Chilling declassified CIA file reveals aliens committed 'revenge massacre' after UFO was shot down

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By CHRIS MELORE, US ASSISTANT SCIENCE EDITOR

A bone-chilling document declassified by the CIA has exposed an alleged massacre by aliens from a crashed UFO who turned an entire military unit into stone.

According to the report, Soviet troops shot down a flying saucer hovering over the Soviet military unit in Siberia roughly 35 years ago, and what happened next was truly terrifying.

In the document, summarizing a 250-page top secret file acquired by US intelligence agents, eyewitnesses said five aliens climbed out of their wrecked craft, combined themselves into one creature, exploded in a burst of intense energy, and turned 23 soldiers into solid rock.

One CIA official referred to the shocking battle as 'a horrific picture of revenge on the part of extraterrestrial creatures, a picture that makes one's blood freeze.' 

The agency added that the 'extremely menacing case' proved the aliens who visited Earth possessed weapons and technology far beyond the US government's 'assumptions' - suggesting they were already aware of the aliens' existence.

The unearthed document, declassified in 2000, was recently the topic of the AI or Evil podcast, where host Josh Hooper revealed that two of the soldiers at the UFO crash site actually survived the encounter.

However, the 23 'petrified soldiers' could not be saved. Their remains and the debris from the spacecraft were reportedly moved to a secret research base near Moscow.

An even more concerning detail of the CIA file is the description of the aliens reportedly involved in this massacre, who have been mentioned in UFO reports and sightings for nearly 80 years.

A declassified CIA document revealed details of an alleged battle between Soviet forces and an alien spacecraft, which ended with 23 soldiers dead

During a training mission in Siberia, the Soviet military reportedly shot down a low-flying UFO carrying at least 5 aliens who then turned the soldiers into stone

The subject of the document states: 'Paper reports alleged evidence on mishap involving UFO.'

This extraordinary tale was also published in the Ukrainian newspaper Holos Ukrayiny on March 27, 1993.

The incident, which a Canadian newspaper believed took place between 1989 and 1990, was only uncovered by the CIA after the fall of the Soviet Union and its 'secret police' organization, the KGB. 

The CIA document explained that the alleged alien craft was flying low and quietly above the Soviet unit while they were engaged in a training mission.

Officials wrote that 'for unknown reasons' the Soviets launched a surface-to-air missile at the UFO, sending it crashing to the Earth near the unit's position.

According to the only two soldiers who survived, when the soldiers approached the craft, the five aliens freed themselves of the debris and came close together near the wreck.

Moments later, the soldiers said the group of aliens 'merged into a single object that acquired a spherical shape.' In simpler language, the aliens beings somehow morphed into a giant ball.

That's when the new ball-like alien began to buzz and hiss before igniting into a brilliant white light.

The description from the CIA report matches the decades-long description of an alleged race of beings UFO researchers call 'the Greys'

With the soldiers still looking on, the ball of light erupted like a giant flare of energy, turning 23 of the 25 Soviets into 'stone poles.'

The report stated that the only reason two of the men survived was because they were standing in a shaded area at the time of the alien energy blast.

Testing of the soldier's bodies showed the alien flare had somehow changed living tissue into a substance that closely resembles limestone.

The CIA document added that 'a source of energy that is still unknown to Earthlings' was responsible for the blast which fatally transformed the Soviets.

Even in 2025, the science behind such a shocking transformation is still difficult to explain medically and technologically.

According to the Journal of Applied Physics, it is possible to use high-energy radiation or electromagnetic pulses to change normal matter into plasma - a form that's not a liquid, solid, or gas.

In the report, the CIA described the aliens as short humanoids with 'large heads and large black eyes.'

The account matches who UFO researchers, alleged alien abductees, and others who believe in alien life refer to as a race called 'the Greys.'

Their features have become the classic image the public thinks of when discussing aliens from outer space - a small, skinny, grey-skinned alien, with an oversized head and large black eyes with no iris.

The Greys would eventually become linked to the infamous Roswell Incident of 1947, as CIA documents would later suggest that alien beings were pulled from the alleged wreck in New Mexico.

These strange creatures would also go on to represent alien life in countless science fiction shows and movies, including Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

Despite their prominent place in extraterrestrial research, this disturbing incident appears to be the first time humans have alleged that these beings could have accomplished such terrifying feats.

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03-03-2026 om 22:09 geschreven door peter  

A crashed flying saucer? No, an aeroshell for NASA’s Voyager-Mars program tested in the desert.

(credit: NASA)

All’s well that’s Roswell

by Dwayne A. Day

On February 19, the president stated that he had directed the government to “begin the process of identifying and releasing Government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs).” In the mid-1990s, political pressure resulted in the release of information and the production of two reports on the so-called “Roswell Incident” of 1947. These reports added substantively to the historical record of Cold War aerospace programs. Hopefully, the new efforts will also be productive in opening up the history.

The infamous “flying saucer” headline in the local newspaper in 1947.

The Roswell Incident

In 1947 there was a report of debris found by a rancher near Roswell, New Mexico. It was soon publicly reported that the Air Force had captured a “flying saucer.” Within a day or so, the military stated that the debris was actually from a “weather balloon.”

In 1994, following political pressure from Congress, the Air Force announced that what had crashed at Roswell was not a weather balloon, but a different kind of balloon, from a top secret program.

Despite the fact that Roswell has now been in the public consciousness for decades (there were even two fictionalized TV series about aliens set in Roswell), it was not until 1980 and the publication of the book The Roswell Incident that the event gained a mass audience. The book by Charles Berlitz and William L. Moore alleged that not only had the US government recovered debris from a flying saucer, but it may have recovered “alien bodies.” Sensational paranormal pseudoscientific stories were Berlitz’s bread and butter: he had previously written a book about the Bermuda Triangle (which unfortunately does not exist) and claimed that a US Navy ship had been involved in time travel experiments (which did not happen, but may still have not happened when time travel is invented, or not).

In 1994, following political pressure from Congress, the Air Force announced that what had crashed at Roswell was not a weather balloon, but a different kind of balloon, from a top secret program called Project Mogul. Mogul was an effort to fly microphones to very high altitudes to listen for the sound of nuclear explosions. Scientists believed that the sounds of such explosions could be trapped between layers of the atmosphere and would reverberate over long distances. In the late 1940s, the United States government was concerned that the Soviet Union might develop an A-bomb, and Mogul was designed to listen for the big boom. A big boom eventually happened when the first Soviet A-bomb was detonated in August 1949.

After the initial Air Force revelation about Project Mogul, in 1995 the Air Force published The Roswell Report – Fact vs. Fiction in the New Mexico Desert, a thick book that included documentation supporting the Project Mogul explanation for the Roswell incident. On June 24, 1997, the Air Force published The Roswell Report: Case Closed. This second report addressed the claims that bodies had been recovered in the desert, noting that the Air Force had conducted many tests in the desert involving instrumented dummies dropped from aircraft and later recovered on the ground. It also noted that NASA had performed drop tests of various reentry vehicles over the desert, and some of these had saucer shapes. These activities, conducted over many decades, often at an Air Force base at Roswell, could have contributed to the mythology of Roswell and aliens.

The two reports released by the US Air Force in 1995 and 1997 about what happened in Roswell.

Case closed?

Of course, the tinfoil hat-wearing crowd was not convinced, and the term “case closed” only stirred up their bile. There was already a cottage industry of hucksters and grifters willing to take advantage of the true believers, and they had no interest in Air Force or NASA history that didn’t titillate the masses. They held their UFO conferences and sold energy crystals and fold-up pyramids to the faithful, and denounced the Air Force’s explanation for Roswell.

But setting aside the issue of extraterrestrials, the two Air Force reports of the mid-1990s were important contributions to historical scholarship, revealing new and declassified information and documents. Up to the time of the Air Force revelation about Project Mogul, that program had not been acknowledged or even hinted about. For example, historian Curtis Peebles had written a 1991 book The Moby Dick Project: Reconnaissance Balloons over Russia. Peebles shed considerable light on the subject of reconnaissance balloons but had been unaware of Project Mogul. Other historians had been digging into the history of aerial reconnaissance programs and had not uncovered Mogul. The information on Mogul had been sitting in government archives for decades until it was forced into the open. Certainly a few people in the government still knew about it, and some had probably seen the documents, but there was no reason for them to reveal the truth about what happened at Roswell until a government order to declassify and publish that information.

Similarly, although the information in the Case Closed report did not reveal any highly classified programs, it was revelatory. It shone a light on obscure areas of aerospace research that had been overlooked by many historians, like high-altitude drop tests. The report included photos of NASA Voyager-Mars and Viking aeroshells that had been tested in the desert. It also included photos of other unusual balloon-carried research payloads, including Discoverer satellite reentry vehicles. Very few people had ever paid attention to the history of aeromedical research and testing during the Cold War, but the report demonstrated that many such tests had been performed for decades.

The Air Force reports on Roswell revealed testing NASA did of aeroshells for future Mars missions, like Viking.

(credit: NASA)

Sunshine days

The 1990s was an era of increased openness about Cold War era activities, sometimes resulting from presidential direction, sometimes from congressional direction, and sometimes at the initiative of senior government officials. The existence of the National Reconnaissance Office was revealed in 1992, and following executive order 12951 the CORONA reconnaissance satellite program was declassified in 1995. In a December 1993 press conference, Secretary of Energy Hazel O’Leary announced the largest declassification of information in the Department of Energy’s (DoE’s) history. That included acknowledging many nuclear tests, as well as nuclear weapons accidents during the Cold War. Additional major declassifications were announced at openness press conferences in June 1994 and February 1996. For example, in 1996 DoE released a complete inventory of US production, acquisition, use, and distribution of plutonium from 1944 to 1994.

The CIA began declassifying millions of pages of documents on Cold War operations. These included an official history of the U-2 reconnaissance program as well as (in coordination with the National Security Agency) revealing the Venona communications interceptions of the 1940s. CIA documents revealed details of what the US Intelligence Community knew about Soviet missile and space programs. One example was an early effort to “kidnap” a Soviet spacecraft during an international exhibition in the early 1960s to examine it. This author was the first to discover and report on the CIA operation after uncovering a newly declassified CIA publication in the National Archives. The CIA also created a declassification program that released millions of pages of documents as part of the CIA Records Search Tool (CREST). Much of our current understanding of intelligence collection about Soviet weapons systems is due to the work done for CREST. That effort was highly productive into the early 2000s, when it was curtailed and the number of documents being declassified annually dropped dramatically. As a result, we have very good understanding of many aspects of the Cold War up until the early 1970s, but after that the historical record is much thinner.

The 1990s were the beginning of a new era of revelations about historical American air and space programs. Certainly, much remained classified, but much more was revealed than in previous decades. The September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks were the beginning of the end of this period of openness. Government agencies retrenched, new bureaucracies and layers of secrecy were created, and new politicians and government leaders had far less interest in revealing past secrets. Whereas CORONA was declassified in 1995, the follow-on GAMBIT and HEXAGON reconnaissance satellite programs were considered for declassification in 1997, but this ultimately did not happen until 2011. Today, official government declassification efforts are underfunded, meager, and sporadic.

The truth is out there… and so are the lies

It has long been known that when the U-2 spy plane began flying in the mid-1950s it was regularly being reported as a flying saucer at high altitude, and the government did nothing to dispel those stories. But the government’s involvement goes beyond simply not correcting the false stories to creating its own false stories. In June 2025, The Wall Street Journal reported that the US government had actively used disinformation to conceal highly classified aerospace programs. (See “Pentagon Fueled UFO Mythology, Then Tried Coverup,” The Wall Street Journal, June 7, 2025, print edition.) As the government was investigating reports of unidentified aerial phenomena (the modern euphemism for UFOs), a retired Air Force colonel admitted that in the 1980s he had taken doctored photos of flying saucers to a bar in the Nevada desert and given them to a bartender to put up on the walls. This was to help obscure the fact that the Air Force was testing stealth aircraft nearby. Somebody who saw an F-117 flying in the dark might tell the story to somebody else who would say that it resembled the flying saucer photo in the bar. People would chase aliens instead of secret aircraft.

Other officers who were assigned to a highly classified program office were shown a photo of what they were told was an alien craft, part of a project called Yankee Blue, and told that it had provided the government with antigravity technology. They were ordered to never mention it again. But this was actually a joke, a long-standing hazing ritual within the secretive community. In spring 2023, the Secretary of Defense sent out a memo ordering the practice to stop immediately, but by this time hundreds of people retired, and in the active duty military, believed the government had inherited technology from aliens. Distrust and misinformation was now firmly embedded into the secretive culture.

The Journal also recounted a disturbing story about a 1967 incident that had been reported as an alien “attack” on an ICBM command post in Montana by a glowing reddish-orange oval. What really occurred was a highly classified test of a system to determine if missile command complexes were vulnerable to Soviet electromagnetic pulse attacks. The test identified significant security vulnerabilities, and that information was so sensitive that it was highly classified for half a century, even though one Air Force officer in that command post believed it was aliens.

Some of my own research has hinted that misinformation was part of the fielding of the first operational near-real-time reconnaissance satellite in December 1976, the KH-11 KENNEN. A cryptic note in a declassified history indicates that the Soviet Union did not realize the satellite was capable of reconnaissance until summer of 1978. But I have also heard that an Air Force officer, possibly without official sanction, was deliberately spreading disinformation about American satellites during this period.

Two years ago, Peter Merlin published Dreamland: The Secret History of Area 51 (see “Review: Dreamland”, The Space Review, December 4, 2023.) It is an exhaustive history of secret projects developed at the Groom Lake airfield. But it also essentially stops by the early 1980s, even though the Groom Lake facilities expanded significantly in the following decade. What went on in those big new hangars? Throughout the 1980s there were rumors of other aircraft being tested there, and one retired test pilot confirmed that he flew something during the 1980s that remains classified. Maybe the story of the “Blackstar” air-launched spaceplane had some basis in truth (although I have my doubts: “Six blind men in a zoo: Aviation Week’s mythical Blackstar,” The Space Review, March 13, 2006). Maybe that colonel giving out photos of flying saucers to protect projects at Groom Lake was seeking to hide something other than the F-117 stealth fighter. Maybe we’ll now learn.

But probably not.

We’ll have to wait and see what, if anything, is declassified from this new order. So keep watching the skies, but don’t hold your breath while doing so.

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03-03-2026 om 21:46 geschreven door peter  

Hoe zou religie reageren als we buitenaards leven zouden ontdekken?

Naarmate wetenschappers dichterbij komen om bewijs te vinden voor het bestaan van buitenaards leven, begint de vraag te rijzen: hoe zou onze religieuze wereldbeeld veranderen? Wat zou de impact zijn op de grote wereldreligies als we daadwerkelijk zouden ontdekken dat we niet alleen zijn in het universum? Deze vraag raakt aan diepgaande kwesties over geloof, wetenschap, en de plaats van de mens in de kosmos. In dit artikel onderzoeken we hoe verschillende religies mogelijk zouden reageren op de ontdekking van buitenaards leven, en welke implicaties dat zou hebben voor onze spirituele overtuigingen en onderlinge relaties.

De vooruitgang in de zoektocht naar buitenaards leven

De afgelopen decennia hebben wetenschappers een stevige basis gelegd voor het zoeken naar leven buiten onze planeet. Dankzij technologische innovaties en astronomische observaties kunnen we nu beter dan ooit detecteren of er andere werelden bestaan die mogelijk leven herbergen. Hoewel we nog niet direct met buitenaardse wezens kunnen communiceren, is de verwachting dat we aan het einde van deze eeuw weten of we echt alleen zijn in onze Melkweg of dat er biologische gezelschappen bestaan. Een ontdekking dat wij niet de enigen zijn, zou een van de meest ingrijpende gebeurtenissen in de menselijke geschiedenis zijn.

Bron: Mark Garlick / Science Photo Library

Wat betekent het bestaan van buitenaards leven voor onze religieuze overtuigingen?

Het feit dat we buitenaards leven kunnen ontdekken, zal ongetwijfeld invloed hebben op hoe gelovigen hun eigen geloof begrijpen. Het is belangrijk op te merken dat de aanwezigheid of afwezigheid van buitenaards leven niet per definitie een bewijs is voor of tegen een bepaald religieus systeem. Toch kan het weten dat er andere bewuste wezens bestaan, de manier waarop wij onze religieuze overtuigingen interpreteren, ingrijpend veranderen. Bovendien kan de ontdekking van intelligent leven elders in het universum onze houding ten opzichte van mensen van andere religies op aarde beïnvloeden.

De laatste grote theorie die religie uitdaagde was de oerknalcosmologie.

Bron: BSIP SA / Alamy Stock Photo

Hoe zou een buitenaards wezen religie begrijpen?

Stel dat er één almachtige god is die het hele universum bestuurt. Zou die god hetzelfde zijn op elke planeet? Zijn de regels voor het leven volgens goddelijke principes universeel? Wat als het leven op een andere planeet ontstaan is via panspermie, waarbij organismen door het heelal zijn verspreid? Zou mijn religie nog steeds logisch zijn voor een buitenaards wezen dat geen kennis heeft van onze aardse cultuur en geschiedenis?

Veel christenen geloven dat de God die zij aanbidden, de schepper is van het hele universum. Het idee dat Christus het hele heelal heeft getransformeerd en verheven, impliceert dat ook buitenaardse wezens kunnen worden betrokken in dat kosmische heilverhaal. Guy Consolmagno, een Amerikaanse astronoom en directeur van het Vaticaans Observatorium, stelt dat “het hele heelal door Christus is getransformeerd en verheven.” Dit betekent dat niet alleen mensen, maar alle schepselen in het universum, een rol kunnen spelen in het goddelijke plan.

Maakt het dopen van buitenaardse wezens theologisch gezien zin? Zou je een alien kunnen dopen?

Bron: Kseniya Ovchinnikova / Getty Images

De uitdaging van communicatie en begrip

Stel dat we buitenaardse intelligentie ontdekken. Hoe zouden wij hen vertellen over Jezus, zijn geboorte en opstanding, die ongeveer 2000 jaar geleden op aarde plaatsvonden? Zou het mogelijk zijn om dit in een redelijke tijd over te brengen, bijvoorbeeld via berichten met de snelheid van het licht? Of zouden we high-tech raketten sturen met de boodschap van het evangelie?

De wetten van de fysica maken het moeilijk om snel en effectief te communiceren met buitenaardse beschavingen. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, een Franse jezuïet en filosoof, stelde dat “de aarde niet willekeurig gekozen is voor de verlossing,” en dat het universum niet beperkt is tot onze planeet. Toch is het vragen of buitenaardsen kunnen begrijpen en accepteren dat Jezus de verlosser is, een grote uitdaging.

Voor katholieken en protestanten ligt de nadruk op de menselijke ervaring en de geschiedenis van Jezus op aarde. Als we buitenaards leven ontdekken, zou dat betekenen dat onze verhalen en geloofsbelijdenissen mogelijk niet relevant zijn voor andere bewuste wezens die geen aardse geschiedenis delen.

Hoe zou nieuws over de geboorte van Jezus christenen op andere werelden hebben bereikt?

Bron: iStock

Hoe reageren andere religies op buitenaards leven?

1. Christendom

Het christendom, net als de andere Abrahamitische religies, ziet de schepping als een door God geschapen universum, waarin de mens een bijzondere plaats inneemt. Volgens de Bijbel, met name in het boek Genesis, is de aarde het centrum van Gods schepping en is de mens bedoeld om over de aarde te heersen. De gedachte dat buitenaardse wezens mogelijk bestaan, roept vragen op over de universele aard van Gods schepping en de rol van de mens daarin.

Veel christenen geloven dat Gods schepping oneindig groot is en dat er mogelijk meerdere werelden of levensvormen bestaan buiten onze planeet. Sommigen zien buitenaards leven niet als een bedreiging, maar als een uitbreiding van Gods scheppingskracht. Anderen vragen zich af of buitenaardse wezens, die misschien geen kennis hebben van de Bijbel of menselijke religieuze tradities, zich toch kunnen verbinden met God op hun eigen manier. Het idee dat God universeel en alomtegenwoordig is, ondersteunt het geloof dat ook buitenaardse wezens door God gekend en geliefd kunnen worden.

Daarnaast wordt er binnen het christendom ook nagedacht over de mogelijkheid dat Jezus Christus mogelijk een universele verlossingsboodschap bevat, die niet beperkt zou zijn tot de aarde. Sommige theologen stellen dat Gods plan voor de schepping veel groter en complexer is dan wij kunnen bevatten, en dat het mogelijk is dat buitenaardse levensvormen onderdeel zijn van dat goddelijke plan. Dit opent de deur naar een brede interpretatie van de universele liefde en verlossing, waarin alle schepselen, ongeacht hun locatie in het heelal, een rol kunnen spelen in het goddelijke verhaal. Kortom, het christendom biedt ruimte voor het idee dat buitenaards leven mogelijk deel uitmaakt van Gods schepping en dat de liefde van God zich uitstrekt tot het hele universum.

2. Islam

De islam benadrukt dat alles in het universum onder de soevereiniteit van Allah staat. Volgens de Koran “zijn alles in de hemelen en op de aarde van Allah,” wat betekent dat alle schepselen onderworpen zijn aan zijn wil en controle. Deze overtuiging wordt ondersteund door de islamitische theologie, waarin wordt gesteld dat geen enkel wezen buiten de invloed van Allah valt. Seyyed Hossein Nasr, een vooraanstaande islamitische filosoof, legt uit dat “alle wezens in het universum moslims zijn, dat wil zeggen, zij onderwerpen zich aan de wil van Allah.” Dit impliceert dat niet alleen mensen, maar alle levende wezens en zelfs niet-levende dingen de schepping en de wil van Allah erkennen en naleven, op hun eigen wijze.

De vraag rijst hoe buitenaardse wezens, die mogelijk geen kennis hebben van menselijke religieuze praktijken of islamitische tradities, hun religieuze of spirituele overtuigingen kunnen uitdrukken. Het is mogelijk dat zij hun eigen profeten, leiders of gidsen hebben die hen helpen hun weg te vinden in hun wereld en hun relatie met het goddelijke te definiëren. Dit zou betekenen dat het universele concept van onderworpenheid aan een hogere macht niet beperkt is tot de mensheid, maar een universeel principe kan zijn dat overal in het universum bestaat.

De islam zou hierdoor kunnen verruimen en verdiepen, door te stellen dat elk wezen in het universum, ongeacht zijn vorm of intelligentie, een relatie heeft met het goddelijke. Het idee dat alle schepselen onderworpen zijn aan Allah en dat zij hun eigen weg vinden naar zijn wil, opent de deur naar een kosmisch perspectief waarin religieuze overtuigingen universeel en inclusief worden. Dit zou de islam niet beperken tot de menselijke ervaring, maar juist uitbreiden tot het hele universum en haar mogelijke bewoners, waarmee de religie een bredere, meer universele dimensie krijgt.

Zouden buitenaardsen de islamitische godsdienst kunnen beoefenen zonder in staat te zijn de richting van Mekka te bepalen, of de vereiste pelgrimstocht te maken?

Bron: iStock

3. Jodendom

Het jodendom is een oude religie die nauw verbonden is met de geschiedenis van het Joodse volk en de stad Jeruzalem. Deze band met de aarde en zijn tradities vormt een kernaspect van het geloof. Veel joodse geleerden vragen zich af of buitenaardse wezens, die mogelijk geen toegang hebben tot onze religieuze rituelen en tradities, zich toch kunnen identificeren als joods. Dit roept vragen op over de universele aard van het jodendom en de manier waarop het zich zou verhouden tot andere levensvormen in het universum.

In de praktijk speelt gebed een centrale rol in het dagelijks leven van orthodoxe joden. Zij geloven dat het drie keer per dag bidden essentieel is voor het naleven van hun religie. Dit ritueel helpt hen verbonden te blijven met God en de gemeenschap. Echter, op een planeet met een dagduur van slechts 90 minuten, zou het praktisch onmogelijk zijn om deze gebeden volgens de traditionele tijdschema’s uit te voeren. Dit benadrukt de uitdaging van het aanpassen van menselijke religieuze praktijken aan buitenaardse omstandigheden.

Rabbi Norman Lamm, een invloedrijke joodse denker, suggereert dat de menselijke rol in het universum breder is dan alleen de aarde. Hij stelt dat God groot genoeg is om zich met al zijn schepselen bezig te houden, en dat menselijke missie niet beperkt hoeft te blijven tot onze planeet. Volgens Lamm kunnen mensen mogelijk een belangrijke rol vervullen in het universum, zonder dat zij de enige schepselen zijn die door God bedoeld zijn. Deze visie opent de deur naar een bredere interpretatie van het jodendom, waarin de relatie tussen God, mens en de gehele kosmos centraal staat.

Een voorouderlijke band met Jeruzalem is een belangrijk onderdeel van het joodse geloof.

Bron: Ilan Rosen / Alamy Stock Photo

4. Hindoeïsme

Hindoeïsme is een van de oudste en meest complexe religies ter wereld en onderscheidt zich op verschillende manieren van de Abrahamitische religies. Een belangrijk kenmerk is dat het hindoeïsme niet gebonden is aan een specifiek land of geografisch gebied. In plaats daarvan beschouwt het hindoeïsme de kosmos als een immens, dynamisch en ingewikkeld systeem waarin de aarde slechts een klein onderdeel vormt.

Dit wereldbeeld benadrukt dat het universum uit meerdere lagen, werelden en dimensies bestaat, waarin de menselijke ziel, of atman, niet beperkt is tot één aardse incarnatie. Volgens hindoeïstische leer is de ziel eeuwig en onverwoestbaar en ondergaat zij een voortdurende cyclus van samsara, dat wil zeggen geboorte, dood en wedergeboorte. Deze cyclus strekt zich uit over alle werelden en dimensies, niet enkel de fysieke planeet aarde. De ziel kan in diverse vormen van leven reïncarneren, inclusief mogelijk buitenaardse levensvormen, wat het universele en kosmische karakter van hindoeïsme onderstreept. Het geloof in de verbondenheid van alle levende wezens met het goddelijke en de voortdurende spirituele reis zorgt ervoor dat hindoes het wereldbeeld niet beperkt zien tot de aarde, maar dat het zich uitstrekt tot het heelal en mogelijk daarbuiten.

Deze universele visie onderstreept dat de zoektocht naar spirituele verlichting en verbondenheid met het goddelijke voor iedereen toegankelijk is, ongeacht hun locatie in het universum. Het hindoeïsme erkent dat de kosmos een oneindige en mysterieuze plaats is waar de ziel zich kan blijven ontwikkelen en reïncarneren in talloze vormen en werelden, waardoor het een spirituele traditie is die zich niet beperkt tot een geografisch gebied, maar universeel en kosmisch van aard is.

5. Buddhisme

Het boeddhisme is gebaseerd op de leringen van Siddhartha Gautama, die bekendstaat als de Boeddha. Een kernaspect van het boeddhisme is de zoektocht naar nirvana, een staat van ultieme bevrijding waarin het lijden dat inherent is aan het bestaan wordt beëindigd. Volgens boeddhistische leerstellingen is het universum enorm, oud en gevuld met talloze bewuste wezens die elk hun eigen pad naar verlichting volgen. Ondanks dat de menselijke positie binnen deze uitgestrekte kosmos soms als klein en onbeduidend wordt ervaren, blijft de zoektocht naar verlichting universeel en voor iedereen toegankelijk.

Het boeddhisme benadrukt dat het lijden en de weg naar het beëindigen daarvan niet beperkt zijn tot de aarde, maar zich uitstrekken tot het hele universum. Bewuste wezens, ongeacht op welke planeet of in welke dimensie zij zich bevinden, kunnen door meditatie, ethisch gedrag en inzicht de verlichting bereiken. De principes van mededogen, inzicht en ethiek zijn universeel toepasbaar en bieden een spiritueel pad dat zich niet beperkt tot één locatie, maar zich uitstrekt tot alle uithoeken van het kosmos en mogelijk verder.

Deze universele benadering onderstreept dat de zoektocht naar verlichting en het bevrijden van lijden voor alle bewuste entiteiten mogelijk is, ongeacht hun plaats in het universum. Het boeddhisme ziet het universele karakter van het lijden en de mogelijkheid tot verlichting als kernwaarden, waardoor het een spirituele weg is die zich niet beperkt tot de aarde, maar openstaat voor alle wezens in het kosmos.

Wetenschappelijke revoluties en religieuze verandering

Historisch gezien heeft de wetenschap grote invloed gehad op religieuze wereldbeelden. De copernicaanse revolutie bijvoorbeeld, ondermijnde de opvatting dat de aarde het centrum van het heelal was. Later zorgden de ontdekkingen van de evolutietheorie en de Big Bang voor nieuwe inzichten die het religieuze denken uitdaagden.

In de 21e eeuw staan we op het punt van mogelijk een nieuwe paradigmashift, nu door de ontdekking van buitenaards leven. Het is belangrijk te beseffen dat de wetenschap en religie niet per definitie in conflict hoeven te zijn. Veel gelovigen zien wetenschap als een manier om de schepping beter te begrijpen, en het bestaan van buitenaards leven zou dat inzicht kunnen verdiepen.

Wat betekent dit voor onze toekomst?

De ontdekking dat we niet alleen zijn in het universum, zou onze kijk op het leven fundamenteel veranderen. Het zou vragen oproepen over de aard van onze relatie met andere bewuste wezens, over onze plaats in het kosmische geheel en over de universele geldigheid van onze religieuze verhalen.

Het is essentieel dat we ons voorbereiden op deze mogelijke realiteit door open te staan voor nieuwe ideeën en door onze geloofsovertuigingen te heroverwegen. Of we nu christen, moslim, jood, hindoe of boeddhist zijn, de universele zoektocht naar waarheid en begrip blijft centraal staan.

Conclusie

De ontdekking van buitenaards leven zou een transformerende gebeurtenis zijn voor de mensheid en haar religies. Het zou ons dwingen om onze overtuigingen te herzien en nieuwe manieren te vinden om ons spirituele pad voort te zetten. Hoe we daarop reageren, zal bepalen hoe wij als mensheid verdergaan in een universum dat mogelijk veel groter en complexer is dan wij ons ooit konden voorstellen. Wat zeker is, is dat wetenschappelijke vooruitgang en religieuze overtuigingen elkaar kunnen verrijken, mits we bereid zijn om open te staan voor de mysteries van het heelal.

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01-03-2026 om 22:34 geschreven door peter  

Barack Obama says aliens are real. This scientist agrees with him

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Popular interest in the topic of alien life rarely wanes, but it certainly got a boost in the headlines this week after former US President Barack Obama said aliens "are real".

To clarify, what the former president actually said was "They’re real, but I haven’t seen them, and they’re not being kept in Area 51. There’s no underground facility"

Obama was speaking to American podcaster Brian Tyler Cohen, and responding to a simple question: "are aliens real?"

The idea of a former US President publicly declaring "aliens are real", unsurprisingly, took the internet by storm.

It precipitated a surge in online debate as to whether or not Obama was confirming the existence of a government conspiracy to keep secret the existence of intelligent alien beings.

Unsurprisingly, Obama felt the need to clarify, once the podcast had aired, and subsequently posted on his official Instagram channel:

"I was trying to stick with the spirit of the speed round, but since it’s gotten attention let me clarify.

"Statistically, the Universe is so vast that the odds are good there’s life out there.

"But the distances between solar systems are so great that the chances we’ve been visited by aliens is low, and I saw no evidence during my presidency that extraterrestrials have made contact with us. Really!"

Is alien life really likely?

Obama, it seems, was referring to some pretty startling statistics that have been concluded by scientists and astronomers over the past few decades.

Firstly, we know that life does exist in the Universe, in the form of us, human beings, and all our co-inhabitants of planet Earth.

And if life does exist on one rocky world orbiting a very ordinary star, couldn't life exist – or once have existed – elsewhere in the Galaxy, let alone the wider Universe?

Since the field of exoplanet study exploded in the 1990s, astronomers now have confirmed over 6,000 exoplanets: planets orbiting stars beyond our Solar System.

In fact, scientists now say that, for every star you can see in the night sky, there's likely at least one planet in orbit around it.

There could be up to 400 billion stars in our Galaxy alone, and ours isn't even a particularly enormous galaxy.

Some scientists say this makes the chances of life existng beyond Earth – even if it's simple, microbial life – quite high. Others say no conclusions can be made unless direct evidence is found.

But one astrophysicist has weighed in on the debate following Obama's comments, to say she does think it likely that alien life could exist out there in the cosmos.

Could Obama be right about aliens?

Dr Sara Webb is an astrophysicist at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia.

"I agree with Barack Obama, and I immediately understood what he meant," she says.

"As a scientist, I’ll say this with confidence: I think aliens exist. Not because we’ve seen them. Not because we’ve met them. And not because we have direct, tangible evidence (yet). But because of the odds."

Dr Webb points to the fact that the observable Universe contains at least two trillion galaxies.

Each of these galaxies has hundreds of billions of stars, and most of those stars very likely host planets.

So if life could flourish on Earth in extreme environments at the bottom of our oceans, in Antarctica, within acidic lakes and even in nuclear reactors, couldn't life have evolved on other temperate, rocky planets?

Even in our own Solar System we find habitable conditions in liquid oceans beneath the frozen surface of icy moons, such as those orbiting Jupiter and Saturn.

So while there's been no confirmed detection of life elsewhere in our Solar System, astronomers have found that conditions for life do exist beyond Earth, even within our minuscule corner of the Galaxy.

"If life happened here, in this vast cosmic lottery, it feels statistically improbable that we are the only winning ticket," Dr Webb says.

"The Universe has had 13.8 billion years to run that experiment over and over again."

Making contact

Finding microbial life in on an icy moon is one thing, but could we really expect to ever make contact with intelligent life?

Some astronomers use enormous radio telescopes to search for signals from technologically advanced alien species across the Galaxy. It's known as SETI, or the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence.

Dr Webb notes the vastness of the Universe, and how our communication with any potential intelligent alien species is restricted by the speed of light.

That makes receiving and sending communications very difficult, and likely impossible to do within one human lifetime.

"Do I think we’ll shake hands with extraterrestrials anytime soon? Probably not," she says.

"Do I think we’ll find evidence – microbial, atmospheric, or something unexpected? I hope so. Maybe even in our lifetime.

"Somewhere, under another sky, orbiting another star, there may be a civilisation looking up at their version of the night sky… wondering if they are alone too."

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01-03-2026 om 21:35 geschreven door peter  

Overview

Veteran NASA engineer Gentry Lee – a former project manager for the Mars Pathfinder and a key figure in the development of the Mars rovers – told reporters on 24 February 2026 that, while the existence of extraterrestrial life is “almost inevitable,” there is no credible evidence that any such life has ever visited Earth. Lee’s remarks come amid renewed public interest in unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) and a series of high‑profile congressional hearings on the topic. He cautioned that “UFO believers have been misled by sensational claims that lack scientific rigor,” and emphasized that NASA’s current focus remains on systematic, data‑driven searches for life beyond our planet.

Lee’s Perspective

In his interview with a media outlet in London, Lee emphasized the significant role that the vastness of the universe plays in supporting the possibility of extraterrestrial life. He explained that the sheer scale of the cosmos makes the likelihood that Earth is the only planet with life incredibly small. With billions of galaxies, each containing billions of stars, the probability that Earth is uniquely suited for life is astronomically low. This concept is rooted in the principle of statistical probability; given the enormity of space, it would be extraordinary if no other planets harbored life forms. However, Lee also underscored a crucial distinction: while the chances of microbial life existing elsewhere are high, the leap from simple organisms to intelligent, technologically advanced civilizations capable of interstellar travel is immense. Currently, there is no concrete evidence to support the existence of such civilizations. Despite numerous claims and sightings, scientists like Lee point out that no signals, artifacts, or physical traces have been definitively linked to extraterrestrial intelligence.

This cautious stance reflects the scientific community’s consensus, which remains skeptical until verifiable proof is presented. Lee’s perspective balances curiosity with scientific rigor, advocating for a measured approach grounded in empirical evidence rather than speculation. He acknowledges the excitement surrounding potential alien encounters but emphasizes that extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof. Until such evidence emerges, the scientific approach remains focused on exploring the universe for signs of life through systematic research rather than sensationalism.

Context Within the UFO Debate

The current UFO debate has evolved significantly over recent years, especially with the United States government taking steps to declassify and study unexplained aerial phenomena. Several videos capturing unidentified flying objects (UFOs), now often referred to as Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP), have been released to the public, fueling both curiosity and skepticism. The establishment of the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) signifies a formal effort to investigate these sightings and assess any potential threats to national security. While these initiatives lend credibility to the study of unexplained aerial phenomena, scientists like Lee caution against jumping to conclusions. He warns that the public’s fascination with aliens can sometimes overshadow the importance of scientific rigor, leading to sensationalism. Many UFO reports are often the result of misinterpretations of natural atmospheric phenomena, astronomical events, or human-made objects. Some claims are hoaxes or deliberate fabrications aimed at garnering attention.

Lee advocates for a clear distinction between genuine scientific investigation and myth-making, emphasizing that credible research must be based on solid evidence rather than rumors or sensational stories. He hopes that the focus remains on collecting verifiable data and applying rigorous scientific methods to understand these phenomena, rather than succumbing to hype or unfounded speculation about alien life.

Ongoing Scientific Efforts

The scientific community is actively engaged in multiple projects aimed at discovering signs of extraterrestrial life, aligning with Lee’s call for disciplined inquiry. NASA’s current missions are designed to explore potential habitats beyond Earth systematically. The James Webb Space Telescope, for example, is analyzing the atmospheres of exoplanets, searching for biosignature gases such as oxygen, methane, and phosphine—indicators that could suggest the presence of life or habitable conditions. These gases are considered potential markers because they can be produced by biological processes. Meanwhile, the upcoming Europa Clipper mission, scheduled for launch in 2027, aims to study Jupiter’s icy moon Europa.

This moon is believed to harbor a subsurface ocean beneath its icy crust, and scientists hope to detect chemical signs of habitability or even microbial life within this hidden ocean. Additionally, on Mars, the Perseverance rover and its Ingenuity helicopter continue to collect rock and soil samples, searching for organic molecules and other biological markers. These samples may eventually be returned to Earth for detailed analysis. The overarching goal of these missions is to follow a logical, step-by-step approach: first, identify environments that could support life, then look for biological indicators, and finally, investigate the possibility of technological signatures—technosignatures—that could indicate intelligent life.

These efforts exemplify a cautious yet promising approach, grounded in scientific methodology, to answering one of humanity’s most profound questions: are we alone in the universe?

Implications for the Public and Policy

Lee’s remarks carry significant implications for both policymakers and the general public. His message underscores that the search for extraterrestrial life is a long-term scientific pursuit, rather than a quick fix for sensational headlines or entertainment. The recent declassification of UAP videos by the U.S. government has sparked widespread interest, but Lee stresses the importance of maintaining scientific discipline. Transparent, peer-reviewed research programs are essential to ensure that any claims about alien life are based on reliable and reproducible data. Policymakers are encouraged to support sustained investment in scientific missions and research that adhere to rigorous standards, rather than succumbing to the allure of sensational stories that lack empirical backing.

Lee also highlights the broader philosophical implications of discovering extraterrestrial life. If humanity were to find evidence of an advanced civilization, it would fundamentally alter our understanding of our place in the universe—potentially challenging long-held beliefs and sparking profound societal and scientific shifts. Until such a discovery is made, Lee advocates for patience, rigor, and reliance on data. He concludes that the pursuit of knowledge about extraterrestrial life must be driven by scientific integrity, ensuring that any breakthroughs are meaningful and credible. Ultimately, maintaining a disciplined approach will serve humanity best as we continue to explore the cosmos and seek answers to one of the most compelling questions: are we alone?

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26-02-2026 om 22:44 geschreven door peter  

24-02-2026 om 15:42 geschreven door peter  

The Strange Story of Kyle Andrew Odom, the Ex-Marine Who Claimed Earth Is Secretly Ruled 

In 2016, Secret Service agents caught this man outside the White House. He was throwing papers and a flash drive over the fence because he believed he had to warn the whole country about aliens from Mars.

30‑year‑old former US Marine Kyle Odom, from Idaho, became wanted for the attempted murder of Pastor Tim Remington in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Witnesses and police said Odom ambushed Remington in the church parking lot after Sunday services, shooting him multiple times in the head, back, hand, and side at close range before fleeing, yet the pastor survived, which his congregation viewed as a “miracle.” (Source)

The day before the shooting, Remington had prayed onstage with US presidential candidate Ted Cruz at a campaign event, which initially led some people to suspect a political motive. Police soon identified Odom as the only suspect and launched a two‑day manhunt.

Two days after the shooting, on a Tuesday evening, Odom appeared unexpectedly at the White House in Washington, D.C., where tourists were taking photos. Secret Service agents saw him throwing items—documents and a flash drive—over the White House fence and detained him.

When they checked his name, they discovered the Idaho arrest warrant for attempted murder, and his arrest in Washington suddenly ended the nationwide search. Investigators then learned that he had driven from northern Idaho to Boise, boarded a flight, and traveled across the country to deliver his message to the US president, even though he was already wanted for the shooting.

At the same time, Odom had mailed or sent a 21‑page or 40‑plus‑page “manifesto” to his parents and several Idaho TV stations, and he also posted on Facebook about aliens from Mars, changing his profile picture to an alien image.

In the manifesto, he introduced himself as a bright, successful person: born and raised in North Idaho, raised in a loving family, joined the Marine Corps after high school, developed a strong interest in science, studied biochemistry at the University of Idaho, won scholarships and awards, and graduated magna cum laude before being invited to Baylor College of Medicine to work on genetics. He insisted that he was “100% sane, 0% crazy,” but the rest of the document clearly showed an increasingly paranoid, delusional state of mind.

Odom wrote that his problems began in spring 2014, during his final semester at the University of Idaho, when he was stressed by a heavy course load and turned to daily meditation to cope. As he practiced more, he believed he was achieving “extreme states of consciousness,” and during one meditation session, he described an out‑of‑body experience: complete darkness, loss of physical awareness, and then a blue light approaching that he interpreted as another being. After this, he felt his classes suddenly became very easy, as if he had tapped into some new power, and he said he performed far beyond what he had before.

Later, Odom accepted a PhD offer in human genetics at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston but quickly decided to leave, claiming the work had become too easy after his “awakening.”

He wrote that the day after deciding to leave, his life turned into “a living hell”: he could not sleep, he felt he was being targeted, and he believed people around him—including classmates—were not real humans but aliens trying to provoke him into becoming “the next school shooter.” Feeling persecuted, he left Texas and returned to his hometown of Coeur d’Alene, convinced that unknown forces were manipulating his life.

During flights and everyday situations, Odom began to think that strangers were sending him secret messages and that newspaper headlines carried hidden meanings directed at him. Because he had applied to several government agencies, he initially thought this strange communication might be some covert government contact method.

Once back in Idaho, he received a text message from John Padula, an outreach pastor from the Altar Church, inviting him to attend services. When he went, he immediately felt that something was terribly wrong, as if his life was in danger inside the church, so he left.

Odom then began receiving text messages from Pastor Tim Remington, which in reality were Bible verses and spiritual encouragement, but he interpreted them as threatening communications from a hidden group. He believed the verses referred to “their power,” that Remington was sending coded warnings, and that the word “angels” in one message was somehow linked to helicopters flying over his house, which he saw as a sign that powerful beings were after him.

Around this time, he began experiencing intense involuntary physical sensations, which he described as feeling as though external forces were affecting his body. He also reported hearing music and later voices in his head.

As his symptoms intensified, the inner voice, which he believed came from aliens, told him he would be “sacrificed like Jesus and beheaded.” When a stranger with a religious pamphlet knocked on his door, he became delirious and convinced that his death was imminent.

He fled on a one‑way flight to visit family in Albuquerque but believed that the man sitting next to him was reading his mind and that, at the baggage claim, he was “surrounded” by aliens identified by their constant sniffing, which he thought was a dominance behavior. He came to believe that these beings were everywhere, disguised as humans but truly giant green frog‑like creatures with a snout‑like proboscis on their heads.

Odom wrote that the aliens kept pressuring him to go outside alone, and when he refused out of fear they would kill him, they allegedly threatened his family. To protect his family, he claimed he agreed to do whatever they wanted, and he believed they responded telepathically by telling him to “Go to church,” which he took as a command to return to the Altar Church.

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At the church, he noticed a smell like “reptile and vinegar” and concluded that whoever he was dealing with was an extraterrestrial species. He admitted that he was hearing voices more often and seeing hallucinations that he intellectually knew were not real, yet he still insisted these were caused by telepathic aliens, not by any mental illness.

A strong adult-themed element ran through his delusions. He described these alleged Martian beings as “hypersexual” and claimed that both male and female entities acted out inappropriate fantasies within his mind.

In one episode, he described being in a grocery store bakery surrounded by older men whom he believed were aliens who mentally stimulated him and instructed him to imagine inappropriate acts. These experiences, along with persistent voices and visions, severely affected his mental health and led him to attempt to take his own life twice.

In one incident, he described trying to harm himself inside his car but later said the perceived entities intervened before he could follow through. Afterward, he admitted himself to a local Veterans Affairs hospital for help. The article notes that it was not immediately confirmed what treatment he received.

After being discharged from the hospital, Odom returned to the Altar Church, where he later said he had a face-to-face meeting with Pastor Remington around August of the year before the shooting. According to Odom’s account, he believed the pastor revealed what he described as a “true” alien form during their conversation. He wrote that the pastor’s appearance seemed to change, with his facial features looking different and his eyes appearing unusual.

Odom later claimed he became convinced that members of the church were involved in a plot against him. He left the church and did not return for some time. In his writings, he described ongoing fears that he was being followed or harassed, including when he attempted to resume his studies.

Odom tried to rebuild his life by studying pharmacology at North Idaho College and said he began to feel some recovery. However, he believed that the aliens followed him into every class, interfered with his ability to study, and harassed him during tests, making it impossible to succeed.

In his view, they targeted him specifically because of his intelligence and his knowledge of genetics, fearing he might spark a “scientific revolution” that would expose them. He wrote that they had trouble controlling his mind because he was “too smart,” so they decided to remove him from society altogether.

After the repeated suicide attempts and ongoing torment, Odom concluded that the only remaining option was to “take action” against the beings he believed were ruining his life. He wrote that his life had been destroyed by “an intelligent species of amphibian‑humanoid from Mars” and said Remington and Pastor Padula were either these aliens themselves or their puppets.

The manifesto did not clearly explain why he chose that specific Sunday to attack, but he openly admitted that he had plotted to shoot Remington. On the day of the attack, he later boasted on Facebook that he had shot the pastor 12 times and claimed no normal human could survive, using this to support his belief that Remington was not human.

In the same manifesto and social‑media posts, Odom expanded his theory into a global conspiracy. He said the world was secretly ruled by an ancient Martian civilization that had infiltrated all levels of human society, and that Pastor Remington was one of them and the reason his life was ruined.

He claimed these Martians are “ubiquitous,” living as both blue‑collar workers and powerful leaders, controlling governments, militaries, and corporations while monitoring every “wild” human like animals in a zoo; he said our freedom is only a carefully crafted illusion. He put together a list of “noteworthy Martians” that included about 50 members of the US Congress from both parties and dozens of Israeli leaders, “every prime minister since 1948,” and he said this list was far from complete.

Part of the manifesto was addressed directly to US President Barack Obama. Odom began by thanking him for his sacrifice to the country, then claimed that aliens were controlling and humiliating the president, boasting to Odom about what they supposedly did to him. He urged Obama to stop letting them humiliate him and framed himself as someone taking a stand to end this nonsense, asking if there could be a better legacy than exposing the Martians. He said his “last resort” was to act to bring all of this to the public’s attention, insisted he was a good and innocent person, and added that the “people” he killed were not what others thought.

After sending his manifesto to family and media and posting online that the world is ruled by an ancient civilization from Mars, Odom traveled to Washington, D.C., to get his information into the president’s hands. When he was arrested at the White House fence, authorities found he had been throwing documents and a flash drive—likely containing the same manifesto—over the fence, and police in Idaho said this document heightened their concern about him during the manhunt.

Not long before his arrest, he had written on Facebook that he was being chased, was sending his story to major news organizations, and had no time left. His capture ended any immediate threat he might pose to the many people he had identified as “Martians” in Congress and elsewhere.

In November 2017, the legal outcome of his actions was decided. In the Idaho state court, then‑32‑year‑old Kyle Odom pleaded guilty to an enhanced aggravated battery charge for shooting Pastor Tim Remington and was sentenced to 25 years in prison, with a requirement that he serve at least 10 years before being eligible for parole.

Remington testified that being shot in the head, hand, and side left him with memory lapses and ongoing health problems that affected every part of his life, yet in court, he publicly forgave Odom, called him the real victim, and said he wished him no harm and would remain his friend despite the attack. (Source)

At sentencing, Odom told the court he was deeply remorseful and explained that, at the time of the shooting, he believed his delusions were real, including the idea that Martians were interfering in his life and controlling people around him. He said he felt like he was dreaming and could not wake up, and that he still sometimes felt that way, emphasizing how lost in his own hallucinations he had been. The judge ordered him to pay more than $216,000 in restitution to cover Remington’s medical expenses, with the possibility of more as new bills came in, reflecting the serious long‑term damage caused by the attack.

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23-02-2026 om 22:52 geschreven door peter  

This Man Claims There Are Multiple Bases on the Moon – Including a Massive Ancient Ark – and People Living There Who Look Like Indians from Ancient India, Flying Egg-Shaped Crafts

By Vicky Verma

He had previously shared stories anonymously under the name “JP” with ufologist Dr. Michael Salla, who documented them in books.Pabon says he is coming forward now at great personal risk to himself and his family, but he has received a “green light” from certain people connected to Washington to speak about specific topics.

He served as a 91J (quartermaster and chemical equipment repairer), worked with water purification, and was often used as a translator because he speaks Spanish, Portuguese, and some other languages

He was attached to the 7th Special Forces Group (though he makes clear he was not a Green Beret himself; he calls himself a “Red Beret” paratrooper) and reached the rank of E-4.

He says lower-ranking soldiers like him were usually the ones sent on the actual missions, while higher-ranking officers stayed in secure locations.

Before joining the military, Pabon lived in Orlando, Florida, where he cleaned pools, installed security cameras, and made music. He started taking photos of UFOs around 2007–2008, including triangular TR3B craft and cigar-shaped objects.

Mysterious men in tactical gear (sometimes wearing balaclavas) would approach him in white vans or trucks and tell him exactly when and where to look up to photograph the craft.

He calls these men “white hats” who wanted the information to get out. At the same time, other groups of armed men would pick him up, interrogate him, and tell him to stop sharing photos.

After he sent a TR3B photo to Dr. Michael Salla and it got media attention, he lost his job. The “good” men then encouraged him to join the Army so the harassment would stop. He joined at age 34, and the military changed his life for the better.

 Jorge Pabon.

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Pabon describes secret missions he took part in while in the Army. He was part of multinational teams that included U.S. special forces from different branches, as well as people from other countries.

On these missions, they wore black tactical gear and were transported by helicopters or Ospreys to large Navy ships that could partially submerge to hide.

From there, they went underwater to visit enormous ancient “ark” ships, massive structures the size of three football stadiums or larger, that have been on Earth for hundreds of thousands or possibly millions of years.

He visited one near the Bermuda area off Florida, and says there are others scattered around the world’s oceans, including near Puerto Rico, south of Hawaii near California, south of India, between Venezuela and Puerto Rico, in the Arctic, and in Antarctica.

These arks are alive; they have a consciousness, give off a pleasant smell like hay mixed with algae and vanilla, and feel like they have a heartbeat.

Tall, blonde Nordic extraterrestrials now control them. Inside, there are different departments and rooms, and some areas connect to underground cities where humans and Nordics live and work together. These cities are multi-layered but smaller than major cities like New York, and they function more like bases without children.

Pabon says he was chosen for missions because he seems to have a natural ability to call down or communicate with UFO craft, possibly through prayer or meditation. He has seen UFOs appear at conferences where he speaks, and his wife and children have also witnessed craft.

He describes seeing Nordics training pilots from Artemis Accords countries in Alabama inside a cavern, using flying-saucer-shaped vehicles. He has also seen “ant people” (beings with big eyes and dreadlock-like hair that live underground, similar to stories from Hopi Indians) and, from a distance, one gray alien during a strange mission involving moving large amounts of gold.

He believes the U.S. has very advanced technology—hundreds of years ahead—including anti-gravity propulsion, space-time manipulation, and quantum technology, much of it developed through cooperation with friendly extraterrestrials like the Nordics. He says many UFO sightings today are actually human-made craft using this borrowed technology, though some are still extraterrestrial. Countries work together secretly on these programs despite public rivalries.

He mentions opposition to disclosure. There are “dark forces” (not the regular military or defense contractors) that do not want this information out, possibly because of old unbreakable contracts. He has been threatened at gunpoint and even kicked in the face by aggressive people using advanced craft for bad purposes. Still, he believes disclosure is coming soon, possibly in phases, and that 2026 could be a key year.

Multiple Moon Bases

He speaks openly about his one remembered trip to a moon base, advanced healing technology called medbeds, Stargates and jump rooms for instant travel, and the spiritual side of everything he has witnessed.

Pabon says there are multiple bases on the moon, including at least one large ancient ark similar to the ones he described under Earth’s oceans in part one.

This ark is partly visible on the surface but mostly underground, located somewhere between the near side and the far side (he cannot give the exact spot). Many countries are involved in moon operations.

He reveals that there are people living on the moon who look Indian, with dark skin and traditional Indian features. They are highly spiritual, combine advanced technology with their spiritual traditions, and fly egg-shaped craft.

These craft are connected to ancient Indian culture (he mentions vimanas from old texts). Pabon believes these moon inhabitants sometimes visit Earth and that the U.S. has recovered some of their egg-shaped ships in crash retrievals0

One of these beings, whom he calls “Lovent,” once picked him up in an egg-shaped craft. He says the egg-shaped UFO shown in a recent NewsNation report about a crash retrieval looks almost identical to the ones he has seen.

He remembers being transported to the moon only once, in a group with other military personnel and civilians, aboard a craft similar to triangular TR3B craft. The trip caused him to black out, and when he woke up, they were already there.

The craft flew into an ancient volcanic tunnel lined with beautiful copper-like material. Inside the moon base, the air is thin but breathable and feels refreshing, similar to high altitude on Earth.

There is a lot of crystallized water on the moon, and advanced technology extracts oxygen from it. The base has newer sections built by humans (possibly in cooperation with Nordics) and older parts that look like ancient Roman-style structures built into large caverns.

The moon itself makes a constant humming sound, almost like an engine. Pabon believes the entire moon is alive or is actually a huge ancient craft that has been parked there for a very long time.

He wonders if it could be moved closer to Earth to cause massive waves or resets of civilization, though he stresses he is not trying to spread fear.

While on the moon, his job was mainly to provide security. He says missions often use lower-ranking soldiers who have already had contact experiences because these things become normal to them. He did not see everyday facilities like bathrooms or cafeterias; everyone took special pills beforehand that seemed to handle bodily needs. The visit felt fast-paced, lasting maybe a few hours.

Pabon talks about portal technology for instant travel. He has seen large Stargates big enough for ships to pass through and smaller “jump rooms” that make a person feel dizzy and nauseous before they suddenly appear somewhere else. He believes some are located at major U.S. Air Force bases like Eglin (possibly also linked to the new Space Force headquarters in Alabama). At one Stargate facility, he encountered aggressive “bad people” who act like guards and punish anyone who looks up or steps out of line.

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A major part of the interview focuses on medbeds, advanced healing devices far beyond current medicine.

Pabon personally used one at Eglin Air Force Base. He lay in a capsule filled with a sticky gel connected to wires, unable to move from the neck down. Blood was taken, and he blacked out for part of the time.

Afterward, he felt dramatically better, almost like he could run two miles in 12 minutes again. He says the technology is borrowed from extraterrestrials but can also be dangerous if misused, which is why it is not released to the public yet.

When the time comes, it will be rolled out slowly through different companies specializing in certain conditions, and people may need preparatory medications or vaccines first. There are medbeds on the moon base as well.

He mentions other advanced technologies, including devices that can transfer consciousness (like in the movie Avatar) and healing “salamander wands” that can regrow missing limbs.

He once tried to build a healing wand at home after receiving instructions from a Nordic being, but unknown people broke into his house and stole everything. The same thing happened to an Air Force friend who builds technology.

Pabon briefly talks about travel beyond the moon. He has memories or dreams of seeing Jupiter and the rings of Saturn up close. He says a multinational company (not just the U.S.) mines materials from Saturn’s rings and other places in the solar system.

He defends the Apollo astronauts, saying they really went to the moon but on missions different from what was publicly shown, focused on making connections rather than just planting flags or driving rovers.

He loves the military, calls joining the best decision of his life, and says he is not a whistleblower but someone given permission to share certain parts of his story. He believes full disclosure will happen in stages and that love and spirituality are the most important messages people should take from all of this.

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21-02-2026 om 22:01 geschreven door peter  

This Man Claimed that in 1994 he Met a Blue, Crocodile-Eyed ‘Alien’ in a Military Uniform

He was born in England to an English mother and a U.S. Army Green Beret father, and later lived in Japan, Massachusetts, Germany, and California because of his father’s military assignments.

At about age 10 in San Jose, Jason says he saw a red light come down from the sky, turn into a silver, mercury-drop-shaped object about the size of a camper, hovering just above his friend’s house, silently and very close. He watched it move under a streetlight, then shoot up, orbit briefly with another light, and then one of them streaked across the sky faster than a shooting star; his mother saw part of this with him, and his friend later reported his TV flickering and a humming sound. This sighting led Jason to read “Chariots of the Gods” and become interested in ancient aliens for a while, but as a child, he mostly returned to normal life, sports, and friends, without making UFOs a central focus.

Jason joined the U.S. Air Force in the mid‑1980s, partly influenced by his father but following his father’s advice not to join the Army or Marines; his father wanted him to learn a trade, so Jason chose the Air Force for its technical skills and later used it to earn a bachelor’s degree. He first worked as an airframe repair specialist on large aircraft like C‑130s and KC‑135s, fixing structural cracks, landing gear tracks, and rivets, before being retrained in signals intelligence due to overmanning in his original field.

As a signals intelligence (SIGINT) specialist, Jason monitored telecommunication signals on U.S. military installations, which required strong privacy training because he was listening to Americans, and he had to report threats like planned violent crimes to investigative agencies. He says his work expanded from radios to satellite communications, cell phones, and computer traffic over time, and during Desert Storm, he and his team intercepted information about Iraqi civil engineers being moved, which led to changing U.S. plans to protect those engineers from ambush while they dealt with oil-filled burn pits.

After Germany and Desert Storm, Jason requested western locations like Nevada, Hawaii, or Colorado, and was assigned to Nellis Air Force Base near Las Vegas, living in North Las Vegas. At Nellis, he trained other SIGINT analysts and also received special prototype training to cross over into electronic intelligence (ELINT), working with radar data—this is how he met his future wife, who was an ELINT “scope dope” assigned to the same unit and trained him.

Jason took part in “Red Flag” exercises at Black Mountain and the wider Nevada Test and Training Range, staying for two‑week rotations in small towns like Beatty and Tonopah rather than commuting daily from Las Vegas. He describes how, while training at Black Mountain, people casually pointed across the desert toward the Groom Lake range and talked about “Dreamland” and UFO rumors, which was his first time really hearing those stories in that context.

A few months after arriving in Nevada, Jason and several other analysts were quietly approached by colleagues and told they were being considered for a special access program (SAP) located at Groom Lake. They were asked if they would submit to a full‑scope (lifestyle) polygraph, which probes their entire life history for trustworthiness; Jason agreed, saying he had nothing to hide, and took the polygraph alongside a scientist who was also being onboarded.

After passing, Jason got a call on a Friday telling him to pack his bags without being told the destination, and the next day, he was picked up at his dorm, driven to a special secure part of McCarran Airport, and put on an unmarked “Janet” type flight with other personnel. He noticed that boarding and deplaning were unusually orderly, with no crowding or rushing, and upon arrival, he watched a mandatory security video that introduced the program name, rules, and general mission without openly mentioning aliens.

Jason also notes that he had heard of Bob Lazar in the media but did not know or care about Lazar’s claims while he was actually working at Groom Lake; Lazar had nothing to do with his assignment or chain of command.

 1994 Red Flag exercise near Black Mountain

Jason explains that he and his team were driving in a convoy toward Quartz Mountain, with his truck in the lead. He sat in the back seat behind the driver, with another man in the front passenger seat and a young woman sitting to Jason’s right in the back. They always traveled with at least two vehicles behind them so that if one broke down, the others could help.​

As they drove, Jason saw a man in a standard battle  dress  uniform (BDU), just like his own, standing on the left side of the road about a football field away. When the man noticed their vehicle, he started running toward them in a strange way, leaning forward as if he were falling or pushing against a strong wind. At first, Jason thought he was just another soldier in trouble, not.

As they got closer, Jason noticed that the man’s skin had a light blue tint, like someone who is very cold and hypothermic, not a dark or bright blue, but a pale bluish tone under normal skin color. Jason’s first thought was that the man was freezing and needed help, not that he was anything non‑human. When the stranger was only a few feet from the vehicle, and they were slowing down, the man in the front passenger seat suddenly shouted, “He’s got no ears,” meaning there were no ears at all on the sides of his head.​

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Jason at first thought this comment was rude because he assumed the man was suffering and needed medical help. He quickly opened his door and started taking off his jacket, intending to wrap it around the stranger to warm him up. As Jason stepped onto the road, shut the door, and looked at the figure from very close range—about three feet—he saw clearly that the being had no ears, eyes roughly twice the normal human size, and that same blue tint to the skin. At that instant, he felt a strong surge of fear, like a jolt of adrenaline, and thought, “Oh crap, this does not look human.”

Jason says that when he and the being locked eyes, it felt like looking into the eyes of a crocodile or suddenly seeing a rattlesnake; his primal fear spiked even though the being was not attacking him. He describes it as meeting a sentient creature he could not explain, similar to the shock of seeing a huge whale underwater the first time you scuba dive, but without knowing what this “whale” actually was. Despite his fear, the situation changed when the being began to communicate with him, which calmed him somewhat because Jason had to focus on the conversation.​

The being spoke out loud in a language that sounded to Jason like Norwegian or some northern European language, not English. Jason did not understand the spoken words themselves, but at the same time, he clearly received the meaning in his mind, as if the being was speaking telepathically in parallel. Jason says he could understand everything: the being telling him that his craft was damaged and that he needed material to repair it. (it is unclear what the material name was, but many interpreted Jason as pronouncing something like “tintillium/trintillium”)

Jason then pointed in the direction of “Dreamland,” meaning the Groom Lake/Area 51 complex, and said those people might have advanced metals and high‑tech material that could help. As soon as he mentioned them, Jason felt a strong telepathic wave of disgust from the being, as if the being considered those people primitive or barbaric and wanted nothing to do with them.​

Jason confirms he was speaking normally in English, not just thinking, and the being seemed to understand him perfectly. He compares the language effect to speaking Spanish out loud to someone while the listener simultaneously hears perfect English in their mind via Duolingo—one channel is foreign sounds, the other is clear meaning. The being continued talking in its unknown spoken language, while Jason kept understanding the content telepathically.​

During the exchange, Jason occasionally glanced back at h is teammates in the vehicle. He says they looked “zonked,” like zombies, sitting motionless and staring blankly, similar to people who have been stunned in the Men in Black movies. Their expression was so odd that Jason almost found it comical, but he also recognized something was very wrong because they were not reacting to what was happening just outside the vehicle.​

Jason notes that the driver might have started to roll the window down at first, but likely rolled it back up when he saw Jason opening his door, wanting to keep the cold air out. Jason is not certain about the exact position of the window, because his attention was on the being and the conversation rather than the small details in the car. He says the entire interaction with the being could not have lasted more than about five minutes, though it felt intense and full of sensory input.​

At some point, Jason clearly realized, “Holy ****, I’m talking to an alien,” especially after he understood that the being was using an unknown language with a telepathic overlay and after noting that the being’s appearance was completely non‑human. He stresses that he has never before or since had someone speak to him in a foreign language while he simultaneously understood them telepathically in his own language. That combination of physical strangeness and telepathic communication convinced him he was dealing with a non‑human intelligence.​

The craft itself was parked off the road in the desert, about 50 yards from where Jason and the being stood. Jason says he looked to his left as he exited the vehicle and saw it clearly in profile. The craft had a bulbous, egg‑shaped cockpit, white in color, roughly comparable in size to the cockpit of a modern fighter jet, and seemingly able to hold about two occupants. Attached to the back of this cockpit was a flat, black, pancake‑like “egg” about a foot to a foot and a half thick, sticking out where the tail of a helicopter would normally be.​

Jason compares the overall shape to certain helicopters that have a large, rounded canopy where the pilots sit, except this craft had that big,ig rounded section plus the black disk at the rear and no wings or propellers visible. He emphasizes that, as part of Red Flag exercises, he and his colleagues were familiar with every type of aircraft in the U.S. inventory and many foreign allied aircraft, including bombers and fighters. He is confident this craft matched none of them and was unlike anything they were trained on or saw during the exercises.​

Jason says he could take people back to the exact location on that road and point out the spot where the craft sat, probably within about ten feet. He remembers the spot very clearly on the route toward Quartz Mountain. As the conversation continued, Jason ran out of helpful ideas; after being reacted with disgust to the Groom Lake suggestion, Jason told him the only other possibility he could think of was a geophysics professor he knew at the community college in downtown Las Vegas, who might have access to metals or specialists.​

When Jason mentioned the professor, the being accepted this as a possible option and said something like “OK” in response. Shortly after that, the conversation ended; Jason did not want to stay any longer and also felt they had reached the limits of what he could do to help. The being then walked back to his craft, entered it, and the craft lifted off.​

Jason describes the takeoff sound as a strange noise, somewhat like a squeaking fan belt in a car, but not very loud. The craft rose straight up from its position, then began moving horizontally while rising in a kind of stair‑step pattern rather than a smooth line, which Jason thinks could be due to the damage the being had mentioned, especially affecting the vertical flight system. The craft flew south‑southeast across the range, in a direction roughly toward Las Vegas, and eventually passed out of sight.​

After the craft left, Jason got back into the vehicle. At that moment, his teammates seemed to “come to”: their faces no longer looked zoned out, and they suddenly acted normal again. No one said, “What the hell was that?” or reacted the way Jason expected after such an extraordinary event. When he asked them directly if they had seen what just happened, they all said no.​

Jason felt this was strange, and he sensed that at least the ranking driver did remember something, because that man firmly said no and added that they should not talk about it. Jason took this as a sign that the senior man had seen enough to be frightened or concerned and wanted the subject shut down. He thinks it is likely that some of the people in the car, maybe all of them except him, experienced “lost time” or had their awareness switched off during the main part of the encounter.​

Jason explains “lost time” as a gap in memory where a section of time disappears, either because of a physical blow to the head or, in many abduction stories, because the beings have a way to turn off a person’s consciousness. He mentions reports where car radios and electronics shut down around craft, and afterwards, witnesses realize more time has passed than they remember, even though it felt like nothing happened. Jason believes something like this may have affected his teammates and may also connect to his own later missing time that day.​

He then continues the story to describe what happened after they reached Black Mountain. The convoy proceeded as scheduled; they had to arrive at a set time to power up their equipment and start their operational work, so outwardly, everyone focused on the mission. Jason, however, drove in shock, silently replaying the encounter in his head and thinking, “Holy crap, what just happened?”​

At Black Mountain, they set up their gear, worked through the mission, and then later returned to their hotel. Jason says that only the ranking man seemed to recall any part of it, because he was the only one willing to acknowledge anything when Jason tried to talk to him later. Around lunchtime that same day at Black Mountain, Jason felt a very strong, strange urge to eat his lunch outside even though it was extremely cold.​

He followed this feeling, took his lunch, and walked down the road from the Black Mountain site about 100 to 150 feet. He remembers walking down the road—and then his memory simply stops. That is where his own missing time begins: he has no recollection of what happened after walking that short distance away from the main site.

Post-Alien Encounter

Years later, in 2022, Jason says he was asked by people associated with the UAP Task Force to contact the other men from the car to corroborate the event. He reached out to one former colleague, who initially replied warmly, but when Jason mentioned “remember that day back in ’94, that UFO,” the man never responded again and effectively ghosted him.​

Jason interprets this as either fear, unwillingness to revisit traumatic or sensitive material, or pressure to remain silent, although he cannot know the exact reason. He states he is willing to take a polygraph specifically about this UFO encounter and his Groom Lake experiences because he considers himself an honest person and believes he is telling the truth as he remembers it.

He mentions that he has spoken privately, in more detail, to a very small number of trusted people and that some of what he told them included references to operations that could be interpreted as involving non‑human intelligences (NHI), but he stresses he is still trying to sort out what is memory, what is nightmare, and how his mind might have protected him by altering or hiding details.​

Jason repeatedly acknowledges that claims about missing time, UFO craft at Black Mountain, and any implication of being ordered to harm an NHI sound unbelievable and can severely damage his credibility. He says his hesitation and emotional reaction are partly because he knows how bad this sounds, even “if it’s true,” and he does not want these aspects to be used to dismiss his documented military career and more conventional intelligence work.​

At the same time, he emphasizes that his life story, service record, positions of trust, and multiple polygraphs show that he has generally been considered reliable and responsible within the system. Jason’s current stance is that he stands by what he has described about his UFO encounter and his involvement in a Groom Lake SAP, but he draws a line on discussing the most extreme alleged incidents until he and his psychiatrist can fully unpack them, out of concern for both truth and his own mental health.

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21-02-2026 om 21:31 geschreven door peter  

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21-02-2026 om 21:18 geschreven door peter  

Het buitenaardse wezen dat leeft in de diepten van de Antarctische Oceaan

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Buitenaards uitziend wezen gevonden in de Antarctische Oceaan
Een paar jaar geleden deed een groep mariene biologen aan boord van een onderzoeksschip in de ijskoude wateren van Antarctica een verbazingwekkende ontdekking: een buitenaards uitziend wezen met 20 armen.

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Negen jaar durende expeditie
De bevindingen werden in juli gepubliceerd in het 'Invertebrate Systematics Journal' en maakten deel uit van een negen jaar durende expeditie die duurde van 2008 tot 2017 .

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Antarctische veersterren
Het doel van deze expeditie was om ongrijpbare zeedieren te vinden die behoren tot de soort ' Promachocrinus fragarius ', beter bekend als Antarctische haarsterren, zoals het exemplaar dat ze vonden (zie foto).

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“Buitenaards uiterlijk tijdens het zwemmen”
"Hoewel ze lijken op andere ongewervelde zeedieren, zoals zeesterren en zeekomkommers, onderscheiden haarsterren zich door hun grote formaat en buitenaardse uiterlijk tijdens het zwemmen", schreven de onderzoekers in het artikel.

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Diep in de oceaan
Veersterren kunnen op diepten leven die variëren van 215 voet tot een verbazingwekkende 3.840 voet onder het oppervlak van de oceaan, schatten de auteurs.

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Meer Antarctische veersterren
Naast de 20-armige Antarctische veerster identificeerde het team er zeven andere soorten die behoren tot de 'Promachocrinus fragarius ' die nog nooit eerder door de wetenschappelijke gemeenschap zijn beschreven of benoemd , zo meldde de Miami Herald.

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Voorheen onbekende soorten blijken veersterren te zijn
Jarenlang werd gedacht, maar het is niet bevestigd, dat exemplaren die tijdens eerdere expedities waren gevonden, tot de groep 'Promachocrinus' (Antarctische haarsterren) behoorden, tot nu toe, zo vertelde een auteur van de studie aan Insider.

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Foto: Antarctische haarster vastgelegd door EVNautilius (Ocean Exploration Trust).

DNA- en morfologisch onderzoek
Volgens de wetenschappers was de classificatie mogelijk dankzij onderzoek naar zowel het DNA als de fysieke morfologie, oftewel de vorm, van de ontdekte organismen.

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Potentieel onontdekte zeedieren
Volgens de onderzoekers zijn de ontdekkingen een herinnering aan de vele potentieel onbekende zeedieren die in de uitgestrekte oceanen van onze planeet leven. Onderzoek is dan ook van cruciaal belang.

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Overvloed aan leven in de Antarctische wateren
"Een uitgebreide verkenning zal onmisbaar zijn om zelfs maar een basisbegrip te verkrijgen van de rijkdom aan leven in de Antarctische wateren", concludeerden ze in het wetenschappelijke artikel.

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19-02-2026 om 21:46 geschreven door peter  

Congressman Eric Burlison Questions Alleged Large Abroad UAP Construction • Newest UFO Sightings

Missouri Congressman Eric Burlison has drawn renewed consideration to unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) following a current tv interview during which he mentioned reviews of an unusually massive object allegedly situated exterior the US. Talking publicly concerning the matter, Burlison emphasised that he has not personally verified the claims however is actively searching for entry by congressional oversight channels.

Allegations of a Construction Constructed Round an Object

Through the interview, Burlison defined that he has obtained data from sources each inside and outdoors the federal authorities suggesting the existence of a large unidentified object in a foreign country. In line with the accounts relayed to him, the item is reportedly so massive that it couldn’t be transported. As a substitute, a construction was allegedly constructed round it.

The congressman clarified that he can’t reveal the nation concerned, stating that a few of the data was obtained in labeled settings. He additionally famous that extensively circulated reviews figuring out a selected constructing in media protection don’t match what he has been advised.

Importantly, Burlison harassed that he doesn’t but possess “laborious proof” confirming the item’s existence. His feedback mirror ongoing efforts to find out whether or not the claims have benefit and whether or not extra transparency is warranted.

Growing Congressional Attention on UAPs

Burlison, a member of the House Oversight Committee, has increasingly pushed for greater transparency on UAP matters. In August 2025 he introduced the Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Disclosure Act of 2025 as an amendment to the National Defence Authorisation Act, which would require the preservation and public release of government records on UAPs and provide oversight mechanisms.

The proposal aims to ensure federal agencies cannot destroy or hide records, a move supporters argue would bring clarity to what authorities know about unexplained aerial phenomena. Critics say such measures risk leaking sensitive defence information. Burlison's interest in UAP disclosure aligns with broader congressional concern about how governments classify sensitive sightings. Lawmakers have criticised the Pentagon and Department of Defence offices for withholding information on apparent encounters reported by military personnel.

Oversight Challenges and Bureaucratic Resistance

Burlison, who serves on committees engaged in UAP-related inquiries, acknowledged that getting access to delicate services—whether or not in the US or overseas—isn’t easy. He described important institutional resistance rooted in jurisdictional disputes, interagency secrecy, and committee turf safety inside Congress.

In line with him, even makes an attempt to go to home websites reportedly related to UAP analysis or reverse-engineering applications have confirmed troublesome. Entry to an alleged abroad location would require cooperation at a number of ranges, together with coordination with international governments and labeled authorization channels.

Regardless of these obstacles, Burlison indicated that he intends to proceed pursuing oversight alternatives.

What Did Burlison Actually Say?

The Reddit thread suggests Burlison may have referenced the UFO site in connection with Dr Stephen Greer's claims, a controversial figure in the UFO disclosure world, though the congressman himself has not publicly confirmed this. One Reddit commenter noted that if such an object were truly 'too big to move', it would be difficult to keep secret, particularly in a highly developed region like South Korea. Another added scepticism about the idea of such an installation near major population centres.

Dr. Steven Greer’s Further Claims

Additionally showing within the interview was Steven Greer, founding father of the Disclosure Mission. Greer claimed that one such object is situated within the mountains exterior Seoul, South Korea. He asserted that the item is extraordinarily massive—doubtlessly a whole bunch and even hundreds of ft throughout—and that its materials composition makes it resistant to traditional reducing instruments.

Greer additional acknowledged that his data comes from whistleblowers who allegedly had entry to extremely labeled applications. Nevertheless, these claims stay unverified by impartial proof.

When requested whether or not the item in query was a spacecraft, Greer answered affirmatively. He advised that comparable objects might exist in different places, together with inside the US.

Transparency Versus Nationwide Safety

Burlison emphasised that if he have been to acquire definitive proof—whether or not bodily, photographic, or documented—he believes the American public would should know. On the similar time, he acknowledged the necessity to stability transparency with nationwide safety issues.

The dialogue additionally referenced previous public feedback from former President Barack Obama, who has beforehand addressed extraterrestrial questions in interviews. Obama has acknowledged that he has seen no proof of alien craft being hidden in services like Space 51, although he has additionally famous that sure labeled applications might not all the time be totally accessible even to presidents.

Greer countered by suggesting that some data might not have been totally shared with senior officers. These assertions, like others within the dialog, stay a part of an ongoing debate fairly than confirmed truth.

Evidence That Raised Eyebrows

Rep Burlison has repeatedly brought attention to UAP issues during congressional hearings. In September 2025 he played a previously unseen video, reportedly taken by a US military drone, showing what he described as a Hellfire missile striking an unidentified object off the coast of Yemen, 'and it kept going'. The Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) said it had no comment on the video's authenticity and noted that many unexplained UAP reports remain under investigation without confirmation of extraterrestrial origin.

Broader Oversight Efforts

Burlison's remarks are part of a broader congressional push to scrutinise how federal agencies handle UAP reports. In late 2024, he questioned a former Pentagon employee on alleged secret UFO programmes and non-human 'biologics', claims that government critics often cite as evidence of cover-ups. However, mainstream experts and Defence officials continue to stress the distinction between unexplained aerial phenomena and extraterrestrial visitation, pointing out that many sightings are eventually attributed to misidentified aircraft, drones, atmospheric phenomena, or data errors.

Public Reaction and Scientific Scepticism

Views on Burlison's implied South Korea UFO claim range widely. UFO enthusiasts online argue that such hints deserve serious investigation. Sceptics counter that Reddit-based interpretation of Burlison's comments cannot be treated as verification of classified knowledge. Scientific communities emphasise that open inquiry must be grounded in verified data rather than speculation about hidden sites or unverified testimonies.

Unanswered Questions

A number of important questions stay unresolved:

• What precisely is the alleged object?
• When did it first come to gentle?
• Which companies or governments can be accountable for overseeing it?
• Why has no verifiable proof surfaced publicly?

At current, there aren’t any authenticated paperwork, satellite tv for pc imagery, or bodily supplies confirming the existence of the item described.

A Persevering with Investigation

The interview displays the broader nationwide dialog surrounding UAP investigations. In recent times, Congress has held hearings and requested briefings aimed toward clarifying unexplained aerial sightings and potential superior applied sciences.

Whereas Burlison’s remarks don’t present proof of extraterrestrial craft, they underscore ongoing tensions between public curiosity, congressional oversight, and labeled nationwide safety applications. Whether or not additional inquiry will result in concrete findings stays to be seen.

For now, the claims stay allegations—severe sufficient to immediate oversight efforts, however unverified within the public area.

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18-02-2026 om 22:08 geschreven door peter  

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A MASSIVE UFO is hiding in plain sight in a secret overseas location, according to bombshell claims by a United States congressman.

Rep Eric Burlison said on Monday that the facility is “guarded like it’s some kind of commodity” and has previously claimed that Donald Trump has been “fully briefed” on the existence of aliens.

Rep Eric Burlison has insisted on the existence of aliens but admitted he has no definitive proof

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A giant building in South Korea has often been cited as a potential UFO storage facility

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He added that the US president has also been made aware of alien-human hybrids allegedly living on Earth today.

The lawmaker claims that an entire building has had to be built around the immovable flying saucer, which theorists believe to be on the outskirts of Seoul, South Korea.

Investigative journalist Ross Coulthart made the original claim that the United States had possession of the extraterrestrial craft in an interview on the Project Unit Podcast last November.

Several UFO blogs and satellite sleuths have since pointed to the mysterious South Korean structure – which sits atop a mountain and is roughly 270 feet in diameter.

It is rumored to house a massive crashed or landed extraterrestrial craft that was reportedly too large to transport, leading to a building being constructed around it for concealment.

But a South Korean researcher has disputed the claims, saying the facility dates back to the 1970s and has no connection to UFOs.

He added that many such aviation installations exist across the country.

Joe Rogan and other prominent podcasters have popularised the claims, which have gained notoriety in the UFO/UAP – Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena – communities as the alleged “Coulthart UFO/UAP Site”

Now Burlison, who did not confirm that he was referring to that location, says bureaucratic hurdles are making it difficult to ratify the theory.

The lawmaker acknowledged that he had no first-hand proof, sharing that the information had been cobbled together from accounts he has heard from government and non-official sources.

“I’m not going to mention the country because I heard of it inside of a closed setting, and I want to protect my classification level,” Burlison said, during an interview on Newsmax’s Finnerty.

He added that the object is “not in the facility that’s been widely reported in the news” and pushed back on speculation about its location.

Burlison also blasted the “insurmountable” task of accessing UAP-related sites near his Washington DC office.

He pointed the finger at congressional bureaucracy and claimed that committees “love turning each other down”.

But despite the barriers Burlison is committed to finding evidence of extraterrestrial life.

The South Korean facility was reportedly built in the 1970s

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He said: “If I come under any hard evidence, whether it’s physical or video evidence that is absolutely definitive, I will not hold back on telling the American people that we are alone or not alone in this universe.”

He added that no government has a right to withhold such information from its citizens.

Burlison has previously been granted access to secure locations across the US, such as the infamous Area 51, which have decade-old ties to UFOs and secretive government projects.

Despite the US government and Pentagon officially denying that proof of alien life has been recovered, Congress has heard whistleblowers’ claims about secret state programs.

Burlison said that Trump has been informed of UFOs recovered by the military since the 1940s and alien life on Earth.

Former President Barack Obama made headlines this week when he made the bombshell claim that “aliens are real”.

He said: “They’re real but I haven’t seen them.

“They’re not being kept in Area 51. There’s no underground facility.”

Before he joked: “Unless there’s this enormous conspiracy and they hid it from the president of the United States.”

Obama later posted a clarifying statement on his Instagram, writing: “Statistically, the universe is so vast that the odds are good there’s life out there.

“But the distances between solar systems are so great that the chances we’ve been visited by aliens is low, and I saw no evidence during my presidency that extraterrestrials have made contact with us. Really!”

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18-02-2026 om 21:17 geschreven door peter  

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For decades, scientists have searched the skies for signs of extraterrestrial technology. A study from EPFL asks a sharp question: if alien signals have already reached Earth without us noticing, what should we realistically expect to detect today?

Since the first SETI experiment in 1960, astronomers have scanned the Milky Way for signs of advanced extraterrestrial civilizations. These searches have covered radio waves, optical flashes, and infrared heat signatures.

So far, they have found nothing confirmed. That silence is often explained by saying we have only searched a tiny part of the cosmic landscape. But what if signals did reach Earth and slipped past us?

A technosignature is any measurable signal or physical trace that points to the existence of advanced technology beyond Earth, for example, artificial radio transmissions, laser flashes, or excess heat from large-scale engineering projects.

For a technosignature to be detected, two things must happen. First, the signal must physically reach Earth. Second, our instruments must be sensitive enough to detect it, pointed in the right direction, and able to distinguish it from natural signals. This means that a signal can satisfy the first condition and still fail the second. It could be too weak, too brief, sent at the wrong wavelength, or lost in background noise.

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It is often suggested that this may have already happened: alien technosignatures may have reached Earth during the past six decades but have gone unnoticed. If that is true, it suggests that more signals could be passing by right now, just waiting to be detected as our instruments improve.

A new study challenges that assumption. EPFL theoretical physicist Claudio Grimaldi, from the Laboratory of Statistical Biophysics, has now examined what undetected past contacts would mean for today's SETI searches. Using a statistical approach, Grimaldi asked how many alien signals must have crossed Earth since 1960 for there to be a high chance of detecting one today, and how far from Earth those signals would most likely come from. The study is published in The Astronomical Journal.

Grimaldi modeled technosignatures as emissions from distant technological species or their artifacts somewhere in the Milky Way. These emissions spread at the speed of light and, in this model, can last from very short periods such as days to very long ones lasting thousands of years.

Earth is "contacted" if such a signal passes through our location in space. Detection only happens if the source lies within a range where its signal is strong enough for our telescopes to detect, a distance that stands in for both signal strength and instrument sensitivity.

Grimaldi used a Bayesian statistical approach, a method that updates estimates as new information is taken into account, to link three elements:

1. the number of past contacts with Earth,
2. the typical lifetime of technosignatures, and
3. the distance range that current or near-future instruments can probe.

He considered both omnidirectional signals, such as waste heat from large structures, and highly focused ones, such as beacons or laser flashes. The analysis treats these cases on equal footing.

Challenging the current view

The theoretical study's findings challenge a common optimistic view. If scientists want a high probability of detecting technosignatures within a few hundred or even a few thousand light-years today, this would require that a very large number of technosignals must have passed Earth unnoticed in the past. In many scenarios, this number becomes implausibly large, sometimes exceeding the number of potentially habitable planets in that region of the galaxy, which makes such scenarios highly unlikely rather than strictly impossible.

This changes only when searches extend much farther out. If technosignatures are long-lived and spread across the Milky Way, detection becomes more plausible at distances of several thousand light-years or more. Even then, only a few detectable signals at most would be expected across the entire galaxy at any given time.

A long and broader road ahead

The study suggests that the fact that signals may have remained unnoticed in the past does not mean detection is just around the corner. If extraterrestrial technologies exist and have contacted Earth, they are more likely to be rare, distant, or long-lasting rather than nearby and frequent.

This reframes the search as a patient, long-term effort rather than a waiting game for obvious signals. It also strengthens the case for deep, wide surveys that scan large parts of the Milky Way instead of focusing only on our cosmic neighborhood.

More information: 

• Claudio Grimaldi, Undetected Past Contacts with Technological Species: Implications for Technosignature Science, The Astronomical Journal (2026). DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/ae394b
• Provided by Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
• This story was originally published on Phys.org.

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17-02-2026 om 18:48 geschreven door peter  

The hunt for life beyond Earth has taken an unexpected twist as President Barack Obama claims that aliens are real, but that he doesn't know where they are.

The former president said in an interview that extraterrestrials were 'not being kept' in Area 51, a US Air Force base that has long featured in alien theories.

Obama told interviewer Brian Tyler Cohen: 'There's no underground facility unless there's this enormous conspiracy and they hid it from the president of the United States.'

So, with conspiracy theorists' favourite choice ruled out, where might aliens really be hiding?

Scientists generally believe that the best candidates for alien life are 'Earth–like' worlds orbiting distant stars in other parts of the galaxy.

One such contender is the Earth–sized planet TRAPPIST–1e, located just 40 light–years from Earth, which is located safely within its star's habitable 'Goldilocks zone'.

But astronomers also believe we don't need to look so far from home to hunt for alien life.

Even in our own solar system, Saturn's moons Enceladus and Titan could have the right conditions for life to emerge and thrive.

President Obama has said that aliens are 'real' but that he has not seen them, adding that they were not being kept in Area 51 

In a statement on his official Instagram account, Obama clarified his points about aliens, writing: 'Statistically, the universe is so vast that the odds are good there's life out there. 

'But the distances between solar systems are so great that the chances we've been visited by aliens is low, and I saw no evidence during my presidency that extraterrestrials have made contact with us. Really!'

Obama's argument is a variation of a principle which actually plays a key role in the search for alien life.

Professor Mark Burchell, of the University of Kent, told the Daily Mail: 'The idea is there are so many stars, so many have planets, so many planets are in the habitable zone where the solar heating is enough to permit liquid water on the surface, that something magic happens in a certain per cent of the time and life emerges.'

This is why astronomers focus on looking for solar systems that have worlds with water, since there is a small chance of life emerging on any world where it is present. 

TRAPPIST–1e 

One of the best examples is TRAPPIST–1, an extremely small and cool red dwarf star, with a diameter of just 52,300 miles (84,180 kilometres) and a surface temperature less than half that of the sun's.

Three of the solar system's closely orbiting planets fit within the star's Goldilocks zone – so called because the temperature is just right for liquid water to exist.

TRAPPIST–1e (artist's impression) is a planet located just 40 light–years from Earth that likely has liquid water and an atmosphere similar to that of Earth 

The worlds with the best chance of having alien life

1. TRAPPIST–1e

2. K2–18b

3. Kepler–62e and Kepler–62f

4. Enceladus

5. Titan 

Of those, the most promising is TRAPPIST–1e, the fourth planet from the star, which has a mass of 0.692 Earths.

TRAPPIST–1e sits extremely close to its star, but TRAPPIST–1 is so cool that liquid water could still exist on the planet's surface – making it a great candidate for life.

In a recent study, scientists used the James Webb Space Telescope to measure light filtering through the planet's atmosphere.

This revealed that TRAPPIST–1e likely has an atmosphere similar to that of Earth, making it more likely that it has managed to hold on to liquid water.

K2–18b

One of the most promising candidates for alien life is the planet K2–18b, which some studies suggest could be teeming with life.

Located 124 light–years from Earth in the constellation of Leo, K2–18b is a giant world covered entirely by oceans – making it what scientists call a 'Hycean world'.

The planet orbits its cool red dwarf star closely, completing an orbit in 33 Earth days, placing it squarely within the Goldilocks zone.

K2–18b (artist's impression) is a massive water world covered in oceans that orbits a red dwarf star 124 light–years from Earth. Scientists have found chemicals in its atmosphere that could be a sign of life 

Most importantly, scientists have used the JWST to detect huge quantities of chemicals that are made by living organisms on Earth.

The researchers picked up the chemical fingerprints of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) and dimethyl disulfide (DMDS) – chemicals usually made by microscopic life, like marine phytoplankton.

Speaking at the time of the discovery, lead researcher Professor Nikku Madhusudhan, of Cambridge's Institute of Astronomy, said: 'Given everything we know about this planet, a Hycean world with an ocean that is teeming with life is the scenario that best fits the data we have.'

Unfortunately, scientists have since cast some doubt over these exciting claims.

Dr David Armstrong, an expert on exoplanet detection from the University of Warwick, told the Daily Mail: 'The evidence for life on K2–18b is weak and disputed by a lot of scientists.

'That's not to say it's impossible, but K2–18b is a 'sub–Neptune', a planet unlike the Earth, and we still have a lot to learn about even the fundamentals of planets like that before we could confidently claim a detection of life.'

Kepler–62e and Kepler–62f

The twin worlds Kepler–62e and Kepler–62f are another example of astronomers following the water to find alien life.

Kepler–62 is a seven–billion–year–old dwarf star around two–thirds the size of the sun, located 1,200 light–years from Earth. Scientists believe two planets, Kepler–62e and Kepler–62f, could be habitable

Located about 1,200 light–years from Earth, Kepler–62 is a seven–billion–year–old dwarf star around two–thirds the size of the sun.

Kepler–62f orbits the star every 267 days and is only 40 per cent larger than Earth, while Kepler–62e orbits every 122 days and is about 60 per cent larger than Earth.

Since both sit inside their stars' habitable zone, there is a good chance that they are home to liquid water and, therefore, have a chance of hosting life.

In 2015, a NASA research document called Kepler–62f one of the ''most promising planets discovered' for supporting alien life.

Enceladus

Although it might come as a surprise, scientists actually believe some of the most likely places to find alien life are in our own solar system.

Dr Armstrong says: 'On Earth, we find life almost everywhere there is liquid water, so the easiest place to look for extraterrestrial life is the same.

'The most likely place to find it would be in the subsurface oceans of some of the moons orbiting Saturn and Jupiter.'

Saturn's moon Enceladus is a particularly good candidate for the search for alien life due to'tiger stripes' (bottom right) near its south pole that allow a plume of ice to escape into space 

NASA's Cassini spacecraft found molecules in ice from Enceladus that could be part of the chain of reactions that ultimately lead to life. Pictured: Artist's impression of Enceladus' surface

Saturn's moon Enceladus is seen as a particularly promising candidate to look for extraterrestrial life because of plumes of liquid water constantly spewing from its South Pole.

With a diameter of 310 miles (500 km) – about as wide as Arizona – Enceladus is Saturn's sixth–largest moon.

On the surface, conditions are exceptionally cold with temperatures as low as –201°C (–330°F).

However, beneath the frozen surface, there is a vast ocean of liquid water that could provide a home for life.

In 2008, NASA's Cassini spacecraft flew directly through Enceladus' icy polar spray and collected samples of ice crystals.

New analysis has shown that these crystals are packed with complex molecules that could be part of the chain of reactions that ultimately lead to life.

Based on these findings, researchers have suggested that the moon now 'ticks all the boxes' to be a candidate for supporting alien life.

Titan

Scientists think that Saturn's moon Titan (pictured) has a network of 'slushy' tunnels beneath its icy surface that could be the perfect place for simple life to form 

Titan, another of Saturn's icy moons, has also been put forward as a strong candidate in the search for extraterrestrial life.

Scientists used to think that Titan had a wide, open ocean beneath its surface ice, which would mean that heat and nutrients were spread out over the whole planet.

However, recent studies have shown that this is not the entire story.

Using data collected by the Cassini spacecraft, scientists have revealed that Titan has 'slushy tunnels' beneath the surface.

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This 'slushy high–pressure ice layer' is similar to the melting Arctic with a network of aquifers and sea ice.

Lead author Professor Baptiste Journaux, of the University of Washington, told Daily Mail at the time: '[This] has implications for what type of life we might find, the availability of nutrients, energy and so on.'

Analyses indicate that the pockets of freshwater on Titan could reach 68°F (20°C) – which is the optimal temperature for life on Earth to thrive.

Any available nutrients would be more concentrated in a small volume of water, compared to an open ocean, which could facilitate the growth of simple organisms.

How the Drake Equation is used to hunt aliens

The Drake Equation is a seven-variable way of finding the chance of active civilizations existing beyond Earth.

It takes into account factors like the rate of star formation, the amount of stars that could form planetary systems, the number potentially habitable planets in those systems.

The equation includes recent data from Nasa's Kepler satellite on the number of exoplanets that could harbor life.

Researchers also adapted the equation from being about the number of civilizations that exist now, to being about the probability of civilization being the only one that has ever existed.

Researchers found the odds of an advanced civilization developing need to be less than one in 10 billion trillion for humans to be the only intelligent life in the universe.

Unless the odds of advanced life evolving on a habitable planet are astonishingly low, then humankind is not the only advanced civilization to have lived. 

But Kepler data places those odds much higher, which means technologically advanced aliens are likely to have existed at some point.

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16-02-2026 om 22:30 geschreven door peter  

Synopsis

Former US President Barack Obama said in a recent podcast interview that aliens are “real”, though he added that he has never seen them. Speaking to Brian Tyler Cohen, Obama dismissed long-standing conspiracy theories that extraterrestrials are being secretly held at Area 51, saying there is no underground facility unless an enormous conspiracy was hidden even from the president.

Former US President Barack Obama has stirred fresh debate around extraterrestrial life after saying that aliens are “real”, while at the same time rejecting long-running claims that they are being hidden at the secretive Nevada military base known as Area 51. Obama made the remarks during an appearance on the ‘No Lie’ podcast hosted by YouTuber Brian Tyler Cohen.

When asked directly whether aliens exist, Obama replied, “They’re real, but I haven’t seen them.” He then addressed the popular conspiracy theory linked to Area 51, adding, “They’re not being kept in – what is it? There’s no underground facility, unless there’s this enormous conspiracy and they hid it from the president of the United States.”

At one point in the conversation, when Cohen asked what question he most wanted answered after taking office, Obama laughed and said, “Where are the aliens?”

Area 51, located at Groom Lake in Nevada, has for years been at the centre of speculation about UFOs and alien life. The US government officially acknowledged the base only in 2013. It is widely believed to be a testing ground for advanced military aircraft0

According to The Independent and other international reports, conspiracy theories have claimed that alien spacecraft and even extraterrestrial remains are stored at the facility. Some stories trace back to the 1947 Roswell incident in New Mexico, where debris from a crashed object led to widespread rumours about a UFO cover-up.

Other unproven theories suggest that secret projects at the base include reverse engineering alien technology, developing futuristic weapons, time travel experiments and even weather control systems. None of these claims have been backed by verified evidence.

Renewed attention on UFO sightings

Interest in Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs), the official term now used by the US government for UFOs, has increased in recent years. In 2021, the Pentagon released three declassified US Navy videos showing fast-moving aerial objects. In one clip, an object appeared to rotate while flying against strong winds.

Obama had earlier spoken about such sightings during a 2021 appearance on The Late Late Show with James Corden. At that time, he said there was footage and records of objects in the sky that could not be fully explained, including their movement and trajectory. He stressed that investigations were being taken seriously.

The Department of Defense has since set up the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) to examine UAP reports, and lawmakers have pushed for greater transparency around such incidents.

 
During the same recent podcast interview, Obama also criticised federal immigration enforcement actions in Minnesota, calling certain operations “rogue behavior” and expressing concern over the way agents were deployed. He said such actions resembled conduct seen in authoritarian countries rather than in America.

He further commented on the current state of political discourse, describing what he called a “sort of clown show that’s happening in social media and on television.” He said there appeared to be a loss of decorum and respect for public office compared to earlier times.

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15-02-2026 om 23:39 geschreven door peter  

Network of Home Computers Detected 100 Potential Alien Signals

SETI@home concluded after 21 years in 2020, producing a whopping 12 billion detections, according to a UC Berkeley press release, making it “one of the most popular crowd-sourced research projects ever.”

Over the years, researchers whittled down the data to just 100 signals that were “worth a second look” by eliminating radio frequency interference and noise with the help of a supercomputer. Since July, they’ve been using China’s Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST), in the hopes of catching another glimpse of the identified targets.

Unfortunately, the Arecibo Observatory — once the world’s largest radio telescope — collapsed during a storm in 2020, and is being decommissioned.

Even if the project never leads to first contact with an intelligent extraterrestrial species, it doesn’t mean SETI@home was a waste of time. Researchers are still trawling through the FAST data, but early conclusions of the project and its effectiveness have already resulted in two papers that were published last year in The Astronomical Journal.

“If we don’t find ET, what we can say is that we established a new sensitivity level,” said project cofounder David Anderson in a statement. “If there were a signal above a certain power, we would have found it.”

“Some of our conclusions are that the project didn’t completely work the way we thought it was going to,” Anderson said. “And we have a long list of things that we would have done differently and that future sky survey projects should do differently.”

Astronomer and project director Eric Korpela also pointed out that the considerable amount of radio interference, which can emanate from other sources, including radio and TV broadcasts and even microwave ovens, could seriously mess with the data.

David Anderson, co-founder of SETI@home, discusses the distributed computing project in 2003.

Credit: Robert Sanders/UC Berkeley

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14-02-2026 om 21:46 geschreven door peter  

Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek: Mogelijke Verstopplaatsen voor BuitenAardse Levensvormen in de Multiversumtheorie

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Inleiding

Het bestaan van buitenaardse beschavingen vormt al decennia een intrigerend vraagstuk binnen de astrofysica en de zoektocht naar het leven buiten de aarde. Traditioneel wordt deze zoektocht ondersteund door de Drake-vergelijking, een wiskundig model dat is ontworpen om het aantal intelligente beschavingen in onze Melkweg te schatten. Echter, recente theoretische ontwikkelingen suggereren dat misschien niet alle bewijzen of het ontbreken daarvan eenvoudig te verklaren zijn binnen het beperkt kader van ons eigen universum. In plaats daarvan zou het kunnen dat buitenaards leven zich verschuilt in andere, parallelle universa binnen een multiversum.

De Drake-vergelijking en haar beperkingen

De klassieke Drake-vergelijking werd in de jaren zestig door de astronoom Frank Drake geïntroduceerd met het oog op het schatten van het aantal beschavingen dat communicatie met ons zou kunnen onderhouden. Deze vergelijking houdt rekening met verschillende factoren zoals de stervormingssnelheid, de gemiddelde omvang van planetenstelsels, de kans op het ontstaan van leven en de ontwikkeling van intelligentie. Hoewel nuttig, is er bewustzijn dat deze formule gebaseerd is op aannames en gegevens die slechts voor ons eigen universum geldig zijn.

De invoering van multiversumtheorie

Recente modellen in de theoretische fysica en kosmologie brengen het concept van een multiversum naar voren. In deze theorieën bestaan er talloze universa, elk met eigen natuurkundige parameters, waarvan sommige mogelijk afwijkingen vertonen die de ontwikkeling van leven bevorderen of belemmeren.

Revisie van de Drake-vergelijking: Een multiversum-benadering

In een baanbrekend artikel gepubliceerd in het Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, presenteert een team onder leiding van astrofysicus Daniele Sorini van de Universiteit van Durham een vernieuwde interpretatie van de Drake-vergelijking. Deze herziening houdt rekening met het potentieel dat de meeste beschavingen zich niet binnen ons eigen universum bevinden, maar elders in het multiversum, waar fysische condities wellicht meer gunstig zijn.

Dark Energie en universele condities

Een essentieel onderdeel van deze nieuwe theorie betreft de rol van donkere energie, een mysterieuze component die de versnelde uitdijing van het universum verklaart. Sorini en collega’s ontdekten dat universa met een hogere donkere energiedichtheid, waardoor het creëren van sterrenstelsels efficiënter wordt, wellicht een grotere kans op het ontstaan van intelligent leven bieden.

Specifiek suggereren ze dat een universum waarin ongeveer 27 procent van de gewone materie wordt omgezet in sterren, veel gunstiger zou zijn voor de ontwikkeling van leven, dan ons eigen universum met een geschatte 23 procent. Dit impliceert dat onze kosmische omgeving niet optimaal is voor de emergentie van geavanceerd leven, wat de mogelijkheid opent dat leven elders in het multiversum zich bevindt onder andere fysieke condities.

Implicaties en wetenschappelijke vooruitzichten

Sorini’s conclussie dat hogere of andere varianten van donkere energie-compatible universa nog steeds levens mogelijk maken, leidt tot provocatieve vragen over onze plaats in de kosmos. “Het is verrassend dat een hogere dichtheid van donkere energie nog steeds compatibel kan zijn met leven”, aldus Sorini. Dit wijst erop dat onze universele condities mogelijk niet representatief zijn voor de meest waarschijnlijke of gunstige condities voor het ontstaan van intelligent leven.

Hoewel het idee dat buitenaardse beschavingen zich in parallelle universa verbergen absurd lijkt op het eerste gezicht, biedt deze theorie een fascinerend raamwerk om de beperkingen van onze observaties en de grenzen van onze kennis te overbruggen. Het model dient niet alleen ter verklaarding van het ontbreken van contact, maar ook als een experimentale basis om onze zoektocht uit te breiden naar een multiversum.

Wetenschappelijke relevantie en toekomstige onderzoeksmogelijkheden

Het onderzoeken van de parameters die het ontstaan van leven in verschillende universe vormen, wordt door de onderzoekers beschreven als een van de grootste uitdagingen binnen de kosmologie en fundamentele fysica. Door het aanpassen van de variabelen zoals donkere energie, kunnen theoretici simulaties en modellen ontwikkelen die ons inzicht bieden in hoe leven zich mogelijk ontwikkelt onder uiteenlopende kosmologische condities.

Leuk, gehecht aan het concept van de multiversum, is de mogelijkheid dat de zoektocht naar buitenaards leven niet beperkt is tot onze eigen kosmos. In plaats daarvan openen nieuwe theoretische kaders mogelijkheden om dat zoekproces uit te breiden en te verdiepen, bijvoorbeeld door het kijken naar “labels” van verschillende universa en hun specifieke fysische eigenschappen.

Kritisch perspectief en wetenschappelijke uitdaging

Hoewel de theorie dat aliens zich mogelijk in het multiversum bevinden, buitengewoon fascinerend is, blijft het een speculatieve hypothese. Het ontbreken van direct bewijs betekent dat deze ideeën uiteindelijk binnen de puristische paradigma’s in de fysica en kosmologie als controversieel worden beschouwd. Toch kan de verkenning van deze hypothesen nieuwe wegen creëren voor onze wetenschappelijke vragen en experimenten.

Conclusie

De herziening van de Drake-vergelijking met een multiversum-oriëntatie biedt een intrigerend perspectief op de zoektocht naar buitenaards leven. Door de fysische parameters te variëren, vooral die rondom donkere energie, kunnen we modelleren onder welke omstandigheden leven mogelijk zou kunnen voorkomen in universa die afwijken van onze eigen kosmos. Hoewel we niet meteen bewijs hebben dat aliens daadwerkelijk in andere universa huizen, opent deze aanpak het kader voor een paradigmaverschuiving: onze zoektocht naar het exotische leven mogelijk te richten op meerdere kosmologische realiteiten.

Literatuur en toekomstige ontwikkelingen

Naast de bijdragen van Sorini en zijn team, wordt de multiversumtheorie verder ondersteund of uitgedaagd door inzichten over donkere materie en de hypothese dat deze misschien een spiegeluniversum vertegenwoordigt. Met het toenemende vermogen van telescopen en detectoren, en de ontwikkeling van kwantumtechnologieën, kunnen onderzoekers mogelijk toekomstige bewijslijnen vinden die deze theorieën ondersteunen of weerleggen.

Kortom, het onderzoeken van het multiversum als een locatie voor buitenaards leven blijft een boeiend en potentieel revolutionair veld in de wetenschappelijke gemeenschap, dat ons dwingt onze eigen kosmische plaats opnieuw te overwegen en te herdefiniëren.

• Notitie: Dit artikel bevat een uitgebreide, wetenschappelijk onderbouwde interpretatie gebaseerd op de publicaties en hypothesen omtrent het multiversum en de zoektocht naar buitenaards leven, met een focus op recente theoretische modellen en hun implicaties voor de kosmologie en astrobiologie.

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14-02-2026 om 21:01 geschreven door peter  

Widespread cell phone disruptions are set to hit thousands of Americans across Texas just as the state recovers from chaos in El Paso this week.

Military personnel at Fort Hood are scheduled to test anti-drone systems that can interfere with satellite navigation signals across a wide area, potentially degrading GPS accuracy for aircraft, drones, and consumer devices.

The interruptions, which began February 2, are expected to continue on Friday and Saturday mornings through February 27, with the final round scheduled from February 23 to 27. 

The affected zone spans major cities, including Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and extends as far as Oklahoma City.

Operators of aircraft, drones, and other GPS-reliant systems are being warned to plan for degraded navigation and consider alternative methods.

The testing comes just days after US airspace was abruptly shut down in El Paso following a security incident involving what was later identified as a party balloon.

In the hours before the shutdown, an eyewitness near El Paso International Airport reported seeing a large object releasing smaller objects, footage that was shared with the crowdsourced UFO-reporting platform Enigma. 

The sighting occurred shortly before the FAA closed a large swath of airspace for 'special security reasons' at 11:30 p.m. MT on February 10.

Widespread GPS disruptions are affecting Central Texas and parts of the surrounding region, caused by military testing of anti-drone systems near Fort Hood

Magnified images of the craft revealed a large object appearing near the sight of a major FAA shut down which was issued on February 10

Pilots experiencing problems with GPS-reliant equipment are urged to report anomalies following standard FAA procedures. 

The disruptions could also affect cars, phones, tablets, watches, and other GPS-dependent devices across an area more than 190 miles wide, though not all systems are expected to be impacted.

The tests are likely being conducted with support from electronic warfare units to simulate a degraded GPS environment. 

The US Army regularly conducts counter-unmanned aircraft training and technology demonstrations at Fort Hood, using a mix of radar, kinetic interceptors, and electronic warfare tools designed to detect and defeat drones.

The scheduled GPS disruption tests are described by the FAA as 'GPS interference testing,' typically meaning the military is intentionally creating GPS-denied conditions to train forces and evaluate how systems perform when signals are blocked or unreliable. 

Although the FAA has not specified the hardware being used, such exercises generally involve radio-frequency jamming or spoofing systems designed to overwhelm or confuse GPS receivers.

The testing comes amid growing concern over military counter-drone activity after the FAA abruptly closed airspace over El Paso late Tuesday night. 

The mysterious shutdown was originally announced to last for ten days and included all commercial, cargo, and general flights within a ten-mile-wide area roughly five miles southwest of El Paso, from the ground up to 18,000 feet.

In a dramatic example of the risks, the FAA abruptly closed El Paso airspace on Wednesday after the military targeted what turned out to be a party balloon with an anti-drone laser system

However, the chaotic shutdown by the FAA was quickly called off, with the Trump Administration changing the story of what triggered the alert multiple times within a matter of hours on Wednesday.

White House officials initially announced the US had taken down a Mexican cartel drone flying across the southern border, only to claim hours later that the object struck by a high-powered laser was a party balloon.

Now, UFO researchers and witnesses in the area have alleged that something other than a balloon or drone was spotted on multiple days near the US-Mexico border before the FAA warning.

'Looks like the mothership. It's huge. And there is stuff coming out from the bottom of it and going off to the left a little bit as it landed,' the driver on Tuesday said.

According to the witness recording the hovering craft, it appeared on video 'like a dot' after moving off far into the distance, but the object was allegedly incredibly large and looked somewhat like 'a blob.'

Enigma, which allows people to report sightings and share pictures or videos of UFOs on an app, also revealed that two other witnesses submitted strange sightings in the El Paso area, one on February 8 and another at 5.46pm ET on the same day as the FAA shut down.

Both sightings involved what the witnesses described as floating orbs high in the sky which were clearly not normal planes or any type of military aircraft.

'Every time I use my drones in this area, especially in a certain frequency I always have orbs run by,' the witness on February 8 reported in a video on the Enigma app.

However, the driver traveling by El Paso International Airport on Tuesday supplied the clearest evidence that what the military encountered was not a simple balloon.

'They are reporting today that it wasn’t drones but a party balloon! It never ceases to amaze me how stupid they think the public is,' one commenter on X wrote.

'I feel like I’ve seen this story before…' one person on social media wrote next to a picture of the weather balloon debris the military claimed was actually the Roswell UFO in 1947.

However, many skeptics criticized the video for being so out of focus that it made a clear identification of the object impossible.

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Could we detect if gods were alien beings?

Possibly. A few lines of evidence might include:

• Ancient structures aligning with advanced astronomical math.
• Texts describing devices or materials that don’t exist (e.g., “divine laser light”).
• Legends of long-lived rulers with lifespans beyond a thousand years, possibly military/biotech-enhanced beings.
• Cultural patterns of worship across continents with no contact, suggesting a shared origin.

In 2025, cross-disciplinary researchers in archaeoastronomy, ancient DNA, epigraphy, and physics are quietly exploring these overlaps, more cautiously than conspiracy YouTubers, but with open curiosity.

Key Points You Should Know

1. Myths of gods as visitors span cultures globally.
2. Descriptions often match what extraterrestrials might look like.
3. Advanced structures/assets could reflect alien tech or instruction.
4. No confirmed proof yet, just intriguing correlations.
5. The concept reframes divinity as cosmic, not supernatural.

Explaining Each Point

• 1. From the Anunnaki to the Feathered Serpent, multiple cultures describe gods coming from above.
• 2. Bright chariots, human-like figures glowing, voices on the wind, early descriptions of aliens in mythic terms.
• 3. The Great Pyramid, Stonehenge, and Angkor Wat required astronomical precision that ancient humans achieved, perhaps with guidance.
• 4. While there’s no verified spaceship artifact, there are many collectable anomalies and respected scholars asking important questions.
• 5. By seeing gods as alien beings, myth becomes a record of first contact, humanity’s ancient encounter with the cosmic.

What We Think

We’re not saying this is a fact. We are saying: what if it is? The “gods as aliens” model solves puzzles, connects legends, and honors spiritual traditions by grounding them in historical encounters. Whether or not you accept the hypothesis, it invites careful inquiry and challenges us to ask: if a seed of truth lies in myth, how would we know? That’s a question we’re thrilled to explore.

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