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18-07-2025
Mysterious new world has just been discovered in our solar system
Mysterious new world has just been discovered in our solar system
Astronomers have discovered a new world circling the outer edges of our solar system.
Researchers using the Subaru Telescope, located inHawaii, spotted a small, distant object called 2023 KQ14 far beyond Pluto. They've given it the nickname Ammonite.
2023 KQ14 is a rare type of object called a 'sednoid,' a small, icy body in the outer solar system, similar to the icy rocks floating in the Kuiper Belt or dwarf planets like Pluto.
So far, there are only four known objects like it in our solar system. 2023 KQ14 is about 71 times farther from the sun than Earth is.
This object follows a unique, stretched-out orbit that has stayed stable for about 4.5 billion years.
Scientists found that 2023 KQ14's orbit was similar to the other sednoids in the solar system for billions of years, but that has mysteriously changed over time, suggesting the outer solar system is a more complex space than we thought.
This discovery also makes the possible existence of 'Planet Nine' less likely, as 2023 KQ14's orbit doesn't quite fit with where scientists believe that world would be.
Dr Yukun Huang from the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan said: 'It is possible that a planet once existed in the solar system but was later ejected, causing the unusual orbits we see today.'
Researchers using the Subaru Telescope, located in Hawaii, spotted a small, distant object far beyond Pluto and have named it 2023 KQ14
Planetary scientist Fumi Yoshida added that Ammonite was found in a region of space far beyond the influence of Neptune's gravity
'The presence of objects with elongated orbits and large perihelion distances in this area implies that something extraordinary occurred during the ancient era when 2023 KQ14 formed,' Yoshida explained in a statement.
Scientists are calling Ammonite a cosmic 'fossil' from the beginnings of the solar system.
The discovery was part of the Formation of the Outer Solar System: An Icy Legacy (FOSSIL) survey project.
The project's name itself reflected the goal of finding objects like Ammonite that act as 'icy fossils,' preserving information about the outer solar system's formation and evolution.
'I would be happy if the FOSSIL team could make many more discoveries like this one and help draw a complete picture of the history of the solar system,' Yoshida said.
Until now, astronomers had been focused on proving the existence of the fabled Planet Nine (or Planet X as NASA calls it), a mysterious ninth planet believed to be hiding far beyond Pluto at the edge of the solar system.
A recent study had whittled a list of 13 candidates down to just one potential object slowly moving around our sun approximately 46.5 billion to 65.1 billion miles away.
2023 KQ14 is a rare type of object called a 'sednoid,' a small, icy body in the outer solar system. So far, there are only four known objects like it in our solar system
Beyond Neptune is a region of the solar system called the Kuiper Belt, where Pluto and other ice fragments sit. All 4 sednoids sit in this region as well
To put that in perspective, that hypothetical planet would be almost 20 times farther away from the sun than Pluto is.
However, the Japanese team’s discovery of Ammonite (2023 KQ14) challenges the Planet Nine theory, as its unique orbit suggests that Planet Nine, if it exists, would need to be even farther from the sun than previously thought.
This has led the researchers who discovered Ammonite to hypothesize that a mystery planet (possibly Planet Nine) was somehow thrown out of its orbit around the sun long ago.
Scientists had been using the Planet Nine theory to explain some of the unsolved mysteries still surrounding our tiny corner of the Milky Way galaxy.
In a breakdown of Planet Nine, NASA said: 'It could also make our solar system seem a little more 'normal.'
'Surveys of planets around other stars in our galaxy have found the most common types to be 'super Earths' and their cousins — bigger than Earth, but smaller than Neptune,' NASA researchers continued.
'Yet none of this kind exist in our solar system. Planet Nine would help fill that gap.'
If astronomers had found a giant planet at the rim of the solar system, it could explain why objects in the Kuiper Belt are tilted by about 20 degrees with respect to the plane the planets sit on as they orbit the sun.
Planet Nine's gravity would be pulling on these objects over long periods of time, tilting their orbits so the entire ice belt would be out of line with the planets.
The existence of Planet Nine and its strong gravity would also explain why all these comets and tiny dwarf planets like Pluto all cluster together and move in the same direction without floating away.
Yellowstone is one of the world's largest active volcanoes - and if it erupted, it would cover up to two-thirds of the US with ash.
Entire states could become uninhabitable as toxic air sweeps through it, grounding thousands of flights and forcing millions to leave their homes.
The new thermal pool at Yellowstone National Park (pictured) likely formed in a series of mildly explosive events between late December 2024 and early February 2025. The rocks and white material (silica mud) surrounding the pool were probably ejected as the feature formed
The new thermal feature, discovered by geologists on April 10 but only revealed this week, is a 'blue water spring' – a natural exit point producing exceptionally pure, clear water.
The water is relatively warm (about 43°C/109°F), light blue in colour and reaches about one foot (30cm) below the rim of the pool.
In terms of the cause of its creation, the experts point to a 'hydrothermal explosion' – an eruption of such force that boiling water, mud and surrounding rocks are broken and flung through the air.
Satellite imagery suggests it happened as a series of mildly explosive events between late December 2024 and early February 2025 prior to discovery.
The imagery shows there was no feature present in the spot on December 19, but by January 6, a small depression had formed there.
Another image from February 13 shows the fully formed water pool, overall indicating that it did not form in a single major explosive event.
Rocks and pure white geothermal mud made of silica surrounding the pool were probably ejected during 'multiple small events'.
In contrast, other hydrothermal features at Yellowstone have formed during 'brief and violent episodes of change'.
This satellite imagery dated February 15 shows the new fully-formed thermal pool at Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park. There is no indication of the pool in images from October 19 and December 19, 2024, but a small depression is visible in a January 6 image
The new hole in the ground is at Norris Geyser Basin (pictured), the hottest, oldest and most dynamic of Yellowstone's thermal areas
What is Yellowstone?
One of the most famous volcanos on Earth, Yellowstone is located beneath a national park spanning three states - Idaho, Wyoming and Montana.
There lies a magma chamber, pulsing with molten and superheated rock and toxic gases such as sulfur dioxide (SO2) and hydrogen sulfide (H2S).
Old Faithful, Yellowstone National Park's famous geyser, which has erupted jets of boiling water every 44 to 125 minutes into the air continuously for the last 800 years.
Erupting an average of 130 feet into the air at 200°F the thermal attraction could prove fatal to anyone in close proximity when it blows.
When we think of volcanoes we tend to think of striking cone-shaped features that rise high into the sky, but Yellowstone volcano is largely underground.
Yellowstone volcano blew catastrophically 630,000 years ago and many fear it's getting ready for another eruption, but fortunately, the new hole doesn't necessarily indicate it is in any immediate danger of doing so.
Dr Craig Magee, geologist at the University of Leeds, stressed that Yellowstone has a 'long history of hydrothermal activity'.
'There are lots of small earthquakes and subtle changes in ground elevation regularly recorded there,' he told MailOnline.
'All these tell-tale signs, and others, indicate Yellowstone has an active magmatic and hydrothermal system beneath it.
'But the occurrence of one event, like this single hydrothermal explosion, is unlikely to represent increasing volcanic activity or a move closer to eruption; it is just a symptom.'
According to the academic, if Yellowstone had 'swarms' of hydrothermal explosions, plus increasing seismic activity and ground movement, it could suggest increased activity level.
However, volcanoes do not work in predictable ways and their eruptions do not follow predictable patterns or schedules.
This relief map shows the location of the new thermal feature - formed sometime during late December 2024 to early February 2025 - marked by an orange star
Hydrothermal explosions are caused by pressure changes that result from the transition of liquid water to steam, but even scientists know 'relatively little' about them, according to Dr Magee.
'In Yellowstone, hydrothermal explosions are one of the main hazards the numerous tourists who visit may come across,' he told MailOnline.
The unusually light blue water in this one 'could be very salty or even acidic', so visitors wouldn't want to fall in, he added.
Despite its potency, Yellowstone National Park's famous volcanic activity draws about 4 million tourists per year from around the world.
One of the park's most famous geothermal features, the Old Faithful geyser, spews jets of boiling water every 44-125 minutes.
According to a recent study, Yellowstone's magma chamber is just 2.3 miles (3.8km) or about 12,500 feet below Earth's surface.
This marginal distance is about the same as between Buckingham Palace and St Paul's Cathedral in London, but the study authors also did not consider an eruption to be imminent.
Recent research found a small magma chamber, known as the upper-crustal magma reservoir, beneath the surface
Nasa believes drilling up to six miles (10km) down into the supervolcano beneath Yellowstone National Park to pump in water at high pressure could cool it.
Despite the fact that the mission would cost $3.46 billion (£2.63 billion), Nasa considers it 'the most viable solution.'
Using the heat as a resource also poses an opportunity to pay for plan - it could be used to create a geothermal plant, which generates electric power at extremely competitive prices of around $0.10 (£0.08) per kWh.
But this method of subduing a supervolcano has the potential to backfire and trigger the supervolcanic eruption Nasa is trying to prevent.
'Drilling into the top of the magma chamber 'would be very risky;' however, carefully drilling from the lower sides could work.
This USGS graphic shows how a 'super eruption' of the molten lava under Yellowstone National Park would spread ash across the United States
Even besides the potential devastating risks, the plan to cool Yellowstone with drilling is not simple.
Doing so would be an excruciatingly slow process that one happen at the rate of one metre a year, meaning it would take tens of thousands of years to cool it completely.
And still, there wouldn't be a guarantee it would be successful for at least hundreds or possibly thousands of years.
A massive explosion of solar plasma erupted from the sun on Wednesday, and scientists say this may be just the beginning.
NASAsatellites caught the dramatic moment when a blazing arc of superheated material burst from the Sun's northeastern edge, large enough to stretch across 30 Earths.
The eruption was caused by a solar filament, a thick ribbon of solar material, which snapped and collapsed, firing off a giant cloud of particles known as a coronal mass ejection (CME).
While this CME isn't expected to hit Earth, experts are warning that the sun is becoming more active, and future eruptions could strike our planet head-on.
If one does, it could unleash a geomagnetic storm, a powerful solar disturbance that has the potential to knock out power grids, satellites, and GPS systems.
It was triggered by a solar filament, a dense, rope-like ribbon of solar material, that suddenly snapped and collapsed and shoot a coronal mass ejection (CME)
NASA satellites captured the colossal explosion as it exploded off the sun's northeastern edge, blasting a glowing arc of superheated material enough to stretch across 30 Earths
While astronomers feared the violent burst of energy could hit Earth, the space weather forecast shows our planet is in the clear of a geomagnetic storm.
The latest eruption was caused by a solar filament, a massive ribbon of dense material that floats above the sun's surface.
These filaments are held in place by invisible magnetic forces, but when those break down, the entire structure can collapse and explode.
Tony Phillips, an astronomer who manages Spaceweather.com, said: 'Debris from the filament flew through the sun's atmosphere, carving a 'canyon of fire' more than 248,548 miles long.
'The walls of the canyon are at least 32,186 miles high--a grand canyon, indeed.'
CMEs like this are massive clouds of solar material hurled into space when the Sun's magnetic fields shift violently
Phillips also noted that the eruption hurled a CME into space, but at the time, astronomers feared it was on a direct path toward Earth.
'We don't yet know if there is an Earth-directed component. Confirmation awaits additional images from [NASA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)].
SOHO is a project of international cooperation between the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA to study the sun, from its deep core to the outer corona, and the solar wind.
Another massive solar eruption occurred in May, but this one measured about 600,000 miles wide, making it more than twice as long as the distance from the Earth to the moon.
Stunning video recorded by NASA's solar observation satellites shows the moment that filaments of plasma 75 times larger than Earth peeled away from the sun in a pair of sweeping 'wings.'
Researchers have found a link between two geological events in iconic locations of the U.S. Southwest that scientists previously didn't think had anything to do with each other.
A massive landslide in the Grand Canyon 56,000 years ago blocked the Colorado River.
(Image credit: kjetilporsboll / 500px via Getty Images)
The ancient meteor impact that formed Arizona's Barringer Crater sent shock waves through the Grand Canyon — likely triggering a landslide that dammed the Colorado River, a new study suggests.
Barringer Crater, also called Meteor Crater, formed between 53,000 and 63,000 years ago, when a giant cosmic "curveball" punched a hole in Earth's surface. The force of the impact traveled more than 100 miles (160 kilometers) to the Grand Canyon, which may have caused an entire cliff face to collapse into the river, scientists have found.
The discovery, described July 15 in the journal Geology, has linked two major events that were thought to be completely unrelated.
"There are other possibilities, such as a random rockfall or local earthquake within a thousand years of the Meteor Crater impact that could have happened independently," Karl Karlstrom, a professor of Earth and planetary sciences at the University of New Mexico and lead author of the study, said in a statement.
But the events described are extraordinary, Karlstrom said — and they happened within a suspiciously small time frame, suggesting that they were related.
Researchers already knew that the Colorado River flooded the Grand Canyon sometime in the Late Pleistocene (129,000 to 11,700 years ago). They determined this by analyzing animal figurines carved out of driftwood, which Karlstom's father and colleagues unearthed in a cavern called Stanton's Cave in the 1960s, according to the statement. With techniques available at the time, the researchers dated the driftwood and found it was more than 35,000 years
Pieces of driftwood in several caves in the Grand Canyon pointed to a flooding event.
(Image credit: University of New Mexico)
Stanton's Cave sits 150 feet (46 meters) above river level, so the water must have risen to deposit driftwood there — but the reason remained unknown. "It would have required a ten-times bigger flood level than any flood that has happened in the past several thousand years," Karlstrom said.
"Rare and unusual occurrences"
Subsequent analyses using more advanced techniques suggested the driftwood was 43,500 years old, and the new study pushed the date back even further, to 56,000 years ago. Dating the driftwood was a crucial step in figuring out how it got to Stanton's Cave in the first place, Karlstrom said.
But the researchers needed more evidence to complete the puzzle, so they searched similar caves in the area. "From numerous research trips, Karl and I knew of other high-accessible caves that had both driftwood and sediment that could be dated," study co-author Laura Crossey, also a professor of Earth and planetary sciences at the University of New Mexico, said in the statement.
Several labs examined the additional driftwood samples, and all came back with dates consistent with a flooding event 56,000 years ago. The locations of the caves pointed to this event being a landslide near Nankoweap Canyon, which is downstream of Stanton's Cave. The landslide may have been so big that it created a dam on the Colorado River, forming a lake that stretched for miles upstream. As a result, water levels may have risen high enough to deposit driftwood in the caves, according to the statement.
A conceptualization of the landslide near Nankoweap Canyon (Image credit: University of New Mexico)
Around the same time as these results appeared, study co-author David Kring, principal scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, was recalculating the age of the Barringer Crater. Kring's work showed that the meteor impact occurred around 56,000 years ago, according to the statement.
Kring had previously calculated that the Barringer meteor impact unleashed a magnitude 5.4 earthquake, and when the researchers came together to work on the new study, he determined that the residual effect at the Grand Canyon would have been the same as a 3.5 magnitude earthquake. This could have been enough to disintegrate a cliff face, according to the statement.
"The team put together these arguments without claiming we have final proof," Karlstrom said. "Nevertheless, the meteorite impact, the massive landslide, the lake deposits, and the driftwood high above river level are all rare and unusual occurrences."
With dates that all converge around 56,000 years ago, it seems credible for the events to be related, he said.
Supernova Cinematography: How NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Will Create a Movie of Exploding Stars
Type 1a supernovae occur in binary systems where one of the stars is a white dwarf. The white dwarf draws material away from its companion star, and that material accumulates on the white dwarf's surface. Eventually, it explodes as a supernova. Image Credit: NASA
Exploding stars come in different types, and these different types of supernovae show astronomers different things about the cosmos. There's a scientific appetite to find more of them and boost our knowledge about these exotic events. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope should be able to feed that appetite.
The Roman is due to launch in about two years, and will make its way to its station at the Sun-Earth L2 orbit. After commissioning, it'll begin operations. One of its three primary surveys is the High-Latitude Time-Domain Survey. In that survey, the powerful space telescope will image the same section of sky beyond the Milky Way every five days for two years. The team behind the Roman will stitch these scenes together into one comprehensive movie, a sort of cosmic cinema.
These movies will reveal the presence of Type 1a supernovae. These occur in binary star systems where one star is a white dwarf. White dwarfs have immense gravitational force because they're extremely dense objects. They draw material away from their companion stars, which could be anything from another white dwarf to a giant star. That material builds up on the white dwarf's surface, and when it reaches a critical mass, it triggers a runaway reaction and a supernova explosion.
Type 1a are different from what we can call standard supernovae. Those are core-collapse supernovae, where a massive star collapses into a neutron star or a black hole, or is completely destroyed and leaves behind only a diffuse nebula.
Since Type 1a supernovae explode at a fixed mass, their peak luminosity is known. For that reason, they serve as standard candles, tools astronomers use to accurately gauge the distance to their home galaxies. These accurate distances allow cosmologists to trace the expansion of the Universe.
The Roman's High-Latitude Time-Domain Survey is a critical part of its mission and is aimed at finding Type 1a supernovae and other transients. According to new research and simulations, it should find about 27,000 of them, a shocking number that's about ten times greater than the current number of known Type 1a SN. This comprehensive data set should help cosmologists in their quest to map the expansion of the Universe, a critical part of understanding dark energy.
“Evidence is mounting that dark energy has changed over time, and Roman will help us understand that change by exploring cosmic history in ways other telescopes can’t.” - Dr. Ben Rose - Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Baylor University
The Roman will find these explosions by observing light from distant galaxies and looking back in time. The Roman will push that time boundary and allow astronomers to see Type 1a SN further back than ever. Most of the T1a SN observed so far exploded in the last 8 billion years. The Roman's High-Latitude Time-Domain Survey (HLTDS) will uncover thousands that exploded longer than 10 billion years ago, and dozens that exploded even earlier than that. These standard candles will fill a missing gap and are critical evidence of the Universe's expansion in its early age.
This graphic outlines the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's High-Latitude Time Domain Survey. The survey’s main component will cover over 18 square degrees — a region of sky as large as 90 full moons — and will detect supernovae that occurred up to about 8 billion years ago. Smaller areas within the survey can look even further back in time, potentially back to when the universe was around a billion years old. The survey will be split between the northern and southern hemispheres, located in regions of the sky that will be continuously visible to Roman. The bulk of the survey will consist of 30-hour observations every five days for two years in the middle of Roman’s five-year primary mission.
Image Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
“Filling these data gaps could also fill in gaps in our understanding of dark energy,” lead author Rose said in a press release. “Evidence is mounting that dark energy has changed over time, and Roman will help us understand that change by exploring cosmic history in ways other telescopes can’t.”
This figure compares the Roman's expected haul of Type 1a SN with the Dark Energy Survey's cosmological sample of the same. "DES has over 1500 SNe in its cosmological sample with very few at z > 1. However, we expect Roman to have nearly 19,000 SN Ia, with the majority above z > 1," the authors write.
Image Credit: Rose et al. 2025. TApJ
Every supernova is essentially a flash in the cosmos, and dissecting the light from the flash reveals what type of event released it. Core collapse SN and T1a SN aren't easy to distinguish at such great distances, but the light changes over time, and can be split apart with spectroscopy to learn more about it. The Roman carries two instruments, and one of them, the Wide-Field Instrument (WFI), allows the telescope to do large-scale spectroscopic surveys.
“By seeing the way an object’s light changes over time and splitting it into spectra — individual colors with patterns that reveal information about the object that emitted the light—we can distinguish between all the different types of flashes Roman will see,” said Rebekah Hounsell, study co-author and assistant research scientist at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County working at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.
The Hourglass Simulation "uses the most up-to-date spectral energy distribution models and rate measurements for 10 extragalactic time-domain sources," the authors explain in their research. "We simulate these models through the design reference Roman Space Telescope survey."
"In total, Hourglass has over 64,000 transient objects, 11,000,000 photometric observations, and 500,000 spectra," the authors write. Hourglass showed that the Roman can expect to find "approximately 21,000 Type Ia supernovae, 40,000 core-collapse supernovae, around 70 superluminous supernovae, ∼35 tidal disruption events, three kilonovae, and possibly pair-instability supernovae."
This impressive data set will drive the study and understanding not only of dark energy, but of many other transient events too. As of 2024, for example, astronomers knew of only about 260 superluminous supernovae (SLSNe). These explosions can be 10p times as luminous as other SN. Only massive stars greater than 40 solar masses are expected to explode as SLSNe, yet astrophysicists aren't certain what causes them. Finding an additional 70 could provide answers to some outstanding questions.
This artist's illustration shows the explosion of SN 2006gy, a superluminous supernova about 238 million light-years away.
The Hourglass Simulation is designed to prepare the science community for the Roman's deluge of data. With its tens of thousands of transients, millions of photometric observations, and hundreds of thousands of spectra, Hourglass will serve as a training tool. "Additionally, Hourglass is a useful data set to train machine learning classification algorithms."
"With the dataset we’ve created, scientists can train machine-learning algorithms to distinguish between different types of objects and sift through Roman’s downpour of data to find them,” Hounsell added in the press release. “While searching for type Ia supernovae, Roman is going to collect a lot of cosmic ‘bycatch’—other phenomena that aren’t useful to some scientists, but will be invaluable to others.”
Among those other phenomena are Tidal Disruption Events (TDE), which occur when a black hole consumes a star. Astronomers know of about 100 of them, and they can reveal the presence of black holes that are otherwise dormant and undetectable. If the Roman can find an additional 35, that will undoubtedly help them answer some of their questions. Not only are their outstanding questions about black holes' masses and spina, but there are also questions about how stars behave in the dense regions near galactic centers.
Kilonovae are another type of cosmic explosion and occur when two neutron stars or a neutron star and a black hole collide. Though they're fainter than SN, Kilonovae release gravitational waves and also produce substantial amounts of heavy elements like gold, platinum, and uranium. There's only one confirmed kilonova explosion, and there are many outstanding questions about them. Astrophysicists want to understand the composition of these elements in their ejecta, and how often they occur and if there are multiple types. If the Roman can find three more, that's a massive increase in the dataset scientists have to work with.
This artist's illustration shows two neutron stars merging, releasing gravitational waves and exploding as a kilonova. There's only one confirmed kilonova, so if the Roman can find three more, that's a massive jump in data.
Image Credit: By University of Warwick/Mark Garlick, CC BY 4.0
Pair-instability supernovae are another exotic type of stellar explosion that scientists want to know more about. Only extremely massive stars between about 130 to 250 solar masses can explode as pair-instability supernovae (PISNe), and they don't leave neutron stars or black holes behind. The progenitor stars is completely destroyed, and only an expanding nebula of gas and dust, including heavy elements synthesized in the explosion, is left behind. Astrophysicists want to know the exact stellar mass of their progenitors and what role metallicity plays.
As it stands now, astrophysicists have only a small handful of candidate PISNe, and if the Roman can find ten of them like the simulation suggests, researchers will have a lot more data to work with.
“I think Roman will make the first confirmed detection of a pair-instability supernova,” Rose said. “They’re incredibly far away and very rare, so you need a telescope that can survey a lot of the sky at a deep exposure level in near-infrared light, and that’s Roman.”
As NASA's next flagship astrophysics mission, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will make an enormous contribution to our understanding of different types of cosmic explosions. By stitching together its observations into movies that show how different cosmic explosions take place, it will advance our scientific knowledge considerably.
“Whether you want to explore dark energy, dying stars, galactic powerhouses, or probably even entirely new things we’ve never seen before, this survey will be a gold mine,” said Rose.
Each time a new telescope mission is launched, it's after years or even decades of preliminary work, including figuring out what questions need to be asked and what instruments are needed to find the answers. Simulations like the Hourglass simulation are becoming more common, as the astronomy community anticipates and prepares for new data from upcoming missions.
But each mission also produces surprises, and though they're unpredictable, scientists often mention how excited they are to find surprising new things.
“Roman’s going to find a whole bunch of weird and wonderful things out in space, including some we haven’t even thought of yet,” Hounsell said. “We’re definitely expecting the unexpected.”
An illustration the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, set to launch in 2027, if it can survive budget cuts.
Image Credit: NASA/GSFC/SVS
Sadly, the current US administration has taken aim at NASA's budget and announced that the Roman's funding will be cut. Since the current administration has gained a reputation for confusing announcements that are sometimes later rescinded, the mission's future is unclear.
If it is approved and launched, its precious dataset will be a feast for astrophysicists around the world and will help drive a deeper understanding of Nature and some of its most extreme objects and events.
The orbit of 2023 KQ14 (in red) compared to the orbits of the other three sednoids. Credit: NAOJ
Despite the powerful telescopes that modern astronomers have to work with, the distant reaches of the Solar System are still mysterious. Not much sunlight pierces these regions, and there are strong hints that undiscovered objects lurk there. The objects that astronomers have discovered in these dim reaches are primordial, and their orbits suggest the presence of more undiscovered objects. Piecing it all together is a challenge.
While some objects announce themselves with fiery explosions or streaks of light across the sky, distant Solar System objects don't attract much attention. They reveal themselves in tiny hints; a nearly imperceptible tug on another object, a nearly-invisible and short-lived glimmer of light. Yet these objects have something important to tell us about how our Solar System formed and evolved.
Astronomers have detected hints of a ninth planet in the Solar System's distant reaches. This hypothetical and elusive Planet Nine is held up to explain the puzzling orbital groupings of a family of distant objects called Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNO).
Astronomers working with Japan's Subaru Telescope in Hawaii found evidence of a new distant object in the Solar System. It's a Trans-Neptunian Object, meaning it orbits the Sun at a greater average distance than Neptune, the outermost planet. But it's also a member of an important and puzzling sub-class of objects: Sednoids. It's name is 2023 KQ14, but its nickname is Ammonite, after the fossilized cephalopod.
Sednoids follow more extreme orbits than TNOs. Their orbits are extremely elongated, with high eccentricity, distant perihelia, and large semi-major axes. They're named after the dwarf planet Sedna, and the new discovery is only the fourth Sednoid ever detected.
"Understanding the orbital evolution and physical properties of these unique, distant objects is crucial for comprehending the full history of the Solar System." - Dr. Fumi Yoshida, co-author.
Ammonite was first detected with the Subaru Telescope during observation efforts in March, May, and August 2023. Those observations alone weren't sufficient to confirm the dim object's existence, and follow-up observations in July 2024 with the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, as well as a search through archived data from other observatories, provided confirmation. Overall, the researchers tracked Ammonite's orbit for 19 years.
Ammonite was found as part of the FOSSIL (Formation of the Outer Solar System: An Icy Legacy) observing program. It uses the Subaru Telescope's powerful HyperSuprimeCam to measure the populations and sub-populations of the objects that populate the outer Solar System. The FOSSIL team used computer numerical simulations to determine that Ammonite has followed a stable orbit for at least 4.5 billion years, dating all the way back to the Solar System's earliest times. Ammonite's orbit is currently different from the other Sednoids, but the simulations show that there orbits were all similar about 4.2 billion years ago.
There's an odd gap in distant Solar System objects when it comes to their perihelion distances and Ammonite sits in that gap. "The orbit of Ammonite does not align with those of the other Sedna-like objects and fills the previously unexplained ‘q-gap’ in the observed distribution of distant Solar System objects," the authors explain in their paper.
This figure is divided into two panels divided by a vertical black line, and shows the orbital data for outer Solar System objects. The left side shows the semi-major axis versus perihelion distribution, with the red vertical dashed line representing the approximate region where galactic tides and passing stars can perturb the orbits of TNOs. The horizontal black lines show the upper boundary of chaotic diffusion and gravitational scattering by Neptune. The named objects all have large perihelia, and it clearly shows hos Ammonite is different from the others. It's in the region that currently lacks any other detections. The right side shows how Ammonite falls outside the proposed clustering of objects with large perihelia.
Image Credit: Chen et al. 2025. NatAstr. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-025-02595-7
Dr. Yukun Huang of the NAOJ is a co-author of the paper who conducted simulations of Ammonite's orbit. "The fact that 2023 KQ14’s current orbit does not align with those of the other three sednoids lowers the likelihood of the Planet Nine hypothesis," Huang said in a press release. "It is possible that a planet once existed in the Solar System but was later ejected, causing the unusual orbits we see today."
Neptune is the only known massive object near the outer Solar System that could have shaped the orbits of the TNOs and Sednoids. But according to study co-author Dr. Fumi Yoshida, Ammonite is beyond its reach.
“2023 KQ14 was found in a region far away where Neptune’s gravity has little influence. The presence of objects with elongated orbits and large perihelion distances in this area implies that something extraordinary occurred during the ancient era when 2023 KQ14 formed," Yoshida said. "Understanding the orbital evolution and physical properties of these unique, distant objects is crucial for comprehending the full history of the Solar System. At present, the Subaru Telescope is among the few telescopes on Earth capable of making such discoveries. I would be happy if the FOSSIL team could make many more discoveries like this one and help draw a complete picture of the history of the Solar System.”
Ammonite's orbit is now different from the other Sednoids, and that fact needs an explanation. It's evidence that there's more complexity and diversity among distant Solar System objects. Astronomers have long wondered if our Solar System hosts a 'Planet Nine' that has shepherded the orbits of these distant objects. If there is, then Ammonite's discovery places more constraints on its orbit, and where it may be hiding. It effectively reduces the number of hiding spots for this hypothetical planet.
An artist's illustration of the mysterious, elusive, hypothesized Planet Nine.
Image Credit: NASA
"Sedna-like objects with large semi-major axes (a > 200 au) and large perihelia (q > 60 au) appear to evolve in stable orbits that have remained largely unchanged and not altered by the gravity of Neptune since the formation of the Solar System," the researchers explain in their paper. "No viable transfer mechanisms to raise their perihelia exist with the current configuration of planets. Their stability suggests that an external gravitational influence beyond those of the currently known Solar System planets is required to form their orbits."
This figure shows the orbits of the four Sednoids, with Neptune's orbit around the Sun shown for comparison. "Ammonite’s longitude of perihelion is in the opposite direction of the other Sedna-like objects," the authors explain. "Its high perihelion suggests the potential for long-term orbital stability," and it's valuable for testing the hypothesized clustering of Sednoids and the hypothetical Planet Nine.
Image Credit: Chen et al. 2025. NatAstr. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-025-02595-7
Astronomers have proposed many sources for this external gravitational influence, including interactions with a rogue planet or star, ancient stellar interactions from when the Sun was still in its natal cluster, and the capture of objects from other lower-mass stars in the Solar System's early times. But the explanation that gets the most attention is interactions with a hypothetical planet, Planet Nine.
While this study neither confirms nor disputes the existence of Planet Nine, it does place further constraints on its orbit. In fact, each time another Sednoid is discovered, it constrains Planet Nine. Astronomers now know of four of them, but they don't know how many may still be hiding out there, potentially shepherded by the elusive, hypothetical, Planet Nine.
If Planet Nine exists, it has a huge area to hide in. Some astronomers who have studied its potential existence think it could be the fifth largest planet in the Solar System. It would be so far away that it would be extremely dim. However, we may be on the cusp of detecting it, if it exists.
The Vera Rubin Observatory recently saw first light and will begin its decade-long Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST). The LSST will find transient events and objects in the Solar System like no other telescope before it. It's purpose-built to find hard to detect objects, and not even an elusive object like Planet Nine may be able to hide from it.
Geheimen onthuld door klokkenluider Edward Snowden In 2013 lekte Edward Snowden, een onderaannemer van de National Security Agency (NSA), geheime documenten waarin het bestaan van uiterst geheime surveillanceprogramma's werd onthuld. Als een van de meest beruchte klokkenluiders van de afgelopen tijd stond Snowden aan de basis van het grootste beveiligingslek in de geschiedenis van het Agentschap. Zijn onthullingen onthulden talloze wereldwijde spionagetactieken, veel uitgevoerd door de NSA en het Britse Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ). Na de sensationele onthullingen vluchtte Snowden naar Moskou. In 2022 werd hij genaturaliseerd tot Russisch staatsburger.
De acties van Edward Snowden dwongen de Amerikaanse inlichtingendiensten om toe te geven dat ze hun eigen burgers op grote schaal bespioneerden. Het legde ook wereldwijde surveillanceoperaties bloot van zowel de NSA als de GCHQ. Maar wat is er precies gelekt en wie is erdoor getroffen?
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PRISM Een van de geheimen die Snowden's documenten in 2013 onthulden, was het bestaan van het PRISM-programma. PRISM was de codenaam voor een operatie waarmee de National Security Agency (NSA) internetcommunicatie van verschillende Amerikaanse internetbedrijven kon verzamelen.
PRISM PRISM vergemakkelijkte de toegang van de NSA tot e-mails, documenten, foto's en gegevens die waren opgeslagen door techbedrijven, waaronder Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, YouTube, Skype en Apple.
Tempora Snowden onthulde ook het bestaan van Tempora. Dit lek onthulde de praktijk van de Britse inlichtingen- en veiligheidsorganisatie Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) om glasvezelkabels af te tappen om enorme hoeveelheden persoonlijke gegevens van internetgebruikers te verzamelen, op te slaan en te delen met de NSA.
Boundless Informant Het Boundless Informant programma is een uitgebreid hulpmiddel voor gegevensanalyse en -visualisatie dat wordt gebruikt door de NSA en dat metadata verzamelt en telt.
Boundless Informant Snowden onthulde Boundless Informant in juni 2013 en legde uit dat inlichtingen worden verzameld van miljoenen Amerikanen via toegang tot de computer- en telefoonnetwerken van het land.
XKeyscore In juli 2013 onthulde Edward Snowden publiekelijk XKeyscore, een geheim computersysteem dat door de NSA wordt gebruikt om toegang te krijgen tot wereldwijde internetgegevens en deze te analyseren.
XKeyscore De omvang en functie van XKeyscore is enorm. Het is zelfs beschreven als "de Google van de NSA". Het systeem bestaat uit minstens 700 servers op locaties verspreid over de hele wereld, allemaal verbonden met de analisten van de NSA.
Follow the Money “Follow the Money”, een slogan die populair werd gemaakt door de docudramafilm “All the President's Men” uit 1976, verwijst naar een afdeling van de NSA die belast is met het volgen en verzamelen van wereldwijde financiële gegevens.
Follow the Money Snowden onthulde dat informatie voornamelijk wordt verzameld via creditcardtransacties, waaronder internationale betalingen die worden verwerkt door bedrijven als Visa.
JTRIG De Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group (JTRIG) is een eenheid van GCHQ. Het kan ook worden omschreven als een "smerige trucjes afdeling", omdat het hun missie is om zich bezig te houden met online manipulatie, propaganda en desinformatiecampagnes.
JTRIG Snowden onthulde hoe JTRIG-operaties worden opgedeeld en een codenaam krijgen. Een aantal van de tools zijn bijvoorbeeld de mogelijkheid om de resultaten van online peilingen te manipuleren ("Underpass"). JTRIG kan ook privéfoto's van doelwitten op Facebook achterhalen, een procedure die bekend staat als "Spring Bishop".
Nymrod De gelekte NSA-bestanden van Snowden onthulden hoe het agentschap zowel bondgenoten als vijanden afluisterde met behulp van een systeem dat bekend staat als Nymrod.
Nymrod Nymrod werd ook gebruikt door GCHQ om ten minste 11 wereldleiders te volgen, waaronder de toenmalige Syrische president Bashar al-Assad en de voormalige Oekraïense premier Yulia Tymoshenko. De voormalige Duitse kanselier Angela Merkel werd ook met naam en toenaam genoemd, een onthulling die de diplomatieke betrekkingen met veel Europese landen onder druk zette.
Bullrun en Edgehill Volgens de Snowden-documenten is Bullrun een clandestien, zeer geheim programma om de encryptie van online communicatie en gegevens te kraken. Het is gemaakt om encryptiestandaarden te ondermijnen met behulp van een aantal methodes zoals computernetwerkexploitatie en interdictie.
Bullrun en Edgehill Interdictie is een proces waarbij zendingen van computerelektronica worden onderschept voordat ze hun bestemming bereiken en worden geïnstalleerd met kwaadaardige hardware die Amerikaanse inlichtingendiensten op afstand toegang kan geven. De GCHQ heeft een soortgelijk programma met de codenaam Edgehill.
MUSCULAR Daarnaast onthulde Snowden ook MUSCULAR, een gezamenlijk surveillanceprogramma van NSA en GCHQ dat agenten in staat stelde om in te breken in de belangrijkste communicatieverbindingen tussen de datacenters van Yahoo en Google.
MUSCULAR De gelekte documenten onthulden dat het zogenaamde "acquisitions directorate" van de NSA in één dag miljoenen gegevens van de interne netwerken van Yahoo en Google doorstuurde naar data opslagplaatsen in het hoofdkwartier van NSA Fort Meade.
Tailored Access Operations Ook als gevolg van Snowdens klokkenluiden werd de wereld zich bewust van de NSA-eenheid voor het verzamelen van informatie over cyberoorlog, ook wel bekend als het Office of Tailored Access Operations (TAO).
Tailored Access Operations TAO zijn in wezen hackers van de overheid. Hun taak is het identificeren, volgen, infiltreren en verzamelen van informatie over computersystemen die worden gebruikt door buitenlandse entiteiten in de Verenigde Staten. Op het moment van de lekken had TAO meer dan duizend militaire en civiele medewerkers. Tegenwoordig staat de eenheid bekend als Computer Network Operations.
Afluisteren van mobiele telefoons De documenten van Snowden bevestigden wat velen al vermoedden, namelijk dat de inlichtingendiensten grote hoeveelheden mobiele telefoongesprekken en e-mails onderschepten en verzamelden.
Afluisteren van mobiele telefoons Iets minder bekend is dat deze informatie werd verzameld bij werknemers van mobiele providers om zwakke plekken in de beveiliging van netwerken te identificeren die de NSA kon gebruiken voor surveillancedoeleinden.
Optic Nerve In februari 2014 werd onthuld dat GCHQ, met hulp van de NSA, stiekem foto's van privéwebcams van gebruikers verzamelde terwijl ze een webcamapplicatie van Yahoo gebruikten.
Optic Nerve GCHQ noemde deze slinkse praktijk het Optic Nerve-programma. Snowden onthulde dat gegevens van gebruikers willekeurig in grote hoeveelheden werden verzameld, ongeacht of ze een inlichtingendoelwit waren of niet.
Operation EgotisticalGiraffe De bizarre codenaam Operation EgotisticalGiraffe verwijst naar de praktijk van de NSA om populaire sociale netwerkplatforms te infiltreren en te compromitteren. Dit wordt gedaan door het Tor-netwerk te ondermijnen.
Operation EgotisticalGiraffe Tor (afkorting van The Onion Routing project) is een open-source privacynetwerk voor anoniem surfen op het web. In 2013 deden zowel GCHQ als NSA verschillende pogingen om mensen te identificeren die de Tor anonimiteitsservice gebruikten, maar slaagden hier grotendeels niet in.
Geheime operaties tegen China Snowdens onthullingen tegen de NSA gingen verder dan het beschuldigen van het hacken van buitenlandse mobiele telefoonbedrijven om toegang te krijgen tot miljoenen privé sms-berichten in China. In 2012 was sms de populairste vorm van communicatie op het Chinese vasteland.
Dishfire Dishfire werd zowel door de NSA als de GCHQ geëxploiteerd en bestond uit het dagelijks verzamelen, opslaan en analyseren van honderden miljoenen wereldwijde sms-berichten, zowel uit het buitenland als uit het binnenland.
Bronnen:(Spyscape) (The Intercept) (American Civil Liberties Union) (Der Spiegel) (The Guardian) (The Independent) (Tor Project) (South China Morning Post)
Where dimensions collide, rip in our reality, possibly caused by CERN. 😱 UFO UAP sighting news 👽 Wow!
Where dimensions collide, rip in our reality, possibly caused by CERN. 😱 UFO UAP sighting news 👽 Wow!
Date of discovery: July 2025
Location of discovery:Lisbon, Portugal
Coordinates:38°46'0.29"N 9° 8'5.92"W
At the Lisbon airport there is a single passenger jet with out wings! It has a shadow, but no wing shadow...and how is that possible? Well, Portugal is not far from CERN which causes not just mini black holes which we saw over Norway the day Obama got a Nobel Prize, but CERN also causes temporary rips in time and space into other dimensions. The wings went there, then came back. Amazing and the satellite caught it all.
Ancient alien sign in Australia 🇦🇺gov calls it new, cover up, it’s aliens 👽 UFO UAP sighting breaking news.
Ancient alien sign in Australia 🇦🇺gov calls it new, cover up, it’s aliens 👽 UFO UAP sighting breaking news.
Date of discovery: July 2025
Location of discovery: Australia
Coordinates: -29.5324, 137.469
I found this ancient drawing in the desert of Australia and I looked it up, the Australian gov seems to suspect it was created about 20 years ago, but...they only suspect, they admit they are not certain. They call it Murree Man. I on the other hand believe this is an ancient sign made by aliens long ago...for us to find...so that we can know, we are not alone.
Just found this alien face a few minutes ago. It’s in Antarctica and is not far from the last face I reported last night. This has an extended long skull and the shadow makes the forehead, nose, lips, chin and neck. A sign left behind for us to find.
Gemini North Telescope Captures New Images of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
Gemini North Telescope Captures New Images of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
Astronomers using the Gemini North telescope at NSF’s International Gemini Observatory have captured 3I/ATLAS as it makes its temporary passage through our cosmic neighborhood.
This image from the Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS-N) at the Gemini North telescope shows the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS.
Image credit: International Gemini Observatory / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / K. Meech, IfA & U. Hawaii / Jen Miller & Mahdi Zamani, NOIRLab.
Interstellar objects are objects that originate outside of, and are observed passing through, our Solar System.
Ranging from tens of meters to a few kilometers in size, these objects are pieces of cosmic debris leftover from the formation of their host star’s planetary systems.
As these remnants orbit their star, the gravity of nearby larger planets and passing nearby stars can launch them out of their home systems and into interstellar space, where they can cross paths with other solar systems.
Interstellar visitors are valuable objects to study since they offer a tangible connection to other star systems.
They carry information about the chemical elements that were present when and where they formed, which gives scientists insight into how planetary systems form at distant stars throughout our Milky Way Galaxy’s history — including stars that have since died out.
3I/ATLAS is only the third interstellar object ever discovered after 1I/ʻOumuamua in 2017 and 2I/Borisov in 2019.
While astronomers think many interstellar objects exist, and likely pass through our Solar System on a regular basis, they are exceptionally difficult to capture since they are only visible when they’re close enough to see and when our telescopes are pointing in the right place at the right time.
Multiple teams around the globe are using a wide variety of telescopes to observe 3I/ATLAS during its temporary visit to our Solar System, allowing them to collectively determine some of the comet’s key characteristics.
Although much remains unknown, it is already clear that 3I/ATLAS is unique compared to 1I/ʻOumuamua and 2I/Borisov.
Observations so far suggest that 3I/ATLAS has an approximate diameter of at most 20 km (12 miles), compared to ‘Oumuamua’s diameter of 200 m and Borisov’s of less than one km.
The new comet also has an exceptionally eccentric orbit, where eccentricity describes how much an object’s orbital pathway is ‘stretched out.’
An eccentricity of 0 is a perfectly circular orbit, while an eccentricity of 0.999 is a very stretched-out ellipse.
An object with an eccentricity above 1 is on a path that does not loop back around the Sun, implying it comes from — and will return to — interstellar space.
3I/ATLAS has an eccentricity of 6.2, which is highly hyperbolic and ensures its classification as an interstellar object.
In comparison, ‘Oumuamua had an eccentricity of about 1.2, and Borisov about 3.6.
Right now, 3I/ATLAS is within Jupiter’s orbit at a distance of about 465 million km (290 million miles) from Earth and 600 million km (370 million miles) from the Sun.
The closest the comet will come to Earth is approximately 270 million km (170 million miles) on December 19, 2025, though it will pose no threat to the planet.
It will reach its closest approach to the Sun around October 30, 2025, at a distance of 210 million km (130 million miles) — just inside the orbit of Mars.
During this close approach, it will be traveling almost 25,000 km (15,500 miles) per hour.
The new image of 3I/ATLAS was captured by the Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS-N) at the Gemini North telescope.
“The sensitivity and scheduling agility of the International Gemini Observatory has provided critical early characterization of this interstellar wanderer,” said Martin Still, NSF program director for the International Gemini Observatory.
“We look forward to a bounty of new data and insights as this object warms itself on sunlight before continuing its cold, dark journey between the stars.”
Mars was Warm and Wet 3.7 Billion Years Ago, New Study Suggests
Mars was Warm and Wet 3.7 Billion Years Ago, New Study Suggests
Planetary scientists have discovered more than 15,000 km of ancient riverbeds in Noachis Terra, a region in Mars’ southern highlands. This discovery suggests that Mars may once have been much wetter than previously thought.
This HiRISE image shows a flat top, heavily eroded fluvial sinuous ridge on Mars; sand dunes can be seen migrating over the top of the fluvial sinuous ridge.
Image credit: NASA / JPL / University of Arizona.
The nature of the Martian climate during the Noachian-Hesperian transition, a period of geologic and climatic changes around 3.7 billion years ago, and how surface features such as valley networks and lakes associated with liquid water formed, is debated.
There are two theories: the first is that warm and wet conditions persisted on early Mars long enough that liquid water was stable on the surface for extended periods; the second is that Mars was generally cold and dry, and that geological features indicative of flowing water were formed only very sporadically by meltwater from ice sheets during short climate excursions.
Noachis Terra is a region where ‘warm, wet’ climate models predict high rates of precipitation.
In new research, Open University Ph.D. student Adam Losekoot and his colleagues looked at fluvial sinuous ridges, also known as inverted channels, across this region.
“These are believed to have formed when sediment deposited by rivers hardened and was later exposed as the surrounding material eroded,” the authors said.
“Similar ridges have been found across a range of terrains on Mars.”
“Their presence suggests that flowing water was once widespread in this region, with precipitation being the most likely source of this water.”
They found fluvial sinuous ridges to be common across Noachis Terra, with a cumulative length of more than 15,000 km.
These are often isolated segments, but some systems are hundreds of km in length.
“Studying Mars, particularly an underexplored region like Noachis Terra, is really exciting because it’s an environment which has been largely unchanged for billions of years,” Losekoot said.
“It’s a time capsule that records fundamental geological processes in a way that just isn’t possible here on Earth.”
For the study, the researchers used data from three orbital instruments: the Context Camera (CTX), the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) and the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE).
These datasets allowed them to map the locations, lengths and morphologies of ridge systems across a wide area.
“Our work is a new piece of evidence that suggests that Mars was once a much more complex and active planet than it is now, which is such an exciting thing to be involved in,” Losekoot said.
“The fact that the ridges form extensive interconnected systems suggests that the watery conditions must have been relatively long-lived, meaning Noachis Terra experienced warm and wet conditions for a geologically relevant period.”
“These findings challenge existing theories that Mars was generally cold and dry, with a few valleys formed by ice-sheet meltwater in sporadic, short periods of warming.”
Skydweller is a solar-powered drone that can fly for up to three months without landing, with researchers hoping to one day achieve much longer flight times.
(Image credit: Rey Sotolongo/Europa Press via Getty Images)
U.S. tech startup Skydweller Aero has teamed up with Thales, a French electronics company specializing in defense systems, to develop a new maritime surveillance drone that can stay aloft far longer than existing machines.
Skydweller powers itself purely from solar energy and aims to be capable of continuous flight. The initial flight milestone will be for it to remain aloft for 90 days, but ultimately it has the potential to fly for much longer.
The solar energy that powers the Skydweller is captured by over 17,000 individual solar cells, spread across approximately 2,900 square feet (270 square meters) of wing surface — across a wingspan of 236 feet (72 m), 25 feet (7.6 m) longer than a Boeing 747. In ideal conditions, the solar cells can generate up to 100 kilowatts of power for the aircraft.
During daylight hours, solar energy is used to maintain flight, power the onboard avionics and charge batteries. The Skydweller has over 1,400 pounds (635 kilograms) of batteries, which are used to power the aircraft through the night. This will allow Skydweller to maintain almost continuous flight.
The Skydweller typically flies at an altitude between 24,600 and 34,400 feet (7,500 and 10,500 meters), but can fly as high as 44,600 feet (13,600m) during the day, before dropping by 4,900 to 9,800 feet (1,500 to 3,000m)at night, as this minimizes power consumption.
Despite its similar wingspan to a long-range commercial airliner, Skydweller weighs 160 times less than a "jumbo jet" — 2.5 metric tons at maximum capacity versus 400 tons for the 747 at full payload.
Solar-powered aircraft are not completely new, but some designs have suffered structural problems, including catastrophic failure mid-flight when climbing or descending through medium altitudes (approximately 6,500-32,800 feet, or 2,000-10,000 m).
The Skydweller has been specifically designed to operate in this altitude range, using automatic gust-load alleviation software in the flight control system to reduce the aerodynamic loads caused by turbulence. It has also been constructed from carbon fiber and can carry up to 800 pounds (362 kg) of payload.
Continuous surveillance by sky
Operating an aircraft continuously and reliably for up to 90 days necessitates a quadruple-redundant flight control system and vehicle management system (VMS). Should one of the onboard systems fail, a backup system can take over to maintain the flight.
Self-healing algorithms within the VMS allow any failed strings (coding in an algorithm) to be autonomously shut down, corrected and resurrected during flight, thereby allowing the aircraft to return to quadruple redundancy, according to information published by company representatives. This enables the aircraft to consistently maintain flight.
Although the onboard batteries, once sufficiently charged, can maintain flight during the night, their capacity will degrade over time, which could limit the maximum patrol duration of the aircraft. Skydweller’s reliance on solar power to maintain flight means that its patrols must also avoid areas of limited sunlight, such as polar regions during winter.
Skydweller Aero has recently partnered with Thales to equip Skydweller with a radar surveillance system designed for maritime patrol operations. Further test flights are planned, with the goal of extending the maximum flight duration. Even so, this is a massive step forward in solar-powered flight, especially for long-term surveillance monitoring.
Astrophotographers have snapped stunning shots of a giant shapeshifting solar prominence, dubbed "The Beast," which appeared over the sun's northeastern limb on July 12 and rained impossibly fast fire over our home star.
"The Beast" appeared over the sun's northeastern limb on Saturday (July 12). It raged for more than three hours before eventually disappearing.
A giant plasma plume dubbed "The Beast" was recently spotted dancing abovethe sun as it showered our home star with blobs of impossibly fast fire. The shapeshifting projection, which stretched more than 13 times wider than Earth, was the first of several sizable solar structures to emerge in recent days.
The animalistic mass appeared Saturday (July 12) over the northwestern limb of the sun, allowing photographers from around the world to snap some stunning shots, including Michael Jäger, who captured the plume from Martinsburg in Austria (see above); and Simon Metcalfe, who saw it from near his home in Gloucestershire, England (see below).
Astrophotographer Daid Wilson also captured an amazing movie of the entire event from Inverness in Scotland, revealing that the morphing plume stretched more than 100,000 miles (165,000 km) across.
Stunning photos show the Sun like never before | BBC News
The plume was at its peak size for around three hours and constantly changed shape during this time. "It looks to me like some huge 4-legged beast shuffling along," Wilson told Spaceweather.com.
This quote was picked up on several social media outlets, including Reddit and X, leading people to refer to the plume as "The Beast."
"The Beast" stretched more than 100,000 miles across, making it more than 13 times wider than Earth. (Image credit: Simon Metcalfe)
The Beast is a solar prominence — a "bright feature extending outward from the sun's surface," made from ionized gas, or plasma, that is held in place by invisible magnetic field lines anchored to the solar surface, according to NASA.
In the new images, smaller blobs of plasma can also be seen falling from The Beast toward the sun's surface. This is known as "coronal rain" and occurs when plasma cools and condenses, causing it to fall back to the sun's surface at extreme speeds as it travels along the invisible magnetic field lines.
Prominences, which commonly form in a looped horseshoe shape, can also unleash solar storms, such as coronal mass ejections (CMEs), when the magnetic fields that hold them up snap like an overstretched elastic band, flinging the plasma off into space. If these solar storms collide with Earth's magnetic field, they can trigger geomagnetic disturbances, which can cause radio blackouts, satellite disruption and vibrant aurora displays. But in this case, no CME was released, meaning The Beast poses no threat to our planet.
Two more large prominences have also appeared on the sun in recent days: First, on Monday (July 14), and then again on Tuesday (July 15). Both of these structures were larger than The Beast, with a much more traditional shape, and unleashed CMEs. However, due to the angle from which they were released from the sun, neither of the solar storms will hit Earth, according to EarthSky.org.
Two other large prominences have appeared on the sun since "The Beast," and both released CMEs into space. The second one (pictured) occurred on on Tuesday (July 15). (Image credit: NOAA/GOES)
Large flat surfaces carved by ancient rivers deep beneath the East Antarctica are influencing how ice flows across the continent today, according to a new study.
The rivers likely formed when the supercontinent Gondwana broke up, separating Antarctica from Australia.
(Image credit: Guy Paxman)
Scientists have discovered a long-lost landscape that's been preserved beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet for 30 million years.
Erosion by ancient rivers appears to have carved large, flat surfaces beneath the ice in East Antarctica between 80 million and 34 million years ago. Understanding how these features formed, and how they continue to affect the landscape, could help refine predictions of future ice loss, researchers reported July 11 in the journalNature Geoscience.
"We've long been intrigued and puzzled about fragments of evidence for 'flat' landscapes beneath the Antarctic ice sheets," study co-authorNeil Ross, a geophysicist at Newcastle University in the U.K., said in astatement. "This study brings the jigsaw pieces of data together, to reveal the big picture: how these ancient surfaces formed, their role in determining the present-day flow of the ice, and their possible influence on how the East Antarctic Ice Sheet will evolve in a warming world."
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If the East Antarctic Ice Sheet were to melt entirely, it could raise global sea levelsby more than 160 feet (50 meters). But accurately predicting how much the ice sheet might melt in the coming years requires scientists to know its past behavior and the conditions at its base.
The ancient rivers appear to have carved huge flat surfaces through erosion. (Image credit: Open-access s-ink.org repository)
In the new study, the researchers used radar data from four previous surveys to map the shape of the bedrock beneath the ice.
"When we were examining the radar images of the sub-ice topography in this region, these remarkably flat surfaces started to pop out almost everywhere we looked," study co-authorGuy Paxman, a polar geophysicist at Durham University in the U.K., said in the statement. "The flat surfaces we have found have managed to survive relatively intact for over 30 million years, indicating that parts of the ice sheet have preserved rather than eroded the landscape."
The flat expanses, which were interspersed with deep troughs, covered a 2,175-mile (3,500 kilometers) section of the East Antarctic coastline. They likely formed before the East Antarctic Ice Sheet existed but after the supercontinent Gondwana (which contained modern-day Antarctica, Australia, Africa, and India) broke apart.
This helped the researchers to date the flat sections to between 80 million and 34 million years ago.
Atop these flat surfaces, the Antarctic ice moves fairly slowly. But in the troughs between them, the ice flows much faster. Meltwater may have carved these troughs by flowing through natural dips as the East Antarctic Ice Sheet expanded millions of years ago.
The slow flow of ice above the flat surfaces could be regulating ice loss from the continent, the researchers wrote in the study. Further research, such as obtaining and analyzing rock samples from under the ice, could refine projections of future ice loss and sea level rise.
"Information such as the shape and geology of the newly mapped surfaces will help improve our understanding of how ice flows at the edge of East Antarctica," Paxman said. "This in turn will help make it easier to predict how the East Antarctic Ice Sheet could affect sea levels under different levels of climate warming in the future."
Strange Portals Spontaneously Appearing in the Home
One outlandish feature of the world of the paranormal is the idea of portals popping up in various places. These portals are said to lead to other locations or nowhere at all, and sometimes are even said to act as doorways to other worlds that sometimes allow things from the other side to come in. Portals seem like something one would be more likely to find out in the wilderness or remote areas, but it seems that sometimes these phenomena can happen right in the safety of our own homes.
One strange report comes from Reddit user “GilgameshvsHumbaba,” who says this happened as he was living in a small apartment several years before telling his story. One evening, he woke up to feel someone touching his head, even though no one else was there, and when he stepped whatever it was away and looked around, he saw a square or rectangular "hole" in the air. Out of this hole shone a light, and there was a man's arm and hand protruding from it and waving around in the air. The witness says of what happened next:
“The hole" started drifting to the right and revolving toward me and I saw two young men in some other room. One was sitting and working or typing or something, and the other guy was looking at what he was doing and looking at me and looking around at my bedroom. I sat up on one arm watching them, and then I noticed that the light from their room was lighting up my room. I could see the ironing board to the left, my bookcase to the right, the floor, ceiling, and my door, which was closed. That was when I knew was really awake, and I sat up more. I think they were talking to each other, but I don't remember hearing them. I thought about getting out of bed and grabbing my clothes and just stepping through the hole into their room, but I chickened out because I wasn't sure if I would be able to come back or not.
The "hole" started to revolve the other way until it was "sideways" to me again, and then all of a sudden it disappeared and the light was gone and it was dark again. Since I have "night blindness", it was pitch-dark to me. Finally I decided that it had just been a weird dream, so I picked up the covers and lay down and turned on my side to go back to sleep, and that's when I realized I had been sitting up the whole time, so it had to have been real.
Well. that's it. The "hole" had smooth sides and sharp corners, no glow or fog or anything. Looking back on it now, I think the two guys were panicking because they had been seen and were trying to "close the window", or however you want to say it. I've tried to tell people what happened and they just laugh at me. I know it happened!!!! Now I want to know if it happened to other people, and if anyone reported it. I'm sure the two I saw repeated their little "experiment", so there must be more witnesses somewhere.”
Pretty weird stuff, indeed. From Reddit user “FlashyConsequence111” we have a similarly odd tale that supposedly happened back in 2004. This supposedly happened as she and her husband were sitting out enjoying a quiet evening on their veranda, and the witness says;
“There was a fence about 5meters/15 feet away from us. All of a sudden the side of this big tree next to the fence started moving, there was no wind and the other trees were not moving, nor was the otherside of the tree. My husband and I thought an animal was going to come out of it. After about 1 minute a black hole appeared and a man, carrying some box or bag in both hands, came out of the hole, ran accross the fence for 3meters/9feet another hole appeared in front of him and he went through that hole and disappeared. The trees near the second hole were moving and shaking before it appeared and he ran into it and were shaking for about 30seconds after it closed. The man was white, dark short hair, wearing a black and red flannel shirt and black pants and looked like he was running from something, he was in a panic.
I was in shock and amazed. I turned to my husband, he was looking at the fence eyes wide open. I said 'Oh my God! Did you see that?!!' He turned to me and said 'What?' I said 'That man came out of a wormhole and ran along the fence and went into another wormhole!, that's why the tree was shaking!' He said 'when was the tree shaking?' 'Nothing happened, we have just been sitting here'. I was shocked! I was like 'what are you saying? You don't remember?' We had just been discussing how the tree was shaking and what animal we thought was going to come out. To clarify, we had never before or since had different recollections of what we had seen together. I have only told that story to my sister and children. This is the first time publicly, there are definitely technologies we do not know about, I believe in wormholes and portholes.”
What was going on here? Many stories of portals revolve around closets, which makes sense since there has long been the spooky lore gif things in the closet that have haunted children since time unremembered. One account comes from True Ghost Tales and concerns a witness who claims that when she was just a girl, she had been watching TV in the living room with her mother when they heard her father start frantically screaming for help from elsewhere in the house. They tracked the source of the mysterious screaming to the witnesses’ bedroom and found that the door was locked, which was odd considering it was just a plain old doorknob with no lock to begin with. They stood there struggling with the anomalously jammed doorknob while the father shrieked and shouted in terror from within. At the time, they thought he was having some sort of mental breakdown, as he was an alcoholic and had been drinking heavily earlier that night; however, when they finally forced the door open, they were to find it was something altogether more bizarre. The witness says of what they saw in that room:
“My mom struggled for a few minutes trying to open the door. Finally she managed to open the door and we saw my father up in the air like if he was hanging from something then a few seconds later fell feel down. He was so scared that he sounded sober, he told us to get away from there and he ran as far away from my room, when we saw my dad he seemed almost pale looking, he had scratches on his chest as if he got into a fight or something. My mom asked him “What happened to you”? Are you Ok? The only thing that came out of my father’s mouth was, “THE DEVIL, the devil was trying to take me away with him.” At first I thought my dad was only saying that to scare me but he was serious about it, he said that the devil wanted him and was trying to bite his neck. I thought to my self, it sounds more like a vampire than the devil to me, why would the devil want to bite his neck anyways?”
The scared family retreated to the living room, where they eventually fell asleep, and the next day the father explained that when he had been in the girl’s room he had seen the closet door open by itself and heard a man’s voice issue forth from the darkness beyond before the incident, after which something dark had emerged and he blacked out. He took them to the room so that they could take a look at the closet, and this is where things get even stranger still. The witness says:
“We all went to my room then my dad opened my closet door and we saw this figure of a man standing inside my closet as if it was asleep, its arms were on his chest and he was all black, with long finger nails and he had wings. The weird thing about all this is that a few day later I saw it in my room. I was watching TV in the living room. We had the hall light on so that way it could reflect light into my room, but that night the light only reflected half way. I saw a dark shadow standing in the middle of my room, then he took his hand out and started moving his index finger asking me to come to him with his reddish yellow eyes. I was so scared that I couldn’t move at all. I was screaming for my parents but they couldn’t hear me at all, how could this be they were ten feet away from me? Anyway when I turned my head back to see him he was already next to me. All he did to me was he had lifted me up and he kissed my forehead and my neck, then he left, just like that. We never say IT again, but sometimes when I’m in the dark I feel like someone is there with me.”
It is interesting that the whole family seems to have witnessed it, so it seems beyond just a hallucination or overactive imagination. On the site "Phantoms and Monsters," there is another account from 2009 of some sort of menacing beast in a closet. The witness claims that he woke up one night suddenly at around 3 AM, and found that he was covered in sweat and overcome with an inexplicable cold fear that was overwhelming in its intensity, although his brother was still sleeping soundly. There also seemed to be a heavy sense of someone there looming near the bedroom’s rather large walk-in closet, and the witness would say of what happened next:
“I looked around in my room hoping to see my mom watching over us from the door way of the closet (I don't know why I thought it would be her but I did). Since our nightlight was on I could see things pretty clearly. I looked to my left to see a tall figure in our closet, it had an oval like head with small eyes and appendages hanging from it's face almost like a scruffy beard but it made more sense that it would be some type of structure. It looked over the both of us up and down. At first I thought it was my mind playing tricks on me, since I could be very imaginative but what snapped me out of this is when it pushed some of the clothes hangers out the way and the fact that the window was open. It's skin looked rough and pasty almost like it was in a sauna for two years. It caught a whiff of me being awake and almost immediately I lost consciousness and control over my body. All accounts that were had from that night had not been fully remembered the following morning. Besides the fact that my sheets were in my closet instead of on my bed.”
Again, we are left here with a case that seems to be so bonkers that it is beyond an easy explanation. Just what was this thing and why would it be in that closet? Was the closet acting as some sort of a doorway to another realm? Who knows? Outdoing even these outlandish encounters is another one reported on Phantoms and Monsters, this time by a witness who had just about the strangest thing you could imagine come out of his closet when he was a boy, in around the year 1980. The witness, who claims he is now a paranormal researcher, says that when he was very young, he had been trying to get to sleep in the room he shared with his brother, and again, this was a room with a big walk-in closet. As he was lying there, the closet door began to open by itself, and the witness claims:
“One night as I was trying to get to sleep (my brother was already asleep), the door opened and I know this sounds crazy, but out came Big Bird (of the children’s show Sesame Street). I remember being frightened at first, but others came out too and they were very friendly and led me into the closet with them. All I remember at this point is that Big Bird gave me a flavored chap stick (most likely to ease my fear because I loved chap stick), and they brought me back to my bed. I went to sleep very happy over the whole experience and was not afraid anymore. I put the chap stick under my pillow after taking a tiny nibble leaving my teeth marks just to see if it was still there in the morning. The next morning, I checked and low and behold the chap stick WAS there, JUST like I remembered, and at that moment I knew for a fact it was not a dream. If it were not for that chap stick the experience probably would not have stayed with me all these years. I tried to tell my brother, but he laughed it off, as anyone would, it sounds totally crazy. Now, after reading the other accounts of similar experiences, I am wondering if it was an abduction disguised as a friendly interaction.”
What in the world? How do we come to terms with the sheer surreality of this? The witness gives an interesting observation, in that he believes it might have been an alien abduction, with the entities taking a form that would seem nonthreatening to a child. This is a feature of some alien abduction cases, with the beings allegedly able to either shape shift or manipulate perceptions in order to take the form of whatever will best serve their purposes in the eyes of the abductee, for reasons beyond us. Is that what was going on here? How else could we explain an actual character from a children’s TV show emerging from the darkened gloom of a closet? It could have been just the imagination of a child, but the fact that the witness remembers it so vividly all of these years later is notable.
From Your Ghost Stories comes a report of just such an experience, from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The witness claims that as soon as she moved out of her grandmother’s house, where she had lived for some time, she began having extremely vivid dreams of a “spirit or demon” in the closet of the room in which she had stayed. She says that she had never had these menacing dreams while she had lived there, and that they had only started after she left, as well as growing steadily in intensity. She claims that the house had always been haunted, and says of what happened next:
“We just recently moved back in October. Now, I've always known this house was haunted. Everyone has. I have had so many different experiences. (For another story I assure you.) Everything seemed fine and normal. The house is old, it creeks all night long. You hear someone calling your name. For me, it is "Belle..." Nothing unusual. I walked passed the room I used to sleep in, now my uncle's room, the other day, and I instantly felt watched. Chills ran down my spine. I felt in so much danger. I quickly scurried down the stairs and forgot about it not to long after.
I would walk by all the time (it's en route to my room). Every time I walk by, the door creeks open. Even if it is shut the whole ways, it takes force to open that door. I was carrying my cat from my room to the living room with me one morning last week. As we walked passed my uncle's room, a deep, low, frightening growl came from my cat, then she hissed the meanest hiss, as she kept her eyes locked on the room (the door was wide open, nobody was inside). Recently, my mom has been feeling it too. The door opens slowly when she walks by, and she feels cold eyes watching her.”
Another report from the same site is similar in nature and just as eerie. This particular report comes from the state of Virginia, from a witness who believes an actual demon inhabited the closet of their master bedroom and would use the closet to pass back and forth between worlds. The witness claims that odd activity gravitating around the closet, including loud bangs and murmuring voices at night, was so intense that he put a crucifix up by the closet to try and keep whatever it was away. There was even an incident when he said the entity pushed over his young daughter, and it would later lash out at his wife. The witness says of his experiences with the terrifying demonic force in the closet:
“It did not take long to figure out that the presence was in a large closet area which adjoined the bathroom and faced directly towards the bed in the master bedroom. The closet area never got natural sunlight and was extremely dark at night. I could feel that something was watching. The crucifix seemed to keep it out of the room but it still stared from the closet. So I did the usual "get out, this is my house," "I command you to leave." I felt that this thing was not going anywhere, that it was not scared at all, it was not moving. Not long after that we found a picture of our children on the floor and it had been smashed in the middle of the frame like something was thrown at it. One night while watching TV my wife left for work and I saw a rather large shadow fly out of the bedroom and out towards the car as she was leaving, almost as if it was chasing her. Not long after that she suffered a stroke and a major car accident, both of which left no lasting injuries.”
Was this a demon or just a very powerful spirit? Was it, like other cases we have looked at here, using the closet as some sort of portal between dimensions? In another account from the site Queenies Paranormal Playhouse, there is a report from 2005 from a frightened single mother who had just moved into a duplex in the United States with her young son and niece. Almost immediately, on the very first night, they began experiencing paranormal phenomena, such as the bedroom door opening on its own and the children complaining that “something” had touched their legs as they slept. The witness explains:
“The second night of our stay, my son and I were lying down shootin' the breeze in my room. The bedroom door that was cracked half way open had closed, then re-opened. This happened a couple of times, until we finally worked up the nerve to get up and turn on the light. The next night, my son blacked out after having (what seemed to be) a nervous break down about the ghost living in his room and closet. Now, the thing about it, is my son is a big 15 year old, and he does not scare easily! After 20 minutes, he went back to his normal self and cannot remember the incident.That same night, he went to sleep with me, and I woke up to something pulling back and forth on the door knob of my closet. I screamed, but my son never woke up!
Relatives have said that this place gives them bad vibes, and that sometimes, they can hear people talking. Now it is day 28, and last night, my young nephew and I were sleeping, when suddenly, he woke up screaming. He had jumped off the bed, and the bedroom closet swung open in front of him! But this morning, he can only remember standing in front of the open closet... hearing the high pitched scream of a female. I talked to the people who lived in this duplex before me, and they also lived with this ghost. Even after saying prayers and using holy water, the ghost will not leave! I'm a single mother and it took my savings to move into this place. Unfortunately, it seems we're stuck here for a long time...but this ghost is going to drive us insane!”
The United States is not the only place where such encounters have allegedly occurred, and a scary report on Phantoms and Monsters comes to us from Newfoundland, where the witness claims he lived in the late 1960s at an apartment along a place called Blackmarsh Road. He says that he was 9 or 10 years old at the time, and that he had been living there with his mother, grandparents, and three sisters at the time, and that the road had been rather well known in the area as a place pervaded by ghostly phenomena. He says that although he never actually saw anything ghostly, he sure did hear it, and it seemed to originate from a coat closet in the living room. He says:
“Sometimes, due to limited space, I slept on the sofa in the living room. In the living room was a small stove and coat closet. I remember the chimney ran next to the closet. I remember so vividly being woken up between 3-4 a.m. every morning to the sounds of a group of people conversing in the closet. To the best of my knowledge, there were six or seven people. I could not pick out what they were saying, though at the moment I could hear them very clearly. This went on until we moved. I told my mother about this at the time it was happening but, of course, it was dismissed as a child's imagination until many years later.”
He says that after he had moved away and grown up, he heard that his grandmother had also had weird experiences with the voices from the closet, and that she had finally managed to banish them by reciting the Lord’s Prayer aloud. What are we to make of reports such as this? Are these just tall tales or something more? Are these just delusions or the effects of sleep paralysis? Are they aliens, ghosts, demons, or something else? Are these really portals allowing these things to pass through some thin spot between realities? If so, it seems that portals like this can pop up in the most unexpected of places, and it might be something to think about at night when your closet is open just a crack
Strange Portals Spontaneously Appearing in the Home
One outlandish feature of the world of the paranormal is the idea of portals popping up in various places. These portals are said to lead to other locations or nowhere at all, and sometimes are even said to act as doorways to other worlds that sometimes allow things from the other side to come in. Portals seem like something one would be more likely to find out in the wilderness or remote areas, but it seems that sometimes these phenomena can happen right in the safety of our own homes.
One strange report comes from Reddit user “GilgameshvsHumbaba,” who says this happened as he was living in a small apartment several years before telling his story. One evening, he woke up to feel someone touching his head, even though no one else was there, and when he stepped whatever it was away and looked around, he saw a square or rectangular "hole" in the air. Out of this hole shone a light, and there was a man's arm and hand protruding from it and waving around in the air. The witness says of what happened next:
“The hole" started drifting to the right and revolving toward me and I saw two young men in some other room. One was sitting and working or typing or something, and the other guy was looking at what he was doing and looking at me and looking around at my bedroom. I sat up on one arm watching them, and then I noticed that the light from their room was lighting up my room. I could see the ironing board to the left, my bookcase to the right, the floor, ceiling, and my door, which was closed. That was when I knew was really awake, and I sat up more. I think they were talking to each other, but I don't remember hearing them. I thought about getting out of bed and grabbing my clothes and just stepping through the hole into their room, but I chickened out because I wasn't sure if I would be able to come back or not.
The "hole" started to revolve the other way until it was "sideways" to me again, and then all of a sudden it disappeared and the light was gone and it was dark again. Since I have "night blindness", it was pitch-dark to me. Finally I decided that it had just been a weird dream, so I picked up the covers and lay down and turned on my side to go back to sleep, and that's when I realized I had been sitting up the whole time, so it had to have been real.
Well. that's it. The "hole" had smooth sides and sharp corners, no glow or fog or anything. Looking back on it now, I think the two guys were panicking because they had been seen and were trying to "close the window", or however you want to say it. I've tried to tell people what happened and they just laugh at me. I know it happened!!!! Now I want to know if it happened to other people, and if anyone reported it. I'm sure the two I saw repeated their little "experiment", so there must be more witnesses somewhere.”
Pretty weird stuff, indeed. From Reddit user “FlashyConsequence111” we have a similarly odd tale that supposedly happened back in 2004. This supposedly happened as she and her husband were sitting out enjoying a quiet evening on their veranda, and the witness says;
“There was a fence about 5meters/15 feet away from us. All of a sudden the side of this big tree next to the fence started moving, there was no wind and the other trees were not moving, nor was the otherside of the tree. My husband and I thought an animal was going to come out of it. After about 1 minute a black hole appeared and a man, carrying some box or bag in both hands, came out of the hole, ran accross the fence for 3meters/9feet another hole appeared in front of him and he went through that hole and disappeared. The trees near the second hole were moving and shaking before it appeared and he ran into it and were shaking for about 30seconds after it closed. The man was white, dark short hair, wearing a black and red flannel shirt and black pants and looked like he was running from something, he was in a panic.
I was in shock and amazed. I turned to my husband, he was looking at the fence eyes wide open. I said 'Oh my God! Did you see that?!!' He turned to me and said 'What?' I said 'That man came out of a wormhole and ran along the fence and went into another wormhole!, that's why the tree was shaking!' He said 'when was the tree shaking?' 'Nothing happened, we have just been sitting here'. I was shocked! I was like 'what are you saying? You don't remember?' We had just been discussing how the tree was shaking and what animal we thought was going to come out. To clarify, we had never before or since had different recollections of what we had seen together. I have only told that story to my sister and children. This is the first time publicly, there are definitely technologies we do not know about, I believe in wormholes and portholes.”
What was going on here? Many stories of portals revolve around closets, which makes sense since there has long been the spooky lore gif things in the closet that have haunted children since time unremembered. One account comes from True Ghost Tales and concerns a witness who claims that when she was just a girl, she had been watching TV in the living room with her mother when they heard her father start frantically screaming for help from elsewhere in the house. They tracked the source of the mysterious screaming to the witnesses’ bedroom and found that the door was locked, which was odd considering it was just a plain old doorknob with no lock to begin with. They stood there struggling with the anomalously jammed doorknob while the father shrieked and shouted in terror from within. At the time, they thought he was having some sort of mental breakdown, as he was an alcoholic and had been drinking heavily earlier that night; however, when they finally forced the door open, they were to find it was something altogether more bizarre. The witness says of what they saw in that room:
“My mom struggled for a few minutes trying to open the door. Finally she managed to open the door and we saw my father up in the air like if he was hanging from something then a few seconds later fell feel down. He was so scared that he sounded sober, he told us to get away from there and he ran as far away from my room, when we saw my dad he seemed almost pale looking, he had scratches on his chest as if he got into a fight or something. My mom asked him “What happened to you”? Are you Ok? The only thing that came out of my father’s mouth was, “THE DEVIL, the devil was trying to take me away with him.” At first I thought my dad was only saying that to scare me but he was serious about it, he said that the devil wanted him and was trying to bite his neck. I thought to my self, it sounds more like a vampire than the devil to me, why would the devil want to bite his neck anyways?”
The scared family retreated to the living room, where they eventually fell asleep, and the next day the father explained that when he had been in the girl’s room he had seen the closet door open by itself and heard a man’s voice issue forth from the darkness beyond before the incident, after which something dark had emerged and he blacked out. He took them to the room so that they could take a look at the closet, and this is where things get even stranger still. The witness says:
“We all went to my room then my dad opened my closet door and we saw this figure of a man standing inside my closet as if it was asleep, its arms were on his chest and he was all black, with long finger nails and he had wings. The weird thing about all this is that a few day later I saw it in my room. I was watching TV in the living room. We had the hall light on so that way it could reflect light into my room, but that night the light only reflected half way. I saw a dark shadow standing in the middle of my room, then he took his hand out and started moving his index finger asking me to come to him with his reddish yellow eyes. I was so scared that I couldn’t move at all. I was screaming for my parents but they couldn’t hear me at all, how could this be they were ten feet away from me? Anyway when I turned my head back to see him he was already next to me. All he did to me was he had lifted me up and he kissed my forehead and my neck, then he left, just like that. We never say IT again, but sometimes when I’m in the dark I feel like someone is there with me.”
It is interesting that the whole family seems to have witnessed it, so it seems beyond just a hallucination or overactive imagination. On the site "Phantoms and Monsters," there is another account from 2009 of some sort of menacing beast in a closet. The witness claims that he woke up one night suddenly at around 3 AM, and found that he was covered in sweat and overcome with an inexplicable cold fear that was overwhelming in its intensity, although his brother was still sleeping soundly. There also seemed to be a heavy sense of someone there looming near the bedroom’s rather large walk-in closet, and the witness would say of what happened next:
“I looked around in my room hoping to see my mom watching over us from the door way of the closet (I don't know why I thought it would be her but I did). Since our nightlight was on I could see things pretty clearly. I looked to my left to see a tall figure in our closet, it had an oval like head with small eyes and appendages hanging from it's face almost like a scruffy beard but it made more sense that it would be some type of structure. It looked over the both of us up and down. At first I thought it was my mind playing tricks on me, since I could be very imaginative but what snapped me out of this is when it pushed some of the clothes hangers out the way and the fact that the window was open. It's skin looked rough and pasty almost like it was in a sauna for two years. It caught a whiff of me being awake and almost immediately I lost consciousness and control over my body. All accounts that were had from that night had not been fully remembered the following morning. Besides the fact that my sheets were in my closet instead of on my bed.”
Again, we are left here with a case that seems to be so bonkers that it is beyond an easy explanation. Just what was this thing and why would it be in that closet? Was the closet acting as some sort of a doorway to another realm? Who knows? Outdoing even these outlandish encounters is another one reported on Phantoms and Monsters, this time by a witness who had just about the strangest thing you could imagine come out of his closet when he was a boy, in around the year 1980. The witness, who claims he is now a paranormal researcher, says that when he was very young, he had been trying to get to sleep in the room he shared with his brother, and again, this was a room with a big walk-in closet. As he was lying there, the closet door began to open by itself, and the witness claims:
“One night as I was trying to get to sleep (my brother was already asleep), the door opened and I know this sounds crazy, but out came Big Bird (of the children’s show Sesame Street). I remember being frightened at first, but others came out too and they were very friendly and led me into the closet with them. All I remember at this point is that Big Bird gave me a flavored chap stick (most likely to ease my fear because I loved chap stick), and they brought me back to my bed. I went to sleep very happy over the whole experience and was not afraid anymore. I put the chap stick under my pillow after taking a tiny nibble leaving my teeth marks just to see if it was still there in the morning. The next morning, I checked and low and behold the chap stick WAS there, JUST like I remembered, and at that moment I knew for a fact it was not a dream. If it were not for that chap stick the experience probably would not have stayed with me all these years. I tried to tell my brother, but he laughed it off, as anyone would, it sounds totally crazy. Now, after reading the other accounts of similar experiences, I am wondering if it was an abduction disguised as a friendly interaction.”
What in the world? How do we come to terms with the sheer surreality of this? The witness gives an interesting observation, in that he believes it might have been an alien abduction, with the entities taking a form that would seem nonthreatening to a child. This is a feature of some alien abduction cases, with the beings allegedly able to either shape shift or manipulate perceptions in order to take the form of whatever will best serve their purposes in the eyes of the abductee, for reasons beyond us. Is that what was going on here? How else could we explain an actual character from a children’s TV show emerging from the darkened gloom of a closet? It could have been just the imagination of a child, but the fact that the witness remembers it so vividly all of these years later is notable.
From Your Ghost Stories comes a report of just such an experience, from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The witness claims that as soon as she moved out of her grandmother’s house, where she had lived for some time, she began having extremely vivid dreams of a “spirit or demon” in the closet of the room in which she had stayed. She says that she had never had these menacing dreams while she had lived there, and that they had only started after she left, as well as growing steadily in intensity. She claims that the house had always been haunted, and says of what happened next:
“We just recently moved back in October. Now, I've always known this house was haunted. Everyone has. I have had so many different experiences. (For another story I assure you.) Everything seemed fine and normal. The house is old, it creeks all night long. You hear someone calling your name. For me, it is "Belle..." Nothing unusual. I walked passed the room I used to sleep in, now my uncle's room, the other day, and I instantly felt watched. Chills ran down my spine. I felt in so much danger. I quickly scurried down the stairs and forgot about it not to long after.
I would walk by all the time (it's en route to my room). Every time I walk by, the door creeks open. Even if it is shut the whole ways, it takes force to open that door. I was carrying my cat from my room to the living room with me one morning last week. As we walked passed my uncle's room, a deep, low, frightening growl came from my cat, then she hissed the meanest hiss, as she kept her eyes locked on the room (the door was wide open, nobody was inside). Recently, my mom has been feeling it too. The door opens slowly when she walks by, and she feels cold eyes watching her.”
Another report from the same site is similar in nature and just as eerie. This particular report comes from the state of Virginia, from a witness who believes an actual demon inhabited the closet of their master bedroom and would use the closet to pass back and forth between worlds. The witness claims that odd activity gravitating around the closet, including loud bangs and murmuring voices at night, was so intense that he put a crucifix up by the closet to try and keep whatever it was away. There was even an incident when he said the entity pushed over his young daughter, and it would later lash out at his wife. The witness says of his experiences with the terrifying demonic force in the closet:
“It did not take long to figure out that the presence was in a large closet area which adjoined the bathroom and faced directly towards the bed in the master bedroom. The closet area never got natural sunlight and was extremely dark at night. I could feel that something was watching. The crucifix seemed to keep it out of the room but it still stared from the closet. So I did the usual "get out, this is my house," "I command you to leave." I felt that this thing was not going anywhere, that it was not scared at all, it was not moving. Not long after that we found a picture of our children on the floor and it had been smashed in the middle of the frame like something was thrown at it. One night while watching TV my wife left for work and I saw a rather large shadow fly out of the bedroom and out towards the car as she was leaving, almost as if it was chasing her. Not long after that she suffered a stroke and a major car accident, both of which left no lasting injuries.”
Was this a demon or just a very powerful spirit? Was it, like other cases we have looked at here, using the closet as some sort of portal between dimensions? In another account from the site Queenies Paranormal Playhouse, there is a report from 2005 from a frightened single mother who had just moved into a duplex in the United States with her young son and niece. Almost immediately, on the very first night, they began experiencing paranormal phenomena, such as the bedroom door opening on its own and the children complaining that “something” had touched their legs as they slept. The witness explains:
“The second night of our stay, my son and I were lying down shootin' the breeze in my room. The bedroom door that was cracked half way open had closed, then re-opened. This happened a couple of times, until we finally worked up the nerve to get up and turn on the light. The next night, my son blacked out after having (what seemed to be) a nervous break down about the ghost living in his room and closet. Now, the thing about it, is my son is a big 15 year old, and he does not scare easily! After 20 minutes, he went back to his normal self and cannot remember the incident.That same night, he went to sleep with me, and I woke up to something pulling back and forth on the door knob of my closet. I screamed, but my son never woke up!
Relatives have said that this place gives them bad vibes, and that sometimes, they can hear people talking. Now it is day 28, and last night, my young nephew and I were sleeping, when suddenly, he woke up screaming. He had jumped off the bed, and the bedroom closet swung open in front of him! But this morning, he can only remember standing in front of the open closet... hearing the high pitched scream of a female. I talked to the people who lived in this duplex before me, and they also lived with this ghost. Even after saying prayers and using holy water, the ghost will not leave! I'm a single mother and it took my savings to move into this place. Unfortunately, it seems we're stuck here for a long time...but this ghost is going to drive us insane!”
The United States is not the only place where such encounters have allegedly occurred, and a scary report on Phantoms and Monsters comes to us from Newfoundland, where the witness claims he lived in the late 1960s at an apartment along a place called Blackmarsh Road. He says that he was 9 or 10 years old at the time, and that he had been living there with his mother, grandparents, and three sisters at the time, and that the road had been rather well known in the area as a place pervaded by ghostly phenomena. He says that although he never actually saw anything ghostly, he sure did hear it, and it seemed to originate from a coat closet in the living room. He says:
“Sometimes, due to limited space, I slept on the sofa in the living room. In the living room was a small stove and coat closet. I remember the chimney ran next to the closet. I remember so vividly being woken up between 3-4 a.m. every morning to the sounds of a group of people conversing in the closet. To the best of my knowledge, there were six or seven people. I could not pick out what they were saying, though at the moment I could hear them very clearly. This went on until we moved. I told my mother about this at the time it was happening but, of course, it was dismissed as a child's imagination until many years later.”
He says that after he had moved away and grown up, he heard that his grandmother had also had weird experiences with the voices from the closet, and that she had finally managed to banish them by reciting the Lord’s Prayer aloud. What are we to make of reports such as this? Are these just tall tales or something more? Are these just delusions or the effects of sleep paralysis? Are they aliens, ghosts, demons, or something else? Are these really portals allowing these things to pass through some thin spot between realities? If so, it seems that portals like this can pop up in the most unexpected of places, and it might be something to think about at night when your closet is open just a crack
Spielberg’s Disclosure: Is a Real Alien Craft Hidden in His Next Movie?
Spielberg’s Disclosure: Is a Real Alien Craft Hidden in His Next Movie?
For decades, Steven Spielberg has been at the forefront of bringing extraterrestrial stories to the big screen. From Close Encounters of the Third Kind to E.T., his films have shaped the way generations perceive alien life. But what if Spielberg’s contribution goes beyond fiction?
A growing theory suggests Spielberg has been a key player in a “soft disclosure” plan—an orchestrated effort to gradually reveal humanity’s contact with non-human intelligences (NHI). Proponents believe Spielberg’s upcoming film, tentatively titled The Dish and reportedly renamed Disclosure, could feature something unprecedented: an actual alien craft hidden in plain sight.
This theory hinges on several key points:
Spielberg’s consistent portrayal of aliens as mostly benevolent beings, conditioning audiences for acceptance.
His reluctance in interviews to discuss UFOs, possibly due to non-disclosure agreements.
The possibility that governments or NHI themselves are using popular culture to prepare humanity for a reality-shattering revelation.
Supporters argue this approach makes sense. Why risk mass panic when you can weave the truth into cinema, letting people digest it while munching popcorn? Even politicians like Anna Paulina Luna have cryptically retweeted posts about Spielberg’s new project, hinting that “things are about to get interesting.”
The theory also draws parallels to accounts from whistleblowers like Dan Burisch and stories from Skinwalker Ranch, where psychological manipulation and consciousness-altering effects are frequently reported. If NHIs can induce overwhelming feelings of peace or fear through neurochemical manipulation, as some claim, could they also influence media narratives on a global scale?
Skeptics counter that it’s all just smart marketing, with “Disclosure” being nothing more than another blockbuster. But for believers, this convergence of Hollywood, politics, and UFO lore signals that the truth has always been hiding in plain sight.
Will 2026 be the year Spielberg gives us more than just a movie—will he deliver the ultimate revelation?
Is it possible to piece together an “alien abduction process” or typical timeline?
The Alien Abduction Process – A General Overview
Introduction
The phenomenon of alien abduction has fascinated humanity for decades, capturing the imagination through reports of individuals claiming to have been taken against their will by extraterrestrial beings. Despite widespread media portrayal and anecdotal accounts, scientific inquiry into alien abductions remains limited, often due to the lack of empirical evidence and the controversial nature of the subject. This overview aims to synthesize current understanding of the alien abduction process, examining psychological theories, cultural influences, and phenomenological reports to provide a comprehensive picture of this complex phenomenon.
Historical Context and Prevalence
Reports of alien abduction began gaining prominence in the mid-20th century, with the 1961 Betty and Barney Hill case often cited as the first widely publicized abduction narrative. Since then, thousands of such reports have emerged globally, predominantly in Western countries. Surveys suggest that approximately 4-5% of the population in some regions claim to have experienced abduction-related phenomena, indicating that while rare, the phenomenon is not isolated.
The typical abduction narrative involves a person being taken from their environment—often their home or vehicle—by humanoid beings, sometimes during sleep or in secluded settings. The abduction process is usually described as involving a sequence of events, including being rendered unconscious, undergoing examinations or procedures, and later experiencing memory loss or retrieval of memories through various methods.
The Typical Abduction Narrative
The standard abduction story generally involves a sequence of events that unfold during a perceived encounter with extraterrestrial beings. The process often begins with the individual experiencing a sudden awakening, often during sleep, followed by a period of unconsciousness or altered state. The person then reports being taken aboard a spacecraft, where they undergo examinations—often involving the collection of biological samples or medical procedures—by humanoid entities. These beings are frequently described as 'greys'—tall, with large, black eyes, small noses, and little or no visible mouth. Afterwards, the individual typically experiences a sense of confusion, fear, or awe, with some reporting missing time or partial amnesia about the event.
Memory retrieval, often facilitated through hypnosis or spontaneous recall, plays a significant role in shaping these narratives. Some abductees report vivid, detailed memories, while others have only vague recollections or rely on dreams and subconscious impressions. The phenomena often include sensory and emotional components—visual impressions, tactile sensations, feelings of paralysis, and intense emotional responses—adding to the perception of reality for the experiencer.
Most alien abductees are alone when they are abducted
Psychological Perspectives
Understanding the alien abduction process from a psychological standpoint has been a primary focus for researchers. Several theories attempt to explain these experiences, with dissociative states, sleep paralysis, and false memories being central.
Sleep Paralysis and Hypnagogic/Hypnopompic Hallucinations
One widely accepted explanation is that many abduction reports are linked to sleep paralysis—a phenomenon characterized by an inability to move while falling asleep or waking. During sleep paralysis episodes, individuals often experience vivid hallucinations, feelings of a menacing presence, and sensations of being levitated or touched. These hallucinations are often terrifying and can include visual and auditory components, which are easily interpreted as alien beings, especially if the individual is predisposed to such interpretations.
Sleep paralysis is a well-documented phenomenon with physiological underpinnings involving REM sleep atonia—a natural paralysis that prevents acting out dreams—persisting into wakefulness. Cultural influences shape the content of hallucinations; for example, in Western societies, these hallucinations often take the form of alien entities, whereas in other cultures, they may appear as spirits or supernatural beings. This suggests that the abduction narrative may be, at least in part, a cultural construct shaped by individual neurophysiology and societal expectations.
Many researchers posit that sleep paralysis—a phenomenon where an individual, upon falling asleep or awakening, experiences an inability to move accompanied by vivid hallucinations—can account for many abduction reports. During these episodes, individuals often report seeing shadowy figures, feeling a presence, or experiencing sensations of being levitated, which can be interpreted as alien beings.
Dissociative Identity and False Memory Theories
Some scholars suggest that abduction narratives are constructed through a combination of dissociative mechanisms and suggestibility. Traumatic memories or stress may be repressed and later recovered through hypnotic regression, which is often used by self-proclaimed abductees and investigators alike. Critics argue that hypnotic regression can lead to the creation of false memories, influenced by suggestion, cultural expectations, and media exposure. Another influential theory involves dissociative states and suggestibility. Hypnotic regression—a technique used by some researchers and individuals—aims to recover repressed memories, but it is fraught with controversy. Critics argue that hypnosis can create false memories through suggestive suggestion, confabulation, and the influence of the hypnotist’s expectations. As a result, some individuals may develop detailed abduction memories that are notbased on actual events but are instead constructed through suggestibility and imagination.
Dissociative states, characterized by a disconnection from reality or oneself, can increase susceptibility to false memories, especially when individuals are highly suggestible or under hypnosis. These states can lead to the creation of vivid but inaccurate recollections, such as memories of alien abductions or traumatic events that never occurred. The controversy surrounding hypnotic regression stems from the difficulty in distinguishing genuine memories from those artificially implanted. Critics warn that such techniques can inadvertently produce false memories, which may have serious psychological and legal consequences. The interplay between dissociative states and suggestibility highlights the complexity of memory formation and the importance of rigorous verification in cases involving recovered memories. Overall, understanding these processes is crucial for clinicians, researchers, and individuals seeking to uncover past experiences.
Psychopathology and Personality Factors
Certain personality traits, such as high suggestibility, fantasy proneness, or dissociative tendencies, have been associated with abduction reports. This suggests that individual psychological profiles may predispose some persons to interpret ambiguous experiences as alien encounters.
Psychopathology and personality factors play a significant role in abduction reports. Individuals with high suggestibility are more likely to interpret ambiguous or unexplained experiences as alien encounters due to their increased responsiveness to external influences and authority figures. Similarly, those with fantasy proneness tend to have vivid imaginations and may more easily construct elaborate scenarios, including alien abductions, as a way to make sense of confusing or distressing events. Dissociative tendencies, which involve a sense of disconnection from reality, can also contribute, allowing individuals to experience and recall events that feel real but are rooted in their psychological state.
These traits may predispose certain individuals to misinterpret sleep paralysis, hallucinations, or other psychological phenomena as alien abductions. Recognizing these personality and psychopathological factors is crucial for understanding why some people report abductions despite lacking any objective evidence, highlighting the importance of psychological context in such reports.
Cultural and Sociological Influences
Cultural context plays a significant role in shaping the content and interpretation of abduction stories. The way individuals perceive and narrate their experiences is deeply embedded within their cultural environment, which provides a framework for understanding unusual or extraordinary events. This influence is evident in various aspects, including media representations, societal beliefs, and shared narratives that circulate within communities.
Media and Popular Culture Media portrayals of extraterrestrials have a profound impact on how people conceptualize alien encounters. Films, television shows, and literature often depict aliens as humanoid beings with advanced technology, frequently engaging in medical examinations, experiments, or abduction scenarios. Classic movies like "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" or "Fire in the Sky" and popular TV series such as "The X-Files" have cemented certain archetypes and expectations about what alien encounters entail. These portrayals serve as mental templates that individuals may unconsciously adopt when recounting their experiences, leading to a tendency to interpret ambiguous sensations or events as abductions. The media's influence can thus shape the narrative structure, language, and imagery associated with these encounters, reinforcing certain themes and motifs that become part of the collective consciousness.
Cultural Beliefs and Expectations Different societies possess diverse beliefs about supernatural entities, spirits, or extraterrestrial life, which influence how individuals interpret extraordinary experiences. In Western cultures, abduction stories are often framed within a scientific or extraterrestrial paradigm, emphasizing advanced technology, extraterrestrial beings, and alien agendas. Conversely, in other cultural contexts, similar phenomena may be interpreted through spiritual or religious frameworks, considering encounters as spiritual visits, ancestral messages, or supernatural interventions. For example, some indigenous communities may interpret sightings or sensations as interactions with spirits or ancestors rather than aliens. These cultural lenses shape not only the interpretation but also the language used to describe such experiences, affecting their social acceptance and the personal meaning attributed to them.
In conclusion, cultural and sociological factors significantly influence both the content and perception of abduction stories. Media portrayals provide archetypes that individuals may adopt, while cultural beliefs and societal expectations guide the interpretative frameworks through which these extraordinary experiences are understood. Recognizing these influences is crucial for understanding the diversity and complexity of abduction narratives worldwide.
Phenomenological Aspects of Abduction Experiences
Despite the lack of empirical evidence, numerous abductees consistently report certain phenomenological features that characterize their experiences. These features appear across different cases and cultural contexts, indicating potential commonalities in the subjective experience of abduction. Understanding these aspects can shed light on the psychological and perceptual processes involved, regardless of the objective reality of these events.
Sensory Perception:
One of the most prominent features is visual perception. Many abductees describe seeing beings that are often tall, grey humanoids, commonly referred to as "Greys," with large, almond-shaped black eyes. These visual encounters are typically vivid and detailed, creating a strong impression of reality. Some individuals also report auditory sensations, such as hearing strange noises or voices, which further reinforce their perception of a real event. The visual and auditory components often form a seamless, immersive experience for the individual.
Physical Sensations:
During abduction episodes, individuals frequently experience intense physical sensations. Common reports include feelings of paralysis, as if their body is immobilized or "frozen." This paralysis often occurs just before or during the encounter, which may serve to prevent physical resistance. Additionally, some report heightened sensations, such as tingling, warmth, or pressure, especially around the head or limbs. Many also describe undergoing bodily examinations, with sensations of probing, injections, or the insertion of objects, which are often perceived as invasive and intrusive.
Emotional Responses:
The emotional reactions to abduction experiences are diverse but tend to be intense. Fear is the most common response, often accompanied by feelings of helplessness or panic. Some individuals also report awe or wonder, especially when they perceive the beings as benign or advanced. Confusion is another prevalent emotion, as abductees struggle to interpret what is happening to them. In some cases, paralysis and fear combine to produce feelings of helplessness, while in others, a sense of curiosity or fascination persists.
Memory and Recall:
Many abductees experience partial or complete amnesia regarding their encounters. Some recall only fleeting impressions or sensations, while others remember detailed procedures, conversations, or interactions with the beings. The nature of memory varies, with some individuals experiencing vivid, crystal-clear recollections and others having vague or fragmented memories. In some cases, recall is facilitated through hypnosis or guided imagery, revealing intricate details of their experiences.
These consistent phenomenological features suggest that, irrespective of the objective reality of abduction phenomena, the experiences are profoundly real and impactful for those who undergo them. They highlight the complex interplay between perception, emotion, and memory, emphasizing the need for further research into the subjective aspects of these extraordinary encounters.
Invasive Procedures And (Occasionally) Tracking Devices
Almost all alien abductions encounters – although there are most certainly breaks from the norm – involve a medical examination of one kind or another. Many of these examinations are seemingly carried out while the abductee is generally in a state of confusion. And possibly under some kind of drug to cause docility. Generally speaking, abductees only remember parts of these procedures.
Of course, given the undoubtedly terrifying nature of such an ordeal, it could very well be the case that abductees’ minds have simply chosen to block out the encounter for the sanity of the abductee.
Many abductees have found what appear to be tracking devices in their bodies
Quite often these bizarre medical procedures involve the insertion of implants into the bodies of the abductee. This is a truly mysterious and disturbingly invasive part of the alien abduction phenomena. Just what might the reason be for these implants? Are they, as some researchers suggest, a way for these alien visitors to keep track of the people they abduct? If this was the case, that would suggest that repeat abductions were taking place.
Although they are less typical, some of these abduction events have a sexual nature to the experiments, although the vast majority of these sexual encounters revolve around biological reproduction as opposed to lust.
However, many, although not all, alien abduction encounters tend to progress from the terrifying ordeals of physical examinations they quickly turn to apparent disclosures of information eons beyond our current (known) capabilities.
Theoretical Models of the Abduction Process
Several models attempt to conceptualize the abduction process as a sequence of psychological and phenomenological events:
The Hypnotic Regression Model This model suggests that abduction memories are retrieved through hypnosis, which can be suggestive and create false memories. Critics argue that this method lacks scientific reliability, and memories obtained under hypnosis should be interpreted with caution. Hypnotic regression tends to enhance the vividness and emotional intensity of these memories, but it does not necessarily guarantee their accuracy or authenticity. The model implies that abduction experiences may be reconstructed or fabricated during hypnotic sessions, raising concerns about the reliability of such recollections.
The Sleep-Related Model This model emphasizes sleep phenomena, such as sleep paralysis and hypnagogic hallucinations, as primary mechanisms underlying abduction experiences. Sleep paralysis occurs when individuals are caught between wakefulness and REM sleep, often accompanied by frightening hallucinations and a feeling of being immobilized. Hypnagogic hallucinations are vivid, dream-like experiences that occur at the onset of sleep and can include visual, auditory, or tactile sensations. Proponents of this model argue that many abduction reports can be explained as misinterpretations of these naturally occurring sleep phenomena, which are often accompanied by a sense of a "presence" or other supernatural elements. This explanation underscores the role of physiological sleep processes in shaping the subjective experience of abduction.
The Cognitive-Perceptual Model This model posits that abduction experiences are the result of normal cognitive processes, such as imagination, fantasy, and suggestibility. It suggests that individuals susceptible to hallucinations or with vivid imaginations might interpret ambiguous stimuli or internal thoughts as extraterrestrial encounters. Factors like stress, trauma, or cultural influences can increase suggestibility and the likelihood of experiencing such phenomena as abductions. This model emphasizes the importance of psychological predispositions and cognitive biases in the formation of abduction narratives.
The Sociocultural Model This framework highlights the influence of cultural narratives, media, and societal beliefs in shaping abduction reports. It suggests that individuals may interpret ambiguous experiences through the lens of prevailing cultural themes—such as alien abductions popularized by media and literature. This model argues that societal expectations and shared narratives can influence what people report and how they interpret their experiences, often reinforcing collective beliefs about extraterrestrial encounters.
Neurobiological Models Neurobiological explanations focus on brain function anomalies. The temporal lobes, particularly the limbic system, are often implicated in these experiences. Temporal lobe epilepsy, for instance, can produce experiences of déjà vu, hallucinations, and out-of-body sensations, which resemble abduction narratives. The work of Persinger (1987) on electromagnetic phenomena suggests that abnormal brain activity or external electromagnetic influences might induce perceptual distortions or hallucinations interpreted as alien encounters. These models suggest that physiological factors can produce vivid sensory experiences that are later interpreted within cultural or personal frameworks.
In summary, these models collectively illustrate that abduction experiences are complex phenomena potentially rooted in a mixture of psychological, physiological, and cultural factors. Understanding these models helps in comprehending the diverse explanations for abduction reports and highlights the importance of a multidisciplinary approach in studying such phenomena.
Integrative Perspectives and Current Research
While these models offer valuable insights, many researchers advocate for an integrative approach that considers multiple factors simultaneously. For example, a person predisposed to suggestibility (psychological trait) might experience neurological phenomena (brain activity anomalies) influenced by cultural expectations, resulting in a vivid abduction narrative. This holistic perspective recognizes the complex interplay of biological, psychological, and social elements.
Recent advances in neuroimaging have enabled researchers to examine brain activity during reported abduction experiences. For instance, studies utilizing functional MRI (fMRI) have shown that regions such as the temporoparietal junction and limbic system are active during hallucination-like states. Such findings support neurobiological models but also acknowledge the influence of personal and cultural factors.
Additionally, psychotherapeutic approaches, such as cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), have been employed to help individuals contextualize and understand their experiences, often reducing distress even if the phenomena themselves are not fully explained. This has contributed to a more nuanced understanding that abduction experiences may be meaningful psychological events rather than literal extraterrestrial encounters.
Connections To Myths Of The Past And A Whole World Of Possibilities
Many of us most likely view alien abductions as something that “started” after the Roswell incident in 1947. However, the fact is there are many, albeit open to interpretation, encounters on record. These show up in newspaper accounts going back to the beginning of the press and in records of communities. As well as littered throughout ancient and, at times, religious writings.
Even some of the Biblical writings and myths appear to, on occasion, speak of such incidents. Several of which we have examined before.
Of course, at the bottom of these bizarre abductions are the two questions that no researcher has been able to exclusively isolate and settle. Who exactly is carrying out these bizarre attacks, and why? And from those two basic questions comes a landslide of sub-questions, theories, and claims. All of which require intense, exhaustive and comparative research and study against the plethora of cases from around the world.
It would appear that such a task is beyond the capabilities of one individual researcher. Or even one team of them. A universal, organized, and serious approach, with lack of ego and agenda, is required. Even then, this will only begin to get to the bottom of the bizarre encounters. Such encounters experienced by so many people all over the planet. Experiences that have seemingly taken place in one form or another for as long as humans have lived on Earth.
Check out the video below. It looks at the alien abduction phenomena in more detail.
Implications for Understanding Alien Abductions
The diversity of models underscores the multifaceted nature of abduction phenomena. Recognizing that these experiences may be shaped by a combination of neurological vulnerabilities, suggestibility, cultural influences, and personal trauma encourages a compassionate and scientific approach. It also emphasizes the importance of avoiding dismissive attitudes toward experiencers while striving for explanations rooted in empirical research.
Furthermore, understanding the processes behind abduction reports can inform clinical practices, aiding mental health professionals in providing appropriate support. It also highlights the need for continued interdisciplinary research, integrating psychology, neuroscience, anthropology, and cultural studies to deepen our comprehension.
Conclusion
In summary, alien abduction experiences are complex phenomena that defy simple explanations. Theoretical models—ranging from cognitive-behavioral and neurobiological to sociocultural—offer valuable frameworks for understanding their origins. An integrative approach recognizes the interplay of individual predispositions, brain functioning, and cultural context in shaping these extraordinary experiences.
While definitive proof of extraterrestrial involvement remains elusive, scientific inquiry into abductions enhances our understanding of the human mind and its capacity for perception, memory, and belief. These insights not only shed light on a fascinating aspect of contemporary folklore but also contribute to broader knowledge about human cognition and the influence of culture on percept
FINAL REMARKS
The study of alien abductions exemplifies how modern psychology and neuroscience can investigate phenomena traditionally considered paranormal or unexplained. Several models have been proposed to understand these experiences.
The sleep paralysis modelsuggests that abduction reports are linked to episodes of REM sleep paralysis, where individuals experience hallucinations and a sense of presence.
The fantasy-prone personality modelposits that some individuals are more susceptible to vivid imaginations and fantasies, which can be misinterpreted as real encounters.
The trauma and dissociation modelargues that abduction memories may serve as coping mechanisms for trauma, with dissociative processes creating false memories.
Additionally, the cultural and social influence modelemphasizes the role of societal beliefs and media exposure in shaping abduction narratives.
The Neurobiological modelsexplore brain activity patterns, such as heightened activity in the temporal lobes, associated with mystical experiences.
Integrating these models offers a comprehensive understanding of alien abduction phenomena, highlighting the complex interplay between neural, psychological, and cultural factors. Continued interdisciplinary research is essential to deepen our understanding of these captivating experiences.
Expert Opinion
Claims about an established sequence in alien abduction accounts revolve around consistent hallmarks: solitary victims, sudden paralysis, bizarre beams of “solid light,” invasive procedures, and possible implanted devices. Although anecdotes across decades reflect these recurring elements, the notion that multiple extraterrestrial species silently gather test subjects remains unverified. Investigators like the late John Mack suggest these experiences often feature vague but recognizable patterns. Though many abductees report detailed knowledge of exotic drives, cosmic warnings about Earth’s environmental future, or searing recollections of otherworldly technology, skeptics attribute such stories to faulty memory, misinterpretation of natural phenomena, or psychological triggers. Others maintain that advanced life-forms may indeed share crucial information through these surreal interactions, leaving the truth overshadowed by lacking physical proof.
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DE GESCHIEDENIS VAN UFOS EN UAPS DOOR DE LOOP DE EEUWEN HEEN
DE GESCHIEDENIS VAN UFOS EN UAPS DOOR DE LOOP DE EEUWEN HEEN
Abstract De geschiedenis van UFO's en UAPs weerspiegelt een fascinerende evolutie van menselijke perceptie en wetenschap. Van oude tijden tot heden variëren waarnemingen van mysterieuze objecten en verschijnselen, vaak met uiteenlopende verklaringen. In dit rapport wordt een overzicht gegeven van de historische ontwikkeling, waarnemingen en wetenschappelijke benaderingen, inclusief officiële instanties en onderzoeksinitiatieven. Het complexe fenomeen blijft actueel, met nieuwe technologieën en ontdekkingen die de zoektochten naar antwoorden stimuleren. De toekomst van de studie belooft verdere inzichten, terwijl het fenomeen een blijvende bron van verwondering en onderzoek is.
1. Inleiding De waarneming van vreemde objecten in de lucht fascineert de mensheid al eeuwenlang. Van oude legendes en mythes tot moderne rapporten en wetenschappelijke onderzoeken, UFO's en UAPs blijven een intrigerend onderwerp dat vragen oproept over buitenaards leven, technologische geheimen en menselijke perceptie.
In dit rapport wordt de ontwikkeling van het UFO-fenomeen door de geschiedenis heen onderzocht. We kijken naar belangrijke gebeurtenissen, zoals legendarische waarnemingen, en officiële onderzoeksinitiatieven zoals Project Blue Book. Daarnaast wordt de rol van overheidsinstanties en de variatie in waargenomen objecten besproken, inclusief de complexiteit en de verschillende vormen die deze objecten aannemen. Wetenschappelijke perspectieven worden meegenomen om te begrijpen of deze waarnemingen verklaard kunnen worden binnen de huidige kennis van fysica en technologie.
Het rapport beoogt een breed inzicht te geven in de evolutie van het UFO-fenomeen en de hedendaagse betekenis ervan. Door de combinatie van historische, wetenschappelijke en overheidsgebonden informatie wordt duidelijk dat UFO's en UAPs nog altijd een actueel en complex onderwerp zijn, dat vragen blijft oproepen over onze plaats in het universum en de grenzen van menselijke kennis.
2. UFO's in het Verleden, Middeleeuwen en Vroeger
Historisch bewijs toont aan dat vreemde luchtverschijnselen al in oude beschavingen werden vastgelegd. Over de hele wereld, van de oudheid tot de middeleeuwen, worden rapporten en tekeningen gevonden die wijzen op mysterieuze objecten en lichtverschijnselen in de lucht. Deze waarnemingen werden vaak geïnterpreteerd als bovennatuurlijke of goddelijke tekens, wat aangeeft dat mensen altijd gefascineerd zijn geweest door het onverklaarbare fenomeen van vliegende objecten.
In oude beschavingen zoals die van de Sumeriërs, Egyptenaren en Maya's, worden verhalen en afbeeldingen gevonden die mogelijk verwijzen naar vliegende objecten. Bijvoorbeeld, in sommige Egyptische rotstekeningen uit ongeveer 1500 v.Chr. worden objecten afgebeeld die lijken op schepen of glanzende bollen, hoewel het moeilijk is om definitief te zeggen of dit daadwerkelijk UFO's waren of symbolische kunst. Een ander voorbeeld is de Maya-codex, waarin mogelijk referenties staan naar hemelse verschijnselen die lijken op vliegende lichten of schepen.
In de Middeleeuwen werden vreemde luchtverschijnselen vaak beschreven als tekenen van de hemel of goddelijke interventie. Bijvoorbeeld, tijdens de Middeleeuwen waren er diverse rapporten over 'vreemde lichten' en 'luchtgevolgen'. Een bekend voorbeeld is de "Lichtbollen" die in de Middeleeuwen werden waargenomen en vaak gekoppeld werden aan religieuze of bovennatuurlijke interpretaties. Sommige waarnemingen werden zelfs als voortekenen beschouwd van belangrijke gebeurtenissen, zoals oorlog of de dood van een vorst.
Een specifiek geval uit de middeleeuwen is de zogenaamde "Lichtbollen van Nuremberg" uit 1561, waarbij inwoners meldingen deden van grote rijen van vliegende objecten en lichten die door de hemel bewogen. De tekeningen en rapporten geven een indrukwekkend beeld van de waarnemingen en laten zien dat men toen al probeerde te begrijpen wat deze verschijnselen betekenden, zij het vaak met een bovennatuurlijk of religieus kader.
Ook in prehistorische tijden vinden we bewijs dat wijst op de menselijke fascinatie voor vliegende verschijnselen. In grotschilderingen uit bijvoorbeeld Frankrijk en Spanje worden vaak vormen afgebeeld die lijken op vliegende objecten of lichtgevende bollen. Sommige archeologen interpreteren deze als bewijzen van vroege UFO-waarnemingen of mythologische verhalen over hemelvaart.
Hoewel de technologische kennis in die tijd zeer beperkt was, werden deze verschijnselen vaak mystiek en symbolisch geïnterpreteerd. Men zag ze als tekenen van goden, geesten of bovennatuurlijke krachten. Toch laten deze oude rapporten zien dat het fenomeen niet nieuw is, maar altijd een deel uitmaakte van de menselijke ervaring en verbeelding.
Kortom, de geschiedenis toont dat mensen door de eeuwen heen gefascineerd zijn geweest door vreemde luchtschepen en luchtverschijnselen. Of het nu gaat om prehistorische rotstekeningen, middeleeuwse verhalen of mythologische documenten, het bewijs dat wijst op UFO-achtige verschijnselen in het verleden is overvloedig en complex. Hoewel veel waarnemingen destijds mystiek werden geïnterpreteerd, vormen ze een boeiend deel van de menselijke geschiedenis en blijven ze een bron van interesse en speculatie voor hedendaagse UFO-onderzoekers.
3. UFO's van voor 1947
Voor 1947 waren er al talloze rapporten en waarnemingen van ongewone vliegende objecten, vaak aangeduid als UFO's. Deze meldingen kwamen uit diverse culturen en tijdperken, waardoor een rijke geschiedenis ontstaat van menselijke nieuwsgierigheid naar het onbekende in de lucht.
In de 19e eeuw waren er bijvoorbeeld meldingen van mysterieuze lichthofen en objecten die door ooggetuigen werden beschreven in kranten en brieven. Een bekend voorbeeld is de waarneming in 1809 door de Amerikaanse uitvinder en filosoof Thomas Jefferson, die in een brief beschreef dat hij vreemde lichten in de lucht had gezien. Daarnaast werden in die tijd ook vaak verslag gedaan van vliegende schotels en vreemde verschijnselen tijdens de periodes van grote maatschappelijke veranderingen.
Tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog (1914-1918) werden militairen geconfronteerd met onverklaarbare vliegende objecten. Bijvoorbeeld, in 1917 rapporteerde een Britse piloot vreemde lichten boven het front, die niet als conventionele vliegtuigen konden worden verklaard. Deze waarnemingen verhoogden de interesse in luchtschijnselen en leidde tot speculaties over geavanceerde geheime technologieën van vijandelijke naties.
Ook tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog (1939-1945) werden vele ongewone verschijnselen gemeld door militairen en burgers. Een bekend geval is dat van de "foo fighters", die in de lucht werden gezien door geallieerde en asmogende piloten. Deze mysterieuze lichten en objecten werden vaak beschreven als snel bewegende, onverklaarbare verschijnselen die moeilijk te verklaren waren met de toen beschikbare technologie.
Hoewel er geen formeel onderzoeksinitiatief was vóór 1947, voedden deze rapporten de menselijke nieuwsgierigheid en vormden ze de basis voor de latere, meer gestructureerde onderzoeken zoals die van de Amerikaanse Air Force met Project Blue Book. Al deze waarnemingen uit die periode tonen dat de menselijke belangstelling voor luchtverschijnselen al eeuwenoud is en dat het mysterie rondom UFO's al lang voor de Roswell-incident bestond.
4. UFO's van 1947 tot 2000 of Moderne Era
De geschiedenis van UFO’s (Unidentified Flying Objects) vanaf 1947 tot 2000, oftewel de Moderne Era, is gekenmerkt door een groeiend publiek en wetenschappelijk interesse, evenals door talloze incidenten en controverses. Het begin van deze periode wordt vaak gekoppeld aan de waarneming van Kenneth Arnold op 24 juni 1947. Hij beschreef het zien van negen objecten die met hoge snelheid door de lucht bewogen, en noemde ze “schaakballetjes die over de bergtoppen sprongen”. Zijn rapport werd wereldwijd bekend en leidde tot de term ‘UFO’. Dit markeerde het begin van de moderne UFO-geschiedenis.
Na Arnold’s waarneming nam het aantal meldingen sterk toe, vooral tijdens de Koude Oorlog. Militaire radarwaarnemingen en ooggetuigenverslagen speelden hierbij een rol. Een van de meest bekende incidenten uit deze periode is de Roswell-crash in 1947. Een onbekend object zou neergestort zijn in de buurt van Roswell, New Mexico. Het officiële verhaal stelde dat het om een weerballon ging, maar speculaties over een buitenaardse landing bleven bestaan. Dit incident zette de toon voor vele andere vermeende ontmoetingen en conspiracy theories.
Overheidsinstanties zoals de Amerikaanse luchtmacht richtten onderzoekspogramma’s op, zoals Project Blue Book (1952-1969). Dit project had als doel om UFO-waarnemingen te bestuderen en te verklaren. Hoewel het rapport uiteindelijk concludeerde dat de meeste waarnemingen te verklaren waren door natuurlijke of menselijke oorzaken, bleef de publieke interesse bestaan. Veel meldingen bleven onverklaard en media stonden bol van foto’s en getuigenissen die de mogelijkheid van buitenaards contact suggereren.
Technologische ontwikkelingen speelden een grote rol in de complexiteit van het fenomeen. De opkomst van videotechnologie en radar maakte het mogelijk om UFO’s vast te leggen en te volgen op manieren die voorheen niet mogelijk waren. Voorbeelden hiervan zijn onder andere de beroemde “Foo Fighters” tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog, die later werden gerapporteerd door militaire piloten tijdens de Koude Oorlog, en de radarwaarnemingen tijdens de “Washington Flap” in 1952, waarbij meerdere radarstations UFO’s detecteerden.
In de jaren 80 en 90 nam de media-aandacht toe, mede door bekende incidenten zoals de Kenneth Arnold-achtige waarnemingen en de publicatie van de “Pentagon UFO-video’s” uit 2004, die weliswaar buiten de scope van 2000 vallen, maar de basis legden voor de moderne discussie. Deze video’s tonen onverklaarbare objecten die snelheden en manoeuvres vertonen die volgens experts niet door menselijke technologie kunnen worden uitgevoerd, wat de vraag naar buitenaards contact verder voedt.
Kortom, de periode van 1947 tot 2000 kenmerkt zich door een dynamische wisselwerking tussen publieke interesse, overheidsonderzoek, technologische vooruitgang en media-aandacht, waardoor UFO’s een blijvend en complex fenomeen zijn gebleven in de moderne geschiedenis.
5. UFO's na 2000 tot heden
Sinds het begin van de 21e eeuw heeft de interesse in UFO’s (Unidentified Flying Objects) een opvallende heropleving gekend, vooral door de publicatie van geheime militaire video’s en rapporten. Deze nieuwe openheid wordt mede veroorzaakt door technologische ontwikkelingen en een veranderde houding van overheden ten opzichte van het fenomeen. In 2017 bracht het Pentagon officieel drie video’s vrij die onverklaarbare objecten tonen met indrukwekkende vliegprestaties, zoals hoge snelheden en plotselinge wendingen. Deze beelden, die eerder geheim waren, wekten veel aandacht en discussie in zowel de media als de wetenschappelijke wereld.
In 2020 richtte de Amerikaanse overheid de UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) Task Force op. Dit was een belangrijke stap, omdat het de eerste officiële erkenning was van het bestaan van objecten die niet met conventionele technologie verklaard kunnen worden. De taakgroep kreeg als doel om rapportages te verzamelen en te analyseren over waarnemingen door militaire en civiele bronnen. Het feit dat de Amerikaanse overheid zich hiermee serieus begon te richten op het fenomeen, gaf aan dat er meer dan ooit een vraagteken bleef bestaan over de aard van deze waarnemingen.
De technologische vooruitgang speelt hierbij een belangrijke rol. Moderne drones en geavanceerde sensoren zorgen voor een overvloed aan data, maar maken het fenomeen ook complexer. Zo worden bijvoorbeeld afwijkingen in luchtverkeer vaak met nieuwe technologieën verklaard, maar er blijven waarnemingen over die geen duidelijke verklaring hebben. Sommige van deze objecten lijken te manoeuvreren op manieren die volgens de huidige wetenschap onmogelijk zijn voor menselijke technologie, zoals het maken van scherpe bochten op hoge snelheid zonder zichtbaar motor- of roterend mechanisme.
Een bekend voorbeeld hiervan is de “Gimbal-video” uit 2015, waarin Amerikaanse Navy-piloten een onverklaarbaar vliegend object observeren dat snelheden en manoeuvres vertoont die niet door gewone vliegtuigen of drones kunnen worden uitgevoerd. Deze beelden werden in 2017 vrijgegeven en zorgden voor veel speculaties over de mogelijkheid van buitenaardse technologie.
Daarnaast zijn er ook observaties gedaan door civiele waarnemers en piloten. In 2004 rapporteerde een US Air Force-piloot een object dat snelheden behaalde van meer dan 12.000 km/u, terwijl het geen zichtbaar motorvermogen had. Ook in Europa zijn er gevallen, zoals de “Belgische UFO-wave” in 1989-1990, waarbij duizenden mensen objecten zagen die niet konden worden verklaard met bekende technologie.
De discussie over buitenaards leven en geavanceerde technologieën blijft actueel. Sommige wetenschappers en onderzoekers geloven dat het niet uitgesloten is dat sommige waarnemingen het resultaat zijn van buitenaardse technologie, terwijl anderen pleiten voor meer onderzoek naar aardse verklaringen. De toenemende openheid en het beschikbaar komen van nieuwe data zorgen ervoor dat het onderwerp nog steeds volop in de belangstelling staat en dat er geen eenduidig antwoord is op de vraag wat deze objecten precies zijn.
Kortom, de hernieuwde aandacht voor UFO’s na 2000 wordt gekenmerkt door officiële erkenningen, technologische ontwikkelingen en een groeiend publieke en wetenschappelijke interesse. Het fenomeen blijft een intrigerend onderwerp dat vragen oproept over de aard van de waargenomen objecten en de mogelijke betrokkenheid van buitenaardse beschavingen. De komende jaren zal verdere analyse en onderzoek wellicht meer duidelijkheid scheppen over deze mysterieuze verschijnselen.
6. Variatie van waargenomen objecten en complexiteit van het fenomeen
De waargenomen objecten variëren sterk in vorm, gedrag en snelheid, wat de complexiteit van het fenomeen benadrukt. In de loop der tijden zijn de vormen van deze objecten geëvolueerd van eenvoudige, platte schijven naar meer diverse en onregelmatige vormen. In de vroege jaren werden ze vaak als ronde, schijfvormige objecten waargenomen, wat leidde tot de populaire term "ufo's". Later werden er ook lichtbollen en onregelmatige vormen gerapporteerd, wat suggereert dat de verschijnselen in verschillende contexten en omgevingen kunnen voorkomen.
Wat betreft bewegingen vertonen deze objecten vaak onverklaarbare patronen. Ze maken plotselinge versnellingen, veranderen abrupt van richting en kunnen stil zwevend blijven zonder zichtbare middelen van voortstuwing. In de jaren '50 en '60 werden veel waarnemingen gedaan die dergelijke onvoorspelbare bewegingen beschreven, wat de indruk gaf dat deze objecten technologische superioriteit bezitten. Sommige waarnemingen leken zelfs snelheden te bereiken die onmogelijk waren voor menselijke technologie uit die tijd.
De complexiteit van het fenomeen ligt ook in de mogelijke oorzaken. Sommige waarnemingen kunnen natuurlijke of atmosferische verschijnselen zijn, zoals lichtreflecties, weerballonnen of atmosferische anomalieën. Andere waarnemingen suggereren dat er mogelijk geavanceerde buitenaardse technologieën betrokken zijn. De diversiteit in vormen en gedragspatronen maakt het moeilijk om tot een eenduidige verklaring te komen, en daarom blijven deze fenomenen een intrigerend en uitdagend onderzoeksgebied.
Door de jaren heen is de waarnemingstechnologie ook geëvolueerd. Verbeterde radar- en radarwaarnemingen, digitale fotografie en videotechnologie hebben geleid tot meer gedetailleerde documentatie, waardoor het fenomeen beter bestudeerbaar wordt. Toch blijven veel aspecten onverklaard, wat de voortdurende fascinatie voor dit mysterieuze verschijnsel verklaart. De evolutie van de vormen en gedragspatronen toont aan dat deze fenomenen mogelijk niet statisch zijn, maar zich aanpassen en variëren afhankelijk van omstandigheden en tijd.
7. Officiële werkgroepen die zich bezighielden met de studie van het fenomeen
Sinds de jaren vijftig hebben diverse officiële instanties zich beziggehouden met het systematisch bestuderen van het fenomeen onverklaarbare vliegende objecten (UFO’s). Deze werkgroepen werden opgericht met het doel om meldingen te verzamelen, te analyseren en te beoordelen of deze een mogelijke bedreiging vormden voor de nationale veiligheid.
Een van de bekendste initiatieven was Project Blue Book, dat liep van 1952 tot 1969 in de Verenigde Staten. Dit project was verantwoordelijk voor het onderzoeken van duizenden UFO-meldingen en het classificeren van de waarnemingen. Hoewel het uiteindelijk concludeerde dat de meeste waarnemingen verklaarbaar waren en geen bewijs voor buitenaards contact, heeft het project een grote invloed gehad op de publieke perceptie van UFO’s en de officiële aanpak ervan.
Naast Project Blue Book waren er andere initiatieven zoals MUFON, dat nog steeds actief is en zich richt op het verzamelen en onderzoeken van civiele meldingen. MUFON opereert niet als een overheidsinstantie, maar als een onafhankelijke organisatie die samenwerkt met wetenschappers en onderzoekers. In het Verenigd Koninkrijk bestaat er ook de UFO Desk van het Ministry of Defence, die meldingen van burgers en militairen onderzoekt en registreert.
In Nederland was er het Onderzoeks- en Documentatiecentrum voor Ufo's (ODU), dat zich bezighield met het verzamelen van meldingen en het publiceren van rapporten over waarnemingen binnen Nederland en daarbuiten. Hoewel de activiteit van de ODU niet meer actief is, heeft het een belangrijke rol gespeeld in het documenteren en analyseren van het Nederlandse UFO-fenomeen.
Andere bekende projecten en werkgroepen op dit gebied zijn onder meer het Britse Project Condign, dat zich richtte op het onderzoek van anomalieën en onverklaarbare fenomenen, en het Franse COMETA-rapport dat in de jaren negentig werd uitgebracht en uitgebreide analyses gaf over UFO-waarnemingen en mogelijke buitenaardse contacten.
Kortom, deze officiële werkgroepen en projecten hebben bijgedragen aan het verzamelen van kennis over UFO’s en het beter begrijpen van het fenomeen, ook al zijn veel van hun activiteiten tegenwoordig inactief of overgenomen door onafhankelijke organisaties. Hun inspanningen vormen nog steeds de basis voor het huidige onderzoek en de wetenschap rondom het UFO-fenomeen.
Vijf voorbeelden van werkgroepen:
1. Project Blue Book (VS)
Project Blue Book was een Amerikaanse overheidsstudie van 1952 tot 1969, gericht op het onderzoeken van UFO-waarnemingen. Het doel was om onverklaarbare waarnemingen te analyseren en mogelijke bedreigingen voor de nationale veiligheid uit te sluiten. Hoewel het uiteindelijk geen bewijs voor buitenaardse activiteiten vond, bleef het invloedrijk in UFO-onderzoek en publieke perceptie.
2. MUFON (Mutual UFO Network) (VS)
MUFON is een internationale non-profit organisatie opgericht in 1969, die zich toelegt op het verzamelen en onderzoeken van UFO-meldingen. Met vrijwilligers en onderzoekers wereldwijd analyseert MUFON waarnemingen, deelt informatie en probeert een objectief beeld te krijgen van UFO-verschijnselen. Het streeft naar wetenschappelijke benadering en transparantie.UFO
3. Desk van het UK Ministry of Defence (VK)
De UFO Desk was een afdeling van het Britse Ministerie van Defensie die UFO-meldingen en -onderzoeken beheerde van de jaren 1950 tot 2009. Het doel was om mogelijke bedreigingen voor de nationale veiligheid te monitoren en te analyseren. Het kantoor publiceerde rapporten en sloot uiteindelijk de UFO-onderzoeksactiviteiten af, wegens gebrek aan bewijs.
4. Onderzoeks- en Documentatiecentrum voor Ufo's (ODU) (Nederland)
De ODU was een Nederlandse organisatie die zich bezighield met het verzamelen, documenteren en onderzoeken van UFO-meldingen in Nederland. Het richtte zich op het bevorderen van openheid en wetenschappelijke analyse. De organisatie speelde een belangrijke rol in het Nederlandse UFO-onderzoek en werkte samen met internationale partners.
5. COMETA-rapport (Frankrijk) Het COMETA-rapport uit 1999 was een Franse militaire studie over UFO-waarnemingen. Het rapport erkende dat sommige waarnemingen niet verklaard konden worden met conventionele verklaringen en suggereerde dat deze mogelijk buitenaardse oorsprong hadden. Het was een van de weinige officiële documenten die UFO's serieus namen en wetenschappelijk onderzochten.
8. Ontvoeringen door UFO's – aliens, een nieuw perspectief
Naast de bekende waarnemingen van UFO's worden er ook steeds meer rapporten gedaan over ontvoeringen door onverklaarbare wezens. Deze verhalen vormen een intrigerend onderdeel van het UFO-fenomeen en worden door veel mensen serieus genomen. De beschrijvingen variëren, maar bevatten vaak elementen zoals medische onderzoeken, communicatie met de wezens en vreemde ervaringen die de getuigen meemaken tijdens de ontvoering. Hoewel skeptici deze verhalen vaak afdoen als hallucinatietjes of psychologische projecties, zien anderen hierin mogelijk bewijs voor buitenaardse betrokkenheid. De fenomenen blijven echter moeilijk wetenschappelijk te bewijzen, waardoor ze een bron van speculatie en onderzoek blijven.
In de verhalen over ontvoeringen wordt vaak gesproken over medische onderzoeken die getuigen hebben ondergaan. Deze onderzoeken zouden plaatsvinden zonder hun toestemming en omvatten vaak het injecteren van vreemde stoffen, het meten van lichaamsfuncties en het blootstellen aan onbekende technologieën. Sommige getuigen rapporteren ook dat ze communicatie ervaren met de wezens, die vaak als humanoïde, grijsachtig of reptielachtig worden beschreven. Deze communicatie kan verbaal zijn of via telepathie plaatsvinden. Bovendien melden getuigen vaak dat ze vreemde dromen of herinneringen hebben die later naar boven komen, wat bijdraagt aan de mysterie rondom deze fenomenen.
Sommige onderzoekers zien de ontvoeringsverhalen als mogelijk bewijs voor buitenaardse betrokkenheid bij de mensheid. Zij geloven dat deze wezens, vaak gezien als aliens, menselijke experimenten uitvoeren of informatie verzamelen over de menselijke soort. Anderen denken dat de verhalen symbolisch zijn en deel uitmaken van culturele mythologieën die door de tijd heen zijn ontstaan. Er bestaat ook een theorie dat deze ervaringen voortkomen uit psychologische factoren zoals trauma, slaapparalyse of hallucinaties. Wetenschappelijke benaderingen proberen nu deze fenomenen te begrijpen door neurologische, psychologische en culturele factoren te bestuderen.
Recente wetenschappelijke studies richten zich op de neurologie en proberen te achterhalen waarom sommige mensen zulke intense ontvoeringservaringen hebben. Traumatische ervaringen, zoals verlies of angst, kunnen volgens onderzoekers de hersenen beïnvloeden en hallucinaties veroorzaken die op ontvoeringen lijken. Daarnaast worden slaapparalyse en nachtmerries als mogelijke verklaringen genoemd voor de vreemde ervaringen die getuigen melden. Sommige wetenschappers suggereren dat de verhalen deel kunnen uitmaken van een collectieve mythologie, een soort collectief geheugen dat zich uit in deze verhalen. Maar ondanks alle theorieën blijft het fenomeen complex en onduidelijk.
Het blijft een fascinerend onderwerp dat de verbeelding prikkelt en mensen uitdaagt om verder te onderzoeken. Of het nu gaat om buitenaardse wezens of psychologische verklaringen, de verhalen over ontvoeringen blijven een intrigerend onderdeel van het UFO-fenomeen. Ze stimuleren zowel wetenschappelijke als spirituele discussies over de aard van de realiteit, bewustzijn en de mogelijkheid van buitenaards leven. Voorlopig blijven deze fenomenen een mysterie dat uitnodigt tot verdere studie en openheid voor nieuwe perspectieven.
Bekende ontvoeringen:
Betty en Barney Hill (1961) Een van de eerste en meest bekende ontvoeringsverhalen uit de VS. Het stel beweert te zijn ontvoerd door grijze wezens tijdens een autorit. Ze ondergingen later hypnose en herinneringen kwamen naar boven. Betty en Barney Hill werden in 1961 in New Hampshire door een UFO ontvoerd. Ze ervaarden medische onderzoeken en communicatie met de wezens onder hypnose. Het verhaal zette de UFO-ontvoeringshype in gang.
Travis Walton (1975) Walton was een boswachter die tijdens een werkdag werd ontvoerd door een UFO. Hij verdween vijf dagen en verscheen daarna weer. Zijn verhaal is uitgebreid onderzocht en gefilmd. Travis Walton werd in Arizona door een UFO meegenomen tijdens werk. Hij was vijf dagen vermist en zijn verhaal bevat medische onderzoeken, communicatie en een terugkeer met geheugenverlies.
The Allagash Abductions (1976) Vier mannen worden tijdens een kampeertrip in Maine door een UFO ontvoerd. Ze ondergaan hypnose en herinneringen aan medische onderzoeken en communicatie. Het verhaal is uniek vanwege de groepsontvoering. Vier kampeerders uit Maine melden na een UFO-ontvoering vreemde ervaringen en medische onderzoeken. Hypnose onthult details over communicatie en lichaamsonderzoek door de wezens.
The Pascagoula Abduction (1973) Twee mannen in Mississippi melden dat ze door vreemde wezens in een UFO werden meegenomen. Ze beschrijven robotsachtige wezens en vreemde communicatie. Het verhaal werd breed uitgemeten in de media. Pierce and Calvin melden dat ze in Mississippi door robotachtige wezens werden meegenomen in een UFO. Ze beschrijven vreemde communicatie en een medische inspectie, wat een van de bekendste incidenten is.
9. Wetenschappelijke benadering van het UFO-fenomeen
De wetenschappelijke benadering van het fenomeen UFO's en UAP's (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) probeert objectief te blijven en zich te baseren op observaties, hypothesevorming en herhaalbare onderzoeken. Sinds de vroege jaren 2000 wordt de studie van deze mysterieuze verschijnselen serieuzer genomen, mede door de toenemende rapportages vanuit zowel militaire als civiele bronnen. Organisaties als NASA en het Amerikaanse Department of Defense investeren tegenwoordig aanzienlijk in het onderzoek naar UAP's, vaak met behulp van geavanceerde technologieën zoals radar, camera's en data-analyse tools. Het primaire doel van deze wetenschappelijke aanpak is om natuurlijke of technologische verklaringen te vinden voor de waargenomen verschijnselen, en in sommige gevallen wordt zelfs gezocht naar bewijzen voor buitenaardse oorsprong.
Toch blijft er veel scepsis bestaan binnen de wetenschappelijke gemeenschap. Een belangrijk punt van kritiek is het gebrek aan systematische, controleerbare data. Veel waarnemingen blijven anekdotisch of gebaseerd op slecht gedocumenteerde getuigenverklaringen, waardoor ze moeilijk te verifiëren zijn. Daarnaast wordt er vaak geklaagd over het ontbreken van transparantie van overheidsinstanties en militaire organisaties, die soms informatie achterhouden of niet openlijk delen. Zonder consistente dataverzameling en openheid is het lastig om tot definitieve conclusies te komen.
Een ander kritisch punt is dat de wetenschappelijke aanpak zich vooral richt op natuurlijke en technologische verklaringen, zoals weersverschillen, luchtverkeersleidingsfouten, of experimenten met geheime technologieën. Het zoeken naar buitenaardse intelligentie wordt vaak als een laatste redmiddel beschouwd, mede vanwege de grote onzekerheid en de beperkte bewijzen. Bovendien ontbreekt het meestal aan overtuigende fysieke bewijzen die het buitenzendaardse karakter van de verschijnselen kunnen bevestigen.
Sceptici wijzen erop dat de hype rond UAP's soms wordt aangejaagd door media en overheidsaankondigingen zonder dat daar voldoende wetenschappelijke onderbouwing onder ligt. Ze benadrukken dat het belangrijk is om kritisch te blijven en niet te snel conclusies te trekken, zeker omdat veel waarnemingen uiteindelijk kunnen worden verklaard door bekende natuurverschijnselen of menselijke fouten. De wetenschap moet dus blijven streven naar transparantie, herhaalbaarheid en objectiviteit, maar ook beseffen dat sommige mysteries mogelijk nooit volledig kunnen worden opgelost. Het ontbreken van sluitend bewijs en de tendens tot speculatie maken dat het wetenschappelijke onderzoek naar UFO's nog altijd in een fase van voorzichtigheid verkeert, en dat het fenomeen voorlopig vooral een onderwerp blijft voor verdere studie en kritische reflectie.
10. Toekomst van het UFO-fenomeen
De toekomst van het UFO-fenomeen ziet er veelbelovend uit, mede dankzij technologische vooruitgang en een toenemende openheid in rapportages en onderzoek. In het verleden werden UFO’s vaak afgedaan als onverklaarbare verschijnselen of simpelweg als folklore, maar dat beeld begint te veranderen. Met de opkomst van geavanceerde technologieën zoals satellieten, radar, kunstmatige intelligentie (AI) en data-analyse kunnen onderzoekers nu veel gerichter en nauwkeuriger gegevens verzamelen en analyseren.
Een opvallende ontwikkeling is de rol van de Amerikaanse overheid en het Amerikaanse congres. In de afgelopen jaren hebben verschillende hoorzittingen plaatsgevonden waarin overheidsfunctionarissen en wetenschappers hun bevindingen en zorgen deelden. Zo was er in 2022 een belangrijke hoorzitting in het Amerikaanse Congres, waarin Pentagon-vertegenwoordigers en leden van de WERKGROEP UFO-onderzoek (zoals de UAP Task Force en de nieuwe All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office) de resultaten presenteerden. Deze sessies brachten nieuwe bewijzen en videobeelden aan het licht die de aandacht van het publiek en de beleidsmakers voor het fenomeen verder polariseerden. Belangrijk was dat er erkend werd dat sommige waarnemingen niet meteen verklaard konden worden, wat de deur opende voor verder wetenschappelijk onderzoek.
Daarnaast is er binnen de internationale gemeenschap een groeiende samenwerking te zien. Organisaties zoals NASA en het Pentagon werken samen met wetenschappers over de hele wereld om data te standaardiseren en te delen. De werkgroepen van NASA en Pentagon spelen hierin een sleutelrol. Ze stimuleren het delen van informatie en het ontwikkelen van nieuwe analysetechnieken om de aard en oorsprong van UFO’s beter te begrijpen. Deze samenwerking onderstreept de ernst waarmee men het fenomeen benadert, en dat het niet langer een onderwerp is voor complottheoretici, maar voor serieuze wetenschap.
Technologische ontwikkelingen maken het mogelijk om meer gedetailleerde waarnemingen te doen en mogelijk buitenaards leven te detecteren of uit te sluiten. Satellieten kunnen bijvoorbeeld veel nauwkeuriger objecten in de atmosfeer volgen, terwijl AI-systemen patronen kunnen herkennen die voor menselijke waarnemers niet zichtbaar zijn. Wetenschappers hopen dat deze tools kunnen leiden tot het ontdekken van natuurlijke verklaringen voor veel waargenomen verschijnselen, zoals weerballonnen, atmosferische fenomenen of menselijke fouten. Maar ze blijven ook openstaan voor de mogelijkheid dat sommige waarnemingen bewijs kunnen vormen van buitenaardse technologie.
De toenemende belangstelling en financiële steun voor UFO-onderzoek wijzen op een serieus wetenschappelijk tijdperk. Overheden en particuliere instellingen investeren in onderzoek dat verdergaat dan de sensationele verhalen en zich richt op het verzamelen van empirisch bewijs. Dit helpt om het fenomeen te integreren in de reguliere wetenschappelijke kaders en kan leiden tot belangrijke ontdekkingen over onze plaats in het universum.
Kortom, de toekomst van UFO-onderzoek ziet er veelbelovend uit. Dankzij technologische innovaties, internationale samenwerking en transparantie binnen overheidsinstanties, zoals de hoorzittingen in het Amerikaanse Congres en de werkingsgroepen van NASA en Pentagon, wordt het fenomeen steeds serieuzer genomen. Wetenschappers hopen dat deze ontwikkelingen zullen leiden tot nieuwe inzichten en mogelijk bewijzen van buitenaards leven, waarmee we onze kennis van het universum aanzienlijk kunnen vergroten. Dit is een spannend tijdperk waarin het mysterie van UFO’s mogelijk wordt ontrafeld, en waarin onze blik op de wereld en het universum wellicht voorgoed zal veranderen.
EINDBESLUIT Dit besluit onderstreept de waardevolle inspanningen die worden geleverd om het fenomeen van UFO's en UAP's te onderzoeken. De diversiteit in waarnemingen en gedragingen benadrukt hoe complex en fascinerend dit onderwerp is. Het feit dat officiële instanties systematisch onderzoek verrichten, toont onze toewijding om de waarheid te achterhalen en openheid te tonen over deze mysteries. Hoewel nog veel vragen onbeantwoord blijven, zorgt dit proces voor voortdurende vooruitgang en nieuwe inzichten. De verhalen over ontvoeringen voegen een extra dimensie toe, wat ons uitdaagt om met een open en kritische blik naar het onderwerp te blijven kijken. De groei van wetenschappelijk onderzoek en internationale samenwerking geeft hoop op meer duidelijkheid in de toekomst. Door gezamenlijk kennis te delen en technologische ontwikkelingen te benutten, kunnen we het mysterie verder ontrafelen. Het fenomeen blijft een intrigerend en relevant onderwerp dat onze nieuwsgierigheid blijft voeden en onze horizon verbreedt. Laten we deze ontdekkingsreis positief voortzetten, met vertrouwen in de mogelijkheid dat we ooit meer antwoorden zullen vinden en onze kennis over het onbekende verder zullen uitbreiden. Samen bouwen we aan een toekomst waarin openheid, wetenschap en samenwerking centraal staan in het onderzoeken van het onbekende.
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Ik ben Pieter, en gebruik soms ook wel de schuilnaam Peter2011.
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