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    Zelfs autofabrikant Honda laat nu raketten landen: zo werden herbruikbare raketten het nieuwe normaal

    Op 17 juni 2025 lanceerde autofabrikant Honda een experimentele raket. Het voertuig bereikte niet de ruimte, maar steeg tot 271,4 meter en landde vervolgens verticaal, binnen 37 centimeter van het beoogde doel. De raket is nog lang niet te vergelijken met die van de gevestigde ruimtevaartspelers, maar de prestatie is toch opmerkelijk. Dat juist een autofabrikant dit voor elkaar krijgt, toont opnieuw hoe snel en fundamenteel de ruimtevaart aan het veranderen is.

    Raketten die keer op keer kunnen worden gebruikt: twintig jaar geleden leek het nog een waanidee. Maar vandaag de dag wordt het steeds meer werkelijkheid, en het verandert de manier waarop we over ruimtevaart denken. Herbruikbare raketten beloven de kosten van ruimtereizen drastisch te verlagen, waardoor meer wetenschappelijk onderzoek, satellietlanceringen en zelfs ruimtetoerisme mogelijk worden. Maar hoe zijn we op dit punt gekomen?

    De eerste stappen: NASA’s Space Shuttle
    Het idee van herbruikbare raketten begon eigenlijk al decennia geleden met de Space Shuttle van NASA, die van 1981 tot 2011 vloog. Dit ruimtevaartuig was een pionier: de orbiter (het deel dat astronauten en lading naar de ruimte bracht) kon meerdere keren worden gebruikt. Maar volledig herbruikbaar was het voertuig zeker niet. Bij elke lancering werd de enorme externe brandstoftank weggegooid, en de vastebrandstofboosters, die hielpen bij de start, moesten na elke vlucht uitgebreid worden gereviseerd.

    Dit maakte de 135 missies van de Shuttle extreem duur: zo’n 1,5 miljard dollar per vlucht. Bovendien kende het programma twee tragische dieptepunten, de explosie van de Challenger in 1986 en de ramp met de Columbia in 2003, waarbij in totaal 14 astronauten omkwamen. Toch bewees het programma dat hergebruik technisch mogelijk was en legde het de basis voor wat later zou volgen.

    De doorbraak: SpaceX en Blue Origin
    De echte revolutie begon in 2015, toen SpaceX, het ruimtevaartbedrijf van Elon Musk, iets ongekends deed. Een Falcon 9-raket van het bedrijf werd naar de ruimte gelanceerd en landde daarna verticaal terug op aarde, rechtop, met behulp van zijn eigen motoren, een beetje zoals een helikopter die landt. Deze verticale landing was een doorbraak: het toonde aan dat de duurste onderdelen van een raket hergebruikt konden worden zonder ingrijpende reparaties.

    De Falcon 9 is weliswaar niet volledig herbruikbaar: de tweede trap wordt nog altijd afgeschreven. Maar de eerste trap, de booster, is het kostbaarst en wordt al routinematig hergebruikt. Sommige boosters hebben inmiddels meer dan twintig vluchten op hun naam. Daardoor zijn de kosten per lancering dramatisch hard gedaald, naar zo’n 60 miljoen dollar. Dat is een fractie van wat de Space Shuttle kostte. Intussen heeft SpaceX honderden vluchten uitgevoerd met de Falcon 9 en zijn zwaardere variant, de Falcon Heavy. In 2025 is meer dan de helft van alle raketlanceringen wereldwijd afkomstig van SpaceX. Het bedrijf werkt nu ook aan Starship, een volledig herbruikbare tweedelige raket die bedoeld is voor bemande ruimtereizen, onder meer naar Mars.

    Hoewel SpaceX de markt domineert, was het niet het enige bedrijf dat in 2015 een mijlpaal bereikte. Ook Blue Origin, het ruimtevaartbedrijf van Jeff Bezos, liet toen een raket verticaal landen: de New Shepard. Deze eentrapsraket is bedoeld voor suborbitale vluchten (korte sprongen naar de rand van de ruimte) en richt zich vooral op ruimtetoerisme en wetenschappelijke experimenten. New Shepard heeft inmiddels meer dan dertig succesvolle vluchten uitgevoerd. De opvolger, New Glenn, is een veel grotere tweetrapsraket voor orbitale vluchten. Die beleefde begin 2025 zijn eerste (deels succesvolle) vlucht: de lading werd weliswaar afgeleverd in een baan rond de aarde, maar de herbruikbare eerste trap ging verloren toen het contact werd verbroken tijdens de terugkeer.

    Wereldwijde race: China en onverwachte spelers
    Het succes van SpaceX en Blue Origin inspireerde anderen om mee te doen aan de race. In de VS werken bedrijven als Rocket Lab en Relativity Space aan concurrenten van de Falcon 9. In China werkt de staatsorganisatie China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) aan de Long March 9, een volledig herbruikbare raket die lijkt op wat SpaceX probeert te bereiken met Starship. Ook privébedrijven zoals LandSpace en CAS Space boeken vooruitgang. Zij voerden al succesvolle ‘hop-tests’ uit: korte verticale sprongen om te testen of een rakettrap veilig kan landen. Het gaat hier nog niet om volledige suborbitale vluchten.

    De nieuwste naam op de lijst is nu Honda. De Japanse autofabrikant voltooide dinsdag een succesvolle hop-test en wil tegen 2029 suborbitale vluchten aanbieden. Daarbij maakt het bedrijf gebruik van technologieën uit de autobouw, zoals autonome besturingssystemen, om veilige landingen mogelijk te maken.

    Ook in Europa proberen we bij te benen. ArianeGroup werkt via dochterbedrijf MaiaSpace aan een deels herbruikbare raket, waarvan de eerste testvlucht gepland staat voor 2026. Tegelijk investeren het Europese ruimteagentschap ESA en partners in testprojecten zoals Themis en CALLISTO, die herbruikbare rakettrappen demonstreren. De eerste hop-tests staan gepland voor dit of volgend jaar. Daarnaast zijn er Europese startups actief: het Spaanse PLD Space test een raket die via parachutes wordt teruggehaald, terwijl het Duitse Isar Aerospace werkt aan Spectrum, een kleinere raket voor commerciële satellietlanceringen.

    De toekomst: Starship en de realiteit
    En dan is er Starship van SpaceX, misschien wel het meest ambitieuze ruimtevaartuig ooit. Dit gevaarte is ontworpen om mensen naar Mars te brengen en orbitale vluchten uit te voeren, volledig rond de aarde en verder. Beide rakettrappen moeten volledig herbruikbaar zijn.

    Maar de weg ernaartoe is hobbelig. Op 27 mei 2025 explodeerde Starship tijdens zijn negende testvlucht bij terugkeer in de atmosfeer, door een lek in het brandstofsysteem. Ook prototypes zeven en acht gingen verloren, al slaagde SpaceX er toen nog in de herbruikbare booster, de Super Heavy Booster, veilig te landen. Toegegeven: tijdens vlucht negen was het niet de bedoeling om de booster te laten landen. Het was vooral een test: het was de tweede vlucht van eenzelfde booster. De booster moest tijdens vlucht negen in de oceaan landen, maar explodeerde in de lucht toen die terug naar de aarde afdaalde.

    Nog dramatischer was de gebeurtenis van woensdagavond: Starship nummer 36, die gebruikt zou worden voor de tiende testvlucht, explodeerde in een vuurbal op het lanceerplatform in Texas, rond 23.00 uur lokale tijd, tijdens een test op de grond. SpaceX bevestigde dat er geen gewonden vielen en dat er geen gevaar was voor de omgeving, maar riep mensen wel op het gebied te vermijden.

    Toch geeft SpaceX niet op. Het bedrijf volgt een strategie van snelle iteratie: elke mislukking is een leermoment. Die aanpak houdt de droom van het bedrijf levend. Maar intussen kijkt de hele wereld mee en leren andere ruimtevaartspelers veel uit elke explosie. En dat zorgt ervoor dat de voorsprong van SpaceX steeds moeilijker te behouden is.

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen. NASA moon orbiter spies grave of crashed Japanese lunar lander (image)

    NASA moon orbiter spies grave of crashed Japanese lunar lander (image)

    spacecraft photo of the lunar surface, showing craters and a small dark smudge, which is highlighted by a white arrow
    The ispace Resilience lunar lander crash on June 5, 2025 created a dark smudge surrounded by a subtle bright halo, as imaged here by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. 
    (Image credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University.)

    NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has imaged the crash site of Resilience, a moon lander built and operated by the Tokyo-based company ispace.

    Resilience tried to touch down on June 5 in the center of Mare Frigoris (Sea of Cold), a volcanic region interspersed with large-scale faults known as wrinkle ridges.

    Mare Frigoris formed over 3.5 billion years ago as massive basalt eruptions flooded low-lying terrain, according to Mark Robinson, a lunar scientist for the company Intuitive Machines who is based in Phoenix, Arizona. Later, the wrinkle ridges formed as the crust buckled under the weight of the heavy basalt deposits.

    Lost on landing

    Shortly after Resilience's landing sequence, the ispace Mission Control Center was unable to establish communications with the spacecraft. The team determined that Resilience had likely been lost, a conclusion that was firmed up a few hours later.

    Also lost on landing was the Tenacious microrover, a small wheeled vehicle developed in Luxembourg by ispace's European subsidiary. Tenacious carried a piece of artwork on its front bumper — Mikael Genberg's "Moonhouse," a small replica of the red-and-white homes famous in Sweden.

    An ispace engineer holds a model of a Resilience moon lander while speaking into a microphone.

    Ryo Ujiie, Chief Technical Officer of ispace, holds a model of the Resilience moon lander while discussing its final approach to the moon during a failed lunar landing on June 5, 2025. 
    (Image credit: ispace)

    Dark smudge

    Resilience left some telltale marks when it slammed into the moon on June 5, and LRO noticed them.

    "The dark smudge formed as the vehicle excavated and redistributed shallow regolith (soil); the faint bright halo resulted from low-angle regolith particles scouring the delicate surface," Robinson, the principal investigator for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, told Inside Outer Space.

    The crash spot is roughly 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometers) from the landing site that ispace mapped out, to one decimal place, on its webpage. One decimal place in lunar latitude and longitude equals 19 miles (30 km), Robinson said.

    Resilience was ispace's second moon lander. The company's first such probe also crashed during its touchdown try, in April 2023.

    • Scott Manley has more details on the Resilience crash; check out his video here.

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Three Alleged International UFO Crashes

    Three Alleged International UFO Crashes

    They allegedly came from Space, appeared metallic, and prompted official investigations. Were the mystery objects downed in Canada, Bolivia, and Russia genuine UFOs or some sort of secret space probes?

    There are dozens of reported downed UFOs around the globe—some better documented and more credible than others. This article will address three of the best international cases including the unknown “dark object” that splashed off the Atlantic Coast near the small fishing village of Shag Harbour in Nova Scotia, Canada, on October 4, 1967; the powerful impact of an unknown space object in a remote mountainous area in Bolivia’s Tarija Department, on May 6, 1978; and the crash of a mysterious probe on Hill 611 in the Russian Pacific city of Dalnegorsk on January 29, 1986.

    Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1967

    The author (center) with researcher Chris Styles (in black) on the site were witnesses gathered to sea the object that crashed in the ocean in 1967.
    Credit: A. Huneeus

    Dozens of witnesses saw unidentified lights falling into the Atlantic Ocean on the southeastern coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, on the night of October 4, 1967. The investigation and search effort to recover debris involved Canadian military and police agencies, including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), the ‘Air Desk’ at the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) in charge of UFO investigations, and the Coast Guard and Royal Navy Maritime Command, which coordinated a search effort with divers. Although widely reported by the media at the time, the case was quickly forgotten until 1993, when Halifax researcher Chris Styles began a new investigation into the incident.

    Shag Harbour, as the case has come to be known, has a unique advantage over other alleged UFO crashes because, as Styles states, it offers an “official paper trail.” These are genuine officially released Canadian government documents, not some disputed memos commonly found in ufology. That’s why when a book about this incident, Dark Object, was published in 2001 by Styles and coauthor Don Ledger, it carried the subtitle of, “The World’s Only Government-Documented UFO Crash.”

    A “Priority” telex to Canadian Forces Headquarters, dated October 5, 1967, titled, “UFO Report,” tells the story succinctly:

    Night clear, no Moon. Cpl. (Corporal) Wercicky [sic] RCMP Barrington Passage outside Lower Woods Harbour, [Nova Scotia] & other witnesses – names known to RCMP Cpl. – dark object – in excess of 60 ft. – 4 white lights horizontally 15 ft. spacing – movement easterly low altitude down to water surface unknown but in excess of five minutes UFO descended rapidly to water with high whistling sound. Bright flash on hitting water. Single light floating on surface remained for long time sank before RCMP could get boat to it. Area searched extensively by [Canadian Coast Guard] lifeboat 101 and many small boats – nil results. Position of last sighting 4330.5N 6545W. All other possible leads ([aircraft], flares, etc.) checked – nil results. Follow up: at 03:21:57 Coast Guard Cutter 101 proceeding to area with RCMP on board to research area based on A/Ref Baton Point.

    Canadian UFO report in the Shag Harbour UFO Incident summary.
    (Credit: Canada Library and Archives)

    I know his case quite well as I visited the area twice, once in 1996 and again in 2003, interviewing Styles and a couple of witnesses, including retired RCMP officer Victor Werbicki, who was one of the first Mounties to arrive on the scene. In a telephone interview from his home in Alberta, Werbicki stated,

    From my investigation and talking to many people, some good witnesses who saw the object, I sincerely felt that something fell down, but we could find no evidence. It came down at an angle supposedly at the channel, it was just unexplained. I was convinced, and I still am, that these people were sincere. I was convinced from all the witnesses that something came down and I don’t know what.

    Most accounts place the beginning of the Shag Harbour incident around 11 p.m., when dozens of fishermen and some policemen saw lights plunging into the ocean. Their initial reaction was that an airplane had just crashed. Many vessels rushed to the spot, expecting to rescue survivors, but instead found the whole area covered with yellow foam. One of the documents uncovered by Styles, however, was a report by Leo Howard Mersey, captain of the J.B. Nickerson ship, who saw a UFO in the area a couple of hours earlier, adding that the object was also detected by the ship’s radar. Mersey’s report to the RCMP detachment in Lunenburg described the sighting:

    At about 9 PM, on the 4 OCT 67, I noticed an object with three flashing red lights. Radar indicated this object to be sixteen miles away. It was very clear that night and we could see the lights of Halifax. At the time our boat was 32 miles south of Sambro Light and the object was approximately 16 miles north east of us… At the same time there were three other objects on the radar and about 6 miles from the first object. I would say it disappeared about 11:00 PM, when it went up in the air. I could not see any shape or form to it because of the distance. When it went into the air it only had one flashing light. While the object was on the water, or close to the water, it had three real bright flashing red lights… It is not unusual to see the Navy, or aircraft, dropping things into the water there. I had never seen anything like that before but it sounds like the thing they are looking for down off Shelburne or Barrington Passage. When the object left it went straight up in the air with only one red light.

    Other witnesses pick up the story about fifteen minutes later, as summarized by Chris Styles, “It began sometime after 11 o’clock October the 4th, which was a moonless clear night. People who were driving or in the area began to notice that there was a set of flashing lights in the sky…most of them reported four, some of them saw them at a sharp angle and saw only three.” The witnesses called the RCMP, and when three officers arrived on the scene, “they could still see a pale yellow object moving on the water that looked unusual, it was leaving a trail of refuse, heavy yellow foam on the surface of the water.” Lawrence Smith, the first seaman to reach the impact area, received a phone call and rushed to the dock, “and got on my boat and then proceeded onto the sea, to the area where this object had gone in the water. I saw like a foam on the water, a long strip of foam, long and narrow, and that’s all I saw that night.”

    The search continued the following day and the Canadian Navy arrived at noon on October 6—by this time the event was making headlines in the Canadian press. The Chronicle Herald of Halifax had the banner headline: “COULD BE SOMETHING CONCRETE IN SHAG HARBOR UFO—RCAF.” Other papers talked of a “Hunt for Saucer,” and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation showed newsreels of the navy divers. “The Canadian naval search lasted until Sunday evening,” said Styles, “when the Maritime Command announced that the official naval search was canceled, but many witnesses seem to imply there was some kind of search effort going after that. The stated results of the military search was no results, they had recovered no debris and had no explanation for the object.”

    Halifax’s Chronicle-Herald front page headline and other Canadian press stories about the Shag Harbour UFO crash.
    Credit: Huneeus Collection

    An official memorandum from Col. Turner, Director of Operations at the RCAF Air Desk, summarized the official results: “The Rescue Coordination Centre conducted preliminary investigation and discounted the possibilities that the sighting was produced by an aircraft, flares, floats, or any other known objects.” While the first phase of the Shag Harbour incident can be documented officially, another part of the story is still shrouded in mystery. Styles’ investigation turned up a complex plot involving a second, secret search effort several miles north near Shelburne, next to a then top secret submarine detection base run jointly by the U.S. and Canada, Canadian Forces Station (CFS) Shelburne, which closed down a few years ago. Because he doesn’t have the same level of official documentation, Styles refers to this episode as “the story.” It was told to him confidentially by some divers and other retired military sources.

    According to this version, as Styles wrote in a paper for the 1996 MUFON UFO Symposium Proceedings, the crippled UFO that plunged into the ocean near Shag Harbour, “navigated its way, while submerged, to a point on the seabed which lay off Shelburne County’s Government Point.” He continued,

    A flotilla of ships sat over the submerged UFO. Consideration was given to the possibility of attempting a recovery operation. Procrastination was due to the fact that a second UFO was on the scene repairing the first crippled craft. The Naval operation would continue for seven days. It remained a mission of observation only. On the seventh day a Soviet submarine violated the former twelve-mile international limit and began to close on the UFO’s position. The surface ships sailed towards the approaching intruder to show challenge. Shortly thereafter, both UFOs began moving while still submerged towards the Gulf of Maine. Later in open water they surfaced, became airborne, and then flew away at high speed. The story also claims that in spite of public denials from Maritime Command, debris was recovered at the Shag Harbour impact site. The Styrofoam-like and aluminum-like debris was collected and driven to the Defense Research Establishment facility in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

    Styles concluded:

    I really have trouble explaining this in conventional terms. I really try to avoid speculating, but I do feel that when you look at all the composite of evidence from the multiple witnesses, from the military response, from the implications of the physical evidence, I think it’s pretty suggestive that something, either extraterrestrial, extra-temporal or extra-dimensional is responsible. I opt for extraterrestrial myself, and that opens of course a myriad of other questions, but it did imply a nuts and bolt object that was both aerodynamic and hydrodynamic.

    In 2003, an official Canada Post stamp was issued to commemorate this mysterious and still unresolved UFO case.

    Shag Harbour postage stamp.
    Credit: Chapel Hill Historical Society

    Tarija Department, southeastern Bolivia, near the border of Salta Province, Argentina, 1978

    Illustration from the Argentinean magazine Gente showing witnesses looking at the cylindrical object of Tarija. The Spanish caption reads, “Saturday 6 [May 1978], 17:15 Hours. The strange object falls in Bolivia.”
    Credit: Huneeus Collection/Gente

    The Tarija case is probably South America’s best documented and most credible UFO crash incident. There were dozens—probably hundreds—of eyewitnesses who saw a cylindrical-shaped object spewing smoke across the sky on the mid-afternoon of May 6, 1978, and crash on a remote mountain near the Bermejo River, which separates the border between  Bolivia’s Tarija Department and Argentina’s Salta Province. Others heard a loud explosion—a sonic boom heard that was heard within 120 miles that shattered windows of villages over 30 miles from the target site.  Some saw a thick column of smoke rising from a mountain known in Argentina as El Taire, or El Zaire, and in Bolivia as Cerro Bravo. Although the incident was widely reported in the South American press, there was a great deal of confusion about the facts. For days it wasn’t clear if the space object had crashed in Bolivian or Argentinean territory, and there was further confusion about its origin—whether it was a meteorite, a man-made space probe, or a real UFO.

    The involvement of the U.S. government in this affair provided additional intrigue. The South American press kept mentioning the arrival of NASA experts at the area, and two American military officers in civilian dress were photographed by the local press as they arrived in Tarija supposedly “on vacation.” Some reports allege that metallic fragments and even a large capsule were retrieved and quickly moved away in a U.S. Air Force Hercules cargo plane; other reports claim this was not true, and that something may still be buried under a rock slide. Yet the participation of American officials is not in doubt, as we know from a few documents released by the U.S. State Department and the U.S. Air Force that Tarija indeed came under the eye of Project Moon Dust and Operation Blue Fly—two programs headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, which were tasked with retrieving sensitive space debris and “Unidentified Flying Objects,” as stated in a declassified November 1961 Air Force Intelligence memo. The two American officers in Tarija were not NASA scientists, but from the U.S. Defense Attaché Office (DAO) in La Paz, acting under Project Moon Dust guidelines.

    The village of La Mamora with the “impact site” on the El Zaire Hill in Bolivia. The headline in the Argentinean weekly Radiolandia 2000 reads: “When the UFO fell, the earth trembled and we were overcome by panic.”
    Credit: Huneeus Collection/R. 2000

    Eduardo Salmón and Bienvenido Ortega were Border Policemen with the 20th Detachment in Orán, Argentina, who were on duty in the village of Aguas Blancas on that May afternoon. A luminous flash caught their eyes, and they watched as an oval-shaped metallic-looking object crossed the sky in a northerly direction, trailing smoke. Seconds later they heard a loud explosion. The troopers were attending a soccer match, which had gathered some five hundred people at the local soccer field. Both players and spectators were astonished by the “fireball” that flew over their heads right before the explosion and the cloud of thick smoke. The closest villages to the impact area on the Bolivian side of the border were Padcaya, Mecoya, and La Mamora. Vélez Orozco was an engineer conducting a survey for a private company in Tarija when he too saw the cylindrical object. He estimated it was four meters in diameter and was conical-shaped in front. The explosion, he added, was louder than the one caused by the reentry of a meteorite a year earlier.

    Corporal Natalio Farfán Ruiz was the highest military authority in La Mamora. He told Argentinean reporters:

    I don’t know what would have happened if the UFO had fallen on their houses. Can you imagine? Some children live here. It was around 4:30 [p.m.] when a cylinder shook the Earth. I swear that it was horrible, I believed the end of the world was coming, but I had top have courage. After all, I was the authority.

    Juan Hurtado, an agent with the Border Intelligence Service, described it this way:

    It was like a huge wine container with a brilliant white color spewing smoke out of its back. I saw it quite clearly because it passed over my head. I was with three engineers of the Mining Bank in La Paz when I saw the object crash on the hill of El Zaire. The impact was so strong that it threw me down to the ground. In that moment, the whole Earth trembled.

    Eventually, the Bolivian Air Force flew three single-engine AT-6 planes over the area and detected a large rockslide over the southern slopes of Cerro Bravo. The area is extremely rugged and of difficult access. Several expeditions attempted to reach the exact impact site, but only the second group, headed by Major Germán Callejas, was able to locate the rockslide around May 24. A great deal of confusion surrounded the case by that time. On May 14, the Buenos Aires newspaper Clarín reported that the object had been recovered—“a metallic-dull cylinder, four meters long and with some dents”—and that NASA officials would take charge of it. A sketch of the alleged retrieved object published by Clarín resembled a Gemini or Apollo space capsule. There was also a great deal of apprehension that it could be a Soviet nuclear satellite—Cosmos 954 had crashed in northern Canada only three months earlier on January 24, 1978. Finally, there was talk of a meteorite, although my own personal inquiries with the Smithsonian’s Scientific Event Alert Network (SEAN), which tracks natural disasters, showed no meteorite fall in Bolivia in May 1978.

    The South American press was full of stories of NASA officials arriving in Tarija, but the truth is that the two military officers who showed up, Col. Robert Simmons and Major John Heisse, were most likely from the U.S. Defense Attaché Office (DAO) in La Paz, who were acting on behalf of Project Moon Dust, which oversaw the retrieval of downed space objects. We know the U.S. government was involved because at least some documents from the U.S. State Department and the U.S. Air Force were later obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. Key among these documents is a May 18 telegram, classified “Secret,” and bearing the name of Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, although it was drafted by Col. Robert Eddington from the State Department’s Bureau of Oceans, International Environment, and Scientific Affairs. The message indicated that the Tarija case, “has been checked with appropriate government agencies. No direct correlation with known space objects that may have reentered the earth’s atmosphere near May 6 can be made. However, we are continuing to examine any possibilities.” The message then referred the U.S. Embassy in La Paz to, “State Airgram A-6343 of July 26, 1973 which provides background information and guidance for dealing with space objects that have been found.” Secretary Vance concluded: “In particular any information pertaining to the pre-impact observations, direction or trajectory, number of objects observed, time of impact and a detailed description including any markings would be helpful.”

    U.S. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance’s “Secret” telex, “Report of Fallen Space Object,” concerning the May 1978 Tarija case.
    Credit: Huneeus Collection

    Additional data is provided by a couple of documents from the DAO in La Paz under the subject of Moon Dust. “This office has tried to verify the stories put forth in…the local press,” informed the DAO, adding that their office had contacted the chief of staff of the Bolivian Air Force and the commander of the Bolivian Army, both of whom indicated that search parties were “directed to go into the area to find the object but found nothing.” Two independent American investigators, the seasoned National Enquirer reporter Bob Pratt and Charles Tucker of the International UFO Investigating Bureau, actually visited the area and interviewed many witnesses, including the members of the Bolivian expeditions. Pratt tried to reach the crash site himself but couldn’t because of the difficulties of the terrain. In a 1984 letter, Pratt wrote that “a lot of misinformation has been published about this incident. I am certain, however, that the area was not cordoned off by the military, that no object was recovered by NASA or anyone else, that no Hercules picked up anything.” Pratt finished his letter by stating that, “I believe something crashed into the mountain and was buried under the landslide it created. But the six people I know who have personally inspected the site could find no debris of any kind. Whatever struck there is probably going to remain buried there.”

    Dalnegorsk, Russian Pacific Coast, 1986

    Although there are several reported UFO crashes in Russia and the republics of the old Soviet Union, the Dalnegorsk incident of 1986 is unique because it is one of the few cases where metallic fragments were recovered and analyzed by scientists with the results openly published. A number of unique circumstances made this possible. The principal investigator of the case, Dr. Valery Dvuzhilny, led a group from the Far Eastern Commission on Anomalous Phenomena, and the timing coincided with the then newly implemented policies of glasnost and perestroika issued by Mikhail Gorbachev, which allowed the publication of the case. Dvuzhilny also corresponded extensively with Western researchers, sending copies of his reports and photos of the recovered evidence.

    Dalnegorsk is a small city near Russia’s Pacific Coast, on the Sea of Japan, just north of Vladivostok. The story begins at 7:55 p.m., on January 29, 1986, with the collision of an unknown object on Hill 611 in Dalnegorsk. One of the reports by Dr. Dvuzhilny summarized the events:

    Residents of the settlements observed a reddish-orange sphere the size of a half full moon, which flew from the southwest at 260 degrees. Its altitude was 700-800 meters. The flight was parallel to the surface of the Earth, without the angles which are characteristic for meteorites. The witnesses heard absolutely no noises. The calculated speed by chronometer was 15 meters per second. There was no change of direction or altitude.

    The object then approached the Izvestkovaya Mountain, or Hill 611, which has an elevation of 600 meters and is located at the center of the city. “The object made a dive and went at an angle of 60-70 degrees on the cliff ledge, where it ‘fell’ and burned for an hour,” continued the report, “some of the witnesses affirm that it rose and lowered itself six times, and that its light was intensified during its rise and weakened during its lowering.” Dvuzhilny and his team arrived on the scene on February 3, finding a number of physical traces, which included lead and iron balls, bits of glass, a fine mesh or netting, traces of high temperature activity, magnetic anomalies, and damage to nearby trees and stumps.

    The materials were analyzed by several laboratories and research institutes; the results were quite enigmatic, leading Dvuzhilny and other scientists to conclude that the Dalnegorsk object was probably an artificial space probe of non-terrestrial origin. According to one report published in the influential newspaper, Socialist Industry (now Rabochaya Tribuna), “in the scales (or mesh), almost all the elements of the entire periodic table were found.” Special analysis of the lead balls, for instance, showed that besides lead, they contained silicon (20%), aluminum (10%), iron (15%), zinc (1.5%), titanium (2%), magnesium (1%) and silver (2%), as well as minute portions of copper, lanthanum, praseodymium, calcium, sodium, vanadium, cerium, chrome, cobalt, nickel, and molybdenum.

    Metallic fragments consisting of a fine mesh or netting retrieved by scientists at Hill 611 in 1986.
    Credit: ICUFON Archives/V. Dvuzhilny

    The scales, or mesh, reacted in a very strange manner during the laboratory analysis. The Socialist Industry report described how one of the scientists, A. Makeev, “presented the [X-ray] structural analysis and showed that from one scale, after melting it in a vacuum, all of a sudden gold, silver, and nickel disappeared. But there appeared alpha-titanium and molybdenum. In another scale, the metals did not appear at all. And for some reason, after the heating, there appeared beryllium sulfide.”

    There were still further surprises, such as “six areas of magnetized silica rock” (silica is a non-magnetic material) found on the crash site. These results were published by A. Petukhov and T. Faminskaya, members of the Council of Scientific and Engineering Sciences’ Commission on Paranormal Events. “Vivid interest was also evoked by the mesh, a carbon-based composite of unknown origin,” wrote Petukhov and Faminskaya, “the specimen was found to include quartz filaments 17 microns thick, and golden wires inside the filament.” All this evidence led some investigators to conclude that something alien had indeed crashed at Hill 611. V. Vysotsky, Doctor of Chemistry from Vladivostok, stated: “Undoubtedly, this is a high-technology product and not a thing of natural or terrestrial origin.” Dvuzhilny proposed that it was “an automatic scout probe” of alien origin, and rejected the alternative hypothesis that it could have been a natural plasmoid.

    Still another hypothesis was offered by Yuli Platov, a senior researcher with the Institute of Earth Magnetism, Ionosphere, and Radiowave Propagation of the USSR Academy of Sciences as well as a noted UFO skeptic. Platov wrote that the Dalnegorsk phenomenon, “in reality was connected with the conduct of a technical experiment.” This is a polite way of saying the Hill 611 object was probably a secret Soviet military aircraft or spacecraft; yet, if this was the case why wasn’t Hill 611 immediately cordoned-off by Soviet troops and the material hushed away by the KGB? Why were scientists and technicians from the civilian, rather than the military industrial sector, allowed to conduct their investigation more or less openly and parade their puzzling results to the local and national media? Moreover, neither Platov nor anyone else ever produced any supporting evidence to back their experimental craft hypothesis. Dvuzhilny also noted that there were no rocket launches and no civilian or military traffic over Dalnegorsk on the night of January 29, 1986.

    Regardless of its ultimate origin, the crash on Hill 611 was only the beginning of an intense UFO wave around Dalnegorsk. For instance, another report by Dvuzhilny indicates that, “on February 6, 1986, eight days after the UFO crash, there appeared from the north two yellow globes at 8:30 p.m. They approached the crash spot, made four circles over it and disappeared with a flash.” By and large, however, the largest display of UFOs occurred on the night of November 28, 1987. Dvuzhilny wrote: “On Saturday November 28, 1987, 33 UFOs were flying at a low height over the Eastern coast of Primorye. Their flights took place between 9:10 pm and midnight. They were of different shape: cylinders, cigars, globes. They were flying over five regions and twelve settlements.”

    UFO photographed over Dalnegorsk.
    Credit: ICUFON Archives/V. Dvuzhilny

    Inquiries made by Dvuzhilny showed there had been no flights of civil or military aircraft at that time, and that no rockets were launched from Soviet Cosmodromes. In total, thirteen UFOs flew over Dalnegorsk itself. They were seen by over a hundred witnesses, including military personnel, militia (police), border guards, and sailors, as well as all kind of civilian workers who were questioned by the Far Eastern Commission. Still more sightings occurred in the months to come. The Commission recorded forty-five UFO sightings in 1987, fifteen in 1988, and thirty-two in 1989.  Statistics for the 1990s were not included in the reports sent to the U.S. by Dr. Dvuzhilny, but what was included—all the evidence reviewed here—is quite extraordinary.

    Reconstruction by the Far East Commission on Anomalous Phenomena of the UFO wave of November 28, 1987 around Dalnegorsk and other areas in Russia’s Pacific coast.
    Credit: ICUFON Archives/V. Dvuzhilny

    THE METALLIC SPHERES – A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY

    Some of the Project Moon Dust documents declassified by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) include reports of mysterious metallic spheres found scattered in many countries around the world like Bolivia, Chad, and New Zealand. Other similar cases not in the DIA documents were reported in Argentina and Mexico. Usually these cases were readily identified as some kind of space junk, but occasionally they were treated as fragments from crashed UFOs. A couple of these spheres are even on display at the “Visión OVNI” (UFO Vision) Museum in Victoria in the province of Entre Ríos, Argentina. Among the Mexican cases, one was found in Chiapas in 1996, two in Tamaulipas in 1994 and 1996, and another obtained by famous TV journalist Jaime Maussán in 2008, all of which were claimed as possibly UFO-related fragments. Yet there can be little doubt that all these “space balls” are mundane parts of the Russian or American space programs and not real UFO artifacts.

    One of the space spheres on display at the UFO Vision Museum in Victoria, Argentina; photo of George Adamski in the background.
    Credit: Open Minds Production

    Here is a representative Moon Dust memo from the Republic of Chad in Africa, dated October 10, 1970:

    This report forwards photographs of object believed to come under Project ‘MOON DUST’. The object was seen falling in an area 30 kms N.E. of LAI (0924N-1618E) on 1 August 1970. It produced three loud explosions on landing and was said to have burned for five days. The sphere weighs 30 pounds and has a circumference of four feet. A second object was found in the same general area. It however, resembles au automobile shaft. Photographs of this object are forwarded.

    A longer Moon Dust document, dated August 17, 1979, concerns “an unidentified object having been found on a farm near Santa Cruz” in Bolivia, described as “about three times the size of a basketball.” The document quoted the director of the Air Force Academy, Col. Ariel Coca, as stating, “The sphere is made of special light ally but very resistant, possibly a fuel tank or a part of a satellite! The object does not have any signs or marks that could identify its origin nor the country to which it belongs.”

    Two space spheres on display in the patio of the Firmat Museum in Santa Fe, Argentina.
    Credit: Open Minds Production

    The argument in favor of the extraterrestrial origin of these spheres made by some ufologists in Mexico and Argentina is that they are extremely hard, almost impossible to burn or cut. But this is what you would expect of a fuel tank for a spacecraft, designed to be ejected for earth reentry once the fuel is used; it has to be made of metals able to withstand the space launch or the satellite or spacecraft could be in danger. Mexican engineer Luis Ruiz Noguez, a well-known UFO skeptic, explained that the alloy, which is composed of titanium, vanadium, and aluminum, shown in the 1994 and 1996 Mexican spheres “is chiefly utilized in the manufacture of fuel tanks for artificial satellites due to their high resistance to corrosion and temperature.” While the spheres at Argentina’s Visión OVNI Museum are exhibited as true UFO artifacts, another local museum in Paraná has a couple of similar spheres that the Russian space program has acknowledged as part of a Russian space probe.

    A space sphere that fell in Mexico in 2008, now in the possession of Jaime Maussán. Notice the extensive damage inflicted due to reentry.
    Credit: Open Minds Production

    These spheres provide a useful cautionary tale in learning how to distinguish prosaic man-made space objects from true unknown devices. There is a good possibility that many so-called UFO crashes have a terrestrial origin, but others are still enigmatic and so far unexplained.

    A version of this article originally appeared in Issue #8 (June/July 2011) of Open Minds UFO Magazine. Back issues can be found here.

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    Guys check this out. There is an human-like skull that measures over a hundred meters across hidden below the surface of the water at the edge of this island. Aliens long ago, knew humans and others would be here...and they hid signs of intelligent life, here and there for us to find. Many humans call this coincidence...and maybe because of them...aliens judge us as not ready yet. 
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    Inleiding

    De oceanen vormen het grootste aquatische ecosysteem op aarde, met een cruciale rol in het wereldwijde klimaat, het zuurstofniveau in de atmosfeer, en de biodiversiteit. Recente wetenschappelijke rapporten en satellietwaarnemingen wijzen op een opvallende verandering in de kleur van de oceanen. Dit fenomeen, dat op het eerste gezicht esthetisch en onbeduidend lijkt, heeft diepgaande implicaties voor de oceanografie, klimaatwetenschap en ecologie. In deze analyse wordt de wetenschappelijke basis van de waargenomen kleurverandering onderzocht, inclusief de onderliggende processen, de methoden voor waarneming, en de mogelijke gevolgen voor het mondiale ecosysteem.

    Waarnemingen en Methodologie

    De toename of verandering in oceaankleuren wordt voornamelijk gedocumenteerd via satellietbeelden en remote sensing-technologieën. Satellieten zoals NASA’s MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) en ESA’s Sentinel-3 gebruiken spectroradiometrische instrumenten om de reflectie en absorptie van licht door het oceaanwater te meten. Deze metingen maken het mogelijk om de kleur van het water te kwantificeren in termen van de reflectie in verschillende golflengten, die vervolgens worden vertaald naar kwantitatieve parameters zoals chlorofyl-a concentraties en de aanwezigheid van plankton of andere deeltjes.

    De waarnemingen laten zien dat bepaalde oceanen en oceanische regio’s, zoals de Noord-Atlantische Oceaan, de gebieden rond de Indische Oceaan en de Stille Oceaan, in de loop van de afgelopen decennia een duidelijke verandering in kleur vertonen. Vaak wordt deze verandering gekenmerkt door een intensivering van de groene en bruine tinten, wat wijst op een verhoogde aanwezigheid van fytoplankton en organisch materiaal in het water. Het gebruik van algoritmes voor het analyseren van satellietbeelden maakt het mogelijk om deze veranderingen te kwantificeren en te volgen over tijd.

    Fysiologische en Biologische Oorzaken

    De primaire oorzaak van de verandering in oceaankleuren wordt toegeschreven aan de toename van fytoplankton, microscopische fotosynthetische organismen die een belangrijke rol spelen in de koolstofcyclus en het zuurstofniveau in de atmosfeer. De verhoogde aanwezigheid van fytoplankton wordt vaak gekoppeld aan verhoogde nutrientenconcentraties in het water, zoals stikstof en fosfor, die de groei van deze organismen stimuleren.

    Deze nutrienten kunnen afkomstig zijn uit verschillende bronnen:

    • Landelijke afvoer en rivierwater: Door intensieve landbouw en stedelijke afvoer wordt een verhoogde hoeveelheid nutrienten in rivierwater geloosd, dat vervolgens in de oceaan terechtkomt.
    • Zeewatervervuiling en industriële emissies: Sommige regio’s krijgen te maken met anthropogene vervuiling die de nutrientenbalans beïnvloedt.
    • Klimaatverandering en oceaanstraling: Toenemende temperaturen en veranderende oceaanstromingen zorgen voor een betere menging en distributie van nutrienten en organisch materiaal.

    Een hogere concentratie van fytoplankton leidt tot een toename in chlorofyl-a, wat direct gerelateerd is aan de groene tinten in de oceaan. Deze verhoogde algengroei, vaak aangeduid als “algenbloei”, kan natuurlijk voorkomen, maar wordt in veel gevallen versterkt door menselijke activiteiten.

    Naast fytoplankton kunnen ook andere deeltjes, zoals sedimenten, zand en organisch materiaal, bijdragen aan de kleurverandering. Sedimenten die door rivierafvoer worden meegenomen, kunnen bijvoorbeeld de waterkleur donkerder maken, vooral in kustgebieden.

    Dark ocean

    Uit het nieuwe onderzoek blijkt dat 21% van de wereldwijde oceaan een afname van de diepte van de verlichte zones heeft ervaren.

    Krediet: Getty

    Chemische en Fysische Processen

    De verandering van oceaankleuren wordt niet alleen beïnvloed door biologische factoren, maar ook door fysische en chemische processen die de optische eigenschappen van water bepalen:

    • Veranderingen in de lichtabsorptie en -reflectie: De aanwezigheid van organisch materiaal en deeltjes beïnvloedt hoe licht wordt gereflecteerd en geabsorbeerd. Fytoplankton en organisch materiaal absorberen licht in specifieke golflengten, wat leidt tot een verschuiving in de waargenomen kleur.
    • Oceaanstraling en temperatuur: Hogere temperaturen kunnen leiden tot een verhoogde fotosynthetische activiteit en algengroei, wat op zijn beurt de kleur beïnvloedt.
    • Oceaanstromingen en menging: Verschillende watermassa's mengen elkaar, waardoor de samenstelling en kleur van het water kunnen veranderen. Bijvoorbeeld, verplaatsingen van koud en warm water kunnen leiden tot regionale kleurveranderingen.

    Sunlight under surface of ocean

    Een donker wordende fotische zone zou dieren kunnen dwingen om dichter naar het oppervlak te gaan, waar de concurrentie om hulpbronnen groter is, aldus de onderzoekers.

    Krediet: Getty

    Ecologische en Klimaatimplicaties

    De waargenomen verandering in oceaankleuren heeft belangrijke ecologische gevolgen:

    1. Veranderingen in het mariene ecosysteem: Een toename in fytoplankton kan leiden tot “algenbloei”, die op zijn beurt de zuurstofvoorziening in het water beïnvloedt. Bij massale algenbloei kunnen dood organisch materiaal en afbraakprocessen zuurstoftekorten veroorzaken, wat bekend staat als hypoxie of “dead zones”.

    2. Effect op het voedselweb: Fytoplankton vormt de basis van het mariene voedselweb. Een verandering in de hoeveelheid en types van fytoplankton heeft directe gevolgen voor het hele mariene ecosysteem. Een toename kan leiden tot een verschuiving in de soortenrijkdom en de biodiversiteit. Sommige soorten fytoplankton kunnen giftige stoffen produceren, wat de voedselketen kan verontreinigen en schadelijk kan zijn voor zeezoogdieren, vissen en menselijke consumptie. Daarnaast kunnen veranderingen in de samenstelling van de fytoplanktongemeenschap de populaties van andere mariene organismen beïnvloeden, zoals kleine kreeftachtigen (krill) en planktoneters, wat verder de stabiliteit van het ecosysteem onder druk zet.

      Klimaatverandering en oceaanverzuring versterken deze effecten nog verder. Door de opwarming van de aarde neemt de oceaanopwarming toe, wat de stratificatie van het water vergemakkelijkt. Dit betekent dat warme, minder gemengde oppervlaktewaterlagen langer blijven bestaan, waardoor de toevoer van voedingsstoffen naar het oppervlakte vermindert. Dit kan leiden tot minder productieve gebieden voor fytoplankton, maar in sommige regio’s kunnen warmere omstandigheden juist een toename van bepaalde soorten veroorzaken. Tegelijkertijd zorgt de opname van CO2 door de oceaan voor verzuring, wat de groei en het functioneren van kalkproducerende organismen zoals koraal en schelpdieren beïnvloedt.

      De ecologische gevolgen van dergelijke veranderingen zijn ingrijpend. Bijvoorbeeld, de afname van kalkhoudende organismen kan het mariene voedselweb verder destabiliseren, aangezien veel van deze organismen een essentiële rol spelen in het ecosysteem. Bovendien kunnen grote algenbloei en de daaropvolgende hypoxie leiden tot massale sterfte onder zeeleven, wat niet alleen de biodiversiteit aantast, maar ook de visserij en lokale gemeenschappen die afhankelijk zijn van gezonde oceanen.

      Klimaatimplicaties kunnen zich verder uiten in de versterking van de klimaatverandering zelf. Oceanen functioneren als een koolstofput, maar de versnelde opname van CO2 en de daarmee gepaard gaande verzuring verminderen hun capaciteit om koolstof op te slaan. Dit versterkt de opwarming van de aarde en versnelt de negatieve ecologische effecten.

      Bovendien beïnvloeden de veranderingen in oceaankleuren en de bijbehorende ecologische processen ook het wereldwijde klimaat. Een verstoord marien ecosysteem kan leiden tot veranderingen in de koolstofcyclus en de wereldwijde temperatuurregulatie. Dit onderstreept het belang van het monitoren van oceaanveranderingen en het nemen van passende maatregelen om de negatieve gevolgen te beperken.

    Shifts in the global photic zones

    A world map showing changes in global photic zones between 2003 and 2022. Reds indicate regions where the oceans are getting darker, while blues indicate regions where oceans are getting lighter and white indicates regions where there was no statistically significant change over the period.

    Credit: University of Plymouth

    Conclusie

    Het observeren van veranderingen in oceaankleuren biedt belangrijke inzichten in de ecologische en klimaatimplicaties van de recente milieuveranderingen. De toename van fytoplankton en de daaruit voortvloeiende algenbloei kunnen zowel positieve als negatieve effecten hebben op het mariene ecosysteem. Echter, de negatieve gevolgen, zoals hypoxie, verlies van biodiversiteit en verstoring van het voedselweb, wegen op lange termijn zwaarder. Klimaatverandering en oceaanverzuring versterken deze problemen en maken het noodzakelijk dat wereldwijd actie wordt ondernomen. Het beschermen van onze oceanen vergt een geïntegreerde aanpak, inclusief vermindering van broeikasgasemissies, duurzame visserijpraktijken en het bevorderen van mariene biodiversiteit. Alleen door bewustwording en collectieve inspanning kunnen we de ecologische en klimaatimplicaties beperken en zorgen voor een gezonde oceaan voor toekomstige generaties.

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    20-06-2025 om 23:29 geschreven door peter  

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    Another Unexplained Metallic Orb-Shaped UFO Was Filmed Flying And Hovering In The Sky

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    For some reason, orb or sphere-shaped UFOs keep appearing all over the world. They are usually metallic-looking and there is almost never a solid explanation for what they are or why they are flying around.

    In 2023, a group that was formed by NASA to study UFOs that was made up of “some of the world’s leading scientists, data and artificial intelligence practitioners, aerospace safety experts” revealed in a public briefing that a large number of unexplained metallic orbs have been reported being seen at high altitudes around the world.

    Since then, a sphere-shaped UFO was filmed darting back and forth in a zig-zag motion above a city in Colombia, another was reported by a Connecticut police officer, and one more was photographed by a visitor to Exmouth Beach in Devon, England. And those are just a few of the orb-shaped UFO sightings that have garnered media attention.

    This latest orb-shaped UFO video was reportedly captured on June 5th at around 7 p.m. local time by a witness in Beijing, China.

    “I was walking and taking photos of the scenery on the shallow area of Shayukou Reservoir,” the witness stated. “At first, I saw a metallic spherical object flying eastward above the water surface from the west side of the reservoir. At that time, it seemed to hover occasionally before continuing to fly, and it disappeared behind a hill. I initially thought it was just a strange hydrogen balloon and didn’t pay much attention.

    “Around 7:30 p.m., as I was about to head back, the sphere reappeared in the south. There was no wind at all, and the evening was very quiet. Surprisingly, the sphere was able to fly at varying altitudes, hovering midway before continuing to fly. I watched for a few minutes and became certain it was definitely not a balloon or a drone. I then started filming, but the object was strange — every time I filmed for a short while, it would move behind the trees. Whenever I thought it had completely disappeared, it would reappear. This continued intermittently for over ten minutes, during which I recorded three video clips. After the last clip, it disappeared completely.”

    Once again, no explanation has been provided. So, what are all of these orb-shaped UFOs that keep appearing all over the world? And what is their purpose? We may never know.

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    20-06-2025 om 22:33 geschreven door peter  

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    Is Mars really red? A physicist explains the truth.

    a red, rocky cliff
    Siccar Point, photographed by the Curiosity rover, is near Mars' Gale Crater. 
    (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS; Processing & License: Kevin M. Gill)
    • Is Mars really as red as people say it is? – Jasmine, age 14, Everson, Washington

    People from cultures across the world have been looking at Mars since ancient times. Because it appears reddish, it has often been called the red planet.

    The English name for the planet comes from the Romans, who named it after their god of war because its color reminded them of blood. In reality, the reddish color of Mars comes from iron oxide in the rocks and dust covering its surface.

    Your blood is also red because of a mixture of iron and oxygen in a molecule called hemoglobin. So in a way, the ancient connection between the planet Mars and blood wasn't completely wrong. Rust, which is a common form of iron oxide found here on Earth, also often has a reddish color.

    In my current research on exoplanets, I observe different types of signals from planets beyond Earth. Lots of interesting physics goes into how researchers perceive the colors of planets and stars through different types of telescopes.

    Observing Mars with probes

    If you look closely at pictures of Mars taken by rovers on its surface, you can see that most of the planet isn't purely red, but more of a rusty brown or tan color.

    a hazy photograph of Mars with scientific equipment

    You can see Mars' rusty color in this photo taken by the Viking lander. 
    (Image credit: NASA/JPL)

    Probes sent from Earth have taken pictures showing rocks with a rusty color. A 1976 picture from the Viking lander, the very first spacecraft to land on Mars, shows the Martian ground covered with a layer of rusty orange dust.

    Not all of Mars' surface has the same color. At the poles, its ice caps appear white. These ice caps contain frozen water, like the ice we usually find on Earth, but these ice caps are also covered by a layer of frozen carbon dioxide — dry ice.

    This layer of dry ice can evaporate very quickly when sunlight shines on it and grows back again when it becomes dark. This process causes the white ice caps to grow and shrink in size depending on the Martian seasons.

    Related: 

    a photo of Mars

    This picture from the Hubble Space Telescope shows the planet with the same rusty color covering large parts of its surface.
    (Image credit: NASA, ESA, Zolt G. Levay (STScI))

    Beyond visible light

    Mars also gives off light in colors that you can't see with your eyes but that scientists can measure with special cameras on telescopes.

    Light itself can be thought of not only as a wave but also as a stream of particles called photons. The amount of energy carried by each photon is related to its color. For example, blue and violet photons have more energy than orange and red photons.

    Ultraviolet photons have even more energy than the photons you can see with your eyes. These photons are found in direct sunlight, and because they have so much energy, they can damage the cells in your body. You can use sunscreen to protect yourself from them.

    Infrared photons have less energy than the photons you can see with your eyes, and you don't need any special protection from them. This is how some types of night-vision goggles work: They can see light in the infrared spectrum as well as the visible color spectrum. Scientists can take pictures of Mars in the infrared spectrum using special cameras that work almost like night-vision goggles for telescopes.

    a two-paneled image showing a true color photo of Mars and an infrared version rendered in rainbow shades

    The Hubble Space Telescope could take pictures in both visible light and infrared light. 
    (Image credit: NASA, James Bell (Cornell University), Justin Maki (NASA-JPL), Mike J. Wolff (SSI))

    The colors on the infrared picture aren't really what the infrared light looks like, because you can't see those colors with your eyes. They are called "false colors," and researchers add them to look at the picture more easily.

    a UV view of Mars rendered in blue and purple shades

    A UV view of Mars with the MAVEN spacecraft. 
    (Image credit: NASA/LASP/CU Boulder)

    When you compare the visible color picture and the infrared picture, you can see some of the same features — and the ice caps are visible in both sets of colors.

    NASA's MAVEN spacecraft, launched in 2013, has even taken pictures with ultraviolet light, giving scientists a different view of both the surface of Mars and its atmosphere.

    Each new type of picture tells scientists more about the Martian landscape. They hope to use these details to answer questions about how Mars formed, how long it had active volcanoes, where its atmosphere came from and whether it had liquid water on its surface.

    Astronomers are always looking for new ways to take telescope pictures outside of the regular visible spectrum. They can even make images using radio waves, microwaves, X-rays and gamma rays. Each part of the spectrum they can use to look at an object in space represents new information they can learn from.

    Even though people have been looking at Mars since ancient times, we still have much to learn about this fascinating neighbor.

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    20-06-2025 om 22:18 geschreven door peter  

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    Monster Oort Cloud Comet Observed in the Outer Solar System

    An artist rendition of comet C/2014 UN271, the largest known comet in the Oort Cloud.
Credit: NSF/AUI/NSF NRAO/M.Weiss
    An artist rendition of comet C/2014 UN271, the largest known comet in the Oort Cloud.
    Credit: NSF/AUI/NSF NRAO/M.Weiss

    A team of astronomers has recently completed a long-range observation of a comet far from the Sun. This analysis proves that there’s lots going on, even in the icy depths of the solar system.

    The targeted comet is C/2014 UN271 Bernardinelli-Bernstein. Comet UN271 is one of the largest Oort Cloud comets ever observed, measuring 140 kilometers across. It's currently at a distance of 16.5 Astronomical Units (AU) from the Sun, which makes it tough to observe with all but the largest telescopes. Astronomers have used the powerful Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile to observe the comet, watching as jets of carbon monoxide gas are erupting from its nucleus. This is a surprising level of activity for a comet that's so far from the Sun.

    ALMA telescopes on the Chajnantor Plateau. Credit: ALMA/NSF/ESO

    ALMA telescopes on the Chajnantor Plateau.

    Credit: ALMA/NSF/ESO

    Comet UN271 was discovered in 2014 by astronomers Gary Bernstein and Pedro Bernardinelli. They noticed the faint fuzzball in archival images from the Dark Energy Survey, moving slowly as a +22nd magnitude smudge through the constellation Sculptor.

    A Far Ranging Orbit

    Almost immediately, astronomers knew Comet UN271 was something special, as its slow motion through the sky suggested it was far out in the solar system, and therefore quite large. After following the comet for a bit, astronomers realized it was 29 AU from the Sun at the time of discovery—about ¾ of the way to Pluto from the Sun—and had a nucleus about 120 kilometers (75 miles) across. For context, Halley’s Comet has a nucleus just 15 kilometers across. This puts Comet UN271 up there in terms of size, as the largest Oort Cloud comet seen to date.

    The discovery image for Comet UN271 (annotated). Credit: NOIRLab.

    The discovery image for Comet UN271 (annotated).

    Credit: NOIRLab.

    We’re fortunate to see Comet UN271 on its perihelion approach. In January 2031, the comet will pass 10.9 AU from the Sun, just outside the orbit of Saturn. On a 2.8-million-year orbit inbound, the comet will then head out of the solar system on a 4.6-million-year orbit outbound, for a far-off aphelion 55,000 AU from the Sun. That’s 87% of a light-year away, about a fifth of the way to Proxima Centauri, the nearest star.

    The orbit of Comet UN271 through the solar system. Credit: NASA/JPL Horizons.

    The orbit of Comet UN271 through the solar system.

    Credit: NASA/JPL Horizons.

    The difference in orbit inbound versus outbound for the comet is due to its interaction with solar system planets while it's near the Sun. Any new comet entering the inner solar system stands about a 40% chance of having its orbit altered. Likely, Comet UN271 was knocked off its Oort Cloud perch by a stellar pass near the solar system that sent sunward, long ago.

    Looking at a cold distant object like Comet UN271 really pushed the sensitivity and resolution of ALMA to its limits. The thermal signal received by ALMA will not only help to refine the comet’s size, but also help to chronicle the dust production rate seen.

    "These measurements give us a look at how this enormous, icy world works," says Nathan Roth (NASA/GSFC) in a recent press release. "We're seeing explosive outgassing patterns that raise new questions about how this comet will evolve as it continues its journey towards the inner solar system."

    False color images of Comet UN271, showing activity. Credit: ALMA/NSF/ESO.

    False color images of Comet UN271, showing activity.

    Credit: ALMA/NSF/ESO.

    Not only was this a record-setting detection in terms of distance, but it also demonstrates that comets can still display activity, far from the Sun.

    No missions are planned to give us a view of Comet UN271 up close. The European Space Agency does have a mission named Comet Interceptor in the works that would loiter in the inner solar system, ready to chase down the next big comet. Comet Interceptor is planned for launch in 2029.

    The Hubble Space Telescope imaged Comet UN271 in January 2022. We should get good views of the comet from the James Webb Space Telescope leading up to perihelion if it's ever tasked to observe it. The Vera Rubin Observatory, which is set to reveal its very first images next week could provide amazing views of the comet as well in the years to come.

    Hubble's view of Comet UN271 in 2022. Credit: NASA/HST/STScI

    Hubble's view of Comet UN271 in 2022.

    Credit: NASA/HST/STScI

    And yes, a comet the size of UN271 would spell a bad day for Earth, though in this case, it isn’t coming anywhere near the inner solar system. UN271 is 12 times the size of the Chicxulub impactor (which was only about 10 kilometers across) that struck the Earth 66 million years ago, so it would definitely be an extinction-level event if something the size of UN271 ever came our way.

    A size comparison for other known comets, versus UN271. Credit: NASA/ESA/Zena Levy/STScI

    A size comparison for other known comets, versus UN271.

    Credit: NASA/ESA/Zena Levy/STScI

    Too bad Comet UN271 won’t visit the inner solar system... (just not too close!) It’s bigger than Hale-Bopp, and would provide an amazing show. For now, we’ll have to wait for the next Oort Cloud interloper to turn up. Still, the appearance of Comet UN271 shows us just what might be lurking out there, in the remote realms of the outer solar system.

     

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    20-06-2025 om 21:56 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.The Solar System's Greatest Mystery May Finally Be Solved!

    The Solar System's Greatest Mystery May Finally Be Solved!

    Artist's impression of Planet Nine as an ice giant eclipsing the central Milky Way, with a star-like Sun in the distance. Neptune's orbit is shown as a small ellipse around the Sun. (Credit : Nagual Design)
    Artist's impression of Planet Nine as an ice giant eclipsing the central Milky Way, with a star-like Sun in the distance. Neptune's orbit is shown as a small ellipse around the Sun.
    (Credit : Nagual Design)

    For years, astronomers have been searching for a mysterious ninth planet lurking in the dark outer reaches of our Solar System. Now, a team of researchers have taken a completely different approach to this cosmic detective story, instead of looking for reflected sunlight, they're hunting for the planet's own heat signature.

    The story begins with a puzzle in the outer Solar System. Scientists noticed that small icy bodies called Kuiper Belt Objects, which orbit far beyond Neptune, seem to be clustered together in unusual ways. Their orbits are aligned in patterns that shouldn't exist by chance alone. The leading and most tantalising explanation…. a massive, undiscovered planet (dubbed "Planet Nine”) is gravitationally shepherding these distant objects into their strange orbits.

    Known objects in the Kuiper belt beyond the orbit of Neptune. Scale in Astronomical Units. Sun at centre, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune depicted as J, S, U and N (Credit : Minor Planet Center)

    Known objects in the Kuiper belt beyond the orbit of Neptune. Scale in Astronomical Units. Sun at centre, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune depicted as J, S, U and N

    (Credit : Minor Planet Center)

    If it exists, Planet Nine would be a true giant, roughly 5-10 times the mass of Earth, orbiting somewhere between 400-800 times farther from the Sun than our planet does. At such an enormous distance, it would be incredibly faint and nearly impossible to spot with traditional telescope searches that rely on detecting reflected sunlight.

    This is where the new research gets ingenious. Led by Amos Chen from the National Tsing Hua University, the team realised that searching for Planet Nine's heat signature could be far more effective than looking for its reflected light. Here's why: when you double the distance from the Sun, reflected light becomes 16 times fainter (following what scientists call an inverse fourth-power relationship). But thermal radiation, the heat that all objects naturally emit, only becomes 4 times fainter when you double the distance.

    Thermal image of Jupiter from JWST (Credit : NASA/ESA)

    Thermal image of Jupiter from JWST

    (Credit : NASA/ESA)

    The researchers turned to data from AKARI, a Japanese space telescope that conducted the most sensitive all-sky survey in far infrared light, the perfect wavelength range to detect the heat signature of a cold, distant planet. Unlike ground based telescopes that are hampered by Earth's atmosphere, AKARI could detect the faint thermal glow that Planet Nine should emit.

    The team focused their search on a specific region of sky where computer simulations suggested Planet Nine was most likely to be found, based upon the orbital patterns of the Kuiper Belt Objects. They then faced the challenging task of distinguishing a slowly moving planet from the countless stars, galaxies, and cosmic debris that populate this region.

    They had a rather elegant solution however, Planet Nine should appear stationary over the course of a single day but show detectable movement over months. By comparing AKARI observations taken at different times, they could identify objects with this specific type of motion while filtering out cosmic rays, background galaxies, and other false signals.

    Illustration of JAXA's infrared astronomy satellite ASTRO-F "AKARI" (Credit : JAXA)

    Illustration of JAXA's infrared astronomy satellite ASTRO-F "AKARI"

    (Credit : JAXA)

    After this meticulous analysis, the researchers identified two candidates. Both objects appear in the predicted location and emit the amount of infrared light that theory suggests Planet Nine should produce. While this doesn't constitute definitive proof, it represents the most promising lead in the search for our Solar System's hidden giant.

    These discoveries mark an important milestone, but the journey isn't over. The candidates require follow up observations with more powerful telescopes to confirm whether they're truly moving in ways consistent with Planet Nine, or whether they're imposters, perhaps background galaxies or other astronomical objects.

    If confirmed, the discovery of Planet Nine would revolutionise our understanding of how our Solar System formed and evolved. It would also demonstrate the power of thinking creatively about astronomical searches, sometimes the best way to find something isn't to look directly at it, but to feel its warmth instead!

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    20-06-2025 om 21:44 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Dragon shaped river, an alien sign Reptilians left for us to find, UFO UAP sighting breaking news

    Dragon shaped river, an alien sign Reptilians left for us to find, UFO UAP sighting breaking news

    Date of discovery: June 18, 2025
    Location of discovery: Ticha Reservoir, Bulgaria
    Google Coordinates: 42°52′11.2″N, 26°54′21.8″E
     
    Aliens...those ancient aliens that came long ago...so many different species...and each one left hundred maybe thousands of signs that they were here...and they did it on purpose for us to one day find. Well, here is one of their signs...and I think it was the Reptilians that left it for us. An alien species resembling a reptile...and here is a lake resembling a reptile of legends...a dragon. This is 100% proof that aliens came, left signs for us to find, and knew we would be here to see them one day. 
    Scott C. Waring - UFO Sightings Daily 🦎🐲🐉
     

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    20-06-2025 om 21:31 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.City In Mars Photo, NASA Calls It A Bear Face! Look In Its Mouth! UFO UAP Sighting News.

    City In Mars Photo, NASA Calls It A Bear Face! Look In Its Mouth! UFO UAP Sighting News.


    Date of discovery: June 18, 2025
    Location of discovery: Mars 
    Source nasa photo: 
    I want to thank the follower who emailed me at scwaring @ yahoo.com and told me about this cool bear photo...which led me to look deeper into it finding the ancient city, crashed ship, air vents and more. The circle of the fake crater wall is 2 miles across, making the structure in the mouth of the bear at least 100-200 meters across, also the ship is 200 meters long! You have to see the video to understand...is just undeniable proof that intelligent aliens lived, thrived and died on Mars. 
    Scott C. Waring - UFO Sightings Daily

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    20-06-2025 om 21:26 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.“They’re Never Going to Give This Up”: What George Knapp and Jeremy Corbell Reveal About UFO Sightings

    “They’re Never Going to Give This Up”: What George Knapp and Jeremy Corbell Reveal About UFO Sightings

    Flying saucer in Area 51

    In recent years, the conversation around UFO sightings has shifted from fringe conspiracy to legitimate national-security concern. Veteran investigative journalist George Knapp and documentary filmmaker Jeremy Corbell, hosts of the Weaponized podcast, sat down to dissect this seismic shift—and why those in power still resist full transparency.

    1. The Slow Unraveling: From Taboo to Headlines

    Knapp explains that the watershed moment came in 2017 when the New York Times ran its explosive UFO report. Since then, Congress, mainstream media, and even academia have cautiously flipped the script from ridicule to inquiry—opening the door for renewed, serious discussion on UFO sightings.

    Yet the same forces that kept UFOs in the shadows—DoD insiders, intelligence agencies, defense contractors—remain highly adept at muddying the narrative. Knapp warns: “They’ve admitted they’ve lied to Congress…made up stories, propaganda. It’s disgraceful—but now a lot of it is out in the open.”

    2. Media Whiplash: From Dismissal to Cover-Up Accusations

    Corbell notes that every administration touts transparency, yet delivers the same evasive answers. He emphasizes that credible whistleblowers and authenticated military footage are the only path forward. “True transparency on this topic is going to come through good journalism,” he affirms.

    Together, Knapp and Corbell are interviewing whistleblowers like Matthew Brown and digging for undeniable evidence to reignite public trust—and keep UFO sightings in the headlines.

    3. Who’s Actually in Control?

    According to Knapp, UFO secrecy isn’t driven by a nebulous cabal—it’s orchestrated by a complex web: the Department of Defense, intelligence networks, and private defense firms. But even insiders don’t see the full picture.

    “Those whose job it is to confuse the public, to muddy the waters, to slip out propaganda…” have been the real gatekeepers of the UFO narrative. Their aim: keep the mystery alive while controlling what gets revealed.

    4. The Great Disconnect: What Publicly vs. Privately

    One of Knapp’s core revelations is the divergence between official denial and private concern. Declassified documents from the 1950s show high-ranking military and CIA officials treating UFO sightings as real intelligence issues—yet publicly shaming those who reported them.

    The infamous 1953 Robertson Panel exemplified this duality: spent days reviewing data, concluded UFOs weren’t a threat, then immediately painted reports as ridicule-worthy. A public relations campaign to keep the science off the table.

    5. The Three Big Questions

    Knapp says if he ever sat down with someone who knows the truth, these are the questions he’d ask:

    1. Origin – Who or what are they? Where do they come from?
    2. Motive – What do they want with Earth and humanity?
    3. Technology – Are we seeing something that could threaten national security?

    These questions reveal why secrecy persists—and why politicians keep platitudes instead of evidence.

    6. The Tipping Point: What Will Break the Secrecy?

    A definitive, whistleblower-backed piece of evidence—a smoking-gun video, document, or insider testimony—may be the only thing that cracks the facade.

    Knapp predicts that only when a whistleblower with true authority and irrefutable proof emerges will the pentagon and allied agencies finally give in. Until then, the dance of denial and misinformation continues.

    7. Why It Matters

    • National Security: If real, UFO sightings could represent advanced foreign—or otherworldly—technology.
    • Public Accountability: The government’s obfuscation erodes trust in democratic institutions.
    • Journalism’s Role: Incomplete disclosure fuels conspiracy, but solid investigative reporting can restore truth.

    Knapp and Corbell remind us: UFOs aren’t just sci-fi fodder—they’re a national question, one that demands journalistic rigor and real-world evidence.

    Final Thoughts

    UFO sightings have evolved from cult curiosity to geopolitical hot potato—with serious implications for science, transparency, and the future of public trust. Thanks to ground-breaking journalism, congressional attention, and brave insiders, the story is only heating up. But the ultimate reveal—what UFOs really are—might still be years away.

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    20-06-2025 om 21:13 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Het verhaal van de ontvoering door aliens van Betty en Barney Hill

    Het verhaal van de ontvoering door aliens van Betty en Barney Hill

    Artikel door thedailydigest.com
    De zaak van de ontvoering van Betty en Barney
    ©The Daily Digest
    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.
    Emblematische zaak voor ufologen
    ©The Daily Digest
    Emblematische zaak voor ufologen
    Misschien is dit verhaal voor de meeste mensen onbekend, maar het heeft gedurende tientallen jaren grote belangstelling gewekt bij ufo-experts en -toeschouwers.
    Een verblindend licht
    ©The Daily Digest
    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
    ©Aangeboden door The Daily Digest
    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
    ©Aangeboden door The Daily Digest
    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
    ©The Daily Digest
    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
    ©Aangeboden door The Daily Digest
    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
    ©The Daily Digest
    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
    ©Aangeboden door The Daily Digest
    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
    ©Aangeboden door The Daily Digest
    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
    ©Aangeboden door The Daily Digest
    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.
    The Ufo Incident
    ©Aangeboden door The Daily Digest
    The Ufo Incident
    Een tv-film uit 1975 genaamd 'The Ufo Incident' verzamelde de geluidsbanden van die sessies. Regisseur Richard A. Colla had de regie.
    Een film gebaseerd op archiefstukken
    ©Aangeboden door The Daily Digest
    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.
    Proeven en experimenten
    ©The Daily Digest
    Foto: Wikipedia
    Proeven en experimenten
    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
    ©Aangeboden door The Daily Digest
    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
    ©Aangeboden door The Daily Digest
    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.
    Zeta Reticuli
    ©The Daily Digest
    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
    ©The Daily Digest
    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
    ©The Daily Diges
    De conclusies van de therapeutt
    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
    ©The Daily Digest
    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'
    ©The Daily Digest
    '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
    ©The Daily Digest
    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.
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    20-06-2025 om 20:57 geschreven door peter  

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    19-06-2025
    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Human Mastery Over Extreme Environments Happened Before the Migration Out of Africa

    Human Mastery Over Extreme Environments Happened Before the Migration Out of Africa

    For almost 300,000 years, humans were African. But whereas our previous human cousins had already made their way into Eurasia, our own species was more than 200,000 years confined to the mother continent. Then, around 50,000 years ago, came the revolution.

    There was a great migratory surge — and it held. As opposed to previous failed forays into the broader world, this migration sowed all modern non-African peoples living today. One question plagued scientists for a long time: why this wave? What gave this effort success when so many others had been unsuccessful?

    Now, a revolutionary new international study in Nature might have solved the puzzle — not through identifying tools or mutations, but by mapping how our forebears dominated an expanding variety of environments. From about 70,000 years ago, humans did not merely manage to survive in Africa — they prospered in deserts, rainforests, mountains, and grasslands. They became, in the words of the scientists, "the ultimate generalist."

    Andrea Manica, Professor of Evolutionary Ecology in the University of Cambridge’s Department of Zoology, who co-led the study with Professor Eleanor Scerri from the Max Plank Institute of Bioanthropology in Germany, said in a press release: “Around 70,000-50,000 years ago, the easiest route out of Africa would have been more challenging than during previous periods, and yet this expansion was big - and ultimately successful.”

    A Climate Map of Prehistory

    The team, led by researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, University of Cambridge, and the Natural History Museum (UK), put together a huge dataset incorporating archaeological remains and environmental reconstructions of rainfall, vegetation, and temperature in Africa from 120,000 to 14,000 years ago.

    They examined data from fossil deposits, ancient plant and animal fossils, and computer simulations that track how humans might have interplayed with these dynamic systems. Using techniques employed in ecology, they followed the course of our species' "niche" — what kinds of environments we were able to inhabit — over time.

    What they discovered was a tipping point at about 70,000 years ago: humans began to migrate to tropical rainforests in West and Central Africa, dry deserts such as the Sahara, and regions with extreme annual temperature fluctuations.

    "Human beings have been thriving in difficult environments for at least 70,000 years," stated Dr. Emily Hallett of Loyola University Chicago, a lead author of the study, in an interview with Live Science. It was this ecological flexibility, she says, that would have provided a vital advantage to humans as they set out entering Eurasia — not during an easy climatic opportunity, but when it was tough.

    figure 1

    Map of dated archaeological sites in Africa.

    (Hallett, et. al./Nature, 2025)

    A Continental Renaissance: Adaptability Before the Great Leap

    Earlier migrations out of Africa — some of which took place as long ago as 270,000 years — did not persist. The genetic imprints of those early sojourners cannot be seen in modern populations. So, what made the 50,000-year migration work?

    Surprisingly, the authors discovered no smoking gun in the guise of technological innovations or climatic fortune. Rather, it appears that something more insidious and social was at play.

    The scientists propose a probable cause: cross-fertilization of cultures. As human populations migrated to varied environments, their contact zones increased as well. Increased contact equated to increased ideas, improved methods, and greater innovation — not from any one innovation, but from a web of commonalities. A feedback loop of learning, adaptation, and mobility reinforcing itself.

    "It could be tied to various African populations coming into contact with each other and exchanging their ideas and ways of living in various conditions more and more," explained evolutionary biologist Dr. Michela Leonardi to the Natural History Museum. "In the long run, the greater exchange of ideas would assist Homo sapiens to spread its territory even further… [making] our species even more adaptative."

    That flexibility paid off in evolutionary gold: resilience. By becoming jacks-of-all-trades, early humans were suddenly capable of conquering drastically different ecosystems — and emerging triumphant.

    The Generalist Edge: Older Than You Thought

    Though Homo sapiens had been evolving to fit a broad range of African landscapes for millennia, it was this later-stage adaptability that probably provided them with the tenacity to propagate across the world.

    "What we're seeing around 70,000 years ago is Homo sapiens as the ultimate generalist," Manica said. "Expanding into increasingly extreme environments… that newfound flexibility provided a comparative advantage 50,000 years ago, enabling them to succeed in novel and in some cases very difficult environments."

    And the records reveal it wasn't a gradual march to greener fields. Between 70,000 and 50,000 years ago, forests didn't suddenly burst open and deserts didn't turn green — rather, conditions were worse than in earlier dispersal periods.

    Previous migrations had employed "green corridors" of Saharan-Arabian rainfall. This second migration, scientists contend, prevailed not because the world was friendlier — but because humans had become resilient.

    Fig. 4

    Homo sapiens suitable habitat and climatic niche area through time. 

    (Hallett, et. al./Nature, 2025)

    Rather than waiting for perfect conditions, modern humans adapted to what was there. While we’ve long admired our ancestors for their tools, fire-making, and symbolic art, it may have been the less flashy trait of ecological adaptability that ultimately changed the course of history.

    That realization, according to Professor Eleanor Scerri of the Max Planck Institute, takes us one step closer to learning not only the "Out of Africa" tale — but the whole sweep of human evolution. "Our ecological flexibility is part of what enabled our species to disperse across the globe and thrive in each habitat we encountered."

    • Top image: Cultural adaptability through the cross-breeding of cultures and ideas in groups.                                                           
    • Source: Internet Archive Book Images

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    19-06-2025 om 23:31 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Ex-DARPA Manager Claims Encounter with 7-Foot Humanoid Who Told him Human Body Is A Machine Designed To House Soul For Lifetime

    Colonel John Blitch

    Ex-DARPA Manager Claims Encounter with 7-Foot Humanoid Who Told him Human Body Is A Machine Designed To House Soul For Lifetime

    This Man, who was the Program Manager of DARPA, once encountered a 7-foot-tall Humanoid Being who told him the human body is merely a ‘Soul Housing group’ or a machine designed to house a soul for a lifetime.

    A former member of the Special Forces, Colonel John Blitch was a program manager at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), where he ran the Tactical Mobile Robots (TMR) program. His role in transitioning rover and robot technology between NASA and the Department of Defense led to his induction into the Space Technology Hall of Fame in 2006.

    He has a second master’s degree and a doctorate in cognitive psychology. He’s an open-minded cognitive scientist who has also served as a visiting professor at the U.S. Air Force Academy, as well as a consultant for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, NASA, and other agencies.

    John Blitch
    Members of the 711th Human Performance Wing Junior Force gained personal insights on tactical mobile robots from retired Army Colonel John Blitch after his March 20, 2009 Meet the Warfighter briefing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
    (Photo by Chris Gulliford, 711 HPW)

    Throughout his military career, Dr. Blitch served in special operations and hostage rescue missions. After retiring from DARPA in 2002, he founded Blitz Solutions Inc. and established two non-profit organizations: CRASAR, responsible for the first robot-assisted humanitarian response after the September 11, 2001 attacks, and ARACAR, which provided support during the Hurricane Katrina response in 2005.

    In an exclusive interview with journalist Ross Coulthart Blitch stated that he believes in the claims made by UFO whistleblower Jake Barber.

    “I believe I was visited by Non-human Entities”

    Dr. John Blitch recounted several traumatic experiences, both from childhood and later in life, that he believes are connected to encounters with non-human entities. He explained how these incidents left him paralyzed with terror, distinctly different from fear, and how they remain unforgettable due to their emotional intensity.

    Dr. Blitch described seeing beings through his bedroom window as a child, staring at him with large dark eyes. These encounters were so frightening that he became paralyzed, unable to scream until the paralysis lifted. He shared that he would eventually scream, prompting his parents to come running and attempt to calm him down.

    Despite his father’s assurances that monsters and aliens didn’t exist, Dr. Blitch found their explanations unconvincing. He likened his father’s reassurances to what he perceives as the government’s approach to downplaying the existence of such phenomena.

    He acknowledged that, as a child, he tried to dismiss these events as dreams, influenced by his skeptical nature. However, in retrospect, he now believes these were real encounters with non-human intelligences.

    Dr. Blitch highlighted the importance of emotion in distinguishing belief from knowledge, stating that while many childhood memories require belief due to lack of proof, his later experiences provide what he considers irrefutable evidence. He firmly stated that he knows he was visited by non-human entities, based on both his childhood and three key incidents as an adult.

    His professional background in neuroscience and psychology added depth to his account, as he discussed the physiological responses to terror, such as paralysis and the “chicken skin” reaction. These experiences, he emphasized, went beyond simple fear, leaving a profound impact on him.

    Physical Evidence!

    Dr. John Blitch recounted waking up after a terrifying night to discover three dark bruises on the inside of his right bicep and another bruise higher up on his arm. The pattern of the bruises suggested a grasp by a three- or four-fingered hand, something he could not logically explain.

    He emphasized that he repeatedly tried to determine how he might have caused the injuries but found no plausible explanation. Adding to the strangeness, he noted his uncharacteristic reaction upon waking: he immediately went downstairs to retrieve a video camera to document the bruises.

    This behavior was highly unusual for him, as he typically had no inclination to record himself or take photos of his body. He suggested that this anomalous behavior, along with the unexplained bruises, strongly supported the idea of non-human engagement.

    This behavior was highly unusual for him, as he typically had no inclination to record himself or take photos of his body. He suggested that this anomalous behavior, along with the unexplained bruises, strongly supported the idea of non-human engagement.

    Abduction!

    That experience leads me to believe that, yes, absolutely, because I clearly didn’t want to go. If something, somebody, or a non-human entity—I think it was a biological robot—wanted me to go somewhere I didn’t want to go, then technically, that is the definition of an abduction.

    From my perspective, two species are visiting us, and I feel, like many other abductees, like a lab rat—that we are being prodded, poked, and experimented on as part of scientific discovery.

    ~Dr. John Blitch

    Dr. John Blitch confirmed having held a Top Secret SCI clearance, particularly as a nuclear weapons delivery officer, which required an exceptional level of trust and stability.

    He served as a Pershing II missile battery commander, responsible for nuclear missile operations, including leading troops in multiple command roles.

    Despite his verified stability and military role, Dr. Blitch openly admitted to having encounters with non-human beings. He mentioned that he was not alone—at least four other peer-qualified military personnel with similar credentials had publicly shared their abduction experiences.

    Dr. Blitch brought up notable figures like Terry Lovelace, Mario Woods, Jeff Goodrich, and Bob Jacobs, alongside Robert Hastings, who investigated such incidents. He argued that individuals like Terry Lovelace, who held high-security military roles and later achieved respected civilian positions, provide significant credibility to their claims.

    He challenged Congress and skeptics to question the reliability of individuals like Lovelace if they doubt these accounts.

    Dr. John Blitch firmly believes that such events are not dreams, emphasizing his inability to dismiss physical evidence like bruises on his body and the accounts of his family, who reported he was missing for about five hours following a supposedly one-hour bike ride.

    He goes on to recount an intense, haunting incident that began after a traumatic experience in Oklahoma City, where he witnessed a severe amputation. To cope with the emotional toll, he began taking mountain bike rides to meditate, particularly to a remote area called Daniel’s Park in Denver. One day during his ride, while passing a fenced area with a sign saying “Indian Burial Grounds,” Dr. Blitch felt an inexplicable urge to trespass. After an internal struggle about respecting the land, he climbed over the fence and started walking his bike through the area. As he ventured farther, he noticed blood on his hand, a bizarre and unexpected bloody nose that seemed unrelated to physical exertion.

    He collapsed, later experiencing intense cold and disorientation. Upon regaining his senses, he found himself inexplicably drawn toward a light on a plateau, though he couldn’t explain why. Approaching the light, he observed what he believed was a fuel truck, though his memory was foggy. Strangely, when he attempted to interact with the truck, he felt fear and avoided further engagement.

    The odd events continued as he frantically biked home but soon found himself disoriented, arriving hours later than expected. At a nearby 7-Eleven, while extremely dehydrated, he heard his name broadcasted over a police radio. The officer informed him that his wife had filed a missing persons report after his long absence. This was especially troubling because, according to his recollections, the bike ride, which should have taken a couple of hours, had inexplicably stretched out much longer. He felt exhausted as though he had run a marathon but couldn’t make sense of the lost time. The entire event, punctuated with physical and emotional disarray, only added to his growing certainty that extraterrestrial beings had involved themselves in his life.

    Dr. John Blitch discussed his struggle with understanding experiences that challenge reality, particularly those involving altered perceptions. He questioned how one could determine the true nature—benevolent or malevolent—of something capable of manipulating perceptions.

    He recounted an experience where he froze in fear upon seeing the cover of Whitley Strieber’s book Communion, which features the image of a gray alien. While walking through a Barnes & Noble with his youngest daughter, he glanced at the cover and was immediately overwhelmed by terror, feeling a deep, physiological response. His daughter, noticing he was paralyzed, tugged on his hand, breaking the spell. Despite his terror, he later purchased the book, immediately tore off the cover, and threw it away.

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    Blitch linked this fear to memories from his childhood, particularly of seeing similar alien faces looking at him through a window. These experiences left lasting psychological effects, such as obsessive-compulsive behaviors, including repeatedly checking and locking doors and drapes at night. He highlighted how these incidents created a deep sense of unease that he could not shake, reinforcing the profound and unsettling impact they had on him.

    Dr. John Blitch addresses the perception of malevolence in his abduction experiences compared to others interviewed on similar topics.

    He acknowledges that while these beings tamper with memories, there may be a benevolent intent behind it. He explains that they bring abductees back safely to their original location, such as his return to his bedroom or being placed near his bike after one incident. He compares the memory tampering to methods humans already use in anesthesia, where specific drugs can erase memory around traumatic events. He believes these beings might employ directed energy tuned to the brain’s hippocampal and memory networks to achieve similar results, potentially out of consideration for the psychological trauma abductees might experience.

    To illustrate the concept, Dr. Blitch draws a comparison to how he used to take his Labrador Retriever to the vet every three months. Despite the dog’s resistance and physical discomfort from being dragged into the clinic, Dr. Blitch insists it was for the dog’s benefit. He implies that the beings’ actions, even when uncomfortable or invasive, may similarly have a greater purpose rooted in assistance or improvement rather than harm.

    Meeting Alien Abductor!

    Dr. Blitch described encountering a tall, seven-foot creature resembling a praying mantis, which conveyed a strong male presence and seemed upset, even chastising him. This event occurred in his bedroom on the third floor of a split-level house, where the being entered through a sliding screen door that opened onto a deck with no stairs. Despite his terror and paralysis, Dr. Blitch noted the entity’s direct and intent focus as it telepathically communicated with him.

    The being explained that the human body is merely a “soul housing group” or a machine designed to house the soul for a lifetime. It claimed that while they might manipulate, adjust, or even replace parts of the body, they could not take the soul or consciousness. Frustrated by his resistance, the being likened the situation to a surgeon or veterinarian needing cooperation from a reluctant subject. It urged him to stop resisting so they could proceed with their work.

    To prove its message, the entity projected a terrifying image. It revealed its mandibles and simulated the sensation of ripping chunks from Dr. Blitch’s cheek, causing blood to spatter in his perception. Though he felt the physical tugging and saw the blood, he later realized it was a false memory—an intentionally planted, vivid visual meant to communicate their power over his body without any actual harm.

    Dr. Blitch also addressed secrecy surrounding these encounters. He expressed admiration for those who have concealed the reality of non-human intelligence, comparing their actions to keeping the Manhattan Project secret during World War II. He believes many did so for the greater good, protecting society from truths they deemed destabilizing. He acknowledged the existence of crashes, deceased non-human intelligences—some of which he classified as sentient beings, like the “grasshopper” entity, while others, like the “little gray” creatures, were described as biological robots. He suggested that these revelations present such significant challenges that they were withheld because society might not be ready to comprehend or handle the implications.

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    19-06-2025 om 22:18 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.The First Images from Vera Rubin are About to Drop

    The First Images from Vera Rubin are About to Drop

    Vera C. Rubin Telescope.
    Vera C. Rubin Telescope.

    The telescope's journey began in the early 1600s when Dutch spectacle maker Jan Lippershey discovered that combining lenses could magnify distant objects. Galileo Galilei quickly improved the designs and became the first to explore the heavens, revealing the Moon's craters, Jupiter’s moons and the rings of Saturn. Over the centuries, telescopes evolved from simple lens combinations to massive ground-based observatories with enormous mirrors, and eventually to space-based instruments like the Hubble Space Telescope that eliminated Earth's atmospheric interference. Today's cutting-edge telescopes, such as the James Webb Space Telescope, use advanced technology to look deeper into space than ever before.

    The Hubble Space Telescope as seen from the departing Space Shuttle Atlantis, flying STS-125, HST Servicing Mission 4. (Credit : NASA)

    The Hubble Space Telescope as seen from the departing Space Shuttle Atlantis, flying STS-125, HST Servicing Mission 4.

    (Credit : NASA)

    Among the astronomers who used these powerful instruments to revolutionize our view of the universe was Vera Rubin, whose groundbreaking observations in the 1970s would shake the very foundations of physics. Working with increasingly sophisticated telescopes, Rubin studied the rotation of spiral galaxies, expecting to confirm what seemed like basic physics: that stars farther from the center of a galaxy should orbit more slowly, just as outer planets in our Solar System move more leisurely than inner ones. Instead, her precise measurements revealed something utterly unexpected: stars at the edges of galaxies were moving far too fast, as if held in place by invisible matter that astronomers couldn't see. This discovery of what we now call dark matter didn't just add a new chapter to astronomy, it revealed that the vast majority of the universe consists of a mysterious, unseen substance that continues to puzzle us today.

    Dark matter map for a patch of sky based on gravitational lensing analysis of a Kilo-Degree Survey (Credit : Kilo-Degree Survey Collaboration)

    Dark matter map for a patch of sky based on gravitational lensing analysis of a Kilo-Degree Survey

    (Credit : Kilo-Degree Survey Collaboration)

    Now, a new-generation telescope bearing Rubin's name is poised to continue her revolutionary work. Enter the Vera C. Rubin Observatory that has been under construction in Chile's Atacama Desert. It will conduct the most comprehensive survey of the night sky ever attempted, photographing the entire visible southern sky every few nights for ten years! This technological marvel, equipped with the world's largest digital camera containing 3.2 billion pixels, won't just search for the subtle effects of dark matter but will catalog billions of stars and galaxies, track dangerous asteroids, and monitor the universe's constant changes in real time. When it finally begins operations, the Rubin Observatory will generate more astronomical data in its first month than all previous telescopes combined have collected throughout history, that’s including my images too!

    The telescope features an 8.4-meter primary mirror with a three-mirror design that provides an exceptionally wide 3.5-degree field of view, seven times the area of the full Moon. At its core is the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) Camera, the world's largest digital camera composed of 189 individual CCD sensors, weighing in at 3,200 kilograms and operating at -100°C to minimise electronic noise. Located at 2,647 meters elevation on Chile's Cerro Pachón, the observatory's design eliminates traditional mirror obstructions while delivering sharp images across its entire field of view. It can slew between targets in just five seconds and will operate using six optical filters, completing a full sky survey every three nights with 15-second exposures. Over its 10-year mission, it will catalog an estimated 20 billion galaxies and 17 billion stars.

    Artist impression of the completed LSST (Credit : LSST Press Office)

    Artist impression of the completed LSST

    (Credit : LSST Press Office)

    It's incredible that it's been just over 400 years since our first look at the universe through Galileo’s telescope. We are now about to perhaps hit another incredible milestone as the astronomical community eagerly awaits another historic moment! On 23rd June 2025 at 15:00 UTC, the Rubin Observatory will unveil its first spectacular images in what they're calling the "First Look" event. This event will be live-streamed via YouTube, allowing people worldwide to witness this exciting moment together. It represents more than just another technological achievement; it symbolises our relentless pursuit to understand the universe, carrying forward Vera Rubin's legacy of discovery into an age where the observatory that carries her name will give us a whole new view of the universe.

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    19-06-2025 om 21:36 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.The Search for Advanced Civilizations is Going Real-Time

    The Search for Advanced Civilizations is Going Real-Time

    The 48-inch Samuel Oschin Telescope at Mt. Palomar
    The 48-inch Samuel Oschin Telescope at Mt. Palomar

    Imagine scanning the night sky for signs of alien technology using the same systems that hunt for exploding stars. This is exactly what researchers are now doing, transforming astronomical alert systems originally designed to catch supernovae into powerful tools for detecting potential technosignatures, the evidence of advanced civilisations beyond Earth.

    The Crab Nebula is a supernova remnant in the constellation Taurus (Credit : NASA/ESA)

    The Crab Nebula is a supernova remnant in the constellation Taurus

    (Credit : NASA/ESA)

    Every night, the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) generates up to 1 million alerts as it monitors the sky for changing objects. These alerts flow through nine different "alert brokers," which are sophisticated software systems that process and distribute information about anything that brightens, dims, or appears in the sky. The upcoming Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) will increase this volume by an order of magnitude, creating an unprecedented flood of astronomical data.

    While these systems were built to catch explosive events like supernovae and track asteroids, a new paper by researchers Eleanor Gallay, James Davenport, and Steve Croft demonstrates their untapped potential for SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence). Their work shows how we can repurpose these astronomical systems to search for the subtle signatures that might indicate artificial structures or technologies around distant stars.

    The Samuel Oschin Telescope, part of the Zwicky Transient Facility

    The Samuel Oschin Telescope, part of the Zwicky Transient Facility

    The inspiration for this approach comes partly from "Boyajian's Star," otherwise known as "Tabby's Star" and with the official designator KIC 8462852, which puzzled astronomers with its mysterious dimming patterns. The researchers note that analysing nearby stars for similar behaviour over time was done in the case of Boyajian's Star, though natural explanations like dust clouds ultimately proved most likely. However, the study highlighted how unusual stellar behaviour could potentially indicate artificial megastructures like Dyson spheres, hypothetical constructs that advanced civilisations might build around their stars.

    The new research takes this concept further, creating automated systems to identify "stellar dippers," stars that suddenly and dramatically dim without obvious natural causes. These objects are stars with a historically constant luminosity that drop suddenly in brightness for a reason unexplained by classical stellar variability or other astrophysical phenomena.

    Artist's concept of an "uneven ring of dust" orbiting Tabby's Star (Credit : NASA/JPL-Caltech)

    Artist's concept of an "uneven ring of dust" orbiting Tabby's Star

    (Credit : NASA/JPL-Caltech)

    The challenge is immense: filtering millions of nightly alerts to find the handful that might represent something genuinely anomalous. The researchers developed a two-stage approach. First, they use the alert broker's built-in filtering capabilities to narrow down candidates. Then they apply additional analysis using historical data to identify stars showing unprecedented dimming behaviour.

    The team has deployed optical SETI techniques, such as planetary transit zone geometries and the SETI Ellipsoid. The SETI Ellipsoid is a particularly clever concept that identifies the zone in space where hypothetical alien observers would have seen Earth transit across the Sun, potentially prompting them to send signals in our direction.

    The researchers are honest about current constraints. Though the SETI methods that alert brokers can execute are currently limited, they provide suggestions that may enhance future technosignature and anomaly searches in the era of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. The existing systems weren't designed with SETI in mind, so some modifications and new approaches will be needed to fully realise their potential.

    However, the foundation is solid. Alert brokers already possess sophisticated tools for identifying unusual astronomical events, and the researchers find some SETI projects are possible using features directly in the brokers. The Lasair alert broker, for instance, offers a "watchmap" feature that can monitor specific regions of sky for anomalous signals.

    As the Vera C. Rubin Observatory comes online with LSST, the volume of astronomical alerts will increase dramatically. This creates both opportunities and challenges for technosignature research. More data means better chances of catching rare, anomalous events, but it also means developing even more sophisticated filtering techniques to avoid being overwhelmed.

    Artist impression of the completed LSST (Credit : LSST Project Office)

    Artist impression of the completed LSST

    (Credit : LSST Project Office)

    The researchers' work represents a sensible approach to SETI that uses existing infrastructure rather than requiring dedicated alien hunting telescopes. By utilising systems already scanning the entire visible sky every few nights, they're essentially getting a free ride on one of the most comprehensive surveillance networks ever pointed at the sky.

    The team concludes that their initial results make clear the promising opportunity for future anomaly and technosignature searches using alert brokers on data from ZTF and the upcoming LSST. While we shouldn't expect to find alien megastructures next week, this research establishes the groundwork for a new generation of SETI that could operate continuously, scanning millions of stars for the signs that we are not alone in the universe.

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    19-06-2025 om 21:26 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Fast Radio Bursts are Helping to Locate the Universe's Missing Matter

    Fast Radio Bursts are Helping to Locate the Universe's Missing Matter

    In a new study led by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) scientists have used Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs)— brief, bright radio signals from distant galaxies— to pinpoint the location of the Universe’s “missing” matter in the space between galaxies. This artist’s conception depicts this ordinary matter in the warm, thin gas in this space— called the intergalactic medium (IGM)— which has been difficult for scientists to directly observe until now. Different colors of light travel at different speeds through space. Here, the artist has used blue to highlight denser regions of the cosmic web, transitioning to redder light for void areas.
Credit: Jack Madden, IllustrisTNG, Ralf Konietzka, Liam Connor/CfA
    In a new study led by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) scientists have used Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs)— brief, bright radio signals from distant galaxies— to pinpoint the location of the Universe’s “missing” matter in the space between galaxies. This artist’s conception depicts this ordinary matter in the warm, thin gas in this space— called the intergalactic medium (IGM)— which has been difficult for scientists to directly observe until now. Different colors of light travel at different speeds through space. Here, the artist has used blue to highlight denser regions of the cosmic web, transitioning to redder light for void areas.
    Credit: Jack Madden, IllustrisTNG, Ralf Konietzka, Liam Connor/CfA

    In the 1960s, scientists became acutely aware of a problem with the Universe's "mass budget." Based on the observed rotational curves of galaxies, they determined that about 85% of the Universe's mass was invisible, leading to the theory of Dark Matter. Scientists have also been aware for some time that much of the "normal" or baryonic matter (that which we can see) in the Universe was also unaccounted for. This has prompted multiple efforts to probe the Universe for this "missing" mass, using everything from X-ray emissions and ultraviolet observations of distant quasars to find hints of where it might be hiding.

    In a new landmark study, astronomers at the Harvard & Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) and Caltech announced the detection of the most distant fast radio burst (FRB) on record. Using this phenomenon as a guide, the team conducted the first detailed measurement of ordinary matter distribution across the cosmos. Their results show that more than three-quarters of the Universe's baryonic matter exists between galaxies (aka. the intergalactic medium) as hot, diffuse clouds of gas previously invisible to telescopes. This research helps resolve a longstanding mystery in cosmology and is a major step forward in understanding how matter interacts and behaves in the Universe.

    The study was led by Liam Connor, a Canadian astrophysicist and radio astronomer with the CfA and the Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics at the California Institute of Technology. He was joined by colleagues from the CfA, Caltech's Owens Valley Radio Observatory, and the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science. The paper that describes their findings, "A gas-rich cosmic web revealed by the partitioning of the missing baryons," recently appeared in Nature Astronomy.

    Artist's impression of an extragalactic FRB. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser

    Artist's impression of an extragalactic FRB.

    Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser

    Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are bright explosions of radio waves that typically last for mere milliseconds, though events lasting a few seconds have been recorded. While the origin of these bursts is still subject to debate, the general consensus is that they are associated with compact objects (neutron stars and black holes). Recently, scientists demonstrated that FRBs from distant galaxies could be used to measure baryonic matter throughout the Universe. But until now, astronomers could not find the location of the most distant FRBs, which would allow them to explore the distribution of matter on cosmic scales.

    "Baryons are pulled into galaxies by gravity, but supermassive black holes and exploding stars can blow them back out—like a cosmic thermostat cooling things down if the temperature gets too high," said Conner in a CfA press release. "Our results show this feedback must be efficient, blasting gas out of galaxies and into the IGM." As part of their research, a team analyzed 60 FRBs ranging in distance from 11.74 million light-years (FRB20200120E in the M81 galaxy) to the most distant FRB on record - FRB 20230521B, located ~9.1 billion light-years away. By measuring how much each FRB signal slowed as it passed through the intergalactic medium (IGM), Connor and his team could track the gas as it travelled to reach Earth. Said Conner:

    The decades-old 'missing baryon problem' was never about whether the matter existed. It was always: Where is it? Now, thanks to FRBs, we know: three-quarters of it is floating between galaxies in the cosmic web." In other words, scientists now know the home address of the "missing" matter. FRBs act as cosmic flashlights. They shine through the fog of the intergalactic medium, and by precisely measuring how the light slows down, we can weigh that fog, even when it's too faint to see.

    According to their results, approximately 76% of the Universe's baryonic matter lies in the IGM, about 15% is located in galaxy halos, and the remainder consists of stars, cold galactic gas, and other objects. These measurements align with predictions based on advanced cosmological simulations, confirming what was theoretical until now. Locating the missing matter in the Universe also has the potential to address other cosmological questions. These include how galaxies form, how matter coalesces in the Universe, and how light travels across vast cosmological distances. Vikram Ravi, an assistant professor of astronomy at Caltech and co-author on the paper, is also the co-Principal Investigator of Caltech's Deep Synoptic Array-110 (DSA-110):

    It's a triumph of modern astronomy. We're beginning to see the Universe's structure and composition in a whole new light, thanks to FRBs. These brief flashes allow us to trace the otherwise invisible matter that fills the vast spaces between galaxies. We're entering a golden age. Next-generation radio telescopes like the DSA-2000 and the Canadian Hydrogen Observatory and Radio-transient Detector will detect thousands of FRBs, allowing us to map the cosmic web in incredible detail.

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    19-06-2025 om 21:17 geschreven door peter  

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    Klik hier om een link te hebben waarmee u dit artikel later terug kunt lezen.Pillar UFO 6 Floors High Over Colorado Springs, Colorado On June 4, 2025, UAP Sighting News. VIDEO!

    Pillar UFO 6 Floors High Over Colorado Springs, Colorado On June 4, 2025, UAP Sighting News. VIDEO!



    Date of sighting: June 4, 2025
    Location of sighting: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
    Source: NUFORC.org who I assist. 
     
    Wow, check out this eyewitness video. I made a close up full screen and a slow motion clip so you can get a better look at it and judge for yourself. This is a pillar UFO also called a cigar UFO. The craft is spinning around as it moves forward and it's just amazing to see it in slow motion! This is undeniable proof that UFOs frequently visit Colorado. Notice that the UFO is not perfectly round, but it seems to be more like two long rectangle attached at the sides. Such a rare catch and although the video is short, it shows us its speed, shape, rotation as it moves, its hight never changes, and its very dark color...all add to the info in the file on this case thanks to the video. 
    Scott C. Waring - UFO Sightings Daily 
     
    Eyewitness states
    Large cigar shaped ufo was incredibly shocking to see Spotted this cigar shaped UFO after leaving my mom’s house it was probably over a mile away from me when I filmed it and it still looked very large to my eyes. Camera doesn’t do justice how big is was. If I had to guess 3-6 story’s tall.

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