as a species, had been genetically altered 65 times. They referred to humans as containers. Yet, I don’t know what we’re containers of. As I’m sure you now know, it was impossible for me to corroborate the information in the second section. And obviously, if this information is true, the ramifications are far-reaching and you don’t have to be a nuclear physicist to figure that out.”
In the podcast, Corbell discusses John Lear, who told him that “Aliens see us like a wine and our bodies are containers and our souls are beings matured as like a commodity.” Moreover, according to another bizarre theory that has been covered by researchers like Linda M. Howe, David Icke, etc., these non-human intelligence or extraterrestrials feed on human souls.
“It’s my conclusion over many years that reincarnation is a trap. It’s not that it doesn’t exist although I don’t think it’s quite the same as it’s explained it’s a bit more subtle maybe but I do think it’s a trap, said David Icke.” Whereas Linda said, “The recycling of souls reincarnation is the Machinery of this universe.” (Watch this episode of the Why Files for more context)
Robert Allan Monroe (1915-1995) was a radio broadcasting executive from Indiana known for his research into altered consciousness and founding The Monroe Institute. His 1971 book, “Journeys Out of the Body,” popularized the term “out-of-body experience.”
In 1958, Monroe suffered a series of bizarre events, prompting him to seek medical advice, but doctors found him to be healthy. He decided to dedicate his life to studying altered states of consciousness, eventually developing Hemispheric Synchronization (Hemi-Sync), a technology using binaural beats to harmonize brain hemispheres
The US government took an interest in Monroe’s work and invited him to join a classified project called the Gateway Process, aimed at using his techniques for remote viewing. According to declassified files, this program aimed to alter consciousness, allowing participants to access intuitive knowledge and other dimensions. (CIA file)
During these experiments, participants sat in darkness wearing headphones and reported encountering interdimensional entities. According to Robert, subjects would often encounter interdimensional entities. Most frequently, reptilian humanoids were witnessed. Viewers referred to the uncanny creatures as ‘the alligators’ due to their crocodilian features. Curiously, Monroe was already quite familiar with the unsettling breed. During countless expeditions, he observed identical saurian creatures. For over 35 years, he gathered insight about these startling beings
Experiments opened portals to other dimensions where reptilian humanoids reside.
Robert A. Monroe Photo.
Image Credit: The Monroe Institute
Here is what he uncovered: For millennia, humanity has been controlled and enslaved by nefarious vertebrates known as Reptilians, who operate within the 4th dimension, invisible to most but those who can perceive beyond our limited spectrum of visible light. These parasitic entities thrive on our spiritual lifeforce, referred to as “loosh” by Monroe, and rely on negative and low vibrational energy for their survival. Viewing Earth as a vast farm, they harvest human emotions such as fear, hatred, anxiety, anger, and depression. With intelligence equal to or surpassing that of humans, this elusive lizard-like race considers itself superior and the rulers of mankind.
Robert Monroe pursued transcendental endeavors until he passed away in 1995. His beliefs never changed, and he frequently warned of the sinister spiritual vampires. Gateway’s revolutionary experiments continued throughout the 1980s.
There is a case of a British woman named Samantha McDonald who claimed that she had been repeatedly abducted by reptilians since her first contact in the 1990s, but on every abduction, her memory was wiped by her abductors. In 2014, she was invited to a British talk show named “This Morning,” where she revealed there were two alien species, the Greys and Reptilians, who worked together. (Source)
She said that when she woke up, there were needle marks, scratches, and bruises on her body. “I’ve asked them what they want with me and they said they have come to take me and my family. What they were after was my energy and soul essence. I don’t know why they keep coming back to me. I think it is to do with my energies as I’m into healing and meditation.”
Dr. Ellis Silver, an author of the book “Humans are not from Earth: A Scientific Evaluation of the Evidence,” has a strong belief that life on Earth was sparked by aliens thousands of years ago. He said, “Mankind is supposedly the most highly developed species on the planet, yet is surprisingly unsuited and ill-equipped for Earth’s environment: harmed by sunlight, a strong dislike for naturally occurring foods, ridiculously high rates of chronic disease, and more.” (Source)
Ellis strongly believes that Earth is some kind of galactic jail made by aliens to teach humans a behavior lesson. Similarly, in 2019, members of METI (Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence), a San Francisco-based research organization, convened in Paris and suggested that we could all be living in a Galactic Zoo run by aliens.
Florence Raulin Cerceau, who is the METI director as well as an astrobiologist explained: “This puzzle of why we haven’t detected extraterrestrial life has been discussed often,” adding, “But in this workshop’s unique focus, many of the talks tackled a controversial explanation first suggested in the 1970s, called the ‘zoo hypothesis.’” METI president Douglas Vakoch weighed in by saying, “Perhaps extraterrestrials are watching humans on Earth, much like we watch animals in a zoo.” (Source)
MIT researcher John Ball presented the zoo hypothesis in his 1973 paper. He wrote, “Extraterrestrial intelligent life may be almost ubiquitous,” adding, “The apparent failure of such life to interact with us may be understood in terms of the hypothesis that they have set us aside as part of a wilderness area or zoo.” He later wrote in another research paper: “ETI may be discreetly and inconspicuously watching us but not dabbling.”
Additionally, former U.S. Army Counterintelligence Special Agent, UFO advocate, and media personality Luis Elizondo explained his reasoning behind claiming that UFO mysteries have made him “somber.” His speculative ideas are straight out of middle 20th-century science fiction, particularly the so-called “zoo hypothesis” that appeared in a number of stories at that time, imagining that Earth was essentially a zoo run by space aliens.
“What if it turns out that there’s another species that is even higher on that ladder than we are? Do we need the social institutions that we have today, do we need government and religious organizations that we have today, if it turns out that there is something else or someone else that is technologically more advanced and, perhaps from an evolutionary perspective, more advanced? Have we been wasting our time all this time? Or are we doing exactly as we are supposed to be doing?
[What] if it turns out that mankind is in fact just another animal in the zoo? If we saw ourselves as the zookeeper before, maybe we’re just another exhibit inside the zoo? What would that mean to us?
So, when I say ‘somber’ or ‘sobering’, I mean there’s going to come a point in this conversation when we’re going to have to do a lot of reconciling with ourselves, whatever that means, from whatever philosophical background you have. This is going to impact every single one of us. And I think that’s important. Do we find ourselves in a situation where history may have to be rewritten? So that’s what I meant.”
De zaak van de ontvoering van Betty en Barney De vermeende ontvoering van Betty en Barney Hill door een groep aliens omstreeks 1961 is een iconisch verhaal in ufologische kringen.
Emblemak voor ufologen Misschien is dit verhaaatische zal voor de meeste mensen onbekend, maar het heeft gedurende tientallen jaren grote belangstelling gewekt bij ufo-experts en -toeschouwers.
Een verblindend licht Het echtpaar beweert dat ze in de nacht van 19 september 1961 een verblindend licht zagen terwijl ze over Route 3 naar huis reden. Ze dachten aanvankelijk dat het een vallende ster was.
Een vreemd object Het echtpaar reed in Lincoln, New Hampshire. Nadat ze de auto hadden stilgezet en een verrekijker hadden gepakt om het vreemde object (dat geen vallende ster was) nader te bekijken, besloten Betty en Barney Hill weer op de weg te gaan. Het ruimteschip raasde achter hen aan en kwam steeds dichterbij.
De ontmoeting met aliens Het echtpaar herinnerde zich dat ze door de ramen ongeveer tien mensachtige figuren zagen. Barney Hill beweert dat deze wezens door middel van telepathie met hen communiceerden.
Een grote schrik De gebeurtenis vond plaats toen het vermeende ruimteschip in de buurt van de auto neerkwam. Bij het zien van de wezens herinnert Barney Hill zich dat hij in angst terug naar het voertuig rende en schreeuwde dat ze hen wilden vangen
Vreemde geluiden Terug in de auto startte Barney de motor weer en probeerde weg te rijden. Het echtpaar vertelt dat ze op dat moment een vreemde reeks ritmische piepgeluiden hoorde.
Details klopten niet Eenmaal thuis bekroop hen echter een vreemd gevoel en merkten ze ongewone dingen op: kleine scheurtjes in Betty's jurk, een scheur in de riem van Barney's verrekijker en gaten in zijn schoen.
Geheugenverlies Het raarste wat ze merkten was dat ze een hiaat hadden in de rit naar huis. Ze herinnerden zich niets meer van een stuk van ongeveer 56 km van de reis direct na de ontmoeting. De herinnering aan wat ze gezien hadden was zo gefragmenteerd dat ze niet konden samenvoegen wat er gebeurd was.
Regressieve hypnose Twee jaar na deze gebeurtenis ging het echtpaar naar een therapeut die regressieve hypnotherapie uitvoerde om hen te helpen zich de gebeurtenissen van die nacht te herinneren. Inmiddels hadden ze ingezien dat ongeveer twee uur uit hun geheugen was verdwenen.
Eindelijk was alles duidelijk Na veel regressieve hypnosesessies konden Betty en Barney Hill reconstrueren wat er gebeurd was. Ondanks dat ze tijdens de sessies gescheiden waren, kwamen hun versies van de gebeurtenissen aardig overeen.
Een film gebaseerd op archiefstukken In de aftiteling van de films beweert de regisseur dat het verhaal gebaseerd is op een reeks archiefstukken van de Amerikaanse luchtmacht. De Hills hadden zich onmiddellijk na het incident tot de autoriteiten gewend.
Onder hypnose vertelden Betty en Barney Hill hun therapeut dat de aliens hen hadden ontvoerd. Ze werden meegenomen naar hun ruimteschip en onderworpen aan proeven en experimenten.
Huid- en haarmonsters Volgens de Hills namen de tweevoetige aliens met grijze huid en uitpuilende ogen haar- en weefselmonsters van verschillende lichaamsdelen met gereedschap dat leek op spuiten.
Geheugen uitgewist Betty en Barney Hill herinnerden zich dat de aliens hen, nadat ze verschillende monsters hadden verzameld, vrijlieten, waarna hun bewuste geheugen werd uitgewist.uis
Zeta Reticuli Betty Hill slaagde er ook in een sterrenkaart te reconstrueren die de herkomst van de aliens aangaf. Uit deze reconstructie concludeerden deskundigen dat het ging om sterrensysteem Zeta Reticuli in het zuidelijke sterrenbeeld Raster, 39,2 lichtjaar van de aarde
De eerste gedocumenteerde ufo-waarneming De zaak Hill was een van de eerste gevallen van gedocumenteerde ufo-waarnemingen. De archieven van de New Hampshire University bewaren nog steeds alle documenten en geluidsopnamen die tijdens de hypnosesessies en interviews zijn gemaakt.
De conclusies van de therapeut In de laatste aflevering van een docuserie over de gebeurtenissen onthulde de therapeut die het stel behandelde zijn visie. Hij concludeerde dat hun vermeende ontmoeting met aliens te maken had met de vermeende sociale druk die ze ervaarden als interraciaal koppel, iets wat in een tijd slecht werd gedragen. De show, genaamd 'Ufo', werd in 2021 uitgezonden door streamingdienst 'Showtime,' zoals gemeld door sify.com.
Een wisselend standpunt Dezelfde therapeut beweert dat hij zes maanden later van gedachten veranderde en concludeerde dat het echtpaar de waarheid sprak, zoals uit een fragment van de docuserie blijkt.
'Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience' Barney Hill overleed in 1969, slechts acht jaar na het incident, maar zijn vrouw Betty overleed pas in 2004. Haar leven lang heeft ze uitgebreid gevochten om hun verhaal en het bestaan van aliens te bewijzen. Haar nicht, Kathleen Marden, schreef in 2007 een boek over haar tante: 'Captured! The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Experience'.
Een fascinerend verhaal over ufo's Of het waar is of niet, één ding is zeker: het verhaal van Barnie en Betty Hill blijft een mijlpaal voor de ufologische gemeenschap en een van de fascinerendste verhalen over waarnemingen van aliens
Audio of an American Airlines pilot reporting seeing a UFO turn “180 degrees in less than a second” then vanishing from the sky has gone viral on TikTok with over one million views while flying from Boston to Harrisburg.
“Well, you’re going to think I’m crazy, there something that just went from right to left to right in a blink and then flash his lights three four times,” the American Airlines pilot tells air traffic control.
“Okay, well, I had an airplane cross from right to left E175 and now there’s another one at triple 7 up there high off the right side that descended to 28,” the air traffic controller responded back. “That might be those two aircraft. I’m not sure.”
“Uh, this thing went 180 degrees in like a second,” the pilot responded.
“Oh goodness,” the air traffic controller said back. “Uh, all right, yeah, let me know if you see it again. We’ll make report.”
“Uh, well, the details, it literally went from one coast to the other in front of us and then it went up like 30 degrees, turned off its lights or whatever it had,” the pilot is then heard explaining. “It looked like it’s a bright orangey thing and then since we spoke to you last it flashed us like three four times and it’s still, we are still looking at it now.
“So where is it roughly if I was to give you a traffic call?” the air traffic controller then asked.
“I would say probably 80, 60 to 80 miles in front of us and it’s looks like it’s coming, I don’t know,” the pilot replied. “It’s flashing towards us, but it is definitely not an airplane. It doesn’t have strobe lights or anything on it. It’s just this bright orange going on and off. Yep this definitely wasn’t an airplane.”
The audio produced some wild comments on TikTok with some people claiming they also witnessed the UFO.
“My son was on the highway last night going to Boston and saw the same thing and two fighter jets going after it,” one person wrote.
“I’ve seen the same thing near West Dennis Beach on Cape Cod,” said another.
“OMG really, it’s so crazy,” the first commenter replied. “My son said that everyone on the highway stopped. It was that wild.”
“I seen it as well going home I was on the highway by Top Golf,” another person claimed.
“I saw THE SAME THING!” another person commented.
“A couple fighter jets chased it and it just disappeared. Was this similar to your case???” another TikToker asked.
Juno has changed how we see the red gas giant NASA has been using space probes to explore the mysteries of Jupiter since the 1970s but few missions have been as important or revealing as the Juno probe, which was launched over a decade ago and has captured some amazing images of Jupiter.
A five-year journey to explore the mysteries ofJupiter
The Juno spacecraft embarked on a five-year journey back to our solar system’s back in August 2011 and was tasked with collecting all the data it could about Jupiter as well as lots of high quality images of the gas giant’s colorful surface.
Juno had an outsized impact on views of the gas giant NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory noted on its Juno mission website that the spacecraft has completely changed our understanding of Jupiter's atmosphere, but it’s also altered how we see the largest planet in our solar system. Let’s look at how.
Photo Credit: /JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems
Saying goodbye to Earth as Juno launched itself to Jupiter From the moment Juno blasted off into space, it was providing the world with important images. One of the first was a goodbye shot of the Earth the spacecraft snapped off as it began its voyage to Jupiter.
Enhanced image by Alex Mai (CC-BY) based on images provided courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS
Juno arrived in 2016 and began capturing Jupiter’s beauty Juno didn’t arrive at its destination until July 2016 but one of the first images the probe captured during its very first flyby of the gas giant revealed a side of the planet that had never been seen before. The photo was titled: 'Jupiterrise'.
Photo Credit: Enhanced image by Kevin M. Gill (CC-BY) based on images provided courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS.
The distance travel was a lot but definitely worth it
The distances involvebd in Juno’s mission are completely unfathomable and Business Insider pointed out that the spacecraft traveled more than one billion miles—or over one and a half billion kilometers—to reach its final destination.
The raw data sent back revealed a lot about Jupiter However, the raw data that Juno began to send back to Earth regarding Jupiter was well worth the wait for scientists, and so were the pictures. Here you can see photo layers that reveal the red, green, and blue present in Jupiter's atmosphere.
Citizen scientists helped reveal the gas giants beauty Citizen scientists took the raw data sent back to Earth and used it to reveal the brilliant color of Jupiter’s surface. According to Business Insider, the picture featured above is an example of what citizen scientists created for the world to see.
Looking at Jupiter’s violent storms in a brand new light One of the most interesting aspects of the images that have come out of Juno’s mission to Jupiter is the way in which the planet’s storms have been highlighted and focused on to show just how amazing they look compared to previous images.
Photo Credit: image by Kevin M. Gill (CC-BY) based on images provided courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS.
The photos were unlike anything we ever saw before Photos of Jupiter are really quite unlike anything humanity has ever seen before, and from afar, they are beautiful, though you likely would not want to be caught up in one if you were on the planet. Not that that is a realistic possibility.
Juno captured an Earth-sized cyclone in the north pole Images from one orbital flyby of Jupiter’s north pole captured eight storms that were raging at the time as well as what Business Insider called an “Earth-size cyclone at the center.” How terrifying does an Earth-sized cyclone sound?
Photo Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS / Enhanced image by Betsy Asher Hall and Gervasio Robles
Jupiter’s south pole is just as stunning as the north Jupiter’s south pole is just as beautiful and terrifying as its north pole. Before Juno, the scientific community never had any images of Jupiter’s south pole, which just adds one more feather to the cap of Juno’s accomplishments so far.
Jupiter’s signature red storm was caught in a new way Jupiter’s signature red storm that lies near the equator of the planet is also featured in a lot of images captured by Juno. However, it wasn’t just Jupiter that was captured by the Juno spacecraft during its mission. The gas giant's moons also got their own photo shoot.
The many moons of Jupiter were also caught on camera One of the most stunning images from Juno shows Jupiter at a distance with one of the gas giant's moons: Io. The shot was captured on Juno’s fifty-third flyby of the planet and was one of its planned final flights before its mission was set to end.
Juno’s mission ended years ago but was extended to 2025 Juno’s primary mission ended in July 2021 according to NASA. But the spacecraft had its mission extended by an additional 42 orbits and won’t end its time flying by Jupiter until September 2025.
Photo Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS / Image processing: Kevin M. Gill CC BY 3.0
What amazing images might we see over the next two years? What amazing images will be captured by Juno in the coming years has yet to be seen, but more pass overs of Jupiter’s north pole will be included as well as flybys of the gas giants moons Ganymede, Europa (pictured), and Io. Plus it will explore Jupiter’s faint rings!
Commerciële maanlander Odysseus stuurt eerste foto's door, missie wordt gehalveerd in tijd
Commerciële maanlander Odysseus stuurt eerste foto's door, missie wordt gehalveerd in tijd
Artikel door Belga, Pieterjan Huyghebaert
Odysseus landde in de nacht van donderdag op vrijdag iets na middernacht (Belgische tijd) bij een krater in de buurt van de zuidpool van de maan. Het is de eerste geslaagde commerciële maanlanding. En de eerste Amerikaanse maanlanding sinds de jaren 70.
De maanlander stuurde vandaag een eerste foto door van op het maanoppervlak.
Commerciële maanlander Odysseus stuurt eerste foto's door, missie wordt gehalveerd in tijd
Vrijdag werd bekend dat de Odysseus de maanlanding weliswaar heelhuids doorstaan heeft, maar op zijn zij ligt. De zonnepanelen krijgen hierdoor niet genoeg licht om de batterijen voldoende op te laden. Hierdoor zal de missie slechts 5 dagen duren, zowat de helft minder dan gepland.
The Search for Extraterrestrial Life Beneath Our Seas
The Search for Extraterrestrial Life Beneath Our Seas
In the vast, uncharted waters of our planet, a mystery as old as humanity itself persists: are we alone in the universe? Recent advancements and discoveries have reignited this question, propelling it into the depths of our oceans. The possibility of extraterrestrial life forms residing in the underwater realms of Earth is not just the stuff of science fiction but has become a subject of serious scientific inquiry.
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena and Oceanic Depths
The intrigue surrounding unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) has expanded beyond the skies, plunging into the marine abyss. Reports and declassified files suggest UAPs have been observed entering our oceans at astonishing speeds, diving into depths that remain largely unexplored by humans. With 80% of our oceans unmapped and unknown, these sightings offer a tantalizing hint that our planet’s waters could be home to alien civilizations or outposts.
The Earth’s Oceans: A Cradle for Life
Covering 75% of the Earth’s surface, the oceans are the cradle of life on our planet. They play a crucial role in regulating climate, supporting biodiversity, and providing a substantial portion of the oxygen we breathe. This makes them a logical interest point for any visiting extraterrestrial entities interested in the Earth’s life-supporting capabilities. The discovery of vast amounts of water in space, on planets, and moons within our solar system and beyond, underscores water’s universal significance for life.
The Baltic Sea Anomaly: A Case Study
Among the most compelling pieces of evidence suggesting underwater alien activity is the Baltic Sea anomaly. Discovered by treasure hunters, this 200-foot diameter object with unusual markings and a structure resembling a spacecraft lies at the ocean’s bed. The object, surrounded by tracks on the sea floor, has sparked debate among scientists, treasure hunters, and UFO enthusiasts. While some argue it’s a natural geological formation, others believe its design and the equipment malfunctions experienced near it hint at extraterrestrial origins.
The Mariana Trench: Earth’s Final Frontier
The Mariana Trench, the deepest known point in the Earth’s oceans, holds particular fascination. Its extreme conditions and the discovery of life forms that appear almost alien themselves suggest that if extraterrestrial beings sought refuge on our planet, the trench’s secluded depths would be an ideal sanctuary. The trench, part of the enigmatic Pacific Ring of Fire, is a hotbed for tectonic activity, making it a potential source of energy for advanced technologies.
Technological Implications and Energy Sources
The speculation that extraterrestrials might utilize our oceans for energy is grounded in our understanding of both terrestrial and potential extraterrestrial technology. Hydrothermal vents, for example, could offer a sustainable energy source, leveraging the Earth’s natural geothermal energy in ways humanity is only beginning to explore. The phenomenon of UAPs entering and exiting our oceans seamlessly suggests a technology capable of operating in environments vastly different from the surface world, hinting at a sophistication far beyond our current capabilities.
Towards a New Era of Discovery
The possibility of alien life in our oceans invites us to look beneath the surface of our planet, challenging us to explore the unknown depths as vigorously as we explore space. It beckons a new era of discovery, where the search for extraterrestrial life is not confined to the vast expanse of the universe but is also directed towards the mysterious, unexplored waters of our own planet. As we advance in our technological prowess and expand our understanding of life in extreme environments, the oceans may reveal secrets about the universe and our place within it.
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The search for extraterrestrial life in the depths of Earth’s oceans merges the boundless curiosity of humanity with the rigorous inquiry of science. As we continue to explore these hidden frontiers, we may uncover evidence that reshapes our understanding of life and its potential ubiquity in the cosmos. The oceans, teeming with mysteries, await us as the next frontier in our quest to answer the timeless question: Are we alone?
Graancirkels: wat weten we over dit mysterieuze fenomeen? In de jaren tachtig en negentig doken overal ter wereld graancirkels op, wat angst en intriges over hun oorsprong veroorzaakte. Deze cryptische patronen lijken de afgelopen jaren echter verdwenen.
Laten we de geschiedenis, feiten en theorieën verkennen over dit mysterieuze fenomeen dat een milieukunstvorm inspireerde. Lees de volgende items over dit raadselachtig fenomeen..
Australië In de jaren 1960 waren er talrijke UFO-waarnemingen in Queensland, Australië. Mensen beweerden cirkels te hebben ontdekt in moerasriet en rietvelden. Eén zo'n voorval deed zich voor in 1966 toen een aanzienlijke cirkel werd gevonden in het riet van een moeras in Tully, Queensland.
Antipodees Vergelijkbare vindplaatsen zijn gedocumenteerd in verschillende delen van Australië, zoals Tooligie Hill in South Australia in 1971 en Navarre in Victoria in september 1972.
Lange geschiedenis De oorsprong van graancirkels gaat echter veel verder terug. In 1678 werd van een groep cirkels die in Hertfordshire waren ontdekt, gedacht dat ze het werk van de duivel waren, omdat het onmogelijk leek dat een mens ze had kunnen maken;
Graancirkels In de jaren 1980 was er een aanzienlijke toename van het aantal gerapporteerde cirkels, wat leidde tot de popularisering van de term "graancirkels".
Theorieën Er werden verschillende verklaringen voor hun ontstaan geopperd. Sommigen geloofden dat UFO's verantwoordelijk waren, terwijl anderen een onbekende vorm van energie, mogelijk paranormaal, voorstelden als de schepper.
Locatie Verder onderzoek wees uit dat graancirkels in het Verenigd Koninkrijk niet willekeurig verspreid waren. Ze verschenen vaak in de buurt van wegen, bewoonde gebieden en oriëntatiepunten zoals de historische steencirkels van Stonehenge en Avebury.
Operatie Merel In 1990 begon een team wetenschappers, de zelfbenoemde "cerealogisten", aan een onderzoek om het mysterie rond deze formaties te ontrafelen. Ze sloegen een kamp op op een heuvel in Wiltshire, uitgerust met detectoren voor warmte, licht en geluid. Hun doel was om elk bewijs vast te leggen van een UFO of een buitenaardse entiteit die verantwoordelijk was voor het maken van de graancirkels
Resultaat Operatie Blackbird omvatte samenwerking met de BBC en er werd in het gebied gepatrouilleerd door functionarissen van het Ministerie van Defensie. In de tweede nacht registreerde de bewakingsapparatuur knipperende oranje lichten in het aangrenzende veld. De volgende ochtend werden twee grote cirkels met parallelle lijnen ertussen ontdekt.
Bewijs Tijdens het onderzoek van de cirkels werden een bordspel en een houten kruisbeeld ontdekt in het midden van één ervan. Onderzoeker Colin Andrews accepteerde de mogelijkheid dat de knipperende oranje lichten waarschijnlijk werden veroorzaakt door de warmtehandtekening van een hoaxer.
Niet grappig? Colin Andrews informeerde de pers dat hun onderzoek was gehinderd door een grap, wat een tegenslag veroorzaakte. Hij benadrukte de ernst van hun werk en benadrukte dat de grap van korte duur was.
Ondermijnd De personen achter de onderbreking van Operatie Blackbird werden niet geïdentificeerd, maar hun acties beschadigden de reputatie van de "cerealogen"
Samenzwering? Volgens berichten hebben samenzweringstheoretici gesuggereerd dat het leger het bedrog heeft uitgevoerd om de onderzoekers minder geloofwaardig te maken.
Grappenmakers In 1991 schokten Doug Bower en Dave Chorley de wereld toen ze beweerden dat zij degenen waren achter de graancirkels, beginnend in 1978. Ze lieten het proces zien van het creëren van een graancirkel met behulp van basisgereedschap zoals een houten plank, een touw en een baseballpet met een lus van draad om een rechte lijn aan te houden.
Verantwoordelijkheid Bower en Chorley verklaarden naar verluidt dat ze beïnvloed waren door de gebeurtenissen in Australië in de jaren 1960. Ze namen de eer op zich voor alle graancirkels in Groot-Brittannië vóór 1987 en voor meer dan 200 graancirkels van 1978 tot 1991.
Nieuwe golf De onthulling van de cirkels van Bower en Chorley in de jaren 1990 leidde tot een toename van het aantal graancirkels. In 2009 meldde het tijdschrift Smithsonian dat deze geometrische ontwerpen in de loop der jaren groter en ingewikkelder zijn geworden. Anonieme cirkelmakers hebben met hun creaties New Age toeristen aangetrokken.
Wereldwijd Volgens de publicatie zijn er sindsdien wereldwijd op verschillende locaties graancirkels waargenomen. In Zuid-Engeland, waar de meeste activiteit plaatsvindt, richten de cirkelmakers zich op koolzaad-, gerst- en tarwevelden.
Magnetrons Er zijn echter sceptici die betwijfelen of graancirkels uitsluitend door mensen zijn gemaakt. Physics World onthult dat biofysici opgezwollen stengels hebben geïnterpreteerd als bewijs dat de gewassen werden blootgesteld aan microgolven toen de cirkels werden gevormd. Deze ontdekking heeft geleid tot gepatenteerde methoden om de groei van gewassen te versnellen.
Debat Na de bekentenis van Bower en Chorley ontstond er een gepassioneerde discussie tussen degenen die geloofden dat mensen verantwoordelijk waren en degenen die beweerden dat hun bekentenis niet elke cirkel kon verklaren.
Onderzoek Studies gepubliceerd in 1999 en 2001 vonden bewijs van straling op gewassen in graancirkelformaties, wat een raadsel is voor degenen die de cirkels toeschrijven aan door mensen gemaakte houten plankontwerpen.
Prozaïsche waarheid Andere incidenten hebben eenvoudiger verklaringen. In 2002 maakten mensen melding van graancirkels in de buurt van Pike Lake in Saskatchewan, Canada. Later werd echter bevestigd dat deze formaties in feite mesthopen waren die door een nabijgelegen boer waren weggegooid.
Uitleg? Ook de cirkels die in de jaren 1960 in Australië werden waargenomen, zouden kunnen worden toegeschreven aan wallaby's die opium consumeerden. Volgens rapporten betraden deze buideldieren papavervelden die voor medicinale doeleinden werden gecultiveerd, consumeerden ze overmatige hoeveelheden van de gewassen en bewogen ze zich vervolgens in cirkelvormige patronen.
Een reis naar lokale legendes over de hele wereld Etherische figuren, die doen denken aan eeuwenoude legendes, komen op subtiele wijze tevoorschijn uit het tapijt van culturen en wenken nieuwsgierigen en dapperen om de blijvende kracht van folklore te ontdekken. Deze verhalen zijn het gefluister van generaties, die de essentie van het mysterieuze en magische vastleggen, en in deze galerij worden ze gevierd als de schatten van ons gedeelde menselijke erfgoed.
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Het fluisterende bamboe (China) In het hart van het oude China fluistert een verhaal over twee geliefden, getransformeerd in bamboe, voor altijd samen zwaaiend in de wind. Deze legende, diep geworteld in de Chinese folklore, spreekt over de blijvende kracht van de liefde die echoot door de ritselende bamboebladeren. Het is een herinnering aan de veerkracht van de liefde en de eeuwige aanwezigheid in de natuur.
Anansi's Web (West-Afrika) Onder de Afrikaanse hemel weeft Anansi de Spin meer dan alleen maar webben; hij weeft verhalen over wijsheid. Deze bedrieger, een prominent figuur in West-Afrikaanse verhalen, leert levenslessen door zijn sluwe en avontuurlijke heldendaden. Elke streng van zijn web symboliseert de complexiteit van de beslissingen in het leven en de wijsheid die hij door ervaring verkrijgt.
Het noorderlicht (Scandinavië) Terwijl je in de Scandinavische nacht staart, ben je getuige van de etherische dans van de Aurora Borealis. Folklore vertelt over deze lichten als een hemels fenomeen, waar de geesten van de overledenen in de hemel spelen, verhalen van verwondering weven en het aardse rijk overbruggen met het mystieke.
Het monster van Loch Ness (Schotland) Gehuld in de mist van de Schotse folklore ligt Loch Ness, de thuisbasis van Nessie, het ongrijpbare monster. Deze legende geeft de essentie weer van de enigmatische charme van Schotland, waarbij Nessie de mysteries symboliseert die op de loer liggen in de diepten van onze verbeelding en in de donkere wateren van het meer.
Baba Yaga's Hut (Rusland) In het hart van de Russische folklore staat de hut van Baba Yaga, een bijzondere verblijfplaats op kippenpoten. De enigmatische heks, die vaak een cruciale rol speelt in verhalen over heldendom en speurtochten, belichaamt de dualiteit van de natuur – soms een helper, soms een belemmering, maar altijd een belangrijke figuur in het rijke tapijtwerk van de Slavische mythologie.
De Feniks (Midden-Oosten) Uit de as van oude verhalen uit het Midden-Oosten rijst de Feniks op, een prachtige vogel die vernieuwing en het eeuwige leven symboliseert. Dit mythische wezen, helder brandend en herboren uit zijn eigen ondergang, vertegenwoordigt de eindeloze cyclus van leven, dood en wedergeboorte, een krachtig embleem van veerkracht en hoop in de folklore.
Kraken (Noordse Zee) In de diepe, koude wateren van de Noordse Zeeën schuilt de Kraken, een legendarisch zeemonster dat gevreesd wordt door zeilers. Dit enorme wezen, vaak vergeleken met een reuzeninktvis, belichaamt de mysteries en verschrikkingen van de oceaan, een bewijs van de eeuwenoude fascinatie en angst van de mensheid voor de onbekende diepten van de zee.
El Dorado (Zuid-Amerika) Diep in het hart van Zuid-Amerika fascineert de legende van El Dorado, de stad van goud, ontdekkingsreizigers al eeuwenlang. Dit prikkelende verhaal spreekt over grenzeloze rijkdom en ambitie en weerspiegelt de eindeloze zoektocht van de mensheid naar ontdekkingen en de ongrijpbare aard van onze grootste verlangens.
De Banshee (Ierland) In de Ierse folklore is het treurige gejammer van de Banshee onder het maanlicht een voorbode van de dood. Deze spookachtige figuur, gehuld in mysterie, belichaamt de Keltische eerbied voor de overgang van leven naar dood, een aangrijpende herinnering aan de dunne sluier tussen het levende en het spirituele rijk.
Tengu (Japan) Hoog in de Japanse bergen wonen de Tengu: mystieke wezens die deels mens en deels vogel zijn. Deze wezens staan bekend als zowel beschermers als bedriegers van de bossen en symboliseren de complexiteit van de natuur en menselijke interactie, waarbij ze kattenkwaad en wijsheid vermengen in het rijke tapijtwerk van de Japanse folklore.
Bigfoot (Noord-Amerika) In de uitgestrekte, onbekende bossen van Noord-Amerika roept de legende van Bigfoot, een mysterieuze reus, nieuwsgierigheid en debat op. Dit ongrijpbare wezen, vaak omschreven als een torenhoge, harige figuur, belichaamt de wilde en onbekende aspecten van de natuur. Bigfoot dient als symbool voor de mysteries die nog steeds verborgen liggen in de afgelegen wildernis.
De regenboogslang (Australië) Centraal in de Aboriginal mythologie wordt de Regenboogslang vereerd als een krachtige scheppende godheid. Dit levendige, slangachtige wezen, geassocieerd met water en leven, weeft door de verhalen van de inheemse bevolking en symboliseert de schepping, vruchtbaarheid en de onderlinge verbondenheid van alle levende wezens.
La Llorona (Mexico) Het verhaal van La Llorona, gefluisterd langs de rivieroevers, spreekt over een spookachtige vrouw, die eeuwig rouwt om haar verdronken kinderen. Dit aangrijpende verhaal, doordrenkt van Mexicaanse folklore, dient als een waarschuwend verhaal over liefde, verlies en de gevolgen van iemands daden, dat door de eeuwen heen weerklinkt.
De Djinn (Midden-Oosten) In verhalen uit het Midden-Oosten zijn de Djinn bovennatuurlijke wezens, noch geheel goed, noch slecht. Deze raadselachtige wezens worden vaak geassocieerd met het vervullen van wensen en weerspiegelen de dubbele aard van menselijke verlangens en de complexe gevolgen die de vervulling ervan met zich meebrengt.
De Krampus (AlpenEuropa) In de ijskoude Alpengebieden vormt de Krampus een schril contrast met de feestelijke vreugde van Kerstmis. Deze gehoornde figuur, bekend om het straffen van zich misdragende kinderen tijdens de kerstperiode, belichaamt de oude gebruiken en duistere aspecten van wintervieringen en herinnert aan de balans tussen welwillendheid en discipline.
De Chupacabra (Latijns-Amerika) In het hart van de Latijns-Amerikaanse folklore wordt gezegd dat de Chupacabra, een mysterieus wezen, op vee jaagt. Deze legende vat de menselijke angst voor het onbekende en het onverklaarde samen, terwijl verhalen over de waarnemingen nieuwsgierigheid en speculatie blijven aanwakkeren.
Māui en de zon (Polynesië) Māui, de Polynesische halfgod, wordt gevierd vanwege zijn gedurfde prestatie om de zon te vertragen. Dit verhaal benadrukt het menselijk vernuft en de moed, waarbij Māui wordt afgebeeld als een bedrieger en culturele held die de loop van de dag veranderde ten behoeve van zijn volk.
De Yeti (Himalaya) De Yeti, of de Verschrikkelijke Sneeuwman, is een mysterieus wezen waarvan wordt aangenomen dat het op de besneeuwde toppen van de Himalaya leeft. De legende van de Yeti, die de ongetemde en onontdekte aspecten van onze wereld symboliseert, blijft tot de verbeelding spreken en vertegenwoordigt de mysteries die nog steeds in de uitgestrekte, afgelegen bergen hangen.
Pegasus (Griekenland) In de Griekse mythologie symboliseert Pegasus, het majestueuze gevleugelde paard geboren uit Medusa's bloed, de hoogten van inspiratie en vrijheid. Het verhaal van Pegasus is verweven met verhalen over helden en goden, waardoor de grenzeloze mogelijkheden van de verbeelding en het vermogen van de menselijke geest tot verwondering worden benadrukt.
Huidlopers (Navajo) In de Navajo-cultuur zijn Skinwalkers vormveranderende heksen, die een complexe relatie tussen mensen en het bovennatuurlijke belichamen. Deze wezens, die in verschillende dieren kunnen veranderen, vertegenwoordigen de dualiteit van de natuur en de diepgewortelde culturele overtuigingen over de kracht van transformatie en de mysteries van de natuurlijke wereld.
Sirenes (Griekse mythologie) In de verleidelijke maar gevaarlijke wateren van het oude Griekenland belichamen sirenes met hun betoverende muziek de verleiding. Deze wezens, half vogel en half vrouw, lokten zeelieden naar hun ondergang en belichaamden de aantrekkingskracht en gevaren van het onbekende.
De fontein van de jeugd (Europa) De legendarische Fontein van de Jeugd, een mythische bron, zou de jeugd herstellen bij iedereen die het water drinkt. Deze blijvende mythe spreekt over het universele menselijke verlangen naar verjonging en de tijdloze zoektocht naar eeuwig leven en vitaliteit.
De Ruiter zonder Hoofd (Verenigde Staten) De Headless Horseman galoppeert door de pagina's van Washington Irving's 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' en is een spookachtige ruiter op zoek naar zijn vermiste hoofd. Deze iconische figuur weerspiegelt de griezelige en mysterieuze sfeer van de vroege Amerikaanse folklore.
Kabouters (Ierland) In de weelderige groene landschappen van Ierland staan Leprechauns, ondeugende feeën, bekend om hun verborgen potten met goud. Deze ongrijpbare wezens, onderdeel van de Ierse folklore, symboliseren geluk, fortuin en de speelse aard van de Ierse geest.
Valkyries (Noorse mythologie) In de Noorse mythologie kozen Walkuren, goddelijke vrouwelijke figuren, het lot van krijgers in de strijd. Deze krachtige wezens, die door de lucht vliegen, vertegenwoordigen de concepten van het lot en het hiernamaals, een integraal onderdeel van de Viking-overtuigingen en -cultuur
De rattenvanger (Duitsland) De rattenvanger, een mysterieuze figuur uit de Duitse folklore, staat erom bekend een stad van ratten te bevrijden en later zijn kinderen weg te lokken. Zijn verhaal is een waarschuwend verhaal over beloften en gevolgen, dat door de eeuwen heen weerklank vindt.
De Nian (China) Het angstaanjagende beest Nian zou in de Chinese folklore zijn verslagen met behulp van rode lantaarns en vuurwerk. Deze legende symboliseert de triomf over angst en tegenspoed, gevierd tijdens het Chinese Nieuwjaar.
De Golem (Joodse folklore) In de Joodse folklore werd de Golem, een tot leven gewekt kleifiguur, gecreëerd om de gemeenschap te beschermen. Dit krachtige verhaal onderzoekt thema's als creatie, controle en de onbedoelde gevolgen van onze acties.
Kappa (Japan) De Kappa, waterwezens uit de Japanse folklore, staan bekend om hun kattenkwaad, maar toch zijn ze gebonden aan een beleefdheidscode. Deze wezens symboliseren de genuanceerde relatie tussen mensen en de natuurlijke wereld en weerspiegelen het delicate evenwicht van co-existentie.
The Selkie's Secret (Schotse en Ierse folklore) Selkies, zeehondenmensen uit de Schotse en Ierse overlevering, belichamen de thema's identiteit en vrijheid. Hun verhalen, vaak romantisch en tragisch, spreken over de transformerende aard van selkies en hun diepe verbinding met zowel land als zee, en reflecteren op het universele verlangen naar iemands ware thuis.
Odysseus Moon Lander Sends More Pictures — and We Know Where It Is
The Odysseus lander captured this image about 35 seconds after pitching over during its approach to the lunar landing site. The ultra-wide-angle view shows Odysseus and its landing legs at the bottom of the frame. (Credit: Intuitive Machines)
The ultra-wide-angle images confirm that the lander is continuing to communicate with flight controllers, even though it’s lying in an awkward angle that limits how much data its antennas can transmit.
Meanwhile, images from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter have identified Odysseus’ landing spot, within a mile (1.5 kilometers) of its intended target near a crater called Malapert A in the moon’s south polar region. The bad news is that the solar-powered lander may have to go dark sooner than anticipated.
This low-resolution, ultra-wide-angle image from the Odysseus lander shows the lunar terrain with a scrunched view of the lander itself off to the right side of the frame. (Credit: Intuitive Machines)
The lander is the first-ever commercial spacecraft to survive a descent to the moon, and the first U.S-built spacecraft to do so since NASA’s Apollo 17 mission in 1972. NASA is paying Intuitive Machines $118 million to deliver six science payloads to the surface, and there are another six private-sector payloads on board.
Odysseus’ descent wasn’t easy: Just hours before the landing, the Nova Control team had to reprogram the lander to work around a disabled laser range-finding system. The spacecraft instead made use of one of the NASA payloads, an experimental laser range-finding system. Fortunately, the work-around worked.
The lander also hit the dirt faster than originally planned, with a lateral motion that’s thought to have tripped up one of Odysseus’ landing legs. As a result, the spacecraft is lying on its side. Mission managers say that doesn’t seem likely to affect data collection, but it is affecting data transmission.
An overhead image from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the location of the Odysseus lander, highlighted by the blue-bordered inset. (Credit: NASA / Goddard / Arizona State University)
“After traveling more than 600,000 miles, Odysseus landed within 1.5 km of its intended Malapert A landing site, using a contingent laser range-finding system patched hours before landing,” Intuitive Machines said in today’s update.
But Intuitive Machines also suggested that Odysseus won’t be able to remain in operation for the week to 10 days that mission managers had hoped for. “Flight controllers intend to collect data until the lander’s solar panels are no longer exposed to light,” according to the update. “Based on Earth and moon positioning, we believe flight controllers will continue to communicate with Odysseus until Tuesday morning.”
Maybe Odysseus and its controllers will have to hope for an unexpected revival similar to what the team behind another off-kilter moon lander, Japan’s SLIM spacecraft, experienced this weekend.
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