40 Mile alien base on planet Mars, absolute proof of alien civilization, UFO Sighting News.

Guys I found this alien base on Mars and made this short video for you to inspect. The building itself is over 40 miles long and 4 miles wide or more. On most maps this object does not exist and yet it was over looked on this particular map that I used. 

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02-03-2024 om 21:49 geschreven door peter  

Ukrainian soldier who filmed UFO 'bigger than the Empire State Building' over warzone in Donetsk tells DailyMail.com it sat deathly still against winds and was 'hotter than anything I've ever seen'

• Ukrainian troops recorded a 'very hot' 1300-ft-long UFO over Donetsk battlefield
• Unit drone pilot says he and his battalion have 'never seen things like this before'
• READ MORE: Ex-NASA experts call 'spy balloon' theory for Roswell UFO 'bogus'

By MATTHEW PHELAN SENIOR SCIENCE REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

A disc-shaped object longer than the height of the Empire State Building emerged from the horizon of Ukraine's embattled Donetsk province last Friday, hovering eerily still a mile off the ground, a soldier has told DailyMail.com

That soldier, a drone operator, had cautiously guided his infrared quadcopter 500-feet for a reconnaissance mission, struggling against high winds, when he suddenly spotted the flat, 1,300-foot-long UFO, which stood motionless despite those winds. 

In an interview from the warzone, the soldier, who is with the Ukrainian army's 406th Battalion, said he and his fellow servicemen had 'never seen things like this before.'

Initially, I thought that it was something new invented by the Russians,' he added, 'but then I understood... 'No! It might be [a] UFO.''

The 'craft' was 36 to 54 degrees Fahrenheit hotter than any other object this 406th drone pilot says he has ever tracked in the warzone — ruling out atmospheric phenomena, balloons and known enemy aircraft, he claimed.

'Why isn't it moving?' troops with the Ukrainian's 406th Battalion can be heard debating as they witness a large UFO hovering, deadly calm, over their warzone

The 'craft' was 36 to 54 degrees hotter in Fahrenheit than any other object the Ukrainian military drone operator (above) has tracked in the warzone — ruling out atmospheric phenomena, balloons and known enemy aircraft, as he told DailyMail.com via an interpreter

'We were surprised, very surprised,' the soldier, whose first name is Vadym, recalled via an interpreter.

But Vadym told DailyMail.com that this 'surprise' was not quite fear, because he and his fellow soldiers have had to learn to suppress those emotions amid their effort to defend Ukraine from a now two-year-long invasion by Russia. 

'We got scared on the 24th of February 2022,' Vadym said. 'After that, we aren't scared of anything.'

The 406th's drone pilot said he'd gotten his craft about 'a few kilometers' into its recon mission before spotting the UFO.

'I looked right and saw this,' Vadym said.

'After 30 seconds, we decided to film it. All the emotions we had at that moment, they're in the video... You you can hear it.'

As Vadym and his fellow 406th unit members scrambled to make sense of the apparent object, their confusion is palpable in the 17-second video, shared exclusively with DailyMail.com this week.

In between the swearing ('Holy s***') and the excitement ('What the f*** is this?'), one member of the battalion asks: 'Why isn't it moving?'

Another wonders: 'Why can't he fire missiles at us? What do you mean?'

Aside from the object's unusual heat signature, it appeared to more readily withstand the strong wind, but Vadym told DailyMail.com that no other extreme weather could help explain the unusual sighting.  

'There was a very strong wind,' Vadym said. 'The wind was flowing into the same direction as we were flying basically.' 

'But it [the UFO] just stayed at the same place — and the sky was clear,' he said. 'So no clouds, nothing.'

'We were surprised, very surprised,' the soldier, whose first name is Vadym, recalled - adding that this 'surprise' was not quite fear: he and his fellow soldiers (above) have had to learn to suppress those emotions while defending Ukraine from a now two-year-long Russian invasion

Ukrainian's 406th Battalion (right) was gifted their commercial, DJI brand Mavic 3T thermal-imaging drone (left) via the fundraising efforts of the DeepInspire Foundation, war correspondent Joe Lindsley, who runs Lviv Lab media center, and other humanitarian activists 

'I use this [infrared, heat vision] filter very often,' the unit drone operator said, 'and just got experience so I can differentiate how bright an object should be according to what temperature.'

Based on that experience, Vadym stated that the UFO 'was very hot. I'm guessing 20 to 30 degrees [Celsius] hotter than other objects.'

Vadym estimated that the roughly 1,300 ft (400 meters) long UFO was also about 328 feet (100 meters) tall. 

The apparent object, craft or phenomena, was caught on the camera of a commercial DJI brand Mavic 3T thermal-imaging drone on February 23, 2024.

The UFO, spotted around 9:02pm local time, appeared to be approximately 37 to 40 miles away from the soldiers, he said, in the direction of Donetsk Oblast, the southeastern Ukrainian province that has been most dominated by Russia's forces.

Vadym requested that his last name and other key details of the encounter not be disclosed for reasons of operational security amid the Ukrainian Armed Forces' (UAF) effort to repel the Russian invasion.

A spokesperson for Mavic's manufacturer DJI told DailyMail.com that, while it could not help in explaining what is present in the UFO footage, an equipment error could have played a role - but Vadym doubted this

But he noted that, while 'it's hard to count' just how many times he has personally flown his unit's Mavic 3T, it was probably 'more than 10,000 times.'

'We've seen different things [in the skies],' he said, adding, 'We've never seen things like this before.' 

One potential explanation for the UFO was the well-known optical illusion phenomena called 'Fata Morgana,' a mirror-like atmospheric mirage produced by a 'temperature inversion' of hot air in the upper atmosphere.

But Vadym is adamant that what he saw was real. 

'It wasn't a mirage,' Vadym told DailyMail.com, 'because in thermal vision you can't see a mirage. You can see it only with your naked eye.' 

He continued to explain that the object did not ripple, shimmer or otherwise alter its shape, which would have been a tell-tale sign of a Fata Morgana mirage. 

'Often, a Fata Morgana changes rapidly,' as the flight safety guide SKYbrary notes. 'The mirage comprises several inverted (upside down) and erect (right side up) images that are stacked on top of one another.

But according to Vadym, 'The object was in a stable form. It wasn't moving.'

That said, the UFO, whatever it was, wasted no time leaving its perch above Donetsk.

'At another position, we had another drone and put it up in about three minutes,' Vadym said, '[but] they didn't see it [the UFO] at that moment.'

'When we returned to the same position later, there was nothing there.'

The 406th unit member also relayed his recollection that the UFO did not ripple, shimmer or otherwise alter its shape, which would have been a tell-tale sign of a Fata Morgana mirage

In one photographic case of Fata Morgana (above), the Anthem of the Seas cruise ship, an 168,000-tonne Royal Caribbean liner, looked like it was hovering above the water

This past Tuesday, a spokesperson for Mavic's manufacturer DJI told DailyMail.com that, while it could not help in explaining what is present in the 406th's UFO footage, an equipment error could have played a role.

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But Vadym noted that he was confident the Mavic 3T's systems were functioning normally at the time of the encounter. 

The red 'warning' or 'error' bar visible in the upper left-hand portion of the drone's display, he said, related to the consumer-grade drone's GPS navigation.  

'It is a warning that we were flying without satellites on 100 percent manual controls,' Vadym told DailyMail.com. 

'Because Russia does everything they can to deny Ukrainians the ability to fly over and understand [...] their plans.'

Vadym noted that similar combat-specific issues prevented the battalion from storing a recording of their UFO thermal-imaging footage directly on the Mavic drone itself.  

'We remove the memory cards from the drones when we are doing flights over enemy territories,' Vadym said. 

'There is a risk that if we lose a drone because of enemy electronic countermeasures, they could pick up the drone, they could pick up the card, and read what's there.'

When pressed again on how he and his fellow 406th Battalion members felt about the UFO, Vadym said, 'The best I could say would be that for this video to have never happened, for us [the Ukrainian military] to never have to do the work we do.'

In a better world, Vadym said, the Russian invasion of February 2022 'never happened' and 'we just use civilian drones to film weddings.'

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02-03-2024 om 21:30 geschreven door peter  

Artikel door RTL Nieuws

Tien jaar geleden verdween vlucht MH370 van de radar met 239 mensen aan boord. Een van de grootste zoekacties in de geschiedenis van de luchtvaart mocht niet baten: nog altijd blijft de toedracht van de verdwijning een mysterie, dat velen tot op de dag van vandaag bezighoudt. "Als je veel geld en tijd hebt, is niets onmogelijk."

Tot nu toe zijn enkel onderdelen van het toestel teruggevonden

Dit weekend komen de families van de nabestaanden samen voor een herdenking in de Maleisische hoofdstad Kuala Lumpur. Nog altijd zitten zij vol vragen over het verdwenen toestel.

Vlucht MH370 van Malaysia Airlines vertrok op zaterdag 8 maart 2014 even na middernacht van de internationale luchthaven van Kuala Lumpur. Aan boord van de Boeing 777 zaten 2 piloten, 10 bemanningsleden en 239 passagiers. Zij kwamen uit 14 verschillende landen.

Het gros van de passagiers kwam uit China (153 personen) en Maleisië (50 personen). De enige Nederlandse inzittende was de 50-jarige Surti Dahlia uit Amsterdam. Zij hoopte in Maleisië haar grote liefde te ontmoeten.

De bestemming van de vlucht, de Chinese hoofdstad Peking, is nooit bereikt. Het toestel maakte 38 minuten na het opstijgen voor het laatst contact met de luchtverkeersleiding. De piloot wenste hen een goede nacht.

Uit koers

Wat er vervolgens precies is gebeurd in de cockpit, weet niemand. Achteraf is uit satellietgegevens gebleken dat het toestel van koers is gewijzigd en uiteindelijk - vermoedelijk zonder brandstof - in een zeer afgelegen deel van de Indische Ocean is neergestort.

"De plek waar het toestel verdween, is zo uitgestrekt en onmetelijk groot", zegt luchtvaartdeskundige Joris Melkert, die de zaak al die jaren is blijven volgen. "Er komt bijna niemand in dit deel van de oceaan, omdat er niets te halen valt. Ten tijde van het ongeluk was alleen een Noors vrachtschip in de omgeving. Waarvan ook nog de vraag was wat dat schip daar nu precies deed."

Al tien jaar onopgelost: MH370 'grootste mysterie uit moderne luchtvaart'

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Het betreffende gebied wordt door zeevaarders de 'roaring forties' genoemd. Dit vanwege de ligging op de veertigste breedtegraad en de krachtige, onstuimige westenwind die er de dienst uitmaakt. Diezelfde wind en metershoge golven hebben de zoektocht vanaf het begin erg moeilijk gemaakt. Net als de diepte van het water: de Indische Oceaan is er op sommige plekken wel 4 kilometer diep.

Er zijn door de jaren uiteenlopende theorieën gevormd over de toedracht van de vermoedelijke crash in zee. Er zou misschien brand of een gebrek aan luchtdruk zijn ontstaan aan boord, waarop de piloten de dichtstbijzijnde luchthaven hebben willen bereiken. Dat dit niet is gelukt, zou mogelijk komen doordat beide piloten hun bewustzijn hebben verloren. Ook is gespeculeerd dat de piloot het toestel bewust liet crashen.

'Erger dan speld in hooiberg'

Alle denkbare middelen zijn bij het zoeken ingezet, van vliegtuigen en helikopters, tot onderzeeërs, drones en duikers. Het vermoedelijke crashgebied is zo'n 120.000 vierkante kilometer groot, legt Melkert uit. "Dat is drie keer het grondgebied van Nederland en dat is echt gigantisch. Dit is nog erger dan zoeken naar een speld in een hooiberg en de reden dat het complete wrak nooit is gevonden."

Door de jaren heen spoelden wel losse brokstukken aan, onder meer bij het Franse eiland Réunion, Madagaskar en Tanzania, maar de zwarte doos is nooit aangetroffen. Dat was al snel buitengewoon lastig: de batterij van zo'n 'flightdatarecorder' in een Boeing 777 is na dertig dagen leeg en zendt dan geen signalen meer uit.

De hoop is altijd blijven bestaan dat de romp van het toestel zou worden gevonden. Zoals gebeurde bij de verdwenen vlucht AF447 van Air France. Daarbij werd in 2011 (bijna twee jaar na de ramp) met behulp van robotduikboten op vierduizend meter diepte alsnog de romp van het toestel gevonden voor de kust van Brazilië.

In september vorig jaar werd via een nieuwe techniek, met behulp van radiogolven, een kleiner gebied van zo'n 130 bij 74 kilometer groot vastgesteld waarbinnen het wrak zich ergens moet vinden. Dat gebied ligt op ruim 1500 kilometer ten westen van Australië.

'Het kan nog altijd'

Want de zoektocht is nog altijd niet opgegeven. Familieleden en een groepje experts hopen dat het maritieme bedrijf Ocean Infinity, gespecialiseerd in zeebodemonderzoek, binnenkort een nieuwe poging waagt en zo eindelijk het mysterie oplost. Maar volgens sommige critici heeft de Maleisië overheid daar geen trek in omdat het teveel geld zou kosten.

Volgens Melkert kan het wrak na al die jaren nog altijd worden gevonden. "Het toestel bestaat grotendeels uit aluminium dat onder water afgesloten van zuurstof nog eeuwen kan blijven liggen. Wellicht dat het bedolven ligt onder sediment, maar als je veel geld en tijd hebt, is niets onmogelijk. Het wrak zal niet snel vergaan en moet er nog zijn. De vraag is nog altijd: waar?"

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02-03-2024 om 21:00 geschreven door peter  

Investigation of History’s Largest UFO Mass Sightings

On a quiet evening in late November 2009, the serene atmosphere of a small town nestled in the shadows of the Andes mountains in northern Argentina was shattered by an event that would etch its name into the annals of unexplained phenomena. The town of J V Gonzalez, located in the province of Salta, became the epicenter of what is considered one of the most significant UFO sightings in recent history. This incident, characterized by the mass witness of an unidentified flying object, has since puzzled experts and enthusiasts alike, sparking debates and investigations into its origins and implications.

The Night That Changed Everything

It was approximately 15 minutes past midnight on November 25, 2009, when the tranquility of J V Gonzalez was disrupted by the appearance of a mysterious object in the sky. Described by over 30 witnesses as cigar-shaped, this object was not just another celestial body gracing the night sky. It hovered about 300 meters above the town, emitting a sparkling glow that captivated the onlookers. What made this sighting particularly noteworthy was the unanimity among the eyewitnesses regarding what they saw, a rare occurrence in mass sighting events.

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As quickly as it appeared, the object began moving southward, and then, as if by some unseen command, it vanished into the night. Almost immediately after its disappearance, the town was plunged into darkness due to a sudden power outage, leaving the residents in a state of bewilderment and fear. It wasn’t until several hours later, the following morning, that power was restored, but the questions and the mystery surrounding the night’s events only deepened.

Seeking Answers

In the aftermath of the sighting, local journalist Daniel Barbosa made attempts to shed light on the incident by contacting the electric company, seeking a rational explanation for the blackout. Was it merely a coincidence, or had the UFO been responsible for the town’s sudden loss of electricity? Despite his efforts, and the undeniable experience shared by more than thirty individuals, official explanations were conspicuously absent, leaving the community to speculate and form their own theories.

The event prompted connections to be drawn to another peculiar occurrence in the same area 14 years prior, involving unexplained explosions and a subsequent search that led nowhere. Tony Galvano, a local resident, believed that these events were not only related but were indicative of something far beyond the ordinary.

The Quest for Understanding

The lack of concrete evidence or official acknowledgment has not deterred the pursuit of answers. The incident in J V Gonzalez stands as a testament to the enduring fascination and intrigue surrounding UFO sightings. It raises important questions about the nature of these phenomena, the existence of extraterrestrial life, and the challenges inherent in seeking truth in the face of the unexplained.

As investigations continue and theories abound, the 2009 mass UFO sighting in Argentina remains a compelling narrative, inviting us to explore the boundaries of our understanding and to consider the possibilities that lie beyond the known confines of our world. Whether viewed through the lens of skepticism or belief, the incident serves as a reminder of the mysteries that still await unraveling, encouraging a deeper inquiry into the unknown.

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02-03-2024 om 20:30 geschreven door peter  

NASA captures 'eerie' holes in clouds over Florida that have been linked to UFO reports and can be seen from SPACE

• NASA's Terra satellite imaged a trail of 'Cavum clouds' north of the Florida Keys
• Cavum are 'so odd,' per NASA, some say the clouds 'signatures of flying saucers'
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By MATTHEW PHELAN SENIOR SCIENCE REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

A chain of bizarre clouds just northwest of the Florida Keys looks like a giant floating jellyfish, or maybe the UFO from the sci-fi horror film 'Nope.'

One fishing influencer posted a video of the clouds from below on TikTok, set to the theme music from Netflix's horror hit 'Stranger Things.' But, in reality, a well-known flying object was the cause: airplanes.

Captured from above late this January, by NASA's Terra satellite, the 'Cavum clouds' are 'so odd that people sometimes argue they are signatures of flying saucers,' according to the US Space Agency, which released the overhead image this week.

The true source of Cavum clouds, sometimes called 'hole-punch clouds' and 'fallstreak holes,' had eluded scientists for nearly 70 years, until meteorologists finally cracked the case in 2010.

The strange shapes, they found, are produced when aircraft fly through 'altocumulus clouds' — patchy banks of small clouds that form between 7,000 and 23,000 feet up.

BlacktipH, an online saltwater fishing show whose YouTube channel boasts over 1,000,000 subscribers, posted its own video of the clouds from below as they occurred. The fishing influencer set its TikTok video to the theme music from Netflix's horror hit ' Stranger Things'

A bizarre chain of clouds north of the Florida Keys looks like a giant floating jellyfish. Captured in January, by NASA 's Terra satellite, these 'Cavum clouds' (above) are 'so odd that people sometimes argue they are signatures of flying saucers,' according to the US Space Agency

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Scientists with the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), which manages the National Science Foundation's center for atmospheric research, led the 2010 and 2011 studies that solved the riddle of the Cavum clouds.

These middle-altitude 'altocumulus clouds,' UCAR's team found, are comprised of unusually pure water vapor that is 'supercooled,' which means it has not transformed into ice, despite these floating droplets' chilly temperature of 5 degrees Fahrenheit.

But as the plane's wings or its propellers' movements change the pressure around these droplets, a process called 'adiabatic expansion' occurs in the ensuing vortices of turbulent air breaking the delicate conditions that kept the vapor liquid.

'Ice crystals beget more ice crystals as the liquid droplets continue to freeze,' as NASA Earth Observatory's Adam Voiland wrote in a statement. 

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'The ice crystals eventually grow heavy enough that they begin to fall out of the sky, leaving a void in the cloud layer.'

The 'adiabatic' cooling produced by these pressure and volume changes, UCAR found, effectively drops the supercooled water vapor down another 36 degrees Fahrenheit, creating a spontaneous freeze or 'homogeneous ice nucleation.'

Although these newly formed ice crystals frequently fall, leaving the eerie 'hole punch' effect, sometimes they don't.

'The falling ice crystals are often visible in the center of the holes as wispy trails of precipitation that never reach the ground,' Voiland at NASA noted, 'features called virga.'

Latin for 'rod' or 'branch,' virga is the term meteorologists use to describe the streaks, wisps or tendrils of precipitation that fall from a cloud but evaporate in mid-air before ever reaching the ground.

While these descriptions of the behavior of the supercooled droplets that make up altocumulus clouds may sound exotic, the phenomenon is actually not rare.

At any given time, altocumulus clouds cover about 8 percent of Earth's surface.

The UCAR team's work that finally explained the atmospheric mechanism that produces 'hole punch clouds' combined data from aircraft flights, satellite observations and weather models to develop a robust theory of the process. 

As first published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society in 2010, UCAR scientists were able to show that the angle at which a plane passed through the altocumulus cloud bank changed the features of the Cavum 'hole punch.'

When planes passed through at a sharp angle, the researchers reported, smaller and more circular Cavum were produced. 

But, if the craft punched through the cloud bank at a more gradual and shallow angle, a longer sister phenomenon, called 'canal clouds,' with more lengthy virga trails, were produced instead.

Above, a representative of the NASA Earth Observatory identified key parts of their stunning January 30, 2024 satellite image of the Cavum cloud and its trailing 'Canal cloud' 

NASA's Earth Observatory detected both kinds in the unique formation off the coast of the Florida Keys on January 30, 2024. 

The space agency labeled both this week, when they posted the satellite photo as their Image of the Day.

But, even with this aerial mystery solved, it's easy for many in the moment to be awed by the unusual voids and arresting blue gaps of a Cavum cloud formation.

BlacktipH, an online saltwater fishing show whose YouTube channel boasts over  1,000,000 subscribers, posted their own complimentary video of the clouds from below as they occurred in the final days of January.  

'Has anyone seen clouds like these before? We were fishing off Key West #strange #weather #clouds,' BlacktipH asked on TikTok.

One fan, who goes by Edit Profile, replied: 'I've seen enough Alien invasion movies to know exactly what those are.'

Aeroplanes cause rare 'hole-punch clouds' that resemble strange purple UFOs at sunrise

This incredible photograph shows a supernatural-looking sunrise with clusters of purple clouds resembling UFOs floating in the sky.

The stunning purple and orange display was captured by gardener Adrian Sparrowhawk, 50, who said the sky was a 'spooky' sight.

The golden morning light streaked through the dark purple clouds which dappled the sky above Tetbury, Gloucestershire, with six clusters of thicker clouds floating underneath, like flying objects from a sci-fi movie.

Adrian said he stopped to photograph the sunset as he set to work at 6.40am on Monday morning, as he had 'never seen anything like it before'.

He said: 'I just thought I had to capture it, it was absolutely wonderful. I've never seen anything like it. It looked really spooky at that time in the morning.'

He added that he has since been told the cloud formations are known as 'hole-punch clouds'. Also known as a 'fallstreak hole', hole-punch clouds are formed when the water temperature in the clouds is below freezing, but the water, in a supercooled state, has not yet frozen. 

Experts say that the bizarre shapes are caused by aircraft. They form when part of the cloud layer forms ice crystals which are large enough to fall into water droplets - water below 0°C but not yet frozen.

These water droplets need a tiny particle to freeze or to be cooled below -40 °C. Aircraft punching through this cloud layer can cause air to expand and cool as it passes over the aircraft wings or propeller.

This change in temperature can be enough to encourage the supercooled droplets to freeze and fall from the cloud layer in this distinctive pattern.

Sometimes the holes in fallstreak formations can expand up to 30 miles (50 km) across within an hour of appearing. When ice particles form quickly, it causes a domino effect as the water droplets connect with the crystals.

These get heavier and then start to fall all of a sudden - leaving a large hole in the cloud. The wispy clouds that form in the centre of the hole are the water particles falling.

Passing aircraft are thought to be the reason behind the formation of these clouds, since a drop in pressure caused by their wings or propeller tips cools the air quickly. 

Rainbows are sometimes seen with fallstreak clouds, thanks to light refracting off the water droplets. 

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02-03-2024 om 01:37 geschreven door peter  

Mars Express Spots Sand Dunes and Ice Layers at Martian North Pole

New images from the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft show the terrain surrounding the permanent north polar ice cap of Mars.

This image from ESA’s Mars Express shows an area close to Mars’ north pole. The image comprises data gathered by Mars Express’ High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on April 14, 2023.

Image credit: ESA / DLR / FU Berlin.

Mars’ permanent north polar ice cap is a stack of water ice and dust layers up to 3 km thick and approximately 1,000 km in diameter.

These are divided into four stacked ‘packets’ of different thicknesses, which in turn are made up of finer layers

These layers contain information about the climate dating back several million years in the history of Mars.

The deposits were formed by atmospheric precipitation of dust and water ice and by direct frost formation.

They consist mainly of water ice, with fine dust sediments making up between 10 and 15% of the total.

They probably reflect changes in the orbit of Mars and the inclination of the planet’s axis of rotation, whose orientation is much more unstable than that of the Earth.

It varies in several cycles with periods ranging from a few thousand to a few million years.

The varying solar radiation results in a strongly varying climate, especially at the poles. It is assumed that the north polar ice cap is currently growing.

“The terrain surrounding Mars’ north pole, known as Planum Boreum, is fascinating,” said members of the Mars Express team.

“The pole itself is covered in layers and layers of fine dust and water ice; these stack several km thick and stretch out for around 1,000 km.”

“While most of this material is not visible here, you can see the beginnings of Planum Boreum to the right of the frame, with some subtle wrinkling showing where layers of material are starting to build up.”

“Ground has also built up more starkly in steps, as is most clearly visible in the topographic view of this region below.”

“The lowest altitude regions are blue/green and the highest are red/white/brown.”

“These layers formed as a mix of dust, water ice and frost settled on the Martian ground over time.”

“Each layer holds valuable information about Mars’ history, telling the story of how the planet’s climate has changed over the past few million years.”

“In Martian winter, the layers are topped by a thin cap of carbon dioxide ice a couple of meters thick. This cap completely disappears to the atmosphere each Martian summer.”

The left part of the image is dominated by a vast, elongated swathe of rippled sand dunes, stretching out for more than 150 km within this frame alone.

This wrinkled, turbulent appearance is highly at odds with the smooth and more pristine terrain visible to the right.

This smooth region lacks clear signs of erosion and has avoided being hit by incoming rocks from space — an indicator that the surface is very young, likely rejuvenating every year.

“Between these two extremes sit two semicircular cliffs, the larger of which is around 20 km wide,” the researchers said.

“Within the curves of these cliffs sit frost-covered sand dunes.”

“The grand scale of the cliffs is clear from the dark shadows they cast on the surface below — their steep, icy walls tower up to a kilometer high.”

“These two cliffs are located at a so-called polar trough, a feature created as wind pushes into and wears away the surface.”

“These show up as rippled ridges in the terrain and are common in this region, creating the distinctive spiral-like pattern of the polar plateau.”

Topography of Mars’s north polar region

Sand dunes meet stacked ice at Mars’s north pole

Perspective view of Mars’s north polar region

A broader view: Olympia Planum and Planum Boreum

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02-03-2024 om 01:07 geschreven door peter  

The Hidden Physical Evidence of Alien Activity

In the realm of the unexplained and the mysterious, the subject of alien activity has long fascinated and perplexed humanity. For years, whispers and rumors have suggested that physical evidence of extraterrestrial encounters exists, hidden away from public scrutiny. This evidence, if brought to light, could revolutionize our understanding of the universe and our place within it.

The Roswell Enigma and Beyond

One of the most iconic incidents in the annals of UFO lore is the Roswell incident of 1947. Initially reported as a recovered “flying disc,” the military’s subsequent retraction and declaration of a weather balloon did little to quell the storm of speculation. This event marked the beginning of a series of claims regarding the recovery of extraterrestrial technology and encounters with unknown entities. Such incidents have fueled ongoing debates about the existence of secret research programs and the possibility of reverse-engineered alien technology.

The Mystery of Area 51

Area 51, a name synonymous with secrecy and conspiracy, stands as a testament to the enduring intrigue surrounding alien activity. Rumored to be a site for the examination of extraterrestrial artifacts and possibly even non-human beings, this highly classified Air Force facility epitomizes the intersection of fact and fiction. The lore surrounding Area 51 underscores the public’s hunger for answers about what the government may be hiding.

Wright Patterson Air Force Base: A Repository of Secrets?

Wright Patterson Air Force Base, with its legendary Hangar 18, is another focal point for speculation. Alleged to be the final resting place for remnants of the Roswell incident and other extraterrestrial recoveries, the base is enveloped in tales of advanced technology and alien biology. These stories persist, fueled by the government’s opaque stance on UFO investigations and the cloak of secrecy surrounding military research.

The Call for Transparency

Amidst these tales and theories lies a growing demand for transparency. The recent acknowledgment by officials of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) has reignited calls for the declassification of information relating to extraterrestrial encounters. Advocates argue that understanding these phenomena is crucial for national security and scientific advancement.

The Vatican and Extraterrestrial Life

Even the Vatican has been drawn into discussions about extraterrestrial life, highlighting the profound implications such discoveries could have on theology and human belief systems. The possibility of intelligent life beyond Earth challenges our most fundamental understandings of existence and our place in the cosmos.

A New Era of Disclosure?

The landscape of alien disclosure is changing. With former intelligence officers and government officials hinting at the existence of non-human biologics and advanced technologies, the once-firm line between science fiction and science fact is blurring. As the public’s appetite for knowledge grows, the question remains: will the future bring a new era of openness, or will the shadows continue to hold their secrets?

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• Alien Activity – Physical Evidence Hidden For Years | Alien Disclosure Files 2024 | S1E11

• https://youtu.be/HH847QofE0c

In conclusion, the quest for evidence of alien activity transcends mere curiosity; it touches on the very essence of human inquiry. Whether through hidden artifacts or whispered accounts, the pursuit of truth remains a driving force in our collective imagination. As we stand on the brink of potential disclosures, the mysteries of the universe beckon with the promise of revelations yet to come.

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01-03-2024 om 22:15 geschreven door peter  

Artikel door Wim De Maeseneer

"Slaap zacht, Odie. We hopen nog van je te horen." Op het socialemediakanaal X heeft het Amerikaanse bedrijf Intuitive Machines de (wellicht) laatste foto gepost die zijn maanlander Odysseus heeft kunnen maken vanop de maan.

"Voor de stroom helemaal leeg was, kon Odysseus nog een passend afscheid verzenden", schrijft het bedrijf bij de foto. "Deze foto, van 22 februari (de dag van de landing, red.), die we vandaag hebben ontvangen, is een subtiele herinnering aan de aanwezigheid van de mensheid in het heelal."

Intussen is de nacht aangebroken op de maan en krijgen de zonnepalen geen stroom meer. De kans dat het ruimtetuig na de lange maannacht, die 14 dagen duurt, opnieuw ontwaakt, is klein. Het ruimtetuig is niet ontworpen om de extreem ijskoude temperaturen te overleven. Op de zuidpool van de maan kan het tot min 230 graden Celsius worden. 

Maar het is ook niet helemaal uitgesloten. De Japanse maanlander, die op 19 januari op het maanoppervlak landde, heeft zijn eerste maannacht verrassend genoeg wel overleefd. Met dat verschil dat het Japanse ruimtetuig dichter bij de evenaar geland is, waar het 's nachts zo'n 100 graden minder koud wordt.

Intuitive Machines hoopt in elk geval dat Odysseus over 3 weken, wanneer de zon hoog genoeg staat, opnieuw zal ontwaken. Het bedrijf heeft gisteren nog software in de maanlander kunnen programmeren, zodat hij zelf een teken geeft wanneer hij terug ontwaakt.

Gebroken landingspoot

Odysseus zal de geschiedenis ingaan als de eerste maanlander van een privébedrijf die erin geslaagd is om te landen op de maan. De eerdere pogingen van andere bedrijven waren telkens mislukt. Het is ook de eerste Amerikaanse maanlanding in meer dan 50 jaar. 

De landing zelf liep nochtans niet van een leien dakje. Enkele uren voor de afdaling ontdekte het team dat er iets fout was met de hoogte- en snelheidsmeters.

Er werd een oplossing gevonden, waardoor de maanlander uiteindelijk toch zacht kon landen, maar niet helemaal zoals gehoopt. Het toestel kwam harder neer dan gepland en 1 van de landingspoten brak af, waardoor Odysseus op zijn zij kantelde.

Eerst werd gedacht dat de missie daardoor enkele dagen minder lang zou duren. Uiteindelijk heeft Odysseus het toch uitgehouden tot de laatste zonnestralen op de zonnepanelen vielen.

Op deze foto is te zien hoe één van de landingspoten afbreekt tijdens de landing op het maanoppervlak

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Uiteindelijk toch een succes

Intuitive Machines is 1 van de bedrijven die in opdracht van de Amerikaanse ruimtevaartorganisatie NASA meewerkt aan het uiteindelijke doel om opnieuw astronauten op de maan te zetten. Het bedrijf sloot in 2019 een contract om voor 118 miljoen dollar (ruim 108 miljoen euro) een maanlander te bouwen en 6 NASA-experimenten mee naar de maan te vervoeren.

Alle 6 de instrumenten hebben intussen ook wetenschappelijke gegevens kunnen verzamelen en verzenden. NASA spreekt daarom van een geslaagde missie.

Tijdens de vlucht naar de maan is ook voor de eerste keer met succes een raketmotor op vloeibare methaan en zuurstof ontstoken in de ruimte. Dat is ook de technologie in de motoren van de (voorlopig nog experimentele) Starship-raket die SpaceX naar de maan én naar Mars hoopt te sturen. 

Methaan past in de langetermijnstrategie om ooit mensen naar Mars te brengen, omdat er methaan kan worden aangemaakt op de rode planeet. Op die manier zouden astronauten op Mars zelf hun brandstof kunnen maken om terug naar de aarde te vliegen.

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01-03-2024 om 21:50 geschreven door peter  

Perplexed Soldiers Film Disc-Shaped UFO Hovering Over Ukraine: ‘Why Isn’t It Moving?’

BY DOUGLAS CHARLES

Soldiers in Ukraine recently captured a disc-shaped UFO on video hovering in the sky, leaving them completely perplexed as to what they had just witnessed.

While doing some a reconnaissance with one of their thermal imaging quadcopter drones, the soldiers of the 406th Battalion in the Ukraine Armed Forces (UAF) spotted something they didn’t recognize.

“What the f— is this? Why isn’t it moving?” one of the soldiers can be heard saying in Ukrainian.

In 2022, astronomers in Ukraine reported seeing dozens of “phantom” UFOs that they claimed “cannot be scientifically identified.” Was this one of those?

“I’m telling you, it’s a UFO, for sure,” a soldier can be heard saying. “It’s standing still. Zoom in more, it’s standing still. Do you see?”

Strange UFOs have been seen witnessed all over the region around Russia and Ukraine over the past year.

In April of 2023, a UFO spotted near a Russian power plant ended up being “monitored” by military officials.

That same month, an unexplained blinding flash of light over Kyiv sparked UFO and alien concerns.

Last January, Russia claimed local military forces shot down another mysterious UFO over the village of Sultan Sala in the Myasnikovsky district. A Telegram channel even published a video showing a shiny object flying in the sky then exploding in the sky.

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29-02-2024 om 23:24 geschreven door peter  

Satellite snaps eerily circular holes in the clouds above Florida. What caused them?

There are two types of clouds in the new photos: cavum clouds, which are large, circular holes; and canal clouds, which have a more oblong shape. Both types most commonly occur in altocumulus clouds — supercooled bands of water vapor that float in the sky between 7,000 and 18,000 feet (2,100 and 5,500 meters) above the surface, much higher than most rain clouds. 

Altocumulus clouds can be as cold as around 5 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 15 degrees Celsius) without their water droplets freezing. This is because there are fewer small particles, such as dust and pollen, at that altitude, which are needed for ice crystals to form in the air. 

However, when air moves around the wings or past the propellers of airplanes, it can further cool the surrounding water vapor by as much as 36 F (20 C). At these extremely low temperatures, the droplets freeze even without particles to form around and begin to fall below the holes, creating wispy strands of cloud, known as virga. 

These wispy clouds often hang below the holes they fell from and can be seen at the heart of the misty voids when viewed from above.

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• What happens if you skydive through a cloud?

The holes in the new image were all created by planes taking off from Miami International Airport, according to the Earth Observatory.

Cavum and canal clouds can also form naturally when specific regions of the atmosphere cool down, but this is rare.   

Scientists only discovered what was causing the more frequent artificially created holes within the last 15 years. In a 2011 study, researchers used satellite images and flight data to prove that planes were responsible.

The study also showed that the angle at which planes rise and descend through the clouds affects which type of hole will appear: A steep angle will create the more circular cavum clouds, while a more shallow angle will create stretched canal clouds.  

Cavum and canal clouds normally last around one hour before they close up, but their lifespan can be impacted by other factors such as temperature, cloud density and wind speeds, the study found.

The holes pose no threat to people on the ground but they can slightly increase the amount of precipitation that occurs in the areas surrounding airports, the study showed.

{ https://www.livescience.com/ }

29-02-2024 om 22:48 geschreven door peter  

UFO hotspots revealed in analysis of 100,000 sightings

By Michael Irving

One of the most famous photographs of an alleged UFO – though this one has been thoroughly debunked

National Archives, Records of Headquarters US Air Force

Us are having a bit of a renaissance lately, moving beyond the tinfoil-hatted crowd and into the realm of serious government investigation. Now a study has analyzed the geography of almost 100,000 sightings and found a few clues about how they cluster.

Although humans have been spotting weird stuff in the sky for millennia, the modern UFO craze really took off in the mid-20th century. Arguably, pilot Kenneth Arnold started it all in 1947 with his claim of seeing several “saucer-like aircraft” in formation, which birthed the term flying saucers. Just a few weeks later, the infamous Roswell incident occurred and pop culture never recovered.

For decades, the topic of UFOs was relegated to red twine-covered pinboards of aspiring Fox Mulders, but in the last decade it seems the public – and importantly, the US government – has started taking them seriously. In 2017 the New York Times released three videos captured by US Navy fighter jets showing strange objects zipping around the skies in ways that known aircraft couldn’t handle.

The Pentagon later confirmed their authenticity, with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) producing an official report on the subject. Distancing themselves from the baggage that comes with the term “UFOs,” the government rebranded the mystery as “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena” or UAPs. That A originally stood for “Aerial,” until it became apparent that a bunch of these things also seemed to be haunting the oceans. In 2022, Congress held hearings based on that report, while NASA also set up a program to investigate the mystery.

Watch the Pentagon's three declassified UFO videos taken by U.S. Navy pilots

Still, there hasn’t been much academic research into UAPs/UFOs. So, scientists from the University of Utah investigated the geography of around 98,000 reported sightings in the US between 2001 and 2020, to get a sense of where they clustered and their environmental context.

For the former, they calculated the number of sightings per 10,000 people per county, producing a heat map of high and low numbers of reports across the mainland United States. They found that the western third of the country was surprisingly hot, while the southeast was a notable cold spot.

For the environmental context, the team focused on two main conditions for each location: the sky view potential, which includes light pollution, cloud cover and tree canopy cover; and the potential to see physical objects in the sky, meaning how close the areas are to airports and military bases.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, people were more likely to see UAPs in places where they had clearer views of the sky, and were close to places with lots of aircraft. The western part of the country’s geography, with wide-open spaces and dark skies, as well as its facilities, seemed to line up with it being such a hotspot.

“The West has a historical relationship to UAP – Area 51 in Nevada, Roswell in New Mexico and here in Utah we have Skinwalker Ranch in the Uinta Basin and military activity in the U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground,” said Richard Medina, lead author of the study. “Plus, there’s a robust outdoor community that recreates in public lands year-round. People are out and looking skyward.”

The team says that the correlation between object potential suggested that people were often seeing actual objects in the sky – they were just not understanding what they are. Possible explanations could be regular old planes, drones, military aircraft, balloons, satellites, spacecraft launches, or even unconventional vehicles like eVTOLs. Aliens, of course, are pretty far down the list.

The researchers say that next, they plan to investigate whether reports are timed to certain events. Did they spike after The X-Files became big, for example, or when the UAP hearing was broadcast, or straight after a SpaceX launch?

Studying these reports with actual scientific processes could help sort out the data and identify what people are really seeing, narrowing down to the very few that can’t be explained easily.

• The research was published in the journal Scientific Reports.

Source: 

• University of Utah

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29-02-2024 om 22:28 geschreven door peter  

America's UFO hotspots revealed in new map that shows nearly 100,000 sightings spanning two decades ... is YOUR hometown in the 'red zone?'

• Statistical proof of a 'historical relationship' between UFOs and America's West
• The new study used UFO reporting data spanning 20-years from 2001 to 2020 
• READ MORE: Bizarre footage shows several UFOs hovering above Philadelphia

By MATTHEW PHELAN SENIOR SCIENCE REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

The first step toward identifying what unidentified flying objects (UFOs) actually are might just be mapping where these enigmas are most sighted, a new study says.

Geographers with the University of Utah — working with the Pentagon's recently retired UFO chief Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick — analyzed roughly 98,000 total UFO reports spanning a 20-year period across the 21st Century, from 2001 to 2020.

The researchers aggressively cross-referenced the data by local population density, light pollution levels, annual cloud cover, 'tree canopy' cover, proximity to airports and military bases and a host of other factors that effect the number UFO sightings.

What they found was statistical proof of the long assumed 'historical relationship' between UFOs and the American West. 

Their study's county-by-county assessment turned up hot spots or 'red zones' most often just east of the Rockies or off toward the Pacific Ocean — but also a few odd outliers, including Georgetown county, South Carolina and Union, Kentucky.

Geographers with the University of Utah analyzed roughly 98,000 total UFO reports spanning a 20-year period across the 21st Century, from 2001 to 2020

The researchers aggressively cross-referenced the data by local population density, light pollution levels, annual cloud cover, 'tree canopy' cover, proximity to airports and military bases and a host of other factors that effect the number UFO sightings'

'The West has a historical relationship to UAP — Area 51 in Nevada, Roswell in New Mexico,' the study's lead author, Richard Medina, said in a statement.

'And here in Utah we have Skinwalker Ranch in the Uinta Basin and military activity in the US Army Dugway Proving Ground,' Medina, an associate professor of geography at the University of Utah, noted.

'Plus, there's a robust outdoor community that recreates in public lands year-round. People are out and looking skyward.'

While these explanations held true for the deep 'red' hotspots that covered almost all of Nevada and New Mexico, the study's authors were more perplexed about the equally deep red counties across Oregon and Washington state.

These rainy and 'relatively clouded' Pacific northwestern states, they noted, are more known for being blanketed in fog than for being prime sky-watching regions.  

'There are also some isolated counties throughout the rest of the country that warrant further investigation,' as they wrote in the journal Scientific Reports, 'to identify what properties may generate relatively more UAP [i.e. UFO] attention.'

Counties in Maine, Vermont, Indiana, Arkansas and Nebraska were some of the more inexplicable hot spots the team's analysis identified.  

The West has a historical relationship to UAP — Area 51 in Nevada , Roswell in New Mexico ,' the study's lead author, Richard Medina, said in a statement

To break their sighting study down by county, Median and his co-authors focused on two main criteria to compare with the UFO sighting reports.

READ MORE: 

• 'UFO' reported over China with 'three light sources' that moved quickly without emitting any sound - and witnesses say it was not an aircraft 

Chinese social media platforms were flooded with images and videos of a UFO that appeared over Beijing and surrounding towns. People said it looked like a 'misty ball of light' hat moved from west to east without emitting any sound. One person shared on Weibo that the weather was clear in Beijing when they witnessed 'a glowing object looming' and determined it was not an aircraft because there were no flashing lights. 

First they compared the sighting statistics, obtained from the civilian National UFO Research Center, with a metric they called 'sky view potential,' an amalgam of data on how physically likely it would be to spot anything interesting in the nearby skies.

To assess each county's 'sky view potential,' they pooled together data on each area's light pollution, cloud cover and tree canopy cover — as well as the chances that odd or frequent objects would be in the sky from nearby airports and military bases.

'The idea is that if you have a chance to see something, then it's more likely that you're going to see unexplained phenomena in the sky,' Medina said.

'There's more technology in the sky than ever before so the question is: What are people actually seeing? It's a tough question to answer, and it is an important one because any uncertainty can be a potential threat to national security.'

The geographers attributed the West's higher percentage of sightings to the desert southwest's wide-open natural spaces and rural dark skies, unmolested by big city lights or industrial smog.

They found that the major UFO case hotspots showed a noticeable relationship to local air traffic and military installation activity, a clue that could indicated witnesses are often seeing genuine terrestrial objects that they simply did not recognize.

The team hopes that this geographic analysis will help government agencies better separate truly anomalous events in the skies from routine flights, and thus help uncover any legitimate security threat.

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29-02-2024 om 22:09 geschreven door peter  

‘This thing just popped up in front of me – silver, cigar-shaped, about 45ft long’: Meet the locals who say UFO sightings in their sleepy Welsh village are proof we're not alone 

By TOM LEONARD

The ‘visitors’ first appeared in a field behind the local primary school. It was a drizzly Friday in February 1977, but most of the children in the small Welsh seaside village of Broad Haven were still enjoying their lunchtime break outdoors.

David Davies, a ten-year-old bookworm, was reading inside the classroom when the other children came in talking breathlessly about seeing a flying saucer moving in the trees beyond their playground.

Of course, David knew that was all Hollywood B-movie nonsense - but he couldn’t resist going to have a look for himself when school finished.

‘From behind some trees this thing popped up in front of me - silver, cigar-shaped, about 45ft long,’ the 57-year-old recalls today.

‘This thought just came into my mind that I had to run away.’

He sprinted home and told his mother. ‘You know what mothers are like - they can tell when you’re lying. And she was absolutely convinced that what I was saying was the truth,’ he says.

Among the witnesses of UFO activity in Broad Haven village were schoolchildren who all drew similar pictures of a craft said to have landed near their school

The Netflix documentary is co-produced by Steven Spielberg, whose  UFO feature film Close Encounters of the Third Kind came out just a few months after the Broad Haven affair

Another former pupil now in his 50s, Shaun Garrison, can also remember that day vividly. ‘I did go home and tell my mum and dad and they weren’t judgmental in any way. They believed me and believed that what I saw, I believed.’

A handful of the interviewees said they also saw a silver-suited occupant of the craft. ‘Somebody walking near it, to the right-hand side of it,’ says one, David George, today.

Though many dismissed the accounts as the product of children’s lively imaginations, this was only the beginning of a plethora of strange sightings and terrifying encounters that would make Broad Haven internationally famous and the epicentre of the largest mass UFO sighting in British history.

The following month, the owner of a local hotel insisted she’d seen an ‘upside-down saucer’ hovering in a nearby field and two long-limbed but featureless humanoid creatures briefly emerging from it. Local farmers described similarly inexplicable phenomena, including mysterious moving lights, a giant silver-suited figure with no face and a herd of cows seemingly teleported into another farm.

This village on the Pembrokeshire coast has been revisited, not by aliens but by Hollywood mogul Steven Spielberg for a TV documentary series.

The so-called ‘Broad Haven Triangle’ is one of four alleged UFO mass sightings investigated in the Netflix series, Encounters, which have puzzled experts, infuriated sceptics and stiffened the resolve of those who believe in extraterrestrial visitations.

Spielberg, whose spectacular UFO feature film, Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, came out just a few months after the Broad Haven sightings, co-produced the series through his TV arm, Amblin Television.

The other cases investigated in the series include 1994 claims by some 62 pupils at a private school in Ruwa, Zimbabwe, that they saw a spaceship and strange humanoid figures; reports by 300 people of fast-moving lights and objects in the sky above the Texas town of Stephenville in 2008; and similar sights reportedly witnessed by hundreds of Japanese people in the days leading up to and after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear-plant disaster.

A drawing of the UFO seen by schoolchildren in Broad Haven in 1977

Like these other cases, the Broad Haven episode wasn’t attested to by just one or two witnesses. In fact, 450 people in the area reported seeing UFOs in the weeks and months that followed.

Of course, Spielberg made two other feature films about visiting aliens: 1982’s ET and War Of The Worlds in 2005. He has previously revealed that he not only believes aliens exist - describing it as ‘mathematically impossible that we are the only intelligent species in the cosmos’ - but also believes the US government is hiding information from us all about them.

And there are plenty of people who agree with him - including in Congress and even the US military. Indeed, the new documentary series couldn’t be better timed for inviting sceptical viewers to reconsider the divisive issue of extraterrestrial visitors.

After decades in which Washington - like other Western governments - has airily dismissed reports of UFO sightings and alien encounters, a string of US government officials and whistleblowers have recently claimed that evidence to the contrary is being hidden.

A sign depicts an alien spaceship landing in Broad Haven 

Public and media opinion tended to be equally sceptical and UFO-spotters in Broad Haven (pictured) were variously dismissed as shameless attention-seekers

The CIA claimed it stopped investigating UFOs in 1952, a lie that wasn’t exposed until 1979.

Congress is now pressing the Biden administration to reveal everything it knows on the matter. And polls show more than half of British people also believe the UK government is withholding intelligence about the existence of UFOs and aliens.

Six years ago, it was revealed that former US senator Harry Reid had obtained $22million in defence funding to investigate UFOs. And in 2020, the Pentagon confirmed that three declassified videos of US Navy fighter pilots encountering what would appear to be extraordinarily fast and manoeuvrable UFOs on training missions over the Pacific were legitimate and depicted ‘unexplained aerial phenomena’ (UAPs).

If, as experts believe, these mysterious objects are beyond the technological ability of China, Russia or indeed the US, where do they come from? And how long have we been ignoring other UAPs?

‘We’re in a difficult state of ignorance,’ Dr Kevin Knuth, an astrophysicist and former Nasa research scientist, tells Encounters. ‘We don’t know what they are, we don’t know what their intentions are.’

While he admits there could be explanations other than extraterrestrial life, Knuth says that official quashing of UFO claims since the 1940s has unhelpfully discouraged serious research.

Certainly, the UK government didn’t spend much time investigating what happened at Broad Haven. An RAF officer was sent to talk to alleged witnesses and uncover whether they had instead mistaken aircraft from nearby RAF Brawdy, a theory that was later disproved. He then facetiously reported back to the Ministry of Defence that, should an alien craft indeed arrive at the airbase, ‘we will charge normal landing fees and inform you immediately’.

Public and media opinion tended to be equally sceptical and Broad Haven’s UFO-spotters were variously dismissed as shameless attention-seekers, hoaxers or deluded victims of mass hysteria.

However, the ‘witnesses’ have stuck defiantly to what they said they saw.

Francine Granville tells the documentary how a few weeks after the school incident, her mother Rose claimed she’d seen two featureless figures with pointed heads emerge from a flying saucer in a field outside the hotel they owned in Broad Haven. Worried they were after her chickens kept in a shed nearby, she shouted ‘What do you want?’. She describes feeling the heat blast from the ship as it took off hastily after her intervention.

Francine Granville tells the documentary her mother claimed she’d seen two featureless figures with pointed heads emerge from a flying saucer 

The other cases investigated in the series include 1994 claims by some 62 pupils at a private school in Ruwa, Zimbabwe, that they saw a spaceship and strange humanoid figures

Granville claims that she and her mother had a second sighting one afternoon soon afterwards when they noticed a silver disc in the sky that seemed to pulsate orange light before appearing to sink into the sea. But neighbours who said they saw the same thing insisted it sank into a small island off shore.

Those neighbours were local farmers called Billy and Pauline Coombs, and they had their own astonishing stories to tell about the area’s ‘visitors’.

Their nephew Mark Marston, a child at the time, recalls seeing a glowing ‘upside-down saucer’ on a nearby hill at dusk. He even shows the hedge, still there, from which a terrifying creature - 7ft tall and wearing a silver suit topped with what looked like a motorbike visor - emerged and started walking towards him. When his father investigated the spot the following day, Marston says, he found a single ‘massive footprint’ in the mud, too big to belong to a human.

One evening a few weeks later, the Coombs claimed they saw the same sort of figure looming outside their front windows as they watched TV one evening. A police officer who responded to their call would later tell the BBC he’d never come across such a frightened family.

On another occasion, Mrs Coombs reported that a glowing football-shaped object followed her car down a rural road, somehow stalling her engine.

Her husband, meanwhile, told police that after locking up his 120 dairy cattle one night, he was called soon afterwards by a neighbouring farmer asking why the herd had suddenly turned up in his yard.

UFO researcher David Clarke, who investigated Broad Haven at the time and notes that Wales is a land with a strong tradition of folk tales about mischievous fairies, observes that teleporting a herd of cattle ‘is exactly the sort of trick the Welsh faeries used to play’.

It’s also the sort of trick hoaxers might play. And in fact, the silver-suited figure, at least, may well have been local businessman Glyn Edwards who in 1996 claimed he had bought a silver firefighters suit (which were used at the nearby oil refinery at Milford Haven) and walked around the area in 1977 as a prank. But, as investigators note, the silver suit appearances came after a lot of the UFO sightings.

Meanwhile, ex-Nasa scientist Knuth isn’t surprised to hear the UFO may have disappeared into the sea. He tells the programme that UFOs are frequently spotted flying over water, going into it or coming out of it.

And if they really do come from a far-off planet, this would make sense, he says. For while that planet might be far hotter than Earth, the temperature underwater would be far more constant. So aliens could be going from an ocean on one planet to an ocean on another. ‘It would be very easy to just hang out in our oceans,’ he says.

Contrary to the popular perception that ‘witnesses’ say they’ve seen a UFO to get attention, those who made those claims at Broad Haven insist the episode has amounted to a huge burden on their lives. The Coombs farming family stopped talking about it completely, even among themselves, says their nephew.

Dave Davies, whose eloquence made him a popular choice for TV crews seeking an interview with one of the ten-year-olds, says he was bullied horrendously when he went to secondary school by boys demanding he admit he’d lied. Indeed, when he appeared on the ITV children’s programme Magpie (to once more discuss what he saw) in 1978, he was nursing a visible black eye that classmates had spitefully given him when they knew he was going in front of the cameras.

‘We’ve been ridiculed by a lot of people, and when you’re growing up, you don’t want people to think you’re some sort of lunatic,’ says David George, one of the Broad Haven school pupils who still insists he saw a UFO. ‘I’m not embarrassed or ashamed to say that I saw something 45 years ago that I can’t explain. And to this day I still can’t.’

His latest foray in front of the cameras doesn’t answer that question either - there’s still nothing like definitive evidence of alien visitors. But the old certainties that anyone who claims to have seen a UFO must either be deranged or lying are waning. Just ask a US congressman.

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29-02-2024 om 21:47 geschreven door peter  

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.

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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.

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29-02-2024 om 21:09 geschreven door peter  

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. 

Source :

• DART impact might have reshaped Hera’s target asteroid

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28-02-2024 om 21:47 geschreven door peter  

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28-02-2024 om 21:35 geschreven door peter  

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. 

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. 

Source : 

• What if LLMs Have Different World Views: Simulating Alien Civilizations with LLM-based Agents

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28-02-2024 om 21:24 geschreven door peter  

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. 

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. 

Source : 

• What if LLMs Have Different World Views: Simulating Alien Civilizations with LLM-based Agents

28-02-2024 om 21:23 geschreven door peter  

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.

“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.”

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.

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28-02-2024 om 21:13 geschreven door peter  

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 of alien intelligence in a secret space program.

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.

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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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28-02-2024 om 18:41 geschreven door peter