Groundbreaking discovery in Egypt's Sphinx uncovers 'hidden' mystery that fuels theory of underground city

• READ MORE: Hall of Records' under pyramid holds key to ancient Egypt's mysteries, say scientists as they reveal YET MORE stunning Giza findings

By STACY LIBERATORE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

The mystery of a 'underground city' beneath Egypt's pyramids has intensified after scientists revealed new scans showing a shaft plunging below the Great Sphinx. 

Italian researchers, who made waves earlier this year with claims of vast structures hidden beneath the Pyramid of Khafre, now say they have identified a colossal vertical shaft leading and two chambers below the Sphinx.

The findings were presented at the recent Cosmic Summit in North Carolina, a gathering known for exploring alternative theories about ancient history. 

While mainstream archaeologists have slammed the work as unscientific and speculative, the team insists their latest scans point to something extraordinary.

Filippo Biondi, a radar expert from University of Strathclyde in Scotland and co-author of the research, told DailyMail.com: 'These findings strongly support the hypothesis that the Giza Plateau conceals a vast subterranean complex, potentially indicative of an extensive underground city.'

The scans detailed a massive shaft surrounded by a spiral-like staircase, decedending from the center of the Sphinx's base and down into two square structures, one at 2,000 feet and another 4,000 feet underground.

Armando Mei, an Egyptologist and co-author of the study, noted that similar underground features have now been detected beneath all three major pyramids, suggesting a unified architectural blueprint. 

'The discovery proves that the Giza Plateau was engineered long before the dynastic era, possibly around 36,400 BCE, as my research suggests,' he added.

If confirmed, the findings could dramatically rewrite the history of ancient Egypt, challenging the long-held belief that the pyramids were built solely as royal tombs, and hinting instead at a forgotten civilization with advanced engineering skills. 

The mystery of a 'underground city' beneath Egypt 's pyramids has intensified after scientists revealed new scans showing a shaft plunging below the Great Sphinx

The iconic Giza pyramids and the Great Sphinx have long been hailed as marvels of ancient engineering, built roughly 4,500 years ago with breathtaking precision and scale that still baffle experts today. 

But the researchers are shaking up that timeline, suggesting these legendary monuments may rest atop far older, hidden structures that could predate known history by tens of thousands of years.

It all began in March when the team announced four massive shafts and chambers were found under the Pyramid of Khafre using a type of sonar technology. 

They employed cutting-edge SAR Doppler Tomography, a technique that uses satellite radar to detect tiny seismic movements. 

By analyzing radar signals are and the timing or pattern of those signals when they bounce back, the team was able to create 3D maps revealing hidden subsurface structures. The technology has been published in a peer-reviewed journal.

However, latest work by Corrado Malanga from Italy's University of Pisa, Biondi and Mei has not yet been published in a scientific journal for the review of independent experts. They plan to publish a study in 2026. 

'Our geophysical surveys beneath the Great Sphinx uncovered pillar-like formations remarkably similar to those beneath the Khafre and Menkaure pyramids,' explained Biondi. 

'Even more compelling, our tomographic imaging revealed two large chambers nearly 2,000 feet below the surface.'

Italian researchers, who made waves earlier this year with claims of vast structures hidden beneath the Pyramid of Khafre, now say they have identified a colossal vertical shaft below the Sphinx

The scans also captured two large chambers, one at 2,000 feet and another 4,000 feet underground

The two massive chambers, each measuring 131 feet by 131 feet, appear to be connected by an underground shaft, according to recent findings.

The data collected also points to a network of hidden structures below the surface, possibly part of a vast underground city, potentially as expansive as the entire Giza Plateau itself.

Mei explained that their theory of a lost city draws from ancient Egyptian texts, particularly Chapter 149 of the Book of the Dead, which references the '14 residences of the city of the dead.'

'It describes certain chambers and some inhabitants of the city. That is why we believe it could be Amenti [realm of the dead], as described in ancient texts,' he said.

'Of course, we must be certain, but we believe this could be the case because the pyramids are located exactly where the texts say.

'The texts state that the pyramids were built on top of the city, sealing its entrance.'

Biondi added that the mysterious chambers found more than 4,000 feet below the pyramids may be linked to the legendary Hall of Records.

The Hall of Records is a mythical chamber said to lie beneath the Great Pyramid or the Sphinx, reputed to house lost wisdom about ancient civilizations.

The shaft appears to be wrapped in a spiral-like structure

Armando Mei (center) and his team, which includes Corrado Malanga (right) and Filippo Biondi (left), took the world by storm last month when they discovered shafts and chambers more than 2,000 feet below the surface.

Despite its enduring allure, there is no solid evidence proving the Hall of Records exists.

The team proposes that an advanced civilization originally built the complex, but was destroyed around 12,000 years ago by a 'divine flood' triggered by an asteroid impact. 

According to their theory, the pyramids are the lone surviving 'megastructure' from this ancient society.

Alternate historians, including Graham Hancock, a frequent guest on Joe Rogan's podcast, have long suggested that a sophisticated prehistoric civilization was wiped out by a global cataclysm, possibly a comet strike.

Researchers believe there are other structures reaching more than 4,000 feet below the surface. The scans captured structures extend along the northern side with a tuning fork shape

This theory holds that the catastrophic floods and upheaval erased most traces of this civilization, with survivors passing down critical knowledge of astronomy, engineering, and sacred architecture to later cultures such as the ancient Egyptians.

The researchers now hope to gain permission from Egyptian authorities to excavate beneath the Giza Plateau and put their findings to the test, potentially rewriting the story of human history.

'We have the right. Humanity has the right to know who we are because, right now, we don't,' Biondi said.

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12-07-2025 om 18:50 geschreven door peter  

The company attempting to bring back the woolly mammoth has now set its sights on a new extinct species.

Colossal Biosciences has announced it will attempt to 'de-extinct' a group of birds called the moa, which once lived in New Zealand.

These extraordinary animals included nine species, the largest being the South Island Giant Moa, which stood at 3.6 metres (11.8ft) tall and weighed 230 kg (507 lbs).

Colossal Biosciences will use genes extracted from moa bones to engineer modern birds until they very closely resemble the extinct moa.

This is the same technique that was used to transform grey wolves into animals closely resembling dire wolves last year.

This project will be done in collaboration with the Ngāi Tahu Research Centre at the University of Canterbury and backed by $15 million in funding from Lord of the Rings director Sir Peter Jackson.

Jackson, who has one of the largest private collections of moa bones, says: 'With the recent resurrection of the dire wolf, Colossal Biosciences has also made real the possibility of bringing back lost species.

'There’s a lot of science still to be done – but we can start looking forward to the day when birds like the moa or the huia are rescued from the darkness of extinction.'

The company trying to bring back the woolly mammoth has set its sights on a new extinct creature, the moa. These were a species of 3.6-metre-tall, 230 kg birds that once roamed New Zealand 

Of the nine species of moa, the largest is the South Island Giant Moa which lived in New Zealand for millions of years prior to the arrival of humans. Pictured: Māori students pose with a reconstruction of a South Island Giant Moa in 1903

The nine species of moa were found widely across New Zealand until the arrival of the first Polynesian settlers around 1300 AD.

Within just 200 years, the people who became the Māori had pushed all moa species into extinction through a combination of hunting and forest clearing.

The disappearance of the moa also led to a cascade of changes across New Zealand's isolated island ecosystem.

Less than 100 years after the moa became extinct their main predator, the enormous Haast's eagle, also died out.

But now, advances in genome editing techniques mean Colossal Biosciences may be able to reintroduce the lost moa back to its natural habitat.

The first step is to recreate the genomes of all nine moa species using ancient DNA stored in preserved moa bones.

Colossal Biosciences has already begun this process with visits to caves containing moa deposits within the tribal area of the Ngāi Tahu and hopes to complete all genomes by 2026.

These genomes will then be compared to those of the moa's closest living relatives, the emu and tinamou, to see which genes gave the moa their unique traits.

The moa went extinct in the 15th century due to hunting and forest clearing by the first Māori settlers. Colossal Biosciences says restoring this megafauna species will help restore New Zealand's ecosystem 

Colossal Biosciences has partnered with the Ngāi Tahu Research Centre at the University of Canterbury and is backed by $15 million in funding from Lord of the Rings director Sir Peter Jackson. Pictured: Sir Peter Jackson (left) and Colossal Biosciences CEO Ben Lamm (right) holding moa bones 

A selection of these genes are then inserted into stem cells called Primordial Germ Cell Culture, cells that turn into eggs and sperm, taken from an emu.

Those engineered cells are allowed to develop into male and female gametes and used to create an embryo, which will be raised inside a surrogate emu egg.

Colossal Biosciences has already used these techniques to create mice with the hair of woolly mammoths and wolves very closely resembling extinct dire wolves.

Scientists used the gene editing tool CRISPR to modify the DNA in blood cells from a living grey wolf in 20 places, creating a wolf with long white hair and muscular jaws.

However, recreating this process in bird species poses much greater technical challenges.

Colossal Biosciences admits that creating Primordial Germ Cell Culture for bird species has been a challenge that has eluded scientists for decades.

Likewise, since bird embryos develop inside eggs, the process of transferring an embryo into a surrogate will be completely different from that used for mammals.

Scientists have also raised questions about whether restoring the moa is something that should be pursued at all.

The process begins by extracting DNA from ancient moa bones such as those found in the caves of Ngāi Tahu takiwā

A selection of moa genes will then be inserted into stem cells derived from their closest living relative, the emu (pictured). Those cells will create embryos that can be raised by surrogacy into animals closely resembling moa 

Conservationists say that money would be better spent looking after the endangered species that are already alive.

Others point out that introducing a species which has been gone for over 600 years could have unintended consequences for the ecosystem.

Professor Stuart Pimm, an ecologist at Duke University who was not involved in the study, told AP: 'Can you put a species back into the wild once you’ve exterminated it there?

'I think it’s exceedingly unlikely that they could do this in any meaningful way.'

Professor Pimm adds: 'This will be an extremely dangerous animal.'

However, Colossal Biosciences maintains that their plan to 'rewild' the moa is beneficial for both the environment and the Māori people.

As grazing herbivores, the moa's browsing habits shaped the distribution and evolution of plants over millions of years.

These effects led to significant changes in New Zealand's ecosystems, which Colossal Biosciences argues would be more stable with the moa once again introduced.  

Colossal Biosciences recently used similar techniques to create grey wolf puppies that closely resemble the extinct dire wolf 

Ngāi Tahu archaeologist Kyle Davis, who is working with Colossal Biosciences on the project, says that the project has a deeper ancestral meaning.

During the 14th century, the moa were a vital source of meat for sustenance as well as bones and feathers, which became part of traditional jewellery.

The moa came to have a large role in Māori mythology, symbolising strength and resilience.

Mr Davis says: 'Our earliest ancestors in this place lived alongside moa and our records, both archaeological and oral, contain knowledge about these birds and their environs.

'We relish the prospect of bringing that into dialogue with Colossal’s cutting-edge science as part of a bold vision for ecological restoration.'

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12-07-2025 om 18:32 geschreven door peter  

James Webb telescope spots super rare 'Cosmic Owl' structure

• READ MORE: Our Milky Way galaxy may sit inside a giant hole, scientists say

By JONATHAN CHADWICK FOR MAILONLINE 

With its distinct owl-like appearance, it looks like a nature photo snapped in the woods in the dead of night. 

It could also be an artistic portrait from an art gallery, with its shimmering shades of blue, orange and pink. 

But this stunning image, newly published by astronomers, actually captures a remarkable moment in deep space, billions of light years away. 

Two blue rings with orange centres, which look like an owl's eyes, are actually two ring-shaped galaxies colliding with each other. 

The collision occurred 38 million years ago, but only now is it being picked up by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). 

The shot has been dubbed 'Comic Owl' by an international group of astronomers led by Dr Mingyu Li of the Tsinghua University in Beijing, China.

'The Cosmic Owl consists of a head-on merger involving two galaxies,' Dr Li and colleagues say. 

'These phenomena mutually affect one another, collectively driving the evolution of this galaxy system.' 

The international team of astronomers reports the detection of a peculiar merger of two similar ring galaxies that morphologically resemble an owl's face

The collected images show that the Cosmic Owl consists of two interacting galaxies that have formed nearly identical collisional ring structures 

Cosmic Owl is made up of two ring galaxies, which, as the name suggests, are simply galaxies that have a circle-like appearance. 

Ring galaxies have been described as one of the rarest galaxy types found in the universe, accounting for just 0.01 per cent of all galaxies discovered. 

The first ring galaxy to be discovered, known as Hoag's Object, was identified in 1950 by American astronomer Arthur Hoag. 

But capturing two ring galaxies colliding is even rarer, making this a 'unique' cosmic sight, according to the researchers. 

This remarkable symmetry of the two rings suggests they have a similar mass, structure and size, each with a diameter of approximately 26,000 light years. 

'[We] reveal a complex system of twin collisional ring galaxies, exhibiting a nearly identical morphology,' the team say in their paper. 

'The symmetry of the rings suggests a head-on collision origin between two galaxies of similar mass and structure.' 

The team estimate that the stellar mass of the entire merging system is about 320 billion solar masses – so 320 billion times the mass of our sun. 

Taking a closer look at the image, the orange blobs at the centre are the incredibly luminous 'active galactic nucleus' (AGN) 

The schematic artistic view of the Cosmic Owl, consisting of twin collisional ring galaxies with binary active galactic nucleus (AGN)

Taking a closer look at the image, the orange blobs at the centre are the incredibly luminous 'active galactic nucleus' (AGN).

AGNs – the most luminous persistent sources of electromagnetic radiation in the universe – are theorized to have supermassive black holes at their very centre which pull in surrounding matter. 

According to the researchers, the black holes in these two galaxies have masses of around 67 million and 26 million solar masses. 

Meanwhile, the space where the two galaxies merge – the 'beak' of the owl – is a region of 'intense' star formation, where new stars are created that could end up with planets in orbit around them. 

Galaxy mergers such as play a crucial role in the evolution of galaxies, transforming their size and redistributing their gas. 

They also eventually lead to stellar mass assembly – the processes by which galaxies acquire their stars and gradually grow in mass. 

Our own galaxy, the Milky Way, is on a collision course with another galaxy called Andromeda, currently around 2.5 million light years away. 

If and when the collision occurs, there's a small chance our sun would collide with another star, which could alter our position in relation to the sun and threaten life on Earth – if it still exists by then. 

The first ring galaxy to be discovered, known as Hoag's Object, was identified in 1950 by American astronomer Arthur Hoag

Webb's increased resolution and sensitivity unveiled the tiny 'sparkler' dots surrounding the galaxy for the first time in its first Deep Field image

Cosmic Owl is described further in the team's paper, which has been published on the preprint server arXiv, meaning it's yet to be peer reviewed. 

Further study could reveal more about the conditions that led to the collision, which started an estimated 38 million years ago. 

'The rare twin-ring structure calls for dedicated numerical simulations to constrain the precise initial conditions of the merger,' the team conclude.

'Such collision-triggered starbursts may represent a previously under-appreciated channel for boosting early cosmic star formation.' 

Data used to capture the image was also gathered by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile and the Very Large Array (VLA) in New Mexico. 

The James Webb Telescope: NASA's $10 billion telescope is designed to detect light from the earliest stars and galaxies

The James Webb telescope has been described as a 'time machine' that could help unravel the secrets of our universe.

The telescope will be used to look back to the first galaxies born in the early universe more than 13.5 billion years ago, and observe the sources of stars, exoplanets, and even the moons and planets of our solar system.

The vast telescope, which has already cost more than $7 billion (£5 billion), is considered a successor to the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope

The James Webb Telescope and most of its instruments have an operating temperature of roughly 40 Kelvin – about minus 387 Fahrenheit (minus 233 Celsius).

It is the world's biggest and most powerful orbital space telescope, capable of peering back 100-200 million years after the Big Bang.

The orbiting infrared observatory is designed to be about 100 times more powerful than its predecessor, the Hubble Space Telescope.

NASA likes to think of James Webb as a successor to Hubble rather than a replacement, as the two will work in tandem for a while. 

The Hubble telescope was launched on April 24, 1990, via the space shuttle Discovery from Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.

It circles the Earth at a speed of about 17,000mph (27,300kph) in low Earth orbit at about 340 miles in altitude. 

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12-07-2025 om 18:10 geschreven door peter  

What would happen if the Earth continues to spin faster? Stronger hurricanes, disastrous earthquakes and catastrophic flooding, expert says

• READ MORE: Shortest day in history is coming as Earth's rotation speeds up

By WILIAM HUNTER

Scientists have warned that this summer could include some of the shortest days of your entire life.

On July 22 and August 5, experts predict the day will be 1.38 and 1.51 milliseconds shorter than average, respectively. 

This is because the planet's rotation has entered an unexpected period of acceleration, shaving a millisecond or so off the length of a solar day.

But what would happen if the world just kept getting faster?

Given that a blink takes 100 milliseconds, you are unlikely to notice any big changes for a long time.

However, scientists say that unchecked acceleration would eventually lead to disastrous consequences.

If Earth were spinning just 100 miles per hour faster than it does now, the world would be hit by stronger hurricanes, catastrophic flooding, and the collapse of satellite networks.

And, if the world were to double its speed, it would likely be the end of life as we know it.

As scientists reveal that the Earth's rotation has unexpectedly accelerated, experts explain what would happen if the world kept getting faster (stock image)  

One mile per hour faster

On average, it takes the planet 24 hours, or 86,400 seconds, to complete one full rotation, which is called a solar day.

Small fluctuations like the location of the moon or volcanic eruptions can shift this around a millisecond in either direction, but the rotation is generally fairly stable.

Because the Earth is a sphere, its circumference is smaller near the poles than at the equator, so the planet's surface moves faster the further you get from the poles.

Someone standing at the equator is rotating in space at around 1,037 mph (1,668 kmph) while somebody in London is only moving at about 646 mph (1,041 kmph).

Compared to these speeds, an increase of just one mile per hour might not seem like a big difference.

The days would be about a minute and a half shorter overall, which our body clocks probably wouldn't notice right away.

Witold Fraczek, an analyst at ESRI, a mapping software firm, told Popular Science: 'It might take a few years to notice it.'

Earth normally takes 24 hours, or exactly 86,400 seconds, to complete one full rotation, which is called a solar day. This means the equator is spinning at 1,037 mph (1,668 kmph)

However, an unexpected effect is that satellites in orbit would soon be knocked out of sync.

Some satellites are 'geosynchronous', meaning they move at the same speed as Earth's rotation to stay over the same location.

If the Earth speeds up, those satellites will lose their position and navigation, communication, and weather monitoring services would start to fail.

However, some satellites carry fuel to adjust their orbit, and others could be replaced, so the results should not be disastrous.

Mr Fraczek says: 'These could disturb the life and comfort of some people, but should not be catastrophic to anybody.

The bigger impact is that water would start to move from the poles to the equator due to the increased centrifugal forces.

Even at just one mile per hour, this would cause sea levels to rise by a few inches around the equator.

For cities already at or very near sea level, this could lead to devastating flooding.

If the Earth spun just one mile per hour faster, sea levels would rise by a few inches near the equator. This could lead to extensive flooding in low-lying cities such as New Orleans (AI impression) 

100 miles per hour faster

If the Earth kept accelerating until it was moving 100 miles per hour faster at the equator, this would start to trigger seriously dangerous consequences.

Rather than rising by a few inches, these speeds would start to drown the equator as water rushed down from the poles.

Mr Fraczek says: 'I think the Amazon Basin, Northern Australia, and not to mention the islands in the equatorial region, they would all go under water.

'How deep underwater, I’m not sure, but I’d estimate about 30 to 65 feet.'

For anyone who survived the flooding, the world would start to become a much more hostile place.

The solar day would now only last 22 hours, knocking our circadian rhythms out of their natural balance.

The effect would be like setting your body clock back two hours every day without being given a chance to adjust.

At 100 miles per hour faster, cities in Northern Australia, such as Gold Coast (AI impression), would be completely submerged 

This would be especially bad for southern cities in the US, which have already faced rapidly rising sea levels since 2010 (illustrated) 

Studies have shown that changes like daylight saving lead to increased rates of heart attacks, strokes, and driving accidents - this would be even more severe.

Additionally, Earth's weather would start to become more extreme.

NASA astronomer Dr Sten Odenwald says: 'Temperature difference is still going to be the main driver of winds.

However, at these speeds, Dr Odenwald says that 'hurricanes will spin faster, and there will be more energy in them.'

This is due to something called the Coriolis effect, which gives hurricanes their rotational energy.

If the Earth didn't spin, winds would blow down from the North Pole to the equator in a straight line. But as the Earth rotates, the wind becomes deflected eastward, and this is what gives a hurricane its spin.

If the world starts to spin faster, the winds would be deflected more, and the Coriolis effect would become stronger.

Dr Odenwald says: 'That effectively makes the rotation more severe.'

As the Earth spins faster, hurricanes would spin more rapidly and contain more power due to the Coriolis effect 

1,000 miles per hour faster or more

At 1,000 miles per hour faster, Earth would be rotating roughly twice as fast as it does today, with disastrous consequences.

Mr Fraczek says: 'It would clearly be a disaster.'

The centrifugal forces would pull hundreds of feet of water towards the equator.

'Except for the highest mountains, such as Kilimanjaro or the highest summits of the Andes, I think everything in the equatorial region would be covered with water,' says Mr Fraczek.

At 1,000 miles per hour faster, the centrifugal forces generated by spinning would also be much stronger.

This would make it easier for water to escape the force of gravity and evaporate up into the atmosphere.

The already flooded regions of the equator would experience near-constant rain and would be constantly shrouded in fog and mist.

At around 24,000 miles per hour (38,600 kmph), the tectonic plates would be forced towards the equator as the planet flattens out. This would lead to devastating earthquakes (stock image) 

At really extreme speeds of around 17,000 miles per hour (27,350 kmph), 17 times faster than normal, the centrifugal forces would be powerful enough to overwhelm gravity.

Anyone at the equator would become weightless as centrifugal force counteracted gravity, and you might even start to get 'reverse rain' as water falls up into the atmosphere.

However, it is unlikely that there would be anyone around to see this since the equator would have long since become uninhabitable.

Mr Franczek says: 'If those few miserable humans would still be alive after most of Earth’s water had been transferred to the atmosphere and beyond, they would clearly want to run out of the equator area as soon as possible.'

Finally, once the planet started to reach speeds of about 24,000 miles per hour (38,600 kmph) at the equator, life as we know it would pretty much be over.

The centrifugal forces would now be so strong that they would start to flatten out the Earth like a spinning ball of clay.

The tectonic plates would shift and the Earth's crust would crack, leading to catastrophic results.

Mr Franczek says: 'We would have enormous earthquakes. The tectonic plates would move quickly and that would be disastrous to life on the globe.'

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12-07-2025 om 17:56 geschreven door peter  

Artikel door Michaël Torfs

 Een interstellair object is een object dat niet uit ons zonnestelsel komt, maar uit een ander sterrenstelsel. De mysterieuze, opvallende bezoeker in ons zonnestelsel werd begin juli gespot door de Atlas-telescoop in Chili. Op dat moment zou het object ongeveer 670 miljoen kilometer van de zon verwijderd zijn geweest. 

Het is pas het derde interstellair object dat ooit is waargenomen. De komeet werd '3I/ATLAS' gedoopt en wordt met argusogen gevolgd door sterrenkundigen. Mogelijk is hij zowat 3 miljard ouder dan ons zonnestelsel, laten wetenschappers van Oxford nu weten. De komeet zou zo mogelijk 7,5 miljard jaar oud zijn.

"Het object komt uit een sterrenstelsel dat we nog nooit van dichtbij hebben gezien", vertelt professor Chris Lintott aan de BBC. "We denken dat de kans 2 op de 3 is dat het ouder is dan ons eigen zonnestelsel." Dat is ongeveer 4,5 miljard jaar oud. 

Astronoom Matthew Hopkins had net een doctoraatsstudie afgerond over interstellaire objecten. Hij verdiepte zich meteen in het analyseren van de nieuwste bezoeker.

"3I vliegt sneller dan zijn 2 voorgangers, met ongeveer 60 kilometer per seconde. Dat is binnen de grens van wat we verwachten", schrijft hij daarover op de website van de universiteit van Oxford. 

Ontstaan in de 'dikke schijf' 

Hopkins denkt dat de komeet ontstaan is in het melkwegstelsel. Dat zou gebeurd zijn in de zogenoemde 'dikke schijf', een groep met bijzonder oude sterren die een belangrijk onderdeel vormt van de Melkweg. Het gaat om een groep sterren die zich bevinden rond de 'dunne schijf', waar de zon deel van uitmaakt.

"Om die reden is het zeer waarschijnlijk dat 3I de eerste kans is om een object te bestuderen dat in een volledig ander deel van de ruimte is gevormd", is Hopkins enthousiast.

IJswater

3I/Atlas zou zich gevormd hebben rond een oude ster en veel ijswater bevatten. Wanneer de komeet later dit jaar dichter bij de zon komt, zal hij opgewarmd worden en veel stoom en damp verliezen.

Volgens astronomen zou hij dan een oplichtende staart kunnen vertonen. Later dit jaar zou de komeet overigens zichtbaar moeten zijn vanaf de aarde met amateurtelescopen. 

De vermoedelijke koers van de interstellaire bezoeker: hij blijft uit de buurt van de aarde.

© Foto: Catalina Sky Survey

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12-07-2025 om 17:18 geschreven door peter  

De Donkere Zijde van de Maan: Het Meest onderdrukte Ruimteverhaal Ooit Verteld

De Donkere Zijde van de Maan

Al tientallen jaren staat de Maan symbool voor menselijke prestatie en verkenning. We hebben talloze missies uitgevoerd, astronauten geland en de maanoppervlakte bestudeerd via telescopen en satellieten. Maar wat als het verhaal dat ons is verteld over de Maan verre van compleet is? Wat als de werkelijkheid veel complexer en verborgen is gebleven voor het grote publiek? Volgens onderzoekers, whisteblowers en experten zoals Linda Moulton Howe en David Adair, zou de Maan niet zomaar een kale, onbewoonde rots zijn die in een baan om de aarde draait. In plaats daarvan zou deze hemellichaam een geavanceerde kunstmatige constructie kunnen zijn, ontworpen door buitenaardse intelligenties of door een oude, vergeten beschaving. Het zou een soort monitoringstation kunnen zijn, een uitvalsbasis voor het bewaken van de aarde, of zelfs een plek waar experimenten worden uitgevoerd die ons nog altijd onbekend zijn.

11-07-2025 om 23:54 geschreven door peter  

Dark Side of the Moon: The Most Suppressed Space Story Ever Told

For decades, the Moon has been a symbol of human achievement and exploration. But what if the story we’ve been told about it is far from complete? According to researchers and whistleblowers like Linda Moulton Howe and David Adair, the Moon might not be a barren rock orbiting Earth—but a sophisticated artificial construct used for monitoring and even manipulating life on our planet.

Is the Moon a Hollow Machine?

Linda Moulton Howe recounts testimony from abductees and insiders who claim the Moon is hollow and filled with advanced technology. This machine-like Moon is said to house computers, androids, and artificial intelligence systems that have been monitoring Earth for millions of years. The concept challenges our understanding of celestial mechanics and raises the question: Could the Moon be an ancient alien installation?

David Adair, a propulsion scientist, supports these claims with his own experiences. He suggests that the Moon’s behavior—its tidal lock with Earth, its impossible size for a captured satellite, and the way it “rings like a bell” during impacts—indicates an artificial origin. According to Adair, even Einstein’s theories can’t fully explain how such a massive object came to orbit Earth without catastrophic collision.

Suppressed Testimonies from Astronauts

Several astronauts, including Neil Armstrong, allegedly witnessed UFOs and alien structures on the Moon. Armstrong himself is said to have shared cryptic comments with close friends, hinting at large, silver craft stationed near their landing site. These claims, if true, suggest NASA’s famous moon missions were closely monitored—and possibly warned off—by extraterrestrial forces.

Pete McDivet, another astronaut, reportedly took dozens of high-resolution photographs of a strange cylindrical object outside his spacecraft. Yet when he requested access to his own images, NASA told him they were classified and that he had “no need to know.”

Why Were We Sent Away?

Adair offers a startling theory about why humans haven’t returned to the Moon in over 50 years: we were expelled for “littering.” He points out that astronauts left behind nearly 400,000 pounds of debris—including equipment and even bags of human waste. If intelligent beings inhabit or monitor the Moon, this act could have been seen as disrespectful.

Could this explain why, despite monumental advancements in technology, humanity has not established a permanent presence on the Moon? Adair believes the answer lies in a combination of geopolitical secrecy and extraterrestrial control.

Alien Megastructures on the Lunar Surface

There are also claims of massive structures on the Moon’s surface—tower-like constructs, arches resembling Earth’s St. Louis Gateway Arch, and bases that look like buried spacecraft. Some whistleblowers liken these features to crop circles: anomalies that demand serious investigation.

If true, such megastructures would revolutionize our understanding of not only the Moon but also the history of intelligent life in our solar system.

A Race to Return: Helium-3 and Fusion Power

Beyond alien secrets, the Moon holds immense scientific and economic potential. Helium-3, abundant on its surface, could fuel the next generation of clean fusion reactors. Adair claims China has already begun mining operations on the far side of the Moon, possibly using his own designs shared decades ago.

The Bigger Picture: Competing Civilizations?

One retired Defense Intelligence Agency official reportedly told Howe that three competing extraterrestrial civilizations have been operating on Earth and throughout the solar system for at least 270 million years. This revelation adds a new layer to the Moon’s mystery: Could it be a neutral outpost or even a battleground in an ancient interstellar rivalry?

Why We Must Go Back

Despite official narratives claiming we’ve “seen all there is to see,” Adair emphasizes that humans have explored less than 0.5% of the Moon’s surface. He argues that it’s critical to return—not just for resources like Helium-3 but to uncover the truth about our place in the cosmos.

Conclusion: A Cosmic Truth Waiting to Be Told

The story of the Moon may be far more complex than we’ve been led to believe. If even a fraction of these claims hold truth, it suggests humanity is part of a much larger interstellar experiment. The suppressed testimonies of astronauts, the theories of scientists like Adair, and the strange behavior of the Moon itself all point to one thing: we need to ask bigger questions about our nearest celestial neighbor.

Perhaps it’s time to clean up the litter, make peace with whoever—or whatever—may be watching from the dark side, and reclaim our place among the stars.

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11-07-2025 om 22:40 geschreven door peter  

Scientists discover that mysterious giant structures beneath the North Sea seemingly defy what we know about geology

Giant sand mounds in the North Sea seabed sank below ancient "ooze," a new study finds. 

(Image credit: photo © by Tomasz Sienicki [user:tsca, mail: tomasz.sienicki at gmail.com], CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons)

Earthquakes or changes in pressure may have caused the sands to behave like a fluid, thus enabling it to flow through fractures in the seabed and slip beneath rigid sections of the ooze. The researchers dubbed these large, sinking mounds "sinkites." The ooze rafts, buoyed upward, were named "floatites."

"This research shows how fluids and sediments can move around in the Earth's crust in unexpected ways," Huuse said.

The team originally studied these mounds as a possible location for carbon dioxide storage. Before beginning any carbon storage efforts in the region, scientists will need to understand how well and how safely the area can hold on to that carbon.

"Understanding how these sinkites formed could significantly change how we assess underground reservoirs, sealing, and fluid migration — all of which are vital for carbon capture and storage," Huuse said.

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10-07-2025 om 23:04 geschreven door peter  

A London-based dentist has solved one of art history's most enduring mysteries by discovering a hidden geometric code in Leonardo da Vinci's iconic Vitruvian Man drawing. The breakthrough revelation suggests that the Renaissance master embedded sophisticated mathematical principles that anticipate modern understanding of optimal biological architecture - all concealed within a simple triangle between the figure's legs.

The Discovery That Changed Everything

Dr. Rory Mac Sweeney, whose professional expertise in dental anatomy provided the unique perspective needed to crack this centuries-old puzzle, published his groundbreaking findings in the  Journal of Mathematics and the Arts. His analysis reveals that Leonardo's famous 1490 drawing incorporates geometric principles that remained hidden in plain sight for over 500 years.

The pen-and-ink drawing of a nude male figure in two superimposed poses, with arms and legs enclosed within a circle and square, was created by the Renaissance polymath around 1490. Based on the writings of Roman architect Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, the drawing illustrates the concept that the human body has harmonious proportions that can fit perfectly within both geometric shapes - but until now, the mathematical framework behind this perfect fit remained an enigma reports Popular Mechanics.

• Leonardo da Vinci: The Ultimate Renaissance Man
• The Golden Ratio in Ancient Art and Architecture

Leonardo's Vitruvian Man and Optimal Geometric Relationships. Leonardo's construction demonstrates the same tetrahedral principles found in craniofacial architecture. This geometric relationship may represent Leonardo's intuitive recognition.

(Journal of Mathematics and the Arts (2025))

The Hidden Triangle That Unlocked the Mystery

Dr. Sweeney's breakthrough came when he noticed an equilateral triangle positioned between the man's legs - a detail that Leonardo referenced in his notes for the drawing but that had been largely overlooked by scholars. This triangle, Sweeney discovered, corresponds precisely to Bonwill's triangle, a fundamental principle in dental anatomy that governs the optimal performance of the human jaw.

Named after Dr. William Bonwill, whose 1864 work on dental articulation studied "4,000 dentures in living persons and 6,000 skulls," Bonwill's triangle forms an equilateral triangle connecting the two mandibular condyles and the midpoint of the lower central incisors. This geometric relationship maximizes force transmission efficiency during chewing and represents optimal biological design.

• Mathematical Principles in Medieval and Renaissance Art
• Hidden Codes and Symbols in Renaissance Masterpieces

Diagram showing how Bonwill's triangle (green) in human craniofacial architecture demonstrates the same tetrahedral geometry that Leonardo embedded in his drawing.

(Journal of Mathematics and the Arts)

The Mathematical Breakthrough

The discovery goes far beyond a simple geometric observation. Sweeney's analysis revealed that this hidden triangle produces a ratio of 1.64 to 1.65 between the square's side and the circle's radius - remarkably close to the special "blueprint number" of 1.633 that appears throughout nature for building the most efficient structure

This ratio, known as the tetrahedral ratio, represents the mathematical relationship that defines optimal spatial arrangements in both synthetic and biological systems. When the equilateral triangle is replicated six times around the navel (which Vitruvius identified as the central point of the human body), it creates a hexagonal pattern that generates this precise mathematical relationship.

Connections to Modern Science

Perhaps most remarkably, Sweeney draws parallels between the ratios found in Leonardo's illustration and Buckminster Fuller's Isotropic Vector Matrix from 1975. This connection suggests that "the same geometric relationships that appear in optimal crystal structures, biological architectures, and Fuller's coordinate systems seem to be encoded in human proportions."

Fuller's Vector Equilibrium demonstrating the geometric foundation underlying optimal spatial organization - the same principles Leonardo intuited 500 years earlier.

(Journal of Mathematics and the Arts)

Sweeney concludes that these findings suggest "Leonardo intuited fundamental truths about the mathematical nature of reality itself," demonstrating that the Renaissance master possessed an understanding of optimal biological design that wouldn't be formally recognized by modern science for centuries.

The Power of Perspective

The breakthrough illustrates how expertise from unexpected fields can illuminate longstanding mysteries. As a dentist familiar with Bonwill's triangle, Dr. Sweeney brought a unique perspective that art historians and mathematicians had lacked. His professional knowledge of dental anatomy provided the key to recognizing the significance of the triangle that had been hiding in plain sight.

"Leonardo's geometric construction successfully encoded fundamental spatial relationships in human form, demonstrating the remarkable precision of his Renaissance vision of mathematical unity between the human figure and natural order," Sweeney wrote in his paper."

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Implications for Modern Applications

The discovery has implications extending beyond art history. Dr. Sweeney's findings could inspire new approaches in dental anatomy, prosthetic design, and craniofacial surgery. The research demonstrates how Renaissance art can contain scientific insights that remain relevant to contemporary medicine and engineering.

Moreover, the breakthrough suggests that other Renaissance masterpieces may contain similar hidden scientific principles waiting to be discovered. The intersection of art and science that defined Leonardo's work continues to yield new insights, even 500 years after his death.

A Renaissance Vision Validated

The discovery validates Leonardo's reputation as a visionary who bridged art and science in ways that continue to astonish modern researchers. His ability to encode complex mathematical relationships within a drawing of human proportions demonstrates the sophisticated understanding of natural design principles that characterized the Renaissance approach to knowledge.

• Top image: Detailed geometric analysis showing how the triangle relates to Bonwill's triangle and creates the mathematical foundation for the drawing's proportions.
• Source: Journal of Mathematics and the Arts

By Gary Manners

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10-07-2025 om 22:36 geschreven door peter  

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10-07-2025 om 21:55 geschreven door peter  

There are some people who believe that the  President of the United States is privy to all that is going-on and, ultimately, calls the shots, while others insist they are nothing more than a face for the respective government of the time who is on a need-to-know leash, and this is very much the case with UFOs and potential alien encounters. However, it would seem that some Presidents of the United States – certainly when it comes to such matters as UFOs – know more than others.

One researcher who has perhaps done more research than most on the Presidents of the United States and what they might have known about UFOs and aliens is author Paul Blake Smith, who spoke recently to myself and Steve Mera during an episode of The Anomaly Project. Smith has written several books on the subject, including President Eisenhower’s Close Encounters: An Investigation into Eisenhower’s Secret Agreement with Extraterrestrials and The Nixon-Gleason Alien Encounter: An Investigation into Nixon’s Secret Airbase Meetings to View Extraterrestrials, both of which we will return to very shortly.

If we go back to the start of the Modern UFO Era (essentially, the summer of 1947 with such encounters as the Kenneth Arnold sighting and the Roswell crash) we can find President Harry Truman in charge, who, almost certainly, knew much of what was going on in the skies across America at the time.

In fact, to explore both Truman and the person who followed him into the White House, President Eisenhower, we should turn our attention to an alleged UFO crash, once more in the deserts of New Mexico, only this time in the Aztec Desert a little over six months after the more famous and well-known Roswell crash. According to the account, which first entered the public arena courtesy of an alleged leaked document in the late 1980s, on the evening of March 25th, 1948, a disc-shaped metallic object came screeching out of the night sky and crashed into the ground. Although several locals were on the scene a short time later, it didn’t take the United States military long to swoop in and retrieve the remains, whisking them away to, according to the report, White Sands Air Force Base.

Perhaps even more remarkable than the craft itself, though, was the discovery of 16 crew members, 15 of whom were dead, but one, unbelievably, was alive. And it is here, where the story morphs into the involvement of another eventual President of the United States.  

Indeed there is little doubt, one of the most interesting and thought-provoking American Presidents in terms of what they might have known about UFOs and their subsequent actions off the back of that, would be President Eisenhower, who, it would seem, was at the center of several UFO and alien encounters that potentially had far-reaching consequences, and is one that Paul Blake Smith detailed in the previously mentioned President Eisenhower’s Close Encounters. It also unfolded in the wake of the Aztec UFO crash (under President Truman’s watch), when Eisenhower was a high-ranking military commander during Truman’s presidency.

Smith highlighted how an apparent leaked briefing document came to light on a 2017 podcast by Heather Wade. This document detailed how the surviving alien was discreetly transported to a secret facility within the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Even more remarkable, this alien was able to communicate – in English, no less – with its new host, and offered that its name was Setimus. According to descriptions, although he was (by comparison) relatively short, he otherwise had the appearance of an “adult, Earth-like humanoid male!” There were, though, following examinations, some internal differences (although these were not documented, or certainly not leaked). This apparent alien entity had a very specific diet and was “less able to process the wide range of foods” that a human being typically would. Moreover, although he could physically speak, he also appeared to have “telepathic and psychic skills!” Even more remarkable, Setimus was “versed in homo sapien behavior, modern geopolitics, and the planet Earth’s troubled environment!”

This leaked document detailed that Setimus was granted “diplomatic status” and was very happy to answer all scientists’ questions. Perhaps most interesting of all, though, it stated that, “Setimus and his advanced ET species had ‘decided on a long-term program of carefully calculated’ contact with certain humans, including those in the highest levels of American government – like President Dwight D. Eisenhower!”

Of course, we will return to Eisenhower and more of his “contact” with alien representatives shortly. In New Mexico, however, around a year after being recovered from the wreckage, in early 1949, a decision was made to transfer Setimus to a “safe house”, thought to have been somewhere in rural Vermont, and a property that was under the control of the United States intelligence agencies. Smith highlights how this decision, at least on the surface, is a strange one, not least as no one appeared to be even slightly aware of Setimus’ presence in New Mexico, as well as the fact he was more than comfortable at the facility, and not least the obvious risks of transporting a live alien entity across the country that would surely present themselves. However, Smith also points out that Dwight Eisenhower had spent considerable time in rural Vermont, officially on fly fishing trips.

Whatever the truth of the matter, it is said that Setimus spent at least six months of 1949 at this location. And given the connection Eisenhower had to this part of the country, as well as the naming of him specifically in the leaked document, we might consider if he spent a large bulk of that time at the safe house with Setimus. If so, we can only imagine what information might have been given to Eisenhower during this time, and how much, if anything, he shared with anyone else. Then, in early August 1949, Setimus was discreetly transported back to New Mexico, this time to Albuquerque, and specifically, to Kirtland Air Force Base. Even more remarkable, on the evening of August 21st, 1949, an alien craft landed in the remote desert close by, where Setimus boarded the otherworldly vessel and left Earth for a destination unknown.

While it might be tempting, even by some in the UFO community, to dismiss such claims unreservedly, the fact is that Paul Blake Smith not only makes a compelling argument in favor of such claims’ authenticity but also offers documented circumstantial evidence to back them up. For example, regarding the transfer of Setimus from Vermont back to New Mexico and his potential extraction from the planet, he writes:

“Harry Truman’s White House appointment logs for Monday, August 1, 1949, reveal that the Republican Governor of Vermont, of all people, had called Vermont’s Republican Senator George David Aiken the previous week and asked Aiken to set up an appointment with the president for 12:15 pm that day in the Oval Office. It had to have been about something pretty darn important, considering these circumstances!”

Indeed, the important reason could very well have been the transfer of Setimus back to New Mexico, as well as the planned arrival of more visitors from another world. Smith highlights further interesting movements during this time, as he details that “conservative Governor Ernest William Gibson Jr. – a former decorated Army infantryman from rural, small-town Vermont – traveled a long way to chat in private” and off the record with Harry Truman. This conversation was said to have only been 15 minutes long, but Smith writes that “something big was up, it is logical to assume!” Smith also highlighted another secret meeting between a Vermont congressman and President Truman in late July 1949, as well as a meeting in the Oval Office on the afternoon of August 4th, 1949, between President Truman and his Secretary of State and his Defense Secretary. After this meeting, all three men traveled together somewhere to an undocumented location. Even more suspicious, there are no recorded movements of any of the men until five days later. Might we contemplate that they traveled to, and stayed at, the safe house in Vermont?

Of course, around four and a half years later, with Eisenhower a little over a year into his first term as United States President, he is claimed to have been at another meeting with alien representatives. The claims surfaced through another set of leaked documents in 1984, the same documents that contained information on MJ12. According to these documents, on the evening of February 20th, 1954, President Eisenhower was whisked away to a hangar at Edwards Air Force Base in California, where he is claimed to have met with representatives from two different alien races. What is interesting is that on that date, the official record shows that President Eisenhower disappeared from public view due to requiring emergency dental treatment, something which some people believe is nothing more than a cover story to allow him to move freely behind the scenes away from any kind of public scrutiny. We perhaps need to remember that official press photographers accompanied the President everywhere, and so an excuse such as dental treatment would have been more than sufficient to have them “stand down” while the President recovered, or perhaps, went about his secretive duties.

According to the account, the first of these meetings was with humanoid entities who were very similar in appearance to Setimus. Moreover, they offered ideas of advanced, clean technologies, energies, and medical procedures, although the requirement for humanity accessing this technology was a commitment to move away from fossil fuels. Ultimately, Eisenhower declined to make a deal. Then, only moments later, according to some accounts, the second race of aliens arrived.

Now, here is where we perhaps have to take the report with a certain pinch of salt. The representatives of this alien race were said to be what we would recognize as grey aliens. They also offered Eisenhower a deal for advanced technology that would give the United States exclusive access to do with what they pleased. In return, it is claimed, these extraterrestrials wanted non-resistant (on the part of the military) access to certain members of the population on which they could perform examinations and non-invasive procedures for their own research, after which said members of the population would be returned unharmed and with no knowledge of the experience. Ultimately, and something else we should take with a pinch of salt, these grey alien representatives also stated that should Eisenhower decline the deal, they would make the same exclusive offer to the Soviet Union, which would, as we know, tip the balance of power on the world stage.

We might recall that Setimus was said to have been well-versed in the politics of our planet. We perhaps should not be so surprised that another alien race would also be so, especially if they were, it would seem, much more ruthless and single-minded in their goals. Whatever the truth, it is said that Eisenhower agreed to the deal, or at least some form of it, and advanced technology was indeed given to the United States military, who then, it is claimed, farmed and gifted it out to American companies to develop as their results of human ingenuity. And, of course, one advantage to the military using private companies and corporations is that they are protected from Freedom of Information requests, which very well could have been, in fact, almost certainly was, a part of the thought process in siphoning out this advanced technology.

It is interesting to note that around this time, the United States began to surge ahead in terms of technological advancement compared to most of the rest of the world. Moreover, less than a decade later, people began to experience apparent cases of alien abduction at the hands of strange, grey aliens. Of course, whether this was a coincidence or not remains a part of the mystery. That Eisenhower, and Truman before him, knew more than most United States presidents about UFOs and the intelligence behind them, both before and after, is surely highly likely, if not certain.

Of course, in a similar way to how Eisenhower might have learned much of what he knew working under Truman during his presidency, much the same could be said for Richard Nixon, a President who is an intriguing character in his own right before we even mention UFOs. However, he is also the person around whom one of the most startling UFO and alien claims swirls. Although there have been several various dates put forward for this alleged remarkable event, according to the solid research of the previously mentioned Paul Blake Smith in his book The Nixon-Gleason Alien Encounter, during mid-February 1973, President Nixon would take his good showbiz friend, and paranormal enthusiast, actor and television personality, Jackie Gleason, to a secret military facility and show him proof of extraterrestrial life.

Gleason’s (then) wife – Beverly McKittrick – would speak of the encounter in two separate articles in the National Enquirer – the first in its September 8th, 1974, edition, and the second time – and in much more detail - in the August 16th, 1983, edition. While the first article was much shorter and seemingly inaccurate in some of the details, the second article had much more detail, and between them both, and Smith’s subsequent research since, we have a relatively accurate timeline of events in mid-February 1973.

Following a very public round of golf at the Inverrary Golf and Country Club just outside of Miami in South Florida, on the evening of February 19th, 1973, a knock came at Gleason’s door. Upon answering, the Gleasons were more than shocked to see none other than President Nixon standing there. The two men were friends, but it was most unusual (for obvious reasons) for the President to be out in public with no security whatsoever. It is claimed that Nixon told Gleason that he had “something to show him,” and with that, Jackie Gleason left.

Once more, we have a differing version of events based on the source, with some accounts stating that the pair drove to Homestead Air Force Base a short distance away, with Nixon himself driving. Smith, however, suggests that the pair likely made their way to the military facility on a military helicopter.

Smith wrote that during the interview with the National Enquirer, “Beverly never said that Jackie was driven there. She only wrote that she had heard his key unlocking the front door but said nothing about hearing a car’s motor, voices outside, or a car door!” Moreover, Smith suggested that a helicopter could have landed at the “same nearby helipad on the Inverrary course that Nixon had utilized in his official Marine One chopper (earlier) that day!” Smith continued that “all Jackie had to do was walk or perhaps drive an electric golf cart from his house to the helipad”, and he would have been on his way.

While this might sound outlandish that the President of the United States would venture into an urban area, at night, alone and with no security, it is worth noting the research of Mack Maloney, who offered that, “Nixon was famous for giving his Secret Service detail the slip!” Might he have done this on the evening in question in February 1973? It is certainly a possibility.

However, the pair did travel to the air base. Once they arrived, after Nixon showed his identification, the clearly shocked security stepped back and allowed them entry into the facility. At this point, Gleason, as enthusiastic as he was, was a little apprehensive as he followed Nixon, who himself remained tight-lipped as they negotiated their way through the corridors of the facility. Eventually, Gleason was led into a room where “the wreckage from a flying saucer” was seemingly stored, “enclosed in several large cases!” Then, the television personality was led by the President into another room, in which were several “freezer-like containers!”

As they stepped into the room, Nixon guided Gleason’s attention to what was inside these containers. Cautiously, the actor peered over the top of one of them, and, to begin with, he thought he was looking at the bodies of young children. Then, though, within a matter of seconds, he could see that these bodies – whatever they were – were not human.

He eventually returned home at around 11:30 pm, with Beverly later recalling that he simply “slumped white-faced in an armchair!” He then told his wife what he had seen in the large containers, telling her that he had “seen the bodies of some aliens from outer space!” He described these aliens as having grey skin with large heads, large, dark eyes, and large ears. He further described them as appearing “quite old” and “terribly mangled!” To begin with, she thought her husband was joking with her. However, when she took note of his unusual “pasty skin tone” and his “subdued demeanor,” she realized he was being deadly serious.  He also told her that this was “top secret, (and) only a few people know!”

Interestingly, according to Smith’s book, Gleason was far from pleased with his (then) wife speaking of the encounter to the press in 1974. In fact, Paul Blake Smith writes in The Nixon-Gleason Alien Encounter that when the article came out in the September 1974 edition of the National Enquirer, “Jackie Gleason saw it and exploded. He’d been squealed on, in a sense. His most precious secret was now out, albeit undetailed!” Smith also details how Gleason was still a “Special Agent Contact” of the FBI during this time, and that he felt it was “embarrassing for him to have the White House and the Justice Department find out he leaked one of the biggest sworn secrets in American history right after he had been let in on it!” For his part, Gleason refused to comment publicly on the claims, a move which many people found “puzzling” to say the least. Whatever the truth of the matter, the incident remains one of the most detailed in history involving a United States President and claims of UFOs and alien life.

Ultimately, as outlandish as such a claim might sound to some, the records from the Nixon Library show that he was in Florida on the date of the alleged meeting, and, of course, he was seen publicly at the golf event earlier that day.

Smith also offers a potential reason that Nixon chose to show Gleason these alien entities in the first place. Gleason had been asking the American public for proof of alien life for years, and was willing to pay good money to anyone who could do so, a sum, incidentally, that continued to rise with each request. Around the same time as the alleged incident, the Watergate Scandal that would eventually result in Nixon's resignation was unfolding. Speaking on The Anomaly Project, Paul Blake Smith offered that following the breaking of the Watergate scandal, “the burglars were threatening to talk to investigators and to the media, and it was going to ruin Nixon’s great image and his popularity, and even get him sent to jail!”

Smith continued that Nixon had to suddenly come up with “hush money” to stop these burglars from talking publicly of what they knew, and, in Smith’s opinion, he likely got this money from offering his good friend, Jackie Gleason, who had publicly stated he would pay a large amount of money to see proof of alien life, a tour of the top-secret facility and the proof which he so desperately sought. Smith highlighted how, according to the tape recordings from the White House (that Nixon himself recorded), that Nixon was “really upset in January 1973”, with him being heard saying on the White House tapes, “This damn hush money, where are we going to get this?” Then, only weeks later – and after the alleged Nixon-Gleason encounter – he was suddenly “all calm about the hush money”, being heard saying on the recordings that, “Oh, we’ve got that. I know where we can get our hands on that. It’s not a problem!”

Smith went on to highlight just how wealthy Jackie Gleason was – said to have been worth around 14 million dollars at the time – and that he had literally offered “a million dollars to anyone who can show me hard proof!” of alien life. Ultimately, Smith stated that he believed “Nixon took him up on this” and, for a price, offered to show him the alien bodies at Homestead Air Force Base.

Interestingly, Smith also pointed out that the creatures Jackie Gleason later described, while having some similarities to a typical grey alien, appeared more like the entities in the infamous Hopkinsville or Kentucky Goblins case, with Smith describing them as “an exact match” to the creatures of that particularly harrowing encounter. We know that authorities did attend the property that evening. Is it possible they obtained more than the families involved realized? Or, at the very least, does it suggest that there is a persistent presence of these large-eared aliens on our planet? While we won’t go into them in detail here, there are more encounters with such creatures in connection with UFO events than many people might think.

It is worth pointing out that following his viewing of the alien entities – if indeed that is what they were – Gleason was taken to a “an air base hangar that you can see from the highway” and, once inside, he was shown a “silver, round spaceship that was kind of what I call alive, it was up in the air being held down by tethers…and Jackie got a good look at this silver disc!” As Smith says, if there is any truth to the claims – and it appears to very well could be – Jackie Gleason certainly “got his money’s worth!”

Of course, one of the most interesting presidents of modern times is undoubtedly Ronald Reagan, who not only had a great interest in UFOs but even claimed to have had two sightings of his own. Although the date isn’t certain, the first of these is thought to have happened somewhere between 1967 and 1975, while Reagan was the Governor of California, although he still enjoyed the company of many of his Hollywood contacts and friends. On this particular evening, he, along with his wife, Nancy, and two of their friends, Lucille Ball and William Holden, were on their way to just such a Hollywood party. On their way, though, they noticed a strange light that appeared to be flying at the same level as their car as they made their way along the quiet highway before landing in a nearby field.

According to the story, Reagan stopped the car moments later in order to try to get a better look at this strange object. He did so for several moments before getting back in the car and setting off to their destination. However, when they arrived at the party, they were over an hour late, and Reagan was eager to speak of what they had seen during their journey. Of course, the implication of missing time, at least to some, is perhaps suggestive of an alien abduction scenario.

Reagan’s second UFO encounter occurred in late 1974, while he was being flown back to Bakersfield, California, by pilot Bill Paynter. Suddenly, out of nowhere, both men saw a bizarre “bright object” appear a short distance from their aircraft, which then followed their aircraft for a considerable time, bobbing and weaving around it as it did so. After several moments, it shot off into the distance with alarming speed and disappeared. Paynter would later state that, “This really did happen. We saw it, I saw it, (and) Reagan told me to follow it!” Although Paynter did attempt to keep up with the object, it had vanished within seconds.

The previously mentioned Paul Blake Smith detailed how Reagan was extremely excited by the sighting, even speaking about it at a press conference several weeks later. However, when he was asked outright by a reporter if he “believed in UFOs,” he suddenly began to back away slightly and become much more hesitant to speak of the incident.

Reagan also made some intriguing comments while in the White House, perhaps not least to the famous film director, Steven Spielberg, who Reagan seemingly had an interesting interaction with during a special, private screening of the movie ET: The Extraterrestrial in the White House in 1982. According to legend, Reagan is alleged to have turned to Spielberg during the screening and commented on “how surprised” people would be if they “realized how true this is!” For years, most people dismissed the comments as either taken out of context or as being outright untrue. However, in 2008, following the release of his film Super 8, Spielberg addressed the claims during a promotional interview. He stated that not only was the comment true, but that Reagan had actually said to him that “there are a number of people in this room who know that everything on that screen is absolutely true!” Perhaps as a caveat to the whole affair, Spielberg claimed to have taken the comment as nothing but a joke from Reagan, although he also noted that the former President said it with a very straight face.

Whatever the truth, it is known that Reagan maintained an active interest in the subject of UFOs, as well as the possibilities of alien life, and even the ancient astronaut theory, with him even making some remarkable commentary in his diaries about connections between extraterrestrials and ancient Egypt. It is one particular entry in his diaries in April 1985 – released in 2009 in the book The Reagan Diaries – that made a lot of people sit up a little. It read:

“Lunch with five top space scientists. It was fascinating. Space truly is the last frontier and some of the developments there in astronomy etc. are like science fiction, except they are real. I learned that our shuttle capacity is such that we could orbit 300 people!”

We might ask just what Reagan was alluding to in this entry. At the time, for example, NASA could – officially at least – only accommodate eight astronauts at most. Did Reagan know a secret spacecraft that could orbit hundreds of people? Or was he briefed on a theoretical NASA spacecraft not yet developed and simply took it as fact? Although there is perhaps some credibility to the notion that Reagan’s grasp of the situation deteriorated during his presidency, we might imagine he was mentally competent enough to know the difference between a proposed spacecraft still to be developed and an active spacecraft (then) currently in orbit.

Some researchers have also highlighted some of the wording Reagan used in several of his speeches during his time as President. In one speech, for example, given to the United Nations in 1987, he made several references to an “alien threat” which, although it has been explained away as meaning alien to American and the West’s interests, has caused some people to question just what Reagan was speaking of. The following year, in 1988, during another speech he made with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, Reagan stated – completely matter-of-factly, incidentally – that he “occasionally thinks how quickly our differences, worldwide, would vanish if we were facing an alien threat from outside this world!”

With all of this in mind, arguably one of the most intriguing UFO stories connected to President Reagan is one not directly connected to him, but his one-time Chief Military Advisor of the White House, Major General Robert Schweitzer. According to the account, in September of 1981, less than a year into Reagan’s first term as President, a letter arrived at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue from a former United States military veteran, Colman VonKeviczky. VonKeviczky, who had turned to UFO research after leaving the military, had written and sent almost identical letters to various Presidents of the United States in the years previously, as well as several UN Secretaries General. In it, he stated that there was a “substantial alien threat” facing humanity, and that governments of the world must unite to resist it (very similar, incidentally, to the strange speech by Reagan we highlighted earlier).

As we might imagine, VonKeviczky received no replies to any of these letters – that is, until this one. Several weeks later, a reply came from Major General Schweitzer, who claimed that, “The President is well aware of the threat that you document so clearly and is doing all in his power to restore the national defense margin of safety as quickly and prudently as possible!” There have been many interpretations of this response, including that it was nothing but a polite, tongue-in-cheek reply. What is certain, however, is that Schweitzer was discreetly dismissed by the White House only weeks later on October 26th – we should perhaps make of that what we will.

It is also worth our time briefly exploring UFO connections to Reagan’s predecessor, President Jimmy Carter, who not only witnessed a UFO in 1969 while campaigning to be Governor of Georgia, but would also make an official report of the incident. Moreover, several years later, in 1976 when campaigning to become President, he promised, and seemingly tried, to have many of the government’s UFO files released to the public (it is worth noting, that while he did release many UFO documents during his presidency, the anticipated “disclosure” of information was not forthcoming). It is said that Carter, even just for himself, did attempt to have the UFO files released, contacting the FBI, NASA, and even the CIA. While the CIA and NASA (under the CIA’s orders) outright refused, the FBI simply stated that they had no UFO files to release. In a further twist to the claims, according to the files of UFO researcher Richard Dolan, during the summer of 1977, not long after issuing his requests for information, Carter was part of a briefing session on UFOs. There is no information on what he was told, but it is said that following this briefing session, President Carter sat at his desk with his head in his hands, weeping.

With Carter’s apparent experience in the White House in mind, it is worth examining the thoughts of UFO researcher, Grant Cameron, who suggested in the television documentary UFOs: The White House Files, that all United States Presidents are told standard information regarding UFOs, perhaps the very reason why they need to remain secret. Perhaps this information is not only sobering and clarifying, but seemingly disturbing. Indeed, we might contemplate not only what might be so disturbing that it needs to be kept from the general public, seemingly at all costs, but so disturbing that it could bring the President of the United States to tears. We might ask, if Cameron is correct, and all Presidents of the United States receive such a briefing, how others in the White House might have reacted to such information.

It isn’t just United States Presidents of the modern world who have seemingly had encounters with strange flying objects. In 1800, for example, future President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, described a UFO in a telegram that had been witnessed by a local man (William Dunbar) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He stated that the strange object was “the color of the sun near the horizon” and was approximately the size of a house. Moreover, it was so bright that it caused a bright glow on the ground directly below it. Jefferson continued that a “violent rushing noise” accompanied the strange aerial vehicle, as well as an occasional “tremendous crash” (which we might assume to be a description of something breaking the sound barrier).

Almost a quarter of a century earlier, during the bitterly cold winter of 1777, and with his men on the verge of physical, mental, and emotional collapse due to the conflict with the British, George Washington was seemingly visited by strange, otherworldly entities. The account was relayed by Anthony Sherman, who claimed he was at Valley Forge (where the incident took place) with Washington. His account appeared in several newspapers, the first in an article written by Wesley Bradshaw in the National Tribune in 1859, and was even placed in the Library of Congress. According to the article, Washington received several visits from strange “green-skinned warriors” who offered him advice on British troop positions, even offering specific locations where Washington’s attacks would be most effectively launched from. They also, it would seem, showed him visions of the future. Washington was quoted in the article as saying, “I cast my eyes upon America and beheld villages and towns and cities springing up one after another until the whole land from the Atlantic to the Pacific was dotted with them!” Indeed, if this is an accurate account, it would appear these “green-skinned warriors” had a vested interest in America maintaining its independence from the British and for it to succeed in becoming, arguably, the superpower of the planet.

As we might imagine, there have been many explanations put forward to explain who these strange figures were, with most mainstream historians insisting they were nothing more than Native Americans who wore green war paint. One researcher who dismisses such explanations is author Quentin Burde, who has extensively researched what he believes are specific points of extraterrestrial intervention in human history. He offers that if the “green-skinned warriors” were Native American tribes, Washington would have said so, and he also made reference to “green globes in the sky” at the same time in his diaries, which would also appear to speak of an otherworldly encounter. Burde believes the figures were almost certainly alien entities, likely with green or glowing skin, or perhaps even glowing attire.

Of course, it will sound preposterous to some that alien entities should visit Earth, much less take an active interest in human affairs. However, before we move on, it is worth exploring another bizarre incident that took place during America’s conflicts with the British, this time in 1814 during the War of 1812. On the day in question – a hot, sunny day – American forces were once more on the verge of defeat, with British troops advancing with alacrity on Washington, DC. As soon as they arrived, they set about burning the city to the ground, with American soldiers unable to do more than look on helplessly. The sheer heat of the weather, which presented particularly dry conditions, meant that the flames took hold and spread with ease. Even the White House was eventually engulfed. Then, in what many believe was merely a bizarre coincidental twist of fate, the skies suddenly turned grey, then almost black, while heavy rain poured over the burning city, extinguishing the flames. To some, this was something close to divine intervention, and we might add that in the modern era, some have looked back on the incident being one that was orchestrated by an intelligent force.

It might be easy to dismiss such claims as nothing but nonsense – that is, if it weren’t for what happened next. Almost as soon as the flames were smothered, a sudden tornado formed (and we should remember, this is not an area of the United States that typically experiences tornadoes). Then, with strangely precise accuracy, it headed straight for the British troops who were on Capitol Hill. Many were killed in the onslaught, and those who survived fled. Of course, whether this was some kind of alien intervention or simply a freak weather event is perhaps open to interpretation. It certainly gives us something to think about, however.

We might ask, then, is it simply a numbers game, and does the law of averages suggest that a certain number of United States presidents would have had some kind of encounter or knowledge of UFOs? Or is it their position on the world stage that marks them as requiring such knowledge, even if that knowledge comes from the intelligence behind the UFOs themselves (such people who had encounters long before they were President, such as Reagan or Carter)? It has to be said, the most likely of those possibilities is the former, and we could highlight a president who we have not explored here, but who likely is one of the most powerful men, not just presidents, in United States history, and certainly someone who very likely knew more than most about UFOs and alien secrecy, not least due to his strong connections to the inner workings of the CIA, George HW Bush, who served in the White House between 1989 to 1993, while also being President Reagan’s Vice President for the entirety of his two terms (with some researchers convinced that Bush most likely “pulled the strings” of the Reagan administration). Indeed, given his close connections to Bill Clinton, who served two terms in the White House after Bush Sr., as well as his own son’s two terms following the elections of 2000 and 2004, a compelling argument could be made that George Bush Sr. was close to the heart of power in American politics and intelligence (at the very least) for close to three decades, even longer when we consider his high-ranking status in the intelligence community before that. Despite this apparent high-ranking status in terms of UFO knowledge, Bush himself, at least to the best of anyone’s knowledge, never had a UFO encounter (at least outside of what he might have witnessed behind closed government doors).

Of course, he has made some cryptic comments about his alleged knowledge of UFOs, some of which Paul Blake Smith discussed on The Anomaly Project. He stated that during his son, Jeb’s, unsuccessful campaign to be President of the United States, George Bush was asked a question by a journalist about UFOs, ultimately, “Are we being visited?” Bush, instead of remaining calm, snapped back that he “knows plenty, but I’m not saying. You know I know about the UFOs!” Bush Sr. was ushered out of the press conference shortly afterwards. Smith also highlights another occasion where Bush Sr. seemingly let his guard slip regarding what he might know about UFOs and aliens. On the same show, he relayed the comments of a filmmaker who was on a flight with Bush. He claimed that Bush, who had downed several drinks during the flight, suddenly offered that he had not believed anything about UFOs and alien life, until he was “shown footage of an extraterrestrial that we had captured!” Of course, as Smith points out, there is, unfortunately, no one who has come forward to corroborate that particular account. It is, though, thought-provoking, at the very least.

Indeed, there is another famous quote of Bush saying about UFOs and aliens that he “knows some” of what was going on in a moment of candidness. We just might find that he knows a lot more than just “some” of the story. A lot more.

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10-07-2025 om 19:32 geschreven door peter  

Mystery of Mars' missing water could be solved by the planet's tipsy tilt

By Deepa Jain

Mars has lost immense amounts of water over it lifetime, and scientists aren't sure exactly how. New research hints that the planet's violently varying tilt may be a key factor.

Today, Mars' tilt is similar to that of Earth. But millions of years ago, its tilt varied wildly, possibly leading to its extreme water loss. 

(Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)

Tremendous tilts of Mars' rotational axis during the past 20 million years may have dried out the planet, according to a new study. The findings may help solve the mystery of how Mars, which once contained lakes, rivers and possibly oceans, lost its water.

Dry, dust-filled deserts cover much of Mars' surface today. Astronomers think most of the planet's scant water reserves are frozen within fine-grained surface dirt, with above-surface ice confined to the polar regions.

But the Red Planet hasn't always been so dry. Gullies, lake beds and valleys photographed by early NASA missions like the Viking project suggest that since Mars' birth, the planet's surface has been periodically inundated by billions of gallons of liquid water. In fact, planetary scientists have calculated that the volume of water that carved out these geological features amounted to a layer at least 300 feet (100 meters) thick over the planet's entire surface.

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09-07-2025 om 23:54 geschreven door peter  

US Gov Releases New Video UFO Over Iraq Recorded By US Military Helicopter, UAP Sighting News.

Date of sighting: 2024 (gov refuses to release exact date)

Location of sighting: Iraq (Most US soldiers located here)

Source:

• https://www.aaro.mil/UAP-Cases/Official-UAP-Imagery/ 

Watch this newly released video of a UFO flying over Iraq and was caught by a US military helicopter and followed for at least 1.5 minutes or more...some footage may have been held back from being released. Also the US military blacked out all location data, fly speed, size, and other data that might give away the US military base positions. I used Chatgpt to look at a 10 second clip and tell me the speed...and it said the UFO was traveling at 144.4km per hour or 89.8 mph. That means this is no balloon! This is 100% alien technology watching over the most dangerous area on Earth and recording data of human reactions, interactions, and even thoughts as well as other things like food, water, contamination to the soil, animals, people, and so on. 

 

Scott C. Waring - UFO Sightings Daily

 

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09-07-2025 om 23:02 geschreven door peter  

UFO Shoots Out During Thunder Storm, Kingsville, Maryland, July 7, 2025, UAP Sighting News.👽👽👽

Date of sighting: July 7, 2025

Location of sighting: Kingsville, Maryland, USA

Source: Email report

 

UFO often are attracted to storms, the power from the lightning is enough to power a small city for weeks and yet these little UFOs seem to be attracted to it too. Clearly they are syphoning the energy from the lightning to use for themselves...to recharge. I have seen so many videos of similar UFO activity during thunderstorms, that I can 100% confirm these things get a high from the energy output of the storms and they love to boost so much so they will shoot around in excitement after charging. Usually small orbs, but this UFO seems to be much bigger, mini van size or more. 

Scott C. Waring - UFO Sightings Daily 

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09-07-2025 om 22:47 geschreven door peter  

Wat gebeurt er als de magnetische polen van de aarde omdraaien?

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Wat gebeurt er als de magnetische polen van de aarde omdraaien?
Het magnetische veld van de aarde onderscheidt haar van de omringende planeten van ons zonnestelsel. Het is een ongelooflijk sterke kracht in het centrum van onze wereld en zijn primaire rol is om onze atmosfeer te beschermen. Zonnewinden, kosmische straling en enorme wolken plasma worden tegengehouden door het schild van de magnetosfeer van de aarde. In een constant bewegend energieveld gedragen de polen van de aarde zich als de verschillende uiteinden van een magneet. Deze polen verschuiven en veranderen ongeveer elke 300.000 jaar van plaats. Het lijkt erop dat we over tijd zijn voor een poolomwenteling; maar wat betekent dat precies?

Klik verder om te ontdekken of mensen een omkering van de magnetische polen van de aarde kunnen overleven.

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Polen uit elkaar
De Noordpool en de Zuidpool zijn de afgelopen duizend jaar steeds zwakker geworden. Maar wat betekent dat precies?

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Afnemende kracht
Sommige wetenschappers denken dat het aardmagnetisch veld in sterkte afneemt net voordat het volledig omkeert - iets wat het in het verleden al verschillende keren heeft gedaan.

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Afnemende kracht
Met andere woorden, als hun magnetisme blijft afnemen, kan dit een poolomwenteling veroorzaken, waarbij noord zuid wordt en zuid noord.

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Midden-oceaanruggen
Midden-oceaanruggen leveren bewijs van geomagnetische omkeringen. Dit komt doordat tektonische platen van de aardkorst (lithosfeer) uit elkaar bewegen en worden opgevuld met magma.

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Midden-oceaanruggen
Als magma ontsnapt, afkoelt en stolt op de zeebodem, wordt de richting van het magnetische veld op dat moment vastgelegd.

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Magnetische velden
Magnetische velden worden opgewekt door bewegende elektrische ladingen. In een staafmagneet zijn de bewegende ladingen elektronen die rondjes draaien in atomen. In de aarde zijn het elektronen die worden verplaatst door circulerende stromen gesmolten ijzer.

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Gesmolten ijzeren buitenkern
De reden dat poolomwentelingen plaatsvinden is nog steeds een mysterie. Wetenschappers denken echter dat het iets te maken heeft met de gesmolten ijzeren buitenkern van de aarde.

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Gesmolten ijzeren buitenkern
De rotatie van de gesmolten ijzeren buitenkern van de aarde genereert het magnetische veld. De kern koelt langzaam af en er ontstaat beweging door convectie. Stel het je voor als water dat kookt in een steelpan.

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Het magnetische veld
Maar er is een groot verschil tussen dit proces en een kokende steelpan: er zijn bewegende ladingen aanwezig die het magnetische veld genereren.

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Dynamoproces
Dit wordt een zelfopwindend dynamoproces genoemd, waarbij de elektrische stromen die in het langzaam bewegende gesmolten ijzer vloeien een magnetisch veld creëren.

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Positieve feedbacklus
Het magnetische veld induceert vervolgens elektrische stromen. Deze stromen genereren op hun beurt hun eigen magnetische veld dat meer elektrische stromen induceert, in een positieve terugkoppelingslus.

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Chaos en mysterie
Er ontstaat veel chaos en turbulentie als de gesmolten ijzerkern ronddraait. Deze turbulentie is de meest geaccepteerde verklaring voor poolomkering, maar niemand kan het op dit moment met zekerheid zeggen. Het is nog steeds een mysterie.

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Lijnen van aantrekking
Magnetische polen bevinden zich waar de magnetische aantrekkingslijnen de aarde binnenkomen. Voor een polariteitsomkering moet het magnetische veld met ongeveer 90% verzwakken tot een drempelniveau. Dit proces kan duizenden jaren duren.

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Het World Magnetic Model (WMM)
Het World Magnetic Model (WMM), dat gezamenlijk is ontwikkeld door het Amerikaanse National Geophysical Data Center en de British Geological Survey, is een grootschalige ruimtelijke weergave van het magnetische veld van de aarde.

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Locatie
De noordelijke magnetische pool, ook wel de geomagnetische noordpool genoemd, bevindt zich momenteel bij 80,8 graden noord bij 72,7 graden west, in het Canadese Ellesmere Island.

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De bewegende noordelijke magnetische pool
In 2022 werd gemeld dat de noordelijke magnetische pool zich zo grillig uit het Canadese noordpoolgebied in de richting van Siberië bewoog dat wetenschappers er verbaasd over waren.

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De bewegende noordelijke magnetische pool
De snelheid waarmee de noordelijke magnetische pool beweegt is sinds het midden van de jaren 90 toegenomen van 15 kilometer per jaar tot 55 kilometer per jaar. De afgelopen jaren is hij zelfs over de internationale datumlijn richting het oostelijk halfrond geslingerd.

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Voorbode?
Is deze beweging de voorbode van een poolomkering, naast het verval van het aardmagnetisch veld? Alleen de tijd zal het leren.

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Stokken omgooien
Het omdraaien van de magnetische polen betekent niet dat de aarde geen magnetisch veld meer zou hebben. Stel je echter voor dat je kompas naar het noorden blijft wijzen, terwijl je eigenlijk naar het zuiden kijkt.

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Stokken omgooien
Het goede nieuws is dat het leven heeft overleefd en gedijt ondanks poolomwentelingen in het verleden. Het betekent geen wereldwijde catastrofe.

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De effecten van een flip
Tijdens zonnestormen is er een groter dan normale instroom van energetische deeltjes, die voor ons meestal onschadelijk zijn. Maar voor onze moderne technologie is het een ander verhaal.

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Het effect op technologie
Geladen deeltjes uit de zonnewind (waar ons magnetisch veld ons normaal gesproken tegen beschermt) zouden verwoestende effecten kunnen hebben op de aarde als de polen zouden omslaan.

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De gebeurtenis in Carrington
In 1859 maakte een krachtige geomagnetische storm poollicht zichtbaar in het Caribisch gebied en de telegraafsystemen vielen uit. In die tijd waren operators echter in staat om het systeem zonder stroom te laten werken.

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Meer impact
Als zo'n gebeurtenis vandaag de dag zou gebeuren, zou het, gezien onze afhankelijkheid van technologie, veel vernietigender kunnen zijn. Maar het is een worst-case scenario.

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Meerdere palen
Er kunnen zich ook meerdere polen vormen wanneer er een omkering plaatsvindt, waardoor navigatiesystemen in de war raken. Maar dit proces kan honderden of zelfs duizenden jaren duren.

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Geomagnetische activiteit
Het is ook belangrijk om op te merken dat eerdere poolomkeringen niet per se betekenen dat de omkering leidde tot meer vulkanen, aardbevingen of klimaatveranderingen.

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Niets te vrezen
Wees gerust: hoewel het misschien eng klinkt, is een poolflip niet iets waar je je al te veel zorgen over hoeft te maken.

Zie ook: Zal de volgende wereldoorlog in de ruimte plaatsvinden?

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• (NASA)
• (IFL Science)
• (NBC News)
• (Space.com)
• (Astronomy)

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09-07-2025 om 22:21 geschreven door peter  

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